President Roosevelt receives honors at Berkeley ceremony
The Berkeley audience honors President Roosevelt with degree conferral on 40 collegians as Wheeler and Pardee preside. Roosevelt then tours Oakland, while a Yosemite stop recalls a snow storm memory and a boy’s reprimand. Widow Mary Began dies in Chicago streetcar incident.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Roosevelt
Harvard
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Guy. Pardee
Wheeler
Theodore Roosevelt
Regents
Oakland
Guy, Pardee
Perkins
Mare Island Navy Yard
Yosemite
John Muir
Ranges Leldig
Leonard
Meereed
Sentinel
Glazier Point
Jorgensen
Teddy
Raymond
Wawona
Police Chief Snyder Dies After Street Arrests in Wilkesbarre
Geo. W. Snyder chief of police of Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania collapsed and died on the street shortly after arresting 13 Negro men for craps at the joint he had raided. The incident occurred on May 18 in Wilkesbarre as he carried out the raid and placed the suspects under arrest.
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Wilkesbarre
Geo. W. Snyder
Confederate Cemetery Services Spark Local Rift in Columbus
The Hilltop Improvement association near Camp Chase Confederate cemetery rejected participation in next month’s Confederate dead memorial services. President W B Potts urged involvement, but a stormy meeting produced a resolution opposing the ceremonies. Dr Warner urged the war’s continuation until the amendments are recognized. Potts defended the cemetery’s significance while noting a belief the war ended. The majority adopted the resolution.
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Columbus
Hilltop Improvement Association
Camp Chase
W. B. Potts
Warner
Fotts
China
Pistol Duel Ends in Death in West Fourteenth Street Room
George E. Spencer, once a Birmingham clothing merchant, was killed and Patrolman Stephen Flanagan likely mortally wounded in a pistol fight when Flanagan went to arrest Spencer on West Fourteenth street. No witnesses. six shots fired. Spencer had been harassing locals and refused to leave a home where the Cox family had moved out.
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Spencer
J. Cox
Cox
Flanagan
Labor troubles prompt first injunction in Denver
Judge John S. Mullins issued the first injunction in the Denver labor troubles at the request of the joint executive committee of labor unions. The order bars the Citizens' Alliance from threats or intimidation of labor members or allies, fines for agreements against unions, financing actions to break up unions, bribery efforts, importation of non union labor, suits to disrupt unions, and pressuring landlords to evict union meetings.
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Denver
Col
John S. Mullins
District Court
Citizens’ Alliance
Alliance
Unice
Eight-Hour Day Demand By Machinists in Milwaukee
Milwaukee May 15 machinists in contract shops under the International Association of Machinists plan a straight eight hour day to take effect May 1 1904. The demand excludes railroad machinists. Well known Milwaukee newspaper man Louis Bleyer dies at 66 after months of illness. He founded a lake marine department and served as marine editor of Evening Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Wis
International Association of Machinists
Louis Bleyer
Evening Wisconsin
Mayor Bars Street Mormon Sermons In New York
Mayor Low revokes all permits for Mormon elders to preach in the streets and halts street preaching in New York. No new permits will be issued for such public sermons.
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New York
Low
Wireless telegraph plan for Farallon islands proposed
Acting Secretary Moore endorses a wireless telegraph link between San Francisco and the Farallon islands about 80 miles off the coast Plans also outline converting the White House north entrance driveway into an asphalt elliptical approach with a 40 foot width and a 25 foot macadamized road.
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Washington
Moore
San Francisco
Farallone Islands
White House
Health board plans bubonic serum inoculation in Manila
Manila May 15 The health board prepares to inoculate the Chinese colony to prevent plague spread. The Chinese population is estimated at 50 000 residents in the city.
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Manila
The
Health Board
Poisoned Whisky Case Ties Memphis Suspect to Cincinnati
A series of poisonings in Cincinnati and Memphis centers on Elizabeth McCormick. Five Adams Express Co. workers in Cincinnati drank tainted whisky from a Memphis origin package, killing John B. Flicker and sickening four others. Authorities pursue murder charges with inter-state warrants and habeas corpus proceedings.
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Cincinnati
Adams Express Co
Butler Street
Friendship Alley
John B. Flicker
Memphis
Tenn
Lizzie Mc-Cormick
Kate Nobbe
Nobbe
John Ficker
L. P. Sutton
Sutton
Edward Pell
Lizzie McCormick
Nashville
Frazier
Gov. Nash
Ohio
Burglars Steal 7000 From Birmingham Station Safe
In Birmingham on May 18 thieves forced entry to the Union station ticket agent Jack W. Johnson's private office and removed 7000 dollars from the safe. They took 1500 in indorsed checks and 5500 in currency and gold coins before escaping. Daniel J. Kelly, linked to a baking powder scandal, was last in Montreal and refuses to discuss the matter.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jack W. Johnson
Union
Montreal
Daniel J. Kelly
St. Louis
Chateau de Frontenac
Train Murder in Harriman Tennessee May 18
On a Rockwood to Harriman passenger train No. 8 C. 8 a young white man named James Swicegood was attacked by two unknown passengers and killed with a knife.
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Harriman, Tenn
Rockwood
Harriman
James Swicegood
Baltimore Rally Demands Action Over Russian Jewish Atrocities
A May 18 gathering at the Academy of Music drew about three thousand supporters of Russian Jewish victims. Dr. Fabian Franklin presided as speakers including ex Gov. William Pinkney Whyte ex Congressman John V Lindsay and Mayor Hayes. Letters from prominent figures expressed horror and urged U S pressure on Russia with a program of resolutions calling for an end to the outrages and congressional protest.
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Baltimore
Academy of Music
Russia
Fabian Franklin
Baltimore Evening News
William Pinkney Whyte
John V. Lindsay
Hayes
Roger W. Cull
Leon Greenbaum
United States
Congress
Teachers in the Philippines Under Civil Service Rules
The University of California reports that Philippine teaching positions will be governed by civil service rules after September 1, 1908. Col. Clarence H. Edwards says exams will be held nationwide next summer to create an eligible list of 200 teachers for deployment.
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University of California
Cal
Philippines
State University
Clarence H. Edwards
Division of Instar Affairs
Civil Service
Col. Edwards
United States
Charley Quinn Weds Miss Mabel Hopkins Quietly
San Francisco on May 18 Miss Mabel K Hopkins heiress to a million and Charles J Quinn horseman and Kentucky gentleman married in a small romantic ceremony. The bride's mother and brother did not attend and cousins ignored the occasion but Mrs Quinn and her dashing husband are happy despite the secrecy.
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San Francisco
Mabel K. Hopkins
Charles J. Quinn
Mabini Funeral Draws Thousands in Manila Procession
Mabini, the Filipino politician and leader, died of cholera yet received a public funeral. Eight thousand natives marched from Mabini's house to the church and La Lofa cemetery. Hundreds of former insurgents led by Aguinaldo joined the procession with no anti American demonstrations.
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Manila
Mabini
la Lofa
Aguinaldo
Drought Pressures Porto Rico as Cattle and Crops Suffer
San Juan reports continued southerly winds causing drought across Porto Rico. Orange blossoms fall, cane crops delayed, cattle suffer from food and water shortage, small whirlwinds occur, and coffee remains the only good crop. Bishop Thomas Alfred Starkey of Newark dies at 84 in East Orange. Samuel Enders sues wife for divorce after desertion differences.
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San Juan
P. R
Porto Rico
Starkey
East Orange
N. J
Thomas Alfred Starkey
Episcopal Diocese of
Newark
Philadelphia
Venezuelan government makes sixth payment to Germany
Caracas reports the Venezuelan government paid 363000 to Germany through the German legation, the sixth installment under the protocol. The seventh payment, due next month, is ready.
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Caracas
Germany
Strike Ends for Philadelphia Carriage and Wagon Builders
Philadelphia carriage and wagon builders who struck on March 2 for higher wages and shorter hours reached an agreement with employers at a Sunday meeting.
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Philadelphia
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St. Paul, Minn
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Columbus, CO
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Paxton € CO
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