Elgin Echo Reports Ohio Coal Groups Disband Under Pressure
The Ohio Coal Producers Association withdraws from the Central Coal Prominents bureau and the Lake Blueuminous Coal Association after a lengthy conference with Attorney General Sheeb. Governor pressures dissolution amid legal action and a quater suite filing.
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Guy. Nash
Sheeb
Ohio
Attorneya
Vonculupaties
Ohio Coal
Central Coal Promnents
Burea
Lake le Bluinlous Coal Association
Revival Leads to Insanity in Ohio Family
A Darke County family from Ohio fell under a religious revival’s influence, with Moritz gaining control over members causing bizarre actions. The father and one son were committed to an insane hospital, others cared for by neighbors amid uncontrollable crying, laughing, shouting, and praying.
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Ohio
Manila
Richard Drascha
Et Eight
Darke County
Moritz
Sunward Visions by Indiana Astronomer Alexander Young
Indiana astronomer Alexander Young of LaPorte reports remarkable sun observations. He describes two waterlike spots on the sun’s surface and a solar spectrum image showing color fields, green vegetation, and prismlike rays. He claims distant lands and exalted beings exist beyond mountain slopes illuminated by perpetual daylight.
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Indiana
Alexander Young
Young
Yong
Yale Jeys
Frenzied Frankfort Youth Kills Father and Self
Earl Woods a 17 year old farmer's son seven miles west of Frankfort Indiana killed his father wounded his mother and sister then shot himself. He told a neighbor robbers had killed his family and that he was chasing them after a running gun battle before he died from a bullet wound to the chest.
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Frankfort
Indi
Earl Woods
Ind
Enid
Wools
Young Woods
Peter Farrell
New Orleans
Edward
Tell
Edward Sod
George
Loys
Faward
Encampment date set for San Francisco week of August 17
News notes report the GAA encampment dates fixed for the San Francisco gathering during the week of August 17. The executive committee is empowered to invite President Roosevelt. Other items cover a New Orleans political figure slain by his son, Galveston sea wall consecration, and various national incidents from mob violence to rail plans and museum grantings.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Stewart
Dirit-Ehluf
Graud Army of the Republic
National Council of Administration
Roosevelt
United States Steel to acquire Jonen & Laughlin Steel
Reports indicate a pending absorption of the Jonen & Laughlin Steel Company of Pittsburgh by United States Steel Corporation. Authorities signal a closing date around March 14 with U S Steel set to gain absolute control within weeks.
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Jonen & Goughilu Mit
United States Steel Corporation
Minnesota
Farmer
Jonvé & Laughlin Steel Company
Pittsburg
Plang
Steel Corporation
Robber shoots a farmer near Tasuen Minn in home invasion
A robber bound and fatally wounded a farmer after demanding money at the residence of Lewis Ballman near Tasuen Minn. The assailant fired twice, hitting the farmer under the right eye and in the breast before being restrained by the farmer, his wife, and workers. The injured man died within hours.
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William Ratlit
Rowan Pago
Lewis
Ballman
Tasuen Minn
Batman Cave Hin
Heatli
Batman
Brillman
Wages for loading boats agreed by lake carriers and longshoremen
In Maniitee Michigan representatives of the Lake Lumber Carriers Association and the International Longshoremen Marine and Transport Workers Association fixed this year's loading wages for lumber on Lakes Huron and Michigan. The rate set at 12 1/2 cents per hundred pounds sparked surprise as Lakes Superior longshoremen had recently agreed to 55 cents. Other brief items note Hungarian emigration curbs, Wells Fargo Pension plan, a tragic house fire in Trainerd Minnesota, the Colima volcano eruption, a post office safe blow, a murder case, a large plant destruction at McKees Rocks, wage increases for Wabash employees, a jealous murder, a Pullman suit victory, eight deaths at Wright's coal works, a Hawaiian payment from the US, and a Samoa hurricane causing widespread damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Lumber Carriers’ Association
International Longshoremen, Marine and Transport Workers’ Association
Maniitee
Mich
Lakes Huron
Milan
Lakes Superior
Terrorized by Robbers Adopt Tracy Tactics
Desperate Union bank robbers Rudolph and Lewin, fleeing toward Wiehview, ML, imitate Harry Tracy. They threaten to murder the family if pursuit continues, talk with residents to learn details, and use a two‑man picket system to obtain food while intimidating victims.
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Harry Tracy
Rudolph
Rank Lewin
Union
Mvn
Wiehview
Tracy
Kim
Tey
Hydolph
Strike of Tailors Ends in Chicago Union Merger
After six weeks of internal strife 4000 tailors return to work as the Special Order Clothing Makers Union dissolves. Local unions will be absorbed by the United Garment Workers without initiation fees or charter charges. Manufacturers welcomed the settlement which ended costly disputes and likely saved lost contracts. The industry in Chicago totals about 20 million dollars yearly and employs roughly 20 000 people.
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Chicago Garment Workers
Chcago
United Garment Workers
Tradt
National
Wholesand Tailors’ Association
Chicago
Novel Prison Sentence Given for Solitary Confinement Three Days
A Summit County Ohio judge imposed an extraordinary sentence on Frank Morgen. He received a three year term for abandoning his family with a provision requiring him to spend three days each year in solitary confinement. The judge also ordered the first thirty days of another earlier sentence to be served in solitary confinement.
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Frank Morgen
Summit County
Ohio
Morgan
Boers Settle in West After Land Purchase
Reports say Boer delegates touring the U S will visit railroads after the Southern Pacific sold a large tract near Ogden within 100 miles. Bear River valley in Utah is the likely settlement site as part of a broader East Coast trip.
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Southern Pacific
George
Owen
Lackawanna Railroad
New York City
Ogden
Utah
United States
Southarn Pacific
Bear River Valley
Fire Devastates Pike Street Block In Cincinnati Inferno
A massive early morning blaze destroyed the Pike Theater building and much of the surrounding block on Fourth Street, wiping out offices, restaurants, and shops. The fire spread quickly through Baker Street and adjacent structures, with extensive damage to the Pike building, adjoining Sensangood, Worlick, and Carlisle buildings, and cut city phone service. Firefighters fought the flames overnight, finally gaining control by daylight as authorities assessed the widespread destruction and economic losses near nine million dollars.
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Cincinnati
Chelon
George Jeffery Grocery
Pike Opera Manga
Fourth Street
Samos
Lallding
Pike
Ite Clntlig Cie
United States Expreva Company
Adis Espress
White's
Maqnards & Kerr
George Defee
Grecery
Juli i
Martin's
Hopeson
Caffect Lunery
Menry
Strauss
Elgar
Aslees
Dike Theater Company
Pike Cheater Auditarium
Sensangood
J. B. Harrison
Robert Clarke Company, Publishers
Dulnne Bros. Jewelers
Worlick
Norfal and Western Railroad Company
Carlisle
Southern Pascifie Railway Company
Smith & Song
Cincinnati Crust Company
Baker Atreat
Knapp Confesses to Five Murders in Serial Slayings
Alfred Knapp, an Indianapolis man arrested Wednesday, admitted to killing five women in a spree likened to a modern Bluebeard. He says three victims died in Cincl pati, one in Hamilton, and one in Indianapolis, all strangled. Dispatches note family beliefs about his instine and recount childhood skull injuries and developmental issues affecting temper.
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Alfred Knapp
Indianapolis
I. EL. Hobmes
Cinelpati
Hamilton
K Knapp
Namilton
Ohio
Cincinnati
Knapp
Rock Island
Tie
Protest Presented Against Reed Smoot Senate Seat
Burrows leads a Senate committee briefing on a protest signed by Rev. J. L. Leitich urging that Senator-elect Reed Smoot of Utah be barred from taking his seat. Leitich, head of Utah Methodist missions, resides in Salt Lake City and testified as a sworn member of the Ministers Association of Salt Lake, alleging Smoot is a polygamist with a plural wife.
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Burrows
Senate
Benator Burrows
Kenate
J. L. Leitich
Reed Smoot
Utah
Smoot
Leilich
Joharge
Methodist
Salt Lake City
Washington
Reed Smoon
The
Ministers
Association of
Salt Lake
Washington cabinet older members and Cuban law notes
Six of nine cabinet members are lawyers Hay Rout Bhaw Moody Knox and Cortelyou. The State Department expects Cuba to enforce its consul fees law March 15. War Department offers rat cartridges to minimize harm to spectators. The Howse committee backs a Senate resolution to compile all state trust laws under the Attorney General. Congress agrees on death penalties for assassination and attempted assassination of Trenton cabinet members and foreign ambassadors. crimes teachable for one to twenty years. anarchist immigration banned.
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Washington
Hay
Rout
Bhaw
Moody
Knox
Cortelyou
State Department
Cuba
War Department
Howse Committee On Printing
Senate
Trendent
Congress
Trade conditions and grain outlook amid winter storms
The report notes railway disruption from storms delaying merchandise and rising operating costs driving rate hikes. Grain figures show wheat and corn exports down from last year, with favorable spring trade and solid mercantile demand. Bearish Argentine shipments weigh on sentiment, but U.S. winter wheat remains strong despite weather, with steady prices and good collections.
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Braadstreet
Bradstreet
Gort
Chicago
Ace
Chicago and Milwaukee Market Prices Show Mixed Grain and Livestock
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices across cities including Chicago Milwaukee St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and New York with bids for wheat corn oats rye and butter ranges. Notable figures include Chicago cattle 3.25 to 5.50 hogs 3.00 to 7.10 sheep 2.00 to 5.00 while Milwaukee wheat 78 to 78 and corn 44 to 44 cents and butter 20 to 25 cents.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Detroit
Harley
Toledo
Toy Rao
Sheen
New York
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Alleghany Mountainns
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Bridgeport
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Birgast
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Ambassador Choate
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London
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Karl Kellogg Evans
1. St. Byana
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Callier Alexander
Tlamiston
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Varonta
Br. Gatting
Richard J. Gatling
Atelison
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Tenth
Hickory Streets
Kansas City
Fira
Broadway
Hackett, Carhart & Co
Father
GAA
Boston Harbor
Galveston
Jereth Anid
South Bend
Indiana Railway Company
Deltriel
J. A. Ovitt
MM. 1. Lester
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Rall
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Gulf of Mexico
John W. Gates
Kia
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Rockywood
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Vprestic Railroad Company
Eller, Dempster & Co
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Western Reserve University
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Wells-Fargo Iexpress Company
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Newbury
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Case Plow Works
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Willi Stewart
Tventy
Riegler
Robert N. Beary Wing Head
Leon
Honolulu
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Board of Public Works
Wright
Texas
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Helen Vasquez
Banda
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Boris’ Sarafoff
Mra
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Neatroyce Theater
Bection
Peru
Trafic
Tyade
KR. G. Dun & Co
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