Battle Over Coal Tax Debate in Commons
London May 2 massive attendance as government pushes export tax on coal. Sir Michael Hicks Beach defends measures claiming high profits justify the tax while critics warn of wage impacts. Irish leader Redmond urges defeat, with vote expected Monday and possible closure debate unresolved.
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London
House of Commons
Jamely
Willam Vernon Harcourt
Italy
America
France
Germany
Belgium
United States
Competiton
Michael Hicks-Beach
John Redmond
Ireland
Balfour
Mascagni to Tour United States From Vienna Dispatch
A Vienna dispatch reports Italian composer Pietro Mascagni has signed a tour contract for the United States. He will begin in October with an eighty‑man orchestra and a personal stipend of £2000 a week for eight weeks.
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Mascagni
London
Dal Press
Vienna
Pietro Mascagni
United States
Eigct
New Labor Knights Order to Be Created in Rome
Rome May 2 Capitan Flacassa states King Victor Emmanuel will sign a decree next Sunday creating the Order of the Knights of Labor. The order will confer upon citizens including workers recognized for study of labor questions or improvement of laboring conditions.
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Order of Labor Knights
Rome
Capitan Flacassa
Victor Emanuel
Order of the Knights of Labor
Varela Named Secretary of Justice in Havana
In Havana on May 2 Senor Jose Varela was appointed secretary of justice succeeding Senor Luis Estevez. He previously served on the supreme court which unanimously endorsed the appointment.
A Very Remarkable Remedy for Colic and Diarrhoea
Druggist A W Sawtelle of Hartford endorses Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy praising a customer testimonial of summer relief at the shore. He recalls a man struck with cold pains who recovered after a single dose, illustrating the medicine’s perceived quick effect.
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Chamberlan
A W. Sawtelle
Hartford
Conn
Manila Trial Nearing Verdict In Reed Bribery Case
Manila reports indicate evidence in Captain John C. Reed ex depot commissary case is closed and observers expect a guilty verdict. Rebels attack Bartangas with no reported casualties as insurgents surrender in Luzon. governance changes include Felix Roxes named governor of Fintangas and new treasurer R D Blanchard. Commission travels to Nadia after an eight week tour.
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Manila
John C. Reed
Reed
Callies
Tinig
Bartangas
Batangas
Felix Roxes
Orgin
Fintangas
R. D. Blanchard
Thirty Eighth Volunteer Infantry
Sorsegan
Luzon
J. G. Livingston
New York
J. W. Terry
Forty-seventh Regiment
Sorsegon
Marindugus
Merinduque
Brandbolt
Avernor
Nadia
Japanese Cabinet Resigns Amid Finance Crisis
Yokohama May 2 The cabinet crisis deepens as Viscount Watanabe delays public works and Marquis Ito resigns as premier After the cabinet meeting Ito offered his resignation to the mikado and other ministers followed leaving only War Minister Kodama The Emperor may entrust cabinet formation to Marquis Yamagata who resigned last October or to Marquis Ito if he accepts unlikely.
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Yokohama
Viscount Watanabe
Marquis Ito
Haron Kodama
Ita
Matsuhito
Marquis Yamagata
Marquis Ets
Rumors of German Steel Duty Increase Surface in Commons
London May 2 Foreign under secretary Lora Cranborne told the house of commons that rumors reach the government from various sources of Germany planning to raise duties on steel and other goods. The ministry cannot state definite knowledge of Germany's intentions and withholds free trade withdrawal conclusions.
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Germany
London
Lora Cranborne
House of Commons
Charles Bowar Vincent
Russia to borrow 500 million francs for new loans
A dispatch from St Peters burg via the Vossische Zeitung reports Russia has almost arranged with France for loans totaling 500 million francs and another loan is under negotiation The czar is expected to make a foreign trip next August with plans to visit Copenhagen Drarst and Vienna involving English and American bankers in London.
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Berlin
Thes
Vossische Zeltune
St Petersburg
Russia
Franse
London
Copenhagen
Drarst
Vienna
British Loan Allotment Reveals Major Lender List
London May 2 Chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach announced in the House that £30,000,000 of the new British loan has been allotted to J P Morgan & Co, the Rothschilds, and the Bank of England among others. The distribution shows £19,000,000 to J P Morgan & Co and £9,000,000 to the Bank of England, with the Rothschilds taking £1,000,000.
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Pierpont Aforgan
London
House of Commons
Michael Hicks-Beach
Mr. Channing
Rothschilds
J. P. Morgan & Co
Bank of England
Change in Kaiser's Cabinet in Berlin
Berlin reports a cabinet reshuffle with General Von Hahnke shifting from chief of the emperor’s military cabinet to appointee as governor of Berlin. General Von Haesier succeeds him as head of the military cabinet.
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Kaiser
Berlin
General von Hahnke
General von Haesier
King Leopold Plans Electric Railway Network in Brussels
Le Petit Ele n announces that King Leopold intends to create a network of electric railways with capital raised through a ministerial authority. The plan envisions extensive routes spanning Brussels and other cities, signaling a bold modernization effort in Belgium.
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Leopold
Brussels
Petit Elen
Bowes
Multimillionaire clash over railroad supremacy unfolds
New York May 2 The market moves in Union Pacific and Atchison stock signal a battle among moneyed interests to shape a transcontinental system. Gould Harriman seek a vast network Atlantic to Pacific aided by Kuhn Loch Moreau while Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania align to thwart them. Varying moves include Pennsylvania buying Atchison stock and Gould Harriman expanding lines toward Cleveland Chicago as Rockefellers stay aloof in the broader power struggle involving Morgan and major rail networks.
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New York
Union Pacific
Atchison
Inlaas
George J. Gould
E .H. Harriman
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
William K. Vanderbilt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gould and Harriman
Kuhn, Loch & Co
Moreau
Vanderbilt
Pennsylvania
Rockefellers
Gould
Morgan
Messrs. Gould
Harriman
Southern Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Chicago
Northwestern
New York Central
Messrs
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
San Francisco
St. Paul
Barriman
Pacific Coast
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Wheeling
Lake Erie
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Wheeling Road
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Missouri
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Tidewater
Baltimore
Western Maryland Railroad
Vanderbiit
Wiliam K. Vanderbilt
Cleveland
Indiana
Ohio
Fish
Gould's Plans Are Furthered By the Backing of Mr. Harriman
Stuyvesant Fish
Inois Central
Tlnois Central
Sloix City
Omaha
Tilinois Central
Illinota Central
Harriman Road
Kansas
Union Pacie
Chicago capital to develop Mexico resources large scale
Chicago investors plan a vast program to exploit Mexico’s silver mines coal fields iron ore and cotton lands. John J Mitchell and Levi Z Letter join the Mexican Central railway board as bonded warehouses are to be built in Mexico City and Vera Cruz. Projects include iron fields at Durango coal at Coahuila and rail links with an estimated expenditure up to 20 million dollars as money from Chicago moves to tap the republic’s vast resources.
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Mexico
Cauther Republic
John J. Mitchell
Levi Z. Letter
Mexican Central Railrost
Republic
City of Mexico
Vera Cruz
United States
Durango
Coahuila
Boomer migration to open Indian lands in Oklahoma
Thousands of people pour into southwestern Oklahoma around Kiowa Comanche Apache and Wichita reservations to attend the August opening of public lands. Wagons and tents dot hillsides despite orders to stay out. Separately Secretary Root announces closures of arsenals in Kennebec Augusta Fort Monroe and others due to surplus needs. A glass industry meeting in Indianapolis leads to a May 15 factory shutdown and wage hikes for 2750 glass blowers and 4500 other workers.
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C. T
Oklahoma
Kiowa, Comancha
Washington
Root
Kennebec
Augusta
Fort Monroe
van Allegheny
Pittsburg
Indianals
Indianapolis
Ind
Columbia
Tenn
Incl
Notlone
United States
Indemnity Talks and Chinese Duties Debate at Pekin
May 2 reports from Pekin and Washington detail a voluminous indemnity study and a claimed compromise near 279 million dollars. US figures center on a reduction to about 15 million, while a 20 percent maritime duties increase is favored by most powers. News notes Chinese resistance to Likin reform and Russo Chinese clashes at Mukden. Francis elected president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition board.
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Pekin
China
Jameson
Robert Hart
Ching
Count von Waldersee
Legation
Sam
Washington
Rogostvensky
Myr Hill
United States
Ttig
Rockhit
Fangize
Morning Post
Nankin
Brennan
Shanghai
Hwai-Lu
Pao Ting Fu
Shan Si
Berlin
Peltin
Komnische Zeitung
Mukden
Zerpitzki
Workmen Prostrated by Hest in Pittsburg Mills
In Pittsburg yesterday and today extreme heat closed several bar mills and crippled others. Workers grew exhausted and prostrated as iron and steel demand surged and bars became scarce because plants cannot find enough labor. Also, Mary Sankey, mother of evangelist Ira D. Sankey, died in Newcastle at age ninety from age related infirmities.
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Hest
Pittsburg
Tod
Singer Sankey
Newcastle
Mary Sankey
Ira D. Sankey
Ship builders Bath Iron Works to be bought by syndicate
A Bath Times telegram from New York reports a seventy million dollar ship building merger. Bath Iron Works and Hyde Windlass Co. are to receive about 2.25 million for both plants, with 1.1 million cash and the remainder in stock. The old companies would continue work amid merger terms and taxes.
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Bath‘ Iron Works
Syndicate
Bath
Bath Times
New York
Suesday
Bath Irop Works Company
Hyde Wirdlasa Company
Comalider
Enmblaal
Keiley Coal and Ice Co Promotes Filtered Water Ice
Advertisement for pure filtered and distilled water ice from KEILEY COAL and ICE Co printed with phone number 894 for ICE BOO.
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Keiley Coal & Ice Co
Ice Boo
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