Various Items Including Art Dealer Fraud and War Clouds
A Buffalo Center Tribune item list notes a New York art dealer losing 3700 dollars to a presumed rival. It mentions the Japanese war cloud turning peach-blow tinted, Baltimore latinakera going bareheaded, and Indianapolis college girls branding a nitric acid secret society. It cites a Chicago alderman favoring purple clothes, Carnegie gifting 4000 to an Illinois college, and a Russian admiral Nebosatof sentenced to ten years military prison. It also covers nitrate bed exhaustion claims, Spanish polite invitations to an automobile show, and Mrs. Mary E Lease claiming 56 percent of U.S. women workers are abandoned by husbands, with ambiguity over whether due to work or abandonment itself.
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Mary E. Lease
United States
General Brage views Japan as flawed but war unlikely
The Columbus Dispatch quotes Gen Brage noting that while Japan is not flattering, he believes no war will occur. He argues any inflated Japanese self-importance is partly understandable given recent events and will be corrected by their own common sense.
Hart comments on Adams Virginia declaration
Prof Albert Bushnell Hart remarks on Charles Francis Adams open declaration in Virginia, arguing that if all men did what Adams did or thought as he thinks, the world would lose the interest in Mr Adams next move.
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Albert Bushnell Hart
Charles Francis Adams
Virginia
Lee
Adams
Adame
Modest Sir William Crooks Focused on Truth and Work
Sir William Crooks, credited with a practical method to draw nitrogen from air and make nitric acid and fertilizers, is described as modest and focused on truth. The Indianapolis Star notes he avoids boastfulness and does not claim remarkable achievement beyond his labor.
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William Crooks
Indianapolis Stax
Primitive theories of marriage spark social revolution talk
Prof Thomas of Chicago university fame prefers ancient capture of wives over modern marriage. Bernard Shaw mocks Chicago professors, arguing women chase men in modern society. The pair might unite to promote a primitive social theory, but the race rejects freak theories.
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Prof. Thomas
Chicago University
Bernard Shaw
Chicago
Pig Iron and Diamonds Signal Trade Trends
The piece notes iron and diamond markets move together with rising demand and prices. It cites 25,000,000 tons of pig iron produced last year and a four to six month delivery lag for iron products. U S diamond imports reached 94 million dollars, the year’s record high, linking commodity cycles to price and availability. It also mentions the duke of Marlborough’s income from his American father in law tied to propriety, and comments on attitudes toward rank and charity in American society.
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United States
Duke of Marlborough
Americur
Ma Porvigt
Husbinds
Confessed Bank Robbery Ties Gadbois to Heist
Iowa story reports Masonville bank suspects Barney Hansen and old man Moore confess that William Gadbois of Dubuque engineered the plan and blew the safe. They say Gadbois, in hiding, masterminded the theft, while Hansen and Moore acted as sentries outside. Uncovered money totaling 2310.60 about two barns near Manchester, leaving 4000 stolen overall. all three once jailed together in Anamosa.
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Hansen
Moore
William Gadbois
Dubuque
Masonville
Manchester
Barney Hansen
Pickley
William Gadbels
Gadbels
Gadbois
Gadbols
Anamosa
Extravagance the Cause Two Palmer Fatal Feuds of Pride
Des Moines reports the defalcation and disappearance of Ralph Palmer, a Milwaukee rail road ticket agent, as the latest act in a family tragedy rooted in pride. His father, once ticket agent for Atchison Topeka Santa Fe, fell to similar woes a year earlier, risking disgrace to keep up high society for wife and daughter. The family lived on Fortieth Street near Grand Avenue, with mounting debts and a claim of about 3000 dollars in Ralph Palmer's accounts.
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Des Moines
Ralph Palmer
Milwaukee Railroad
Ralph Panner
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Palmers
Fortieth Street
Grand Avenue
Hummel's Story Reveals Thaw Trial Testimony in New York
Abraham Hummel admitted in court that Evelyn Nesbit told him Thaw beat her when she refused to sign papers against Stanford White. He also disclosed his own 1905 conspiracy conviction and looming perjury indictments while Jerome Fri day pressed to uncover the am davit claim. Alienists testified Thaw knew his act was wrong, contradicting defense claims of insanity.
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New York
Delmas
Jerome Friday
Abraham Hummel
Am. Davit
Evelyn Nes- Wit Thaw
Lmwyer
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Hummel
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Miss Nesbit
Madison Square Garden Tower
Stanford
White
Austin Flint
Jeroma
Paris
Sheriff Admits Missing Money Recovered in Bank Burglary
Manchester sheriff M J Hennesey confirms the Masonville burglary cash totaling 2700 dollars has been found. The money and papers were recovered from several barns in Manchester's east end. Police continue to hunt the thief responsible.
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Hennesey
Manchester
M. J. Hennesey
Masonville
Fortune carried by Mrs Whitmore in bank notes pouch
In Muscatine Mrs Whitmore testified under oath in a bankruptcy case that she kept about $3,000 in bank notes in a pouch tied to her, saying she lent the money to her husband who later itemized it as a debt due to her. Her testimony also noted a frugal life since sixteen and cash gifts from relatives fed the stash.
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Muscatine
John Whitmroe
Antrobus
Burlington
Supreme Court Rules Polk County Jury Lists Illegal
The Iowa Supreme Court dismisses certiorari on Polk County jury lists, upholding Judge Brennan’s order that the juries be set aside as illegal. A new state law will be needed for future petit or grand juries, with the ruling affecting other counties and prompting Senate action after House passage.
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Supreme Court
Polk
Des Moines
Polk County
State Supreme Court
Brennan
House
Senate
Falk County
Land Bought for Hospital Near Iowa City
Iowa City reports the state acquiring two parcels for a tuberculosis hospital site along the Iowa City Cedar Rapids Interurban line west of the Iowa river. Gustave and Catherine Klein sold a tract for 19,407 dollars and Elizabeth and Mahlon Bumgardner contributed 6,800 dollars, totaling 26,207 dollars. Construction of the sanitarium, estimated at about 70,000 dollars, was expected to start in the summer.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Ciity
Cedar Rapids
Gustave
Catherine Klein
Elizabeth
Mahlon Bumgardner
Bolsa City
Idaho
Life sentence for Zimmer and Grimes in New London murder
In Henry county Judge Withrow sentenced Arnold Zimmer and Thomas Grimes to life in Fort Madison for the murder of John Gavin near New London on January 22. The judge said Grimes was likely the instigator and death might follow if proven, though not firmly convinced.
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Zimmer
Grimes
Mount Pleasant
Henry County
Governor Johnson Pushes National Conference On Federal Rail Regulation
Minneapolis, Minn March 17 Governor Johnson proposed a national conference to harmonize state and federal powers over railroad regulation. He favors a Chicago meeting with state representatives and the Interstate Commerce Commission, aiming for a unified approach and eventual federal authority. He plans to present the idea to President Roosevelt.
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Johnson
Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago
National Insurance Conference
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Wed in a Chop Suey Cafe Wedding in Sioux City
Charles Yong Yong Wing A White Girl As Hla Bride aged 28 a China man wed Cora Thompson aged 19 in Sioux City at a chop suey cafe. Ceremony by Rev Harry Huntington of the Y M G A. The couple met in Chicago where Yong ran a con youth joint.
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Charles Yong Yong Wing
Hla
Sioux City
Pame
Charles Yong Yong
Cora Thompson
Chicago
Yong
Harry Huntington
The
New Trial In Murder Cage Des Moines Supreme Court Reverses Case
The Supreme Court reversed the state case against James Blee of Marion county, convicted of manslaughter in the killing of Jeane Falior, and ordered a new trial. Blee and Falior were half brothers and farm neighbors. Blee claimed self defense. The court held the deceaseds attitude tied to whether he was the aggressor, ordering a new trial.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
James Blee
Marion County
Jeane Falior
Blee
Falior
Dong
Supreme Court Sa
Bles
Agarestor
Young Men Arrested in Creston for Freight Car Burglary
Two Creston youths nicknamed Chuck Town and Ding Davis were arrested on charges of breaking into freight cars in the yards. Detective Jas Harrison and City Marshal McKee led the investigation, tracing the theft of six firkins of butter from the Clarinda Poultery Butter and Regge Co. and its distribution around town.
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Creston
Chuck Town
Ding Davis
Jas. Harrison
McKee
Clarinda Poultery, Butter and Regge Co
Dowzs Dowls Dies at Zion City Leader of Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
Chicago reports John Alexander Dowls founder of the Christian Catholic Apostolic church died at 7:40 am in Shiloh house Zion City. Once a famed but controversial figure, he died largely alone with few followers and no kin at bedside. His wife and son, estranged, were in Michigan.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowls
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
Shiloh House
Zion City
Michigan
Gan McChui
Dowle
Russian Robbers Fatal Attack in Yelisayetgrad
In Yelisayetgrad robbers confronted a shop proprietor, five laborers, and a woman, leaving one soldier and a child as witnesses to the slaughter. The soldier died later in hospital from delirium. Robbers seized about $1,000 in loot.
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Yelisayetgrad
Russia
Murderers Sentenced in Buylington Case
John Gavin was murdered on January 22. Arnold Zimmer and Tom Grimes pleaded guilty and were sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Withrow in Mount Pleasant, Indiana.
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Buylington
Arnold — Zimmer
Tom Grimes
John Gavin
Withrow
Mount Pleasant
Fatal Rock Island wreck near Hazen Arkansas report
Meager reports from Little Rock say a four passenger train on the Rock Island line near Hazen Arkansas wrecked. The engineer and fireman are reported killed and many passengers injured in the crash.
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Rock Island
Little Rock
Ark
Rock Island Road
Hazen
Wall Street Sees Worst Slump In Years As Stocks Fall
New York markets suffered a heavy stock downturn Wednesday with more than 300 million dollars in listed securities shrinking in value. Relief from treasury support and assurances from banking interests including the Rothschilds buoyed sentiment Friday, with early gains 2 to 4 points before later declines. Secretary Cortelyou's aid and bond redemption plans helped restore confidence and push investors to buy select issues.
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New York
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Lsted
Northern Pacific
Treasury Department
Atlantic
Rothachilds
London
Reading
Union Pacific
St. Pat
Delaware & Hudson
Cortelyou
Treasury
Shaw
Louisville Strike Ends as Rail System Resumes
In Louisville Kentucky, 800 striking workers for the Louisville Railway voted to accept terms set by the executive committee. Striking ended with full service restored by Friday noon after some Thursday rioting. New pay scales: 20 cents for new hires, 23 cents after first year, 25 cents over, longer lunch, and restoration to prior positions with open shop for new hires.
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Louisville
Louisville Railway Company
Uume
Despondent Woman Dies by Burning in St Louis
Mrs Mary Ollinger a 27 year old resident of St Louis set kerosene on her clothing and burned herself after fearing she would lose her eyesight. She fought efforts to rescue her as flames enveloped her Thursday night.
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Burns
St. Louis
Mary Ollinger
Chicago Sanitary Board Water Diversion Refused
Secretary Taft rejected the Chicago sanitary board's request to divert part of Lake Michigan water into the Calumet river drainage canal. He noted the engineers had denied it and only joint action by the chief of engineers and the secretary of war could grant such a permit, which he could not provide.
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Washington
Taft
Sanitary Board
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Calumet River
Plead Guilty of Bribery in Columbus Broad Street Case
Three men indicted for accepting and giving bribes in the Broad Street paving affair pleaded guilty at arraignment in Columbus. Nelson Cannon, Arthur Beck, and Shumaker were fined 650, 1175, and 200 dollars respectively with no jail terms. Several other officials pleaded not guilty or face further hearings on related charges including embezzlement and bribery.
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Columbus, O
Grand
Broad Street
Nelson’ Cannon
Trinidad Paying
Cleveland
Arthu Beck
Alfred
Oemaker
Cannon
Beck
Shumaker
Board ‘of Public Service
Fred J. Immel
Fred Lind
HO Bramley
Trinidad Paving Company
H. C Lang
R. S. Rhodes
Lawson Emerson
Supreme Court
John W. Johnson
CG. G. Inwin
Justice Courts
A. Moriarty
The
Health Board
Roosevelts executive order bars certain Japanese Korean laborers
President Roosevelt issued an executive order refusing entry to continental U S for skilled and unskilled Japanese or Korean laborers who had passports to leave for Mexico Canada or Hawaii. The move, tied to San Francisco school segregation disputes and tied to the immigration act of February 20, answers in part the broader Japan U S tensions and follows a pledge to San Francisco officials.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mexico
Canada
Hawaii
United States
Japan
San Francisco
Schmit
School Board of
Demarest Captures National Amateur Billiards Title
Calvin Demarest of the Chicago Athletic Association won the national amateur 14.2 balk line championship at Lisnerkrang club defeating W Gardner of Passaic New Jersey 300 to 211. He completed the event with five wins and no defeats, also taking the championship cup high single average 27.11 and high run 115. Six Farthings for Libel in Limerick Case.
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New York
Calvin Demarest
Chicago Athletic Association
Lisderkrang Club
W. Gardner
Passain
N. J
Demarest
Lynching in Monroe: Mint Williams and Henry Gardner Hanged
Two African American men Mint Williams and Henry Gardner were dragged from Monroe city jail around 1 a.m. Friday by a mob of 49 men and hanged in the courthouse square. They had confessed to robbing a person named Tlallan.
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Monroe
La—Mint Williams
Henry Gardner
Tlallan
Diamond Match Wages to Rise for Oswego Workers
Five hundred Diamond Match Company employees in Oswego New York were informed Friday that starting April 1 they will receive a ten percent wage increase.
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Oswego
N. Y
Diamond Match Company
Ia Oregge
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Iowa State News
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Evelyn
Jerome
Ranke
Denison
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Normandie Hotel
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Mle Senna
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Wall Street Market
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