Wall Street Rebounds After Clearing Exchange Short Sell Woes
After a morning of gloom, a surge in stocks followed the clearing of all exchange members and honored checks. Northern Pacific shorts settle at 1 1 2, aiding a broad rebound led by Union Pacific and the Southwestern group as traders weigh who bears the week’s losses.
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New York
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Shorts
Northern
Pacific
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Southwestern
Hill-Morgan
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
J. P. Morgan & Co
Financial Chaos After Thursdays Stock Market Turmoil
The day after a severe market upset shows banks weak but stabilizing. Inter ests with large stock accumulations rushed buying as supply dwindled, while many houses refused new margin trades. Rain drenched Wall Street as wearied financiers struggled to assess losses, with reports centering on $20,000,000 in bucket shop losses and looming Sunday cleanup at Consolidated Exchange.
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Stock Exchange
Commission Houses
Commission
Northern Pacific
Consolidated Exchange
Jacob H. Schiff
Northern Pacific Road
J. P
General Chaffee Holds Forbidden City In Peking
American forces will remain in control of the Forbidden City in Peking despite allied protests. General Chaffee informed Count von Waldersee a week ago that surrounding districts would be evacuated today and remaining positions reassigned to Germans, with evacuation to Manila delayed ten days due to quarantine aboard the transport Indiana. US troops have been vaccinated.
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Peking
Forbidden City
Washington
Chaffee
Count von Waldersee
Manila
Indiana
Nagasaki
German official opposes open door trade link to indemnity cuts
A German official told an Associated Press representative that discussing a reduced indemnity in exchange for China opening its markets is not timely. Germany holds claims through May and insists reductions depend on China’s ability to pay, noting hostility to foreigners in unopened regions hinders safe foreign trade.
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Berlin
China
Associated Press
Germany
Social visits between Wu and Conger in Washington
Ministers Wu and Conger have exchanged visits since the American envoy arrived in Washington. The meetings were social with no formal political talks, only general remarks on the difficulties of reaching an agreement amid diverse interests in China.
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Washington
Conger
China
Five of a family lost in Bon Voyage disaster
The passenger steamer Bon Voyage of the White Line burned to the water's edge on the Lake Superior shore near the canal. The crew and most passengers escaped by lifeboats. five members of the Altman family from Laurium perished, including grandmother, mother, and three daughters, while a fourth daughter saved by clinging to a fender as the ship beached and grounded about a mile from shore.
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Houghton
Mich
White Line
Duluth
Lake Superior Ship Canal
Altman
Laurium
Edward Denounced as Old Baldheaded Hero of Irish People
Dublin and other Irish cities seized all copies of William O Briens Irish People for abusive attacks on King Edward Cardinal Vaughan and the address to the King. The controversial passages attack an English Catholic cardinal and denounce the king with terms like perjurer scoundrel and abominable person. London police suppress copies sent from Dublin office.
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Dublin
Cork
Limerick
Ireland
William O'Brien
Edward
Cardinal Vaughan
Zola
Nana
Cardinal Prince
Tom
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Duke of Norfolk
London
Sachla A
Government Reluctant to Prosecute Paper Over Objectionable Issue
Many government allies think Mr Wynd ham should have ignored the matter. It appears Mr O'Brien lied at Mallow and was not responsible for the objectionable issue. It is understood the government has no intention to prosecute the paper.
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Wyndham
O'Brien
Mallow
Periodical Revolution Reaches Moca and La Vega
In Santo Domingo districts of Moca and La Vega are in arms against the government. Congress decrees suspension of constitutional guaranties as government troops pursue rebels led by Horacio Vasquez. General Lora is dead and General Bobca captured. San Domingo remains quiet.
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San Domingo
Moca
la Vega
Congress
Santo Domingo
Horatio Vasquez
Lora
Bobca
Locomotive boiler explodes killing four at Mount Dallas
The Huntingdon & Broad Top Railroad boiler exploded at Mount Dallas, fatally injuring four freight crew members from Saxton, Bedford County. Engineers Berkstresser and Hollingshead died at the scene, with Richie and Edwards also dead. Cause unknown but suspected to involve water filling. In Deadwood South Dakota, a Highland hoist boiler blast at Homestake Mining Company injured several, with Ed Bretsford killed, Mandy Klinger and John Cowlin seriously hurt.
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Huntingdon
Broad Top
Mount Dallas
Berkstresser
Charles Hollingshead
John Richie
Thomas Edwards
Saxton
Bedford County
Hollingshead
Deadwood
Highland
Homestake Mining Company
Ed Bretsford
Mandy Klinger
John Cowlin
McKinley’s California Tour Echoes With Flowers and Oratory
President McKinley travels along the coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco amid flower-lined stops and eager crowds. In Santa Barbara he addresses cosmopolitan listeners, praising liberty and progress while noting the Spanish war’s global reach. An onlooker fireside incident shows the fire chief preserving a sight of the president as his house burns.
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San Luis Obispo
Cal
Los Angeles
Santa Clara Valley
Pacific Ocean
Ventura
Santa Barbara
California
San Francisco
del Monte
Monterey
McKinley
Pacific
Philippines
United States
Ramona Hotel
Business bodies report by city delegates featured
George Burnham Jr of Philadelphia chaired the session and presented the report. Following the chair’s remarks, delegates from New York Chicago Scranton Baltimore Kansas City Montreal and New Orleans offered city reports.
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George Burnham, Jr
Philadelphia
R. Fulton Cutting
New York
Wiliam Ritchie
Chicago
Dr. I. J. Landing
Scranton
Charlies J. Bonaparte
Baltimore
Clarence §&. Palmer
Kansas City
Herbert B. Amos
Montreal
W. W. Howe
New Orleans
Cloudburst and Flood Rakes Wheeling and Tarentum
Meteoric rain events flood streams around Wheeling West Virginia and Tarentum Pennsylvania. Peters Chapel Woods runs overflowed Wheeling Creek and B&O tracks delayed two passenger trains. A child reportedly drowned near Greggsville. Ten foot wall of water washed bridges outhouses logs. No confirmed fatalities. In Tarentum heavy rain caused barns to wash away, bridges and tracks damaged, cellars flooded. no deaths reported.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Peters
Chapel
Woods
Wheeling Creek
Trradelphia
Baltimore & Ohio
Greggsville
Leatherwood
Pittsburg
Tarentum
Creighton
Valley Railroad
Seizure of the Irish People debated in Commons
In London May W the House of Commons debated the seizure of the Irish People. John Dillon led the motion for adjournment citing illegal seizure and press liberty, while Wyndham defended the action as against an obscene libel. The motion failed 252 to 4 as critics warned of publicity value for Irish nationalists.
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London
House of Commons
John Dillon
Dillon
Wyndham
Ireland
Queen Victoria
William Redmond
Redmond
America
Balfour
John Burns
Windham
O'Brien
Prominent Troy brewer Samuel Bolton Jr found dead in boiling vat
Samuel Bolton Jr a wealthy brewer and influential Troy businessman was found dead in a vat of boiling lager at his Bolton brewery. Authorities seek light on the mysterious death while Bolton’s hat watch and chain lay nearby and friends call it an accident. He led S Bolton Sdng Beers and held multiple posts including president of Beacon Electric, director at two banks and leader of local Republican politics.
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Troy
N. Y
Samuel Bolton, Jr
Bolton
S. Bolton Sdng
Republican Party
Lansingburg
Beacon Electric Company
Manufacturers’ National Bank
People’s National Bank
Riverside Club
Star Knitting Company
Cohoes
Empire State Power Company
Storm Hammers Delaware City Church. Miss Washington Hurt
An electrical storm hit Delaware city’s southern area. Lightning struck the Second Baptist Church tearing the roof off and starting a fire causing heavy damage. Miss Sarah Washington was knocked unconscious nearby and two babies in a neighboring house were rendered senseless and are in precarious condition.
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Delaware
Second Baptist Church
Sarah Washington
Hanna dismisses 3 year GOP presidential talk
Senator M A Hanna arrived in Cleveland from Washington and will stay through the summer. He called talk of his future nomination ridiculous and especially embarrassing as he chairs the national committee.
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Cleveland
M. A. Hanna
Washington
Republican Party
Oklahoma farmer lynched amid cattlemen conflict in Toland
J L Chandler, an older Toland Oklahoma farmer, was taken from his home and lynched by unidentified cattlemen amid ongoing farmer cattleman tensions over poisoned water. News delayed due to lack of telegraph service. In Georgia, Henry Johnson, a black man, was lynched after firing at a white man named Foraker and confessing intent to kill.
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Wichita
Kan
J. L. Chandler
Toland
Day County
Oklahoma
Woodward
Chandler
Vallecosta
Henry Joanson
Jennson
Foraker
Johnser
Boy's body found in Cromwell Creek after disappearance
Willie McCormick, who vanished weeks ago from New York, was recovered in Cromwell Creek near One Hundred Sixty First Street and Railroad Avenue. Relatives identified the body as the missing boy and his parents said they now believe accidental drowning rather than foul play.
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New York
Willie McCormick
Cromwell Creek
Railroad Avenue
Removal of Governor Dole Demanded by Hawaii Legislature
The first Territorial Legislature of Hawaii ends amid deadlock with Governor Dole over legislation. A concurrent memorial to President McKinley calls for Dole’s removal, accusing him of hindering sessions, withholding information, and refusing cooperation. Home Rule members supported the measure urging an extra session and removal if needed. The governor cites bribery rumors as uninvestigated, while a special grand jury is to probe the charges.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Hawaii
Dole
McKinley
Senate
Humphreys
Theft At Admiral Melville’s Hotel Room Reported
In Los Angeles on May 1 a room belonging to Admiral Melville was entered during his absence yesterday afternoon and more than $60 was stolen from his valise.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Melville
Needy Families in Their Homes Topic at Conference
Washington May W The general session of the national conference of charities and correction today was devoted to a discussion of the subject Needy families in their homes.
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Washington
May W
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Last Day of National Municipal Convention Readouts
Rochester May 10 reports the final day of the National Municipal Convention with the free program featuring the reading of the committee report inviting cooperation among attendees and governments. The event centers on municipal reform and intergovernmental collaboration among cities.
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Rochester
N. Y
Seattle man dies by own action at Hotel York
The body of R. N. Pollock was identified by Rev. R. A. George, former pastor of Trinity Congregational Church in Cleveland, as Pollock. George, in Seattle en route to Cleveland, will take charge of the body and may accompany it there.
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Seattle
Wash
R. N. Pollock
York
R. A. George
Trinity Congregational Church
Cleveland
Neze
George
Detroit Riot. Mounted Police Clash Injures Ten Toward Eleven
An hours long street riot in Detroit ends with about twelve citizens and five police injured. Two men, Mike Wald’n and Louis Caplin, were crushed by mounted officers. Police faced bricks and cobbles as crowds followed Tom Bawden’s exhortations amid public criticism of police orders. Mayor Maybury urged restraint as crowds dispersed by eleven.
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Detroit
Mid
Mike Wald'n
Louis Caplin
James Tuomey
Henry Scott
Thomas Murphy
George Moore
Barney Roonan
Frank Andrews
Police Board
Tom” Bawden
Bawden
Andrews
Campus Martius
Central Police Station
Mike Walden
Maybury
Hunt for insurgent Cailles tightens in Laguna
Manila May 1 Cailles insurgent leader in Laguna province is being closely chased and believed to have fled southward rather than surrender to avoid personal punishment for assassinations. In Tayabas insurgents attacked Pagubac but were repulsed. a Twenty first infantry detachment routed 150 rebels at Zurbanos camp near Luchan, seizing supplies.
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Manila
Cailles
Laguna Province
Laguna
Pagubac
Tayabas
Twenty-first Inefantry
Zurbanos
Luchan
Deaths of Soldiers Since Last Report Cables List
General MacArthur reports deaths by cause with unit letters and dates. Drowned losses include Robert L. Keeton and Walter Ashworth. dysentery deaths include Charles R. Spurgeon and William D. Schultze. typhoid deaths include William R. Metzaker and Columbus Ist May 4. other diseases list Edward E. Dickey and Lawrence Murc hy.
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Washington
MacArthur
HS Twenty-first Infantry
Robert L. Keeton
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Walter Ashworth
Fifth Cavalry
Benjamin Evans
Charles R. Spurgeon
M. F. Eighteenth Infantry
W Lism
Teenth Infantry
Edward E. Dickey
Fifth Infantry
Wi UrEs
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ST. Paul and Lackawanna
Consolidated Gas
Burlington and Amalgamated Copper
International Power
BL & O
St. Louis Southwestern
Sugar
General Electric
GEN. Chaffee
Moncey
England
Hrouc
King
the Irish People
His
Periodical Revolution
M'Kinley
MR. M’kinley
Lager
MR. Hanna
President McKinley
Admiral Melville
the Charities Conference
Pollock
Mounted Police
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