Butchers Forced to Retire Over Fixed Prices Inquiry
Jefferson City reports reveal in St Louis that uniform and fixed meat prices plus a secret rebate exist as the beef trust inquiry proceeds. Witnesses describe weekly c o d price setting by Armour Swift Nelson Morris and Cudahy, with rebates on pork and dispatches to steer buyers.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Jefferson City
Beef Trust
Crow
Supreme Court
Pendeville
Prendeville
Armour, Swift
Nelson Morris
Cudahy
SS. Louis
East St. Louis
William Tamme
Swift
Ernest C. Dodge
Tamme
Meat packing price fixing case heard in St. Louis
Testimony described meat prices out of balance with cattle raises. About 100 area butchers closed, and Mound City and North St. Louis packing companies retired. Witnesses detailed packer combinations, rebates, uniform pricing, and sale of condemned meats made into sausage. T. Z. Wertz recalled a price fixing combine and losing his job over selling lard under the set price.
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St. Louis
Mound City Packing Company
North
Monett
Quincy
Ill
Topeka
Kan
Beefeaters and Bonds: Chicago Becomes Beef Trust Probe Center
United States Attorney W S Bethea returns from meeting with Attorney General Knox over the beef trust inquiry. A Washington printed injunction bill against the big packers is to be filed in Chicago likely Friday with Special Attorney Day arriving. The inquiry scope widening to include dissolution of packer contracts and seizure of in transit goods tied to alleged railway rebates.
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Chicago
United States
W. S. Bethea
Knox
Beef Trust
Washington
Arm Crushed By Pulley In Gas Engine Accident
Ed McGithens lost his left arm after it was caught in a gasoline engine pulley at Kenyon's wood yard. The belt slipped and his arm became entangled. the arm was amputated that evening. He is married and not expected to survive the shock.
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Standard
Bozeman
Ed McGithens
Copeland Stands Trial for Murder in Green River Wyoming
Ned C. Copeland was placed on trial for the murder of A. Rodgers a Swift & Co traveling man shot on a train near Green River Wyoming. Copeland formerly teller at Nebraska National Bank Omaha vanished with $10 000 missing prompting the bond company to search. Attorneys plan insanity defense as Rodgers' friends aid prosecution.
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Green River
Wyo
Ned C. Copeland
Rodgers
Swift & Co
St. Joseph
Copeland
Nebraska National Bank
Omaha
San Francisco
Thousands View the Body of Archbishop Corigan
Masses for the repose of Archbishop Corigan were said at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The bishop's body was carried into the cathedral and placed near the altar as mourners gathered by the thousands to pay last respects.
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New York
Corrigan
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Exclusion Debate Over Immoral Hula Show at Hawaii Exhibit
Honolulu reports John Barrett, St Louis fair commissioner to Asia Australia the Philippines and Hawaii, arrived on the China. Local talk on a Hawaiian exhibit at the St Louis exposition centers on banning the usual hula display seen as immoral. The territorial government may require excluding such representations as a condition for the fair.
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Honolulu
John Barrett
St. Louis
Asia
Australia
Philippines
Hawaii
China
St. Louis Exposition
Dawali
Exposition Building Sold in St Louis Auction
The St Louis exposition building sold at public auction for 280000 to Frederick W Lehman on behalf of the St Louis Union Trust company. The sale followed bondholder security for a 150000 mortgage, with only 10000 recovered. The music hall and coliseum may be torn down to make way for a library funded by a Carnegie pledge and a promised 1 million dollars for a main library and ten branches.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Exposition
Frederick W. Lehman
St. Louis Union Trust Company
Carnegie
Presidential Appointments Nominations Sent to Senate
The president today sent to the senate nominations across several departments. For Judiciary Jesse Frye is named United States attorney for the district of Washington. Navy nominees include Lieut. Edward H. Scriber lieutenant commander pay inspector, William J. Thomson pay director, and Second Lieut. FE L. Matthews marine corps first lieutenant. Postmaster Oregon Fletcher E Wilcox Milton.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary
Jesse Frye
United States
District of Washington
Navy
Edward H. Scriber
William J. Thomson
FE. L. Matthews
Marine Corps
Oregon
Fletcher’ E, Wilcox
Milton
Congress Abolishes Melter Post At Helena Assay Office
In Helena on May 7 the melter position at the U S assay office will be abolished due to Congress failing to provide an appropriation. The office, led by L A Walker and previously held by M A Meyendorff, pays 1800 annually and will be unnecessary as workers can handle duties. Also on the docket the Wetzstein appeal and Rand v Kipp cases, plus corporate filings for Yale Mining and the First Swedish Baptist church of Anaconda.
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Standard
Helena
Calvin Devois
B. H. Tatem
New York
Tatem
M. A. Meyendorff
Adolph Wetzsfhin
District Court of Silver Tow County
Boston & Montana
Largey Estate
Comanche
Supreme Court
J. W. Cotter
J. J. McHatton
Wetzstein
John F. Forbis
Othe
Rand
Kipp
Silver Bow County
Yale Mining Company
John R. Toole
J. G. Morony
Anaconda
A. J. Campbell
Butte
Nils Anderson
G. E. Nelson
William Larson
First Swedish Baptist Church of
Mt Pelee Volcano Erupts After Suffering Smoking Crater
Residents of Sofriere vicinity flee to safety as Mt Pelee continues to smoke and rumble. Cable to Martinique is interrupted and no further news is available on the volcanic outbreak.
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Sofriere
Martinique
Mt. Pelee
Great Falls Notes Special Session Honors Mrs. Allison
A special Eastern Star session and banquet honor Mrs. Rebecca Allison of Philipsburg visiting Great Falls. The article notes a push for county licensing of poolrooms in addition to city licenses and lists local civic and personal news including a youth committal for incorrigibility and a funeral service for Robert Laraway.
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Standard
Great Falls
Eastern Star
Rebecca Allison
Philipsburg
Leonard Gray
Little Chicago
District Court
Robert Laraway
Berthold
Fast Methodist
J. R. Smith
Highland Cemetery
Norman L. Durant
Mamie Wilkinson
J. A. Lacy
Great Falls & Canada Raiload
E B. Lacy
Black Bage
Montana Central
Poston
Montana
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Charles F. Richardson
New York
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Oregon
Colburn Cattle Company
Malta
Orr to Build Eight Room Residence at Washington and Dillon
Special Correspondence from Dillon reports Dr C W Orr the Bitter Root stock farm veterinary surgeon begins a two story frame home at the Washington and Dillon streets corner. The eight room house with modern conveniences will cost about 8600 dollars. Carloads of saddle horses shipped for British inspection for South African service. Lambing is strong and a record lamb crop expected. Rocky Mountain Oil Company incorporated in South Dakota with one million capital for Dell oil fields. Eggleston to address the state normal graduation on June 12.
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Standard
Dillon
Bozeman
J. M. Conway
Pillings
Conway
Rocky Mountain Ol Company
South Dakota
Dell
B. F. White
D. W. Callahan
J. F. Wiksdal
R. A. Sullivan
Eggleston
Helena Independent
State Normal
Fatal railroad wreck in Topeka fog grounds two dead
An eastbound Union Pacific freight collided with No 14 at a North Topeka crossing in heavy fog at 3 15 this morning. Two stockmen were killed and seven injured, all aboard stockmen heading east with cattle. Names of the dead and injured are listed.
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Topeka
Kan
Union Pacific
North Topeka
Almie Candless
Stockman
Natoma
Luray
H. W. Rucker
Miles
J. E. Fields
Hoxie
John Buzzard
Belleview
John Hammerlund
St. Mary's
Ed Arnold
Chapman
Joseph Hurst
Cheyenne
Woo
George Ford
Wamego
No Polish Kingdom Demonstrations Reported in Warsaw
Vienna reports no truth to a U S news agency claim that Warsaw saw demonstrations for restoring Poland with Cos sacks charging the crowd and using knouts. The rumor said six killed 225 injured and 800 arrested including children under 10, but officials deny these events.
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Vienna
United States
Kingdom of Poland
Warsaw
Revolt in Chengtingfu China Sees 10000 Rebels
Bishop Favier reports 10,000 armed rebels with several cannon are active in Chengtingfu Hili province. Government forces are marching to the site, while the uprising is led by a military mandarin who killed his family before raising the revolt flag.
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Pekin
Favier
China
Chengtingfu
Hili
Yuen Chili
Chili
House debates statehood for Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico
The House considers enabling acts for statehood for Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma with Knox and Rodey urging approval. Arkansas opponent McRae proposes merging Oklahoma with Indian Territory. Debate centers on Uintah Utah leases and mining company interests before the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill is adopted 97 to 85.
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Washington
House
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Knox
Massachusetts
Territories
Rodey
McRae
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Senate
Uintah
Utah
First Judicial District
Sherman
New York
Little
Raven Company
Mr. Little
Florence Mining Company
Henry C. Payne
Benjamin Odell
Sutherland
Congress
Stephens
Texas
Union
Messrs. Cannon
Hemenway
McGuire Brothers and Associates Sentenced for Horse Theft
Sheriff Davis and Deputy Dan Muir took William McGuire Hugh McGuire and Frank Lowery to Deer Lodge after their sentences for stealing horses. The McGuire brothers received 18 months each and Lowery 21 months.
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Standard
Forsyth
Davis
Dan Muir
Deer Lodge
William McGuire
Hugh McGuire
Frank Lowery
McGuire Brothers
Lowery
Opium in His Possession Arrest in Tacoma
Tacoma May 7 Old man Horr known for smuggling is arrested as he exits the steamer Aberdeen from Seattle. Twenty cans of prepared opium found in his vest pocket. Held on $1,000 bail for federal court trial. Previously served 18 months for opium smuggling. Suspected attempt to move opium to Portland with confederates.
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Tacoma
W. H. Horr
Man
Horr
Aberdeen
Seattle
Brinker
United States
Clifford
Portland
Harr
General Chaffee sails to Mindanao for Moorish conference
General Chaffee sails today on the transport Ingals for the Llano district in Mindanao. General Davis reports the military governor's presence would favor the Moros and Chaffee orders a rapid conference with the surviving sultans and dattos.
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Manila
Chaffee
Ingals
Llano
Mindanao
Davis
Philippines
Ports of Samar Opened to Trade May 15
Manila reports the island of Samar ports ordered opened to trade beginning May 15.
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Manila
Island
Samar
Earthquake Expected in St Vincent After Island Warnings
Reports from St Thomas D W I dated May 7 say islanders in St Vincent in the British West Indies have been warned of expected earthquakes for several days, with authorities monitoring seismic activity and advising precautionary measures.
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St. Thomas, D. W. I
Island of St. Vincent
British West Indies
Laura Howard Praises Pinkham Compound in Letter
Chicago resident Laura Howard credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with restoring her health after years of pain swelling nervousness and insomnia. She asserts doctors often guess and urges other women to seek Pinkham's advice by writing to the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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South End Ladies’ Golf Club
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Laura
Newberry Ave
Montana Pioneer Davis Dies in Boulder After Long Life
William G. Davis a Montana pioneer dies in Boulder aged about 75. Born in Virginia in 1832 he spent youth in Eastern Kentucky and moved through Aldergulch and Butte before settling near Boulder with a niece Mrs. John Sheehy. He worked in placer mines and remained active until leg loss twenty years ago. His two daughters and a son live near his Kentucky home.
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The
Standard
Boulder
William G. Davis
MontAna
Virginia
Kentucky
Plains
Aldergulch
Butte
William Owsley
Totson
John Sheehy
Railroads Behind Ocean Steamer Syndicate To Control Rates
A dispatch reports major American railways may become principal owners of a new steamship syndicate. The plan aims to make ocean lines feeders to U S trunk lines, allowing rate control from interior points to European centers. Underwriters total 50 million dollars, with railroads like Pennsylvania and New York Central rumored involved.
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New York
Evening Post
London
Ocean Lines
United States
Eastern Trunk Lines
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Erie
Reading
Baltimore & Ohio
Resignation Ends Hilton’s Tenure as Salt Lake City Chief
Thomas A. Hilton resigns as Salt Lake City police chief after years of council clashes. Captain Samuel Paul, also nominated by Mayor Thompson, is immediately confirmed as police chief. Paul has previously served as chief for brief periods.
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Salt Lake City
Thomas A. Hilton
Samuel Paul
Thompson
Hilton
Paul
One More Juror Secured in Mortensen Murder Trial
Salt Lake City May 7 one more juror was secured today for the Peter Mortensen murder trial of James Hay. Most veniremen were excused due to firm opinions on guilt and authorities expect nearly a week more to select a jury.
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Salt Lake City
Peter Mortensen
James Hay
Rev Timothy Maguire Found Dead at Parish House
Chicago reports Rev Timothy Maguire pastor of St Kevin's Church on 105th Street and Torrance Avenue was found drowned in a bath tub at the parish house. The death is attributed to drowning.
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Chicago
Timothy Maguire
St. Kevin’s
105Th Street
Torrance Avenue
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Heywood Shoes
Oxfords
Beaverhead and
Province
Chin
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Mexico
Unntah Indian Reservation
Laura Howard
ING Steamship Combine
Chief Hilton
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