Junior American Mechanics Funeral Benefit convention in Philadelphia
The eighteenth annual convention of the Junior American Mechanics Funeral Benefit Association of the United States will meet at Odd Fellows Temple Philadelphia on May 9. A reception and excursion on May 8 includes a drive through Fairmount Park Wissahickon Germantown and a banquet at Old Fellows Hall followed by entertainment. Officers to be elected include President George H. Harris and others.
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Philadelphia
Junior American Mechanics Funeral Benefit Association of
United States
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Fairmount Park
Wissahickon
Switzerland
George H. Harris
H. H. Powers
Samuel B. Mench
Theodore P. Rees
F. A. Sarber
William A. Pike
Baseball Scores From National and Minor Leagues
NL results include Philadelphia 7 New York 3. Pittsburg 7 Louisville 6. Boston 4 Baltimore 3. Cincinnati 9 St Louis 1. Washington 2 Brooklyn 0. Cleveland 7 Chicago 4 in 10 innings. Atlantic League games Paterson 6 Lancaster 2. Reading 10 Richmond 5. Wilkes Barre 8 Allentown 2. Eastern League Worcester 15 Syracuse 1. Springfield 8 Toronto 6. Hartford 18 Rochester 2. Fated to Aescue Bandit Chief. Mayari incident reports a failed rescue attempt with multiple fatalities and injuries. Fatal shed collapse at Armory Baseball Park injures four. one man expected to die.
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Santiago de Cuba
Mayari
Holguin
Sagua de Tanamo
Miguel Gonzales
Baracoa
Toledo
Armory
Frank Harmon
Fort Wayne
Harmon
Frank Hogan
Frank Wilson
Fred Banks
General Otis Rejects Aquino Rebel Recognition at San Tomas Fight
General MacArthur presses the assault on San Tomas near Calumpit as rebels burn the town. Envoys Arguelles and Bernal abandon claims to represent Luna and instead say they represent Aguinaldo, but Otis stays firm against any recognition. Casualties include a U.S. soldier killed near Balibog and other clashes as Lawton and Hale advance.
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Manila
MacArthur
San Tomas
Calumpit
Manuel Arguelles
Jose Bernal
Otis
Antonio Luna
Aguinaldo
Senor Mabini
General Otis
Major Arguelles
Schurman
United States Philippine Commission
Balibog
Lawton
Hale
Wheeler
Fourth Cavalry
Pulilan
Bell
Quingan
Yorktown
Sanisedro
Gilmore
William Walton
Sallmaker
Paul Vandoll
John Ellsworth
Albert Peterson
Sylvia Brisolese
Lyman Paul Edwards
Fred Anderson
Proclaimed Day of Fasting and Prayer for Racial Equality
The National Anti-Antulem Council calls a national day of fasting and prayer for June 2 and instructs colored ministers to dedicate sunrise services on June 4. The appeal denounces Jim Crow laws, legal racism, and violent punishment of Black people, urging divine justice. It contrasts treatment with other races and cites discriminatory practice in travel, courts, and state action. The message frames oppression as a moral crisis and seeks solace in divine intervention.
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Glass Eye Not a Fraud in Marriage Case
Cincinnati May 4 Judge Jelke granted divorce and alimony to Catherine Kraus from Charles Kraus. The husband’s attorney claimed the wife had a glass eye and deceived him before marriage, but the court ruled facial and other blemishes do not constitute fraud in marriage contracts.
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Cincinnati
Jelke
Catherine Kraus
Charles Kraus
Havana Health Improves with Lower Death Rate
Havana reports show population health improving with a death rate two thirds of last year and no known cases of yellow fever.
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Explosion at Kennebec Fibre Pulp Mill Kills Two
An explosion at the Kennebec Fibre Pulp mill in Benton Falls yesterday killed Charles Skul vns and Edward Trueworthy and injured several others. The blast a sulphuric acid gas release in a cooker destroyed part of the mill. In London a separate report says a valet of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was devoured by a shark near Monte Carlo while swimming. onlookers failed to rescue him.
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Mabel Birk
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Edward Trueworthy
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London
Nice
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Kinghorne
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Monte Carlo
Tragic double suicide follows illness in Edmund Harty circle
Edmund Harty, despondent from sickness, died by suicide yesterday. Norman Bates, a friend of Harty, read of the death and then killed himself with a gun in his bedroom.
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Frne
Edmund Harty
Norman Bates
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Murder at Burlington Hotel ends life of financier Masterton
Alexander Masterton, 72, director of the Farmers Loan and Trust, was shot twice and died within hours by James Neale Plumb in the Burlington hotel West Thirtieth Street New York. Plumb's two prewritten statements claim motive tied to financial ruin and alleged conspiracies involving Masterton and family.
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Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
James Neale Plumb
Burlington Hotel
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Plumb
Masterton
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Islip
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Bis
Washington
Minnie
Rollin
Mount Vernon
C. B. Tibball
W. N. Ferris
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Lnter
Westchester
Masonic
J. Neal
Plumb- Masterston
David McClure
J. Henry Thompson
Thompson
Gregg declines Republican nomination for state treasurer
Reading Pennsylvania May 4 an authorized statement says General D M Gregg has declined the Republican nomination for state treasurer due to family urging after a recent illness though not dangerous. The physician advised against further candidacy. Richmond Virginia May 4 on the Chancellorsville battlefield General Charles T Collis and 20 Toerobers of Collis Zouaves dedicated a monument to three officers and 35 privates of their regiment who died there.
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Reading
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Kitchener’s envoy’s mission ends in setback at Darfour
Cairo May 4 Ibraham Ail returns after a mission to his uncle the sultan of Parfour discovers his uncle dethroned by Ali Dinar. The envoy’s escort clashes with Ail’s troops and is routed with 159 dead including many.
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Parfour
Darfour
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Presidential clemency and riots mark May events
Washington reports clemency actions for John Maynor and Charles Moore with commutations and a pardon for W J F Thomason. Wardner Idaho sees mass arrests of rioters after a large mob disturbance. Rome notes Italian ministry resignation and New Philadelphia fire prompts investigations. Other items include San Juan soldiers awaiting transport and Curzon's improved health amid flu. Two men feared drowned near Oneida Lake after a storm.
Adulterated Foods Stir Senate Inquiry Findings
Dr. H W Wiley testifies before the Senate food investigation committee that about 90 percent of U S foods are fraudulent with widespread adulteration of dairy products coffee and fats He notes milk cream removal water addition and preservatives as common frauds and cites adulterated lard vinegar spices and syrups The report also covers other crimes and local incidents from Dubois to Sioux City and Dover to Caps Town with various arrests and disasters.
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H.W Wiley
United States Department of Agriculture
Oes
William J. Mason
Harris
Wett
Tis
Wiley
Vermont
Davenport
The Produce Markets Reflected by Dealings in Philadelphia and Baltimore
Philadelphia and Baltimore markets show mixed readings with flour weak in Philadelphia and firm oats in Baltimore. Wheat and corn offer modest steadiness, hay steady, beef and lard softening, and eggs and cork trade quiet with steamship freight activity noted.
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