Revolt in Cuba Reported Near Eastern End
Bulletin from Key West says Modesto Leal leads a Cuban uprising with 8,000 in a Santiago strike. Pilots ordered to intercept US ships and report to Key West. The government wireless network tracked the cruiser Columbia as Palma seeks refuge at Moro Castle near Havana.
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Cuba
Jacksonville
Mla
Key West
Modesto Leal
Columbia
Havana
Leal
Santiago
Pesident Palma
Moro Castle
Desperate Gunfight Ends in Death at Greensburg Saloon
In New Point six miles east of Greensburg Indiana a drunken quarrel led to a pistol fight at Charles Carr’s saloon. Pleasant Land was killed instantly and his brother Winfield Land died later after being shot through the head. Jeff Williams was wounded and not expected to live. Garfield Williams and William Bare were uninjured and jailed in Greensburg.
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New Point
Greensburg
Ind
Pleasant Land
Winfield Land
Jeff Williams
Garfield Williams
William Bare
Charles Carr
Postoffice Robbers Captured Near Muncie Indiana
John Walsh and John Smith who robbed the Millersburg post office were captured in a church thirteen miles from Muncie by deputy sheriffs after farmers formed a posse. They were heavily ironed and taken to Goshen for prosecution by Post Office Inspector Burr. Considerable plunder found with them.
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Indiana
John Walsh
John Smith
Millersburg
Ind
Muncie
Goshen
Burr
Fort Wayne
Collision on Pennsylvania railroad near Springfield Furnace
The Chicago mail train No 71 and the Chicago and St Louis express No 13 on the Pennsylvania railroad collided at the Petersburg cut off eighteen miles from Altoona. Seven people were killed and about twenty injured. Both locomotives express mail cars and passenger coaches were completely demolished.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Springfield Furnace
Petersburg
Altoona
Missing Lima man Theodore Crayton sought by editors
About twenty eight years ago Theodore B. Crayton vanished from Lima Ohio and has not been heard of since. His brother W E Crayton remains in Lima and begs information on his whereabouts. If you know anything please inform the editor.
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Lima
Ohio
W. E. Crayton
Theodore B. Crayton
Bomb Throws Wound Moscow Governor General Daubascl
A bomb hit the carriage of Vice Admiral Daubascl governor general of Moscow injuring him in the foot. His aide de camp and a sentry died. The bomber, wearing an officer's uniform, is reported killed.
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Moscow
Daubascl
Banker Gets Ten-Year Prison Term for Bank Misuse
Henry J. Coll former assistant cashier at First National Bank Milwaukee was found guilty on nineteen counts in U S district court for misusing bank funds. Judge Quarles denied a new trial and imposed a ten year sentence at Fort Leavenworth military prison Kansas.
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Teun
Henry J. Coll
First National Bank
Milwaukee
Wis
United States District Court
Quarles
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Lake Shipping Tied Up by Longshoremen Strike
Shipping circles in Cleveland estimate fifty vessels carrying about 400000 tons of ore lie at lower lake ports awaiting discharge, a task blocked by the Longshoremen's union strike.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Motorman dies after Fort Wayne and Southwestern collision
A Fort Wayne motorman C I Murphy was fatally injured eight miles west of Huntington Ind in a collision on the Fort Wayne and Southwestern traction line. Mrs E F Meyers and Mrs Walter Tercival were slightly injured.
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Fort Wayne
Fire at Rushville High School Destroys Building
A fire at Rushville High School Indiana is believed to have started from a lighted cigarette thrown by a student. The blaze gutted the first floor and consumed the building.
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Rushville High School
Rushville
Ind
Renowned Swiss figure dies in elevator shaft fall
Lucerne report says Prof. Eugene Renevier, head of the Swiss Cleographical society and Simpsons geological commission, was killed after falling down an elevator shaft.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Eugene Renevier
Swiss Cleographical Society
Simpsons Geological Commission
Labor Leader Edwin Gould Dies on Market Street
Edwin F. Gould, prominent labor leader and editor of a labor paper, collapsed and died while walking on Market Street in Indianapolis. He was 50 years old.
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Edwin F. Gould
Market Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Workers Strike After Free Beer Ban at Martin Mason Brewery
The entire force at Martin Mason Brewing Company in Samilton Ohio walked out after management refused free beer for the men. The strike was ordered by the National Association of Brewery Workers and involved about 150 workers.
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Martin Mason Brewing Company
Samilton
Ohio
National Association of Brewery Workers
Twenty Hurt In Mount Carmel Mine Riot
A violent clash at Mount Carmel Pennsylvania between idle coal miners and a unit of the State constabulary left about twenty injured, three seriously, after foreigners attacked the police and shots were fired to disperse a crowd swelling into thousands amid ongoing non union tensions. The piece also notes May Day labor strikes across the United States, including lake vessel workers, longshoremen, iron molders, and structural iron workers, with wide unemployment implications.
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State” Constabulary
Mount Carmel
State Constabulary
Chicago
Great Lakes
United States
Prospect
Cost of Living Soars in Government Bulletin
A government bulletin titled Course of Wholesale Prices for 1890 to 1905 reports wholesale prices in 1905 reached new highs over the past sixteen years. Compared with 1896 levels farm products rose 58.6 percent, food 29.7 percent, clothing 22.9 percent, fuels 8.4 percent, metals 41.8 percent, lumber 41.4 percent, drugs 24.1 percent, house goods 21.5 percent, and miscellaneous 23.4 percent. December 1905 prices were 13.9 percent above the ten year average and 88.7 percent above 1897 lows.
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United States
Bureau of Labor
Notable World Figures and Weird Facts From Royal Circles
Sigvetlow Hegedus plans fifty concerts in the country starting next November. King Edward owns nine motor cars and travels without numbered plates or a license. King Sisowath of Cambodia will visit Paris with a 100-dancer retinue. John Simmond of Henley-on-Thames retired postman has walked 180000 miles in service. The Norwegian sovereign has been addressed as Mr King. Sir Edward Olgar had a Covent Garden festival to himself as a living British composer. A duke was created for a charcoal burner who aided a German emperor. Lord Avebury was first England’s photograph subject. Daguerre came to London to patent and was photographed as a child. Lord Tweedmouth collects old china. French poet Henry Allerge writes on geometry and Pegasus. The Prince of Wales's son reportedly owns the largest postal card collection, over 10000 cards from all countries.
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Hegedus
Edward
King Sisowath
Cambodia
Paris
John Simmond
Henley On Thames
England
Norway
King
Sire
Edward Olgar
Gerontius
Covent Gerden
Lord Avebury
John Jubbock
M. Daguerre
London
Lord Tweedmouth
Ord
British Admiralty
Henry Allerge
Prince of Wales
President's message details oil trust transportation inquiry
President Roosevelt transmitted to Congress James R. Garefield's Bureau of Corporations report on oil transport and freight rates. It finds Standard Oil benefited by secret and open rates, totaling at least three quarters of a million dollars yearly, with railroads often correcting secret rates after discovery. The report urges expanded ICC powers to curb discriminatory pricing.
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Roosevelt
Congress
James R. Garfield
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Oil Company
White House
Standard
New York
Combine
Senate
House of Representatives
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Commission
Commissioner of Corporations
Department of Justice
Knox
Humphrey
Supreme Court
Tobacco Trust
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Standard Oil
New England
Bureau
Railroads
Corporations
Government vs Standard Oil Monopoly in Garfield Report
Theodore Roosevelt cites James R. Garfield findings that Standard Oil used secret rates and rebates, harming competitors across the nation. He urges federal action, including allowing railroads to unite for protection, stronger interstate commerce oversight, and keeping coal land fees with government control.
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Iinterstate Commerce Commission
Oil Magnates Reply to Roosevelt on Unlawful Practices
H H Rogers and John D Archbold of Standard Oil defend the company against claims of unlawful practices. They dismiss the President’s concern over railroad-shipper imbalances and suggest the investigation's inferences are the issue, not the facts. The firm argues the facts were supplied by Standard Oil and misrepresented by a critic.
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Roosevelt
Garfield
Messrs
H. H. Rogers
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Senate debates rail rate bill and seeds aid
The Senate moved to begin voting on amendments to the railroad rate bill with May 9 discussed. House approved a 170000 emergency grant for Mare Island navy yard and San Francisco post office. An agricultural bill expanding seed distribution passed 153 to 82, and other measures including Fort Mason depot and Panama cable were approved. Roosevelt's Garfield-related message was read in both chambers.
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Senate
Tillman
Senator Clark
Arkansas
House
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Congress
Horace Porter
Jean Paul Jones
Gen. Porter
Annapolis
Congressional Record
Hearst
Daniel
John Paul Jones
Committee On Foreign Relations
Allison
District of Columbia
Minor Morris
White House
Morris
Department of Chemistry
Sherman
Williams
Newlands
Finance
Ways and Means Committee
Flint
Perkins
California
Committee On
Fort Mason
Panama
Military Academy
West Point
Foraker
McCumber
Burton
Ohio
Butler
Calder
Flood
Clark
Fla
Shackleford
Roosevelt
Garfield
Business advances amid strong markets and liberal aid efforts
The report notes robust trade activity with favorable weather extending operations and high demand for commodities. It highlights strong rail and lake freight, solid raw material markets, and rising wholesale sales in clothing and household goods, plus a notable, rapid relief response for San Francisco. Grain handling at the port totals 7,457,034 bushels, with price changes across grains and meats, and bank clearings rising 2.8 percent from the prior year.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Dan
Nomination and Court News From Washington
The president sent to the Senate the nomination of Julius Jacobs for assistant treasurer of the United States at San Francisco. Edwin S. Holmes Jr. pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy indictment related to cotton leak cases. The Supreme Court for the first time in 29 years called its docket of original cases. Sir Mortimer Durand met at the capitol to discuss Congress methods at Britain’s request. Senator Lodge denies plans to amend the Philippine tariff bill to remove tax from denatured alcohol and denies opposition to that measure.
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Senate
Julius Jacobs
United States
San Francisco
Cal
Edwin S. Holmes, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court of the United States
Mortimer Durand
Capitol
Congress
Lodge
Market prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains across cities
The listing shows wholesale price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep in multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and New York plus grains like wheat corn oats rye and barley with no. 2 grades and standard or mixed varieties. Prices are given per unit with wide spreads and include butter eggs and clover seed.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
Ste
New York
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Mississippi
Rockefeller Trust
Tibodore Roosevelt
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Bailey
Teller
Foss
Canada
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