John R Tanner Dies Former Illinois Governor
Former Illinois Governor John Riley Tanner died suddenly at 2:45 p m in Springfield from rheumatism of the heart. He served as governor and held posts in state government and the federal treasury. He leaves a widow and two children, with flags at half mast as officials plan funeral arrangements.
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Springfield
Ills
John Riley Tanner
Leland Hotel
Tanner
Chicago
J. N. Dixon
Illinois House
United States
Southern District
Illinois
Republican State Central Committee
Cullom
Yates
Rose
State House
Strike progress shows settlements outpacing new walkouts
President OConnell of the machinists union reports that settlements favor gains with about 1,500 workers in New England and 1,000 in Pennsylvania returning to work. Ohio sees 500 to 600 back, and 1,000 struck. Strikes loom on Seaboard Air Line and other details hinge on local settlements as San Francisco and Indianapolis show mixed responses.
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Washington
O’connell
The
Machinists’ Association
New England
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Seaboard Air Line
Americus
San Francisco
Indianapolis
American Bicycle Company
O'Connell
Wheelit
Mayor Uses Court to Compel Rail Line Tax Board Action
Mayor Johnson invokes the court to compel 19 county auditors on a railway tax assessment board to summon Wheeling and Lake Erie officials. The board met to appraise the line but a writ of mandamus from Judge Strimple halted action, prompting a recess as Wheeling and Lake Erie officers may be summoned to appear.
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Johnson
Railway Tax Assessment Board
Bow
Wheeling and
Lake Erie Road
Strimple
Tennessee Flood Worsens Then Recedes with 14 Dead
Knoxville reports the Tennessee river at 35.8 feet and slowly falling as Upper East Tennessee flood losses mount. Fourteen deaths are confirmed in Elizabethtown and surrounding areas, while the steamer Onega was wrecked near Knoxville by a raft. Rescue and relief efforts rely on outside aid to house and feed the homeless.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Upper
East Tennessee
M. C. Garson
Maude Rankin
Mollie Talley
Gregg
Elizabethtown
Samuel Durham
Wautauga
Milton Boyd
Wallace
Henry Massick
Sullivan County
Joseph Hill
Ripleys Landing
Thomas Matthews
Maynardville
Chattanooga
Trafic
Southern Railway
Bristol
Norfolk and Western
Southern
Asheville
Spartanburg
Salisbury
Relief Committee
Western North Carolina flood devastates Unaka area
May details reveal severe flood damage in the Western North Carolina mountains. Huntsdale near the Tennessee line is nearly wiped out, the Unaka railway bridge over the Chucky river is destroyed, and lumber interests owned by General John T. Wilder and Unaka Lumber Co. report major losses of mills and logs.
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Bristol
Tenn
North Carolina
Huntsdale
Tennessee Division
Ohio River and
Charleston Railway
Unaka
John T. Wilder
Unaka Lumber Company
Presbyterians Debate Revision of Faith Creed
Philadelphia May 25 commissioners to the Presbyterian general assembly opened the revision debate with calm, unsparring rhetoric. Church leaders presented views on the confession. the crowd filled Calvary church, and many spectators remained inside through the noon recess despite requests to depart.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
Calvary Church
Benson's Porous Plaster Promoted For Pain Relief
An advertisement extols Benson's Porous Plaster as superior to Capsicum and Belladonna plasters for coughs cold chest diseases rheumatism and other winter ailments. It claims high medicated quality national awards and urges buyers to insist on the genuine product from Benbury & Johnson Mfg. Chemists New York.
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Benson’s Plasters
Benbury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists
N.Y
President McKinley Attends Union League Events After Revision Deliberations
President McKinley is hosted by Union League clubs and societies including the Ohio society Mexican War Veterans Pioneers and Native Sons. He turns the first sod for a Manila Bay Dewey monument and greets Mrs McKinley at a window before the military review at the Presidio.
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Union League Club
Ohio Society
Mexican War Veterans, Pioneers
Native Sons
McKinley
Union Square
Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Busy Day for the President in San Francisco
President McKinley spent a busy day touring official delegations, reviewing the Forty fifth and Forty sixth volunteer infantry regiments just returned from the Philippines, and visiting a general hospital. He greeted soldiers at the reviewing stand and spoke to the crowds with warmth.
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San Francisco
McKinley
Irving M. Scott
Presidio
Philippines
General Hospital
Names of West Point cadets dismissed and suspended
Washington May 24 The names of cadets dismissed from West Point after recent disturbances are Kenry L Bolby Nebraska John A Cleveland Alabama Trangett F Teller New York Raymond A Linton Michigan Birchie O Mahaffey Texas all second class The suspended cadets are Glan C Aleshire Illinois Benjamin F McClellan Mississippi James A Shannon Minnesota Charles Telford Utah also Thomas N Gimperling Ohio and Harry Hawley New York of the third class suspended without pay until April 1 1902.
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West Point
Washington
Military Academy
Kenry L. Bolby
Nebraska
John A. Cleveland
Alabama
Trangett F. Teller
New York
Raymond A. Linton
Michigan
Birchie O. Mahaffey
Texas
Glan C. Aleshire
Illinois
Benjamin F. McClellan
Mississippi
James A Shannon
Minnesota
Charles Telford
Utah
Thomas N. Gimperling
Ohio
Harry Hawley
Creek treaty passes in house of warriors in Okmulgee
The Creek treaty was approved by the house of warriors 73 to 16 at Okmulgee Indian Territory on May 24. The measure advances to the house of kings where a vote is expected soon, making its passage reasonably certain.
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Okmulgee
I. T
House of Warriors
House of Kings
Steel and wire firm organized in Kokomo
Independent of the steel trust a new Kokomo steel and wire company is formed with 1,500,000 capital. It plans a plant to employ 1,500 operatives and all shares are sold.
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Kokomo
Ind
Steel Trust
United States Seeks Cap on Indemnity for China
Washington reports Mr. Rockhill says ministers in Peking rejected the US plan to limit the Chinese indemnity to 200 million dollars. A compromise between 200 million and 337 million is anticipated, with British and Imperial officials' estimates aiding the effort while overall totals, interest rates, and guarantees remain unsettled.
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United States
Washington
Rockhill
Peking
China
Ernest Staow
Robert Hart
Imperial Customs
State Department
Killer of Father’s Whipping Sparks Lynch Rumors
In Chicago on May 25 Benjamin Atkins a brick mason was killed after protesting a father named Daniel D. McCarthy who was whipping his 5 year old child. McCarthy a salonkeeper is under arrest for causing Atkins death following a running fight. Witnesses at the scene tried to lynch McCarthy but police intervened.
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Chicago
Benjamin Atkins
Daniel D. McCarthy
Atkins
McCarthy
Largest Tanks Ever Made Contract for 115000 barrel tanks
Pittsburg May 25 The J M Guffey Petroleum company of Texas closed a contract with the Riter Conley Manufacturing company for 10 tanks of 115000 barrels capacity each. These tanks will be the largest ever manufactured. The contract approximates 30000 dollars.
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Pittsburg
J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company of
Texas
Riter-Conley Manufacturing Company
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Inter
Frank 8. Browne
Class Insurance Company
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Cunard
Ameri
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Huron
Europe
Flood
North Carolina Mountains
Presbyterian Assembly BE
Gins
Benson
Pain
Committee On Revision
Charles A. Dickey
W. M. McKibbin
Cincinnati
Dickey
Samuel J. Niccolls
James D. Moffat
George D. Baker
Herrick Johnson
George T. Purves
McKibbin
Ferry
D. M. Ferry & CO
Detroit
Mich
Parker
Clair Balsam
Ahe
Marvel
Marvel CO
Boom Times
Chichester
Reeturn
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Park
Phila
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
M. Ross
M.m
Clark St
N. E. Vor
Monroe
E. C. DeWarr & Co
Madison Medicine Co
Madison
Wis
Dominion of Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Canada
F. Pedley
Ottawa
Watertown
S. Dakota
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