Metropolitan Railway may cut fares to four cents
Weekly news record reports Bernard Corrigan, new president of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company of Kansas City, is expected to announce a fare cut to four cents and a six tickets for 26 cents or twenty five for a dollar offering, as PL A Valentine of Chicago chairs the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Street Railway Company of
Kansas City
Bernard Corrigan
PL A. Valentine
Chicago
J. M. Ruthrauff
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Ohio
Ruthrauff
Yonkers
N. Y
Amos Cleverede
Denver
Rio Grande
Wigwam
Colo
Oregon
Philipsburg
Kan
Swan & Finch Oil
Staten Island Sound
Elizabethport
N. J
Peter Luke
Iroquois Furnace Company
South Chicago
Luke
National Baseball League
W. Il
W. L. Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
New York
Cincinnati
Boston
Louis
Britain may join American federation say Carnegie
Brief notes from London quote Andrew Carnegie predicting a future United Britain as part of an American federation. Other items report Martinique volcanic destruction, fire in Bo bruisk Minsk province, Boer captures near Lindley, Paul Leicester Ford killing in New York, Kitchener train accident, and several corporate and labor actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
London
Britain
Martinique
St. Lierre
Bobruisk
Minsk
Russia
South Africa
Lindley
Orange River Colony
Paul Leicester Ford
New York
Malcolm W. Ford
Potter Palmer dies after three week illness
Potter Palmer of Chicago died suddenly of heart failure after a three week stomach illness. City elections were held across Indiana on Tuesday with local issues and no party advantage. Gov. Davis of Arkansas pardoned a Black man on condition he go to Massachusetts where he said the race was sympathetic. Dr E W Aldrich of Chicago attacked two Los Angeles detectives serving a writ, was wounded, then killed himself. Bernard Corrigan of Kansas City was named president of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, which controls all lines in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Indiana
Gov. Davis
Arkansas
Massachusetts
E. W. Aldrich
Los Angeles
Bernard Corrigan
Kansas City
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Multiple Tragic Accidents and Crimes Reported Across Cities
A digest of deadly crashes and disasters includes Kansas City Electric Lighting employee deaths near Cincinnati, Lake Shore train fatalities near Swanton Ohio, a Denver chemical gas tank explosion injuring five, a Union Pacific freight collision in North Topeka killing two and injuring seven, and a Toledo naphtha launch disaster that sank with seven lives. Also noted are a Columbus police court case for stealing a watch, drought suicide near Broughton Kansas, a large July Maumee river excursion tragedy, a Foss Oklahoma cloudburst with nine dead, a Choctaw Railway track washout near town, a Centerville South Carolina tornado that killed a baby, a Cleveland safe robbery, a Burlington lines resignation, a Deadwood pesthouse riot fire, a Denver murder arrest, Bitter Root fever investigation, St Louis exposition building sale, and other regional misfortunes and legal actions.
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Kansas City Electric Lighting Company
George H. Moody
Hollister
Ohio
Wilbert H. Miller
Herr’s Island
Baltimore and Ohio
Cincinnati
Lake Shore Road
Holly Hogle
Louis Mohr
Guerney Gill
Swanton
Denver
Union Pacific
North Topeka
Kan
Alexander Meussing
Columbus
A. Coatsworth
Broughton
Maumee
Toledo
Arthur Woods
Great Lakes Towing Company
Foss
Centerville
S. C
Victor Anderson
Anderson
Lake Shore
Cleveland
Samuel E. Crance
Burlington
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas City, St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Crance
Deadwood
Nellie Gabrin
Colo
Albert Gabrin
Armstrong
A. K F. Longeway
Montana Board of Health
St. Louis Exposition
Frederick W. Lehmann
St. Louis Union Trust Company
Walton Weber
Grand Army of Ohio
Gov. Nash
Branson Street
Marion
Ind
Fansler
Rowan's
John Dilday
John Darnell
Hudson & Otis
Richard C. Davis
People’s National Bank of Washington, Ind
John H. Baker
Indianapolis
D. Estaing Dickerson
Kansas City
J. W. Foster
Dickerson
Anti-Saloon League
John Flood
Chicago
J. Pierpont Morgan
Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and Columbus
Buchanan
Mich
Benton Harbor
Grand Trunk
Edwardsburg
Niles
St. Louis
William and Philip Madart
South St. Louis
M E Church South Conference Held in Dallas Texas
Reports from Dallas detail the quadrennial conference of the M E Church South. The assembly covered church affairs and regional matters during its gathering in Dallas Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church South
Dallas
Texas
Multiple global events mark restless 1900s seas and lands
Reports describe Augusto Severo's successful Paris airship ascent, the Amphitrite stranded near Chalkis with Greek royalty aboard, and refloating efforts. Other items note Japanese herring fleet losses, the Musashi crew saved, Frankfort captures, Moro prisoner escapes, Mont Pelée activity, Cheng-Ting-Fu rebels, and Beatrice of Be rrone's Rome summons.
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Augusto Severo
Paris
Greece
Chalkis
Europis Channel
Japan
Musashi
Col. Barker
Manie Botha
Frankfort
Orange River Colony
de Wet
Manila
Martinique
Mont Pelee
St. Pierre
Favier
China
Cheng-Ting-Fu
Chi-Li
Yuan-Shi-Kai
Don Carlos
Rome
Beatrice de Berrone
Tiber
Beatrice
Sistine Bridge
Senate and House Debate Philippine Bill Across Week
The Senate devoted days to the Philippine civil government bill and related measures while the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill was approved. Amendments funded a revenue cutter for Hawaiian waters and set site costs for a Washington hall of records. The House passed a Cuba diplomatic bill and moved toward Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico statehood while adjourning for memorials.
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Senate
Mr. Pratt
Hawaiian
District of Columbia
Republic of Cuba
Philippines
House
Amos J. Cummings
New York
Lodge
Commissioner of Labor
Secretary of the Treasury
Postmaster General
Secretary of the Interior
Washington City
White House
Rosebud
Marshal de Rochambeau
Jones
Otey
Washington
Territory
Hawaii
Salmon
New Jersey
United States
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Knox
Mass
Territories
Admiral Sampson
Messrs
Perkins
Gallinger
Quarles
Martin
Mallory
Grosvenor
Ohio
Washington Notes highlights and appointments
Nerbert G. Squires named by the President as minister to Cuba. The Sol Smith Russell burial at Rock Creek cemetery noted. Roosevelt pledges to attend the 1904 Olympian games in Chicago. He warns Congress to back Cuba relief or be reconvened. Bankruptcy law amendments face strong opposition and possible repeal. Secretary Shaw shifts surplus by depositing public funds in thirty new banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nerbert G. Squires
Cuba
Sol Smith Russell
Rock Creek Cemetery
Roosevelt
Chicago
Shaw
Treasury
Labor unrest and trade trends in the early season
A weekly Dun and Co review notes major strikes averted on May 1 with several settlements, while many disputes persist. Trade shows mixed signals as warm weather boosts dry goods and clothing sales, railways run at high activity, and building work expands but is hampered by material shortages. Wheat and corn markets face volatility, with exports and domestic demand shaping a high price range amid a slow Northwest spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Bessemer
Pittsburg
Kansas
United States
Atlantic
Chicago
Cajprital
Midwest and East Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Regional price listings show livestock and grain bids from Chicago to Buffalo with varied ranges. Cattle in major markets run from 2.50 to 7.50 per hundredweight, hogs 3.00 to 7.10, sheep and lambs at 2.50 to 6.00, and cereals like corn No. 2 and oats No. 2 white priced across several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Ste
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Drunken man dies after scuffle with Conrad Schmitt
Conrad Schmitt, a wig maker, struck a drunken man who attempted to kiss the girl at Brooklyn. The attacker died from the injuries, authorities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Schmitt
Brooklyn
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The
Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Michigan
Baltimore
Michael Cudahy
Cripple Creek
Spring Creek
Cudahy
Barnard Creek
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Pietersburg
Cuyahoga Wire and Fence Company
Akron
Capital Stock
Cuyahoga Steel Wire Company
Cuyahoga Falls
Hartman Manufacturing Company
Newcastle
John D. Maud
Butler County
Hamilton
St. Paul
William T. Sampson
L. C
Archbishop Corrigan
Jay Hopping
New Monmouth
Frank Smith
Hans Hartranft
Keystone Athletic Club
Allentown
J. S. Salmon
Boonton
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York City
Rapid Transit Underground Railroad
Newark
Jennie Laughlin
Army
Navy
Annapolis
Wells
Buffalo River
Indiana Street
Buffalo
Rockwood
Youghiogheny River
West Newton
Frederick Landsparger
Landsparger
Kate Soffel
Soffel
Allegheny County
Biddle Brothers
Fannie McComb Hertzog
Louis Hertzog
James Jennings McComb
Dobbs Ferry
Shenango Tinplate Works
Senator Money
Mississippi
Orphan L. Shaner
Jas. E. Hooper
Willie Raymond
Baltic Avenue
Atlantic City
Willie
Old Colony Street Railway Company
Washington Street
Lagrange
West Roxbury
New Milford
Conn
Bank Street
Railroad Street
Bank
Bridge Street
Main
Southern
New England Telephone Exchange
Ellis Island
Western
St. Edwards
Neb
Egan Block
Albert McClure
Edgemore Cemetery
Ashtabula
McClure
Beaumont
Southern Pacific
North Carolina
Tire
Wellsburg
W. Va
Eagle Glass Works
Paul Brothers
Edwards. Bragg
Wisconsin
Havana
Frank P. Sargent
Peoria
Ill
Immigration
Terence V. Powderly
Macabebe Marie
Gen. Funston
Panama Canal Company
Pedro Albarran
House of Representatives
Almirante
Oquendo
Vizcaya
War Department
Aguinaldo
Congress
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