Turmoil in Chicago as Teamsters Strike Paralyzes Trade
Federal court issues sweeping injunctions as thousands of Teamsters walk out. Major wholesale and retail firms fear crippling losses while employers seek state or federal troops to protect property and money flows. Secretary Taft orders Fort Sheridan troops to support the effort amid mounting labor tensions.
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Chicago
Ins
Plo
O Express
Washington
Jim
Taft
Fort Sheridan
Chicago Strike Spreads Across City Industries
Chicago drivers from the Teamsters join a growing strike threatening a citywide paralysis of business. State Street stores face closure as railway express drivers walk out, and union leader Charles Dold warns the movement could reach 250000 workers if employers resist. The dispute pits Chicago Employees’ Association against capital and escalates tensions in the urban economy.
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Chicago Teamsters
Chicago
State Street
Mnd
Railway Express
Charles Dold
Wederation of Labor
Awith
President Dold
Chicago Employees’ Association
Injunctions and Federal Troops Tangle Chicago Strike
The sweeping injunction against interference by the strike includes a ban on picketing threats gestures words and following wagons. Federal troops were ordered to Chicago after Cabinet deliberations and are expected to quell unrest as Chicago's industries face a tied up future. Chief O Neill and Assistant Chief Schuet tler take command for rapid response.
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United States
Kohlsaar
State Street Department
Judge Wollsunt
Smikers
Bare
Tiohisaat
Chicago
O'Neill
Schuettler
Eitzhugh Lee Dies in Washington at 65
Gen. Pitzhugh Lee of Virginia, veteran of three wars, died in Washington on Friday night after a train collapse illness. He was 65. Only his brother Daniel Lee and physicians Doctors Edie and Kean were present at his deathbed. Mrs. Lee and other family were not in Washington.
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Pitzhugh Lee
Virginia
Washington
Boston
Lee
Daniel Lee
Edie and
Kean
Confederate general Lee dies after varied wars and expo work
The text notes Gen Lee, who helped represent Massachusetts at the 1907 James town exposition, served as president of the exposition company. He spoke to a Massachusetts House committee in Boston and remained in his usual health upon leaving. He served in frontier duty against Indians, was a major general for the Confederacy in the Civil War, and fought in the Spanish American War.
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Hoston
Massachusetts
Legislative Committee
Massachusetts House
Boston
Gen. Lee
Spain
Lawyer from Atlanta Dies in Supreme Court Argument
Sparks from the Wires reports a Macoa Ga lawyer, Sparks from Washington Dessau, dropped dead in Atlanta while arguing a case in the Supreme Court. The piece notes earlier Belgian invitation for US delegates to an international congress in Mons next September. Thomas Butler, born in Queenstown Ireland in 1500, is dead in New York after eighty years in shipping and wharves.
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Sparks
Washington
Dessau
Macoa
Atlanta
Supreme Court
United States
Belgium
International Educational and Commercial Congress
Mons
Thomas Butler
Queenstown
Ireland
New York
Bie
America
Cool Weather Delays Crops Across Regions
The weather bureau weekly crop summary reports unusually cool conditions the week ending April 24 East of the Rockies. Germination slowed for corn, oats, and spring wheat with some frost damage in the South and Plains. Cotton planting continued but frost and rains slowed progress in Alabama Georgia the Carolinas and Oklahoma. Fruit prospects declined in the Ohio valley and Atlantic coast but showed improvement in the upper Missouri valley lake region and New England.
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Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
East Gulf States
Indiana
Missouri
Montone
Dakotas
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Llinois
Ohio River
Ohio
South Atlantic
South Dakota
Colorado
Utah
North Pacific
Middle Atlantic
New England
Oklahoma
Indian Territories
Texas
Alabama
Georgis
Carolinas
Georgia
Ohio Valley
Atlantic
Upper
Missouri Valley
Lake Region
Assails Women’s Clubs Hear Grover Cleveland’s Critique
Grover Cleveland argues in the Ladies' Home Journal that certain women’s clubs threaten home life and motherhood. He supports voting rights for women only to warn of its undermining effects on wives and mothers, citing radicals and a misfit definition of good wife.
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Grover Cleveland
Ladies’ Home Journal
Cleveland
Notable Royal and Academic Feats Highlight 19th Century Figures
A jumble of biographical notes on rulers and dignitaries. The Emperor of China grants Dias a high decoration, the Portuguese King earns medals for painting, and Robert Friesen praises Icelandic education. Sultan of Turkey depicted as frail yet active, with Rosebad Bey named a drunkard. Prince Charles of Denmark shown as multi talented. Tong Shin Ye noted as a young Chinese minister educated in the U S in 1872. Winston Churchill, aged 30, already the subject of a biography and a landmark political rise. Major Kesmarets offered French army service dating to 1518.
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China
Dias
Portugal
Robert Friesen
Iceland
Turkey
Dlis
Rosebad Bey
Frederick Bridge
London
Prince Charles
Denmark
Tong Shin Ye
England
United States
Eynedoch
Graham Murray
Thomas Graham
Wellington
Winston Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Kesmarets
Naval warfare notes signal limited action in China Sea
The week’s naval updates show Vice Admiral Rosestvensky avoiding battle with Admiral Togo and delaying a dash to Vladivostok until Nebogatoff’s division joins. Rumors surround Nebogatos’s reinforcements as the Formosa coast and three mile limit are noted. Japan keeps its fleet away from trade routes and Formosan waters, while neutrality with France appears settled. Minnesota votes to abolish the grand jury.
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China Sea
Rosestvenssky
Togo
Vladivostok
Nebogatoff
Krorestvensky
Kamrank Bay
Japan
France
Ehamranh Bay
Amam
Nebogatos
Rojestvensky
Toga
Admiral Toso
Formosa
Tokio
Jose
Russia
England
Horton West Virginia Plant Burns Threatens Whitmer Town
A blaze consumed the Condon Lane Boom and Lumber Company plant and most of Horton, West Virginia, along with about 150 company houses and extensive railroad lumber yard. The fire started from sparks from a donkey engine in weeds, endangering nearby Whitmer. Neighbors fought the flames as authorities assessed the damage.
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Condon Lane Boom
Fxmnber Company
Horton
W. Va
Whitmer
Edwart Kennedy A Great Northern Ireman Dies In Montana
Edwart Kennedy a Great Northern Ireman collapsed and died in Helena Montana after boasting he never felt ill. He organized the Sist Ire company in Minneapolis settings indicating a prominent local employer and industrial figure.
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Edwart Kennedy
Hlarre
Mont
Minneepolia
Dozens Die in War Saw Riots and Clashes With Troops
Dozens killed and many wounded in clashes between troops and workmen in War saw Russia Poland. Cavalry charged halted a red flag procession while infantry fired. Another skirmish at Zlote and Sosnana streets left casualties. Police and military struggle to restrain unrest amid Easter observances and postholiday tensions.
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Warsaw
Russia
Poland
Adazna
Jeroschinska
Zlote
Sosnana
St. Petersburg
Afoscow
Far East
Wkasa
Earthquake Toll in India Dwarfs Initial Estimates
The India earthquakes caused massive devastation with fatalities rising into the thousands. An area of about 5000 square miles was hit, affecting millions and leaving nearly every building damaged or destroyed. Dharamsala suffered near annihilation and many Gurkha soldiers perished in the disaster.
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India
Dharmsala
Earthquake Toll Across Regions Widespread and Deadly
Reports describe heavy damage and loss of life in Missourie as earthquakes struck, with many injured and buildings ruined. In Simla the effects were milder though notable, affecting the summer residence of Lord and Lady Curzon, the latter being American, with Lady Curzon herself narrowly spared.
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Missourie
Simla
Lord
Lady Curzon
Cnetiy
Fragmented world news and disasters in a single column
A garbled OCR summary reports on religious groups and state policies, a near Mexico City cotton factory fire, a New York profanity ban, fires at Willamsport and Brooklyn sites, a banker’s suicide, a Parisian or New York autograph Lincoln sale, a London room accident, and a string of earthquake casualties in Lahore and Lisbon with historic seismic references.
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Lovets
Mexico City
New York
Susquehanna Pinning Mills
Willamesport
George BB. Breen
Notable officials face abrupt dismissal in New York
In New York, a secretary ordered the dismissal of several clerks amid a broader shakeup. A preliminary report notes no official notice yet received by the targeted officer. Nearby, a morning shooting left a sunlawnkeeper injured and a bystander killed by an errant bullet.
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Ferderick PH. Wilson
Tuite States
New York
Tnterins
Hitchcock
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