Two Unfortunates Take Their Lives
Edward Mellon a 40 year old telegraph operator died in St. Louis after a morphine dose. He had strained finances and a recent spree ended with his sentence completed before a death wish sent a cheerful family telegram. In Chicago Albinas Allman killed himself in Lincoln Park before a grieving sweetheart on academy steps after warning Vinnie Rodner of trouble.
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Edward Mellon
St. Louis City Hospital
Melion
Massillion
Cleveland
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Mellon
Ohio
Chicago
Albinas R. Allman
Moberly
Academy of Science
Lincoln Park
Allman
Vinnie Rodner
West
Sharkey Corbett Fight Ends In A Fiasco At Lenox Club
The Sharkey Corbett bout in New York ended in a disgraceful fiasco after Corbett’s second McVey jumped into the ring appealing to the referee. Referee Kelley ruled the foul intentional and voided all bets. Corbett rushed McVey in the aftermath as the crowd roared.
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New York
Kelley
Corbett
McVey
Sharkey- Corbett
Lenox Athletic Club
Connie” McVey
Roosevelt Comments on Cuba War and Camp Wikoff Care
Col Roosevelt recounts Cuban and Camp Wikoff experiences while details on medical supplies and supply contracts emerge. Witnesses describe wartime conduct and burial practices as the U S war investigation weighs Montauk point visit plans.
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Col. Roosevelt
Cuba
Camp
Wikoff
New York
War Investigating Committee
Montauk Point
Camp Wikoff
Col. A.S. Kimball
United States Army
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
Dr. Connor
Spain to reject US terms for Philippine debt and open door
Paris dispatch describes Spanish peace negotiators daily debate over Washington memo. They reportedly plan to refuse $20,000,000 indemnity and cede the Philippines, leaving Cuba and Porto Rico to the United States while protesting U.S. aggressiveness. Madrid papers lament the US open door policy as London and Washington report on Roosevelt and Cuban landing details.
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Judge Day
Madrid
United States
Paris
Spain
Philippines
Archipelago
Cuba
Porto Rico
Washington
Japan
Europe
Imparcial
McKinley
London
Philippine Islands
Pall Mall Gazette
America
Pacific
Steamboat John K Speed wrecked on cypress stump near Bayou Goula
The steamboat John K Speed, a top Mississippi River craft, wrecked on a cypress stump near Bayou Goula Louisiana. All cargo was saved.
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John K. Speed
Mississippi
Bayou Goula, la
Missouri Debates State Highway Commission Plan
A St Louis convention discusses a Massachusetts California style bill to create a three member non partisan Missouri Highway Commission. The plan uses a 1901 election path with a 250 million cost estimate and potential 5 million annual revenue from state and local taxes including a proposed $2 poll tax.
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Good Roads
St. Louis
Massachusetts
California
Missouri
Six year old girl perishes in yard fire aftermath
A six year old girl near Milan Missouri died after her dress caught fire from matches she took from a case. The incident follows a sequence of fires and a separate report notes a Presbyterian industrial school in Arkadelphia Arkansas destroyed by fire aiding poor Negroes. Washington dispatches mention 700 tons of provisions sent to Cuba aboard the Bratten, with part of cargo to Havana and remainder to Matanzas.
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the Sentinel
Milan
M. M. Romine
Presbyterian Industrial School
Arkadelphia
Ark
South
Arkansas
Washington
Commissary Department
Bratten
Savannah
Cuba
Havana
Matanzas
Sharkey Defeats Corbett In Controversial Bout
The referee disqualified Corbett and awarded the bout to Sharkey amid McVeys interference. Sharkeys speed and aggression dominate, with Corbett struggling to gain the upper hand and both camps disputing authority over bets and actions. Roosevelt and Bryan testify on military burials and camp conditions at Camp Wikoff.
Millionaire Tinsley Back To Jail In Contempt Case
New York financier Thomas Tinsley, jailed two years for contempt over Glenwood Cemetery Co books, made a new bid for release claiming the books were not in his possession. The Houston judge ordered him returned to jail where he will likely remain.
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Houston
Tex
Thomas Tinsley
New York
Glenwood Cemetery Company
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Emy of
Science
Vinnie
Montauk
Basquiri
Shaw
Navy Department
Yucatan
Siboney
Ben
Hanks
Venezuela
Philipping Cigar Shop
Cigar Makers
John” Kellléy
Sharkey
Legion
Jim
New Orleans
Henry Bb. Bryan
Garden City Cathedral
Bryan
Maj. Brown
Theodore Roosevelt
Gen. Wilson
Tampa
Ott’s Drug Store
Ada
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