Diptych Stallion Sold to Andy Stewart in South Dakota
Mattice sold the standard bred trotting stallion Diptych No. 30643 to Andy Stewart of the city. Diptych, bred in noble lines near Nutwood, has shown 2 26 trials and remains for breeding locally. Diptych was bred in Ontario and brought to South Dakota in 1898. Nutwood service fee was $1000.
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Andy Stewart
Huron
J. &. Mattice
W.H. Thompson
Nutborne
Nutwood
Hamiltonian
Pilot, Jr
Belmont
Woodford
America Star
Diplomat
Diptych
Swinton
Grand Dam
Great Grand Dam
W. B. Thompson
Beamsville
Ontario
Canada
South Dakota
Will H. Thompson
Stewart
Northwest
Free Trade Problem of Porto Rico Reaches Governor
San Juan June 12 Governor Allen weighs calling an extraordinary legislature session to declare Porto Rico has adequate revenue collection under the Foraker act or wait for President McKinley to proclaim free trade. Treasurer Hollander cites a July 1 revenue act effect. island revenues would cover maintenance without customs duties. Porto Ricans demand free trade. citizenship would please them most.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Allen
Hollander
United States
Supreme Court
Noted conspirecy case ends with guilty verdicts
Dr August M Unger and F Wayland Brown were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud insurers through the death of Marie Defenbach and sentenced to the penitentiary under the indeterminate act. Frank H Smiley pleaded guilty and turned state’s evidence, likely to receive a lighter sentence.
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Chicago
August M. Unger
F. Wayland Brown
Marie Defenbach
Frank H. Smiley
Unger
Brown
Smiley
Miss Defenbach
Bailey
John B. Weckler
Weckler
Obituary of Dr W H Harris Davenport Clergyman and Curator
Davenport obituary notes the death of W H Harris 83 a prominent Episcopal clergyman and first professor of theology at Griswold College. He served 40 years as curator of the Davenport Academy of Sciences and was a leading scientific church figure.
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Davenport
W. HB. Harris
Griswold College
Davenport Academy of Sciences
Miners Trapped After Shaft No 2 Fire at Port Royal
Port Royal Pa June 12 The Pittsburg Coal and Coke shaft No 2 is afire after an explosion and more than twenty men are missing or feared dead. Rescue parties have brought two men to the surface but four other entombed men remain unaccounted for as crowds pray and plan means to flood the mine. Gas smoke billow as doctors rush to aid the anxious families.
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Port Royal
Pittsburg Coal and Coke Company
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Jack Peoples
Tony Stickles
Frank Davenport
Daly
Lawrence Setler
John Stakes
Stakes
Setler
William McCune
West Newton
Dennis Wortley
Michael Roy
Euclid
Baltimore and Ohio
Ashforty H. Wintermute
Sarah E. Wintermute
Beadle
Territory
South Dakota
County of
Register of Deeds
Court House
Huron
S. D
Couple Die In Double Drowning? Or Runaway Marriage Tragedy
In Chicago at the Great Northern hotel L Hartman and his wife were found dead in bed, each with a bullet wound to the temple. The revolver was in the husband’s hand. managers know little beyond possible wealthy New York connections and an actress past for the wife, Rose Violet. Suspected runaway marriage ending in suicide follows a father’s disapproval.
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Chicago
L. Hartman
Great Northern
New York
Rose Violet
Lively Battle Ends With Death Near Unadilla
In Unadilla Georgia on June 12 a sheriff and posse chased a negro desperado at Giovania nine miles away. The confrontation ended with Hence Wright killed and John Mathis of Eskox likely fatally wounded after a rapid exchange of over 20 pistol shots as they closed in on the cabin. The desperado fired from inside before fleeing and was pursued to the house where he continued firing until subdued.
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Unadilla
Giovania
Hence Wright
John Mathis
Eskox
Winchester
Story
Denis J Swenie Resigns Longtime Chicago Fire Chief
Denis J. Swenie, head of Chicago’s fire department for more than fifty years, formally resigns due to ill health. He plans to spend the next two years traveling abroad.
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Swenie Mesign
Chicago
Denis J. Swenie
Aid for Non-Union Men in Toronto Strike Fight
The International Machinists Association in convention in Toronto approves financial aid for non-union men who joined strikers. President O Connell says amounts will be sufficient to keep them in the fight, with over 40000 distributed since May 20. The union seeks AFL levy funds and may appeal to British trade groups if the battle drags on.
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Toronto
Ont
International Machinists’ Association
O’connell
American Federation of Labor
Great Britain
Sixty nine Chinese Drowned After Boat Sinks
The Kinshin Maru arrives with news of a sudden squall near Chu San Ning Pi on May 3. Of 68 aboard, thirty bodies washed ashore and only a few survivors saved.
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Victoria
B. C
Chu San
Ning Pi
American Trainee Fights Robbery Then Drowns Thieves in France
In Chambery on June 11, an American named Constantin Scandal was robbed on a railway between Modene and St Michael while asleep by three fellow travelers. He recognized the thieves at St Jean di Maurienne and chased them. they leaped into the Arc river and all four drowned.
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Chambery
France
Constantin Scandal
Modene
St. Michael
St. Jean di Maurienne
Arc
National Metal Trades to Consider Machinists Strike
The administrative council met at the Gilsey House to plan the general convention to consider a machinists strike. Officers say no arbitration proposals will be entertained by the union or its allies.
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New York
The
National Metal Trades Association
Gilsey House
Plains
Wind Storm Destroys Buildings In La Crosse Area
A wind storm swept La Crosse Wisconsin on June 11 causing extensive damage. Several small buildings were overturned and numerous loose items blown away, with overall losses expected to be heavy.
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la Crosse
Wis
Student diamond theft case on arraignment in Northampton
Miss Mabel Lawrence Burt of Bridgeton New Jersey daughter of a prominent lawyer was arraigned in the district court on larceny charges. She pleaded guilty to stealing a diamond and ruby ring valued at 500 from a Smith college student and $1500 in cash from other students. She was held on 1500 bonds to the grand jury and jailed in default.
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Northampton
Mass
Mabel Lawrence Burt
Bridgeton
N. J
Smith College
Secretary Root not quoted on Platt Amendment views
Washington reports state that Secretary Root did not deviate from the pledge that the president and he cannot change an act of Congress. Cuban amendments to the Platt law and conversations with Root are said not to reflect his views, and he was not correctly quoted in the alleged statements.
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Washington
Havana
Root
Governor Yates Reports Stolen Veto Message
The veto of a $28,000 relief bill for Partello, vetoed by Governor Yates, was stolen from the secretary of state’s office in Springfield. A duplicate veto was signed by the governor and the matter concerns the state reform school at Pontiac.
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Springfield
Ills
Yates
Partello
State Reform School
Pontiac
President Grants Five Pardons in Latest Clemency Round
The President acted on 14 pardon applications. Four sentences were commuted and five pardons granted. Among those pardoned is Richard Toulmin convicted in the Shanghai consular court in 1898 for the murder of a Chinese national aboard the American ship Dosing in Wu Chow harbor.
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Washington
Richard Toulmin
United States
Shanghai
China
Wu Chow
Breckenridge Suggests 1904 Issue for Democrats
Ex congressman Colonel W C P Breckenridge answers a question on party reorganization and future issues. He argues against currency legislation aligning with Bryan and criticizes Bryan’s territorial policy. He predicts retention of new possessions and acceptance of Supreme Court decisions, urging no retrenchment of prior Democratic utterances.
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Kentucky
Lexington
W. C. P. Breckenridge
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Supreme Court
Breckenridge
The Best One Dollar Corset on the Market
A sales note proclaims the “best $1 corset” for ladies, highlighting affordable undergarments in a department or fabric shop. It emphasizes value and practical wear for women seeking economical underwear and night attire.
Rumor of Drowning in Brown County Flood
Cincinnati, June 8. No confirmation of reports that John Heitt and his daughter drowned near Ripley. Rumor of Hughes family drowned in Brown County Ohio appears exaggerated. Cyrus Storer drowned in Brush creek after flood catch. Edward Stewart killed by lightning near Remington. Clem ent Apgar injured. Wires down, communication with the stricken district cut off.
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Cincinnati
John Heitt
Ripley
Maysville
Hughes
Ellsberg
Brown County
Heitt
Cyrus Storer
Brush Creek
West Union
Edward Stewart
Remington
Clement Apgar
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John A. Salzer
Ls Crosse
Leasles
Mattice
President McKinley
DR. Unger and
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Marie
Defenbach
Dr. Harris
Vanderbilt
Port Royal, PA
Cape
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NORTH
ERN Pacific
Mise
Cen
Tral and
Pennsylvania
Pacific Coast
W. K. Vanderbilt
New York Central System
Northern Pacific Railway
Samuel McCrea
Pennsylvania Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
J. Pierpont Morgan
Atchison Company
W. H. Moore
Mr. Morgan
Rock Island
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Hotel
Sheriff's Posse
Hi. J. Rice's Variety Store
Nee Ad
Cammet
He Pat Oe
Beater
Sweet-Orr
Dakota Avenue
Foster R. Warren
Horace H. Warren
Vernon Township
South My
Henry C. Hinckley
Agnes E. Wilson
City of
County of the
Harvey J. Rice
Ohio
Ter
Andrew Riegel
L. C. Kemp
Ees Ie
Rere
Carey A. Fowler
Beadle County
A. G. Fowler
F. W. Fowler
Pyle & Taylor
Mary E. Fowler
Percens
Fred W. Fowler
L. L. May & Co
St. Paul
Minn
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