Dowie, Founder of Christian Catholic Church, Dies in Illinois
John Alexander Dowie, founder of the Christian Catholic church, died at Shiloh House in Zion City, Illinois after a period of decline. For years he led Sunday services in apostolic robes and denounced dissenters with vigor, his death coming quietly after delirium and a final morning vigil by attendants.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Christian Catholic Church
Dowile
Shiloh House
Dowie
Dowle
D. N. Barnes
Roosevelt Appeals California Legislature To Halt Japanese Bills
President Roosevelt urged California lawmakers to suspend all Japanese legislation via telegram to Governor Gillette. The governor forwarded the message to the assembly after the senate passed two Japanese bills and a resolution, but the assembly, by voice vote, decided not to act on the bills.
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Sacramento
Cal
Roosevelt
California
Gilbette
Senate
Japan
Assembly
Tion Wis
Union Officials Predict More Shipyard Walkouts in Ohio
Cleveland March 12 The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Shipbuilders reports additional shipbuilders may quit work at the Shipbuilding Company yards in Cleveland and Lorain as the strike from Saturday spreads. Officials say most yards received the strike order by Monday and expect further defections among union members during the week.
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Clevelina
A Shipbuilding
Cleveland Lorain
Wek
Roosevelt’s Condition Improves Amid Diphtheria Fight
Fahington March 12 Archle Weezel, the president’s son, remains with diphtheria. He shows some improvement and is resting easy under the care of attending physicians.
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Roosevelt
Fahington
Archle Weezel
Supreme Court Upholds South Dakota Liquor License Fee
The Supreme Court sustained South Dakota's $200 yearly license fee for liquor retailing, rejecting an interstate commerce challenge. Delamater, tried in Potter County for selling whisky as an agent for a Minnesota house, had his conviction upheld with a $250 fine.
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Washington
Delamater
South Dakota
Supreme Court of the United States
Potter County
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Louisville strike injures many as cars run sparsely
The second day of the Louisville Railway Company strike saw violence injuring nearly a dozen people and limited service with fewer than 100 cars in operation. Police protection appeared inadequate as some cars were stoned. company officials denied plans to request Sheriff Bell or militia protection.
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Louisville
Louisville Railway Company
Street Railway Company
Bell
Nebraska railroads cancel all reduced fare provisions
In retaliation for recent anti fare legislation the Nebraska legislature, and railroads including Union Pacific Burlington Northwestern Missouri Pacific Rock Island and Great Northern issue circulars abolishing all reduced fares within the state. Clergy permits charitable and other special rates are void and all excursion and settlers rates between Nebraska points are cancelled to make the 2 cent per mile fare the sole option.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Burlington, Northwestern
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
Great Northern
Indictments Return Against Peoria Officials
After eight weeks the grand jury in Peoria reports indictments against ex Sheriff Daniel E. Potter deputies W E Peters Robert Conkey and Sherman Hunt city clerk Robert Joes charged with embezzlement and malfeasance in office. Potter and deputies allegedly misused county funds up to 75000.
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Peoria
Ill
Daniel E. Potter
W. E. Peters
Robert Conkey
Sherman Hunt
Robert Joes
Potter
Morgan urges Roosevelt toward railroad crisis talks
J Pierpont Morgan met with President Roosevelt at the White House for over two hours to urge action calming public anxiety threatening railroad investments. Roosevelt agreed to a conference with four major railroad presidents McCrea, Newman, Mellen, and Hughitt to discuss railroad administration relations, with E H Harriman possibly joining. The White House meeting was held in Washington on March 12.
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Washington
Mr. Morgan
Roosevelt
Messrs McCrea
Pennsylvania
Newman
New York Central
Mellen
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Hughitt
Chicago and Northwestern
E H. Harriman
Harriman Lines
White House
Thaw Trial Rivalry Over Evelyn Nesbit Testimony
New York March 12 On the first day of the states rebuttal in the Thaw trial District Attorney Jerome fought to admit Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s story while Judge Fitzgerald limited its use to showing potential influence on the defendant. Defense counsel D M Delmas repeatedly prevailed on legal objections as ten witnesses were called and the jury heard only limited headway in establishing the tragedy’s facts.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
D. M. Delmas
Justice Fitzgerald
Thaw
White
Brothers Strother Acquitted In Virginia Murder Trial
James and Philip Strother were found not guilty by a Culpeper jury after two weeks of trial for the murder of their brother in law William F. Bywaters. The twelve jurors reached the verdict in an hour and thirty two minutes. Judge Harrison praised the verdict as a precedent upholding home defense.
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Culpeper
James
Philip Strother
William F. Bywaters
Harrison
James Strother
Moore
Philip
Virginia
Doyle Illness Leads North Dakota News Roundup
Sir A Conan Doyle is seriously ill from ptomaine poisoning while Archie Roosevelt rallies from diphtheria. Frank Campbell, longtime Iowa Republican figure and former lieutenant governor, is near death in Lima Ohio. Great Northern appoints Kennedy to general superintendent at Seattle. Bishops and notable figures shuffle through Rome and Georgetown. Other items cover strikes at Jamestown expo crews, Carroll Trust changes in New York, and various North Dakota region updates.
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Archie Roosevelt
Frank Campbell
Town
Lisbon
If. A. Kennedy
George T. Slade
Great Northern
Mr. Kennedy
Seattle
Thomas O'Gorman
Sioux Falls
S. C
Rome
Douglas Robinson
Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Georgetown
Karl Heinrich von Boetticher
Berlin
Bismarck
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Carnegie Trust Company
New York City
Frank T. Campbell
Repubiican
Iowa
Lima
Campbell
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Toledo Strike at Pope Motor Works Ends After Conference
The Toledo Ohio walkout at Pope motor works ends after a two day conference with Superintendent Schaft and workers. Mayor Whitlock participates. About 1,000 to 1,200 men were on strike since last Monday and will be reinstated at once.
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Toledo
Pope Motor Works
Schaft
Whitlock
Fifteen Greeks Die Crossing Pitt River Ferry
Fifteen Greek workers perished in the Pitt river near Redding California while crossing water on a new ferryboat for the Sacramento Valley and Eastern railroad project. The boat listed and capsized mid river throwing all overboard except the ferryman, foreman, and two others who reached shore.
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Redding
Cal
Pitt River
Sacramento Valley and Eastern Railroad
Delamar
Bonita
Southern Pacific
Kennet
Thaw Trial Moment as Mother Testifies for Son
Mrs Thaw spoke briefly on her son's 1903 change after Paris trip and Evelyn Nesbit tale. She described his sleepless nights and withdrawal at home and church, saying he believed a wicked man ruined his life. She recounted meeting Nesbit and agreeing to the marriage with the condition her past be kept closed.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Harry
Perkins Reimburses NY Life for Political Contributions
George W. Perkins former NY Life vice president and J P Morgan & Co. member sent a personal check for 54019 15 to reimburse NY Life for Republican campaign contributions made from its funds in 1904. The restitution follows a court of appeals ruling that a corporation cannot donate funds for politics and suggests NY Life may seek recovery of 48600.
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New York
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York Life
Perkins
Court of Appeals
Assassination in Sofia Wounds Bulgarian Ministers
Premier M. Petkoff and Minister of Commerce and Agriculture M. Geumacieff were attacked in the Boris Garden by an unknown shooter. Petkoff died from three gunshot wounds while Geumacieff was wounded in the arm. The incident occurred during a daytime walk with other ministers.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
M. Petkoff
Boris Garden
M. Geumacieff
Commerce and Agriculture
Beaver Dam Man Kills Wife Then Commits Suicide
In Beaver Dam Wisconsin on March 11 Roscoe F Miller a former manslaughter convict freed for good behavior shot and killed his divorced wife and his stepmother before shooting himself in the temple. The incident follows property disputes linked to a year-old estate and Miller being left with nothing. In Wallace on March 8 the Steve Adams murder case ended in a hung jury after 32 hours, six for conviction and six for acquittal, necessitating a new trial. In Washington on March 12 President Roosevelt planned to sign an order restoring about 1 000 000 acres of coal lands to the public domain.
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New Orleans
James J. Dick
Wisconsin
Beaver Dam
Osorno
Chile
Swettenham
Kingston
Jamaica
Davis
Lorain (Co
American Shipbuilding Company
Empress of
Russia
London
Queen Alexandra
Prince and Princess of Wales
Wis
Roscoe FP. Miller
Miller
Washington
Roosevelt
Market quotations from Minneapolis St Paul Duluth and Chicago
Market round up with grain and livestock prices across Minneapolis St Paul and Duluth on March 11. Wheat quotes include May 78 and three quarters cents July 79 and a half cents Sept 75 and three quarters. Cattle hogs and sheep prices listed for St Paul with steers cows heifers veals hogs and lambs. Chicago quotes show May wheat around 77 to 78 cents and corn oats pork butter eggs and poultry prices.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Duluth
Northern
Rio
Chicago
Market Quotes for Cattle Hogs and Sheep in Chicago
Chicago market desk reports cattle prices for cows and heifers stockers and feeders and Texans calves with bid and ask ranges. Hogs show mixed and butcher values with weight classes and percent margins. Sheep and lambs are quoted with price ranges for the day.
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Chicago
Heir Claim Emerges Over German Estate Worth Vast Sum
Mrs. Baun in Grand Works may be an heir to a rumored German estate valued at 160000000 dollars split among 200 heirs. Sister-in-law in Sauk Center reports notice, but no official confirmation exists. The deceased owner’s attorneys seek heirs to conclude administration as the Baun family lives modestly.
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Robert Maun
Grand Works
Ce E. Smith
Sauk Center
Baun
Germany
Jury Deadlock Ends as Cramer Murder Case Discharged
After almost forty hours the Purgo jury could not agree. Jurors stood 8 to 4 for conviction of Mrs Cramer in the murder of her husband. Arthur Cramer, 16, acquitted for firing the shot under his mother's orders. Mrs Cramer to be tried again at the next term. she remains jailed at Fargo.
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Cramer
Purgo
Mra Cramer
Arthur Cramer
Fargo Without Hat
Three Indian boys captured after escape from Fort Totten
Three Indian boys who fled Fort Totten Indian school last week were captured at Trenton North Carolina. They were too weak to walk and had eaten only four meals in five days. To prevent further escapes, they were shackled and tied to car seats for the return journey. There are over 1,500 contest cases pending in the Williston Land Office, including over 900 inherited from the Minot office now consolidated with Williston. George W. Wilson has begun clearing the land docket and issued notices for the hearings.
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Fort Totten
Trenton
N. C
Williston
Elkhart man dies from coal gas at Devils Lake boarding house
Ray Bright of Elkhart Indiana aged about 25 a car repairer with the Great Northern railroad died from coal gas at McKay's boarding house in Devils Lake Several others were almost fatally poisoned but were expected to recover At the same time North Dakota's legislative session ended after a heated battle over the senate valued policy bill a rumpus over the senate hotel inspection bill was settled with passage
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Ray Bright
Elkhart
Ind
McKay
Devils Lake
Bright
Great Northern Railroad
North Dakota
House
Senate
Fatal Gas Poisoning At Macville Home
J. A. Dahl and his son were found dead in their beds at their Macville home due to coal gas asphyxiation. The gas escaped from a defective soft coal stove used in the sleeping room.
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J. A. Dahl
Macville
Ingenious end on end dam tried by American engineer
The article describes engineer Istiian Randolph testing an end on dam across Niagara River above Horseshoe Falls in 1905. A concrete obelisk column, 200 tons, stood to raise water level by about ten inches, with a backbone of iron, wooden wedges, and modular blocks. The event drew a large crowd at Niagara Falls, labeled a successful, audacious Yankee notion.
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Istiian Randolph
Chiesa
Niagara
Notgara
Randolph
Adain
William Hittenhouse
Wedding Superstitions From a Bygone Era
Aorsed lore warns brides of luck or misfortune based on wedding day omens. Spiders on dresses, dreams of fairies, and a tiny horseshoe are cited as signs of blessing, while a dropped ring or telegram en route to church foretell ill luck. Coffin sightings and immediate reversals are told to avert doomed fates.
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Klas
First New York State Prison and Early 19th Century Advertisements
The piece recounts New York’s first state prison built on West Tenth Street in 1797, its violent early years with keepers killed and a fire, and notes an 1811 Greenwich hotel ad offering board a short walk from the state prison. Prisoners moved to Sing Sing in 1828 and the property sold in 1829.
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New York
New York State
West Tenth Street
New York City
Greenwich Hotel
Greenwich
Federal Hall
Sing Sing
The Law's Delays
A Kansas City Star quote cites a lawyer explaining delays and adjournments. He says good cases are hurried to trial while weak ones benefit from delay. He adds lawyers rarely abandon a case entirely until required, calling it a mystery of the legal mind.
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Kansas City Star
A Judge of Eggs and a London Judge’s Election Test
Judge Addison known for odd observations during trials. He recalled a close election contest and defined an egg’s freshness by the moment it becomes fit for use at a contested election.
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Addison
London
Timber and Timbre in a Blurred Review
A Philadelphia Record review mixes timber metaphors with praise for a voice described as matchless in timbre. The writer playfully contrasts natural sounds with musical quality and notes a rustic, sawmill image.
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Philadelphia Record
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