Jewel theft and a bank conspiracy in brief 1900s items
A Syracuse jewel theft valued at eight dollars includes a 3000 dollar necklace. J R Zimmerman pled guilty in Cleveland federal court to conspiring to wreck a bank, receiving two years and a ten thousand dollar fine. King Edward gave King Haakon the Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle. Michigan hunting opens season with thousands in woods. first deer claimed by Miss Olive Martin. New York tale of Conrad Weiss and his mother ends in tragedy as gas jets kill her after a quarrel over marriage plans.
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J. R. Zimmerman
Cleveland
Zimmerman
The
Wooster National Bank
Edward
England
Haakon of
Norway
Order of the Garter
Windsor Castle
Victoria
Napoleon VI
Victor Hmsmannal
Sardinia
Michigan
Olive Martin
Mollie Frechette
Michigaume
Marquette County
Martin
Conrad Weiss
Mast One Hundred and Twenty-First Street
New York
Anna Meyer
Weiss
East One Hundred and Twentieth Street
Conrad
Brevities from the Era: Murders, Fires, and Political Moves
A woiIermaker in Steel ton, Pa. killed his wife in a crowded market. Vermont Legislature rejected a death penalty repeal bill. Fire leveled two large stock houses of Portland Cement Co. at Nazareth, Pa. Tess valued at 175000. Sporting goods losses at A G Spalding Co. store in New York. Hetty Green warns of revolt and blood in streets. Fire destroyed Rosenberg Brothers packing plant in San Jose, Calif. Losses 288000. Bodies found near Oil City, Pa. under unknown death. Five New Orleans suspects arrested in bank thefts totaling 20000 and 47000 swindle attempts. Daniel Sully, the cotton king, turns to soap. Tallow price rises sharply. Ohio Gov Harris grants 60 day reprieve to Frank Conrad for electrocution murder. Seven buildings of Columbia Brewing Co. Jersey City burned. loss 150000. Hugo Schuler burned. Annie Shirley found murdered in Pratt City, Ala. Two white men held. Bronze tablet stolen from Slocum monument found smashed in Brooklyn junk shop. M J Phelan nominated for Mayor of Kansas City, Kan. Democrats win city election. Senator Cullom collapses at Navy Dept. serious health concerns. County Surveyor office firing of wife’s jealousy case, John Irvine discharges assistant. About 800 more Hindus head to British Columbia amid protests they will not assimilate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Steiman
Steelton
Vermont
Portland Cement Company
Nazareth
Tess
A. G. Spalding & Co
New York
Hetty Green
Rosenberg Brothers
San Jose
Cal
Pranes
New Orleans
Daniel Sully
Gov. Harris
Ohio
Frank Conrad
Caster
Flint
Mich
Dan Davis
Columbia Brewing Company
Jersey City
N. J
Hugo Schuler
Annie Shirley
Pratt City
Ala
Slocum
Old Lutheran
Middle Village
N. Y
Brooklyn
M. J. Phelan
Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City
Kan
W. W. Rose
Cullom of
Ilinois
Navy Department
Washington
St. Paul
John Irvine
British Columbia
Strass
Large nationwide incidents and crimes dominate era headlines
The column reports multiple events: Edmund Miller of Columbia University dies at home in West Nyack. a New York fur heist nets up to 20000 in furs. Malden Mass lumber yard fire costing 70000. wage hikes affecting 3090 Reading Iron workers. numerous crimes including murders, robberies, and suicides across states. fires in Scranton, Long Beach, and Hamilton with heavy losses. policy and legal notes on railroads, rivers, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund H. Miller
Columbia University
West Nyack, N.Y
Foreign. Consulate Opened in Mukden Manchuria
The American consulate general has been opened at Mukden Manchuria. Reports also note tensions in Manchuria with Russians and Japanese, including friction and possible Japanese fortification of Saghalin and moves toward Vladivostok’s hinterland. An earlier train bombing in Russian Poland killed soldiers and stole $500000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukden
Manchuria
Russian
Poland
Henry Mortimer Durand
United States
Pedro Alvarado
Vladivostok
Saghalin
Portsmouth
12 Inch Gun Declared Useless for Coast Fortifications
Brig. Gen. William Crozier reports the 12 inch coast defense gun cannot endure a two hour engagement and would fail within an hour and a half at typical firing rates. He proposes using a longer lasting 14 inch gun with lower projectile velocity to extend life and reduce armor penetration. The report notes shifts in artillery and equipment, including aluminum cups and three inch field matériel for militia units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William Crozier
Ordnance
Crozier
Chief of Ordnance
Roosevelts depart for Panama canal inspection on battleship Louisiana
President and Mrs. Roosevelt leave Washington aboard the battleship Louisiana bound for Panama to inspect canal work. Secretary Taft bans Sunday army ball playing per a Washington letter to Fort Logan commander Lieut. Col. Sharp. William Haywood arrives in San Francisco seriously ill. Clarry Padock heads to Washington from Amoy. Ethan Allen Hitchcock to retire March 4 from the cabinet. James R. Garfield to succeed as Secretary of the Interior Witchcock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
France
James R. Garfield
Mr. Witchcock
Labor Cost Rise Triggers Pencil Price Hike and Wage Increases
The piece notes higher labor and material costs pushing lead pencil wholesale prices from 5 to 25 cents. It reports major railway and industrial firms planning broad wage increases and mentions a looming antitrust style reform for the Har riman system. It also covers Roosevelt dismissals of colored infantry members after the Brownsville incident and a potential court martial for Col Pitcher amid a soldier shielding probe. Brig Gen Garlington recommended dismissals across the battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
St. Louis
Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Securities Company
Roosevelt
United States Infantry
W. L. Pitcher
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Brownsville
Texas
E. W. Garlington
Army
Moody to the Supreme Court Named by President
President appoints William Henry Moody of Massachusetts as associate justice of the U S Supreme Court to replace Justice Henry Billings Brown who retired. Moody has served as attorney general since July 1 1904 after eight years in Congress and more than two years as secretary of the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Brown
William Henry Moody
Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Henry B Billings Brown
Moody
Tallest Building Windproof Anchores New York Singer Structure
The Singer Building on Broadway near Liberty Street will rise 625 feet as the citys tallest skyscraper and be braced against gales with wind anchors. Three and a half inch steel rods descend about fifty feet into caissons anchored eighty five feet below the curb, each ending in a large anchor plate fastened to the foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Singer
Broadway
Liberty Street
Year 1908 boxing card and pool shifts amid sports notes
The article notes Willie Fitzgerald to face Harry Lewis in Philadelphia in a six round bout after Lewis knocked him out. It mentions Battling Nelson seeking an opponent beyond Joe Gans with weight and purse conditions. John Horgan relinquishes his world pool title and diamond emblem. Ed Walsh of the White Sox is 24 and the Cubs face 1907 1908 contract limits. American athletes return from Greece in poor form after the Olympics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Nationals
Willie Fitzgerald
Harry Lewis
Philadelphia
Battling Nelson
Joe Gans
Battler
Billy Nolan
Gans
Nolan
John Horgan
St. Louis
Morgan
Ed Walsh
Cubs
White Sox
Detroit
Greece
Immigrants Die in Fiery Train Crash Near Woodville
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train collided with a fast freight near Woodville Indiana killing fifty people and injuring about forty. Immigrants from Russia Serbia and Poland were among the passengers as flames and debris trapped victims in the wreckage.
Prosperity of Steel Trust Plans Gary Plant in 1908
United States Steel directors maintain 4 percent annual dividends after a record quarter with net earnings of 38 114 624 dollars and 7 936 884 tons of unfilled orders. Chairman Gary states a new Gary plant will start in spring 1908 costing about 75 million dollars, subject to needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Trust
United States Stee Corporation
Gary
Reform alliances unite to boost child labor laws
The National Child Labor Committee led by President Roosevelt as honorary member forms a union with the Anti Child Slavery League to amplify reform efforts with extensive publicity for decisive change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Child Labor Reform Union
National Child Labor Committee
Roosevelt
Anti-Child Slavery League
Real Estate Trust Reopened After Turbulent Collapse
The Real Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia reopened under George N. Earl Jr as president after losses from misused funds by ex president Frank IX Hipple. Initial deposits appeared sizable, as $6,000,000 remained with two thirds as preferred stock and $2,500,000 was made good by directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Real Estate Trust
Real Estate Trust Company of
Philadelphia
Frank IX. Hipple
George N. Earl, Jr
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Clinton Plaindealer
Vaughn & Vansest, Publishers
Clinton
Robert Dey
Syracuse
Rome
Chicago
Willis R. Porter
Daniel Ogden
Oil City
Harris & Co
Malden City Lumber Company
Malden
Mass
Reading Iron Company
Jacob Hanser
Jacob Hanser, Jr
Johnstown
Federal Lithograph Company
Horatio Street
Walter Yerkes
Fulmer
American Portugal Company
Trenton
G. 2. Grammer
Coniral Hes
Marie Minstein
Augustus Silvestra
Scranton
I's
Carter & Kennedy
Foote & Spear Company
J. Scott Snelish
Henry Williams
Stafford Springs
Conn
North Birmingham
George Jost
Hebert Hamilton
William Thompson
Fifth Avenue
Kenry F. Smith
Pittsburg
State Bank
Grand Street
New York City
Thomas Lipton
Bridgeport
Catherine Stauffer
Lambertsville
Reese Wiggles
Sam Thumb
Retreat
Wilkesbarre
Bartholomew Morse
Long Island
Cinderella Parmlee
Robert IE. Peary
W. R. Shafter
Bakersfield
Rock Island Limited
Slater
Alpine
Idaho Springs
Colo
Lehigh Valley Company
Ill
Wisconsin
Nebraska University
Andrews
Cummins
Iowa
Lacey
Frantz
Oklahoma
Baltimore and Ohio
Roach
Woodville
Ind
Jennie Anderson
Youngstown
West Sixth Street
Harvest King Distilling Company
Michigan Central
William Billings
Chillicothe
Blanchester
Theodore Mochell
Monticello
Minn
Mississippi River
Iis
Wyoming
Montana
Fort Meade
Toledo
Lottie Pillied
D. O. Smart
Independence Avenue Christian Church
Mr. Smart
Mount Culebra
Trinidad
Adolph Storz
Stonewall
Long Beach
Robert L. Slack
Jackson Sutterfield
Norfolk and Western
Youngs Station
Slack
G. M. McGeeie
Russell
I. T
Minneapolis
Wisconsin Central
Omaha
al Viengie
Marysville
James ,Wilson
Orin Risen
Cincinnati Northern Railroad
Rossburg
van Wert
Santa Fe
Gallup
N. M
Theansas City
Tuttle
John Smalley
Robert Burns
Chickasha
John Bk, Kay
Stafford County
Hudson
Patton Insane Asylum
Los Angeles
Peru
Nebraska Supreme Court
Lowa
Frederick A. Cook
Seattle
Mount McKinley
Alaska
Yentna
Board of Equalization
Mary Lingafelter
Newark
Hamilton
C. D. Mathes & Co
Kolbrook & Co
T. W. Tiowell & Sons
Second National Bank
High Street
Second
Third Streets
Rennenkampff
Siberian
Moscow
Marine Court of Inquiry
Hankow
Hongkong
Branch
Supreme Court
W. H. Moody
BENDS
Plaltimore
Ohio Road
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooks
Locust Point
Baltimore
Associated Press
Babcock
Laporte
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