Death of Carl Schurz Brings Notable Public Figure to End
New York May 15 Carl Schurz renowned publicist and former cabinet member died at his home at 4 35 am following a long illness. He was seventy six born March 2 1829 at Liblar near Cologne and faced a dramatic career including German revolutions, Civil War service, Missouri senate tenure as the first German born U S senator, editor roles in Missouri and Washington, and later secretary of the interior under Hayes. He remained a powerful voice in independent politics and liberal causes.
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New York
Carl Schurz
Schurz
Mr. Schurz
Cologne
Liblar
Germany
University of
Mann
Tideman
Rastadt
Rhine
Switzerland
Professor Kinkel
Europe
Schure
Philadelphia
Wisconsin
Fremont
Spain
United States
United States Senate
Missouri
Congress
Washington
West
Westliche Post
St. Louis
Emil Pretorius
Senate
Republican Party
Liberal
Cincinnati
Horace Greeley
Interior
Hayes
Relief group reports California earthquake aid totals
Washington May 15. Red Cross receipts to date total 2 125 000 for California earthquake sufferers. The organization still has about 31 700 000 which has not been expended.
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Washington
California
Senator Nelson Recites Rail Rebate Telegram
President Stickney of the Chicago Great Western warns against penalties on rail way officers for rebates arguing that fines hurt low paid freight agents while executives in New York avoid direct rate dealings and that the current penalties impractically target only one agent.
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Washington
Nelson
Senate
Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railway
New York
Supreme Court Upheld State Authority Over Foreign Insurers
Justice Peckham delivered the opinion for the Supreme Court in Travelers Life Insurance Co. v. Kentucky Insurance Commissioner. The court ruled that Kentucky may revoke permits for foreign insurers doing business in the state when such cases are removed to federal court, finding no constitutional conflict. Justice Day dissented with Justice Harlan concurring.
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Washington
Justice Peckham
Supreme Court of the United States
Travelers’ Life Insurance Company
Kentucky
Peckham
Justice Day
Justice Harlan
Rival camps form as Mutual Life policyholders desert
In London on May 15 British policyholders of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York split into rival camps. D. C. Haldeman leads the protection committee directing many policyholders to transfer their policies to a British firm, with hundreds applying and the old staff keeping busy throughout the day.
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London
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Protection Committee
D. C. Haldeman
The
Mutual
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company
Haldeman
Mutual Company
Publishers’ chief thanks Roosevelt for arbitration push
Frederick Driscoll of Chicago, head of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, met with President Roosevelt to thank him for advancing arbitration. He said publishers’ relations with unions were superior to those of other employers. The president showed keen interest in the topic.
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Washington
Frederick Driscoll
Chicago
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Roosevelt
Driscoll
O Brien argues for bill regulating insurance in DC
Minnesota official Thomas D O Brien state insurance commissioner testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Ames bill to regulate insurance in the District of Columbia He urged federal state cooperation and said passage would greatly benefit the states May 15 Washington
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Washington
House Committee On Judiciary
Ames
Mags
District of
Cohmbia
Thomas D. O'Brien
Minnesota
Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in Chicago Traction Cases
The supreme court of the United States has denied the petition for a rehearing in the Chicago traction cases. This ruling came from Washington on May 15.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago Traction
Assassination of St Petersburg Port Commander Kuzmich
Vice Admiral Kuzmich, commander of the St Petersburg port, was assassinated at the new admiralty works where 2000 workers had gathered for May Day duties. A concealed workman attacked from behind with a dagger, fleeing into a room as troops sealed the area. Police believe preplanned crime. Kuzmich was known as hard and despotic to workers and had served in the Russo Turkish War.
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St. Petersburg
Kuzmich
Admiralty Works
Ausatsin
Port Arthur
Imposing May Day Show Yet Threat Of Bloodshed Looms
St. Petersburg workers staged a grand May Day demonstration with over 200,000 idle across factories mills and shops. Police posted strict no manifestations notices and massed rifle armed reserves while infantry and cavalry stood at discreet points. A suburb clash between conservative workers and radicals left several injured, one seriously, as revolvers and knives surfaced.
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St. Petersburg
Straterte
Russia Faces Amnesty Crisis as Pressure Mounts
From St Petersburg on May 15 the crisis over amnesty intensifies as radicals in the lower house push for an unconditional release of political offenders. Moderates fear losing control if the movement grows, while many families are touched by political persecutions.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Constitutional Democrats
Disorder Preparedness in Moscow May Day Soverne
Governor General Doubassoff divided Moscow into districts on May 1 to prevent disorders. Infantry cavalry and machine gun detachments were stationed in each district in addition to patrols of troops and police armed with rifles and ball cartridges.
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Moscow
Doubassoff
Strikers Turn Violent in Toulon Construction Dispute
In Toulon France on May 15 a partial resumption of building work triggered striker violence. They demolished a house under construction and injured several non strikers, prompting repeated cavalry charges to disperse the rioters.
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Toulon
France
Jury Finds Susie Hannon Guilty of Manslaughter
In Concord North Carolina Susie Hannon twelve years old was found guilty of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of H Y Stack. The defense contended the act was in self defense and the trial occurred after the case began in Charlotte on May 15.
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Charlotte
N. C
Susie Hannon
Concord
H. Y. Stack
Girl on trial for murder in New York case
The seventeen year old Italian girl Mrs Joseph Terranova faces trial for the February murder of her uncle Gaetano Reggio and his wife in their New York City home. She admits stabbing them claiming a grave wrong by the uncle aided by the aunt, after being taken in as a ward.
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New York
Joseph Terranova
Gaetano Reggio
Scott
Quake-like Powder Explosions Jolt Bridgeport
Four Union Metallic Cartridge testing magazines on Bridgeport East Side exploded early morning, each containing 25 000 pounds of powder. Two blasts, seconds apart, shattered windows and crockery, but no serious damage or injuries reported. People fled in night garments, fear of an earthquake spreading through the city.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Tremors Hit Eastport Amid Bridgeport Explosions
Two distinct shocks rattled Eastport on May 15 coinciding with Bridgeport blasts. The tremors caused panicked residents to rush into streets in night attire as houses trembled, dishes clattered, beds shook, and animals cried out for about thirty minutes.
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Eastport
L. 1
Bridgefort
Searchlights Awe Zulus in Natal Display
In Durban on May 15 Commissioner Saunders lit searchlights at Kandhala to subdue Zulu sedition. Natives watched in awe believing the lights are the eye of the Almighty and God’s anger, as the beam revealed Kaffir trails to the horizon and the Zulus cowered when flashed in their faces.
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Durban
Natal
Commissioner Saunders
Kandhala
Wages Increase for Anthracite Miners in May
Commissioner Nell has notified coal operators that miners will receive 8 percent above the $4.50 basis for May. The May tidewater coal average stood at $4.92 per ton, the highest rate paid since the award.
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Tithagia
Nell
Anthracite Strike Commission
Tidewater
Watchman Killed in Crawford Incident Sparks Riot Threat
Lincoln Neb May 1 Arthur Noose a Crawford night watchman was killed by a Fort Robinson soldier. James Moose the watchman’s brother killed the soldier and a friend struck Moose breaking his arm. Officials investigate the cause as riot threats loom.
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Lincoln
Arthur Noose
Crawford
Neb
Fort Robinson
James Moose
James Mouse
Mrs Blaine Visits Sioux Falls For Divorce
Mrs Blaine arrives in Sioux Falls South Dakota on May 15 to pursue a divorce, causing a stir among local divorcees.
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Mrs. Blaine
Sioux Falls
S. D
James G. Blaine
Actuary on the stand in Wisconsin inquiry
Milwaukee May 15 Assistant Actuary J C Crawford of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co testified before the Wisconsin legislative committee. He explained the dividend components 21 6 percent from mortality gains 12 * or from expense and 4 percent from interest. He noted annual death losses run about 65 to 70 percent of the reserve. He said some companies have higher losses than mortality tables and that the section of gains from death savings is kept as an emergency fund rather than distributed to policyholders.
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Milwaukee
J. C. Crawford
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Wisconsin Legislative Committee
Crawford
Many Laws Ground Out in Fifty-Ninth Congress
Washington reports that by May the index clerks show the Fifty-ninth Congress enacted over 3,000 laws, a record for early-session output. Most were private bills, with only about 250 general laws among the total.
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Washington
State Department
Man Dies After Accidental Shot In Dollarville
Edward Gruber of Dollarville stated he was ready to die and joked with a young woman he had offered to teach to shoot. She fired when she raised the shotgun. Gruber fell mortally wounded, unaware the gun was already loaded and he had no time to explain.
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Marquette, Mich
Edward Gruber
Dollarville
Gruber
Fifteen Hurt as Molten Metal Bursts at South Chicago Steel
Fifteen men were injured and two killed when a ladle containing fifty tons of molten metal burst at the converting mill of the Illinois Steel Works in South Chicago on May 15. Fire and rescue crews responded as workers were engulfed by the spill.
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Chicago
Iminoia Steel Works
National convention of Railway Mail Clerks in Houston
The Railway Mail Clerks of America hold their national convention in Houston Texas. Walter Nelson a St Paul ruggist and former state legislator is dead at age forty six. Grover M Antrim a Grand Rapids lumberman dies at Pasadena California aged thirty seven. Emperor William may visit Koenigsberg end of May and meet Tsar Nicholas near the Russian frontier. Viscount Hayashi reputedly accepts foreign ministry post and Komura may become ambassador to London. A Methodist Conference in the South moves to form a faith statement committee. Heflin of Alabama introduces a cotton futures misdemeanor bill.
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National Convention of Railway Mail Clerks of America
Houston
Tex
Walter Nelson
St. Paul
Grover M. Antrim
Grand Rapids
Mich
Pasadena
Cal
Koenigsberg
William
Superor Nicholas
Tokio
Viscount Hayashi
Great Britain
Foreign Ministry
Komura
London
General Conference of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Heflin
Alabama
Market Quotations Minneapolis Wheat May 14
Wheat quotes show May at 8 13 to 8 14 cents, July at 8 13 4 cents, Sept at 7 8 8 to 7 9? cents. On track No 1 hard quick, No 1 Northern 82 1 2 cents, No 2 Northern 81 1 2 cents.
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Minneapolis
Wheat and Flax Price Notes From Duluth Market
Wheat prices on track with No. 1 Northern bids at 214 1 4 and 0 44 1 2 cents. May July and September futures listed. Flax prices on track with July at 1 10 4 and September at 1 4 7.
Market Prices for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Lambs
St Paul May 14 cattle good to choice steers pass 4.50 to 5.50 common to fair 3.50 to 4.25 cows and heifers 3.0 to 4.50 yearlings 1.50 to 4.25 hogs 8.20 to 6.35 sheep 4.70 to 5.74 good to choice lambs 6.25 to 7.50 spring lambs 7.59 to 10.00
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St. Paul
Market quotes from Chicago livestock and livestock prices
The report lists cattle and calf prices in Chicago on May 14 including cows and heifers at 1.85, stockers and feeders at 2.90, Texans at 400, calves at 4.00, hogs at 5.90, sheep at 4.15, and lambs at 4.75 to 27.50 with varied weights and grades.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Prices for May and July Deliveries
Wheat May 84.44 cents, July 81 18 percent. Corn May 48. ec, July 10 5c. Oats May 33 14 cents, July 52 42 cents. Pork May 15.95, July 15.45. Flax Cash regional prices 1.14 in Northwest and 1.08 in Southwestern. May 1.12. Butter Creameries 13 14 20c, dairies 13 18e. Eggs 1154 cents, Poultry Turkeys 12 percent, chicks 12 44 cents.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
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