Indictment for Nebraska treasurer embezzlement
John B. Meserve former Nebraska state treasurer faces indictment by a Douglas county grand jury on embezzlement charges related to the state school fund. The case centers on deposits and interest not credited to the fund at the Union Stock Yards National Bank in South Omaha, with four other bills against named individuals.
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Staole Yards
National Bank
South Omaha
Omaha
John B. Meserve
Nebraska
Douglas County
Baker
Union Stock Yards ‘National Bank of South Omaha
Union Stock Yards National Bank
State School
Horn Held for Murder in Wyoming
Tom Horn, famed scout and stock detective, was held without bond for trial in district court on first degree murder charges. Testimony claimed Horn confessed to killing Willie Nickell and two other ranchmen near Iron Mountain, with deputies and a stenographer testifying to the alleged confession.
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Willie Nickell
Cheyenne
Tom Horn
Seo
Iron Mountain
la Tors
L. B. Snow
Charles J. Ohnhaus
Horn
William Powell
Charles Lewis
Dryden Elected Republican Senator Candidate in New Jersey
Dryden of Newark, president of the Prudential Insurance company, won the Republican caucus on the 19th ballot with 83 votes to succeed the late Senator Sewell. His main rivals were State Senator Stokes of Cumberland county and former U S Attorney General John W. Griggs.
Senator Beveridge Addresses Indiana Editorial Association
Senator Beveridge spoke at the Indiana Editorial Association banquet in Indianapolis on January 24. He stated the colonial policy would stay on course, tariffs would be adjusted as conditions require, and commerce would be built to support a merchant marine capable of sailing every sea.
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Beveridge
Indianapolis
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Republic
Gunboat Marietta Ordered to Colon for Pacific Watch
Secretary Long orders the gunboat Marietta to Colon on the gulf side to cooperate with the cruiser Philadelphia at Panama on the Pacific side. The move aims to guard U S interests and treaty rights amid liberal Colombian activity on the isthmus. Copenhagen cables authority to sign the West Indies treaty to D Brun with swift ratification hoped.
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Colon
Washington
Colombia
Panama
Long
Marietta
Gulf
Philadelphia
Pacific
United States
Copenhagen
D. Brun
Senate
Brothers Feud Ends in Murder in Chicago
Chicago reports that Robert McFetridge, wealthy ice dealer, died from a Wednesday night shooting by his brother William amid a business feud. William denies involvement though several witnesses claim to have seen him fire.
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Chicago
Robert McFetridge
William
William Mcfetridge
Prize fighter kills saloonkeeper in Muscatine
Tom Morgan, proprietor of a Muscatine saloon, was shot and killed by Kid Noble a known Iowa fighter and gambler. Noble remained at large after the shooting on January 24. Local sporting circles identified Noble as the assailant.
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Muscatine
Tom Morgan
Noble
Iowa
Bartender shoots and kills Armour Co. employee
In Sioux City on January 24 Joseph Russell, a bartender, fatally shot Samuel Starks, an Armour Packing Co. employee, after a quarrel over alcap. The incident occurred last night at a local bar and police are investigating the motive and circumstances.
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Sioux City
Joseph Russell
Samuel Starks
Armour Packing Company
Millionaire murdered in Turkish bath case in St Louis
A. Dean Cooper treasurer of Graham Paper Co died after a skull fracture in the Vista Turkish bath house cooling room. William Strother the bath house attendant is jailed as the prime suspect. A diamond ring valued at 1500 and a diamond pin worn by Cooper were found hidden in the bath house basement along with a bloody sledge hammer. Police investigations and sensational developments followed as Strother claimed innocence.
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Loula
St. Louis
A. Dean Cooper
Graham Paper Company
Vista
Bath House
Strother
Defense Receives in Richardson Murder Trial
The defense began in Plattsburg Missouri with witnesses describing Mrs Ad die H Richardson as of good character. Johnnie Richardson testifies he with his mother searched for his intoxicated father in Savannah and that Mrs Richardson took him home from a hotel.
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Fife
Peter Christiansen
Cane Sugar Interests Fight Cuban Reciprocity Hearing
The Cuban reciprocity hearings before the ways and means committee focused on cane sugar concerns from Louisiana. Planters and manufacturers opposed concessions to Cuba, arguing it would devastate local sugar production while beet sugar and tobacco interests joined the opposition. J. D. Hill of New Orleans opened for cane sugar, claiming the sugar trust backs the Cuban move and would profit as a Cuba monopoly.
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Louisiana
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Cuba
J. D. Hill
New Orleans
Sugar Trust
Sparks From The Wires Headlines
Timothy Harrington re-elected lord mayor of Dublin. Michael Sheehan, oldest Kansas City resident, dies at 103. Rep Brownlow renominated to Congress. BE R Sizer nominated postmaster at Lincoln Neb. Santa Rosa robbed by seven bandits. posse kills three. Lynching convict Higginbotham sentenced to hang Feb 24. Foster opposes Chinese exclusion bills. Mrs Isabella Allen found murdered in White Plains. Danny Daugherty knocked out by Harry Forbes in St Louis. Twenty-ninth regiment heads to Manila from Fort Sheridan.
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Timothy C. Harrington
Dublin
Michael Sheehan
Kansas City
Representative Brownlow
Tennessee
Congress
Senate
BE. R. Sizer
Lincoln
Neb
Santa Rosa
N. M
Joseph Higginbotham
Lynchburg
Ralph Webber
John W. Foster
Senate Committee On Immigration
Isabella Allen
White Plains
N. Y
Danny Daugherty
Harry Forbes
West End
St. Louis
Twenty-ninth Regiment
Fort Sheridan
Washington
Manila
Twenty-ninth
Senate Nears Vote on Schley Thanks in Santiago Battle
Washington January 24 The senate failed to advance Mason of Illinois joint resolution thanking Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley for his command at Santiago with a sword gift and medals for officers and men and a $10000 appropriation The measure was referred to the naval affairs committee Hale also pushed a Scheepers intervention resolution but it was postponed as Scheepers has been executed Teller denounced Britain in the Boer War and called the execution a grave misdeed The commerce bill dominated the session activity
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Washington
Senate
Mason
Congress
Winfield Scott Schley
Santiago
Schley
Teller
Great Britain
Scheepers
Department of Commerce Dill
National Control of Trusts Industrial Board Proposes Reforms
The Industrial Commission reports after years of study, recommending national government supervision of trusts. It urges mandatory books inspections for all corporations, akin to national banks, to curb over capitalization. The report discusses government ownership of railroads and telegraphs but stops short of that step and notes proposed tax shifts to states.
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Industrial Board
Washington
Industrial Commission
Times
Rural Carriers Get Raise In Urgent Deficiency Bill
The House approved an amendment to the urgent deficiency bill increasing rural free delivery carriers pay from 500 to 600 dollars a year. Hill of Connecticut moved the increase. Cannon and Loud opposed but the measure passed 109 to 78 with rural constituencies backing it. A joint resolution by Representative Clark of Missouri expressing sympathy for the two South African republics and urging Britain to seek a settlement was introduced.
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House
Washington
Hill
Conn
Cannon and Loud
Post Office Committee
Clark
Missouri
Congress
Great Britain
House committee approves anti anarchist bill with death penalty
Washington reports that a special judiciary committee advanced a measure to punish assassination attempts on the president or successors with the death penalty. Accessories before the fact are treated as principals, with after the fact punished less. Any advocate of harming U S officers faces fines or imprisonment. Aliens advocating overthrow of government or affiliated with such groups may be barred entry.
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House Committee
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
United States
Keane Denies Report on Lenihan Appointment
Archbishop Keane refutes Sioux City claim that the late Bishop Lenihan was appointed to the see before his death. The denial closes a reported sequence linking Lenihan to the Dubuque archbishopric.
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Keane
Dubuque
Sioux City
Lenihan
House Committee Advances Stricter Oleomargarine Bill
Washington January 24 The House agriculture committee voted 12 to 6 to report a more restrictive oleomargarine bill reintroduced by Rep McCleary of Minnesota The measure tightens taxes on imitations of butter including yellow colored products and bars uncolored butter from evading duties Those opposing the bill offered many amendments which were rejected
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House
Washington
Friends of the
House Committee On Agriculture
McCleary
Minnesota
Corn Blockades Shut Kansas City Yards Tight
Kansas City on January 24 reports a corn blockade as grain prices rise and the southwest buys from the north and east. About 1,000 corn cars sit on tracks with yards so full it delays shipments after orders. Most corn comes from Iowa and northeastern Nebraska with Dakota and Illinois adding volumes.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakotas
Northernlanois
Union Leaders Cleared By UMW Committee
The United Mine Workers committee investigating Miss Millie Meredith’s charges exonerates President John Mitchell and Secretary-Treasurer W R Wilson. The findings state they did not misrepresent Pearl Pearse’s financial errors, and the report was adopted by a rising vote in Indianapolis on January 24.
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Mitchell
Wilson
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Millie Meredith
John Mitchell
W. R. Wilson
Pearse
Seek to Merge Paper Firms in Cincinnati Meeting
Representatives of 40 wrapping paper firms held secret sessions in Cincinnati on January 24. Charles Penfield of Kansas City presided. The meeting aimed to form a combine while no further schedule-rate cuts were announced and no public statements were released.
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Paper Firma
Cincinnati
Charles Penfield
Kansas City
Sharp bear on corn leads Chicago market slide closing lower
Chicago grain markets faced a sharp bear attack as weak cash conditions and external slumps pushed prices down across corn wheat oats and pork. May corn and wheat traded lower with notable declines. cash prices for No 2 red and various corn and oat grades were quoted, while futures showed further losses before slight recoveries.
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Chicago
TASC
Chicago Live Stock Prices Minute by Minute
Chicago stockyard weathered a mixed session with cattle receipts around 10 600 and hogs 38 000 marked for higher prices. Cattle gentler on certain grades and hogs strong to higher while sheep showed modest gains amid varied demand.
Kansas City Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Kansas City Missouri cattle receipts total about 6 000 with heavy beef steers steady to higher and choice steers near 5 800 to 6 000 dollars. Hog receipts around 12 060 with prices 10 to 70 cents higher at close. sheep receipts 700 with western lambs around 5 000 dollars and yearlings near 4 50 to 6 50.
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Kansas City
Jama
South Omaha Live Stock Prices Narrowed Market Activity
South Omaha cattle and sheep receipts reported with mixed demand and price ranges. Cattle ranged from cannery to feeders, with native steers around 4.00 to 4.75 and western and Texan offerings up to 5.40. Sheep dipped about 10 cents, ewes and wethers trading near 3.50 to 4.90, while buyers showed strength in heavy hogs and mixed lots.
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Chicago
Enlyes
Texas Fed
South Omaha
Atocelts
St Joseph Live Stock Market Report
St Joseph cattle receipts total 1 206 with natives and cows and heifers priced from 1 250 to 5 85 veals 3 50 to 0 25 stockers and feeders 2 25 to 74 50 hogs at 5 00 to 6 50 for medium and heavy weights 7 500 received steady night and night mixed hogs listed at 8 65 to 6 50
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St. Joseph
Rate Abuses in Packing House and Grain Trade Revealed
The Interstate Commerce Commission report to Congress alleges railroads conspired with major packers to evade laws. It cites deliberate voucher destruction and falsified records, with hundreds of thousands paid in unlawful rebates, shocking officials and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Investigate Rail Merger Ahead of Chicago Hearing
Interstate Commerce Commission arrived in Chicago to prepare for a probe into the northwestern railway merger. J. J. Hill and H. H. Harriman were subpoenaed but likely absent due to the Northern Securities case in the east. J. P. Morgan not subpoenaed and not present. The commission agreed not to seek statements from Hill or Harriman that could affect the supreme court case.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Northwestern Railway
J. J. Hill
H. H. Harriman
Commission
Supreme Court
Northern Securities
J. P. Morgan
Spencer and
Grover
Morgan-Hill Roads
Balcwin
Harriman Lines
Hill Nor
Harriman
Northern Securities Company
Kansas cattle king Gillette skips Chihuahua deposition
Two lawyers traveled from Kansas City to Chihuahua to take Grant Gillette's deposition but he did not appear. Gillette, superintendent of the Buenos Ayres Mining Co, faces a suit by Third National Bank of St. Louis against Gillette’s creditors to settle the prior mortgage on $30,000 worth of cattle.
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Gillette
Kansas City
Chihuahua
Mex
Grant Gillette
Buenos Ayres Mining Company
Third National Bank of St. Louis
Restoration of Window Glass Prices By Jobbers
The National Window Glass Jobbers association has decided on immediate price restoration and will quote prices directly to customers starting today. Sixty jobbers from across the country attended the Waldorf Astoria meeting after a prolonged dispute between the American Window Glass company and independent manufacturers disrupted the market.
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New York
National
Window Glass Jobbers' Association
Waldorf-Astoria
American Window Glass Company
Men B&O Southwestern Hire Replacements in Washington
Fifty men hired by the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway to replace strikers in Washington Indiana. Recruited through a St. Louis agency they earned 1.50 dollars a day. About twenty five refused to work once aware of the strike. Detectives report no guards at shops or yards.
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Washington
Ind
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Company
St. Louis
Chilpancingo Earthquake Panic Aftershocks Prompt Exodus
Another strong tremor rattled Chilpancingo on Tuesday afternoon causing widespread fear as residents fled their homes. Official counts indicate 614 houses were destroyed in the two quakes, excluding government buildings, with continued panic and many seeking new towns to live in.
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Chilpancingo
Mexico City
Henderson Opposes Tariff Revision Calls for Tax Reduction
Waterloo Iowa January 24 Speaker Henderson goes on record against any tariff revision by the current Congress in a letter responding to a 70 name petition from Waterloo Cedar Falls business leaders He favors some changes but warns opening tariff revision would trigger deferred purchases factory slowdowns and layoffs risking widespread business calamity and higher costs for the public purse
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Henderson
Waterloo
Congress
Cedar Falls
New Officers Elected At Buffalo Bowling Congress
The American Bowling Congress reconvened to elect a new leadership with Charles A. Bookwalter of Indianapolis as president for the coming year. Indianapolis will host the 1903 convention and tournament. The proxy vote clause was dropped and a one vote per delegate rule was adopted. Other officers named include Samuel Karpe of Dayton as secretary and George M. Stearns of Iowa as treasurer.
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Buffalo
American Bowling Congress
Charles A. Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Congress
Bernard J. York
New York
Samuel Karpe
Dayton, O
George M. Stearns
Iowa
CATTLEMEN TERRORIZE NEAR MOSCO KILL SHEEP
In Costilla county 16 cattlemen killed 100 sheep and wounded and drove away 200 more belonging to Trujillo ten miles from Mosco. They warned sheepmen to vacate public land and fired into the owner’s cabin on January 18 narrowly missing occupants. Warrants issued for involved cattlemen. Trujillo an aged local resident of 40 years. Mrs Harrison Wante Pension false reports deny objections to presenting the bill to Congress.
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Denver
Costilla
Trujillo
Mosco
Hunter Shoots Brother in Hunting Accident
Chillicothe Mo Jan 24 Elmer Moore 22 was accidentally shot on Grand river near Lock Springs in Daviess county by his brother Eugene 20. They were hunting and separated a shot intended for a rabbit caused the fatal wound.
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Hunter
Chillicothe
Elmer Moore
Grand River
Lock Springs
Daviess County
Eugene
Archduchess Renounces Throne To Marry Her Choice
Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria renounced her rights to the throne to wed the man she chose. A San Francisco mayor defied a court order forbidding the removal of city employees. The Fidelias of New York won the Buffalo bowling five man championship with 2792 pins. Four bank robbers in Hartford Kentucky were captured with bloodhounds. loot recovered. Walter Monnell, 62, killed himself under a moving train at Rock Island. Amateur skating championships races set for Verona New Jersey January 31 and February 1. John Patterson shot and killed in Mexico Missouri during a quarrel. the shooter was exonerated. The national Congress of Mothers in Washington will feature a model nursery directed by Mrs. Fred T. Dubois. Minnesota Board of Regents chose L Washburn as state entomologist. Tommy Ryan agreed to fight the winner of the Rod Gardner bout scheduled for January 31 in San Francisco.
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Elizabeth
Austria
San Francisco
Fidelias
New York
Buffalo
Hartford
Walter Monnell
Rock Island
United Sizes
Canada
Verona
N. J
John Patterson
Mexico
James Patterson
National Congress of Mothers
Washington
Fred T. Dubois
State Board of Regents
University of Minnesota
L. Washburn
Oregon State University
Otto Lugger
Tommy Ryan
Harry Corbett
Yosemite Athletic Club
Sa Francisco
Rod Gardner
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Hale Qastrlgts
PLM
Naval Committed
Admiral Dewey
National Control OF Trusts
Bo Industrial Commission
Report of
Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
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