Strike Likely As Miners Consider Walkout
New York May 5 United Mine Workers President John Mitchell says a secret conference with coal operators failed on key miners scale issues. The executive committee of the three anthracite districts may meet in Scranton May 7 to authorize a strike affecting about 147000 miners and possibly more across bituminous coal. Mitchell notes operators refused concessions on wages hours and pit-mouth welching and calls the situation threatening.
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New York
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
National Civic Federation
Ohled
United Mine Workers of America
Scranton
Mitchell
Water Cure for Gophers Reported a Local Farmer's Success
E C Williams of Palmyre on his Illinois farm used a water hose from a wagon tank to flood gopher holes. The animals surfaced and were captured by dogs, killing 306 pests. Nearby farmers complain gophers threaten corn as numbers rise each year.
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Clinton, Ill
E. C. Williams
Palmyre
Palimyre
The Art of Self Defense and Blood Purity Claims
The excerpt argues true defense against unseen foes in air and water via pure blood. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifying remedy, claiming it removes harmful substances and disease germs. A testimonial from Wm Fleeter of Iowa supports cures attributed to the product and mentions poison ivy. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are noted as curing constipation.
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Pierce
Wm, Fleeter
Redoak
Montgomery Co
Iowa
Dr. Pierce
Golden
Orient
Golden Medical Discovery
Memorial Services for Cummings Held in House Chamber
Public memorials honor the late Representative Cummings in the House Chamber. The service featured Peters, Kelly, and Dineley among attendees, with a burial planned in Trungton, New Jersey. Reports also note the death of Representative Peter J. Oley of Virginia, who had been chosen to accompany Cummings’ remains.
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Washington
May S
House
Representative Cummings
Hall of Representatives
Kelkley
Pennsylvania
Dineley
Maine
G.ace
Merritt Chapel
Trungton
N. J
Peter J. Oley
Virginia
Lynchburg
Cummings
New York
Attem
Romaine
Baltimore
Preacher Accused in Missouri Murder Case
Springfield May 5 a young man murdered Monday night is identified as Charles Isaksson of Granite City Illinois John Polett of Grafton Illinois is jailed charged with the crime Polett admits being with Isaksson last Monday but denies the murder He is a preacher who recently led at McCloskey The mutilated body was found in northern Springfield hours after the alleged meeting Polett says he spoke to clear himself of suspicion
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Springfield
His
Charles Isaksson
Granite City
Ills
John Polett
Grafton
Polett
Teakeson
Desice
Aliseeson
McCloskey
Janksson
Washington
Senate
Patterson
Gardener
Philippines
Chaffee
Inquiy
Representatve Cummings
House
Cummings
Notable Death and Local News Across The States
Miss Hattie Spear daughter of Captain J Spear is dead after strangulation following a throat abscess. Lincoln reports a new high May first half 90 degrees at the government station. Beatrice de Berrone daughter of Don Carlos survives an attempted Tiber suicide. A tramp in Be Beatrice Neb attacked a girl. bloodhounds pursue. Daniel McDougall wins 5000 in a Port Huron verdict against City Electric Railway. Marvin Hart stops Kid Carter in Louisville boxing match after eight and a half rounds.
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Adrian
Mich
Hattie Spear
J. Spear
Lincoln
Neb
Government Station
London
Central News
Rome
Beatrice de Berrone
Don Carlos
Tiber
Port Huron
May S
Daniel McDougall
City Electric Railway Company
Louisville
Marvin Hart
Kid” Carter
Brooklyn
Southern Athletic Club
Movements and Arrests Dominate May Day Dispatches
Norfolk reports Major Waller's wife receiving a cablegram that he will sail Saturday from Manila aboard the Warren to San Francisco. Barcelona notes two men arrested while attempting to blow a weaving factory at San Martin de Provensals during a shift of four hundred workers. Southampton says Dr. Jameson Lord Wolseley and Rudyard Kipling arrived from South Africa.
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Norfolk
Barcelona
San Martin de Provensals
Lord Wolseley
England
Southampton
Dr. Jameson
Field Marshal
Lord Wolsley
Rudyard Kipling
South Africa
Lansing Plans Semiannual Primary School Apportionment
The public institution department prepares the May 10 apportionment of primary school money at 52 cents per child. The total amount to be distributed is about $380,000.
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Lansing
Mich
Public Institution Department
Feud Fight Near Beaver Creek Leaves Four Hurt or Dead
In a feud on Beaver Creek near the Knott Letcher border, William Os borne and Hiram Little were killed, Samuel Cook severely injured, and Geo Reedy slightly hurt.
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Ola, Ky
Beaver Creek
Knott and Letcher Counties
William Osborne
Hiram Little
Samuel Cook
Geo. Reedy
Immigrant Tide Reaches New York City in Four Months
Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island surged to 25 120 during a single week and 178 004 in the first four months of the year, a record pace surpassing any prior period. Crowds formed as thousands gathered to witness arrivals, with officials contending with disorder and the influx drawing concern from Italian authorities.
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New York
Immorante
Anders
Prince at the Banquet Hears South African Pacts
At the Royal Academy banquet in Burlington House a distinguished company of 260 persons attended. The Prince of Wales presided and heard discussions on South African transportation pacts amid formal addresses and ceremonial proceedings in London.
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George of
Wales
London
Royal Academy
Burlington Louse
Prince of R We . v . U
Great Wreck Not Fatal Passenger and Switch Engine Collide
A Chicago Springfield passenger train near Joliet Illinois collided with a switch engine in the steel mill yards. The wreck overturned locomotives and derailed cars but left the three remaining coaches on track. About 150 aboard. many escaped with minor injuries while others uninjured.
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Joliet
Ill
Alton
Chieago-Springfeld
King's Evil and the Promise of Golden Medical Discovery
A historical view of kings touching for scrofula, the so called King's Evil, contrasted with modern understanding. The article extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier claiming cures for scrofula and related lung diseases, with testimonials from physicians and patients asserting lasting benefits and urging use over mineral remedies.
Untitled fragment notes a death and a salesman in Rochester
Fragment mentions a man who was thought dead and a commercial salesman from a Rochester leather house. The text is incomplete and provides few verifiable details beyond the roles and location.
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Dently
Henediet
Rochester
Storm slams through Iowa fields damaging farms and telegraph lines
A cyclone tracked from northwest to southeast across central Iowa destroying farmhouses barns windmills and crops. Telegraph and telephone lines fell in affected districts. In Sheldon Webster City and Jackson township farms were leveled or harmed and livestock died. The storm damaged rural telephony as it moved through several communities.
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Omaha
Neb
Lowe
Barnes
Sheldon
Webster City
Howees
Borne
Aterm
Briely
Paseed
Jackson Township
James Tt
Moiias
Storre
Man Robbed Registered Mail In Midwestern Railway Run
Wa bash railroad clerk Heinman on the Omaha Prunewick division rifled a registered pouch at Prunewick Missouri and took 1000 dollars. After the run ended he spent the money publicly. Police recovered about 1000 dollars and telegrams were sent to division inspectors in St Louis. He claimed to act in defiance of the law while distributing the money. The funds were from the First National Bank of Cornell Mills La.
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St. Louis
Brunswick
Firet National Tank
Cornell Muits
Carrie Nation at Michigan State University riotous welcome
Carrie Nation spoke to about 1000 Michigan State University students in Ann Arbor May 5. The hatchet activist’s outdoor address drew a mixed reception as the crowd chanted the college yell and eventually taunted her, prompting her to retire amid a shower of jeers and souvenir hatchets grabbed by students.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Carrie Nation
Michigan State University
Hatchet Wielder
Kansas
Carrie
Victory Over Moros in Mindanao Battle Trench Lines Captured
Cablegram from General Criffee reports a decisive assault on Sultan Dayan’s Moro stronghold at Mayan. Four trench lines taken, most Moros killed or wounded. 84 survivors marched out. Sultan Dayan and key leaders are dead or captured. US forces hold and plan to detain principal leaders as hostages.
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Woshington
Criffee
Sultan Dayan
Princelpak Mero
Geo. W. Davis
Dayan
Mayan
Payon
Maja Mudalayan
Pandapatan
Maldwin
United States
USA
Malabeng
Tare
Bayan
Manila
Murder of US Soldiers Overshadows Mindanao Clash
Mindanao fighting ends with sultan of Bayan’s fort captured after Moros who posed as friends murder two US soldiers from the Twenty seventh Infantry. An ultimatum for killers’ surrender is ignored and an expedition begins to demand satisfaction. Also notes large Moro surrender in earlier days and a court ruling on postal rate cases for publishers.
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Washington
Mindanao
Bayan
United States
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Malobang
Philippines
Cliss
District Supreme Court
Post Office Department
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