Indiana and Kentucky governors action explained
Indiana dispatch reports Governor Mount refused to honor a Kentucky requisition to return Charles Finley citing public danger and possible vengeance. Kentucky refugee W S Taylor fled to Indianapolis as a safety measure awaiting developments and potential further actions by Beckham. A New York note adds Neely, alleged post office embezzler, faces renewed charges with bonds set at $50,000.
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Charles E. Wilson
Mount
Fort Wayne
Kentucky
Indiana
Louisville
W. S. Taylor
Indianapolis
Beckham
Taylor
Supreme Court
Tie
Cantrill
Jeffersonville
Senate report on Mesages and Papers of the Presidents
The senate committee on printing released a report on the Mesages and Papers of the Presidents project. It notes Representative Richardson spent four years compiling and indexing the papers and used 33600 of his own funds. The panel questions copyright claims and faults Richardson Barkus contracts and plates donation.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Printing
Richardson
Congress
Barkus
Extradition Law Backed by House Committee
Washington Hears His Counsel Me Is Rearrested at New York as the house salary committee approved a report on Ray's extradition law the measure retroactive in effect and expected to pass in the next step.
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Washington
New York
House Salary Committee
Ray
Milwaukee Couple Marry After Waiving Law Time
William A. Coney and Miss Katherine Warner Foster of Watseka Illinois were married in Milwaukee by Rev A B Gilbert after Judge Pereles waived the five day residence rule in the recent Wisconsin marriage law. The couple said they planned no elopement and had parental consent. They arrived from Chicago with friends to wed at the Hotel Pfister.
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Milwaukee
William A. Coney
Katherine Warner Foster
Watseka
Ill
Gilbert
Pereles
Wisconsin
William M. Coney
Fr. B. Foster
Miss Foster
Chicago
Seventeenth Ballot in Methodist Conference Elects Bishops
The May 23 action in Chicago shows the Methodist general conference electing two bishops J W Hamilton and David H Moore on ballot seventeen. Delegates also voted to admit women as delegates and adopted the organic law report as church constitution.
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Chicago
Methodist General Conference
J. W. Hamilton
David H. Moore
General Conference
Committee On Organic Law
McKinley
Dam removal dispute and early dam explosive scare
A plan to blow the Cold Spring dam with twenty five pounds of dynamite failed when the fuse refused to light. The case over removing the dam has reached the supreme court twice due to meadow land reclamation versus navigation needs. In baseball scores, St Louis beat Boston seven to zero, and Brooklyn defeated Pittsburg four to one. A delegation asked the papal legation to oppose Sioux City as a new Iowa bishop seat, urging Fort Dodge instead.
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St. Cloud
Minn
Cold Spring
Supreme Court
Washington
Iowa
Dolliver
Marchetti
Martinelli
Portland
Ore
Soux City
Fort Dodge
House to Cut War Taxes and Permit Recess Committee Session
Washington on May 23 reports house leaders plan to lower wartime taxes in the next session and a resolution to grant the ways and means committee leave to meet during congress recess has been drafted.
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Washington
House
Congress
Committee On Ways and Means
BraMaur town leader Nygreas dies in tree accident
Phillips Wisconsin May 23 Nels Nygrea chair of Bra Maur town was killed when a tree fell on him. Nygrea a well known figure and sheriff candidate leaves a wife and children.
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Phillips
Wis
Nels Nygrea
Bramaur
Nygrea
Boers Seek U S Pressure to Alter South African War
The text notes Boers plan mass meetings in major U S cities to sway public opinion and influence peace terms. It cites state department precedent and Secretary Hay's response as factors, while suggesting U S action may hasten end of the South African conflict.
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Cortelyou
Swinger
Hay
Ther
United States
South Africa
Transvaal
England
Great Britain
State Department
Genet
Free State
Oshkosh City Attorney to reveal killer in riot case
City Attorney Kluwin announced in circuit court he will produce evidence to identify Striker Morris's killer in the McMillen factory riot during the wood workers strike two years ago. He says the fatal blow was in self defense. Also reports include William N Root suing for 10000 dollars after a railway car collision in Marine City and Cedar Rapids leading the first Iowa Intercollegiate Track Union meet with a 35 point win for the host.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Kluwin
Morris
McMillen
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Intercollegiate Track Union
Upper Iowa University
Des Moines
Lenox
Western
Potters Go on a Strike in Akron for Higher Wages
Akron Ohio May 23 potters walk out en masse with five hundred or more workers striking for higher wages. Local union leaders said the action was nationwide in scope and aims to secure better pay rates for the trade.
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Akron
Sutton Case Prosecution Presents John Kay in Detroit
In Lansing on May 23 the Sutton case heard John Kay of Wright Kay and Go in Detroit. The witness testified regarding the purchase of a diamond ring and its presentation to General White.
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A. Bubrer
Wayne County
Carl Grosse
G. J. McMechan
Union Trust Co
C. A. Perry
Detroit
John H. Brandau
John Kay
Sutton
Wright, Kay & Co
Cowles
Grand Rapids
White
General Marsh
Charles Warren
Warren
Walter Tant
Lansing, Mich
Wright, Kay & Go
Gharies
Who Stole the Cannon Madison May 23
Madison Wisconsin reports a Spanish cannon disappeared from Capitol park after a dray driver left with the gun to a city lot. Detectives describe a swarthy man with sombrero eyeing the relic, suspected as a spy. Franklin Indiana May 23 Fish commissioner seeks to convict Otto Sanders for dynamite use in killing fish.
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Madison
Wis
Capitol Park
Capitol
Franklin
Ind
Sweeney
Otto Sanders
Sugar Creek
Weather bulletin shows Illinois crops rise after rain boost
Springfield Illinois May 23 The weekly weather bureau crop bulletin for Illinois covers the week ended May 21. Early week heat dried soils and slowed growth. From Wednesday to Saturday rains boosted soil moisture with light runoff and overall favorable conditions for crop growth, though northern central areas stayed cooler and southern Illinois needs more rain. Some reports say rainfall was inadequate in parts of the state.
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Springfield
Ills
Weather Bureau For
Illinois
Bloodhound Traces Incendiary to Young Man in Portland
At J H Hardison Co oil field six miles west of Berne a fire damaged the derrick and oil tank valued at 1000 dollars. A bloodhound followed the trail to an old man’s house and led to Clinton Gillespy who admitted presence but denied starting the fire. Three youths were seen leaving the scene before the blaze.
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Portland
Ind
J. H. Hardison & Co
Berne
Clinton Gillespy
Gillespy
Not Fifty Majority M Waldeck-Rousseau's Defense
Paris reports detail a six week adjournment as parliament reconvened with the senate president Mallieres praising the exposition and the French people. Deputies crowded the chamber as M Walkdeck Rousseau urged immediate discussion and M Cousy pressed for government clarification amid a strong pro ministry mood and Conservative critique from M de Cassagnac.
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Paris
Senate
M. Mallieres
France
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
M. Deschanel
Political debate over Dreyfus and republic in France
M Waldeck Rousseau defends the republic amid Nationalist opposition and Socialist applause. He forecasts government reforms, education and taxation laws, and a law against calumniators of the chief of state. Ribot counters, urging a simple order of the day. a party-line split follows with a government-adopted declaration. Separately, Orinoco Concession leases Venezuelan gold deposits for eighty years to a Chicago group with 10 percent royalty. St Paul may gain Sioux City franchise in Western Baseball League as attendance flags. A man in Stoughton dies after a ladder fall.
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M. Waldeck
Rousseau
Paris
Repubblicans
Dreyfus
M. Reinach
Irance
M. Ribot
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Chamber
M. Goury
Fairbault
Minn
Orinoco Concession Company
Venezuela
Chicago
Lawton C. Bonney
Orinoco Company
Sioux City
St. Paul
Boalt
Senator Clark Credentials Read To Montana Senate
Washington May 32 The credentials of Hon W A Clark as senator appointed by Lieutenant Governor Spriggs of Montana were presented yesterday to the senate by Senator Carter. They were allowed to be on the table.
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Washington
State Department
W. A. Clark
Spriggs
Montana
Senate
Carter
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Pew
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Illinois Collateral Loan Brokers’ Association
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Gp& TA Borsn Ry
Hotel Allen
P.W. McElwain
Washinaron Lowwa
J. R. Burroughs
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Washtamton, LA
W. E. Anderson, M. D
Klein's Clothing Store
K. Corner of Square
Washington, Lowa
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
Neat National Bank
Marsh W. Bailey
Ofeior
Downstaira
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
FRIOR
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W. H. Butterfield
Crail’s
P.J. Hanley
Atatate
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East Side Restaurant
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Does & General Banking
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A. Anderson
Oashier J.T. Anderson
Ostia
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RMA
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Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
Joseph Keck
O. H. Keck
L. D. Robinson
Nk 8Ewart
J. ¥. Henderson
Clark Seplar
Prop
North Lawa St
Washington House
Moothart
S. B. Washington
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Kempe Flower Co
Oskaloosa, Lowa
R. F. Riley
Smouse
Hl. Knecht
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Rocky Mountain
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