Much of Wheat Marketed. Farmers Hold Fifty-Eight Million Bushels
Washington reports from the department of agriculture bulletin show March 1 stock estimates for wheat. It states about 148,721,000 bushels of last year’s crop in farmer hands and 208,044,000 bushels of the 1906 crop on hand, with the ten year average at 24.4 percent of the crop. About 8.4 percent of the crop will be shipped out of counties where grown, roughly matching last year’s rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculure
Caumus
Soldiers Get Housewifes Add to Enlisted Gear
Washington reports the War Department has approved a full kit of toilet articles for new recruits. The add ons include razor brushes teeth shaving shoes comb polish towels soap whisk broom and last a housewife. The housewife is a compact case with thread needles buttons and patches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of War Department
Washington
Children Remains Laid Away in Public Funeral
Twenty one small white coffins were buried at Lake View cemetery following the Collinwood Lake View school fire. The 21 caskets held seventeen unidentified children and others claimed, laid to rest in a single public funeral alongside the charred remains of 167 victims.
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Cleveland
Lake View Cemetery
Lake View
Collinwood
Rany
Taft Denies Roosevelts Influence Story
Secretary Taft repudiates a morning panel story credited to Taft news agency in Ohio. He says he spoke with Verrs by phone who also repudiated the tale, denying any independence from Roosevelt influence if elected president.
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Washington
Taft
Arthur Thorys
Taft News Iuvena
Ohio
Roosevelt
Verrs
Harriman Cuts Portland to San Francisco Steam Rates
Harriman announces a major rate cut on the Pacific coast with first class fares dropping to 10 dollars and second class to 3 dollars between Portland and San Francisco. The North Pacific Steamship Company, Harriman’s main rival, is expected to respond with a matching reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
Porlland
Heavieer
Portland
San Francisco
North Pacific Steamship Company
Harry Orchard Trial Soon
Harry Orchard charged with the murder of ex Governor Frank Steunenberg will be taken from the state penitentiary at Caldwell Tuesday and his cage will be called. It is probable a definite date for his trial will be fixed.
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Harry Orchard
Frank Steunenberg
Call Sell
Rail car idle count falls in February report
American Railway association reports a drop of over 20,000 idle cars in the United States and Canada by February 19 compared with two weeks earlier, signaling a partial recovery in rail traffic after January declines.
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New York
Cay Efficiency
American Railway Association
United States
Canada
Troubles of China and Japan in Tatsu Maru seizure
China and Japan remain at odds over the Tatsu Maru seizure with China urging a full inquiry and recalling arms shipments while pledges to curb traffic. A London dispatch says China apologized for hoisting the Chinese flag and will reply on the cargo case. Tokio notes a string of disputes threaten to embroil, from railways to customs, as both sides seek a more vigorous policy.
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Peking
Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs
China
Board of Foreign Affairs
Aaron Hayashi
Japan
Souljeos
Iguess
London
Yokio Foreign Office
Torelan
Ania
Tsin-Min-Tun-Fukumen
Middle Kingdom
Macao Harbor
Canton
Japanese Naval Strength Before and During War
Reported figures show Japan's navy growing from 157 vessels totaling 283,742 tons before the war to 204 vessels and 515,082 tons now. The analysis notes more than twice as many battleships, a third as many armored cruisers, three more other cruisers, nearly three times as many destroyers, but three fewer torpedo boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Japan
Count Hohenau Degraded by Military Court
Berlin reports Count von Hohenau former commander of the Guard corps and once adjutant to the Emperor has been sentenced by a military court of honor to surrender his rank and all orders and decorations. The court's finding was confirmed by Emperor William.
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Berlin
Count von Hohenau
Emperor William
William
Scared Triad Priest Ragio Demands Money
Ragio Calle, calling himself Edward Howard, arrived from St Joseph and met Father Charles Delbecchi of Holary Rosary Church in Kansas City Missouri. He demanded money and caused alarm though no threat was uttered.
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Ragio
Father Delbecchi
Kansas City
Feduarady
St. Joseph
Edward Howard
Charles Delbecchi
Rosary
Hansbrough Accepts Chair of Agriculture Committee
Washington Senator Hale, chair of the committee on committees, received a telegram from Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota stating he would accept the chairmanship of the agriculture committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansbrough
Washington
Hale
Committee On Committees
North Dakota
Committee On Agriculture
Milwaukee Schools Closed Over Lack of Fire Escapes
Milwaukee inspectors ordered the vacating of third floors in sixteen public schools due to missing fire escapes. Edward V. Koch, Building Inspector, announced the safety action affecting districts citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Edward V. Koch
Congressman's Death Shocks New Orleans Circle
Congressman Adolph Moyer, once an assistant adjutant general in the Confederate army, died at his residence in New Orleans on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Moyer
New Orleans
Law
Nebraska and Dakotas featured in omnibus claims bill
The omnibus claims bill before the Senate lists payments to individuals and counties in Nebraska and neighboring South Dakota. Names include Margaret C. French widow of Columbus P. French of Nebraska receiving 176 dollars, Michael Trucks of Cuming County Nebraska receiving 377 dollars, and John B. Geddis of Beadle County South Dakota receiving 391 dollars.
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Nebraska
Washington
Senate
Margaret C. French
Columbus P. French
Michael Trucks
Cuming County
John B. Geddis
Beadle County
South Dakota
Father Leo Slayer to Face Trial Monday
Guiseppa Elia, accused of murdering Father Leo in Denver, Colo, will be placed on trial in the district court's criminal branch on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Leo
Denver, Colu
Funeral Treks for 167 Lake View School Victims Begin
Funeral processions wound through Cleveland Collinwood on Friday for the 167 children slain in Wednesday morning’s Lake View school fire. Police guarded the Hitter home as grief-stricken residents mourned, with large crowds and a last set of unidentified remains to be laid to rest on Monday.
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Cleveland
Collinwood
Lake View
Hitler
Hirter Kiraeeli
F. P. Whitney
Wallace
Cleveland Fire Department
Prohibition Drive Planned by Louisianan Anti-Saloon League
Louisianan Anti-Saloon league plans a campaign to push for state prohibition when the legislature convenes next May. It seeks backing from forces that have helped three southern states approve prohibition within a year while saloon interests organize strong opposition.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Financier Hance Ends Life in Detroit Home
Ellwood Hance, first vice president of Union Trust and former Detroit postmaster, killed himself at his residence after weeks of low spirits over his finances. He rose about 6 a.m., retrieved a revolver, and shot himself in a rear bedroom.
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Ellwood Hance
Detroit
Mich
Union Trust Company
Seeks Honors for Omaha Bay
Washington Senator Brown applies to the navy department to transfer Frank J. Wille of Omaha to the civil engineering corps after his June graduation from the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Wille is nineteenth in a class of over 200 cadets. The transfer entails two more years at Troy Polytechnic School, after which he will attain high standing in the navy.
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Omaha Bay
Washington
Seenator Brown
Navy Department
Frank J. Wille
Omaha
Civil Engineering Corps
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Wille
Troy Polytechnical School
Navy
Democrats and Populists Name Nebraska Election Delegates
In Omaha the state Democratic convention endorsed Bryan for president and announced electors and alternates for at large and districts. The party platform urged anti pass and anti rebate laws, direct election of US senators, regulation of trusts, federal corporate licenses, and tariff reform. The Populists endorsed Omaha platform, Bryan for president, Berge for governor, and a seven member supreme court. Both gatherings supported anti imperialism and broad reforms including income tax, property rights, and irrigation. Bryan attended and spoke to a large audience.
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Omaha
Tienry Goring
Plattsmouth
R. &. Watson
Humboldt
J. T. Noble
Douglas Shawvan
Albion
M. EF. Harrington
O'Neill
Dr. FE. O. Weber
Valparaiso
Frank T. Swanson
Clay Center
A. B. Cameron
Greeley County
Myeyor FF. M. Brown
Lincoln
I. J. Dunn
Dan V. Stephens
Fremont
Felix J. Hale
Atkinson
Robert Graham
William Jennings Bryan
George W. Berge
Supreme Court
St. Louis
Dr. Hall
James C. Dahlman
Bryan
United States
Congress
Aldrich
Arizona
New Mexico
Porto Rico
Panama Canal
Philippines
Cuba
Tragic North Collinwood School Fire Slaughters Many
A Cleveland suburb school in North Collinwood saw 160 to 170 pupils aged 6 to 16 killed by a fast moving fire and inward opening doors. Teachers organized a drill but exits failed, trapping students on the stairs as flames blocked the routes to safety. At midnight 165 bodies lay in the morgue, 108 identified.
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Cleveland, O
North Collinwood
Carnegie Repays Kindness To Fugitive’s Widow
New York reports Andrew Carnegie donated 25000 dollars to Mrs Henry Sanger Snow widow of the former treasurer of the New York and New Jersey Telephone company. Snow’s husband is a fugitive from justice charged with embezzling 29000 dollars.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Sanger Snow
New Jersey Telephone Company
Snow
Sues Congressman Lilley In DC Supreme Court
Frank B. Lora formerly of the New York Sun sues Congressman Lilley of Connecticut in the District of Columbia Supreme Court for damages totaling 40000. Lora alleges Lilley made statements accusing undue influence in favor of the Electric Boat company, causing damages.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Frank B. Lora
The
New York Sun
Lilley
Connecticut
Lord
Electric Boat Company
Incorporate New Belt Line Chicago Plans Consolidation
Plans announced by H. W. Seaman, president of the Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota Railway, to consolidate his company with the Rockford Belt Railway and subsidiaries. The new Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary company will form after incorporation papers filed at Springfield, with initial capital of 10 million dollars and an aim to later double.
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Chicago
H. W. Seaman
Illinois, Iowa & Minnesota Railway Company
Rockford Belt Pailway
Springfield
Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary Company
Gracksmen Get $2,000 From Mount Crab Bank Robbery
In Mount Crab Ohio forty miles east of Cincinnati robbers blew open the Mount Crab bank on the Norfolk and Western railroad taking 3000 dollars in currency and securities and escaped in a bogey car.
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Gracksmen
Cincinnati
Mount Crab
Norfolk & Western
Rhode Island to choose Bryan delegates March 21
The Rhode Island Democratic State Central Committee set March 21 for the state convention to select delegates to the national Democratic convention in Denver. Resolutions were adopted endorsing William J. Bryan for the presidential nomination.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Democratic State Central Committee
Denver
William J. Bryan
Leopold is at Last in Fear in Congo Treaties
Brussels reports concessions by King Leopold in a new treaty that annexes the Congo Independent State to Belgium. The move is attributed to his fear of British intervention, supported by the United States.
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Leopold
Brussels
Congo
Belgium
United States
Hearing on Freight Rates at Fort Pierre
State Railway Commission meeting to review freight rates 35 west of the Missouri River. Fort Pierre set for the 12th this month.
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Pierre, S. DA
State Railway Commission
Fort Pierre
Missouri River
Iowa News Roundup From State Capitol to Fire Tragedies
Senator Allison marks 79th birthday as state building plans unfold across Iowa. A St Francis academy fire in Mason City causes $25,000 loss while Elks plan a $20,000 home in Iowa City. Cedar Rapids Young Men's Christian Association adds 310 members. Notable deaths include Clarence Leeds Tulsa and Judge Blanchard Oskaloosa. A rash of incidents spans meningitis outbreak near Princeton and a Des Moines streetcar strike threat averted by arbitration.
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Allison
Clarion
Iowa City Elks
Woodbury County Editorial Association
Sioux City
Tim Turpit
Clarksville
J. T. Tripp
Peterson
Ella Halverson
Marshalltown
St. Francis Academy
Catholic Sisters’ School
Mason City
Commercial Bank
Wapello
H. B. Davison
Morningside College
W. H. Thrift
Capitol Steps
Merrill Andrews
Hampton
Wayne County
Princeton
Young Men's Christian Association of
Cedar Rapids
Allerton
Centerville
Rock Island
Fairfield
Clarence L. Leeds
Tulsa
Okla
H. J. Heinz
Muscantine
Judge Green
Logan
A. H. Sniff
M. E. Brundige
Sniff
Allen
Nebraska
Edward Lower
Fort Dodge
United States Mail
Hardee Williamson-Charbonnel
James A. Williamson
Es Moines
Los Angeles
Cal
Charbonnel
Des Moines
Washington, D. C
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Trian Priest
Collinwood, O
W. J. Bryan
Democrats
Populits
Carnegie
Sues
Iowa News
Ames Emmons
Company G
Clare
Lucian C. Blanchard
Iowa
Oskaloosa
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