Lavish Expenditure for Pauper Paradise in London
London reports lavish spending on Hammersmith pauper housing costing 1,307,630 dollars with 1,675 dollars per head. Details describe pine screens plate glass mosaic floors and expensive dining and lighting, amid calls by John Burns led local board to curb extravagance and potential abolition of the project.
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London
Hammersmith
Willie
Tim
Buckingham Palace
John Burns
Poor Law Guardians Transfer Workhouse Control to Boroughs
The boards of poor law guardians decide to hand over the management of workhouses to borough authorities, centralizing supervision and administrative duties under local government.
Summoning More Jurors for the Haywood Trial
Sheriff Hodgins began summoning a special 106 men to complete the jury pool after the regular panel was exhausted for the Haywood case. A Federation of Western Miners official notes growing belief in a fair court hearing and willingness to let the matter be resolved in court.
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Boise
Idaho
Hodgins
Haywood
Federation of Western Miners
Federation
Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone
Electric Locomotive Rammed Trolley Car Injuring Nine
A southbound electric car from Springfield halted for trolley repairs on the McKinley interurban line near Edwardsville Illinois. An electric locomotive pulling a work train collided at full speed, demolishing the car and injuring nine people, several seriously. A separate note mentions a Mount Vernon flour car arriving at Sublette Barnes.
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Edwardsville
Ills
Springfield
McKinley
Here
Mount Vernon
Sublette & Barnes
Guatemalan Affair Peaceably Settled
The Guatemalan crisis ends with no severance of diplomatic ties. Mexico drops extradition demands on General Jose Lima and Col. Onofre Bone over General Barillas assassination. Senor Gamabo to Guatemala. Guatemalan minister Giron to Mexico denied passport as display of resentment. State department to publish history of the matter.
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City of
Mexico
Jose Lima
Onofre Bone
Barillas
Senor Gamabo
Guatemala
Salvador
Senor Giron
Cabrera
State Department
West Virginia Weekend Weather Outlook
Showers and cooler conditions expected Saturday in West Virginia. Sunday should be fair and warmer with improving outdoor conditions overall.
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West Virginia
Baseball Results From Multiple Leagues Rain and Snow Interfere
National League games were affected by rain with Brooklyn Chicago and New York Pittsburgh failures noted. Philadelphia beat St. Louis 4 to 1 while Boston tied Cincinnati 6-6. American League action included Chicago Philadelphia cold conditions and Detroit Boston snow with Cleveland 5 New York 1. Virginia League results show Portsmouth Lynchburg 6 Danville 5 and Richmond 2 Roanoke 0.
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New York
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Cincinnati
Chicago
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Heir to the Throne of Spain Is Born in Madrid
Queen Victoria gives birth to a son who will be heir to the throne of Spain. The infant Alfonso is described as vigorous with blue eyes and fair complexion. A national holiday is decreed and officials announce the sex, title, and succession plans amid widespread rejoicing.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Victoria
Spain
Royal Palace
Alfonso
Maura
Prince of
Asturias
Prince
King
Prince of Asturias
Prince Charles of Bourbon
Carlos
Global Dispatches Report Earthquakes and Trials
Irkutsk and Leoben report severe earth shocks with frightened residents and no damage. In Baltimore a man hanged for murder. in Goldfield a jury convicts two men of murder and manslaughter. New York notes a 10 percent wage rise pressuring rents, while Washington covers immigration policy and a Guatemalan crisis with Mexico over General Lima.
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Leoben
Austria-Hungary
Goldfield, Nev
Preston
Smith
Cilva
Fight to a Finish in Street Railway Fight
San Francisco on May 10 reports the street railway strike has become a fight to a finish with no arbitration accepted. Police claim readiness to maintain order while Mayor Schmitz assures adequate police force, and strike breakers are ready to run the system. Citizens committees fail to find settlement as residents face no street car service.
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San Francisco
Mullaly
Schmitz
Dinana
Train Plunges ThroughTrestle Killing Two Nearby
Flemingburg Kentucky May 10 Two dead and two fatally injured after an engine and two coaches broke through a double deck trestle two miles from Flemingburg plunging fifty feet into a creek. The deceased are Harry Thomas of Cincinnati and an unknown laborer. Fatally injured include Clarence Brown and Amelia Snodgrass of Covington.
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Flemingburg
Cincinnati
Department of Agriculture Report on Greps Data
Official Agriculture Department report covers period to May 1, 1907. Winter wheat condition 82.9 percent. winter rye 88 percent. meadow moving land 88.6. spring pastures 79.6. spring ploughing 71.5. spring planting 47 percent. Area of winter wheat remaining in cultivation on May 1 is 11.2 percent, about 3.533 million acres less than last fall.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Mob Nearly Lynched Detective by Mistake
In Butte Montana on May 10 Patrol Driver Charles Jackson killed Harry Cole as he tried to escape. A mob of 5000 led by Cole’s brothers tried to lynch Detective Charles McGarvy, wrongly believed to be the shooter. Cole had been jailed on forgery charges and was suspected in a prior train robbery that left an engineer dead.
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Washington
Immigration Commission
Watson
South Carolina
Butte
Mont
Charles Jackson
Harry Cole
Brothers of
Welch Sjfur
Frank Crow
Thomas Sullivan
Taft and Hughes the Administration Ticket
Washington notes a new gossip morse in circles as Taft and Hughes become the Republican ticket for the nomination. Ohio endorses Taft with Roosevelt's favorable view of Hughes for vice president and editor Taft claims Ohio's situation is settled. Taft managers cite nationwide harmony and strong Taft sentiment across the country.
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Washington
Morse
Taft
Hughes
Ohio
Roosevelt
Charles P. Taft
A. I. Vorys
Exposition Bond Issue Negotiations Move Forward
The exposition governor noted the $400000 bond issue for completing the exposition has been deferred. Barton Myers, governor of ways and means, said negotiations are in progress with prospects of closure in the next few days.
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Barton Myers
Ways and Means of the
Exposition Company
San Francisco Fire Losses Mount in 1906 Catastrophe
New York May 10 The San Francisco conflagration of April 1906 wiped out all profits from underwriting since 1860 and caused $79,708,174 in losses. President Geo W Burchell of the National Board of Underwriters reported total property damage near $350,000,000 with $175,608,530 borne by 243 domestic insurers and substantial foreign reinsurance pushing total world losses to around $220–$225 million. The 1906 year is deemed the most disastrous in fire insurance history.
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New York
San Francisco
Geo. W. Burchell
National Board of Underwritters
Burchell
New York State
State Insurance Department
Birth of Spanish heir welcomed by British royals
London May 10 The birth of an heir to the Spanish throne was received with unfeigned satisfaction by King Edward and the royal family in London.
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London
Edward
Jamestown Bond Issue Not Yet Placed
Jamestown Exposition board meeting in Norfolk Virginia scheduled for today to discuss the bond issue.
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Jamestown
Norfolk
Cuban Liberals Press for American Supervisors in Cuba
A Havana report from May 10 states Liberal leaders including Juan Miguel Gomez and Alfredo Zaya urged Governor Magoon to replace provincial councils with American supervisors. They argued councils and 1905 congress elections were fraudulent and sought new elections or governors chosen by Liberals. A delegation delivered a petition outlining the proposal.
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Havana
Magoon
Palma
Congress
Juan Miguel Gomez
Alfredo Zaya
Cigarette Girls at Richmond Go on Strike
In Richmond Virginia on May 10 forty female packers at the Allen & Ginter branch of the American Tobacco Company walked out in protest after inspector Theresa Klotz was transferred to another department. The workers demanded her reinstatement and refused to work under a new inspector, quitting mid shift as management refused to restore her.
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Richmond
Theresa Klotz
All-Tobacco Cigarette Department
Allen & Ginter
American Tobacco Company
Klotz
Woman Drowns Self in Spring Near Parkersburg
Parkersburg West Virginia May 10 Mrs C C Kimball wife of a wealthy farmer four miles east of the city committed death by her own action by drowning herself in a spring. Mrs Kimball had left her husband months ago but later returned to him.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
C. C. Kimball
Recount Demands Stem From Defeated Candidates at City Meeting
City council met and approved minutes payroll and numerous bills. Licenses granted include liquor, livery, theatre, shooting galleries and restaurants. Bond issue question to be voted on. recount requests by Bar ger Morrisette Thornton noted. ordinance for Park street paving and fire plugs passed.
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G. W. Young
John Homer
W.W. M. Mace
W. M. Scott
T. H. White & Company
J. H. Beckett
A. J. Goodwin
T. Miller
Chas
H. Dodson
Tom Laws
Slush
Norfolk and Western
Allen Street
Mercer Street
Miller Supply Company
West End
Secretary of State
City Board of Health
O. S. Hare
KE. E. Carter
H. A. Ritz
M. Masley
Board of Health
George M. Barger
D. Morrisette
J. Y. Thornton
Park Street
Chamber of Commerce
Higginbotham
Raleigh
Grant
Henry
W. D. Roberts
T. Martin
Midway
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Volcanic Eruptions Continue in Italy May 10
Messina reports Mount Etna and Stromboli volcanoes ongoing in eruption with frequent earthquakes stressing the alert level. The activity maintains a tense situation across Sicily as residents monitor fallout and ash.
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Messina
Italy
Mount Etna
Snow Plunges Meadville For Several Inches Overnight
Heavy snow falls over Meadville Pennsylvania with the ground expected to be covered by morning. Notice states that in the author’s absence Mr C T Martin at Midway will sell Midway tots. W D Roberts, agent. May 10, 1907.
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Meadville
Pennsylvania
C. T. Martin
Midway
W. D. Roberts
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