President Welcomed in California Amid Floral Pageantry
The President and Mrs. McKinley arrived in California amid a festival of flowers. Redlands and Los Angeles hosted ceremonies with palm arches, rose strewn streets, and crowds cheering from every station. Gage and California lawmakers greeted him as artillery salutes and confetti filled the air. The visit featured speeches praising pioneers and national unity, with further parades and a Mount Lowe excursion planned.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Gage
Redlands
San Bernardino Valley
Casa Loma
McKinley
Citizens’ Committee
General Shafter
Department of the Pacific
Presidio
Navy
Long
San Francisco
Vannuys Hotel
Nash
Ohio
United States
Kearney
Stockton
Jont
Fremont
Lberty
Woman's Club
Santa Monica
Bank president in Cleveland dies by own action in Seattle
R N Pollock, president of Cuyahoga Savings and Banking Company of Cleveland, disappeared ten days ago then killed himself at Seattle Hotel York. Found near him were a pistol, razor, rat poison boxes, and aconite tablets. He had registered as James Fisher and left burned papers. Pollock was thirty eight, married with three children and had promoted the bank which had suspended operations due to near collapse. Deposits once reached 340000, but the bank’s books are now in receivership.
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Seattle
Wash
R. N. Pollock
Cuyahoga Savings and Banking Company
Cleveland
York
Pollock
James Fisher
Cleveland, O
Cuyahoga Savings Bank
United States Carbon Company
Farmer kills neighbor's daughter then dies by suicide
In Augusta on May 8 farmer William Achterah shot Maud White, 17, who had been urged to leave her home. After failing to gain entry to see Maud, Achterah fired twice, fatally wounding her. He then returned home and killed himself.
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Augusta
Til
William Achterah
Here
Robert White
White
Maud
Indians Threaten Pine Point Log Stand March
Reports from St. Cloud Minnesota say more than three Chippewas of Pine Point near Lakes and Gull Lake plan to mobilize on Sunday to prevent removal of over 15,000,000 feet of logs owned by Commonwealth Lumber Co of Frazee Michigan. They dispute government trespass estimates and vow to hold the logs at the muscle's point until a fair settlement is reached.
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ST. Cloudp
Minn
Pine Point
Lakes
Gull Lake
Commonwealth Lumber Company
Frazee
Mich
Muscle’s Point
Wall Street Turmoil Over Northern Pacific Stock Corner
In New York on May 8, Union Pacific reportedly bought Northern Pacific stock to block Burlington deal ratification, a move seen as a possible halt to a giant railroad merger. Keene is blamed for a self‑made corner as Kuhn, Loeb & Co. seeks to protect Western rail interests amid high trading activity and intense talks among Harriman, Hill, and Morgan interests.
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New York
Wall Street
Journal
Financelal
Evening Post
Burlington
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Keene
President Hill
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Western Railways
Great Western
Great Northern
Hill-Morgan
Hill
Western Union Telegraph Company
Krech
Mercantile Trust Company
Gould
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Daniel S. Lamont
Mr. Hill
Morgan-Hill
Harriman- Kuhn-Loeb-Standard
Storch
James Sunman
Kuhn
Northern Pacific talks limp through Morgan led meetings
Conference between Northern Pacific interests and J. P. Morgan & Co failed to reach a settlement with Harriman Hill and Henry Cannon present at a Metropolitan Club session. Morgan's reply awaited and British Times warns of inflated American railroad shares as a looming correction nears.
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Metropolitan Club
Messrs. Harriman, Hill
Henry W. Cannon
Chase National Bank
London
Times Financial
United States
Italians Not Wanted Clash In Iola Kansas
In Iola Kansas a group of twenty two Italian laborers brought to fill cement plant vacancies were attacked by strikers and locals. Gunfire wounded three Iola men and one Italian. Italians were captured, stripped, and held at Santa Fe station for deportation by northbound train. Authorities planned to seize more Italians and additional carloads arriving tonight.
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IOLA
Kaw
Iola Cement Plant
Itations
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Start to Work Early Says Youths With Common School Training
Charles M. Schwab urged East Side youth at St George's Evening Grades Schools commencement to rely on merit not influence. He warned college Bred rivals lose ground to those with industrial or mechanical training who start at sixteen or seventeen, noting most successful business men had only common school educations. He urged an early start and self effort as paths to advancement.
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New York
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
East Side
St. George’s
Schwab
Municipal League Opens Rochester Convention This Week
The National Municipal League held its annual convention in Rochester New York starting with a welcome by First Vice President Charles Richardson of Philadelphia. The three day session featured Secretary Clinton Rogers Woodruff presenting a report titled A Year's Municipal Activity detailing reform work over the past year.
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Rochester
N. Y
National Municipal League
Charles Richardson
Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce
Clinton Rogers Woodruff
National board of arbitration urged at Cooper Union
A mass meeting of the National Civic Federation committee on conciliation and arbitration was held at Cooper Union. John Mitchell urged peace through talks to prevent strikes and lockouts, while Samuel Gompers pushed for organized labor and arbitration over court-ordered settlements. Herman Justi highlighted conciliation benefits in the coal fields.
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New York
May
Committee of Conciliation
National Civic Federation
Cooper Union
National Board of Arbitration
National Committee On Conciliation and Arbitration
John Mitchell
Labor Organization
Samuel Gompers
Federation of Labor
Organization of Labor
Charles Sprague Smith
Gompers
Herman Justi
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
Board vote details emerge from separate reports
The vote result remains undisclosed by the speaker while another source reports a percent to 3 tally. The meeting ran three hours with strong public interest reflected by a large attendance, seven board members absent.
Illinois Central Train Wreck Near Katttawa Kills Engineer
The Illinois Central fast passenger train No 12 from Memphis to Louisville wrecked at Katttawa this afternoon. Engineer Barney Keegan and Fireman Robert Stift of Paducah died soon after. Baggageman D M Taylor of Louisville and Mail Agent Charles Young of Katttawa badly hurt. Café car and coach destroyed as fire broke out. Wreck blamed on fast running to regain time.
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Paducah
Memphis
Louisville
Kattawa
Barney Keegan
Robert Stift
D. M. Taylor
Charles Young
Col Astille Surrenders In Infanta Province
Col Astille insurgent Governor of Infanta province surrenders with ten officers 180 men 170 rifles and ten cannon. U S Philippines commission to establish insular government printing plant. Provost General Davis drafts city government plan for Manila. Commission favors a federal center like Washington and Mexico City. Ordinances being prepared.
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Manila
May
Astille
Infanta Province
United States Philippines Commission
Davis
Washington
Mexico
Return of Major Ladd to Cuba Funds Transfer
Major E F Ladd, ex treasurer of Cuba, arrived from Havana and said he turned over 1 800 000 to General Roloff who had qualified as treasurer of the Island. Ladd noted his staff of ten handled in all 40 000 000 of Cuban funds and that revolutionary party controls affairs while commercial interests favor continued American occupation.
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New York
E. F. Ladd
Cuba
Havana
Roloff
Major Ladd
Revolutionary Party
Relief Drives Jacksonville Fire Aftermath and New Aid Efforts
Jacksonville reports severe hardship with many unaccustomed to labor seeking work. relief measures include clerical hiring, sewing tent with 25 machines, laundry for black workers, sewer cleaning, and a sanitary team to prevent typhoid. martial law remains with 540 soldiers and 43 officers under Col Lovell. New York supplies arrive, and a Windsor Hotel project begins.
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Jacksonville
Fla
The
Relief Association
New York
Lovell
Windsor
Solon Robinson
New York Tribune
Church Street
Indiana
Harvard Overseers Grant McKinley Doctor of Laws
The Harvard board of overseers voted to grant the degree of doctor of laws to President McKinley at their regular meeting. The degree will be conferred at the June commencement, announced President Solomon Lincoln.
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Boston
May
Harvard University
McKinley
Solomon Lincoln
Enlarging the Big Ones Locomotive Works Next
A 1900s era report notes United States Steel Corporation centralizes operations, abandoning smaller plants and moving work to larger Pittsburgh district facilities. Plans include Morgan combine shifts, with many plants like Connellsville, Vandergrift, Neville Island, and others in scope, predicting mass relocation of mill workers to Pittsburgh within a year.
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Pittsburg
Commercial Gazette
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Joshua Rhodes
National Tube Company
Morgan Combine
Connellsville
American Sheet Steel Company
Chester
W. Va
New
Morgan Company
Vandergrift
Apollo Iron and Steel Company
I Thas
Cambridge
East Liverpool
Coshocton
Denison
Dresden
Canton
Canal Dover
Piqua
Carnegie
Hyde Park
Sheet Company
American Steel and Wire Company
Wire Company
Neville Island
Worcester
Mass
Cincinnati
Portage
Newburg
N. Y
Everett
American Tinplate Works
Agnew
Johnstown
New Kensington
Carnegie Steel
Federal Steel Company
Pennsylvania Tube Works
Consolidation Network Formed For Locomotive Makers
The Journal of Commerce reports rapid shaping of a consolidation plan among locomotive builders. International Power Company has bought Cooke locomotive works and Richmond locomotive works in Virginia. W Seward Webb and Geo H Longbottom elected directors. Longbottom ex president of Rogers works. A new company will consolidate nearly all locomotive plants besides Baldwin.
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New York
May
the Journal of Commerce
International Power Company
Cooke Locomotive Works
Richmond Locommotive Works
Richmond
W. Seward Webb
Geo. H. Longbottom
Longbottom
Rogers Locomotive Works
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Undestood
Rhode Island Locomotive Works
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