Berlin Gala Week Draws Thousands to Capital
Berlin hosts Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry with a week of military parades and court functions under clear weather. Visitors include US Senator Beveridge and French officers. Bonnal and staff receive courteous welcomes from laborers and citizens alike. Queen Wilhelmina’s health and the Emperors remarks at galas plus foreign press debates on US Germany relations shape a busy social and political panorama.
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Berlin
Wilhelmina
Prince Henry
Netherlands
United States
Albert S. Beverdige
Bkonnal
Gallet
Bonnal
France
William
Andrew D. White
Emperor
Wil
McKinney
Washington Traction and Electric Company Faces Default
Interpreting the fragmented text, Washington Traction and Electric Company, which controlled electric lighting plants and street railways in the District of Columbia except Capital Traction lines, has defaulted on interest payments. The firm, formed two years ago with 12 million in stock and 4% bonds, is largely owned by New York interests. earnings failed to meet demands, prompting a movement to reorganize.
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Washington Traction and Flectric Company
District of Columbia
Capital Traction Company
New York
Elock
Washington
Gots Saath
Griffing Ends Life While Evading Arrest
Aurelius W Griffing faced a pursuing crowd and police with a pistol half drawn and turned the weapon on himself ending his life rather than be captured for horse stealing. Five hundred onlookers witnessed the act as Griffing once held money in Yukon ventures then worked as a detective in San Francisco and Ogden Utah.
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Chicago
Aurelius W. Griffing
Griffing
NEXT POPE NOT CHOSEN REPORT THAT LEO HAS SELECTED HIS SUCCESSOR
Reports that Pope Leo XIII named a successor and that Cardinal Rampolla would be chosen are denied by those in position to know. The college is split, Rampolla faces opposition, and other cardinals like Scampa Gotti Vannutelli Ferrara are seen as stronger contenders. A June consistory may add two cardinals, expanding the College of Cardinals to sixty eight. Cardinal Martinelli is to receive the red hat and his Washington successor may be Monsignor Zaleski.
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Indianapolis Journal
New York
Leo XIII
Cardinal Rampolla
Rome
Rampolla
Rampoll
Baltimore
Martinelli
Washington
Monsignor
Zaleski
India
Poland
Tebe
Reformed Presbyterian Synod discusses secret societies and unions
Pittsburg June 1. The Synod debated a report on secret societies. Resolutions denounce labor unions as dangerous and immoral, with speakers arguing unions restrain free labor and operate on Sundays. Trustees report Geneva College enrolled 215 students with 24 graduates and endowment at 127000 dollars.
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Pittsburg
Committee On
Reformed Presbyterian Synod of America
Foster
J. W. Charlisie
Newburg
N. Y
J. C. McFeeters
T. P. Stephenson
Geneva College
Presbyterian opinion on U S Confession revision voiced by Ian MacLaren
London quotes Rev Dr John Watson known as Ian MacLaren reacting to the American move to revise the Confession. He sees it as an intellectual wonder that would benefit from a smaller form and an infusion of love.
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London
John Watson
Ian MacLaren
Associated Press
Atlantic
United States
Synod marks twentieth anniversary of Western home missions
Des Moines, June 1. The Evan gelical Lutheran General Synod celebrated twenty years since establishing a Western superintendency of home missions and the appointment of Dr Samuel B Barnits of Des Moines as Western secretary. Delegates hosted a reception at Savery Hotel this afternoon.
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Des Moines
Evangelical Lutheran General Synod
Home Missions
Samuel B. Barnits
Savery Hotel
Murdered Woman Found Near Holton Kansas
Holton Kansas residents reel from the discovery of Mrs W H Kieinamire's body buried in a shallow trench near her home one mile north of Holton The murder appears to have been committed with a heavy blunt instrument On May 18 the children were away when their father told them their mother had gone to Texas The telegram to the children prompted another ellipsed fragment in the damaged text revealing confusion over the family’s whereabouts
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Holton
Kan
W. H. Kieinamire
Texas
Enetsey
Indiana Knights plan large Indiana presence in Louisville conclave
Indiana commanderies prepare for the twenty eighth triennial Knights Templar gathering in Louisville on August 27. About 60 to 140 Indiana members from cities such as Lafayette Terre Haute Evansville Fort Wayne Shelbyville Richmond New Albany Franklin Washington Columbia City Kokomo Jeffersonville Wabash and Greenfield will attend with 30 to 100 per unit. Grand Commandery HQs, lavish hospitality, musical groups, illuminations, and a large parade plus a grand ball are planned, with President McKinley and Rear Admiral Schley among expected guests.
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Todianapedie
Louisville
Indiana
Knights Templars
America
Wonderful York
Masonry
Falls City
Indica
Lafayette
Terre Haute
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Shelbyville
Richmond
New Albany
Franklin
Washington
Columbia City
Kokomo
Jeffersonville
Wabash
Greenfield
Raper
Indianapolis
Knights of Lafayette
J. R. Moore
la Valette
Morning Star
L. & E. Mall-line Company
Port Wayne Templars
United States
Thomas C. Timberlake
Zack Phelps
Marine Band
Washington City
Weber
Cincinnati
Marshall
Topeka
Kan
Ohio
R. 8. Brown
S. W
City Hall
Louvieville
Fourth and Broadway
James E. Dorland
Kentucky
American Book Company
Churchill Downs
Bluegrass
Confederate Hall
Wil S. Hays
Ohio River
Masonic Widows’ and Orphans’ Home
President McKinley
Schley
Knights
Pope's Little Black Sacristan Dies in New York
William A Willyms, sacristan at St Benedict the Moor, dies in New York. Born to a slave family at Mount Vernon, he studied in Rome and was known as the pope's little black. He spent years as assistant librarian in Baltimore and at Catholic University. He never was ordained.
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New York
William A. Willyms
St. Benedict the Moor
United States
Mount Vernon
General Washington
Willums
Washington, D. C
Rome
Propaganda
Willyme
Corrisar
St. Benedict
Mr. Willyms
Pius IX
Willyms
Alew
Pratt
Baltimore
Catholic University
Washington
South
Obituary Notes On A Noted Negro Writer Declared Misdated Age
A legacy of literary and historical value rests on the writings of a frequent contributor to magazines and church publications. The journals devoted to negro interests carried many of his pieces. Conflicting dates create doubt about his age. he claimed sixty four, but belief holds he was somewhat older.
Home Rulers' Revenge in Hawaii Legislature
Honolulu May 3 via San Francisco June 1 Grand jury probes bribery in the Hawaii Legislature and hearsays. Judge Humphreys frees Attorney General Dole and Treasurer Linsing from testifying while Acting Governor Cooper and ex Superintendent face show cause. Legislature in session with heavy salary cuts. home rulers seek to trim Acting Governor estimates. Dole at mountain resort. doctors order extended stay.
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Associates Press
Honolulu
San Francisco
Humphreys
Dole
Linsing
Cooper
House
Mount Hope Married Men's Anti-Kissing Club Forms
Thirteen Mount Hope men near Wichita form a secret club pledging not to kiss their wives for one year as an experiment. President B R Wilson says the vow strengthens love and that the arrangement may become permanent if wives support the plan.
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Wichita
Kan
Mount Hope
Here
B. R. Wilson
L. J. Cox
A. L. Rite
F. N. Johna
L. R. Densmore
J. B. Smith
W. Ka
Genevieve Bassel Weds Philemon Watson in Clarksburg
Miss Genevieve Bassel daughter of John and Mrs Bassel of Clarksburg marries Philemon Mitchell Watson of Indianapolis at Christ Episcopal Church in a brilliant society event. Officiant Rev Thomas W Cooke. Bridesmaids include Martha Bassel Mary Wadsworth Cornelia Bassel. Out of town guests from Davenport Winchester Indianapolis Detroit Wheeling and Columbus attend. The couple heads to New York for their bridal trip.
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Indianapolis Journal
Clarksburg
W. Va
Genevieve Bassel
John Bassel
Philemon Mitchell Watson
Indianapolis
Christ Episcopal Church
Thomas W. Cooke
Martha Bussel
Mary
Thomas Griggs
John Wadsworth
Mary Wadsworth
Davenport
Mary Russell
Winchester
Glass
Strathman
Wheeling
John Y. Bassel
Columbus
Watson
New York
West Virginia
Founded stone mark of McGee assassination located in Ottawa
Laborers digging at Queen Street Buttworth's foundry discover the long lost stone tied to Confederation founder Thomas D'Arcy McGee's assassination. One face polished, the other inscribed April 7th, 1848 Here fell O Arey McGee.
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Ottawa
Ont
Buttworth
Queen Street
Military surgeons elect officers and urge repeal of anti-canteen law
In St Paul on June 1 the United States military surgeons elected officers led by President Lieut. John Van Rensalaer Hoff and Vice Presidents Brig. Gen. R. A. Blood and Sur eon General Walter Wyman. James E. Pitcher became secretary and Herbert A. Arnold treasurer. The next meeting place to be chosen by the executive committee. A committee named to urge repeal of the anti-canteen law includes General Cooke General Priestly Major Seaman Colonel Reed Colonel Griffith Major Clark and Major Wright.
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Pennsylvania Guard
Stone
Cooke
Priestly
Seaman
Reed
Griffith
Clark
Wright
Sage settles settlers homes in Hastings grant
Justice Lewis of the Minnesota Supreme Court filed a decision affecting county settlers who took lands after withdrawal and contesting Russell Sage trustee of Hastings Railway. The ruling says those entrants cannot attack Sages title to lands earned by railway completion and transferred to him as valid. The case covers a few hundred acres but questions the grant's overall validity.
Pettigrews Take a Newspaper in Sioux Falls
Sheriff Huston served an attachment on the Sioux Falls Daily Press plant at noon today on judgments filed last December by former Senator Pettigrew, Mrs. Pettigrew, and Fred W. Pettigrew for about 36000. The move prompts a staff reorganization and places control under former Senator Pettigrew, but publication is not interrupted.
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Sioux Falls
Huston
Hens and Eggs Debate in Suburbs Over Prices
A Detroit suburb woman argued for cheaper eggs while a country supplier defended higher rates. The exchange touched on affordability and timing as the pair debated why egg prices should drop from late April to early May. The man replied with a rote insistence that hens remain hens.
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Detroit Free Press
Hen talk on eggs and supply in a farmer’s kitchen
A farmer argues that hens distracted by fighting and other outside worries stop laying eggs, illustrating the immutable law of supply. He insists on paying a standard price for eggs while a neighbor threads through his comments, seeking to end the discussion with a concrete order for six dozen eggs.
Curious dual lives of famed criminals and benevolent fronts
The report traces gangsters who blend philanthropy with crime from Bristol to Bournemouth and Norwich. It recalls Uncle Billy Nash, counterfeiters, jewel thieves, and forgers who funded charity, schools, and hospitals while planning robberies and murders. The piece contrasts public virtue with private vice.
Taint of Negro Blood Causes Engagement Break in Jersey City
In New York Press Local report, Lizzie Rector ends her engagement to Dr. Thomas T. Wilkerson after it becomes known that his ancestry includes Negro blood from past generations. The Rector family, prominent in Jersey City, includes Dr. Pierson Rector and Dr. Joseph M. Rector, with ties to Grand Street society and a fashionable boarding house former home.
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New York
Old Rector Homestead
Jersey City
Lizzie
Thomas T. Wilkerson
Hectors
Pierson Rector
Jersey
No. Ws Grand Street
Joseph M. Rector
Rector
Charles D. Hill
Grand Street
White man halts engagement over known African ancestry
Dr Wilkerson discloses to Miss Lizzie Rector that a grandmother carried African blood, ending their engagement. He explains his life as a gentleman with a large dental practice and education in New York, while friends praise his honor. Miss Rector withdraws from society, and the couple cannot marry.
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Ren
Montgomery
Lizzie
Dr. Wilkerson
Miss Rector
Presbyterian College
Dental Department
University of New York
New Jersey School of Music
New Immigration Rule Excludes Consumptives at U S Ports
Boston Transcript reports a new ruling by acting commissioner general of Immigration and Treasury officials excluding aliens with tuberculosis from admission. Passengers with consumption may be sent back or held at quarantine, with bonds no longer accepted to cover one year. Steamship lines face higher scrutiny and stricter pre boarding tests to detect the tuberculosis bacillus.
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Boston Transcript
New England
Altonia
Europe
F. H. Larned
Commissioner General of Immigration
H. A. Taylor
Treasury Department
United States
Commissioner of Immigration
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Boston Board of Health
Marine Hospital Service
Howard Russell
Peeresses in the Lords and a London coronation fancy dress
Harper's Weekly notes English women who claim peeress status may sit in the House of Lords by election. London gossip says a fancy dress coronation event next year could see self styled peers attending as members of the Lords, with trains to flaunt their pretensions.
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Harper's Weekly
England
House of Lands
London
The
of Lords
How Some Men in France and Germany Avoid Conscription
London Express reports on conscription evasion in France and Germany where gangs offer fake bodily infirmities to exempt men from service. They target wealthy parents and collect up to 108 francs for forged deformities, often using promissory notes. Police later traced letters, leading to arrests in Lot-et-Garonne Moissac region.
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London Express
France
Germany
Department
Lot-et-Garonne
Moissac
Paris
Heir to half a million ruse fools farmer in Dearborn
A smooth caller traps a Dearborn farmer named Brown with a phony inheritance claim. The impostor promises a vast fortune from an English family line, pressures for quick money, and flees when the farmer retrieves a gun, ending the scam. Authorities note the incident as a cautionary tale of fortune scams.
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Detroit Free Press
Brown
Dearborn
John Wesley Brown
Russell Sage’s Wisdom on Markets and Pie Stand Sign
Russell Sage has probably earned more money last month than any man in the country. His income this week is estimated at two million dollars. He did not speculate, others did, and he took the harvests they abandoned. Six days ago he predicted a stock break, bulls called him a has been, now many admit he is serene and financially strong. A New York Mall and Express sign in a Sut down-town proclaims pie a la mode or of our grandmothers, topped with cream.
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Themas
Dallas News
Gilbert
Gainsborough
Georgiana
Duchess of Devonshire
Skoog
Brooklyn
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Bristol
England
Billy Nash
Nash
Means
Billy
Isaac Morgan
Duchess d'Uzes
Elidoff
Scarborough
Uncle Billy
Hooper
King of
Bournemouth
Brighton
Hargreaves
Norwich
Fennimore
Palmer
Perzackety
Ole Enoch Brown
Hull
Bowus
Tror
N. Y
Russell Sage
Rus
New York
Crimard
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Central
Amerare
Berliner Tageblatt
Sceeearen
Brazil
Wetze
Pracil
Tageblatt
Foreign Office
Gooneing
Schwerth
Emperor Gatem
Empress
B&b
Imperial Court of Leip- Bic
Reichstag
Prussia
Count von Buelow
Board of Trade and Agriculture
Count von Barlow
International Firemen’s Congress
General Podbietski
Baron von. Rheinbaden
Finance
Baron von Hammerstein
Emperor William
Beehler
Austria
Italy
Dickie
George W. Young
Roeblings
Washington Traction and Electric
He Heorganic
Leo
Church and Labor Unions
Yollers’ Organt
Reformed Presbyterians
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Flaborste
William Willyms
Territoria
Anti-Kissing Club
Kansas
Indianapolitan
D'Arcy
Erussell Sage
Pettigrews
Sander & Becker Furniture Co
Merchants’ Association
House of Lords
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