Peculiar Post Office Mix Up Recasts McKeesport Postmaster Nomination
A telegram reading We want Soles triggered the misidentification of applicants for McKeesport postmaster. Edwin Soles, the initial choice, saw his nomination pulled minutes before Senate confirmation. Elmer M. Soles, a cousin, was installed instead after swift telegraphic and political intervention.
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Long Man
McKeesport
Ray
Wanamaker
Thompson
Reese
Soles
Ee Eens
Far
Peamaster General
Edwin Soles
Senate
Elmer M. Soles
To Reverse the Supreme Court Wasniveros Story
The bill to prohibit transporting intoxicants into states with prohibition will be called up in the House at first opportunity. A report claims the government is indebted to General Fremont. the amount is said to be ninety one thousand nine hundred dollars with Congress to decide payment.
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Supreme Court
Wasniveros
United States
Committer Vacancies Filind Announcement in Washington
The Speaker today announced committee vacancies in Washington on May 10. The notice lists pending appointments and directs further action to fill the vacancies promptly.
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Washington
Appointments on Rules and Banking Committees
On rules Blount of Georgia on appropriations Mutchler of Pennsylvania on banking and currency Cooper of Ohio on railways and canals Featherstone of Arkansas on merchant marine and fisheries Springer of Illinois on railways and canals.
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Blount
Georgia
Mutchler
Pennsylvania
Cooper
Oste
Featherstone
Arkansas
Springer
Illinois
Democrats as Prophets in Tariff Debate in Congress
In a House session led by Mr. Grosvenor, Texas's Mr. Lanham critiqued reciprocity with Mexico and warned the tariff bill would provoke Mexican retaliation. Illinois's Mr. Springer ridiculed sugar and silk bounties, defended farmer benefits, and mocked protections for hogs and cabbages as public theater.
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Springer
RK. B. Hayes
House
Grosvenor
Ohio
Lanham
Texas
Mexico
United States
Germany
England
Illinois
Llinais
Ezes
Hayes
Dingley
Maine
Barnes
Georgia
Andrews
Massachusetts
Cummings
New York
Brickser
Wisconsin
Army Liquor Ban Gains Passage In Senate
In Washington on May 10 the army appropriation bill advanced with Hale amendment prohibiting sale of alcohol beer and wine to enlisted men in canteens or military posts. Cockerill amendment to strike beer and wines failed. The Hale amendment passed 30 to 13, party lines. Butler joked about adding provisions for infants supplies, but the bill moved forward.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
Cockerill
Yeas
Sherman
Mr. Sherman
Butler
Finding of Court Martial in Commander McCalla Case
Lieutenants Garst and Slayton arrived in Washington with the court martial findings in Commander B. H. McCalla's case aboard the Enterprise. They briefed Judge Advocate General Reeny for Navy Secretary review. final action rests with the Secretary unless the sentence is dismissal, which would go to the President. Naval officers expect guilty findings on several charges with suspension and reprimand as possible outcomes.
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WasumeTox
Garst
Slayton
Washington
B. H. McCalia
Reeny
Secretary of the Navy
McCalla
Department
Senator Quay Proposes Amendment to Inter State Law
Senator Quay introduced a bill to amend the inter state commerce law. The measure adds a clause allowing common carriers to offer reduced transportation rates to commercial travelers who travel to sell merchandise for a wholesale business and take orders for later delivery.
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Washington
Quay
Explosion at Corning Mill Kills Worker In Teckville
A blast at the Corning Mill of Consumers Powder Co near Teckville Pennsylvania this morning killed worker William Millett. The explosion wrecked a large, strongly built facility used to grind powder. The immediate loss to the company is estimated at 25000 dollars.
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Carbondale
Corning
Consumers’ Powder Company
Teckville
William Millett
Millett
Equality of the Races Debated at Kentucky Episcopal Meet
The Diocesan Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Kentucky met in Versailles. Reinecke supported Bishop Dudley asserting racial equality in all respects. Father Betts urged equality of races. Bishop Dudley plans yearly study on the race question and will report at the next church convention. The next council will meet in Paducah.
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Versailles
Protestant Episcopal Church
Kentucky
Reinecke
Dudley
Father Betts
Louisville
Churches
Mezt Accuss
Paducah
Publication Notice From Thetteriey Publishing Co
A garbled notice from Thetteriey Publishing Co stamps information about A G Campbell at 27 Fifth Ave and states there is no store on Penn Avenue. The readable text emphasizes publication details and location references.
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Penn Avenue
Thetteriey Publishing Co
A. G. Campbell Phaee
Imperial labor reforms spark Reichstag clash in Berlin
The Reichstag opens six weeks of session with debates on East Africa credits and a labor protection bill that faces opposition from Socialists and Freisinnige. Critics accuse the government of expanding control over workers while provisions may allow employer evasion and weaken coalitions. A special operatives council under Baron von Berlepsch is proposed to oversee labor.
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Reichstag
Bertrs
Freisinnige Party
Spon
Germany
Baron von Berlepsch
Arbeitsrath
Vollmar
Liebknech
Bebel
Freisinnige
Center
Rickert
Barth
Schrader
Richter
Prince Scoenach-Karolath
Reichspartei
The
Orient of
Prussia
Royalty's Queer Dispute Over Language at Russian German Meeting
In Besaix May 10 a dispute arises as Emperor William asks the Czar to use German while Schweinitz suggests Russian. De Giers notes the Czar's poor German and warns that if William spares French he must rely on Russian.
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Germany
William
M. de Giers
German labor troubles spread across cities
At Hamburg 40,000 masons and carpenters are on strike while 6,000 in Stettin join in. Cologne’s brewers’ workmen quit. Shoemakers seek a 15 marks weekly minimum and longer working day. Leipsic employers form a permanent union to oppose strikers. Berlin iron masters and metallurgists covenant not to hire strikers. Volksblatt denies an international strike committee.
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Berti
Hamburg
Stettin
Cologne
Leipsic
Berlin
Volksblatt
Savage Attack on Bismarck Stirs Press Controversy
Beers May 10 The Freisseninge Zeitung gains notoriety publishing scandals about Prince Bismarck claiming a medical specialist says the ex Chancellor suffers from alcoholism not morphine. Bismarck’s friends ignore the attacks and even his enemies are stirred by them.
Anarchist threat prompts European talks rumor
Dispatches from Vienna claim French Interior Minister Constans sought unified action with Austria and Germany against anarchists. The Foreign Office offers no confirmation.
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Eek
Vienna
M. Constans
Foreign Office
Emperor to shoot in Silesa on Count Hochberg estates
William Goresn Shooting reports the Emperor will travel to Silesa tomorrow to shoot on Count Hochberg's estates. In Beatin on May 10, Minister Von Ber lgpsch convened a meeting of Inspectors to discuss Miners' Law preparations.
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William Goresn
Berewix
Silesa
Count Hochberg
Beatin
von Berlgpsch
Emin Pasha Offers Service to German Empire in Africa
A May 10 brief notes Emin Pasha's wish to aid German service, his offer relayed by Major Wissmann, and Bismarck's welcome. It details German consolidation to Kilwa, and English resistance over Congo frontier claims. Salisbury aims to extend influence from South Africa to the Sudan, per the white book.
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East Africa
Wissmann
Emin Pasha
Prince Bismarck
Emin
Kilwa
von Caprivi
England
Africa
Percy Anderson
Congo Free State
Nyanza
Albert Nyanza
White Nile
Salisbury
South Africa
Bismarck Urges Retirement Amid Imperial Tensions
In Berlin on May 10 Prince Bismarck received friendly communiques from the Emperor hinting at political inactivity if he retires. Visitors Bucher and Poschenger noted Bismarck still sees himself as Empire's key influence, while the Emperor disputes the term dismissal and recalls his earlier threats to resign.
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Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Herren Bucher
Poschenger
Friedrichsruhe
Prince Henry 18 All Right With Brother in 1905
Berlin reports Prince Henry Emperor William II brother is not disgraced and has not taken a forced leave. He attended the Reichstag opening and remains at the Schloss with his brother in friendly terms. He heads to Hesse Friedberg then Hamburg to see his mother before traveling to England for Windsor visits with the Queen.
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Berlin
Henry
Reichstag
Schloss
Hesse
Friedburg
Hamaay
England
Windsor
Youngstown
Heller Bros
Junius Spencer Morgan
Soncet & Cana
Hartford Hospital
Chattanooga
Georges Fry
Georgia
Wadea
Sailor Identified After Floater Found in the Bay
A floater recovered in the bay is identified as Andrew Calder a sailor who disappeared from the schooner Massasoit while in port three weeks ago authorities report the May 10 telegraph note.
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Andrew Calder
Massasoit
Judge fixes bail for E Thompson in Corken death case
Judge Ewing yesterday set bail at 5000 dollars for E Thompson charged with causing the death of George Corken. Thompson had not posted the bail last evening and remains in jail.
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Ewing
E. Thompson
George Corken
Wheeling Natural Gas Board Elects Officers
The Wheeling Natural Gas Company board met in the Stevenson building and elected William Flinn as President J M Guffy as Vice President W J Diehl as Secretary and Treasurer Henry Fisher J M Guffy A F Keating and Robert C Elliott as Executive Committee.
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Wheeling Natural Gas Company
Stevenson Building
William Flinn
J. M. Guffy
W.J. Diehl
Henry Fisher
J. M. Guoffy
A. F. Keating
Robert C. Elliott
Harry Kesneppy
No. 508
Fifth Avenue
Citizens’ Traction Corers
Penn Avenue
Iad
Notable figures travel as rail and ship news mix
Ex congressman R G Horr of Michigan at Union depot says federal control of elections will come. Secretary D P Corwin and others aboard eastbound Pennsylvania road train. D D Jones and wife from Kansas City visit daughter before Europe voyage on the Umbri. Superintendent Burt heads to Osiein Da with Fifth Division mail. Maggie Swaney of Bellefonte visits sister in Congress, J M Gusky away in New York. William DeWolf on business trip to New York.
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Justice Brapier
United States Supreme Court
Acheson
Pleasant Valley Line
Federal Street
William Groves
A. Turner
Beaver Falls
Alderman King
Second Avenue Electric Company
Giles Collins
Demmiler Station
Thomas Carmody
United States
Williamsport
Baltimore
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Ohio Pyle
Mattit Carey
Forks of the Road
R. G. Horr
Michigan
Union Depot
Horr
D. P. Corwin
Pittsburg
Virginia
Charleston
Ed Bean
Anderson Hotel
Homer Laughlin
East Liverpool
Dominick McCaffrey
D. D. Jones
Kansas City
Allegheny
C H. Speer
Franklin Street
Europe
Umbri
Burt
Allway Mail Service
the City
Oisein- da
Maggie Swaney
Bellefonte
L. A. Miller
Congress
J. M. Gusky
New York
William DeWolf
Dracut Saloon Opening Draws Crowd Fails to Tame Thirst
Lowell reports record crowds at John Lannon’s Dracut saloon opening. Fifteen police kept order as carloads of eager drinkers flooded the one packed room and windows, forcing the doors shut and the proprietor to close by 6 pm.
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Lowell
Dracut
John Lannon
Electric
Lannon
Peeple
Building Trades Council Formed in Allegheny County
The Building Trades Council of Allegheny County was permanently organized at 537 Smithfield Street with about forty delegates from most trades. George Jones was named Temporary Chairman and John Williamson Secretary. a credentials committee expelled two Knights of Labor reps, and officers were elected: Jones President Williamson Secretary Swartz Treasurer Snyder Vice President. A law committee was appointed to draft bylaws as 10,000 workers are represented. council adjourned to meet next Saturday.
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Building Trades Council
Allegheny County
Smithfield Street
George Jones
John Williamson
State and Tilelayera’ Assembly
Painters’ Assembly
Knights of Labor
Council
Jones
Williamson
A. M. Swarts
William Snyder
John Griffith
A. J. McDonald
A. M. Swartz
M. P. Carrick
J. Mackintosh
Pleasant Valley Employes Grow in Knights of Labor Reach
Pleasant Valley Employes Assembly No. 2213 admitted 15 new members in an early morning session. District Master Workman Evans attended, dodging company spotters and detectives, with picket duty and nightly updates. About 100 men now belong, with Evans aiming to fully organize the road within days.
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Pleasant Valley
Knights of Labor
Allegheny
Evans
Ohio Street
Manchester
Twenty and Costs for Inspector McCutcheon Nuisance Case
Meat and Milk Inspector George McCutcheon faced a nuisance charge over alleged drainage from an outhouse into neighboring yards. Magistrate Hyndman fined him twenty dollars and costs after his defense cited recent rains and flooding.
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George McCutcheon
Hyndman
Whitehouse
Second Police District
Department of Public Safety
McCutcheon
Suspension of American Life Insurance Company Operations
The American Life Insurance Company suspends all business after a writ of quo warranto issued by Attorney General Kirkpatrick. The move follows an examination by George Tompkins and criticism by Insurance Commissioner Forster, with the company under Finance Committee control and facing potential dissolution and receivership.
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Mibclal
THA Dinpatch
Philadelphia
American Life Insurance Company
Harrisburg
Kirkpatrick
Nsurance
Forster
George Tompkins
MacFarlane
Pfeiffer
Dungan
Broken Bank of
Ameri
Bac Securities
Tompkins
Gilbert
American Life
Death by Own Action Darkens Allegheny Streets
An Allegheny resident known as Essex, Frederick Werner, 70, committed suicide by hanging from a tree on Perrysville Avenue. Police cut him down. Werner had wandered the streets for 20 years selling vinegar in a wheelbarrow. A second man, John Lall, 22, attempted Paris Green poisoning but survived after stomach pumping. Lall, son of a Lower St Clair farmer, is described as mentally unbalanced by acquaintances.
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Frederick Werner
Allegheny
Paris Green
H. M. Boyle
Perrysville Avenue
Charles Street
Mike Babilan
Weber
George Comley
Third Street
Essex
John Lal
Southside Hospital
Lall
Lower St Clair Township
Jones & Laughlies’ Mill
Syndicate Eyes Scottdale Mills Buyout Plan
A New York syndicate reportedly sought to purchase Scottdale rolling mill furnace and pipe foundry interests. Directors were asked for cash prices and a meeting was delayed due to key magnate absences. The suitor indicated plans to double capacity if the price was reasonable.
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Dispatch
Scottdale
New York
California seeks ten acres at the world fair
California plans for a ten acre display at the World's Fair. Other items report Y M C A convention in Nashville closing, and various international and national political and social notes from across the United States and Europe.
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Postoffice Department
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Wis
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Wheeling
Thomas Epsonne
Cleveland
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North Scituate
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Panforth Sylvester
Lacy
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William H. Thompson
A. Sydney Roberts, Jr
University of Pennsylvania
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Onio Stunpar Nicaur
PittsEread
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Iron Car Company
Broadway
Harris
Lawrence
Henry B. Haworth
Walter
Liberty St. My
Manchester Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Beaver Avenue
Juniata Street
B. Tin
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bidwell Street
Bier
P. A. Sharp
A. Chatin
Charles McGlade
JOS. Fleming & Son
Market
Col. McCormick
Teke
Colonel McCormick
Judaon
Myll
Kaufmanns
Kauf Manns
Fifth Ave
Smithfield St
Opera House
ME E. D. Wilt
Denman Thompson
Hermann
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