Notable Happenings From Around the World and Nation
A long list of incidents and events fills this brief: a Prussian girl Martha Korais is shot dead in Philadelphia by her rejected lover Franz Endrukat who then kills himself. fires devastate Union City chair plant causing major losses. Taft predicts Panama Canal completion in eight years and set Cuba policy. Other items include rail rebates verdicts, floods, donations, murders, strikes, ship losses, trials, and notable deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Korais
Philadelphia
Franz Endrukat
Endrukat
Prussia
Union City
Taft
Cincinnati Business Men's Club
Panama Canal
United States
Cuba
Peoria
Chicago
Eddie” Tate
Peoria School Board
Federal Court of Appeals
St. Paul
Kansas City
Capitol Hill
Oklahoma City
B. C. Wiggin
University of the South
Andrew Carnegie
Louisa Holden
Providence
R. 1
America
England
Germany
Austria
Alabama
Montenegro
Cettinje
Podgoritza
Big Horn County
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Tegucipalpa
Antivari
Adriatic
Wisconsin
Iowa
John C. Schwartz
Cincinnati
Superior
Wis
A. J. Elliott
Everett
Wash
la Crosse
R. J. Russell
Trust Company of America
New York
Josephine Hess
David C. Cook
Denver
Col
Laporte County
Ind
Milwaukee
Master Plumbers’ Association
H. Shuckley
San Francisco
P. H. McCarthy
Building Trades Council
Minneapolis
Wisconsin Central
Roosevelt
Norfolk
Chipley
Fla
Henry Uerry
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS HIGHLIGHT MASON CITY TO DES MOINES
A long list of Iowa items includes Wilbur Remington's arrest on horse theft in Parker and sale in Sioux Falls. court actions in West Union. regents’ changes at Iowa City. cane-cutters and beet workers moving to Waverly. multiple fatal and near fatal accidents across the state. and bank troubles affecting Seymour and Centerville residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Remington
Mason City
Turner County
South Dakota
Parker
Sioux Falls
West Union
Hobson
Board of Supervisors
Iowa State Normal
Missouri Normal School
Kirksville
Cedar Falls
Burlington Route
Burlington
Mre
Board of Regents
Iowa City
A. N. Currier
College of Liberal Arts
Currier
Mary Allen
Sanborn
Allen
Cedar Rapids
Sylvia
Stanton
Cc. J. Swanson
Effie Harrison
W. C. Harrison
Ains Worth
Glacys van Gilder
Charles van Gilder
Highland Park
Des Moines
Medical al
Leonidas G. Weld
College of Iberal Arts
Iowa University
Macbrnie
Weld
Eastman
State Normal School
Iowa_ university
Dean Crerker
Waverly
Great Western
Omaha
Nebraska
Joseph Menzel
Dubuque
Ira Ball
Seymour
J. Clothier
Denver
Ottumwa
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Dell Huckins
Howard
Cresco
Huckins
Charles City
Woodbury
Main Street
Hans Larsen
Dry Run Creek
Columbus Junction
L. Overholt
Hal Hanson
Iowa
Hanson
Chicago
Barney S. Ward
Ida Grove
Hastings & Ward
Moline
Ill
Ward
Davenport
Pearl Juergensen
Minneapolis
Seymour Bank
Centerville
Wayne County
Will Powell
William
Dewein
Manson Trial Verdict and Various Global News Briefs
John Hamlin of Grand Island Neb guilty of murder of 13 year old Rachel Engle with hanging set as penalty. Federal Judge Wolverton fines Southern Pacific 200 for interstate safety act violations. Curacao passengers report Pres Castro gravely ill. Swiss delegates to The Hague peace conference named. Cleveland contractor robbed of 800 in Los Angeles. Galesburg mayoral recount shows Welsh leads Shumway by seven. Salt Lake Streetcar service resumes with new wage terms. Colgate Co prevails in injunction against US Leather merger with Central Leather. London coroner finds Pedlar Palmer guilty of manslaughter in death of gas worker Choat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hamlin
Grand Island
Neb
Rachel Engle
Wolverton
Southern Pacific Company
Portland
Ore
Willemstad
Curacoa
la Guaira
Venezuela
Maracaibo
Preside Castro
G. Carlin
Great Britain
Col. Borel
Max Tuber
University of Zeurich
Switzerland
Hague
J. R. Dysinger
Cleveland
Pacific Electric
Los Angeles
Cal
Galesburg
Cirrcuit
Gray
J. D. Welsh
People’s Party
George Shumway
Liberal Party
Salt Lake
Utah
Carmen
Emery
New Jersey
James B. Colgate & Co
United States Leather Company
Central Leather Company
London
Palmer
Robert Choat
Deptford
Choat
Epsom Races
Poor Sealing Season Closes in Newfoundland
St. John's Newfoundland May 1 report says the sealing season closed with a catch estimated at 240000, below last year's 248009. Twenty three steamers fished under unusually severe ice and weather. Several boats were trapped in ice for weeks and two of six remaining steamers still faced Gulf of St Lawrence floes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's
N. F
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Russia Faces Labor Revolt in Polish Streets
May Day actions halt work by street railroad, printer, baker, and factory workers in Russian Poland. Authorities vow firm measures with wholesale socialist arrests and Cossack patrols to curb disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Warsaw
Russian
Poland
Market Report Highlights Wheat and Butter Prices Across Regions
The report lists April prices for flour and wheat futures with May and Julys, notes corn and oats movement, and shows steady butter and egg quotes. It cites Minnesota hard patent and export bag prices, live poultry and eggs at New York markets, and Kansas rain influenced wheat futures with specific May July and September values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minnesota
New York
Kansas
Live Stock Market Report from Chicago and Omaha
Chicago and Omaha livestock quotes show mixed moves with cattle and hogs under pressure. Native steers bring $4.25 to $5.85 at Chicago, while hogs range from $4.75 to $6.60 for various classes, and sheep run $6.25 to $7.75 for yearlings to lambs in Omaha trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Cash Register
Dayton
Raisuli
Tangier
Morocco
Rio de Janeiro
Thornhill
Stead
Ilinois Central Railroad
LaSalle County
Chartiers Creek
Pittsburg
Frank Kenworthy
Winchester
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Collett
Maude Harrison
Stromboli
Cipriano Castro
Schmitz
Fox River
Elgin
Stephen Boras
Mexico
Guatemala City
Collins
Mate L. Chester
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Locust Point
Baltimore
Rufus B. Bullock
Georgia
Albion
N. Y
Central Trades and Labor Union of
St. Louis
Moyer and Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Binger Herman
Oregon
General Land Office
Albert Zimmerman
John Packer
Luxemburg
St Louis
North Pole
Robert E Peary
Thomas I Mulvihill
Hampton Roads
Levi Cook Lincoln
Woonsocket Electric Machine & Power Company
Wall Street
Gilbert L. Laws
Second Nebraska
Lincoln
Alton
Mme
Emma Eames
Julian Story
William B. McKeand
McKeand & Co
Prof. M. Magan
E. M. Dey
Shurtleff College
Upper Alton
Albert Ritter von Mosellg Moorhof
Danube
Nothern
Northwest
Winona
Minn
James A. Tawney
Appropriations Committee
National House of Representatives
Casablanca
Alfred Packer
Deer Creek Canyon
Colorado
Edgar Wilson Nye
Bill Nye
George Hively
Kettle
W. Va
Robert Summers
Hively
Lindsay B. Hicks
Edison
Bakersfield
Reno
Nev
David Wilcox
Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company
Barbarossa
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
S. T. K. Prime
J. N. Groves
Effingham
Selipman
American Society of Equity
Lexington
Tobacco Trust
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Charles Ansberry
Bement, I
J. Thebald
Hannibal
Strasburg
Wabashail
Delaware & Hudson Company
Olyphant
John Phillips
Delmar
Del
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad
Eden
Lincoln Park
Big Springs
Tex
W. C. Douglass
Washington
John M. Seaton
Cananea
Sonora
John A. Avery
Lyceum Theater
Mr. Avery
Avon, Ill
Iowa News
Markeys
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