Morgan Resolution Fight Persists Over Cuban Question
The House deadlocks on the Morgan Cuban resolution as Jerry Simpson objects to journal lines. Senator Davis discussed Cuba with the president while deaths of Senator Earle and the New Paltz rail crossing conflict draw attention in Washington and New Paltz.
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Washington
Reed
House
Morgan Cuban
Jerry Simpson
Elliott
South Carolina
Earle
Davis
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Calhoun
Cuba
Senate
Simpson
Henderson
Rep. Ta
Dalzell
Rep. Pa
Simpsons
Tillman
Farle
Americans in Cuba Relief Fund Authorized
Washington May 44 The resolution allocating 59000 for relief of distressed Americans in Cuba reached the White House at 1040 AM and was signed by the President. Officials plan to expand relief with supplies from the State Department and may dispatch freight steamers to Cuba amid high prices. Consul General Lee was authorized to draw 16000 for immediate supplies earlier in the week.
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Mr. Davis
White House
Cuba
Calhoun
Senator Barles
Washington
State Department
Lee
Railroad wrangle at New Paltz slow trot line clash
The Wallkill Valley railroad and the Highland and New Paltz trotley line workers threaten trouble at New Paltz as the new line nears completion. Tensions rise over crossing rights and construction delays expected before morning.
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New Paltz, N
Wallkill Valley Railroad
New Highland and
New Palts
Dynamiter's Trial Opens in Columbia County Court
Bloomsburg Pa May 24 The Knorr Wintersteen dynamite conspiracy case will be called at 9 tomorrow morning in the Columbia county courthouse before Judge Ermentrout. Defense attorneys A B Shields J W Jacobs and H P Koelster. Prosecution includes District Attorney Graham James Sculet W H Rhawn and ex Senator Grant Herring. The day will be spent securing a jury.
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Knorr and Wintersteen
Bloomsburg
Knorr- Wintersteen
Columbia County
Ermentrout
Reading
A. 8. L. Shields
Philadelphia
J. WH. Jacobs
H. P. Koelster
Graham
James Sculet
Danville
W. H. Rhawn
Cata
Wissa
Grant Herring
Royal Arcanum Short Session in Boston
A brief Royal Arcanum Supreme Council session in Boston approves maintaining salaries for supreme officers and keeps fees unchanged. An amendment allows gas element payments on the next business day if due date falls on Sunday or a holiday. The committee on laws is to consider the amendment. Assistance to small and weak grand councils will continue.
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Boston
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Committee On
Baptism by immersion observed along Delaware river
About 1000 people gathered along the Delaware River in New Castle on May 24 to witness the baptism of three women by Seventh Day Adventists. Elder John F. Jones of Baltimore presided as Mrs. Elmer Walling Mrs. James Elliott of New Castle and Miss Annie Lodge of Wilmington were immersed as an American flag floated above the beach.
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New Castle
Del
Delaware River
Colvetta
John F. Jones
Baltimore
Elmer Walling
James Elliott
Annie Lodge
Wilmington
Murdered Wife and Child Witness to Tragedy in Chicago
Mrs Nellie Dawson aged 26 was shot and killed this afternoon in Chicago while her three year old child slept beside her. Her husband John Dawson is at large but police expect swift capture as he is well known to authorities.
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Chicago
Nellie Dawson
John Dawson
St Louis Turnfest Clears $16,000 in Accounts
The National Board of the North American Turner Bund finalized finances for the Turnfest in St Louis. Receipts totaled 93000 dollars while expenses were 77000 dollars, leaving a 16000 dollar balance.
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St. Louis
National Board of the
Turner Bund
Att
Wanamaker Opens Presbyterian General Assembly Address
Eagle Lake Indiana May 2 The opening of the afternoon session of the Presbyterian General Assembly featured Hon John Wanamaker delivering the opening address.
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Eagle Lake
Ind
Prenbyterian General Assembly
John Wanamaker
Spanish Senate Sparks Bitter Debate Over Cuban Belligerency
In Madrid May 24 the Spanish Senate and Chamber of Deputies clash as Senor Canovas del Castillo defends the government against liberal absence. Dissident conservatives denounce U S recognition of Cuban belligerency as a great iniquity, faulting Madrid's diplomacy and questioning the foreign minister's conduct.
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Madrid
Senate
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Marquis of Perales
Chamber of Deputies
Senor Sagasta
Senor Canovas
Washington
Spain
Senor
Francisco Sivera
Duke of Teluan
Rea Einane
United States Senate
Duke of
Tetwan
Four city workers trapped in Fort Wayne quicksand
Four city workers digging a beach for water mains fell into quicksand in Fort Wayne. Three men A Dennis, A Brown, James Christie were killed. Michael Bheehey was fatally injured. Sheehey was rescued but likely to die. The incident occurred when a vein of quicksand beneath the surface collapsed.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
A. Dennis
A. Brown
James Christie
Michael Bheehey
Sheehey
Drummer in Undershirt Parade Stuns Baltimore Crowd
Samuel Boyd a Greensboro traveler dressed in undershirt and drawers promenaded Baltimore streets, guest at Ganzhorn's hotel. He claimed to be Lora Baltimore and announced the city would be brought to a close tonight before being sent to the City hospital by Chief Freeburger and detectives.
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North Carolina
Baltimore
Samuel Boyd
Greensboro
N. C
Baltimore Street
Boyd
Ganzhorn's
City Hall
City Detectives Department
Killer in Red Bank Shrewsbury feud ends life
Jamen Rosier, a Black man from Shrewsbury, allegedly beat and shot David Looker on the road between Red Bank and Shrewsbury after Looker accompanied Rosier’s wife, who had shown fondness for Looker and others. Looker died. Rosier surrendered to authorities.
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Red Bank
N. J
Jamen Raster
David Lookero
Here
Shrewsbury
Rosier
Locker
Airship Under Construction on Sacramento River
San Francisco May 4 reports a new airship begun at Grand Island on the Sacramento River. Built by the Sweany Davenport company the gas-filled ellipsoid cylinder will be 126 feet long with two aluminum propellers powering and steering from each side. The craft measures 47% feet from top to cylinder and 7% feet wide from propeller to propeller.
Hydrogen Gas Airship Aims for Continent Crossing
A balloon craft steered by a propeller uses bicycle tubing to stiffen a non collapsible cylinder while a small compensating cylinder lets hydrogen escape and return as it expands and contracts. Promoters plan a trial next month and expect to cross the continent if successful, continuing without gas generation stops.
Pugilistic Widow Accuses Man of Watch Theft in Cumberland
Mrs Maggie Deremer a young widow attacks Andrew Martin of Londoning in Cumberland claiming he stole her watch. She confronts him on the street showing torn watch chain fragments and delivers a blow while calling him a cowardly dog. The scene draws about 1000 spectators as Deremer vows an uppercut. Martin strikes her once under the eye. She previously horsewhipped him in Narrows park last summer over a borrowed watch.
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Andrew Martin
Cumberland
Maggie Deremer
Martin
Supreme Court Says Rail Rebates Violate Interstate Commerce Law
Washington May 24 The Supreme Court sustains a circuit court ruling that rebates by the Baltimore and Ohio and Pan Handle roads to F H Bruening of Pittsburg violate the interstate commerce act. The case centers on freight and loading charges for beef shipments from Cincinnati to Pittsburg, showing unequal treatment for Bruening versus rival dealer Monty Wolf and highlighting required equal service charges by carriers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wright
United States
District Court
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
F. H. Bruening
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Bruening
Monty Wolt
First Circuit Court
Justice Brewer
Circuit Court
Hruening
Wolf
English Capitalists push Nicaragua freight rail line
For three weeks Charles Smith, representing English capitalists, has worked to win official support for a freight railway across Nicaragua opposing the American Canal company's contract. He spent two months in Costa Rica promoting the project before arriving in Managua on May 24.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Charles Smith
Amerean Canal Company
Costa Rica
Kennedy Pardon Restores Citizenship After Bank Bond Case
The president pardoned Harry H. Kennedy to restore citizenship. Kennedy, sentenced in Philadelphia in 1891 to ten years for misapplication of Spring Garden National Bank funds, had his sentence reduced by President Cleveland to seven years with good behavior deductions.
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Henry Kennedy
Washington
Harry H. Kennedy
Philadelphia
Bpring Garden National Bank
Kennedy
Cleveland
Havemeyer to Face Trial Over Senate Questions
President Henry Havemeyer of the American Sugar Refining Co. will stand trial tomorrow in the criminal court on an indictment charging he refused to answer questions asked by the Senate committee investigating the sugar fraud.
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Washington
Henry ©. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Senate
Supreme Court Decision Upholds State Taxation Claim
Washington May 4 The United States Supreme Court announced a decision by Justice Brewer affirming the validity of the Pennsylvania 1801 taxation in the Merchants and Manufacturers National Bank of Pittsburgh v Commonwealth of Pennsylvania case.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Joe Ure Brewer
Merchants and Manufacturers National Bank of
Pittsburg
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Steamship Arrivals and Departures May 24
Arrived Alien from New York via Cherbourg. Cleared Aurenia to Liverpool Traye and Dre men via Plymouth. Firemen reported on May 24.
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Alien
New York
Cherbourg
Aurenia
Liverpool
Traye
Dremen
Plymouth
Senate tariff changes spark New England agitations
Massachusetts and Connecticut congressmen press for leaf tobacco and hides duty boosts while New England paper manufacturers oppose the paper schedule changes. Aldrich plans opening remarks and a bid to raise leaf tobacco duty to 2 per pound as east west interests clash.
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Massachusetts
Connecticut
New England
Washington
Senate
Allison
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Pratt
Matt
May Diversify Trade at Structural Steel Mill Test
Special to the Scranton Tribune from Duluth reports the Structural Steel mill test proved a great success. A twelve ton mill produced thirty four inch beams with seven inch flanges using only three skilled men, signaling reduced labor. The universal mill can make any size section and many shapes Carnegie & Co cannot, with potential to revolutionize steel manufacture. Interested Scranton parties include Simpkins Watkins Connell Page Fuller and Burke Brothers McCabe of New York City.
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Duluth
Minn
United States
Carnegie & Co
Scranton
Simpkins & Watkins
William Connell
Young Clerk Dies After Mistaking Cyanide for Water
Washington reports a sudden death as John Gorges, a young clerk, drank what he mistook for water at Koch's jewelry store. The liquid was a strong solution of cyanide of potash and he died within two minutes.
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Washington
John Gorges
Koch's
Gorges
Northern New York Burglary Wave Reaches Gouverneur
For three months northern New York has suffered burglaries along the Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad. Early yesterday morning the freight station at Gouverneur was broken into and ransacked as part of the regional crime spree chases by local authorities ongoing since May.
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Gouverneur
New York
Syracuse
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg
Brok
General Trade Revival Visions From Penn Railroad Chief
Philadelphia May 24 President Frank Thomson of the Pennsylvania Railroad says after inspecting lines from Philadelphia to Pittsburg and westward that conditions show a hopeful upturn. He notes a stronger western sentiment for a heavy crop next season and expects rail traffic to rise with possible favorable congressional legislation and resumed investments.
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Philadelphia
Frank Thomson
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Company
Associated Press
Thomsin
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Louieville
Indianapolis
Chicago
Congress
Pennsylvania
Iron and Steel
Dairyman Caught Skimming Cream Near Youngstown
A well known local dairyman was found midnight skimming cream from milk left for sale by farmers ten miles from Youngstown. Milk delivered by farmers had been below standard for some time. Farmers threaten court action unless the dairyman settles promptly.
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Youngstown,o
Morphine Fatality Ties to Local Foreman in Cleveland Case
The remains of James Frye, foreman at Steubenville Star composing room, were brought home for burial after being found dead in a Cleveland hotel. Frye, treated for morphine addiction at a Warren sanitarium, escaped Thursday and was found with a morphine bottle beside him.
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Steubenville
James Frye
Star Composing Room
Cleveland
Mr. Frye
Warren
Mrye
Roosevelt probes navy yard labor forces in three stops
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt conducts a focused inquiry into naval yard labor conditions. He plans to tour Philadelphia and Bethlehem Pennsylvania facilities, including armament works, inspecting wartime armor and supply production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
League Inland Navy
Riverside man repels two thieves at door
Ernest McKenzie of Riverside, nine miles from Cumberland, confronted two burglars on entering his home. He struck one thief with a poker and fatally wounded him, then shot the second in the arm to secure the capture. The wounded man escaped.
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Cumberland
Ernest McKensie
Riverside
Here
McKenzie
Miller
Day's Work of the Legislature and Local Contests
The morning news covers House leaders deferring action on a Senate Cuban resolution and political tensions in Greece and Spain. It notes local incidents in Lackawanna Courts with Taylor's window jump and a board of control meeting, plus county financial and commercial updates.
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House
Senate
Greece
Beranton
Legislaire
Hadltortal
Washington Goselp
Lackawanna Courts
Taylor
Dunmore
West Side
Lackawanna County
Greece in turmoil as irregular troops surge on Athens
Reports from London and Athens describe a brewing revolution with irregular forces flooding the capital. Prince Nicholas appears distressed as dispatches recount attempts at truces and a jail death attempt by Colonel Manos.
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London
Athens
Dhomoko
Nicholas
Thermoplysae
Styida
Daily Graphic
Corfu
Manos
Epirus
M. Ralli
Greece
Times
Constantinople
Porte
Edhem Pasha
Constantine
Weather Outlook for Middle States and New England
The Herald's Weather Forecast for May 2 reports partly cloudy to fair skies in the Middle States and New England with much cooler air and fresh north to northwest winds. Morning rain on coastlines and lake regions gives way to frontal changes tonight in western and northern districts as far south as the Delaware Valley.
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the Herald
New York
Middle States
New England
Lake
Fronta
Delaware Valley
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Shawangunk Mountains
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Siain
Presbyterian Assembly
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Ogdenshburg
Scranton Tribune
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Thomson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rosevelt
Omee
Amateur
Baap Batt
Ralit
Mount Othrys
Dhomeko
Eshem Pasha
Haiil
Nashat
Hamd
Reece
Bul Atkins
Purane
Corrae Spoident
Daily Mail
Greece Is Begining To Reassert Himelf
M. Katapanda
William
Turkey
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