Fire destroys Ottawa Hall area in Hull Ottawa calamity
A massive fire swept Hull and Ottawa on April 26 burning five square miles. More than 2,400 dwellings and many factories and stores were destroyed. Estimated 12,000 to 15,000 people homeless with losses around 20 million dollars. Casualties included Miss Cook and an unknown railroad victim. James Maran fatally injured.
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Ottawa
Hull
Hull Court House
Jill
Miss Cook
Canadian Pacific
James Maran
James Merryfield
First Detachment of Regulars Arrives From Philippines
The Sherman arrives April 27 bringing the first detachment of regular troops with two years active service in the Philippines. The home battalion is the Fourteenth Regiment, largely recruited from San Francisco and California. On board there are 753 soldiers, 180 sick including 22 insane, 68 cabin passengers, and 135 military prisoners. Five deaths occurred during the voyage. The unit will move to a Fort Wayne training area before garrison duties.
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Philippines
San Francisco
Sherman
Manila
Vila Nagasaki
Fourteenth
California
Fort Waynes
Mich
Confederate Memorial Day in Georgia Highlights Gov Candler Speech
Georgia held Confederate Memorial Day on April 28 with ceremonies and a military parade. Gov. Candler used the event to criticize Republicans as fanatics and denounce the war in the Philippines, drawing attention beyond traditional gravesite rituals.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Gov. Candler
Philippines
Treasurers disappearance shocks miners fund
In Springfield Albert Davis, elected treasurer by a United Mine Workers committee to run funds for widows and orphans of the Virden clash, vanished three weeks ago after cashing from banks totaling 38,000. Guaranty Company offers to cover the shortage. Other items note Knights of the Soil forming in Kansas, a Belgian woman sold at auction in Galveston, Frank E Bundy indicted in Eau Claire, cholera in Bompar, Nicaragua cancels canal concession, Duluth strike over wages, and closing with a George Eliot quotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Albert Davis
United Mine Workers of America
Tastalate
Virden
Banka
Guaranty Company
Davis
Non-Union Printer Shoots in Chicago Labor Riot
In Racine and Wellington Avenues, a Wednesday night labor riot ended with Peter Muller killed by Baster, a Sidakar Vawter Printing supervisor. John MecCinire and six others were wounded as the fighting arose from three months of strike tensions and firings.
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Chicago
Curcaca
Racine
Wellington
Peter Muller
HC. Easter
John MecCinire
Baster
Sidakar- Vawter Printing Company
Miller
Benjamin Bernard
Edward Yarranton
Yarranton
Bernard
Waster
Tre
McGuire
Easter
Prison Labor Problem and Congress Report
The Industrial Commission sent to Congress its report on prison labor. It advocates state control of inmate care and productive labor, notes prison work competes with free labor, and urges uniform federal guidance. Public works labor least harms free labor, and central supervision and uniform legislation are proposed remedies.
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Industrial Commission
Congress
Commission
New York Statistics
Two Thousand Miners Walk Out At Spring Valley Mines
Two thousand workers from the Spring Valley Illinois coal mines went on strike on April 25 after the company refused union demands. A mass meeting resolution bars mule feeders and coal suppliers from working, threatening to halt fans and roof support without union labor. Company general manager S. M. Dalzell says mines stay closed for now and will not operate with non union labor. He argues the strike aims to press engineers and bosses to join the union. The three mines produce about 4 200 tons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Valley
Cuicdkgo
S. M. Dalzell
Spring Valley Coal Company
Me. Dalzell
Report on Boxer Massacres and Hanged Trio in Minnville
A Tien Tsin report dated April 23 denies native Chinese Christians were massacred by Boxers, noting Boxers attacked Catholics but were repulsed and one villager wounded. Three men—John Watson, Bill Brown, and Lonnie Crain—were hanged in Minnville, with Watson convicted of ambush murder, Brown of wife murder, and Crain linked to a double murder including a fellow prisoner.
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Tien Tsin
Minnville
Tann
John Watson
Bill Brown
Lonnie Crain
Watson
James Hillis
Brown
Crafb
John Hrawn
Mrs Lottredge Released After Coroner Jury Cleared
Anna Louis Lottredge was freed and exonerated from all blame in the death of millionaire Trufus Wright. The coroner's jury found the witnesses’ statements that Wright claimed the shooting was accidental and he remained clear minded when he spoke.
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Lottredge
Curcaco
Anna Louis Lottredge
Trufus Wright
Wright
Leland Hotel
Hunter Found Guilty in Embezzlement Case at Atlanta
Thomas J. Hutter former auditor of the Atlanta and West Point company was found guilty of embezzlement in superior court and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The charge stated he misappropriated twenty thousand dollars. Hutter was arrested in Moruca.
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Hunter
Atlanta
Thomas J. Hutter
Atlanta and West Point Company
Winter
Moruccu
Blue Down by a Train at South Fork
The southwestern express on the Pennsylvania Railroad struck three at South Fork on the 26th, killing Joseph Petargen an 85 year old miner and his niece Mary Poteski aged 5, fatally injuring Petargen’s daughter Lizzie 3. Carter Goes to Prison New York Former Captain Oberlin Carter has been taken to Fort Leavenworth Kansas to serve his term in the U S prison there. Texas Town Scorched Houston Half the business portion of Grayton Trinity County burned early Wednesday. Loss estimate around 50000 dollars.
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Southwestern Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Fork
Joseph Petargen
Mary Poteski
Petargen
Lizzie
Carter
New York
Oberlin m M. Carter
Fort Levenworth
Kan
United States
Texas
Houston
Tex
Grayton
Trinity County
Express and Moncey Order Facilities Pamphlet
American Express Company issues a dainty pamphlet for travelers abroad detailing funding methods while abroad, arranging remittances, shipping and safe handling of goods, and how to pay non residents taxes. It includes maps of European cities and world steamship routes.
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American Express Company
Itin
London
Paria
Siemen
Hamburg
Indispensable Relief Famine Report Describes Human Power Used
Calcutta reports say misery is indescribable and relief inadequate. Authorities consider replacing bullocks with human labor for tilling soil due to severe cattle mortality. One district lost 1,000,000 cattle out of 1,800,000 with widespread deaths from starvation and children wandering, homeless and emaciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Supreme Court Denies Carter Appeal in Court Martial Case
Washington Chief Justice Fuller delivers the opinion for the court dismissing Capt. Oberlin H. Carter’s appeal from the New York circuit court, leaving the circuit court of appeals decision intact and the five year prison sentence at Governors’ Island unchanged. Cuban Cabinet Refuses to Resign Over Occupation Debate. Robber Killed After Kan. Gunfight. $150,400 Fire Damage to Indiana Jar Factory.
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Supreme Court
Carter
Washington
Fuller
Oberlin H. Carter
Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
Circuit Court of Appeals
McOt Carter
Governors’ Island
Market Quotations Across Cities for Cattle and Grains
A compilation of daily market quotes across Sioux City, Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo, and New York. It lists bid ranges for cattle hogs sheep and prices for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and other farm products with unit variations and grade notes. Major entries include Chicago hogs 3.00 to 5.75, New York cattle 3.25 to 6.00, Milwaukee wheat 6 to 6.7c, and Buffalo steers 3.0 to 6.0.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Indianapolie
T. Louis
U.bu
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Buffalo
New York
Iowa official assures oleomargarine fear unwarranted
Commissioner Norton of Iowa says the Pennsylvania oleomargarine scare poses no threat locally. He notes small illicit butter sales in Iowa under current revenue laws and explains federal licenses regulate oleomargarine retailers, with strict enforcement and prosecution for violations.
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State Daily
Norton
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Daily
Towa
Official Revenue Department
New Jersey
Oslo
Massachusetts
Michigan
Middle of the Road Populists hold Iowa convention
The Iowa Populists met in Des Moines on the 24th to select delegates for the national convention in Cincinnati. Delegates named include L. H. Weller, Charles A. Lloyd, A. W. Ricker, and others. L. W. Welter, A. W. Sticker, and L. W. Morris chosen as national committeemen. Resolutions backed Omaha and St Louis platforms and expressed sympathy for Moors and Filipinos. Eugene V. Debs backed for presidential nomination by the Cincinnati delegation. The effort aims to unite socialist elements into one bloc.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Middle of the Road
Cincnnati
Cincinnati
L. H. Weller
Charles A. Lloyd
A. W. Ricker
J. C. Beabe
F. A. J. Gray
N. W. Coombs
Orville Pottar
Go, Worth
J. R
Des Moines Saloons Cannot Open Until June Under Old Law
Des Moines district judge Judge Bishop overruled a writ of certiorari on the saloon petition. The ruling allows a merits hearing on whether the board of supervisors had authority to adjourn the petition meeting. Saloons likely cannot open until the June 8 regular meeting, or after the November election if petition validity is challenged. Police raids last night seized liquor from illicit holes in the wall, as the city remains under the old prohibition era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bishop
District Court
Board of Supervisors
Wright Found Guilty in First Degree Murder Trial
Georgy Wright was found guilty of first degree murder in Muscatine and sentenced to life in prison after a second trial. He killed Nellie Crippen, wife of a planing mill foreman, during a secret relationship while the couple planned to move out of state. The crime occurred as witnesses watched in the doorway. Funeral of Matt Parrott
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Bra
Ceippen
Georgy Wright
Muscatine
Wright
Nellie Crippen
Child Killed by Mill Wheel at Oto
A four year old girl of George Heary was fatally injured while playing near the mill at Oto when she was caught in the wheel shaft, the shaft turning about 200 revolutions per minute. She died almost instantly before help could stop the mill. A fire in Algona destroyed two store buildings on the public square. May Bros. carried on the loss, with an insurance claim of 600 dollars on contents at Farmers' of York Pa, no building coverage. Mrs. Squire Lambert died near Pierson from lid poisoning after a pin scratch, a sudden illness that surprised many friends in the region.
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Oto
George Heary
Algona
Public Square
May Bros
Farmers
York
Squire Lambert
Piersop
Lambert
It Was Chickenpox at Smithland School
Measles outbreak concern shifts as Smithland reports chickenpox diagnosis. Many students exposed and several have left school as health officials monitor the spread and advise precautions.
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Smithland
Iowa names six military commission appointees and Shiloh group
Gov Shaw directs three of six commissioners for the Iowa military commission plus a Shiloh commission with a $50,000 monument fund. Appointees include W H Johnson Grinnell D W Norrie Corning H E Towner Corning J B Watte Burlington and a large roster of old soldiers named to the Vicksburg commission. The law takes effect July 1 with meetings to follow.
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Gov. Shaw
Goveronor Shaw
State Library Association
D. W. Norrie
Grinnell
H. BE. Towner
Corning
Jessie 13. Watte
Burlington
Library Commission
Dil
The
State University
Vicksburg
Iowa
J.P. Thoon
Rogk Rapida
E. 2B. Bascom
Lanving
D. D. Palmer
Washington
Infantry
J. A
Frank Criz
Riverside
Thirtyihat
J. S. Alexander
Marion
Cal
Duncan
Chariton
Philip J. Murphy
Muscating
John R. Cook
West Union
Fortieth
Frank Campbell
Des Moines
C. A Stanton
Centerville
Warren Backwith
W. B Batt
G. C. Morgredge
Muscatine
E. J. Soper
Emrmeteburg
C. W. Hepler
Mt. Vernon
W. T. Shaw
Anamosa
J. W. Carson
Woolburn
John Hayes
Red Oak
Death of Matt Parrott ex Iowa official in Battle Creek
Ex lieutenant governor Matt Parrott of Iowa died at 10:50 Saturday at a Battle Creek sanitarium after Brights disease. Illness grew after January, went to Eureka Springs then New Orleans for the national editorial convention where he was elected president. He returned to Waterloo to prepare for a trip abroad but doctors ordered him to stop. He weakened and was moved to the sanitarium four weeks ago.
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Iowa
Battle Creek
Mich
Matt Parrott
Bright
Eureka Bprings
Ark
New Orleans
Waterloo
Quay Barred from Senate Seat After Close Vote
The Senate rejected Quay for a seat by a tight roll call ending 33 to 32 after a day of debate. Prominent speeches by Spooner and Daniel framed the long session as factions clashed over Pennsylvania’s former senator. The final vote denied Quay admission, with key names and pairs noted among voting and unpaired members.
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Senate
Matthew
Quay
Pennsylvania
Spooner
Daniel
Frye
Chandler
Pettigrew
South Dakota
West
Bard
Burrows
Hale
Hawley
McBride
McCumber
McMillan
Platt
Cogn
Proctor
Quarles
Ross
Simon
Teller
Wellington
Power Coal Trust Formed by Vanderbilt Morgan Cassatt
Three railroad magnates unite to control all United States coal trade both anthracite and bituminous. Morgan, Vanderbilt, and Cassatt gain practical control of major lines including New York Central, Reading, Erie, and more. Morgan travels to London to finalize details as Morgan, Vanderbilt, and Cassatt coordinate the tough coal market.
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United States
Vanderbilt-Morgan-Cassatt
Coal Trust
J. Pierpont Morgan
W. K. Vanderbilt
J. ®. Morgan
A. F J. Cassatt
Mr. Morgan
Lomion
Mr. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt-Cassatt
New York Central
Delaware and Hudson
Pennsylvania
Norfolk and Western
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Big Four
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Erie
Ontario
Western
Notable Souvenir of Public Figures and Local Facts
A collage of short biographical notes and curiosities about public figures and places. It mentions Zola’s hunger, Grigge’s shooting skill, Sawyer’s age, Gould buying fox hounds in England, McKinley’s chess, and labor retirement in a Dalton mill. It also covers monarchs’ gun aversions, Maine politics, railroads, and several other dated anecdotes.
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United States
Sawyer
George Gould
England
McKinley
Gov. Urane
Dalton
Mass
Sweden
Belgium
Sultan of Tuckey
William Dickey
Maine
Josah L. Mayers
Ohio
Coehocton
Congress Debates Territories and Navy Funding
The Senate and House debated civil affairs in Porto Rico and Alaska, with amendments on naval armor costs and future ships. Key actions included striking out a $545 armor appropriation, rejecting projected gunboat and battleship provisions, and continuing Hawaii and Quay seating discussions amid broader post office and public works considerations.
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Senate
Porto Rico
Porto Ricas
Carter
Spooner
Congress
House
Foraker
Lorenzo Danford
Ohio
Secretary of the Treasury
Maine
Missouri
Bacon
Secretary of War
Cuba
Quay
Perkins
Cal
Pennsylvania
Representative Settle of
Mentucky
National Capital Delagoa Award Acceptable in Principle
National Capital accepts award for Delagoa Railway. Buffalo reserve proposal in New Mexico favored. Warship turret limits and Philippines army reforms noted. Colorado Republicans back Wolcott for VP. Tax repeal proposal by Tawney discussed. Secretary Hitchcock blocks Cherokee payout request. Ways and Means to examine tax removals amid surplus. Gen Joe Wheeler asks Alabama governor for special election. Huot backs army canteens unchanged. Malt liquor sales continue to civilians. bill to bar new state dependencies proposed.
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Delagoa Bay
Buffalo
New Mexico
Philippine Army
Imen
Havana
Piner del Rio
Colorado
Wolcott
Tawney
Columbus
Ohio
Hitchcock
Ways and Means
Joe Wheeler Lis
Johnston
Alabama
Huot
Illlette
United States
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Estherville
Jenkins & Nichols
Hall
Heueas Farmers' Trust
Abilene
Kansas
New Farmers’ Organization
Keights of the Soil
Samuel Landis
GalvesTon
Margaret Connatto
Horn
Euauma, N
Frank E. Bundy
Exaity Chamberlain
Weket
Bia
Godra
Wasumeron
Maritime Canal Company
Nicaragua
Deleth
Dulura
Minn
St. Paul
Duluth
Geme
George Ellot
FOR
Gen. Wood
Gen. Rivera
Wood
Ankangas City
Missouri Pacific
Annway
Caldwell
John Perkins
Fairmont
Ind
Wilson & McCullough
Lion
Ows
Christ Uhurch
Mien
Muy
Fairview Cemetery
Knights Templars
OWA
Brave Triplatt
Melbourne
Marshalltown
Triplett
Ihe
Smith McPherson
Iwo
Tuwa
Hill
Cunneil Bluffs
Jennings
Cedar Falls
Bund Ie
Henry Land
Peter Burke
Bob Nogunin
Comanche
Lay
Burke
Lawd
Dubuque
Hiisabeth Ueber
Mississippi River
Dubuqua
Hanna
Powerful Coal Trust
Zola
Grigge
Littlefield
Nelson
Norway
Maines
Leglavnture
Reed
Floretta Vining
Fiuit
Ingalls
Boston
Eliot
Harvard
Atran
Cambridge
Indiana
Mount Lathie
Kenney
Penrose
Pratt
Connecticut
Northwestern
Senate Foraker
Post Office
Matt
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