Seed, ChingUao Klucker and a Rocky Mountain record
A scrambled set of notes cover diverse topics from a Swiss guide in the Rockies with a thousand ascents to a new mint in Philadelphia and royal Bavarian drama. The piece touches on Sweden and Norway homes for unmarried women, Persian tears, a St Louis forestry exhibit, a Paris charity chapel optical illusion, a buried 19 inch skeleton in Tennessee north carolina railroad bed, and a reflection on Jesus and charity.
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Rocky Mountains
Forman
Newport
Smithsonian Institution
Deadly 1890s shooting spree ends in self-inflicted death
In an 1890s city, Evert Conway killed W C Garrison and his wife then wounded a patrolman and others after threatening defrauded oath claims. He set fire to a cattle stable, shot several people near the scene, wounded policeman Wattas and others, then killed himself after police siege. The Garrison family suffered multiple fatalities and injuries.
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Ind
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Woallas
Edward Davidson
Adam Crawford
Wallas
Reports on Platt Amendment at Havana Convention
May 20 Havana reports that the Constitutional Convention committee will not back the Platt Amendment. The majority favors changes while accepting chief terms, defining intervention to prevent interference with Cuban independence. The minority opposes adoption. many expect annexationist pressure to grow until Congress considers a firmer stance.
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Havana
Amma Nikos
United States
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Street Railway Strike Ends in Albany Area Concessions Reached
An Albany area street railway strike involving United Traction Company lines in Albany Troy Cohoes Rensselaer and Watervliet ends after a conference. Both sides concede and an agreement allows representations on grievances from employee committees. Wages for motorneers conductors linemen and pitmen rise 20 cents per hour pitmen helpers 17 and a half cents per hour.
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McKinley Wife Improves. President Considers Return to Washington
May 30 San Francisco reports Mrs. McKinley has improved enough to sit up briefly, with her condition described as satisfactory by Secretary Corterton. The President is considering timing to commence the trip to Washington, prioritizing his wife’s health over touring. Messages from European leaders accompany the latest bulletin.
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McKinley
Washington
Ctortetron
Leaubert
France
Exposition Opens With Limited Exhibits and VIPs Attending
Plans for the Pan American Exposition opening state the event will not be fully ready today. The grounds show fair progress with some fountains and Midway nearing completion. Attendance is expected around 200000 with civic holiday closures. notable guests include Roosevelt Woodruff Lodge Proctor Hanna Vanderbilt Stuyvesant Fish and Louisiana Purchase Exposition directors.
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Bastfate
X.Y
Mastef Fountaines
New York State
Saw Ami
Tw Dss
Machinists poised to strike across industry
About 105000 of 150000 international machinists were set to strike today with 600000 allied trades ready to aid. President OConnell said harmony existed and denied St Louis and Cincinnati refusals. Some shops had granted wage changes, others planned to walkout. In separate report, two Topeka women injured by gas explosion. Josephine Herron not expected to survive.
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O'Connell
St. Louis
Ciecelunati
Indies
Topeka
Kan
Josephine Herron
Carrie Sheffiel
Miss Herron
Rallvend Deal Consummated Seals Great Northern merger
New York March St-J Morgen Co reports two thirds of C T Q R R R stock deposited at Colonial Trust Boston and Metropolitan Trust New York securing the deal in which Great Northern and Northern Pacific operate to acquire C F Q Yerahama. May 0 battleship Orion sends homeward bound penoact mailed for San Francisco.
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Colonial Trust Company
Boston
Metropolitan Trust Company
New York City
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Q. Yerahama
Origon
San Francisco
Ohio Launch Marks New Naval Era in San Francisco
May 20 San Francisco scene as the battleship Ohio enters the water in a public launch attended by Miss Barker and Miss Deshler. Fifty thousand cheer as salutes ring out and waves rock smaller craft. President McKinley present via proxy. he speaks on expanding liberties and the fate of newly acquired territories, pledging freedom and opportunity for all.
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Garker le
Ohio
Union Iron Works
Dak
Mrs. McKinley
Miss Barber
Cepencel
Third Term for McKinley in Nomination Talks
Washington reports Senator Chauncey Depew favors renomination of President McKinley for a third term. He predicts McKinley will be nominated and elected, citing public confidence, business interests, and the desire to continue prosperity amid ongoing territorial issues.
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Washington
New York
Chauncey Depew
McKinley
Depew
Pew
Sim
White House
MacKinley
No Fate of Danish Inlands in Danish West Indies
Copenhagen May 20 It is officially announced that the Danish West Indies have not been sold. Negotiations continue on details but a treaty before the Rigsdag and Congress meets in Cape Town is unlikely. May 20 General Bindon Blood completed a successful movement against the Boers in the Northern Transvaal with British columns routing resistance and capturing 1 000 Boers and supplies. General Rigod led center operations, with Colonel Plumer on his left flank and General Kitchener on his right.
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Mysterious Death Ties Priest, Doctor in New York Case
The body of Father Phillips of Hazleton Pa was found in Dr Stanley's Ninth Avenue rooms after a night in with two girls. Stanley, arrested as a suspect, claims ignorance of the corpse and says the priest visited his rooms with two women before leaving, later saying the body is not the priest’s. Evidence includes letters from John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers.
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Grieve with the President as Mrs McKinley ill
London papers express sympathy for President McKinley amid Mrs McKinley’s illness. The Albany street railway strike continues with no settlement as 2000 troops prepare to operate limited cars. Mrs Lyman J. Gage dies in Washington after nine weeks of illness. Blanche Reynolds, 7, dies at Harbor Beach after beating by three playmates.
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Christ
Fkogliah Press
McKinley
London
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Royal House
Telegraph
Albany
United Traction Company
Lyman J. Gage
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
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Tlarbor Beach
Mich
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Ace
McKinley Wife Improves Yet Night Brings Worry
San Francisco May 15 reports say Mrs McKinley showed improvement in the morning, lifting city spirits. By night, her condition worsened with restlessness and reduced nourishment, doctors administering stimulants and oxygen as the struggle continued.
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Ia A. Wu
Machinists Face Monder Action Amid National Tensions
Reports from Cincinnati indicate Threatened threatened machinists plan a major event next Monday. A secret meeting of the association discussed actions to curb control by the union and to place overseeing heads at Denison and other shops. Chicago sources say quiet talks are under way between the International Association of Machinists and the National Metal Trades Association to resolve procedural differences and avert broader conflict.
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Denison
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International Association of Machinists
National Metal Trades Association
Earthquake Rattles Ohio and West Virginia Regions
An Ashland Kentucky report describes three distinct tremors near half a minute apart, awakening most residents, with rumbling sounds and shattered wares. Similar quakes were felt in Weilston Ohio and Huntington West Virginia, causing alarm but little damage. A Kentucky racing bill move proposes a state commission and 30 day track limits. Whitey, a former Morris Boer manager, is jailed for embezzlement amid a $80,000 shortage probe.
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Troy Strikers Seek Talks With Officials in City Action
In Troy New York workers from the Tenym or mate Assmmatios of Employes notified the mayor and formed a committee to meet with either union or non union representatives. The committee visited headquarters and reported to the members that talks may proceed with the city leadership amid the ongoing labor dispute.
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