Cleveland Street Car Strike Sparks Riots and Arson
Cleveland experiences a major street railway strike with scattered violence. A dynamite bomb exploded under a Broadway car injuring riders in a panic. Police used force to disperse crowds. cars ran irregularly on most lines while St Clair, West Madison and Detroit lines faced the heaviest disruption. Police plan to add 200 officers and place three on each car to restore order.
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Cleveland
Broadway
East Fifty-fifth Street
Panlesteleken
East Fitty-Aith Street
St. Clair
West Madison
Francis Avenue
East Fifty
Ruth Street
St. Clair Street
Kohler
Bank Closed as Allegheny National Dunk Folds in Pittsburg
The comptroller of the currency ordered the closing amid a long investigation into the bank. Alleged defalcations by former cashier William Montgomery, now jailed, were found to be vast, making continued operation impossible. Private depositors faced minimal losses while state and city funds comprised most of the deposits. Debts will be fully met. Meanwhile Japanese election returns show the constitutional party winning and strengthening the government’s position.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny National
Willian Montgomery
Republican Party
Friends of the Tariff
Wiliam Jennings Bryin
Eholey
Exposition Building Sold at Janestown Fair
The exposition in Janestown reports the sale of two buildings including the Pennsylvania structure which was valued around STOOml. Nortel Vie The MiNHUNCOMeN and West Vitis Ting Heelsht were among purchasers but final ownership transfers remain unclear.
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Nortel
Vie
Pennsylvania
Wee Vitel
Janestown
Soll
Stooml
Purc
Packing Wouse Fire Injures Five At Omaha Plant
A blaze at the Cudahy Packing Company plant in Omaha resulted in injuries to five workers. The fire caused about 1,250,000 dollars in damage, with estimates suggesting extensive losses.
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Packie Company
Beano
Cudahy Packing Company
Deri Wasdamernd
Refusal Pension Motion Shocks Widow in Washington
A pension denial involving Mrs. Lee in Washington is reported with unclear names and dates due to damaged text. The piece mentions an executive secretary and a cabinet or raft-like committee, referencing a $504 pension and the widow of a general, with incomplete details of the process and parties involved.
The Successful Candidates in Somerset-Thonas District
The Maine inspector of the Twentieth district released the list of successful candidates from the recently held certificate examination. Names include Mine forey, Paires, Tuli Bpence, Ge Sloughton, G. 8 Tlovver, D. W. Riehl arda, Walter ahh, Willian Lub, Robert Dilmore, M. G E. Jones, Vir bosses-Critfith Crifith, Thomas Stephenson, Arthur Dukes, Joby Lowther.
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Somerset
Thonas
Lower
Maine
Twentieth
Bituminions Distriet
Oertigestes
Forey
Paires
Tuli Bpence
Ge . Sloughton
Tlovver
D. W. Riehlarda
Walter Ahh
Willian Lub
Robert Dilmore
M. G E. Jones
Critfith Crifith
Thomas Stephenson
Arthur Dukes
Joby Lowther
California for Taft delegates Are Instructed for Secretary
California Republican state convention met in Sacramento and organized briefly. Congressional district conventions reported no elected delegates while all delegates were instructed for Taft. Montana and Wyoming followed suit with Taft in their national convention instructions.
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Tate
Sacramento
Cal
Taft
Cheyenne
Wyo
William J. Bryan
Butte
Mont
Roongevelt
Chicago
Son “Einry Taft
Richmond
Lyneh
Arabs Fight Furiously at Algeera Stronghold
French forces under General Vigy suffered i} men killed and 165 wounded in a fierce clash with fanatical Arabs at Roudensh Mulal Hassam, a stronghold bombarded. Three French officers died, Arab losses heavy. The engagement began May 1 with a bank near Bent Ousalan and lasted the day as infantry cavalry and artillery drove Arabs toward Boudenib.
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Algeera
Fieroe
Roudensh
Mulal
Roosevelt Wins in Court Over Dismissal of Soldier
In New York Judge Hough sustains President Roosevelt’s right to dismiss a gro negro soldier from the Twenty-fifth Infantry for alleged participation in the Brownsville riot. Oscar W. Reid sued to recover 1228 wages from dismissal to enlistment end. In Youngstown Ohio Amalgamated Association votes to admit negroes after decades of opposition. Negro workers already common in Pittsburg district and southern mills open to recruitment.
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New York
Roosevelt
Megro
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Tex
Hough
United States District Court
Oscar W. Reid
Youngstown, O
Amalgamated Association
Pittsburg
South
Bank cashier Montgomery linked to million-dollar defalcation
William Montgomery, former cashier of the Allegheny National Bank, was delivered to authorities after bondsmen brought him in. Bank examiner William L. Walls later revealed the defalcation could reach 1.25 million dollars, exceeding prior estimates of 469 thousand.
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Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
George Jf. Tenor
William L. Walls
Montgomery
Woman candidate Clara Brett Martin to run in East Toronto
Miss Clara Brett Martin, Canada's first woman lawyer, declares plan to contest the provincial legislature in East Toronto against Dr R A Pyne, minister of education, seeking to become the first Canadian woman member of Parliament.
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Toronto
House Passes Currency Bill in Senate Split Vote
The House approved the currency measure by a party line vote with 15 Republicans crossing the aisle to oppose the bill. Democrats largely backed the bill as debate continued. The legislation now moves to the Senate for consideration.
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House
Washington
Daninst Te DU
Ine Sen Aoe
Abolition Move Seeks End to Opium Dens
London reports a clause aimed at abolishing the system of opium dens in crown dependencies. The effort targets Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, and possibly Cebujon, with swift action urged to curb these dens.
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London
Hearst
Homgkone
Portions of jaw bones point to crime at Guin ness Farm
Portions of human bones and a fragment of dab were found in the cellar of the Guin ness farm house. The prosecutor said these relics are the most valuable to their case yet discovered, reinforcing the crime theory under investigation.
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Guinness Farm
Porte
Grylness Farm
Minnesota Democrats Endorse Johnson For President
The Minnesota Democratic convention endorsed Governor John A. Johnson as their presidential candidate and refused to back William Jennings Bryan. The platform urged tariff revision and stricter supervision of big industrial enterprises, while affirming loyalty to Bryan but favoring Johnson as the more electable choice.
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St. Paul
Min
Democrats of
Minnesota
John A. Jonson
William Jennings Bryan
Vegan
Ted Man
Imade
Auditorian
Bryan
Denver
Johnson
William J. Bryan
Bishop Horstman Dies in Canton After Mass
The Rt Rev Ignatius F Morstman bishop of the Cleveland diocese collapsed at St John s church Canton after Mass and died from heart failure. He was unconscious for a time but revived briefly before a second attack proved fatal.
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Canton
Ignathus F. Morstman
Ure
Cleveland
St. John's Church
Tiger Maime Boy Witnesses Circus Clash in Trenton
A chaotic scene at a Wilkine circus left Tiger Maime Boy of Nod-John Morrisey with facial injuries after cages toppled and a fight erupted. Reports describe a bloody nose and eye injury amid crowd commotion. A separate note mentions a Lincoln place project in Kentucky advancing in the Senate.
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Trenton
John Morrisey
Wilkine
Fin
Train Robbers in Uniform Strike Express Messenger
Great Northern express messenger J B Perrine was beaten and bound on a Seattle to Vancouver run as two men in brakemen uniforms entered the car just as the train left Seattle. They bound him and struck him on the head with a pistol and took note of a strong box estimated between $1,000 and $10,900 before escaping.
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Seattle
Wash
J. EB. Perrine
Great Northern Express
Vancouver
B. C
Bandits Blow Safe in Northern New Mexico Robbery
Bandits fleeing toward the mountains north of Pronch near East Las Vegas N M after looting a French depot safe. They bound station staff, escaped with 35000 dollars as lawmen pursue with a special train, deputies and bloodhounds from Santa Fe and Dawson connections.
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el Pago
Tex
Pronch
Las Vegas
N. M
Santa Fe
Danson
Albuquerque
Mitters
Dawson
Notable Conference at White House on Conservation
President Roosevelt and governors from forty four states led a three day White House conference to discuss preserving natural resources. Two key outcomes emerged: a call for a permanent national state partnership and the possibility of non constitutional treaties between states with congressional approval. Resolutions by Governors Glenn of North Carolina and Fork of Missouri proposed continuing the conference.
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Washington City
Washington
America
White House
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
United States
Root
Congress
Glenn
North Carolina
Covernor Fork
Missour
Wrights' Aeroplane Wrecked at Kill Devil Hill
Norfolk dispatch reports the Wrights Wilbur and Orville achieved eight miles in seven minutes forty seconds with their aeroplane at Kill Devil Hill N C. A navigation error caused the craft to dive and wreck, though Wilbur escaped unharmed and the machine was destroyed.
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Norfolk
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Kill Devil Hill
Wilbur Wright
Tornado Kills Six Laborers Near Island Park
Burlington train crew from Omaha reported racing a tornado near Island Park Town as a bank train with foreign workers derailed. Six men killed and about a score injured as the wreckage caused by the storm halted movement earlier moved from Bartlett, Iowa.
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St. Joseph
Burlington
Omaha
Island Park
Bartlett
Iowa
Sheridan's Ride Aide Mulcahey Dies After Illness
Michael Mulcahey aged 68, last surviving aide to Union General Phil Sheridan on the Winchester ride, died after a two week illness traced to apoplexy. He rode at Sheridan's side and carried orders to scattered commands as Union forces closed in on the hard fought field.
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Winchester
Cleveland
Michael Mulcahey
Phil Sheridan
Mulcahey
Sheridan
Coal Mines Resume in Indiana After Dispute
Maeia Coal Mines resume operations statewide after a pause. A statewide vote on operators' proposed wage scale failed narrowly, with 21,107 in favor and 19,146 against. The closure left about 2,800 miners unemployed as talks collapsed on wages and conditions.
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Springfield
Oal
Train Race With Cyclone Near Plattsmouth, Neb Story
A Burlington passenger train on the Lincoln Plattsmouth line raced a tornado for 10 miles until a sharp turn diverted the storm’s path. Passengers kneeled in prayer as the engineer and fireman struggled to save the train. The Adams Express Company directors also declared a semiannual dividend of $4 per share.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
Burlington
Lincoln-Plattsmouth
Adams Express Company
Seven Mine Workers Dead in Wyoming Explosion
Seven men were killed and more than a dozen injured in a gas-fed explosion at the Mount Lookout colliery of Temple Goal and Iron Company near Wyoming Pennsylvania. Names and ages of the dead are listed, with several injured from nearby towns. The fire fed by a gas feeder ignited timber and coal, followed by a second fatal blast after workers attempted to suppress the flames.
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Wilkes-Barre
Mount Lookout
Temple Goal and Iron Company
Wyoming
Sere
Parcal Smith
Pyank Smith
Exeter
Michael McNulty
Archbald
Oscar Smallcomb
West Pittston
George Metecalt
Lewis Pataskay
Joseph Vaneanden
John Welsh
Wiliam Cofstole
Henry Search
John Pataskay
Charles Babcock
John Kosmith
Pennsylvania Rail earnings rise in 1907 annual report
The thirty sixth annual report shows gross earnings for the Pennsylvania Railroad climbing by 5 3 026 22 to reach 61 337 432 04. Net income after charges topped 9 896 485 13 up 964 598 86 from the prior year while freight ton mile rate stood at 6 3 10 mills and passenger rate at 7 91 cents, each down from last year.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congress Bans Bets at Benning Track in DC
The house backed senate amendments to abolish betting on horse races at Benning and prohibit gambling in the District. The bill, aimed at widening Benning road, carries the anti gambling rider as part of its provisions.
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Benning
Washington
Congress
Benning Track
District of Columbia
House
Senate
Benning Road
Fire destroys Las Americas market in Madrid blaze
A major fire at the Las Americas market and bazar in Madrid gutted the premises and 200 wooden cabins nearby. The blaze forced 300 families to flee into the streets, with residents losing all possessions. Firefighters fought the flames as authorities assessed damages and begun relief efforts.
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Madrid
Tornado Devastates Gilliam Louisiana Town
A violent tornado nearly wiped out Gilliam Louisiana about 80 miles north of Shreveport. Roughly half the 100 residents were killed or injured, with death toll estimated around 26 to 30. Nearby Namaha Nebraska was partly wrecked but fatalities were not reported.
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Louisiana
Shreveport
Gilliam
Auburn
Steel workers convention backs last year scale in key departments
In Youngstown Ohio the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers approved the wage committee recommendation to keep last year's scale in the boiling and bar finishing departments. Delegates also favored maintaining the prior scale in sheet and tin mill divisions while reserving the right to meet to discuss a plan to omit output per ton in those mills.
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Youngstown
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Guards Slay Ten Prisoners in Petersburg Escape Attempt
In an attempt to aid inmates at the Vkaterinoslav government prison in escaping, a bomb exploded inside. Ten prisoners were shot dead by guards as fugitives tried to flee. Massachusetts plans a $300,000 appropriation to combat gypsy moth and other pests.
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Bt. Petersburg
Russia
Vkaterinoslav
Massachusetts
Cornerstone laid for international bureau building
Washington observed the cornerstone laying for the proposed new home of the international bureau of American republics on May 11 in the presence of the U S president and representatives from all American republics. Addresses by President Roosevelt Secretary Root and Andrew Carnegie preceded Cardinal Gibbons invocation and congratulatory messages from presidents.
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Washington
United States
International Bureau of American Republics
Roosevelt
Root
Nabuco
Andrew Carnegie
Cardinal Gibbons
Four Miners Die In Runaway Mine Cars Incident
In Midvale Prospect colliery four miners died when roof falls buried them after runaway cars jumped the track. Seven men rushed to the scene to reset the cars. two roof falls occurred, trapping the rescuers. Names listed include Martin Degnan Andrew Wasko Peter Zuuski and Paul Bozent with Joseph Mutchko critically injured. Mine owned by Lehigh Valley Coal Company.
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Wilkes-Barre
Prospect
Midvale
Martin Degnan
Andrew Wasko
Imberman
Peter Zuuski
Paul Bozent
Joseph Mutchko
The
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Mrs Gould and sister inherit token sums in Clemmons will
Solomon Perry Clemmons of Pittsfield bequeaths his widow his $6000 estate and leaves $1 each to his daughters Mrs Howard Gould of New York and Mrs Sun Yue of San Francisco Chinaman's wife. Clemmons, 70, was declared insane and blind, confined in Jacksonville asylum after March 6, with no contact from his daughters.
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Pittsfield
Ill
SET UP ON PERSIA After Burning Eight Villages
Russian punitive expedition into Persian territory near Belostivar suspended operations at the request of Persian commissioners. The force had burned eight villages accused of harboring brigands. Persian officials asked time to investigate and pledged to deliver guilty parties to justice and compensate widows and children of the slain.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Belostivar
Tornado Hits Illinois Towns Causing Destruction and Fatality
A tornado swept Mercer and Henry counties, touching multiple towns in Illinois. Mrs Gottch, an elderly woman, was killed at Cleveland as a school was demolished and several children were injured. The Rock Island Railroad depot at Coloma was wrecked, Millersburg lost 15 houses with two people slightly injured.
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Illinois
Rock Island
Til
Mercer
Henry
French Artillery Turns Tides in Boudeath Assault
Paris dispatches report General Vigy’s forces in Algeria fought Arabs on May 16 and captured Boudeath, Mulal Hassen stronghold after heavy shelling. Tribesmen, about 1,000 strong, fled, leaving stores and ammunition. French casualties were three killed and nine wounded.
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Paris
Vigy
Algeria
Boudeath
Mulal Hassen
Indiana Coal Miners Begin Strike And Halt All Work
In Evansville and surrounding areas union coal miners stopped work with 16,060 Indiana miners affected. The strike follows a Terra Haute state convention action. Washington, D.C., Senate finance committee to report a bill restoring the motto to coins. Chicago Controller Wilson bans utility contributions to charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheer
Wilson
Chicago
Telephone
Traction
Electric Light
Trade Review Sees Weather Impact On Activity And Prices
R G Dun & Co reports this week that weather conditions largely drive trade, with temperate conditions boosting activity. Manufacturing is steady, some plants reopen while idle work rises elsewhere, and primary markets see buyers gathering for sales as staple stocks thin. Prices ease in pig iron, textile markets show mixed signals, woolens demand holds, footwear output grows in New England, and quick delivery orders for summer goods flow in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Company
New England
The Maiden's Prayer and a Chicago Matron's Music Talk
A Chicago matron and her young nephew attend a musical entertainment. The nephew, unfamiliar with most selections, recognizes Mendelssohn's Wedding March and asks about the piece. The matron explains it as Maiden's Prayer with a grave tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Damrasch
Chicago
Mendelssohn
Harper
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Bishop Horstman
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