Philippine bill sparks Senate clash on race and liberty
Washington May 8 discussion opens with Senator Tillman attacking northern hypocrisy while Senator Burton defends Philippines policy. Tillman’s remarks trigger heated exchanges over slavery, gun violence and race. House considers Oklahoma Arizona New Mexico statehood measures amid broader territorial debates. White House signals support for oleomargarine bill approval.
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Wedeealay
Seblil
Okla-Arizona
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Knox
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Irmian
Committee On Ferries
Rodey
McRae
Ark
Baseball Scores From Wednesday Across Leagues
National League results include Chicago, New York, Cincinnati, Boston, St Louis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn with varying scores. American League games feature Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Detroit, St Louis, and others. American Association and Western League results list Toledo, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Louisville, St Paul, Des Moines, Peoria, Bloomington, Davenport, Decatur, Evansville, Cedar Rapids, Terre Haute, Rock Island.
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New York
Cincionati
Boston
St Louie
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Boweton
Washington
Baltimore
Detroit-St. Louis
Detroit
Louisville
St. Paul
Paul
Kansas City
Kanaan City
Colorado Springs
Joseph
Denver
St. Joseph
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Peoria
Omaha
Bloomington
Davenport
Denatur
Rockford
Decatur
Evansville
Terre Haute
Rock Island
Fatal Union Pacific smash at North Topeka
Two stockmen were killed and seven injured when an east bound Union Pacific extra freight collided with Pacific train No 14 at a crossing in North Topeka during a dense fog at 3 10 AM. The dead include A McCandless of Natoma and an unidentified stockman from Luray. Injured include H W Kucker Milea Ed Fleis and others with varied injuries. In Minneapolis Minnesota on May 8 mill owners face a 12 hour shift move to eight hours by workers of 25 flour mills. a committee of 500 Northwestern Flour Mills Employes union demands eight hour days with no pay cut and threatens a strike if denied.
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Kan
Union Pacific
L’aeifie
North Topeka
A! McCandless
Stockman
Natoma
Luray
H W Kucker
Milea
Ad E Flels
Hoxie
John Buzzard
Belleview
John Hammerlund
St Mary’s
Ed Arnold
Chapman
Joseph Hurst
Cheyenne
Ford
Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis
Northwestern Flour Mills
Brewers Considers 40 Cent Beer Price Hike
Milwaukee May 8 report from a reliable source says leading U S shipping brewers are quietly weighing a 40 cent per barrel price increase on beer.
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Milwaukee
United States
Five-Masted Preussen Launched in Prussia Harbor
The five masted ship Preussen, claimed as the largest sailing vessel, was launched at Geestemunde Prussia at noon on Wednesday. The massive 6 000 ton dead weight ship marks a new era in sailing ship design.
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Geestemunde
Prussia
Preussen
Miners' Conference Adjourns Without Decision
Scranton Pennsylvania May 6 the miners conference adjourned at 6 o'clock Wednesday afternoon without a decision on the strike question. They will meet at 9 o'clock this morning.
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Scranton
Miners’ Conference
Congress party names Dawagiac delegate in clean vote
In Dowagiac Michigan Y eight E Le Habillion was unanimously chosen as the Republican candidate for congress at the fourth congressional convention held Wednesday. The delegation backed the veteran contender in a decisive vote.
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Congress
Adowagiac
Mich
Bencmi
Funeral Arrangements for Rear Admiral Sampson Set
Funeral services for the late Rear Admiral Sampson are planned for Friday at 10:30 AM at the Church of the Covenant. He will be interred in Arlington with a grand military and naval escort including cadets from the Naval Academy, blue jackets from the North Atlantic squadron, Marines from Washington, the marine band, and a field artillery battery. Secretary Moody will issue orders detailing salutes and observances worldwide. Pallbearers and ship captains who served with the squadron are to be chosen.
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Church of the Covenant
Arlington
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Naval Academy
North Atlantic
Washington Barracks
Marine Band
Moody
Naval Service
Navy
Remains Placed in Cathedral for Archbishop Corrigan Requiem
Thousands attend a view and requiem for Archbishop Corrigan at St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. Masses were conducted by Rev Father Lavelle and Rev Father Daly, with Brother of the dead archbishop Rev George Corrigan and Bishop McQuaid officiating. The body was later carried into the cathedral for final rites.
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Architap Corrigan
St Patrick’s Cathedral
O’clark
Father Lavelle
Father Daly
George W Corrigan
McQuaid
Rochester
Ignatius Sanchez de Oca
San Luis Potosi
Father McAleer
Admiral Sampson death prompts delays on Cristobal Colon silver
Washington May 8 Admiral Schley issued a statement praising Admiral Sampson and expressing regret at his death He said he never spoke unkindly of Sampson and asked Baltimore friends to postpone a planned delivery tonight of the Cristobal Colon service of silver due to the loss.
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Higginton
Apts
Chadwick
Clark
Cook
Washington
Admiral Schley
Admiral Sampson
Baltimore
Cristobal Colon Service
Landmark to Go Exposition Building Sold at Auction
The St Louis Exposition building sold at public auction for 280000 to Frederick W Lehmann for the St Louis Union Trust company. Bondholders holding a 150000 mortgage recover only 10000, and the hall and immense Coliseum may be razed to build a 500000 library funded in part by Carnegie gifting 1000000 for a main library and branches. Ports of Samar opened to trade May 15 per Manila order.
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St. Louis Exposition
Frederick W. Lehmann
St. Louis Union Trust Company
Carnegie
Sadar
Manila
Island of
Samar
Funeral of Archbishop Corrigan Draws Massive Crowd
The cathedrals crowd for Archbishop Corrigan’s funeral as 20 000 view the remains and over 25 000 pass through the church between morning and afternoon. A guard of honor from the Catholic Club and 20 soldiers from the Sixty ninth regiment guard the cathedral. A death mask will be taken Friday by sculptor Joseph Sibbel. Messages of sorrow come from Cardinal Vaughn the pope and the dowager queen of Italy.
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Sixty-ninth Regiment
Cardinal Gibbons
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Cardinal Vaughn
London
Rome
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Vatican
Margherita
Italy
Seven Drowned After Naphtha Draught in Toledo Lake
A naphtha draunch on the lake overturned Wednesday night near Toledo. Seven people drowned in the accident and local authorities opened an investigation into the incident.
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Toledo
Funeral Sermon to Be Delivered by Archbishop Ryan
Friday morning a funeral service is announced with Cardinal Gibbons assisted by Vicar General Mooney and several deacons and priests from prominent Baltimore churches. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia will deliver the funeral sermon.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Mooney
Church of the Sacred Heart
John Edwards
Church of the Immaculate Conception
C. E. Colton
St. Stephen's Church
James H. McGean
St. Peter's Church
M. J. Lavelle
James N
Ticket Selected for National Federation of Women's Clubs Officers
The nominating committee of the National Federation of Women's Clubs has finalized an officers slate for today’s vote. President Mrs Birnies T S Denison of New York, first vice president Mrs Robert Bur dette of California, and other officers are listed with state affiliations. The board includes both old and new directors. A second ticket is discussed but not expected to supplant the official one. A Long Beach excursion drew over 2,000 visitors via two special trains. A newly organized federation of Catholic women's clubs, led by Mrs J Thorndyke of Chicago, received credentials. The federation backed irrigation movement resolutions.
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Cal
National Federation of Women's Clubs
Birnies T S Denison
New York
Robert Burdette
California
Emma Fox
Michigan
W F Cuad
South Dakota
Louise Pappenheim
South Carolina
Emma van Vichten Lowa
Noyes
Wisconsin
W. A. Nelden
Utah
J. C. Carroll
Texas
Humphreys
Kansas
Long Beach
Federation of Catholic Women's Clubs
J . Thorndyke
Chicago
National Irrigation Movement
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Americans Cleared After Trieste Disturbance
Four sailors from the United States cruiser Chicago were mobbed by civilians in Trieste last Sunday. Police intervened and arrested one civilian. Trieste police chief says the sailors did nothing improper ashore.
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Vienna
Trieste
United States
Chicago
Fire destroys seven stores and a residence at St Edwards
In St Edwards Nebraska on May 8 a Wednesday fire burned seven stores and one home, injuring three people with narrow escapes from the Egan block. Firefighters battled the flames as residents fled down electric poles. Loss is estimated at twenty five thousand dollars, with partial insurance.
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St Edwards
Neb
Egan Block
Bankrupt Petition Filed Against Worthington Smith Co
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the U S district court by William R Smith and George Mc Laughlin robbers in millinery trading as Worthington Smith and Co The petition lists liabilities of 115877 with assets of 86692 of which 63300 is secured
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New York May
United States District Court
Wiliam R. Smith
George McLaughlin
Worthington, Smith & Co
City of Pittsburg Victim Body Recovered Near Cairo
Cairo Illinois May 8 The body of Mrs. Patrick Burke of Owensboro Kentucky a City of Pittsburg victim was taken from the river a few miles above the city on Wednesday. A total of sixty bodies have been recovered thus far.
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Cairo
Ill
Patrick Burke
Owensboro
Pittsburg
Snow Storm Damages German Orchards in May
A snow storm struck southern Germany on Wednesday. Blooming orchards were severely damaged as snow depth reached about one foot and temperatures stayed unusually cold. The event affects agricultural areas and may impact fruit yields this season.
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Berlin
Germany
John Shorten Dies in Lobby at St James Hotel
Denver editor John Shorten, editor of the Cripple Creek Herald and a prominent Colorado journalist, collapsed and died while seated in the lobby chair of the St James hotel in Denver on May 8.
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Col
John Shorten
Cripple Creek Herald
Colorado
St. James Hotel
Peace prospects and Boer conflict rumors across colonies
London reports touch on South African peace prospects with Gen Lu cas Meyer’s wife citing a probable peace. Salisbury insists peace terms unchanged. O okiep siege relieved by British forces. Boers retreat. 208 Boers captured near Lindley with others killed. Puerto Plata hostilities suspended as Puerto Plata capitulates to revolutionaries. Santo Domingo leadership changes as Jiminez relinquishes presidency and Vazquez assumes office.
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Lucas Meyer
Orange Free State Forces
South Africa
Lord Salisbury
Primrose League
O’okiep
Western Cape
Transvaal
Smuts
Col Cooper
Lord Kitchener
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Cape Colony
Lindley
Orange River Colony
Chaffee Heads to Mindanao Amid Philippine Tensions
General Chaffee sailed on the Ingalls toward Mindanao to set up a camp at Camp Wieckars and arrange talks with sultans and datus. General Davis sent a telegraph noting possible minimal casualties amid limited info on Vimecians. Medical supplies and two doctors accompany Chaffee as he warns there will be no new fighting unless attacked.
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Ingalls
Lanau
Mindana
Davis
Philippines
Mindanao
Gren Davis
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Camp Wieckars
Jossmin
Moore
Chaffee Terk
Desperate Mandarin Rebels Assault Cheng-Ting-Fu
Bishop Favier in Peking reports 10 000 armed rebels with several cannon join the Cheng-Ting-Fu revolt in Chi Li province. Governor Yuan Shi Kai may lack forces to quell the uprising while government troops with ten Gatling guns are due to arrive Wednesday. The uprising is led by a military mandarin who killed his family before raising the revolt flag to shield relatives from punishment.
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Favier
China
Cheng-Ting-Fu
Chi-Li
Yuan-Shi-Kai
Surrender of Santo Domingo Capital Under Revolutionary Forces
Monte Christi Santo Domingo May 8 Reports confirm the capitulation of Santo Domingo city to revolutionary forces led by Vice President Vasquez. The provisional government will hold Fewer until elections. Peace restored in the south. North coast Puerto Plata reports the Dominican warship crew sided with the insurgents and ordered surrender to Governor Gen. Deschamps.
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San Domingo
Vasquez
Jiminez
Santo Domingo
Washington
Dominican Republic
Horatio Vazquez
Hae
Monte Christi
Deschamps
Family quarrel ends in accidental shooting death
Northwood Indiana May 8 August Hermann a Mormon farmer drove his eldest son from home and threatened his wife during a quarrel. In a struggle the gun discharged killing Hermann almost instantly. A coroner’s jury ruled the shooting accidental.
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Northwood
Hermann
Two Men Die as Chimney Falls at Factory
In Cincinnati on May 8 Joseph Moser was killed and Louis Bauer seriously injured when a tall iron chimney collapsed during dismantling at the Loula Lippe company bath tub factory, burying them in debris.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Moser
Louis Bauer
Loula Lipp Company
Grain and livestock markets show mixed shifts in Chicago trading
Wheat declines with May at 94 1 4 cents and July steady. corn weak to 6 cents lower. oats dull. Pork, lard, and ribs rise with July pork 16.66 to 16.75 per barrel? markets and butter firm with dairy creams around 19 cents. Egg prices steady across regions, with state and western markets cited.
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Tu Ile
Ru&c
Wige
Louisiana
Florida
New York
Marke c
I&c
GtyGiltec
State Dairy
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State
Pennssylvania
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Southern
Chicago Markets: Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices May 7
Chicago May 7 cattle hogs and sheep quotes show market activity with gains for native steers and beef cattle while hogs sold 10c lower. Cattle ranges include prime beeves $7.20 to $7.15 and common to rough $4.70 to $6.40. hogs mixed prices from $5.00 to $7.15. sheep steady with fed muttons at $8.00 to $10.00 and lambs around $6.00 to $7.00. South Omaha figures mirror strength in cattle and weakness in hogs.
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Chicago
Texas
South Omaha
Neb
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