South Carolina Farce Plays Out As Tillman Withdraws Resignation
In Columbia on June 5 Senator Tillman withdrew his resignation after Governor McSweeney rejected McLaurin's assent to hold his commission. Tillman warned of appeals to the Democratic executive committee or the Senate, calling the move opera bouffe and noting no precedent for a state executive overruling a resignation.
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S. C
TillMan
McSweeney
McLaurin
United States
Democratic Executive Committee
Senate
Bob Acres
McLaaurin
McLaurin Says He Would Resign If Tillman Resigns
Columbia June 5 General talk centers on Governor Tillman and Senator Tillman McLaurin bitterly denounces Tillman and says he would resign to contest Tillman's seat if Tillman submits unconditional surrender of his office to the Governor, signaling a direct challenge.
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Tillman
McLaurin
Governor McSweeney’s Letter to Senator Tillman
In Columbia on June 5 the governor’s letter to Senator Tillman marked the warmest moment in the senatorial dispute. He says Tillman may resign and be immediately withdrawn from the Senate, defending his own attempt to calm passions and stressing responsibility to the people of South Carolina.
Resigning Senator Offers Unconditional Step Down
The senator asserts he would reserve power to resign if given unconditional authority and defends his course amid public debate. In Montgomery a constitutional convention proposal by Mr Banks would disqualify criminals who commit election fraud or abandon families. A bifurcated ballot plan would restrict voting with different color ballots and weighted markers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Banks
Russell County
Verdict in $150,000 libel suit rendered for defendant
Judge Bell ordered a verdict in the libel suit for the defendant with charges not sustained and the plaintiff failing to make out her case. The verdict followed the judge's instructions though exceptions were taken by Mrs. Woodbury's counsel.
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Bell
Moulton Freed After Broadway Shooting Attempt
Richard Hayden Moulton, once linked to a Broadway shooting at a mathshellar, was discharged on his own recognizance after a grand jury indicted him as Richard H Morris. He was moved within Bellevue Hospital and will soon travel south with his mother. The case also involved A F Dingwall and John D Leffingwell, wounded at the table with actress May Buckley.
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New York
Richard Hayden Moulton
May Buckley
Richard H. Morris
John D. Leffingwell
Moulton
A. F. Dingwall
Buckley
Leffingwell
Dingwall
Tennessee
Nee
Trial ends in $150000 libel suit against Mrs Eddy
In Boston on June 5 Judge Bell directed a verdict for the defendant Mary Baker Eddy in the libel suit brought by Mrs Josephine Curtis Woodbury. The jury had been asked to consider claims tied to Christian Science, with arguments over Mrs Eddy’s authority and the church publishing society.
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Boston
Charles A. Bell
Josephine Curtis Woodbury
Mary Baker Eddy
Concord
N. H
Christian Science Church
Bell
Elder
Mrs. Eddy
Frederick W. Peabody
Mrs. Woodbury
First Church
Peabody
al le
Woodbury
Ira O. Knapp
Tenagely
Margaret Burns
Oodbury
Bryan Says It Again Attacks Supreme Court Decisions
William J. Bryan addressed the Jackson County Democratic Club in Kansas City on June 5, denouncing the Supreme Court in insular cases and urging a party focused on organization and principles. He warned that imperialism threatens constitutional liberty and urged perseverance in Democratic ideals.
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Kansas City
William J. Bryan
Jackson County
Democratic Club
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Lae
Supreme Court
Insular
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Brown
Cincinnati rail lease proposal to Widener Elkins syndicate
Cincinnati directors refer the lease proposal from the Widener Elkins syndicate to the executive board for consideration. The plan covers all over the river lines and guarantees dividends on stock while assuming bond interest, placing street railways under syndicate control with Hugh McGowan as manager and A B Foraker as vice president.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Newport & Covington Railway Company
Widener-Elkins Syndicate
Widener- Elkins Syndicate
Hugh McGowan
A. B. ‘Foraker
Preai
Chaffee Arrives Manila With Artillery Salute
General Chaffee and staff arrived at Manila aboard the Sumner from Taku, greeted by a major general's salute. He will dine with General MacArthur at Malacanang palace. Harold M. Pitt testified in the commissary fraud trial, admitting to receiving 50 cases of bacon from ex-Captain Barrows as security for money advanced. The Philippine Commission faces opposition to merging Morong and Manila provinces, with some delegates seeking annexation and others favoring separate government.
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Manila
Chaffee
Ninth Infantry
United States
Sumner
Taku
MacArthur
Malacanang Palace
Harold M. Pitt
Evans & Co
Frederick J. Barrows
Barrows
United States Philippine Commission
Morong
Free With A Pistol Deed Of A Drink Craze Hotel Keeper
A drink roughened hotel keeper and saloonist killed his daughter and fatally wounded his wife before trying to kill three more people, then was shot himself. Authorities report a deadly spree at the establishment with multiple victims and a self-inflicted or lawfully ended confrontation.
Beaverton tragedy ends in fatal shootings and arrest
Will Arnell a Beaverton Michigan hotel and saloon owner went on a drunken rampage killing his six year old daughter fatally wounding his wife wounding his mother sister and brother and firing at neighbors before being captured. Arnell survived a shotgun wound and is jailed. motive remains unknown.
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Beaverton, Mich
Will Arnell
Ranamuck
Arnell
Samuel Depp
Dopp
Demented Engineer Kills Wife and Daughter Then Ends Life
James Stacey, a 51 year old engineer near Macon Missouri, killed his wife and daughter while they slept in their home, then shot himself after telling a neighbor. Their eight year old son survived. Stacey had been a trusted worker at the Clarence water tank for thirty years and apparently acted after a period of overwork and sleep loss. Sophia Spities, Stacey’s daughter, learned the details when she visited the scene.
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Macon
James Stacey
Here
Burlington Road
James
Stacey
Clarance
Alma
Sophia Spities
Whisky merchant fatally shot in Jacksonville home
James McAlister a wholesale whisky dealer in Jacksonville was killed this afternoon at 737 Talleyrand avenue during a struggle with Mrs. T. H. West. Mrs West, formerly Miss Frankie Keener of St. Louis, says she took McAlister's pistol from his dresser fearing self harm and the weapon discharged during the scuffle, the ball entering his abdomen.
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Jacksonville
Fla
James McAlister
T. H. West
Talleyrand Avenue
McAlister
West
Frankie Keener
St. Louis
Greek pastor killed himself after misidentifier arrest in New York
A Greek guest registered as Victor Misala at a Whitehall Street hotel shot himself in the head today and died tonight. Before dying he told an interpreter he was Rev. Michael Jizizoulos Karidis, pastor of the Greek Church of the Holy Trinity in New Orleans, creating confusion over his identity.
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New York
Whitehall Street
Victor Misala
New Orleans
Misala
Michael Jizizoulos Karidis
Shucch
the Holy Trinity
Dent Forgery Sentence Upheld In Pardon Case
The Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin affirmed the sentence of W. J. Dent who forged a pardon allowing George Isaacs a life term killer to win release. Dent, claiming kinship to a Kentucky family and a nephew of General Stonewall Jackson, faces the life term as required by Texas law.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals At
W. J. Dent
George Isaacs
Texas
Dent
Isaacs
Kentucky
Stonewall” Jackson
Arrests in Aurora case: mother and stepson jailed over Stallion death
In Aurora Missouri on June 5, Mrs Stallion and her stepson were jailed in Galena after the seven year old son confessed their involvement in the death of sixteen year old Alice Stallion. A rumor says the pair were taken from jail and lynched, but telephone lines to Galena were down.
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Aurora
London Banquet Welcomes New York Chamber Delegates
London Chamber of Commerce hosted about 300 guests at Grocers Hall in a four hour banquet with Lord Brassey presiding and toast to President McKinley. Morris K. Jesup, Andrew Carnegie, and others praised Anglo American ties and peaceful cooperation shaping world trade and industry.
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London Chamber of Commerce
New York Chamber of Commerce
Grocers’ Hall
America
Great Britain
United States
Bank of England
Lord Brassey
Mr. Choate
Lord Lansdowne
Morris K. Jesup
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius N. Bliss
Lord Alverstone
England
Mr. Griscom
George C. Ward
Strathcona
Mount Royal
Levi P. Morton
Lord Asbury
Associated Chambers of Commerce
J. Pierpont Morgan
Atlantic
McKinley
Department of Foreign Affairs
MR. Jesup
James Gore King
New York
J. King
Anne
Jesup
Lord Avebury
A. Foster Higgins
A. Barton Hepburn
Hepburn
Boston
Republican Campaign Committee
William James Pierre
Mr. Carnegie
Chambers of Commerce of
Chambers of Commerce
Griscom
Choate
Western Insurance Union meets in Niagara Falls
The Western Insurance Union of fire insurance company executives met at Cataract House in Niagara Falls. About 1% members attended led by J M Decamp of Cincinnati. Proceedings are secret. Aimed to fight anti compact laws and cut costs, with talks of rate reductions to spur business. A decision reversed a plan to skirt laws, and another meeting was set for tomorrow.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Western Insurance Union
Cataract House
J. M. Decamp
Cincinnati
Cubans Bitter Over Platt Amendment Votes in Havana
In Havana on June 5 conservatives expressing bitterness over the Platt amendment delay. General Wood faces alienated delegates after Washington’s instructions lag. Root’s stance rejected. A meeting discussed acceptance without explanations as the convention awaits official guidance. Darrell Loyes, formerly sergeant in Seventh Cavalry, was discharged after extradition for a murder charge in Pinar del Rio.
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Washington
Wood
United States
President Capote
Root
Senor Sanguilly
Senor Portuendo
Loyes
Darrell
Seventh
United States Cavalry
South Africa
Pinar del Rio
Honolulu Contempt Sentences Spark Political Turmoil
Honolulu reports a striking episode as three top lawyers Gen Hartwell W A Kinney and B M Ballou were jailed for contempt by Circuit Judge Humphreys over an affidavit aimed at venue change in a bribery inquiry. Acting Governor Cooper granted pardons before imprisonment, fueling a wave of sensational commentary about legal and political bias and a volatile Legislature climate.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Humphreys
A. 5. Hartwell
W. A. Kinney
M. Ballou
Cooper
Fire at Forbidden City Gate Levels Library
Peking June 5 lightning hit a building inside the American gate of the Forbidden City. Three structures burned. heavy rain helped prevent spread. A library with valuable manuscripts and dynasty records was destroyed while guard efforts contained the fire. Berlin reports Emperor William’s audience with Baron Von Ketteler’s widow and recognition with the Louise Order.
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Peking
Forbidden City
Berlin
William
Baron von Ketteler
Count Von Waldersen Sails to Kobe on Hertha
Berlin reports Count Von Waldersen departed Taku aboard the German cruiser Hertha bound for Kobe Japan. In Madrid a grave Spain crisis unfolds as nominal calm returns to Corunna while gendarmes occupy petrol offices and arrests continue. A general strike looms over a factory’s refusal to hire 300 workers and anarchist tensions rise in Barcelona amid secret resolutions.
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Berlin
Count von Waldersen
Taku
Hertha
Kobe
Japan
Madrid
Spain
Corunna
Pctroi
Vigo
Barcelona
Senor Gamazeo
Capture of James and Jamestown Roundup
British numbered sixty overran Jamestown surrenders on June two. Kritzinger led about one thousand Boers. twelve British killed and fifteen wounded before overpowering. Colonel White’s column retook stores and munitions near Jamestown. Lord Kitchener not seeking reinforcements. May death toll 25 officers and 70 men across South Africa operations.
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Cape Town
Jamestown
Cape Colony
Kritzinger
White
Oes
London
Lord Kitchener
Reine Ceatering
Brodrick
South Africa
Five French fishing boats missing after two months
Five French fishing boats that sailed to Iceland waters have been missing for two months and are now believed to have foundered in a gale. The crews totaling 117 men are presumed dead according to reports from Saint Brieux. May have been lost April 6.
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Saint Brieux
France
Iceland
Teutonic Reaches Queenstown After Race Rumors
London dispatch says the Teutonic arrived at 12 15 pm at Queenstown and that rumors of a race with the St Paul from New York, which left the same day and passed Hurst Castle at 2 20 pm, were denied by Captain Mc Kinstry and Soba W Mackay. No one aboard reportedly aimed to reach London for the Chamber of Commerce banquet.
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London
Teutonic
Queenstown
St. Paul
New York
Hurst Castle
Soba W. Mackay
Chamber of Commerce
McKinstry
Birmingham Chamber Seeks Action on American Trusts
The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce held a special meeting to debate American trusts and adopted a resolution urging immediate government effort to protect British trade and commerce from injury. R. P. Yates stressed Britain’s role as the States seek world carrying power. some attendees called for imperial protection as a timely measure.
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Birmingham
Chamber of Commerce
R. P. Yates
Great Britain
London report cites 80 inhabitants affected in St Petersburg
London dispatch dated June 5 notes a telegram from St Petersburg claiming 80 inhabitants were involved in a local incident. The report lacks full details and confirms no independent corroboration at this time.
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London
St. Petersburg
United States
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