Beck resigns as Assistant Attorney General to join trusts
Special Despatch reports Assistant Attorney General Beck resigns to join Sherman and Sterling in New York, highlighting the difficulty of securing eminent lawyers to prosecute monopolies. The piece notes government efforts to hire capable young attorneys and discusses Porto Rico franchise policy and profits sharing with local utilities.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Beck
Department of Justice
Minnesota
J. G. Johnson
Philadelphia
John W. Griggs
New Jersey
Knox
D. T. Watson
Pittsburg
Watson
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
McKinley
United States
Pennsylvania
Cuba
Mr Beck
Youths Turn Pink Eating Poison Food Says Doctor
A Washington despatch reports that young men at the Agricultural Department eating adulterated food show pink skin like babies. Dr Wylie leads experiments noting healthy subjects in near perfect condition, while researchers test whether adulterated foods affect nutrition and organs for potential official food value studies.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Agricultural Department
Wylie
Owensboro Man Getting Third Set of Teeth
Charles William Porter of Owensboro Kentucky nearing seventy eight is receiving the sixth of his third set of teeth over eight years four new teeth have grown and two more are forming above the gums He hopes to gain a second sight soon after his new teeth improve his health and daily life.
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Commercial Tribune
Owensboro
Charles William Porter
James Stembridge
Cherry Street
Porter
Prosecution urged for Northern Securities officers
The American Antitrust League petitions Attorney General Knox urging civil and criminal action against Northern Securities Company officers and individuals. The letter praises DOJ efforts enforcing the Sherman act but insists injunctions must lead to prosecutions to realize benefits. It also calls for proceedings against the Anthracite Coal Trust.
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Washington
The
American Antitrust League
H. B. Martin
Knox
Department of Justice
League
Department
Northern Securities Company
Anthracite Coal Trust
Goddess of Mercy 18 Captured and Beheaded
News from Victoria B C April 12 reports rebels capture Linchou near Kweilin capital of Kwangsi. Only about 5000 loyal troops defend Kweilin as rebellion threatens coastal cities. Report mentions Liao Kwan Yin known as Goddess of Mercy, a woman credited with leading anti Boxer resistance.
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Victoria
B. C
Athenian
Linchou
Kweilin
Kwangsi
North China Daily’ News
Kwellin
Shanghai
Iweilin
Cheng Tu
Liao Kwan Yin
Great Blessing for Railways Says Williams
Richmond interview notes John Skelton Williams lauding the Northern Securities Court of Appeals decision as sound law and vital for railroad interests. He argues it checks merger excess, protects independent lines and minority holders, and promotes legitimate growth without centralized control.
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Richmond
United States Circuit Court ‘of Appeals
Sup
Tragic tale of three women and a gold rush romance
In Toledo Ohio April 12 a saga unfolds of Louise De Brue Isabelle Lorrimer and Frank Harrison. Harrison deserts alaskan wealth for Miss De Brue but a letter and quarrel drive a deadly outcome. Mrs Harrison plans to confront Lorrimer as she seeks truth and travels west.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Louise de Brue
Isabelle Lorrimer
Frank Harrison
Miss de Brue
Miss Lorrimer
New Hampshire
Harrison
Alaska
Seattle
Mr. de Brue
Yukon
Loys
Monroe
Isabelle
Lorrimer
Colonel Root Dies in Salt Lake City Frontier Companion of Buffalo Bill
Colonel Root a frontiersman and longtime companion of Buffalo Bill died suddenly of heart failure in his Salt Lake City apartment late last night. He earlier settled in Laramie and helped launch Bill Nye's writing career through their partnership at the Laramie Boomerang. Root, famed as a catcher of wild animals, held international renown for his feats.
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Salt Lake
Bit Root
Buffalo Bill
Bill Nye
Laramie
Aman
Colonel Root
Gustav Meinecke 1a Dies After Colonial Work in Germany
Gustav Meinecke 1a is dead after a career spanning the United States and Germany. He worked with German newspapers in the U S and upon returning to Germany led colonial ventures and edited the Colonial Zeitung and the Colonial Year Book.
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Berlin
Gustav Meinecke
United States
Germany
Zeitung
Noted Indiana Lawyer Dies in Family House Fire
Nathan Morris a leading Indiana attorney and Frank Haas twelve year old son of Dr. Joseph Haas were burned to death in a Columbus Avenue? Indianapolis house fire. Mrs Haas Belle Haas Rose Haas governess Grace Lemon injured. Louis Haas broke a leg escaping second story window. Fire started in furnace at 3 an the house at 528 North Alabama Street nearly burned. Morris rushed to save family before being overcome. Injured listed as serious though expected to recover. Dr Haas was away at Lima visiting his son at military school.
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Indianapolis
Nathan Morris
Indiana
Frank Haas
Joseph Haas
Belle Haas
Rose Haas
Louis Haas
Grace Lemon
North Alabama Street
Mr. Morris
Haas
Morris
Morris & Newberger
California
Heri
Lima
Ind
Fear of Anarchist Attacks Plagues Czar in St Petersburg
London dispatch notes strikes and clashes between workers and police at Morhine Shoe Works and a rubber factory. Reports of women students facing punishment for protests against exam regulations, with arrests of several and temporary closures of the medical institute and university before reopening.
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ST. Petersburg
Morhine
Rere
Italy
Medical Institute
Sesma
Dthei
Preontingaeciet
Pittsburg Storm Roars In with Deadly Lightning
April 12 Pittsburg reports a violent cloudburst causing extensive flooding and property damage estimated in the thousands. One man, Irving T. Wilson of Dubois Pa, was killed by lightning near the Dixmont Insane Asylum. Streetcars halted, basements flooded, and a railroad yard shed lumber toppled as a signal tower burned after a lightning strike. The storm also moved into Wi kinsburg and West Virginia, with fears of a repeat Easter storm.
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Pittsburg
Irving T. Wilson
Dubois
Dixmont
Insane Asylum
Christ M. E. Church
Center Avenue
Wikinsburg
Thirty-seventh Ward
Coal Street
Pitt Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pitsburg
West’ Virginia
Huntington
Col MacGowan Veteran Southern Editor Dies in Chattanooga
Colonel John B. MacGowan editor in chief of the Chattanooga Times died at Missionary Ridge Chattanooga at 5 PM after two months of illness from la grippe and complications. Born September 30 1831 in Ohio he served in the Civil War and began his paper career in 1872 becoming editor in 1878 until his health failed recently.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
John B. MacGowan
MacGowan
Ohio
Iowa
Chattanooga Times
Vicar General Bouchet Dies in Louisville Rectory
The Rt Rev Monsignor Michael Bouchet Vicar General of the Louisville Diocese died at 4:25 this morning in the Cathedral of the Assumption rectory. He fell ill while praying at the church.
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Louisville
Michael Bouchet
Cathedral of the Assumption
County Commissioner and His Wife Drown in Flood
A cloud burst at noon floods Clarke County Indiana wrecking Blue Tek Creek crossing scene. County Commissioner Raymond and his wife were drowned while crossing the creek after church as waters rose swiftly and swept away the buggy. both bodies recovered.
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Henryville
Ind
Clarke County
Bellersburg
Seymour
Raymond
Blue Tek Creek
Netherlands Labor Strike Collapses in Amsterdam Meeting
The aged Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis, who rejoined labor agitation, attended a stormy Amsterdam gathering that lasted until 6 30 this morning. He urged ending the agitation as the cause of labor has been betrayed, and the meeting agreed. A new strike committee was to be elected, with a similar decision at a Rotterdam strikers meeting.
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Amsterdam
Domela Niewwenhuis
Labor Organization
Rotter
President Unreachable as Wires Fail in Cinnabar Park
Secretary Loeb reported no news from the President. Telephone lines in the park were down making direct communication difficult. the President would need to send a message to Major Pitcher's headquarters for contact.
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Cinnabar
Mont
Loeb
Messenge
Major Pitcher
Henderson store brawl pits Rash against Hart and Robards
In Henderson Kentucky on April 12 James ay Rash former U S Army Captain clashed with Frank Hart and E T Robards two leading tobacco makers. Rash broke Hart jaw with a stick and fired at Robards who dodged. Robards fled to the Journal office. Rash was bond released after a warrant was sworn. Robards heads Robards Tobacco Co and Rash had served with General Grant.
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Commercial Tribune
Henderson
James Ay Rash
Volunteers
United States Army
Frank Hact
E. T. Robards
Rash
Hart
Bards
Robards
Journal
Robards Tobacco Company
Grant
Philippines
Missouri packing firms mail partial payment of antitrust fines
Five Missouri packing companies including Armour Cudahy Hammond Swift and Schwartzchild Sulzberger sent a draft for 27136 to the State Supreme Court covering fines and costs in the antitrust action. The payment arrived before the due date.
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Kansas City, Mo
Missouri Packing Companies
State Supreme Court
Armour Packing Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Hammond Packing Company
Swift & Co
Schwartzchild& Sulzberger
Snow boon to stock as mountain east slope sees heavy fall
In Denver on April 12 the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains from Wyoming to Colorado Springs reported about three inches of snow. The storm brought wind but posed no danger to exposed stock, and the moisture is expected to benefit grass on the ranges.
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Denver
Col
Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
Colorado Springs
Band and Battery Enliven the Business Party Concert
The Band and Battery performed at the station before the train pulled out. Special accommodations for the delegation were among the finest sent from the Queen City.
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Band and Battery
Cincinnati Exposition Train Sends 150 Citizens South
A 150 strong Cincinnati party plus band and artillery left the armory at 3:30 in pouring rain for a week long excursion to the South. The trip, organized by the Cincinnati Industrial Bureau, aims to foster trade and friendly ties with Southern states as Cincinnati acts as gateway to the South. J. C. Hobart chaired a large committee with subchairs handling transportation entertainment and more, drawing leaders from eighteen city organizations.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Industrial Bureau
J. C. Hobart
National Association of Manufacturers
New Oelrans
Industrial Bureau
South
Faa
George Puchta
Will L. Finch
Frank W. Foulds
George Guckenberger
E. H. Hargrave
Wést du Brul
Phil Fosdick
James F. Taylor
J. A. Ringold
J.C. Hobart
F. W. Foulds
F. A. Geier
Chamber of Commerce
J. F. Ellison
B. W. Campbell
Charles E. Roth
M. H. Alexander
Commercial Club
Thomas P. Egan
H. C. Yeiser
Robert Laidlaw
Business Men’s Club
James B. Scott
George A. Blair
R. P. Buchanan
John H. Gibson
Manufacturers’ Club
H. L. Wernicke
Samuel Moyer
A Eee Hoffinghoff
Cincinnati Metal Trades’ Association
Ernest du Brul
William Lodge
Furniture Exchange
Joseph G. Sextro
J. C. Meyer
John Cornette
G. B. Shulte
Leather Club
L. J.rebbun
Walnut Hills Business Men's Club
Charles Urban
James Harrison
T. Atkins
Cincinnati League
Harry F. Woods
Wilmot J. Hail
Thomas H. Osborn
Cincinnati Boot and Shoe Aparerarog Association
J. G. Gregson
A. Julian
H. L. Manss
Taxpayers’ Association
de Hafer
Franklin Alter
New Orleans Excursion Arrives and Departs Louisville
Excursionists from New Orleans arrived in Louisville at 7 o clock and left after fifteen minutes for Cincinnati via the Clinots Central Railroad. A crowd greeted them and a band played Yankee girl tunes. One mishap occurred when Mrs. C B Farrelly slipped in the Cincinnati station but escaped injury and continued the trip. Changes in personnel included O M Bake unable to connect and new arrivals John Harris and Wm of the McKenzie Company. B and O officials aboard ensured comfort: James B Scott J B Buchanan and John Haggerty accompanied the group to Louisville.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
New Orleans
Clinots
Central Railroad
Crescent City
C. B. Farrelly
Cinciinati
Farrelly
Third Street
O. M. Bake
Hamilton
Wat
John Harris
Nati Traction
Pany
Www
The
McKenzie Company
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ST. Atty
Gen. Beck
Torneys
Porto Rico
Otto Carmichael
Island
San Juan
Tntil Ae
James S. Harlan
Harlan
Tifier
Northern Securities
Antitrust League
Goddess OF Mercy
Prefectural City of
Linchou Taken
N. P
Railways
John Skelton Williams
Seaboard Air Line
U. S
Southern Securities Company
Interstate Commerce, Commission
Louisville & Nashville
Gates
Morgan
New York
Mrs. Harrison
Miss Harrison
Bill’ Nye
Nathan
Burns
Czar
Col. Macgowan
Eran
Bouchet
Netherlands
Roosevelt
the Queen City
Hobart
J. B. Buchanan
John Haggerty
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