National Democratic Conference Call Issued for May 25
Milwaukee Wis May 23 Ed ward C Wall National Democratic committee issues call for informal conference in St Louis May 25. Invitations go to members individually and Bryan and other leaders are expected. Missouri Democracy to host about 1500 guests amid talks on future party work.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Edrd C. Wall
National Democratic
St. Louis
W. Stone
J. G. Johnson
Actne
National Committee
Jones
Europe
Missouri Democracy
Scond
Uryan
Democratic Party
Vast Dawson City Fire Destroys Business District
Fire on April 26 razed 111 buildings in Dawson City causing an estimated four million dollar loss. News came via three men who escaped by canoe on April 27 risking a perilous journey. A drunken woman tied to the blaze's origin faces arrest. no fatalities reported though a fireman was injured by a burning log. The news payoffs involve private mail bribery.
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Victoria
B. C
Dawson City
Dawson
Kidnapping case stirs New York detectives and police
Detectives number thirty four and seven thousand policemen search for Marion Clark’s baby taken from Central Park the day before yesterday. The World offers one thousand dollars and the Journal two thousand for information on the child’s whereabouts.
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New York
N. Y
Marion Clark
Grain shovellers strike ends in agreement in Buffalo
Buffalo May 23 A strike by grain shovellers ends as contractor Downes signs to withdraw all shovellers and list old workers for eligibility to Local No. 51. Five member committee to judge. Shovellers and supporters expect others to return to work. Also notes memorial address invitation and local charity acts.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Downes
Keefe
Sident
Filipino General Staff Surrenders: Lawton’s Troops Reach Malolos
May 24 Manila dispatch reports Majors Guison and Mapna surrender after breaking through lines. Lawton’s rear guard of 22nd Infantry loses one killed and fifteen wounded in a ten mile running fight from San Miguel to Balinag. twenty insurgents captured. Lawton arrives at Malolos after 120 miles and 22 fights, with 28 towns taken and 300000 bushels rice destroyed. six killed and 31 wounded. Oregon and Minnesota regiments return to Manila. A separate Pasig River raft disaster sinks with five soldiers drowned.
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Guison
Mapna
Lawton
22Nd Infantry
Signal Corps
San Miguel
Balinag
Malolos
Oregon
Minnesota
Manilla
Pasig River
Peace Jubilee Parade Opens Washington Observance
The May 24 celebration featured a 5000 strong parade of regular and naval units, a gun salute from the Dolphin, national bells and fireworks. Gen Wheeler rode in full uniform, saluting the crowd as Sousa’s Hands Across the Sea played. Manila fighting reported with Gen McArthur and Gen Funston repelling about 800 insurgents near San Fernando.
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State
War and Navy
Treasury Building
White House
Miles
Gen. Wheeler
Sousa
Manila
Honors American scientists in Royal Institute centenary
The Royal Institute of Great Britain elected honorary members in its centenary commemoration. Langly, astronomer and Smithsonian secretary, Michelson a Chicago physicist, Thurston mechanical engineer at Sibley College Cornell, Geo Frederick Parker University of Pa physics professor, Wilson president of Washington and Lee University and former Postmaster General.
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London
Royal Institute of Great Britain
Langly
Smithsonian Institute
Michelson
Chicago
Thurston
Sibley College
Cornell University
Geo
Frederick Parker
University of Pa
Wilson
Washington and Lee University
Raleigh to be Decommissioned and Rearned Command
The Raleigh will be put out of commission immediately at Portsmouth New Hampshire. Captain Coghlan is detached from the Raleigh and ordered to Bremerton Washington to command off Puget Sound Naval Station.
Post Office Boycott Hurts Lake City Residents
Lake City South Carolina May 23 communities push to restore the post office halted after the murder of a black postmaster. Locals must fetch mail from a distant railroad station miles away and cannot mail on trains as the car slots close at Lake City.
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Post Office
Lake City
S. C
Baker
Strikers Resume Work at Buffalo Docks Clearing Path
Buffalo strikers of all classes return to work on the docks this morning with no trouble reported. In New York, Governor Roosevelt sent a message to the legislature urging an appropriation for the reception of Admiral Dewey.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Gov. Roosevelt
Admiral Dewey
Russia to begin surveys for Manchurian railway link
A Times dispatch from Pekin reports Russian Minister Degiers told T'sung Li Yamen that Moscow cannot meet Chinese wishes and will immediately start surveys to connect the Manchurian railway with Pekin.
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London
the Times
Pekin
Degiers
T’sung Li Yamen
China
Consul Clark's Body Reaches Home in New York
The steamship Helvetia arrived in New York with the body of U S Consul Clark from Pernambuco. He died on the voyage while returning home to New Hampshire.
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New York
Helvetia
U. S
Clark
Pernambuco
New Hampshire
Fourteen Drowned in Danube Ferry Disaster
A Danube ferry capsized near Strausburg Bavaria causing fourteen deaths today. Rescue efforts were underway as authorities investigated the incident and identified the victims.
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Berlin
Danube
Strausburg
Bavaria
Fire destroys Red Bank electric car house
A fire in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, destroyed the car house of the Red Bank and Long Branch Electric Railway, burning sixteen streetcars and causing an estimated loss of fifty thousand dollars. Local authorities investigate the cause as residents assess the damage.
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Red Bank
N. J
Red Bank and
Long Branch Electric Railway
Shrewsbury
Queen Victoria Birthday Celebrations Across Cities
In London the Windso and Eton musical societies serenaded the Queen as London decorates for her birthday. The U S Ambassador Choate sent a congratulatory telegram and services in St Pauls Cathedral drew vast crowds. Similar celebrations spread through India and Manila with American participation aboard the Powerful.
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Windso
Eton
Queen Victoria
U. S
Legation
Royal Chapel
Choate
St. Paul’s Cathedral
India
McKinley
Washington
Local man from High Point dies after sudden collapse
B L Jordan of High Point returned from the Charleston reunion and died last week while sitting on his back steps. Cause listed as apoplexy. The last Legislature created a whiskey Dispensary for Warrenton set to open July 1 with J J Loughlin in charge and the store leased for the dispensary.
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High Point
Charleston
Warrenton
J. J. Loughlin
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