Hope grows for Mrs McKinley recovery as doctors report slow improvement
Washington dispatch notes Mrs McKinley shows slight improvement, with Dr Rixey and Surgeon General Sternberg cautious but hopeful. Physicians warn against reducing stimulants, fearing a sinking spell, while plans to move her to Canton remain tentative amid ongoing care and home renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
Rixey
Charles Emory Smith
Long
Jes
Cowles
Navy
Sanger
Hitchcock
White House
New O'Clock
Five Killed and Seven Injured in Vestal Wreck
Five men died and seven were injured in last night’s wreck at Vestal New York. The dead include John P. Kelly head brakeman and two Polhamsuses among train crew for the wild cat freight. Fireman John Coulter and second engine cook Fred Withersy were also killed. Rescue workers toiled through the night as portions of the last body were found near the wreckage while crews continued searches along the burning freight cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
Vestal
John P. Kelly
R. Polhamus
Pete Polhamus
John Coulter
Fred Withersy
Freeman
Delaware
Destructive blast shatters villages across Susquehanna
A dynamite laden car explosion caused extensive damage across Vestal and Union villages opposite the Susquehanna. The blast wrecked railroad patrolling and shattered windows in homes and barns within miles, but no injuries were reported among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vestal
Union
Secretary of War Elihu Root Visits Pan American Exposition
Hon Elihu Root secretary of war arrives in Buffalo to view exhibits with Director General Buchanan and Col Hains. His party includes Major Generals Corbin and Young and Col and Mrs Johnston. Editors day set for June 12 with National Editorial Association meetings and Sousa band entertainment. Sunday crowd totals 15 192 admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Elihu Root
William S. Buchanan
FP. C. Hains
United States Army
Root
Corbin
Young
Johnston
Edythe Patten
Buchanan
National Editorial Association
Temple of Music
Sousa
Diaz
Mexico
Third Term Boom Boosts McKinley Bid
Cincinnati June 3 Congressman Charles H Grosvenor argues for a third term for President McKinley. He says McKinley is the most popular president in years and questions the unwritten law against a third term, noting Washington declined due to fear of defeat.
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Cincinnati
McKinley
Charles H. Grosvenor
Washington
United States
The
Times
Chinese pleased by court ruling on returning to Peking
The article reports broad Chinese satisfaction at the court’s plan to return to Peking in September. Foreign troops except legation guards are set to withdraw by mid September, with Japan keeping reliefs until evacuation. France will leave one brigade, and British forces depart by September end after two voyages to India. Count von Waldersee arrived at Yokohama aboard the German cruiser Hertha and proceeded to Tokyo.
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Peking
Legation
Japan
Voyron
China
India
Yokohama
Count von Waldersee
Hertha
Taku
Tokio
Three Girls Drown in Swamped Skiff on Delaware River
A six person party near North Essington aboard the Federal Boat Club skiff reefed in a squall, drowning three girls Rosie Koons Mary Koons and Mamie Traynor aged seventeen nineteen and twenty. Rescuers pulled the men from the water but the girls sank.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
North Essington
Rosie Koons
Mary Koons
Mamie Traynor
Federal Boat Club
Five Die As Boat Capsizes On Mississippi Near Dubuque
A fishing trip boat with five aboard overturned in a Mississippi storm three miles north of Dubuque Iowa. Julius Guderian his wife and Mrs Nicholas Kalle were drowned. Two boys clung to the inverted skiff for an hour and were nearly exhausted but saved by a ferry crew.
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Akron
Oliver Crosier
Emil Bergdorf
Summit Lake
Michael Shay
Bergdorf
Shay
Dubuque
Mississippi
Here
Julius Guderian
Nicholas Kalle
DROWNING CLAIMS DES MOINES MAN NEAR TULSA
Robert M. Johnson, who came from Des Moines Indiana to Mexico City, drowned near Tulia. He leaves a wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Robert M. Johnson
Des Moines
Tul
Pittsburg Doctor Daly Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
Maj W H Daly surgeon general on Lt Gen Miles staff in Porto Rico shot himself in the temple at his Pittsburg home. Found by housekeeper Miss Mary Short lying in a pool of blood with a revolver nearby. Insomnia and sleepless nights are cited as possible triggers. Daly had gained fame for reporting on embalmed beef during the Cuban war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
W. H. Daly
Miles
Porto Rico
Mary Short
Foster
Miss Short
General Miles Reacts to Dr Daly's Death
Washington June 9 Lieutenant General Miles says he is not surprised by the death of Dr Daly by his own hand after the doctor suffered recent bereavement and a severe winter grip. Daly attended McKinley’s inauguration last March and was a trusted deputy to Assistant Surgeon General Greenleaf during the Spanish American War. Miles praised Daly’s thorough care of the sick and wounded and noted the beef inquiry linked to Daly's allegations about army provisions.
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Washington
Miles
Daly
McKinley
Charles 8. Greenleaf
Board of Army
From butcher to surgeon Daly served General Miles
W H Daly born January 1942 in a Blue Ridge log cabin near Blairsville Pa. He trained at the University of Michigan and practiced medicine in Pittsburgh after the Civil War. Daly joined Confederate service as a medical officer, later becoming chief surgeon on General Miles staff through personal friendship.
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W. H. Daly
Blue Ridge Mountains
Blairsville
Daly
Far Western Plains
General Miles
Belle Vernon
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
South Carolina
Pittsburg
Major Daly
Allegheny County Medical Socity
Itseae
American Syngological Society
British Medical Association
American Medical Association
Miles
Duty of Army Officers Education Policy
Benjamin Ide Wheeler urged ongoing professional studies for U S Army officers. He called West Point the world’s best military school but said graduates should not stop learning after graduation. Wheeler noted the need for continuous education to keep officers abreast of advancements across engineering artillery cavalry and infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
West Point
United States Military Academy
Wheeler
Ames
France
Germany
Russia
Military Officers Deserve Regular Furloughs for Study
The passage argues that a portion of officers should be granted a four to six month furlough every four years to study military organizations and methods, enabling learning and improvement while away from active duties. It emphasizes deliberate time for study within the officer corps.
Tragic double murder suicide near Ilderton
Robert Fulford a Chicago contractor slain his mother in law Mrs Jennie McCord at the McCord farm near London Ontario and then killed himself Fulford had married Gertie McCord seven years earlier and had followed her returning to her parents after a dispute Three weeks ago the couple’s quarrel led to the fatal visit by Fulford who shot Mrs McCord as she milked and then killed himself in the yard
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ont
Chicago
Robert Fulford
Jennie McCord
McCord
Ilderton
Here
Fulford
Gertie McCord
Death by own action of Milwaukee cashier Sears
The body of John F. Sears former cashier of the Bank of Monticello was found June 2 at a windmill on his farm near Milwaukee. Police and creditors note financial embarrassment with bank directors seeking explanations. Sears’s liabilities are estimated around 4000 dollars with assets about 25000, bank protection intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
John F. Sears
Bank of Monticello
Sears
Local War Casualties Reported In Philippine Action
Lieutenant Springer of the Twenty First Infantry killed in action. Capt. W. H. Wilhelm, Lienits, Fitshugh Lee Jr., and Charles R. Ramsey among the wounded in a Philippine engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Wilhelm, Lienits, Fitshugh Lee, Jr
Charles R. Ramsey
Battle near Lipa leaves several wounded and two dead
Civil Government 9 established in Nueva Ecija Province Captain Kreps placed in charge. In a battle with insurgents at Lipa Bantangas Lieutenant Anton Springer of the Twenty first Infantry was killed and Captain W H Wilhelm Lieut Fitzhugh Lee Jr Lieut Charles R Ramsay of the Twenty first Infantry and five enlisted men were wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Lipa
Bantangas
Anton Springer
Twentyfirst
W. H. Wilhelm
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr
Charles R. Ramsay
Twenty-first Infantry
Philippine Commission Returns to Manila With Provincial Government
The Philippine Commission arrives in Manila from Nueva Ecija after organizing San Isidro as the provincial capital with Captain Jacob F. Kreps as Governor Lieutenant Richard Do Day as treasurer and Lieutenant De Witt C Lysle as supervisor. Taft discusses customs powers and potential internal taxes while Washington weighs free trade implications. Northern tour postponed. Astronomical Commission returns from Sumatra and sails home. Lieutenant Wray reports six engagements in Sorsogon with six insurgent deaths and twenty three insurgents captured near Atimon.
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Manila
Philippine Commission
Nueva Ecija
Luzon
San Isidro
Jacob F. Kreps
Twenty-second Infantry
Richard Do. Day
Thirty-fourth Volunteer Infantry
de Witt C. Lysle
Taft
Washington
United States
American Astronomical Commission
Sumatra
Wray
Sorsogon
Atimon
Tayabas
Vontagen
Dusan
Gailles
Rumored Vatican Negotiations Extend Delegation Jurisdiction
Reliable sources report Cardinal Gibbons in frequent talks with Cardinal Rampolla papal secretary of state Mgr Nozaleda archbishop of Manila and other high church officials. They discuss settling Philippine religious order property disputes and seek to extend the apostolic delegation at Washington to Cuba and the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RCMP
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Rampolla
Mgr. Nozaleda
Mavila
Philippines
Cuba
Washington
Troops Arrive in San Francisco from Manila
The transport Hancock docked in San Francisco with thirty-one officers and 1,082 enlisted men of the Thirty-first Volunteer Infantry, returning from Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hancock
Manila
Thirty-first Volunteer Infantry
Alleged Swindler Arrested At Grand Central
In New York a tall foreign man accompanied by a woman was arrested at Grand Central by U S Deputy Marshal Fred Bernhard and a Pinkerton detective on suspicion of larceny of 1500 pounds from Deutsche Bank London. He denies the accusation and awaits arraignment at Ludlow Street jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grand Central Station
United States
Fred Bernhard
Pinkerton
England
Deutsche Bank
London
Ludlow Street
Frang von Berger
von Berger
Waldorf- Astoria
Grand Ees
New Orleans Surges in U S Exports Ahead of Boston and Galveston
The Indianapolis Journal reports from Washington that New Orleans rose to second in U S exporting cities in 1900 and led Boston by about 40 million dollars in nine months. Cotton demand and high prices boosted southern ports while New Orleans expanded both exports and imports, with Galveston seaport losses offset by New Orleans gains. New York remained dominant but lost share. Philadelphia and Baltimore showed mixed movements.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
New York
Bureau of Statistics
United States
New Orleans
Boston
Galveston
ISM
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Newport News
Gulf Ports
Government skeptic on hail cannon myth in France
Washington reports United States Weather Bureau chief Willis L Moore dismisses European hail cannon experiments as a popular delusion. He says agriculture should rely on mutual insurance against losses rather than miracle devices, noting nature’s energy far exceeds human attempts to control weather.
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Washington
United States
Lyons
France
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Wilson
Europe
American trade push to Italy boosts machinery tools sales
Washington reports from the Bureau of Foreign Commerce outline growing Italian industrial development led by the north, creating demand for American machinery and tools. Consuls note imports include bicycles, leather, dynamos, sewing machines, oil, tobacco, and canned goods, with Milan and Venice showing strong opportunities for tractors, valves, and office furniture as printing presses gain favor and new markets open for US-made goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
United States
Italy
Consul Smith
Leghorn
Consul Cramer
Florence
India
Consul Heingartner
Catania
Consul Johnson
Venice
Jarvis
Milan
Simpson Tunnel
Mystic Shrine Meet Opens In Kansas City
About 6000 Shriners are expected to gather in Kansas City for the 27th annual Imperial Council meeting. Events include receptions, two parades, concerts, drills, a ball, and special entertainments. The chief business will be electing a chief potentate and choosing the next Mecca. Phillip Shaffer of Philadelphia is widely anticipated to be elected imperial potentate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine
Convention Hall
Exposition Park
Bali
Mecca
Phillip Shaffer
Philadelphia
Prpenly
Imperial Potene
Mystery Body Found in Chelmsford Like Pearl Bryan Case
Lowell Mass June 9 The headless decomposed body of a young woman was found under brush in Chelmsford. A dull weapon severed the head from the trunk as possible foul play. Clothing offers no identity clues, suggesting the body was placed there for concealment. A physician estimates the body lay four or five weeks. Tomorrow the neighborhood will be searched for the head, with police unsure of any missing local woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mass
Chelmsford
Case of Mabel Burt brain derangement judgment urged
Two physicians in Northampton Mass report Miss Mabel L Burt of Bridgeton N J a former Smith College student and jailed for larceny is mentally deranged and should receive treatment Dr Mary Brewster and Dr Hanson deem her need urgent care She admits stealing jewelry and a diamond ring from a roommate while others suggest hypnotic influence or a rune man’s sway
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
Mabel L. Burt
Bridgeton
N. J
Smith College
Mary Brewster
Hanson
State Insane Asylum
Mabel Burt
Mabelles
Girl
A Perfectly Equipped Man in Subjection to God
A devotional piece argues that true usefulness comes from voluntary subjection to God, shaping a steadfast, grace-filled character. It contends submission affirms His claim, aligns with His purpose, and cultivates faith, reason, and love through divine dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Greencastle
Ind
de Pauw University
Meharry Hall
University
Sears
Evangelist Singer
John Hillis
Hickman
John de Motte
Henry J. Talbott
Evansville
Cana
God
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DR. Rixey
Sternserg
Mrs. McKinley
MR. Root AT
Grosvenor
Waldersee
Lewan
Gen
Dr. Daly
Gen. Miles
Lieut. Springer
Twenty First Infantry
Capt
Kreps
Province
Franz von Berger
New York State
Moore
Mystic Shriners
Pearl Bryan Case
Massachusetts
D. W. Dennis
Earlhan
Charles R. Henderson
D. D
Purdaec
C. H. Hall
Franklin College
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