Injunction Issued as Express Companies Struck in Chicago
Judge Kohlsaat issues an injunction under the interstate commerce act barring strikers from interfering with express company business. Mayor authorizes 1000 police for strike duty. firms like Employers' Teaming demand protection for 2000 teams. Strike-breaker Curry vows to shoot. other officials and workers are assaulted amid chaotic scenes in Chicago on April 3.
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Chicago
Kohlsaat
O'Neill
Civil Service Commission
Plovers Challenge Transfer Firms In Freight Tie Up
Five transfer and teaming firms in Chicago resist sending teams to struck houses unless unions permit. They will start loads but drivers will be recalled if pickets stop them. Employers say they must deliver to boycotted stores or lose business. The sei teaming firms named include Arthuron Transfer, Joseph Stockton, W P Read Transportation, Christopher M Lynch, and Stephen T Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Employers’ Teaming Co
Chicago
Employers’ Association
Arthur On Transfer Company
Joseph Stockton Company
W. P. Read
Hearst Acquires Cosmopolitan Magazine In Hearst Purchase
News confirms William R. Alex Walker bought the Cosmopolitan Magazine from Joh Walker after years as editor in chief. Hearst and Walker remained silent on the sale terms and price.
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Hearst
Cosmo
New York
Joh Walker
Cosmopolitan Magazin
Pri
Willian R. Alex Walker
Strike Disorders Persist as Police Killed in Russian Poland
In Lodz four men shot and killed a police sergeant and wounded a detective during a raid. Rioting continued overnight with the military firing on crowds, killing four and wounding several. In Warsaw an unknown assailant shot a sergeant on Hoza street. authorities fear further disorders and a printers strike will halt evening papers.
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Russian Poland
Lodz
Hoza Street
Mur
Hearst Declares Passage to Europe Aboard Kronprinz Wilhelm
Hearst travels as passenger to Europe aboard the Kronprin Wilhelm making a transatlantic voyage. The armada vessel sails under imperial command with crew and security details unlisted in the report.
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Hearst
Europe
Watch That Is Worth Having Discovered in Barn
Bay City Michigan May 3. Frank Tepporten a druggist found his 865 watch he had lost last October after pulling a board from his barn. The watch ran normally when wound.
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Bay City
Mich
Frank Tepporten
Norway Grants 10 Million State Loan For Defense
The storthing unanimously approved a state loan of 10,000,000 to establish a military reserve fund. The finance committee’s recommendation was adopted with only four dissenting votes.
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Norway
Christiania
Storthing
Palture of a Grocer Shelbyville Ltd May 3
Gilbert Bronson a well known wholesale and retail grocer of this city has made a voluntary assignment in favor of his creditors. Liabilities are about 12000 and assets about 10000.
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Shelbyville, Ltd
Gilbert Bronson
Bis
Entomologist Reports Weevil Destroying Bug Found
Falls county Texas reports a peculiar bug discovered that is destroying the boll weevil. Chief Hi How ard of the entomological bureau in Washington has been notified of the finding in Waco. May 3.
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Waco, Tex
Hi. Howard
Entomological Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Falls County
Tex
Japanese Allowed to Land in Seattle
Japanese laborers from Honolulu aboard the Steamship Olympia were landed at Seattle after a Western Central Labor Union attempt to block them failed. The court ruled they are considered to come from United States territory Hawaii, thus allowed to disembark.
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Seattle
Wash
Honolulu
Olympia
Great Northern Railroad
Western Central Labor Union
United States Territory
Hawaii
Thugs Raid a Village in Gilbertsville Bank Heist
A masked gang blew open a safe in the E. C. Brewer bank at Gilbertsville and absconded with estimated loot between 850000 and 10000. They cut telegraph and telephone lines to isolate the village as pursuit began and failed to communicate with nearby towns.
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Oneonta, N
Gilbertsville
E. C. Brewer
Body of James Turner Found in St Joseph River
In South Bend Indiana May 3 the body of James Turner, missing from his home a week earlier, was recovered from the St Joseph river. Early theories of a fall gave way to reports of a train sighting toward Kankakee Illinois and a woman spotting a floating body near Jefferson Street bridge. The discovery closes a hunting mystery as investigators pursue the train lead.
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South Bend
Ind
James Turner
St. Joseph
Turner
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Kankakee
Jefferson Street
Colorado Governor McDonald Rising From Election Dispute
Jesse F. McDonald, newly elected lieutenant governor of Colorado, secured his current office after a contentious contest between rivals James H. Peabody and Alva Adams. A bitter wrangle ended with McDonald being elevated to the governorship.
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Jesse F. McDonald
Colorado
James 11. Peabody
Alva Adams
McDonald
Immortality or No Pay At House of David Colony
In Benton Harbor Michigan Benjamin and Mary leaders of the Ismetite House of David offer a new guarantee: immortality or your money back to new members. A member's mother Harriet DeVan died of pneumonia after joining seeking eternal life. the reply pledges refund of payment upon demand.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Benjamin
Mary
House of David
Bio Department
Harriet DeVan
Grand Rapids
Israel
Ben
Fair One Climbs a Tree at Oxford May Day
Oxford Ohio May 3. Seniors hold May day walk ending in a flag rush with the junior class. At 3 am seniors celebrate and raise colors high on the college lawn. Miss Carrie Moore of Fremont climbs the tree to unfurl junior flags atop the highest bough.
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Oxford
Ohio
Oxford College
Carrie Moore
Fremont, O
Unloaded Pistol Incident In Albany Leave Secretary Wounded
Frank Slavena, secretary of the local underwriters board, was mortally wounded by a revolver wielded by Julia Craver in his offices. The 25 year old woman fired at Havens after forcing him to raise his hands. Craver is under arrest and Havens, 38, married, is dying.
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Albany
L’rank Slavena
Board of Underwriters
Stono Plyer
Julia Craver
Bie Avel Dental
Mina Craver
Havens
Eleven Commandment Adopted At United Christian Convention
Rock Island May An elev commandment was added to the original ten and the whole incorporated in the platform of the United Christian party, which met in annual national convention here. The eleventh commandment is you love one another. Baseball scores follow with games across Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Detroit Philadelphia New York Boston and others with results listed under American Association Western and other leagues.
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Rock Island
May
United Christian Party
Chicago
Langue
Cincinnati
Cineinnat
Reston
New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
Association
Columbus
Louisville
Kansas City
Viannapolis
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Toledo
St. Paul
Western
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Denver
Omaha
Colorado Springs
Des Moines
Market Summary Hogs and Cattle Prices In Chicago Trade
May 3 1908 Chicago markets show hogs receipts 14000 with 2042 carry from yesterday. Prospects: light 85 10 to 85 35 mixed packers 85 15 to 85 40 heavy shipping grades 85 42 44 rough 84 85 to 65 15 cattle 11500 generally 10 higher sheep 15000 slow steady.
Chicago May 3 1905 live stock market report summary
Official receipts and shipments listed for cattle hogs sheep with price ranges across packing firms. Beef and dairy categories show mixed movements, with cattle strong and sheep and lambs steady after an early advance. Market notes include hogs high and light, cows and calves, stockers and feeders, and western lambs with various quoted prices.
King Edward’s Paris Visit Stirs Moroccan Crisis Dialogue
King Edward’s Paris stay amid the Moroccan question draws mixed reactions as observers warn of British encroachment in the Aden area and Kath draws attention to a potential entente. He meets with Delousse and Loubet and visits Baron de Staal and the British embassy during a discreet tour of the city.
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L'Aris
Edward Hee
Fearnet
Mdadward
Paria
Keowelt
Foreign Office
Arabia
Aden
Sheik Said
France
Russia
India
England
Germany
Bagdad
Far East
Baward
Edward
Cty
Lin
Baron de Staal
London
Marquis de Jancourt
Russia's coal woes may shift war power and rail links
British experts say Russia faces coal shortages that threaten war effort and could reshape industry. They expect a Baltic rail network linking Donets coal to ports, possible Black Sea canal, and a rise in Russia's coal use to bolster military capacity, with Donets output near 3 million tons yearly.
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Russia
Japan
Baltic
England
America
Kidnaping Case Upheld by Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines May 3 August Leuth must serve ten years after the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed his sentence for a remarkable kidnapping. He was convicted of abducting a wealthy farmer and his wife and hiding the woman in an abandoned schoolhouse near Tipton while the husband was sent to the bank for $50,000. The wife escaped and the husband returned.
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Des Moines
Leuth
Towa
Supreme Court
Tipton
Furmuer
Esca
W Nosse
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Express
United States Court
Gee
Curry
Frank Curry
Lewis Riseman
George Clark
James Harvey
Montgomery Ward
A. G. Utley
Mont.gomery Ward & Co
Teamsters
Montgomery Ward & Co
Madison Street
Michigan Avenue
Utley
The
Evening Journal
Warsaw
Derer
Other
Evening Papers
Convention of the Sons of the American Revolution
M’donald
Flying Rollers
Mme
Braich
Miss Moore
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Chi Board of Trade
McCall Bros
King
Edward VII
Paris
Johnony Patt
Calla
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