Four Bodies Found In Floating Box Near St Joseph
A farmer on the Missouri river south of St Joseph discovered a dry goods box drifting on March 22 containing four men and a woman in advanced decomposition. Coroner reports murder plausible as the box was set adrift after the bodies were placed inside. Local fear and mystery grip the region as investigators seek the emigrant family missing since winter nearby.
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St. Joseph
Compton McCoy
Missouri River
Reynolds
The Rabbi Cleared on a Divorce Case in Cincinnati
Rabbi Isaac Finkelstein escaped conviction on a technicality in a Cincinnati court after being accused of selling a divorce to a church member. Attorney Bob Push argued it was customary for the rabbi's church to procure divorces this way, and good faith actions were claimed. The judge required two cases to prove the charge, and dismissed the case. The rabbi was congratulated by his congregation watching the outcome.
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Cincinnati
Riabbi Isaac Finkelstein
Aivine
Michael
Finkelstein
Birk
Bob Push
Gregg
Convrewition
Bloody brawl at negro church near Nackocnoones Texas
A Sunday night battle at a negro church three miles from town involved pistols knives clubs and rocks. Led by Rev Fred Jackson and elder Sam Forney the melee left several wounded including John Fhurivan who saved a man by taking bullets and Jefferson Rusk badly hurt. Grand jury investigates the trouble.
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Nackocnoones
Tex
Fred Jackson
Sam Forney
John Fhurivan
Jefferson Rusk
Final Payment Made in Axworthy Defalcation Case
In Cleveland on March 22 the city relinquished all claims against bondholders of Thomas Axworthy the former city treasurer. Axworthy stole about 300000 from the treasury fled to Europe was tracked by bondsmen attorneys reached a settlement turning over property and returning to North America and settling in a Canadian city. The final payment to the city totaled about two hundred eighty thousand dollars.
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Cleveland
Thomas Axworthy
Axworthy
Europe
Harper Denies Bribery Charge In Topeka Dispatch
A Topeka dispatch reports State Superintendent McBride alleging President Harper offered large sums for campaign favors to allow the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association to do business in Kansas. Harper denies the charge, stating no one from the Mutual Reserve bribed or attempted to bribe Mr. McBride or anyone else.
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Harper
New York
Topeka
McBride
Moaatasl Reserve Fund Life Association
Mutual Reserve Fund
Kansas
Mutual Reserve Company
Will Ask Executive Clemency for Carlyle Harris
A petition seeking clemency for Governor Flower inmate Carlyle W Harris has been prepared and will circulate. Howe and Hummel office will distribute the petition and receive signatures, mailing copies to requestors. Many nonresidents have asked for the documents to attest Harris innocence. Selecting a Library For the Home.
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New York
Governor Flower
Carlyle W. Harris
Howe & Hummel
Carlyle Harris
Funds Raised for Library at Childs Drexel Home in Colorado Springs
A fundraising event in Colorado Springs aimed to aid a library for the Childs Drexel home for union printers. Sufficient funds were secured to purchase about £00 volumes, with book selection as the meeting’s main focus. In Cuicano March 2 Hoag Manufacturing block burned, total loss $88,000, insured about $31,000.
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Childs- Drexel
Union
Colorado Springs
Cuicano
Hoag
Senate Debates Maximum Rate Bill Amid Lobby Clamor
The Senate considered the maximum rate bill with crowds filling the lobby and gallery. After debating various measures, the body entered committee of the whole chaired by North. Independent members battled rulings and a potential chair removal, leaving the bill poised for further committee review while the House finished third-reading bills.
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Lixcots
Senate
North
House
Resolutions Censuring Governor Waite Presented to Legislature
Denver March 22 Representative EK L Humphrey introduced in the house a resolution denouncing Governor Waite. It recites his recent political speeches and claims his remarks were unbecoming for a chief executive. Members of the lower house resent the criticisms and the measure was laid over under the rules.
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Tive
Denver
EK. L. Humphrey
Waite
Contempt Case Trials For Eight Workmen
In ToLeEno Ohio on March 22 the examination of eight men charged with contempt of a U S Judge Ricks order began in the federal building. Five witnesses testified including Stevens and Boyden of the Lake Shore railroad. Boyden stated the defense aim and the defendants left their posts after refusing to handle Ann Arbor freight.
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ToLeEno
United States
Ricks
Cleveland
Federal Building
Motive
Stevens
Boyden
Lake Shore Railroad
Ann Arbor
The Worst Yet to Come
In Albuquerque on March 2 a growing mail service crisis alarmed officials. Dispatchers and operators were discharged and arrested as U S Marshal Paul and 25 deputies moved toward Winslow and Williams to avert delays to mail trains. Brotherhood leaders warned the worst may still arrive within 24 hours.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Paul
Arizona
Winslow
Williams
Brotherhood
Southern Pacific 1902 statement shows loss but keeps surplus
The Examiner reports the Southern Pacific railroad’s 1902 annual statement, to be submitted at the April 6 meeting, will show a net earnings loss of about one million dollars compared with the prior year. The reduction barely offsets the surplus, with the report still showing a better overall position than earlier years, due in part to clipper ship competition between San Francisco and New York for seven months last year.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Here
New York
Legislative coal investigation resumes in St Paul
The joint legislative coal investigation committee reopened sittings in St Paul. They informally discussed John J. Rhodes’s $50,000 suit against the committee but no action plan emerged. Much of the evening focused on shaping already secured evidence for Ramsey and Hennepin grand juries. A mass meeting is called for March 24 to endorse the legislature’s action.
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St. Paul
Joint Legislative Coal Investigation Committee
John J. Rhodes
Ramsey
Hennepin
Milwaukee strike brews on northern division rail line
Milwaukee March 22 A strike brews among operators on the northern division of the Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western railroad spanning the line. Men plan to quit April 1 citing long dissatisfaction with wages and ineffective remonstrance due to un organization.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad
Rector Ahlwardt seeks to prove fraud in Jew finance scheme
Berin March 23 Rector Ahlwardt the Jew baiter libeler and bankrupt was brought from prison to speak in the Reichstag. He asserted 11 documents show fraudulent contracts with Jewish financiers during Bismarck's chancellorship and that state losses total hundreds of millions. Deputies demanded production of the documents as the debate ended with orders to submit them to the Reichstag. Ahlwardt's claim is viewed as another of his mare's nests.
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Berit
Ahlwardt
Bismarck
Rew
Johannes Miquel
Reichstag
Arton to Be Arrested on Global Warrant
In Strasbourg the public prosecutor is directed to secure a warrant for the arrest of M. Arton the fugitive Panama lobbyist. The warrant description will be communicated to police across German cities and regions per the French government request.
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Arton
Beruix
Strasburg
M. Arton
Panama
Mayor Jeff Shot Dead in Moscow City Hall
A man identified as Adrianoff fatally shot Mayor Alex Jeff inside Moscow City Hall on March 2. The event stunned officials and residents amid ongoing security concerns. Police report ongoing investigations and pursuit of further details.
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Tiis
Moscow
Alex Jeff
Adrianoff
Bombs In Rome Prompt General Alarm
Six bombs were thrown in Rome on Tuesday, sparking general alarm. No arrests have been made.
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Rome
Mitchells Latest Fight Plans and Russia Boy Tale
Charles Mitchell vows to return to America next September and to prepare for a fight with Corbett near the club where they meet. A 10-year-old Russian immigrant, Antoni Kudenzhski, arrives alone in New York bound for Chicago after cholera claimed his father in Hamburg. A Lincoln bank probe report asserts Capital National Bank affairs show no time when the state could have recovered its deposit funds from the defunct institution.
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New York
Charles Mitchell
Squire
Abingdon
England
Majestic
America
Corbett
Blanchard
Antoni Kudenzhski
Rhaetia
Hamburg
Chicago
Capital National Bank Affairs
Lincoln
March
Capital National Bank
Kennedy Charged With Murder In Christmas Death
In Taylorville Illinois Dennis Kennedy was arrested for the murder of Matthew Leonard found bruised in Kennedy's kitchen last Christmas morning. Leonard died days later after the incident. A grand jury indicted Kennedy now in session.
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Leonard
Taylorville
Ills
Dennis Kennedy
Matthew Leonard
Kennedy
Stonington
Denver
G. W. Kramer
Denver and Rio Grande Express Company
Kramer
Western Sixpress Company
Rio Grande Western
Senate Fight Over Organization and Army Enlistment Rules
Republican caucus signals a fight to the finish over Senate reorganization as Democrats press a plan and Republicans vow resistance. In Washington officials condemn an army law barring enlistment of those with 10 years service or over 50, unless 20 years as enlisted, provoking discontent and calls to repeal. Officers decry the measure as harmful to the service and to veterans’ pay and homes.
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Wasienaros
Senate
Washington
Army
War Department
Congress
Department
Lamont
May Not Send a Delegate to International Conference
The state department reports all delegates to the international monetary conference have resigned. At the next cabinet meeting discussion will decide whether new delegates are appointed. Some officials believe President Cleveland has decided not to send another delegate to Brussels. If so the minister to Belgium may attend as the U S representative.
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Washington
State Department
Cleveland
Brussels
Toelgium
United States
Senate Action and Appointments in Washington Session
In a ten minute session the senate appointed Mr Walthall as a director of the deaf and dumb institute of the District of Columbia replacing Mr Hawley. A Florida member Mr Mitchell offered a resolution about a commission to inquire into executive departments upon which Mr Call plans to make observations. The body then adjourned after a brief executive session until Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Walthall
Deaf and Dumb Institute of
District of Columbia
Hawley
Mitchell
Florida
Call
Military Academy Appointments at Washington March 24
Among the appointments to the West Point Military Academy are Andrew Moses Strickling Norton R Darrough Charles Dostin Henry Abott Thomas B Cowell and William D Connor with John C Murphy as alternate.
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Military Academy
Washinoeton
West Point Military Academy
Andrew Moses
Strickling
Tex
Norton R. Darrough
Watseka
Ills
Charles Dostin
Marion
Kan
Henry Abott
Hillsboro
Thomas B. Cowell
Oil City
William D. Connor
Clinton
John C. Murphy
Long Grove
Leather Manufactory Burned in Gloversville Fire
Kennedy and Co leather manufactory in Gloversville New York burned Thursday evening causing a loss estimated at one hundred thousand one hundred dollars. Firemen fought the blaze but the factory suffered heavy damage and the cause was not immediately known.
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Gloversville
N. Y
Kennedy & Co
Swedish Consul Dead in Chicago Pneumonia Claim
Cuiucavo March 2 Swedish and Norwegian consul at Chicago Peter Svance died Monday night at his home of pneumonia.
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Cuiuvaco
Peter Svance
Chicago
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