Costly rail wreck kills forty eight near Green Mountain
Forty eight people die and forty three are injured when the Twin City Express from Chicago and the St Louis line derail in a clay-sided cut four miles from Green Mountain Illinois. The disaster stems from a misrouted coupling and a tender jumping the track as two engines pull the combined train. A Chicago physician, Dr John W DeVry, organizes rescue work amid panicked passengers, likely saving many lives before aid arrives.
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Green Mountain
Rock Island Road
Minneapolis
Chicago
St. Louie
Chicago Great Western
Rock Island
Shellsburg
Twin City
St. Louis
Marshalltown
John W. DeVry
Lords abolish hereditary seats in reform move
In London the House of Lords voted 176 to 17 to renounce hereditary right to legislate, a historic shift in the upper chamber. The division followed Lord Rosebery’s reform resolutions as the body accepts that peerage alone should not confer seat or vote, with many absentees reluctant yet conceding expediency.
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House of Lords
London
Lord Rosebery
American Savings Lead World Says U S Banks
New York bankers report through the American Bankers Association that American savings banks hold the highest average deposit levels. The average deposit per capita in the United States is about 380 dollars, nearly four times the world average, with Americans owning more than five and a half billion dollars of the global total.
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New York
Gayiage Bank
American Bankers’ Association
Pittsburg Council in Turmoil as Forty Indicted
A bribery conspiracy scandal grips Pittsburg with forty present or former council members indicted by the grand jury. Five years’ potential prison and up to 10000 in fines loom for the guilty as some seek suspended sentences. Capt John Klein remains under guard at a downtown hotel as judge Frazer conducts hearings.
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Pittsburg
Commonwealth
John Klein
Criminal Court
Common Council
Mabray 18 Convicted In Council Bluffs Trial
Jurors in Council Bluffs return guilty verdicts against John G C Mabray and thirteen associates in a United States District Court case charging illegal use of the mails in a large fixed race scheme. One defendant, Robert B L Goddard, secured a disagreement. The government says the operation amassed over five million dollars in ten years.
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Council Bluffs
John GC. Mabray
United States District Court
Robert B. L. Goddard
San Antonio
Mabray
Leon Loser
Tom S. Robinson
Willard Powell
Clarence Class
Edward Leach
Edward K. Morris
Clarence Forbes
Harry Forbes
Frank Scott
Ed McCoy
Winford
Harris
Bert R. Shorer
William
Ole’) Marsh
Nolse Contandra
Love of dress leads to prison for Ohio girl
Sixteen year old Catherine Manz faced a murder charge in Maesilon Ohio after her sister Elizabeth died. At a preliminary hearing Mayor Remley, she pleaded not guilty and was cross examined about a tablet given before the death. Police doubt the man she claimed, suspecting he may be imaginary, while noting her costly wardrobe habits and escapades.
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Catherine Manz
Maesilon
Ohio
Remley
Elizabeth
Slater
Indictment of National Packing and 10 subsidiaries
Federal grand jury in Chicago returned indictments against National Packing Company and ten subsidiaries for operating in restraint of trade. Simultaneously, a government equity bill seeks dissolution of the patent concern. Officials say the actions aim for far reaching effects and may lead to criminal prosecutions of individuals. United States District Attorney Sims filed the civil action under Attorney General Wickersham’s instructions.
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National Packing Company
Bill
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
United States
Sims
Wickersham
Lynched Men in Arkansas Coroner Verdict
The Marion Arkansas coroner concludes Bob Austin and Charley Richardson died by their own actions after a jail delivery incident. The verdict omits details of the jail break by a mob and the subsequent hanging at the courthouse square.
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Arkanaan
Senoren
Bob" Austin
Charley” Richardson
Marion
Ark
Goroner
Aquare
Incubator and Brooder Advice for Poultry Raising
Practical guidance on using incubators and brooders, stressing timely operation, model choice, and following machine instructions. Emphasizes heat, fresh air, and proper brooding to improve hatchability and chick survival, with notes from B. A. Hastings and G. Frank Yates. Also covers Indian Runner ducks as profitable stock and hawk predation on quail with protective stance on sparrow hawks.
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B. A. Hastings
The
Farmers’ Home Journal
Fattoning Poultry and Green Food Guidelines
Fattening poultry is faster in confinement. keep stalls dark and clean, supply grit charcoal and a balanced mash, with occasional whole corn and raw meat. Green food is vital year round. cabbage, clover, hay, alfalfa, and bluegrass support egg production, with regional substitutes. Protect birds from colds, regulate drinking vessels, cull nonlaying hens, and maintain clean litter and proper housing for winter eggs.
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Sumer
Middle South
Farmers' Home Journal
Bears In Pennsylvania End Of Season Record Year
Pennsylvania game laws close the bear season for the year and the state game commissioner calls 1999 one of the best in state history. Bears were plentiful with well over four hundred shot across mountainous counties as hunters secured fine specimens. The closing of the season avoids hardship on bears while other game also ends.
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Hawke
Pennsylvania
Bears
Utica Press
Teak Supply From Siam India And Java
The world's teak comes from Siam India and Java. Teak resists the white ant, making it favored in Siam for shipbuilding. The New York Equal Suffrage Society led by Mrs. Clarence Mackay has cut its annual dues from 35 to 2 dollars.
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Siam
India
Java
Tropics
New York
Equal Suffrage
Soveiety
Clarence Mackay
War era coast artillery patter and deadly tribal tale
Reports from General Murray show coast artillery target practice improving across forts serving harbors with B inch guns nearly doubling hits and 12 inch guns rising by 22 percent. A Chinne wa tribe chief and nephew found dead in a Washington hotel from gas asphyxiation. Postal card crusade denounces gilly cards with New York official vowing to destroy vulgar or insulting mail. Navy plans Pacific squadron for Bandago Chile centennial celebration. Uncle Sam shifts to clear weather diagrams printed in papers. Prospects for rural mail route expansion and higher pay for rural carriers.
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Marine League of
Coast Artillery
Murray
Minnesota
Washington
Pay-baum-we-che-walsh-kung
Ane-way-wayaush
Order of Hibernians
Fostmaster Morgan
New York
Labor unions and wage concerns across industries
Cigarmakers received nearly $200000 in benefits last year as union membership rose from 4000 to 16000 in ten years. A Seattle mayoral candidate is barber Charles H. Miller. Pennsylvania Railroad rules ban tobacco on passenger trains. Tresno builders organize into an international hod carriers union. Boston cigar makers require union labels on hats for meeting admittance. The International Typographical Union reports two former officers dead. Labor department chief Nagel considers a bureau to study conditions of workers. Italy’s strongest unions include railway workers and building trades, with tobacco and printing sectors noted. AFL ally printing trades under consideration. new Waltham central union planned. Boston garment workers cite high living costs pushing wage demands.
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Plumbers’ International
Charles H. Miller
United Labor
Seattle
Wash
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Tresno
Cal
International Hod Carriers and Building Laborers of America
Boston Cigar Makers’ Union
He International Typographical Union
Andrew J. Williamy
St. Paul
Minn
I. F. McIntosh
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Investigation
United States
Italy
Allied Printing Trades
American Federation of Laor
Frank H. McCarthy
New England
American Federation of Labor
New Waltham
Maes.) Central Labor Union
Morria Biller
Garment Workers’ District Council
Boston
Hoe
Chicago trade revival shown in weekly Dun report
R G Dun and Co reports a revival in Chicago commerce driven by spring weather. Hides, leather, and shoe industries show steady demand and forward contracts while railroads prep for needs. Bank deposits rise and loanable funds remain ample. discount on commercial paper 4.5 to 6 percent. Bank clearings reach 291,632,869, up 11.9 percent from last year. tallies of tailors and mobility exceed last week and prior years.
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Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Trade Improvement Across Regions Amid Spring Arrival
New York reports show trade irregularity easing as spring advances. Weather gains drive better agricultural activity in the West Northwest and Southwest, while the East and South lag due to lingering winter. For the U S week ending March 17, business failures total 208, up from 200 last week, with Canada at 25 vs 86 prior week and 32 in 1909.
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New York
United States
Canada
Bradstroeta
National Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Data from Chicago to Toledo shows mixed prices across regions with cattle hogs and sheep varying by city. Highlights include Chicago hogs 97.00 to 10.90 and butter 28 to 32 cents, Detroit oats 4 to 47 cents, New York cattle 4 to 8 dollars, wheat No 2 red 1.24 to 1.25, and Toledo wheat 1.17 to 1.18. Bridge plans for St Croix Falls to Taylor Malls consume 14,000 dollars, Agar Packing of Des Moines to expand with 240,000 dollars capital stock.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louisa
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
St. Croix Falls
Wis
Taylor Malls
Minn
Agar Packing Company
Des Moines
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Iowa
Cincaco Doctor
American Savings
England
Ducke
G. Frank Yates
D. B
Indiana Farmer
Navy Department
Bandago
Chile
Sam King
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