Opening of Russia's First Parliament Under Nicholas II
St. Petersburg May 10 Ideal weather greeted Russia s first parliament. The city wore holiday attire as banks, stores and factories closed though government discouraged broad regional suspensions. Troops guarded key sites while imperial family performed devotions before the tombs of their ancestors. The lower house opened with Prof Mouromtseff as president and read the imperial ukase convening the assembly.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Baron Frisch
Baron Uexhull
Frisch
Story of the Russian Douma first parliament under the czar
The first ukase in 1904 promised peasant reforms but offered few liberties and sparked demand for more. The 1905 ukases pledged a national parliament with limits, followed by uprisings and bloodshed. By Oct 1905 Csar yielded, naming count de Witte premier and granting limited freedoms while expanding suffrage. The Douma consisted of two houses the council of the empire and the national assembly. The council included nominees and elites while the assembly could supervise budgets pass laws and levy taxes. The Douma could not challenge aristocracy or royal family or control the army or church. Political parties split along nationalist constitutional democrats and moderates with minorities. The constitutional democrats pushed for constitutional monarchy wider liberties and peasant land reform.
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UKASE
Count de Witte
Douma
Council of the Empire
National Assembly
Czar
Nobility
Chamber of Commerce
Universities
House of Lords
Senate
United States
Zemstvos
Constitutional Democrats
THE
Russia
Platform
Peasant Party
Iowa Labor Action To Record Legislator Stances
The Iowa Federation of Labor plans to publish a record of each legislator’s stance on labor issues. A five member committee will push the eight hour day for state printing under Emory H. English starting 1907. Officers were re-elected and a new vice president chosen.
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Ottumwa
Iowa Federation of Labor
A. L. Urich
Des Moines
J. H. Strief
Sioux City
L. Lightner
H. Boettger
Davenport
Iowa
A. L. Urick
Congress
J. F. Hagan
Jerome
J. J. Jacobson
E. F. Doris
Typographical Union No. 118
Des Moines Typographical Union
Emory H. English
English
Federation
Inquiry Opens Into Standard Oil and Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission began a Chicago hearing into Standard Oil and railroad ties. Witness E M Wilhoit described bribery of railroad clerks and independent oil dealers to obtain rival data and cheating customers on oil volume. Investigators tout a vast pipe line map and 17 million barrels stored to show how Kansas oil undercuts eastern refiners.
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Chicago, Ill
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Oil Company
E. M. Wilhoit
Topeka
Kan
Standard Oil Co
Standard
Wilhoit
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific
Prouty
Chicago
Marchand
Monnett
Ida M. Tarbell
Illinois Lines
Kansas
Tidewater
Bayonne
N. J
Illinois
St. Louis
Alton Road
Whiting
Ind
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Two Men Die in Crawfordsville Boiler Explosion
Report from Crawfordsville confirms two men were killed in a boiler explosion at a facility there. Officials say the blast caused extensive damage to the boiler room and surrounding buildings as investigators begin to determine the cause and any safety lapses.
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Crawfordsville
National conference opens with criticism of Salvation Army relief
The 33rd national conference of charities and correction convened in Philadelphia with Edwin D. Solenberger of the Associated Charities of Minneapolis decrying Salvation Army relief work as poorly organized and administered. He argued the army's charitable efforts are largely subservient to financial interests.
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Philadelphia
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Salvation Army
Edwin D. Solenberger
Associated Charities of
Minneapolis
Insurance push to pay fire losses aids San Francisco recovery
On May 10 San Francisco reports financial groups plan to rapidly pay fire losses, boosting general circulation and easing relief for residents. A reconstruction committee sets unskilled wages at 2.50 for nine hours, aligned with the Building Trades council. The U S Army signal corps shoots San Francisco ruins from balloons for a War Department archive.
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San Francisco
Cal
Reconstruction Committee
Building Trades Council
Signal Corps
United States Army
War Department
Washington
Rousing Meyer Reception in Tauride Garden
The crowd greeted Meyer with enthusiasm in front of Tauride garden. A clash near the winter palace led to an officer fending off roughs who blocked his path and subsequently cutting down one assailant after a sword was drawn. The officer was arrested. Warsaw marked the Russian parliament opening with church services as workers protested via strikes and red flag processions. in Lodz troops fired on strikers killing three.
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Russia
Meyer
Tauride Garden
Winter Palace
Warsaw
Poland
Lodz
Wreck of Chesapeake and Ohio New York Limited near Buenavista
A broken rail near Buenavista station wrecked the Chesapeake and Ohio New York Limited around midnight. The sleeper was ditched and 16 passengers were aboard. four women were injured and several trainmen hurt.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio New York Limited
Buenavista Station
Buena Vista county endorses Roosevelt and Cummins at convention
Storm Lake Iowa May 10 Buena Vista county convention endorses Roosevelt and Cummins with heads of state delegation instructed for Cummins. Delegates selected to congressional judicial and senatorial conventions with no proxies and no opposition to the resolutions. Temporary Chairman Faville spoke for progressive republicanism.
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Storm Lake
Buena Vista County
Roosevelt
Cummins
Sioux City
Sam E
Alta
Faville
J. P. Chapman
Buckingham
Perkins
Oskaloosa Capitalist Thrown From Auto in Narrow Collision
W. A. McNeill, noted capitalist and early autoist of Oskaloosa Iowa, was nearly killed this morning when his automobile toppled after a collision with Major McMullin's machine. McNeill was thrown from the car but survived the incident with injuries not yet specified.
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Oskaloosa
W. A. McNeill
Major McMullin
Du buque Delegates Named. No Cummins in Linn County
Des Moines May 10 Special. Cummins headquarters claim of Dubuque delegation backing Cummins is false. Kirctschmer, Dubuque candidate for state treasurer, will pick delegates with no Cummins instruction. Linn county caucuses favored standpatters, no Rathbun-Cummins coalition. solid standpat delegation to the state convention expected.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Dubuque
Kirctschmer
Dubuque County
Linn
Rathbun
Condition Of Winter Wheat At Ninety One Percent
Washington May 10 The agriculture department crop report issued today places the condition of growing winter wheat at 91 percent good or better indicating favorable yields for the season.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Allison Returns to Senate Seat After Brief Absence
Iowa Senator Allison resumes duties in the chamber after a three day absence. He was greeted by a large group of colleagues in Washington with a warm welcome indicating his return to active service. Frank J. Stillman reports.
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Iowa
Washington, D. C
Allison
Frank J. Stillman
Mrs. Davis Stricken by Grippe at Hotel Gerard
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the Confederate president, is dangerously ill with grippe at the Hotel Gerard in New York on May 10. She is nearly 60 and the illness is feared to be fatal.
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Jefferson Davis
New York Hotel
New York, N. Y
Dowie and Voliva Reach Agreement on Shared Management
In Chicago on May 10 Dowie and Voliva agreed to jointly manage Lion City finances. Dowie appoints John A. Lewis and Voliva selects Alexander Granger to the committee, with a third member to be chosen.
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Chicago
Ill
Tile factory boiler explosion kills two in Crawfordsville
A boiler blast at Brown brothers tile factory in Crawfordsville Iowa at 6:43 this morning kills Henry Hough and Walter Manifee. The building wrecked, several workers escaped injury, cause unknown and under coroner inquest in Washington.
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Crawfordsville
Brown Brothers
Henry Hough
Walter Manifee
Brown Brothers Tile Factory
Railread
Mr. Brown
Hough
Brown
Old Resident J T Becker Dies Suddenly in Wilton
J T Becker 65 died this afternoon at his Wilton Iowa home after three days with neuralgia of the heart. He is survived by daughter Mrs Hattie Schriver of Springdale and sons Ivan Becker of Wilton and Orville Becker at home. A Cedar county resident for 35 years, he was one of the area’s oldest settlers.
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J. W. Becker
Wilton
J. T. Becker
Hattie Schriver
Springdale
Iowa
Ivan Becker
Orville Becker
Mr. Becker
Cedar County
Banker Shot in Montezuma as Brother Kills President
W H Sylvester president of the First National Bank of Montezuma was shot and killed today in his home by his brother whose mind is believed affected. The incident occurred in Montezuma Indiana on May 10.
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Indiana
Montezuma
Ind
W. H. Sylvester
First National Bank of
Ice House Destroyed in Iowa City Fire
Fire swept through McInerner's ice house in Iowa City destroying 1,600 tons of ice. Loss pegged at 5,000 dollars with 800 dollars insured. Vandalism suspected as cause.
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Iowa City
McIinerner
Wallace to Head Big Electric Company of New York
John F. Wallace, former chief engineer of the Panama Canal, accepted the presidency of the Electric Properties Company, recently incorporated in New York, as announced in Chicago Alabama on May 19.
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Wallace
Big Electric Company of
New York
Chicago
John F. Wallace
Electric Properties Company
Weather for Iowa Today and Friday Forecast
Chicago dispatch reports fair tonight and Friday with rising temperatures. Sunrise is 4 37, sunset 6 58, moonrise 9 35 p m.
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Chicago
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