Roosevelt Intervenes to Prevent Bituminous Coal Strike
President Roosevelt acts as peacemaker between coal miners and operators. He writes to United Mine Workers of America president John Mitchell, prompting a national convention on March 15 to seek a wage agreement and avert a threatened April 1 strike in the bituminous fields. Francis J. Robbins and other industry leaders attended the New York conference.
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New York
Roosevelt
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Francis J. Robbins
Pittsburg Coal Company
W. C. Perry
Southwestern Coal Association
B. F. Bush
Gould Railroads
Arnes
Mr. Robbins
National Civic Federation
Francis L. Robbins
President of Cattle Company Sentenced to Prison
Omaha February 27 Federal Judge Mander sentenced Rev Geo G Ware president of the U B I Cattle company after conviction for conspiracy to defraud the government by illegal homestead entries Ware faces one year in prison and a $5000 fine.
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Cattle Company
Omaha
Mander
Rev
Geo. G. Ware
U. B. I. Cattle Company
Close Up Business Winding Up of Cooperative Concern
Chicago February 27 Receiver Day in charge of Cash Buyers Union and the First National Co- operatives begins process to wind up affairs. Strong entities include Chicago, Receiver Day, Cash Buyers Union, First National, Co- operatives. Proceedings initiated to settle assets and liabilities under court oversight.
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Chicago
Cash Buyers’ ‘Union
First National Co
Receiver reports assets and liabilities in Woh Cern case
The receiver announced after a hasty examination that the company possesses goods valued at about 250000 dollars while liabilities run to about 1100 merchants nationwide, totaling roughly a quarter of a million dollars.
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Case Reeb Gy Operative Society
Cave
Wohcern
Accidental Lamp Overturns at Comfort Hotel
In St Louis on February 27, P S Wushes of Lincoln Nebraska overturned a lighted lamp in a third floor room. Hughes and J A Court ney leaped from windows escaping flames but likely fatal injuries. One hundred twenty five guests and three employees suffered minor burns. The loss is small. Guilty of manslaughter.
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St. Louis
P. S Wushes
Lincoln Neb
Comfort Hotel
Hughes
J. A. Courtney
House Railroad Measure Reported to Senate in Accord
In Washington on February 27 the Hepburn railroad rate bill was reported to the Senate by Senator Tillman. The galleries were crowded but debate expectations waned as Tillman announced the bill would be printed with hearings and that amendments could be offered. Aldrich outlined minority concerns about defects and the need for judicial review of rate orders. The session proceeded with printing orders and notes on testimony summarization.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Tillman
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Aldrich
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Messrs. Adams and Newcomb
South Carolina
Ohio
Rutledge murder verdict finds man guilty of manslaughter
Centerville Iowa Feb 27 The jury in the Rutledge case returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter at 9 30 this morning after a twenty day trial costing the county over 5000 dollars Rutledge killed Ol Street at his home August 21 by cutting his abdomen with a razor.
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Centerville
Rutledge
Ol Street
Roosevelt urges high peacetime readiness for war
Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt sending a letter to the secretary of war recited from Admiral Togo’s remarks at the end of the Japan Russia war. The letter urges keeping army personnel at peak condition in peacetime to be ready for any future conflict.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Togo
Japan
Russia
Interstate Commerce Commission Power to Compel Answers
Judge Landis in Chicago today upheld the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling that the agency can compel witnesses to answer questions. In Kenney, five desperate men held the town at bay during a bank robbery near Lincoln Illinois. The robbers dynamited the People’s Bank at Kenny, securing $600 and escaping on an Illinois Central train.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Landis
United States Circuit Court
Interstate Commerce Commision
Kenney
Lincoln
Lil
People’s Bank
Kenny
Illinois Central
Mystery Solved by Dr King’s New Life Pills
John N. Pleasant of Magnolia Ind credits Dr King’s New Life Pills with solving periodic attacks of biliousness and habitual constipation. The pills are guaranteed to satisfy or money refunded and priced at 25 cents at A L Bibbins drug store.
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Dr. King
John N. Pleasant
Magnolia
Ind
A. L. Bibbins Drug Store
Massacre of missionaries in Nanchang reported
Pekin reports describe a massacre in Nanchang Kiangsi where six missionaries were killed and an English missionary child wounded after long disputes with Catholic priests and the local magistrate. An invitation banquet allegedly led to pressure for indemnity payment and the magistrate’s ire.
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H. C. Kingman
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Foreign Office
United States
Trops
Pekin
Four Simple Rules for Health and Mi-o-na Promise
A vintage health adette extols four simple rules for a healthy life: keep bowels open daily chew food slowly avoid indigestible foods and take Mi o na before each meal to cure stomach troubles. The ad claims Mi o na is a scientific remedy not a cure all and guarantees satisfaction with a price only if it works.
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A. Ll
Ibbns
Anchor Policy Offer Reduces Insurance Rates in Bedford
Bedford residents are urged to inspect policies and bring any above 1.95 per hundred to R. M. Williams, Recording Agent for Anchor Fire Insurance Company, for rate reductions within corporate limits.
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Bedford
Woman's Trials and Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription
An article argues childlessness strains marriage and urges treatment for female weakness. It touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets as effective solutions, claiming wide success and transparent formula details, with reference to Buffalo clinics and medical endorsement.
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Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Materia Medica
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