President McKinley Arrives Sneaking to San Francisco
President McKinley brings Mrs. McKinley to San Francisco for rest after her sudden illness. The party moves from Del Monte with Dr. Rixey and Secretary Cortelyou reporting her condition as not serious but needing rest. A decision on attending San Jose will hinge on her status at 9 am tomorrow.
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San Francisco
McKinley
Southern Pacific
Third
Townsend Streets
Valencia Street
San Joe
San Jose
Rixey
Monterey
Mrs McKinley Urges Keeping Planned Presidential Tour
Del Monte California May 12 Mrs McKinley’s illness casts a shadow over the party but she requests the itinerary remain as fixed and the president plans to rejoin the group soon. The party departs at 8 am with a stop at Pajaro then Santa Cruz to view the big trees.
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San Francisco
McKinley
Akron man sought for murder in Ohio case
Frank G. Kelly of Akron, with Deputy Sheriff Arthur, arrived in Clinton Massachusetts by Ohio governor’s requisition for Joe Wade who is wanted for the murder of Joe Turner in Akron on November 21, 1899. Wade, believed to have lived here six months working on a water board contract, showed fear but agreed to return to Akron. They left Clinton at noon.
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Clinton
Mass
Frank G. Kelly
Akron
Ohio
Arthur
Joe Wade
Joe Turner
Wade
Chicago
Metropolitan Water Board
Noted Horseman John Tucker Dead in Chicago
John Tucker a longtime prominent figure in horse circles and known to leading owners and drivers of the country died in Chicago today of apoplexy.
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Chicago
John Tucker
Sawmill Boiler Explosion Claims Two In Oklahoma
A boiler at Riley's sawmill near Stroud exploded yesterday in Guthrie Oklahoma killing engineer Oscar McAlley and fatally scalding Solomon Riley.
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Guthrie
Okla
Riley
Stroud
Oscar McAlley
Solomon Riley
Russian Loan Dominates St. Petersburg News
In St. Petersburg on May 12 the principal topic was M. de Witte’s new loan placed with Paris bankers. Industries anticipate sufficient railway orders as a result of the arrangement.
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St. Petersburg
M. de Witte
Paris
French Foreign Minister Promises Funds for Reopened Works
The St. Petersburg Herald reports that M Delcasse promised M de Witte to secure French financiers for a loan during Delcasse's visit. The minister of finance had already indicated to the American press that no loan was involved, and a reopening of various works was being planned after closures or scale reductions.
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St. Petersburg
M. Delcasse
M. de Witte
Dedication Postponed for United Brethren Centennial Event
Frederick Maryland May 12 centennial quadrennial conference of the United Brethren Church of Christ postpones the dedication of the Centennial Memorial church on Second street until next Sunday due to unsettled debt. Bishops and conference leaders witness proceedings across venues as services continue in classrooms and the opera house with church pulpits filled by regional leaders.
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J. S. Mills
Denver
Opera House
Sublime Heroism of a Colored Man
Indianapolis May 12 Two colored workers William Phelps of Richmond Kentucky and James Staplebury of Indianapolis were engulfed by scalding steam at Cerealine mills while draining a boiler Phelps saved Staplebury but died two hours later, saying Jim who is married should go first.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Phelps
Richmond
James Staplebury
Phelps
Jim
Staplebury
Baptists Appeal for Help After Destructive Jacksonville Fire
Jacksonville ministers appeal to Baptists nationwide for aid after a May 3 fire that destroyed 132 blocks and all churches and schools in the city. The First Baptist church and counselor families lost homes and belongings. residents face homelessness and poverty as they seek funds to rebuild the temple and sustain church work. Contributions are directed to Dr. W. A. Hobson and E. K. Cleveland.
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Jacksonville
Fla
the Baptists of
Baptists of America
Florida
New South
First Baptist Church
W. A. Hobson
EK. E. Cleveland
Relief association aids Jacksonville after disaster
In Jacksonville on May 12 the relief association reports strong work in the commissary and labor departments. Labor availability is good but colored men are reluctant to work. The militia remains in the city per relief committee guidance. Liquor interests back the governor’s barroom closure, and electric light plants will light main streets within days.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Relief Association
Destructive Boiler Plate? Horse Doctor Killed in Train Collision
A quarrel behind Colby's billiard hall in St John New Brunswick on May 12 ended when the Rock Plains switch engine moved cars and fatally cut off horse doctor Ziegler's feet and injured George Browner who lost his right hand. Both men were intoxicated. Ziegler died and Browner faces amputation.
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St. John
N. B
Ziegler
George Browner
Colby
Billard Hall
Rock Plains
Browner
Tucker Woodson Taylor Dies By Own Hand In Indiana
Tucker Woodson Taylor aged 46 committed death by taking a heavy dose of chloroform and then shooting himself through the head in Greencastle Indiana. He was longtime confidential secretary to historian John Clark Ridpath and a poet of some reputation.
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Tucker Woodson Taylor
Greencastle
Ind
Taylor
John Clark Ridpath
Movement 13 National Demands Nine Hour Day With Wages Rise
Washington reports a threatened general strike by machinists and allied metal trades affecting up to 650000 workers if demands for a nine hour workday and 12 1 2 percent wage increase are not met. About 200 firms have already agreed to reduced hours and higher pay, while railroads are spared for now.
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James O'Connell
International Association of Machinists
Iden
O'Connell
Machinists’ Association
International Association
Metal Trades Association
National Association of Machinists
New York
O’connell
Chicago Building Trades Council Reforms Affiliate Move
The Chicago Building Trades council plans to affiliate with the National Building Trades council as its accredited Chicago branch. National Secretary H. W. Steinbiss of St. Louis attended and said the old Chicago council’s charter would be revoked once the application is received, issuing the national charter to the new body. This ends the last vestige of the previous council that led last year’s major strike.
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National Building Trades Council
Chicago
H. W. Steinbiss
St. Louis
Chicago Building Trades Council
Building Trades Council
Booth removal calms Pan-American labor dispute in Buffalo
At the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo New York the friction between labor unions and officials over a non union built booth subsided when the booth was removed. Carpenters expected to return to work the next morning and officials anticipate no further trouble as attendance stayed strong despite two hours of rain and sacred concerts for visitors.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Booth
Manufacturers’ and Liberal Arts
Remarkable case of catalepsy in Detroit woman
Miss Dora McDonald of Detroit was thought dead after a 30 hour suspended animation, then died today after 43 hours in a cataleptic state. Signs of life appeared briefly with muscle twitching before warmth left the body and death was pronounced from paralysis of the heart.
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Detroit
Mich
Dora McDonald
George S. Field
Field
Hamburg American acquires Atlas line to enlarge fleet
New York May 12 The Hamburg American Steamship Company announces the acquisition of the Atlas steamship line which has sailed between Jamaica Haiti and Central America for 30 years The Atlas line formerly belonged to an English firm and will now operate under the German flag This move makes the Hamburg American line the largest in the world.
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New York
Albert Ballin
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Hamburg-American
Atlas Steamship Line
Jamaica
Haiti
Central America
Atlas Line
Hamburg- American Line
Hamburg-American Line
Textile convention forms United Textile Workers of America
Boston May 12 7500 textile workers from North America unite to form the United Textile Workers of America with representatives from the International Union of Textile Workers and the American Federation of Textile Operatives. James Duncan AFL vice president chairs the amalgamation negotiations to include Spinners and Loom Fixers unions later. The new body aims for 300000 members and closer North South accord.
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Boston
Quincy House
North America
United Textile Workers of America
International Union of Textile Workers
American Federation of Textile Operatives
James Duncan
American Federation of Labor
International Textile Workers
Striking Brick and Terra Cotta Workers Win Wage Increase
In St. Louis on May 12, more than 600 employees at the brick and terra cotta works will return to work Monday. Laborers receive $1.50 daily instead of $1.35, and skilled workers gain a 10 percent pay increase. the strike ends with demands met.
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St. Louis
Carpenters to be aided by union council action
Louisville union carpenters striking for a $2.50 minimum for nine hours will be aided by the Building Trades Council which tonight decided to enforce the union card rule. Members agree to quit every job employing non union tradesmen, and a conference with contractors will be sought.
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Louisville
Union Carpenters of
Building Trades Council
Chicago Building Trades League Votes Tonight
Chicago on May 12 reports the new Building Trades league taking a decisive vote tonight. The outcome will shape local labor alignment and job-site negotiations in the city.
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Chicago
New Chicago Building Trades League
Hamburg American Line acquires Atlas steamship service
The Atlas fleet of seven steamers averaging 3,000 tons is to join the Hamburg American line. Emily L Boas, North America general manager, confirmed the acquisition late in the week and outlined plans to improve Atlas service and build new vessels for the South Atlantic. Atlas ships include Altas Alph Athos Allegheny Adirondack Andes and Alene. Reports say the sale price ranges from four to six million dollars.
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Emily L. Boas
North America
Atlas Line
Atlas
Altas
Alph
Athos
Allegheny
Adirondack
Andes
Alene
Hamburg-American Line
Search for Gold Colombia’s Mineral Belt Expedition Sails
A party of 100 including civil engineers machinists mining experts and assayers leaves Chicago for New York and then Colombia to explore gold along the Nechi river. Four carloads of machinery await in New York for use by the expedition. The tract lies 200 miles from Zaragoza on the Magdalena river, spanning 1000 acres and recently acquired by Philip D. Block of Inland Steel and Louis Benjamin of Block Pollak Iron.
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Colombia
Chicago
New York
South America
Nechi
Zaragoza
Magdelena River
Philip D. Block
The
Inland Steel Company
Louis Benjamin
Block-Pollak Iron Company
New York announces 80 million Hoboken to Manhattan rail bridge
William J. Amend, counsel for the North River Bridge Co and director, says the Pennsylvania Railroad backs the Hoboken to Manhattan bridge plan. Contracts with rail lines will be signed, construction to begin, with completion expected in four years. The $80 million project features 16 rail tracks, a vast terminal between Sixth and Seventh avenues, and levels for trolley, bicycle, and pedestrian use.
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New York
William J. Amend
North River Bridge Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hoboken
Manhattan
Death of J. H. Pearson in Chicago
James H. Pearson longtime Chicago business leader and capitalist died tonight after a long career shaping local commerce and investment in the city.
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J. H. Pearson
Chicago
James H. Pearson
Financiers Rest Their Weary Brains In Market Skirmish
New York financiers gathered informally at hotels and cafes after a week of market drama. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. claim control of Northern Pacific, while Hill declines to confirm any shift. Directors may retire the preferred stock, though Morgan allies doubt such action will occur.
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New York
Hi!-Morgan
Waldorf-Astoria
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Northern Pacific
James J. Hill
the Herald
Kuhn, Loeed & Co
Harriman, Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Mr. Morgan
Northern Pacific stock exchange petition on delivery deferment
London May 13 stock exchange hears a petition by members to defer delivery of Northern Pacific shares until old shares are dispatched to America for exchange or to render non voting shares good delivery. Opinions warn against extreme measures to force deliveries and disrupt markets.
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London
The
Stock Exchange
Exchange
America
Standard
Daily Mail
Daily News
Tragic Bloomington Farm Murder by enraged husband
Merritt Chism killed his wife on a farm near Bloomington after a quarrel during a buggy ride to church. He maimed his stepson Harvey Freeland and struck the woman’s skull with a ball bat before fleeing, attempting to drown himself, then self-inflicted with a revolver. he surrendered to the sheriff after being driven to Bloomington. He is 49 and a wealthy farmer.
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Bloomington
Ill
Merritt Chism
Chism
Harvey Freeland
Harvey
Inferno on Rouge River Lights Up Detroit Suburb
Fire fanned by a 35 mile per hour wind swept the west bank of the Rouge river at Del Ray, destroying several lumber mills and cedar pole yards. Losses exceed $800,000 with over 100,000 poles burned, and crews battled flames overnight. The Salliotte & Ferguson mill, Brownlee & Co. yard, and Western Union pole yard suffered heavy damage.
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Detroit
Mich
Rouge River
del Ray
Salliotte & Ferguson
Brownlee & Co
Western Union Telegraph Company
Corkin, Stickney & Cramm
Maltby Lumber Company
Salliotte & Ferguson Lumber
Brownlee
Western Union
Lumeber
G. A. Rauph & Co
Ecorse
Vaughan & Sons Plant Burned in Parker City Fire
Fire today destroyed Vaughan & Sons church furniture factory and plant a livery stable and several smaller buildings in Parker City Indiana May 12 causing heavy losses. No injuries reported though the blaze caused extensive property damage and disrupted local business.
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Parker City
Ind
Vaughan & Sons
Destructive Fire Destroys Much of Mount Duemont Trade District
A fierce early morning fire in Waverly Iowa razed nearly the entire tire business district of Due mont. Eighteen business houses were destroyed with an estimated loss of fifty thousand dollars.
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Waverly
Iowa
Duemont
Esterhazy Admits Dreyfus Bordereau Authorship
The Independence Belge in Brussels reports affidavits sworn before the French consul in London by Count Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy admitting he wrote the Dreyfus bordereau and saying Colonel Candheri conspired in the act, ex chief of the secret intelligence bureau.
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Brussels
Independence Belge
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
London
Dreyfus Bordereau
Candheri
Omaha Wide Open Again After Blue Law Lift
Omaha resumes normal wide open condition with saloons and gambling houses bustling. May 12 reports perfect weather and crowded beer gardens as Mayor Moore praises the liberal policy resumption.
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Omaha
Moore
Chief Ross Dead He Was Chicago Police Superintendent
Alexander Ross longtime Chicago police superintendent under the elder prison administration died today in Chicago from pneumonia. He was widely known nationwide for his clever detective work.
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Chicago
Alexander Ross
Chica
United States
Train collision injures four near Ogden
Your Injured Salt Lake May 12 Four persons were slightly injured in a collision between a passenger train and an engine on the Oregon Short Line near Ogden today. Both engines were demolished.
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Salt Lake
Ogden
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United Brethren Church
Frederick, Md
Baptists
Movement 13 National
Washington
Atlas Company Steamers
New Textile Workers’ Union
Strikers
Esterhazy
Ross
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