Poisoned whisky and a string of misfortunes fill events this week
A rash of crime and tragedy unfolds from Reading Pennsylvania to Clifford Ohio and Niagara Falls New York. Reports describe a wife poisoning her husband then dying by remorse, a beheaded body found near a railroad, freight cars wrecked into Niagara rapids, and a teenager convicted of manslaughter for a marble game dispute. Other items note a Little Rock judge dismissing a chicken-keeping injunction, a double tragedy in Charlotte involving a wife and two children, and census summaries on large local families amid a brief review of baseball standings.
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Yarynka Drevfynks
Reading
Norfolk and Western
Clifford
Ohio
Columbus
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Grand Trunk
Niagara Rapids
Baltimore Criminal Courts
Sidney Hollis
William TL. Griffiths
Hollis
Ratterre
Little Rock
Ark
Charles VY
Tarnwell
Gus Gans
Julge Ratterre
Hartwell
Wiliam Ronle
Beard Avenue
Poth
Ronle
Charlotte
Peau
Mount Verna
Tne
Chiarlorce
King
Milan
Dickson County
Jon
Parrotte Payall
Alexander Cuuminemn
Lelow
Fires Destroy Large Sawmill and More Toll Across Regions
A series of reports details a major blaze at Smith Garbutt Coa sawmill two miles west of Lyons Georgia with $100,000 loss and nearby property damage. Other items include an explosion on a farm near Selby South Dakota injuring three, a Santa Fe train wreck near Trinidad Colorado with multiple injuries, and political unrest in Saint Petersburg with duma dissolution and press crackdowns. There are also robberies, a noted Indian theorist elected world president of the Theosophical Society, and debate over caps and gowns in schools.
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Hughes
New York City
Selby
S. O
France
Duma Dissolved By Imperial Edict Amid Revolt Fears
The Russian duma is dissolved by imperial edict as the Czar ends a second people’s government era. Stolypin seeks expulsion of fifty five social democrats and treason trials, while revolts loom and troops mobilize to enforce a return to absolutism.
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Duma
Russia
Stolypin
London
Aio Daw
Hosever
Dumna
Coal Trust Prosecuted In Federal Suit In Philadelphia
The government filed a petition in the federal circuit court at Philadelphia seeking an injunction against the Reading Lehigh Valley Saskawanna Jersey Central Erie and Susquehanna and Western railroads and their coal subsidiaries for alleged unlawful combination to control the anthracite supply. It notes that Pennsylvania Ontario and Western and Delaware and Trudson are not yet defendants due to insufficient evidence but may be enjoined if evidence emerges. The petition asserts the railroads transport most anthracite and own or control three quarters of deposits and production, blocking independent operators and maintaining a monopoly through intercompany contracts and exchanges with competing lines. It alleges conspiratorial restraints and suppression of competition among the defendants.
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Federal
Philadelphia
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Saskawanna
Jersey Central
Erie
Susquehanna and Western
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania
Ontario and Western
Delaware and
Trudson
Tidewater
New York, Susquehanna and Western
Reading Company
Hygiene of the Tan Shoe
The London Lancet argues tan shoes are more comfortable and durable not from the leather but from dressings. Black shoe finishes contain acids that dissolve mineral matter in ivory black, harden the leather and reduce comfort and wear. Russet shoe dressings, rich in waxes and oils, keep leather soft and preserved.
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London Lancet
San Francisco Mayor Schmitz Found Guilty of Extortion
The San Francisco mayor Eugene E. Schmitz was convicted of extortion after a trial that revealed Ruef and others sought bribes to restore licenses for Delmonico's French restaurant during a reform push. Prosecutors say the graft funded by restaurant owners flowed to Ruef and Schmitz, with Schmitz receiving about 4000 dollars from the scheme.
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Ruef
Boechlers
Eugene E. Schmitz
San Francisco
Langdon
Monte Cristea
Twol
Abe Ruef
United States
Eugene EB. Schmitz
Schmitz
Anchoring a Skyscraper for Singer Building Havens
New departure in foundation work for the 45 story Singer building in New York embeds iron bars in concrete caissons fifty feet below the basement to counter wind pressure. Bars linked by six inch pins connect to upright steel columns to counteract wind strain, a method not previously used. The law assumes wind pressure of 80 pounds per square foot, equating to 330 tons against one side.
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Singer
New York
M. Ripley
Notable Personalities and World Records Highlighted
Short notices report Sig Enrico Caruso donating 4000 dollars to a New York society aiding Italian immigrants. Gardner F Williams, American engineer who directs diamond output, was born in Michigan. The First Russian Guards' Long Ivan stands seven feet eleven inches, ages 21, with fine proportions and a promising build.
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Sig
Enrico Caruso
New York Society
Gardner F. Williams
Michigan
Long
Ivan
Russian Guards
Chicago Trade Upbeat As Spring Demand Surges
Dun's Review of Trade notes improving sentiment in Chicago with brighter weather lifting distributive lines. Manufacturing holds strong. wholesale and retail activity rise as interior consumption remains high and bank payments exceed last year. Failures in the district drop from 29 to 14, with prompt collections and growing orders for fall deliveries.
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West
Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
Mixed U S Weather Brightens Trade Across Regions
New York reports improved weather boosting demand for summer goods and steadier crop outlooks in the Northwest central West and South. Retail stocks remain ample with many cut price sales and few new orders, while some areas note shipment holds and payment extensions. Business failures reach 161 in the week ending June 1 with Canadian failures at 22. Wheat and corn exports for the week show strong activity, year to date totals rising versus last year.
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Northwest
Central
West
South
Southiwest
United States
Canada
Dradstreet
Market Prices for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains in U S Cities
Chicago to Toledo price lists show cattle hogs sheep and grain values by city. Rates include Chicago heavy hogs four to six dollars and wheat No 2 red around fourteen cents to sixteen cents, with regional figures for Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Utf Park
New York
Toledo
Sacred Heart Church in Ottawa Destroyed by Fire
Fire leveled the Sacred Heart church in Ottawa Ontario causing estimated losses of 200000 with 50000 covered by insurance.
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Clinton
Reston
American Seags
Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Phil Duty
Heston
American Association
L. W
Cohamln
Kansas City
Louisville
Minneapolis
L. Leney
Omaha
Denver
Des Moines
Lincoln
Stillwater
Minn
George WE Atwood
Ukase
Dracheffski
St. Petersburg
Wiren
Sevastopol
Rudzek
James M. Green
New Jersey State Normal School
School Journal
Green
SroLyein
Ian
Czar, Nicholash
Czar Nicholas
Nicholas
Coal Trust
Frisco
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