White House talks on Cuban Platt amendment yield no conclusion
A White House session on Cuban relations extended over more than an hour and a half with Secretary Root and Senators Spooner and an unnamed Wisconsin colleague. No final decision emerged on the Platt amendment or U S withdrawal from Cuba though cabinet review and further discussion were anticipated. The Philippine court ruling topic was reportedly avoided by participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Root
Spooner
Wisconsin
Cuba
Wood
United States
Supreme Court
Philippines
Creed Revision Set for Next Presbyterian Assembly
The 113th Presbyterian general assembly in Philadelphia was dissolved by Moderator Minton after nearly two weeks of sessions. The central issue, revision of the confession of faith, was referred to a 21 member committee to study and report recommendations for the next assembly in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian General Assembly
Philadelphia
Minton
New York
Nordstrom Death Sentence Upheld by Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Washington Supreme Court in the Nordstrom murder case. Nordstrom's death sentence stood after nine years of legal delays, with the mandate directed to issue immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of
State of Washington
Charles W. Nordstrom
Nordstrom
Pennsylvania Governor Signs Oleomargarine Control Bill
Governor Stone signs Snyder Harris restriction bill regulating butterine and similar products. The act bans oleomargarine coloring, prohibits selling oleomargarine as butter, and requires each dealer to obtain a permit from the agricultural department before handling oleomargarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone
Pennsylvania
Snyder Harris
Agricultural Department
Miss Aggie Long of Sycamore Takes Own Life in Church
Fourteen year old Aggie Long, a Methodist church choir member in Sycamore Indiana, went to the church alone to practice and shot herself dead. A letter on the organ named her pallbearers. no reason for the act is known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellie
Aggie Long
Sycamore
Ind
Des Moines Youth Robber Tries Home Invasion
Charlies Neil aged nineteen an employee at the Jewett typewriter factory entered the residence of J W Mercer at Des Moines Le drew a revolver and opened fire in an attempted home invasion leaving investigators unsure of motive or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Neil
Jewett Typewriter Factory
J. W. Mercer
Des Moines
State Crop Conditions Rain Aids Grain Prospects
Rainfall above normal in western counties boosts grain and grass as frost occurs across the week. Winter wheat grows well though chinch bugs injure some fields, oats stay fair but thin, pastures and meadows improve, corn planting nears completion with slow emergence but good stands, and fruit prospects look promising though apples may set poorly, signaling a potentially light crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Townley Case Proceeds As Manila Trials Begin
Commissary Sergeant Henry Wilson receives a three year sentence in Bilibid prison for theft of supplies. Lieutenant Richard H Townley faces court martial for alleged commissary frauds at Manila Cavite. Evans & Co manager Harold M Pitt's trial for improper government-store purchases postponed. Manila governing board to include an army officer a Filipino and a civilian. Major Batson negotiates with General Cailles emissaries at Santa Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wilson
Bilibid
Harold M. Pitt
Evans & Co
Richard H. Townley
Manila
Cavite
Batson
General Cailles
Santa Cruz
Bids Opened for Havana Sewers and Paving Project
Bids for the Havana sewering and paving project were opened with a single offer from Onderdok McClellan and Dady of New York at 13,855,575.01 dollars. The bid goes to City Engineer Lieutenant Barden for three days, then to the anyenamiento for three days, and finally to General Wood for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Onderdok, McClellan & Dady
New York
Barden
Anyenamiento
General Wood
Cuba Accepts Platt Amendment Returns to Normal Status
The Cuban constitutional convention approves the Platt Amendment and the president and cabinet express gratification. Acceptance will not immediately end U S military control as Cuba must elect a government. Congress will decide eventual release from occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Congress
United States
Burned at Stake in Bartow Tragedy
Fréd Rochelle a 35 year old Black man who harmed and fatally injured Mrs Rena Taggart a respected white Bartow Florida woman was burned at the scene of the crime in front of a crowd within a hundred yards of the city main street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fréd Rochelle
Rena Taggart
Bartow
Fla
Bank Closes Its Doors in Gothenburg Nebraska
Bank Examiner E. E. Emmett assumes control of the People's State Bank of Gothenburg after a state board order. The failure is attributed mainly to poor paper on hand, with secretary Royce offering limited official detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Banking Board
E. E. Emmett
People’s State Bank of Gothenburg
Neb
Royce
Maine Disaster Claims Filed With Spanish Commission
Fifteen claims have been filed on behalf of Maine disaster survivors and victims families with the Spanish claims commission. Total damages sought amount to 270000 dollars. 10000 dollars per surviving claimant and 20000 dollars for each of the twelve families of those who perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spanish Claims Commission
Maine
Indicted Man Death by Own Action Claimed
William Helnemeyer of Quincy, a seventy five year old man described as a beaker, died by his own action after an indictment. The report notes details of an elderly man connected to the case and the surrounding legal steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Helnemeyer
Quincy, Sr
Troops To Leave Pekin This Month Amid Farewell Ceremonies
A Pekin dispatch reports allied generals decide to transfer Pekin administration gradually to Chinese officials during June. Count von Waldersee and staff left Pekin. Two special trains will move troops to Taku all week. Germans remove large baggage including carts and chairs. Baluchi regiment departs amid farewell rites as British troops and American officers bid them farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Count von Waldersee
Taku
Figures On Cotton Crop Acreage And Condition
The agriculture department statistician estimates total cotton area at 27,532,000 acres, up 2,111,000 to 38.3 percent from last year and 2,495,000 acres or 40 percent above picked area. The average condition is 81.5, near the decade low, with state figures: North Carolina 87, South Carolina 80, Georgia 80, Florida 88, Alabama 74, Mississippi 82, Louisiana 80, Texas 84, Arkansas 81, Tennessee 78, Oklahoma 88, Indiana Territory 85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Indiana Territory
Escape of Axe Attacker From St Francis Hospital
James Linden, who tried to strike Koehler hotel manager Coates with an axe at Grand Island Nebraska and was shot in self defense, escaped from St Francis hospital while a guard rested. Linden left through another patient’s room and jumped from a window as nurses attended mass and guards went to breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Linden
Coates
Koehler
Grand Island
Neb
St. Francis Hospital
Linden
Fire devastates Crab Orchard block totaling ten thousand dollars
Fire at Thomas Fickes implement store in Crab Orchard spreads to E B Laflin law office and R J Nibe building occupied by the Jeffrey Sisters millinery. Losses total about ten thousand dollars with no insurance on Jeffrey Sisters and R J Nibbe properties. partial insurance on Laflin and Fickes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Fickes
Crab Orchard
E. B. Laflin
R. J. Nibe
Jeffrey Sisters
R. J. Nibbe
E. B. Laffin
Nationalist Candidate Elected Mayor of Havana
The Havana nationalists won the municipal election with Senor Miguel Gener elected mayor on 11 115 votes. Senor Mora of the Republican party received 8 533 votes and Senor Carlos Garcia of the Democratic party 3 211. Nationalists also took eighteen council seats, Republicans four, and Democrats two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Senor
Miguel Gener
Senor Mora
Senor Carlos Garcia
Democratic Party
Loomis to not return to Venezuela as minister
The minister Loomis will not return to Venezuela due to ill health in his post and the president’s unwillingness to subject him to further harsh attacks over the state department orders execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loomis
Venezuela
State Department
Collision Claims Life Of Noted Nebraskan At Guster County
A collision between a car and a train on the Lake Erie road near Guster County Beauchman left A. A. Gruckey of Ansley Nebraska dead. Gruckey, a prominent citizen and ranch man, was buried at the scene. The cause and exact time of death were not clearly stated in surviving text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKeesport
The
Ville
Ae Hee
Lake Erie Road
Guster County
Beauchman
A. A. Gruckey
Ansley
Neb
Oryaipelas
Wife Murderer Klensmire Captured in Holton Farm Death
W H Klensmire faces serious charges after his wife Mrs W H Klensmire was found buried in a Holton farm ditch on May 12. The body showed a heavy blow before being buried under dirt and hedge brush. Detectives traced his lies about a north county dispute and a false telegram claim, and he was arrested in Kansas City Kansas. Authorities suspect a 1892 invasion of insurance money, possibly linked to a brother-in-law murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Klensmire
Holton
Klensmire
Texas
Kansas City
Kan
Topeka
China Accepts Indemnity. Ministers Debate Revenue Plan
Foreign ministers in Pekin express satisfaction over China’s unconditional acceptance of 450,000,000 as indemnity. They warn the phrase to the satisfaction of the powers may delay evacuation. Clerical revenue concerns loom as 2,000 officials would levy taxes. Minor dispute centers on raising customs to 10 percent and using 5,000,000 taels yearly from likin tax to fund payments, contingent on ending likin on foreign goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Pekin
Tragedy at Lindell Hotel Ends Deadly Liaison
Mrs. Mabel H. Walker wife of a traveling book agent and J Albert Brink salesman for Raymond Bros wholesale grocers died by poison in room 128 at the Lindell hotel Monday night The pair intended to die together Cocaine and wood alcohol were used Brink recovered after emetics were given and was restrained The couple had been seen together at the hotel in recent days with Brink’s Milwaukee relatives noted and Walker having come to Lincoln weeks earlier for her husband’s business travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel H. Walker
J.albert Brink
Raymond Bros
Lindell Hotel
Walker
Brink
Lincoln
Albert Brink
Raymond Kros. & Clarke Company
the Lindell
Milwaukee
Mr. Brink
Mrs. Walker
Death at Nebraska state fair grounds from runaway wagon incident
R Clifford Fifer was killed at Lincoln Nebraska state fair grounds while detaching a bridle from a team hitched to a transfer wagon. A bystander boy climbed the wagon and Fifer tried to save him, but a horse struck him and dragged the wagon over his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Clifford Fifer
Lincoln
Neb
Fifer
Bureh
A Wholesale Lynching at Lookout Lookout Modoc County
Incomplete details report a mass lynching of five men at Lookout in Modoc County California. Victims named Calvin Hall aged seventy two and his three sons Frank James and Martin aged twenty six nineteen and sixteen along with B B Yantis aged twenty. Authorities have not released full information pending investigation.
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Lookout
Modoc County
California
Calvin Hall
Frank
James
Martin
B. B. Yantis
Strange earth cracks open in Butte Montana streets
Crevices in the ground appear again in Butte Montana with five cracks in different city sections. The largest crack, twelve inches wide, opens on the west side of Helena street and extends across the street with significant depth and length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana
West
Ialena Street
Boats Caught in Squall Off Coast Near Charlestown
A fleet of fishing boats from Charlestown was swept by a squall along the coast about forty miles south. Three boats are missing their crews, totaling fifteen men. The incident is reported with limited details and unclear follow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Offers Reward for Lynchers Governor Gage Implicated
The fragment notes a governor named Gage involved in purported turmoil and offers a reward for lynchers. The unreadable text prevents full clarification of places dates or further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gage of
Wre
Sready Pons
State Bank Report Reveals Bank Deposit Trends
Secretary Royse of the state banking board issues the annual report showing deposits in banks placed in receivers’ hands and total deposits in all banks for the year. The figures are arranged by year with columns for receivers’ hands deposits and overall bank deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royse
State Banking Board
Medal for Girl Student at Iowa State University
Irving Institute awarded Miss Arline Jarvis a bravery medal for saving R. M. Fagin after a boating accident at Iowa State University in Iowa City. Fagin could not swim. Jarvis reached the boat, swam to shore, and pushed the craft ashore. Jarvis, a freshman, has gained fame in literary circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Institute
Iowa State University
Iowa City
Arline Jarvis
R. M. Fagin
Young Fagin
Miss Jarvis
Agin
Rain Dampens Drought Struck Kansas and Nebraska
Rain fell across Kansas and Nebraska on Monday, with some areas receiving generous downpours. The showers are welcomed as crops had begun to suffer from the preceding month’s drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Nebraska
Dry status upheld for Julian liquor license bid
The remonstrance against T. D. Brown's liquor license application for Julian was sustained by Judge Stull, keeping the town dry for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. Brown
Julian
Stull
Train collision injures seven in Chicago wreck
A rear end collision between two Wabash train sections in Chicago left seven men seriously hurt and four others who escaped by jumping. One engine was ruined three cars and a caboose demolished. Injured include Harry Mason of San Antonio Texas with internal injuries and right side trauma. John Carland of Omaha with internal injuries and cuts to head and legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sre
Harry Mason
San Antonio
Tex
John Carland
Omaha
Unclear Road Incident Kills Person in Bloux City
A collision in Bloux City involving a Sentine vehicle resulted in a fatality. The report notes the accident occurred near Mrs. John’s residence, but details and exact circumstances remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plage
Deb Bane
Mra
John
Wide World Happenings From A Torn Ledger Of News
A wide sweep of items reports a Kansas City dry goods firm destroyed by fire with $75000 loss, European and American political notes, celebrity deaths, and accidents. Notable events include James A Hearne dying in New York, Queen Helena of Italy's birth of a girl Yolando Marguerita, and Brig. Gen. Funston reassigned in the Philippines. Casualties and crimes span Illinois shootings, a Denver drowning, a Petersburg shooting over wages, and a Grand Rapids pensioner found dead. Multiple dispatches note soldiers in Manila, the Presidio riot over drugging, and Lieutenant Burr’s rising star in the Philippines. The piece closes with a Jasper Texas fire and post office burglary turmoil and a crowd of 3,000 rising.
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New Creed
Townley Case
Tial
Havanaz
Cere
Clifford Fifer
State Bank Report
Jrov
Os «Sabes
George M. Shelby
James A. Hearne
McBrien
Helena
Italy
Yolando Marguerita
Funston
Department of Luzon
San Isidro
Louis Godola
Lander
C. W. Shipley
Andrew Dickens
Petersburg
Ill
Hudson, Wis
Denver
Col
William F. Thaute
First
Colorado Light Guard
Rockhill
Conger
San Francisco
Stark
Hugo D. Schultz
Beatrice
Jesse E. Lancaster
York
West Point
Henry Kowlby
Harry Lemming
Ottawa Street
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lemming
Meredeth Stanley
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Martin Engler
Germany
Chas, Kuhn
Horton
John M. Neil
Presidio
Ivitte
Mont
Woucers
Neil
Owen Logan
Arkee
A. J. Walker
Arkoe
Logan
Indiana
Kilpatrick
Benjamin Setta
Thomas Sullivan
Frank Burr
General Grant
Burr
Jasper
Jasper County
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