German Reaction to Chamberlain Plan Draws Mixed Attention
Berlin May 19 German visitors react to Colonial Secretary Chamberlains proposal for tariffs as Berlin weighs countermeasures. Chancellor von Buelow faces a renewed task while trade treaties are being renegotiated. Some press caution suggests waiting on Britain while others warn of tariffs that could threaten German and British trade.
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Berlin
Britain
Gemany
Chamberlain
Atirmingham
von Buelow
Balfour
Great Britaon
Nothne
Germany
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Edilors
United States
Jealousy Fight Ends with Man Missing at Station
At the Northwestern station, a jealous quarrel between Ma ce P. Cronk and Mrs. Cora Lath Patterson led to a clash with umbrellas and nails. Cronk disappeared after the fracas while Patterson continued eastward. Cronk had arrived from Omaha to visit the Elks home dedication in Virginia.
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Patterson
Omaha Church Marks Twelfth Anniversary Mortgage Paid
The First Methodist church of Omaha celebrated its twelfth anniversary with the liquidation of a $400 mortgage, closing a balance of $112,000 from the original cost of the edifice. Bishops McCabe and Joyce attended the event.
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Omaha
Neb
McCabe
Joyce
Methodist Church
Mother Lucretia Dies at St Marys Academy
Mother Lucretia, superior of St Marys at Salt Lake City, died at St Marys Academy in Notre Dame on May 19 after ill health. Born in 1845, she was a daughter of Isabey Fuller of Coldwater, Michigan, and had been at the local mother house since January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
Ind
Lucretia
St. Mary's
St. Wry’s
Salt Lake City
Utah
Dye Esbey Fuller
Coldwater
Ich
Tri city exhibition of original drawings planned
Rock Island reports arrangements for a three city exhibition of original drawings by local newspaper artists at Harper House tomorrow. Society women of the three cities have organized the event and tea service is planned in the afternoon. In Rockton a lightning strike damaged the Methodist church with injuries to three men whose clothing was torn though they are expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Harper Yase
Lidies
Rockton
Methodist
Bryan May Be a Bolter Says Silver Men Will Not Stand
In Omaha May 19 the Grid-Gerald reports a column attacking Bryan as a bolter. It notes West reformers and Democratic reorganizers scrambling for control and hints at Bryan’s possible split stance in the 1904 race.
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Fouth World
Gerald
Cleveland
Omaha, Neb
Omaha
R. L. Met Ife
W. Jrynn
West
Bryan
Editorial on Harrison’s image and party tensions
The editorial lauds Present Harrison as a pure man and accuses Democrats of deception and corporate desertion. It notes shifting influence toward Roosevelt and attempts to elevate Grover Cleveland. It also prints a letter to Norman E. Mack of Buffalo, seen as a gauge in Bryan versus Cleveland conflicts.
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Harrison
Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Noman EK. Mack
Puffalo
Metcalfe
Bryan
Drugged at Chicago: Unconscious man robbed in Polk Street case
An unnamed man, clutching a Bible, was found unconscious in Chicago at Polk Street station and taken to county hospital. Doctors said he was drugged with knockout drops during a robbery attempt. A bill found on him bore the name Jacob Kiats, with Eureka as his origin and Virginia as his home.
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Polk Street
Harrison
Jacob i Kiats
Eureka
Virginia
Caesar Klaus
Arrest of James Duffy in Williamsville for Injunction violation
Special Deputy United States Marshal Hanley brought James Duffy to Springfield jail after his arrest in Williamsville Perry county. Duffy is accused of violating Judge Humphrey’s federal injunction by firing upon a passing train from between cars amid the Mobile and Ohio strike.
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Springfield
United States
Hanley
James Duffy
Wiliamsville
Perry County
Mobile and Ohio
Humphrey
Tite
Daffy
Knoblock Shot to Death in Thibodaux Visit
New Orleans reports Lieutenant Governor Clay Knoblock was shot and killed on Thibodaux Main Street by barber James Charault during a visit. Knoblock resided nearby and was in the town on a temporary trip.
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New Orleans
Clay Knoblock
Thibodaux, la
James Charault
Knoblock
Thibodaux
Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and nearby
The forecast warns of thunderstorms and showers across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin today. Expect fresh southerly winds veering to northwest in western areas and cooler conditions in the west.
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Illiois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Chicago May 138 Market Report for Livestock and Grains
Estimated receipts for the day include cattle 41,000 head with mixed quotations from 5.30 to 6.80 for steers and 4.00 to 6.50 for cows. Sheep and lambs receipts about 200,000 with western and native prices from 2.75 to 7.00. East Buffalo reports cattle receipts 200 cars with values from 4.60 to 5.25 and hogs 140 cars with prices around 6.20 to 6.60. Grain markets show wheat near 75 to 76, corn around 44 to 45, oats about 40 to 44, rye 49 cents, and barley 48 to 55 cents, with July and September futures noted.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
Mark
Louis Grain
oLuis
Guard Was Off Its Guard Killing of Cavalry Officers
Manila reports the death of Captain Overton of the Fifteenth Cavalry and Private Noyes in Catutan Mindanao during an engagement with bolomen. Captain Overton and a small guard were left to watch disarmed prisoners after a pursuit of Flores followers. the attackers struck in a corner room.
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Manila
Overton
Fifteenth Cavalry
Noyes
Bolomen
Sucatlan
Mindanao
Cameron
Flores
Peace at Bridgeport One Shot 18 Fired at a Car
Bridgeport Connecticut May 10. Rioting during a strike saw 15 men and boys jailed on charges of intimidation as a trolley car was fired on by a man on the west side. Mayor Mulvihill faced police commissioners over the handling of the crisis amid sharp exchanges.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company
Hanuison Metormen
Aml
Ridge Port
Wedding Transforms Property After Trust Transfer in Marion
In Marion Indiana on May 19 Joseph Schuler married Elizabeth Baldwin in Attorney Huffman’s office after placing his property in trust for the bride. The deed then transferred jointly to the Schulers giving the wife a half interest. The event ties the engaged couple’s contract to the titling, with records made legal before the vows. In Washington May 10 Major General Davis ordered enforcement of a Philippine commission ban on alcohol sales within two miles of U S military sites.
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Marion
Ind
Joseph Schuler
Huffman
Elizabeth Baldwin
Rechuler
Miss Baldwin
Washington
Davis
Philippines
Philippine Commission
United States
Bribe Attempt Tails Public Service Board Member
The newly formed public service board faced its first bribery exposure after a member released a letter from Georgia Evans, jailed for 60 days for assault, offering $1,000 for a parole or pardon.
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Toledo
Public Service Board
Georgia Evans
Multiple Labor Strikes Hit Various U.S. Cities In May
In Omaha employers resume limited work but many businesses stay closed as unions press for labor demands. In Ogdensburg striking stevedores return with non union help after Keefe visits. In New York talks stall while a pirate company claims a settled scale. In St Paul nearly 300 molders strike over wage and time schedule changes.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Rutland Transit Company
Chicago and Ogdensburg Steamboat Inc
Daniel J. Keefe
International Longshore Men's Association
St. Paul
Kevery Union Tron Molder
Baptists Open 26th Annual Meeting in Buffalo
The national gathering of northern Baptist women opens at Prospect Avenue Baptist Church in Buffalo with the twenty sixth annual meeting of the Woman's Baptist Home Mission society presided by Mrs J N Crouse of Chicago.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Maine
California
Prospect Avenue
Woman's Baptist Home Mission Society
J. N. Crouse
Chicago
Watts and Sachs Granted Permanent Release
Chief Justice Fuller ordered the permanent release of Louisville attorneys W W Watts and David A Sachs who had been jailed in Indianapolis for contempt of court tied to bankruptcy proceedings of M Zier and Co. The federal case charged them with conspiring with the state court to transfer the bankrupt firm’s property, a charge Fuller said could not be tolerated.
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Washington
Tuller
United States
Supeme Court
Louisville
W. W. Watts
David A. Sachs
Indianapolis
M. Zier & Co
New Albany
Anderson
Fedeal District Court
Fuller
Italian Boy in Michigan Shoots Himself Over Homesickness
In Muskegon on May 19 14 year old Joe Gunta an Italian immigrant shot himself to death after years of separation from his mother. His father a pedlar struggled to support the family and reunite them in the United States. The boy had long expressed despair at being apart from his mother and sisters and his death left the grieving father devastated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milaca
Minn
Lemuel Ganda
Foreston
Foureston Cpot
Willmar
Tie
Muskegon
Mich
Joe Gunta
Gunta
United States
China Cannot Open More Parts in Manchuria Over Russian Veto
Australia railroad workers vote by ballot to resume work on government terms after a decisive majority. One woman killed and two injured as a Re State ad we collapse.
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China
Manchuria
Russia
Native equal privilege urged by South Africa official
Johannesburg May 1 Lord Milner high commissioner urged natives who attain civilization deserve equal privilege with whites. He backed resisting Asiatic influx on social and economic grounds not color. Berenda May 19 Roosevelt set Yosemite travel records as train reached Raymond in ten hours from Yosenute, distance sixty nine miles.
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Johannesburg
Lord Milner
South Africa
Ile
Berenda, al
Roosevelt
Yosemite Park
Yosenute
Raymond
Reform in Porto Rico New San Juan Mayor Initiates Purge
In San Juan Porto Rico May 19 Mayor Robert R Todd begins a purge of city employees. He dismissed five men last week with four laborers among them for reasons connected to their positions and conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Poto Rico
Robert R.todd
Unclear Sports Scores Rumors From City Leagues
Fragmentary line of baseball results shows teams like Philadelphia Boston New York Detroit Chicago Washington Cleveland St Louis Omaha Milwaukee Colorado Springs and Des Moines with scattered scores and pairings. No clear winner or date is determinable from the legible text.
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Omaha
Colorado Springs
St. Josep
Des Moines
Milwaukee
6 Association
Minneapolis — St Paul & Minneapolis
Notable World and Local Items Across 1900s News
General Jacob H. Smith arrives in Rome for health travel. Pauline Erickson is robbed in a busy Chicago street by youths. George W. Todd’s will bequeaths his wealth to a Brockton woman. Todd admits stealing the purse. A Chicago streetcar conductor survives a bullet thanks to a rolled stack of bills. John Muir sells cushion-tire patent rights using pie skin. A dissection body from War Saw is identified as a lawful subject. Russian finance official M. Alexandrovsky named commissioner to St. Louis exposition. The first US poets and paragraphers convention meets in Baltimore. Colonel Taylor defeats bands of fanatics in Debu ishing May 15, with twenty killed. Remains of Sybil Sanderson cremated in Paris. funeral attended by notables.
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Jacob H. Smith
U. A
Rome
Pauline Erickson
Chicago
George W. Todd
Syracuse
N. Y
Brockton
Mass
Todd
Isss
Lfe
T. J. Sullivan
Kien
John Muir
Beath
Scotland
United States
Warsaw
Inc
M. Alexandrovsky
Finance Ministry
Baltimore
Taylor
Debu Ishing
Sybil Sanderson
Paris
Preposterous Claim Endangers Postal Clerks Travel Expense Fight
Washington May 11 The Postmaster General directed Svend Selishehy a Kansas City railway postal clerk to show cause why he should not be dismissed for aiding a suit against the government over travel expenses for postal workers. The department argues the designated headquarters of clerks is their postal route not their home city, with a court case pending in which Selishehy acted as attorney for clerks seeking travel pay. Captain James J White received a letter outlining steps to bar Selishehy from service as the matter proceeds toward Justice Department review.
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Washington
Metont
Schallenberger
Svend Sebibe
Kansas City
Post Office Department
Theee Eclerka
Etaiove
Shhottenterger
James J. White
Sven Selishehy
Bancas City
Wellington
Railhoad Postaliioe
Raillway
Beineligeulie
Belilely
Washington Officials Asked to Explain Tulloch Charges
Westmas ter General Wayne sent letters to the treasury comptroller the post office auditor and other officials seeking explanations tied to statements by ex Cushior Tulloch. He noted the most serious charges involve the auditor and comptroller and said improper accounts or pay dirt could undermine good faith. He added that irregularity differs from unlawful acts and directed further inquiry into the divisions of salaries and allowances and into former officials Perry Heath and George Beavers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Westmaster
Wayne
Dayne
Payne
Perry Heath
George W. Beavers
Tulloch
Tmalana
Senator Platt Denies Tulloch Bonding Claim As False
New York Senator Thomas C Platt rejects Seymour W Tulloch s assertion that ex Superintendent Beavers urged use of influence to win bonding business for a company tied to Senator Pintsson saying the claim is a lie and that he has no interest in any bonding firm. Buffalo report notes Frank Erne defeated Warren Zurbrick at Fort Erie by foul in the tenth round.
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Pierce
Golden
Joseph D. Burns
Knestis Street
Ithaca
New York
Common Sense
Thomas C. Platt
Seymour W. Tulloch
Washington Post Office
Beavers
Safary and Allowance Division
Post Office Department
Senato Pintsson
Bhatt
Tulloch
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank Erne
Warren Zurbrick
Fort Erie
Erne
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Toh
Neduce
Peyrell
Aleai de
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Satelde
Connersville
van Moore
Clara Sherwood
John Sherwood
Pour Howe
Waukewa
Ritchey
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Ritcher
M. I Kennedy
Grand Junction
Cole
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Pullendes
George Stewart
W. Woolf
Lafarvette
Lafayette, Tod
Mary Beegan
Nores
Martlow
Georgia
OMANA
American Tri- Pirate Company
Women's Baptist Home Missions
Watts and
Sachs
Jalil
Porto Rico
White
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Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Onaa Th Keon
Nl M Keon
Peank Sac
Unebler
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Attorapys
P. J. Nanley
Penghons
Conte Umice
Washington County Savings Hank
Schuyler W. Livingston
Conner Square
Washington County Savings Bank
Washington, Lowa
Marsh W. Bailey
Vetor
Ite City Mall
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Federa Owrte
W. HN. Butterpield
Binte
Federal Cowrte
Centishore
Washington, Ta
Ficher
Wilson
A. K Dewey
A. Dewey
Dewey & Dewey, Lawyers
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Temple Huilding
Alberson's Grocery
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the “ Ri
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Iowa
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Denver
Colorado
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General Passer
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Tha
H.W. Russel
Teleoctios
W. A. White
PeLeaky
Crail
West Corner Square
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J. L. Brookmart
W. Scopield
Osteopathy
C. S. Harper
Lowa
Arthaud, Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
Same
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Ulain Palker
John James Heidegger
Haymarket
London
George
Earl of Chesterfield
St. Giles
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Washington National Bank
J. A. Cunningham
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Ass't
Anon McCully
B. Fr. Brown
A. Harvert
W. A. Moore
W. W. Wilson
D. J. Palmer
N County
Washington,owa
Capital
State Bank
Henry Knecht
Tallor
C.5
Tyrling
Gentral
Mason City Mall
Sun
Paul
SOUTH
Baet
Peoria
Peoria Mall
Hun
Marshalstown
UAN OW Ky
Means & Stichter
Casey
Ewant Tepes Be
T. J. Dempsey
McKeone & Shields
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