President McKinley to Return East After San Francisco
President McKinley completes public duties in San Francisco with a reception at the Scott residence and a later event at the Palace Hotel. He will depart at 1 a.m. for Washington, traveling via Central Pacific, Union Pacific, Chicago Northwestern, and Pennsylvania routes, with Mrs. McKinley accompanied by two nurses and no layovers.
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San Francisco
McKinley
Scott
Palace Hotel
Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution
The
Loyal Legion
Oakland
Legal Legion
Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Congress
George Washington
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Cartelyou
Salt Lake
Denver
Central Pacific
Ogden
Union Pacific
Omaha
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
America's Cup Delayed One Month After Accident
It was decided the America's Cup races will be postponed by one month as Sir Thomas Lipton can repair Shamrock faster than expected. The New York Yacht Club challenged Lipton to proceed and accepted a four week delay if needed. A letter from the New York Yacht Club and correspondence with Thomas W. Lawson were released to the press regarding defender selection and suspensions in the trial races.
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New York
New York Yacht Club
Challenge Committee
Sir Thomas Lipton
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock
Percy Ulster Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club Today
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Independence
Lewis Casy
Independence Eyes Trial Races Under NYYC Letter Terms
The Independence may enter trial races if the conditions stated in the New York Yacht Club letter to Mr. Lawson are met. The boat would sail under the NYYC banner according to the specified conditions.
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New York Yacht Club
Lawson
Army Officers Criticised In Canteen Debate
Mrs Lillian M M Stevens national president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union criticizes army officers for using selective statistics on post disorder. She cites investigations showing drunkenness declined since canteen abolition and accuses some officers of conspiring to justify reinstatement.
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Chicago
Lillian M. M. Stevens
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Evanston
South
Manila Commissary Frauds Exposed in Military Inquiry
The Taft Commission report on civil government for the Philippines is filed with the War Department as Major West and Colonel Woodruff author investigations into Manila commissary frauds. Investigations show lax warehouse control, abuses of purchase privileges, and conflicts of interest involving deserters and civilian teamsters.
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Washington
Manila
War Department
Taft Commission
Philippines
MacArthur
Woodruff
Department
Major West
Davis
Captain Read
Colonel Woodruff
Read
Col. Woodruff
Telegraph marvel allows eight messages on one wire
The Rowland telegraph system, now in Germany, lets eight messages ride a single wire at forty words per minute. A typewriter style keyboard enables operators to send messages, which are recorded remotely by a small machine and printed on paper or a ticker-like tape.
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Baltimore
Henry A. Rowland
Germany
Defeated Minority Report Shapes Cuban Political Race
In Havana the minority report of the relations committee was defeated 19 to 8 in the constitutional convention. Tomorrow the majority report will be read. Sener Zayas opposed the minority, while conservatives hope to swing two more delegates. Havana merchants fund relief for Jacksonville orphans, with the Produce Exchange adding $500.
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Havana
Committee On Relations
Sener Zayas
Jacksonville
Produce Exchange
Milner Elevated to Peerage as Cape Colony Governor
Sir Alfred Milner arrives in England from South Africa amid a staged show of support for Chamberlain Milner policy. He is welcomed by Lord Salisbury Chamberlain and ministers. King Edward grants Milner a peerage as he returns to London after countrywide reception.
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Sir Alfred
London
Lord Salisbury
Conservative
Sir Alfred Milner
England
South Africa
Chamberlain
Chamberlain- Milner
Alfred Milner
Southampton
Mr. Chamberlain
Lord Roberts
A. J. Balfour
Lord Halsbury
Mr. Brodrick
Lord Cranborne
King Edward
Baltimore Steamer Baltimore Sunk in Lake Huron Disaster
East Tawas Mich May 24 The wooden steamer Baltimore foundered near Au Sable after a northeast gale. Twelve of fourteen crew drowned. two men survived lashed to wreckage and rescued by the tug Columbia. Engineer Murphy and deckhand McGinnis among the survivors tell the chaotic hours at sea. Captain Place and Mrs Place among the dead. ship owned by P H Fleming & Co. 201 by 35 feet, 2000 tons capacity, last cargo coal Lorain to Washburn.
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East Tawas
Mich
Baltimore
Lake Huron
Au Sable
Columbia
George McGinnis
Thomas Murphy
Milwaukee
M. H. Place
Michael Breathen
John Denders
Edward Owen
C. W. Sears
George W. Scott
Herbert Winning
P. Marcoux
William Barker
P. Kruger
August Anderson
Murphy
Lorain
Sault Ste. Marie
Thunder Bay
Captain Place
Tawas
Mrs. Place
McGinnis
Meno
City of Holland
Holland
Harrisville
Lakewood
Cleveland
P. H. Fleming & Co
Baltimore & Ohio
Fairport
Chicago
Loratn
Washburn
Wis
West Point Cadets Decline Offers From Greene After Expulsion
Three of five West Point cadets expelled for in subordination B O Mahaffey Raymond A Linton and John A Cleveland declined lucrative posts offered by Gen Francis Kinton Greene of the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company They planned to go to Washington to seek a reversal of the ruling that left them without Army prospects.
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New York
West Point
B. O. Mahaffey
Raymond A. Linton
John A. Cleveland
Praneis Kinton Greene
New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company
General Greene
Avery D. Andrews
Washington
Coroner's Jury Blames Dowie Church in Christensen Case
Chicago reports a coroner's jury verdict finding deaths due to neglect by Dowie's church authorities. Officials may probe the hospital run by Dowie, with potential prosecutions for nurses and deacons for practicing medicine without a license. Mary Louise Christensen died after severe burns and lack of medical care.
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Chicago
Dowie
Mary Louise Christensen
Dowile
Christensen
State Board of Health
Dowie and Key Aides Arrested in Dowie Case
John Alexander Dowie the faith healer and H Worthington Judd were arrested after a coroner jury found them criminally responsible for the death of Emma Lucy Judd. Maternity nurses Henrika Bratsch and Mary B Sprecker were also held then released on bonds. Judd died a week after a 16 hour illness.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Emma Lucy Judd
H. Worthington Judd
Dowie
Criminal Court
Tuley
Henrika Bratsch
Mary B. Sprecker
Judd
Dowle
Company’s Taxable Mining Yields 2.16 Million Payout
Records show the firm mined about half a million tons, not 100,900, enabling liquidating trustees to turn over to stockholders 2,160,000 dollars.
Miners Entombed After Senghenydd Colliery Explosion
An explosion at Universal colliery Senghenydd Rhondda valley blew the mine open. More than eighty men were inside when it occurred. Rescuers struggle for air and hope fades as bodies are recovered. Seventy remain entombed.
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London
Universal
Senghenydd
Rhondda Valley
Freezing Company Faces Game Possession Fines
State Game Protector Overton reports finding about 2,000 game birds including partridges quail and grouse in a West Street storage room of Arctic Freezing Company. Fines for illegal possession out of season are set at $1 per bird for the first and $25 for each additional bird, with possible total penalties around $1,000 for the company.
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New York
John E. Overton
Arctic Freezing Company
West Street
Anarchists declare renewed war against royalty
A cable from New York says Italian anarchists inform Rome minister Zanardelli that they inaugurate a renewal of war following an assassination. The dispatch condemns the action by Italian inquisitors and signals renewed militant opposition from the New York group.
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New York
Rome
Zanardelli
Italy
King Edward presents new color to Scots Guards at Horse Guards
King Edward presented a new color to the Scots Guards during a Horse Guards parade in London. The ceremony marking Queen Victoria's birthday drew royal observers from the royal family and foreign envoys including US ambassador Choate and naval attaché Clover. Crowds cheered as the king inspected the troops and the guards marched past. Public offices closed and schools observed a holiday with bells and salutes marking the event.
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London
Edward
Scots Guards
Horse Guards
Queen Victoria
Queen Alexandra
Duke
Duchess of
Centr
Windsor
Australia
Cape
India
Italian Post Agent Arrest Sparks Ottoman Reparation Demand
In May 4 dispatch from Constantinople, Italy demands immediate reparation from the Porte after the arrest of an Italian postal agent at Preveza. If unmet, Italy will deploy warships to Preveza to force satisfaction. Ottoman embassy officials in Paris threaten to quit unless salaries are paid.
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Constantinople
Preveza
Porte
Italy
Paris
China Accepts Indemnity Reduction Proposition
Berlin reports indicate China agrees to indemnity not below 450 million taels and that expeditionary costs may be reimbursed. Von Waldersee seen leaving Peking late May 31 with trunks labeled Victories Acquisitions Indemnities. German plans to return troops and possible U S or Shanghai route. Russian minister De Giers proposes higher maritime customs and collective loan guarantee while opposing land duty rise.
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Berlin
Peking
China
Ulk
Count von Waldersee
London
Kwang Su
von Waldersee
Japan
United States
Pei-Chi-Li
Daily Mail
M. de Giers
Council of Foreign Ministers
Natives complain over American judges in Manila
May 24 Manila natives express discontent at American judge appointments amid alleged civil service bias favoring Americans. Radical Federalists warn of a second revolution while some leaders mock the claim. The Philippine commission defends selections as natives and Spaniards lag in qualifications. malfeasance and irregularities are noted. General Trias seeks terms for Cailles surrender after talks with General MacArthur.
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Manila
Ner
Court of First Instance
Tondo
Philippine Commission
Inoess Veniences
MacArthur Geemral Trias
Lukbar
Cailles
Pierson infant buried amid prison dispute in New York
Earl Gladstone Pierson two month old child of J L Pierson the faith jurist was buried today while its father remains jailed in White Plains for refusing to pay a fine for failing to provide medical care for a foster daughter who died of pneumonia. An undertaker reported Rev John Alexander Dowle the Chicago church organizer arranged the burial and sent funds for a plot.
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New York
Earl Gladstone Pierson
J. Luther Pierson
White Plains
Pierson
Valhalla
Christian Catholic Church In
Zion
Victoria Day at Pan-American Exposition Draws Large Crowd
May 4 Buffalo reports Victoria Day at the Pan-American exposition with cheers despite rain and cold. Attendees filled the grounds while buildings wore bright decor and flags from Britain and the United States intertwined on pagetaffs.
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Buffalo
Empire State Beached After Fire Extinguishes
Excursion steamer Empire State of the Folger line ran aground near Brockville with nine feet of water in the hold while carrying 500 passengers from Prescott and Brockville to Kingston Queen's birthday festivities. Firemen left port holes open, water rushed in and extinguished the fire. all aboard were landed safely.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Empire State
Folger Line
Brockville
Prescott
Kingston
London wedding ties brighten amid European tensions
Mrs. Arthur Tree daughter of Marshall Field married Captain David Beatty in London as Spain faces ministerial crisis. Pogrom fears rise in Posen as Prussia bans Pentecostal meetings. German official Brefeld tours health waters before studying British and American commerce. Purcell’s Fairy Queen score found in Royal Academy Library. US Minister Francis in London en route to see son in a Hudson sculling contest. France lowers wine taxes under new liquor law. absinthe use drops.
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Spain
Arthur Tree
Marshall Field
Chicago
London
David Beatty
Royal Navy
Posen
Herr Brefeld
Commerce and Industry
Gastein
Great Britain
United
Purcell
Royal Academy of Music
Academy
E. J. Stevens
Charles S. Francis
United States
Greece
Cornell
Hudson
Francis
Saratoga
M. Callaux
MacArthur Reports Ship Movements From Manila
General MacArthur informs the War Department that the transport Penasee sails from Manila bound for San Francisco and the transport Francisco arrives. The message details movement of U.S. naval transports in the theater.
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Washington
General MacArthur
Manila
War Department
Penasee
San
Francisco
Schooner Montmorency breaks up after grounding near Charity islands
East Tawas Mich May 24 The schooner Montmorency gone to pieces after running aground on the Charity islands The crew deserted Thursday Tawas life saving crew paddled eighteen miles in a midnight storm against the wind but found no one aboard
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East Tawas
Mich
Montmorency
Charity Islands
Tawas Life Saving
Pennsylvania Coal Stock Declares Extra Dividend
Stockholders of the Pennsylvania Coal Company were informed of an extra dividend of 4 3 1 5 percent, adding to a total of 7 1 5 percent since J. P. Morgan & Co. acquired the firm for the Erie Railroad. The payment relies on coal assets above ground, left for shareholders after the transfer.
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New York
Pennsylvania Coal Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Erie Railroad
Morgan & Co
Looting in Peking Involves Diplomatic Corps and American Curio Dealer
A Herald dispatch from Peking reports a tense diplomat meeting over looting involving Lady McDonald and the wife of an American. European ministers testified they saw looting as the wife, with an American curio dealer, opened cupboards with a bayonet pry, while diplomats and Lady McDonald tried to intervene.
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New York
Herald
Peking
McDonald
Pesenca Ares
Court-martial finds Newt Hall exonerated in Peking defense
The court-martial record shows Newt Hall United States Marine Corps cleared of cowardice charges in the Peking legations defense. Admiral Remey issues a special order stating only a judgment error remains regarding troop withdrawal at a critical moment from the Tartar wall.
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Washington
Newt Hall
United States Marine Corps
Conger
Peking
Admiral Remey
Captain Hall
Tartar Wall
Passenger steamship movements in transatlantic ports
A series of vessel arrivals and departures across European and North American ports dated May 4 to May 24. Ships include Phoenicia from Antwerp, Nomadic from Liverpool, Campaign from New York, Fuerst Bismarck to New York, Kaiserin Maria Theresa from New York, Southwark to Antwerp, Batavia to Hamburg, La Lorraine to Havre, Peruvia from Boston, Werra from New York.
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New York
Phoenicia
Antwerp
Nomadic
Liverpool
Columbia
Hamburg
Queenstown
Campania
Southampton
Fuerst Bismarck
Bremen
Kaiserin Maria Theresa
Lizard
Southwark
Batavia
Havre
la Loraine
Glasgow
Peruvia
Boston
Genoa
Werra
Presbyterians Uphold Faith Revision Debate Continues
Philadelphia May 4 Presbyterian General Assembly defeats Baker motion to dismiss the subject and votes to press on with revision of the Confession of Faith. Drs De Witt Dickey Kennedy and Moffatt present strong defenses for preserving orthodoxy while supporting a declaratory statement and continued discussion among commissioners.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
George D. Baker
John de Witt
Charles A. Dickey
de Witt
Dickey
W. H. Roberts
Humphrey
David 8. Kennedy
Allegheny
RE. W. C. Humphrey
Louisville
McKibben
Kennedy
Dr. Kennedy
Dr. Herrick Johnson
Dr. Johnson
God
Church
de Oe
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Marthur
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Ster
Woodrufe
Marvel
Prof. 4. Rowland
Grant
Fortieth Infantry
Cape Colony
Root
Gen. Greene
Creed
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Miinister
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Turkey
Waldersee
Russia
Dowle's
Cable Notes
Pennsylvania
DR. W. H. Roberts
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