Salisbury speech shocks Britain and opens polo season
Lord Salisbury urged UK readers to prepare for empire perils, provoking debate as voters head to elections amid calls to arm and form rifle clubs. Polo opens quietly with England and America clash at Hurlingham. American team wins. Admiral Dewey hosts Nashville reception with Gov. McMillan and civic leaders before a chamber banquet.
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Man of the World
Sloan, Martin, Reiff and Company
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Hurst Park
Towne’s stance on VP nomination voiced in Chicago
Populist vice presidential hopeful Charles A. Towne, seen at the Auditorium depot as he prepared to depart for Duluth, says he has not sought office but would accept if deemed most available by the three parties. He urges a Sioux Falls plan to meet in Kansas City to discuss the vice presidential nomination and reaffirms the 1896 Chicago financial plank on silver.
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Charles A. Towne
Auditorium
Duluth
Charles A. Townelists
Sioux Falls
Commmitt
Kansas City
Rioting in St Louis Overshadows Streetcar Strike
Rioting surged across St Louis as the streetcar strike intensified. Police fired on crowds and clubs were used on protestors while the suburban system ran under heavy escort and the Transit company began protected runs amid tense, unclear casualty reports. Roosevelt Dines With McKinley in White House gathering with cabinet members and dignitaries.
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St, Louis
Buckingham palace hosts third drawing room of season
The queen held the third drawing room of the season at Buckingham Palace. Tennessee Democrats renominated Governor McMillin and declared for Bryan and the Chicago platform. Major General Brooke relieved General Merritt at Governors Island, heading the department of the east. Reports from Constantinople say the Turkish minister in Washington assured settlement of American claims. A threatening dispatch to the empress dowager of China from the Poh Wong Wei in America was stopped by the British embassy.
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America
New York Markets May 11 Wealth of grain and wheat prices report
New York markets report quiet trading across grain and food commodities. Flour prices show state and western dips while Minnesota patents and winter grades vary. wheat opens steady then weakens on crop news and Argentina shipments with July at 72 to 776 cents. rye oats corn and pork/lard butter cheese eggs sugar and turpentine prices follow varied patterns across states and markets. overall tone is cautious with mixed movements and stable to firmer readings in several lines.
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Night cools as Roberts advances toward Kroonstad
London dispatches describe Lord Roberts marching with Pole-Carew to Geneva Siding and closing on Kroonstad and Roschrand while French and British brigades push forward. Over the past two days nearly 100 Boer prisoners captured, Free Staters disarmed. Rail line to the Zand river nearing completion.
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Brandfort
Iim
Vaal
Johannesburg
Robinson Not Guilty headline not suitable
Charles Robinson, a telegraph operator, was acquitted of murder in Spruce Creek, Huntingdon County. The jury reached a verdict after two ballots. He had shot John O Neill during an attempted elopement involving Robinson's wife, seven bullets hitting O Neill.
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John O'Neill
Spruce Creek
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Record Breaking Fund of Gold Vein Found in Colorado Mine
Irving Howbert of the Port land Gold Mining company reports a new mine vein at the 1000 foot level in Colorado Springs. The vein is 57 feet wide with ore every foot, averaging 300 ounces per ton in a fair streak and 15 to 20 ounces in four feet. If confirmed, it is the largest all mineral vein opened anywhere.
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Irving Howbert
Portland Gold Mining Company
Night Tunnel Crash Kills Two Firemen and Engineer
Frank Lantel, a Baltimore and Ohio tower operator, slept while signaling the tunnel section. A rear-end collision of express freight cars killed Engineer George Loeb and Fireman George Hinchman and left several others fatally and seriously injured as flames and fumes hampered rescue efforts. Police seek Lantel as the wreckage burns and bodies remain unrecovered.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Twenty-fifth Street
Fairmont Park
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George Hinchman
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Loeb
Hinchman
Thames
John Jordan
John Ackerman
Joseph Davis
Charles Rau
New York Prisons Denounced by Expert Investigators
A New York Supreme Court appointed committee of penologists labels Sing Sing Auburn and Dannemora prisons a disgrace to civilization. The report notes tiny cells at Sing Sing with 145 cubic feet of air and a ventilation shaft, poor lighting and ventilation at Auburn, and cleaner but fire-unsafe Dannemora facilities. Discipline at Sing Sing is lax, Auburn praised, Dannemora intermediate.
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Henry E. Gregory
Dannemora
Dianemora
Methodists in Council and Domestic Reforms Discussed
In Chicago the committee on revision debated licensing women as local preachers and exhorters but voted down the resolution. The itinerancy group failed to agree on a time limit after a long discussion. The state church subcommittee is overwhelmed with input on amusements and removal of bans, requesting more time. Pacific Japanese mission is formed to consolidate Japanese work on the Pacific coast and Hawaii. The Epworth league backs a general supervisor for the Junior Epworth league and keeps the colored churches secretary in office. A report from Yokohama notes a new Russian land purchase in Korea at Port Chin Nan.
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Charley Wing in Court Over Assault Case
In city court Judge Bradstreet hears cases involving Charley Wing the Chinese laundryman and Rob ert Hayes Bernard Kelly with further mention of Albert Boucher a boy charged with incor rigibility. The proceedings include defense requests to split trials and a lengthy identification process with interpreter Chan Klow. The case adjourns until Monday and Kelly remains jailed on a $1000 bond.
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Taw
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Chan Klow
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Tie
Hives
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Polutins
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Wiles
Sis
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Tere
D. J. Lahey
The
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Olsen and Rooney wrestle draw at Tattersall's
Chicago May 12 Bec Olsen and Tack Rooney wrestled over an hour in catch-as-catch-can at Tattersall's last night. The bout lasted one hour ten minutes and ended in a draw. Farmer Bwns, billed to face Olsen, did not appear.
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Bec Olsen
Tack Rooney
Tattersall’s
Farmer
Bwns
Olsen
Umpire Connelly Resigns From National League
Washington May 12 Thomas H Connelly one of the National League umpires has resigned and President Young has tendered the vacancy to Frank Dwyer formerly a pitcher for the Cincinnati club
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Thomas H. Connelly
National League
Young
Frank Dwyer
Cincinnati Club
Princeton Team Defeats California In Track Meet
Princeton beat the University of California today, boosting Yale prospects as the western squad faces the New Haven track team. The result underscores Princeton’s strength in track events ahead of upcoming competitions.
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University of California
Yale
New Haven
Michael Wallace Missed Week After Accident
The veteran writer Michael Wallace, a daily caller at the Democrat office when able, was missing for about a week before a messenger delivered his pen contribution and news that he had suffered an accident while crossing East Main Street. He was struck by a vehicle but escaped severe injury and friends hope he reaches his hundredth birthday.
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Wallace
East Main Street
Birthday Greeting for May Birthdays
In this May month of flowers and light a birthday wish is offered. May bright skies shine on thee as angels bless thy path. Lilies weave about thy way and strives for a more divine life.
Double Track Plans Adopted for Waterbury Route
At the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company annual meeting at Grand Central Station on May 22 the board approved a large expenditure for double tracking the Naugatuck division toward Waterbury. The plan also calls for depot improvements at Waterbury Ansonia and Derby.
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New York
N.Y
Strike Ordered Today in Kansas City Metropolitan Line
A strike was ordered today on all streetcar lines in Kansas City’s Metropolitan system. About 500 of 1,500 motormen and conductors responded. none disrupted service as conductors and motormen were sworn in as deputy sheriffs and formally turned over. Paris Pavilion Handover to Exposition Authorities Sealed Today.
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Paris
United States
The Spanish Riots and Martial Law Proclaimed
Madrid reports martial law in Barcelona and Valencia provinces amid social unrest. Seville shops remain closed as demonstrations continue with resistance to gendarmes in Valencia. Government papers claim tax payments persist though the tax base notes a small portion from trades and large sums from banks and railways. A separate Rome dispatch notes a peasant near Arezzo killed nine relatives during a manic attack and set a stable ablaze before being subdued.
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St Katherine Docks and the London Dock System
Carlyle described London's grand riverfront as a living thought made real with brick and steam. About 1,200 houses were razed and 11,000 people displaced to build the docks, costing 1.7 million pounds. opened in 1828 and later merged into one management with the London docks.
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Katherine Docks
Local Y M C A team to face Woodbury nine today
In Chicago the local Y M C A ball club plays Woodbury this afternoon. Shoemaker and Minor will handle the battery for the locals.
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Shoemaker
Minor
Democratic State Central Committee Chooses Kilduff for Temporary Chair
The Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee met in New Haven on May 12 to arrange for delegates to the national convention in Kansas City. Mayor William G Kilduff of Waterbury was elected temporary chair with the permanent chair to be chosen the night before the convention. A delegation led by Kilduff and ex Senator William Wendell of Naugatuck urged Waterbury’s bid to host the convention, which was set for June 17.
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Muward G. Kildugf
Waterbury
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Contine Hotel
Mayer Kilduff
Witterhary
Micha P
Danburs
Ofse
Cai
City News Briefs from Waterbury and Nearby
Light Waiterns tonight at S10. Two years ago its day the United States Fleet houwbarted San Juan, KE. The funeral of Mrs Alwrles D. Ryan will be tomorrow at St Francis Church. Jennie Bergeron funeral held this morning from Mill Street residence with requiem at St Wies church. Michael Shea, aged 27, died this morning at 34 Hickory Street. funeral Monday at St Francis Navier’s and interment in St Joseph's cemetery.
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City Clore Md. Ryvt
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Jennie Bergeron
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Miller & Pee
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H. W. Keeler Co
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Hickory Street
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