Supreme Court Orders Prominent Packers to Appear in May
In Jefferson City on April 29 Attorney General Crow obtained an order from Chief Justice Burgess directing Armour Packing Co executives led by Charles W. Armour and other Missouri officers to appear in the supreme court on May 6. They must answer questions about a beef and meat price regulation combination under the 1899 law, aligned with New York precedent.
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Jefferson City
Crow
Supreme Court
Beef Trust
Burgess
Charles W. Armour
Armour Packing Company
Kansas City
Kirkland B. Armour
Missouri
J. C. Dold
J. C. Dold Packing Company
O. W. Waller
Swift & Co
South St. Joseph
Gust Bischoff
St. Louis
New York State
Meat prices rise again as packers push costs up
Kansas City report shows another price increase by packers across beef and pork. Boneless cuts, loins, ribs rise with grass-fed beef now priced at no less than ten and a half cents per pound. Hams and carcasses cost butchers more, with widespread half-cent advances on groceries and provisions.
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Kansas City
Strong Protest by Chicago Merchants Over Transcontinental Rates
Chicago merchants and manufacturers protest to the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging discrimination in transcontinental rates. They argue equal rates from New York and Chicago to Pacific coast points erode Chicago’s competitive edge west of the Rockies, while railroad defenses cite water competition via the Gulf as a reason for uniform rates.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Gulf
St. Louis
St. Paul
Mississippi River Valley
Middle West
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company Toll Line Expansion
The Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company reports millions invested in toll lines across the Northwest to meet demand. The plant links with over one hundred independent companies, offering a service unequalled in the country.
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Northwest
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Seven Die Then Tornado Strikes Glen Rose Texas
A tornado swept Glen Rose Texas between 5 and 6 pm causing seven deaths and injuring about forty. Numerous businesses including a printing office and a warehouse were demolished along with many homes. Deaths identified include Mrs. Carl Milan and Rev. Ford with several others named. relief aid from Morgan arrived as details remained uncertain.
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Carl Milan
J. J. Alan
Ford
Methodist
Mae Connell
Musgrove
Gage
Tidwell
Baschow
Thomas Trice
Miss Fogg
Shields
Lewis
Weatherford
Glen Rose
Morgan
Milam
Lily & Son
Hendricks & Son
Sailors Lost In Lake Vessel Disintegrates Near Point Pelee
The schooner Grace Gribbie from Ashtabula to St Tenace broke up in a Saturday squall six miles from Detroit. Surviving crew report three drowned including Levi Fuller and College Bendixon of Port Hope Michigan and William Roach of Cleveland. The Louise recovered survivors and first details of the wreck.
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Sandusky
Louise
Grace Gribbie
Cleveland
Thomas Wilson
Point Pelee
Levi Fuller
Port Hope
Mich
College Bendixon
William’ Roach
Gribbie
Ashtabula
St. Tenace
Detroit
Survivors Endure Perilous Sea Crossing Before Shore
A boat battled heavy seas and the survivors faced a perilous ordeal before reaching the shore, with crews on deck weighing risks and seeking safety after a mission at sea.
Monster steel plant to rise in Chicago and Pittsburg
The United States Steel corporation plans an exact duplicate of the Economy works. The Chicago plant will cost between 2.5 and 3 million dollars and support the Western district. The new site, land secured, links the Toledo, Pittsburg, and Chicago operations as part of a 50 million dollar bond issue.
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Pittsburg
Dispatch
American Bridge Company
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Toledo
Fire Toward Aberdeen Destroys Arms of State Guards
A grain palace fire in Aberdeen South Dakota on April 29 destroyed all equipment of Company L of the state guards, including arms. Embers blown by wind ignited a dozen new fires, quickly checked by watchmen. Total loss estimated at ten thousand dollars.
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Company of State Guards
Aberdeen
S. D
Grain Palace
State Guards
Fire destroys King's Daughters' Home in Oakland
A blaze at the King's Daughters' Home in Oakland nearly totalled the institution. Forty inmates were inside. two patients, William Bray and John H. Murray, were badly burned. Bray died from his injuries. The fire is believed to have started when Bray toppled a lamp during an epileptic fit. Twenty six women and sixteen men were saved.
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Oakland
Cal
King’s Daughters’ Home
William Bray
New York
John H. Murray
Bray
Train wreck injures most on board near Eureka Springs
A caboose derailed six miles west of Eureka Springs Arkansas on the St. Louis and North Arkansas Railroad. Probate Judge John N Pitman of Berryville was internally hurt and in serious condition. Nine passengers were on board with most sustaining serious injuries.
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Eureka Springs
Ark
St. Louis and North Arkansas
Here
John N. Pitman
Berryville
Gas Blast Harms Five in Chicago Apartments
Explosion of gas in the J. W. Anderson building on North Paulina street injured five people, caused partial destruction to the Chaffe apartment building, and triggered a tenant panic.
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Chicago
J. W. Anderson
Chaffe
Paulina Street
Fatal runaway horses at funeral in Clinton Iowa
A funeral in Clinton Iowa ends in tragedy when a team driven by Mr and Mrs Adam Snyder bolted out of control hurling them down an embankment and leaving both fatally injured officials say the incident occurred April 29 and the victims were at the service when the horses escaped.
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Clinton
Adam Snyder
First Step Toward Alabama Constitution Challenge
In Montgomery on April 2 a negro, Nelson Ribb, swore he was denied registration despite meeting qualifications, a claim aiding a suit by Wilford H. Smith from New York alleging the Alabama constitution violates the federal Constitution. The Colored Men's Suffrage association seeks $2,000 to fund the contest costs.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Nelson Ribb
Wilford H. Smith
New York
United States District Court
United States Supreme Court
Colored Men’s Suffrage Association
Strike of Longshoremen Sparks Duluth Lumber Dispute
On April 29 Duluth dock workers staged a brief strike after the local longshoremen's union demanded 60 cents an hour for lumber loading, which vessel captains refused. About 250 union members quit work, crews were redirected, and a Lumber Carriers' meeting in Chicago will decide if owners concede or fight, risking a nationwide longshoremen confrontation.
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Duluth
Loneshoremen’s Union
Lumber Carriers’ Association
Chicago
The
Jongshoremen
Case Brings Supreme Court Test of Constitutionality
Gideon Ives of St Peter appeared for John Utrick and others of Polk county before the Supreme Court and secured a writ of certiorari returnable May 23 to test the constitutionality of the state drainage law. The Rainy lake ditch runs through the applicant's property and the case argues the law takes private land for private purposes.
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St. Paul
Gideon
Ives
St. Peter
John Utrick
Polk County
Supreme Court
Rainy Lake
Nebraska Governor Savage Ends renomination Bid
Lincoln Nebraska April 29 Governor Esra P Savage releases statement announcing withdrawal from renomination bid. He notes criticism from party members and Republican papers since pardoning former State Treasurer Barney. He adds he would pardon Bartley under similar conditions.
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Lincoln
Neb
Esra
P. Savage
Barney
Bartley
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Monster Steel
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