Peary Receives Gold Medal in London
London May 5 Commander Robert E Peary received the Royal Geographical Society gold medal in a packed Albert Hall ceremony. The audience of over 10,000 included Mrs Peary, Ambassador Reid, the Duke of Newcastle, Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Lord Dunraven, and senior Arctic explorers. Peary praised the expedition while the medal ticked from its case before he thanked the society and looked ahead to Captain Scott's Antarctic voyage.
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Robert FE. Peary
Albert Hall
Royal Geographical Society
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Peary
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Albert Markham
George Nares
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Darwin
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Bartlett
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Maine Vessel Wreck To Be Raised For Burial At Arlington
Washington reports after twelve years the battleship Maine will be removed from Havana harbor and its crew interred at Arlington National Cemetery. A bill for removal and burial passed both houses, and raising the wreck could reveal the explosion’s exact cause.
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Washington
Caine
Havana Harbor
National Cemetery
Arlington
House
Senate
Maine
Havana
Johnson and Berger Fail to Agree on Referee for Big Fight
San Francisco May 5 Johnson and Berger could not agree on a referee for the major bout. John son requested Tex Rickard to set a ten day deadline to settle the matter. Berger had been directed to reject Jack Welsh and Eddie Graney for unclear reasons, angering Johnson who warned of a cancellation, though Rickard holds the right to name the referee if no agreement is reached.
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San Francisco
Johnson
Berger
Tex Rickard
Jeffries
Jack Welsh
Eddie Graney
Buncombe
Rickard
Young People in Demand in Foreign Mission Leadership
Samuel B Capen of Boston told a congress at the Auditorium theater that elderly leaders are no longer acceptable for foreign missionary work. He urged banks of young men and women, business and professional people, and benefactors to devote their lives to civilization and Christianization of the heathen.
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Chicago
Samuel B Capen
Boston
Laymen’s Missionary Movement
Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Congress
Auditorium Theater
Weather Bulletin For Wilinois Indiana Fair And Warmer
The forecast calls for fair skies across Wilinois and Indiana with rising temperatures. Expect warmer conditions today and tomorrow with light to moderate winds and little precipitation.
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Wilinois
Indiana
Beveridge Former Illinois Governor Dies in Hollywood
Former Illinois governor John L. Beveridge dies at his Hollywood home, reported from Los Angeles on May 4. The longtime political figure and former state chief executive passed away at his residence.
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Beveridge
Los Angeles
Cal
John IL. Beveridge
Illinois
Hollywood
Jones & Laughlin begins new hot mills at Alaquipka plant
Pittsburg May 5. Six of the new hot mills at Jones & Laughlin Steel company have started at the Alaquipka plant. The company aims to be a major tin plate producer by month end, with the remaining six mills slated for operation before month’s end.
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Pittsburg
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Alaquipka
Kindness Becomes Heir After Illinois Judge's Death
Benjamin D. Magruder former Illinois supreme court justice who died April 21 named his niece Lizzie Magruder sole heir and executrix of his $40,000 estate the will drawn August 11, 1908 notes she cared for him since his wife died in 1909 and kept his life bearable through kindness.
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Chicago
Benjamin D. Magruder
Illinois Supreme Court
Lizzie Magruder
Magruder
Freight Handlers Strike Spreads Across Chicago Area
About 3500 freight handlers in Chicago walk out after toiling at Rock Island, Chicago and Eastern Illinois, and Monon freight houses reject a 10 percent wage rise while remaining workers accept a 6 percent increase on nine other roads.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Linois and Monon
Senate Passes Pension Bill With 155 Million
Washington May 5 Senate quickly approves pension appropriation of about 155000000 dollars. Senator Scott notes 31000 pensioners died last year as the bill moves to enactment.
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Washington
Senate
Scott
Market report brief with hog and cattle prices
Estimated receipts 8000 left over yesterday 2488 market shows higher bids. Light hogs 9 25 to 9 57 mixed packing 9 25 to 9 60 heavy shipping grades 9 20 to 9 60 rough 9 20 to 9 35 cattle 3000 strong sheep 10000 steady. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company Chicago.
Hog Market Prices and Receipts Report for Chicago
In Chicago on May 5 1910 the hog market shows estimated receipts today at 8000 and official receipts yesterday at 14183 with official shipments 4350 and leftovers 2488. Tomorrow’s estimates total 9000 as bulk prices range 15 to 20 cents higher. Light hogs trade 9 35 to 9 62 with mixed packers 9 30 to 9 67. Heavy shipping grades 9 30 to 9 70, rough 9 30 to 9 45, porkers 9 55 to 9 60, and pigs 575 to 9 55.
Market Receipts and Price Ranges For Cattle Trade
Estimated receipts list Market 3000 with steady to 10 higher live bids. Beeves five six to 835 cattle. Cows and heifers 270 to 730. Texas steers 470 to 620. Stockers and feeders 390 to 665. Western cattle 485 to 685.
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Texas
Market Sheep Prices From 10000 Market Steady
Estimated receipts show native sheep 4 25 to 7 80 and Western sheep 4 50 to 7 0. Yearlings range 7 00 to 8 15 while Lambs fetch 7 25 to 9 00 and Western lambs 7 25 to 9 10.
Market: High bids lift cattle and sheep values
Market notes show bulk prices 20 to 25 higher, light cattle 9.50 to 9.70, packers 9.40 to 9.70, heavy shipping 9.35 to 9.75. rough stock at 9.35 to 9.50. Cattle remain strong to slightly higher while sheep hold steady.
The Local Markets Washington City Prices
Washington City market prices show hay straw and flour rates with multiple items listed. Corn and straw prices appear, alongside bran shorts corn meal buckwheat and other grain products.
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Iikcu
John A. Babcock Care of North American Livestock Commission
John A. Babcock is listed in care of the North American Livestock Commission Company at U S Stock Yards in Chicago Illinois. The entry appears in a trade or notice format associated with stock yard relations and corporate correspondence.
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U. S
Chicago
ULL
Waytzan Finds New Informers in Lorimer Case
State's Attorney Wayman says two Democratic legislators have given statements in the Lorimer bribery matter. He did not name them, but asserts they will appear before the grand jury in Chicago. Additional witnesses from downstate Illinois are in the city for testimony.
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Wayman
Illinois
St. Louis
Murnane
Seebert G. Jones &Penrding
Michael S. Link
Forty-seventh
Nemecki
Link
Grand Jury
Lorimer
Thomas Tippit
Olney
Lee O'Neil Browne
J. W. Gibson
Mount Vernon
Ill
William C. Blair
Henry A. Shepherd
Jerseyville
Charles A. White
Albert E. Isley
Newton
Tipptt
Taft Defends Supreme Court in St Louis Luncheon Address
President Taft spoke at a Business Men's League luncheon denouncing demagogues and defending the Supreme Court and his court appointments. He defended due process and emphasized limited government, then watched opening baseball at National and American League parks before departing for Washington.
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Taft
Business Men's League
Agriculture
Wilson
Hadley
Farmers’ Convention
Southern Hotel
Southern
Supreme Court
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Horace Burton
Guv. Hughes
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United States
Philip
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Supreme Court of the United States
National League Baseball Park
Cincinnati
American League Park
Cleveland
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Vicious colt kills farmer near Silver Lake
Henry Sparks a wealthy farmer six miles northwest of Silver Lake was kicked to death by a vicious colt he was leading to water. The animal had attacked him for the third time in recent months.
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Silver Lake
Henry Sparks
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