Diplomatist's Bet for Jews Prompt Action in Russia
A petition for better treatment of Jews, forwarded by the state department to Ambassador McCormick in St. Petersburg, prompts Count Lamsdorf to discuss with the czar. McCormick urges public opinion to influence policy, and the czar grants some relief after reviewing the petition.
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Nearey
State Department
McCormick
St. Petersburg
Russia
Count Lamsdorf
Collier’s
Count Lamsoff
Mr. McCormick
Science vs Charlatanism and the ash burning formula
Scientists condemn a claimed ash burning compound that supposedly improves combustion. Prof Gill of MIT calls the formula worthless and incapable of aiding any real chemical process. The piece questions why such touted discoveries gain publicity while genuine science is overlooked.
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Gill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York
P T
Temporary name for Spanish heir shows how rulers weigh long titles
A columnist notes that naming the Spanish prince as the Asturias is a placeholder until geographers and philologists settle on a permanent, smoother term. They remark that official royal titles like King Alfonso XIII imply dominion over distant lands and skim over the impracticality of carrying long names, a joke on royal pomp.
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Asturias
Alfonso XIII
New Mexico
Alaska
Patagonia
Spain
Sea post offices speed up mail on ocean steamers
The United States adopts sea post offices on ocean going steamers to sort and deliver mail aboard increasing efficiency. Mail reaches destinations about 12 hours earlier than the old system. Postmaster General Meyer approves the plan and plans to add at least two more vessels carrying American mail to Europe.
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United States
Europe
Unseasonable Winter Weather Reported Across the United States
The Weather Bureau notes unusually cold conditions east of the Rockies with record low temperatures in several regions. Forecasters cite persistent high pressure moving eastward and north winds, with heavy frosts in Michigan and the Lake region and no near-term relief in sight.
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Washington
D. C
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Michigan
Harry C. Frankenfeild
Judge Rules Zion City Property May Be Sold
Judge Landis in federal court authorized John C. Hately receiver to sell Zion City property immediately despite objections by Mrs. Jane Dowie and her son A. J. Gladstone Dowie. Once contests by Dowie’s widow and son are resolved, the trust estate will be disposed to creditors tied to the church establishment.
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Zion City
Chicago
Jane Dowie
A. J. Gladstone Dowie
Landis
Federal
John C. Hately
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Funeral of Mrs Ida Sexton McKinley in Canton
The body of Mrs Ida Sexton McKinley rests beside President McKinley in Westlawn cemetery vault. The simple residence service drew officials including President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks. Canton shut down banks stores and parks as the cortege moved to the cemetery.
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Canton
Ohio
Ida Sexton McKinley
President McKinley
Westlawn
McKinley
Market Street
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Harris
Buffalo
Buxton
D. Holmes
United States
Railroads Accept Liability Agreement Reached
Western railroads and shippers reportedly reached a settlement to dismiss the Interstate Commerce Commission bill of lading case from December 1908. Railroads will present a new uniform bill of lading with a single rate and accept common law liability for loss and damage to shipments.
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Chicago
Inter‘State Commerce Commission
Quarantine Declared on Havana Shocks Southern States
Havana Cuba faces sudden quarantine as the southern states halt traffic after Tuesday afternoon news. The steamer Mobile with 100 passengers was stopped at the port and all aboard sent ashore. Only two yellow fever cases reported in Havana, both from the interior.
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Havana
Cuba
Mobile
Harriman Protects Hill Pleads Guilty Sentenced Suspended
Harriman aide W. Hill formerly secretary of Harriman pled guilty after selling the Sidney Webster letter. On district attorney recommendation and Harriman’s request the sentence was suspended. The letter drew a heated denial from President Roosevelt.
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Harriman
Hill
New York
W.’ Hill
La Follette Candidate Promoted in Milwaukee
In Milwaukee Wisconsin supporters held a meeting at Plan Kingston house club rooms with about 150 attendees. Resolutions named Senator La Follette the strongest logical presidential candidate and called for immediate work to secure delegations from other states.
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la Follette
Milwaaukee
Wis
Senator la Follette
Plankinton _ house
Senator LaFollette
LaFollette
British Journalists Reach Bremen on Peace Mission
Thirty nine British journalists representing as many newspapers and reviews arrived in Bremen on Monday en route to Berlin as unofficial peace and conciliation envoys returning the German press visit to England last year.
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Germany
Berlin
Bremen
England
Gunboat Ordered to Protect Foreigners in China
Instructions have been cabled to the commander of the gunboat Helena arrived at Fouchow China to return at once to Amoy the nearest port to the scene of the armed uprising against Chinese local officials.
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Washington
Helena
Fouchow
China
Amoy
Public Lands Convention Pushes Liberal Western Policy
Colorado Governor Buchtel issued the call for a June public lands convention in Denver. The event aims to shape a more liberal policy on grazing and forestry lands to boost western settlement and present proposals to Congress. Senator Teller chairs the organizing committee with support from the American National Stockgrowers Association, which backed current grazing and forestry policies.
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Denver
Colo
Buchtél
General Assembly of Colorado
Roosevelt
United States
Teller
Congress
American National Stockgrolwers Association
The Hague Conference Opens With Welcoming Addresses
The second peace conference at The Hague will follow the 1899 pattern with opening remarks by Russian ambassador Nelichoff to the delegates and a welcome from Dutch Foreign Minister Van Goudrain on behalf of Queen Wilhelmina. Proceedings and duration remain unsettled with a six week to three month estimate.
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Hague
Nelichoff
France
Jonkheer D
Wilhelmina
Waters-Pierce Oil faces Texas ouster over antitrust conviction
A Missouri based Waters-Pierce Oil Company was found guilty in Texas of antitrust law violations and fraud entry. It was fined 1 623 900 dollars and ouster proceedings were granted as the state seeks a receivership and injunction to stop moving property from Texas. A new trial motion was filed and the case advances to federal courts with a temporary injunction in place and a receivership hearing set for June 8.
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Austin
Tex
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Missouri
Texas
Brooks
Boston to Appoint 21 School Nurses for Pupils
The Boston school committee will appoint a corps of 21 trained nurses to safeguard public school children. Under a supervisor, these nurses will be placed in charge of all pupils, reflecting the city’s emphasis on health alongside education.
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Boston
Boston School Committee
Kuroki to Inspect Arsenal Tour Heads West
General Baron Kuroki and his party left Chicago on a special train Sunday night for Rock Island New Jersey where they will inspect the United States arsenal. The Japanese visitors will then proceed to Fort Leavenworth Kansas and thence to St Paul and Seattle.
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Kuroki
Arsenal
Chicago
Baron Kuroki
Rock Island
United States Arsenal
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
St.Paul
Seattle
Japanese cruisers arrive in England for two weeks of leisure
Japanese cruisers Tsukaba and Chitose reached Sheerness Sunday night for a fortnight stay. Elaborate entertainments have been arranged for the officers and men as they pause in England.
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England
London
Tsukaba
Chitose
Sheerness
Rewata
Packers Stand Firm Urges Slaughterhouses to Buy Infected Cattle
Chicago officials report the American Meat Packers Association with 275 members in 29 states adopted a resolution urging all inspected slaughtering establishments to purchase cows and cattle subject to postmortem government inspection. Secretary George L. McCarthy said diseased cows come from filthy farms and pose a public health danger if dairy products are exposed to TB or other diseases.
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Chicago
American Meat Packer Association
United States
George L. McCarthy
Standard Oil Fine May Stand in Hancock County
Findlay Ohio Proton court decision upholds probate court jurisdiction in a Cane conspiracy case against Standard Oil. Judge Banker imposed a 5000 dollar fine after a guilty verdict. common pleas court and circuit court differed, circuit reverses, appeal expected to Columbus Supreme Court.
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Standard Oil
Findlay
Circuit ‘Court
Probate Court
Hancock County
David
Standard Oi Company
Banker
Common Pleas Court
Circuit Court
Common, Pleas Court
Supreme Court
Columbus
Wiley's One Hundred Year Club address at Case School
Chief Chemist Wiley of the U S Department of Agriculture told the Case School of Applied Science graduating class that he belongs to a hundred year club. Any member who dies before turning a century is expelled in disgrace. He argued the present generation will live longer due to hygiene, diet, and surgery knowledge.
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Wiley’s
Cleveland
Ohio
Wiley
United
Powder Trust Case Nearing Filing in Cincinnati Court
The Department of Justice prepared a bill of complaint against the powder trust for the United States circuit court in Cincinnati. It is nearly finished and likely to be forwarded to the U.S. attorney for presentation within the next week or ten days. The action mirrors the approach used against the Standard Oil company in St. Louis.
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Powder Trust
Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Standard Oil Company
Auction Nabs 1692 Document in London for 7000
An old document dating to 1692 was sold at auction in London for 7000. It ordered Captain Campbell of Glen Lyon to attack the MacDonalds of Glencoe with 12 men and execute all under 70, a directive carried out to the letter. The bid started at 250 and climbed quickly.
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London
England
Campbell
Glen
Lyon
Glencoe
Canton Citizens Discuss Preserving McKinley Home
Canton residents debated methods to preserve the McKinley home and make a second Mount Vernon where the furnishings gifts paintings and statuary of the McKinleys can be safeguarded.
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McKinley
Canton
Mount Vernon
American Gold to Europe Export Sails Amid New York Barges
The report notes New York engaged barges valued at two million dollars for export to Paris this week. Lazard Freres and Heidelbach Schelheimer & Co. each took about 500 thousand dollars, while Rusio Chinese Bank reserved five hundred thousand.
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Europe
New York
Paris
Lazard _Freres
Rusio Chinese ‘Bank
and Heidelbach
Schelheimer & Co
Iron Workers Strike Settled in San Francisco
The iron workers strike was settled Friday night in San Francisco after involving about twenty thousand workers. They agreed to return to work on the same conditions that prevailed before the strike.
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Iron Workers
San Francisco
Iron ‘Workers
Paw
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A.B. Kimball
Scandia
Kansae
The
Public Lands Convention
Butchel
Waters-Pierce
Packers
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