Government refuses any exception to fence removal order
Washington reports Secretary Garfield will not bend the fence removal rule on public lands despite Governor Brooks of Wyoming seeking delay. Garfield cites no amended fencing law and notes cattle interests were warned last winter. no action beyond enforcing the act is planned.
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Washington
Brooks
Wyarming
Garfield
Covernor Brooke
Secretary of Agriculture
Laramie
Albany
Converse
Wyoming
Roosevelt
Wilson
Congress
Department
Scent Graft in Bill Passes Legislature in Colorado
Denver report states a bill to fund state militia debts from the miners strike era reached final passage in the senate with twenty Republican votes and Democratic opposition. The measure provides a $900,000 bond issue and now goes to the governor for signature.
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Denver
Senate
Attack on Railroads in Texas Court
Attorney Henry Crawford filed a bill in equity for Crocker Estate of San Francisco and Thomas H. Hubbard of New York in Austin Texas asking the court to restrain Southern Pacific from paying dividends on its 4 million dollar common stock. The suit alleges Union Pacific controls a competing system between San Francisco and New Orleans in violation of public policy and U.S. and Texas law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry Crawford
Crocker Estate Company
San
San Francisco
New Orleans
United States
Texas
Inquest Reveals Inexperienced Sunset Express Crew
Colton California inquest into the Sunset express wreck shows a switch crew with limited experience. Reports list twenty two dead including eighteen Italians migrants to San Francisco. Witnesses describe a fireman who never read yard rules and others with two days to two weeks on the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colton
Cal
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Chile balks at ambassador move amid Latin rivalries
The study of Chilean policy reveals a plan to elevate its Washington envoy to ambassador level provoked swift reactions across Latin America. Argentina Brazil and Chile aligned against the shift, while the U S State Department resisted sending ambassadors to non world powers.
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Chile
Washington
United States
Latin America
Republica
Argentina
Brazil
State Department
South America
Britain seeks arms spending limit at Hague conference
Great Britain formally asks Russia to include armament expenditure limits in the Hague conference agenda. No opposition reported from invited powers yet. Britain is unaware of negotiations in St Petersburg between German and Austrian ambassadors and Emperor Nicholas, though discussions likely concern how disarmament is presented.
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London
Great Britain
Rus Aia
Foreign Office
Geat Britain
St. Petersburg
Germany
Austria
Nicholas
Thaw Confident of Acquittal Amid Easter Visit
Easter Sunday at the Tombs saw Harry Thaw receive a visit from his wife under a special permit. Mrs Thaw spoke briefly to reporters saying he grows more cheerful and satisfied with progress, and she is confident the commission will deem him sane and the trial will proceed.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Legality Questioned Over Water Rights Fees for Power
Washington forest service asks attorney general whether commercial firms may be charged for water right of way through reserves to develop power. Agencies have billed pipelines taking water from streams but legality was in doubt. Administration argues firms should pay for conveyed water via rights of way due to conservation.
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Washington
Forest Service
Forestry Administration
Armenian Killer Rampage in Alexandropol
A single assailant, mathematician Karapetyante, murdered multiple relatives and a neighbor in Alexandropol, Russian Armenia, after being refused shelter. He mortally wounded his sister and her husband, fatally struck his nephew and niece, killed the neighbor who answered the cries, and fatally wounded the neighbor’s wife and mother before taking his own life.
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Alexandropol
Russian Armenia
Karapetyante
Boss Ruef Carried on Private Payroll Revealed in Graft Probe
Grand jury testimony in San Francisco alleges Pacific States Telephone executive board members lacked knowledge of bribery in awarding a competitive franchise to Home Telephone. Abra m Roe is said to have been on the company's private payroll for over two years at 1200 dollars monthly, a fact that prompted internal objections and salary reductions.
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San Francisco
Pacific States Telephone Company
Pillsbury
Homer 8
King
Timothy Hopkire
Figain
Home Telephone Company
Wce
Louis Glass
Grand
Percy 8. Morgan
Pacific States Telphone Company
Abraham Roe
Veteran Congressman Grow Dies After Long Public Career
Galusha A Grow former congressman from the Wilmot district and later congressman at large from Pennsylvania died at his Glenwood Pennsylvania home Sunday afternoon from a general breakdown attributed to old age. He was elected to Congress in 1851 as the youngest member and held the longest public service span in the House when including noncontinuous years. In the Civil War era he was a prominent figure and in 1864 came within one vote of being nominated for vice president alongside Andrew Jackson.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Galusha A. Grow
Glenwood
Grow
Congress
Wilmot
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
United States
Andrew Jackson
Grover Cleveland Sends Birthday Gratitude to Press
Former President Grover Cleveland, in Princeton, expresses thanks to the nation for congratulatory messages on his seventieth birthday. He says the warm remarks are deeply touching and will be recorded in his grateful recollections as pages of his life.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Police nab wire tapping ring in Cleveland linked to New York suspects
Police arrested three men and a woman in Cleveland naming Edward Weiss and Max Harris of New York and Charles Drucker and Claudia Carlson of Cleveland. Officials say the group, accused wire tappers, was tied to a $5,000 swindle attempt on J. D. Marks, a local scrap iron dealer, and may have operated in several cities.
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Cleveland
Edward Weiss
Max Harris
New York
Charles Drucker
Claudia Carlson
J. D. Marks
Land Districts Enlarged Under Interior Orders
Washington reports the General Land Office reorganizes field and office forces to improve efficiency. Public land territory will be redistricted, enlarging field divisions and expanding authority for division chiefs. Special agents will be detailed to chiefs and placed under their jurisdiction.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Hus
Hertofore
Railroad Day Set for Beatty Nevada on April 11
Beatty officials announce Railroad Day on April 11 to mark the first Brock line train reaching the Bullfrog district. Since Dr. W. S. Phillips and New York associates acquired Beatty, rail service has intensified toward the Bullfrog area with the line reaching within five miles of town and trains already serving the Springdale spur ten miles out.
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Beatty
Nev
Brock Line
Bullfrog
Starving Chinks Turn Cannibals Amid Famine Riots
A famine in China drives reports of cannibalism in distressed areas. Fever spreads as heavy rains worsen misery. Rioting occurs but remains limited. Relief groups face extreme strain supervising aid distribution and relief works. Appeals seek more volunteers as grain orders land from America, Australia, and Manchuria.
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Shanehbal
Gruilr
America
Australia
Manchuria
Assembly for Filipinos in the Philippines
The Philippine commission is to inform President Roosevelt whether full peace with U S authority has held in non-Moro areas for two years If yes Roosevelt will order a July 30 general election for delegates to a two house People's Assembly replacing the Philippine commission in legislative power Non-Christian tribes are barred from elections by federal law
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Washington
Philippine Commission
Roosevelt
United States
People of the Philippines
Mexico as Peacemaker in Central America
In Mexico City the Salvadoran government asked Mexico to mediate and push for peace in Central America. Salvador withdraws troops from Honduras and seeks an end to hostilities. President Diaz discussed the move with Estupinijan and sent a confidential message to Ambassador Creel in Washington directing joint action with the United States to demand ceasefire.
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Mexico
Republic of Salvador
Central America
Baltazar Batapinian
Salvador
Honduras
Terriory
Estupinijan
Diaz
Creel
Washington
Itta
Mad House for Thaw Trial in Limbo
Justice Fitzgerald ordered a commission in lunacy to assess Harry K Thaw state of mind. The panel will decide whether Thaw should be sent to an asylum or face continued trial for murder in the first degree of Stanford White's slayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Fitzgerald
Stanford White
Thaw
Flood recedes as Sacramento area braces for recovery
Despite widespread inundation from the recent flood the Sacramento inland districts from Courtland to Antioch report the worst is over. Water levels are falling and remaining districts are expected to be saved as displaced residents plan to return and rebuild levees to guard productive lands.
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Sacramento
Cal
Courtland
Antioch
Oakland Youth Confesses to Murder of Mother
Detectives report Earland H. Soderberg confessed to killing his mother Martha Soderberg whose body was found Sunday locked in a closet at their North Oakland home on B street. He said intoxication and his mother's rebuke spurred the crime.
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Oakland
Cal
Earland H. Soderberg
Martha |. Soderberg
B Street
North
The President Confers on the Railroad Issue
A White House conference on railroad regulation lasted two and a half hours. Attendees included Treasury Secretary Cortelyou Interior Secretary Garfield Assistant Secretary Bacon and Inter State Commerce Commission members Knapp Kelley with Prouty and Cockrell away. The group planned a federal regulation scheme for Congress. Jacob Schiff’s proposed remedy was not discussed and Kellog denied Harriman investigation ties to the meeting.
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Washington
White House
the Treasury
Cortelyou
Interior
Garfield
Aasiistant
Bacon
Knapp
B. F. Kelley
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Messrs. Prouty
Cockrell
Jacob H. Schiff
Kellog
Harriman
Ex Senator Clark Opposes Federal Ownership Of Railroads
In Boston, ex Senator W A Clark of Montana denounces federal ownership as likely to bring political graft. He argues competent men cannot work under government control, calls the two cent rate law unconstitutional, and predicts courts may suspend it for confiscation and hardship on western roads.
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Boston
W. A. Clark
Montana
Clark
Record of April Dividend Payouts Tops 100 Million
April disbursements of railroads and major corporations will exceed 100 million dollars. Thirty one leading railways and industries account for about 75 million, with Harriman lines Union Pacific and Southern Pacific paying 11.7 and 4.94 million respectively. Canadian Pacific 5.02 million, St. Paul 4.66 million, Southern Pacific interest 1.02 million, Atehiran 3.08 million, Northern Pacific 1.62 million, American Smelting 1.85 million, American Sugar 1.58 million and General Electric 1.30 million.
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Northern Pacific
American
General Electric
No More Negroes for Army Ordered
Houston headlines report War Department orders prohibiting further Black enlistments and directing immediate dispatch of all Black troops to the Philippines from the U S. mainland troops, signaling a major shift in manpower deployment during wartime.
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Houston
Texas
War Department
Washington
United States
Philippines
Cripple Creek Youth Charged With Plot To Bomb Hospital
Roy Lourquin, 17, is under arrest in Cripple Creek Colorado on charges of attempting to blow up the county hospital. Police say he planted several sticks of dynamite in the furnace and would have caused heavy loss of life if it had exploded. Lourquin reportedly has a history of explosions and recently lost an eye and a hand in a prior incident.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Roy Bourquin
Lourquin
Witness Loses Easy Money in Hermann Trial
Washington report says during the Hermann misconduct trial Judge Staf ford fined Witness A. G. King of Seattle 200 dollars for refusing to obey a summons. King’s witness fees and mileage totaled 304 dollars, leaving funds to cover his return to Seattle.
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Washington
Binger Hermann
Stafford
A. G. King
Seattle
King
Dynamite Explosion Kills Two in Atlanta Freight Yard
An eight case dynamite blast near the Southern railway freight depot on Peters Street, Atlanta, killed two Black men and fatally injured another with several others hurt. Three freight cars were wrecked. The dynamite, shipped from Dupont's Savannah drained store to Atlanta, was said to have exploded by percussion cap.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Peters Street
Dupont Company
Savannah
Tragic Southern Pacific Wreck Near Colton After Open Switch
A westbound Southern Pacific train from New Orleans to San Francisco derailed near Colton when a switch was left open at forty miles per hour. Twenty six killed and about a hundred injured, many Italians en route to San Francisco. Three members of the switching crew, L R Alword W K Davis and J G Guesenmeyer, were arrested in connection with the crash.
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Colton
Cal
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
San Francisco
New York
Ll. R. Alword
W. K. Davis
J. G. Guesenmeyer
van Wye
Sailors from Connecticut seize Ocean View steamer near Fort Monroe
One hundred sailors aboard the battleship Connecticut forcibly boarded the passenger steamer Ocean View en route from Willoughby to Fortress Monroe. They broke windows, drove cooks from the galley, spilled provisions, dumped stove fire on deck, and activated extinguishers. After landing at Fort Monroe the sailors boarded the Connecticut. owners will bill the commander for damages.
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Norfolk
Willoughby
Fortress Monroe
Ocean View
Connecticut
Hughitt Sees President At White House Luncheon
Marvin H. Hughitt president of the Chicago and North Western Railway attended a White House luncheon with the foundation for the promotion of industrial peace board. Other attendees included Secretaries Wilson and Straus Seth Low Thomas G Bush Labor Commissioner Neill and James B Reynolds. Officials said the visit aimed not to discuss railroad rates.
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Washington
Marvin HH. Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Foundation For the Promotion of Industrial Peace
Wilson and Straus
Seth Low
Thomas G. Bush
Neill
James B. Reynolds
White House
Hughitt
Loeb
Russian woman Leontieff sentenced in Interlaken murder case
Thun Switzerland Tatina Leontieff the Russian woman who killed a Frenchman named Muller at Interlaken last September mistaking him for ex minister M Durnovo has been sentenced to four years solitary confinement and twenty years expulsion from the country. The prisoner charged that the magistrate and wardens imposed the four year term and they could not deny the charges when summoned to testify.
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Thun
Switzerland
Tatina Leontieff
Muller
Interlaken
M. Durnovo
Interior of
Russia
Jury Acquits 16-Year-Old Jennie Burch on Insanity Claim
Carmel New York jury finds Jennie Burch not guilty by reason of insanity in a murder by poisoning of a child named Winship. The 16 year old must be committed to Matteawan asylum for the criminally insane after the verdict.
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Carmel, N
Jennie Burch
Matteawan Asylum
Winship
Mise Burch
Vice President of Life Insurance Company Must Do Time
The state supreme court denied Dr. Jacob F. Force of Minneapolis appeal after a three year prison sentence for misappropriating funds while serving as vice president of Northwestern National Life Insurance. While on bail pending appeal he spent much time in California and is believed to be there.
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Bt. Paul
State Supreme Court
Jacob F. Force
Minneapolis
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Force
California
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