Labor clash in Denver as unions threaten citywide action
An injunction battle in Denver pits organized labor against the Employers' Alliance. A mass call of 1,000 union workers follows a 4,000-strong laborers mobilization, with courts hearing requests to restrain picketing and interference while unions blame the American Smelting and Refining Company for opposing eight hour work
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The
Lance
Teamsters
Noal Union of America
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Busiof
Hallett
Organizes Labor Debate Sparks Kansas City Tension
May 16 reports from Kansas City Mo show union and employers clash over a so called union town threat as industrial council and labor unions vow to strike while employers back a counter campaign. Widespread strike activity reported in Omaha Neb and Mobile Alabama area with freight delays and meat packer settlements. A separate incident in Chicago involves an infant found dead tied to a log in the river. In Kentucky W J Kelsoe fatally shoots his son Morris amid a spate of violence following a prior killing.
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Yployers’ Association of Kansas
Industrial Council
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Emyers
Maha
Neb
May
Twelfth Street
Chael Finnegan
Elfth Street
Finnegan
Beloit College Wins Sophomore Debate Over Northfield
Beloit College defeated Northfield College of Northfield Minnesota in a sophomore debate held in Beloit Wisconsin on May 16.
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Beloit
Cole
Ilon College
Nothfield
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Collie Bite Leads to Home Made Safeguard Device
Morristown New Jersey May 16. News reports that Lawrence Doyle, after his collie was bitten by a mad dog at large, prepared to witness no more and built a device to muzzle the dog holding a fowling piece in position. He dug and set up an improvised apparatus to prevent further harm.
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Wrence Doyle
Nott
New York
Army and Navy Journal Today
Geneal Nelson A. Miles
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Gun misfire precedes explosion wounding Doyle in home
A man loaded a gun with powder and buckshot, pulled the trigger twice without effect, then exited to fix it. While outside, a hammer fell and the weapon exploded. The dog was unharmed, but Doyle suffered serious wounds.
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Governor details alleged offered payments for state appointments
In Lincoln Nebraska Governor Mickey said he was offered $1,000 each for four state posts including oil inspector and commander at the Grand Island soldiers' home. He withheld names of the fourth office and potential action. In Indiana Winona Lake opens its season with a Chautauqua lineup including Henry Vandyke, F P Dunne, William Curtis and James Whitcomb Riley.
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Lebaudy air ship makes ascent over Mantes and Rosny
Paris May 16. The Lebaudy air ship rose again circling Mantes Rosny and Moisson. It performed evolutions over the Château de Rosny and traveled just over seven and a half miles in twenty five minutes. Part of the flight faced a brisk wind and a minor ventilator issue did not interrupt the trip.
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Mantes, Rosny
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Jailbreak suspect shoots jailer in Guthrie escape
May 16 in Guthrie Oklahoma a man identified as W W Montgomery, alleged bigamist, escaped county jail, shot jailer Jerry Emerson, and was shot by Emerson's wife. His injuries and exact condition were not known.
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Regional Weather Forecast Tonight
The forecast predicts generally fair conditions across Hlinots Indiana with northerly winds turning southerly. Lower Michigan expects warmer weather in the eastern area with variable winds becoming mostly easterly. Wisconsin shows generally fair skies with warmer temperatures and brisk southerly winds. Iowa remains generally fair with variable winds turning brisk southerly.
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Livestock and grain prices from Chicago and Buffalo markets
The report covers live stock receipts and prices with detailed quotations for cattle hogs sheep and lambs at Chicago and Buffalo markets. It lists estimated receipts totals and bid ranges for grading categories and notes prices for corn wheat oats and rye at St Louis and Milwaukee terminals.
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St. Louis
C. Milwaukee Grain
Insanity Follows Smallpox Attack In Indiana Child
In Tere Haute Benjam in Beard sixteen year old son of a farmer is described as violently insane after a smallpox attack. The report notes he rode a horse up and down the street on its back before injuring his father. Also, John G. Powell a former Nevada postmaster, missing ten weeks, was arrested in Los Angeles and will be brought back for trial with a suspected $1000 discrepancy. A Denver Republican convention has named a straight party ticket for June 2 elections after an earlier nonpartisan endorsement.
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Benjamin Beard
Kokomo
John G. Powell
Nevada
Los Angeles
Cal
Indiana
Powell
Denver
Colo
Beware of Quinine Preparations Cures Cold Do Not Use
Public health warning notes quinine in many preparations can cause deafness. Promotes Bromo-Lax as a quinine free cold cure with mild laxative. Sold by all druggists at 25 cents per box.
Miles Defends Army Conduct in Philippine War
General Nelson A Miles asserts in a letter that campaigns in the Philippines were conducted within honorable military methods. He denies cruel misconduct by soldiers unless ordered by officers and stresses a clear division between honorable troops and culpable officials.
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Philippines
Miles
Strike crisis labeled as labor disease by expert
Hammond Indiana May 16. B F Schmidt Indiana state labor commissioner links nationwide labor unrest to a disease microbe noting thirty strikes in Indiana and cites Holland Germany Austria and Australia as cycles of trouble. He favors employer recognition as the strike remedy on a state arbitration board view. La Crosse Wisconsin May 16 Henry Wicks sane on reexamination after twenty one years in asylum.
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Warmer Weather Aids Retail Trade Says Dun and Co
The Dun and Co Weekly Review notes warmer weather improves retail trade after earlier losses in transactions. It reports higher quotations for staple merchandise and suggests a rebound in the commercial sector, contrasting idle periods with improving activity.
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New York
R. G Dun & Co
Plot to assassinate Roosevelt in Oakland revealed
Police guarded President Roosevelt in Oakland after a late night warning from a letter signed RK N. It claimed two men Charles Girarde and Antonio Pottvireo planned to meet at Girarde’s home to discuss killing the president. The note said Girarde was in correspondence with Czolgosz in Los Angeles.
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Olney
RK. N
Charles Girarde
Antonio Pott Vireo
Restraining order gag on tenant in Omaha apartment dispute
Judge Baxter issued a restraining order in Omaha to prevent Mrs. K Berge from entering the apartments or talking to other tenants about L Oliphant Dodge the owner of the building. Dodge alleges Berge has urged tenants to leave and damaged property by interference during her lease dispute.
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Baxter
District Court
L. Oliphant Dodge
K. Berge
Baseball Scores From Multiple Leagues And Cities
Chicago reports league scores across Brooklyn New York Boston Philadelphia St Louis Washington and Detroit with outcomes for each. Cincinnati St Louis Philadelphia Cleveland and more also appear. Grand Rapids reports the end of a major teamsters strike as employers concede fixed hours and wage reductions.
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Teamsters
Confession in Hueche case details bootlegging links
St Louis May 16 ex State Senator Hueche confessed to a long pattern of boodle and influence buying tied to the steam and street railway interests. He named several lawmakers and described payments for holding up bills and for influencing legislation over eight years. The grand jury session followed with tears and statements of remorse.
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Fred J. Hueche
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Tueche
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Dusche
Aaid Tuehe
Cfient
Tusehe
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TSO
Sioux City
Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Women of Iowa
Would You Think It A Cure for Impure Blood Highlighted
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as cleansing blood to prevent pimples eczema scrofula and other ailments. It cites testimonials from Mrs J Koepp Hermann Oregon and Mrs Jas Murphy Fonda Iowa praising long term cures after taking fourteen bottles and attributing health gains to the remedy.
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Brundage dies after Batten collision death
Lincoln Nebraska May 16 Charles F Brundage a Burlington engineer who was injured in the collision that killed Conductor Batten has died.
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Charles F. Brundage
Burlington
Batten
Robbery Try Ends With Man’s Death at West Liberty
In Muscatine Louisiana on May 15 an attempted hold up at Thomas McCarthy’s restaurant in West Liberty led to the death of Arthur Meade who tried to help the proprietor.
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Thomas McCarthy
West Liberty
Arthur Meade
Nationality clash ends in Arkansas man’s mob killing at Wilson NX
Charlotte N C May 15 Percy Jones of Arkansas was killed by a mob at Wilson NX. Ten men are under arrest. No further particulars have been received.
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Percy Jones
Arkansas
Wilson, NX
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