Anarchist Attack on Chicago Chief Shippy Home
George M. Shippy, Chicago police chief, shot and killed an anarchist who invaded his home. His son Harry was wounded in the lung, and the family chauffeur James Foley was critically injured. Shippy fought the attacker, who fell dead from multiple wounds. The incident follows anti anarchist activity after the killing of Rev. Leo Heinrichs.
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Chicago
George M. Shippy
Harry
James Foley
Harry Shippy
Foley
Shippy
Chief Shippy
Leo Heinrichs
Father Leo
Paterson
N. J
Emma Goldman
Mr. Shippy
Tragic On Fort Wayne Line Claims Jerome Schnurr
Jerome Schnurr a well known gardener and dairyman living three and a half miles west of the city was instantly killed when struck by an express car on the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction company's lines near his home. He did not heed a warning signal waved by his uncle Leo Phillips and stepped onto the track shortly before 4 p.m. on Monday.
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Jerome Schnurr
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Jines
Leo Phillips
Mr. Schnurr
Robber kills woman in Holden home during break-in
An unknown assailant entered Steve Pushka’s Holden residence near Huntington West Virginia last night and bludgeoned Mrs Pushka to death with a hammer while fatally wounding her four year old son. Police believe robbery motive, with $300 taken from a trunk.
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Huntington
W. Va
Steve Pushka
Holden
Here
Big robbery in Mexico bank reported in Chihuahua
A dispatch from Chihuahua reports a major bank robbery at Banco Minero. Details are sparse with the El Paso Herald noting yesterday's bank location and discovery of the heist. Additional information on suspects or losses was not provided in the readable text.
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el Paso
Texas
the Herald
Chihauhau
Banco ‘Minero
Big Arson Plot Uncovered in Chicago Confessions
Fire Attorney Hogan discloses in Chief O Briens office that two ex convicts confessed a major arson plot. Joseph H Mack allegedly funded the operation aiding a hotelier tied to disreputable figures. Police say two attempts were made to destroy rubber goods firms buildings.
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Chicago
Hogan
O’brien
Joseph H. Mack
Mack
William Dempsey
Thomas Kennedy
O'Brien
Explosion on Big Four train wrecks cars near Litchfield
A freight train east of Litchfield blew up two cars loaded with powder, wrecking about twenty cars, breaking track for a thousand feet and injuring Lloyd Gaw of San Antonio Texas and Paul I Daugherty of Paxton Alabama.
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Litchfield
Big Four
Lloyd Gaw
San Antonio
Texas
Paul I. Daugherty
Paxton
St. Francis Hospital
Peltier and Kocher Secretly Wed in Chicago
James C. Peltier of this city married Miss Louise M. Kocher of Huntington in Chicago three months ago. The couple obtained a license and wed during an auto show trip, kept the union secret until Tuesday, and now reside at 435 East Berry Street Fort Wayne.
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James C. Peltier
Louise M. Kocher
Huntington
Chicago
Judge Kocher
Fort Wayne
Mrs. Peltier
Peltier
East
Berry Street
Indictments Charge Railways With Rebating Schemes
Federal grand jury returns indictments against the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway company and the Chapman and Dewey Lumber company of Kansas City. Each 13 counts allege rebates on lumber shipments from Arkansas to St. Louis during April to July 1900.
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St. Louis, Mo
Frisco
Arkansas
St. Louis
Plea for the Icemen in Toledo Jail Sentences
A petition circulating in Toledo seeks the release of icemen jailed for conspiracy in restraint of trade. The signers push for clemency as a broader public appeal grows, with the impact felt across the community.
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Toledo
Icemen
Taft Supporters Rally As Ohio Convention Opens
Columbus March 3 The Republican state convention convenes at Memorial hall to nominate a state ticket elect delegates to Chicago and endorse William H Taft for president. The platform favors re enactment of employers liability law endorses the rate bill and affirms full rights for colored citizens.
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Columbus
Memorial Hall
Chicago
William H. Taft
United States
Roosevelt
Thas
Congress
Senator Foraker
United States Senate
James R. Garfield
Committee On Credentials and Resolutions
Taft
Fort Wayne Electric Company Reports Worst Storm Damage in 20 Years
C G Guild superintendent of light and power for Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction notes the Saturday night storm caused the most damage to lighting in twenty years. He says repairs will finish by day’s end with linemen working day and night. A fatal accident involved a lineman Henkenius. Telephones and power lines face slow repairs due to widespread damage and high water along tracks between Wabash and Boyd Park.
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C. G. Guild
Fort Wayne
Wabash Valley Traction Company
Mr. Guild
Guild
Henkenius
Spy Run Avenue
Wabash and
Boyd Park
Fort Wayne and
Rich Concern Will Get Out Injunction Case
Denyer Maryland March 3 The injunction filed by the Maryland Casualty Company of Baltimore seeks to block insurance commissioner E E Rittenhouse from carrying out his duties in a dispute arising in the district court. The action centers on the insurance oversight and a request to restrain certain measures.
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Denyer
Col
Maryland Casualty Company
Baltimore
Miller's Motion to Quash Heard in Circuit Court
In circuit court Judge O'Rourke heard Erwin and Underwood seek to quash the indictment charging Herman Miller with murder of Columbus Croy during a burglary at Joe Faulkner's saloon. The matter was taken under advisement after morning arguments.
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Erwin and Underwood
Herman Miller
Columbus Croy
O'Rourke
Miller
A. E. Thomas
Hon. J. M. Robinson
Croy
Joe Faulkner
Baker and Stout
Saloon robbed of 162 dollars. bartender missing
John Condon's saloon at 1522 South Calhoun Street reported robbed Monday night with about 162 dollars stolen from the safe and receipts. Bartender Harry Baldwin, who closed the place, is missing and being sought by Detective Charles Lenz and Patrolman Patrick Murphy.
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John Condon
South
Calhoun Street
Charles Lenz
Patrick Murphy
Harry Baldwin
Baldwin
Fort Wayne
Toledo
Condon
Chicago Street
South Calhoun Street
Delegates Picked in DeKalb for Indianapolis Rally
In Auburn Indiana on March 3 delegates chosen in DeKalb for the state Republican convention raise claims. W L Taylor is expected to receive nine to eleven votes, Charles Miller four or five, and Watson one.
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Auburn
Ind
DeKalb
Mgs
W. L.taylor
Charles Miller
Watson
Taft Arrives in Boston With Speaking Schedule
Secretary of War William Howard Taft arrived in Boston today from Fitchburg and went to the Brookline home of Representative Joseph Walker, president of the Republican Club of Massachusetts. He will speak before the club tonight and address the Massachusetts real estate exchange at their annual dinner.
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Boston
Mass
William WH. Taft
Fitchburg
Brookline
Joseph Walker
Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Taft
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
March Bur After In Bt. Louis, Missouri
A brief report from Bt. Louis Missouri notes a March fire or incident causing a burst in the city. The item provides limited details but identifies Bt. Louis as the location and March as the time frame.
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Louis, Mo
A. Contt
Rose elected chairman of Allen County Republican Committee
Louis A. Rose defeated Judge Benjamin W. Skelton 44 to 42 to become chairman of the Allen County Republican Committee. The meeting in the county courthouse assembly room drew a large crowd amid heated debate and tight balloting before Rose secure the post. Milo Sprang was named vice chairman.
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Louis A. Rose
Allen County
Republican Committee
Benjamin W. Skelton
Court House
Rose
Skelton
Mr. Rose
Republican County Central Committee
Milo Sprang
Pleasant Township
Judge Skelton
Harry Hogan
Mae
Levi Griffith
Madison Township
Charles L. Braithwaite
Ferris M. Keller
Woman Suffrage Talks Open Annual Congressional Hearings
Advocates of female suffrage present before both chambers with Rev. Anna Shaw leading the National Female Suffrage Association and Senator Clay presiding in the Senate committee. Mrs. B. Lockwood is first to speak, outlining the case for enfranchisement.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Committee On
House
Judiciary Committee
Senator Clay
Georgia
Anna Shaw
National Female Suffrage Association
B. Lockwood
President to appoint W S Rossiter public printer
Washington reports the president intends to appoint W S Rossiter of New York as public printer succeeding Charles S Stillings of Massachusetts. Rossiter, longtime chief of the census bureau, was recently tasked to examine operations at the government printing office.
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Washington
W. S. Rossiter
New York
Charles S. Stillings
Massachusetts
Rossiter
Census
Government Printing Office
President Nominates Four Consuls General Abroad
The president sent to the senate nominations for four Consuls General. Frank D. Hill of Minnesota is named at Barcelona Spain. James W. Ragsdale of California at St Petersburg. Benjamin H. Ridgely of Kentucky at Mexico City. Edward T. Williams of Ohio at Tien Tsin China.
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Washington
Senate
Frank D. Hill
Minnesota
Barcelona
Spain
James W. Ragsdale
Californi
St. Petersburg
Benjamin H. Ridgely
Kentucky
Mexico City
Edward T. Williams
Ohio
Tiental Chinas
W. A. Johnson Chosen Allen County Democratic Chairman
W A Johnson, former county clerk, was unanimously elected chairman of the Allen County Democratic Central Committee. The meeting selected March 21 for primaries and endorsed Marshall for governor and Bryan for president while adopting a large, 103 member committee under new voting precinct rules.
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W. A. Johnson
Allen County
Democratic Central Committee
Herman W. Mackwitz
L Louis S. C. Schroeder
Frank J. Belot
Hon. T. R. Marshall
William Jennings Bryan
J. W. Adair
Cyrus Cline
Fred J. Feick
S. B. Fleming
F. J. Heller
Columbia City
Feick
A. J. Moynihan
The
Journal-Gazette
Allen
F. E. Zollars
J. W. Eggeman
Harry Kennerk
H. W. Mackwita
Louis S. C. Schroeder
Joseph W. Adair
W. A .Johnson New Clairman
Fred Wahrenberg
J. M. Robinson
Arthur =. Smith
F. J. Belot
Robinson
Wahrenberg
Johnson
J. P. Smith
Hoagland
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Mexico
Chicago Police
Louise Kocher
Lumber Companies
Storm
Sept. Guild
Police
Taylor
DeKalb County
Indiapolis
Bobby Wallace
Louis A Rose
Skelter
New Republican Committee
Jacob Funk
William Hockemeyer
St. Joe Township
Senate—Public Printer
Stillings
E. G. Hoffman
Anot
Schroeder
Hoffman
Jefferson Club
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