Odessa terror blast kills police chiefs in central bureau
May 20 report from Odessa describes an infernal machine blast at the central police bureau. Two men and a girl planted the device. the girl escaped while the men were captured wounded. The incident also mentions a terrorist leader named T. Chertkom and notes bitter pisture of local detectives. Other items include a Russian parliament scene, a monument dedication for Ensign Worth Bagley, and various unrelated reports from Petersburg to Yale.
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Odessa
Supersttens
Central Police Bureau
T. Chertkom
Red Sox Beaten At Eagle Center 10 to 1
The Red Sox were defeated Sunday at Eagle Center by the home team 10 to 1. Eagle Center remains undefeated at home this year. Waterloo boys were tired after hours in a wagon and made errors that cost them the game.
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Red Sox
Eagle Center
Waterloo Boys
Temperance Question Up For Debate At Assembly Session
Columbus May 20 The temperance issue dominates today as Presbyterian general assembly commissioners meet. Dosker chairs the temperance committee and may return the overture condemning church federations and urging aid to the antisiloon league. Debate grows tense while the assembly plans to act late Friday on consolidating church boards and missions for freemen reports.
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Columbus
Presbyterian General Assembly
Henry %. Dosker
Atanditis
Antisiloon League
Downer
Dosker
Board of Missions For
Freamen
Street Car Strike Paralyzes Birmingham Transit Jobs
Birmingham Railway Light and Power faced a demoralized system as over three quarters of conductors and motor men were dismissed or quit. The walkout followed refusal to join the union, with others quitting in sympathy, leaving crews short and service disrupted.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Railway
Light and Power Company
Italian workers strike on New Haven line for wage rise
In New Haven on May 20 Italian trackmen employed by the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad walked out seeking a ten percent raise. Reports say the action may spread from New York to Boston. In Buffalo on May 20 nearly nine thousand freight handlers quitting docks join similar wage protests affecting freight houses along the docks and transportation firms.
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New Haven
Conn
Kuroki
New York
Yale University
New Haven, Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston
Buffalo
N. Y
Strikers Enjoined in Allis-Chalmers Dispute
Federal Judge Sanborn issued a permanent injunction restraining striking molders at Allis Chalmers, barring interference with non union workers and company business. The ruling aims to curb concerted picketing. separate reports note quarry workers at Lemont striking for higher wages.
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Milwaukee
Sanborn
Allis-Chalmers Company
Switchmen in Convention Open in Detroit May Day
Detroit hosts the biennial Switchmen's Union of North America convention with about four hundred delegates anticipated to stay two weeks. Officials forecast no revolutionary outcomes as business unfolds. In Charles City Iowa Rev L L Carpenter of Wabash Indiana dedicates a large church and raises funds to cover its $5 000 000 debt.
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Detroit
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Charles City
L. L. Carpenter
Wabash
Ind
Iowa
Judge Landis Fines Furniture Firms Under AntiTrust Laws
Chicago May 20 Judge Landis fined F A Holbrook and the American Seating Company plus the A H Andrews Company 5000 dollars each and nine other furniture firms amounts from 590 to 2008 dollars for violation of anti trust laws forming a restraint of trade conspiracy.
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Chicago
Landis
F. A. Holbrook
American Seating Company
A. H. Andrews Company
Busse Deposes School Board Members in Chicago
Chicago mayor Busse announces the removal of eight school board members who refused to resign. The action aims to secure the retention of B. G. Cowley as superintendent of schools.
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Chicago
Busse
B. G. Cowley
Distinguished Iowan ElEd Conger Dies in Pasadena
Eldwin Hurd Songer former United States minister to Brazil China and Mexico died Saturday in Pasadena California from dysentery after weeks in bed. He previously served as treasurer of Iowa’s congressional delegation and gained prominence during the Civil War era. Survived by wife Mrs Conger and daughter Laura wife of Lieut Fred Buchan. Willard Pieres of Des Moines listed as near relative. Burial plans possibly Iowa bound.
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Pasadena
Cal
Eldwin Hurd Songer
United States
Brasil
China
Mexico
Pasladena
Calif
Gisegne
Conger
Laura
Fred. Buchan
Mabile
Willard Pierés
Des Moines
Iowa
Edwin Conger Averted Crisis During Boxer Uprising in Peking
Edwin YH Conger gained fame during the Boxer uprising in Peking where he led the American legation with calm measured diplomacy. He was born in Knox County Illinois on March 1 1843 and educated at Lombard University. His career spanned army service in the Civil War, law practice in Galesburg and financial work in Iowa before entering politics as Iowa state treasurer. He served in Congress and as minister to Brazil before transferring to China during the Boxer crisis, emerging as a leading figure among diplomats. After China, he briefly served as ambassador to Mexico before retiring due to health.
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Edwin YH. Conger
Peking
Todas
Conger
Knox County
Hlinolg
Lombard University
Galesburg
New York State
Mies Hurd
Vermont
Illinois
Edwin
Enlsta
Albany
Ilinois
Butt
Dallas County
Iowa
John A. T. Hull
Congress
McKinley
Law
Brazil
Senate
China
Charles Page Bryan
Pekin
Ching
Legation
Orient
Tsungli-Yamen
Mexico
Congér
Injunction Suits Withdrawn in Dry County Actions
Injunction suits against druggists at Cedar Falls were withdrawn with costs paid by defendants after judge prompted settlement. Cases named Wells, Morin, Jopes, Mazanti, Burgess, Jacob P. et al. filed nearly a year ago during the dry county crusade led by J. B. Hammond. Attorneys noted lack of sufficient evidence and settled to avoid further costs. future actions against Laporte and Hudson druggists unclear. Two divorces granted: Anta Hostetter vs Therlon Hostetter and John Meighan vs Mary R. Meighan. Mary’s marriage to Meighan dated back to May 26, 1899 in Darlington, Wis.
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Cedar Falls
Platt
Upo
G. Dunshee
W. Co. T. UI
Ada
Joseph Wells Ve
George
J. B. Hammond
Dunshes
Des Moines
Glats
Laporte and
Hudson
Obituary Notice of Siege of Pekla Survivor
A tall imposing man over six feet with a broad frame and over 200 pounds has died. He is survived by his wife a daughter and his ward Tied who was part of the household during the siege of Pekla.
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Tied
Pekla
Tragic Injuries In Dubugus and Helena Deaths Reported
A year old Linda of James Raddy injured by a doll head shard in Dubugus with eye damage and possible paralysis risk after eye removal. Hilda McGuinness nearly burned as clothing ignited while playing near rubbish. mother saved child with rapid action. Meanwhile in Helena a former Western railroad man, Fearie Bingham, died suddenly after years of rising success and a Montana ranch fortune. obits note Canada birth and Waterloo origins with family survivors and Shriners funeral service.
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Dubugus
Iowa
Linda
James Raddy
Hilda McGuinness
Arthur McGuinness
Fearie Bingham
Helena
Montana
Bingham
J. T. Coolidge
Thompson Brog. Grocers
Budd Robinson Wife Sues For Divorce In Joplin
Bertie Marie Robinson filed for divorce from Budd M. Robinson claiming abandonment. She seeks one third of his estimated 1000000 net worth as alimony and custody of their 9-year-old son Francis Henry. The couple married in 1894 in Chicago and have lived apart for a year. Divorce to be argued in Carthage circuit court next month.
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Joplin
Bertie Marie Robinson
Budd M. Robinson
Alice M. Fuller
Fuller
Howard Gray
Kansas City
Oalfe
Fuller-Robinson
Monument Planned At Pepper Grave Headstone
A monument will rise at the grave of Colonel James E. Pepper with a statue of his widow Mrs. Hila Offutt Pepper. A cast of her features will be made next week and a sculptor engaged to finish the model before fall. Mrs Pepper, famed for her beauty, traveled in Europe before marriage and agreed to her statue topping the memorial.
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Lexington
James E. Pepper
Distiller and Tuttman
Hila Offutt Pepper
Colonel Pepper
Europe
America
Pepper
Shriners Wreck Victims Buried in Reading
Reading Pa May 20 mourners prepared to bury seventeen victims from the Shriners wreck in California. Two graves were held today for Mrs W W Essick and her 19 year old son due to the severely mutilated condition of the bodies. Funerals for the remaining fifteen victims were scheduled for tomorrow Tuesday.
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Reading
Shriners
California
W. W. Essick
Tomowow
Tutsday
Haywood Trial Opens In Boise Court May 20
Boise Idaho May 20 Court opened at 10:00 o clock in the Hay wood trial Defense began examination of T. C. Decleo in the fifth chair.
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Boise City
Idaho
Haywood
T. C. Decleo
Pat Crowe Trial Opens in Council Bluffs Case
Pat Crowe, known as Pat Grove in earlier accounts, faces trial in Council Bluffs charged with holding up and robbing two street cars in Ily, 1905. Prosecutors outline alleged robberies and Crowe's alleged involvement as the kidnapper.
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Pat Grove
Council Bluffs
Pat Crowe
Ily
Eddy Case Adjourned to Tuesday Hearing
Concord May 20 The hearing in the Mary Baker G Eddy case was moved from today to tomorrow because Presiding Justice Chamberlain was indisposed.
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Concord
Mary Baker G. Eddy
National Manufacturers Convention Opens at Waldorf Astoria
Delegates representing more than 10,000 firms gather for the twelfth annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers in New York. Speakers include Oscar Straus, Dolliver, Burrelle, and Franklin Bell. Discussions cover tariff revision, government regulation, bankruptcy, labor, and trade policies with committees appointed for reports and planning.
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New York
United States
Waldorf-Astoria
National Association of Manufacturers
Haa
Washington
Oscar & Straus
Department of Commerce
Dolliver
Town
Canan Dunn Burrelle
Bel
Francie B. Loomis
Charléa A. Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arthur D. Daan
Charles M. Papper
Department of Comm Rces and
Henry A. Castle
the Treasury
Post Office Department
Cal
Usuei
James W. van Cleave
St.Louis
F. H. Stillman
Marahall Cushing
Girls in Boxes for a Month to Japan Deportation
Six Japanese girls packed in boxes and shipped as freight on the steamship Dania from Port Townsend to Victoria were discovered after a gas leak prompted fumigation of the cargo hold. Health officials report sulphur fumes caused panic and the boxes were opened. The boxes were addressed to a passenger alleged to be Taki Kaijoro, previously deported from San Francisco for trafficking in girls. The girls will be sent back to Japan.
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Port Townsend
Waeh
Pacific Ocean
Victoria
BtSarage
Taki Kaijoro
San Francisco
Japad
Criminal Lawyer Rummel Begins Year in Blackwell Penitentiary
Abraham H. Rummel, a famous criminal lawyer, started a year’s term at Blackwell Island Penitentiary today. Convicted two years ago for conspiracy tied to the Dodge Morse divorce case, his sentence stems from involvement in that litigation.
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Than
Penitentiary
New York
Abraham HH. Rummel
Blackwéll Island
Hummel
Dodge- Morse
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