St Pierre Lava Toll Mounts as West Indies Volcano Unleashes
Reports from Martinique detail Mount Pelée's eruption destroying St Pierre and Le Precheur with lava flows and ash. Survivors from Le Precheur and others are evacuated by the Suchet as death toll rises toward five hundred. News describes burning towns, cremations, and widespread devastation across the island.
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St. Pierre
Fora de France
St Pierre
le Preeheur
Paris
Matine
M. de Lanessan
Suchet
Fort de France
Martinique
le Precheur
Fort de Prance
Mont Pelee
Cir Amery
Colonial
Wort de France
Mouttet
St. Merre
Dain
United States
M. Bloch
Thepeeter
M. Labarthe
Brest
TY Assas
le Carbet
le Peracheur
Detroit Street Railways face wage dispute and possible arbitration
In Detroit a mass meeting of Detroit United railway conductors and motormen began at midnight after the company offered 22 1/2 cents per hour, down from 25 cents demand. The union may push for arbitration under the existing agreement as a strike vote looms, with leaders skeptical of arbitration.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit United Railway
Mahon
Street Railway Union
Milwaukee Automobile Company Receiver Appointed
Judge Reanim Nas appointed the Wheeensta Pioenty Trust and Safe Depot com pany receiver for the Milwaukee Automobile company. Filing of a creditors petition led to the appointment. Secured and unsecured claims total about $45,000, assets around $100,000. Cleveland snow storm reports 5 degrees above zero marking late season snowfall not seen since May 14, 1888.
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Sterobtte Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Reanim Nas
Wheeensta Pioenty Trust and Safe Depot Company
Milwaukee Automobile Company
Cleveland
Here
Lieut Governor Stone Dies in Wisconsin
Stone, longtime Wisconsin political figure and former lieutenant governor, died at 3:17 p.m. after cancer of the stomach. A British-born businessman and banker, he served three terms in the state assembly and twice as lieutenant governor. He was active in Republican politics and national convention delegations.
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Watertown
Wis
Tease Stone
Wisconsin
Alnens
Stone
Chicago
Jesse Stone
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
England
Striking Back At a Boycott in Marion Indiana
The Central Union Telephone company retaliates against a city wide boycott by grocers. It begins taking grocery and meat orders for home delivery from subscribers with phones, using two remaining stores to supply goods at the company’s expense. The firm plans a large general store in Marion.
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Marion
Ind
Central Union Telephone Company
Povery
World affairs and politics mix with sports and crime notes
The report blends U S diplomacy on Cuba with notes from Paris cycling plus Philippine status talks. Other items include labor unrest in Puerto Rico, a fatal shooting in Illinois, a Des Moines death on the Reralma, a Martinique passenger loss, and Chicago Republican redraws with Lorimer and Vous.
Beef Trust Accused in Government Antitrust Filing
The government with Attorney General Knox seeks a broad injunction against the beef packers led by Armour Swift and others alleging a 60 percent control of U.S. meat, price fixing, bid suppression, secret meetings, blacklists, uniform credits, rebates, and harmful cartage charges. The defendants call the charges absurd and plan no fight on the May 20 hearing.
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Chicago
PC Knox
C. Bethea
Elrcurt
United States
Bethea
Hetce
Grogs
Bistrict
Bethen
C. DB. Morrison
Oliver Pagin
W. A. Day
Beef Trust
Armour, Swift, Hammond, Morris, Cudahy
Schwarschild & Sulzberger
New Jersey
Michigan
New York
Illinois
Iinois
Sulzberger and
Noyes
KE. C. Swift
Boston
Omaha
Sioux City
St. Joseph
Kansas City
East St. Louis
Cudahy
Wis
Hammond
Ind
Louis FP. Swit
Swift & Co
Swift
Order to enjoin alleged violations under interstate commerce rules
An authority reports plans to obtain an injunction against alleged illegal actions. The parties will refrain from further violations until the next hearing, likely June 26. Before then a demurrer will be filed challenging the government petition's sufficiency and its impact on interstate commerce regulations.
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Neta
Awakening of Japan Machinery Will Be in Demand
An article reviews United States Japan trade relations and warns machinery will be in demand as Japan shifts from cheap labor to industrial production. It notes US leads in exports of machinery and parts, with growing Formosa and Japanese demand for iron rails nails pipes typewriters and bicycles.
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Washington
Etate Department
Tostemdt
Wentien
Island of
Cutty
Weebingta
United States
Japan
China
Germany
Hrnada
Formosa
Government Post and Telegraph Office
Wifehood as the Test of Womanhood
A promotional piece arguing that robust health is essential for women to fulfill traditional domestic roles. It cites Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for womanly diseases, shares patient testimonial from Mrs. Harris of Gayville, and advertises the doctor’s medical guides and confidential correspondence from Buffalo New York.
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Pierce
Ada Brooks
Kirbyville, Taney Co
Missouri
Dr. Pierce
Isaac S. Harris
Gayville
Yankton Co
S. Dak
Minneapolis
Minn
Buffalo
N. Y
Finest pearl found in Mississippi clam by Daniel Carline
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin May 12 1900s report Daniel Carline found the finest pearl from a Mississippi clam shell and sold it to P O Heide for 1300 dollars. The gem weighs forty six eraina.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Daniel Carline
P.O. Heide
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