Diverse Telegraphic News Briefs From 1904
A compilation of short items: Elias Powell, colored, hanged at Texarkana for murder. a five blood Kentucky horse from West Tennessee sent to Frederick for presidential use. Erie Railway files capital increase to 197 million. Rate legislation vs tariff revision after New York sentiment study. New cruiser Rusheck conducts turbine trials at 22 knots over 180 miles. Elderly man, possibly Charles H. Simpson, commits suicide in St. Louis. Cousius Brown, colored, convicted for murder of Mrs. Nancy Gay in St. Joseph. Southern Industrial parliament planned in Washington from May 25 to 26. Emil Klaensig dies in Brooklyn. U.S. pension disbursements total 142 million for year ending June 10, 1904. Spotted fever epidemic in Sicily. labor unrest in Uskub region. Turkish prisoners lynched near Kumanoe after capture. Ohio attorney general pressure to place Mutual Home Fire Insurance into receivership. Imperial decree grants amnesty to religious offenders. Oklahoma City boarding house tragedy ends in murder and suicide. Secretary Hitchcock appoints William H. Code as chief of Indian Irrigation. Record rail mile drive Clinton to Boone in 189 minutes. Harvard invites Wilhelm Ottwald for lecture exchange. Interior orders withdrawal of 606,000 acres in San Francisco and Susanville districts. English physicist demonstrates smoke dispersal by electricity. Tapeworm noted as enemy of consumption germ. Honolulu to form five-county government for the islands. New York grand jury probes accusations against a prominent politician and attorney. David Roth’s child, former federal bank president, serving nine-year term. U.S. Supreme Court upholds pro rata stock distribution in Northern Securities case. Mescalero Indian meningitis epidemic reported to the Indian affairs commissioner.
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Elias Powell
Texarkana
Ark
J. G. Gardner
Tennessee
Frederick
Erie Railway Company
New York
George E. Roberta
Rusheck
Khel
Swinemunde
Charles H. Simpson
Lincoln
St. Louis
S T. Joseph
Cousius Brown
Brooklyn
N.Y
United States Treasury
Sicily
Uskub
Kumanove
Ware Elila
Ohlo
Common Pleas Court
Mutual Home Fire Insurance Company of
Cleveland
St. Petersburg
Oklahoma City
O.T
M. Ll. Shepley
Holdenville
O. T
Hitchcock
Willam H. Code
Los Angeles
Cal
Warde
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Iowa
Clinton
Boone
Harvard University
Wilhelm Ottwald
University of Leipzig
Secretary of the Interior
San Francisco
Susanville
Cals
Sacramento Valley
Canada
Vera Cruz
Mex
State Department
Honolulu
Manahan Islands
Molokai
David Rothschild
Federal Bank
United States Supreme Court
Northern Securities
Harriman
Merger Speculation Surrounds Major Rail Stocks
Wall Street focused on the announcement of Union Pacific planning to raise 100 million dollars in preferred stock as investors debated the potential merger with New York Central and Chicago and North Western. The move triggered broad trading in Union Pacific common stock and fueled talk of a holding company restructuring.
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New York Central
Northwestern
New York
Union Pacific
Wall Street
Iself
Becker's
Chicago & Northwestern
Harriman
Socialist Demonstration at Smolensk Burial
In Smolensk a crowd of six thousand gathered in heavy snow for the burial of a Pahl factory employee killed by a policeman. Red flags adorned the scene, a wreath bore the inscription Death to the Czar the Assassin, and after proclamations a socialist banner led a funeral procession before police dispersed the mob with minimal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Smolensk
Socialisma
Epidemic Persists as Diphtheria Antitoxin Fails
Gouverneur hospital researchers report no cure for cerebro spinal meningitis with diphtheria antitoxin after trials from January 20. Death rate remains as in prior year while the outbreak spreads within 250 miles. Eighteen deaths occur Wednesday in Greater New York and forty seven between Saturday noon and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gouverneur Hospital
Manhattan
Chile Answers Peru on Tacna Arica Dispute
Chile replies to Peru over Tacna and Arica asserting final dominion and sovereignty without war. The statement emphasizes resolution through negotiation and maintains Chilean control of the disputed territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jima
Chile
Tacna
Arica
Peru
German Ambassador Report Sequence on Morocco
The British government had not received from Count Wolf Metternich or any other source a memorandum on Morocco similar to the document given to Secretary Taft by Baron von Speck. This notes the absence of a parallel briefing in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Wolf Metternich
Morocco
Taft
Haron von Speck
Brernburg
United States
Reorganization of the Isthmian Canal Commission
The president reshapes the Isthmian Canal Commission with seven appointees, led by Theodore P. Shonts, and assigns distinct duties to each member. Taft publicly outlines the new personnel, noting a mix of top officials and specialists, with Harrod the lone holdover.
Brady Is Asked To Resign As Alaska Governor
Washington reports a conditional request for Governor John G. Brady of Alaska to resign. Secretary Hitchcock notified the governor to sever ties with a mining company or quit, saying the case parallels charges against the Dawes commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Alaska
Mining Company
Quest
John G. Brady
Hitchcock
Dawes Commission
Department
Senator Burton Visits St Louis in May Trial Context
United States Senator Burton of Kansas arrived in St Louis Missouri and declined to explain the purpose of his visit while meeting with District Attorney Dyer about his retrial set for the May term. He was previously found guilty of receiving fees from Rialto Grain and Securities company of St Louis for alleged work with the last office department on behalf of the company and his case was remanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
United States
Burton
Kansas
Dyer
United States District Court
United States Supreme Court
Rialto Grain and Securities Company of
Spotted fever outbreak reported in Antrim County Michigan
H Schuman of the state health board reports an outbreak of spotted fever or cerebro meningitis in Istar township Antrim county with eight cases and seven deaths.
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Lansing. Mich
H. Schuman
State Board of Health
Antrim County
Roast of Meat Kills Cook in Missouri Hotel Quarrel
Paul Kaleeva a hotel cook died at a hospital from injuries after a roast of meat struck him during a quarrel with fellow cook Nicholas Papenjick in St Louis Missouri authorities investigated the incident
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Louis
Paul Kaleeva
Nicholas Papenjick
Cautious Young Ministers Target Women At Newark Conference
Bishop Joseph E. Berry of Hoffale chaired the Newark Methodist Episcopal conference urging cautious ministerial conduct toward women. He warned against afternoon calls on wives when husbands and children are present and urged avoiding such visits as much as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark, N. J
Joseph E. Berry
Hoffale
Newark
Methodist Episcopal Church
Absence of Most Vessels Clouds Rojestvensky Pacific Squadron Passage
Singapore reports fifty one ships of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's second Pacific squadron. The battleships Kniax Sougaroff Alexander Ti Borodine Orel and several cruisers did not arrive and their whereabouts are unknown. Other ships and cargo steamers also listed with details of flags and owners.
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Singapore
Rojestvensky
Kniax Sougaroff
Alexander Ti
Borodine
Orel
Sissol
Velsky
Oleg
Nakhimoff
Dmitri
Douskol
Aurora
Imumrud
Jemtchug
Almaz
Russ
Anadyr
Furet Blemarck
Kaiserin Maria Thercen
Kaiserin August Victorin
Kaleer Friedrisch
Rion
Voronez
Kief
Yaroslav
Tambo
Vladimir
Rietian Navigation Company
Jupiter
Meteor
Mercury
Tsulushu
Changtu
Pamlencheng
Chorovo
Taulushu
Roosevelt Camps At Camp Roosevelt Near Frederick Oklahoma
President Roosevelt and party reached Camp Roosevelt southwest of Frederick late Saturday and settled into tents along Deep Creek. Major Mutchett and others located the camp, wolves roamed the 480000 acre reservation, and Fort Silk troops were stationed to deter trespassers while locals kept to the edges of the pasture.
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Frederick
Okla
Roosevelt
J. K. Mutchett
Sherman
C. B. McHugh
J. R. Abernathy
Quawah Parker
Gut
Fort Silk
Camp
Steamship Line to Mexico Gulf Ports to Canada
Progress toward a steamship line linking Mexican gulf ports with Canada advances with expected May start. Debates over stopping at Cuban ports arise as government objects to Cuban calls. Mexico Texas City Steamship to begin regular service May 1.
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Mexico City
Mexican Gulf
Canada
Mexico
Texas City
Osborn Lieutenant Convicted in Duplication of Pay Case
The war department received court martial proceedings and findings in the case of First Lieutenant Albert C. Osborn Twenty sixth infantry charged with duplication of pay accounts absence without leave and embezzlement. Tried in the Department of Texas he was sentenced to dismissal. A Newark resident he served as enlisted in the regular army from 1894 to 1899 and was commissioned as second lieutenant.
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Osborn
Washington
War Department
Albert C. Osborn
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Department of Texas
Newark
Regular Army
Want Land Allotted What is Demanded by the Standing Rock Indians
At Fort Yates in the Standing Rock agency the Indians voted to allot lands. Each family head would receive 640 acres, others 320 acres, plus horses, cattle, a wagon, tools, and 60 dollars. Under 18 would get 160 acres. Indians oppose selling and expect future state citizenship and a land surplus. Leasing lands was rejected. 1000 to 1200 voters to states North and South Dakota.
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Standing Rock
Fort Yates
Major McLaughlin
Standing Rock Agency
Sam
North
South Dakota
Major McLoughlin
Lumber Kings Under Fire
Federal Grand Jury orders the secretary to produce books as Charles W. Eberlin of the Southern Pacific testifies in Portland Oregon. Reported testimony may support a conspiracy to secure large timber lands in southern Oregon and to link railroad land grabs with government land acquisitions.
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Federal
Portland
Ore
Charles W. Eberlin
Southern Pacific Company
Eberlin
Oregon
Bayonne Bidder Demands Certified Check Over Navy Auction
G B Spearin of Bayonne New Jersey sued to force Admiral Endicott to return a 26000 certified check and to amend a bid for a New York navy yard dock. Endicott refused to amend the bid or return the check, maintaining the original bid.
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Washington
G. B. Spearin
Bayonne
N. J
Admiral Endicott
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Navy Department
Spearin
New York Navy Yard
Illinois anti trust measure sent to senate with stiff penalties
The McKinley anti trust bill passed the Shinall house of representatives by a large vote and moves to the senate. Drawn under Attorney General Stead, it defines what constitutes a truth, includes insurers, and imposes heavy fines and possible imprisonment for violations. First offense fines for corporations start at 400 to 1000, rising to 15000 by the fourth offense. Individual officers face 500 to 1000 fine and up to one year in jail.
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Illinois
Springfield
Shinall House of Representatives
Senate
Stead
Chicago elects Dunne as mayor amid franchise shakeup
A political upheaval in Chicago elects Judge Dunne as mayor. The Republican effort to seize the mayoralty faltered, prompting official policy toward rapid end of private public utility franchises. Municipal ownership threatens high value street car lines.
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Chicago
Tuesaday
Republican Party
Judge Dunne Idem
The Banker Not Guilty in Fidelity Savings Case
Judge Frank T. Johnson presided as the jury found FE. M. Johnsyn not guilty of embezzlement as former president of the Fidelity Savings association. The judge lamented that thousands were driven poor by the failure, noting only mismanagement was proven, not on trial.
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Denver
Colo
Frank T. Johnson
FE. M. Johnsyn
Fidelity Savings Association
Fidelity
Johnson
Japan Will Seek Indemnity After War Says Baron Sugematsu
Baron Sugematsu argues Japan will fight until Russia pays indemnity and has outlined terms. He criticizes peace at any price and questions Western sympathy, insisting Japan seeks material recompense and a lasting settlement in the Far East.
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London
Baron Sugematsu
Japan
Russia
Far East
Rusela
Earthquake Devastates Dharmsala Killing Gurkha Regiments
Reports from Dharmsala indicate 470 Gurkha soldiers buried alive after a quake wrecked barracks and felled Kangra valley towns. News is scarce as telegraph lines to Kangra and Dharmsala are down and offices are wrecked. Europeans also report casualties, including seven children.
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Dharmsala
Lahore
India
Kangra
Purpose of Watering Erie Stock
New York reports Erie railroad increased common stock from 112 million to 152 million to prepare for converting 16 million of convertible bonds. Bonds convert at 50 dollars per share, requiring twenty shares per 1000 dollar bond. Stock presently trades around 46 4 percent.
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Erie
New York
Erie Railroad Company
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Carrol
Mescalero Indian Reservation
New Mexico
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
U. P
Czar
THE
Commission
Mr. Shonts
Lathmian Canal Commission
Congress
Benjamin M. Harrod
Aimal
Theodore P. Shonts
Charmian
Charles EK. Magoon
Senator Burton
Michigan
Camp Roosevelt
Steamship Lines
Lumber Kings
Calcutta
Dharmessa
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