Russia Opens Parliament in Festive St. Petersburg
Ideal weather greeted Russia's first parliament as St. Petersburg celebrated with flags and closed shops. Troops guarded key sites while the imperial family visited the winter palace and Peter and Paul fortress. The speech urged peasant relief and parliamentary cooperation to secure a united empire. The lower house convened at Tauride palace with Professor Mouromtseff elected president amid a largely orderly ceremony. One minor clash occurred near the winter palace when a guard clashed with rowdy youths.
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Russia
Winter Palace
Alexandria
English Quay
Peter and St. Paul
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Tauride
Baron Frisch
Empire
Frisch
Professor Mouromtseff
Constitutional Democrats
Ambassador Meyer
Salvation Army Charity Debate Opens National Conference
Philadelphia May 10 The first business session of the 32rd national conference of charities and correction opened with Edwin D Solenberger reading a paper on Relief Work of the Salvation Army He criticized its organization and administration and said the work is largely subservient to financial interests In Warsaw official Poland marked the opening of the Russian parliament with services amid worker strikes red flag processions At Lodai strikers were fired on by troops. three killed Poland Snilen Warsaw May 10
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National Conference of Charities and Correction
Salvation Army
Edwin D. Solenberger
Associated Charities
Minneapolis
Poland
Warsaw
Loda
Icing Charges in Terminal Costs
Washington May 10 The Senate began rereading the rail road rate bill focusing on traffic schedules Tillman offered amendments Dolliver objected that the bill aims to overhaul existing law Kean presented a substitute aligned with commission recommendations requiring icing charges to be included in terminal cost schedules Tillman withdrew his amendments to speed up debate
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Senate
Tillman
Dolliver
Kean
Embezzlement hits firm Harrison Snyder Son bankruptcy
Edwin S. Greenfield, a confidential clerk, embezzled funds from Harrison Snyder Son, triggering involuntary bankruptcy filed by Edward W. Magill. Receiver Charles N. Vollum took charge as estimates range from $150,000 to $500,000. Greenfield, trusted for twenty years, confessed and is jailed awaiting bail.
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Edwin S. Greenfield
Harrison Snyder
Edward W. Magill
Charles N. Vollum
Greenfield
Stock Exchange
George E. Snyder
Snyder
Football Returns at Harvard Under New Rules
Boston, May 10. Harvard will resume inter collegiate football in 1906 under new rules after a board of overseers vote. Fifteen favored continuation, nine opposed. Play must meet the committee on regulation of athletic sports terms and tests the propriety of future football.
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Boston
Harvard
Harvard College
Charles W. Elliott
Committee On Regulation
China Edict Signals Chinese Control of Customs
An imperial edict announces new offices and Chinese supervision over customs with ties to the foreign board diminished. The move follows Chinese nationalist pressure and may provoke foreign resistance unless its scope proves limited.
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Peking
Robert Hart
Tieh Liang
The
Coure of Revenue
Tong
Shao
Foreign Board
Customs Service
Sir Robert Hart
China
Epitome of Doings in Congress Yesterday
A May 10 briefing from official records summarizes Senate and House actions. The Senate advanced the railway rate bill with amendments on shipper switches and passenger service, but failed on La Follette’s long and short haul jurisdiction. The House approved a naval bill amendment allowing purchases in free markets if cheaper than yard-made items, and debated coal transport cost limits, with neither proposal passing. Adjournment followed.
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Pbi Point Islands
Toos
Wreck on Chesapeake and Ohio Train near Buena Vista
A Chesapeake and Ohio New York Limited derailed near Buena Vista station by a broken rail around midnight. The sleeper car was ditched. among 16 passengers four women were injured, and several trainmen were hurt. In Washington the agriculture department reports winter wheat at 91 percent of normal.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Limited
Portsmouth
Chesapeake & Ohio New York Limited
Buena Vista Station
Move to disarm discussed in Commons amid armament debate
London May 10 in the House of Commons Henry Vivian laborite moved a resolution asking the government to curb armament expenditure and seek international agreement at The Hague. Carlyon Wilfrey Bellairs Liberal urged delaying talks on arms for defense and promoting an Anglo American alliance to limit armaments. Sir Edward Gray favored a Hague discussion and welcomed the motion, hoping other nations respond. Paris May 11 police probe links bombs to nihilist group amid openings of the Russian parliament with reports of planned attacks on ministers and figures, though unconfirmed.
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House of Commons
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Laborite
Carlyon Wilfrey Bellairs
Bellairs
Balfour
Europe
Edward Gray
Vivian
the Hague
Paris
Chicago Inquiry Probes Standard Oil Railroad Ties
The Chicago Commerce Commission opened an interstate inquiry into Standard Oil and railroad ties, including pipe lines along rights of way and galena uses for signaling. Witness Wilhoit described bribing railroad clerks and independent oil firm staff to obtain rival data and testimony on shipments, quality tests, and price manipulation. He alleged bribery of Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific clerks and teamsters to reveal customer lists.
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Interstate Commerce
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Galena Olly
BM. Witholt
Topeka
Kan
Standard Off Company
Nas
Standard
Wilhoit
Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific
Prouiy
Consul Generals Named In New Consular Reorganization
The president nominates five consul generals at large to fill offices created by the April 5 act reorganizing the American consular service. Nominees are Fleming D Cheshire of New York Horace Lee Washington of Washington DC Charles M Dickinson of New York George H Murphy of North Carolina and Richard B Bartleman of Massachusetts.
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Fleming D
Cheshire
New York
Horace Lee Washington
D.C
Charles M. Dickinson
George H. Murphy
North Carolina
Richard B. Bartleman
Massachusetts
Dowie and Voliva Reach Agreement on Zion City Affairs
In Chicago on May 10 Dowie and Voliva agreed on mutual representation in Zion City finances. Dowie appointed John A. Lewis and Voliva named Alexander Granger to the management committee, with a third member to be chosen.
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Chicago
Crapsey Verdict Ready at Batavia NJ
The ecclesiastical court that tried Dr. Alger non A. Crapsey, rector of St. Andrew's Rochester, completed its verdict and forwarded the findings to Bishop Walker in Buffalo. For now no official contents are released while the bishop reviews the case.
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Algernon A. Crapsey
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Buffalo
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P Messwork
Graft Strike Settled and Dock Strike Ends Across Lakes
Sensational testimony reveals Bechtel paid 5000 to ex State Insurance Commissioner O Shaughnessey in a St Paul hotel room as part of a graft trial. Dock workers across the lakes resume duty May 10 under last season’s wages with 10 to 11 hour days until a broader conference settles remaining terms.
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W. F. Bechtel
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
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Ryan
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Keefe
Longshoremen’s Union
Livingstone
Carriers’ Association
Mates
Inventor of Kodak D. H. Houston Dies at Fargo
D. H. Houston, inventor of the Kodak and a leading local farmer, died today in Fargo North Dakota. He developed the blue stem wheat, renowned for its high standard and prize wins at Paris, St. Louis, Portland, and other expositions.
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D. H. Houston
Fargo
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Paris
St. Louis
Portland
May Sue Implement Makers
Texas Attorney General prepares to file trust charges against major implement companies, many headquartered in Chicago with Texas branches. Dallas will be the primary prosecution center, with suits expected in other Texas cities as well.
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Fort Worth
Chicago
Dallas
Mrs. Jefferson Davis In Critical Condition In New York
Mrs Jefferson Davis widow of the Confederate president is critically ill at the Hotel Grand in New York. She is nearly eighty and doctors fear the condition could prove fatal.
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New York
Jefferson Davis
Hotel Grand
American Vessels Taken In Nova Scotia Waters
Canadian authorities seized two American schooners off Cape North for fishing within the three mile limit. The Raymuh of Boston and the Parthia of Gloucester were towed into North Sydney by Canadian cruisers Canada and Gladiator.
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Canada
Gladiator
Raymuh
Boston
Parthia
Gloucester
Cape North
Leiter Barred by Board Loses Place at Chicago
Chicago May 1. Joseph Leiter, mine owner and real estate holder, suspended from the board of trade for failure to pay brokerage debts from 189%. Directors acted on a complaint by James Templeton who says he is owed 8000 for professional services during Leiter’s famed wheat deal.
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Chicago
Chicago Wheat Market
Joseph Leiter
Board of Trade
James Templeton
Leiter
Wallace Named President of Electric Properties Co
John F. Wallace, former Panama Canal chief engineer, announces acceptance of the presidency of the newly formed Electric Properties Company, recently incorporated in New York, with operations centered in Chicago starting in May.
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Electric Properties Company
Chicago
John F. Wallace
Panama Canal
New York
Agreement Reached For Conference In Illinois Miners Row
Illinois miners and operators agreed at a Chicago meeting to hold a joint conference to settle differences. The proposal from the United Mine Workers of Illinois was accepted by local operators in May.
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United Mine Workers of
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