President McKinley Enjoys Flowers and Festivities in California
President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley arrived in Los Angeles after a Redlands welcome marked by flower showers and cheers. Aerial and ground processions featured arches of fruit and roses as the party toured orange groves, parks, and festive streets with residents lining the route in a multi-city ovation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Santa Ana
Gage
Redlands
San Bernardino Valley
Cass Lome
McKinley
Colton
Ontario
Pomona
Town Hosts President in Festive California Cavalcade
Festive LA streets welcomed President McKinley and party with carnival colors and military escorts. Gen Shafter and Navy Sec Long met the president at the station, and LA officials granted him city freedom. The visit included receptions, dinners, Mount Low views, and a glowing floral parade.
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Citizens’ Committee
California
Shafter
Department of the Pacific
Presidio
Nash
Ohio
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Low
Pacific Ocean
Santa Monica
Eligibility to Appointment by Governor Yates in Disputed Cases
Governor Yates challenges newspaper claims that exposition commission appointees from the legislature are ineligible. He argues section 15 article 4 does not apply, especially when viewed alongside section 24 article 6, amid ongoing constitutional interpretation. The Springfield report notes the governor’s position from May 9.
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Springfield
Yates
General Assembly
PINGREES PARDON IS GOOD
James H Brumm murderer of Mollie Flagler Dimondale is deemed sane by two physicians and Sheriff Shepard. Under Eaton circuit court order Judge Smith reports to the supreme court Brumm’s release is expected to follow promptly after his pardon by Governor Pingree.
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Charlotte
Mich
James H. Brumm
Mollie Flagler
Dimondale
Supreme Court
Smith
Eaton Circuit Court
IF. B. Patterson
EB. C. Palmer
Brumm
Shepard
Lonia Reformatory
Pingree
Government charges fraud in land case appeal
Racine Wis May 9 John B Simmons special United States district attorney notified by United States attorney general to appeal Judge Bunns decision in James Stinson case to the United States court of appeals The suit covers fourteen quarter sections of land in Superior valued at 750000 acquired from Swedes in 1849 under pre emption law Government contends title procured by fraud Swedes never occupied or improved the land Judge Bunn ruled against the government
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Racine
Wis
John B. Simmons
United States
United States Attorney General
Bunn
James Stinson
United States Court of Appeals
Superior
Stinson
Sailor Boy With World Crossing Returns Home
Sioux City Iowa May 9 Nine years ago Eri Bixby of Cushing Iowa left home to travel the world as a sailor. He circled the globe five times and last year served with the British Army in the Boer War losing his right arm in a dynamite blast near a train detonation. He is 26 and reached Sioux City Monday en route to his father’s home where he learned his mother died three weeks earlier.
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Sioux City
Eri Bixby
Cushing
Wisconsin man jailed for shirt waist theft
Kenosha Wisconsin May 9 Frank Dixon a Milwaukee resident was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a charge of stealing a shirt waist from Barney Hermann clothing merchant. He told the judge he had read fashion papers and thought the garment suitable for gentlemen’s wear and took it to save one. Dixon was sent to jail for thirty days.
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Kenosha
Wis
Frank Dixon
Milwaukee
Barney Hermann
Dixon
Fugitive Martin Ritter Captured After County Chase
Ritter, accused of murdering Clara Cheek, evaded sheriffs and private investigators for a month before Kentucky deputy Charles Marshal arrested him near Waducah. A $1,000 reward had spurred the search across two counties.
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Nashville
Ills
Martin Ritter
Clara Cheek
Waducah
Charles Marshal
Kentucky
Ritter
Fatality from shotgun accident near Mount Summit
In Dublin Indiana on May 8 Charles Bannata aimed at a crow with a shotgun but the shot fatally wounded his wife Mrs Bannata who stood nearby. The incident occurred in Bannata’s back yard near Mount Summit. In Delavan Wisconsin on May 8 lightning struck a barn in Darien injuring Roy Weaver and Mrs Arthur Weaver who was in a shed feeding chickens. she suffered serious injuries and her clothing was torn.
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Dublin
Ind
Charles Bannata
Mount Summit
Bannata
Delavan
Wis
Darien
Roy Weaver
Arthur Weaver
Three Papers Now Daily In Philadelphia May 8
Adolphi and Ochs of the Chattanooga Times and the New York Times yesterday purchased the Philadelphia Times. The item notes the sale as a consolidation move among major papers and mentions ownership changes in Philadelphia media.
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Philadelphia
Adolphi, Ochs
Chattanooga Times
New York Times
Philadelphia Times
Plan of Conciliation Aids Labor Peace Effort in New York
A mass meeting at Cooper Union under the Civic Federation aims to form a national board of arbitration to prevent strikes. John Mitchell asserts the plan seeks honorable peace and better labor-capital cooperation, while Samuel Gompers emphasizes organizing and responsible leadership to secure justice and stability.
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New York
Committee of Conciliation of the
National Civile Federation
Cooper Union
National Board of Arbitration
John Mitchell
Debaters Clash as Socialists Face Arbitration Call
A heated meeting sees Charles Sprague Smith call for order while Samuel Gompers argues for arbitration. He contrasts voluntary and compulsory arbitration and warns that those who refuse settlement ordered by courts may face jail. The national conciliation committee releases a report urging frank talks between employers and workers to reach terms.
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Charles Sprague Smith
Gompers
National Committee On Conciliation and Arbitration
Marriage changes a woman and health cures
The piece notes marriage drains vitality and promises strength with Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It cites a Philadelphia woman, Ts. Allen A. Robson, praising recovery after using the remedy and Golden Medical Discovery, plus local treatment advice. It invites sick individuals to consult Dr. Pierce free by correspondence.
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Mary
Pierce
Ts. Allen A. Robson
Rodman Street
Philadelphia
Pierce’ Buffalo
Market Quotations From Chicago Board of Trade May Open
Wheat and corn prices quoted with opening highs and lows. Cattle hogs and sheep markets summarized with receipts and prices in Chicago daily market report and East Buffalo notices. Dozens of commodities including butter eggs potatoes and produce ranges listed alongside live stock values and market consensus.
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Peerless
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Colorado
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N. Y
May & Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Four Hurt In Rear End Crash Near Clinton Indiana
Four people were injured in a rear end collision between the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway train and a gravel train near Clinton Indiana at 5 am yesterday. Injured are conductor Babbu of Chicago, engineer Dan Floyd of Chicago, J B Cook of St Paul, and Miss Koch of Chicago along with others aboard the limited. The gravel train stalled on the main track and the limited struck, wrecking the locomotive baggage car and four flat cars.
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Ind
National Limited
Chicago and
Babbu
Chicago
Dan Floyd
Limited
B. Cook
St. Paul
Miss Koch
Lambert Koch
Lambert Koeh
J.D. Everett
R. G. Robinson
James Charlman
Wabash Railroad
Floyd
Aladdin Vincent Struck Off in Louisiana Residence
May Bure reports Aladdin Vin cent was struck off yesterday at his home seventy miles west of Lake Charles. Local authorities note the act occurred in a rural area near New Orleans with no additional details available.
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Aladdin Vincent
Is Home Place
Lake Charles
Dispute Over Corpse Ends With Police Interference
In LaCrosse Wisconsin on May, the drowned body of Peter Kraus was recovered nine miles below the city. Coroner Mannstedt and police clashed over possession as the body was moved to Tillman Bros. undertaking, with the coroner shouting "Body snatchers" amid the uproar.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Eter Kiaus
Wisconsin
Kraus
Beaver
Theodore Mannstedt
Tillman Bros
Mannstedt
Main Street
Baltimore Cardinal Elevation Ceremonies in May
Elab orate ceremonies yesterday marked the second step in elevating Sebastian Martinelli from archbishop of Ephesus to cardinal. The final act will be in Rome this summer. Archbishop Ryan preached on papal independence and blessed the United States before a splendorous cathedral crowd. Swindler Arrested and Let Go in Elgin Illinois A man from Portland Oregon claimed to aid victims in Wisconsin before destitute wife and four children were aided by county officials. He was not prosecuted to avoid public expense
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Sebastian Martinelli
Ephesus
United States
Rome
Ryan
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His
William Tattmer
Portland
Wisconsin
Janesville
Beloit
Veto Power in Nebraska Issue Reaches State Supreme Court
Nebraska faces a disputed point on governor veto power over constitutional amendments. Governor Dietrich contends amendments require his approval, while a lone precedent from Pennsylvania holds the governor has no role in submission. The case questions whether three-fifths votes suffice without gubernatorial sanction.
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State Supreme Court
Nebraska
Commonwealth
Dietrich
Pennsylvania
Thrseat
Justice Green
Supreme Bench
Secretary of State
Noted repudiation case grips St Clair county Missouri
In St Clair county Missouri the county court defied a federal order to levy taxes for railroad bonds. Two judges were jailed for contempt as the federal marshal seized control and the third escaped. The case highlights longtime clashes between local county courts and federal authority over bonds from postwar railroad schemes. Nearby, theft at William Fish’s residence in Racine involved $250 in jewelry. burglars wore Fish’s clothes after switching. Fire destroyed most Kendall, New York buildings, causing heavy losses.
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Kansasity
United States
Missouri
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Federal Court
David Walken
Unitedtates
Racine
Wis
William Fish
Legal Department
Northwestern Road
Milwaukee
Mr. Fish
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