Senate and House notes on Philippine bill and other affairs
In brief national notes the Senate discussed the Philippine bill with Dubois and Patterson of Colorado addressing the issue while the House took up private pension measures. Other items include immigration bills, District of Columbia matters, and coinage of subsidiary silver money. Dispatches from Union S C report tornado casualties, coal region strikes drive migration, and notable deaths and incidents across the country.
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Senate
Dubois
House
Patterson
Colorado
District of Columbia
Morgan Clay
Spooner
Fatal mine explosion near Gistersville claims three lives
Near Gistersville West Virginia a dynamite blast in a skiff killed George Chambers and Ed Engemier while seriously injuring Phil Roushe who lost an eye. The incident followed a lighted match among dynamite sticks triggering the explosion.
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Gistersville
George Chambers
Ed Engemier
Phil Roushe
United States Supreme Court
Northern Central Railroad Co
Maryland
Baltimore & Susquehanna Railroad
Northern Central
Sunbury
American Steel Co
Inwest
William Malcolm
Passaic
N. J
Mutual Loan and Building Association
United States
Supreme Court
Peter Goeming
Root
Fort Leavenworth Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island
California
Dong Gong
St. Louis
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Congress
International Emigration and Commercial Association
Chattanooga
Tenn
Charles Curtis
Kansas
United States Senate
W. A. Harris
Gov. Stanley
Chester J. Long
American
Granite City, Sr
Kathleen Timm
Hudson River
New York City
Union Bag and Paper Co
Ballston
N. Y
Decoration Day Observances Across the Nation
May 31 reports show wide Decoration Day tributes from Washington to Muskegon. Roosevelt's Arlington address drew vast crowds as G A R parades and monument dedications occurred in New York Philadelphia St Louis and Chicago areas. Cemeteries from Jefferson Barracks to Oak Ridge held flowers banners and military parades led by veterans groups.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arlington
New York
Gironda
National Guard
United States
Havy Yard
Miles
Barker
Gov
Nixon
Low
Howard
Con
Brooke
Riverside Park
Grand Army of the Republic
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
McKinley
Post Office
St. Louis
Tenn
National Cemetery
Waft
Memphis
Muskegon
Mich
President McKinley
Charles H. Hackley
Springfield
Ill
Lincoln
Oak Ridge
Sangamon River
Frank C. Bruner
Beardstown
Two Men Drowned In Delaware River Ferry Accident
Philadelphia dated May 31 reports John Heizer and a Ta cony resident named Cook drowned when a batteau ferry capsized crossing the Delaware from Bristol to Burlington Island Park. Ten others were rescued. ferryman Charles Waters was arrested for criminal negligence.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Bristol
Burlington Island Park
Here
John Heizer
Cook
Tacony
Charles Waters
Taft Mission Seen Having Success in Rome
Rome dispatch reports the Taft mission to Rome has strong prospects of success. The Vatican may place Philippine monasteries under civil law and permit expropriation of their property. The American government plans to authorize new dioceses in the Philippines under American bishops only.
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Paris
Eastona
London
Rome
Daily Chronicle
Taft
Vatican
Philippine Islands
Philiippines
Tiger killed in circus train fight near Poughkeepsie
A two year old tiger imported for a circus was killed in an on moving train from Goshen to Poughkeepsie. The animal escaped its wagon den and fought 30 horses, then lay dead under their hooves when the train arrived.
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Orses
Poughkeepsie
Goshen
Postponed Hearing on Extradition Request in Ohio
Columbus May 31 William Travers Jerome New York district attorney telegraphed Nash to defer the application hearing for a requisition for William Hahn of Mansfield until next Wednesday. Hahn will make a hard fight to prevent extradition. Portland Oregon May 31 former Governor Silvester Pennoyer died at home of heart trouble.
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Columbus
O. May
Ho William Travers Jerome
New York
Nash
William Hahn
Mansfield
Hahn Wall
Pennoyer
Portland
Ore
S.lvester Pennoyer
Oregon
Favorable Conditions Decline to Offset Trade Storms
G Bean & Co weekly review reports ease in the money market and favorable crop prospects boosting confidence abroad. Despite labor conflicts and unusual weather harming retail trade, the industry is seen rebounding with resumed work and better merchandise distribution. Wheat yields and high prices buoy agriculture, while cotton exports shrink and print cloths stay dull. 194 U.S. and 20 Canadian failures noted as economies face temporary strains.
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G Bean & Co
New York
R—G.dun—& Co
New England
United States
Canada
Cornell Wins Triangular Boat Race on Lake Cayuga
Cornell easily won the eight oared race with Syracuse second and Harvard Newell club far back. The two mile course took 10 44 amid rough water and a two hour postponement. Ithacans led from the start as Syracuse exhausted near the finish while Harvard trailed. Penn wins JV race on Schuylkill, Colombian and Cornell follow.
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Cornell
Lake Cayuga
Pennerlvania
Schuylkill
Ithaca
Nyy
Syracuse
Harvard
Newelle Club
Cornwell
Llandegee
Ithaenans
Oup
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Schuylkill Riser
Fairmount Park
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Dozen Passengers Injured In Electric Railroad Crash
In Poughkeepsie New York on Friday afternoon a collision between a passenger train carrying about 40 people and a freight car on the Paltz and Poughkeepsie line two miles from Highland left a dozen passengers badly hurt. Motorman Emory Ayer suffered both legs broken while four women had fractured legs and severe cuts. The crash was caused by one car failing to wait on a switch for the other to pass.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Ent
New Paltz & Poughkeepsie Electric Railroad
Highland
Emory Ayer
Burglars Loot a County Treasury in Hardin County
Burglars blew open the county treasurer's safe at Kountze 20 miles north of Beaumont. County money was stolen though the exact amount is unknown. A gunfight occurred between burglars and citizens. one burglar was wounded, but all escaped into a large thicket.
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Beaumont
Pex
Hardin County
Kountze
Here
Shoe
Gun misfire wounds three in Battery A salute
In Wichita on May 31 a Battery A Kansas state artillery gun exploded prematurely during a Decoration Day salute injuring three crewmen. George Hutter died from the blast Burt Davis suffered serious injuries and G W Thomas was gravely hurt.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas State Artillery
George Hutter
Burt Davis
W Thomas
Tarkio to host United Presbyterian assembly in 1903
Pittsburg May 31 The United Presbyterian assembly opened with early debate on the membership covenant. A defined movement seeks to defer action, signaling a lively fight ahead. Tarkio Missouri is named to host the assembly next year, contrary to expectations it would move east.
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Pittsburg
United Presbyterian Assembly
Special Committee
Larkio Mo
Brotherhood of Laconia Endorses Warship Building in Government Yards
In Los Angeles on May 31 the Fridays session of the Brotherhood of Laconia Engineers adopted a resolution addressed to President Roosevelt, the Senate and House, urging that three contemplated warships be built in government navy yards and requesting a clause in the naval appropriation bill authorizing such construction. Los Angeles, Cal., chosen as next convention site.
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Norfolk
Brotherhood of Laconia
Engineers’ Convention
Roosevelt
Senate
House of Representatives
Los Angeles
Cal
Brotherhood
Philippine courtmartial cases reveal few commutations by Gen Chaffee
Washington dispatch reports several court martial outcomes in the Philippines. Private Charles I Leonard was executed for murdering a vaccinated native named Almin after vaccination duties. Native Basilio Leynes received a death sentence for killing Dio Campo at Bauan, later hung. Nicolas Espada, captured armed as an insurrectionist, was commuted by Gen Chaffee from death to ten years hard labor.
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Washington
Philippine Mail
Ecords
Filippines
Charles I. Leonard
Sixth Infantry
Bacong
Almin
Leonard
Gen. Chaffee
Basilio Leynes
Diocampo
Bauan
Batangas
Dioocampo
United States
Leynes
Nicolas Espada
Angry Negroes in Rochester Indignant Over Ruling on Shoe Stand
In Rochester New York the colored community reacts to a court ruling that a private shoe polishing stand on Powers Building property is not a public accommodation. George W Burss verdict for $11340 against Paul Bosso was reversed, triggering a plan to appeal and a request for donations to fund the appeal at an indignation meeting of the local National American Council.
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Rochester
N. W
N. Y
George W. Burs
Paul Bosso
Powers Building
Nationalo-American Counci
Governor Nomination Boost For Bailey At State Convention
Wichita, Kansas May 29 Fox Con gregatnan W Jr Bailey secured the Republican nomination on the first ballot at the state convention. Political observers noted Bailey's strong support among party delegates and rivals conceded the early victory.
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Wichita
Kan
Fox-Congregatnan W Jr. Bailey
Som Coal Prices Soar Across New York City
New York on May 29 saw another 50 cent per ton rise in soft coal prices by city retail dealers, bringing the cost to 590 a ton. This marks an overall increase of about 160 dollars per ton since the anthracite strike began.
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New York
Famous Preacher Dies in New Orleans at 84
Rev. B. Palmer, a noted Presbyterian minister, died in New Orleans on Wednesday from injuries suffered when struck by a street car on May 3. He was 84 years old.
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New Orleans
B. Palmer
Fight in the Transvaal Leaves Commandant Mallon Wounded
Maj Collett with mounted troops clashed with Boers at Middleburg Transvaal on May 27, after a prolonged engagement the enemy withdrew leaving Commandant Mallon mortally wounded on the field.
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Middleburg
Transvaal
Collett
Mallon
Bailey for Governor Pittsburg May 20
The forty fourth general assembly of the United Presbyterian church opened last night in the Eighth United Presbyterian church in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Forty Fourth General Assembly
The
United Presbyterian Church
Eighth United Presbyterian Church
Meat Famine Grips Chicago Stock Yards Run By Striking Teamsters
Chicago scenes a meat famine as hundreds of Mutcher shops close and ice and coal teamsters act with striking union men. Police protect deliveries while three Irwin brothers seek help unloading meat from cars. Packers refuse to concede to union demands as meat supplies dwindle across cities.
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Ice
Felthe
Chicago
Teamsters
Union No. 10
Union
Palmer House
Illinois Central
Randolph Street
Cudmore
James C. Irwin
Irwin Brothers Co
Bie Brothers
Alexander
John
Omaha
Kansas City
St Joseph
St. Louis
Franklin McVeagh
National Civic Federation
Union Traction Co
Federation of Labor
James St. Eckels
Commercial National Bank
Fulton
Floods in Oklahoma halt rail lines and flood Woodward
Oklahoma headlines report major flooding in the western half of the territory. Woodward sees two feet of street water after a waterspout, isolating the city as Santa Fe railroad bridges over North and South Canadian rivers wash away. The South Canadian bridge spans six hundred feet and wagon bridges over the Cimarron are destroyed, cutting a 200 mile route. The Washita River rises two feet, and the Rock Island line between Anadarko and Lawton is washed out.
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Guthrie
O .T
Wooodward
Oklahoma
Woodward
Oklahoma City
O. T
Pe Washita
Rock Island
Anadarko and
Lawton
Four Drownings From Capsized Boat Near Martin's Bluff
Four people drowned when a small rowboat capsized on the Columbia River near Martin's Bluff, 12 miles above Kalama, Portland detectives report. Mrs Jones and Mrs M C Martin were among those aboard. Herbert Martin saved family members before perishing with two others after returning to rescue the rest.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Martin's Bluff
Kalama
Jones
M. C. Martin
Elia Martin
Herbert Martin
Widow of Senator Fair Withdraws Lawsuit for $50,000
San Francisco May 30 Mrs Nettie O Craven has abandoned her claim to be widow of the late Senator James G Fair after accepting 50 000 to withdraw from lawsuits against the Fair estate valued at about 2 000 000. The estate now rests in Charles I Fair and his sister and the claimant had earlier asked 300 000.
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Union
S. C
Jonesville
Santiuc
Authrarite
Schuylkill
Lord Pauncefote
England
Olympia
Dewey
Manels
Brooklyn
Admiral Schley
Santiago Bay
James H. Burns
New York
New Rochelle
Burns
Eldridge Street
Lexon
Pueblo
Col
Fountain River
Sante Se
San Bernardino
Cal
Seligman
Ariz
United States
America
Ben T Bowen
Manhattan Beach
Denver
Bowen
New York City
Thomas Kensett
Gertrude
Cornwall-on the-Hudson
N. Y
Paris
Julia Marlowe
Powers’ Theater
Chicago
Joseph Sehwah
United States Steel Corporation
BKM Consolidation of Steel Foundries
American Steel Foundries
James A Patten
Evanstroug
Mr Patten
Tom Harless
Berkeley
Ala
Theo
Republican Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
Babcock and
Overstreet
Repaublican Congressional
San Francisco
Nettle O Craven
James G. Fair
Charles I Fair
Fife and Watson Plan New America’s Cup Challenger
London May 30. William Fife and George Watson have collaborated on plans for a new challenger for the America’s Cup to be built by the Dennys at Dumbarton. Capt Robert Wringe, who with Capt Hogarth sailed the Shamrock in Cup races, will command the new yacht.
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London
William Fife
George
Watson
Dennys
Dumbarton
Robert Wringe
Hogarth
Shamrock
Enisteddfodd Opens in Scranton With 2300 Singers
The National Enisteddfodd opened in Scranton Pa last night featuring about 2300 singers and 200 literary contestants entered for prizes totaling 5000 dollars.
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Enisteddfodd
Scraffton
2Uu
Cleveland to Wheeling line timetable notes and services
Schedule details list northbound and southbound B&O trains stopping at Bridgeport Flushing Ulbrichsville New Phila Dovar Justus Maysillion Fulton Warwick Barberton Akron and Massillon with varied times. Electric cars run between Bridgeport Wheeling Bellaire and Martins Ferry. Daily service with Sunday exceptions noted. M.G Carrel, Gen. Pass. Agt.
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Flushing
Ulbrichsville
New Phila
Dovar
Justus
Maysilion
Fulton
Warwick
Barberton
Massillon
Dover
Ucubridyville
Wheeling
Bellaire
Martins Ferry
M.G Carrel
Gen. Pass
Cleveland
S. Brooklyn
Lester Juno
siChippews
BOS
Casal Fulton
Massillon Justus
Canal Dover
V. M
L'A
Abbehaville
Bridgeport Ip. M
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