Week’s Crimes and Proceedings Stir Local and National News
A 16 year old girl missing since November was found dead in Lansdale Pennsylvania her parents suspect murder. In Chicago attorney general Knox seeks to enjoin the beef trust in a federal circuit court suit. Italian miner Nicolli killed Mrs Stockder in Lake City Colorado then suicided. A Milwaukee gale damages shops at West Milwaukee worth 2500 dollars. A coal yard accident injures Thomas Rodeman with skull fracture. Exposition authorities set rules for airship races with 200000 prize fund. Baseball standings show tight NL and AL rows. Senator Money uses a knife to resist a conductor in Washington DC and escapes arrest while en route to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansdale
Albert Rosenberger
Knox
United States District
Sol Bethea
United States Circuit Court
Chicago
Beef Trust
Frank Nicolli
Pattern and
Thomas Rodeman
Elmore
W.L. W
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
Baltimore
Detroit
Cleveland
United States
Money
Washington Street
Senator Money
Capitol
Peace Monument
Pennsylvania Avenue
Senate
Ohio House Adopts Resolution For Sine Die Ad Journment
A collection of terse items reports an Ohio House resolution adopting sine die adjournment for May 5, various crimes and incidents including a Chicago postal card plant busted by Postoffice Inspector Stuart and proprietor Louis Smith, a girl Catherine Maude Rice dying from laughter in Louisville, a shipyard acid blast near Shadyside New Jersey, a safe blown open at Harvard Nebraska, Rockefeller associate Samuel Andrews injured in a New Jersey run away, a Minnesota family blaze from a teen’s friction experiment, Alaska prospectors suffering exposure, a respite granted for William Rhea in a murder case, East Liverpool pottery consolidation plans, a Kansey City father shot by son, and Wall Street bankers weighing a large national bank increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio House of Representatives
Postoffice
Stuart
Chicago
Louis Smith
Catherine Maude Rice
Louisville
Shadyside
N. J
New York
Elkhorn
Harvard
Neb
Samuel Andrews
John DD. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Lakewood
John McMillan
Mabel
Minn
Alaska
Koshakim Bay
Seattle
Giov. Savage
William Rhea
Herman Zahn
Liverpool
Ohio
Alleghany Mountains
John Calhoun
Kansey City
Kan
Carl Callman
Kingston
Ont
Welland Canal
Luke Dillon
John Dillon
Wall Street
National Bank
National City Bank
Denver Times
David H. Moffat
First National Bank
Moffatt
Vincennes
Vincennes Avenue
Thirty-sixth Street
Burlington Road
Akron
Denver Union Depot
Harry Exbert
Dayton
Abe” Slupsky
St. Louis
Charles Piichard
Slupsky
Brentano
Lewis G. Toombs
Carrie Larsen
Peerless
Oklahoma
Leger
James Johnson
Reed
Frisco Railway Construction Corps
Sarah Lynch
Cleveland
Martin Lynch
Lynch
John Hunter
Wigsville
South Chicago Furnace Company
Calumet River
Gem City
Quincy
Big Walnut Creek
Sunbury
Cleveland, Akron and Columbus
South Omaha
Martin Maloney
William Strother
A. Deane Cooper
Ryan
State Street
Court makes teachers whip rule legal in Missouri
A Missouri court decision allows teachers to whip pupils when deemed necessary. Other items report a fatal railroad accident in Lima Ohio, a missing Sacramento legislator, a resignation of Rev M Harwood over heretical views, a hung jury in a Santa Fe detective murder case, Catholic benevolent societies in Indiana joining a national federation, a deadly shootout near Braggs Oklahoma, opening of 400000 acres to settlement in Nebraska and South Dakota, a $6000 theft from Clinton Arkansas courthouse, a Hutchinson attorney dying in Topeka court, notices to Caspar ranchers over fencing land, and the dynamite bombing of Prof M D MacMott's Ada Ohio home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
George Roberts
Lima
Ohio
Henry W. Jamison
Chicago Fair Oaks Association
Sacramento
Cal
M. Harwood
Congregational
Fairview
Kan
O. W. Coffelt
C. Montgomery
Santa
Clinton
Ark
ID. W. Dunnett
Hutchinson
Topeka
Hook
Casper
Wyo
Nf. D. MacMott
Ada
Fires in Dallas Cause 400000 Dollar Loss
Four fires in Dallas Texas at game time reportedly started by incendiaries caused 400000 dollars in losses. Elllis Washington and Philip Wallace colored were hanged at Donaldsville Louisiana for shooting merchant Lee Geismar. Alexander Woodward aged 68 was murdered near Ellijoy Tennessee. J N Ogle arrested for crime. Edward Batson murder verdict first degree with death penalty. John D Rockefeller donated 1000000 to Southern educational movement. Four killed and a fifth fatally hurt by Illinois Central train at Loone Tennessee while crossing tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Ellis Washington
Philip Wallace
Donaldsville
Lee Geismar
Geismar, la
Alexander Woodward
Ellijoy
Tenn
J. N. Ogle
Lake Charles
Edward Batson
Earl
John D. Rockefeller
Loone
Illinois Central
Global unrest and disasters flash across the week
Reports of Turkish Bulgar clashes near Kilindir with eight Bulgarians killed and others fleeing. Diplomatic moves curb Moros war risk as Gen Chaffee urged restraint. Queen Wilhelmina’s typhoid fever sparks regent talk in Holland. Guatemala's Quesaltenango wrecked by quake with 500 feared dead. Russia and China sign a Manchuria pact under open door policy. Louvain violence follows universal suffrage rejection. Shemakha quake shifts Black Sea coast and Krasnovodsk harbor access.
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Kilindir
Mindanao
Chaffee
Holland
Wilhelmina
Quesaltenango
Guatemala
Amiatitlan
Russia
China
Manchuria
Louvain
Brussels
Chamber of Representatives
Shemakha
Black Sea
Caspian
Krasnovodsk
Central Asian Railway
Roosevelts urge on Philippines sparks public rebuke
President Roosevelt dispatches official communication to Gen Funston requesting restraint on public discussion of the Philippines. In Hull Que, a fire killed Thomas Hill, his wife, three children, and a hired man. A mining party led by Don O Keefe reports discovery of ancient silver mines near Tubutama Sonora Mexico. Governor General Wood at Havana pardons W H Reeves jailed for Cuban postal frauds. An ICC bulletin records 1901 train crash losses nationwide. A transnational shipping pact aligns White Star Dominion Leyland with Atlantic Transport American Red Star lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Gen. Funston
Philippines
Hull
Que
Thomas Hill
Hill
John Watson
Tubutama
Altar District
Sonora
Mexico
Don O'Keefe
Wood
Havana
W. H. Reeves
Reeves
Gen. Wood
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
White Star
Dominion
Leyland Lines
Atlantic Transport
Red Star Lines
Hambury-American
Lloyd Lines
Good Reason. Madame and salesman duel over patent remedy
A terse exchange shows Mrs. Krape confirming her husband’s death after using a patent medicine called Ia ker's Diixir of Life. The salesman asserts success and Mrs. Krape agrees he will not use another remedy.
How Cheap Baking Powder Is Made
The Health Department of New York seized a quantity of cheap baking powder sold in stores. Samples showed it consisted mainly of alum and pulverized rock. Declared dangerous to health, several thousand pounds were destroyed at the offal dock. High quality cream of tartar powders are the safe, economical choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department of
New York
Health Department
Transport with sixty women teachers sails via Suez
A War Department telex to a San Francisco officer bound for the Philippines offered New York and a Suez route, but he preferred the Pacific. The reply: transport will go by Suez with sixty women teachers aboard. The lieutenant asked for a berth on the transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
San Francisco
Philippines
New York
Suez
Pacific
Harrisburg Journal
Impoverished Blood and Vogeler’s Curative Claim
An advertisement touts Vogeler's Curative Compound as a remedy for impoverished blood, claiming it rebuilds tissues and red blood cells, strengthens vitality, and restores natural functions. It urges readers to request a free sample from St Jacobs Oil Ltd in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vogeler
St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd
Baltimore
Miss Mary Sworthy Adopts St Jacobs Oil Cure
Coventry resident Mrs Mary Sworthy describes a years old accident that left her hand unusable for five weeks. After trying remedies without relief she used St Jacobs Oil and regained movement, opening her hand after the second bottle and resumed her job without pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sworthy
Court
Gosport Street
Coventry
St. Jacobs Oil
Man Tells Liverpool Magistrate Ducks Instead Of Water Help
Patrick O Connor from Liverpool complains to a magistrate his hens drowned after a burst water pipe. He returns with the same tale, but is advised to seek help from the water company who then instruct him to keep ducks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Patrick O'Connor
London
Surgical Adventures End Well for Mrs Pinknam Patient
A traveling patient recounts years of ill health from irregular travel and damp beds, followed by ovarian surgery. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and San ative Wash, her health improved within a month and fully recovered in three months, allowing her to keep engagements and meals. She praises the remedy and endorses its use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
G. Bruce
Lansing
Mich
Senate Passes River and Harbor Bill and West Point Plans
The Senate approved the river and harbor bill roughly $70 million after thorough committee work and paused debate on the Philippine government measure. House debate focused on military academy funding, reducing West Point improvements to 5.5 million and total military appropriation to 2 million, while other bills moved to conference and some pension and oleomargarine measures advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Commerce Committee
West Point
Cannon
Committee On
Appropriations
Gilbert
Gillett
Mass
Blackburn
N. C
W. W. Kitchin
Patterson
Tenn
Gaines
Cochran
Mr. Gillett
South Africa
Rochembeau
Washington
Military Academy
London
Feely
Messrs
Burton
Ohio
Reeves
Lester
Rawlins
Committee On the Philippines
War Department
McMillan
Elkins and Berry
Warren, Mason
Rawling
Philippine Committee
Philippines
Agricultural Committee
Pax
Miss
Washington Notes Labor leaders oppose new commerce and labor department
Labor leaders object to a department of commerce and labor and push for a dedicated bureau. The second annual automobile show opened with Gen Miles presiding and many famed machines on display. Capt Geo Detchemendy met with Secretary Root seeking recognition for his unit’s role in the capture of papers and Aguinaldo. Sir Richard Stewart, British representative, arrived in Washington to study South African war horse supplies and will stay for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Gen
Miles
Geo. Detchemendy
Twenty-second Infantry
Root
Aguinaldo
Richard Stewart
Government of
Great Britain
United States
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Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Bessemer
Michigan
St. Louis Exposition
National Baseball League
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Louis
Frank R. Stockton
Andrew Carnegie
Ida Hennessey
Oswego
N. Y
John Weber
Ridgewood
L. I
Michael Laskinson
E. J. Ehrman
Erie
A. St. Clair
Ashtabula
Bowles Colgate
Colgate & Co
Colgate
Scotts’ Mountain
Belvidere
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Trenton
W. W. Irwin
Pennsylvania
Youngstown
Covert's
American Tin Plate Company
Joseph Holden Sutton
Princeton
Holls, Wagner & Burghardt
Manhattan
American Express Company
Green Street
Buffalo
New York Central
Hooper's Island
Chesapeake Bay
West Pennsylvania
Alleghany
Willow Grove
W. L. Stump
Jersey City
James Cotter
Cotter
Santa Fe Railway
Indiana
Rock Island
Great Northern “Flyer
St. Cloud
Christian Mocrlein Company
Cincinati
State of Minnesota
Northern Securities Company
Minnesota District Court
Toledo
Daniel Rosenbecker
Arthur Shanteau
Kansas
Omaha
St. Joseph
Cairo
Memphis
Depot Carriage and Baggage Company
Kansas City
Richard Roan
Arthur Rogers
Anna Richman
Joseph Wilke
St. Paul
Omaha Railway
Seraphin M. Reinhart
Kinney-Hawkins-Crosby
Hibbing
Deering Harvester Company of
Western
Southern
Bruce
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