Hunger Caused Strike May Be Averted In Russia
The Gazette reports from Moscow that order is restored in Poltava and Kharkoff but peasants fear autumn land divisions will reduce holdings. Famine-driven unrest spread through many villages with estate looting and clashes with troops, while Czars oversee punitive measures and mass displacement.
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LONDON
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Rusels
Moscow
Poltava
Kharkoff
Mecklenburg
Kharlofska
Eugene Michaiovich-DoukaAovsky
Machek
Provisional agreements for ship ping combine formation
The Associated Press reports provisional agreements to acquire White Star, Dominion, American and Atlantic Transportation Lines by December 31, 1902 under vendors Ismay Imbrie Mills Widener Griscom Bernard Baker. Consideration totals 120 million dollars in preferred and common stock plus 4 1/2 percent collateral trust debentures. May 6 1900.
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Ganette
LONDON
Associated Press
White Star
Dominion
American
Atlantic Transportation Lines
Morgans
New York
Ismay
Imbrie and Company
Mills & Company
Dominion Line
Messrs Widener
Griscom & Bernard Baker
Fire devastates Swan & Finch refinery tanks on Staten Island
Fire at the Swan and Finch Oil Refinery in Staten Island Sound destroys thousands of barrels of crude and refined oil. Tanks explode as flames rise high, causing an estimated loss of 160,000 dollars. Reports from May 3 to May 8 detail the incident and market wheat movements with various opening and closing prices.
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WASHINGTON
Shaw
United States
Gazette
NEW YORK
Cooper
Swan & Finch Oil
Staten Island Sound
Elizabethport
Train derailment kills officer and ten men
Lord Kitchener reports an accident on May 2 near Northern Transvaal bound train from Pretoria to Pietersburg. A derailed car at a curve killed one officer and ten soldiers. Weather forecast calls for cloudy tonight and Friday with warmer conditions in the extreme west and brisk westerly winds.
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LONDON
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Pietersburg
Transvaal
Woman murdered as five men are arrested in Dayton
Mrs George W Herget was stabbed to death at her late husband’s former home in Dayton. Husband William Thornton Frank Kent Thomas Shields and William Murray alias Ford Matter were arrested on murder charges after a night of unrest. Her maiden name was Mary Sellinger of Clyde Ohio. The trial, inheritance held in trust, and family details are noted in the report.
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Willam Thornton
Frank Knt
Thomas Shields
William Murray
alias Ford Matter
Harmt ie
Pekin
cme
Thornton
Kent
Shields
Murray
Herget
Mary Sellinger
Clyde
LOS ANGELES
Cal
Lowe
Barnes
Kentucky
Denison
New York
Gallagher
Ohio
Decker
Author Paul Leicester Ford Shot Dead in New York Home
New York was shocked when author Paul Leicester Ford known for The Honorable Peter Stirling and Janice Meredith was shot this afternoon at his large residence by his brother Malcolm Ford, who then killed himself. Malcolm Ford also died. Ford, once active in athletics, had long suffered health issues. the shooting occurred around 4 PM in the vicinity of Ford’s home.
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Oppettee
Seneed Wire
NEW YORK
May
Paul Leicester Ford
Malcolm
Malcom Wi. Ford
Peter Stirling
Janice Meredith
Nicvary
Paul Leicester
Ford
West Indian affairs in unsettled condition
The Gazette reports San Domingo unrest prompting US Minister William F. Powell to suspend intercourse with the revolutionary government and prepare to depart for Haiti. The Dominican Improvement Company claims against Santo Domingo linger as government upheaval halts settlement efforts. Bishop Potter’s health improves after fatigue. The St. Margaret Society meets at Miss Emma M McCormack’s home. An eastern woman seeks housekeeper and cook work. Dr H B Reid opens general dentistry offices in Smith Building.
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Gasette
SAN DOMINGO
Santo Domingo
May
United States
William F. Powell
Hayti
Powell
Dominican Improvement Company of
New York
H. BE. Reid
Smith
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George Dewey
Remey
Watson
Higginson
Taylor
Charles Heywood
Marine Corpse
Cook
Clark
Chadwick
McCalla
Folger
Wainwright
Bret Harte
Brimley
Swerey
Morgan's Shipping Combine
Wook Market
ST. LOUIS
Wheat Market
CHICAGO
HORRIBLE CRIME CLUB
WOMEN'S
CINCINNATI
George W Hei
Dayton
Dimien T. &. Denisomte
General Federation of Women's Clubs
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GRAY, REID & CO
Virginia Street
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Nevada Mining and Real Estate Exchange
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