Russia on Verge of an Outbreak Grips St Petersburg
March reports from St Petersburg warn of mounting unrest as workers oppose harsh government measures. Military preparations intensify with machine guns, armored trains, and patrols in major cities while political maneuvering at court hints at impending turmoil. Discussions in Tsarskoe Selo and possible cabinet reshuffle add to the volatile mood.
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St. Petersburg
War Office
Moscow
Trepoff
Tsarskoe-Selo
Nasha Shisa
Kokovsoff
Paris
Count Witte
Naval Building Plan Sets Size of New Ships
Washington March 28 The House Committee on Naval Affairs today reported a naval program including one battleship at 6 million dollars with tonnage to be set by the Secretary of the Navy three torpedo boat destroyers at 750 thousand dollars each and 1 000 dollars for submarines at the secretarys discretion The bill totals 99 750 000 while the present law is 103 000 000.
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Secretary of the Navy
Lodge amendment to rate bill bans rebates and discrimination
In the Senate Mr Lodge offered an amendment to the railroad rate bill prohibiting rebates and discrimination and setting penalties for violations. Mr Knox announced his speech on the bill for tomorrow. Joint resolutions regulating allotment of documents in the Government Printing Office and curbing unnecessary printing passed the House yesterday and were adopted without discussion.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
Knox
Government Printing Office
House
Littauer Flags Urgency Deficiency Bill Provisions
In the house Mr Littauer called up the urgency deficiency bill. He explained the first item relates to the third international conference of American states to be held in Rio Janeiro beginning July 21, 1906.
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Washington
Littauer
Rio Janeiro
Preservation of Niagara Falls Report Sent to Congress
President Roosevelt transmitted the international waterways commission report on Niagara Falls preservation to both chambers. He urged enactment of a law modeled on the report's recommendations, noting the committee's findings have been published.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
International Waterways Commission
Niagara Falls
Roosevelt
Smoot testimony concluded after three sessions of hearings
Washington March 27 The introduction of testimony in proceedings against Senator Smoot was concluded at 11 50 today The arguments will be made next week by counsel The hearings have extended over three sessions of Congress
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Washington
Smoot
Congress
Edgerton Morris Dies in Denver at 18
Edgerton Morris, son of Dr E R Morris and Grace Edgerton Morris once from this city, died Monday in Denver Colorado at age eighteen. He was a grandson of the late Hon Joseph K Edgerton and visited Fort Wayne relatives. Interment will be at Lindenwood in Fort Wayne. no date set. Major HE Morris, his father, is a US army surgeon stationed at Fort Logan Colorado.
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Fort Logan
Colorado
Lover Seeks Barnstorming Nuptials After Double Cross
Miss Opal Hoopengartner promised to marry David Grill after he secured parental consent in Huntington. Grill, an Hof Brau understudy, pursued a wedding set for Eastertide while Hoopengartner reportedly left home with another man, prompting police to state she may choose her own company.
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David Grill
Huntington
Opal Hoopengartner
Marshal Bischoff
Aukenbruck
Lenz
Morris rejects bid for circuit judge post amid campaign shifts
Republican leaders had pushed Samuel L. Morris for the circuit judgeship as discussions swirled over a county ticket. Morris announced he would not consider the candidacy, citing little taste for campaigning and a strong preference for legal practice at Barrett & Morris. Judge Walter Olds was also said to be unfavorably inclined toward the judgeship.
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Samuel L. Morris
Morris
Barrett & Morris
Quiet suicide of Sandusky executive shocks family
Jacob Kurtz, 47, former superintendent of the American Wine company in Sandusky Ohio, hanged himself quietly last night in a room adjoining his sleeping family. He attached a clothesline to a door knob, looped it over the door top and drew up his feet, strangling himself. the body was found today.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Jacob Kurtz
American Wine Company
Texas Bank Fails. West Texas First National closed by receiver
The First National Bank of West, Texas, was closed today with National Bank Examiner Logan appointed receiver. A dated condition report from January 29, 1906 lists resources of 157,506 and liabilities of 167,? including deposits of 118,069 and capital 26,000, amid statewide currency actions and regulatory oversight.
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First National of West
Washington
First National Bank of West
Texas
National Bank
Logan
United States
Ohio liquor tax bill passes senate in Columbus
The Aikin bill increasing Ohio’s liquor tax from 3850 to 1000 dollars cleared the senate 25 to 11. Governor Pattison is known to favor the measure and will sign it, with the chamber packed and a loud cheer erupting on the vote announcement.
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Pattison
Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Peace Talks on Wage Increase Fail in Joint Conference
Indianapolis March 27 The joint scale committee of the bituminous coal operators and miners in the central district voted to report a disagreement to the joint conference. Miners demand an advance of 5.55 percent, with Illinois unions requiring a universal raise, or no agreement. Leaders warn of work stoppages and open-shop operations in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.
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Indianapols
Ind
Perry
Illinois
Mitchell
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Miners’ National Convention
J. H. Winder
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
F. L. Robbins
Pennsylvania
Frank McKenna
Western
Pittsburg
Robbins
State Constabulary
West
Pittsburg Coal Company
George A. Magoon
Western Pennsylvania
Dennis Sullvan
Rauc
Miners
Governor Pattison Gains Strength in Columbus
Governor Pattison continues to improve in Columbus as friends grow more hopeful for recovery. Doctors remain reticent but report a good night with steady gains in strength, pulse 96, respiration 22, and normal temperature. Finlay states Pattison is not near death and will recover.
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Columbus
Pattison
W. L. Finlay
Democratic State Committee
Memorial exercises honor General Wheeler in Atlanta
In Atlanta on March 27 a memorial program for General Joseph Wheeler was held by Camp A. Wheeler's Confederate cavalry. Veterans from Civil War and Spanish American War attended. Rain canceled a planned parade. The Grand Opera House hosted the event with Wheeler’s daughters in the boxes. Governor Terrell gave the welcome and introduced speakers including John W. Maddox, Clement A. Evans, Corporal James Tanner, and Major Charles R. Miller.
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Atlanta
Joseph Wheeler
A. Wheeler
Wheeler
Grand Opera House
Thompson H. Jones
Joseph M. Terrell
John W. Maddox
Cavalry
Clement A. Evans
United Confederate Veterans
Stephen D. Lee
James Tanner
Grand Army of the Republic
Charles R. Miller
Cleveland
Ohio
Runaway Wagon Wrecks Ulster Street Route Incident
Robert Hillegass, a Stout and Gillette salesman, was badly bruised but not seriously hurt when his delivery wagon ran away on East Columbia Street. The team turned near Wells Street Bridge, veered into an alley by the jail, then across country to the Dunton feed yard, colliding with an electric light pole and wrecking the wagon. He was thrown from the vehicle but recovered.
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Robert Hillegrass
Stout & Gillette
Columbia Street
Hillegrass
Wells Street Bridge
Superior Street
Dunton
North
Calhoun Street
Bank official on trial in Lisbon for falsifying books
The trial of Teller C. H. Vanhorne of the Canton State Bank began in Lisbon on March 27. He is charged jointly with Cashier Bechtel with falsifying the books by charging a fictitious indebtedness of 2850 dollars at the First National Bank of Cleveland. The officials are being tried separately.
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Lisbon
Ohio
C. H. Vanhorne
Cantona State: Bank
Bechtel
First National Bank of Cleveland
Fragmentary item hints at 1851 sale or death record
A damaged snippet mentions a purchase in 1851 for 600 dollars and a death near a well. The readable text is sparse and lacks clear names, places, or actions, but indicates a historical financial transaction and an fatal event tied to a well location.
Hadley Finishes His Inquisition In Oil Ouster
New York March 27 testimony in Missouri's ouster case against Standard Oil was finished this afternoon. Attorney General Hadley asked Commissioner Sanborn to send a signed copy of the testimony to the Missouri supreme court. He said the testimony with certification is the end of the evidence and the proceedings are closed.
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New York
State of Missouri
Standard Oil Company
Hadley
Sanborn
Missouri Supreme Court
Standard Oil Case Hearings Resume With Letters Shown
New York March 27 Attorney General Hadley resumes efforts to oust Standard Oil controlled outfits in Missouri. Witness H M Tilford president of Continental Oil testifies about offices, missing letters, and Waters Pierce reorganizations. Tilford denies memory of several committee references and disclaims signatures on questioned letters.
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New York
Hadley
Missouri
Standard Oil Company
H. M. Tilford
Continental Oil Company
Colorado
West
Pacific States
Iowa
Broadway
Standard Oil
Tilford
Mr. Hadley
Mr. Tilford
T. H. Hochs
Domestic Trades Committee
H. H. Rogers
Archbold
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Company
W. H. Tilford
Constitution Doesn't Suit Constitution’s Interpretation
Otto C. Heggen of Des Moines Iowa asks the president to annul his American citizenship claiming the constitution is now read differently than at naturalization. The president referred the matter to the State Department which says no statute provides a renunciation method and cannot act. It suggests Heggen seek relief in the courts.
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Washington
Otto C. Heggen
Des Moines
Iowa
State Department
United States
Executive Department
Department
Heggen
Hearing Postponed In Walsh Preliminary Case
Chicago March 27 The preliminary hearing of John R Walsh on charges tied to the Chicago National Bank failure was continued to April 6 due to defense counsel needing time to study the charges amid heavy workloads. David Myers 65 died in Logansport Saturday from tachycardia described as a rare heart condition.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
David Myers
Logansport
Warrant Attempts Linked to Insurance Contributions
New York March 27 District Attorney Jerome sought warrants for several figures tied to a life insurance probe but magistrate Moss balked awaiting evidence of crime. Subpoenas in blank were issued and John Doe proceedings planned while names like Cortelyou Bliss and Perkins were discussed but not confirmed.
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New York
Jerome
Moss
Vortelyou
Republican National Committee
Cornelius N. Bliss
George W. Perlans
New York Life Insurance Company
O’sullivan
John Doe
Court of General Sessions
Mr. Jerome
Grand Jury
Legislative Insurance
O'Sullivan
Messrs
Cortely
Kingsley
Edmund D. Randolph
Claim Sherrick Juror Was Drunk
The Indianapolis special dispatch reports that a juror in the D. B. Sherrick case is said to have been intoxicated when sworn. Attorneys seek evidence to support the claim and observers expect a new trial to be granted.
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Sherrick
The
Sentinel
Indianapolis
Ind
D. B. Sherrick
Prosecution Restes in Sutherlin Murder Trial
New Albany Ind March 27 with Mrs John Scheller of Sellersburg testifying and two minor witnesses concluding the prosecution rests in the Rev Ulysses G Sutherlin murder trial. Defense attorney Weathers delivered the opening argument.
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New Albany
Ind
John Scheller
Sellersburg
Sutherlin
Ulysses G. Sutherlin
Weathers
Coal chute accident kills Michigan Central worker
In Michigan City Indiana on March 27 a five ton coal release from a chute at the Michigan Central Railroad yards crushed 17 year old employee Richard Purcell to death. The incident occurred during yard operations and authorities began an investigation.
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Michigan City
Ind
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Richard Purcell
Farmer killed at Walton crossing by traction car
Logansport Indiana March 27 Benjamin Wilson a farmer living near Galveston was killed at a crossing near Walton early today by a car on the Jefferson Wayne and Wabash Traction line.
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Logansport
Ind
Benjamin Wilson
Galveston
Walton
Wabash Traction
Riots Verdict Rebuked as Judge Frees Eight Youth Rioters
Springfield Ohio March 27 eight boys arrested by soldiers during riots walked free after Judge Miller remitted fines and costs. He condemned the jury of business men who recommended a $1 fine calling their suggestion an outrage and stated he could only impose the nominal amount.
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Springfield
Ohio
Miller
Franchise Franchise for Fort Wayne and South Bend Traction
B F Shively president J H Grisam secretary and C F Knowlton appeared before the board of works to seek a franchise to be presented to the city council tonight The contract was reviewed and a clause was added requiring the company to run a car each hour between 5 in the morning and 11 at night
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B. F. Shively
J. H. Grisam
Fort Wayne and South Bend Traction
C. F. Knowlton
Board of Works
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