Week's Record of World News and Domestic Events
A concise weekly digest covers congress, war notes, diplomacy, and domestic incidents. Highlights include a favorable Senate report on an amend ment to curb trusts, pension bills advancing, and a proposed move to limit trust powers. Notable items: deaths in battles, riots, accidents, memorial observances, and public disclosures from Washington to Nebr aska and Illinois.
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Death and Debt Report and Local Crimes Mix in May Summary
May saw a debt decrease of 2 105 274 dollars with treasury cash at 208 781 020 dollars and total debt 1 120 608 811 dollars. Seven killed in St Louis streetcar riots. bank robberies in Sheldahl and Jansen. wrecks kill several workers. Manila expedition ships sail. Philippine commission on board Hancock. Kansas wheat outlook strong. Hawaii Cuba Porto Rico Samoa Philippines exports rise. Bridgeton tarred and feathered man after wife’s death. Dago Pete lynched in Tatwiler.
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Treasury
Rlate
St. Louis
National Bank
United States
Auviage
Sheldahl
Building Trades Council
Kanesay City
Sherman
San Francisco
Manila
Tobbers
Jansen
Neb
Dolivar
Key West
Pla
Enrinwor
Johny Thompsan
Pablo Peal
Willig Hancock
Mamiilen
Timothy Maloney
David Starkey
Amlyrose Smyth
Teakmen
John Dr. Malden
Hancock
Philippine Commission
Smith Alford
Bridgeton
N.J
New Lisbon
Wis
W. J. Hl. Cagh
Dago Pete
Tatwiler
Miss
Random 19th Century Political and War News Fragments
Mixed items cover state party conventions in Michigan and New Jersey, judicial deaths in Hawaii and Boston, nominations for Congress, and royal visits. War news from Pretoria reports Kruger fleeing, Transvaal collapse, and Allied troop movements toward Pretoria. Details include dates, places, people, and factions across multiple regions.
Johannesburg Holds. Pretoria Evacuated as Kruger Shifts Seat
Lord Roberts reports British forces in control of Johannesburg while the Boers retreat from Pretoria. Kruger relocates government to Lydenburg as Steyn Dewet and Free Staters attack in multiple fronts. Arminaldo reportedly killed by Americans at La Gat on May 10 amid China unrest and missionary murders.
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Pretoria
Transvaal
Kruger
Johaoneichung
Steyn
James Francia Scott
Philadelphia
Tenguet
Aguinaldo
ANT
Luzon
Tien Tain
Perhing
Taku
Russia
Peting
Lord Roberts
London
Krugerts
Leydenbure
Hoers
Orange Free State
Ventersburg
Harriamish
Johannesburg
Chili
Lydenburg
Dewet
Free
Minor News Items Reflect World Events and Local Affairs
A digest of diverse notes reports demography literacy in Demomrk, a Chicago veteran's view on arming cannot be ignored, and a New England tobacco boycott impacts independents. It mentions Maj. Gen Sedgwick memorial, Berlin card customs, Cana da Welland canal quake, Yale’s oldest living graduate Stillman, Queen Liliuokalani legal action, and naval fortifications in the Pacific.
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Chicago
Horth
Auth
Tobacco Trust
New England
United States
Thomas BE
Minco
New York
Edna
John Sedgwick
Cornwall
Conn
Berlin
Montreal Star
Clin-na-Gael
Welland, Canal
Canada
South Africa
Benjamin 2. Stillman
Yale
San Francisco Call
Liliuokalan
Navy Department
Pearl Harbor
Pango Pango
Guam
Masta
Cavite
America
Pacific
Webb C. Hayes
Hayes
Army
Henry W. Lucy
London
Lionmaster
Andrew Carnegie
Adjt
Corbin
Philippines
Meet in Milwaukee amid federation convention turmoil
Delegates arrive for the General Federation of Women's Clubs gathering in Milwaukee. Contenders from New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and other states vie for renomination, while debates over race and club affiliations shape the event amid broader federation discussions. In Austin Texas, violence erupts as feuding factions kill three, triggering mobilization orders. A separate report from Santiago de Cuba notes the killing of outlaw Juan Gonzalez and four companions by rural guards.
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Lowe
Massachusetts
Annie West
Boston
New Jersey
Emily Williamson
Trenton
Brock
Lebanon
Josephine Stuith
Teston
Moa
Ruslin
New England Press Association
Massachusetts Federation
Board of
New Era Club
Hoxton
Auftin Ie
Rose Budd Stewart
Fort Wayne
Santiago de Cuba
Juan Gonzalez
Gagua
Citizen Posse on Guard in St Louis Strike
Sheriff guards keep watch over powerhouses and a transit car shed Assembled posse numbering about 60 guards with Winchester rifles Buckshot shells prepared if needed The order emphasizes firm but lawful actions, crowd dispersal and arrest of rioters with retaliation limited to necessary force on duty under Captain Cavender and Chief Campbell oversight
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Eleiven Momebers
Posse Comflatin
Park Ovenue
Rakton Avenue
Southern Electric
Me Travedt Company
Armee
OK 900
Depusies Sanday
St. Louis
Pohlman
Eacir
Annie
Jane
Urrent
Poles Campbell
Pérnond
Yiar
H. Cavender
Oregon Election Results Show Republicans Leading In State
Partial returns from Oregon indicate Republicans holding a statewide lead with about a 6,000 plurality. In Multnomah and other counties Republicans top Democrats for secretary of state and railroad commissioner, with the Second Congressional District showing Moody ahead by 5,000 to 6,000. The Legislature race remains pivotal as Melville's Senate term ends next year and party control is at stake.
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Gates KR. Chambers
Vineland
N. J
Heep Garties
Tisley
Stephen Crane
Badenweiler
Baden
Robert Bradley
Se Francisco
W. Haven
Luiten States District Court
J. Deaver
American Sugar Refining Co
Ramsay, Nd
Sth
Amrican Gir Refining Co
New York City
Viverny of India
Cele
Hombay
Bombey
Waihe
Pennsylvania Co
Piteburg
Nhewer
Senate
Philippines
Poy Ligren
Dai Teller
Susan
Portland
Ore
Dune
Oregon
Rong Sui
Cheah
Walveryton
Justice of the Snipes Conet
Sims
J. We Raley
Malry
Gunn
Muody
God Tos
Ite Uuket
Valleys
Melivide
Earlies
Clinque Ile
Shen
Mrs. John Sherman Dead in Mansfield Ohio
Mrs. John Sherman wife of former Secretary of State John Sherman died shortly after midnight in Mansfield Ohio after a stroke of paralysis suffered Sunday. The couple had returned from Washington a week earlier to spend the summer at their home. She was born in Mansfield to Judge James Stewart and married John Sherman, adopting several daughters. No children survived.
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Sherman
Laswyer
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