Sir Alfred Hickman Defends British Goods in Rail Locomotive Row
London June 4 Sir Alfred Hickman former president of the British Iron Trade association replies to Lord Hamilton over American locomotives and bridges. He cites Burmah Railway reports showing higher fuel use and oil consumption for American engines and argues protected US exports harm British makers. He demands a committee to investigate. questions publication and alleges bias in Indian railway officials.
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London
Alfred Hickman
British Iron Trade Association
George Hamilton
India
House of Commons
Burmah Railway Company
Lord George Tramilton
Sir Alfred
Assam
America
Burmah
Alfred
Irrawaddy
Boers Attack Willowmore but Fail to Take Port
Reports from Cape Colony describe Commandant Sheeper with 700 men attacking Willowmore on Saturday. After a nine hour engagement the British port was defended. Other items note Kitchener updates, Jamestown threat, an anonymous debt letter from Waukegan, a church festival brawl in Pleasant Valley, and a treasury debt decrease to May 31.
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Willowmore
Cape Colony
Sheeper
London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Cape Town
Jamestown
Fouche
Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Simmins Gives Beloit College $10,000 Donation
Kenosha Wisconsin June 4 Z G Simmins again shows munificence by giving $10,000 to Beloit college A college representative recently outlined needs and Simmins responded with the liberal donation.
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Beloit College
Kenosha, Wis
Z. G. Simmons
Simmons
Soldier found dead in closet on South Ottawa Street
Grand Rapids police suspect foul play after Marty Lemming an elderly veteran was found dead in a closet in a rough South Ottawa Street neighborhood Sunday.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Marty Lemming
Ottawa Street
Man Drowns Attempting River Swim on Wager at Clark Street
Chicago June 4. Robert Harper attempted a river swim across the Clark Street reach on a wager. Cramps seized him and he drowned, ending the dare and prompting an inquiry.
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Chicago
Clark Street
Robert Harper
Married to Stay Married Club in Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana on June 4 three years ago a "M.IL.C." club formed to prepare sixteen working girls for marriage by improving minds and training in housework and kitchen tasks. Members joined from various motives including need and personal choice.
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Kokomo
Ind
A “M. IL
Stay Married Club Renamed After Wedding Wave
The sixteen member group saved wages and learned export cooking while avoiding gossip and frivolities. They dressed neatly attended church and Sunday school and all secured good husbands. Mrs Julia Jackson hosted yesterday as the club was renamed Stay Married.
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Eece
Julia Jackson
London Editor Praises Windsor Reception and Anglo American Ties
The Daily Telegraph lauds King Edward's Windsor welcome as showcasing the true spirit of Anglo American business rivalry. It urges British employers and workers to visit the United States to observe American methods, arguing UK-US ties render European industrial coalitions against the United States futile.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Edward
New York Chamber of Commerce
Great Britain
United States
Shipyard Machinists Strike New York Firm in Regular Convention Style
Newport News Shipbuilding workers about 500 strong walked out over demands for a shorter workday, with the yard remaining in operation but prepared to operate without the striking machinists. Some strikers left the city as others prepared to depart, while management refused arbitration or action. The Crocker-Wheeler plant in Ampere New Jersey discharged all strikers and hired non union workers as replacements.
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Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Post
New York
Crocker-Wheeler Electric Company
Ampere
N. J
Wheeler
Columbia College
Chicago
Toronto
Ont
International Association of Machinists
O'Connell
Finds of the Baltimore wreck deepen mystery at Au Sable
In East Tawas Mrs Marceau, aunt of missing Engin eer Marceau, arrives from Chicago and funds efforts to recover his body after the steamer Baltimore disaster. In Saginaw the body of W Sears, a young wheelman, is buried. his wealth and inheritance contrast with his sailor’s life, and his sister has died by suicide.
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East Tawas
Mich
Marceau
Chicago
Baltimore
Saginaw
W. Sears
Sears
Au Sable
Saloon closings in Carlyle amid continued crusade
Miss Addie Berry presses her Sunday liquor law protest, securing evidence against saloonkeepers in Carlyle, Illinois. She will seek additional complaints from State's Attorney Ford as city markets report mixed livestock and grain prices across Chicago and St Louis regions.
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Carlyle
Ill
Addie Berry
Miss Berry
Ford
Transit tunnel workers return to full force after strike
New York reports that along the rapid transit tunnel line the workforce operated at near full strength as many strikers resumed duty on Saturday. The revival of activity follows a work stoppage that affected essential tunnel construction and related services.
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New York
Milwaukee Man Vanishes Presumed Embezzler Beamed to Trial
Milwaukee on May 30 reports Robert A. Nitz, missing for a week, accused by William Grossman company of embezzling 2000 dollars. He was arrested in Philadelphia and a Milwaukee officer heads there to bring him back for trial. Also on May 30 the war secretary approved board findings on Major William F. Smith DAS DSA claim over Chattanooga relief plan. board disagreed with Smith.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Robert A. Nitz
William Grossman Company
Philadelphia
Washington
Secretary of War
William F. Smith
General Rosecrans
Chattanooga
Tenn
Smith
W. A. Ties
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Holmes
W. C. Sloimes
Eigil Service Commission
David L. Creswell
Customs
Fink
Bloom
J. M. Fink
Howeved
Nolmies
Clivil Service Commission
Tie
Race
Gibara
Cuba
Taylor to resign Emporia Normal for Cumberland College
Topeka report states A R Taylor president of Emporia state normal will leave after the term to assume presidency of Cumberland Presbyterian college in Decatur Iowa. Saginaw Mich May 30 notes the twelfth annual Michigan State Bar meeting opening with G W Weadock presiding and 750 members in attendance.
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Saginaw, Mich
Michigan State Bar Association
G. W. Weadock
Andrew J. Lyndh
Boy revived by doctor after seeming death in Paris home
In Paris, Robert Burke Sr. called an undertaker for his 18 year old son Robert. The youth, thought dead from brain fever, revived after the coffin was seen to breathe and is now alive and may recover.
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Paris
Als
Robert Burke
Robert
Woman Acquitted in Mansfield Forgery Case
Mrs. May S. Fleming, ex clerk of the sanitary board, was acquitted by a jury on charges of forging the signatures of the board president and secretary to an order for 150 dollars.
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Mansfield
May S. Fleming
the Sanitary Board
Billion Dollar Feature Attends Dahlgren Wedding
Mrs. John Vinton Dahlgren wed Harry Lehr in St Patrick Cathedral New York. Ushers included Clarence Mackey W K Vanderbilt Jr George Gould O H I Belmont Thomas Wanamaker and John Jacob Astor. The combined fortunes of the six ushers reportedly total about 1 billion dollars.
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John Vinton Dahlgren
New York
Harry Lehr
New
York Society
St. Patrick's
Clarence Mackey
W. KK. Vanderbilt, Jr
George Gould
O. 11
I. Belmont
Thomas Wanamaker
John Jacob Astor
Lehr
Baltimore
Dahlgren
Joseph Drexel
Philadelphia
Murderess on Trial in Kansas City Killing Case
Mrs Laly Prince Kennedy a 20 year old wife on trial in Kansas City for murdering her husband Philip H Kennedy last January She cried during her testimony and declared the victim would not seduce any more girls Her father and brothers stand accused of conspiring with her to kill Kennedy in a separate case filed later in court.
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Kansas City
Laly Prince Kennedy
Philip H. Kennedy
Ife
Hadley
Death ruled natural causes in Defenbach trial recall
Dr. Raymond L. Leonard, a state witness, testified that Marie Defenbach died of heart failure due to natural causes. The defense sought to prove dysentery rather than medicine from Dr. Unger caused the death, challenging the state's position.
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Chicago
Defenbach
Raymond L. Leonard
Marie Defenbach
Darrow
Unger
Clerical corruption alleged in El Paso customs exams
A National Civil Service Reform League inquiry finds Moses Dillon and several associate officials guilty of civil service violations over the 1898 El Paso customs exam. The report traces favors for candidates and exposure of exam leaks before the July 1898 competition.
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Washington
Moses Dillon
Customs Service
el Paso
Civil Service Commission
Wy. ¢. Holmes
Customs Board of Civil Service Examiners
M, Mink
McDougal
Political Purse Strings Tie El Paso Collector to Waco Delegates
The El Paso collector received contributions for political purposes in his federal building office. Inspectors Kitchens and Marr affidavits allege the collector led a list with $25 he matched, influencing county and state conventions to nominate him as a delegate. No indictment was secured as key witnesses died or refused to testify.
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el Paso
Federal Building
William T. Kitchens
Evil Service Commission
Collector of Customs
Waco
Tex
Kitchens
David L. Creswell
John G. Richards
James Marr
Bloom
Marr
Department of Justice
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Ashington
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