Consolidations, bankruptcies, and industry bids in the Northeast
Rumors of a consolidation among water and gas companies in Washington and Greene counties aim to control pricing for subscribers and manufacturers. In Trenton an Allia Chalmers Company was incorporated to manufacture machinery and engines with substantial capital. Norfolk plans a cotton seed crushers combine to dominate the South’s seed market. Toledo reports Charles Foster filing as a voluntary bankrupt with $747,008.34 in debts and no assets.
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Pittsburg
May
Watera Gas
Washington
Greene Counties
Acheson
Andard OW
Philadelphia
Farcon
Norfolk
Toledo
Charles Foster
Fostoria
the Treasury
United States
Labor and Industry Strikes Ripple Across Regions
The Genoa dock laborers returned to work while Hamburg coppersmiths resumed after threats of shipyard work stoppages. Great Falls Monts Great Northern shops closed by a 40 man strike for higher pay. Oil and coal ventures expand or shift, with Aladdin Vincent striking oil near Charies Louisiana and a Texas coal land development near Trimble county. Wages at Harrisburg Pennsylvania steel works promised restoration by June 1, about 7000 workers. San Francisco bakers and other unions strike in sympathy, while electric belt lines promise faster coalfield shipments in Illinois. Russian steamers to operate under Russian names to avoid Riga authority. Farwell ranch syndicate announces a massive Texas land sale to George W Tuird. Ohio miners face non union labor imports from the Fan na district of West Virginia.
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Genoa
Hamburg Coppersmitha
Great Northern
Great Falls
Mont
Oliver
Park
Tex
Sioux City Packing and Coyon Company
International Eking Company
Armour & Co
Chicago 4
Joseph W. Slowey
Pitts Coal Company
Trimble County
Ohio
Aladdin Vincent
Charies
Louisiana
Pennsylvania Steel Works
Harrisburg
San Francisco
Wiscounty
Ilinois
Chicago & Eastern
London Daily Express
Riga
Chicago
Farwell Ranch Syndicate
George W Tuid
Austin
Texas
Rain likely across regions with warming trend later
Forecast for Thursday and Friday predicts rain for Indians and northern Ohio on Thursday, with fair and warmer conditions Friday under westerly winds. Western portions see warmer Thursday with rain in eastern regions by Friday. Upland and river areas show variable cloudiness and light winds, with cooler nights expected and no significant temperature swings indicated by the local forecast.
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Washington
May
Ohio
Uiness
Fairmount field to take the places of strikers at Wheeling mines
Fairmount field prepared to operate the Wheeling Steam Coal Company mines as strikers’ jobs are filled. James W. Brown leads a new Crucible Steel plan site purchase on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie line near South Monaca.
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Fairmount Field
Wheeling Steam Coal Company
James W. Brown
Crucible Steel Company
Crucible Steel
Pittsburg
Lake Erie Road
Monaca
Crown Syndicate
Ppr Auctioaily
Amalgamated Association
Republicanion and Steel Company
American Steel Hoop Company
W. H. Brinton
Peru Plow and Wheel Works
Peru
Ill
Impresa
United States
New York
Charles H. Deere
Moline Plow Works
Frankfurter Zeitung
Wall-street
National Starch Company
Jay Morton
Chicago
Waukegen
West
Morton
Waukegan
Reading Iron Company
Reading
Oleystreet
Ninth Street
Keystone
Scott Works
Moeller's Career Highlights in Berlin Ministry
Berlin details reveal Herr Moeller, new Prussian commerce minister, once clashed with an American in a Berlin winehouse over insulting remarks about Emperor William. He later questioned Germany US trade ties and tariff policies in the Reichstag amid broader cabinet reshuffles.
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Berlin
Herr Moeller
William
Reichstag
Germany
United States
Washington
Leipsic Volks Zeitung
Socialrat
Ministry of the Interior
Central Union of
Count von Buelow
Reichsanzeiger
Herr Brefeld
Baron von Hammerstein
Riots in Barcelona Reported as Drumhead Court Martial Commences
Dispatches from Madrid say Barcelona faces serious conditions with several rioters shot after drumhead court-martials. Troop clashes with strikers have resulted in fatalities and injuries, reflecting tense unrest in the city.
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London
Madrid
Barcelona
Jury Fist Fight Over Verdict Stirs Indiana Trial
In Muncie Henry Warfel a contract timber arrested a week earlier for disturbing an Interurban car faced a divided jury. The twelve men fought amid claims of guilt before the court unlocked the room to restore order. Cracked heads and bloody noses were reported. the trial ended abruptly.
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Indianajwilis Journal
Muncie
Ind
May
Henry Warfel
Timner
Yorktown
Walter Holbert
Douglas murder case advances in Crawfordsville court
In Crawfordsville Indiana the Douglas murder case continues as Frank Parish of Richmond testifies about the shooting of Doyle and Parish itself at Douglas's home. Parish says he and Doyle knocked on doors and were not seeking trouble though he admits intoxication and a rock in his pocket. Witnesses report shot holes in walls and the State rests its case.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Douglas
Frank Parish
Richmond
Charles Doyle
Doyle
Parish
Dork
McKee Refuses Resign and Salary Cut Sparks Fight
In Loganport Indiana Mayor George P McKee refused to resign after being urged by the City Council for excessive drinking. The council cut his salary from 1000 to 540 annually and McKee warned he would sue to obtain the original pay. He vowed to never resign despite a term promise to abstain from drink. A council mayor confrontation is anticipated. Also Terre Haute report: Captain George Biegler of the Twenty eighth Volunteer Infantry returns from the Philippines and Calif ornia wounded, now a lieutenant in the regular army awaiting assignment.
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Indianapolis Journal
Columbus
Ind
Indiana Municipal League
Z. T Dungan
Huntington
A. J. Frank
The
Christian Tabernacle
George W. Caldwell
W. W. O'Brien
Lawrenceburg
James T. Merryman
Decatur
George N. Lawrence
North Vernon
Madison
Vincennes
Elwood
Richmond
Jeffersonville
Seymour
Bedford
Goshen
Aurora
Irene Hawley
Indianapolis
Logansport
George P. McKee
McKee
Terre Haute
George Biegler
Twenty-eighth Volunteer Infantry
Philippines
California
San Francisco
McKinley
Utah Senator Kearns Returns on Majestic From Abroad
Senator Thomas Kearns of Utah, back from overseas since March 19, comments on Mormon influence in the state. He notes he was elected by the Legislature as a gentile and urges cooperation across lines, urging all to work for the state's development. He mentions fellow gentiles elected include another legislator and a congressman, and says Mormons are liberal, especially the younger generation.
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New York
Thomas Kearns
Utah
Majestic
Valet Jones Taken For Medical Care In Murder Case
Charles F. Jones, chief witness against Albert T. Patrick in Rice murder case, was moved from the House of Detention to a boarding house for treatment. Jones suffers catarrh of the stomach and has not eaten properly for a week, protected by detectives at the boarding house.
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New York
Charles F. Jones
William Marsh Rice
Albert T. Patrick
Rice
Jones
Borda's Sealy Not Safe Porto Rico May Interview
In San Juan Porto Rico May handbills echo a New York Times interview with Wenceslao Borda. He is quoted saying that fathers sell daughters to stave off hunger and that the people are indignant at the state of affairs. If Borda arrives in Porto Rico he could attack the situation.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Wenceslao Borda
New York Times
Whicch
Borda
Circus collapse injures audience at city show
Over a dozen people were painfully but not seriously injured when reserved seats collapsed during a circus performance in Oil City. More than a hundred spectators toppled to the ground as lights went out, with cries of the injured drawing neighbors.
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City
Samuel Gray
Terre Haute
John Paddock
Wabash County
Knightstown
Simeon Yancey
Fortville
Yancey
Putnam County
Greencastle
Steele
John M. Crain
Republican Committee
Bartholomew County
Stone will in Indiana requires family graveyard on farm
The will of John L. Stone of Liberty township Wabash County filed for probate directs opening a family graveyard on the decedent's farm for his burial and imposes family duties toward the graveyard fund. The document notes a curious provision and trusteeship for ongoing maintenance.
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Indianapolis
Wabash
Ind
John L. Stone
Liberty Township
Indiana towns debate traction franchise to Caseyville
In Brazil a proposal seeks a ten mile traction line north to Caseyville with work to begin immediately. A syndicate from Indianapolis also pursues the same route as county commissioners await a decision. In Delphi Bertha Timmons, shot by Wilber Miller, dies after a day of suffering.
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Indianapolis Journal
Brazil
Ind
W. R. Risher
G. W. Redman
Frank Keegan
Cholman McGaughey
Caseyville
Indianapolis
Delphi
Bertha Timmons
Wilber Miller
Rockfield
Miller
Miss Timmons
Indiana Local Deaths and Officials Notes May 8
Reports from South Bend Martinsville Muncie Bloomington and surrounding areas detail fatalities from landslides pneumonia consumption and accidental injuries. Officials note postmaster appointments at Terre Haute and Wabash plus school enumeration figures for Bartholomew and Columbus counties.
Miscellaneous Briefs and Notices from the Era
The Thirty second Infantry was mustered out in San Francisco. A glove bout in Hot Springs Ark. was canceled as Scanian claimed sickness. Baldwin Rice’s estate bond in Houston reached 1 million dollars. St Thomas Church New York elected Rev Dr Ernest M Stires as rector. A therapeutic society meeting favored switching prescriptions to a universal metric system. Fred Smith was shot and killed at Cleo O T after opening fire in a restaurant. Cook Koeddy killed him. Harvard won the intercollegiate golf title at Northfield Yale finished runner up. Princeton held the trophy with a 3 percent score. Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World plans to expunge sick and insane relief provisions from its laws and draft new sections.
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San Francisco
Hot Springs Ark
Baldwin Rice
W. M. Rice
New York
Houston
Tex
St. Thomas Episcopale Church
Ernest M. Stires
Grace Church
Chicago
John Wesley Brown
American Therapeutic Society
Washington
Francis P. Morgan
Fred Smith
Smith
Osborne County
Kansas
Woodmen of
Transatlantic and North Sea Arrivals and Departures
Shipping news lists arrivals and sailings across Liverpool Queenstown and British ports. Vessels include Majestic Servia Manitou H H Meter St Paul Fries kane Germanic Teutonic Dominion Nomadic Patricia Lahn Lahn from Bremen New York Antwerp Hamburg and Southampton calls.
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New York
Majestic
Servia
Liverpool
Manitou
London
H. HH. Meter
Bremen
St. Paul
Southampton
Frieskane
Antwerp
Germanic
Queenstown
Teutonic
Waesland
Philadelphia
Dominion
Portland
Nomadic
Plymouth
Patricia
Hamburg
Lahn
Rotterdam
Statendam
Glasgow
Anchoria
Hanna gift funds research fellowship at Western Reserve
H M Hanna of Cleveland has given 2000 to Western Reserve University to establish a research fellowship in its medical school. The endowment supports physiology and pathology departments and marks one of the earliest foundations of this type in the nation.
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Cleveland
H. BM. Hanna
Han
Western Reserve University
de Tments
Duke of Cornwall and York Open Federal Parliament
The Duke opened the Australian Federal Parliament at noon today in Melbourne with a brilliant ceremony. The event marked the formal start of the new session as officials and attendees observed the historic occasion.
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Melbourne
Duke of Cornwall and
York
Indemnity Talks Narrow to 337 Million Amid China Open Trade Hopes
Washington reports confirm Peking's figures on indemnity, reduced from half a billion to 337 million taels in a note to China. Ministers propose meeting the claim by raising customs duties and easing likin while securing navigation rights and removal of trade barriers. Debate continues on opening the empire to trade and residence amid safety concerns for foreigners.
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Washington
Peking
China
Woo-Sung
Chaffee Speech Echoed in Peking Banquet Remarks
A New York dispatch relays General Gazelee’s banquet in Peking honoring General Chaffee and officers. Chaffee’s political speech suggested Americans and Britishers would not fight each other, favoring British in any crisis, while U.S. officials say no official complaint exists. Berlin paper cites a German account of the Ego incident near Tientsin with a British- Chinese context and claims no political significance.
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New York
Herald
Peking
Gaselee
Temple of Heaven
Chaffee
Legation
General Chaffee
Washington
May
Berlin
Berliner Post
Ego
Tien-Tsin
Pel- Ho
Iccident
Berlin Denies Strained Ties With Russia Over Waldersee Rumor
The Foreign Office declares reports of deteriorating German Russian relations are unfounded. It asserts that ties remain excellent despite British rumors and any alleged slights by Count Waldersee or others.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
Count von Waldersee
Furbeck Brokerage Suspended as Margin Calls Hit
Chicago May 8 W F Furbeck and Co brokers suspended business unable to meet margin calls from New York. Firm faced large liabilities about 515 008 with assets 356 000 leaving a deficit of 159 008. Jamieson and Co brokers arranged settlement plan accepting M M Jamieson notes with staged payments and 4 percent interest.
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Chicago
W. F. Furbeck & Co
New York
Furbeck
Chicago Exchange
McCormick
Seymour-Johnson
Jamieson & Co
M. M. Jamieson
Jamiesons
Will Levy On The County In Kentucky Bond Debts
The Courter- Yiournal reports that Taylor county faces possible federal action if its bonded debt to the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad is not paid. A prior $80,000 compromise was repudiated. Marc Hubbert won a $2,506 judgment plus $359.96 costs in the U S court. United States Marshal Jamess holds the county’s assessment books as a levy is prepared by the special commissioner David May.
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Louisville
Taylor County
United States
Muhlenberg County
Barr
Marc Hubbert
United States Court
Jamess
David May
Notable deaths from across the nation gathered in brief notices
A string of obituaries from Denver, Blue Rapids, Vicksburg, Johnstown, McKeesport, New York and Ottawa report the deaths of prominent figures. Mary Loring Cort, Siam missionary and author of The Heart of Father India, dies at age 54 in Denver. Frederick A. Stocks, longtime treasurer official and Chicago world fair exhibitor, dies in Blue Rapids. Captain H. L. Coppee of the US Engineers dies in Greenville. John M. Carroll, former member of the Forty-second Congress, dies in Johnstown at 78. Maj. W. N. Robbins, coal prominent figure, dies in McKeesport aged 73. W. E. Spler, ex-treasurer of International Paper, dies in New York. Justice King, estate official, native of Brunswick, dies in Ottawa.
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Denver
Col
Mary Lorina Cort
Siam
Simon Cort
Farther
India
Blue Rapids
Kan
Frederick A. Stocks
United States
Dor Harrison
Treasury
Chicago
State Senate
Vicksburg
Miss
H. L. Coppee
United States Engineers
Greenville
Coppee
Yazoo
Mississippi
Johnstown
John M Carroll
M'Keesport
W. N. Robbins
New York
W. E. Spler
International Paper Company
Ottawa
Justice King
Brunswick
Robbery at Post Office Station No 0
Miss Louise Wolf left the money drawer at 108 Virginia avenue post office station to answer a telephone scam claiming a registered package. While she was away across the street, a thief entered the desk and stole about $10 in silver from the drawer.
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Post Office
Virginia Avenue
Louise Wolf
Miss Wolf
Queensware
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Washington St
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