Russians in earnest workmen and peasants unite
Recurrences of agrarian trouble spread from Libeau to Kieff as workers and peasants form common cause. Labor leaders of social revolutionary leaning plan a synchronized general strike while warning guard officers that if another Red Sunday occurs their lives will be forfeited. Moscow zemstvo assembly presses Interior Minister Bouligan to accept zemstvo delegates in drafting the new governmental plan.
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St. Petersburg
Libeau
Caucasus
Kieff
Moscow Assembly of
Zemstvos
Bouligan
Zemstvo
Unknowns attempt to wreck eastbound Pennsylvania train
An attempt to obstruct No 2 eastbound on the Pennsylvania near Ada left ties on the track three miles east of Ada. A farmer spotted the obstruction, halted the train with a lantern, and officials will investigate the motive, whether robbery or revenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Pennsylvania
Ada
Injunction Stands Against Hyde and Piper in Chicago Case
Judge Kohlsaat refused to dismiss the bill and injunctions against William Hyde supreme archon and Charles E Piper supreme scribe of the Royal League. They are charged with appropriating 34600 of the order's funds. The defense alleged the court was used by personal enemies to besmirch their character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohlsaat
Bill
Hyde
Piper
Chicago
Kohhlsaat
William Hyde
Supreme Archon
Charles FE
Supreme Scribe
The
Royal League
Four Arrests Made in Chicago Murder Case
Four men charged with being implicated in the murder of Fritz Kreuger, a Chicago saloonkeeper, were captured by police on Tuesday after an early Sunday shooting. Frank Kreuger was wounded in a car shooting. another gang member escaped and is reported under arrest at Waukegan with a back wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fritz Ikreuger
Frank Kreuger
Waukegan
Roosevelt
Washington Church
Cleveland
Young Men’s Christian Association
Philadelphia
Oakland man confesses to past murder in Maine
Earl Bodine, an ex convict and evangelist, says he converted the Oakland man who told Chief Hodgkins he shot a companion eight years ago near Fort Fairfield Maine and dumped the body in the Aroostook River. Authorities believe the confession may be true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Earl Bodine
Hodgkins
Fort Fairfield
Aroostook River
Mystery Cleared Up In Autopsy Report
In New York an autopsy on a young woman's body performed Friday afternoon found death came from natural causes. Doctors said neck marks were caused by pressure from the collar after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohio Anti-trust Law Upheld by Supreme Court
Columbus Ohio reports the state supreme court ruled that the criminal section of the Valentine anti trust law is constitutional. The decision follows the earlier ruling on the civil section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
Supreme Court
School Boy Strikers Arrested in Warsaw Picketing
One hundred and twenty eight striking school boys were arrested here Tuesday morning for picketing school buildings and preventing other boys from entering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Dr J B Whiting Dead at 82 in Janesville hospital
Janesville Wisconsin reports Dr J B Whiting aged 82 formerly surgeon general of the G A R is at the point of death in a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Whiting
Janesville, Wis
The
G. A. It
Sioux City Stock Market Quotation Snapshot Tuesday
Sioux City stock market quotations list prices for livestock. Butcher steers bring 3.50 to 5.00 dollars per unit and top hogs fetch up to 5.15 dollars, reflecting a lively cattle and hog market in Sioux City trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Eleven Bodies Recovered From Rush Run Mine
In Thurmond West Virginia rescuers halted for the day after recovering eleven bodies from the Rush Run mine. Authorities say no more bodies were removed on Tuesday afternoon as the men paused amid dangerous conditions and fears of collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmond
W. Va
Rush Run
Schwab Heads Abroad to Discuss Warship Plans
Charles M. Schwab sailed from New York on the Kronprinz Wilhelm bound for St Petersburg to negotiate shipbuilding for Russia. The voyage aims to advance wartime marine construction and industrial cooperation with the czarist regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwab
Knasia
New York
Charles M. Schwab
Eurupe
Kron Pring Wilhelm
St. Petersburg
Russia
Many lives blotted out by Brockton boiler blast
A boiler explosion at the Grover and Co factory in Brockton Massachusetts on Monday morning killed and injured many. By 2 am Tuesday 52 bodies had been recovered and 53 were known missing with 200 plus survivors accounted for. The four story building collapsed and fire spread through the ruins as inspectors noted insufficient water in the boiler. The disaster prompted state investigation and widespread horror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
Grover & Co
Dernd
Rescuers Enter Mines to Recover 24 Bodies in W V
Fire Creek West Virginia rescuers moved into Bush Run and Red Ash mines to recover the 24 men believed killed by explosions over the weekend. Seven bodies were recovered from Rush Run on Monday as a second team entered the mine following the Saturday blast while dust six inches to two feet deep hampered further search.
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Fire Creek
W. Va
Bush’ Run
Rush Run
Buried Their Guns at Yuam in World War II Defense
Our detachment entered and occupied Yuam Sunday at 4 AM. Later at 10:50 AM the enemy cavalry, about sixty, with three infantry companies, attempted a counter attack but was repulsed. The enemy burned bridges on main roads south of Sni Yuan and partly destroyed railway bridges. Sun captures near Mukden rise due to enemy burying soldiers before retreat.
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Tokio
Yuam
Ni Yuan
Mukden
Messenger robbed? Chattanooga incident on train near Lookout
Mal Pruett, a Southern Express Company messenger, says he was assaulted in a car near Lookout station by former messenger Will Thomas. Pruett claims robbery motive. two money packages and a vouchers bundle are missing, while Thomas cites a personal disagreement as cause.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Mal Pruett
Southern Express Company
Southern
Lookout Station
Will Thomas
Thomas
Pruett
Big Estates Involved In Berry Receiver Action
Boston. James D. Colt, an attorney, appointed by the supreme court as receiver for the property of Chas. I. Berry, a clerk and accountant for a legal firm who has disappeared. Berry’s tangled accounts implicate several large estates valued at about a half million dollars.
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Boston
James D. Colt
Supreme Court
Chas. I. Berry
Pittsburgh Flood Looms as River Rises Rapidly
The Allegheny River stood at 25 feet at nine o clock Monday morning and was rising quickly. Preparations for a flood are under way as forecasts predict stages of 80 feet or higher. Lowlands are already submerged and riverfront mills and factories have suspended operations.
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Pittsburg
Alegheny River
Killed for Her Money in St Louis Home
Mrs Mary 2 Page a fortune teller aged 70 was found dead in her home Monday bound gagged and strangled Robbery is suspected as the motive in this grim city case pointing to a fatal crime scene in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Mary 2
Page
Baby Born on Train in Mexico Missouri on Brazonia Car
A child was born aboard the Brazonia sleeping car attached to the Alton Hummer speeding from Kansas City to Chicago. The mother Mrs W H Shinahar of San Francisco was en route to Toledo Ohio to visit her mother.
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Mexico
Brazonia
Kansas City
Chicago
W. HH. Shinahar
San Francisco
Toledo
Dragoons Sent After Jewish Leader Killing in Bere Wing
Three squadrons of dragoons moved toward Bere wing after reports that armed Jews killed the chief of police and several assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borisom
Warner elected senator in Missouri after legislative deadlock
Maj. William Warner of Kansas City, Republican, was elected United States senator from Missouri to replace Francis Marion Cockrell. The Missouri General Assembly ended its deadlock with the seventh ballot, Warner 91 votes, Cockrell 83, Niedvinghaus 1, adjourned sine die after the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jefferson City
William Warner
United States
Missouri
Francis Marian Cockrell
M Aj. Warner
Kerens
Warner
Cockrell
Niedvinghaus
Forty-Third
General Assembly
Murder on the Boston: James Cooper charged in Dorsett death
In Vallejo California a murder occurred aboard the United States cruiser Boston. James Cooper, a small man, is jailed here charged with shooting A Dorsett to death. Lieut Miller, noticing a disturbance, found Dorsett on the floor with Cooper firing. Cooper claims self defense, saying Dorsett threatened him with a razor. The Boston is at anchor. the case proceeds as civil.
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Vallejo
Cal
United States
Boston
James Cooper
A. Dorsett
Dorsett
Cooper
Lieut. Miller
Dorset
Head on Collision at Owosse Michigan Ends in Deaths
A northbound Ann Arbor passenger train collided head on with a southbound freight engine near Messick, Owosse, Michigan. Fireman John Doyle died instantly. three other crew members were fatally injured, another crewman lost a leg, and four passengers plus three section men suffered injuries. The freight engine was ditched by spread rails. a flagman reportedly failed to stop the passenger train as the wrecked freight engine moved to seek help and met the passenger train on a curve.
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Owosse
Mich
Ann Arbor
Messick
John Doyle
Rebecca Jones Dead Witness Who Refused to Answer
Rebecca Jones, long known for refusing to answer questions in a New York surrogate court will contest, died Sunday in Ballston, N Y. Born in Ballston, she served the Gordon Hammersley family for over thirty years and was a witness in the contested will, gaining notoriety a quarter century ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballston
N. Y
Rebecca Jones
New York
Gordon-Hammersley
Miss Jones
On Roll of Heroes in West Virginia Mine Disaster
In Thurmond near Rush Run and Red Ash mines a horrific explosion killed twenty four miners. Ten died Saturday night, fourteen of the rescuers perished Sunday morning from a second blast and afterdamp while recovering remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Thurmond
Sacrifices His Own Life in Oil Line Fire
Pittsburg master mechanic Lewis Watson of the Clarion Steel Company died while attempting to shut off a bursting oil line. He was drenched with burning oil, blinded, and staggered to the building front before collapsing from a skull fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Lewis Watson
Clarion Steel Company
Watson
Six Shot Patrons Hurt as Seven Holdups Sweep Saloon
In Chicago a saloon on Harvey Avenue was raided by seven hold up men on Saturday night. Three patrons were shot and slightly wounded but the robbers were driven off. One robber was captured while the others escaped.
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Chicago
Harvey Avenue
Minister Found Guilty by Wilmington Methodists
Rev. Dr. Wilber Cochran was found guilty by a fifteen member Wilmington Methodist committee after a trial over stock dealings. He was suspended for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Wilber Cochran
Wilmington Methodists
Complete Restoration of the Dreyfus Case Nears Final Stage
Paris reports the appellate court has appointed Maitre Maurice Jafford to draft its report. The public expects the final decision to fully rehabilitate Alfred Dreyfus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Dreyfus
Maitre Maurice Jafford
Six-Gov Luce Dies in Michigan Home Silence
News item reports ex governor Cyrus G Tauce of Michigan died Saturday at his Coldwater home after a three year illness from goitre. He had served as governor during the mid 19th century era and was aged about 50. The report notes his long public service and the cause of death as complications from goitre. The brief obituary mentions his residence in Coldwater and his prior leadership roles in the state government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Luce
Michigan
Coldwater
Mich
Cyrus G. Tauce
Ife
Plague Fears Hit Chilean Town Pisagua
New York dispatch reports bubonic plague panic in Pisagua Chile where a former 20,000 population has dwindled to under 500 residents as most able residents fled the town. The Herald correspondent notes rapid exodus and fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pisagua
Chile
Ierald
Banker Hunt Gets Bond in Chicago Case
William H. Hunt former president of the defunct Pan-American Banking Company was released from jail Saturday on a $10,000 cash bond. He faced embazzlement charges in the case.
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Hunt
Bond
Chicago
William H. Hunt
Pan-American Banking Company
Ife
Shannon City Fire Devastates Hawkey Estate Losses High
A Shannon City blaze at 2 am destroyed two buildings including J W Reynolds meat market and Sun newspaper offices. Estimated total loss between 70 000 and 86 000 with most insured for 76 000. uninsured victims include J Godfrey and Mrs Bilderback. Fire stopped at the post office site after contents removed. Insurance lists show varied coverage, T A Fisher and others heavily insured. origin suspected but not proven incendiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon City
J. W. Reynolds
the Sun
T. A. Fisher
Bnt
J. Godfrey
Bilderback
postoMec
JT. W. Reynolds
C. Snyder
J. J. Dewees
William Godhy
Gr. W. Logan
BE. Godfrey
P. B. Wilson
A. E. Bigelow
Sinan City Sun
J.C. Cargill
Mrs. Bilderback
Fire Insurance Growth in Iowa Over Ten Years
Auditor Carroll’s 1904 fire insurance report to Governor Cummins compares yearly written risks since 1895. It notes 1904 risks near double those of 1895 in non life insurance firms. About 600 million dollars in 1904 risks were written by non life companies in Iowa. Taxes on premiums and fees to the state treasury total over 2.225 million dollars in the decade, doubling in ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Carroll
Cummins
Rocky Mountain Limited Derailment Leaves Engineer Dead
A Rock Island fast westbound passenger train derailed near Homestead Iowa County Tuesday morning causing fatal injuries to two trainmen. Engineer Hotchkiss was found trapped beneath the engine with critical injuries. Investigators cite a soft roadbed as the cause. The derailment tore up three hundred feet of track and dropped cars down a 15 foot embankment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain Limited
Rock Island
Rock Mountain Limited
Homestead
Iowa County
Hotchkiss
Denver and
Colorado
No More Assessments at Hawkeye Gold Mining Co
At the Hawkeye Gold Mining Company annual meeting in Cedar Rapids reports showed an apparent shortage of 14000 dollars with the actual shortage between 10000 and 14000 dollars. A resolution was passed prohibiting any further levies or assessments on the company’s stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Gold Mining Company
Cedar Rapids
Tragic Farm Accident Claims 9 Year Old
In Ellis Township, Tjarkes Vjarkes, nine, son of Aaron Vjarkes, died instantly when a haymow fall drove a pitchfork tine into his left cheek and through to the brain while performing chores at the farm. Geskeo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benin
Tjarkes
Aaron Vjarkes
Ellis Township
Complicated Wedding Unites Gailey and Wechenfeld Families
In Town City on Wednesday, W H Gailey and Mrs Mary Wechenfeld were wed at the bride’s home. Simultaneously, their children, John W Gailey and Miss Lillian Wachenfeld, also married each other, linking the two families in a single ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Gailey
Mary Wechenfeld
John W. L Gailey
Lillian Wachenfeld
Roads in bad shape near Sloan harming travels
Roads across the country around Sloan are in deteriorated condition, worse than in years past. Travelers report wagons abandoned by the roadside with occupants continuing on horseback.
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Sloan
Dubuque Irish Banquet Marks St Patrick Day Glory
St Patrick's day was observed in grand style by the representative Irish of Dubuque at a banquet. It was the most notable gathering of Irish Americans in the history of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
St. Patrick's Day
Fireman Sentenced for Forged Check Case in Creston
Pearl James formerly a Burlington road fireman was arrested months ago for passing a forged check on the Iowa State Savings Bank at Creston. On Thursday Judge Evans sentenced him to two and a half years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl James
Burlington Road
Iowa State Savings Bank
Creston
Evans
Onawa man bound over in theft case to county court
W H Truster of St Clair Township is bound over to Monona County district court in 250 dollars on the charge of obtaining woods under false pretenses.
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Onawa
W. H. Truster
St. Clair Township
Monona County
Freedom Granted to William Kerns in Cedar Rapids Case
William Kerns, once jailed for aiding Delilah Fails in the murder of his father, completed a ten year sentence at Annimosna penitentiary. Fails, freed parole violations and a Cedar Rapids escapade renewed public interest. Neighbors near Waverly, they were lovers. elder Kerns opposed and accused the pair, who shot him and tried to burn the body. Delilah Fails has four more years to serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kerns
Delilah
Annimosna
Cedar Rapids
Kerns
Fails
Waverly
Pairway
Delilah Ails
Plans Regimental Camp at Des Moines State Reservation
Regimental camps of the Town National Guard will be held this year at the state reservation in Des Moines. Camps will be scheduled consecutively, each lasting ten days, creating a forty day summer effort. Guardsmen may experience real marching drills, being landed twenty miles from Des Moines and marching into camp for authentic maneuver practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town National Guard
Des Moines
Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary in California Junction
Mr and Mrs Jacob Fountain of California Junction celebrated sixty years of marriage marking a long life from Cincinnati Ohio to Council Bluffs. Born March 20 1845 in Cincinnati they moved west with eight children, seven living, and twenty one grandchildren. The couple, among the region’s oldest, retain good faculties and have fourteen great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob
Fountain
California Junction
Cincinnati
Council Bluffs
Jail Too Good Says Woodbury Grand Jury
The Woodbury County Grand Jury reports the Sioux City jail is too comfortable and recommends prisoners be put to hard labor. It indicts two men for murder and asks the board of supervisors to reduce crowding, likely by expanding cell space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury
Will Aid Sioux City With New Telephone Firm
A newly formed State Telephone Company in Sioux City with a $1,000,000 capitalization plans to spend $200,000 to build independent toll lines into the city. It will connect Sioux City businessmen with hundreds of towns in the northwest and will operate a switch board from the Sioux City Automatic Telephone Company building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New State Telephone Company
Sioux City
Sioux City Automatic Telephone Company
Fugitive Heard From George Mentzer in Oklahoma
George Mentzer, former city clerk of Cedar Rapids, disappeared after seeking work on a lane project. He has been heard from in Oklahoma, where he had applied for a job in a town. He did not secure employment and disappeared again, but is expected to be located within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mentzer
Cedar Rapids
Hing
Oklahoma
Resignation of Idaho Grove Schools Superintendent Voelker
Paul I. Voelker, a leading state public school figure, resigns as superintendent of the Idaho Grove schools and asks to be relieved of duties immediately. His resignation is accepted by the directors. Voelker opposed football and athletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul I. Voulker
Idan Grove
Voelker
Graft Alleged. Davidson Arrested in Sioux City For Forgery
S. L. Davidson was arrested in Anthon and brought to Sioux City charged with forgery. Joe Wits is alleged to have posed as an insurance agent, obtaining notes from farmers by inducing them to take out policies. He is said to have sold the original note and a copy to mislead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Davidson
Anthon
Sioux City
Joe Wits
Ife
State plans dairy trains to teach butter making nationwide
Plans announced by the state dairy commissioner to duplicate the seed corn special trains by adding dairy trains. They will carry top instructors to dairymen and buttermakers across the state to teach approved butter making methods.
Population Count in Lake City Reaches 2011
Assessor WM Wickle announces Lake City's population has risen to 2011 residents within corporate limits after completing the enumeration. The figure reflects current counts and underscores growth in the municipality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuiuke City
WM. Wickle
Lake City
Hidden property found in Polk County tax report
Tax ferrets report filed with the county auditor shows hidden property taxable in Polk County amounting to about 35,582.55 dollars. This indicates hidden property valued at roughly 1,500,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Farmer Charles Sloan Dies After Farm Injury in Sioux City
Woodbury County farmer Charles Sloan died at 10 after injuries from a Monday afternoon accident on his father Oliver Sloan s farm. He was taken to Samaritan hospital in Sioux City for an operation before succumbing to wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury County
Charles Sloan
Oliver Sloan
Samaritan Hospital
Sioux City
Atte Luving
Roosevelt Drops Dominican Treaty Fight for Now
The Santo Domingo treaty remains stalled as President Roosevelt agrees to defer ratification. A special fall session will reconvene to pursue approval while critics blame Senate inaction for leaving relations with the Dominican Republic unsettled and the arbitration award to collect revenues unresolved.
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Santo Domingo
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Senate
Iim
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