Debate over embassies and cyclone aid in Senate and House
The House passed a $250,000 relief bill for cyclone sufferers in the South and approved by- paragraphs under suspension of rules. An additional member for the Philippine Commission was authorized. The Senate debated an embassy building plan funding $400,000 for Paris with criticism of a Paris focus.
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South
Washington
House
Geological Survey
Philippine Commission
Mallory
Bryan
Senate
Senator Hale
Paris
Senator Overman
Berlin
London
Hale
Legation
Overman
Bacon
Georgia
Culberson
Texas
Senate debate on ambassador pension policy and adjournment
The amendment, added by appropriations at the request of foreign relations and the secretary of state, drew wide disagreement over its propriety and potential habit formation for ambassadors. After passage, Senators Mallory and Bryan received eulogies and the Senate adjourned at 4:22 p m until Monday.
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Committee On Appropriations
Committee On Foreign Relations
Secretary of State
Mallory and
Bryan
Florida
Senate
Monay
Royal wedding links Sweden to Russia in royal pageantry
Arrangements are completed for the May wedding of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden to Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna at Tsarskoe Selo with European royal attendance. The union signals closer ties among Russia Sweden and England, aided by royal kinship across Britain and Russia. Marie Pavlovna, born 1890, is praised as the czar's greatest beauty and is linked to the reigning Russian ruler through her father Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich.
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St. Petersburg
Wilhelm
Sweden
Marie Pavlona
Tsarskoe-Selo
Europe
Greece
Frederick William of
Prusia
Denmark
Gustave
Carl
Russia
England
Great Britain
Bernadotte
Marie
Paul Alexandrovich
Refute Claims of Paper Trust Decrease in Worker Wages
John Norris testifies before a House select committee that the labor cost per ton of paper rose only 52 cents while mills raised prices by 120 per ton. He notes New York union wage averaged 10.94 a week in late 1906 and cites US Bureau of Labor reports showing a wage decrease in 1906 versus 1905, with paper work the only declining industry.
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Washington
John Norris
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
House
Norris
Mann
New York
United States Bureau of Labor
Sixty Thousand Catholics Parade in New York Centenary
Sixty thousand lay Catholics marched in a Fifth Avenue procession ending the week long centenary celebration of the New York Diocese. Hundreds of thousands lined Fifty seventh Street as the reviewing stand before the cathedral offered a rare, crowded scene with prelates in robes at the center and crowds of women and children surrounding them.
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New York
Diocese of
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-seventh Street
Increase Meat Rates By Railways In Southeast
Railways in the southeastern territory file tariffs with the interstate commerce commission elevating freight charges on fresh meats effective June 1. The hikes apply to meats shipped from the north and west into the region east of Nashville and south of Danville. The rate rises from 3 to 10 cents per hundred pounds, seen as a potential opening move toward a broader commodity increase.
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Washington
Southeastern Territory
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nashville, Tenn
Danville
Bailey For Delegate At Large In Democratic Primary
Dallas Texas May 2 Returns through 11 o clock from 433 precincts show United States Senator Joseph W Bailey leading the ticket for delegates at large to the Democratic national convention with 73115 votes against Cone Johnson 62962 from the same reporting precincts.
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Dallas
Tex
United States
Joseph W. Bailey
Cone Johnson
Cleveland Strike Averts Walkout With Transit Leaders
After a vote of 1 452 to 128 the motormen and conductors of Municipal Traction reach a near final agreement with the mayor and transit officials. The accord ends the prospect of a strike and avoids service disruption for Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Municipal Traction
International
Behener
Unions and Mayor Hold Series of Talks on Work Smoothing
Two sessions were held today between the union executive committee and the mayor with a third set for late tonight. Concessions from both sides marked today’s talks as issues in the controversy were smoothed over.
Southwest miners plan ten-day recess for settlement talks
In Kansas City a subcommittee of southwestern miners and operators recessed for ten days after reviewing minor contract clauses. About 35,000 coal workers in the region remain idle as T. L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers heads to Indianapolis. He says conditions favor an early settlement.
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Kansas City
Southwestern
Southwest
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Cleveland's Condition Reported Serious by AP
Lakewood New Jersey May 2 1908 That former President Grover Cleveland is as seriously ill as reports last week declared was assured to representatives of the Associated Press tonight.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Associated Press
Palatable Distilled Water Promoted as Pure Spring-Equivalent
An article promotes distilled water as the purest form of drinking water and argues that rain and spring waters carry impurities from the atmosphere and earth. It describes the production process by heat and purification, claiming the result is soft, pure water that safeguards against water-borne diseases. The water is sold by Bluefield Bottling Co in Bluefield West Virginia and available at local drug stores and soda fountains.
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Pliny
L. B. Reynold’s News Stanc
Bluefield Bottling Co
Bluefield
W. Va
Three Weeks sale notice and delinquent tax alert
Hand bound copies of Three Weeks offered at 1.25 by mail 1.35 at L B Reynolds Altamont Hotel Cincinnati Tailoring Co lists orders 15.00 up. Delinquent tax list to be published around May 10 urged payment at once deputy Hawley notes tax collection action and impending public notice.
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L. B. Reynolds
Altamont Hotel
Cincinnati Tailoring Co
Eight Bishops to Elect Presiding Elders Debate
The proposal to elect eight bishops and presiding elders is under consideration. Legislation on government of colleges and race questions faces possible abolition or modification of existing restrictions.
Methodists to convene in Baltimore for world conference
Baltimore May 2 Delegates from India China Africa Japan and many regions gather for the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to meet in Baltimore next week The body will elect bishops consider amendments to race bishop provisions and discuss pastoral time limits while addressing colleges benevolent missions and church extension plans.
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Baltimore
Methoist Episcopal Church
Aleady
India
China
Africa
Methodist Church
General Conference
Willonsist
Toome
House of Bishops
Hhe
Eigh
Warren
Notable clergymen named across multiple cities
Prominent religious leaders including H. C. Jennings of Cincinnati Rev Dr William Alfred Quayle of Chicago and Dr W P Thirkield head university and church boards with editors and pastors from Howard University Alleghany College DePauw Morningside and Christ Church Pittsburgh among others listed.
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Remenyn
H. C. Jennings
Cincinnati
William Alfred Quayle
Chicago
W. P. Thirkield
Howard University
W. F. Anderson
Choren Board of Education
W. H. Crawford
Alleghany College
KE. H. Hughes
Depauw University
W. S. Lew's
Morningside College
Robin McIntyre
First Mett
Six Day News Forecast From Washington to California
Forecast outlines next six days with the arrival of the battleship fleet in San Francisco under Rear Admiral Evans, the grand review, and leadership shift to Rear Admiral Thomas. It notes upcoming California Republican and Ohio Democratic conventions, Methodist Episcopal general conference in Baltimore, and legal actions in Chicago and Poughkeepsie including Thaw habeas corpus and the Standard Oil appeal.
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Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Evans
San Francisco Bay
Heapton Roads
Evens
Thomas
California
Ohio
Tom, Johnson
Cleveland
Pattison- Carber
Democratic Party
Harry K. Thaw
Poughkeepsie
Jerome
Thaw
Matteawan
Blue Ribbon Vanilla Flavor Boosts Deinty Desserts
Blue Ribbon Vanilla flavoring from Blue Ribbon Vanilla is suggested to ensure dessert success for Deinty Desserts. The ad promotes choosing the vanilla to improve flavor and outcome.
Passengers Safe After Burlington Train Dynamite Blast
An east bound Burlington passenger train was dynamited near Hutte Montana. Engineman Bussy is missing and feared buried under the second engine. Fireman badly burned and two other cars damaged as a mail car and cold storage fish car were wrecked. Officials suspect a tramp seeking revenge.
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Hutte
Mont
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Bussy
Carlo Mange
Stoppage of Shipbuilding Paralyzes Clyde Yards
Glasgow May 2 Clyde shipbuilders lock out 6 000 wood workers amid a dispute with the shipworkers of the northeast coast. The strike and lockout threaten a complete stoppage of shipbuilding affecting about 25 000 men. London May 2 woodworkers in all yards totaling around 15 000 are locked out as masters press terms. If unresolved, work in other branches may halt, affecting vast numbers.
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Glasgow
Clyde
Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation
London
Atlantic Fleet Splits To Celebrate Stay at Monterey
Monterey Cal May 2 The Atlantic fleet divided to extend celebrations in Monterey and Santa Cruz. The first squadron including Connecticut Kansas Vermont Louisiana Georgia New Jersey Rhode Island and Virginia sailed for Santa Cruz. The second squadron remained until Monday afternoon then joined them for a twenty four hour stop in Santa Cruz.
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Monterey
Cal
Santa Cruse
Connecticut
Kansas
Vermont
Louisiana
Georgia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Virginia
Santa Cluse
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Bank OF Personal Service
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Ockmolders Liability Eee Eee Annes
L. E. Tierney
R. E. Bolling
W. H. Thomas
W. B. Hicks
Mr. Norris
Railways
Bailey
Subcommittee
Bvuep Teun W. P. Hawley
Superior Supply CO
W. V
Sathering
Engine
Min Bussy
The
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State of
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W. C. Pollock
First National
A. Hooper
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