Fate of Missing Maj Rockefeller Revealed In War Dispatch
Syracuse report cites a Filipino officer stating Major Rockefeller died in captivity after going mad, with claims of suicide found false. Manila reports provincial governments formed in Nueva Ecija and ongoing engagements with insurgents in Sorsogon, Tayabas, and southern Luzon.
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Maj. Rockefeller
Tatt
Rockefeller
Syracuse
N. Y
Paul. Spillane
Ninth Infantry
Philippines
Watertown
Spillane
Tar-lac
Manila
Philipione
Nueva Ecija
Luzon
San Isidro
Jacob F. Kreps
Twenty-second Infantry
Wray
Sorsogon
Atimonan
Tayabas
Cailles
Mrs Kinley Improves but Condition Remains Critical
Washington reports a slight health improvement for Mrs Mckinley though her condition remains grave. Doctors attribute the illness to a blood infection from a bone felon with complications from endocarditis of the mitral valve. In California she suffered diarrhea now controlled, while anxiety centers on heart inflammation. Tes Moines notes six Republican county conventions Saturday with governorship as the key issue. Madison instructed for Conger and Montgomery endorsed no candidate per Friday's primary results.
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Washington
June W
Tes Moines
Madson
Conger
Montgomery
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery advertises cure claims
An advertisement argues overwork and poor nutrition cause collapse of the nervous system and digestion. It praises Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for purifying blood and rebuilding the body. A testimonial from G B Bird of Pyrnside WV cites improved appetite sleep and work after use. Also notes Dr Pierce's Medical Adviser available by mail for stamps.
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Pierce
G. B. Bird
Putnam Co
W. Va
Delegation selections and tax ruling dominate Iowa news
In Des Moines the Populist state central committee votes not to call a state convention if the Democratic platform favors municipal ownership of utilities. Marshalltown reports Judge Burnham upholds the Iowa cigarette tax as constitutional and authorizes attachment for back taxes. Pana notes a gunshot death of an infant caused by a year old child.
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State Central Committee
Democratic State Central Committee
Democratic Party
Marshalltown
Burnham
District Court
Iowa
Death of Dr Joseph Farrand Tuttle former Wabash president
Crawfordsville Ind June 10 Joseph Farrand Tuttle D D longtime president of Wabash College died Saturday afternoon from heart failure after a week in bed and years of ill health since retirement in 1902 His wife and children were with him He was born March 12 1828 in Bloomfield New Jersey and later moved to Ohio He graduated Marietta College in 1842 44 he became a Marietta tutor and in 1844 was licensed as a Presbyterian minister He led Wabash through notable progress starting in 1861 and resigned in 1902 succeeded by Dr George Burroughs of Amherst
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Joseph Farrand Tuttle
Wabash College
Tuttle
Bloomfield
N. J
Ohio
Marietta College
George 8. Burroughs
Amherst
Washington Notes On French Fog of Weather Control
Excerpt from June reports discusses U S horticulturists curious about cannon firing to shield orchards and vineyards from hail and frost. Weather Bureau Chief Willis Moore calls the idea a popular delusion after reviewing two years of publications.
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United States
Lyons
France
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Wilson
Queer bill of a druggist in Concord New Hampshire
In Concord New Hampshire the in the superior court A P Fitch a druggist won a verdict of 1950 for preserving for ten years in alcohol the amputated leg of the late John Pearson. He kept the leg in a glass jar in the back of his store and later buried it with Pearson. Fitch had billed 3450 to Pearson's executors who refused to pay, leading to the damages verdict.
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Concord
N. HS
A. P. Fitch
John Pearson
Pearson
Fitch
White man weds colored girl at Camp Epworth
Fred Zegar and Miss Pernie Newman, a colored girl, married Saturday evening at Camp Epworth in Belvidere Hrs. The ceremony was performed by Rev. T. W. Hyland amid family protests. An elder sister of the bride is married to a white man in charge of Camp Epworth. Memorial exercises at Camp Chase in Columbus featured addresses by Rev. John R. Hewitt and others with Confederate graves garlanded by southern floral offerings.
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Fred Zear
Pernie Newman
Camp Epworth
Zegar
Miss Newman
T. W. Hyland
South Baptist Church
Columbus
Camp Chase
John R. Hewitt
Emmett Tompkins
Charles H. Grosvenor
J. A. Arnold
Howard A. M. Henderson
South
Iliinois College seniors decide to graduate despite diploma refusals
In Jacksonville Illinois on June 10 the Iliinois college senior class voted to graduate next Thursday after a lengthy debate. They argued that canceling the commencement program would harm the college and that two members had their diplomas denied.
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Havana
Washington
Jacksonville
Ill
Ilinois College
Death of Eaton County Legislator in Lansing Hotel
Michael Doyle a Lansing area representative from Eaton county diedFriday in Edith Manders hotel room after taking carbolic acid she says she gave him by mistake for whisky Miss Manders a Hobart Ind high school graduate was the domestic at the hotel
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Lansing
Mich
Michael Doyle
Eaton County
Edith Manders
Miss Manders
Hobart
Ind
Secretary Hay Plans Hague Arbitration of indemnity issues
Envoy Rockhill authorized to propose submitting the remaining Chinese indemnity issues to arbitration by The Hague tribunal.
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Hay
Rockhill
Hague Tribunal
Unwritten Law A Fiction By Grosvenor Says Washington Fear
Representative Grosvenor asserts there was no unwritten rule against a third presidential term, arguing Washington declined a third nomination due to fear of defeat. He contends McKinley’s popularity makes a third term feasible and challenges the notion of an unwritten constitutional limit.
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Grosvenor
Washington
McKinley
United States
Times
Fortune in Old Letters Unearths Large Springfield Bond Hoard
William Warner a New Haven drummer discovered bonds and stock in an old trunk while traveling home to Hartford. He learned from a brokerage that $48,000 in accrued interest and assets valued at about $250,000 were due. The tale spans Hartford Chicago and multiple states with subsequent crime reports and political notes.
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Hartford, Conn
William Warner
New Haven
Warner
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Adams
United State Express
Hartford
Lioness Attacks Tamer During New Albany Show
In New Albany Indiana on June 10 a performing lioness leaped onto tamer Vasile Pope scu and sank teeth into his right shoulder. Two show workers used iron bars to drive off the animal.
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New Albany
Ind
Vasile Popescu
Divorce Granted for Mrs Helen Francis Brown in Sioux City
On the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment Mrs Helen Francis Brown was granted a divorce from Giles W Brown once owner of the Sioux City Milling company and now manager of the Western Cereal company. Also notes an Oxford youth Frank Taylor's suicide attempt in Pontiac and cadets discharged at West Point for deficient examinations. Preparing for the Endeavorers in Cincinnati.
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Sioux City
Helen Francis Brown
Giles W. Brown
Sioux City Milling Company
Western Cereal Company
Carnegie to Receive LL D at Glasgow University
Andrew Carnegie will be awarded the degree of LL D by Glasgow University. The news notes the honor conferred on the industrial leader amid wider European Catholic influence in Holland and shifting political balance.
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Glasgow University
Andrew Carnegie
Holland
Exploding collision devastates Lackawanna freight train scene
At Vestal New York a double header freight crashed into a stationary train. dynamite in the second car exploded killing five men and injuring seven others. The blast demolished four freight cars and shattered windows across Vestal and Union. Rescue teams searched through the night for bodies among the debris.
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N. Y
Lackawanna
Vestal
Here
John I. Kelly
Bo Polhamus
Elmer Polhamus
John Coulter
Wildcat
Fred Witherby
Binghamton
Kansans
Wichita
Kan
Prisco
Greenwood
A. W. Smith
New Kirk, O. T
B. A. Kekers
Greenwood Station
Attempt Made to Blow Up Foundry in Marion Indiana
In Marion Indiana on a Friday night an arson attempt aimed at Alexander Pink’s foundry and machine shop at East Converse. The assailants flooded the boiler pan and gas escaped as the plant ran dry damaging thirty molds and machinery. A lantern left at the scene may aid police in identifying the perpetrators. Loss runs to several hundred dollars with no known enemies cited.
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Marion
Ind
Alexander Pink
Eeast Converse
Fink
Mexico Land Deals Tie Pennsylvanians to Campeche
C CC Mea Cormack of Pennsylvania has received title for a tract of 25 000 acres in Campeche on the Yucatan peninsula. The land was bought from Lale Gareta Terua of Mexico City for a Pennsylvanian company. A Chicago firm bought 400 000 acres in the same state last year. Connecticut investors sent a rep to probe rubber lands and may buy on the isthmus of Tehuantepec. Albert Volney Foster, son of Hon. Volney Foster of Chicago, returns from exploring Shianas for Chicago capitalists, reporting favorable soil climate and cheap labor.
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C. CC
Mea Cormack
Pennsylvania
Campeche
Yucatan Peninsula
Lale Gareta
Terua
Chicago
Connecticut
Teluantepec
Albert Volney Foster
Hon
Volney Foster
Shianas
Poisonings and shootings plague Detroit headlines
A chaotic Detroit report details Bonslett luring Teresa Darowski to a saloon where she refused poisoned drink before he shot her in the neck and then died. Other items include North Vernon suicides, a Kansas City court collapse, a Porto Rico surgeon general's suicide, a coal dealers convention wrap, a child burned at a state institute, drownings in Dubuque, and a Chicago cigarette casualty.
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Tlerbert
Ronslett
Teresa Darowski
Larned Street
Bonslett
Duel fanfare ends in riot as Regis and Laberdesque clash
Paris reports a two man duel between Max Regis and M. Laberdesque escalates to a riot after nineteen rounds on Sunday and a near-fight over counts and seconds. Regis sustains a wound but demands continuation while Laberdesque seeks new seconds amid chaotic scenes.
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Max Regis
M. Laberdesque
Regs
Laberdesque
Laberaesque
Regis
Guiily
Laberdesmen
M. Regis
Tie
M. Richard
Plague Outbreak Quarantines Transport Quain tuck
Plague breaks out on the United States transport quaintuck with quarantine at Na gasaki. Copper veins discovered in hills east of Butte Montana. Carnegie transfers ten million dollars to the Scotch universities. Capital residents desecrate graves of the heathen Chinese buried there.
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United States
Quaintuck
Nagasaki
Butte, Mont
Carnegie
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