McKinley Observes Alamo Honors in San Antonio Visit
President McKinley and Governor Sayers visit the Alamo as crowds greet them in San Antonio. The party tours Port Sam Ton and a school assembly, with an oil painting gift from Governor Sayers. The journey continues toward El Paso as a Mexican reception unfolds across the border.
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Austin
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Alamo
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el Paso
Langtry
Rio Grande
del Rio
Indianapolis Mayor Taggart Saves Four From Runaway Car
Indianapolis mayor Taggart saved the Miser family and two children near Lincoln Park Chicago last Thursday. He leaped from a moving car, grabbed a horse’s bit, and held on as the carriage sped toward danger until onlookers helped steady the pair of frightened horses.
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Taggart
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Augustus Miser
Lincoln Park
Smallpox Rumor Reported Near Soldiers' Orphans Home
A message to the state board of health on May 6 indicated several suspected smallpox cases at the Soldiers' Orphans' Home in Normal, Springfield.
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Ims
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State Board of Health
Soldiers’ Orphans
Normal
Cherokee legislate to gauge will for new treaty with U S
Senator Quarles of Wisconsin and Curtis of Kansas join Indian Inspector George Wright and Tams Bixby of the Dawes commission to address the Cherokee legislature in Tahlequah to learn the tribe’s views on a fresh treaty with the United States. In Philadelphia a five story building collapsed at Bond and Market, trapping no one but damaging occupants’ effects.
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Wisconsin
Curtis
Kansas
D. George Wright
Tams Bixby
Dawes Commission
United States
Philadelphia
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Arthur O. Lovejoy
Stanford University
Ross
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Nervous Strength
An ad claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery builds up the nervous system without narcotics. It cites a testimonial from David Duggins of Jones Kentucky about relief from three years of nervous debility after three bottles. The notice offers free medical advice pamphlet and a paid paper or cloth binding option by mail from Buffalo, New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
David Duggins, Esq
Jones, Ohio Co
Address de RB. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N
Solons End Session After Apportionment Bills Passed
Springfield May 6 After both congressional and senatorial apportionment bills passed the Forty second general assembly adjourned sine die at 1 35 p m Saturday. The joint conference committee on apportionment ended wrangling before noon and the house and senate accepted each other’s measures. Speaker Sherman is ill but expected to sign soon.
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Chicago
Perry Hull
Magerstadt
Hull
Spacker Sherman
Princess Chimay Plans Quiet Retirement Abroad
Princess Chimay and her husband, Rigo, will travel from London to Carlsbad for the summer, returning in June. They report ending all public stage engagements after a prior agreement with Consul General Osborne, choosing private performances only and seeking privacy.
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Carlsbad
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Osborne
New York
Fatal youth fight in Texas sparks early tragedy
In El Paso a nine year old Anastacio Patton died from a rifle wound after a fight between Mexican and American youths. Three American boys aged 12 to 14 were jailed on warrants as racial confrontations erupt. earlier clashes had been routine in western suburbs, but violence escalated with a targeted rifle shot during the melee. Separate baseball scores from Chicago and surrounding cities follow.
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Tex
Anasticio Patton
Pailen
Miners Resolve Dispute at Linton Ind Reopen Work
Secretary Wilson reports that the labor strife between miners and operators at Linton Indiana has been settled and production has resumed. Local unions had walked out over contract terms affecting fireman wages. In Chicago Rev J Fowler of Massachusetts was named permanent president of the National Tlusiness Assembly, with over 100 delegates present as the conference began.
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Ind
Wilson
United Mine Workers
Linton
Chicago
J. Fowler
Massachusetts
National Tlusiness Assembly
First Methodist
Anti-Leaping Bill Signed in Albany by Governor
Governor signs measure in Albany on May 6 directing changes to land use rules. Law aims to regulate jumping activities and related safety standards across New York.
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Albany
N. Y
Shamrock 11 Sails For Trial In Light Solent Breeze
Lipton and Watson oversee Shamrock 11 on the Solent spin as Shamrock I and II sail under sails. The trial in light air pleases Lipton and designer Watson and signals ongoing refinement of the challenger.
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Thomas Lipton
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Solent
Watson
Mr. Jameson
Shamrock I
Southampton Water
Calshot
Shamrock II
Stamrock II
Ryde
Warner
March of the U M W Men Gather for Harrisburg Protest
National Organizer Dougherty Secretary Hartlein and President Duffy plan a march of mine workers from Hazleton McAdoo Panther Creek and Schuylkill to Harrisburg to push United Mine Workers bills. Ten thousand men expected to rendezvous at Pottsville and march six days to Millersburg joining from Northumberland and Columbia counties. They will camp in Agricultural park.
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Columbia Counties
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Drainage Canal Fight Shifts as Water Flow Changes
Chicago drainage officials learn St Louis will amend its injunction petition to reflect lower Chicago River flow from 300000 to 200000 cubic feet per minute. President Jones calls a morning conference with board lawyers and Special Counsel Springer to decide defense strategy with Attorney General Hamlin and others.
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Girl Married to a Thief Before Penalty for Hold Up
Salt Lake City May 6 Winfieth J Hunt son of a Decatur contractor and Miss Clara A Rogers of Decatur were married in the county jail by Justice Lochrie. Hunt known as Harry Wilson was found guilty of highway robbery and pending sentence. Miss Rogers attended the trial and then married him in the jail. Hunt held up a Japanese cook at a gambling house and took nearly $800. he was sentenced to the penitentiary today.
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Misa Bowers
Labor Fight at St. Paul Threatens Local Building Trades
Builders' Exchange of St. Paul orders employees to quit the Building Trades Council by May 18 or be discharged. Bosses want to work with unions separately and seek abolition of the central body, risking a broad halt in construction. The council includes carpenters plumbers gas fitters and other trades.
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Pychange
Exchange
Building Trades Council
Tornado Sights Close Hastings Barn and Train Run
A small but genuine tornado tore through between Juniatia and Hastings Nebraska on Saturday afternoon. The wind lifted a large barn and carried it over a hundred yards toward a Burlington freight train, forcing an exciting dash by the engineer who sped away as the wind shifted. The storm touched Hastings west edge, felled trees and outhouses, and left the barn burned in the aftermath.
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May
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Burlington
Night Fire Tragedy Leaves Jacksonville In Mourning
Officials report thousands fed as relief trains arrive after a city fire. Martial law orders merchants to reopen for all, while rumors of deaths spread. Witness Alfred Ball cites at least five drownings near Market Street wharf as boats capsized and SOS cries linger.
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Wage hike boosts Illinois Central payroll and machinists demand
The Illinois Central railway system raised wages 5 percent for 8,000 to 9,000 shop workers across forty shops effective May 1, boosting annual payroll by nearly $300,000. The move includes eighteen trades and aims to set a $0.29 per hour minimum for machinists, who seek $0.30, amid ongoing labor tensions.
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