World movement favors arbitration over wars in Paris visit
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant, France's Hague delegate, says King Edward’s Paris visit boosts arbitration among major powers. He credits the United States for initiating the trend, notes Roosevelt’s role in saving The Hague court, and urges Franco British treaties to speed a broader peace alliance.
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Paris
Baron d’Estournelles de Constant
France
Hague
Roosevelt
Europe
Hague Court
Mexico
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Andrew Re
Iica
America
Edward
Tser
American Congress
Figaro
Delcasse
Edmund
M. Delcasse
Algiers
Marseilles
Pen
Election returns show no change in city mayor race
The election board recounted six of twenty four wards today with no material change from yesterday’s unofficial results. McLane and Peay lead Wachter for mayor by the same margin, while the Republican committee plans to pursue a legal contest on grounds related to Mr. Wachter.
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Seta
McLane
Peay
N. C. Wachter
Republican Committee
Wachter
Rebels defeat imperial forces near Fez in brief clash
Melillea Morocco May 1 rebels beat imperial forces after a few hours of fighting near Fez capturing Sultanate tents and loot. Both sides sent messengers seeking reinforcements but reinforcements were not dispatched.
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Melillea
Morocco
Fez
Aeape
Carnegie Speaks On Partnership Of Mechanics And Managers
London May 7 The Iron and Steel Institute annual meeting heard Andrew Carnegie argue for shared ownership between mechanical and business staff. He recalled Captain Jones who refused partnership for a salary and urged all managers to seek equity. He outlined profit sharing and rewards linked to departmental results as the future of industry.
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London
Iron and Steel Institute
Andrew Carnegie
James Kibon
Bessemer
Carnegie
United States
Jones
America
Twenty Persons Hurt In Streetcar Collision
Twenty people were injured, some seriously, when two southbound Halsted street electric cars collided near Forty third street in Chicago. A woman was removed to a nearby store believed fatally injured. Conductor H S Lockwood was thrown from the rear car and seriously hurt. Police and ambulances rushed to the scene to remove the injured. The crash was caused by a gear failure on the forward car.
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Chicago
Forty-third Street
Lockwood
President Roosevelt Welcomed in Redlands California
President Theodore Roosevelt was greeted by Governor Pardee Lieutenant Governor Anderson and thousands of Californians in Redlands on May 1 The welcome featured a parade militia Y M C A cadets and Grand Army of the Republic veterans as Roosevelt spoke on irrigation and Westward development praising water use forests and pioneer citizenship The visit included a balcony address and a tour before continuing to San Bernardino and Riverside later that day In Los Angeles on May 7 authorities detained a man suspected of being one of Czolgosz's brothers pending confirmation
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Redlands
Cal
Roosevelt
California
Pardee
Anderson
Fowler
Grand Army of the Republic
Hotel Casalonia
Grand Army Veterans
Uty
Grand Army
Ee Daes
Spen
Riverside
Nine Men Dead in Eggleston Springs Rock Slide
Roanoke dispatch reports a rock slide at Norfolk and Western tunnel No 2 Eggleston Springs Virginia killing nine laborers and injuring five. Several bodies remain trapped under solid stone with dynamiting needed and danger of another collapse.
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Roanoke
Eggleston Springs
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Reed
Trains Collide in Milton Fatal Vermont Crash
Two heavily laden Central Vermont freight trains collided at Milton fifteen miles north of Burlington. Fireman A L Ranney of St Albans died. Also killed were Fireman Henry Willetts Engineer Jack Ryan and Brakeman Robert Farrington.
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Burlington
Central Vermont Railroad
Milton
A. L. Ranney
St. Albans
Henry Willetts
Jack Ryan
Robert Farrington
Murder of Miss Sturtevant in Medford Mass
A mixed gang of white and colored laborers is suspected in the murder of Miss Nellie Sturtevant in Medford while attempting to rob her father James H. Sturtevant. Tomasso Lombardi, an Italian immigrant who cannot speak English, and Daniel J. Murphy of Arlington were arrested. Lombardi is held on murder charges for a hearing next Wednesday, while Murphy was released for lack of evidence.
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Medford
Mass
Boston
Nellie Sturtevant
James H. Sturtevant
Tomasso Lombardi
Daniel J. Murphy
Arlington
Malden
Murphy
Lombardi
Miss Sturtevant
Mueller Bill Periled by Governor Yates Veto Threat
Springfield May 7 Governor Yates weighs a veto or message on the Mueller traction bill amid House riot over a rival measure. The legislature refuses a sine die adjournment postponement as receivers run Union Traction. Attorney General Hamlin upholds the measure while warning of perpetual franchise loopholes. Governor has ten days to act.
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Springfield
Yates
Senate
House
Chicago
Union Traction Company
Federal District Court
Hamlin
Widener Elkins Syndicate Faces Suit Over Chicago Lines
Chicago dispatch says the Widener Elkins syndicate, owner of the Chicago Union Traction line and Indianapolis city lines, is threatened with a 20 million dollar suit disrupting its Chicago set. The syndicate is said to have no involvement with Indianapolis interurban lines and the threatened suit does not affect the local street railway.
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Chicago
Widener-Elkins Syndicate
Chicago Union Traction
Indianapolis
Widener-Elkins
Bishops Assigned to Methodist Conferences in Indiana Plan
At Pittsburg on May 7 the semi annual conference of Methodist Episcopal bishops announced assignments to annual conferences. Bishops Walden, McCabe, Goodsell, Mallalieu, Fowler, Joyce, Foss and Merrill receive postings to Central German Central Illinois Central Ohio Central Swedish Chicago German Cincinnati Detroit East Ohio Illinois Iowa Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Northwest Indiana and other regions with dates in September and October.
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Pittsburg
Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cincinnati
Walden
Central Illinois
Monmouth
McCabe
Central Ohio
Findlay
Goodsell
Chicago
Fowler
Detroit
Flint Mich
East Ohio
Akron
Mallalieu
Illinois
Quincy
Indiana
Indianapolis
Iowa
Muscatine
Kentuck Covington
Joycechigan
Jackson
Foss
Minnesota
Merrill
Mount Vernon
Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
University Senate meets to fix curriculums nationwide
The University Senate of Methodist colleges adjourned in Delaware after two days to meet in Chicago in March 194. An executive committee was authorized to draft legislation on curriculum standardization and other issues for the General Conference to be held in Los Angeles in 194. Members include Dr. B. P. Raymond Dr. J. W. Bashford Dr. J. E. Goucher Dr. J. R. D. Day and Dr. M. Warren.
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Delaware
University Senate
Chicago
General Conference of the
Methodist Church
Los Angeles
Cal
Funeral of Bishop Fletcher Hurst in Washington
Funeral services for Bishop Fletcher Hurst of the Methodist Episcopal Church were held at the Metropolitan Church at 2 pm. Bishops Fowler and McCabe spoke, with prayer by Dr. Henry A. Butz. Interment followed at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Hurst
Washington
Fletcher Hurst
Methodist Episcopal Church
Metropolitan M. E
Charles H. Fowler
Buffalo
Charles C. McCabe
Omaha
American University
Henry A. Butz
Drew Theological Seminary
Rock Creek Cemetery
Vate
Inspiration of Medical Genius in Chicago Chronicle
A Kansas City physician proposes removing the vermiform appendix from every infant a few days after birth to prevent appendicitis. Medical men generally endorse the suggestion, despite high costs for the procedure, which would spark a wide medical endorsement.
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Kansas City
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertisement Claim
An aged ad promises over fifty years of use for infants, claiming to soothe the child, ease teething, quell wind colic, regulate bowels, and cure diarrhea. It urges buyers to purchase Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup with a stated price per bottle.
Factions Consolidate to Form Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
Milwaukee May 7 merger of two metal worker factions adopts a new constitution creating the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers with 12,000 members. Officers named include Richard Pattison of New York as president and six vice presidents from cities such as St Louis Pittsburg San Francisco Nashville Toronto and Chicago. Next convention planned.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Amalgamated
Sheet Metal Workers
Richard Pattison
New York
August O. Herget
St. Louis
Michael O'Sullivan
Pittsburg
Charles S. Spenn
San Francisco
J. T. McTighe
Nashville
J. 5
Annabel
Toronto
Frank O. Mattoon
Chicago
John E. Bray
Kansas City
Restraining Order Modified Amid Omaha Strike Turbulence
Omaha May 7 large firms prepared to restart under Federal Court injunction as Teamsters strike and sympathy actions spread. Judge Munger narrowed the order but kept key prohibitions. Teamsters Union seeks further modification. In Council Bluffs a non union driver was attacked as strikers forced him from his wagon. a revolver was drawn and arrests followed. Wagons with goods for Omaha were forced to turn back at the Broadway bridge.
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Omaha
Teamsters
Business Men's Association
Munger
Teamsters’ Union
Crews
Council Bluffs
Broadway Bridge
Packers Eye Eight Hour Day Strike Outcome
Chicago May 7. Packers operate amid engineer strike disruption. Ex engineers in higher posts swap in as replacements. Eight plants refuse to sign the strike demand keep running. Demand for eight hour day and 37 1/2 cents an hour clashes with arbitration award of 30 cents and ten hour day.
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Chicago
Board of Arbitration
Secret spotters eyed at machinists convention in Milwaukee
Secretary D Douglas Wilson of the International Machinists Convention said a man named Siegel from Loyal Lodge was hired by the National Metal Trades Association to disrupt the gathering. Siegel was sent home and will be tried by the Brooklyn lodge. Four other spotters from Chicago and the West attended. no harm done yet as the convention focuses on constitution revision.
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Milwaukee
Wis
D. Douglas Wilson
International Machinists’ Convention
Siegel
Loyal Lodge
Eer Kas N
National Metal Trades Association
Wilson
Brooklyn
Chicago
Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen reports 1902 year gains
The secretary and treasurer’s report shows 1902 a prosperous year with 9,000 new members and a total near 60,000 in the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Thirty two lodges organized bringing total to 67 across the United States and Canada. Death and disability claims paid reached 882107 dollars as the sixth biennial convention is set for Denver May 15.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
United States
Canada
Denver
Subways Work Tie-Up Deepens as 15000 Italians Strike
In New York on May 7 15000 striking Italian laborers voted not to return to city subway work until guaranteed $2 for eight hours. They repudiated the arbitration cement entered into by the Central Federated Union of Labor and subway contractors.
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New York
Chevalier Branchi
James E. March
Central Federated Union of Labor
Street Railway Men Hold Secret Sessions In Pittsburg
Secret sessions of street railway workers in Pittsburg continued with talks focused on President Mahon's proposal to create a defense fund of 150000 dollars via a special assessment on members. The issue was postponed to another day.
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Pittsburg
Mahon
Twelve Lives Lost In Dexter Rail Wreck
Meager reports describe a Canadian Pacific Railway accident at Dexter where a work train on a side track was struck by a passenger train. Twelve men in a boarding car were killed or burned, eight injured, with several others seriously hurt. a long list of victims is given.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Dexter
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ees
Art
Frederick Fluke
Ivan Hudeau
Mark Caurieo
F. Bistron
A. Watin
L. Larson
F. Monkman
G. Dangtuk
G. Tapamark
A. Johnson
T. Ericcson
A.verely
Oe Dupont
E. E. Yard
J. B. Kimball
J. Jacobson
J. Noolin
R. Welch
James Reid
Haverstraw Man Seeks Damages Over Venezuelan Imprisonment
Harry B. Bullis of Haverstraw claims $50,000 from the Venezuelan government for false imprisonment at Maracaibo in 1900. He reported ammunition stored at the electric light station, was arrested, and alleges mistreatment, loss of papers, and attempted appeals to U S authorities and President Castro.
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Bullis
Maracaibo
Electric Light Company
United States
J. H. Plumacher
Plumacher
Caracas
Sens
Castro
West Plan Would Be For Mr. Bullis
Venezuela
Financial shifts and new stock issues ripple through markets
Treasury reports 62,321,350 dollars in bonds exchanged to 2 percent consols while 310,770 fine ounces of silver are bought for Philippine coinage. St Louis & San Francisco seeks NYSE listing for 2,623,000 more per cent bonds. Clark buys Guadaloupe-Calve mines in Chihuahua. Sliver company directors elected in Jersey City. Chamber of Commerce officers named in New York. Clark arrives in Los Angeles to inspect electric-rail plans. Atlantic Coast Line offers 500 shares for sale to raise 1,230,000. Mexico aims to set silver dollar at 50 cents gold. speculators load up. Dupont seeks California powder interests consolidation in San Francisco. Mexico negotiates 12,500,000 two-year 4% treasury notes with Speyer & Co. funds to advance harbor works.
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Treasury
Roberts
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company
New York Stock Exchange
W. A. Clark
Montana
Sol Charles
Guadaloupe- Calve Group
Chihuahua
Mexico
International Sliver Company
Jersey City
Andrew Andrews
C. Berry Peets
L. E. Stevens
New York Chamber of Commerce
Morris K. Jessup
John 8. Kennedy
Alexander J. Cassatt
Marshall Field
James G. Cannon
George Wilson
Los Angeles
Cal
Atlantic
el Paso
Monetary Commission
T. C. Dupont
Wilmington
Del
E. L. Dupont, de Namours & Co
San Francisco
Powder Companie of
California
Dupont
Josey Limantour
New York
Speyer & Co
Eanedic
Cruz, Coatle
Derailed Freight Kills Three in Tulinoi Line Incident
A south-bound freight on the Tulinoi Central derailed near M Thursday. Engineer John, Fireman Manion, and Caesar Hicks a colored flagman were killed. Other items describe a Chinese leper Dong Gong recaptured, a hermit Isaace Stigler shot dead near Lancaster, and mob-related arrests in Caruthersville. Also noted: Aug 1-4 national convention date change for Federation, Springfield NJ gunfight, and thieves with shotgun attack involving William and John Murphy.
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South Dene
South Kota
Indianapolis
Tulinoi
Isaace Stigler
Lancaster
Stigler
J. A. Franklin
Caruthersville
Little River
Monahan
D. J. Mason
Ed Chitty
C. Esher
Bobair
Kim Price
Cwichons An
Giar
William
John Murphy
Suburban lawn mushroom growing guidance
An authority notes mushrooms can be grown in a standard suburban lawn with a dollar’s worth of spawn placed under the sod. Use a small piece of spawn, cover with soil, and press gently. Plant in mid May, depending on weather, as warm mornings after showers favor growth and dry spells hinder it.
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New York Evening Post
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McKinley
Rece
Indiana Lines
South Bend
The
Chicago Chronicle
Mrs. Winslow
Metal Workers Merge
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
Omaha Teamsters
Haverstraw
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T. C. Williams Company
Richmond
Hugo von Beitzenstein
Cunliffe-Owen
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