National convention opens amid news of deaths and trials
The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers meets in Cincinnati while reports tell of deaths including Mrs Anna Hughes in Milwaukee and professor Israel C Russell in Michigan. Other items cover Derby winner Sir Huon, bank insolvency at Delmont, and various public figures' fates.
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Amalgamated Association of Iron, Sive! and Tin Workers
Cinennati
Anna Hughes
Queen Victoria
Milwaukee
Israel C. Russell
University of Michigan
Philadelphia
R. A. Torrey
CM. Alexander
HH. Harriman
Union Pacific and Allied Lines
Seattle
Panama Canal
Max Dittrich
Dresden
Saxon
Louisville
Sir Huon
Navarre
James Reddick
Delmont
Cunningham
Senate action on appropriation bills noted
Congress debated the Senate Army and agricultural appropriations. The agriculture bill passed with seed distribution provision 153 to 82 while the railroad rate measure was not finished and Mr. Daniel of Virginia had just concluded his speech.
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Senate
Daniel
Senate Day Gives Sensational Speech and Tariff Debate
Senate session features Tillman remarks attacking federal judges, debate on tariff and railroad rate amendments. Lodge proposal trims to oil lines. little progress on railroad rates. House spends day on naval appropriation with emphasis on ship sizes and program. five bills pass.
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Senate
Tillman
S. C
House
Benate—Kittredge
China sets condition for Manchurian port openings
Washington reports the Chinese government will open certain Manchurian ports and interior cities to world trade only after completing regulations for governing foreign colonies. The move is understood to be conditional on foreigners agreeing to leases rather than purchasing land outright.
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Washington
Witte Resignation Accepted in Russia Premier Goremykin to Succeed
The Russian cabinet reports that Premier Witte has resigned and that former Interior Minister Goremykin will become premier. The move surprises many, as Goremykin is viewed as a reactionary and potentially unequal to the looming crisis.
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St. Petersburg
Witte
Goremykin
M. Goremykin
Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities May 7
Wheat futures hold on contracts in Minneapolis and Duluth with May and July bids quoted. Cattle and hog prices shown for St Paul and Chicago markets with ranges for steers cows and heifers. sheep and lamb values listed. Chicago wheat and corn futures also noted alongside flax butter and poultry prices.
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Duluth
Northern
St. Paul
Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
Coal strike ends as workers to return to labs in collieries
New York committees represent ing operators and miners agree to extend the strike commission award for three years and reinstate all non-violent workers. Ratification by the Scranton district convention is expected. Miners call it a historic first general agreement between operators and workers.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Coal Road
Agreement Reached on Court Review in Rate Bill
Senate conference leaders report a near agreement on the railroad rate bill. Senator Allison will offer an amendment granting circuit courts jurisdiction to hear suits against the Interstate Commerce Commission. The compromise, welcomed by Long Aldrich Crane and Roosevelt, endorses broad court review without dictating scope.
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Washington
Senate
Allison
Interstate Commerce Commission
Long
Aldrich
Crane
Roosevelt
Assassination Plots Rock Ekaterinoslav and Moscow
Six unknown assailants kill the governor general of Ekaterinoslav and wound Moscow’s vice admiral Doubassoff as a bomb strikes his carriage. The attacks occur as officials travel near the palaces, with reports noting injuries to aides and near misses for families. Senator W A Clark of Montana declares he will not seek re election and will return home after his term.
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Moscow
Doubassoff
Uspenki
Butte
Mont
Butte Miner
W. A. Clark
Montana
United States Senate
World Wide Sympathy Delays Foreign Help to S F Relief
President Roosevelts special message explains US stance on foreign contributions for San Francisco relief. He says gifts to the government were not accepted while contributions to the citizens relief committee were not acted upon officially. The message notes global sympathy and many offers of aid.
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Washington
Roelt
San Francisco
Citizens’ Relief Committee of
Mrs Waters Fatally Shoots Daughter Then Kills Self
In New York on May 6 Mrs Maury Waters, aged 52, shot and killed her elder daughter Agatha in their West Seventy sixth Street home and then killed herself. Ruth, seventeen, slept nearby. Temporary insanity linked to worry over Agatha’s ill health is noted. Agatha was 26, Ruth 17. Mrs Waters was married to John R Waters, a prosperous insurance broker.
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New York
Maury Waters
West Seventy-sixth
Street
Agatha
Ruth
San Francisco Fire Losses Reach Vast Sums
May 3 report from San Francisco estimates the overall property loss near 350 million dollars after the disaster. Within three days 576 safes were opened east of Powell and south of Market with only about six in ten cases preserving contents.
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San Francisco
Powell
Market Streets
Report on Standard Oil rates spurs call for prosecutions
President Garfield transmits James Gartheld’s transportation and freight rate findings to Congress. The report shows Standard Oil profited by secret rates, roughly 700 000 dollars yearly, and calls for Justice prosecutions in certain cases. It notes open rates also favored the company and urges stronger interstate commerce enforcement.
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Standard Oil Company
Beneft
Department of Justice
Congress
Kus
Humphrey
Flaxseed as a Rotation Crop in Northwestern Farms
The article evaluates flaxseed as a rotation crop in the Northwest, noting past failures and the scientific shift toward disease prevention. It credits Professor Henry J. Holley at Fargo and agricultural stations for new methods, including seed treatment with formaldehyde, seed cleaning, and careful sowing. It outlines crop rotations to reduce flax diseases and boost long term profits, suggesting flax could become a regular rotation staple if healthier seed and soil practices are maintained.
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Quilty
Ten Die in Pennsylvania Railroad Collision Near Clover Creek Junction
Ten persons are dead after a head on collision on the Pennsylvania railroad near Clover Creek Junction in Altoona area. Six died instantly and four succumbed to injuries. about twenty passengers and crew injured but expected to recover as trains No 18 Chicago mail eastbound and the first Chicago and St Louis express westbound were involved.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Clover Creek Junction
Chicago Mail
Chicago
Staten Island business leader Charles L. Spier shot dead in duel
Charles L. Spier a Staten Island businessman and confidant of H H Rogers of Standard Oil was killed in a duel with a burglar at his New Brighton home. Spier a Richmond Light and Power officer and SI Rapid Transit figure lived in a fine district with his wife active socially on the island.
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New York
May
Charles L. Spier
Staten Island
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
New Brighton
Spier
Richmond Light and Power Company
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad Company
Island
County Superintendent race and teachers exam notices
Fragmented notice from Coventry County includes candidates for County Superintendent of Pitts County Schools, with details about the Democratic or Republican slate. It also announces the next regular teachers’ examination at Lantern school house on May 25 and 26, 1000, with writing matters furnished and work commencing. Dated Linton May 6 1005.
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Linton
Noot
Coventry County
Former mayor Woo Jenny linked to stolen hearse case
The former Williston mayor Woo Jenny, arrested on a charge of conspiring to receive a stolen hearse, waives preliminary examination and is released on 2500 dollar bonds to await district court. The report notes prior arrest on a similar offense and cites George Mallow as cattle inspector in Valle County. A separate items recount an emigrant named Puller killed near Harve after a bridge accident. a boy dies in a separate gear accident. weather turns cold with snow flurries across the state.
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Woo Jenny
Williston
Chiang
George Mallow
Valles
Mont
Denny
Valles Coutty
Denis
Mbontani
Slieveramne
Harve
Gagnet
Fuller
Wis Iade
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State Civil Service
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Bonaparte
Hoch
Kansas
Nannie Langhorne Shaw
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William Waldorf Astor
All Souls' Church
London
Committee On Finance
Burrows
Spooner
Hale
Money
Bailey
Michael Angelo McGinnis
Kansas City
Edwin F. Gould
Indianapolis
William ¢. Owen
Traders’ In- Sinance Company
Daniel Lockwood
Grover Cleveland
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James Mills
Pitts
Uire Post
New Orleans
J. J. Snouffer
Cedar Rapids
Eugene Renevier
Swiss Geographical Society
Shenker Cannon
Edwin W. Clark
New York Cotton Exchange
Henry H. Adama
Newark
Iron and Steel
Greenwich
Conn
Max Judd
Monticello
St.0s
Michigan
Daniel EB. Murphy
Mil. Aauhee
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Count Witte
Paris
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Dwlath Comet
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