Eastern Capital Seeks to Lease Queen City Gas
Cincinnati Gas and Electric directors consider a leasing proposal from Eastern Capitalists led by A. S. White of Atlantic Securities. The plan involves financing a subsidiary to handle natural gas from West Virginia fields, with Cheshire Oil and Gas and Germers named in the negotiations. No official action, directors silent, stock reacts with gains on a volatile day.
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Eastern Capital
Queen City Gh
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Eastern
A.&. White
New York
Atlantic Securities Company
Windsor Trust Company
Indianapolis Southern Railroad
Eastern Steel Company
Cleveland Salt Company
White
City
Charles Loeb
Cincinnati Gas and Electric
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Directory
West Virginia
Messrs. White and Loeb
Cincinnati Gas
Unions Drive Stonemason to Suicide in Labor Dispute
John McMann a St Louis stonemason returned from union headquarters to learn no settlement on the building trades strike. He drank carbolic acid in front of his wife and died soon after at City Hospital. He blamed the wage and hours dispute between the Building Council and the Bricklayers Union for his inability to work.
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Sperial Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
John McMann
McMann
Building of Council
Bricklayers’ Union
Fields Like Hamilton Accusers Face Mutual Trustees
Andrew C. Fields leveled charges against Mutual Life Insurance Company trustees similar to those against New York Life directors. He claims he never bribed anyone and will disclose how about 600000 dollars paid by Robert Olyphant was authorized. Fields, ill in Dobbs Ferry, says records are not missing and vows to tell the truth despite potential harm.
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Mutual Life Flags Trustees
Commercial Tribune
New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Andrew Hamilton
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Andrew C. Fields
Mutual
Dobbs Ferry
Fields
House of Mirth
Albany
Richard A. McCurdy
Supply Department
Robert Olyphant
Mitchell Plan Adopted by OfT Coal Operators
Special Dispatch reports that West proposed arbitration for soft coal differences mirroring President Mitchell's plan used with hard coal. J H Winder's soft coal offer arrived. Mitchell would submit to the International Executive Board in Indianapolis next week. Miner leaders doubt board support due to regional differences and many operators already signing the 1903 scale.
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Mitchell
Commercial Tribune
New York
West
J. H. Winder
International Executive Board of
Indianapolis
Miners’ Union
International Executive Board
Vesuvius Eruption Threatens Neapolitan Villages
Reports from Naples describe lava flowing from Vesuvius threatening Porticis Boscotrecase and Torre del Greco. Villagers abandon homes as ash and heat blaze, churches filled with prayers, and observatory director Matteucci coordinates with engineers to monitor the eruption.
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Torre del Greco
Sig. Matteucci
Associated Press
Independent coal operators sign on 1903 scale fight
At a Pittsburg meeting on April 6 the independent soft coal operators voted to sign in the effort opposing the grant of the 1903 scale.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Blindness Tied to Crime Tales on Grand Jury Duty
Evansville Ind April 6 Addi son N Thomas of Jasper foreman of the Dubois County Grand Jury has suddenly gone blind. Officials say the blindness resulted from listening to harrowing crime evidence which allegedly stressed his nerves affecting blood flow to the eyes. The jury was probing several crimes and Thomas appeared unusually tense during the examination.
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Commercial Tribune
Evansville
Ind
Addison N. Thomas
Jasper
Dubois County
Grand Jury
Grand
Thomas
National Council of Women closes five day session
The National Council of Women adjourned in Toledo after five days with Chicago chosen for the next meeting site. Resolutions urged peace by arbitration, urged neutralization of private property at sea, called on the President to press for balance in the Kongo Free State governorship, opposed capital punishment, and protested segregation of vice in the District of Columbia.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
National Council of Women
Chicago
Higging to Be Held for Grand Jury Action
A juror in a Higging case is scheduled for action before the grand jury. Details on defendants or dates are not provided in the readable text.
Exoneration in Newport Jury Corruption Trial
Newport court clears Dr Mathias Higgins and attorneys Horace Root and Charles Davis of jury corruption in the Waters vs Cline estate case. Magistrate Hutchinson fixed Higgins bond at 100 dollars and rejected bribery claims against Root and Davis. Testimony showed Monroe sought payment via Mrs Waters but no evidence of direct bribery or jury tampering.
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Mathias Higgins
Charles Davis
Horace Root
W. E. Monroe, Sr
Martha Waters
Cline
Hutchinson
Dr. Higgins
Higgins
Davis
Root
Monroe
Mrs. Waters
William Heaver
Thomas Michie
Demese
John T. Hodge
County Court Room
Newport
Waters
Mr. Root
Scheyer
Alexander Scheyer
Ramsey Schnorr
Lawrence Maxe
Ying Oiver
Maxwell
Courts 10 PAs On Validity Of The Jones Law
Columbus Ohio April 6 The constitutionality of the Jones petition law will be tested when applied to permit liquor interests to act The case will argue the law cannot repeal the Brannock act while keeping Brannock territory dry It is alleged to be class legislation withholding petitions in dry districts but allowing wet areas to be attacked after two years The Antisaloon League and attorneys Gumble & Gumble deny the charge Wheeler speaks for the League optimistic on upholding the law
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Commercial Tribune Burread
Utlook
Columbus
Ohio
Commercial Tribune
Antisaloon League
Gumble
Alger Decides to Quit the Senate
United States Senator Alger of Michigan will not seek reelection. Health issues prompt the decision. his term ends March 7 next year. Announcement came from Senator Alger's office in Detroit on April 6.
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Alger
Senate
United States
Michigan
Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Mich
Senator Alger
Dowie Promises Moses Scrolls and 10 Million Gold
Chicago April 6 John Alexander Dowie says in a private telegram he will return to Zion City Monday night to perform a miracle and bring ten million dollars in gold plus parchment scrolls containing the five books of Moses. He claims the money is a bequest from the late Baron Hirsch to aid Russian Jews. Mrs Dowie says she remains by him despite his sins, calling the cause an unclean spirit and asking for prayers. Church officials say Dowie may have lost about 1.2 million in Wall Street speculation amid questionable accounts at four stock exchanges.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Zion
Moses
City of
Mexico
Dowie
Baron Hirsch
Russia
Women of Zion Church
Church
Wall Street
Debate on railroad rate bill stalls as Tillman pushes for vote
Washington April 6 Senator Tillman said a week more of debate likely exhausts general discussion on the railroad rate bill, but Senator Aldrich would not back a vote until further perfected. Elkins, Gample, and Kean spoke. Elkins was repeatedly interrupted. Gallinger proposed a ICC interference ban, Allison and Foraker noted Cincinnati’s discrimination in traffic favoring New York, With no remedy beyond court action.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senate
Tillman
Aldrich
Elkins
Gample
Kean
Mr. Elkins
Gallinger
Interstate Commerce Commission
Allison
Cincinnati
Bubonic Plague Fears On British Ship Arriving at Reedy Island
The British steamer Burrsfield from Bombay reports two suspicious deaths and several ill sailors on passage to Reedy Island. Quarantine officers fear bubonic plague though state quarantine physician Dr. Fairfax Irwin says symptoms are not definite. A bacteriological exam will follow and the vessel remains in quarantine.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Burrsfield
Bombay
India
Reedy Island
Delaware Bay
Fairfax Irwin
Hunger strike by political prisoners in Moscow jails
In Moscow on April 6 political prisoners crowded in local jails began a hunger strike. They refuse meals to force immediate trials or release. Many have waited three months without charges. The move follows orders to confront prisoners quickly and to hold those without definite charges. the protest intensifies the election campaign's closing period.
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Moscow
Durnovo
Governor Pattison Quietly Improves Amid Hospital Visit
A late bulletin reports Governor Pattison resting comfortably with pulse 90 and normal temperature. Relatives hope operation not needed, while doctors declined to discuss any plans. Family and state officials await developments as Pattison nears possible transfer to Milford for recovery.
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Campbell County
Russell Alexander Alger
Dowit
Hirsch
Foraker
Allogiang
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J. C. Oliver
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Ing
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Oliver P. Holt
Pat
Tison
Holt
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Wyoming
Union Central Life Insurance Company
O. C. Williams
Lathrop Williams
Christ Hospital
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Oliver F. Holt
EB. J. Wilson
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