Panorama of the World and War News Digest
Mob attacked Dubuque streetcars prompting militia deployment as Captain Shrift ordered rifles readied to deter brick-throwing rioters. In London an explosion at Woolwich killed fourteen and injured thirteen as workers’ families gathered at gates for word. A Big Four and Illinois Central collision near St Louis killed J T Dodge and maimed many horses. Constantinople reports warn Milan’s mother to shield the prince. Manila court martial targets Lt Foley for embezzlement and pay irregularities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Street Railway Company
Dubuque
Iowa
Shrift
Tirift
Ameb
Woolwich Arsenal
London
Iinois Central
Illinois
Eads Bridge
St. Louis
J.T. Dodge
Dallas
Tez
Railroad and train wrecks shake Iowa and Oregon
Three men killed and several hurt when a northbound express collided with a gravel train at Elmira Iowa. A Pendleton Oregon relief train was wrecked crossing a creek near Heppner with four dead and two horses drowned. Wil Zimmerman 20 fell attempting a loop in Indianapolis and is near death. Berlin reports Prince Urusoff ordered compensation for Kishinev massacres victims. Doctors Tuttle and Morgan of Van Wert Ohio fatally injured in Indianapolis ditch accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Pendleton
Heppner
Ore
Lexington
Wil Zimmerman
Indianapolis
Ind
Ray Stevens
Zimmerman
Tuttle and Morgan
van Wert
Ohio
Marion
Judge Horton Finds Eleven Coal Dealers Guilty in Illinois Conspiracy Case
Judge O H Horton in Chicago convicts eighteen members of the Northern Illinois Soft Coal Dealers Association of conspiracy to restrain trade and fines them 500 each. Nine Retail Coal Dealers Association officers are fined 100 each and denied a new trial. Indictments came from a special coal investigations jury in January. The ruling upholds state anti trust law applicability to conspiracy claims and disbands the two associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horton
Fighteen
Northern Illinois
Xrams
Norton
Nighteen Corporations
Northern
Dliners Soft Coal Dealers’ Association
Lockout of 10,000 Employees Hits New York Building Trades
The George Ay Pudder Construction Company contractors lock out about 10,000 workers after a company order. The Employers' Association demands unions sign the arbitration plan. 40,000 laborers face idle time as the dispute stalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Ay Pudder
Pauty
Anon
Himployers’ Association
Bridge disaster at Equ Claire crowds crush crowds and injuries
A carnival crowd at Equ Claire Wisconsin crowding the Madison street bridge caused a 25 foot drop as a crowd fell during an illumination. Nearly 200 injured and two dead. Other items include a fatal St Louis bicycle loop stunt and a neighbor shooting in Ohio. Also notes on a New York car accident death and Gen. McCook’s death. Treaty with China and other brief items.
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Equ Claire
Wis
Madison Street Bridge
Jan Claire
Owithers
New York
Adrian Ferretet
Treaty text on Manchuria trade barriers and duties
A brief note discusses abolition of interior trade barriers within Manchuria and China, excluding duties collected by native custom houses at treaty ports under foreign commerce management. The text cites internal taxation in transit and foreign control aspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Manchuria
Bank Official Kills Self at Home in New York
Frank Dean, vice president of Seaboard National Bank, shot himself in his home in Orange, New Jersey. Bank officers report despondency over domestic affections. no motive tied to finances. Dean previously served as cashier at Fifth Avenue Bank and was about 40 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dean
Seaboard National
New York
Frank Denon
Seaboard National Bank
Broadway
Orange
Erilar
Mer. Dean
Dean
Jdean
Richman Fined by Hatmakers Union for Extortion Attempt
Newark hatter David Richman was fined 900.09 by the Hatmakers Union for attempting to extort from employees. Earlier about nine months ago he faced a 99.99 fine for the same charges. Union claims Richman forced workers to pay 24 weeks of wages toward the first fine and that he collected money from others in the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatmaker
Newark
N.J
David Richman
Hatmakers' Union
XN. J
Richman
Lichman
Tichman
Robbers Loot Erie Express Car Near Englewood
Bandits boarded an east bound Erie express near Englewood Chicago at midnight and looted the car. Police found two robbers behind packages and arrested them after a brief chase. They recovered valuables and about $7000 inside one package plus $4000 in cattle from the freight train.
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Erie
Englewood
Huntington
Chicago
Hammound
Rochester
Muntington
Cmt
Farmers' Trust promoters boast large Indiana meeting
Promoters of the Farmers' Trust report a large enthusiastic gathering in Indianapolis. They claim over 100 000 members with a goal of 1 000 000 by September. The plan aims to curb wheat sales below a stated minimum price to force higher market prices as dealers fear a price surge. Plans for organization spread to Marion and nearby Indiana counties.
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Farmers’ Trust
Indianapolis
Society
Ite Marigu
Indiana
Attempted Wreck of Petersburg Courthouse Reported
A 3 am explosion under Petersburg Pike County Indiana court house failed to trigger the dynamite charge while plaster flew and walls were damaged. Suspects reportedly favored moving the court house to Winslow and no arrests were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
Pike County
Indiana
Wetersburg
Winslow
Record of the Week: Dearborn County Toll Gates Destroyed
About 150 armed farmers raided seven toll gates in Dearborn County cutting poles and damaging toll houses after commissioners refused to buy roads. A sheriff’s deputy shot and killed John Hager during a dispute at St Marys Lake Notre Dame. Unionists in Shelbyville faced blacklistings as plant owners reversed labor relations. David Nisbet Evansville business leader died by suicide at age 50 after returning from St Louis.
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John Layton
West St. Louis
Flo
Patrick Luagton
Sylvester Baker
Belleville
Dearborn
John Hager
Word and Diviston
South Bend
Alfred Smith
St. Joseph County
Hager
John Dreckes
C. Putz
Lespodjoun
St. Mary's Lake
Notre Dame
Smith
Huger
Evansville
Stoots
David Nisbet
St. Louis
D. A. Nisbet
Louisville and
Evansville Mail Line Company
Mackey-Nisbet Dry Goods Company
State Happenings and Local Incidents Reported
Horse thieves in Greenfield and vandals damaging Waterloo cemeteries headline a roundup of regional misdeeds. Fires destroy Summit store. a boiler explosion hits Jasper mills. drownings occur in Orleans and Wilton lightning. Additional items note politics education and a student discipline kerfuffle at Indianapolis and a romantic tragedy in Marion.
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Greenfield
Washington
Auburn
Princeton
Rushville
Waterloo
Kirklin “Autocrat
H. D
Summit
Mossman & Co
Jasper
Raith Cornwell
Orleans
Carrie Wood
Sullivan
Lanford Stephenson
Wilton
William Daniela
Tall Youmans
Briar Hill
Coxville
Frank Burriss
Jenny York
Merom
Burriss
Moses Fowler Chase
Indianapolis
Fowler
W. A. Noyes
Rose Polytechnic
Terre Haute
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Department of Commerce
Gaylor University
Upland
A. L. .Whatcoms
Hounston
Thaddeus
Reade
Sanford BH
Love
Ian Marion
Nora Miller
Manual Training High School
George O. Wildhack
Wildhack
Charles ‘B.iBmmerich
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Manila Special
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Fifth Cavalry
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Berlin
Prince Urusoff
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Kishinev
Saftey
Mynth Riese
Cyelist
St Louis
Farmer
Elmer Taver
Timothy Morris
Morris
Haver
Newcomerstown
Naver
Alex McCook
Alexander McDowell McCook
United States Army
Charles Craighead
Dayton
Karageorgevitch
Peter Warngeorgevitch
Servig
Senate
Skupshtina
Peter
Geneva
Henry F. Greene
Duluth
Garfield
Greene
Self
Harrison
Tindisnapolis
Russell B. Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Union Trust Company
Allen
James M. Metcalf
Post Office Department
Allen County
New Haven
Enda
Steam Power Council
Ito
Columbus
Oliver Bassett
Freview
Witkat
Brazil
Mia
M. KE
Neeser
Colombia
Panama
Hight
Robens
Christivusland
Charles KF. Macfarland
Anti- Policy Society
Criminal Court
William Spencer
Rhodes
Berry
Chatinces
Dewey
W. J. McBride
al Wilson
St. Francis
Kan
Shipyard Combine
Lewis Nixon
Dearborn County
Ponder
Shalbyville
Shelbyville
Wester Company
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