Senator Chandler May Pass Rate Bill Today
Washington May 16 The senate nearly finishes the railroad rate bill in committee of the whole except for the antipass amendment and hopes to pass the measure today. Tillman criticizes the president and Chandler over communications while the interstate commerce commission section is trimmed back to the five-commissioner setup.
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Washington
Senate
Culbarson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Till Man
Chandler
Allison
Iowa
Tillman
Aldrich
Big Firms Favored in Car Distribution Hearings
Testimony at the Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into railroad car distribution reveals favoritism toward Berwind-White Coal and Merchants Coal. George W. Clark, a Pennsylvania al toona distributor, said special car allotments disrupted equitable distribution as Baltimore & Ohio transport chief Arthur Hale noted frequent percentage changes benefiting certain firms. The full commission led by Knapp, Cockrell, Clements, and Prouty conducts the hearing.
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Philadlphia
Interstate Commerce Commission
George W. Clark
Pennsylvania
Altoona
Berwind-White Coal Company
Clark
Arthur Hale
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Merchants Coal Company
Somerset Coal Company
Hale
Baltimore & Ohio Company
Commission
Martin A. Knapp
Francis M. Cockrell
Judson GC. Clements
Charles A. Prouty
Aeronauts thrown from balloon near Palisades
Leo Stevens and Tracy Tindell ducked at sea level while aiming for Coney Island from a New York balloon launch. The craft drifted over the Hudson near Greystone as Mrs Stevens followed in a car. A sudden wind tipped the basket against the New Jersey palisades, tossing both men into the river. fishermen saved them, both exhausted but alive.
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Hudson Palisades
New York
Coney Island
Leo Stevens
Tracy Tindell
New Jersey
Hudson River
138Th Street
Locust Avenue
Greystone
Jersey
Stevens
Tindall
Foreman saves train after washout near Ashby
After a cloudburst near Ashby Minnesota the Great Northern foreman inspected a washed out embankment and rails hanging in the air just as the Winnipeg flyer approached at high speed He barely reached safety and stopped the train Both the Winnipeg flyer and J J Hills special train were diverted and returned for repairs that night
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Ashby
Here
Great Northern Railway
Winnipeg Flyer
J. J. Hill
Winnipeg
Gapon Death Suspected Plot in Russia May 16
Inquest on Father Gapon's body identified by his former priest’s lawyer. Autopsy says blunt force trauma. theory links Putenberg to his death after Gapon exposed government ties. Meanwhile policyholders exit Mutual Life to North British Mercantile, including Duchess of Marlborough and Lord Wharncliffe with large sums.
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St. Petersburg
Father Gapon
Ozerki
Finland
M. Margolin
Gapon
Putenberg
Mutual
London
The
Daily Mail
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
North British Mercantile Company
the Duchess of Marlborough
J. M. Walker
Lord Wharncliffe
W. W. Rutherford
West Derby
Methodists to Restate Faith in 20th Century Move
Birmingham May 15 reports the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South endorsing a committee to draft a new statement of faith. Other Methodist branches will be invited to join in creating the modern creed for the twentieth century.
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Birmingham
Ala
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Southern Church
Lover Goes Insane Kills Man Wounds Three in Atlanta Area
James H. Clark a telegraph operator from Chamblee near Atlanta, driven by drink and rejected love, killed one man and wounded several others in a rampage. He set fires, shot E S Purcell and his son, W J Purcell, killed Nash and Cheek at a store, and wounded W S Mask and W J Coker before shooting himself as officers closed in.
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Atlanta
James H. Clark
Chamblee
Clark
Baldwin
Purcell
E. S. Purcell
W. J. Purcell
W. S. Mask
Dunwoody
Nash & Cheek
Cheek
Mr.Nash
W. J. Coker
Resisted Arrest Leads to Three Killed in Crawford Nebraska
Three men die after Night Watchman Moss and his brother attempt to arrest colored soldiers from Fort Robinson. Victims are Arthur A. Moss Jordan Taylor and Philip Murphy. Injured include J H Moss and Sgt John Reid. A guard is stationed at the jail amid threats of lynching and civil unrest.
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Crawford
Neb
Arthur A. Moss
J. H. Moss
Fort Robinson
Jordan Taylor
Philip Murphy
John Reid
10Th Cavalry
Reid
Taylor
Widow Loses Insurance Suit in Supreme Court
In Columbus on May 16 Mrs. Sarah D. Finnegan of Cincinnati lost a $10,000 life insurance judgment against Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association after the Ohio Supreme Court reversed a lower court win for Finnegan. The case arose when a premium payment was mis-handled by the agent and company home office. Also noted: Oliver Morris, a freight engineer from Hagerstown, Md., was found dead in his locomotive cab near Carlisle, Pa., possibly from apoplexy. A six story piano factory owned by Jacob Doll & Sons in New York burned, destroying the plant and adjacent buildings with an estimated loss of $250,000.
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Columbus, O
Sarah D. Finnegan
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association
John Finnegan
Home Office
Finnegan
Supremae
Carlisle
Oliver Mortis
Hagerstown
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Morris
New York
Jacob Doll & Sons
Thirtieth Street
John H. Carl
Doll Company
Smith College instructor resigns over Rockefeller and Carnegie gifts
Mary H. Bird, longtime astronomical department instructor at Smith College, resigns after trustees accepted gifts from John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.
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Northampton
Mass
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Mary H. Bird
Smith College
Demar ds Investigation Frank Monnett Ready to Answer Charges
Frank S. Monnett former Ohio Attorney General arrives in Bucyrus to demand grand jury inquiry into ouster proceedings involving Hocking Valley and Ohio Central railways. Monnett, now special government counsel, calls for full probe and potential reopening if evidence exists. Judge Tobias later directs Bucyrus grand jury to probe rumor of a $7,000 settlement and misappropriation of $5,000.
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Frank S. Monnett
Bucyrus
Frank 3. Monnett
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Ohio Central Railways
Mr. Monnett
Monnett
Tobias
Pattison
New State Railroad Commission
Grand Jury
Messrs. Monnett
Gallinger
Hocking Valley and Ohio Central Railway
Explosion at Shenandoah mine kills five foreigners
In Shenandoah City colliery on May sixteen a dynamite box dropped by a worker ignited mine gas, tearing five miners to pieces and badly burning twelve others. About fifty men worked the east going way. all but those on the first lift escaped. Rescue was slow, bodies were mutilated beyond recognition, and all killed or injured were foreigners.
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Shenandoah, Pa
Shenandoah City
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
County Auditors Lose Fee Case In Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that county auditors lose about 150000 dollars in fees after denying Eugene L. Lewis ex auditor of Hamilton County an extra two tenths of one percent. The decision holds that all compensation is deducted at settlement with the auditor of state and fees can be collected only after tax distributions are made.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Eugene L. Lewis
Hamilton County
Guilbert
Lewis
On Trial for Killing Sheriff in Knox County
Mount Vernon Ohio May 15 The trial of Frank Hildreth alias Coilo for the murder of James C. Shellanberger Knox county sheriff near the Hildreth home in Miller township began here.
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Mount Vernon
Frank Hildreth
Coilo
Kirner
James C. Shellanberger
Knox County
Hildreth
Miller Township
Fifteen Hurt as Steel Mill Ladle Bursts in Chicago
May 15 report from South Chicago says fifteen workmen were injured and two fatally when a ladle containing 50 tons of molten metal burst in Illinois Steel works converting mill. The incident occurred at the steel works in South Chicago.
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Chicago
Illinois Steel Works
South Chicago
Bernhardt Weeps Over Frisco Visit in Ruined City
Madam Sarah Bernhardt toured the devastated San Francisco area on May 15 and wept upon seeing the ruins, expressing grave concern for the affected residents and the disaster’s toll.
Strike May Result as Unions Withdraw From Conference
May 16 Cleveland The marine firemen and the Late Carriers' association ended talks with refusal to accept last year's wage scale. Firemen and allied crews walk out, threatening disruption of lake traffic as Lake Carriers' Association President Livingston says continued pay matches last year but parties cannot reach terms.
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Cl Eveling
Late Carriers’ Association
Lake Carriers’ Association
Keefe
Livingston
Coal Firms Order Miners Back or Quit Homes
Dubois Pa May 16 There has been no movement since May 1 strike. General Manager Robinson of Rochester & Pittsburg and Clearfield & Jefferson Coal & Iron issue notice to former employees to return to work within six days or vacate company houses. If workers accept terms protection will be provided. violations will be prosecuted. If not, they will be removed by legal process. Miners met at Ernest and agreed to quit until scale signed by Bessemer Reading Pittsburg interests. Iselin employs a few workers.
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Dubois
Robinson
Rochester & Pittsburg Company
Clearfield & Jefferson Coal & Iron Company
Air. Robinson
Ernest
Bessemer
Reading & Pittsburg
Iselin
Coaxed to Go to Work in Eastern Ohio Mines
Union principles tested as miners face pressure to return to work at United States Coal and Rory mines in Steubenville and Columbus areas. Officials fear splits as many workers are penniless while flat cars sit on sidings awaiting rebid.
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Steubenville
Ohio
United States Coal Company
Rory Company
Morphine Addict Myrtle Howard Seeks Cincinnati Hospital Aid
Myrtle Howard, a former confidential stenographer to Charles M Schwab, seeks treatment at Cincinnati City Hospital amid a morphine addiction that began after a Philadelphia acquaintance introduced the drug. She traveled from Wheeling to Cincinnati to avoid exposure, with officials noting her name may be assumed but offering care without prying into her past.
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Charles M. Schwabin Hospital
Cincinnati
Myrtle Howard
City Hospital
Charles M. Schwab
Steel Trust
Philadelphia
Frn Sks
Wheeling
W. Va
Miners union chief John Mitchell not located in Ohio case
Columbus May 16 John H Winder chairman of the slang pat operators in Ohio Indiana and Illinois says he cannot locate President John Mitchell of the miners organization He telegraphed the mine workers headquarters at Indianapolis to open his letter to Mitchell about an offer to arbitrate Officials in Ohio report the same difficulty and a tracer is out to find Mitchell for developments in Ohio Also Springfield May 15 John Sherman a 40 year old Negro grocer was killed with a hammer by William Rogers over a 75 cent dispute Rogers fled
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Chandler
Bailey
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
Ohio
Columbus
John H. Winder
Pat
Indiana
Illinois
John Mitchell
Miners’ Organization
Winder
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Ohio Mine Workers’ Organization
Mitchel
Springfield
John Sherman
William Rogers
Rogers
Baseball Results and Standings From Tuesday Action
St Louis beat Boston 5 3 and 9 6 in two games while Pittsburg edged Philadelphia 5 4 and New York topped Cleveland 5 4 American League standings show Washington 12 11 New York 10 12 St Louis 14 10 Chicago 8 13 and Boston 6 19 with Detroit absent from recent scores.
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St. Louis
Boston
Atil
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
L.pet
W. Pet
Washington
St.Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago Grain Market Slips on Rain in Wheat July
Rain across Kansas and southwest dampened Chicago trading. Wheat for July finished with a loss while corn and oats held steady. Closing quotes show July wheat at 80% to 80.5 and corn at 46.5, oats at 32.
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Chicago
Kansas
Southwest
Pittsburg Market Report May 16 Market prices listed by item
Prices for corn oats hay eggs butter cheese cattle hogs and sheep reported from Pittsburg markets on May 16. Corn yellow shelled and yellow ear prices range with highs noted while oats dairy cattle hogs and sheep show mixed gains and declines across grades and weights.
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Pittsburg
New York
Ohio
Sheen and
Lambe
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