Miss Barber Starts Signal as Miss Deshier Spills Wine
In San Francisco on May 18 Mrs. McKinley’s condition fluctuates with slight temperature rises. Doctors report acceptable progress and plan to issue bulletins only if adverse signs appear, while the President contemplates Washington travel if her health improves. Secretary Cortelyou notes no further updates unless needed. The President may attend Central M E Church services if the condition remains favorable. Secretary Long heads to Colorado Springs as his daughter falls ill.
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San Francisco
Ovation to the President at Ohio launching in San Francisco
President McKinley attends the launching of the battleship Ohio at Union Iron works in San Francisco. The event draws governors, senators, and thousands of workers, with the president speaking amid a tense strike atmosphere and strong public support.
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THE
Union Iron Works
President greets welcoming harbor crowds amid naval salute
Soldiers cheered as the president rode past rails and flags aboard the Slocum. A flotilla of warships opened with twenty one gun salutes while sail and steam craft crowded the riverfront. Workmen lined the piers and a Union Works delegation presented a gold plate, as the president spoke of his sorrow and received heartfelt thanks.
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Jackies
Marine Sword
Wisconsin
Admiral Casey
Iowa
Philadelphia
Adams
Farragut
McCulloch
Dewey
Manila
Oregon
Ohio
Union Iron Works
Fireman's Fatal Fall at Olive Street Blaze in St Louis
Edward Green, a fireman, fell sixty feet from a hose line while descending from the roof during a five story brick building fire at 111 to 115 Olive Street. The accident drew thousands. four others escaped danger as they descended safely. Loss is estimated at 100000, fully insured, with major claimants Broadway Furniture and Carpet, Val Reis Music, and Lowenstein House Furnishings among the chief losers.
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ST. Louis
Olive Street
Edward Green
Green
Broadway Furniture and Carpet Company
Val Reis Music Company
Lowenstein House Furnishing Company
Wanamaker Country Home Struck by Lightning in Montgomery
The Meadowbrook residence of Thomas B. Wanamaker in Montgomery county was hit by lightning and destroyed. Estimated loss is 500000, with valuable paintings and priceless art destroyed, including a Van Dyck worth 43000. The Wanamaker family, a caretaker and child, and a servant narrowly escaped serious harm.
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Philadelphia
Thomas B. Wanamaker
Meadowbrook
Montgomery County
Vandyke
Charles I
Wanamaker
Modern School of Art
Fire destroys wholesale store on West Maine Street
A morning blaze at 2:00 in Louisville destroyed the four story Stratton and Terstegge wholesale tinware and hardware store at 71 West Maine Street, with losses totaling 65,000 on the building and stock. Adjacent firms Kentucky Jeans Company and Kahn, Martin & Co. suffered 96,500 and 2.00 losses respectively, with insurance covering a percentage of the totals.
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Louisville
Stratton & Terstegge
West
Maine Street
Kentucky Jeans Company
Kahn, Martin & Co
Fire destroys Stoutsville village in Missouri run
London City Missouri May 18 Stoutsville a village eleven miles from here was destroyed by fire today. The loss is 96000 dollars. The heaviest losers are H Dooley with taxes on buildings 5500 and Dooley Brothers whose stock of general merchandise valued at 15000 was destroyed.
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London City
Stoutsville
H. Dooley
Dooley Brothers
Fire damages Armour grain elevator in Kansas City Kansas
A fire partially destroyed the Armour Packing Company grain elevator at Front and Riverview avenues in Kansas City Kansas. The Merchants' Elevator Company operated the facility and the loss was reported as substantial.
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Kansas City, Mo
Front and
Riverview Avenues
Kansas City
Kan
Armour Packing Company
Merchants’ Elevator Company
Storm Devastates Box and Surrounding Farms in Guthrie Territory
In the past forty eight hours severe weather struck the Guthrie area. Box on the eastern Pottawatomie line suffered a windstorm demolishing about six houses. Farmhouses in the countryside were wrecked and a Mrs. Andrews reportedly wed in the upheaval. At Atae in Pottawatomie county more damage followed the storm.
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Guthrie
O. T
Meyt
Box
Pottawatomie County
Andrews
Atae
Pottawatomie
Dons
Western railroads harmonize under Morgan Rockefeller power
A May 18 report from New York and Chicago outlines a sweeping realignment in Western railroads. Rockefeller and Vanderbilt push to prevent friction among rivals, ensuring Union Pacific as a central pivot. Plans include traffic exchanges with Chicago Northwestern and St Paul, contingent on through access to Southern Pacific and Northern Pacific routes, while Morgan’s influence protects his holdings and divides control among major financiers. The arrangement targets a vast northward railway consortium, with Morgan Hill and Harriman interests shaping board representation and future governance.
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New York
The
Mail and Express
Western Railroad
Northern Pacific
Wall Street
Western Railroads
John D. Rockefeller
William K. Vanderbilt
Union Pacific
Messrs. Rockefeller
Vanderbilt
Harriman Syndicate
Burlington
Chicago & Northwestern
St. Paul
Great Northern Alliance
James J. Hill
Northwestern
Hill
Great Northern Road
Rockefeller
Southwest
Pennsylvania
Atchison
George J. Gould
Mr. Rockefeller
Southwestern
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Chicago
Record-Herald
J. P. Morgan
Europe
John J. Mitchell
Morgan-Hill
Harriman
Board
New York Evening Post
New York Central
C. 8. Mellen
Leyland Line
Erie Railroad
Rockefeller plans transcontinental line through many railroads
The World reports on authoritative plans for a Rockefeller controlled through line from New York to San Francisco under one management. It lists feeder roads including the Delaware Lackawanna & Western Wabash Missouri Pacific Denver & Rio Grande Rio Grande Western and Central Pacific with connections via New York Buffalo St Louis Pueblo Grand Junction Ogden to San Francisco. The aim is a shorter route by 12 to 14 hours via a comprehensive system and the Atlantic & Pacific Airline as a feeder network.
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New York
the World
John D. Rockefeller
San Francisco
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Wabash
Missouri Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande
Rio Grande Western
Central Pacific
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Union Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Alton
Chicago Terminal
Chicago & Northwestern
Illinois Central
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Evaneville
Terre Haute
St. Louis
Atlantic & Pacific
Ocean
Buffalo
Dela Ware
Lackawanna & Western
Pueblo
Colorado Missouri Pacific
Grand Junction
Denver
New York Central Post President Succession Discussed
Cleveland May 18. News on the pending successor to 8 R Callaway who has resigned as president of the New York Central Railroad. The Leader reports ongoing discussions and potential candidates amid continued leadership changes at the railroad giant.
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Cleveland
R. Callaway
New York Central Railroad
Fury of a mob ends in brutal lynching attempt
A mob attacked a jailed Black murder suspect at a B. and C. Railway employee’s ward. The assailants robbed a guard, hurled the man over a wall and killed him. The wife aided in the crime. both were jailed. A few officers held the mob at bay as the scene unfolded.
Lynch mob threatens to kill as prisoners held in Connellsville lock-up
Five thousand whites swarm the town hall jail in Connellsville as William Fairfax and his wife Black El, accused of murdering William Moore, are kept under guard. Police and detectives repel attacks with a battering ram and gunfire as a mob demands the prisoners’ execution. The scene shows tense confrontations and firm restraint by officers to prevent lynching.
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Connellsville
William Fairfax
William Moore
Baltimore & Ohio
Fayette and Westmoreland
Johnston
Fairmont
Main Street
Hass
Water Street
Moore
Fairfax
Otto Ebbert
Pairfax
Wiliam Hart
Connellsville Township
Alex. McBeth
Chas. Stillwagon
Meadow Lane
McBeth
Frank McCormick
Martin Coyne
Charles Stillwagon
Hart
Robert Sheppard
George A. Mr Cormick
Fayette County
Uniontown
Big Hale
Negro Fairfax
John Burns
Immaculate Conception Church
Josiah B. Kurtz
Eighth Street
When Sol Hid His Face ation in Mauritius Eclipse Report
May 18 Mauritius Royal Alfred Observatory observers counted a total solar eclipse, though clouds hid the first contact. Twenty-two observers obtained fifty-two corona photographs and eighteen spectrum images. Claxton directed mete slorogical observations across a wide area for eclipse cyclone evidence. Corona described as minimum type, but paler, yellower and more diffuse than last year.
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Port Louis
Mauritius
Royal Alfred Observatory
Mauritius Observatory
Greenwich
Claxton
Fainer
Last Ay
Eclipse Observed From Auer Gedong Island
F W Dixon of the Royal Observatory Greenwich reports poor morning skies over Karangsago Sumatra for the sun eclipse from Auer Gedong. Clouds cleared enough to glimpse Mercury and Venus as the six minutes twenty one seconds eclipse persisted. Corona shape aligned with sun spot minimum.
Dutch Eclipse Expedition Reports Mixed Photographic Results
The Amsterdam based expedition observing the Karangsago total solar eclipse reports clouds obscured the sun during the event. They successfully photographed the corona with varied refractors and captured spectra of the corona and chromosphere, while the prismatic camera photos and polarization heat radiation measurements failed.
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Amsterdam
Karangsago
Sumatra
Opening Day Ceremonies Set for Pan-American Exposition
Monday marks the formal opening of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo with a parade from City Hall at 1 a.m. and a concessionaries’ march at 1:30 a.m. About 2,000 troops from U S Army Mexican forces and the National Guard will march under Gen S M Welsh, escorting floats carrying exposition officials and notable guests including Vice President Roosevelt Senators Lodge Hanna Proctor and others from the U S commission to Paris. Events occur on the esplanade before the Temple of Music with seating for 20 000.
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Buffalo
City Hall
United States Army
National Guard
8. M. Welsh
Roosevelt
Woodruff
Lodge
Hanna and Proctor
Ferdinand W. Peck
Willard A. Smith
United States Commission
Paris
States of the Union
Canada
South and
Central America
Exposition Grounds
All Married But One Outing Plans Stir in New York
May 15 New York W and Witham president of many Georgia banks arrived to arrange the annual outing for cashiers and directors. Last year the party drew wide notice in Georgia with seven Southern girls two chaperons and a clergyman. When asked about the seven young women Mr Witham said all married but one. Two of the married are cashiers. The rest of the party details are being finalized.
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New York
W. & Witham
Georgia Towne
Night mob turmoil ends with transfers in Connelsville case
A mob attempted to seize a Black man in Connellsville after a staged assault. William Moore urged restraint and protection for the suspect. Sheriff McCormick quietly moved the Fairfax couple to Uniontown jail by train, while prayers from Father Burns and others sought calm.
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Connellsville
McCormick
Fairfax
Uniontown
One-Armed Dwarf Arrested in Outrage Case at Owensburg
Thomas Malin, a one-armed dwarf, was arrested in Owensboro Kentucky on an outrage charge after Frances Wilson an eight year old girl was found uninjured. A lynching was prevented by a physician and the jail was guarded against possible mob action seeking to free the prisoner.
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Ownsbord
Thomas Malin
Frances Wilson
Shaw Couple Complete 1100-Mile New York to Chicago Trip
Mr and Mrs Robert Shaw arrive home at No 38 Ashland Avenue Chicago after a 1100 mile journey from New York begun May 8. They averaged ten miles daily and eight hours on the road with one delay when a spring broke. Ten stops included Fishkill Albany Syracuse Buffalo Conneaut Oberlin Maumee and Ligonier. They finish in ten days and win a silver cup from Mrs C K Smith New York. A large wager reportedly accompanied the feat.
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Chicago
New York
Robert Shaw
Ashland Avenue
Fishkill
Albany
Herkimer
Syracuse
Clifton Springs
Buffalo
Conneaut
Oberlin
Maumee
Ligonier
Mysterious murder at Kenmore Hotel draws witness from Hammond
Washington Indiana May 18 Mary Minas a Census Office clerk formerly of Hammond Ind is a key witness in the Ayres murder case at the Kenmore Hotel. Ayres a 21 year old Port Austin Mich clerk in the Census Office was killed last Tuesday night. Inquest heard details of the rooms and possible visitors including Mrs Bonine and a waiter Daniel Woodhouse. The coroner adjourned the inquiry to Monday.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Ind
Mary Minas
James Seymour Ayres
Kenmore Hotel
Hammond
Ayres
Port Austin
Mich
Society of Women
Miss Minas
Daniel Woodhouse
Woodhouse
Miss Hopkins
James Burns
Michigan
Government Printing Office
Mrs. Bonine
Judge Rules On Bigamy Case In Tacoma Trial
In Tacoma May 18 Judge Snell denied the counsel for Edson Sturgeon in the bigamy trial. The ruling holds that a marriage licensed in another state within six months after obtaining a divorce in this state was valid under the law then in force.
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Tacoma
Wash
Snell
Edson Sturgeon
Shaw Piano Company and Griswold Face Bankruptcy Petitions
Involuntary petitions in bankruptcy were filed in U S District Court against Shaw Piano Company and Matthew Griswold of Erie Pa. Liabilities stand at about 50000 for the Shaw company and 150 for Griswold. Griswold was formerly connected with the piano company but sold out some time ago.
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Pittsburg
States District Court
Shaw Piano Company
Mathew Griswold
Erie
Long Company
Ofriswold
Griswold
Plano Company
Barbadian Cleared for Cape Town with 1.00 Mules
New Orleans report states the steamer Barbadian left port today bound for Cape Town carrying 1.00 mules aboard. The move highlights maritime trade activity in May with Latin American and African routes monitored by port authorities.
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New Orleans
Cape Town
Albany Troy Strike Settlement Ends Twelve Day Tie Up
Albany May 18 The street railway strike in five cities ends in an amicable settlement after twelve days with National Guard deployments and two merchant deaths. The agreement covers United Traction Company lines in Albany Troy Cohoes Rensselaer and Watervliet, granting appeals for suspensions, wage scales, six day notice before strikes, and no retaliation against nonviolent strikers. The deal preserves management's right to hire and discharge and sets a six day wait before any strike takes effect.
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Albany
N. Y
National Guard
Traction Company
Peal Street
Clites
Troy
Railway Employes’ Union
United Traction Company
Cohoes
Rensselaer
Watervilet
Company
Traction
Oliver
McCreery
New York
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Olympia
Pacific Squadron
Goat Island
Sheri- Gan
Pacific
Forty-sixth
United States Volunteer Infantry
T. B. Wanamaker
Ings
Oklahoma Territory
J.D. Rockefeller and
W. K. Vanderbilt
J. BY. Morgan
Row
Lake Shore Railroad
W. H. Caniff
Lake Shore
P. S. Blodgett
Cerrillos Coal Railroad Company
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Cherokee & Pittsburg Coal and Mining Company
Grand Army of the Republic
Lima, Delphos, van Wert & Fort Wayne Traction Company
Lima and
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago
J. P. Morgan & Co
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Colonial Trust Company
Boston
Metropolitan Trust Company
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Ning
Callaway
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Witham
Mrs. Shaw
J. S. Ayres
Prinoe Company
South Africa
Albany Street Railway
Troy, Cohoes and
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