Death of Bret Harte in England at Red House Camberley
Franci s Bret Harte the American author died suddenly last night at the Red House Camberley near Aldershot from hemorrhage caused by throat affection. He had suffered swelled tonsils since December but regarded the attack as minor and had lived in England for years in seclusion.
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London
Francis Bret Harte
Red House
Camberley
Aldershot
Mr. Harte
England
Lancaster Gate
America
Mark Twain
Harte
Pall Mall Gazette
Westminster Gazette
Harte's Literary Work and Society Tale Fragments
Francis Bret Harte, born 1839 in Albany, pursued mining, press work, and diplomacy. He authored many titles, with works spanning Roaring Camp to Tales of the Argonauts and The Heathen Chinee. The text also recounts an amateur society piece about fossil bones and a table mountain tale, plus a tribute note on Archbishop Corrigan’s embalming.
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Francis Bret Harte
Albany
N. Y
California
United States Mint
San Francisco
Overland Monthly
New York
Harte
United States
Crefeld
Germany
Glasgow
Scotland
London
Sandy Bar
Two Shores
Oe Table Mountain
Sierras
Redwood Camp
North Liberty
Cressy
Dedlow Marsh
Plains
Golden Gate
Afons
Green Springs
Sally Dows
Susy
Trail
Town
Gate
Jack Hamins
Sandhill
Redwoods
Tee Harte
Stanislaus
Stanislaw
Archbishop Corrigan's Funeral Plans At St Patrick's Cathedral
Funeral set for 10 o clock Friday morning with the archbishop robed in his vestments. Bishop Potter of New York praised Corrigan as a brainy, delightful churchman. The Pope expressed distress at the death, calling Corrigan a beloved champion of the militant church.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
Henry C. Potter
New York
Curley
Potter
Corrigan
Isap
Head
Rome
American College
Monsignor Angeli
Is Holiness
Death of Representative J. D. Salmon in New Jersey
Representative J. D. Salmon of New Jersey dies at his Boonton home at fifty six from apoplexy while serving his second term in Congress. The House adjourns in his memory, marking the third straight day with this tribute and noting desks draped for Salmon Cummings and Otey.
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Morristown
N. J
J. D. Salmon
New Jersey
Boonton
Washington
House
Cummings
Otey
Salmon
Rosecrans
Arlington
Death of Wittenberg president in Springfield office
Dr J M Ruthrauff president of Wittenberg College collapsed in the law offices of John Leismann in Springfield D May 6 and died about 4 PM from brain congestion. Overwork and class troubles were blamed. The senior class had requested Dr S A Ort to deliver the baccalaureate address and to preside at commencement, but the request was denied.
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Springfield
J. M. Ruthrauff
Wittenberg College
John Leismann
College and Theological Seminary
S. A. Ort
Dr. Ort
Ruthrauff
Wittenberg
Carthege
Funeral of Amos J. Cummings in New York
The funeral of Amos J. Cummings former representative from New Yorks Twelfth District was held today at his home. Services were conducted by Rev W S Crowe of the Universalist Church of the Eternal Home.
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New York
Amos J. Cummings
Congress
Cummings
W.S. Crowe
Universalist Church of the Eternal Home
Race Against a Torrent Reaches the Bridge First
Six lives were lost in a Foss flood after a cloudburst on the Choctaw and Oklahoma Railroad. A Choctaw passenger train raced to reach the Washita River bridge as Turkey Creek overwhelmed the valley, saving some but destroying homes and bridges. Weatherford and Mountain View faced widespread damage as floodwaters swept the Washita bottoms.
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Oklahoma City
C. T
May
Foss
Choctaw & Oklahoma
Butterfield
Hutchinson
Morgan
Turkey Creek
Weshita
Elk City
Choctaw Railway
Washita
Weatherford
Washita Valley
Mountain View
Washita Bottoms
Drought Rages in New Mexico As Sheep Die and Grasshoppers Ravage
Reports from Santa Fe indicate thousands of sheep dying across the territory since late March drought. Lambs saved are projected at about 15 percent, far below last year. Grasshoppers continue to devastate Upper Rio Grande and its tributaries.
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Santa FE
N. M
Rio Grande
Coal Road Leaders Confer On Strike Fate In New York
In New York on May 6 leaders from the main anthracite coal roads and several independents met for several hours. Attendees reportedly included executives from Lackawanna, Delaware & Hudson, Reading, Ontario & Western, with Erie represented by its chairman. A representative said the meeting discussed strike prospects and favored miners, while stock levels and a Morgan statement that there will be no strike were cited as signs of pacific action at Scranton's miners convention tomorrow.
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New York
Lackawanna
Delaware & Hudson
Reading
Ontario & Western
Erie
Thomas
J. P. Morgan & Co
Scranton
Strike of Coopers in Cincinnati Creates Worker Challenge
Cincinnati cooperage workers strike seeking a ten to nine hour cut and union recognition. Four hundred employees walk out, highlighting labor tensions in the industry.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Cooperage Couyey
Packers Absent From Missouri Beef Trust Inquiry
Jefferson City May 6 none of the officials of wholesale packing houses in St Louis St Joseph and Kansas City appeared before Judge Burgess in the Beef Trust inquiry. Charles B Armour Kirkland B Armour estate and O Waller an agent for Swift Co were represented by Frank Hagerman and Alexander New. In the packers absence testimony of retailers and methods at St Joseph and Kansas City were heard and fines and rebates on spoiled meats sold to restaurants were noted.
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Jefferson City
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Burgess
Superior Court
E. C. Crow
Charles B. Armour
Kirkland B. Armour
O. Waller
Swift & Co
Frank Hagerman
Alexander New
St. Jo
Restraint of trade contract upheld for refinery worker
A worker signed a five year non compete with Glucose Sugar Refining Co barring employment within zero miles of Chicago. He later joined another firm. the court found the restraint not contrary to public policy and thus valid.
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Glucose Sugar Refining Company
Chicago
Rhodes Will Read At First Executors Meeting In London
London May 6 The first meeting of Cecil Rhodes executors was held in London with Dr Jameson and L L Micell arriving from South Africa. The reading of the will and decision to prove it in South Africa occupied the session, while trustees learned the will’s general terms and administration duties. W T Stead, executor, gave a statement on the Rhodesian idea noting the will’s six iterations from 1877 to 1899 and outlining the aims toward British empire, emigration, and expansion of British Bechuanaland.
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London
Cecil Rhodes
Dr. Jameson
L. L. Micell
South Africa
Sidney Shippard
British Bechneland
Arsenal Grounds to be Sold Within City Limits
The Senate military affairs committee approved an amendment to dispose of all arsenal grounds within city limits including the Indianapolis arsenal. The action signals congressional and War Department plans to transfer present grounds to urban use, aligning with Indianapolis delegation aims.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Army
Indianapolis Arsenal
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War Department
Indianapolis
Porto Rico
United States
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Rhodes Tells of Will and English Speaking Unity Plan
The text recounts Cecil Rhodes and his succession of wills and codicils, detailing his aims to unite English speaking peoples and fund scholarships in Oxford and the American states. It notes Rhodes’s trust arrangements, the involvement of associates like Mr Stead, and later changes including the 1899 arrangement and the role of executors.
Secretive meat trust hearings unfold in St Joseph
Testimony from St Joseph butchers and retailers alleged that damaged meat is sold to restaurants at reduced prices after concessions, with arbitrators fixing prices and packing houses paying rebates. Witnesses Wissmath Kroger and others from St Louis and Kansas City testify as Attorney General Crow predicts more days of inquiry into possible prosecutions.
Anti Beef Eating League Formed by GE Employees
Lynn Mass May 6 An Anti Beef Eating League is being organized among 5000 GE Company employees here. Between 140 and 17 names have been secured representing 350 consumers. Local dealers complain that meat consumption is falling off rapidly.
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Lynn
Mass
General Electric Company
Appeals Court Upholds Inviolability of Contract
Chicago May 6 The Federal Court of Appeals today held that the inviolability of a contract is upheld in a decision denying relief to appellant Lee E Marrison Harrison.
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Chicago
Federal Court of Appeals
Lee
Marrison. Harrison
Real Estate Transfers Filed in Marion County Recorder Office
Listings of real estate deeds filed for record in Marion County Indiana for a 24 hour period ending May 6 1902. Names include Vaughn to Holton Finnegan to Reeves Emma Crabtree to Slusher Martindale to Loring Leggo to Laumetux Hubbard to Stewart Hamilton to Shaver Silas to Sisters of Providence Day to Shaffer Williams to Schoy Seward to Pearce Cavender to Dicka and others with parcels on Belmont Lincoln Park Brookside and Milligan additions near Parkway streets and notable sums recorded from 1.00 to 4000.60 dollars.
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Marion County
Indiana
Indiana Title Guaranty and Loan Company
East Market Street
Vaughn
Mary E. Holton
Finnegan
Harriet A. Reeves
Bradley, Denny & Atkinson
East Washington-st
Chester
Emma E. Crabtree
Cora G. Slusher
Jameson
Belmont
Morris St
Bismarck
A. Riddell
Frank H. Lacy
West Park
Washington St
Fear Laureat
E. B. Martindale
Alice
He. Loring
Lincoln Park
Delaware St
Moat Bh
Ceeensieeneecensrees
Richard Leggo
David Laumetux
Leggo
Rudell & Vinton
Park Place
28Th St
11 St
Walter J. Hubbard
Rosina
Stewart
Wood
Cress’s
Naomi St
Laurel St
Leen
Fred Cline
Milligan’s Park
Brookside
Samoast
J. Hamilton
E. Shaver
Thienes
E. T. Fletcher
Brookside Av
Milligan’s Brook Park
Brookside SY
Samoan St
Ates Ae
Hull
Walter J Keteham
Parcel transfers in Marion county reveal numerous lot deeds
Transfers recorded by Auditor Marion County list numerous parcels change of ownership including Lot 5 Bik and Nordyke and Hollowell’s Grandview near 25th, Lot 3 Mevssers East Mi St, and other lots in Reynolds, Wacker 34, Gunkel's English add, Hadley's Grandview, Campbells West Park, and Woodruff Place. Totals show 29 transfers with total consideration of 1300.08.
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Grandview
Ash St
25Th
Auditor County
Otin
Brokaw
Mevssers East Mist
Sherman Ener
North
R “County
John &Broand
Bik
Sue
Marion
Mark Cook
Zink
Marion County
Center Township
Walter J. Hubbard
Len Hill
Reynolds
Maugherte
Belmont Av
Loth St
Cook
Gunkel
Cannon St
Hovigen
Ritter
Irvington
Washington St
Lot
J. R. Co
Pineam
St. Clair St
Hadley
Isaac Russell
Riley Hogue
Campbells West Park
Comey St
McCarty St
Andrew H. Bakemeyer
Building Permits and Repairs Noted in City Records
Compilation of issued permits and repairs including cottages frames and additions across multiple streets such as Jefferson avenue East Nineteenth street Lee street Mc Carty street East Washington street Arch street and Ashland avenue. Amounts range from 6 40 to 950 with names like Charles Reddick John W Reece Eliza G Newsome and Dr A Luckenbill listed among permit holders.
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Shackel
Woodlawn
Charles Reddick
Jefferson Avenue
Robert L. Carlin
East Nineteenth Street
John W. Reece
Lee Street
L. A. Fulmer
Enor
H Avenue
St. Paul Street
Smn
W. H. Spencer
McCarty Street
Dr. A. ©. Luckenbill
East
Washington Street
E. Spratt
Yandes Street
John E. Spratt
Ashland
Eliza G. Newsome
Arch Street
Delaware
Alabama
Four Austrians killed in molten metal accident at Steelton works
In an open heart bath at the Pennsylvania works in Steelton near Harrisburg four men were killed two fatally injured and two badly burned after being caught in a torrent of molten metal. All victims were Austrians and only two names, Yanko Morevitch and Alexa Arajanovitch, are known.
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Harrisburg
Ptt
Pen Lvania Works
Steelton
Here
Yanko Morevitch
Alexa Arajanovitch
Grape-Nuts Rebuilds Strength for Toronto Woman
A Toronto woman writes that after a long period of poor health she found renewed strength using Grape-Nuts. She says she could eat breakfast again, digest other foods better, and gained weight and energy, enabling her to work harder than before. The letter credits the product from Name given Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
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Battle Creek
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