Murder Case Links Rev Phillips to New York Crime
Police probe a mysterious death in a Ninth Avenue house identified as Rev Edward S Phillips pastor of St Gabriel's Hazleton Pa while vacationing in New York. Massage operator Kirk Stanley is under arrest as a suspect with a missing wife believed to have fled on May 9. Phillips disappeared May 8. Stanley faces coroner custody after a police court arraignment.
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Ninth Avenue
New York
Edward S. Phillips
St. Gabriel's Church
Hazleton
J. Pierpont Morgan
Pennsylvania
Kirk Stanley
Stanley
Phillips
San Francisco
Palaca
Usatity
Hypnotism Exhibition Ends in Fatal Accident in Woonsocket
At Woonsocket Rhode Island an exhibition by Prof Frank Arnsworth and his wife from Fitchburg ended with the death of Thomas Bolton also of Fitchburg. Bolton, one of the subjects, was resting on two chairs with a 600 pound stone in his body. A local blacksmith Clifford Trask attempted to break the stone with a drone hammer. The chair headrest gave way and the stone crashed down. He died shortly after. Farnaworthy was among the participants and was later taken to his boarding house.
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Farnaworthy
Trask
Bolsen
Prof
Farnsth
Edwin F Uhlis Dead in Grand Rapids May Day Death
Edwin F Uhlis, once a press envoy to Germany, died in Grand Rapids on May 1. The obituary notes his service and illness, with brief biographical hints.
Tragedy in Albany Streetcar Strife Ends in Shootings
Fatalities and injuries erupt during Albany streetcar strike as national guardsmen fire on a crowd near Union Depot. Leroy Smith and William Walsh die from abdominal wounds, William Rooney is lightly injured. Smith, a prominent shoe firm member, and Walsh, a plumbing firm head, were bystanders amid escalating unrest and calls for settlement.
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Albany
William Walsh
Leroy Smith
National
Columbia Street
Smith
Walsh
William Rooney
Smith & Hereick
Albany Club
Illinois Superior Court Allows Blacklist Use in Ruling
In Chicago last Friday Judge Baker held that employers may maintain a blacklist. The case Annie Uon don against Libby McNeil Libby Armour & Co and other stock yards firms involved women who struck in February 1900 for wage reductions and later faced rejection from other employers for being strikers. The court ruled firms could protect themselves by excluding those who quit other jobs without valid reasons.
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Linois Superior Court
Superior Court
Chicago
Baker
Annie Uondon
Libby, McNeil & Libby, Armour & Co
Libby
Mids Condon
Steeple Jack Williams killed by street car in Cleveland
The famed high place worker known as Steeple Jack Williams died in Cleveland Ohio on Friday after attempting to dash across a street. He was run over by a trolley car and his ties were crushed. Williams painted and repaired church steeples and gilded crosses in many major cities. Also reported are bullets fired at Joseph Choate by Martha Ewart and a court result against Masons Fraternal Accident Association of America with Henry C. Biles named as receiver following a court finding of violations of payment duties.
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Cleveland
Williams
Ohio
Jack
Mark
Martha Ewart
Denver
Joseph K. Chioate
United States
Choate
Farmer appeals to sheriff over fiancée and debt
Lown Kronich a farmer near Estherville sought help from Sheriff Magaarden in Minneapolis to win his bride and recover $10 he lent the woman. He traveled to claim his bride but the girl rejected him, prompting Kronich to demand repayment. The sheriff refused aid, noting only a bill collector could pursue the money.
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Lown
Minneapola
Harry Kronich
Estherville
Sherif Magaarden
Minneapolis
Kronich
Corn Sixty Cents as Bull Phillips Pushes May Corn
George Y U Phillips of Chicago, nicknamed corn king, drove May corn to 60 cents from the open and 64, marking the highest price since May 1802. Phillips bought about 120000 bushels, selling mostly in stall lots, with reports two short houses privately settling at 60 cents for 600000 bushels, implying about 73000 dollars profit on Wednesday trades.
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Phillips
George YU. Phillips
Chicago
Trip called off due to Mrs McKinley illness
Secretary Cortelyou announced that President McKinley would abandon his planned visit to Northwestern states because of his wife’s serious illness. The bulletin said her condition had not changed much since last night with partial gains and losses, and the president stayed at Mr Scott’s residence awaiting further word.
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MccHinley
Cortolyou
Associated Press
Sultan Changes His Tune Regrets Embassies Hurt
The porte regrets that the susceptibilities of foreign embassies in Constantinople were wounded by prior notes regarding the post offices. It hopes embassies will cooperate to settle the issue in line with the porte's desires.
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Constantinople
Porte
Train Wreck Kills Two Workers Near Sharon Springs Kansas
Union Pacific westbound freight No. 11 derailed by a washed out bridge three miles east of Sharon Springs Kansas. Engineer Herriman and Brakeman Osborn were killed. two track walkers missing presumed dead. Also noted is the election of PH Morrissey of Bloomington Illinois as grand master of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and other officer posts. Doctor of laws degree awarded to William McKinley by the University of California Berkeley, a rare honor with only two prior instances since its founding.
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Union Pacific
Sharon Springs
Kan
Herriman
Osborn
PH. Morrissey
Bloomington
Ill
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Milwaukee
W. G. Lee
Lawrence
I. R. Dodge
Chicago
Val Fitzpatrick
Columbus
Ohio
McKinley
William McKinley
University of California At Berkeley
University
Bng
Market quotations from multiple cities show varied prices
The report lists live cattle hogs and sheep prices, along with assorted grains and butter eggs and produce across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and New York style markets. Figures include cattle 3.00 to 8.00 plus, hogs 3.00 to 6.05, sheep 2.60 to 8.00, wheat No 2 around 70 to 75 cents, corn 42 to 46 cents, oats 20 to 28 cents, rye 0.54 to 0.68.
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Chicago
Chalee
Indianapolis
St. Louia
Federal Judge Rules on Austrian Glove Cutters
Judge McPherson in Des Moines holds Austrian glove cutters imported under contract may not be barred by federal labor import laws. Morrison and McIntosh of Grinnell charged with importing two Austrian glove gutters. Court finds glove making industry not established in 1885. only five U.S. factories exist, so not protected by the law.
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Smith McPherson
Des Moines
United States
Lewis Miles
Morrison & McIntosh
Grinnell
Josephine R. Kelley
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
McPherson
Edward Kelley
Drake Gift Acceptance Prompts Near Unanimous Library Vote
Centerville voters on May 15 approved accepting ex Governor Dralu's $26,000 library gift and supporting the tax-box plan to preserve it. The tally was 465 for and 3 against with over 660 women casting ballots. Citizens marched to Drake's home that evening, the Fifty-first regiment band serenaded him, and the town lit bonfires and fireworks. A $10,000 books donation is expected to be announced soon.
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Centerville
Dralu
Drake
Fifty-first Regiment
Prominent Mason Jill and Iowa history care
A long Iowa column notes Theodore Parvin of Cedar Rapids illness and legacy, praising his work preserving state history and the crowded library museum needing expansion. It also covers a Des Moines federal ruling affirming a life policy despite a suicide clause, Catholic jubilee in Dubuque, rescues from a drunken control, a perjury case arising from a 1898 liquor conviction, a new Boone cereal mill venture, and an accident injuring Mrs. Oliver Davis near Stone.
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Theodore
Parvin
Lowa Masonic
Cedar Rapids
Tarvit
State University
Iowa
University of Iowa attendance climbs amid stricter admissions
The University of Iowa reports rising enrollment to about 1,042 students for the year, with total college registrations reaching 802 in the Harvard Herbert era. President MacLean notes the gain reflects deliberate limits on non resident degree candidates and higher entrance standards, aiming for steady growth to 1,000 to 1,700 next year.
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Lown Kinto University
University of Lown
University of
Iuwa
MacLoeat
University of Iowa
MacLean
Far West
Stock Show at State Fair Promises Record Breeding Year
Prominent official from Thumboldt predicts the stock breeding show at the state fair will exceed prior years. Breeders from across the region seek high quality animals as prices rise. The fair plans extensive stock sales with five premiums in each ring and a scheduled auction on the grounds. Entries in the speed department are large, necessitating additional barns. The Fifty-First Iowa Band will provide music during the fair.
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di Johnston
Thumboldt
State Board of Agricuulture
Iowa
Assault Clash Sparks Penalty for Railway Men at Cedar Rapids
Murphy assistant superintendent of the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Halfway Company at Cedar Rapids was fined 320 for assault and battery. John Yenny roadmaster was fined 50 for promoting a fraud. The incident followed a clash with strikers as twenty new workers arrived from Burlington led by Roadmaster Tenny. Bush and others tried to stop them from working. Murphy pushed Bush and Tenny used both hands. The federal grand jury in Des Moines indicted Letyon Balliet for aging ce when to promote a fraud with mining interests near Baker City Oregon. Balliet faces trial on prior charges, while others in Marion County are indicted for fraud. Also reported are naturalization matters, a dancing incident in Waterloo, a bank alarm at Onawa, John Herriot’s refusal to accept appointment, and a 101-year-old resident in Sibley.
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Color Rapids
Murphy
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Halfway Company
Cedar Rapids
John Yenny
Co AQ
Bush
Burlington
Tenny
Federal
Grand Jury
Des Moines
Letyon Balliet
Balliet
Baker City
Oregon
Marion County
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Trip
Sultan
News OF the Week
Des Motica Molds
Austria
Mason Jill
Theodore Parvin
Dubuque
St. Baptiue’s
J. J. Tuomey
Itoma
William Bradley
Frank Spel
Savannah
Fort Dodge
Ben Smith
Ilinalg Central
Omaha
J. W. Daggett
Des Moines Goon
Boone
Place
Oliver Davis
Stoan
Mra
Davis
William Colton
Waterloo
Alvin
Iubert Marquis
Cofton
Cotton
Holbrook & Bros
Onawa
Alont
Wiam Miller
Sibley
Ida Snylth
Hamburg
Germany
Gormhany
Las Fayette Ind
Ohergkaa
Tolppone Company
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