Moderates Win Tesh Battle in Russian Gaucus
In St Petersburg on May 5 the Moderate party victory over the extremist wing of the Constitutional Democrats was announced the party adopts a new organization project placing policy and tactics in the hands of the National Congress and Central Committee. Leaders from Volga provinces and South Russia pushed for open democratic reforms and immediate amnesty with universal suffrage, while officials declare secrecy during the emergency. Witte retires as premier with ill health cited and receives the Order of Alexander Nevsky. Durnovo becomes Secretary of State and Goremykin rises to premier with a statement of continued imperial service.
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National Congress
Central Committee
Volga
South
Russia
Bodenye
Yaroslav
Rybinsk
Tauride
Echo
Stchepkin
Odessa
Deroderti
Tver
Witte
Count Witte
M. Durnovo
Ministry of the Interior
M. Goremykin
Alexander Nevsky
Council of the Empire
Durnovo
Council the Empire
Mormon Bishop J. J. Jolly Arrested for Polygamy
Special dispatch from Basin Wyoming reports the arrest of Bishop J J Jolly head of the Mormon settlements in Big Horn County for polygamy with two wives. Prosecutors plan to charge nearly twenty more church members in the county amid fears of attempting to divide and seize control of Big Horn County.
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Commercial Tribune
Basin
Wyo
J.J. Jolly
Big Horn County
Prince Charles Poniatowski Dies in New York
Prince Charles Joseph Stanislas Marie Poniatowski died in the Hotel St. Regis in New York from pneumonia at age 44. He was a noted figure in the United States, Mexico, and Europe and elder brother to Prince Andrew Poniatowski. He had mining and railroad interests in Mexico and recently arrived in New York as Princess Charles traveled from Mexico.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Prince Charles Joseph Stanislas Marie Poniatowski
Mexico
Europe
Hotel St. Regis
Prince Charles
Prince Andrew Poniatowski
W. H. Crocker
San Francisco
Prince Stanislas Poniatowski
Napoleon III
Stanislas
Poland
Paris
Maude Ely Goodwin
Charles
American Goods Pile Up in China
Special Dispatch reports China to open Manchurian ports and interior cities to trade only after it completes regulations for foreign colonies. The move rests on leases rather than land purchases, amid anti foreign sentiment led by Chao Ye, a Yale-educated official. Antiamerican boycott in China is expected to worsen, with unsold American goods piling at entry ports.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Chao-Ye
Board of Foreign Affairs
America
Yale
China
Bible School to Build Orphanage at Mount Repose
God's Bible School plans a large orphanage at Mt. Repose Clermont County this summer costing thousands. About 200 students train for missionary work as the school acquires 200 acres near Mt. Repose for new buildings and a big camp meeting June 15 to 25 expected to draw 2000 attendees. The project may signal relocating the Bible School to Mt. Repose.
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God's Bible School
Mt. Repose
Clermont County
God’s Bible School
Cincinnati
Maine
California
Bible School
Earthquake Shocks Rattle Somerset Kentucky Night
Two sharp earthquake tremors struck Somerset Kentucky at about 10 30 last night causing panic but limited damage to glass and nerves. The state noted the first and second shocks about fifteen minutes apart and felt across the southern part of Kentucky.
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Commercial Tribune
Somerset
Kentucky
Ten Years for Henry G. Goll
Henry G. Goll former Assistant Cashier of the First National Bank Milwaukee was convicted on nineteen counts of misapplying bank funds. Judge Quarles denied a new trial and sentenced him to ten years in Ft Leavenworth military prison. Bank president H. G. Bigelow is already incarcerated there.
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Commercial Tribune
Milwaukee
Wis
Henry G. Goll
First National Bank
United States District Court
Quarles
Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas
H. G. Bigelow
Miners Vote to Return to Work After Settlement Hope
Scranton may 5 miners vote to continue the anthracite coal award for a mutually agreed period with at least a three year term. President Mitchell urged unity and warned against a strike, saying it is better to retain gains. A conference with operators in New York was arranged for Monday to finalize terms and reinstate suspended workers.
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Commercial Tribune
Scranton
Mitchell
Miners’ Convention
Anthracite Coal Commission
Baer
New York
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Anthracite
Mr. Baer
Earler
Roosevelt Backs Allison Amendment on Hepburn Bill
President endorses the Allison amendment as adding vital clarity to the Hepburn rate bill and urges its inclusion if any doubt remains. Senator Foraker backs the amendment for court review of ICC findings, while other Republicans push toward compromise with limited opposition.
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Commercial Trinunh Burbav
Postal Telegraph Building
Washincrton
D. C
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Allison
Capitol
Bailey
Foraker
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Oil Company Origin and Growth Across Eras
The record traces Standard Oil from its 1870 formation by Samuel Andrews and partners to its expansion through acquisitions in Cleveland and beyond. It notes key figures like John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler, the use of rebates, pipeline ventures, and the formation of trust structures and successor entities including Standard Oil of New Jersey. It lists major associated companies and total capitalization around $427.8 million.
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Andrews, Clark & Co
Samuel Andrews
M. B Clark
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Henry M. Flager
S. V. Harkness
William Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
Cleveland
Standard Oil
Pennsylvania
Charles Pratt & Co
New York
Seaboard
Standard Oil Trust
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Rockefeller Company
Railroads controlled by Standard Oil firms listed
Railroads controlled by Standard Oil include Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Missouri Kansas and Texas Wisconsin Central. The data shows mileage 6746 and stock figures 100000000 68000000 10000000 300000 300900 5000000 15906000 256000000 87000000 29000000.
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Standard Oil
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Missouri
Kansas & Texas
Wisconsin Central
Rhode Island Battleship Stranded Off York River
The battleship Rhode Island ran aground on a sandbar near York River entrance while en route to Yorktown from Boston. Tugs Uncas Hercules and Mohawk aided but could not free her by afternoon. officials seek cause as damage assessment awaits.
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Commercial Tribune
Norfolk
Rhode Island
York's Spit
Chesapeake Bay
Capes
Bostock Navy Yard
Yorktown
York River
Uncas
Hercules
Mchkawk
Hoyaliots Aiding Revolt Report Sparks Paris Probe
Police say seized papers show a Bona partist subscription of 140 dollars to the Confederation of Labor funds to stir revolution and a directive for Bonapartist leaders to assemble at a strike center during agitation. Monks expelled, anarchists arrested, and a bomb found on a Colombes church steps in the May Day turmoil.
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Paris Confederation of Labor
Paris
Confederation of Labor
Clemenceau
London
Poncet
Moret
Colombes
Joinville Bridge
Vineinnes
Nordhausen Prohibits Dress Trains in Streets
The Nordhausen Town Council enacts an ordinance banning women from letting dress trains drag in the streets to protect health and air quality. Fines reach seven dollars and fifty cents for violations as the city extends sanitation rules citywide. The police previously restricted sweeping trains on Friedrich Wilhelm Platz. The move signals broader German sanitation zeal.
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Nordhausen
Prussian Saxony
Police Department
Friedrich Wilhelm Platz
Germany
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Gaucus
Constitutional Democrats
Milukoff
ST. Petersburg
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The
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Erates
Plan Party Organization
J. J. Jolly
Wyoming
Prince Charles Poniatowski
Chine
Manchuria
Mt. Auburn
Tion
Leavenworth
Bank
Commission
Great Trusts
Standard Oil Amalgamated Copper
Esa Bat Ce Aides
Teen Wtenne
National Salt
American Smelting and Refining
International Pump Common
International Pump Preferred
Consolidated Gas
People’s Gas of Chicago
Brooklyn Union Gas
Agricultural Chemical Company
Common Agricultural Chemical Company
Banks
National City of New York
Lincoln National
Second National
Bank of Metropolis
First
Beater
Polai
Total
Chicago Tribune
Anodeland
Ches
Apeake Bay
German City
Council
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