Revolt at Metropolitan Club as Corbin rejection shocks Washington
Secretaries Root and Hay lead a revolt against the Metropolitan Club which recently barred General H C Corbin. The new club aims to mirror Union League style and attract high social and political figures with strong financial backing. Wynne postmaster probe continues with Bristow inspectors chasing favors in St. Louis and Washington. Roosevelt praised in Sun editorial for renomination and labor leadership.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Hay
Metropolitan Club
H. C. Corbin
Root
Washigton
Union League
New York
United States
Bristow
Wynne
James Re
Famiy
Indiana
Overstreet
Buffy
St. Louis
Baumhoff
Civil Service
Foulke
Payne
Civil Service Commissioners
Civil Service Commission
Messrs. Foulke
Proctor
Earl fined for torturing adopted children in St Louis
John Earl, arrested for torture of two adopted children, received a $1,000 fine from Judge Pollard then sent to the workhouse in default. He allegedly beat, burned, branded, crucified, and tortured the youngsters to force acrobatic performances. The Humane Society reported severe injuries and rescue by police.
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ST. Louis
John Earl
Pollard
Court of Criminal Correction
Hart
Little George
Florence Migge
Earl
the Humane Society
Presbyterians to Enforce Divorce Law
Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune reports at the spring meeting of the Presbytery of Cleveland the church upholds divorce for infidelity or desertion and sanctions only the remarriage of the innocent party. Ministers are urged to strictly observe and enforce the rule amid strong calls for tighter enforcement.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Presbyterian Church
Presbytery of
Prince Henry of Prussia to Give Up Sea Duty
Berlin reports Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia will take the battle ship squadron to Spanish waters May 3 with barely enough coal to reach a pre arranged latitude and longitude. There the ships will refill bunkers from colliers as a test of high sea coaling, even if weather is rough. On return he will give up sea duty, except serving as fleet commander during maneuvers in August and September.
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Berlin
Prince Henry of Prussia
Spanish Waters
Prince Henry
Skeleton of 1870 murder victim found near Sioux City
The 33 year old mystery of Sol Roberts ends as his skeleton is exhumed near Sioux City Iowa. The bones match Roberts who vanished in March 1870. Locals had long suspected a homesteader named Anderson murdered both Roberts and a German girl and fled after selling his property.
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Sioux City
Sol Roberts
Roberts
Anderson
Seven Years Old Steals a Bicycle a Day
In Logansport Indiana on April 22 a seven year old boy named Paul Gross was arrested by police for stealing three bicycles in three days. He was caught while selling his third bicycle and admitted stealing the other two, naming the men who bought them. The bicycles were returned to their owners and he was jailed.
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Commercial Tribune
Logansport
Ind
Paul Gross
New York
William R. Hearst
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shearn
Lehigh Valley Roads
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Tidewater
Chinese Desperado Crucified for Murder
Victoria B C April 22 Advices by the steamer Empress of China describe the crucifixion in Kwang Tung of a Chinese desperado who confessed to sixty murders. He was nailed to a wooden cross placed on a cedar bridge. He died after three days. Three armed men seized a fishing junk fifteen miles from Hongkong, killed the master concubine and child, and threw the crew overboard. A fourth man escaped by cutting a hole and swimming ashore. Mail from Japan reports a mine fire at Kinshu Otu colliery on the twelfth, killing sixty five.
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Victoria
B. C
Empress of China
Kwang Tung
Hongkong
Japan
Otu
Kinshu
Carpenters Strike Delays Schwab Sanatorium Project
New YorkApril 22 The fifty carpenters working on Charles M Schwab's sanatorium for poor children at Richmond Staten Island are on strike in solidarity with the Brotherhood of Carpenters against the Amal gamated union. Schwab offered double wages to resume work while the dispute continues. The charity project includes a steamer built to carry the children of the slums.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Charles M. Schwab
Richmond
Staten Island
Amalgamated Brotherhood of Carpenters
Bchwab
Steel King
Widener Elkins plan to seize Citizens' National Bank
The Widener Elkins syndicate seeks to acquire an interest in Citizens' National Bank and raise its capital to 3 million dollars or more. The deal contemplates moving the bank to the new Traction Building and forming a 1 million dollar trust company, with directors and brokers representing the East negotiations in Philadelphia.
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Widener-Elkins Syndicate
Citizens’ National Bank
Citizens’ National
United Bank
Third and
Walnut Streets
Traction
Philadelphia
Briggs
Cunningham
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. B. Foraker
William T. Irwin
Irwin, Ballmann &Co
Arenes
Kental
National
The
Lafayette
First National
Third Street
W. Kesley Schoepf
Cincinnati Traction Company
Indition
Widener-Elkins
Three Automobiles for Tom Campaign in Cleveland
Mayor Johnson announces a three car campaign in Cleveland on April 22 to promote Democratic education. He plans home rule and just taxation themes with Lee amendments and local speakers only, avoiding outside agents or elaborate literature.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Johnson
Lee
Railroads Refuse to Produce Coal Contracts in Dispute
Attorneys clash as railroads refuse to disclose coal contracts New Yorkers accuse officials in heated debate Campbell denounces critics as dogs in a charged exchange at the hearing Mediation efforts continue amid assertions of secrecy and demand for pricing details by state authorities
Anthracite Output Falls After Major Strike
Wilkes Barre Pennsylvan ia April 22 The annual report by James E Rod er chief of the State Bureau of Mines shows anthracite coal production for last year at 386 911 551 tons a drop of 22 994 400 tons from 1901 due to a five month strike.
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Wilkesbarre
James E. Roderick
State Bureau of Mines
Ee P
State backs down in coal cases in Columbus Supreme Court
In Columbus on April 22 the state administration settled in the Supreme Court against New Pittsburg and five other firms. The action dismisses the cases without record at the defendant’s cost, formal entries filed by Attorney General Sheets.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Sheets
Supreme Court
Pittsburg
Cour Jes
Immanuel Names Admiral Merin Foreign Minister of Italy
Rome reports Emperor Immanuel III signs decrees appointing Admiral L Merin as Minister of Foreign Affairs replacing Sigior Prinetti who resigned amid illness and making Admiral Bertolo of Marine the new minister.
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Rome
Vanderbilt Rutherfurd Engagement Confirmed
Special despatch reports the engagement of Mrs Anna H Rutherfurd to William K Vanderbilt approved and widely noted in New York society. The union links the Ruth erfurd and Harriman families with social and diplomatic connections. Officials in Washington may review the legality of the marriage.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Anna H. Rutherfurd
William K. Vanderbilt
Anna H. Rutherford
Oliver Harriman
William R. Travers
Washington
Dreyfus Seeks Fresh Inquiry Through War Minister Letter
Alfred Dreyfus submits to the War Minister a long plea demanding a new inquiry into his Rennes trial. He argues the court was swayed by a forged Emperor William document and by false testimony, recounting the hardships he endured and urging action on Esterhazy’s role and the bordereau.
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Paris
Alfred Dreyfus
Andre
Soniffeths
Dreyfus
Rennes
William
Esterhazy
Jone
France
Supreme Chief of Military Justice
Czernuski
Ground Sinks Away in Peters Run Area
In Wheeling West Virginia farmers report a large tract of land vanishing from the headwaters of Peters Run, a century old legend linked to a German settler’s cabin at the site. Tremors and rumbling sounds accompany the mystery as crowds visit the area seeking explanations.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Peters Run
Pennsylvania
Dee
Miss Bay Accused of Stealing Husband in Ohio Valley
Ruth Bay, daughter of Captain George E Bay, is named defendant in a suit by Mrs Ernest Wheeler wife of a Proctorville druggist. Wheeler claims Bay caused his affections to shift toward her with visits and rides and that he deserted Mrs Wheeler on April 9 1903. Damages sought amount to 10000 with social upheaval noted in the Ohio Valley.
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Commercial Tribune Ironton
Ruth Bay
George E. Bay
P. Ee
Ernest P. Wheeler
Miss Bay
Wheeler
Proctorville
Mrs. Wheeler
Catlettsburg
Pril
Roosevelt completes Yellowstone Park tour
Cinnabar Montana April 22 President Roosevelt finishes a six day interior tour of Yellowstone Park arriving at Fort Yellowstone at noon. Secretary Loeb reports the President in good health and enthusiastic about the trip noting sledges horses and skis used to traverse deep snow between basins and canyon areas.
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Cinnabar
Mont
Roosevelt
Yellowstone Park
Ft. Yellowstone
Loeb
Park
Pitcher
Leslie Combes Prevented a South American War
United States Minister Leslie Combes helped avert a Guatemala Guatemala conflict with a trader after a Guatemalan president Manuel Estrada sent thanks. The letter to the State Department credits his good offices with restoring peace and endorses his role in peacemaking.
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Washington
United States
Leslie Combes
Guatemala
Manuel Estrada
State Department
Combes
Diplo
Parry Critiques Hanna Speech On Labor Politics
Indianapolis reporter quotes D. M. Parry rebutting Senator Hanna’s remarks at the Amalgamated Association banquet. Parry mocks Hanna’s labor stance, cites past labor actions and fears, and suggests Hanna may copy Cleveland mayoral methods. He argues wages, strikes, and unions hinge on force and calls for a more dignified treatment of labor issues.
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Indianapolis
Hanna
D. M. Parry
Amalgamated Association of Steel, Iron and Tinworkers
Columbus
Mr. Parry
Labor
Cleveland
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Chas. M. Schwab
Ctizens’ Bank
Widener-El
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Cunningham, Irwin
Foraker
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Wrangle
United
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
W. W. Ross
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
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George O. Watterman
Central Railroad Company
New Jersey
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
George Wilson
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
TOMS
Interstate Commission
Campbell
Ohio
Morin
Vanderbilt-Rutherfurd
Henry White
Great Britain
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Skie
Parry
National Republican Committee
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Carroll D. Wright
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