Polish Workers Call General Strike After Warsaw Slaughter
The Social Democratic committee in Poland and Lithuania issues a general strike manifesto after troops killed dozens in Warsaw. Masses protest as 75,000 workers in Lodz join, Cossacks patrol streets, and funerals press authorities for the dead.
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Warsaw
Social Democratic Party of
Poland
Lithuania
Zaehisna Street
Avbo
Vienna
Zombkoff Street
Hussars
Lodz
Kalisz
Soliers
Lods
Loda
Bowen Missed Taft's Cablegram Delays in Caracas Departure
Minister Bowen left Caracas yesterday and will reach Washington likely days before the president returns on May 7. The cable company explains Bowen sailed before the department’s permission to delay sailing could be delivered, causing the miscommunication.
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Bowen
Taft
Washington
Alay
Ba Cuayra
Caracas
Ten-Year Sentence Upheld for Notorious Iowa Kidnapping
Des Moines reports August Lenuth to serve ten years after the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed his conviction for kidnapping a wealthy farmer and wife near Tipton. He demanded a $50,000 ransom while the woman was hidden in an abandoned schoolhouse. the husband escaped with a sheriff's posse.
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Des Moines
Lenuth Nust
Iowa
Supreme Court
Kidusning
Uni
Tipton
Woitmh
New York Markets Report for Wheat Corn and More
Wheat steady for May contract at S445 while corn quiet May prices read SLASLgC with broad notes. Oats firm with No 2 white prices around 864c and 74q7 for freight. Beans show mixed quotes with peas at $1 75 and marrow at $2 90, others in flux. Milk prices hold steady with creamery butter 26 and cheese firm. Eggs steady west and south regional quotes vary from 14c to 18c. Live poultry steady with fowls 14 each and turkeys 18–20c. Dressed meats softer with beef around 9 1/2c and mutton lamb values mixed.
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New York
Fiay—St Shipping
Bae Ips
Florida
New
Jersey
Lena
Live Stock Markets Report Shows Slow Markets Across Cattle Hogs and Lambs
Cattle supplies fair and markets slow with prime and choice cattle around 6.25 to 5.75 per hundredweight. Hogs receipts light with mixed pricing for heavy and light weights. Lambs and sheep see light supply and slow demand with prime wethers at around 3.45 to 5.00 and spring lambs noted.
Pasadena Wins Williamsburg Handicap At Jamaica
Pasadena defeats Cairngorm by a head in the Williamsburg handicap at Jamaica. Flyback equaled the track record of 1:12 2-5 for six furlongs. Delhi tests for Belmont Metropolitan. mile in 1:40 2-5. Races results include Blue Coat, Oaklawn, Emergency, Pasadena, Gold Dome, Flyback with top finishers listed.
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New York
Pasadena
Jamaica
Cairngorm
Diamond Flush
Flyback
Delhi
Belmont Park
Blue Coat
Julia BM
Gold Fleur
Oaklawn
Waterbrook
Veronese
Emergency
Quadrile
Cottage Maid
Diamond Fhish
Gold Dome
Jane Holly
Hands Across
Oxford
Toscan
Jeffries to Retire from Ring and Stage May Fifteenth
James J Jeffries, heavyweight champion, announces retirement from boxing and performing, will move to California to run a business with his brother Jack, canceling all appearances after May 15 at his wife’s request.
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Cincinnati
James J. Seiries
Jack
California
Jeffries
Alma Dufour Shatters Elmridge Mile Record
Alma Dufour won the fourth feature at Elmridge in 1:45 for a mile and seventy yards, breaking the track record. Bon Mot finished second with Elliott third as Hattie Carr claimed the opening race by three lengths over Princess Tulaine. Alma Dufour and Drexel were favored at race time.
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Alma Dufour
Elmridge
Kansas City
Bon Mot
Elliott
Hattie Carr
Princess Tulaine
Drexel
St Louis Whist Players Win at League Congress
Philadelphia hosts the eighth annual Women's Whist league congress in Horticultural Hall with 320 participants. Hamilton club of St. Louis tops the Washington trophy scoring twelve minutes, Manheim club of Philadelphia follows with eleven wins.
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Boston
New York
Ames
Taylor
Bresnahan
Young
Needham
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Dugeleby
Abbott
Doescher
McIntyre
Bergen
Cincinnati
Chicago
Cincinnati Bees
Ncinnati
Pfeffer
H. Harper
Schlei
St. Louis
Pittsburg
St. Louis Alleaace
Nesy York
Winter
Criger Chesbro and Kleinowwy
Washington
Morgan
Weaver Kitson and Sullivan
Cleveland
Hess
Bemis
Smith
Ates
St. Lousa
Ocean to Ocean Auto Row Test Planned
NEW YORK May 3 To conduct a thorough long distance and heavy hauling test of a new gasoline motor car incorporating Harriman ideas. Plans have been made with EB Harriman approval to undertake an ocean to ocean tour with the recently completed car.
Gold Enamel Wins Narrowly in Cruzades Handicap
In San Francisco on May 3 the favorite Cruzades finished second as Gold Enamel edged past in the final stretch by a neck. Sad Sam and Cruzades led early, but Clark on Sad Sam pushed the favorite wide at the turn to allow the victory for Gold Enamel.
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Gold Enamel
SAN Pfprancisco
Cruzades
Sad Sam
Clark
Sad San
Peace Hopes Rise Over Equitable Crisis Leader Resigns
Reports from New York on May 3 say the Frick investigating committee may end the Equitable society crisis by James W. Alexander resigning. The potential move aims to restore peace and stability amid turmoil surrounding the organization.
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Alexander
New York
Frick
Equitable Society
James W. Alexander
Jacob D. Snow Dies at 69 in Palatine Bridge
Jacob D. Snow a wealthy resident of Palatine Bridge dies at his home from peritonitis at age sixty nine His death notice appears in Canajoharie New York on May 3 20th century format.
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Jacob D. Snow
Canajoharib, WN
Palatine Bridge
Striking Teamsters Turmoil In Chicago Strife
In Chicago the strike situation grows chaotic as the Team Owners' association resists shipments, rivals the Employers' association, and a riot erupts with police enforcements. Rev. W. I. Wheeler, Ninth Presbyterian pastor, is assaulted near Des Plaines and Adams.
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Chicago
Team Owners’ Association
Employers’ Association
Team Oyners
Teamsters
Charles Beard
Auditorium Hotel
Union League Club
Employers’ Teaming Association
Teaming Association
Marshall Field & Co
W. I. Wheeler
Ninth Presbyterian Church
Des Plaines
Adams Streets
Pennsylvania Depot
Mayflower Safe at Sandy Hook After Uncertain Sighting
Friends of a crew aboard the former cops defender Mayflower feared for the party after no word since Sunday afternoon. The ship was found safe inside the Horsa shoe at Sandy Hook, New York, ending the suspense.
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Sandy Hook
New York
Mayflower
Peculiar Bug Found Halting Boll Weevil in Texas
Chief Howard of the entomological bureau in Washington has been notified of a peculiar bug found in Walls county near Waco that is destroying boll weevil crops. The insect was located on a plant at or near Waco.
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Waco
Tex
Howard
Entomological Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Walls County
Bishop Libert Arrives in San Francisco En Route to Rome
Bishop Libert head of the Catholic church in Hawaii lands in San Francisco from Frandula and plans a visit with President Roosevelt bearing a letter from Governor Carter on his journey to Rome.
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Libert
Rome
San Francisco
Hawaii
Frandula
Roosevelt
Carter
Niagara Falls Power Bill Defeated in Albany Debate
In Albany on May 3 the Niagara Falls power bill was debated. Malloy argued Canada grants franchises to power firms and drains U S falls while selling us power. Cassidy countered by likening the issue to Chicago drainage and Welland canals. The bill was defeated.
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Albany
Niagara Falls
Bil Mir
Malloy
Canada
United States
Niagara
Cassidy
Chicago
Welland
Great Lakes
Goat Island
Famous Cope at Rome Exhibition Plans After Return
The famous Ascoli cope returned to the Italian government was opened in Rome with the minister of public instruction the director general of antiquities and the director of the Gallery of Ancient Art present. The cope will be kept in the public instruction ministry room until it is exhibited in the Gallery of Ancient Art in a special glass case. A late report said the cope was unlawfully sold at Ascot, not stolen.
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Rome
J. Pierpont Morzan
Washington Tribute Honors Lee at Hampton Institute
Dr John Graham Brooks of Harvard and Booker T Washington of Tuskegee Institute led Virginia day exercises at Hampton Institute. Washington lauded General Pitt Hugh Lee as a generous sympathetic friend of the colored race and urged more leaders like him to ease racial challenges.
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B. T. Washington
Lee
Newport News
John Graham. Brooks
Harvard University
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Hampton Institute
Pitt-Hugh Lee
Washington
Modjeska Benefit Nets $12 000 At New York Event
Prominent actors and actresses in New York joined a testimonial benefit for Helena Modjeska. She appeared individually and with others in scenes from Macbeth before a Metropolitan Opera House audience. The performance netted an estimated $12,000. Modjeska gave a curtain speech and received warm applause.
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Modjeska
New York
Tme
Helena Modjeska
Metropolitan Opera House
Mme. Modjeska
Senators Bolt From Caucus Over Fightin g Bills in Albany
Nine Republican senators bolted the caucus leaving twenty one in favor of the bill after four and a half hours of sessions and hearings. The move suggests it will take an extra session to pass the measures if at all.
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Albany
Kaiser and Empress Arrive at Venice on Hohenzollern
Emperor William and Empress Augusta with princes Frederick and Oscar arrive at Venice aboard the Hohenzollern. Escort ships Friedrich Karl and Sleipner accompany the fleet as cannons salute in the Bay of St Mark.
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Kaiser
Empress
Venice
Venich
Emperor Wiliam of
Germany
Empress Augusta
Hitel Frederick
Oscar
Hohenzollern
Friedrich Karl
Sleipner
8 St. Mark
Helen Keller's Teachers Tie in Boston Anniversary
Miss Anne Sullivan and John Albert Macy, both closely linked to Helen Keller, were married yesterday at Miss Sullivan's home in Wrentham near Boston. Macy is a Harvard English instructor and Youth's Companion editor.
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Helen Keller
Boston
Anne Muanusfield Sullivan
John Albert Macy
Harvard
First Death by Own Action at Castle Williams
New York May 3 For the first time in Castle Williams history a soldier died by his own action at Governors Island Michael Broad nineteen and unassigned enlisted a month ago at Newark The remains will receive military honors and be buried at Cypress Hills cemetery
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Governors Island
New York
Castle Williams
Michael Broad
Newark
Cypress Hills Cemetery
Gladden Declines Resignation Rumor in Columbus
Dr Washington Gladden denied rumors he would resign as moderator of the national council of the Congregational church in Columbus on May 3 stating he had no present intention to step down. He declined a longer answer to the report, saying the future must take care of itself.
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Gladden
Columbus
Washington Gladden
National Council of the Congregational Church
Boy Shot In Wild West Show Tragedy in Flatbush Club
In New York on May 3 a wild west show at the Flatbush Boys' Club ended in tragedy when sixteen year old John Hines was accidentally shot by fourteen year old Walter Driscoll. Hines died in his mother's arms at Kings County Hospital at midnight.
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New York
Flatbush Boys
John Hines
Walter Driscoll
Kings County Hospital
Destroyer Renan Runs Aground At Berehaven Reef
Cork Ireland May 3 A torpedo boat destroyer ran on a reef at the eastern harbor entrance during a torpedo attack Monday night and remains stranded with her backbone broken indicating severe damage to the ship.
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Cork
Ireland
Berehaven
Syren
Thieves Rob Postoffice and Town Politics Fallout
Oxford postoffice burglars blew the safe with nitro-tycerine and seized cash and stamps. Two private houses were looted, a reward was offered by Postmaster Stinson. In Trenton Howell C. Stull a hardware firm member and ex assemblyman killed himself at home, apparently driven by illness. a widow and daughter survive.
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Oxford
Stinson
H. C
Stull
Howell C. Stull
Trenton
New Jersey Assembly
Jury-Censures Railroad Over Crossing Obstruction
A coroner’s jury in Vineland censures West Jersey & Seashore Railroad for leaving freight cars on Landis avenue crossing and failing to protect the crossing with gates or a flagman after the death of Mrs. Mary Campbell. Rev. O. O. Campbell, husband of the victim, is seriously ill.
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Vineland
Mary Campbell
Landis Avenue
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
Jury Awards Damages in Cape May Auto Case
In Cape May Circuit Court juries award Councilman Erwin Slaughter and his wife $3,500 each for injuries from a buggy collision with William Knabe's automobile. Defense claimed the car was at rest when the buggy backed into it. A subsequent case against Wilmer Batten resulted in $200 for John W. Kutz and his wife after their horse was frightened by Batten's auto.
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Cape May
Erwin Slaughter
Wildwood
William Knabe
Baltimore
Wilmer, Batten
Millville
Kutz
Batton
Newark Youth Fatally Injured By Baseball Pitch
William Pfeiffer, 14, of 165 Ferry street, Newark, was struck on the head by a ball thrown by Michael Fay, 22, of 50 Lentz avenue during an amateur game at Plum Point lane. Pfeiffer suffered a three fracture skull, was operated on at St. James Hospital, and Pay sur took himself to police.
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William Pfeiffer
Ferry Street
Newark
Superior
Chester
Plum Point Lane
Hawkins Street
Michael Fay
Lentz Avenue
Young Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer
Charles W. Burke
St. James Hospital
Pay
Increasing the Profits through Farm Methods and Yields
At Salem County Board of Agriculture in Woodstown Secretary Franklin Dye outlined profitable farming, stressing feeding crops and labor saving tools. He shared county yield estimates: corn 45 bushels wheat 18 rye 16 oats 30 per acre hay 1 ½ tons per acre potatoes 800 per acre. The county owns about 17 924 milch cows and average farm income last year was 1 895. Miss Jessie L Colson spoke on Our Local Soils.
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Salem County Board of Agriculture
Borough Hall
Woodstown
Franklin Dye
State Board of Agriculture
Jessie L. Colson
Woman Found Guilty of First Degree Murder at Hackensack
Mrs Antoinette Tolla was convicted of first degree murder before Judge Garretson in Hackensack for the Kingsland killing of Joseph Gonta on May 4 last year. Prosecution contends the shooting occurred after months of alleged stalking. defense claims self defense. The case also notes the six year old Rocko Gonta testifying to the shooting and that another prisoner, Anna Valéntine, stands in jail for a separate murder with a second appeal pending.
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Antoinette Tolla
Garretson
Hackensack
Joseph Gonta
Kingsland
Sonia
Tolla
Rocko
Anna Valéntine
Roca Salza
Lodi
Behall
Court of Pardons
Pathfinder Assesses Salaries of Global Leaders
The Pathfinder argues that judges who value salaries over merits would rank the British high commissioner to South Africa above the U S president, noting the high official earns 65 000 dollars versus 550 000 dollars for the American leader.
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South Africa
United States
The Vine and the Bran passage lesson overview
A reader presents a dated sermon summary on John 15 about abiding in Christ, pruning, and bearing fruit. It emphasizes Christ as the true vine, the Father’s care, cleansing through the word, and the necessity of abiding faith to produce fruit and keep divine joy. It notes love as the measure of discipleship and commands to love others as Christ loves.
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Chris’ Duces
Avery
Christ
Father
Jesus
Railway Stations in Switzerlan to Enforce Child Fare Rule
Railway stations in Switzerlan will install measuring machines near ticket offices to enforce a half fare for children under one inch tall. Children above that height will be charged as adults, aiming to prevent fare evasion while traveling.
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Switzerlan
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