Week of events across politics and industry
State Superintendent Victor Collins announces prison reforms ending the arrival haircut. Senator J H L Berry of Arkansas injured in a fall on ice near Bentonville. Omaha grand jury indicts 148 business figures over slot machines. Kanawha Bell wrecks near Paint Creek. eight deck crew drown. Ball couple found murdered in Parsons Kansas. wife suspected in self destruction. Prof Chandler’s headless body found in Oak Tevel Alabama. St Louis coal shortage threatens transit and ferries. Chicago teacher Robert M Smith assaulted at home. robbed of jewelry. Pittsburg gas explosion in Soho furnace kills ten, injures many. plant damage $20,000. Grand Army encampment planned in Washington DC. John Swinton dies in New York. Floods claim fifteen lives in PA and NY. property losses in millions. Rockefeller seen altered in appearance at Tarrytown. Rhinebeck postoffice and bank burglars escape with cash. bank defaulter surrendered in Albany. Butler nitroglycerin factory explosion kills two. Luigi Storti electrocuted in Charlestown MA for murder. first electric chair execution in state. PRR train accident at Lycoming kills three. Ocean voyage fears for Captain Andrews and bride in Atlantic City. Pittsburg trolley crash injures seven. stable wrecked. Labor-capital conference in New York features Hanna and Schwab. Oliver Harriman Sr declared insane at Port Chester. Senator Plat vows to sue White and McClure's over life article. Arthur McKeown jailed four months for assault on wife.
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Kanawha Bell
Charleston
Montgomery
W. Va
Paint Creek
John FP. Ball
Parsons
Kan
Ball
Joan Broker
Chandler
Oak Tevel
Ala
Limebranch
Akibama Line
Cleburne County
St. Louis
Robert M. Smith
Mianual Training Department
Chicago Public Schools
Tie
Soho
Jones & Laughlins
Pittshburg
Grand Army of the Republic Veterans
Washington, D. C
John Swinton
New York
Pennsylvania
John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N. Y
N.Y
Charles FE. Fiteham
First National Bank of
Ballston
United States Marshal
Albany
B. Humes & Co
Butler
Thomas L. Edwards
Charles D. Parker
Luigi Storti
Charlestown
Mass
Michael Calucci
Storti
Philadelphia and Erie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lycoming Creek
Williamsport
Newberry
Wiliam A. Andrews
Young
Atlantic City
Pittsburg
Mount Washinston
Harmony and Seed
Conference of Representatives of Labor and Capital
Senator Hanna
Charles M. Schwab
Oliver Harriman
Port Chester
Mer. Harriman
Thomas C. Plat
Abel
William Allen White
Emporia
Nan
McClure’s
Arthur McKeown
John McKeown
Smithport
Minerva McWeown
Brief World Items From The Week Of News
Brief digest includes birth of a son to Mrs. Punston wife of Brig Gen Funston in Oakland California. a westbound Madison Street cable car crash in Chicago injuring six. Costa Rica primary elections conclude with a Republican victory and polling riots quelled by police. W J Selvage dies from a bullet wound in Portsmouth Ohio inflicted by Chas Baker. Dexter Knight in Idaho fatally harms his 5 year old child and injures two others during violent insanity attack. William Parker fatally shoots his father-in-law Peter Hansen in Spencer Nebraska during a street quarrel. University of Utah training school destroyed by fire in Salt Lake City with losses of 80000 and 35000 insured. Andrew Carnegie donates 10000 for Canyon City Colorado public library. cruiser Philadelphia dispatched to Panama from San Francisco amid Isthmus crisis. State Bank of Gothenburg Nebraska closed with examiner appointed. bank capital 20000 and deposits 32000.
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Frederick Punston
Funston
Kansas
Oakland
Cal
Madison Street
Clinton Street
Washington Street
Chicago
Costa Rica
W.j.selvage
Portsmouth
Ohio
Chas. Baker
Selvage
Dexter Knight
Bryan
Idaho
Knight
Spencer, Neb
William Parker
Peter Hansen
Parker
University of Utah
Salt Lake
Andrew Carnegie
Canyon City
Colo
The
Library Association
Washington
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Panama
State Bank of
Gothenburg
Neb
State Banking Board
Bankruptcies, drownings, wrecks and misfortune in early headlines
Henry M Backus of Toledo files for bankruptcy with liabilities of 806 778 25 and no assets. Galatea drifted to Chicago harbor after capture by Santa Maria. crew half frozen. Campbell Brothers of Cleveland file bankruptcy petitions. debts rise above 7 000. John D Rockefeller donates 1 000 005 to University of Chicago convocation. others withhold names. John F Rhea of Preble County Ohio drowns after head is submerged in seven mile creek ice. Massillon burglars loot paper company safe, but no money stolen. Illinois Central wreck near Rockford kills over twenty. many injured. Richmond P Hobson to marry Eleanor Ludlow in Springfield Ohio. Gas stove explosion in St Louis badly burns Mary Gleason and daughter Mamie. daughter dies. Andrew Carnegie offers Redwing Minnesota 15 000 for library, site and 1 500 yearly maintenance. Chicago reports Meven E Shear marries Francesca Bain, wealth from Mollie Gibson. Mail driver Oscar Kelly robbed by highwaymen in St Louis. Wilson and Busch killed at Air Line Junction by freight car. Nellie Mitchell returns home to Worthington after hospital disappearance. George Sealy dies suddenly on a Frisco train near Rolla Missouri. Lincoln avenue car barn...
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Henry M. Backus
Toledo
Eleanor Ludlow
Springfield
Ohio
Bushnell
St. Louis
Mary Gleason
Mamie
Andrew Carnegie
Redwing
Minn
Carnegie
Chicago
Meven E. Shear
Denver
Francesca Bain
Shear
Mollie Gibson
United States
Oscar Kelly
Third and
Olive Streets
Charles A. Wilson
August Busch
Lake Shore
Air Line Junction
Worthington
Nellie Mitchell
George Sealy
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad
Galveston
Texas
Rolla, Mo
Lincoln Avenue
Fire destroys Union Traction barn and cars in Chicago
A stove overheated cable car barn fire in Chicago wipes out the Union Traction Company property, with an estimated loss of 165000. The blaze was witnessed by hundreds as cables and cars burned in the structure.
Two Found Guilty in Choctaw District Whipping Case
The Choctaw district at Alikiche Texas publicly whipped three defendants two men and a woman for offenses at the term. Meanwhile Mrs. William Walker of near Texarkana gives birth to five children four girls and one boy. A fire at Sweetwater destroys seventeen business houses estimated loss 150000 with insurance. A bank runner disappears with funds. a Salem Express office fire causes 500000 loss and downtown destruction. A Montana train robbery suspect is captured near Jefferson City Tennessee. police identify him as Harvey Logan after misidentifying Lythe Longbaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Walker
Texarkana
Texas
Alikiche
Sweetwater
Robert St Thsaimblin
People’s Bank of Mobile
Ala
Salem
W. Va
Montana
Jefferson City
Tenn
Lythe Longbaugh
Harvey Logan
Knoxville
Spectograph to View CallersClaimed by Inventor Dr Sylvestre
The Independence Belge reports Dr Sylvestre, once American, now naturalized French, has devised a spectograph letting telephone users see each other. A dispatch notes Commandant Kritzinger, Boer commander in the Cape invasion, captured and wounded by Gen French. A blue book on concentration camps shows October deaths at 3156 with 24k children, November deaths 2867 with 2271 children.
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Independence Belge
Brussels
Sylvestre
Lord Kitchener
Kritzinger
Cape Colony
French
South Africa
St. Petersburg
Cologne Gazette
Vladivostok
Siberia
Explosions destroy Hargrave grain elevator engine house
Two men died as a gasoline engine explosion razed the engine house of a grain elevator at Hargrave Manitoba. Treasury statistics show Philippine imports totaling 3,186,9538 with most entries duty free or dutiable. Imperial Tobacco Company of London formed to challenge the American Tobacco Trust with 215 million capital. Admiral Schley seeks to delay court findings by Secretary Long.
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Hargrave
Man
Schley
Long
American Tobacco Trust
England
Imperial Tobacco Company of London
American Trust
Eli Torrance
Grand Army of the Republic
Committee On Pensions
Robert Beath
Philadelphia
John C. Black
Chicago
James R. Carnahan
Indianapolis
Charles G. Burton
Nevada
W. H. Upham
Marshfield
Wis
Henry E. Tainter
Hartford
Conn
John C. Linehan
Penacook
N. H
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Philippine Islands
United States
Manila
Congress Discusses Canal, Tariff and Memorial Oration
Congress debated the Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill and a Philippine Islands revenue measure, with Senate ratifying the Hay-Pauncefote treaty after five hours in executive session. President Roosevelt sent several nominations to Chicago posts as Congress adjourned for holidays, with isthmian canal legislation highlighted for revival in January.
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Aldrich
Foss
Naval Reserve
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House
Payne
Philippine Islands
Hay
McKinley
Senate
Bacon
Blackburn
Culberson
Mallory
Teller
Tillman
Bailey
Dépew
Elkins
Rawlins
Hanna
Sewell
Daniel
Jones
Nevada
Patterson
Quay
Clay
Fairbanks
McCumber
McLaurin
Mississippi
Bate
West
Missouri
Committee On the Judiciary
Congress
Knox
Judiciary Committee
New York
Richardson
Tennessee
Swanson
Virginia
Grosvenor
Ohio
Robertson
Louisiana
Messrs. Thayer
Massachusetts
Shatreth
Colorado
de Armand
Morgan
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Hepburn
House Committee On
McNhinley
Roosevelt
Firlher
Cullom
Chicago Federation of Labor
Hoar
Committee On Judiciary
Protect the President Bill Backed by Senator Hoar
Massachusetts Senator G I Hoar introduces a Senate bill to punish killing or attempted killing of the President or foreign rulers with death. It also covers advising or conspiring to kill and imposes up to twenty years for aiding escape, with accomplice liability after the fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Senate
G. I. Hoar
United States
Nomination of Ames as U S marshal for northern Illinois
Affairs in Washington report John C. Ames nominated for United States marshal in the northern district of Illinois has been sent to the Senate. A Crumpacker bill seeks to amend the constitution to allow taxation of corporate capital stock and earnings. Cabinet says insular court rulings do not affect Philippine tariff. customs duties to continue. Treasury Comptroller Tracewell says the $50 million national defense fund balance cannot be used without new Congress appropriation. about $300,000 remains.
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Washington
John C. Ames
Ilinois
Senate
Supreme Court
Treasury
Tracewell
Congress
Wisconsin Man Chosen as Postmaster General Successor
Henry C Payne of Milwaukee is appointed Postmaster General after Charles Emory Smith resigns from President Roosevelt's cabinet. The move marks the first break in the McKinley era cabinet as Roosevelt reshapes the administration. Payne, a key Republican leader and long-time Roosevelt ally, was chosen at the President's urging.
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Wisconsin
Charles Emory Smith
Roosevelt
Henry C. Payne
Milwaukee
Republican National Committee
Smith
McKinley
Payne
Philadelphia
Pulp and Preacher Moves Across Several States
The Rev. Addison Parker will become pastor of a Baptist church at Richmond Indiana. The Rev. R N Van Doren joins the Standard as editor. The Rev. G A Ottmann will lead Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in St Louis. Des Moines First Methodist raised 4000 dollars for benevolence. The first Presbyterian church edifice in Sheboygan was dedicated. Dr William Ashmore, Baptist missionary, left Yokohama for Swatow China. The Rev H K Chase resigned at Nashotah House to lead Grace Episcopal Hinsdale Illinois. Dr W H Rider transferred to Sioux area Minneapolis pastorate. The Rev J B Dunnody, who married President Roosevelts parents, remains in Colleton County Georgia area at age 86. he officiated the 1853 Roswell Georgia ceremony.
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Addison Parker
Richmond
Ind
R. N. van Doren
Standard
G. A. Ottmann
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal
St. Louis
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Des Moines
Iowa
Sheboygan
Wis
William Ashmore
Yokohama
Japan
Swatow
China
H. EK. Chase
Nashotah House
Grace Episcopal Church
Hinsdale
W. H. Rider
East Ohio
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Northern Minnesota
Simpson Church
Minneapolis
J. B. Dunnody
Roosevelt
Colleton County
D. C
Roswell
Mixed Trade Review Highlights U S Prosperity and Markets
R G Dun & Co Weekly Review of Trade notes lingering optimism in rail and steel demand, high wages, and strong retail holiday sales. Wheat exports rise to 8.66 million bushels in two weeks while Western grain holders hold supplies for spring, prices volatile but overall trend toward higher values. Failures rise to 2735, with market swings in May futures and subdued Northwestern bear movement. hog prices and futures record high amid broad market activity.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Chicago
Northwestern
Chicago Cattle and Hogs Prices Across Markets
Grain and livestock quotes from multiple trading hubs show Chicago and peers listing cattle from common to prime at 3.00 to 86.75, hogs 4.25 to 86.70, sheep 3.00 to 4.15, with wheat No 2 red 50s to 82 cents, corn No 2 around 60 to 69 cents, oats 45 to 50 cents, rye 62 to 68 cents, and regional variations in Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo, and New York markets for cattle hogs sheep and grains.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Dam to Cost Eight Thousand Dollars at Neosho River
A dam to cost 8000 dollars will be built across the Neosho river to improve the water supply of Emporia Kansas.
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Neosho River
Emporia
Kan
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Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Victor Collins
J. H L. Berry
Arkansas
Bentonville
Newpure
Senator Berry
Omaha
Union Traction Company
Beatrice
Letton
Theodore Cabblac
Hr. J. Whidwell
Nicholas Breazy
Akron
James
Coferville
HE. M. Stansbury
St. Francis Catholic Orphans’ Home
Willin
Spain
France
Southern
Littlefield
Maine
McCall
Davey
Broussard and Robertson
Philippines
Philippine Commission
William Penn Nixon
William T. Williams
Jonathan Merriam
Crumpacker
Indiana
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