Peck Faces Charges Yet No Proof Of Misconduct
Paris June 4. The Associated Press reports that articles in the American press accusing Commissioner General Peck of misusing authority have yielded no tangible evidence. Peck denies wrongdoing and calls for full investigation, while friction grows among commission staff and exhibitors. The payroll will shrink as experts finish work and Peck’s health is said to be good.
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Paris
Associated Press
Peck
American Commission
Washington
General de Gallifet Resigns Over War Office Disputes
Paris reports that General de Gallifet quit the war portfolio due to dissatisfaction with the political detective department revealed by Detective Temps in the Eclair. The issue centered on tampered war office correspondence and Waldeck Rousseau’s felonious framing label.
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Paris
General de Gallifet
Temps
Eclair
War Office
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Dreyfus
Chamber
Sioux City keeps Western League status. Beall to land downtown park
The Western Base Ball League magnates met and decided Sioux City will not transfer to St Paul and will stay in Sioux City with a downtown park to be secured by Beall. Des Moines manager Chase agreed to follow national board direction and use the Spalding ball. Buck Ebright, veteran second baseman and former captain, was released. Glasscock may replace him. In Helena Montana editor William E Sutherlin, longtime Montana journalist, died of stomach cancer at his Meagher County home after directing agricultural exhibits at major fairs.
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Sioux City
Siouxity
St. Paul
Anager Beall
Chase
Des Moines
National Board
Buck” Ebright
Ebright
Glasscock
Helena
Mont
William E. ‘Sutherin
Montana
Sulpur Springs
Meagher
Fair Grounds
Grand Council of Iowa
United Travelers’ of America
Sutton Leads Michigan Republicans in Lansing Remarks
In Lansing on June 4 Colonel Eli R. Sutton of Detroit regent of the University of Michigan, with four prominent Republican politicians, speaks to the party gathering as tears are shed.
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Lansing, Mich
Eli R. Sutton
Detroit
University of Michigan
Fatal Fight at a Primary Ends in Shooting in Illinois
In Anna Illinois on June 4 Thomas Mayes a carpenter was shot by A T Thompson a Republican primary judge. The altercation started over ballot procedure at the polling booth and Thompson produced a revolver firing a shot that struck Mayes in the abdomen. Thompson was arrested by Sheriff Crane and jailed in Jonesboro.
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Anna
Ill
Thomas Mayes
A. T. Thomson
Union County
Thompson
Mayes
Crane
Jonesboro
Friend of the Birds Visits In Field Effort in Indiana
Isaac W. Brown campaigned to educate Indiana farmers on preserving song birds and bumble bees. He toured Hartford City giving street talks and church lectures and urged lawmakers to pass a bird protection law, citing crop protection and land preservation.
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Eartford City
Ind
Isaac W. Brown
Indiana
Brown
B. P. Hutchinson
Chicago
Kansas City dairy buyer arrested in murder case
James Salyer, who bought a dairy on the Kansas City outskirts, was arrested on a murder charge. The case ties him to the disappearance of R. Will Davis, a Independence, Missouri youth last seen in Langdon, Oklahoma Territory, with Davis’s team and wagon later sold in Guthrie. It is alleged the same man impersonated Davis and withdrew $460 from a Guthrie bank.
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Kansas City
James Salyer
R. Will Davis
Independence
Luther
O. T
Davis
Tn Guthrie
Guthrie
Salyer
Congress
Washington
Senate
Cuba
United States
Neely
Representative Green
Nebraska
Littlefield
Mann
Illinois
Aldrich
Alabama
Allen and Littlefield
Maine
Bailey, Long and Calderhead
Kansas
Cannon and Hitt
Ilinois
Prohibited United Irish meeting ends with burning of proclamation
Two hundred police were sent to Newmarket Ireland to suppress a United Irish league gathering. James Christopher Flynn slipped in and burned the proclamation, prompting dispersal as police arrived to restore order. Also noted: other unrelated reports from Harrisburg and Des Moines.
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Newmarket
Ireland
United Irish League
James Christopher Flynn
Survivors of 1856 Republican Conventions Honored in 193? Gathering
The Republican committee proposes inviting the 14 living delegates who attended the 1856 Pittsburg and Philadelphia conventions to this year’s Philadelphia gathering. Names include Bryant, Clark, Edgerton, Craig, Davis, McCalmont, Frey, Sloan, Brinkerhoff, Weyand, Cook, Lane, Upson, and Stimpson. The 1856 events were held in Lafayette Hall, with Horace Greeley urging a later nomination. Sand Lake and nearby Teachers’ Country Club developments near the lake are described.
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Washington
Hld
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
William Paul Weyand
Hanna
National Republican Committee
John Howard Bryant
Princeton
Ills
W. Penn Clark
Sidney Edgerton
Akron
Allen A. Craig
Corry
Chas
G. Davis
Plymouth
Ill
S. P. McCalmont
Franklin
George H. Frey
Springfield
Rush R. Sloan
Sandusky
Raeliff Brinkerhoff
Mansfield
Jacob Weyand
Beaver
William A. Cook
Williams
Lane
William H. Upson
BR. M. Stimpson
Marietta
Old Lafayette Hall
Tradesmen’s National Bank
Horace Greeley
The
New York Tribune
Democratic convention rates spark national committee ire
Washington reports rising complaints from Democratic national committee members over Kansas City hotel rates for the convention. Delegates voice plans for a meeting to reconsider hosting in KC, citing $5 rooms and $50 parlor costs with pro rata increases for longer stays. No decision yet. New York notes Bryan on inviting Boers to America to counter imperialism. he praises Boer prospects and urges their arrival to aid liberty. Houghton reports Murphy shortage at about 2500 dollars, with village to sue bondsmen over renewal issues. Philadelphia announces Wharton Barker's acceptance letter after his presidential nomination by the People's party conservative wing.
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Washington
Jones
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Kansas City
Coates House
New York
William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
America
United States
South Africa
Great Britain
Philadelphia
Mrs Gladstone in Semi conscious Condition
London report says Mrs Gladstone is in a semi conscious condition and her strength is declining steadily as of June 4.
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London
Fair Pedagogues of Chicago Visit Wisconsin Grounds
A large delegation of Chicago school teachers arrived in Cambellsport Wisconsin on June 4 to tour the Teachers' County grounds and inspect facilities. The outing showcases educational outreach and collaboration between Chicago educators and Wisconsin hosts.
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Chicago
Cambellsport
Wis
Coutry Cu
Kittson Divorce Suit Seeks Alimony In Wealthy Heir Case
Mrs Violet Pace Kittson files for divorce from Alfred S Kittson youngest son of multimillionaire Commodore I Kittson with a claim of cruel treatment and seeks heavy alimony. Alfred, deemed a spendthrift, is under guardian care with a disputed possibility of naming the guardian as a co-respondent in the suit. The estate involvement centers on a 1500000 allocation to Alfred to be paid in two installments, one already spent, the other due in 1902.
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St. Paul
Violet Pace Kittson
Alfred
Kittson
Commodore I Kittson
Alfred Kittson
Kitttson
Lincoln man arrested for bigamy in Iowa case
W N Gorn a 22 year old farm laborer was arrested in Lincoln at Corning Ia authorities request. He admitted guilt and returned to Iowa with Sheriff W W Morris after being accused of bigamy with three wives all married in the past year. In Clear Lake Ia a four hour rainstorm washed out Willow creek bridges and killed livestock damaging crops.
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Lincoln
Neb
W. N. Gorn
Corning
Gorn
Iowa
W. W. Morris
Clear Lake
Willow Creek
Gibson Sustains Severe Arm Injury At Marion Workshop
Daniel Gibson slipped at a Jonesboro shop while using a circular saw. His right forearm was nearly severed, leaving him critically injured and hospitalized. In Indianapolis the Democratic state convention opened with Samuel M. Ralston likely to be permanent chairman and John W. Kern favored for governor. In Salt Lake City John C. Graham was found guilty of unlawful cohabitation and recommended for mercy. he previously served as Provo postmaster before removal by the president.
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Harrisburg
Ills
John R. Hutchinson
Mitchellsville
Marion
Ind
Daniel Gibson
Jonesboro
Indianapolis
Indiana
Tomlinson Hall
Samuel M. Ralston
Lebanon
John W. Kern
Salt Lake
Utah
John C. Graham
Graham
Provo
Wayne County GOP selects 96 delegates for state nominating convention
Detroit June 4 The Wayne county Republican convention elected ninety six delegates to attend the state nominating convention at Grand Rapids June 27. They were instructed to vote for D. M. Ferry. This ends a bitter struggle between D. M. Ferry and Justus S. Stearns.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Grand Rapids
D. M. Ferry
Justus
Stearns
Baby Sold For Fifteen Dollars In Edwardsville Case
A man named R L Smith valued his blue eyed son at fifteen dollars and sold him to his wife Mrs Bessie C Smith in a legally witnessed transaction. The note mentions a pending extradition request for W Taylor from Frankfort Kentucky and a bank robbery at the Bank of New Libson Wisconsin with nitroglycerine for the safe blast.
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St. Louis
R. L. Smith
Edwardsville
Bessie C. Smith
Governor Mount
W. §. Taylor
Beckham
New Libson
Wis
Bank of New Libson
W. H. H. Cash
Johannesburg Quietly Occupied by British Troops
London reports Lord Roberts wires that Johannesburg was quiet after occupation with arms and ponies surrendering. Boers left only three guns. Queenslanders captured Crensot with eleven wagons. Troops held a ceremonial hoisting of the Union Jack as sections of the Seventh and Twenty-first Divisions passed by.
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London
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Roberts
Orange Grove
Johannesburg
Crensot
Ommuindant Botha
Zolpinsberg
Hedrish
Yeommany
Kroonstad
Lindley
Seventh
Tventh
Royal Field Artillery
Tan Thamiltou
Two Bold Highwaymen Rob Yosemite Stage Route
Calif improvised robbery shocks officers en route to Yosemite National Park as two masked highwaymen loot three stages and a private conveyance. They seize guns from two troopers, collect about 850 dollars per stage, and take 150 dollars from a passenger, while mail and express shipments are untouched. Congress actions in Washington include Cuba extradition bills and landmark antitrust debate.
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Raymond
Cal
Jones
California
Yosemite
Rucker
B. E. Wilcox
Presidio
Yosemite National Park
Buchanan
Wheat harvest workers to earn 3.50 daily in western Kansas
Topeka report says two weeks into the harvest farmers will pay field laborers three dollars and fifty cents per day. In Buffalo the railway car repairers and freight handlers strike ended Saturday night after ongoing labor action.
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Topeka
Kans
J. Pp. Scott
Kansas
Buffalo
George P. Anderson Dies at 74 in Indianapolis Home
George P. Anderson longtime Crown Hill Cemetery secretary and respected OAD Fellow in Indians Tod dies at his Indianapolis home at age 74. His death marks a notable loss to the midwest funeral community after a thirty year tenure.
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Indianapolis
George P. Anderson
Middle West
Crown Hill Cemetery
OAD
Tod
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State Military Board
Sutton
Military Board
White
Marsh
General Marsh
General White
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Politial Detective Department
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Col. Sutton
Songsters
William Clements
Taylorville
Clements
William
Ward Clements
Robert Jiracek
Bryan
Sand Lake
Teachers’ Country Club
Houghton, Mich
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Cedar Rapids
Gaseys’ .Czee
Hotel Allen
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Florist
S. FE
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Allen Shoe
W. E. Anderson
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Klein's Clothing
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
First National Bank
Marsh W. Bailey
City Hall
Laws
Cc. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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Temple Building
Owa
W. H. Butterfield
Law
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P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
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Ins Oimbios
Cory “Haan
Pea
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Warfel
East Side Restaurant
T. J. Dempsey
Claas
National Bank
W. KR. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
Danshler
J.T. Anderson
Caah
Washington County
Ings Bank
Don
Jon. Kwon
A. Wurrmn
Onahter
O. H. Keox
V. P
M. Kuo
Ours
Ford
Wm. Blair
A. Wallace
Joab Kook
D. H. Kock
L.D. Schiaenn
Frankfart
Henderson
Clark Sitlar
North Lawa St
Washington House
Moothart
Kemble
Kemece Flower Co
Oskaloosa
R. F. Riley
Smouse
Ll. Knecht
Burlington
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