Explosion at Fernie No 2 Mine rocks British Columbia
A catastrophic blast at Fernie British Columbia splits through No 2 mine and No 3 shaft injuring many workers. About 150 men were present when the explosions occurred as rescue efforts begin and ventilation is restored. Local residents fear for missing miners and relief work proceeds with communications limited by a single wire.
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Fernie
B.C
Vancouver
No. 2
No. 3
No.3
Rivery
Vernie
Toronto
Refugees in Martinique Need Linen and Bedding
May 42 report from Ponty of Wood on Talnnsd Port de Vrance notes sufficiency of some supplies but critical shortages of linen clothing bedding and slslifeot ants. Refugers at Mort dé Deance lack work and funds. The Mont Pelee cloud caused panic as 20,000 residents flooded streets. a tial wire evacuated Lee Curbet village.
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Port de Vrance
Martinique
Mort Dé Deance
Mont Pelee
Lee Curbet
Writing Strikers Enjoined in Portland Trade Dispute
In Portland Oregon May 20 a state circuit court granted a temporary injunction restraining building tradesmen from interfering with planing mill owners. The move discouraged pickets and at noon all were recalled. No further strike orders will be issued until a formal meeting decides the next steps.
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Portland
Ore
Trilkers
Western horse buyers disperse camp as 2500 horses bow hit
The Beithsh camp of horse buyers in Utah and Ogden disbanded after four months with 2500 horses shipped. Vaqueros discharged and Hereford and Lowther returned to Hillings, Ment. Memorial at Washington honors Spanish American War veterans. over 500 veterans attended. Orient Line secures Kansas City terminal charter for 1.1 million dollars, linking to Belt Line. Public building bill includes 50000 for Oklahoma City government building and a Guthrie site plan, with Oklahoma City and Guthrie details.
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Ogden
Utah
Beithsh
Hereford
Lowther
Hillings
Ment
Ben
D Orient
Topeka
Orieant Carroll Company
Kansas
Belt
Washington
Eenata
Ouwarron City
Guth
Ole
Guthrie
Oldlahona
Senators Debate Philippine Policy and Naval Plans
The Senate and House discuss Philippine governance and naval appropriations. Debates cover naval bills, Alaska culture promotion, Cuban relations, and inspector general actions. A Mexico or European power comparison appears as well as a push for reforms and funding for naval and education programs.
Oklahoma encampment elects leaders and praises war effort
The twelfth annual encampment of the Oklahoma department elected Wesley Taylor of Perry as department commander for the ensuing year with Kal Breeker and A G Murray named senior and junior officers. Resolutions praised the department's leadership and the Philippines campaign. Chicago authorities also enforce restraining orders on packing houses, with strict adherence to injunction terms.
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Oklahoma
Guthele
O. J
Department of Oklahoma
A. T
Wesley ‘Taylor
Perry
Cole
Kal Breeker
Af Ansadarke
A. G. Murray
Pawnee
Philippines
Pelée's Second Eruption Destroys Fort de France Cathedral
May 21 eruption at Mont Pelée devastates St Pierre region with blazing gas, boulders, and volcanic debris. Port de France reports fear and relief ships, American flag seen as safety. Dixie arrives with supplies. scientists, explorers, and correspondents aboard.
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Fort de France
Mont Pelow
St. Merve
Port de France
St. Pierre Link
St. Pierre
United States
Dixie
Berry
New York
Robert ‘T. Ham
C. E. Horchgrevink
Mess
Miles And Coburn Cat Mat
Washington May 26 The president revokes the Aug 29 1001 order placing General Miles and General Corbin as acting secretary of war in the secretary and assistant secretary's absence Both the secretary and assistant secretary were absent and Secretary Root had designated John G Schofield to sign requisitions during his temporary absence from Washington May 24 08 wand until the assistant secretary’s return
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Washington
Miles
Corbin
Root
John G. Schofield
Treasury
Judge Cowan Denies Papers To Two Non English Speakers
In Bismarck on May 26 Judge Cowan refused to grant naturalization papers to two elderly men aged forty and sixteen years in the United States for lacking English language learning. Both men had not learned English and sought to be on claims but were denied.
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Eoglah
Bismarck
N. D
Leavenworth Hara Waterspout Damages City Centers
A waterspout struck Leavenworth Kansas on May 23 causing flooding in Three Mile Creek valley. Rain fell for about thirty minutes totaling nearly three inches with no wind or lightning. Country windstorm damaged areas northwest of town.
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Leavenworth Hara
Leavenworth
Three Mile Treel
Here
Desertion shrinks Fort de Prance during Martinique crisis
May 26 Fort de Prance Martinique sees calm by 1 p m yet hundreds flee to Trinidad Cayenne and St Lucia. About 1 200 go to Guadaloupe and 2 000 move south to Martinique as trades falter with many bakers closed due to fleeing staff.
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Fort de Prance
Martinique
Fort de Prange
Voerpatties
Villere Tanger
Another Volcanic Outbarat Fort de France Report May 26
A report from May 26 says Ajoupa Bouillon on Martinique’s mountain side is forming a new crater with a large fissure emitting gases and volcanic material. Ash from the volcano covers ships approaching Fort de France, preventing closer than ten miles. indications point to another volcanic outburst.
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Fort de France
Martinique
Ajoupa Boullion
St. Pierre
Atlantic
Miese
Northeast Iowa Submerged After Heavy Rains
Heavy rains submerged the northeast Iowa region causing vast losses. Between Conover and Decorah seven miles of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line washed out and sixteen iron bridges around Decorah destroyed. Damage extended through Decorah residence and railroad districts with property losses. Washouts occurred between Austin and Preston on the open prairie and ten miles of track on the Iowa and Minnesota division were destroyed. Estimated damage at Decorah about 86001,000.
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Iowa
St Paul
Minn
Conover
Decorah
Chicago
Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Austin
Preston
Minnesota
Docoral
Repeal of Blue Law Ends Sunday Ice Cream Ban
Hoston May 20 The long enforced Sunday ban on ice cream soda water and confectionery sold by druggists and violators was struck from the statute book by a repeal signed by Governor Crane after senate passage. The agitation followed last Sundays enforcement drive. London May 23 A fire jet destroyed Lecarbet in Martinique disrupting a mission of troops assigned there and raising safety concerns for the detachment.
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Hoston
Crane
Senate
London
Times Fron Yort de France
Martinique
Lecarbet
Cuba Peace Declared as U S Ends Occupation
Washington May 24 Secretary Hay announces that the United States has ceased military occupation in Cuba and a republican government under Tomas Estrada Palma is now in power. Ambassadors to convey the notice to their governments as U S forces remain only for Havana defense until Cuban self rule is established. Theodore Roosevelt receives a cable from Navana expressing gratitude and goodwill toward the United States.
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Nay
United States
Cuba
Tomas Estrada Palma
Hay
Nout
Havana
Roosevelt
Pew Reprublic
Navana
Theodore Roosevelt
Republic
Wisches
Democratic Party nominates six for state offices at Wichita
The state convention of the Democratic party met in Wichita and nominated candidates for six offices on the ticket. The rest of the slate was left for the Populist convention at Topeka on June 4. Nominees include J. D. Moteverty for Supreme Court, J. Cannon for Supreme Court, W. H. Craddeele for Governor, Claud Durval for Secretary of State, D. M. Lewis for Auditor, and William Sauce for Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Wichita
Democratic Party
Telwt
Topeka
Supreme Court
J. D. Moteverty
Port Bean
J. Cannon
Mound City
W, HH
Craddeele
Kansas City
Kus
Claud Durval
Thuvehineon
D. M. Lewis
Kinsley
William Sauce
Trolley Wreck Claims Two Lives Near Easton
A trolley wreck near Easton at midnight killed Edward Commodore of Nazareth and Jp Derhammer of Easton. An Easton Nazareth car with about 80 passengers reversed brakes on a steep Palmer Lowanship fill, ran down the grade, jumped the track, and toppled onto a country road injuring many.
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Eastman
Easton
Edward Commodore
Nazareth
Derhammer
Palmer Lowanship
Knights of Pything grand lodge session moves to Topeka 1903
In Wichita Kansas on May 2 the Knights of Pything grand lodge decided to hold the next session in Topeka in May 1903. The Topeka band was named official band of the grand lodge and $100 was appropriated to send the organization to San Francisco in August. A major matter was the sanitarium near Hot Springs Arkansas. Monuments and reunions were discussed including a Mother Bickerdyke monument in Fort Scott to be supported with cooperation from the Women’s Relief Corps. The next encampment will meet in McPherson and fall reunions will continue in Wichita.
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Wichita
Kan
Knights of Pything Grand Lodge
Topeka
K. TP
Grand Lodge
San Francisco
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Dad Knight
Mother Mickertyke
Fort Scott
Women's Relief Corps
Mother Bickerdyke
Kansas
Taxter Springs
McPherson
Deficiency Request for Leavenworth Penitentiary and Oklahoma Courts
The department sent to Congress a deficiency estimate of 1,000 dollars for Leavenworth Penitentiary in Kansas to cover 83,500 additional costs from last fall's mutiny and 1,800 dollars for higher salaries for the chief justice and associated officers in Oklahoma for 1902, plus 12,000 dollars for the same purpose in 1903 due to salary and staff increases.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Leavenworth
Kana
Yonde
Oklahoma
Kaiser to Visit Krupp Works and Kron Pring Wilhelm Tour
The Kaiser plans an early visit to Krupp at Essen to tour the works with Crown Prince Wilhelm and then a brief sea trip aboard the Kron Pring Wilhelm. He intends to show his son the establishment and inform him on several matters. The weather prophet must be the wind that has no honor in his own country.
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Germany
Krupp
Resen
Kron Pring Wilhelm
Analysis of Island Sizes and Relative World Rankings
A historical note compares the size of Great Britain to Sumatra Newfoundland and France and Germany. It states Britain is half Sumatra and twice Newfoundland, ranks fifth among the world’s largest islands, England excluding Wales is under a quarter the size of France or Germany, and the British Isles cover about one sixteenth of the globe’s surface.
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Great Britain
Sumatra
Newfoundland
England
Wales
France
Germany
Privileges of Women in New York Restaurants
Women visitors to New York can now be served in hotel restaurants after theater hours or in the evening without a male escort. Previously no woman could, and few escorted pairs, dine unaccompanied in a first class restaurant after dark.
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New York
Kipling Clause Provokes Name for Trust Provision
A trustee under Cecil Rhodes' will says the codicil paragraph about "Joafera" was inspired by Rudyard Kipling's poem on "funneled fools" and "muddled pain." Colowans reportedly called the provision "the Kipling clause" in mock tribute to the poet.
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Kipling
Cecil Rhodes
Rudyard Kipling
Evolution of Treacle As a Word From Medicine to Molasses
The word treacle evolved from medical decoctions described as beneficial tonics to mean any sweet confection. It later came to denote molasses, the sweetest form, and this term then applied specifically to a treacle product.
Prophecy Painted at Kingston Lincoln Dinner
Ex congressman Wise and Abraham Gruber spoke at the Kingston dinner. Wise eulogized Lincoln and Gruber urged Sunday Observance. Kingston observers said the remarks set the seal on prophecy and hinted at a millennium if no collision occurs.
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Lincoln
Kingston
Wise
Abraham Gruber
Col. Gruber
Curbstone Sage of
New York Times
A Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Hapless Burden
The text laments the duties of a British chancellor of the exchequer Sir Michael Hicks Beach compares to Sir Robert Peel, describing an impossible struggle with empty coffers and bottomless deficits while seeking a budget.
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Michael Hicks- Betch
Robert Peel
Old-Time Abolitioner Edward H Rauch Dies at 84
Edward H Rauch editor of the Mauch Chunk Democrat in Pennsylvania dies at 84. He was among the early antislavery leaders who aided the underground railroad in Lancaster County. His Pit schweffelbrenner letters in Pennsylvania German dialect are remembered for quaint humor.
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Edward H. Rauch
Mauch Chink
Underground Railroad
Lancaster County
Democrat
Wells
Impact of Boer War on French Wine Trade and Clubs
The conflict drains manpower across France hurting Paris trades and hotel owners. Champagne firms face surplus stock as patrons are abroad, and dividends fall due to reduced sales. The London Express notes industry-wide strain from reduced club and restaurant activity.
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France
Paris
London Express
Remarkable head burning case finds relief in remedies
In Wend Burns Arkansas on May 26 a man suffered two years from a head burning sensation. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills the pain gradually faded. His son George also benefited from leftover pills. A proposed glass hospital for consumptives in Philadelphia mirrors London plans with individual oxygen chambers for patients.
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Sitar City
Ark
W. Hl. McBalla
Dodd
Dodi
George
Glee Hospital For
Glass Hospital
Philadelphia
London
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