Meat Yard Strife Rages as Wagons Guarded by Police
A Chicago report portrays violent clashes at the Union Stock Yards during a beef packers strike. Thirty six meat wagons, escorted by police and two omnibuses, transported supplies amid stones and fire from rioters. Imported black workers and strikers fought with ice pike poles. several injured, one man possibly dying. After hours of talks, unions pressed for recognition while management offered wage and hour concessions.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
George June
Anglo-American Packing Company
St.Louis
Forty-fifth Street
Center Avenue
Sensational Worcester Wedding Provokes Militant Crowd At St John
Mary Donahar a Worcester public school teacher married Maurice Quinn a Brocton dentist at St John church in Worcester. One thousand women hissed and surged around the wedding party as police stood helpless. The protest followed an attempted shooting of Quinn by Bertha Condon who claimed he betrayed her.
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Worcester
Mass
St. John
Mary
Quinn
Morgan speaks on canal project amid seismic fears
Morgan opened a near three hour debate on constructing an isthmian canal. He disputed claims of seismic dangers to the Nicaragua route, saying the danger exists only in the imaginations of canal opponents.
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Senate
Morgan
Nicaragua Canal
New Ambassadors Named in Washington Diplomacy Change
The British appoint Michael Herbert as ambassador successor to the late Lord Pauncefote, with high rank from Paris. Senor de Ojeda becomes Spanish minister succeeding Duke de Arcos, his transfer due to Arcos illness and Brussels posting to be near eye treatment.
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Washington
Michael Herbert
Lord Pauncefote
Senor de Ojeda
Duke de Arcos
Herbert
Paris
Duke Arcos
United States
Brussels
Duke d'Arco
Indiana Democrats Battle Over Bryan Endorsement At State Convention
At Indianapolis Indiana the state Democratic convention ended a mostly harmonious day with a contentious resolutions committee session. Bryan supporters urged a platform endorsement while the majority resisted tying Bryan’s name to the state campaign. A Philippines independence plank sparked hours of debate before agreement. The statewide ticket named Schoonover Stillwell Riggs Herff.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Committee On Resolutions
Friends
William J. Bryan
Kansas City
Bryan
Philippines
Albert Schoonover
Attica
W. E. Stillwell
Princeton
James R. Riggs
Sullivan
Jerome Herff
Peru
Chicago job printers win first wage raise in twenty years
Chicago employers grant a city wide wage raise for the first time in two decades. More than 1,800 workers will receive $19.50 weekly after previously earning $18. An apprentice ratio dispute remains. printers seek one apprentice per ten workers while employers want one per five, to be settled by arbitration.
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Chicago
Flood Strikes Juliet Toller Area Widespread Damage
Flood waters inundate the lower city during Tuesday's deluge. Police report drownings including Eddie McGovers Lizzie McGean and a young Kennedy girl. Many families forced from homes as boats rescue others and buildings are washed away.
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Toller
Eddie McGovers
Lizzie McGean
Kennedy
Canal legislation moves toward canal route decision
After the Philippines bill vote, Senator Morgan motions to take up the canal bill as unfinished business. The Spooner substitute backed by canal committee head Morgan and Senator Hanna awaits debate with several senators wary. Debate centers on Nicaragua versus Panama routes and possible volcanic or diplomatic obstacles before any final passage.
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Philippines
Morgan
Senate
House of Congress
Nicaragua
Canal Committee
Hanna
Cullom
Spooner
Panama Company
Panama
Congress
Rioting the streets of Chicago over meat wagon strike
Rioting erupted in Chicago as 1800 National Teamsters wagon drivers strike disrupted deliveries to ten big stores on State Street. A crowd of nearly 2000 men blocked wagons at South Clark Street as non union drivers faced harassment and a passenger was injured. Police failed to restore order amid overturned patrols and loaded wagons sent back to warehouses.
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Chicago
Teamsters
South Clark Street
Irwin Brothers
Isaac Bean
National Teamsters’ Union
Marshal Field & Co
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
C. A. Stephens and Brothers
Mandell Bros
Schlesinger & Mayer
Hillman’s Boston
the Fair
Aan Rothschilds
Engel & Co
Lengthy Boer War Ledger Cites Costs and Key Dates
A historical tally recounts the Boer War duration from October 11, 1899 to May 31, 1902 with figures for Boer and British forces, lost lives, money spent, and major turning points. It lists stages of combat, reliefs of garrisons, notable sieges, surrenders, and peace negotiations.
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Ceylon
St. Helena
Bermuda
Gape
Britain
Kimberly
Ladysmith
Mafeking
Lord Robert
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain and Ireland
Joseph Chamberlain
Lord Milner
South Africa
Lord Roberts
French
Ian Hamilton
Bruce Hamilton
Tucker
Kekewith
Kruger
South African Republic
Steyn
Orange Free State
Schalkburger
Transvaal
Joubert
Louis Botha
de Wet
Delarey
Cronje
Viljoen
Kriteinger
Stormberg
Magersfontin
Colenso
Redvers Buller
Spion Kop
Roberts
Paardeberg
Bloemfontein
Methuen
Cecil Rhodes
Charges Against Officials In St Louis Grand Jury Report
The April grand jury in St. Louis issued final indictments against Fred W. Zeigen secretary to the former mayor. Zel gepheim charged in five counts with obtaining money by false pretenses. Charles F. Kelley ex speaker of the house of delegates. Delegate Charles L. Geraghty and Councilman Louis Schnell charged with misdemeanor in office. The panel praised the revelations as appalling and noted possible corruption beyond the city.
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Beeu
St. Louis
W. B. Douglas
Fred W. Zeigen
Zelgepheim
Brand
Charles F. Kelley
House of Delegates
Charles L. Geraghty
Louis Schnell
Grand Jury
Tno
Georgia Judge Rules Beef Trust Indictable Across Counties
In Savannah Judge Pope Barrow of Chatham Superior Court directs the grand jury to pursue the meat packing firms. He asserts heads of large packing houses can be indicted in any Georgia county for elevating and maintaining meat prices and for forestalling and engrossing.
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Georgia
Pope Barrow
Chatham Superior Court
Savannah
Beef Trust
Not Attending Church Supper Noted by Doctor
In the Richmond Dispatch the doctor remarks that the church supper missed by a participant would have done them good. The doctor adds that three others have already benefited from his prescriptions.
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Richmond
Salary raise expected next month conversation
A RaAlpa informs Cope that their boss plans to raise salaries next month and hopes the raise applies this month. Phila delivers a perplexing response about Philadelphia.
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Phila
Delphia Kevord
Rubbing It In Dialogue Snippet In Newspaper Style
A short comic exchange features Boerem and Miss Cutting in a playful chat about fear of the dark. Boerem recalls childhood nerves while Miss Cutting teases him about waiting for daylight to go.
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Boerem
Miss Cutting
The King's Coronation Health Voyage Advertising
The piece highlights the coronation as a grand, costly event drawing world attention and travelers seeking health via ocean voyages. It promotes Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion and biliousness and mentions Tetterine as a skin remedy, noting physicians and druggists in various locales.
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Hoatetter
Your Dealer For Aliens - Foot-Ease and Soothing Cures
An old advertisement fragment touts Foot-Ease remedies for corns swollen and sore feet, with claims of curing ingrowing nails. It lists Le Roy New York and Pasay Hall as locations. References a Druggists and a 75 cent price in a garbled line about a wife.
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LeRoy
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Mongin
CANAL
Pauncefote
Senor Ojeda
Juliet
Sinois City
Dom Paul Kruger
Berp Trust
Ohio
W.C. McCall
Granvillé
Shaptrine
Gavannah
Gix
Thopson. 1 Co
Dérsport
Pasay Hall
Ayer
Mirs
F. A
Soule
Billings, Mont
Drugratan
Candy Sathartag
EEM Company
Atlanta
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