War of Magnates Causes Big Loss in Rail War
New York May 27 Hundreds of miles of poles and wires along the Pennsylvania railroad were cut down as a battle between Gould Morgan Rockefeller and Carnegie unleashed a costly feud over railroad and telegraph assets. Western Union crews may enter to salvage lines as courtroom maneuvers unfold, with the Postal service stake looming. The Gould camp seeks to protect high value routes while Morgan pressures legal remedies. judges and lawyers feature in a conflict that could shape control of cross country communications.
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New York
Pensylvania
Corpe
Ble Railroad Company
Western Union Empany
Hnes
Western
Nion
George Wuld
Carnegie
Atlantic
Rockefeller
Nnander
Morgan
Pennsylvania
Western Union
Gould
Pennsylvania Sceme
Poll Company
Pennylvenia
Western Union Company
Postal Company
Wreck At Whiting Wrecks Kansas St Paul Train
A Kansas, St Paul, and Chicago Northwestern train wrecked near Whiting Indiana after a wind blown sleeper car derailed the Illinois Central route. Injured include George Coleman of Sioux City and several others with broken bones and head injuries. Rescue teams reached the scene by 12:45 AM and by 8 AM the track was cleared.
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Whiting
Kansas
St. Paul Wyer
Chi Igo
Northwestern
George Coleman
Sioux City
Ear Larson
Kiron
Vhn Thompson
Davenport
Eter Parsons
Bley
Minneapolis
Dayhult
Council Bluffs
Bronx City
Turkiye Troops Kill 150 in Macedonian Town Clash
Reports from Salonica recount heavy fighting near Lake Smerdesh south of Isba May 41. Turkish troops killed about 150 Macedonian insurgents and set homes ablaze with dynamite as clashes spread from Kitchevo to Nevrokop. Negotiations between Igayla and Turkey have opened in the city.
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Nena
Smerdesh
Lake Isba
Salonica
Turkey
Mace- Ma
Kitchevo
Nevrokop
Max O Re ll Dead in Cancerous Trouble Report
May 23 report from Tork states private reports that Max O Re ll Bouc Orix Orell died after cancerous formation following treatment for appendicitis. The obituary notes his role as lecturer and no further details are provided.
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Noh Wit
Tork
Parld Sey
Paul Bouc Orix Orell
Morgan Dodged Taxes on Art Treasures in Household Effects
About $2,000,000 in art objects gathered by J. P. Morgan could enter the United States as household effects with no duty. Morgan plans to bring his private collection from London and Paris, using a Park Lane lease to establish a legal residence for his art treasures. Agents are instructed to collect all paintings, bronzes, cameo, and objets d art for potential public viewing.
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Clance
New York
J. PL Morgan Wii
Europe
London
Morgen
Tt B
Mr. Morgan
Park Lane
Parle Lane
Avenue
Morgan in England to push big projects across the pond
New York May 2 report says financier J P Morgan will devote time to England with plans for major buildings and an underground electric line from the Bank of Ireland northeast toward Waltham Abbey costing 70000000. Parliament committee blocked Morgan's bill but expects it to pass next week in a different form. Morgan offers incentives to local bodies to acquire land for a public library near a proposed station to serve a growing suburban area mainly for workers seeking cheaper rents.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
England
London
Bank of Isaslanil
Walthany Abbey
Moroad
Committee of Parliament
Fire Ravages Brooklyn Factory and Mills in May Blaze
In Brooklyn a factory named Prand Jenner and eight nearby buildings, mostly apartments, were destroyed by a May fire causing about 100000 in losses. The General Steel Plate Company boiler plate mills later burned, totaling 200000 in damage and displacing many workers, with full insurance coverage. St Paul Waterhouse Engine Works suffered a 75000 loss from a fire with two explosions and a watchman severely burned while attempting to fight the blaze.
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New York
Brooklyn
Prand Jenner
Harrisburg
Ceneral Steel Plate Company
St Paul
Waterhous
Markets Report From Sioux City and National Livestock Quotes
Livestock notes from Sioux City with hogs and cattle prices, plus cattle, hogs, and sheep quotes from Chicago South Omaha and Kansas City markets. Prices show calves, cows, feeders, and butchers varied across regions, with slow to steady demand and mixed receipts.
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Sioux City
Sioux Ciy
Chicago
Walgvad Rouk
Rianne
South Omaha
Lockers
IKEA
Wolters
Grain Markets Cash Quotations May 93 Chicago
Grain and provisions prices posted from Chicago with mixed quotes for spring and winter wheat No. 2 and No. 1 grades. Cash and futures notes include barley oats seed and hay prices, with butter and cheese markets mentioned as steady. Minneapolis and Duluth price references list hard and northern wheat types and September futures.
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Chicago
Stark Oy
Raha Pater
Barat
Cnir
Daly
Cludea
Erry
Minneapolis
Cash
rWy
Wye
Hard
Duluth
Tower Sing
Stairs of Sand and Secrets Behind Prison Walls
Job Hendricks navigates a web of watchers and conspiracies as Dick Barnett, Alma, and the schoolteacher entangle in a town crackdown. The plan to free the prisoner unfolds amid covert meetings, hidden silhouettes, and a wary constable on the hunt. Key figures include Henslow, Ellison, and the elusive observer Job.
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Martin Frale
Henslow
Elson
Frale
Jim
Job
Job Hendricks
Hendricks
Young Barnett
Barnett
Corrie
Mr. Bilyens
Thanked Heaven for Irish Trolls and Polyglot City Walks
A New Yorker lost in a multilingual New York block questions Italians Chinese Japanese and a street cleaner before finding help from a polite Dunapase shoe shopkeeper and finally a policeman. The scene ends with the New Yorker grateful the gaglic tongue was not suppressed and a royal welcome in Portsmouth and London for King Edward VII, May 5.
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New York Mail and Express
New York
Rampont
Wall
Disqust
New Yorker
Fraud charges denied as political plot in Chicago report
A Washington special to the Record-Herald says reforms aim to punish rivals, with little evidence of fraud or robbery found. Investigators trace practices to prior administrations, noting McKinley era ties and expect limited exposure despite reform rhetoric.
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Chicago
Washington
The
Record-Herald
General Defense
Department oMcala
Must Leave Russia Jews Warned to Quit or Convert
May 26 report from St Petersburg notes authorities warn Jews to emigrate or Christianize. Kronaschevan urged conversion or exile, threatening permanent ban on Jewish entry. Russian police defend Kronaschevan as a bought man. Simultaneously, Warsaw workers staged a May 5 protest with red flags and chants, later suppressed by Cossacks and police. The incident involved about a thousand active demonstrators.
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Petersburg
Obaervera
Russia
M. Kronshevan
Novoo Vreyema
Department of Police
M. Lopoushen
Kiehiner
Kronshevan
Warsaw
Gorki Article on Kishinev Massacre Exposed in Berlin
Berlin reports Maxim Gorki wrote a piece for a Russian paper denouncing the Kishinev massacre as the era's greatest disgrace. Censored there, it appeared in the Frankfurt press via the St Petersburg correspondent, condemning the mob and the corrupt upper classes for fostering the atrocity and its cover by cultured society.
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Maxim Gorki
Germany
Berlin
Gorki
St Petersburg
Brankfurt Kileng Presse
Russia
Kishinet
Ume
Tle
Paris Anarchists Celebrate with Long Live Anarchy Shouts
In Paris on May 26 the annual socialist revolutionary parade visited Pere Lachaise Cemetery where 1871 commune victims were executed. About three thousand marched as chants of Long live Anarchy rose and the Carmagnole song was sung despite bans. Survivors of the commune were praised as they passed the fatal wall with no disturbances reported.
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Paris
Pere Sq Chaise
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Max O'Rell
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