York and Princess dispute over a Victorian gift aboard the Ophir
Melbourne May 7 The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York returned from the Ophir at 2 pm crowds lined streets and government house welcomed them. The procession featured 12 000 troops and 80 000 visitors with royal arches and illuminations while a flag gift controversy on a hospital ship drew attention.
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Melbourne
Duke and Duchess
Cornwell
York Launden
Ophir
Duke
Lord Hopetoun
South Africa
Town Hall
Queen's Arch
Queen Victoria
Government House
Parliament House
William M. Mulock
Queen Victoria Flag War Over Maine Relic
London reports a dispute over the Maine hospital ship flag given by Queen Victoria. Lady Randolph Churchill holds the flag after intervention by Bernard Baker who ordered it not be surrendered. The officer who delivered it was dismissed for disobedience and Lady Randolph offers to send the flag to the United States for display in a national museum.
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London
Queen Victoria
Maine
George Cornwallis West
Lady Randolph Churchill
Bernard Baker
Lady Randolph
Baker
United States
War Casualty Figures and Boer Movements Reach Headlines
The War Office reports 714 officer deaths and 14 264 enlisted men in the South African campaign. Milner is honored at a 10 000 signature banquet in Cape Town. Boer forces under Delarey split into southwest and north groups after skirmishes in the Cape Midlands and attacks near Royner and Hartebeestfontein.
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London
War Office
Cape Town
Sir Alfred Milner
Sheeper
Kritzinger
Cape Colony
Royner
Klerksdorp
Transvaal Colony
Delarey
Hartebeestfontein
Rouen to wed giants as city tax gift
Paris reports Count St Ouen de Vierrecourt bequeathing 10 million francs to Rouen with the condition that each year the city grants a marriage gift of 100,000 francs to a couple of giants to promote human reproduction. Also noted are a West Virginia marriage, a Taku road clash between Russian and German forces, the death of Sir Dinshaw Petit, and Britain approving a coal tax.
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Paris
St. Ouen de Vierrecourt
William the Conqueror
Rouen
Formation of American Music Publishing Association Planned
Chicago May 7 Arrangements completed for a new combination of the eight leading U S popular music publishers. The trust will be known as the American Publishing Association with capital stock from three to five million dollars.
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Chicago
United States
The
American Music Publishing Association
Afghan ruler seeks six Krupp batteries via agent
A Simla dispatch reports the Ameer of Afghanistan has dispatched an agent to Germany to purchase six batteries of Krupp guns for Cabul.
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London
Simla
Ameer
Afghanistan
Germany
Cabul
Younger Brothers Paroled From Stillwater Life Sentence
At a regular Stillwater State prison meeting the managers voted unanimously to parole younger brothers who are serving life terms. The action was reported by a special correspondent for The Eventua Journal.
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St. Paul, Mine
Eventua Journal
Stillwater
Indian Mary who saved Colonel Mulligan found in Stevensville
Mary Cochrane known as Indian Mary, a Civil War nurse who saved Colonel Mulligan at Island No. 10, was found living in poverty in a Stevensville hovel. Her father and grandfather were American Indian leaders, and she became a noted figure in southwestern Michigan after serving through the war.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Mulligan
Michigan Guards
Chicago
Stevensville
Mary Cochrane
Mary
Michigan
Lexington
Island No. 10
Jacob LaSalle
Her Pipe Was Her Death in Racine
In Racine Wisconsin Mrs Catherine Bramton aged seventy died in a bed fire likely caused by her smoking. Found near the door she apparently attempted to escape but was overcome and died. A verdict of accidental death was returned. She had lived in Racine fifty years and left a nephew surviving. Her husband died in a similar fire six years earlier.
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Racine
Wis
Catherine Bramton
Bramton
Jamieson Brokerage Firm Suspends Operations in Chicago
M. M. Jamieson & Co., a leading Chicago brokerage house, suspended yesterday but pledged to pay out creditors if a chance is provided. The firm, known for its size and reputation, indicated readiness to settle obligations upon approval.
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M. M. Jamieson & Co
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade quotes on Wheat Corn and more May trading
Chicago markets report mixed grain quotes with Wheat near 72 to 73 cents, Corn around 46 cents, Oats about 26 to 28 cents, and substantial Farm Produce figures. Live stock notes from East Buffalo and St Louis cover cattle hogs and sheep prices and receipts for the day.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Auirdgece
Cape Cod
Bell and Bugle
Burbanks
Peerless
Hebron
Illinois
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Trains Collision Kills Engineer in Iowa Derailment
Burlington passenger train No 3 derailed after colliding with an engine backed onto a side track near Thayer Iowa. Engineer 8 1 Brown was killed and about thirty passengers injured including many with serious wounds.
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Ottumwa
Burlington
Thayer
Creston
Brown
B. Garrett
Murray
Clarence Waine
Grinnell
T. M. Gallup
Wyoming
BE. G. Carter
Chariton
F. EF. Flag
Chicago
J.L. Farthing
Omaha
P. Bates
Walter Crowley
Woodburn
J. L. Farquhar
Galton
Dr. Averill
Aston
T. Z. Burk
Jacksonville
Fla
Burk
Mary Cherry
LeRoy
Clyde Wilson
Hopeville
R. B. Mitchell
Weldon
William Elder
Rosice Mowman
Talmage
Clarence Whitlock
Osceola
B. Reem
Mike Canney
K. Loneland
Will Harper
Springfield Politicians Debate Pension Bill and Governor’s Stance
Springfield reports show the rallying of anti pension advocates urging Governor Yates to sign the teachers pension bill. The governor plans a ten day review period, with Attorney General Hamlin and Secretary Rose assisting and no office filings during this time. A separate drowning incident in a brick yard pond ends tragically as a shepherd dog attempts a final rescue.
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Springefild
Als
Springfield
Sherman
Yates
Chicago
Hamlin
Rose
Ills
Arthur Sattley
Walter Watts Gard
Gard
Fire loss estimate totals over ten million dollars
In Jacksonville Florida an estimate by a former tax collector lists damages from a major blaze across public buildings stores on Pay and Bay streets Forsyth and Main streets and residences with 2.8 million in personal effects and 1.63 million in stocks across large stores plus 550 thousand in stocks in 200 small stores totaling 10.565 million. In other items Washington reports a shortage of qualified meat inspectors for the Bureau of Animal Industry and the Department of Agriculture with salaries and promotion prospects.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Pay Street
Bay Street
Forsyth Street
Main Street
Washington
The
Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Veterinary College
Magician Durno Loses 2000 Dollar Satchel
A satchel holding 2000 dollars, the magician Durno's season savings, was stolen from the Kewanee Opera House stage on Saturday night in Kewanee Illinois.
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Kewanee, Ills
Durno
Kewanee Opera House
Powder explosion kills Otto Gane and burns Krank Shuif
Terre Haute Indiana May 7 Otto Gane 26 is dead and Krank Shuif fatally burned when a powder explosion at the Indiana Powder Company occurred Sunday.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Otto Gane
Krank Shuif
Indiana Powder Company
Constitution Launches With Fireworks in Bristol Harbor
The new cup defender Constitution, christened by Mrs. W. Butler Duncan, slid into the water at Bristol amid fireworks and searchlights. The yacht measured about 1838 feet overall, 90 feet load water line, and 14,500 square feet of sail. The ceremony featured champagne, a gong start, and a detailed note on the vessel’s balance and handling.
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Bristol
Row
Constitution
W. Butler Duncan
Colonia
Syndicate
Herreshoffs
Changes at Olivet College consolidated degree offerings
Olivet Michigan May 7 announces a bulletin detailing changes at Olivet College. The A B degree replaces A S B and Ph B, semesters replace three-term terms, and admission requires sixteen preparatory units and ten required subjects including mathematics English Latin history and sciences. Muncie Indiana May 7 William Moore found dead from poison. Alfred Beck and Frank Madigan injured in Lake Shore crossing accident near a fishing trip. La Crosse Wisconsin May 7 prominent horseman D J Cameron sells trotting stallion Oh So to Charles Chapman Chicago for twelve thousand dollars.
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Olivet, Mich
Olivet College
Kalamazoo
Mich
Leo Snyder
Alfred Beck
Frank Madigan
North Street
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
LaCrosse, Wis
D. J. Cameron
Oh So
Charles Chapman
Chicago
Popular Man With Broad Support Faces Scrutiny in Liberty
Liberty Indiana May 7 news reports Rosie Kelly, town clerk and treasurer for five years, has vanished from duties, with town accounts deemed incorrect. Kelly, who ran bucket-shop operations for Dr George J Coughlin of Indianapolis, had been re elected despite bipartisan questions about integrity. The old board confronted him at the last meeting with a committee appointed to investigate.
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Liberty
Ind
Rosie Kelly
Kelly
George J. Coughlin
Indianapolis
Local official in missing case leaves town town in confusion
A refit of A partat examination reveals a shortage from S240 to 1000 dollars. Kelly is said to have given a seven dollar check for bucket shop use and owes Dr Coughlin 500. Before departure he deeded property to his wife for 100 dollars. His absence leaves municipal affairs in a muddle.
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Kelly
Coughlin
Stanton Neb. Christian Scientist Attempts Resurrection Demonstration
Mrs Kate Achels a Stanton Christian Scientist walked in a country cemetery and tried to raise three deceased children from grouped graves. She demanded the children arise and follow her home, called their names, and stamped in anger when the efforts failed. Authorities found her and she was removed. A charge of insanity was filed, though she insists her reason is sound.
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Stanton
Neb. Muay T
Kate Achels
Ministers Say Canteen Change Fails to Cut Drunkenness
A five member ministerial committee reports at Port Sheridan that drunkenness among soldiers did not rise after the post canteen was abolished. Records show arrests 52 percent before and 49 percent after the change, indicating little difference in conduct.
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Chicago
Port Sheridan
National League and American League Scores May 7
Baseball scores recap from May 7 list NL games with Cincinnati St Louis 13 8 and New York Philadelphia 0 4 among others. Also notes Milwaukee Chicago 6 8 in the Western Association and various regional items from Fond du Lac San Francisco St Joseph St Paul and St. Paul about local matters and a desertion case.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Philadelpha
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Milwaukee
Western Association
Dayton
Louisville
Marion
Mort Wayne
Indianapolis
Columbus
Toledo
Grand Rapids
Government in a Dilemma Over Maine Claims in Spain Treaty
Two claims were filed with the Spanish treaty claims commission in Washington on behalf of Harry McCann, a U S seaman, for 10000 dollars and Catherine Burns for 20000 dollars for the death of her son, a Marine corporal, in the Maine explosion in Havana harbor February 15 1808. Butler Harwood say more claims will follow. They argue the United States must prove the explosion came from inside the ship to avoid payment. The Maine explosion killed 876 aboard and injured many more.
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New York
Tutler & Haewood
Broadway
New York City
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Washington
Beshalf
Harry McCann
United States
Maine
Havana Harbor
Catherine Burns
Butler & Yarwood
Charles Henry Hutler
Butler & Harwood
Spain
International Tribunal
Naval Board
Butler
Naval Court of Inquiry
Hagan Harbor
State Department
Cuba
Which is the barbarian
Washington reports mail advices from China discuss the Pai Yuan Mu murders of forty five missionaries and local Christians. The piece questions if China may deserve indemnity as horror details prompt sympathy for Christians and criticism of Chinese civil authority.
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Washington
China
Pai- Yuan-Mu
State Department
Marthing
Pigett
Robinson
United States
Europe
Lancers
Peking
North China News
Two Wisconsin youths injured and a death by suicide
In Kenosha Richard Broderick eighteen was shot in the leg by a twelve year old companion Julius Ewe when a loaded shotgun discharged accidentally on the lake shore. In Racine William Schenck twenty a son of a prominent resident died by his own hand Sunday night after leaving a letter whose contents are not released.
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Kenosha
Wis
Richard Broderick
Julius Ewe
Ewe
Brodericks
Racine
William Schenck
Schenck
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Joseph Pollard, Jr
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Attorney At Law
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Ora's
Iowa
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Opera House
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Washington County Savings Bank
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Klein's Clothing Store
Ashington
Wall Up
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West Main St
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Mashtane
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E. G. Fox
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