President Still Seeks Peace in Far East Talks
Washington reports show a White House conference among President, Japanese Minister Takahira, French ambassador Jusserand, and British chargé d affaires O Beirne on pacific terms. Takahira cautioned Russia must grasp the seriousness of the moment, as Tokyo weighs indemnity and war outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Far East
White House
Takahira
M. Jusserand
O'Beirne
Japan
Russia
Count Cassini
St. Petersburg
Mikado
Tokio
Europe
William
Cheatham Accuses Government Cotton Report Manipulation
Richard Cheatham of Atlanta, secretary of the Southern Cotton Growers Association, plans to seek a rigid investigation into alleged irregularities in the government cotton report. He may demand the resignation of a statistics bureau employee and claims figures were manipulated and shared with brokers to depress prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Cheatham
Atlanta
Southern Cotton Growers Association
Roosevelt
Cheatham
Statistical Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Department
Cer
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Crisis of Girlhood and Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A mother should aid a daughter during the perilous transition to womanhood, with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound offered as a life saving remedy. Emma Cole of Tullahoma Tennessee testimonial claims improved health after years of struggle and doctors failing to help. The ad invites mothers to write to Mrs Pinkham for free guidance toward strong healthy womanhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emma Cole
Tullahoma
Tenn
Hungary denies part in emigration frauds
Budapest June 6 Premier Tisza declared at a parliament emigration committee meeting that it was calumny to claim the government connived with official agents to decoy emigrants for ship companies. He said secret agents did not cause the large exodus, noting that German lines employed 500 agents linked to 63 000 passportless emigrants in 1904. An agreement between Cunard and the German lines now allows a percentage of emigrants to be openly shipped via German ports.
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Budapest
Hungary
Emigration Committee of Parliament
Tisza
Cunard Line
Cunard Company
Alexander and Hyde
Equitable
Textile council accepts Gov Douglas as strike arbiter
Fall River June 6 The textile council met and voted to accept Gov Douglas as arbiter of last year s strike ending the agitation. It asked manufacturers for a conference on the industrial situation and will seek an early hearing. Secretary Taylor cited operatives dissatisfaction and the need for action. Secretary Jackson said all but 13 of the slasher tenders union have secured employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Textile Council
Gov. Douglas
Thomas Taylor
Jackson
Slasher Tenders’ Union
Extradition Ordered for Gaynor and Greene
Montreal judge La fontaine ruled in the case United States versus John F. Gaynor and Benjamin J. Greene extraditing both and ordering them back to jail while awaiting surrender to U S officers.
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Montreal
Que
Lafontaine
United States
John F. Gaynor
Benjamin J. Greene
Cleveland Baking Powder Co Faces New York Inquiry
A New York inquiry targets the Cleveland Baking Powder Company over its manufacturing practices and claimed product purity. Officials examine records, shipments, and labeling to determine compliance and potential consumer impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Baking Powder CO
New York
New Haven Railroad Plans Coal Route Shifts To Long Island Sound Ports
The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad will shift freight from the New York division to eastern ports on the sound and to inland subsidiaries north of the main line. It plans large transfers of coal traffic to sound ports, expanding coal delivering facilities there, and diverting freight via the Port Chester to Danbury six‑track route and the Naugatuck division to Waterbury and the Highland division. The change aims to avoid higher consumer prices. major coal producers are reportedly cooperating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New York
Long Island Sound
New England
Sound
Port Chester
Danbury
Highland Division
Waterbury
Bristol
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Maine Jury Sits On Lumber Case
Portland Maine June 6 Associate Justice Sewall C Strout of the supreme court heard in chambers a bill in equity by George B James of Boston and others seeking an injunction to restrain the transfer of assets of Eastern Lumber Company to Publishers Paper Company at a special meeting called for tomorrow noon A preliminary injunction would be denied unless a bond is given to purchase petitioners stock at fair value if they fail to win three months assent to the Hastern Timber Company action to transfer and dispose of its assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Sewall C. Strout
Supreme Court
Chambers
George B. James
Boston
Eastern Lumber Company
Publishers Paper Company
Justice Strout
Eastern Timber Company
Hastern Timber Company
New Haven Railroad Plans $1 Million Locomotive Shops
New York New Haven Hartford will spend $1,000,000 to double the locomotive repair shops at Norwood Massachusetts, moving 500 workers from Readville to Norwood as a later effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Norwood
Mass
Readville
Granado Named Confidential Agent of Colombia by Castro
Caracas June 5 Jose Ignazio Granado is recognized by President Castro as the confidential agent of Colombia.
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Caracas
Vent
Jose Ignazio Granado
Castro
Colombia
Workings for General Strike in St Petersburg
Labor leaders in St Petersburg on June 5 negotiate to declare a general strike next Saturday.
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St. Petersburg
Five Directors Have Retired From Equitable Board
New York June 5 plans to harmonize Equitable Life affairs were rocked as two more directors resigned bringing total retirements to five. T Jefferson Coolidge and Jacob H Schiff relinquished seats, Melville E Ingalls announced his resignation. Board members weigh next steps while state officials resume probes into company management.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Boston
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Jacob H. Schiff
of Kuhn, Loeb & Company
Cincinnati
Melville E. Ingalls
John A. Stewart
D. O. Mills
August Belmont
Belmont
The
Equitable
Insurance
Hendricks
Gerald R. Brown
Bond and Mortgage Department
Society
Tarbell
Caucus Surveying Vessel Grounded Near Jones Inlet
The US surveying ship Caucus ran aground off Jones Inlet near Freeport Long Island while en route to New York after surveying work off Greenport. A crew of 30 remained aboard as wreckers waited for daylight to float her. no damage seen, cause unclear, rescue stations under manning limits delayed response.
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New York
Jones Inlet
Freeport
L. L
U. S
Caucus
Greenport
New York June 6 Kings Manager Edward A. Leslie
Edward A. Leslie named general manager of the Kings in New York on June 6. Details on his previous roles and the team’s immediate plans were not disclosed.
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New York
Edward A. Leslie
The
Kings
Obituary of Leslie County electric figure dies in Brooklyn
Leslie, longtime telegraph and cable service executive, died at his Brooklyn home from pneumonia and pleurisy. Born in Harrisburg Pennsylvania in 1849, he started as a messenger in Freeport Illinois and rose to management roles in Lena and New York. He served in the Civil War with the Forty-Sixth Illinois as a drummer boy at 16 and was a high Mason. He became associated with the Kings County Company years ago.
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Leslie
Forty-Sixth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Nathan Hale Birthday Observed in Connecticut Park
East Haddam Connecticut June 6 public commemorative exercises marked the 150th anniversary of Nathan Hale's birth at Nathan Hale park during the Connecticut Society Sons of the Revolution annual meeting. Senator Morgan G Bulkeley and Jane Spencer the lone Connecticut descendant of Gen Joseph Spencer attended and helped dedicate last year's monument in memory of Spencer.
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East Haddam
Conn
Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale Park
Connecticut Society, Sons of the Revolution
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Jane Spencer
Connecticut
Joseph Spencer
Foley's Kidney Cure Promises Cure for Bright’s Disease
A testimonial claims Foley's Kidney Cure ends fear of Bright's disease and diabetes. Marion Lee of Dunreath Indiana says eight doctors offered no relief until three bottles restored health. Falls & Burkinshaw and A E Storey & Co. advertise the product in Davis Square and Ellingwood & Co. distribute.
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Bright
Foley
Marion Lee
Dunreath
Ind
Falls & Burkinshaw
A. E. Storey & Co
Davis Square
Ellingwood & Co
Moorwalker and Floorwalker Trade Jabs Over Bjomes Hearing
A Philadelphia Record blurb shows First Moorwalker lamenting Bjomes losing hearing and job, while Second Floorwalker counters with news of a transfer to the complaint desk as a corrective move.
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Bjomes
Philadelphia
Supreme Court Opens June Term in Bangor Maine
The June law term of Maine's supreme court opened in Bangor with Chief Justice Wiswell and justices sitting. The session, likely short, plans to move many cases to the Portland term beginning June 27. A notable appeal concerns West Branch Driving and Reservoir Dam Co versus Penobscot Log Driving Co, of interest to Bangor and eastern Maine lumbermen. Judge Clarence Hale opened the U S district court term in Portland today. expected to be brief.
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Bangor
Supreme Court of Maine
Andrew P. Wiswell
Emery
Whitehouse
Strout
Savage
Peabody
Sesson
Portland
West Branch Driving and Reservoir Dam Company
Penobscot Log Driving Company
Maine
Clarence Hale
United States Court For
District of Maine
Injunction Sought to Halt Lawrence Parochial School
In Salem yesterday Chief Justice Aiken received Ansel J. Cheney's petition seeking an injunction against Rev. John J. Gilday to stop construction of a Lawrence parochial school. The filing claims violations of state law including unapproved plans and inadequate fire egress. Case to be moved to Boston for an early equity hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Aiken
Salem
Ansel J. Cheney
John J. Gilday
Fr. Gilday
W. J. Braley
Boston
Equity
Conger Declines Iowa Governor Candidacy
Mexico City June 6 Amer ican Ambassador Conger denied he'd stay six months and seek the Iowa governorship. He said friends urged him to run but he would not leave the diplomatic service, insisting his appointment in Mexico City is permanent and without conditions beyond a normal diplomatic post.
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Mexico City
Mex
Conger
Iowa
Nickel Plate Low Round Trip Rates to Pacific Coast
The Nickel Plate Road offers very low round trip fares to Portland and other Pacific Coast points. Tickets to Portland and return available daily for the Lewis and Clarke Exposition. Special summer departures in June July and August to San Francisco and Los Angeles and back for various national conventions. For routes rates sleepers etc write L P Burgess A E P A Old South Building Boston.
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Nickel Plate Road
Portland
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Los Angeles
L. P. Burgess
Old South
Boston
Closeout on Cotton Voile Dress Goods at 7 3 4 Cents
Basement sale by A. G. Pollard & Co. offers 30 inch cotton voile remaining in popular colors white black navy brown ecru linen cadet light blue and pink. Previously 10 cents per yard now 7 3 4 cents per yard. Ideal for waists dresses and shirt waist suits.
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A. G. Pollard & CO
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Douglas
Gaynor and
Greene
Cleveland
New Haven Road
N. Y
Dr. New
Equitable Society
Mr. Ingalls
Dr. True
Quckfeller
Op True
J. F. True & CO
Auburn, Me
Sapolig
Gardner Bros
Pine Street
Highlands
Newbro
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
George F. Allen
Middle Street
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