Warsaw Reign of Terror Wounds Police Chief
A bomb wounded Baron von Nolken, chief of police in Warsaw, amid a conspiracy by revolutionaries. A second bomber fled. a plain clothes officer was killed pursuing him. In St Petersburg, workmen report a death sentence on 30 high figures, including Grand Duke Alexis and the emperor.
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Baron von Nolken
Police
Czar
Warsaw
Baron von Notken
Revolutionary Party
Praga
Vistula
Haron von Nolken
Socha
St. Petersburg
Social
Alexis
Last Rites for Mrs Jane Stanford in Stanford Mausoleum
The body of Mrs. Jane Stanford rests in the Stanford mausoleum between her husband and son. Simple services were held in the Memorial church before the final commitment, with thousands gathering from across the state to pay respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford University
Cal
Jane Stanford
Honolulu
Stanford
Institution of Learning
Eight Die As Landslide Hits Semlin Hungary Rescue
A Sunday landslide in Semlin Hungary traps a buried woman. A rescue squadron rushes to help but loses eight soldiers and 19 are injured. The disaster highlights the peril of the salvage operation and the casualties among rescue crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Semlin
Hungary
William W. Smith, Lincoln-Douglas Platform Builder, Dies
Freeport U March 28 William W. Smith who built the platform for the Lincoln Douglas debate is dead. He served in the Civil War as provost marshal under General B F Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
William W. Smith
B. F. Butler
Roosevelt Seeks Santo Domingo Revenue Settlement
President Roosevelt announces a plan to continue collecting Dominican customs with American supervision. Fifty five percent of revenues will be sent to the United States and deposited in American banks for ratification distribution among creditor nations. Forty five percent remains with the Dominican government as a U.S. citizen collector and assistants are to be appointed from candidates submitted by Secretary Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republc
Congress
United States
Morales
Taft
Republic
Connors Indicted in Beef Trust Inquiry Case
Chicago March 29 Thomas J Connors general superintendent for Armour Co and ally of J Ogden Armour was indicted by a federal grand jury for interfering with witnesses in the beef trust inquiry He was arrested at his residence 3124 Michigan Avenue and released on 5000 bond with Edward Tilden and Alfred Onion as sureties The arrest marks the first government action in the beef inquiry with others reportedly at risk of arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas J. Conners
Armour & Co
J. Ogden Armour
United States
Special
Federal Grand Jury
Beef Trust
Connors
Michigan Avenue
Monadnock
C. A. Buell
United States District Court
Edward Tilden
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Alfred R. Onion
Bank Run Strikes Cincinnati Bank as Depositors Flee
A run on Union Savings & Trust in Cincinnati caused doors to be crushed inward and at least 200000 dollars paid out by early afternoon. For two days crowds surged inside and outside the bank with dozens of depositors knocked unconscious or fainting and pickpockets plundering victims amid the chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Union Savings & Trust Company
Two Men Die in Self Inflicted Death at Hollenden Hotel
In Cleveland on Monday night and Tuesday, Henry L. Woodward an New York attorney and Charles A. Brouse a Toledo salesman both killed themselves in their hotel rooms. Both bodies were found Tuesday afternoon. Coroner's verdict cites despondency over domestic and business troubles. Each man used a pistol and died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Henry L. Woodward
New York City
Charles A. Brouse
National Supply Company
Toledo
Hollenden Hotel
Tornado destroys Louisburg town in Minnesota
Appleton Minnesota March 29 seven people injured one fatally as tornado wipes out Louisburg village. every business house demolished or badly damaged and most homes unroofed. Grain elevators of the Interstate Northwestern and McCaull Wetster destroyed with contents scattered for miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Minn
Louisburg
Interstate
Northwestern & McCaull
Wetster
Flat $10 Corporate Tax Approved by California Governor
Gov Pardee signed a bill fixing a flat annual tax of ten dollars on all corporations doing business in California. The measure aims to raise about $500,000 in revenue over the next two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
Pardee
Pullman VP Thomas H. Wickes Dies in Chicago
Thomas H. Wickes vice president of the Pullman company collapsed and died on his way to the office from his home at 4941 Drexel Boulevard Chicago. Heart disease was listed as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas H. Wickes
Pullman Company
Pullman
Drexel Boulevard
Russia Opens Door to Peace Talks Mediation Sought
Reports from St. Petersburg say Russia outlined negotiable peace terms and, with U S and France mediation, the issue takes practical shape. Delcasse may mediate with Japan, Lansdowne cooperation seen as essential. European powers urge Czar to end the war amid reverses and financial strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
United States
France
Delcasse
London
Japan
Lansdowne
Nicholas
Pacific
Czar
Europe
Portugal
Five Men Drown in Missouri River near St Joseph
Five men died while crossing the Missouri river during a wind and rainstorm. Billy Lewis Oscar Lewis Harry Talent Harry Smith and Howard Hutcheson were dike workers moved by a steamer to the Missouri side each evening. An overloaded skiff swamped mid stream and four men disappeared, Hutcheson submerged while swimming. bodies unrecovered.
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St. Joseph
Missouri
Billy Lewis
Oscar Lewis
Harry Talent
Harry Smith
Howard Hutcheson
Kansas
Kansas Bank
Hutcheson
Resigns as Governor in Tennessee Senate Event
Nashville Tennessee March 28 The resignation of United States Senator elect James B Frazier as governor of Tennessee was delivered Monday afternoon by his secretary to Speaker John S Cox of the state senate. Cox announced the fact and took oath as governor succeeding to the office under the state constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
United States
James B. Frazier
Tennessee
John S. Cox
State
Senate
Cox
Death of Springfield Resident Found in Cornfield
The decomposed body of 80 year old Michael Harper, long respected resident of Springfield Illinois, missing since February 23, was found Tuesday in a cornfield on farmer Joseph Snale's property six miles south of the city. Authorities believe he wandered off and died from exhaustion.
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Springfield
Michael Harper
Joseph Snale
Death of Jules Verne in Amiens at 77
Jules Verne, renowned French novelist, died in Amiens on a Friday with family at his bedside. Born in Nantes in 1828 he started in law but pursued writing, composing two stories yearly for 37 years. His notable works include A Journey to the Center of the Earth and Around the World in Eighty Days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amiens
France
Jules Verne
Verne
Nantes
Theater Lyrique
Michael Strogoff
Explosive Blast Kills Four At Schaghticoke Mills
Three men die instantly and a fourth succumbs to injuries hours later after an explosion at the Schaghticoke powder mills near Troy New York Tuesday. Victims named James White Charles Colburn James Sprague and Albert Bartlett all workers in the carming mill. The blast caused extensive window damage across Valley Falls and Schaghticoke with shock felt in Troy.
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Troy
N. Y
Schaghticoke
James White
Charles Colburn
Hazardville
Conn
James Sprague
Albert Bartlett
White
Valley Falls
Engineer Killed and Bravery Noted in Train Crash
Engineer C. E. Bowe perished after a head on collision between a southbound express and a northbound freight on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois line at Sullivan. He urged the fireman to save himself and clung to the engine, dying hours later. The crash injuried a number of passengers and left a freman unknown. Bowe hailed from Indiana. Also in St Louis the Anheuser Busch freight depot and 17 reef refrigerators cars were destroyed in a fire, causing about 125000 dollars in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowe
Indiana
St. Louis
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
Woman Dies After Street Car Collision in Burlington
Burlington March 27 Mrs W H Schwiering wife of the presiding elder of the German Methodists church was run down and instantly killed by a street car in this city. The accident occurred as she crossed the track near the church, witnesses said.
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Burlington
W. H. Schwiering
Fire devastates Farnsdale business district in Alabama
A Monday fire in Farnsdale Alabama destroyed much of the town's business area. Officials estimate losses near 965 000 with extensive damage to stores and neighboring properties. Firefighters from nearby towns battled the blaze for hours but containment was partial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Farnsdale
Prison Awaits Mrs. Chadwick in Ohio Penitentiary
In Cleveland Judge Robert W. Taylor sentenced Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick to ten years in the Ohio state penitentiary after a federal trial in which she was convicted on seven counts. Four counts carried two year terms, two counts one year each. defense plans an appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland,o
Cassie L. Chadwick
Ohio State Penitentiary
Robert W. Taylor
United States District Court
Chadwick
Francis J. Wing
Mr. Dawley
Cincinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Antil
United States
Chandler
Sullivan
Unitod States Grand Jury
Federal
Citizens’ National Bank of
Oberlin
C. T. Beckwith
A. B. Spear
Beckwith
Spear
Cleveland
Judgment for Mrs Ingersoll over estate fees in Boston
Judge Putnam of the U S circuit court ordered a $95 000 judgment plus interest against the trustees of the Andrew J Davis estate in a suit brought by Mrs Elva Ingersoll widow of Robert G Ingersoll of New York. She claimed fees for services rendered by her husband to the estate of the Montana mine owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Elva Ingersoll
Robert G. Ingersoll
New York
Andrew J. Davis
Butte, Mont
Putnam
United States Circuit Court
Immigrants Hit Western Industries From New York Port
New York reports 26 000 arrivals last week with about 12 000 Hungarians and Italians heading to coal oil and steel centers in Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Illinois
Well Known Actor Mauries Barrymore Dies in Amityville Home
New York March 27 Mauries Bar rymore a renowned actor and longtime inmate of the Long Island home Amityville L L died Saturday of paresis He was father to Miss Ethel Bar rymore and Jack Barrymore both noted actors in the field
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mauries Barrymore
Long Island
Amityville
L. L
Ethel Barrymore
Jack Barrymore
Four Drowned In Banana River Squall Near Rockledge
Four men drowned when a rowboat capsized in Banana River near Rockledge during a squall on March 27. Rescue efforts were unable to reach them as the storm drove high winds and rough seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockledge
Fla
Banana River
Prosperous Canadian West land drives 2 percent yearly profit claim
Extracts from a letter by P H Rynhard of Starbaick Manitoba report 480 acres bought in 1903 for 12000 yielding 2973 bushels of wheat and 1200 1300 bushels of oats and barley on 200 acres. He notes land value gains and high per acre returns. other settlers fence and cultivate little yet show strong profits. Canadian government agents report unprecedented interest in Western Canada literature and rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Rynhard
Starbaick
Manitoba
Canada
United States
L. Short
Carrot River
Saskatchewan
No Wonder Said Lecturer Delivers Long Speech
A well known lecturer tells a friend he never felt such audience attention as he spoke from start to finish. The friend notes the lecture had a striking mistake as gloves and hat remained on the speaker throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassell
Effects of Prosperity 1897 to 1903 Prices and Profits
The Interstate Commerce Commission report shows broad price gains across breadstuffs meats dairy and garden products and clothing from 1897 to 1903 benefiting farmers stockmen and miners. Rail freight rates fell 44 percent while railroad wages rose about 8.5 percent during the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
No Practice. He It Is Hard to Keep a Secret
The Royal overhears a casual exchange about secrets and secrecy in a brief dialogue. The lines hint at tension and unknown consequences within a royal setting.
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Don Manuel de Azpiroz
Mexico
Peoria
Otis Botts
Domingo
Hits Armour Official
Thomas J. Connors
Hamid & Castro
Perich
Mrs. Chadwick
Taylor
Mercer County
Ahoma
Milsour
Kansas & Texas Railway P
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