Committee Hearings Cite Sugar Trust Plan to Hamper Beet Industry
John Oehler told the Senate relations with Cuba committee that Facts About Sugar, printed for the Sugar trust, circulated 250 000 copies. Senator Manderson described two contract forms showing alleged price manipulation by beet sugar firms and the American Sugar Refining company influencing beet producers, warning of tariff and policy effects on Cuba labor costs and sugar prices.
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Washington
Senate
Cuba
John Oehler
New York City
Oscar W. Donner
Oehler
Donner
The
Sugar Trust
Trex
Charles F. Manderson
Nebraska
American Beet Sugar Company
E. C. Howe
Standard Beet Sugar Company
Heywood G. Leavitt
Missouri
American Sugar Company
Kansas City
Manderson
American Sugar Refining Company
Missouri River
American
West
Platt
Peace in South Africa Near as Boer Leaders Sign Peace
The Daily Mail reports sufficient indications from Veerening that peace in South Africa is absolutely assured. A key factor is Britain’s farm rebuilding aid, with about 5,000,000 pounds granted to rebuild farms.
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Ondon
The
Daily Mail
Veerening
South Africa
Shenandoah Divines Goes Abroad on Europe Trip
Rev. G. O. Gustafson has begun an extended European tour on vacation leave from his Shenandoah church. He plans to visit health resorts in Sweden for most of the summer.
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Shenandoah, Ta
G. O. Gustafson
Europe
Sweden
Murder of an Iowa girl near Clarinda
The body of Emma Moore of Clarinda Iowa is found in a ravine near St Joseph with a pistol shot through the head. William Ju cas of Clearmont Iowa is under arrest. The youths were sweethearts and left Miss Moore's home Wednesday evening for a drive.
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ST. Joseph
Emma Moore
Clarinda
William Jucas
Clearmont
Pyres Fed with Tar as St Pierre Fire Devastates Island
Report from Fort de France describes the St Pierre devastation after Mount Pelee eruption. Bodies burn on tarred pyres lighting the island at night and cremations continue amid ruined walls and melted rollers at Prinelle Sugar mills. Valkyrien confirms many floating bodies seen near Fort de France.
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St. Pierre
New York
Fort de France
Herald
St. Lucia
Mount Pelee
Prinelle
St. Thomas
Tribune
Paris Sees Quiet Mourning Over Martinique Disaster
Paris reports scant public mourning for the Martinique disaster aside from half mast flags. Evening papers sell fast with race bulletins. funds total 303,000 francs including foreign subscriptions and 20,000 francs from municipalities. Provinces mobilize committees and seaports show grief for destroyed ships.
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Paris
Martinique
Supreme court voids mulet liquor law as interstate conflict
The Iowa supreme court ruled that selling liquor to resident bootleggers by agents of non resident dealers cannot be prohibited. The mulet law is unconstitutional for violating interstate commerce. The case State v Pat Henappy of Jefferson County reversed in favor of the Illinois liquor house agent soliciting orders at Fairfield and shipments direct to purchasers.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Iowa
Pat Henappy
Jefferson County
Illinois
Monument to Bland to be unveiled June 17 in Lebanon
The monument memorializing the late Richard Park Bland in Lebanon Missouri will be unveiled on June 17. Hon. W. J. Bryan and ex-Governor W. J. Stone and other dignitaries will deliver addresses.
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Lebanon
Richard Park Bland
W. J. Bryan
W. J. Stone
Burglars Rob Post Office Near Monroe
The Monroe post office, located about thirty miles south of this city, was robbed when burglars blew the safe open and took several hundred dollars in stamps.
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Des Moines
Monroe
Bryan Receives Warm Welcome in Havana
Bryan is warmly received in Havana on May 16 as he continues to draw invitations to dinners and numerous callers.
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Bryan
Havana
William Jennings Bryan
Treasury balances report shows cash and gold reserves
Washington May 16 treasury balances in the general fund excluding the gold reserve report available cash of 187 million 102 thousand 162 dollars and gold totaling 97 million 443 thousand 547 dollars reflecting the day’s fiscal position.
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Treasury
Washington
Fremont Youth Sues City Over Defective Sidewalk Injury
William Schmidt Jr a minor filed suit in district court against Fremont Nebraska to recover 5000 dollars after injuring himself by falling on a defective sidewalk. The action names the city of Fremont as defendant and alleges negligence leading to the injury.
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Fremont
Fremont, Nebd
William Schmidt, Jr
Copeland Sentenced to Ten Years for Killing Rogers
Cheyenne Wyoming May 16 Judge D H Craig of the Third district sentenced Ned Hartley Copeland to ten years at hard labor for the killing of A C Rogers.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
D. H. Craig
Third District
Ned Hartley Copeland
A. C. Rogers
Will Fight to the Bitter End for miners strike decision
Hazleton Pa May 16 miners in convention vote to continue the 145000 man coal strike. Delegates decide today on calling out engineers firemen and pump runners. Vote 811 for strike 4614 for against 34954 with unanimous action per President Mitchell. Major labor conflict expected across bituminous regions.
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Hazleton
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Fahey
Hartlein
Dempster
Nichols
American Federation of Labor
Offer of Americans expresses sympathy for St Vincent
By direct order of the president Secretary Hay on May 12 sent a cable to Ambassador Choate in London conveying the sympathy of the president and the American people for the affliction in St Vincent and a readiness to share in aid and rescue efforts.
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Washington
Hay
Choate
London
St. Vincent
Hoist Orders for Mules Across Reading Coal Mines
MAHANOY CITY Pa May 16 The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company ordered all mules to be hoisted from every colliery at once reducing risk during mining operations.
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Mahanoy City
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Pauncefote Unable to Sail for England on May 21
Washington May 16 report says Lord Pauncefote remains in poor condition and will not be fit to sail for England on the 21st. No marked improvement observed and timing for departure is in doubt.
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Washington
Lord Pauncefote
England
Rice growers seek traveling harvest hands across states
The United Order of Farm Hands reports Texas and Louisiana rice growers have contacted implement dealers in Kansas and Oklahoma to organize an army of traveling farm hands. The plan aims to staff wheat harvests in the north and later rice harvests in the south from New Orleans to North Dakota.
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United Order of Farm Hands
Wichita
Kan
Texas
Louisiana
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Orleans
North Dakota
Live Stock Market Report from South Omaha and Kansas City
The South Omaha cattle market shows steady demand for beef steers and cows with good quality selling well around seven dollars, stockers scarce, and common cattle weaker. Hogs show a heavier week’s run but prices ease slightly with good weight hogs around 7.25 and lighter loads near 7.00. Sheep tests are limited with few cars and the market about steady, clipped wethers around 5.50 and 5.10 on another batch.
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South Omaha
Kansas City
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Highlights Steady Cattle
Cattle move steady to up to 15 cents higher with mixed grades. Best export and dressed beef steers bring 7.30, Western-fed 4.00 to 5.90, Texas stockers 4.75 to 6.00. Hogs down about 10 cents, tops near 7.40, bulk 7.10 to 7.35. Sheep and lambs active with native lambs 5.40 to 7.10 and western lambs 4.57 to 7.10.
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Kansas City
Texas
Rescue Tale From Martinique Volcano Smoke
The Danish cruiser Valkyrien after visiting St Thomas reports a rescue near St Pierre and Le Precheur. Fire and lightning lit the sky as ash rain fell and bodies drifted. They joined the Suchet and Pouver-Quertier to shore where boats saved many natives at 11 o clock amid heat and ash.
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ST. Thomas
D. W. II
Valkyrien
Martinique
Associated Press
St. Pierre
Suchet
St Pierre
Pouver-Quertier
le Precheur
Hameau Des Sabines
Crops Prized Fine by Nebraska Wheat Commission Crew
Omaha Neb May 17 The twenty five commissioners who traveled by special train to western Nebraska report crops took fine with good prospects for small grain and related yields based on observations from their trip.
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Omaha, Neb
Nebraska
Santa Fe Buys oil lands in Kern River district
Santa Fe railroad through President Ripley completes purchase of a petroleum plant and oil lands in the Kern river district for about 1 250 000 dollars. The deal increases fuel oil supply by thousands of barrels monthly as Santa Fe now uses 118 000 barrels monthly while Southern Pacific uses 50 000 barrels.
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San Francisco
Santa Fe Railroad
President Ripley
Kern River District
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Destructive Caribbean Volcano Devastates East Coast
Telegraph from St Vincent reports extreme destruction along the east coast from Robin Rock to Georgetown. About 1,600 likely dead, many estates ruined, 1,600 bodies found or buried, 160 in Georgetown hospital with few survivors. Eruption abating, relief extensive, Barbadoes drenched by volcanic dust estimated at 2,000,000 tons. Local officials and residents mobilize to assist.
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London
Windward Islands
Robert Llewellyn
Colonial Office
St. Vincent
Robin Rock
Georgetown
St. Pierre
St. Lucia
Trinidad
Grenada
Frederick M. Hodgson
Barbadoes
Martiniage
Hodgson
Navy reports Martinique disaster impact from Fort de France
Messages reach Washington detailing widespread destruction in St Pierre and surrounding areas. Lieutenant McCormick aboard Potomac cites sixteen vessels destroyed, ash covering the area, and refugees needing provisions for fifty thousand within ten days.
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Washington
Navy Department
Martinique
B. B. McCormick
Potomac
Fort de France
St. Pierre
San Juan
Haytian Fleet Sails For Cape Haytien In Northern Crisis
Admiral Killick leads the Haytien fleet aboard Crete A'Pierot and Toussaint Louver ture toward Cape Haytien in support of General Firmin. Northern rebels have seized customs houses at Cape Haytien Port de Paix and Gonaives and collect duties. The National Bank and diplomatic corps protest the action.
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Port AU Prince
Hayti
Killick
Haytien
Cape Haytien
Crete
Pierot
Toussaint Louverture
General Firmin
Paris
Port de Paix
Gonaives
Firmin
National Bank
Diplomatic Corps
Rain Helps Irrigation Across Region
Rainfall has been general from the Wyoming line to southern New Mexico easing a critical irrigation water shortage that had become a serious issue for farmers in the area.
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Denver
Colo
Wyoming Line
New Mexico
Papal Audience For Bishop O Gorman In Rome
In Rome on May 15 Pope Pius X received Bishop Thomas O Gorman of Sioux Falls SD, a member of the American commission to discuss church questions in the Philippines. The pope expressed pleasure at the mission and praised President Roosevelt for political good sense, while noting gratitude owed to the Archbishop of Ireland.
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Rome
Thomas O’gorman
Sioux Falls
S. D
Philippines
Roosevelt
Ireland
Hobson's Black Eye at Waldorf Astoria
Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson U S N hero of Santiago harbor shows a patched eye caused by a cork from a ginger ale bottle at the Waldorf Astoria. He notes the cork popped into his eye during a dining incident and mentions a Daughters of the War of 1812 member kept the cork as a souvenir.
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Hobson
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Santiago Harbor
Waldorf- Astoria
Jasper Delivers Sermon to Bankers in Richmond
The American Bankers Association in Richmond heard Rev. John D. Jasper, an almost 90 year old colored preacher, deliver his famous sermon "The Sun Do Move." He was rewarded with an unusually large audience of bankers and their stylish families, who listened intently though some struggled to restrain smiles at his quaint sayings.
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Jasper
American Bankers’ Association
Richmond
John D. Jasper
Dodd's Kidney Pills Help Mrs Compton End Long Suffering
Mrs. Lucy Compton of Palmer Missouri reports eight to ten years of back and kidney pain eased after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She says the first box brought near total relief and recommends the remedy to other women suffering as she did. The account reflects typical early 20th century patent medicine advertising.
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Palmer, Mo
Lucy Compton
Dodd
Mrs. Compton
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Javelle Mfg Co
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D. Parsons
Kano
Hall
Price
Piso
Joan F Borga
Trinity Springs, Inc
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