May Tie the Combine Strike at Dewees Wood Plant
Pittsburgh April 16 President Shaffer leads a mass meeting of Dewees Wood strikers at Meekesport vowing to call out all workers in the trust. About 800 employed, half out. The action follows seven dismissals tied to a new Amalgamated lodge. Ship material elsewhere if disrupted. Momentum across the iron steel trade and the new United States Steel combine.
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Shaffer
Amalgamated Associatio
Dewees-Wood
Meekesport
Trust
Woods Mill
Hammer, Steel Mill
Knobling
John Jarrett
Labor Bureau of the Manufacturers
W. Dewees- Wood
American Sheet Steel Company
McKeesport
Amalgamated Association
United States Steel Corporation
T. J. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
New Corporation
Carnegie
National Tube Company
American Steel Hoop Company
American Tin Plate Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company
National Steel Company
American Steel and Wire
American Bridge
American Steel
Rod mJimien
Cudahy Brothers eye Twin Cities packing plant move
Chicago packers Cudahy Brothers plan a large new branch near Minneapolis and St. Paul. After weeklong negotiations they favor South St. Paul, with two vacant plants under review. A St Paul scout has studied sites while a separate blaze in Coynhausen Germany caused about half a million marks in damage.
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Chicago Brothers
Bite
St, Paul
Minn
The
Globe Today
Cudahy Bros
Chicago Packers
Twin Cities
Cudahy Brothers
Morthway
Dakota
South St. Paul
New Brighton
Cudahys
St. Paul
Baron Favas Successor Named for Italy in Washington
The state department announces Marquise Obizzo Maliapina di Carbonara will replace Baron Fava as Italy’s ambassador to the United States. Carbonara, former minister to Argentina, has Washington experience and will rise to ambassador upon appointment. Fava, 65, began as secretary of legation at Trieste and served in Rome, The Hague, Constantinople, Bucharest, and Buenos Aires since 1881.
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Washington
State Department
Rome
Baron Fava
Italy
Marquise Obizzo Maliapina di Carbonara
Legation
Trieste
Kingdom of
Naples
Labour
Berne
Hague
Constantinople
Roumanla
Buenos Aires
President names Capers for South Carolina district attorney
Washington April 16 The president appointed John G Capers district attorney of the United States for the district of South Carolina He will succeed Abial Lathrop The new DA is an attorney in the department of justice in Washington and has eight years in the department He came from South Carolina during the Cleveland administration He at times opposed Bryan and the Democratic candidates in 1896 and 1900 He has not fully aligned with the Republican party.
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Washington
John G. Capers
United States
District of
South Carolina
Capers
Abial Lathrop
Department of Justice
Cleveland
Bryan
Lathrop
E. A. Webster
Secretary Bly’s Bonds Buys $1.6 Million Short-Term Treasury Bonds
Washington April 14 The secretary of the treasury purchased 1,600,000 dollars in short term four percent bonds at 113.55. The sale window closed late but the bid at that price was accepted. Additional offerings are anticipated and a sizable block was tendered at a small premium above today’s price.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Naval inquiry eyes wireless plants inspection plans
Wireless telegraphy inquiry in Washington reports the naval board seeking access to wireless plants developed by the War and Agriculture departments. Admiral Stradford oversees the project and expected Tesla to submit plans after his prior statement.
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Washington
Naval Board
War Department
Agricultural Department
Admiral Stradford
Nikola Tesla
Infatuation Drives Woman to Mental Hospital
RADCLIFFE IA April 16 Mrs F Finn a local author and musician has been sent to the state hospital at Independence after a sudden mad infatuation for Aurelio Munroy a Mexican music professor she met in Radcliffe less than three weeks ago.
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Radcliffe, Ia
F. Finn
State Hospital
Independence
Aurelio Munroy
Tadcliffe
Cities in a state of siege in Odessa and other towns
Odessa and nearby cities including Kleff Kharkoff Elizabethgrad Ekaterinoslav and Nikolaieff face near siege conditions until after Russian Easter. Public buildings are occupied by troops streets patrolled by Cossacks and assemblies banned amid fear of renewed student riots.
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London
Odessa
Daily Express
Kleff, Kharkoff
Elizabethgard
Ekaterinoslau
Nikolaieff
Loosen Cattle from Gorging at Oakland Farm
Oakland Iowa April 16 Mr Con verse a farmer has lost thirty six head of cattle largely from impacted distention of the stomach resulting from curing on cornstalks and straw There is no known cure.
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Oakland
Converse
Boers Said to Capture General French with 500 Troops
A private telegram in London claims General French and 500 British troops were captured by the Boers as his force was enveloped in mist on the hills. The War Office has no confirmation and Alger’s edition dismisses the report.
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London
French
War Office
Alger
Iowa Supreme Court Affirms State Bank Regulation Authority
Des Moines April 16 The Iowa Supreme Court rules state authority extends to national banks in a case involving James H Easton of Decorah owner of the First National Bank. Easton, convicted for receiving a deposit after insolvency, appeals claiming federal law preempts the Iowa statute. Court upholds law as applicable to all financial institutions and hints Easton will seek U S Supreme Court review.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
James H. Easton
Decorah
First National Bank of
Towa
Iowa
Easton
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Sioux City, II
Sait
Mdelity Loan and Trust Company of
Sioux City
Fee demands force Union Pacific stock rise
Des Moines Iowa April 16 the state secretary of state requires Union Pacific Railroad to pay the Iowa maximum filing fee of 2000 for a $100 million stock increase, reversing prior practice. The new secretary of state and attorney general affirm the interpretation, while earlier opinions had allowed no extra fee after the maximum was paid.
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State Treasury
Des Moines
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Iowa
Secretary of State
Clinton helps celebrate 102nd birthday of US’s seventh oldest man
Clinton Iowa honors William Zimmer, born April 15 1799 in Schoharie County New York. Zimmer has witnessed every presidential term since James Monroe and has cast a ballot in twenty one elections, missing only the first four. The birthday observance marks his long life spanning Presidents from Monroe to current era.
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Clinton
Iowa
United States
William Zimmer
Schoharie County
New York
George Washington
James Monroe
Woman Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
The jury convicted Mrs. Hossack of murder in the first degree for killing her husband Join Hossack at their farm home near New Virginia Warren County on December 2. The verdict carries a life imprisonment sentence, with the jury noting circumstantial evidence and demeanor as factors.
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Moines
Hossack
Overland Limited Wreck Victim Dies in California
Artemus Lamb, a Clinton millionaire lumberman, survived severe head wounds from the Overland Limited wreck near Rock Springs, Wyoming, but later died after complications. His entourage included President Burt of the Union Pacific and the company's head physician, who rushed specialists from San Francisco.
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Clinton
San Diego
Cal
Artemus Lamb
Overland Limited
Union Pacific Railway
Rock Springs
San Francisco
Man dives from bridge into Missouri River near Omaha
A man limped along the center of the Missouri river bridge between the city and Omaha and leaped from the railing as a car passed. He plunged fifty feet into the water and did not surface, as bystanders rushed to help.
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Council Blufes
Omaha
Missouri River
Freight Trains Collide in Indiana Wreck Near Creston
Two Burlington freight trains collided head on three miles west of Creston Indiana. Two engines and more than a dozen cars were demolished. About six hogs escaped from two cars. The track was blocked for about fourteen hours. Both trains traveled about thirty five miles per hour in a deep cut where merchandise and dead freight piled up.
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Creston
Burlington
Practical plan to teach presidential election process in Scranton schools
Superintendent Howell proposes a practical classroom demonstration where each school forms a convention, pupils write essays on a presidential campaign history, a platform committee drafts party principles, and students vote for their candidate. The event, planned for March, aims to teach civic process broadly beyond only presidential elections.
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Howell
Tehe Scranton
United States
Rogan as 2 Gackstop
Congressman Wadsworth bears battered hands similar to the late Silver Flint who was a crack baseball player. Flint once held first base for Yale and his son later played the same position for Yale, proving notable athletic lineage.
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Rogan
Wadsworth
New York
Yale
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praise From Local Family
Mrs Keys and her daughter in Clarissa Minnesota report dramatic relief from neuralgia backache and head pain after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The 74 year old mother-in-law also benefits, with testimonials cited as evidence for others suffering similar ailments. The ad touts a cure for Bright's Disease Diabetes and Dropsy and notes the product’s local reputation in Todd County.
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Clarissa
Minn
Charles Keys
Mrs. Keys
Dodd
Bret Harte Returns to America For West Tour
An old writer Bret Harte plans a brief return to the United States next year for a Western tour to recall memories and view development. The notes also include a collage of advertisements for Grain-O coffee substitute, Putnam dyes, Defiance starch, and Lincoln quotes, plus medical claims for Piso’s Cure and Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonials and offers.
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Bret Harte
America
West
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