Street car strike erupts in Lakewood riot and casualties
In Lakewood amid the Cleveland streetcar strike, four men were wounded by bullets, a car burned, and crowds attacked crews. Motorman Elsholz was shot in the leg. guards Gray and Alexander were shot in the chest. Burlingame suffered a hand wound as police and crowds clashed. The night also saw a girl killed on Woodland Avenue, and a mob attempted to lynch a conductor. Police mobilized sixty officers, and state arbitrators pursued a settlement while strikers pressed petitions under a new initiative law to challenge the franchise.
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Morning Journal
Cleveland
Lakewood
Clifton
W. J. Barnes
Bollinswan
P. C. Elsholz
John Gray
George Alexander
Mace Burlingame
Yetta Waltkinson
Woodland Avenue
Iter
Municipal Traction Company
Carmen’s Union
Cleveland and Southwestern
Loraine Avennue
J. M. Gray
Tima
C. Eisholz
Municipal Company
Joseph Gray
Eho
Iarry Burlingame
Riot Victims Suffer Multiple Injuries Across City
An unknown man is shot in the leg away from the crowd by friends. H Newman of Wade Park, a motor man, was beaten by ten men on Lake View Avenue, suffering a concussion. Alfred Musser, a car conductor, was badly beaten about the head by a crowd after a fatal Woodland Avenue incident. Mrs Mary Chopinski was struck on the head with a club while police dispersed rioters. Albert St Older, eight, fell from a Madison Avenue car amid stones and had his right leg amputated. Maldred Turburt sustained a neck laceration from a dynamite cartridge explosion under a Detroit Avenue car at Lake Avenue.
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H. Newman
Wade
Alfred Musser
Girs
Woodland Avenue
Mary Chopinski
Albert St. Older
Madison Avenue
Detroit Avenue
Lake Avenue
Rioting in street car strike leaves several wounded in Lakewood
In Cleveland suburb Lakewood the street car strike escalated tonight as strike supporters clashed with deputy sheriffs. Three men were shot with Charles Marvin among the wounded. A car was set ablaze and a boy was killed when run down on East Woodland avenue.
Speer Re-elected Denver Mayor After Bitter Campaign
Robert W Speer narrowly defeats Horace Phelps in a heated Denver mayoral race noted for personal attacks and church opposition to Speer. Speer leads a large turnout totaling over 70,000 registered voters with women casting a sizable vote amid fraud-prevention measures and party-backed business allies spanning both parties.
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Morning Journal
Denver
Robert W Speer
Horace Phelps
Phelps
Municipal Ownership League
Local Option Party
Speer
Davoren
Democratic City Central Committee
Fire and Police Board
Churches and Ministerial Alliance
Business Men's League
Mulat Hafig Still in the Field
Paris reports a dispatch from May 20 stating General Bagdani commander of Abdul Aziz army is cut off as parts defect to Mulai Hafiq. An envoy of the southern sultan negotiates surrender while Mullai Hafig reached Mequiniz May 16 amid tribal opposition and growing setbacks.
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Ky Morning Journal
Paris
Bagdani
Sultan Abdul Aziz
Mulai Hafiq
South
Mullai Hafig
Mequeniz
Twenty-Five Land Bills Passed by House
Washington May 19. The House passed twenty five land related bills covering several states. The package includes measures authorizing land transfers and related matters.
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Washington
House
Land Grant and Policy Actions Under Suspension Rules
Under suspension of the rules, measures included granting 15,000 acres to Kansas, transferring Port Supply military reservation to Oklahoma for an insane asylum, relieving certain classes of homesteaders, confirming patents for lands entered under military bounty warrants, and extending mining laws to the Bitter Root mining district.
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Kansas
State of
Oklahoma
Ann Insane Asylum
United States
Bitter Root Valley
Republican Caucus on Anti Injunction Act
Washington May 1 A caucus of Republican members of the House is called for tomorrow evening to decide the party’s stance on anti injunction legislation this session. The move follows a formal petition signed by fifty members. It is expected that no anti injunction bill will pass, or if approved it will resemble the conservative Payne bill.
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Washington
House
Methodists Decide Upon Eight Bishops
Baltimore reports that the Methodist Episcopal general conference settled on eight new bishops after debating a report proposing ten. The committee also stated all existing bishops are effective, with Bishop J M Thorburn of Indiana retiring at his request.
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Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
J. M. Thoburn
Indiana
Democratic state convention to pick delegates in June
Kentucky convention in Lexington reports the Democratic state meeting for selecting delegates to the national convention will be held in June. The event centers in Lexington with delegates to align for the forthcoming national gathering.
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Kentucky
Lexington
France Faces Eight Million Dollar Deficit
Paris reports the 1909 budget shows a deficit of 8.8 million dollars with revenue of 785.8 million and expenditures of 794.6 million. To cover the gap France will tighten duties on stock and bond transfers and enforce regulations to curb evasions, raise 6.2 million, boost saloon licenses for absinthe by 2 million, and adjust other taxes. A bill may require water power monopolies to pay a portion of profits and rent concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Caillaux
Oklahoma-bound bandits flee after $35500 train robbery
Report from El Paso special agents says three men who robbed French station No M last Thursday are heading toward Oklahoma with fresh horses. A spur bearing a suspect’s name was found on the trail and a posse is pursuing by train. In Las Vegas two strangers were arrested in connection with the same holdup but police say they are not involved.
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My Morning Journal
el Paso
Texas
el Paso and Southwestern Railroad Company
French Station
Oklahoma
Las Vegas
N M
Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe
French, N. M
Soted Artist Passes Away
New York reports Charles Frederick Ulrich—prominent painter with acclaim in America and abroad—died in Berlin on May 15 at age 50.
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New York
Charles Frederick Ulrich
America
Berlin
Sultan Concedes French Demands Over Peraclea Mines
Paris reports French ambassador Constans says the porte recognizes the French demands in the Peraclea mines affair and that the incident is closed.
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Sultan
Paris
M Constans
Constantinople
Porte
Peraclea
Senator Dunby Re elected to again serve in Senate
Baton Rouge May 19 United States Senator Samuel D. Dunby was unanimously chosen to succeed himself by both the senate and house today, securing another term in the upper chamber.
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Baton Rouge
Marston
Nvely
Dunby
United States
Samuel D. Dunby
Senate
House
Elderly Father Kills Himself After Marriage Plan
Aghast report from New York details the death of an aged man who, in a fatal act, turns a gun on himself following anger over plans to wed a young schoolteacher. Police say the tragedy ends the elder’s pursuit of marriage to the teacher.
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New York
Parricide and suicide shock New York drug magnate clan
In May 1908 George E. Sterry, Sr., 72, chief of Weaver and Sterry and Bloomfield Mills president, is shot dead in his Pine Street office by his 40 year old son George E. Sterry Jr. who then kills himself. A rambling letter reveals a deranged plan to marry Rachel Blaikie and avoid family shame. The family includes other Sterrys in oil, coal, and finance roles.
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New York
George E. Sterry
George E. Sterry, Jr
Sterry
Pine Street
Weaver & 8 Sterry, Limited
Bloomfield Mills Company
Spring Coal Company
Manhattan Square Hotel
Weaver & Sterry
William Dewit Sterry
John W
James
Rachel Blaikie
East Orange
N. J
George Sterry
Sterry-Blaikie
Fenetewood
Cameron Blaikie
D. Eddy
Fast Orange
George Edward Ste
Ninth Avenue
George ER. Sterry, JR
Daughter of Professor Blaikie Noted in East Orange Obituary
The passage identifies a daughter of the late Professor William Blaikie, longtime New York local fraternity member and former counsel for Mrs. Hey tireen, with ties to East Orange. It notes his longstanding professional and community roles.
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East Orange
William Blaikie
New York
Heytireen
Bride Elect Prostrated by News of Grim Tragedy
Miss Rachel Platkie of Orange North Carolina learned of the murder and suicide of her fiancé Chorge FE Sterry in New York. The tragedy occurred as she was to be married in early June and had recently resigned from her teaching position in Newark.
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Orange
N. C
Rachel Platkie
Chorge FE
Sterry
New York
Blaihkie
Seventh Street School
Newark
Land fraud trial drags wearily on
Washington May 19 Practically all of today's session of the trial in criminal court of Messrs Hyde Reynolds Benson and Schneider as charge of conspiracy to defraud the government of valuable lands in the west was consumed in the cross examination of J I Shearman the government's handwriting expert Asked if he believed in the science of expert analysis of handwriting Shearman replied With all my heart The defense sought to strike his testimony but the court ruled it should be received though its use would be guarded by final instructions to the jury
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Washington
Criminal Court
Messrs. Hyde
Remond
Benson
Schneider
Wefraul
J. I. Shearman
Shearman
District of Columbia delegates to Denver clash in party split
The Carr faction of the DC Democratic party elected uninstructed delegates to the Denver convention. They will contest seating of Kelley faction delegates chosen at the May 23 primary, which was held today. An Army officer faces trial over alleged irregularities in recruiting duties in Des Moines. John Drew to perform new play Jack Straw in America next season.
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Washington, D. C
Carr
Democracy of the
District of Columbia
Denver
Kelley
Hell
War Department
George
Des Moines
John Drew
London
America
Jack Straw
Charles Hawtrey
French Soldiers In Africa Accused Of Maltreatment
Berlin reports German minister to Morocco Dr. Rosen describes French troops in Africa maltreating a man protected by Germany. The man carried a letter from German consul Luederitz to French commanders. an officer spat on the consul’s letter. Luederitz filed a complaint with Fez, now under foreign office review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Foreign Office
Rosen
Morocco
Herr Luederitz
Fez
No Opposition to Bryan at Missouri Democratic Convention
Bryan is expected to face likely no opposition at the Missouri state convention opening tomorrow in Jefferson City. The convention focuses on party unity and standard democratic instructions for the upcoming campaign.
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Bryan
Jefferson City
Non Union Carmen Beaten In Court
Judge Walker in the county court refused to issue the injunction sought by eight non union employees of the Chicago Railway company to prevent their discharge at union demand. He said the injunction would bar unions from striking and force workers to labor against their will. The ruling allows workers to organize while protecting the right to quit or be discharged. French plan to stay in Morocco noted with government decision on evacuation in principal, General D Amade to oversee post dispositions.
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Uuion
Morocco
Paris
Petit Republique
Chavillia
D'Amade
King Edward To Spend Week With Russian Czar
London reports King Edward will spend a week with the Russian emperor and empress. He plans to sail from Portsmouth on May 28 after President Fallovi e's visit to London, aboard the royal yacht.
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Edward
London
Russia
Portsmouth
Fallovie
King and Emperor Meet for First Time Since Accession
The monarch meets the emperor for the first time since his accession. The previous encounter occurred at the funeral of Emperor Alexander in 1894, when the King was the prince of Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Prince of Wales
Death of Brigadier General Whittier on Mauretania
Cunard officials report General Charles A. Whittier died aboard the Mauretania from heart failure during the voyage from New York to Queenstown. Some passengers alleged he was scalded after turning on hot water in the bath, but this claim is not confirmed.
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Queenstown
Cunard Steamship Company
Charles A. Kittier
United States of America
Mauretania
New York
Optimistic Report on President Cleveland’s Condition
Lakewood New Jersey May 19 Former President Cleveland shows steady improvement according to a statement issued by Lakewood hotel manager Pecker for Mrs Cleveland During the past week Mrs Cleveland has visited the patient several times and been away on other occasions Dr Bryant is with the patient tonight
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Lakewood
N. J
Trever Cleveland
Pecker
Lakewood Hotel
Cleveland
Fog Delays Major Liners Off Cherbourg
Dense fog in the channel delays several steamers including the Pennsylvania Oceanic Glutonie and Kaister Wilhelm Der Grosse reaching Cherbourg with significant timetable disruption reported.
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Cherbourg
Pennsylvania
Oceanic
Glutonie
Manufacturers Oppose Political Class Agitation At Convention
New York May 19 The National Association of Manufacturers adopting a resolution urged opposition to class battle rhetoric in party platforms and to coordinate with other associations. It backed a permanent tariff commission to revise schedules and sought ocean mail subsidy support in the post office bill. The group favored Philippine market closures to foreign trade and endorsed federal incorporation as a national objective.
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Morning Journal
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Permanent
Tariff Commission
House of Representatives
Philippines
Committee On National Incorporation
Brotherhood Admits Electric Motormen
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at its international convention voted to admit engineers of all electrically drawn trains on steam railroads. Also decided to admit Cuban engineers to the brotherhood. In Paris the French Parliament reconvened under Clemenceau with summer debates on income tax and Western railroad purchase. The Alice mill of Woonsocket Rubber will resume full-time operations next Tuesday after a two month shutdown, employing 1,500 workers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Brother of Locomotive Engineers
Cuba
Paris
Clemenceau
Woonsocket, R. I
Woonsocket Rubber Company
New British Ambassador Named for Turkey
London May 19 Gierard A Lowther British minister at Tangier is appointed to succeed Sir Nicholas R Connor who died in Constantinople in March as British ambassador to Turkey Carlosotype
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gierard A. Lowther
Tangier
Nicholas R. Conner
Constantinople
Turkey
Teeth prove Mrs. Gunness died in Laporte fire
Laporte report confirms Bella Gunness death by identifying upper and lower dental bridges from the burned home. Dentist Dr. Norton positively matched the lower bridge to her work and noted the gold crowns. Coroner to issue finding. some skeptics remain about her leaving the scene alive.
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Morning Journal
Laporte
Ind
Bella Gunness
I. P. Norton
Chicago
Samutzer
William Reidinger
Delafield
Wis
Reidinger
Jennie Graham
Tenney Street
Waukesha
Indiana
Henry Gurholdt
Scandinavia
Pullman Porter Bandit Suspect Linked Across Case
Mexico City May 19 A pullman porter and two sleeping cars attached to a train en route to Vera Cruz were robbed by two negroes at gunpoint. They held up the workers during a washout stalled night in Tllasieala state, taking about $10 000 in money and valuables. Suspected complicity noted as investigators review the intricate hold up.
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Morning Journal
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Tlasieala
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General Synod of the Reformed Church of the United States
France
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Whittier
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