Reciprocity in trade discussed by French minister in Chicago
Jules Siegfried, France's minister in Ribot's cabinet, warns of European tariff blocs against American goods and urges reciprocity treaties to boost trade and friendly ties. He notes France would import steel and machinery from the United States while exporting gloves linen lace and cotton goods, strengthening political relations.
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Chicago
Europe
Jules Siegfried
France
Ribot
Mr. Siegfried
England
Centralizing policy at United States Steel affects Pittsburg plants
The United States Steel Corporation adopts a plan to centralize operations and close smaller or poorly located plants. Pittsburg may gain by consolidating about 50,000 millien from abandoned sites within a year, boosting the district’s prominence in the company’s network.
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Pittsburg
The
Commercial Gazette
United States Steel Corporation
Joshua Rhodes
National Tube Company
Morgan Combine
Navy board backs wireless telegraphy over pigeons
The board of naval officers led by Captain Chadwick completed its inquiry on wireless telegraphy and submitted findings to Admiral Bradford. It endorses wireless as a valuable naval adjunct, plans to abandon carrier pigeons, and notes a conference with Marconi without endorsing a specific system.
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Washington
Board of Naval Officers
Chadwick
Admiral Bradford
Naval Bureau of Equipment
Navy Department
Senor Marconi
Marconi
Unrest in Barcelona Widespread with Fatalities
Reports from Barcelona indicate several people killed and many injured during Tuesday disorders. In Henday, France, relief comes as Barcelona workers push for strikes with a majority having stopped work.
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Henday
France
Barcelona
Spain
Great Augusta Fire Destroys Cotton Warehouses
A major blaze in Augusta Georgia on May 8 by 2 10 p m raged out of control burning cotton warehouses and destroying thousands of bales of cotton.
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Augusta
The Great 16 Inch Gun on War Department Exhibit
Captain Wheeler of the ordnance bureau is ordered to Watervliet to inspect a 16 inch gun nearing completion. The weapon would fire a 2870 pound shell 21 miles and weigh 180 tons. If mounted at Sandy Hook it could guard a vast wealth zone including New York and New Jersey coastal areas. The gun will be shown in Buffalo and may lead to more placements in major ports.
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Washington
Wheeler
Ordnance Bureau
Watervleit
N. Y
Sandy Hook
New Rochelle
Tuckahoe
Hempstead
Long Beach
Long Island
Perth Amboy
Paterson
New Jersey
New York
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Staten Island
Atlantic
Buffalo
War Department
Boston
San Francisco
Hampton Roads
Tenement Fire Claims Two Lives in New York Blaze
A five story building at Sixtieth Street and Lexington Avenue burned Tuesday night leaving two dead Mrs Jennie McSorley and Miss W Brown. A M Young and wife leaped from the fourth floor and were badly hurt Mrs Young fatally. James Conway suffered a hip dislocation Patrick Rogan a fireman burned hands. Mrs Elizabeth Walton and Mrs J Wanamaker injured. Twenty families displaced. Fire under investigation as ruins are searched.
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New York, May
Sixtieth Pamhe
Lexington Avenue
Jennie McSorley
W. Brown
A. M. Young
Young
James Conway
Patrick Rogan
Elizabeth Walton
J. Wanamaker
Cardinal Martinelli Receives Red Hat in Baltimore
Cardinal-elect Sebastian Martinelli of Ephesus, papal delegate to Washington, was invested with the red ferretta by Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore. The ceremony at the old cathedral, attended by dignitaries and clergy, featured Arch bishop Ryan of Philadelphia delivering the sermon and a benediction by Cardinal Gibbons.
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Baltimore
May
Sebastian Martinelli
Ephesus
Church of
Ryan
Philadelphia
Cardinal Gibbons
Search party finds remains of missionaries in New Guinea
Brisbane reports that a search party returning from New Guinea found the half eaten remains of Rev. James Chalmers and Rev. Oliver Tomkins of the London Missionary Society and their followers, massacred by Fly River natives in April.
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Brisbane
Queensland
New Guinea
James Chalmers
Oliver Tomkins
London Missionary Society
Fly River
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