Roosevelt welcomed in Chicago amid call for peace
President Roosevelt arrived at Northwestern depot Chicago May 10 and was welcomed by Governor Deneen and Mayor Dunne as labor leaders abandon plans to petition him. Talks of peace followed as employers cut deliveries and teamsters restrain a general strike. Patrols guarded routes with cavalry and police present. crowds gathered along Kinzie Rush and Michigan avenues. Roosevelt continued to Dixon Sterling and De Kalb in Illinois and Clinton in Iowa during the presidential tour.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Northwestern Railroad
Auditorium
Deneen
Dunne
Hamilton
Teamsters
Northwestern Railway
First
Illinois Cavalry
Young
Kinzie Street
Fifth Avenue
Rush Streets
Rush Street
Michigan Avenue
Jackson Boulevard
Iowa
Clinton
Illi
Albert F. Dawson
Cedar Rapids
State Street Chicago Disturbance Ends With Injuries
On May 10 in Chicago a clash on State Street between strike leaders and crowds left Joseph Stewart and Charles Frazer wounded in the legs while John Hitcon and M E Hubbard suffered deep razor cuts. About fifty police restrained the melee and restored order amid the racial tensions.
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Chicago
State Street
Joseph Stewart
Charles Frazer
John Hitcon
M. E. Hubbard
Death by Carbolic Acid At Davenport Camp
Despondent May Kates drank about three ounces of carbolic acid at a horse traders camp six miles east of the city. She died after hours of agony. Inquest held this afternoon. Werner the Dane related she had lived with him for five years and left Armstrong years ago. The motive remains undetermined.
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May Kates
Emma Mortell
Milton Heinley
Beveridge
Appel
E. P. Day
Charles Werner
Charles the Dane
George Mortell
Wm. Plow
Werner
Davenport
Muscatine
Fairport
Heinley
Mortell
Count Cassini Recalled from U S Post
Washington May 10 Count Cassini Russian ambassador to the United States has been recalled by his government and after an audience in St Petersburg will be sent to Madrid. His stay in Spain will not be permanent but followed by a transfer to another European post probably Paris. This ends his Washington representation. It will be received with keen regret by the President and administration. Several months ago Secretary Hay praised his continued stay in the United States.
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Washington
D. C
Count Cassini
United States
St. Petersburg
Madrid
Spain
Paris
Hay
Line drawn on divorce in Keokuk churches
The Keokuk ministerial association, representing city pastors, adopts a resolution to refuse marriage ceremonies for couples where either party has been divorced except on scriptural grounds with evidence of cause provided to the officiating minister. The rule aims to marry only the innocent party if divorce occurred for scriptural reasons.
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Keokuk
Three Added Starters Change Derby Lineup This Afternoon
Louisville reports three added starters for the Kentucky Derby this afternoon amid heavy rains. Dr. Legge is withdrawn from the race. Probable runners include Agile Rams Horn Whipperwill McClellan and Layson with odds 3 to 5 3 to 2 and 20 to 1 respectively.
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Louisville
Dr. Legge
Agile
Rams Horn
Whipperwill
McClellan
Layson
Man Disappeared Man Found by Son in River
Valentine Heien, who had been missing for two months, was found dead in the river in Waterloo Iowa by his son. His wife had died of grief two weeks earlier.
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Valentine Heien
May Day strike threats in Russia threaten factory destruction
May 10 at a large Reval meeting delegates from St. Petersburg and masked workers vowed a three day strike beginning May 14 to pressure employers. They warned that failure to meet demands within 12 hours would trigger factory fires. Social Democrats claim a nationwide demonstration and readiness with bombs to fight troops if opposed, prompting authorities to take precautionary steps.
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Reval
Russia
St. Petersburg
Social Democrats
Russian cruisers reach Vladivostok eluding Japanese warships
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports the Russian cruisers Almaz and Jemtchug of Voelkersam's division reached Vladivostok after eluding Japanese forces. In Indo China, the cruisers Jemtchug and Rion, from Rojestvensky's squadron, arrived off Cape St James May 8 and departed May 9 at the governor's request.
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London
Eng
St. Petersburg
Almaz
Jemtchug
Voelkersam
Rojestvensky
Vladivostok
Saigon
Rion
Cape St. James
Indo-China
Zehitomir Jewish Massacre Reports Hover Between Grave Bounds
Reports from St. Petersburg on May 10 described a terrible massacre of Jews at Zehitomir with figures up to 200 killed or wounded but incomplete details. Dispatches were being held up, creating uncertainty about the full scale of the atrocity.
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St. Petersburg
Zehitomir
Poison tragedy on bridge ends in death and injury
Werner reports a man and a woman fell from a bridge. the man McMahon died instantly while the woman was seriously injured but later appeared to recover. Mrs. Mortell at camp confirms the account. Poison in a small unmarked vial was bought in Davenport months earlier. one half pint of whiskey remained at Hemnley’s. An inquest will be held by Coroner Appel and the body sent to Davenport for interment.
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McMahon
Werner
Mortell
Davenport
Hemnley
Appel
Day’s Undertaking Establishment
Baron Rosen Chosen as Washington Russian Envoy
Washington on May 10 reports Baron Rosen, formerly Russian minister at Tokyo, named successor to Count Cassini as ambassador in Madrid. Cassini will depart in June to assume his new post.
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Baron Rosen
Washington
Count Cassini
Madrid
Tokio
Cassini
Chinese Merchants Protest Exclusion Treaty in Shanghai Meeting
A large meeting of leading Chinese merchants in Shanghai protested the proposed Chinese exclusion treaty discussed in the United States. They unanimously decided to boycott American goods until the treaty terms are modified.
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Shanghai
China
United States
Iowa Masons Elect Mollie Wiles Grand Lady of Honor
Mrs Mollie Wiles of Muscatine was elected Grand Lady of Honor in the Degree of Honor at Cedar Rapids Iowa. Mrs Carrie Morcombe was named Grand Chief of Honor and I B Evans won the Grand Master Workman race to succeed William Narvis. The article lists the new officers for the Degree of Honor and the A O U W including Master Workman E B Evans and several other state officers.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mollie Wiles
Muscatine
Carrie Morcombe
Wiles
William Narvis
I. B. Trans
Des Moines
Evans
J. M. Parks
Keokuk
Rev. Whistler
Cincinnati
Nellie Deets
Iona Styock
Burlington
Kate Chapman
Perry
Etta Bronson
Shenandoah
Jars Railroad Men Taft Clashes at Washinton Banquet
At a Washington banquet for the international railway congress held at the New Willard hotel Secretary of War Taft and Illinois Central president Stuyvesant Fish clashed over railway rate regulation. Taft stated that rate regulation must come and urged railroads to aid moves for proper regulation amid national sentiment.
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Secreta Taft
Washinton
Washington, D. C
International Railway Congress
New Willard Hotel
Taft
Stuyvesant Fish
Ilinois Central Railroad
Fish
Arrange Teachers Program Set For Next Iowa Meeting
Des Moines Iowa May 10 executive committee of the Iowa State Teachers association will meet next Saturday in the office of County Superintendent Z C Thornburg to choose the next meeting place and arrange the convention program Cedar Rapids bid for the event and Des Moines likely to host committee members W N Clifford Council Bluffs Dr Frederick Bolton Iowa City Z C Thornburg Des Moines President J J McConnell Cedar Rapids will attend the meeting.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Z. C. Thornburg
Cedar Rapids
W. N. Clifford
Council Bluffs
Frederick Bolton
Foes of Bull Run in Reunion Unite Veterans
Manassas Virginia hosts a reunion of Union and Confederate veterans from Bull Run battles. The Army of the Potomac survivors, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, and thousands of visitors converge for a Thursday program featuring Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis as orator and an ode by Dr. Henry M. Clarkson, who fired the first Civil War shot.
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Manassas
Bull Run
Manassas Plains
Society of the
Army of the Potomac
Virginia
Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
Henry M. Clarkson
Keokuk School Relocation Case Heard At Capitol
State Superintendent Riggs heard the Keokuk county school relocation dispute in Des Moines on May 16. J. S. Ruggles sued independent school district No. 2 Walden Jackson township seeking a new school location. the board and county superintendent sided with the board and an appeal to the state superintendent followed.
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Riggs
Capitol
Des Moines
Keokuk County
J. S. Ruggles
Independent School District No
Walden
Jackson Township
Ruggles
Old Conductor Caleb Warren Dies After Stroke
Caleb Warren, longtime Rock Island conductor and former Osceola branch passenger train leader, suffered a severe paralysis stroke Monday night. Retired last month with a $50 annual pension, Warren was 58 and had visited his son Dr. Warren in Pontiac before collapsing at home.
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Rock Island
Washington
Caleb Warren
Warren
Oskaloosa
Dr. Warren
Pontiac
Lil
Bankruptcy Petition Filed by Dr Harry H English in Muscatine
Davenport Iowa May 10 Special Dr Harry H English listed as resident of Muscatine filed a bankruptcy petition with the referee. He states liabilities of 5000 dollars and assets amounting to 2000 dollars in book accounts.
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Davenport
Harry H. English
Muscatine
Alleged spies captured in Tokio arrest
Tokio report says M. A. E. Pougouin a prominent Frenchman and his stepson F. Strange an Englishman have been arrested here on espionage charges.
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Tokio
M. A. E. Pougouin
F. Strange
Sherlock Holmes Ban by Minnesota Library Commission
The Minnesota library commission bans A Conan Doyle's The Return of Sherlock Holmes refusing to add it to library and school lists. It argues detective stories tempt pupils away from right conduct and risk misguiding youth.
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Minnesota Library Commission
Doyle
St. Paul
Minn
A. Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Pianist Paderewski Sails for Home in Oceanic
Ignace Paderewski the pianist boarded the steamship Oceanic in New York bound for Switzerland to rest and recover from an attack of nervous prostration and to return to his home.
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New York
Ignace Paderweski
Oceanic
Switzerland
Death of Wallace H. Hills Chief Clerk in Treasury
Wallace H. Hills chief clerk of the treasury department died in Carizozo New Mexico on May 19 after 41 years of service. A telegram announced the death from Washington D C Hills was 41 years a treasury employee and his loss was noted by the department.
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Wallace H. Hills
Treasury Department
New Mexico
Washington, D. C
Carizozo
Department
Woman in Despondent Crisis Shoots Herself
Mrs. A. B. Martins of this city shot herself in the head this morning in a personal crisis intent. The wound is not serious and she was taken to the hospital where she was reported doing well. she has been ill for three months and despondent over her condition.
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Perenned
A. B. Martins
Tooth of Mastodon Found Near Bryant in Clinton
A mastodon tooth, eight inches long and four inches in diameter, was found near Bryant and is now in the possession of Clinton public schools Superintendent O. P. Bostwick. The fossil is reported to be in perfect preservation.
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Clinton
Bryant
O. P. Bostwick
Clinton Public Schools
Two Peoria Doctors Held for Murder in Woman’s Death
Peoria on May 10 reports Dr. James W. Parker and his assistant John Peattie were held without bail by the coroner's jury for the murder of Mrs. Spillman-Cahloun. The death followed a criminal operation performed by the physicians, according to the verdict.
New Fire Insurance Company Formed in Ottumwa
A new fire insurance company organized in Ottumwa Ia with $10,000 capital. Articles of Incorporation filed today list H. L. Waterman Major Samuel Mahon J. W. Merrill S. W. Simmons Frank McIntyre T. H. Carrick J. H. Morrell and Frank Von Schrader as incorporators.
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Ottumwa
H. L. Waterman
Samuel Mahon
J. W. Merrill
S. W. Simmons
Frank McIntyre
T. H. Carrick
J. H. Morrell
Frank von Schrader
Garnishment laws debated at Iowa labor grocers meet
At the twelfth annual Iowa State Federation of Labor convention in Council Bluffs on May 10 resolutions authorize a committee to confer with a Grocers delegation to seek agreement on pending state legislation. Secretary J. H. Strief notes garnishment laws will be a key point of contention between the two groups.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa State Federation of Labor
J. H. Strief
Federation
Iowa Weather: Showers, Thunderstorms Through Thursday
Chicago reports weather for Iowa with showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Warmer in the northeast, cooler in the west, sun up at 4 37, sunset 6 58, moon set at midnight.
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Chicago
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