Loubet lauds US France ties in Rochambeau mission talks
Paris on May 3 reports President Loubet hosting the Rochambeau mission farewell audience in Paris. He lauds the long friendship with the United States, notes President Roosevelt’s role as envoy, and sends best wishes as the party travels to the United States. Washington items mention Ambassador Cambon delivering a letter from Loubet to President Roosevelt accepting the Rochambeau statue ceremonies.
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Loubet
Rochambeau
Toulon
United States
Brugere
M. Loubet
France
Roosevelt
England
Spain
Russia
Washington
Cambon
French Republic
Congress
Marshal de Rochambeau
Republic
United States of America
Anti Trust Damage Suit In Columbus Ohio
Isabel Bros. sues Essex Coal Company Hocking Valley president M Monsarrat Calvin Essex and Sunday Creek Coal Company for 30500 under the anti trust law penalty clause alleging a conspiracy to fix minimum coal prices. Plaintiffs say price increases to retailers destroyed their business.
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Columbus
Isabel Bros
Sait
Essex Coal Company
M. Monsarrat
Hocking Valley
Calvin Essex
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Grape-Nuts Cereal Charms Weakened Children in Brooklyn Testimony
A Brooklyn mother reports her poorly digesting son flourishes on Grape-Nuts and cream, growing stronger and eating gladly for breakfast and supper. She notes the change in her husband and cites another family whose rickets improved after using the cereal. The speaker credits proper nourishment and insists on the cereal as the right food for children.
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Brooklyn
Crowning Preparations Stir London for Edward Coronation
Report from London on May 3 describes Westminster Abbey scaffolding and royal inspections. King Edward praised arrangements and the Duke of Norfolk, while plans for an on-site lunchroom ease lengthy service. Peeresses face a pre-dawn rush to Westminster with tight admission times and robe adjustments.
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London
Edward
Alfonso
Westminster Abbey
Duke of Norfolk
England
Westminster Gazette
Paris
Coronation Preparations in Madrid for King Alfonso's May 17
Elaborate preparations are under way in Madrid for King Alfonso’s coronation on May 17 with nearly thirty state carriages to headline the procession. The vehicles, painted by celebrated Spanish artists, have been refurbished to gleam again. Flowers are central to the festivities with clubs ordering tens of thousands of bouquets and more than a hundred thousand to be tossed from parade carriages, while Valencia gardeners supply thousands of red cannons.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Valencia
Rene
Two Companies at War in Car Maker Dispute
Pressed Steel Car Company sues John M. Hansen former chief engineer now head of Standard Steel Car for unlawfully securing 1100 drawings and materials worth over 1 million dollars. A receiver sought to recover prints and copies. Also New York involuntary bankruptcy petition filed against Snap Hook and Eye Company by creditors seeking 5700 dollars.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
John M. Hansen
New Standard Steel Car Company
Hansen
New York
Snap Hook and Eye Company of America
Corporation Trust Company of Delaware
Westinghouse Buys Lorain Steel Electrical Railway Unit
Pittsburg May 3 The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company has acquired the electrical railway equipment business of the Lorain Steel Company at Lorain Ohio, formerly Steel Motor Company of Johnstown Pennsylvania. Westinghouse will maintain the Johns town works.
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Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Lorain Steel Company
Lorain
The
Steel Motor Company
Johnstown
Westinghouse Company
Hoadly Faces Possible Loss of Sight in Old Age
MAY LOSE HIS EYESIGHT. New York May 3. There is grave danger that former Ohio Governor George Hoadly, who defeated Senator Foraker in 1883 and now partners in a New York law firm, may lose his sight. His eyes have troubled him for over a month. doctors Hope to save his sight. The exact cause is unclear but may be optic nerve disease. Owing to his advanced age, he may not resume active practice.
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New York
George Headly
Ohio
J. B. Foraker
Hoadly
Portugal Grievances Rise Over Debt Convention Plan
Advices from the Portuguese frontier say Portugal faces grave turmoil as deputies approve a convention of foreign creditors to renegotiate the debt. Army and navy members back protests, two hundred naval officers refuse to withdraw their petition to King Charles. Coimbra students expelled for attacks on police. Lisbon Polytechnic students march shouting Down with the priests and Down with the convention of foreign creditors. Censorship blocks telegrams from Portugal.
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Portugal
Chamber of Deputies
Charles
Coimbra
Beira
Polytechnic School
Lisbon
Convention of Foreign Creditors
Oporto
Morgan's English Lawyer Got Little Comfort From the Chicagoan
London, May 3. In the battle for London's rapid transit control, Charles T. Yerkes outwitted English lawyers before the Lords committee. He remained calm while questioned about his syndicate finances, quipping that the questioners had information he did not possess and diplomatically declining to fetch notes to answer. The Morgan faction failed to shake his figures and he exited with a wry smile.
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Charles T. Yerkes
Morgan
Yerkes
House of Lords
New Road
Morgans
Capture of Boers Near Frankfort Reported
From Pretoria on April 30 Colonel Barker reports the capture of Commandant Manie Botha his adjutant and eleven others near Frankfort Orange River Colony. Botha is General De Wets ablest lieutenant and a nephew of the commandant general. In Cape Town reports say British columns near Ookiep are in touch with the garrison and relief is nearly complete. Helio communication links Ookiep and Klipfontein reveal civilians killed by long range fire. women and children seek refuge in a fortified schoolhouse. Berlin dispatch notes Walter M Chandler arrived en route home, citing Boer resistance to binding their children to British authority as a barrier to peace.
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Barker
Manie Botha
Frankfort
Orange River Colony
de Wet
Cape Town
Port Nolloth
Western Cape Colony
Ooklep
Port Nelle
O'Okiep
Klipfontein
O’okiep
Berlin
Walter M. Chandler
Illinois
John Hays Hammond
Consolidated Goldfields Company
United States
Chandler
Prussian Diet debate on stricter liquor laws grows
Count Douglas proposes a resolution urging the Prussian Diet to curb alcohol traffic amid broad support except by the Radicals. He cites Germany's heavy drink culture, rising crime and health costs, and notes the United States leads in reform. Doctors warn alcoholics face higher mortality and tubercle risk.
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Berlin
Count Douglas
Germany
United States
Endemann
Martens
British budget imposes duties on grains and flour
The May 3 finance bill sets duties from April 15 on wheat and several grains at 3 pence per hundredweight and 5 pence on flour and related goods. Drawbacks apply on re-exports and on UK products using imported grains. Bonded warehouses also gain drawbacks.
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London
United Kingdom
Boer envoy Leyds meets Kruger in Utrecht talks
Dr. Leyds, Boer representative in Europe, arrived this evening and proceeded to Utrecht for a conference with Mr. Kruger.
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Kruger
Europe
Utrecht
Kruger. Ee
Speech by Britons at Burlington House Banquet
At the Royal Academy banquet in Burlington House 28 dignitaries attended. The Prince of Wales responded to The Royal Family toast. The Earl of Selborne praised the merchant marine and navy linking to the empire’s existence, noting six hundred ships carried half a million men and stores with no related fatalities. The Earl of Halsbury, on His Majesty's Ministers, emphasized popular interest in combinations and praised the government for uniting empire forces and affections.
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Royal Academy
Burlington House
Prince of Wales
Edward John Poynter
Earl of Selborne
Admiralty
Navy
Atlantic Shipping Combine
Great Britain
Earl of Halsbury
Lord Salisbury
Ines
Prune Crop Not Frost Bitten in San Jose Area
Prune growers report inquiries from Eastern dealers about frost damage, but fruitmen in San Jose say there has been no frost injury. The weather outlook remains favorable with expectations of a heavy crop across the county and state.
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San Jose
Cal
Deadly feud on Beaver Creek kills two men in Kentucky
In a Beaver creek feud near the Knott Letcher county line, William Osborne and Hiram Lattie were killed. Samuel Cook was badly wounded and George Reedy slightly injured. It is claimed Osborne and Lattie recently attempted to shoot Cook and Reedy, who waited for them along the highway yesterday.
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USA
Beaver Creek
Knott and Letcher
William Osborne
Hiram Lattie
Samuel Cook
George Reedy
Osborne
Little
Cook
Reedy
Hamburg America steamer Pennsylvania reports stormy Atlantic voyage
The Hamburg American line steamer Pennsylvania, Captain Spiedt, from New York April 22 for Hamburg via Plymouth and Cherbourg, arrived at Plymouth May 3 reporting a stormy passage. She endured hurricanes on April 11 and 28, a huge wave swept her deck, carried off her motor launch and thirty feet of rail, and several cabins were flooded.
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England
Hamburg-American Line
Pennsylvania
Spiedt
New York
Hamburg
Cherbourg
Papal Delegation Change Named for United States
Rome reports Mgr Falconio will replace Cardinal Martinelli as papal delegate to the United States. Falconio is a thorough English scholar and enjoys the Pope's strong regard. In Rome jubilee events tied to the Pope's coronation mark twenty fourth anniversary celebrations. Berlin dispatch notes Emperor William sends Director Fritz from Kiel shipyard to the United States to study American shipyards and labor-saving machinery.
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Mgr. Falconio
Canada
Cardinal Martinelli
United States
Berlin
William
Fritz
Kiel
Laborsa
Funeral for Gen. William M. Osborne US consul here
London May 3. Funeral service held for General William M. Osborne United States consul general in London who died at Wimbledon on Tuesday prior.
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London
William M. Osborne
United States
Wimbledon
Mixed May Diplomacy and Royal News From Europe
Reports from Rome London and Vienna detail the dowager Queen Margherita planning a Corfu voyage to assess climate for the Duchess of Genoa, a Beatrice de Borrone suicide attempt near Rome, and an exodus of Jewish families from Roumania to the United States. Additionally Rosie Boote, once of Florodora, has given birth to a son to the Marquis of Headfort.
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Margherita
Corfu
Marco Polo
Duchess of
Genoa
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Central News
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Don Carlos
Tiber
Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
Roumania
United States
Stags and Prizes Mark Indianapolis Bowling League Event
The sixth annual Indianapolis Bowling League stag gathered nearly 300 at Independent Turn Verein gym. Mayor Bookwalter and President Havelick presided over prize distributions, vaudeville acts, and bouts, with Marion Club earning many prizes including a gold locket for Thomas J. Carter and a large pennant. The Capital City club posted the top team score, while Col. Harry B. Smith was named most popular bowler.
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Turnverein
Bookwalter
Capital City Bowling Club
American Bowling Congress
Robert Burns
Washingtons
Harry B. Smith
Thos. J. Carter
Marion Club
Captain Bryson
Marions
Ben Brown
Mei i Knox
Marion
George Kirkhoff
Stein
E. O. Matlock
Marlons
Lew Cooper
Oswald Seidensticker
W. R. Garstang
Fred Comstock
Empire Theater
Harry Porter
Henshaw
Clark
Kid
Disastrous Fires Hit Cairo and West
A May 3 dispatch reports fifty dead in a Mit Gamil fire near the Nile, with thousands of homes and two hundred stores destroyed by extreme heat. In Deadwood, county pesthouse inmates overturned beds and set fire to the building, forcing shelter on the hillside. Rifle, Colorado, suffered a major blaze destroying much of its business district with estimated losses around 100000 dollars and about 50000 in insured value.
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Egypt
Mit Gamil
Damietta
Nile
Deadwood
Denver
Col
Rifle, Col
Denver & Rio Grande
Glenwood Springs
Forest fires menace cabins near Turkey Creek area
In Florisant Col on May 3 a forest fire burned toward Turkey Creek, fourteen miles northeast, destroying a timber tract and several prospectors’ cabins. A separate blaze on the Monument government reserve near Monument’s lees fourteen miles away has burned for two days.
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Col
Turkey Creek
Monument
Wickes Reveals Secret Wife As He Leaves St Louis
Vice President T H Wickes of the Pullman Company departed St Louis for Chicago tonight with a bride whose name is known only to friends. It is believed the marriage occurred in New Orleans and details remain undisclosed. Mrs Wickes is described as auburn haired and considerably younger than her husband.
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ST. Louis
T. H. Wickes
Pullman Company
Chicago
Wer
Nn Wickes
Wile
Immigrants Break Two Day Arrival Record in City
New York reports from Elite Island that about 13,000 immigrants arrived from Europe since Friday morning, breaking all two day records in the history of the Im Bureau.
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Elite Island
Europe
Im- Bureau
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