Harriman Interests Win By Dissolving Voting Ban on Illinois Central
Chicago court eases restrictions letting Union Pacific and Railroad Securities vote 281,231 Illinois Central shares at March 2 annual meeting. Judge Ball says Fish failed to prove Harriman control harms IC. case now moves on merits though no appeal exists. Crowd-packed courtroom witnessed the decision and reactions from leaders including Harriman allies.
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Stnyvesant Fish
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
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Haineis Central
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New Orleans
Illinois Central
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Gotch to Meet Hackenschmidt for World Wrestling Title
William H. Witt announces world championship match between Gotch and Hackenschmidt set for Chicago on April 8. The bout carries a $10,000 purse with 60 percent to the winner and 40 percent to the loser. Match uses catch-as-catch-can style best two of three falls.
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Hackenschmidt
Boston
William H. Wittig
Gotch
Chicago
Iowa Populists Name Delegates to National Convention
Des Moines Iowa February 21 Populists of Iowa held their state convention electing district delegates and delegates at large to the national convention meeting in St Louis on April 2 L H Weller served as chairman Resolutions endorsed the Omaha platform of the Peoples party and the Springfield platform NL
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St. Louis
L. H. Weller
Omaha
People’s Party
Springfield
Powder plant blast kills twenty eight at Hercules works
A massive explosion at the Hercules powder works in Pinole near Berkeley kills 28 workers, including four whites and 24 Chinese. Foreman W W Stillwell perished. ten tons of dynamite detonated, destroying the packing sheds and sparking fires that threatened the gelatine house where 40 workers were present. Company loss estimated at about 100000.
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Hercules Powder Works
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Joseph Grace
W. A. Rodriguez
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Senate and House Adjourn In Latimer Death Observance
Washington February 21 Congress adjourned in both chambers after learning of Senator Asbury C Latimer of South Carolina death. A committee was named to accompany the body home. The House spent most session time reading impeachment charges against Federal Judge Lebbins R Wilfley of Shanghai, China.
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New York
Lebbins R. Wilfley
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Shanghai
China
Committees On
Judiciary
Minister of War Dismissed in Russia Name of Successor Named
St. Petersburg reports Lieutenant General Rudiger is removed from the war ministry. Lieutenant General Nicholas Ivanoff, a veteran of Turkish and Japanese wars and the current governor general of Cronstadt, is named his successor.
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No- Yee Vremya
Rudiger
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Cronstadt
Rumors of plots cloud Lisbon from February gloom
In Lisbon on February 21 rumors swirl of revolts and Francoist plots. An Oporto paper claims the government probes leaders Counts Arnoso Taronca and Major Jose Lobo. Republicans say they back liberal policy and legal order. Public mind unsettled as business falters.
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Riot in Philadelphia as marchers clash with police injuring twenty
Nearly 1,000 foreigners including Italians and Poles moved on city hall in Philadelphia to press demands on Mayor Reyburn. A riot in Broad street left twenty injured, fourteen arrested, after wagons blocked the line and attackers beat drivers. Police and reserve squads dispersed the mob. several officers shot or struck, with one bystander hit.
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City Hall
Reyburn
Broad Street
Charles Munn
Pyott
Smith
Harry Druding
Joseph Troi
Dominick Donnetti
Michel Costello
Donnetti
Torpedo Boats Return After Stormy Gulf Cruise
Five torpedo boats that left Tuesday night for the Gulf of Mexico returned to Hampton Roads after two days fighting heavy seas off the Virginia coast. Prevailing winds and high seas prevented progress. two or three boats are reported to have minor damage.
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Virginia
Gulf of Mexico
Hampton Roads
Death by Own Action Shocks Fuller Express Head
Colonel Eugene W. Guindon president of Fuller Express shot himself at his New York desk without leaving a motive. He penned letters and left items for his wife before the tragedy, while associates recall no warning signs before the gunfire.
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New York
Eugene W. Guindon
Fuller's Express Company
Harry Thurston
Astor House
Colonel Guindon
Murder on a Collier A Carpenter Kills Chief Officer
In San Juan Puerto Rico on February 21 George Dixon a carpenter aboard the American collier Abarenda killed Walter Weichert chief officer. Dixon attacked with an axe severing Weichert as he walked from a car after disobedience had led to irons. An inquiry board was appointed to investigate the murder aboard the ship which had just arrived with the fleet from Rio Janeiro to port four days earlier.
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Walter Weichert
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Weichert
Mison
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