War cruelties debated as Civil War versus Philippines policy
In a lively House debate on the Philippine civil government bill, lawmakers compare wartime atrocities. Grosvenor reads Grant on Shenandoah devastation and Jackson’s black flag. Mahon cites Andersonville casualties. Bartlett adds Stanton figures showing Confederate prisoners’ higher death rate.
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Philippines
Grosvenor
Ohio
Grant
Jackson
de Armand
Jacob Smith
Shenandoah Valley
Phil Sheridan
Stonewall Jackson
Lee
Beauregard
England
Mahon Pa
Andersonville
Mr. Richardson
Mr. Mason
Mr. Neville
Neb
Republican Party
Immigration Bill Advances With Higher Head Tax
Senator Pen rose the committee on immigration reported the general immigration bill with many amendments. The proposal raises the head tax to 3 per immigrant and extends it to overland arrivals paid by transportation companies. Deportation deadline extends to three years after landing and carriers pay half the inland transport costs after departure.
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Washington
Penrose
Committee On Immigration
Seaboard
Importation of Anarchists and Aliens Under Labor Rules
Government points to rules on importing anarchists and insane or diseased persons. It also bans bringing in contract laborers and forbids influencing aliens by promising work under the latter heading.
Opening conference weighs Nicaragua canal route
Washington reports the initial conferees favor Nicaragua as outlined in the House bill led by Hepburn and Davey while Fletcher of Minnesota prefers the Panama route. The talks expect no permanent deadlock but indicate strong insistence on Nicaragua may occur at the outset.
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Washington
House
Nicaragua
Messrs
Hepburn and
Davey
Fletcher
Minnesota
Naval appropriation conference report incomplete
Washington June 24 The conference report on the naval appropriation bill was agreed to by the Senate but remains partial with many Senate amendments still in dispute. Unsettled issues include navy expansion torpedo boats shipbuilding in government yards and staffing and midshipman increases. Senate amendments for a great lakes naval training station were accepted by the conference.
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Washington
Senate
Great Lakes
Ways and Means Moves to Revise Tariff Drawback System
The Ways and Means Committee directs the subcommittee on customs to draft a measure revising the draw back rules for tariff duties on imported raw materials used in exported finished goods. Republicans unify on need for relief and treasury protection against fraud after a closed-door conference.
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Ways and Means
Washington
Subcommittee On Customs
Treasury
Manley Backs Roosevelt For 1904 Nomination
Joseph H. Manley of Maine declares support for Theodore Roosevelt for President in 1904 and pledges Maine delegation, denying any aim to inflate the Elkins balloon. The remark came as he visited Washington on June 24.
No Bankruptcy Legislation Advances in Present Session
Washington reports June 24 that the bankruptcy amendment bill, passed by the house, will not be further considered this session as the subcommittee plans to adjourn soon. Also notes Roosevelt nominees for Iowa posts, a veto on desertion records, Foraker’s Porto Rico study trip approval, and Roosevelt’s vacation start with a Hartford trip.
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Washington
House
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Roosevelt
Ephraim H. Gallion
Tennessee
War Department
Missouri National Bank Kansas City Receives Final Dividend
Washington June 24 The comptroller of the currency declares a final dividend of 12 percent for creditors of the Missouri National Bank of Kansas City.
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Washington
Missouri National Bank of Kansas City
Snow and sleet cover Lorain ground in June
Snow and sleet fell in Lorain Ohio on June 24 the fall sufficient to cover the ground.
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Ohio
Lorain, O
Roads confiscate coal as miners fear work stoppage
Indianapolis June 24 miners face possible work halt as railroads confiscate coal for two weeks. Illinois mines show similar strain while manufacturers seek ahead supplies but railroads rush to unload cars. If cars are not moved soon Indiana could see a near halt with operators unable to fill orders.
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Indianapolis
Illinois
Indiana Mines
Indiana
Operators Cite Property Attacks Over Mitchell Claims
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania June 24 operators cite fence fires trestling arsons and shootings across the region to dispute President Mitchell. They say the strike era shows distress none among workers and anticipate mines reopening with or without strikers.
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Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
Hollenback
Station
Dunyea
Olyphant
Pottsville
Hazleton
Shenandoah
George Hartlein
Building and Loan Association
Delaware and Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Scranton Coal Company
State Mine Workers Board Adjourns After Long Session
Springfield reporters reveal little about the meeting as the United Mine Workers of America executive board wraps a ten hour session and declines to release details while members from various cities return home.
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Springfield
United Mine Workers of America
Fire at State Institution Burns Laundry Building
A large laundry building in the Minors Asylum for Feeble-Minded people burned, valued at 15000 dollars. No deaths, but inmates were excited. one employee injured amid a near panic. Labor Leader for Congress. Genese Ind June 24. Fred R. Bobworth, Musicians' union member and labor activist, declares as independent Republican candidate for congress in this district.
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Lincoln, Tl
Minofs Asylum
Congress
Genese Ind
Fred R. Bobworth
Musicians’ Union
David T Littler Dies After Long Illness
Springfield, June 24. David T Littler longtime Illinois Republican figure died after a yearlong illness. Born February 7, 1836 in Clifton Green County Ohio he moved to Lincoln and earned a law career after early carpentry. He served as justice of the peace master in chancery collector of internal revenue and legislator in the Sangamon county area. He was a brother in law of Richard J Oglesby and a stalwart Republican.
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Springfield
Ill
David T. Littler
Illinois
Clifton
Green County
Ohio
Lincoln
Thirty-Fourth General Assembly
Sangamon County
State Senate
Ben F. Caldwell
Two Killed In Collision At Mingo Junction Fog
In heavy fog on the Cleveland and Pittsburgh line at Mingo Junction two light engine trains collided killing C R Walker F W McElroy LL Cooper Earl Frazier M Miller H A Wiggins Edward McMillen Charles McMillen and H J Hannaford and injuring a number of others. Both engines were wrecked.
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Cleveland and Pittsburg
Mingo Junction
C. R. Walker
F. W. McElroy
LL. F. Cooper
Earl Frazier
M. Miller
H. A. Wiggins
Edward
Charles McMillen
H. J. Hannaford
Botany Expert Killed by Express Train in New Jersey
William K. McDonald, a member of the Agassiz Association of Scientific Review of New York, was struck by an express train while crossing a railroad near Lyons Farms, New Jersey, after foraging ferns. He died from the collision.
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New York
William K. McDonald
Agassiz Association of Scientific Review of
Lyons Farms
N. J
Portable Engine Explosion Fatal on Indiana Farm
A portable engine exploded on George W. Rowe’s Indiana farm killing engineer Tom Rowe and fatally injuring George W. Rowe Harry Rowe John W Hamas and Harry Rowe Jr A woman injured by flying debris. In Indianapolis a 27 year old Shelbyville woman Katie Lecher died after her hat was blown off and she sprang after it hitting her head.
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Mount Vernon
Ind
George W. Rowe
Tom Rowe
Harry Rowe
John W. Hamas
Indianapolis
Katie Lecher
Shelbyville
Baron Oppenheim Studies American Settlement Methods
Baron Max Oppenheim counselor of the German embassy at Cairo travels in the United States to study how large land tracts were settled and opened along railway lines. He aims to learn from American settlement practices and land distribution. The June 24 report notes his observational tour across multiple regions.
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San Francisco
Baron Max Oppenheim
Cairo
Egypt
United States
Umbrella mender heir reappears joins sister in Kalamazoo
Fred Warner, one of five heirs to a $100000 estate, was found in South Bend Indiana and has traveled to Kalamazoo Michigan to unite with his sister who believed him dead. Warner has spent years wandering the country mending umbrellas.
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South Bend
Ind
Fred Warner
Kalamazoo
Mich
Warner
New Ocean Record Set by Niner Caracas
The Niner Caracas arrived in New York from San Juan after a 1,380 mile voyage in ninety seven and one half hours, beating the previous record by two and a half hours.
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New York
Caracas
San Juan
Women at Murder Trial Hear Evidence on Death-Bed Statement
Eldorado Kansas June 24 In the Jessie Morrison murder trial much time was consumed in hearing evidence to prove that Mrs. Olin Castles death bed statement was properly drawn up. The audience was made up principally of women.
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Eldorado
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Explosion Kills Two In Tennessee Rail Camp
A blast at the railroad camp of William Park in La Follette Tennessee killed Herb Jones and Martha Chapman. Their house was blown apart. A baby sleeping inside was thrown far but unharmed.
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la Follette
Tenn
William Park
Herb Jones
Martha Chapman
Death of UW Madison Dean In Engineering In Fennville
Prof John B Johnson dean of the college of engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison died instantly when a wheel ran over his head after a wagon bolted on a load of household goods near Pier Grove. His son Max was unharmed. He had been head of the college since 1899 and was a noted educator and speaker. President Birge eulogized his leadership in building the engineering program.
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Fennville
Mich
John B. Johnson
College of Engineering
University of Wisconsin At
Max
Rean Johnson
Washington University
St. Louis
Society For the Promotion of Engineering Education
Madison
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Engineers’ Club
Wisconsin University
Birge
Wis
Dean Johnson
University of Wisconsin
Fire Wipes Out Madison Business District
Fire caused by a lantern overturn in a Madison stable destroys a large part of the city’s business section. Damage is estimated at 200000 dollars as many residents join in the blaze response and about a score of horses perish.
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Madison
Barge Burns Near Lake Superior Ship Canal
A barge towing two consorts is reported burning eight miles off the Lake Superior ship canal near Houghton Michigan. The vessel is thought to be the Leland. A life saving crew has been dispatched to the scene for rescue.
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Houghton
Mich
Lake Superior Ship Canal
Leland
Finds Lost Gold Mine Near Helena
An old bed in Last Chance Creek near Helena Montana has been found by a well digger after thirty five years of searching. The site previously yielded $15,000,000 in gold and may prove another bonanza.
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Helena
Mont
Last Chance Creek
Kaiser's Train Fired On Paris Probe Initiated
Report says a shot hit the train carrying the German emperor to Düsseldorf. The bullet pierced a first class carriage as authorities investigate the incident.
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Kaiser
Paris
Rappel
Dusseldorf
Pelea
Daughters Die After Carriage Runaway in Indiana
In Warsaw Indiana on June 24 Edna and Elsie Beigh daughters of Nelson J Beigh of Claypool were thrown from a carriage in a runaway. Edna died from a fractured skull and Elsie survived with injuries.
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Warsaw
Ind
Edna and
Elsie Beigh
Nelson J. Beigh
Claypool
Coronation Journey From Windsor To Buckingham Palace
London crowds greet the king and queen on the Windsor to Buckingham route as thousands offer cheers and prayers for Edward and Victoria. Decorators work late in the city while carriages, postilions, and mounted troops accompany the royal procession on a hot day.
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London
Windsor
Victoria
Buckingham
Edward
Paddington
Buckingham Palace
Results of Ball Games Across Leagues
American League Chicago defeated Detroit 8 to 0. National League Pittsburg won 7 to 2 over Chicago. Brooklyn beat New York 8 to 1. Boston 5 Philadelphia 1. American Association Kansas City 8 Toledo 1. Louisville 8 St Paul Columbus 17. Milwaukee 44 Western League games include Three-Eye Lebo Ne Bloomington 2, Rockford 0 Gee Rapids 8, Terre Haute 30? Decatur 9. Rock Island 8 Evansville 4.
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Detroit
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Toledo
Mendianapolo
Louisville
St. Paul Columbus
Milwaukee
Joseph
Denver
Omaha
Peoria
Des Moines
Colorado Springs
Bloomington
Rockford
Ogee Rapids
Terre Haute
Decatur
TNGR
Rock Island
Evansville
Escapes Trolley, Wealthy Miner Dies in New York
Charles Cass Minister, a wealthy mine owner, died of heart disease after barely escaping a trolley car. The incident occurred at Seventeenth Street and Fourth Avenue as the tram wheels passed over him. The report notes his narrow escape preceded the fatal heart condition.
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New York
Charles
Cass
Seventeenth Street
Fourth Avenue
Nihilists Kill Warsaw Governor’s Secretary in Coswobia
A telegram from Eydtkuhn reports two Nihilists shot and killed M. Lotz, the secretary to the Warsaw governor, as he passed through Coswobia. No arrests have been made. Juan Mina ba, an Acoma Pueblo Indian from near Las Cruces New Mexico, died by self-inflicted action after being whipped by his mother-in-law following him whipping his wife. Haya Barnett near South Union Kentucky killed his mother-in-law with a satovelid, claiming he was throwing at his wife when arrested.
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Parla
Eydtkuhen
M. Lotz
Warsaw
Coswobia
el Paso
Tex
Juan
Minaba
Las Cruces
N. M
Bowling Green
Haya Barnett
South Union
Train Kills Three in Seattle Tragedy
Seattle witnesses a fatal railroad accident as Miss Helen Stratton and Miss Imma Ramstead die instantly at O'Brien street after being struck by a Northern Pacific train. James Miller dies three hours later at the scene.
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Seattle
Wash
Helen Stratton
Imma Ramstead
Northern Pacific
O'Brien
James Miller
Boy Drowns Off Havana Steamer Echo
Claude Richards, 13, son of Henry Richards, was thrown from a small boat by waves from the steamer Eleanor and drowned near Havana Illinois on June 24.
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Milwaukee
Racine
Goodrich Line
Waukegan
Chicago
Boy
Havana
Ill
Claude Richards
Henry Richards
Eleanor
Duke of Manchester Restores Peerage After Debt Clearance
London reporters say the Duke of Manchester took the oath and resumed his seat in the House of Lords after his financial disabilities were removed. The ceremony followed settlement of prior debts.
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Duke of Manchester
House of Lords
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