Milwaukee Bank President Bigelow Confesses Embezzlement
Frank G Bigelow former president of the First National Bank of Milwaukee admits misappropriating about 1.45 million dollars lost in wheat and stock speculation. He is arraigned with bail set at 25000 while directors pledge 1.625 million to cover the shortage.
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Frank G. Bigelow
First National OF
Milwaukee
Frank G. Digelow
First National Bank of Milwaukee
American Bankers’ Association
Bigelow
United States
H. K. Butterfield
First National Bank
Henry G. Goll
Goll
United States Court
Bloodgood
Board of
Ward
Wall Street
First National
Charles F. Pfister
John S. Beggs
Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company
William Bigelow
Chicago
Milwaukee Trust Company
Four Are Slain at Hempstead Prohibition Meeting
At Hempstead Texas on April 26 a violent meeting over local option ended with four dead including Congressman John M Pinckney and Capt H M Brown and two wounded. The incident followed a failed attempt to gain support for troops to enforce prohibition laws. A related Niagara Falls report notes an unknown man died after being swept over the rapids at Goat Island Bridge.
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Hempstead
Tex
Pinckney
Texas
H. M. Brown
John M. Pinckney
Thomas Pinckney
John E. Mills
Roland Browne
R. F E. Tompkins
Texas Rangers
Adjt
O'Hair
Roland Brown
Brown
Congressman Pinckney
Capt. Brown
Waller County
Pinckneys
Prohibition League
Niagara Falls
N. Y
American Channel
Goat Island Bridge
Judge rules against Senator Mitchell in abatement plea
United States District Judge Bellinger on April 26 denied the abatement plea in the indictment against United States Senator John H. Mitchell over land frauds in Oregon. The decision follows the federal grand jury actions and sets back the senator's defense in the ongoing case.
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Portland
Ore
United States
Bellinger
John H. Mitchell
Convent Fire Claims Fourteen In St Genevieve
A fire at the convent of Ste Anne in St Genevieve Quebec killed fourteen residents including nine girls aged 10 to 18 and four older women. Sisters Marie Therese and Marie Robertine were rescued with difficulty. heroic Sister Marie Adjuteur died. No local fire protection existed. the stone building burned after a bucket brigade failed. Also reported: Wisconsin State Senate suspended Senator Barney A. Eaton for 1905, after his Milwaukee graft trial.
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Montreal
Que
St. Genevieve
St. Anne
Marie Adjuteur
Marie Therese
Marie Robertine
Ste.Annes
Sisters of
Madison
Wis
State Senate
Barney A. Eaton
Milwaukee
Senate
Ex-Aldermen Fined In Lake Michigan Water Deal Scandal
Ex aldermen Daniel E Lozier and John McLachlin of Grand Rapids were fined 500 and 200 dollars respectively after pleading guilty to accepting a bribe. Judge Newnham imposed the sentences and both men paid the amounts Saturday. In Madison, the Assembly approved the Thayer bill 35 to 34 to block saloon establishment by remonstrance in residential districts, while a woman suffrage bill for local affairs failed.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Daniel E. Lozier
John McLachlin
Lake Michigan
Newnham
Lozier
McLachlin
Madison
Wis
State Assembly
Proclaimed Amnesty Rumor Circulates Across Europe
A rumor from St Rebetaiianel dated April 26 suggests Emperor Nicholas may issue a general amnesty for political and religious prisoners in European Russia or in exile. In Knoxville, Tennessee Dr Brown Ayers was inaugurated as president of the University of Tennessee, with United States Senator James B Frazier presiding.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Brown Ayers
University of Tennessee
United States
James B. Frazier
Parisians urge strict neutrality as Russian fleet moves
Paris acts to preserve neutrality in Far East tensions. Russian orders to Admiral Rojestvensky urge adherence to neutrality in French waters. French officials in Tokyo assure Japan of France's neutral stance as Russia and Japan maneuver amid Kamranh Bay activity and growing fear of broader conflict.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Special
Tokio
Indo-China
M. Beau
Delcasse
France
Motono
Annam
Saigon
Cochin China
Kamranh Bay
Russia
Japan
Togo
Admiralty
Wheat King Gates Loses Millions in May Wheat Pit
Chicago April 24 John W Gates led Wall Street steel millionaires in a May wheat corner against Armour interests. By Saturday they faced a $7 to $10.5 million loss as prices fell from 1 10 to 98 1 2 cents. Farmers gained about $5 million as bears and others split the remaining plunder. Arbitration Conference Mohonk Lake NY May 31 to June 2 with Judge George Gray presiding.
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Chicago
John W. Gates
Wall Street
Joe” Leiter
Gates
Armour
Valentine
Steel Clique
Mohonk Lake
N. Y
George Gray
Delaware
Noted actor Joseph Jefferson dies at Palm Beach
Prominent stage figure Joseph Jefferson, famed for Rip Van Winkle, died at his home The Reefs in Palm Beach at 6:15 Sunday after a lengthy illness. Born February 20, 1829 in Philadelphia, he became a dean of American drama and starred in Our American Cousin and numerous other roles across the United States and abroad.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Joseph Jefferson
Palm Beach
Mr. Jefferson
Charles B. Jefferson
Hobe Sound
President Cleveland
Philadelphia
United States
Jefferson
Laura Keene
New York City
Asa Trenchard
Newman Boggs
Nicholas Nickleby
Caleb Plummer
Dr. Pangloss
Bob Acres
Dr. Ollapod
Gentleman
Orville H Platt of Connecticut Dies of Pneumonia
United States Senator Orville Hitch cock Platt of Connecticut died at 8 53 P M Friday at his summer home in Washington Conn from pneumonia An abscess in the right lung caused strangulation His long 26 year Senate service included chairing the judiciary committee and membership on Cuban relations finance and revolutionary claims He helped shape US Cuban policy and frequently presided over Senate sessions including during the Swayne impeachment trial
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United States
Connecticut
Washington, Conn
Orville Hitchcock Platt
This
O. H. Platt
Senator Platt
Senate
W. H. Barnum
Orris S. Ferris
State Capitol
General Assembly
Gen. Hawley
Congress
Cuba
Platt
Swayne
Talks. Now that I find myself game rich I leave the work
A clipped Chicago Journal quotation discusses shifting tasks as one party claims the other overburdened. It uses archaic phrasing to imply a power balance change and implies a request for easier duties. No names or dates are provided.
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Chicago Journal
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement and Quip
An old ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure corns bunions and foot pain with a price of 25 cents sold at gas and shoe stores. The fragment cites a Le Roy New York sample and includes a clipped quotation about a future president and a boy with spectacles.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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Pusheck
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