Rochester Paralyzed by Drivers Strike
Rochester, May 2. The coal wagon drivers strike spreads disruption across factories and coal users. If relief is not found by noon, manufacturing plants may close. the optician plant on St Paul Street shut, 600 to 700 workers idle, the state industrial school halted, and streetcar service threatened without more coal. Police intervened after a mob attacked Genesee Paper president Charles Hastings during coal loading.
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Rochester
N. Y
St. Paul Street
T. J. Mitchell
Rochester Railway Company
West Avenue
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
Charles 8. Hastings
Genesee Paper Company
Yates Coal Shures
Furt
Mayor Dimon Makes Reassuring Progress After Illness
Boston specialist and Dimon’s regular physician report improved condition after a restful night. He tolerated nourishment today, his mind is clear, and physicians express cautious optimism about his recovery.
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Boston
Dimon
Early morning nourishment aids patient recovery progress
The patient received milk and cream with a mild stimulant this morning and has shown strength gains over the past 86 hours. He read newspapers briefly. Dr. Post of Boston and Dr. Holbrook of Lowell visited and were pleased with his improvement.
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Post
Boston
Holbrook
Lowell
Trolley crash near Merrimack and Dutton streets
A Highland car 49 turned from Merrimack into Dutton when the trolley jumped the switch and stopped ten feet from a backing freight. Brakemen applied brakes, passengers, mostly women, spilled from the car in panic but no one was seriously hurt. Motorman and conductor kept calm. service resumed after repairs.
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Merrimack Street
Dutton Street
Highland Car
Dutton
Summer schedule announced for city employees
The Superintendent of Streets declares a summer schedule starting next Monday with 9 hour days. The first four days are 9 hours, Friday 7.5 hours from 7:30 am to 4 pm, and Saturday 7:30 am to noon to total 48 hours. The Superintendent of Buildings will adopt a similar order next week.
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Streets Bears
I An
Meer
Gillet
Veal
City Hall Notes On Street Assessments And Staffing
The assistant assessors have begun street work and clerks will fill blanks until reports arrive. The clerical staff has been increased by two additional clerks to support the office.
Yonkers Man Crushed After Straying On Connecticut Tracks
A severely cut body was found today along the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad between Saybrook and Westbrook Connecticut. A Mount Vernon, NY ticket in the clothing identified the deceased as Henry McKitterick, 30, of Yonkers, NY. He is believed to have been struck by a train while walking on the track.
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Saybrook
Genn
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Westbrook
Mount Vernion
N. Y
Henry McKitterick
Yonkers
O'Brien Verdict Against City of Woburn for 120 Damages
In the Bridget O'Brien versus City of Woburn case, tried this week in superior court before Judge Fox, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff awarding damages of 120. O'Brien was injured after tripping over a shut-off water box protruding above the sidewalk. The Brown versus Boston and Northern Street Railway case opened yesterday and resumed today with defense witnesses cross examined. Cassidy’s testimony supported the company and Owens, the plaintiff’s eye witness, challenged his position. Conductor Cryan’s testimony was corroborative.
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Bridget O’brien
Woburn
Fox
J. F. Owens
Owens
Mr. Cassidy
Thos. E. Cryan
Great run at billiards in Toledo Lincoln club
A. D. Stranahan, a street car conductor, scored 1101 points in straight rail billiards at the Lincoln club Toledo on May 2 in front of about a dozen spectators. While playing with a well known attorney the balls jammed, but Stranahan continued until 11 o'clock and plans to resume tonight with the same setup. His touch was delicate and the object balls hardly moved.
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Toledo
A. D. Stranahan
Lincoln Club
Rival Albanian Chiefs Battle Sparks Panic in Daikova
In Daikova on April 30 clashes between factions led by Riza Bey and Bairam Surah ended with both sides withdrawing to towers and exchange of bombardment. Town inhabitants were panic-stricken as the conflict intensified.
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Constantinople
Riza Bey
Bairam Surah
Daikova
Amalgamated session winding up today
In Wheeling West Virginia on May 2 the Amalgamated association is electing district vice presidents and other minor officials. Adjournment is expected later today. The organizer position currently held by John Pierce is appointive and will be reappointed by the president.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Amalgamated Association
John Pierce
California Distributors Formed To Control East Shipments
San Francisco on May 2 reports fruit growers in California have organized as the California Distributors with Frank H Buck as president and Alden Anderson as secretary and general manager. Members already represent 88 percent of last year’s business, and the plan aims to bring the remaining 12 percent aboard to secure full control of eastern shipments.
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San Francisco
California
Frank H. Buck
Alden Anderson
Railroad extensions proposed paralleling Southern Pacific
Semi official word says the International and Great Northern will extend from Houston to Beaumont and from Beaumont to Orange then to New Orleans with a connection to Ma bine Pass. The route mirrors the Southern Pacific line in its path.
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Houston, Tex
International and Great Northern Railroad
Houston
Beaumont
Orange
New Orleans
Mabine Pass
Southern Pacific
No Hair Restored Color With Ayer Hair Vigor
An advertisement claims Ayer's Hair Vigor can revive lifeless hair restore gray color and save gray hairs. The product costs $1 and is sold by druggists through J C Ayer Co of Lowell Massachusetts.
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Ayer
Naughty Boys and a Peaches Wire Gang Arrest
A quartet of juvenile burglars led by Joseph Clement faces charges for breaking into D Lovejoy & Son. Clement describes a Wire Gang with Albert Deforge and William and James Johnson, detailing hold ups, a foundry cave hideout, and plans to assault a man. They admit bunking out and stealing milk jars before the Lovejoy burglary.
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Joseph Clement
Albert Deforge
William
James A. Johnson
D. Lovejoy & Son
Joe’ Clement
Welch
Clement
Willie
Birdie Johnson
Wire Gang
Nichols
Hamilton
Johnson
Lovejoy’s
Patrick F. O'Connell
O'Connell
Dracut
William Currier
Hadley
Agent Carlton
State Board
Weavers Strike Affects Beaver Brook Mills
Report notes no material labor change other than about ten weavers quitting Beaver Brook mills while Bay State mills continue operations and loomfixers remain out. Merrimack management reportedly seeks loomfixers from the union at higher wages to create a break in the strike, but no success so far.
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Beaver Brook
Bay State Mills
Merrimack
New Political Party Forming From Liquor Interests
Louisville May 2 The allied liquor industry branches are forming a national political organization to be launched at a June 6 Pittsburg meeting expected to be the largest liquor interest gathering in the United States. Angelo Meyers Philadelphia says the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association National Distillers Association Retailers Association National Brewers Association and related groups will unite under a common head with elected officers and partylike organizational structure.
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Louisville
United States
Pittsburg
Angelo Meyers
Philadelphia
General Manger
The
Distilling Company of America
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association
National Distillers Association
Retailers Association
National Association of Brewers
Pension changes in Massachusetts list names and amounts
Washington May 2 report lists pension changes from April in Massachusetts with names such as John Meehan Lawrence $8 Richard Hyam Marblehead $8 Peter J Auclair Attleboro $22 Geo Ly Tebbets Stoneham $8 NASa W Bowen Berkeley $107 Geo N Blanchard Cohasset $12 and Mary A Cook North Easton $8 noting increases restorations and reissues.
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Washington
Chenges
Massachusetts
Griginal
John Meehan
Lawrence
Richard Hyam
Marblehead
Peter J. Au Claire
Attleboro
Reiss
Geo. Ly
Tebbets
Stoneham
NASA W. Bowen
Berkeley
Geo. N. Blanchard
Cohasset
Mary A. Cook
North Easton
Cummings Weakens After Illness At City Hospital
Baltimore May 2 Congress member Amos J Cummi of New York endured a difficult night at the Church Home and Infirmary and is reported to be in critical condition yesterday.
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Baltimore
New York
Queen Wilhelmina’s Health Report Quiet Condition
The Hague May 2 The bulletin posted at Castle Loo morning announced that Queen Wilhelmina slept quietly last night and that her condition continues to be satisfactory.
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the Hague
Castle Loo
Wilhelmina
President Roosevelt Delivers Diplomas at Annapolis
President Roosevelt and party depart Washington for Annapolis by special train to award diplomas to the graduating class at the United States Naval Academy. He urges graduates to uphold preparedness, training, and pride in the navy as essential to national security and future victory.
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Washington
D. C
Roosevelt
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Pennsylvania Road
Olympia
Theodora
Mis. Roosevelt
Cowles
Corte
United States Navy
Navy Department
Cattle Trade Freezes as Market Slump Hits Denver
Denver stock market stalls as not a single head of cattle sells and commission men urge customers westward not to ship to Denver Kansas City Omaha or Chicago. The move ripples to other cities and may curb supplies for days while stock prices decline prompting the halt.
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Denver
Col
West
Kansas City
Omaha
Chicago
Psi Upsilon Holds 63rd National Convention at Yale
Delegates from numerous college Psi Upsilon chapters gather in New Haven for the 63rd annual convention hosted by Yale Beta chapter. Sessions are secret, focusing on fraternity business, with a banquet planned for delegates and graduates this evening.
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New Haven
Conn
Psi Upsilon
Beta Chapter
Yale
Carriage Wheel Breaks Near Belvidere Injures Cleric
A rear wheel of a closed carriage carrying Rev. L. C. P. Fox broke down near Brown Street in Belvidere this noon. The team moved slowly and the aged clergyman was only slightly shaken. A second carriage arriving helped, and the priest was driven to his destination.
Judge Hadleys Court Delivers Mix of Beats and Bench
In a lengthy police court session Judge Hadley presided over a crowded docket. Defendants included a drunken husband wife altercation with a $20 fine and $300 bond for the husband on appeal, a blind boy case steered toward the state’s care system, truancy charges, infant neglect and a pigeon coop burglary tied to five youth offenders.
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Judge Hadley
Odevil
Hadley
Winnifred Wrenn
Daniel P. Wrenn
Clark's Court
Lawrence Street
J. N. Welch
Patro
Wrenn
Reynolds
Belanger
William Ward
Waldo Chapman
Thomas Fay
Walter McDougall
William Allen
Gumble Brothers
McKenzie
Ward
Lyman School
William Reynolds Fails In Odd Mission After Saloons Visit
William Reynolds wandered through several saloons on Thursday and, as time passed, misinterpreted a plan to work in a Massachusetts mill. He staggered along the street and approached the factory gates, though the intention proved unfounded.
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William Reynolds
Massachusetts
Mifis
Repeat offender pleads guilty as inmate returns to rut
Alexander Murray, known to drink, pleaded guilty after four prior visits within a year at State farm. John F. Sheehey left Low ell jail with good intentions but returned to trouble, stumbling into Officer Crowley and wrecking his trousers. Two-dollar fines were imposed on Joseph Bonparient, Philip Heckne, Radford Campbell, Albert Yudle and Jeremiah Murray.
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Alexander Murray
State Farm
John F. Sheehey
Lowell
John
Philip Heckne
Radford Campbell
Albert Yudle
Jeremiah Murray
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O'Sullivan Bros, CO
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Connecticut
Amalgamated Session
J.C. Ayer
Lowell, Mass
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Wire
NEW Political Party
MR. Cummings
QUEEN
U. S. Naval
Academy
A. E. Dolbear
PSI Upsi
Judge Hadley’s Court
Mary Smith
Annie Smith
Kirk Street
Lowel General Hospital
Richardson
the Humane Society
SHINE
Errimack Clothing CO
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