National Board of Arbitration Aims to Curb Strikes
A mass meeting at Cooper Union endorses forming a national board of arbitration to prevent strikes and lockouts. John Mitchell and Samuel Gompers urge cooperation between capital and labor and highlight past wage gains from conciliatory talks. The national committee reports its goal to promote peaceful settlements and appoint an executive panel from both sides to guide the effort.
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New York
Committee of Canciliation
National Civic Federation
Cooper Union
National Board of Arbitration
John Mitchell
Samuel Gompers
Federation of Labor
Cardna
National Committee On Conciliation and Arbitration Re
Cleveland Bank President Ends Life in Seattle Hotel
A man believed to be R. N. Pollock, president of the Cuyahoga Savings and Banking Co., Cleveland, shot himself at the Hotel York Seattle. A razor, poison tablets, and a rat poison box were found nearby as police noted papers burned. He had registered as James Fisher and left no clear clue to his identity beyond Pollock’s name sewn inside his coat. He was well dressed with $30 in his pocket.
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Seattle
Wash
R. N. Pollock
Cuyahoga Savings and Banking Company
Cleveland
York
Pollock
James Fisher
Tring
R. X. Pollock
Cleveland, O
Pollock Suicide Ties to Cuyaoga Savings Bank Collapse
K N Pollock, 38, president of Cleveland based Cuyaoga Savings and Banking Co, killed himself in Seattle. The bank he promoted closed last Monday amid rumors of weakness. deposits once reached 540000. A receiver now holds the books and denies any misappropriation by Pollock as directors sought to avert a bank run.
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Cleveland
K. N. Pollock
Seattle
Cuyahoga Savings and Banking Company
Pollock
Cotton Fires Threaten Augusta Warehouses
A blaze in the Union Compress building in Augusta Ga spread to nearby Whitney & Co. with 3 700 bales of cotton burning as flames crossed the alley. Firemen saved the remaining structures but losses exceed 150000 dollars.
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Augusta
Union Compress Company
Compress
Phymsy & Co
Whitney & Co
Whitney
Suffering in Jacksonville Spurs Work Relief Efforts
In Jacksonville on May 9, relief efforts unfold as numerous workers including clerks and physicians seek jobs after a disaster. The labor department aims to place clerical workers while a relief committee funds a sewing tent and two sewing machines to aid seamstresses who lost clothing and belongings.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Department of Labor
The
Relief Association
Deplorable interview quoted in San Juan on hunger crimes
Handbills in San Juan quote Wenceslao Bords Jr from a New York Times interview saying fathers sell their daughters to stave off hunger. The public outrage grows and protesters warn he could face attack if he arrives in Porto Rico.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Wenceslao Bords, Jr
New York Times
Free-For-All Breaks Out In Jury Room Fight
In Muncie Indiana the jury attempting to decide Henry Warenal's guilt for causing a disturbance on an Interurban electric car fought among themselves. The locked jury room had to be broken open to end the furious brawl.
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Muncie
Ind
Henry Warenal
Mayor McKee Refuses to Resign as Logansport Council Cuts Salary
In Logansport Indiana Mayor George P. McKee refuses resignation after council vote citing excessive drinking. At a special meeting his pay is cut from 1000 to 840 dollars while he threatens suit to restore full salary. He had promised Republicans to abstain from liquor. An ensuing clash between mayor and council is anticipated.
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Logansport
Ind
George P. McKee
McKee
A Question of Height in Indiana Cemetery Lawsuit
David Neff sues Hester Ann Neely for 10000 damages after a gravestone toppled on him while playing near a monument in Mount Pleasant cemetery. The case questions whether a cemetery public ground receives the same protection as city streets or public highways and who bears fault for accidents.
Timmons Girl Dies After Shot By Sweetheart In Rockfield
Bertha Timmons of Rockfield Ind died from wounds inflicted by her suitor Wilber Miller who planned the deed. The couple had planned marriage last Thursday but it was postponed. A note to Miller's father said life was miserable.
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Rockfield
Ind
Bertha Timmons
Wilber Miller
Muiself
Miller
Emma Kaiser’s Suicide Attempt On Cincinnati Bridge
Emma Kaiser daughter of Fort Wayne prominent locals tried to jump from a Cincinnati suspension bridge. Her dress snagged on the railing and a pedestrian rescued her. At the police station she said she would kill herself at the first opportunity and offered no reason, refusing contact with her parents.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Emma Kaiser
Cincinnati
Land Deal Forms Georgia Cotton and Cattle Venture
Indianapolis reports the Indiana Cattle Company, formed in the city, has completed a land deal with the New York Investment Company acquiring 117 000 acres near Somerville Georgia. The plan is to clear the forest to cultivate cotton cane and cattle. Several company members have traveled to Georgia to inspect the tract and prepare for work.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Cattle Company
New York Investment Company
Georgia
Somerville
Crops Not Badly Damaged In Ohio River Area
Rockport Indiana reports the wheat crop only slightly damaged as the Ohio River recedes. Farmers note that dry fields are growing well and cold temperatures helped. A fair crop is expected.
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Rockport
Ind
Ohio River
Girl Killed By Lightning In Laporte Ind
Laporte Indiana May 9 Miss Ligsie is killed by a lightning strike during a storm. Authorities report the tragedy as a fatal weather incident with the victim identified locally. No further details are provided in the readable text.
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Laporte
Ind
Ligsie
Storm Tells Tragic Tale In Locality
A fierce storm struck the area and a young girl was instantly killed, leaving her mother overwhelmed by grief and said to be temporarily insane due to the loss.
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Mather
Shortage Settled by Compromise in Goshen
Goshen nd May 9 bondsmen of former City Clerk Wolfe paid 76.02 into the city treasury as a compromise of Wolfe defalcation. Wolfe faces imprisonment for the shortage reported at 1700 dollars.
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Goshen,nd
Wolfe
Mysterious cave found by dip needle near Lore Indiana
James Kelly, while using a dip needle two miles from Lore in Knox county, discovered a five foot square hole on a hill. He entered with a lantern and explored nearly a mile of natural cave near White river’s High Rock ferry. Businessmen brought back mineral samples identified as quicksilver. Samples were sent to the state geologist in Indianapolis for analysis. Large crowds visit the cave now reported locally.
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Petersburg
Lnd
James Kelly
Knox County
Lore
High Rock Ferry
White River
Kelly
Atul
Indianapolis
Elwood Man Disappears For Third Time In A Month
Elwood Indiana May 9 John Uaklard a furniture dealer becomes the third local businessman to vanish in under a month. He left home two weeks ago and has not been heard from despite family efforts and police inquiries across nearby cities.
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Elwood
Ind
John Uaklard
Smallpox outbreak prompts quarantine near Rockport
Rockport Indiana reports a new smallpox outbreak near the city. The illness is described as more severe than the mild seasonals previously seen, triggering a quarantine to curb spread. The region also records over 250 cases of mumps measles and whooping cough this winter with a single death.
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Rockport
Ind
Pipe Line Leak Fires Timber Fencing Near Rochester
A Cudahy pipe line near Rochester Indiana sprang a leak and its escaping gas or oil caught fire. Acres of timber and several rods of fencing burned before the company could shut off the flow. The probable loss is five thousand dollars.
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Rochester
Ind
Cudahy
Elf
Publisher with claimed kinship pleads guilty in malls case
Thomas J. Shelton publisher of The Christian who claims kinship to Jacob and Moses and can cure disease by sending vibrations pleaded guilty to improper handling of malls and was fined $23 by Judge Hallett in the United States court in Denver on May 9.
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Denver
Thomas J. Shelton
The
Christian
Jacob
Moses
Hallett
United States
Floral Welcome For McKinley In Los Angeles Trip
President McKinley is welcomed in Los Angeles with a grand floral parade and city decorations. He visits Santa Monica Soldiers Home and Mount Lowe for panoramic views while California officials and crowds greet the party in a festive display.
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McKinley
Los Angeles
Cal
City of Angels
Santa Monica
Golden Gate
California
Gage
Redlands
San Bernanardino
Casa Loma
Citizens’ Committee
Geneva
Shafter
Te Department of the
Defendant's Story at Cambridge Eastman murder trial
In Cambridge Massachusetts on May 8 the Eastman murder trial reached a climax as the defendant testified for two hours. He claimed the shooting was an accident and that a rim-fire pistol killed his brother in law. He described struggling with Grogan over the weapon and said he cannot recall how many shots fired. He aided Grogan afterward and was grief stricken at his death. Cross-examination continued.
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Cambridge
Mass
Eastman
Grogan
Gregan
Oil in well sparks Texarkana excitement
In Texarkana area near Park Texas Dr Oliver reports a water well on his property turned to oil. Local preparations begin to sink an oil well as excitement grows over the discovery. Comet seen at Kiel to be visible on southern skies.
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Texarkana
Ark
Oliver
Park, Tex
Here
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Observatory
Krantz
Kiel Observatory
Cape of Good Hope
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