Chicago Labor Unrest Deepens As Troops Faced
May 23 Chicago reports the teamsters strike expanding with threats of militia. Mayor Dunne and Sheriff Barrett seek order as Governor Deneen says the militia can be mobilized in two hours. Lumber yards fire workers, express firms resist rehiring and violence erupts in several districts.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Express Companies
Aldermanic Peace Commission
Mayor Dunne
Sheriff Barrett
O'Neill
Southwest Side
South Side
State Street
State Board Signals Arbitration Action In City
DL J Hogan of the state board of arbitration arrives in response to a telegram from fellow board member and B I Shadiey is present with C B Geiger expected soon. The board will meet under section 6 article B to hear from representatives of foreign corporations and determine the facts as strikes threaten public supply of food fuel or light.
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DL. J. Hogan
State Board of Arbitration
B. I. Shadiey
C. B. Geiger
Mogan
Adverse Strikes Hit Lumber Firms and City Projects
Saigon reports Admiral Rozestvensky dead amid updates from Paris. In Chicago nearly 2,000 lumber teamsters walk out causing 48 hour disruption to vast city building operations while pressure mounts on express companies for peace. Philadelphia officials resign as gas lease clash shocks Philadelphia April 23.
Death of Mrs Livermore in Melrose Mass
Mrs Mary A Livermore noted writer and reformer dies in Melrose Mass after bronchitis and weak heart hasten her death.
Doors of Merchants' Trust Co. Close in New York
The Merchants' Trust Co. in New York City shut its doors today as the special report from May 23 notes the bank suspension. No further details are provided on the closure or its aftermath.
Court President urges arbitration in labor dispute
Governor Deneen backs state board of arbitration to examine the strike and issue public findings after conciliation efforts fail. May grand jury instructed by Judge Barnes to investigate violence linked to labor troubles and identify instigators, high or low in rank.
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State Board of Arbitration
Deneen
Barnes
Grand Jury
New York Stock Exchange Moves to Marble Palace on Broad Street
A century after brokers traded bonds beneath a pear tree, the New York Stock Exchange now operates from a white marble palace with Broad Street frontage of 87 feet and New Street 152 feet. The Wall Street side is 14 feet 8 inches wide. The board room measures 148 by 112 by 50 feet. The pediment features sculpted figures by J. Q. A. Ward.
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New York
Wall Street
Broad Street
New Street
J. Q. A. Ward
Fatal locomotive test explodes near Hocking Valley yard
In Columbus a boiler blast during a first run test destroyed a locomotive and injured workers. Six men were killed including Godfrey Schuder Amos Speakman Jacob Davis Fred Grumley Edward Chap man and E Carl Hand. Four adjacent engines were wrecked. Injured Ira Taynor.
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Columbus
Hocking Valley Railroad
West Mound Street
Godfrey Schuder
Amos Speakman
Hostler
Jacob Davis
Fred Grumley
Boss Hostler
Edward Chapman
E. Carl Hand
Ira Taynor
Canadian Degenerate Confesses Murder of Baby in Toronto
Josephine Carr a 13 year old girl in Toronto has confessed to murdering William Murray a baby. She admitted taking a baby carriage from a department store sidewalk and after a melodrama scene stripped the child and threw its clothing over an embankment. She later recovered the body and hid it in a culvert.
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Toronto
Ont
Josephine Carr
William Murray
German Empress Augusta Victoria Injured in Fall
The accident to Augusta Victoria in Wiesbaden is worse than initially reported but not serious. A forehead cut will likely leave a slight scar and vertigo is blamed for the loss of balance on the stairs.
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Wiesbaden
Augusta Victoria
Grubb Ambushed Near Salisbury After Acquittal
Salisbury North Carolina May 25 H Clay Grubb who was acquitted last week of murder was ambushed with a companion in a buggy nine miles from Salisbury Both wounded Grubb identified one of the ambushers and posses from Salisbury and Leadington pursue the attackers.
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Salisbury
N. C
H. Clay Grubb
Grubb
Leadington
Murdered Latrobe Man Found Near Barn Door in May
The mutilated body of James Peterson, 40, son of wealthy farmer John Peterson, was found outside the barn door near his father's Latrobe home. He had severe cuts and one ear nearly torn off. Police believe he was killed after leaving church.
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Latrobe
James Peterson
John Peterson
Bermudez Company Appeals Dispute in Venezuela
Caracas May 23 The New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company filed an appeal to the full court of cassation challenging the prior decision of the appeals court in a dispute over asphalt rights and contracts between the two firms.
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Bermudez Company
Caracas
Venezuela
New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company
Full
Court of Cassation
Pres
Baseball scores from Chicago area games May 24
Scores show Ilvangue games with Boston 6 and St Louis 4 in Boston and Philadelphia 4 to 5 against Cincinnati. New York wins 2 to 1 in twelve innings. Other leagues list Detroit 4 0 New York and Cleveland 1 Philadelphia 6. Association results include St Paul 6 Indianapolis 3 and Milwaukee 2 Kansas City 6. Western games report Des Moines 10 Colorado Springs 5 and Omaha 3 Sioux City 3.
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Chicago
Ilvangue
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburg
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadet
Phia
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Minneapolia
Louisville
Milwaukee
Columbus
Kansas City
Toledo
Western
Des Moines
Colorado Springs
Omaha
Sioux City
St Joseph
Denver
St. Joseph
Complaint of Army Nurses and Taft Reward Reassignment
Secretary Taft ordered an overhaul of war department records after a complaint by Spanish American War nurses that volunteers were not recorded. Investigators found $2,700 in the books from a Jefferson Davis capture reward, once $10,000 offered by Congress. the balance has been carried year after year. Taft seeks to make the $2,700 available to honor volunteer nurses' memories.
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Taft
Jef Davis
Washington
War Department
Jefferson Davis
Congress
Japanese Strikers Quiet as Kinau Returns to Maui
Honolulu reports the Kinau steamer carried militia and police to La Haina on Maui where Japanese strikers had been violent. The area is quiet with soldiers and deputies guarding the court house. Japanese workers pressure Koreans to strike, threatening violence if work continues. High Sheriff Henry plans arrests of ringleaders and camp occupation.
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Honolulu
Kinau
la Haina
Maui
Court House
Kenry
Ohio monuments dedicated at Vicksburg National Park
In Vicksburg Mississippi on May 23 Ohio dedicated forty monuments honoring its fallen soldiers from the siege. Governor Herrick and staff with about 100 Ohio veterans and the First Regiment of the Ohio National Guard attended and reviewed a joint procession with Mississippi officials and guardsmen.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Ohio
Sievernor Herrick and Staff
Ohio National Guard
Herrick
Vardaman
Mississippi
Park Dedication Ceremony Follows Guard Duty Morning
A dedication programme was held in the park after the National Guard patrolled in the morning, marking the official unveiling and community event.
Illinois Coroners to Hold Annual Convention at Decatur
Bloomington Illinois May 2 The secretary of the Illinois Coroners association has sent notices for the annual convention to be held at Decatur beginning Wednesday May 24 Officers will be elected and a constitution adopted A preliminary organization was effected some time ago and now a thorough organization is hoped for
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Tinois
Bloomington
Iinois Coroners’ Association
Decatur
Washington appoints Murphy consul to Bordeaux France
Dominie Murphy of the District of Columbia is appointed consul to Bordeaux to succeed A. W. Tourges, deceased. Murphy has held the secretaryship of the Isthmian canal commission and was about to sail for Panama.
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Washington
Dominie 1 Murphy
District of Columbia
Bordeaux
France
A. W. Tourges
Murphy
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Jestan Bradford Dies at 80 Former Quinney Resident
Jestan T. Bradford aged 80 formerly of Quinney, Ht, died in South Bend May 23. Born in Maine, he was a prominent Eutent Templar and the seventh in direct descent from Governor Bradford of Mayflower lineage.
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South Bend
Tnd
Jestan T. Bradford
Quinney, Ht
Maine
Bradford
Treasury Secretary Shaw Heads to Ardmore Address
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw arrived in St. Louis en route to Ardmore to speak to the M A tomorrow. He dismissed the 55 million dollar deficit as soon as June when business activity resumes. In Sidney Maggie Wood, formerly of Cincinnati, was crushed by a freight car beside railroad tracks as fourteen flatcars were wrecked.
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St. Louis
Sidney, O
Maggie Wood
Cincinnati
Markets Report Hogs and Sheep Steady in Chicago Trade
The May 23 1905 Chicago market notes show hog receipts estimated at 15000 with 2067 carried over from yesterday and prospects strong at yesterday's best time. Hogs quoted light 85 2 to 85 Se Sines poston 85 to 65 a way snipping grades. Cattle 4000 steady. Sheep 15000 steady.
Market Summary: Cattle and Hogs Prices and Receipts Decline
Official receipts yesterday 1262 shipments 11224 today 15000 left over 2647 tomorrow 24000. Market shows strong bulk to 5 higher for hogs and mixed packers. cattle and sheep futures mixed with slow to steady demand. Western lambs and natives show weak to steady pricing.
Liberal Hooligans Force Speaker's Adjournment in Commons
Disorder erupts in the British House of Commons as Premier Balfour defends colonial policy while critics led by Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman chant and obstruct. Lyttelton is drowned out, Churchill fails to speak, and the speaker adjourns amid unprecedented scenes in the lobbies.
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London
House of Commons
Balfour
Henry Campbell Bannerman
Abera
Edinburgh
Alfred Lyttelton
Lyttelton
Collision on an L Road in the Bronx Injures Dozen
A three-train crash on the Third Avenue elevated at One Hundred Thirty third Street and Southern Boulevard leaves twenty injured, one woman in critical condition, seven badly hurt. Cars telescope as a rear train crashes into the second while awaiting a bridge draw over Harlem River.
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New York
Third Avenue
Molder William Patton Sentenced for Slaying During Molders Strike
Cincinnati report states William Patton a union iron molder pleaded guilty to killing Sam Weakley a non union molder last summer amid the molders strike. Judge Smith gave Patton a twenty year penitentiary sentence.
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Cincinnati
William Patton
Sam Weakley
Smith
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