Terrific collision on electric line near Albany
An Albany and Hudson Railway crash left five dead and over forty injured as two electric cars racing for a switch on a sharp curve collided at about six o clock. The wreckage tore cars apart and 120 men and women formed a bloodied pyramid amid screams and chaos.
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Albany
N. Y
Greenbush
Albany & Hudson Railway
East Greenbush
Howard J.r
State Department of Publi Instruction
Rogers
Car Crash Leaves Passengers Scrambled and Dead
A late 19th century rail collision near Albany left many injured and one fatal, as cars plowed into each other with no warning recorded. Passengers, including Maude Kellogg and George Barry, suffered severe injuries while others perished. the downed third rail line linked Albany with New York.
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Rogers
Niverville
Albany
Barry
George C. Barry
Fred J. Smith
Homeopathle Hospital
David Mahoney
St. Peter's Hospital
Ac B. Blauvelt
State Treasurer's Office
Maude Kellogg
Round Lake
George
Troy
Albany & Hudson
New York
Funeral of J. R. Tanner in Springfield Lincoln Shadowed Burial
Former Illinois governor J. R. Tanner was laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery in a military and Episcopal funeral. The procession from the Statehouse to St Pauls Cathedral and the cemetery featured volleys, taps, bells, and a 13-gun salute, with 30,000 spectators and governors Yates and staff in attendance. Representative John G Jones announced a plan to erect a monument in Chicago honoring Tanner for mustering in a colored regiment in the Spanish American War.
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Springfield
Tanner
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Lincoln Monument
Fifth Infantry
Illinois National Guard
Lincoln
Eity
Statehouse
Turney English
St. Paul's Protestant Cathedral
Seymour
Frederick Taylor
St. Paul's
Yates
Fifth Regiment
Culver
Grand Army of the Republic
Maccabees
Springfield Federation of Labor
Odd Fellows
Isaac N. Phillips
Bloomington
Supreme Court
Archdeacon Taylor
Episcopal Church
Behop Seymour
John G. Jones
Chicago
United States
Eighth Illinois Infantry Volunteers
Cuba
Santiago
Deaths in Milwaukee Claim Two Noted Locals
Milwaukee merchants leader Harry Wilkins secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association died today from apoplexy. Leonard Batz pastor of St Peter and Paul Catholic Church and former Milwaukee archdiocese vicar general died tonight after two weeks illness from hydrostatic pneumonia with heart and stomach trouble.
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Milwaukee
Harry B. Wilkins
Merchants’ and Manufacturers' Association
Wilkins
Middletown
Mass
Mer. Leonard Batz
St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church
Pastor Dies While Delivering Corner Stone Sermon
In Quincy Illinois Rev Louis Zahn pastor of St John s Lutheran Church collapsed and died during the corner stone laying ceremony for the new St Jacobi Church. Rev J H Hirschberger of St Louis spoke first then Zahn spoke briefly before dying within minutes. William Hallenburg hurriedly completed the stone laying.
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Quincy
Ill
Louis Zahn
St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. Jacobi
J. H. Hirschberger
St. Louis
Zahn
William Hallenburg
Elgin Watch Founder Thomas Morris Avery Dies in Chicago
Thomas Morris Avery founder of the Elgin National Watch Company died in Chicago today from a stroke. Born in Madison County, he had led the firm for years and established its famed watchmaking legacy.
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Chicago
Thomas Morris Avery
Elgin National Watch Company
Mr. Avery
See Wone
Madison County
Insular Cases to Be Decided on Status of Puerto Rico and Philippines
The Solicitor General outlines the central issues in the insular cases. Key questions ask whether Puerto Rico and the Philippines are integral parts of the United States under the tax uniformity clause, and how annexation affects Hawaii’s application of customs laws. The briefing contrasts proceedings in Goetz Crossman Dooley and Downes with the fourteen diamond ring case.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Philippines
Porto Rico
United States
Armstrong
United
Dooley
Goetz
de Lima
Downes
Hawaii
Crossman
Court of Claims
United States Circuit Court
Hawaiian Republic
Congress
Prune trade shifts and Austrian leather demand cited
The report notes prunes shipped to New York and California cutbacks in American sole leather while tanned kid skins rise in Austria. Austrian skins are sent to the United States for tanning and returned, undercutting home tanned leather. A Swiss-like demand for American goods could emerge in Austria with energetic American agents. Lieutenant Colonel Francis Michler, aide to General Miles, is gravely ill and may die, with physicians warning of a dangerous relapse requiring strong heart tonics.
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New York
Bisman
Europe
Austria
United States
America
Hossfeld
Washington
Francis Michler
Miles
Sentry Surrender and German Fire Wounds Incident at Peking
United States legation guards faced hostility from German officers and soldiers in Peking. An American sentry fired after a German soldier charged past. a German officer drew his sword but refrained. The wounded German soldier received only a light flesh wound. Major Robertson opened an investigation as German officials urged restraint.
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Peking
United States
Legation Guard
Legation
Robertson
Mumm von Schwartzenstein
Count von Waldersee
Forbidden City
Tsing-Tau
Emperor Kwang Su
South Carolina Senate Contests Shake Up Power Play
In Columbia on May 2, Sen McLaurin and Sen Tillman plan a tacit bid for the long term. McLaurin’s unexpired term will be filled by a new man. Four candidates emerge: Latimer, Henderson, Johnstone, and Willie Jones amid party maneuvering and possible gubernatorial intervention. The State editorial urges a third candidate to challenge the pair.
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Columbia
8. C
McLaurin
Tillman
Democratic Party
Asbury C. Latimer
D.S. Henderson
Aiken
George Johnstone
Willie Jones
Democratic Executive Committee
The
South Carolina National Bank
Johnstone
Latimer
Efort
US Consuls Report On Trade With Austria In 18
Washington May 2 The State Department released part of the Commercial Relations of the United States for 18 chapter from Consuls Mahin at Reichenberg and Hansfeld at Trieste. Mahin reports Bohemian glass industry losing U S market to cheaper German and American goods and warns of eventual American grass goods flooding European markets. He notes Bohemia has not imported American machinery or agricultural implements and sees virgin field for U S machinery sales.
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Washington
Frederic Emory
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
State Department
United States
Austria
Mahin
Reichenberg
Hansfeld
Trieste
Bohemia
Mrs McKinleys Rain Tamed Nevada Dust on Presidential Ride
Ogden Utah May 26 The presidential train crossed Nevada today reaching Ogden at 6 30 pm. The route followed the Humboldt river Ruby and Wasatch mountains into the Salt Lake basin. Mrs McKinley tolerated the altitude and desert dust aided by a rainstorm that cooled the air. President and Cabinet kept to their rooms most of the day with light handshakes at Carlin. Chicago awaits Tuesday afternoon arrival.
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Ogden
Utah
Nevada
Humboldt River
Ruby
Wasatch Mountains
Salt Lake Basin
Wells
Bartuch
Supreme Court
Kearns
James A. Miner
Salt Lake
Grt
Carlin
Chicago
Washington
Foreign disturbance at Peking goes unreported
Washington officials attach no importance to the clash between Germans and an American sentinel in Peking. Such affairs are regrettable but expected where language differences may cause mis understanding of orders. No report of the incident reached the War Department.
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Washington
Peking
War Department
Powers Too Greedy and the China Indemnity
In Ogden Utah on May 26 the President and Cabinet discuss China indemnity as European powers resist US ideas. They condemn exorbitant demands, warn against dismembering China, and propose accepting Chinese bonds at 3 percent without joint power endorsement to show America’s aid intent.
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Ogden
Utah
Washington
United States
China
Ban on Word Male at Suffrage Convention Voices
Miss Susan B Anthony travels to Minneapolis for the National Woman's Suffrage Association convention. She notes treasury strength and membership growth, highlights joint petitions to Congress for a sixteenth amendment, and calls for excluding the word male from island constitutions in suffrage clauses. Also mentions Rev Anna Shaw, Rachel Foster Avery, and Henry B Blackwell Family.
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Chicago
Susan B. Anthony
National Woman's Suffrage Association
Minneapolis
Miss Anthony
Anna Shaw
Rachel Foster Avery
Henry B. Blackwell
Alice Stone Blackwell
Boston
Congress
New Islands
Flirting Sparks Elevator Strike at Pittsburg Office
In Pittsburg on May 26, a dispute at a large Park office building led to a strike among elevator boys. The superintendent alleged the workers dallied with the pretty typewriter girls, delaying rides to flirt. The men resisted orders to stop the flirting and feared a plan to replace them with a Black operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Big Park
Sppstiptee Iide
Tenants Walk Out Prompt Elevators Blocked Park Building
In a fifteen story Park building tenants including pretty typists left after an insistence, causing elevator stoppages and much stair climbing. New tenants later filled the floors and the flirtation reportedly paused for a time.
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Ent
Park
SAYS HE WAS SHANGHAIED Story of an Alleged Manhattan Club Member
Vancouver report May 26 details the arrest of W Moll aboard the sugar steamer Condor for obtaining money under false pretenses. Moll claims the name Mellinger and ties to a wealthy English family and the Manhattan Club in New York. He says he was shanghaied in San Francisco after cashing a $00 draft and spending lavishly, arriving as a servant to an officer and victimizing local merchants.
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Vancouver
B. C
W. Moll
Condor
Moll
Mellinger
Manhattan Club
New York
San Francisco
Tribute to a prelate crowds honor Archbishop Feehan
In Chicago on May 2, Archbishop Feehan of the Roman Catholic Church returned to active episcopal duties after health concerns. A procession of eight thousand people with banners escorted him to the West Side Jesuit Church where he confirmed six hundred children. The route paused at Catholic schools for deaf and dumb children as his carriage overflowed with flowers.
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Chicago
Feehan
West Side
West Side Jesuit Church
Union Endorses Subway Tunnel Strike In New York
The Central Federated Union of New York endorsed the rapid transit tunnel strike at its weekly meeting. Labor leaders warn a complete tie up of subway work unless contractors meet wage and hour demands, despite President John J. Pallas opposing the move. The union commended the walking delegates and voted to support the strike, though arbitration terms had been agreed with subcontractors.
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New York
Central Federated Union of
Central Federated Union
John J. Pallas
Philadelphia Machinists Strike Progress Report
By May 26 in Philadelphia the second week of the strike shows 2,800 of 7,000 machinists working nine hours with no wage cuts as 67 firms shift to the nine hour day. Forty-one firms employing 2,000 workers remain on strike for nine hours, several large firms offer compromises, and 42 firms lack union strength and may be targeted if actions proceed.
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Philadelphia
Cincinnati Machinists Strike Ends Rebound in Work
In Cincinnati during the past week seventeen of seventy shops signed the new machinists scale and 900 men returned to work. About 300 machinists, laborers and apprentices remain idle, with roughly the same number still out.
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Cincinnati
Buffalo and Dunkirk Rail Shops Strike Settlement Talk
The Lehigh Valley shops in Buffalo report the strike ended with 315 of 354 workers remaining on site. Buffalo New York Central machinists seek a nine hour day and 10 percent wage rise starting June 1. Brooks locomotive works talks at Dunkirk aim to avert closure of three weeks, with American Locomotive Company potential takeover leaving over 2,500 idle.
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Toledo Machine and Tool Company
New York Central Railway
Buffalo
Lehigh Valley
van Alfen
Brooks Locomotive Works
Dunkirk
N. Y
American Locomotive Company
Fire on Steamer Fannie C Hart Causes Panic at Sea
Fire broke out in the boiler house of the passenger steamer Fannie C Hart returning to Menominee from Escanaba with 30 passengers. Passengers panicked briefly but the fire was quickly controlled and damage expected to be small.
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Menominee, Mich
Fannie C. Hart
Escanaba
Fire destroys warehouse in Chicago. broom corn burned
A Chicago warehouse at Eighty first and Wallace streets burned to destroy broom corn valued at $200. The owner, W. L. Rosenberg, is a Chicago manufacturer. The fire also destroyed a fee valued at $25,000 belonging to the Cortland-based Cortans Wagon Company.
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Chicago
Eightyfirst
Wallace Streets
W. L. Rosenberg
Cortsans Wagon Company
Cortland
Soap Factory Burned at Torrian Mexican Town
La Union soap factory in Torrian, run by Serrano and Farias and owned by residents of this place and neighboring districts, was destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at 000 with $190,000 insured. Cause of fire unknown.
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Torrien
Mex
la Union
Postmaster Killed in Feud Near Carter Oklahoma
El Reno Oklahoma May reports say Postmaster Lowry and his son of Carter in Washita County were shot and killed last Thursday by a man named Fowler in a feud sparked shooting.
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EL Reno
C. T
Lowry and Son
Carter
Wachita
Fowler
Mine Owners form alliance to unite coal regions in four states
Indiana company to be capitalized at 10 to 12 million dollars with Terre Haute as headquarters. Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pittsburg district operators plan a centralized ownership and control to manage coal inventories, finances, and wages, aiming to ease disputes and coordinate sales while denying aims of unrest.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Ilinois
Chicago
Indiana Trust Company
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pittsburg
Indiana Company
New Jersey
Gous
Sullivan
Pulona
J. Smith
Talley
Pee Indiana Operators’ Association
Indianapolis
Hoes
United Mine Worker
Cay Be
United Mine
van Horn
Ie Uni
Independent window glass plants delay blast end date
In Hartford City Indiana May stockholders of Point Marion Penn Cooperative decide to operate the plant until June 3. Jules Quertinmont, president and Federation director, to inform the executive board. Blackford Glass also delays action, signaling further complications for the cooperative window glass industry.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Point Marion Penn
Jules Quertinmont
Federation of Co-operative Factories
Blackford Glass Company
Nike
In Favor of Miners at Ogle Mine Strike
A Terre Haute arbitration board siding with five hundred miners at the Ogle mine in Greene county awarded back wages after a strike over firemen pay. The dispute centered on whether current wages matched the prior year or the new contract, with the board ruling for the miners and a regional dispute over arbitration timing.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Board of Arbitration
Lake
Ogie
Greene County
Ogle
New International Society of Arboriculture Formed
The Indiana Forestry Association dissolved by vote, replaced by the International Society of Arboriculture. Charter members span thirty states and several foreign countries. John P. Brown, formerly secretary of the Indiana group, elected secretary of the new organization.
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Indianapolis
Connersville
Ind
Indiana Forestry Association
International Society of Arbortculture
John P. Brown
Vid Associattion
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A. W. Crotsley
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Fred Herzog
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