Tornado Levels Knitting Mill and Homes in Union South Carolina
A tornado struck Union South Carolina on a Sunday afternoon, killing six and injuring several. The storm destroyed the Knitting Mill hill area, the school building, and two residences, turning them to kindling. Victims include Miss Sallie Hart and Annie Lawson. Vera Maxey Sims died later. Maxey Sims and Lee Sims suffered injuries. Property damage estimated at $50,000 across stores and cotton mills. Pacolet reports one death and multiple injuries.
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Union
S. C
Main Street
Knitting Mill Hill
Sallie Hart
Annie Lawson
Maxey Sims
Vera
Lee Sims
Mabrey
Jonesville
Miss Lawson
Pacolet
Murder in church shocks Atlanta suburb
Millard Lee twenty-year-old, son of a farmer, shot and killed Lilla Suttle nineteen, at Wesley Chapel Mt Gilead nine miles from Atlanta. After the benediction he fired twice from behind her, killing her instantly, then fled into the woods. He confessed to another man who refused to intervene.
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Atlanta
Millard Lee
Lilla Suttle
Wesley Chapel
Mt. Gilead Camp Grounds
Lee
Childress
Miss Su
World record broken in Friedenau 100 km cycling event
Berlin May 26 Robl of Munich won the Golden Wheel of Friedenau 100 km in 98 minutes 18 seconds setting a world record. Dickensmann of Amsterdam finished second and English rider Tom Linton took third. Bouhours of Paris fell but remounted.
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Berlin
Friedenau
Robl
Munich
Dickensmann
Amsterdam
Tom Linton
Bouhours
Paris
Spalding Dies in Atlanta at May 26
Eugene C. Spalding vice president of the Atlanta Knoxville and Northern railway died at his home in Atlanta Sunday from hemorrhage of the lungs.
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Eugene C. Spalding
Atlanta
Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railway
Ice houses burned in Milton causing heavy loss
Lightning struck the ice houses of the Boston Ice Co at Milton New Hampshire destroying twelve buildings including six ice houses. The fire caused about 50000 dollars in damages and was fully insured.
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Rochester
N. H
Boston Ice Co
Milton
Evans Heads to Washington to Take London Consul General Post
Hon. H. Clay Evans departed Chattanooga for Washington on Sunday and will sail June 4 with his family aboard the St. Paul from New York to London to assume duties as consul general.
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H. Clay Evans
Washington
Chattanooga
Tenn
New York
St. Paul
London
Retiring Gen. Wheaton to Leave Philippines July 1
Maj. Gen. Lloyd Wheaton, near departure from the Philippines, will be retired July 1 by operation of law due to age. Gen. Wheaton is a native of Michigan.
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Gen
Eruption Expands Ash Fall at Chateau Belair St Vincent
May 18 eruption sends ash and lava, triggering mass exodus from Chateau Belair to Kingston. Darkness, rain, and flooding strike May 18 19. 30 inhabitants return as fears persist. Refugees aided by government plans. 900,000 rations arrive aboard the Dixie. Martinique disaster death toll pegged at 30,000 in Gov l'Huerte’s report.
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Kingstown
Island of St. Vincent
Chateau Belair
Cumbertland
Carib
St. Lucia
Mt. Enham
United States
Dixie
Paris
Martinique
l’Huerte
Co operative Movement Plans Big Kansas Wheat Purchase
Walter Vrooman, leading the western co operative movement, has contracted for six major Kansas wheat elevators and two large flour mills for about 750 000 dollars. The Wheat and Flour Western Co-Operative Co will enlist Kansas farmers at 100 dollars each, yielding market wheat value plus half the profits, with the rest funding co operative stores. The aim is to cut out middlemen and prevent a flour trust while shipping surplus to Britain for cooperative members.
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Kansas City, Mo
Walter Vrooman
Western Co-Operative Movement
Kansas Wheat Belt
Vrooman
New York
Kansas
Vrooman Co-Operative Co
Wheat and Flour Western Co-Operative Co
Mr. Vrooman
Pneumatic tube mail commission submits report to postmaster general
The commission investigating pneumatic tube mail service presented its report to the postmaster general. It renews its prior recommendations for operating the pneumatic system in large cities.
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Washington
Postmaster General
Rhodesia Gold Output Rises In 1901 To 108888 Ounces
Cape Town May 26 The 1901 gold yield from Rhodesia reached 108888 ounces, up 69385 ounces from 1900, signaling a strong year for mining in the region.
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Cape Town
Rhodesia
Hewes Dies at 74 with Unparalleled Masonic Record
Norman C. Hewes, 74, of Lebanon New Hampshire, died Sunday at his home. His life included a notable Masonic career described as unparalleled. In February 14, he was installed as Tyler in Franklin Lodge F and A M for the 46th consecutive time.
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Lebanon
N. H
Norman C. Hewes
Tyler
Franklin Lodge F
A. M
Charleston Day Observed at Exposition Closure
Charleston Day will mark the closing day of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition on Saturday May 31. Great preparations are underway for the observance in Charleston D C.
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Charleston
D. C
Lord Pauncefote Dies at Washington Embassy
Lord Pauncefote British ambassador to the United States died at the embassy in Washington after several days illness. The death prompted flags at half mast and condolences from Secretary Hay to the British authorities. Funeral arrangements set for Wednesday at noon at St. John's Episcopal Church with state ceremonial support.
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Washington
Lord Pauncefote
United States
Arlington Hotel
Rochambeau
Hay
White House
State Department
Department of State
Marquis of Lansdowne
London
John Hay
Lady Pauncefote
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Rock Creek Cemetery
War Department
Rochambeau Statue Unveiled in Washington Parade
Washington witnesses a grand unveiling of the Count de Rochambeau statue with French and American goodwill on display. The French mission completed its visit and departed for Niagara Falls en route home as Annapolis prepares to escort the French battleship Gaulois to New York and Boston.
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Washington
Count de Rochambeau
France
French Republic
United States
Rochambeau
Niagara Falls
Annapolis
Amanapolis
Virginia Capes
Adm. Higginson
Olympia
Kearsarge
Alabama
New York
Boston
Coal engineers vote to stay put despite threat of strike
In Shamokin Pennsylvania engineers and pumpmen vote 43 to 15 at a mass meeting to not strike on June 2 even if operators refuse eight hour day. Secretary George Hartlein of the UMW Ninth district addressed the gathering urging a general strike if the demand is denied.
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Shamokin
George Hartlein
Ninth District Executive Board
United Mine Workers
Double Shooting on W Part Road in Bluffs
Mrs. Mary Harris and her brother James Brasher were shot by an unknown assailant along a lonely west Bluffs road after leaving a dance. Mrs. Harris is reported to die from her wounds. The investigation and motive remain unclear.
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Popular Bluffs
Mary Harris
James Brasher
Faulkner Kills Wife and Then Himself in Ogden
Lorenzo Faulkner a 30 year old railroad worker shot and killed his wife on Sunday and then killed himself in Ogden Utah authorities reported. The wife had left him months earlier and returned to her parents home.
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Ogden
Utah
Lorenzo Faulkner
Faulkner
Philippine bill debate spans weeks in Congress
May 20 to May 24 coverage shows Senate focusing on the Philippine government bill with Dol l iver supporting strong U S retention of the islands. House debates immigration tests, military post funding, and private pension bills with champions like Cannon and Underwood shaping conference talks.
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Washington
Senate
Dolliver
United States
Philippines
House
Roberts
Mass
Adams
Sherman
Hot Springs
S. D. Washington
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Hull
Committee
Mr. Hitt
Foreign Affairs Committee
Cuba
Republic of Cuba
Family of Independent Nations
Republic
Associated Press
Congressional
Shattue
Committee On Immigration
Canada
Underwood
Hoar
Capitol
Ala
Dubois
Ida
Loud
Cal
Messrs
Sulloway
N. H
Sulzer
N. Y
Miers
Ind
Rochambeau
Ohio towns vote dry under Beal bill in 15 cases
Columbus May 22 voters in 15 Ohio towns held elections under the Beal bill local option feature. Nine towns voted dry and six kept saloons. The Anti Saloon league cites impetuous actions and delayed sentiment building as causes in towns that went against prohibition.
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Columbus
Ohio
Anti-Savon League
Bethel
Cambridge
Cadiz
Steintown
East Palestine
Hicksville
Crooksville
Port William
Creston
Mt. Blanchard
Belmont
Morral
Anti-Saloon League
Bloomville
Brilliant
Roseville
Mutiny at Starke County Workhouse Ends in Death
In Canton Ohio on a Wednesday morning guard George Jacobs was killed and guard Homer Stone gravely wounded during a prison yard shooting by prisoner Charles Gigante. Guards fired back, Gigante was wounded, and order was restored with police aid.
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Canton
Starke County
George Jacobs
Homer Stone
Gigante
Charles Gigante
Startling disclosures in infanticide case in Columbus
Mary Evans alias Peixotto told police she acted as midwife in seven recent cases with dead or dying infants. She said she disposed of the bodies by river or burial, claiming innocence. She admitted one operation last winter on a colored servant burned in the kitchen stove.
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Columbus
Mary Evans
Peixotto
Dorgan
Train collision claims B&O engineer at Third and Smith
Cincinnati dispatch reports a signaling misunderstanding caused a collision between a Big Four locomotive and a freight train at Third and Smith streets. William Keating, a B and O S Wengineer, died in the crash.
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Cincinnati
Third and
Smith Streets
William Keatting
Embezzlement Charge Shakes Fidelity Co Leader
Cleveland May 24 Clement Mc Mahon Jr secretary of the Fidelity Building and Loan Co is under arrest on charges of embezzling company funds. Prosecutors say he took 35 dollars in one case and 50 dollars in another.
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Cleveland, C
Clement McMahon, Jr
Fidelity Building and Loan Co
Week's Failures Rise in United States and Canada
The report shows 192 failures in the United States for the week, up from 130 the previous year, and 12 in Canada, down from 22 last year, highlighting a regional decline in performance.
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New York
United States
Canada
Post Check Bill Faces Adverse Report by Panel
Washington May 24 The committee of postal and treasury experts reviewing the pending post check bill for establishing a postal currency has submitted an adverse report to the postmaster general.
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Washington
Postal and Treasury
Post
General Amnesty Granted Americans in Havana
The bill before the house to pardon Americans for acts during the intervention was amended to grant general amnesty instead of pardons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
House
Emmet Tompkins Seated as Columbus Representative
Washington May 22 The house seated Emmet Tompkins from the Columbus district without dissent after John J. Lentz had contested the seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Tompkins
Washington
House
Columbus
John J. Lentz
Ohio United Commercial Travelers Hold 13th Annual Session
The 13th annual session of the grand council of Ohio United Commercial Travelers opened in Columbus on Friday with over 1,000 members in attendance. A public reception preceded the open session.
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Columbus
Grand Council of Ohio United Commercial
Ohio Supreme Court Adjourns for Memorial Week
Columbus Ohio May 24 The supreme court adjourned Friday until June 2 for memorial week. No general docket decisions were decided and none will be made until June 24.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Pardons Board Denies Clemency for Taylor and Daughter
The Ohio State Board of Pardons unanimously rejects pardon petitions of Mrs Frances L Taylor and her daughter Frances L Taylor Jr each serving one year for kidnapping granddaughter Margaret Taylor. The board notes guilt proven and cites protest of Hamilton county officials. They face surrender June 1 unless governor acts. Governor Nash at French Lick Springs Indiana. clemency considered though not previously granted without board support.
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Columbus, O
State Board of Pardons
Frances L. Taylor
Little Margaret Taylor
Taylor
Gov
Nash
French Lick Springs
Ind
Royer law error limits Ohio Supreme Court jurisdiction
Chief Clerk Ahead reports a drafting omission in the Royer law as passed, revealing that about 95 percent of current Supreme Court cases would fall outside its jurisdiction. The law intended to lift the $300 appeal barrier but narrows scope to quo warranto mandamus habeas corpus procureda and constitutional questions or circuit court conflicts.
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Columbus
Secretary of State
Supreme Court of
Supreme Court
Circuit Courts
Circuit Court
Pardon Recommended for Life Prisoner Adolph Hayes
The Ohio board of pardons on May 23 recommended pardoning Adolph Hayes, a life prisoner at the penitentiary, after finding the 1896 assault charge by his daughter and wife inconsistent with the case. The inquiry showed the daughter was incorrigible and that the alleged crime arose from a family dispute. Hayes had served six years.
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Columbus
Board of Pardons
Adolph Hayes
Penitentiary
Jefferson County
Railway Muddle: Kacelmacher Party Sues Zeigler Aides
Three cases filed in Columbus circuit court by the Kacelmacher New York faction seek ouster of President Zeigler and others now in control of the Columbus and Hocking Valley Coal and Iron Co. property. The suits accuse current company officials of mismanagement and seek removal.
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Columbus, O
Columbus & Hocking Valley Coal and Iron Co
Kacelmacher
New York
Zeigler
Flooding Licking River Destroys Barges In Ohio Valley
The Licking river rose after heavy rains across the Ohio valley and broke its banks Friday afternoon. Coal fleets at Covington and Newport suffered damage while several house boats were carried away.
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Cincinnati
Licking River
Ohio Valley
Covington
Newport
Butcher John Vester Found Hanged in Outhouse
Cincinnati on May 22 reports John Vester a butcher living at 2858 Colerain Avenue hanged himself in an outhouse. He had been ill for some time and was discovered by Jacob Bilger who cut him down after finding him.
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Cincinnati
John Vester
Colerain Avenue
Vester
Jacob Bilger
Manes Found Guilty in Mail Fraud Case Involving Syndicate Stocks
In San Francisco on May 24 a verdict of guilty was returned against Chas R Maines for using the mails to defraud Dr Chas Bennett of Wauseon Ohio. He induced an investment of $3000 in worthless syndicate stocks.
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San Francisco
Chas. R. Maines
Chas. Bennett
Wauseon, C
County bonds sold to Seasongood Mayer in premium deal
Bellefontaine Ohio May 23 county commissioners sold 10000 in 4 percent bridge bonds and 17000 in 4 percent ditch bonds to Seasongood Mayer of Cincinnati for premiums of 314 and 96 dollars respectively.
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Bellefontaine
Seasongood & Mayer
Cincinnati
John Gray Son Found Dead in Road Near Aberdeen
Aberdeen Ohio May 23 John Gray son famous for living in a tree was found dead in an unused road near town a revolver lay beside him and authorities believe he committed suicide.
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Aberdeen
John Grayson
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Union, S. C
Chatau
Belair
Co-Operative Movement
Kansas Wheat
Ohio Supreme Court
Mr&. Taylor and Daughter
State Board of Pardon
Royer Law
Butcher
Aberdeen’s
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