Strange white people found in Philippines Mindoro
Washington dated May 28 reports Lieut H B Barton of the Philippine constabulary discovering a tribe of white men in Mindoro Interior. They fled to the mountains on approach, with complexions as light as Caucasian and blue eyes. The affair will be reported to ethnological officials and an expedition may be sent to trace origin, possibly descendants of shipwrecked sailors.
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Washington
H. B. Barton
Philippine Constabulary
Hias
War Department
Island of
Mindoro
Barton
Ethnological Bureau
Offley
Martinique
Death of Millionaire Brewer in Tiffin Ohio
Colonel Albert Brewer, 48, prominent Tiffin manufacturer and founder of Brewer Pottery, died of heart disease amid an indictment for manslaughter in the Idr ling Luther A Hershey case. His trial was scheduled for June 16. officials deny self harm rumors. He served on the state fish and game commission and Governor Bushnell's staff.
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Tiffin
Ohio
Albert Brewer
Brewer
Idrling
Luther A. Hershey
Colonel Brewer
Hershey
Brewer Pottery Company
State Fish and Game Commission
Bushnell
Stickney Buys New Railroad Des Moines May 28
President F W Cherry announces the sale of the Des Moines and Southern railroad to A B Stickney. The $ amount is not disclosed and the sale was to Mr Stickney personally, not to Chicago Great Western. Widely expected is acquisition by Chicago Burlington and Quincy. Right of way secured from Des Moines to Greenfield with some construction already completed.
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Des Moines
F. W. Cherry
Des Moines and Southern Railroad
A. B. Stickney
Minister Purchases Oshkosh Cafe For Restaurant
The Rov. Morton C. Andrews rector of St Pauls Episcopal church in Oshkosh Wisconsin has bought a cafe and plans to equip it as a first class restaurant He intends to lower prices until a barely paying level is reached.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Morton C. Andrews
St Paul's Episcopal Church
Fugitive Confesses After Deathbed Revelation
Seattle May 28 John Josie alias John Philips on his deathbed confesses to being a Kingston Ontario penitentiary escapee from twenty eight years ago after serving nine years for a woman’s murder.
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Seattle
Wash
John Josie
John Phillips
Kingston
Ont
Merchant Hangs Himself in Bath Beach Stable
Charles Ash belman, a retired New York merchant, was found dead by hanging in the stable of his Bath Beach residence. The death followed a period of illness and severe despondency.
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New York
Charles Ashbelman
Bath Beach
Textile Mill to Open in Lowell Next Monday
Lowell Mass May 28 The mill treasurers officially declared the opening of their gates next Monday An overwhelming mass of tollers and unions are expected to go to work with the mill starting operations under union and nonunion workers alike
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Lowell
Mass
Fatal Fire at Paris Wedding Dance
A wedding celebration at Arros ends in tragedy as a blaze claims three lives and leaves twenty seven injured. Fire investigators probe cause while local authorities aid victims and assess venue safety.
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Wedding
Paris
Arros
Prince of Wales Plans Autumn India Trip
Portsmouth May 28 It is reported the Prince of Wales will travel to India in the autumn aboard the cruiser King Alfred.
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Prince of Wales
Portsmouth
India
King Alfred
Wall of Water Threatens Tow Wall of Water Threatens Tow
Des Moines and towns across Iowa brace for record floods as a six foot high wall of water advances downstream. Hundreds flee homes, many in boats, while crews reinforce levees and patrol river embankments. Damage runs into millions with deaths reported and storms causing havoc in Indiana.
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Des Moines
Floyd
Missouri
Sioux City
Stroux City
Leeds
Lehigh
Snake Charm Fatality Strikes Widow in Rio Grande
From Rio Grande comes a strange tale of Mrs Celia Bandy a Rio Grande widow who died after a black snake six feet long allegedly charmed her cat. She rushed to rescue the animal struck the snake with a club and collapsed dying soon after despite medical aid. The snake was killed and locals believe she was charmed by the creature.
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Toledo
Rio Grande
Celia Bandy
New Ministers Named in Colombia and Panama
The governor of Panama received a dispatch from Bogota announcing Jose Pinto as minister of state and Niccanor Insignares as minister of public instruction, succeeding Fernandez and Casas.
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Colombia
Panama
Bogota
Jose Pinto
Niccanor Insignares
Public Instruction
Fernandez and
Casas
Stops Work on Catholic Church at New Rochelle
Father Manzello orders construction halted on a new 40000 dollar Catholic church in New Rochelle New York amid concerns that the congregation would not attend. Workmen are paused while officials reassess plans and attendance prospects.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Presbyterians oust Rev Louis Richter for brewery trust links
The General Assembly sustained the Minnesota Synod in deposing and excommunicating Rev. Louis Richter of Minneapolis. He was charged with acting as an agent for a brewery trust and appealing to saloons for funds to fight the case. The report on foreign missions followed, detailing stations, schools, pupils, churches, and the large twentieth century fund contributions. The next assembly will meet in Buffalo, New York.
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General Assembly
Minnesota Synod
Los Angeles
Cal
Presbyterian General Assembly
Louie Richter
Minneapolis
Richter
Brewery Trust
Foreign Mission
Board of Foreign Missions
Corea
Twentieth Century Fund
Pennsylvania
New York
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Michigan
Minnesota
Indiana
Wisconsin
Buffalo
N.Y
European squadron to visit Kiel for naval maneuvers
The navy department announced that the European squadron would visit Kiel where German maneuvers are held. The battleship Alabama will sail June 6 to join the European squadron, which includes the Chicago Machias and San Francisco at Lisbon, then proceed to Kiel.
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Washington
Navy Department
Kiel
Alabama
Chicago
San Francisco
Lisbon
Moody
Experts test the big guns on Iowa in yard probe
New York May 28. Navy yard authorities expand ordnance checks on battleships after the Iowa explosion caused $100,000 damage. An expert from Washington is overseeing the investigation of all guns aboard. The Iowa’s new gun has arrived.
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New York
Iowa
Navy Yard
Washington
American Girl to Wed London Governor Parker in Bahamas links
May 28 marriage planned between Sir Gilbert Thomas Park KCMG Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas and Gertrude Codman Parker Boston heiress and sole child of the late Francis Vose Parker.
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London
Sir Gilbert Thomas Park
The
Bahamas
Gertrude Codman Parker
Francis Vose Parker
Boston
Pope to Ratify Philippines land agreement in Rome
Rome May 28 Cardinal Rampolla proposes bringing Taft Guidi friars and lands pact to Rome for ratification by the Pope. The proposed action aims to secure formal approval from the Vatican on the arrangements between the US governor and archbishop regarding friars and their lands in the Philippines.
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Rome
Cardinal Rampolla
Taft
Guidi
Philippines
Illinois D A R to Meet Chicago May 28
The state conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be held in Oak Park on June 2 and 3 with visiting delegates hosted by the George Rogers Clark Chapter of Oak Park in Chicago.
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Llinois D. A. R
Chicago
State Conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Oak Park
George Rogers Clark Chapter
Ship Founders After Collision Near Scheftingen
The British steamer Huddersfield collided with the Norwegian bark Uto off Scheftingen and foundered. The crew was saved but it is feared fifteen to twenty passengers were crushed or drowned.
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Antwerp
Huddersfield
Uto
Scheftingen
Fatal Quarrel in Arcadia Texas
Shotguns were used in a fight at the village of Arcadia near W Chapman. Joe Prince and another man are dead. Lem Hank is dying and his wife is mortally wounded. The incident occurred in Houston Texas on May 28.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Arcadia
W. Chapman
Joe Prince
Lem Hank
Lost Six of Its Crew Read of Sealing Schooner
Victoria B C May 28 The sealing schooner City of San Diego returning from a cruise reports losing two boats with six men on the Copper Islands April 27 amid a remote stretch of sea and rough weather.
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Victoria
B. C
City of San Dieo
Copper Islands
Carnegie Gift to Palace of Peace Reported in The Hague
Baron Melvil van Lynden, Dutch foreign affairs minister, announced receipt of a $1,500,000 check from Andrew Carnegie. The donation is designated for the palace of peace, supporting international arbitration and peacemaking efforts.
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the Hague
Baron Melvil van Lynden
Andrew Carnegie
Palace of Peace
Machen Arrested Over Groff Patent Box Fasteners
Augustus W. Machen, general superintendent of the free delivery service, is arrested on charges of unlawfully taking part in a post office contract. Prosecutors say he received about $18,981 from Groff Brothers for patent Groff fasteners with a possible total around $22,000 in bribes. Bristow confirms Machen’s removal from office and notes the contract implication and expected civil action.
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Groff
Washington
Augustus W. Machen
Free Delivery Service
Postoffice Department
Groff Brothers
Machen
Groff Bros
Diller JB. Stoff
Payne
A. W. Machen
Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Diller B. Groff
Samuel M
Powder Explosion Kills One at Fontanet Plant
Terre Haute Indiana May 28 A sequence of twenty five explosions in the Indiana Powder company plant at Fontanet killed one man and seriously injured three others Harry Stimson was killed and Frank Arthur Caleb Riddle and Edward Smith were injured The building burned and was destroyed with property loss estimated at thirty thousand dollars
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Powder Company
Fontanet
Harry Stimson
Frank Arthur
Caleb Riddle
Edward Smith
Mrs Carter Takes Policy For Dudley Endowment
St Paul May 28 Mrs Leslie Carter mailed a 3261 payment for the first premium on a twenty year endowment life policy valued at 350000. Her son Dudley Carter is named as beneficiary. The actress and her son met in Milwaukee to arrange the preliminaries.
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St. Paul, Minn
Leslie Carter
Dudley Carter
Milwaukee
Textile Workers May Strike in Philadelphia
Philadelphia May 28 One hundred thousand textile workers will probably go on strike next Monday as their demand for a fifty five hour work week has been refused.
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Philadelphia
Dairyman shoots employee to death in Iowa
Cedar Rapids Iowa May 28 William Garrity 35 was shot and killed by his dairyman employer Joseph Usher near the city The coroner and police heard Usher confess he went to Garritys room to fix a storm window when Garrity rose from bed and said I'll kill you Usher grabbed a rifle from a wall hook and fired Usher claimed jealousy over Garritys attentions to Mrs Usher Usher denies the accusation
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
William Garrity
Joseph Usher
King
Usher
Garrity
Steamers Japan and Admiral Crash in Dense Fog
In Two Harbors off Lake Superior a fogbound collision occurred between the Japan and the Admiral as they steamed toward Duluth. Both ships remained afloat and decked. passengers were not aboard, and the impact occurred around 6 30 in the evening as fog whistles rang out.
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Duluth
Minn
Japan
Looks on murder as a jest in St Louis tragedy
St Louis contractor Charles Wolz shot Mrs Louis P Nelson twice in the head at Grand and Chouteau avenues and then killed himself, laughing during the act. Passersby heard the plea before the fatal shots. Both victims are reported to be near death, with domestic troubles cited as the cause.
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St. Louis
Charles Wolz
Louis P. Nelson
Grand and
Chouteau Avenues
Passera-by
Wolz
Baseball game results across major leagues
American League Chicago 1 Cleveland 4. National League New York 5 Chicago 4, St Louis 3 Brooklyn 1, Boston 7 Pittsburg 1, Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 2 in eleven. Iseta Boys American Association Toledo 4 St Paul 3 in twelve. Western League Denver 8 Milwaukee 7, St Joseph 4 Des Moines 2, Kansas City 1 Omaha 6 Peoria 6 Colorado Springs 2. Three-Eye League Rockford 9 Rock Island 1, Dubuque 9 Decatur 5, Cedar Rapids 3 Bloomington 1 Davenport 6 Joliet 4. Central League Dayton 5 South Bend 2.
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Chicago
Cleveland
New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Boston
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Toledo
St. Paul
Denver
Milwaukee
St. Joseph
Des Moines
Kansas City
Omaha
Peoria
Colorado Springs
Rockford
Rock Island
Dubuque
Decatur
Cedar Rapids
Bloomington
Davenport
Joliet
Carnegie Library at Racine Memorial Day ceremony
Veterans of the Civil War will supervise the cornerstone laying for Racine public library on Memorial Day. Documents from Andrew Carnegie who donated 50 000 dollars to the project will be sealed in the cornerstone. The building features Bedford stone brick and terra cotta trim with a 97 foot Main street frontage and 80 foot depth.
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Racine
Wis
Andrew Carnegie
Main Street
Chicago contractor sues for 90000 damages in breach case
Chicago contractor S J McVeod files a circuit court suit seeking 90000 dollars against New York Hat company for breach of contract alleging failure to perform.
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Chicago
S. J. McVeod
Circuit
New York Hatson Company
Stock Broker Wins $25,600 Against Street Railway
Philip Y Smith, a New York stock broker, was awarded 25,600 dollars in damages against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company for injuries suffered as a passenger.
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New York
Philip Y Smith
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Woman Dies from Burns After Yacht Fire Vagabond
New York May 28 Mrs J B Gibson died from severe burns sustained when her yacht Vagabond was destroyed in a fire about two weeks ago.
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Burns
New York
J. B. Gibson
Railroad to Czar Visit Expanded at St Petersburg
An extra railroad line is being laid at Saras kaya to the hermitage of Weather Seraphim in preparation for the Czar and Czar ina visit planned for August.
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St. Petersburg
Saraskaya
Hermitage of
Horses Trample Child in Chicago Fatality
Two year old Solomon Levy was killed after being trampled by a team of horses in Chicago. Driver Thomas O'Brien and companion Sylvester Douglas were arrested in connection with the incident.
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Chicago
Solomon Levy
Thomas O'Brien
Sylvester Douglas
Elevators Burn Near Fletcher in Major Grain Fire
May 28 elevator blaze at Patty and Coppereck facilities destroyed grain elevators and store rooms near Fletcher, with losses estimated at 75,000 dollars. Fire crews fought the flames for hours, sustaining only minor damage to nearby structures. Damaged equipment and grain stocks are not recoverable. investigation to determine cause continues.
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Fletcher, O
Patty & Coppereck
Wheat duty cut defeated in French chamber
Paris May 28 In the chamber of deputies a brief discussion followed by the bill to reduce the wheat duty to francs was defeated by a substantial majority. The measure failed to win approval as lawmakers rejected the proposal amid ongoing debates on agricultural policy.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Roosevelt Speech Defends Law Enforcement Against Wealth
President Roosevelt, addressing 20,000 in Butte, denounces rich critics of law enforcement and vows that laws will be enforced impartially. He praises workers and labor unity, warns against plutocracy, and urges all decent Americans to support the law, regardless of wealth or class. The speech includes praise for uniformed soldiers as friends and calls for fair, square dealing by all.
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Butte
Mont
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Gdv
Grey Labor and Trades
Bow County
Bsng
Secret Service
United States
Dong
Citize
Plutocra
Ple
Republic
Kansas Needs Men and Teams for Wheat Harvest
Topeka Kansas May 28 T B Gerow state employment agent says Kansas will need at least 26000 men and 4000 teams for the wheat harvest His estimates come from reports from every township with no idle men and a shortage of horses and mules He notes export of Kansas animals to Africa during the Boer War and the scarcity driven by that trade Favors Girls High Schools New York May 28 Club women condemn Belleville Ill efforts to abolish high schools for girls
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Topeka
Kas
T. B. Gerow
Kansas
Africa
New York
Club Women of
Belleville
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