Roosevelt to Call Extra Session After Election
Denver May 11 The News prints interview with Daniel M Ransdell US Senate sergeant at arms claiming an extra session will be called about Nov 9. Roosevelt notified him to prepare to receive senators after election day and that congress would be summoned once the fair elections are over. Reciprocity with Cuba and the Philippine tariff are set to be taken up.
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Denver
Daniel M. Ransdell
United States Senate
Congress
Ransdell
Colorado
Roosevelt
Loeb
St. Louis
Bennett
Senate
Cuba
Havana Sees Slow Progress on Roosevelt Palma Treaties
May 11 report from Havana notes delay tactics and a nonreporting stance by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Feb 15 coaling and naval stations pact between Roosevelt and Palma. Adjourning Congress in six weeks is possible with a November return. Palma seeks early treaty conclusions, but objections and delays persist, tied to Platt amendment reciprocity debates.
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Havana
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Palma
Congress
Cuba
United States
Bricklayers in Western Pennsylvania Walkout
About 50,000 workers across Western Pennsylvania quit at noon in a mass action by union bricklayers stone masons and allied trades affiliated with the AFL. The stoppage halts all construction until a settlement is reached following a Friday night meeting.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
International Stone Union
National Association of Brick and Tile Makers of America
American Federation of Labor
Building Collapses in Denver injuring several
A Laramie street building housing Michelson Bros clothing and a rooming house collapsed at night. Several people were injured, with Mrs. Thomas McKern critically hurt, E. E. Doane of Florence, Colorado, having a broken leg and scalp wound, Thomas McKern with a head cut, George Herblin also with scalp wounds, and others sustaining minor injuries.
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Denver
Laramie Street
Michelson Bros
Thomas McKern
E. E. Doane
Florence
Colo
George Herblin
Verdict Sustained In Railway Collision Case
The New York appellate division unanimously sustains the jury verdict in Mrs. William Leys versus the New York Central. Leys was killed in a tunnel accident about a year and a half ago and sought 250000 dollars. The jury awarded 100000 dollars plus costs and interest totaling six to eight thousand dollars, a rare heavy verdict in an accidental death suit.
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New York
Supreme Court
William Leys
New York Central
Tramp Kills a Preacher Near Barnes City
Rev J W Powers was killed by a Mexican tramp who then barricaded himself in a neighbor’s house and held a posse at bay until he was shot to death. Powers confronted the intruder with a shotgun and was struck with an axe before dying.
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Gainesville
Tex
J. W. Powers
Barnes City
Powers
Mosque Dynamited in Sofia Killing 200 Moslems
A mosque in Qim qrieul Sofia was dynamited on May 2, killing about 200 worshippers. the bomber Popov died by suicide and was described as a member of the Macedonian Knights of Death. A separate dispatch notes Wisconsin freight rate debate and railroad tariff fears.
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Vienna
Kim Qrieul
Die Ziet
Sofia
Bulgaria
Popov
Macedonian Knights of Death
German Government Weighs Balkan Crisis and Risk of Clash
Berlin reports the Balkan situation as grave yet manageable if calm counsels prevail this summer. Officials say Turkey will avoid war due to costs and lack of territorial gain while Bulgaria hesitates to wage conflict. Powers press Sofia and Constantinople for sober policy and reform in Macedonia to prevent wider war.
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Berlin
Gove
Turkey
Bulgaria
Sofia
Macedonia
Greece
Servia
Salonica
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Constantinople
Outbreak in Monastir Leaves Many Dead and Wounded
In Constantinople on May 11 reports say thirteen Christians were killed and nineteen wounded in Monastir during the recent outbreak. In nearby Zapari on May 6 imperial troops fought insurgents, killing eleven Bulgarians and capturing seventy four.
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Constantinople
Monastir
Zapari
Laundry workers gain right to arbitration in Chicago
The Chicago laundry association reversed its decision to avoid talks with striking workers and formed a committee empowered to meet with worker committees to pursue arbitration. Dissension in the owners association led 23 members to split and join the workers unions while Evanston laundries plan to reopen Monday.
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Chicago
Laundry Association
Owners’ Association
Evanston
Colorado miners professor dies from chemical fumes
Dr. Robert M. Hartman, professor of chemistry at the Colorado School of Mines, is dead after being overcome by hydro sulfite fumes in the experiment room. C Darwin Test, an instructor in the same department, is in serious condition while attempting repairs to the acid-making machinery.
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Golden, Colo
Robert M. Hartman
Colorado School of Mines
C. Darwin Test
Appellate Division Reverses Award to Valet in Yacht Rocket Case
The New York appellate division reversed a $5,000 award to Frank D. Mowbray former valet of Howard Gould for injuries from a premature signal rocket on Goulds yacht Hildegarde. He suffered a torn eye and chest injuries.
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New York
Supreme Court
Frank D. Mowbray
Howard Gould
Mowbray
Mr. Gould
Hildegarde
Former Mayor Ames to appeal bribery verdict in Minnesota
Minneapolis on May 9 reports former Mayor A. A. Ames convicted of accepting a 600 dollar bribe while in office. He plans to appeal to the supreme court if a new trial is denied. sentence postponed for that motion while he proclaims innocence and hopes for justice.
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Minneapolis
A. A. Ames
Supreme Court
Frank M. Nye
Elliott
Ames
Union seeks injunction against Western Union firing members
The Commercial Telegraphers' union of America filed in federal court asking Judge Adams to restrain Western Union Telegraph from discharging union men and from blacklisting or interfering with them in any other way.
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St. Louis
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
United States District Court
Adams
Western Union Telegraph Company
Temple amendment in Iowa ruled unconstitutional
Judge E A Roberts of Ottumwa held the Temple amendment unconstitutional saying it allows double recovery for a single injury. The decision came in a Burlington railroad employee case after he accepted relief benefits and then sued for damages.
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Iowa
Centerville
E. A. Roberts
Ottumwa
Burlington Railway
Burlington Voluntary Relief Association
Prairie Fires Hit Manitoba Village in Awful Plight
May 9 Winnipeg report says prairie fires driven by high winds caused major damage in Manitoba. The village of Edrans on the Canadian Pacific McGregor branch was surrounded by flames with several houses burned. A relief train has departed for the scene.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Edrans
McGregor
Canadian Pacific
Noted Western character Uncle John Yancy dies in Yellowstone
Fort Yellowstone Mont May 9 Uncle John Yancy longtime Pleasant valley resident and hotel host in Yellowstone park dies at his home. Known for entertaining many prominent guests including President Roosevelt Baron Rothschild President Arthur Senator West and General Sherman during his thirty years in the park.
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Fort Yellowstone
Mont
John Yancy
Pleasant Valley
Yellowstone Park
Yancy
Roosevelt
Baron Rothschild
Arthur
Senator West
General Sherman
Wilson found guilty of second degree murder in Lorimer feud
S E Wilson is convicted of second degree murder for shooting Edward Knight in Creston Iowa in a long standing political feud Knight was unarmed and surprised by Wilson who fired multiple shots into his body
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Creston
S. E. Wilson
Edward Knight
Lorimer
Knight
Wilson
Telephone Linemen Strike Hits Cincinnati
Cincinnati May 9 all Bell Telephone linemen foremen inspectors and conduit men walked out seeking higher wages. The manager reports no disruption as strikers are replaced.
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Cincinnati
Bell Telephone Company
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