Global brief notes of fires wrecks and trials across the world
Telegraphic summaries report a Sheboygan coach factory fire and warehouse damage with multi city losses, a body found in a tree after a nitro explosion in West Virginia, a derailed Erie train injuring an engineer, an embezzlement arrest in Minneapolis, Australian bush fires with casualties, a streetcar collision in Manon Jad, a Champaign stable fire incinerating fifteen horses, Chinese emperor illness, a Pennsylvania work train disaster killing four, a bank robbery sentencing in Indiana, Norwegian avalanche fatalities and injuries, Roosevelt removing a Oklahoma district attorney, Ohio capital punishment debate, and Austrian mine disaster with forty miners killed.
Gen J M Schofield Dead Former Army Head Dies in Florida
Lieutenant General John M Schofield U S Army retired and former head of the army died at St Augustine Florida Sunday night after a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 74 born in New York and educated at West Point. His career spanned Civil War commands and later chief roles including Secretary of War and commander of the Department of the Missouri Pacific and Gulf.
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Grant
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Ocean disaster strikes Pacific Islands in hurricane
A devastating Pacific storm sweeps the Society and Tuamotu islands, killing from hundreds to ten thousand and causing up to five million dollars in damage. Papeete floods as towns vanish, villages vanish, and thousands become homeless. relief requests pour in as details reach San Francisco aboard the Mariposa.
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Pacific Ocean
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Tahiti
San Francisco
Mariposa
Railroad rate debate dominates Senate at length
The Senate continued discussing the Dolliver-Hepburn railroad bill while the Indian five civilized tribes settlement dominated the latter session. House actions included passage of the army appropriation and measures on cemeteries, coinage, and education. executive session followed.
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Kline
Bri
Haughen
Cost Of Living Reaches Thirty Year High
The Dun Mercantile Agency reports that overall prices for commodities relative to consumption average $104 204, up from $101 030 a year earlier. Meats show a persistent rise since last autumn, while dairy and garden products fall slightly with milk eggs hay and cheese lower, butter up a cent and vegetables higher.
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Ias
Dun
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Lock Canal Now Considered Definitive Plan by Government
President Roosevelt transmits canal commission report and Chief Engineer Stevens letter to Congress endorsing a lock canal with a summit level of 85 feet, estimated cost 130.7 million dollars and completion in eight and a half years. The plan has majority engineering support among American experts, opposed by foreign engineers and a minority on the board.
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Admiral Andicott
Taft
Suez Canal
Sault Ste. Marie
Suez
Panama Canal Inquiry Hits Cromwell Case
Senate hearing on Paname Republic and canal deals reveals William Nelson Cromwell, longtime adviser to the Panama railroad and legal counsel since 1904, denying funneling of $20 million to his firm while acknowledging about $200,000 from the Panama company as he defends professional secrets.
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Revenue Cutter Service
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Pnas
Shackelford
Missouri
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Alaska
Denver
New Orleans
San Francisco
Morgan Quitsen Cromwell
William Nelson Ctomwell
New York
Paname Republic
Panama Canal
Morgan
Alabama
Cromwell
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Missouri Supreme Court ruling compels foreign corporate officers to testify
The Missouri Supreme Court holds that officers of foreign corporations doing business in Missouri impliedly agree to testify and must produce books and papers. It states they cannot withhold business records and may face contempt if they refuse. The decision extends to requiring witnesses in prosecutions, affecting figures like John D Rockefeller.
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Gildersleeve
New York
Missouri’ Court Aa
H. I. Rogers
Miscouri
Geneva
Rogera
Missouri
John D Rockefeller
Peut
Business and Trade Outlook Across Chicago and Nation
The report notes strong activity in Chicago trades with spring demand, steady lumber and building material prospects, shipyards busy, and freight up. Retail February sales exceed expectations, while winter wares clear. farmers report good conditions and money circulation remains healthy. National outlook remains favorable though cautious buyers expect cautious near-term pricing with robust spring business and building.
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Dun
Market quotations for grains and livestock in Detroit region
The listing shows bid ranges and prices for corn No 2 oats rye and wheat with prices around 79 to 80 cents for No 2 corn and 28 to 40 cents for oats. Hogs pez prime heavy 4.00 to 6.42. Butter and creamery prices noted. Detroit cattle and sheep pricing listed with varied ranges.
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Detroit
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