Pennsylvania Railroad Wins $50,000 Case
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company prevailed in a $50,000 damage suit in the Federal Court at Toledo Ohio. Ironton Bros grain elevator at Van Wert burned January 17 1993 and four years later sued the railroad claiming negligence. Jury verdict favored the railroad defeating the elevator men.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Toledo
Ohio
Ironton Bros
van Wert
Pennsylvania
Sater
Record of Seven Days Events Across World and Nation
Immig ration laws shown to penalize involuntary servitude no punishment. San Francisco jury discharged in Heney case amid bribery accusations. New York police tie Chinese suspects to Elsie Sigel murder. Mauretania voyage from New York to London noted. Brown University urged to end denominational lines. Chicago expels professor Foster. university link erased. Queen Victoria of Spain births daughter. naval reform debated. Fort Worth bank robbed of 8100 by a skilled highwayman. Sigel slay case details emerge with confession by Chung Lin. Gas explosion in Lackawanna coal mine kills 17, injures 16. Taft tax plan gains momentum. Continental banks merger proposed. Auto trophies and speed records reported. Ascot week highlights American fashion. Industry shows revival and transport improvements.
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Francis J. Heney
Rudolph Spreckels
James D. Phelan
New York
Leon Ling
Chong Sing
Elsie Sigel
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Naval Board
France
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Chicago
Fort Worth
Texas
Chung Lin
Eon Ling
Tle
Chung Sin
Pittsburg Fire Destroys Arrott Power Building Officials Homeless
A fire on Penn Avenue in downtown Pittsburg destroyed the Arrott Power Building and left about twenty firms homeless. The blaze sent hundreds from the Colonial Annex Hotel into the night in alarm with rumors of possible arson.
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Arrott Power
Penn Avenue
Colonial Annex
Fire claims five men and sixty eight horses in Duluth barn
A late Saturday fire at the Board of Trade Livery Barn in Duluth killed five men and 68 horses. The blaze caused $30,000 in damage to the Barrett & Zimmerman building. Firefighters found the charred remains near the rear entrance after the flames were under control, origin of the fire undetermined.
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Duluth
Barrett & Zimmerman
St. Paul
Senate Tariff Debates Continue Without Major Action
The Senate debated income and corporation tax matters and various tariff amendments but made no final decisions. Aldrich proposed changes on wood pulp, hides, and a lumber levy while the House adjourned and later returned to widening the tariff discussions with new schedules and adjournments.
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Finance Committee
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Wyoming
Carter
Montana
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Beef Trust
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Hnoleum
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Lynching of a Black man in Arcadia Fla shocks town
Sparks from the wires report a lynching in Arcadia Florida after a man attempted an assault on Mrs. P. R. Read. In Colorado floods from snow melt caused extensive damage across several sections. At Omaha eight soldiers were inoculated with typhoid germs to test a vaccine. Richard Pines, one of four Black men, was convicted of first degree murder in the March 5 killing of Walter F. Schultz, a Chicago artist, near Alexandria Virginia.
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P. R. Read
Colorado
Omaha
Neb
Richard Pines
Walter F. ‘Schultz
Chicago
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