Thanksgiving for Deliverance of Paris Passengers at Falmouth
A group of Paris passengers met at the Falmouth hotel to give thanks for their deliverance from the disaster. Louis Rhead of New York presided as secretary and praised Captain Watkins crew and coast guard. A five minute silent prayer was held and a £30 collection was taken for coast guardsmen. Wreck salvage tugs arrived at Coverack and plan to float the Paris on Wednesday.
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Eng
Paris
Falmouth
Louis Rhead
New York
William Rigley
Philadelphia
Watkins
Coast Guard
Baron Oppenheim
W. ¥. Archer
London
Coverack
Cornwall
Liverpool
Mayor Jones Address Draws 4000 at Cincinnati Music Hall
In Cincinnati on Friday night Mayor Samuel M. Jones of Toledo spoke to a crowd over 4000 after a street parade. He urged charities and corrections to focus on prevention to reduce cures, and declined party nomination while signaling potential gubernatorial interest. The event, led by Harry M. Ogden, drew broad labor union support beyond the unions.
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Music Hall
Cincinnati
Federation of Labor Organizations of
Samuel M. Jones
Toledo
Jones
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Harry M. Ogden
Typograhical Union
Ohio
Pepe
Tug Owners of Great Lakes to Form Trust
Cleveland May 20 tug owners of the Great Lakes plan a trust including all tugs except those on Lake Ontario with options secured on included craft. Capital rumored at 1,000,000 dollars. J T Collier of Vessel Owners' Tug line in Cleveland is named as head of the proposed trust.
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Great Lakes
Cleveland
Lake Ottario
Itm
J. T. Collier
Long-lived Pleasant Valley resident dies after walk
Frank M. Bronson aged 108 of Pleasant Valley died Thursday morning following a three and a half mile walk to town. A veteran of the 1861 war and the Mexican War, he had lived in the county for 50 years and was born in Albany New York on May 12 1795 arriving in Ohio in 1848.
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New York Weekly Tribune
A Lively Old Woman Findsay Kinney Escapes Infirmary
Mrs Maria Kinney a 76 year old inmate at the county infirmary broke her room lock on the second floor tore up the hall carpet and made a rope to descend to the ground. She was captured about five miles from the institution Tuesday morning.
Death From Alleged Neglect In Ohio
A report from Vernon Ohio dated May 21 notes Mrs House tied at Academia a Seventh Day Adventist settlement after blood poisoning feared due to refusing medicine and neighbors not persuading. The case is under investigation.
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Vernon, O
House
Academia
Murder at Middleburg leaves family torn apart
In Bellefontaine Ohio on May 22 Mrs Rachel Austin and her son William were killed in their Middleburg home. The house was set ablaze to hide the crime while Ernest Austin, a younger son, lies near death from a breast wound. Neighbors doubt the official story as Ernest’s wounds seem serious and quarrels over property preceded the tragedy.
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Rachel Austin
William
Middleburg
This County
Ernest Austin
Ernest
Austin
Austins
Storm in West Unity Wrecks Schoolhouse Killing Four Children
A May cyclone tore through West Unity Montpelier area injuring and killing several children. The schoolhouse was wrecked and teacher Miss Flossie Fisher suffered probable fatal injuries from flying timber. Fatally injured: Florence Marzoff, Nettie Marzoff, Lucy Marzoff, and Fay Barton with severe wounds and head injuries.
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Tolepo
Montpelier
Unity
Flossie Fisher
Florence Marzoff
Nettie Marzoff
Lucy Marzoff
Fay Barton
Church Choir Struck Over Organist Pay Dispute
MASBILLON May 20. The ladies choir of St Clement's church in Navarra has struck after church councilmen refused to advance pay for the organist. Attempts to hire a new organist have failed. all candidates sympathize with the strikers.
Coal rates slump at lake ports and Chicago points
ToLepo O reports coal prices badly demoralized with no tariff discipline. An agreement earlier set lake coal at 1.45 and several large cargoes were booked this week at 1.35, signaling market weakness and disrupted pricing across lake ports and Michigan points.
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ToLepo
Chicago
Michigan
Windstorm Blows Down 32 Derricks Near Fostoria
A May 18 windstorm swept Fostoria and surrounding oil country, causing extensive damage. Thirty two oil derricks were toppled within four miles along the Toledo and Ohio Central railroad, injuring no reported casualties.
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Fostoria
Toledo & Ohio Central
Supreme court upholds Cincinnati water works contract
CoumBus O May 18 reports the supreme court sustained the validity of the $6,000,000 Cincinnati water works contract and removed all obstructions. The suit, by taxpayer Wm. M. Ampt, challenged the contract. Noah H. Swayne announces gubernatorial bid in Tourépo C Ohio. gains GOP county delegation support at a Republican meeting endorsing McKinley's administration.
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Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Wm. M. Ampt
Noah H. Swayne
Tourepo. C
Ohio
McKinley
Man regains faculties after horse fall in Mexico
Fostoria Ohio May 20 Mathias Steingruber has lived 50 years with a blank mind after a horse fall. He was struck on the head with wood, fell unconscious and awoke with his faculties restored, a remarkable recovery noted in local accounts.
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Fostoria
Mathias Steingruber
Wind Storm Blazes Through Mt Vernon City
A terrific wind and electrical storm swept Mt. Vernon at 3 o'clock Wednesday. The Mt Vernon Telephone Co reports 200 phones burned out. Shade trees were blown across several streets, blocking them.
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Mt. Vernon, O
Mt. Vernon
Coxeys Latest Venture Purchases Lead Mine
Massillon Ohio May 19 J S Cox has bought the Little Daisy lead mine at Joplin Missouri stating the ore is sixty percent pure and expressing strong confidence in the outlook for the venture.
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Coxey
Massillon
J. S. Cox
Joplin
Harlem race track destroyed by fire
Culenco May 23 Harlem race track nearly burned to the ground early Monday. Flames in the grand stand spread to stables housing 30 or 40 horses for the Decora tion day meet. Cicero firemen were only on scene. Incendiarism named as the fire's origin, echoing recent losses at Roby track under mysterious conditions. Track buildings valued at $60,000.
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Culenco
Harlem
Cicero Fire Department
Richard
Robbery at El Cobre Shrine Delights and Vandalism
A startling discovery reports the Nuestra Señora Caridad shrine in El Cobre robbed of jewels worth 25000 and the statue head broken off. Officials suspect an American will be arrested. secret police pursue the perpetrator as crowds of pilgrims risk loss of faith and the shrine remains a magnet for visitors from Cuba, Mexico, and Europe. Separately in Athens, Georgia, Charles Colquitt, a Black man, confessed to attempting to assault a 16 year old and awaits trial as Judge Russell schedules an extra court session. locals report no trouble.
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el Cobre
Cuba
Mexico
Europe
Athens
Charles Colquitt
J. P. Dooly
Watkinsville
Russell
Colquitt
Barbarossa Fire Delays Voyage Collides With Bretagne
The North German Lloyd steamer Barbarossa, returning to her docks Thursday due to a serious cargo fire, collided with the French line steamer La Bretagne at the French line dock. Barbarossa left Hoboken at 4 p.m. Monday, passed quarantine at 5:10 p.m. Monday, and continued toward Southampton and Bremen, despite the earlier damage to La Bretagne.
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New York
Hoboken
Southampton
Bremen
Couple at Olivette Hotel Attempt Suicide Together
In St Louis on May 23 William Hummel and his wife Frances both about 35 were found in a room at the Olivette hotel with gashes on the left wrists from an alleged joint suicide attempt. William's prognosis is poor. Frances's injuries are not serious. The pair, reportedly penniless, planned to die together.
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St. Louis
William Hummel
Frances
Olivette Hotel
Hummel
Skeleton Found In Cave Near Knoxville Believed to Be Mullins
In Knoxville Tennessee on May 23 a skeleton was discovered in a cave. Authorities identify the bones as Granville Mullins a federal soldier who came home after the Civil War with a large sum of money.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Granville Mullins
Weather turns cold with snow in York and Westmoreland hills
London reports a sharp cold snap on Monday with snow across northern England. York shire and Westmoreland hills are under snow, signaling a widespread winter chill.
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London
England
Yorkshire
Westmoreland Hills
Tornado Rips Through Texas Towns Causing Deaths
A violent cyclone struck parts of Texas on Monday, tearing through towns in Titus and nearby counties. Homes and churches were destroyed in Mt Pleasant and Stephenville, with Kauffman killed and about a dozen injured, some fatally. A woman lost an arm, a young girl survived after being stripped of clothing, and storm details note lightning and heavy hail accompanying the wind.
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Houston
Texas
Mt. Pleasant
Titus
Kauffman
Stephenville
Berla
Form of Government Proposed for Philippines
Manila May 23 Prof Schurman of the Philippine commission outlines a plan with a governor general appointed by the president a cabinet by the governor general all judges named by the president and a mixed American Filipino leadership with a later plebiscite for an advisory council The aim is broad self government while maintaining peace and order Washington confirms the proposal notes its Cuban style military character until a permanent form is settled in congress Manila continues talks with Filipino representatives amid splits over unconditional insurgent surrender
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Schurman
Philippine Commission
Congress
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Philippines
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State Department
Hay
Otis
Adm
Dewey
Cuba
Porto Rito
Lawton
Maila
Gen. Otis
Gen. MacArthur
Ludlow
Wood
Gen. Brooke
United States-Philippine Commission
American Commission
Park Thief Shell Game Ends With Daughter’s Shot
On May 28 two well dressed men pressured a wealthy farmer to lease his land for oil. The farmer’s 16 year old daughter joined her father, retrieved a pistol, and fired at the scammers after they bet him money and lost. They fled, leaving the cash and the supposed shell game behind.
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Dresehed
Steed
The Largest Steel Bridge for Japan Conntracts Big Structure
The Bridge Co. of day received a massive steel bridge destined for the empire of Japan. The planned span count reaches six, with a height of 130 feet and a weight over a million pounds. It will be the largest steel bridge yet contracted by American builders and among the handsomest of its kind worldwide. Work will begin after plans are finished, and shipping is set for September 1.
Lynching Threat Emerges Over Cleveland Suspect
A telegraph from Painesville reports a mob gathering to lynch Jefferson Kelly, the Negro accused of assaulting Mrs. Wilhelmina Tucker. Masks and revolvers are seen. deputies are said sworn in, though unverified. Kelly allegedly attempted another assault Sunday morning before arrest. Indiana encampment of G A R at Terre Haute draws hundreds as Loyal Legion and Womans Relief corps convene. Commander Daniel Ryan to preside. city to host up to 10,000 visitors Tuesday evening.
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Painesville
Jefferson Kelly
Wilhelmina Tucker
St. John
Terre Haute
Ind
Loyal Legion and Womans Relief Corps of
Indiana
Daniel Ryan
Utica
W. C. Johnson
Cincinnati
Six New Cruisers Planned for Navy Fleet
The board of naval bureau chiefs approved details for six new cruisers Denver Des Galveston Tacoma and Cleveland. These ships will be copper sheathed, 3100 tons light and 3400 tons full, larger than the Raleigh and Cincinnati, and will be the only vessels funded this year due to armor shortages.
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Washington
Board of Naval Bureau
Denver
Des Galveston
Tacoma
Cleveland
Department
Raleigh
Cincinnati
St Louis Medical College Merges Into Washington University
On May 23 in St Louis two medical schools the St Louis Medical College and Missouri Medical College consolidated. The merger makes both institutions part of Washington University, integrating their programs and governance under the university umbrella.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Medical College
Missouri Medical College
Washington University
Reception Tendered Adm. Schley in Omaha
Omaha May 23 Admiral Schley was given an informal reception by the Commercial club from 11 to 12 Monday. The club rooms were crowded with leading business men.
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Adm
Schley
Omaha
Neb
Commercial Club
New Yorker Drowns While Bathing In Gulf of Mexico
George Wesley Bradley of New York engaged in tropical agriculture in Vera Cruz state was drowned Monday while bathing in the Gulf of Mexico.
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City of Mexico
George Wesley Bradley
New York
Vera Cruz
Gulf of Mexico
Garrison Named Auditor for Porto Rico
Washington May 23 reports Mr J R Garrison of this city has been appointed auditor for the island of Porto Rico under the war department and will sail for San Juan next Wednesday on the transport McPherson.
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Washington
J. R Garrison
Porto Rico
War Department
San Juan
McPherson
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