Street Railway Strike Ignites Chicago Disorder
The Big Street railways in Chicago faced a week of disorder as a strike crippled service across roughly fifty square miles. Cars were wrecked, crews attacked with stones and glass, and several hundred rioters halted trains at Wentworth and West Sixty-Ninth. Eight thousand workers were idle as wage demands sparked the stoppage. arbitration talks with General Manager Hulloch had been offered but not accepted.
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Nexter
Chenyo
sur“Taco
Btreet Railway
Chie
Aleperate
Bea Ning
Bumnber
Cand
Wentworth Avenue
D. G. Ham‘irton
Bliss
Sadie Thay
Monsinion
Ulloch
Dynamite Suspect Held After Arrest Report
An Omaha police report states James Miller, linked to a dynamite case, was placed under arrest. The filing mentions Rock Island Railway ties and a heroin investigation connected to Miller, with details still unclear.
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James Sues
Omaha
James Milfe
Rock Island Railway
Miller
Hed Beyety Ichiott
Her
Pune
Threatened action looms as trades council deadline nears
Fragmentary OCR note hints at a threatened move by a trades council aiming to press allies to act by Friday morning. Partial dates and unclear organization names suggest an imminent protest or bargaining step pending full details Wording points to labor actions and deadlines.
Vast North American storm cripples telegraph and rails
A midwinter storm sweeps western states from British Columbia to western Colorado. It halts telegraph service across mountains and ties up rail lines. Puget Sound sees five days of rain, winds roar along the Pacific coast, and mountain passes report heavy snow with strong gales.
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Utah
British Columbia
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Mountain
Nevada
Wyoming
Colorado
Puget Sound
Pacific Coast
Cascade Mountains
Telenn
Butte
Montana
Felenn
Montana Mines Reopen Promises Statewide Jobs
Mining operations at Amalgamated Copper Company properties in Montana were renamed and reopened after William Seallon pledged to restart if Governor Toole convened a special legislative session. On Wednesday over 16,000 workers returned to jobs in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls with direct and indirect employment rising toward 23,000.
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Gopper Company
Montana
William Seallon
Woman kills husband while asleep in Camden home
Mrs. T W Hollis of Camden Del shot and killed Delaware T Hollis early Wednesday after her belief he had deserted her. Hollis, 35, was asleep when she fired a revolver. his wife, 25, claimed she thought he turned against her and had earlier consented to asylum. She was jailed pending mental evaluation.
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Ensane Witt
Twdith Jackson Hollis
Camden
Del
Delaware T. Hollis
Hollis
Sollis
Serious trolley wreck near Eyie causes multiple deaths
Four people killed and five seriously injured in an Erie Traction Company accident about eleven miles from Eyie Pennsylvania. Brakes on a gravel car loosened, derailing from a side track to the main line and colliding with a crowded passenger car on a steep downgrade.
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Erie Traction Company
Eyie
Explorer Baldwin to testify in Missouri boodling case
Arctic explorer Evelyn Baldwin has landed in St Louis en route to Jefferson City to testify before the grand jury investigating legislative boodle tied to the baking powder trust. Attorney General Crow requested the testimony as the Jefferson City grand jury resumes the probe into corrupt acts and connections affecting the legislature.
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Baldwin
Grand Jury
Evelyn Baldwin
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Crow
Baking Powder Trust
Grand, Jury
Passengers Must Stay Awake in Derelict Train Case
In Kansas City the court ruled the traveler at fault if asleep and carried beyond a station, stating passengers must stay awake and watch. A Toronto fire consumes coal and coke house of the Consumers Guns Company, burning thousands of tons with no quick extinguishing. In St Joseph a 20 year old man received a 30 year sentence for murder of two men from Wisconsin. A fatal collision near Ack All 0ware leaves a watchman, a Mary Dore and an Italian victim killed.
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Circuit
Kansas City
H. B. Bascom
Wabash Railroad Company
Toronto
Coal and. Coke
Consumers” Guns Company
Col
Whonag
Mary Dore
Ttalian
Ack
Passongorg
Colombia Troop Landing Ban Promised by United States
The State Department in Washington says British vessels may not land Colombian troops. The Boston is ordered to Buena Ventura and Colombian commanders will be informed if troops start for the isthmus. The Navy says no interference with British ships on the high seas. Diplomat Phillippe Vavilla defends a private letter to Senator Morgan as non–official.
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United States
Rbaston
Boston
Colombia
Phillippe Vavilla
Republic of Panning
New York
Washington
Morgan
State Department
Miner fires at Wallace opera house violence ends in tragedy
A shooting affray at the Wallace opera house entrance after a theater performance left two dead and two wounded. The conflict started over a spectator named Cuff insisting on smoking in the gallery. Police and bystanders fled as gunfire erupted. Dr Jims, escorting a woman, was hit, Cuff was killed by officers arriving to aid Policeman Rose, and several were injured in the stampede. The incident involves famous Wallace surgeon Dy Fims.
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Wallace Opera House
Cuff
Rose
Jims
Ofivers
Dy. Fims
Wallace and Leyges 9
Rumored Russia Japan Talks Still Not Finalized
Reports from Tokyo say a final settlement between Russia and Japan is not yet reached. Government circles await Russia's reply, which could come any moment and move the far eastern issue to another stage. Dismissal and redeployment rumors about Vice Admiral Alexeiev suggest weakness in the Russian war party, delaying a conclusive accord. New tonnage dues require non Russians to pay twelve times the Russian rate.
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Russia
Japan
Yokohama
Tokio
Voy Alexieff
Port Arthur
Vladivostock
Alexieff
Riots in Santander During Spanish Election Attacks
Violent disturbances in Santander left one man and a child dead and several injured as armed rioters attacked shops and built street barricades. Rioters saturated the Passionist Church with petroleum and set it on fire, though the church suffered no serious damage. The government had banned a Republican demonstration planned for Madrid next Sunday.
Cudahy Case Dropped as Pinkertons Doubt Confession
The arrest of Thomaas Costello or Thomas Murphy in St Joseph Missouri and his alleged confession in the Cudahy kidnapping drew little interest from Pinkerton agents in Chicago. After Callahan's arrest and conviction failure the case was dropped.
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Pinkertons
Thomaas Costello
Thomas Murphy
St. Joseph
Cudahy
Pinkerton
Chicago
Callahan
Costello
Packer
Snub for Servia on Edward's Birthday Diplomatic Gap
From Belgrade two dispatches report the British chargé d’affaires refused to receive Servian congratulations to King Edward, following instructions not to maintain relations with King Peter's government. Also reported are a Negroe family massacre near Meridian Florida and the Omaha man killed in Chicago while boarding a train, plus street railway labor unrest in Chicago demanding arbitration.
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Servia
Belgrade
Edward
Peter
Omaha
Chicago
Valentine Horan
Monona and Harrison Counties Oppose Ditch Damages Demand
Monona and Harrison counties debate the proposed Monona-Harrison ditch extending from the West Work Tower to the Missouri Alvey, with damages claimed totaling about 185000 by over fifty claimants. Judge Addison Oliver leads large claims near 60000, others seek 10000 and 6000, as a 288000 project cost is estimated by officials. The board of supervisors meets in Ounwa to act once election returns are canvassed, amid long court battles and strong local division.
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Woodsbury-Mononn
Monon
Harrison Counties
Board of Supervisors
Ounwa
Welt of
Wey
Damiages
Addison
Oliver
OG. Y. Oliver
Boutwell
Sherman Township
Little Sioux
May Wiltett
Messenden
Monona County
Supreme Court
Woodbury-Monona
West Park
Earker
Iowa Vote Totals and Legislature Makeup Revealed
The record shows total votes cast near 900,088 with a legislature split favoring Republicans. In the Senate Republicans hold the majority while Democrats list numerous members from Des Moines Appanoose Bremer Bremer regions. The House features Democrats, with names linked to Des Moines Independence and other counties.
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Senate
Psee
Robert Aterton
Cecue Ones
Thomas Labertackson
Lewis Taylor
Appanoese- Davis
John Ie
Wale
Titler Bremer
Tlotlsgier
David A. Youngs
Lee
Jed N. Smith
Des Moines
John Ju
Wilson
Clintor
DA. Lyons
Soward-Winneshick
Lah. Springer
Independence
Bieltin Ho
Attempted Train Robbery Spurs Rock Island Precautions
Rock Island officials planned a second special train with armed guards and bloodhounds to deter a gang of holdup men after a threat to toss $1,000 from Denver Flyer No 6. A chase from Fortham to Dexter failed to encounter robbers as torpedoes were prepared but not detonated.
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Rock Island
Dexter
Farlham
Chicago
Slifer
Des Moines
Corncil Bluffs
No. 66
No. 6
Fliven
Fire Injures William Koster in Sioux Center Incident
A hay barn burned at Sioux Center from ashes dumped near the structure. D Gas, renter, lost 75 on hay and items. owner W Wyknanp lost 150 on the barn. A chemical engine saved the house and a nearby wall shed. William Iester was run over by a wagon wheel while approaching the fire and had both big toes amputated.
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William Koster
Sioux Center
D. Gas
W. Wyknanp
William Iester
Still Fears Dynamiters on Rock Island Line
Detective McLaughlin ordered the release of Jan Murphy, a suspect captured near Tarl ham in a dynamiting plot to hold up the road for 16000 dollars. A stranger shot by a watchman is recovering and silent, while danger orders to Rock Island trainmen indicate continued risk.
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Rock Island
McLaughlin
Rock Island Road
Jn. Murphy
Tarlham
Burned to Death In Fire Strikes Tragic Reinbeck Mother
A Reinbeck mother, Mrs Tenry Miler, unaware of her two year old baby’s peril, failed to hear the child’s cries as flames engulfed a room. The infant died in the blaze while the mother, distressed, discovered the tragedy only after the smell of burning clothing reached her. The body showed severe charring and a mysterious cause remains unresolved.
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Tenry Miler
Reinbeck
Ife
Ylimast
Anniversary marked by W J Ilay and wife in Town Walls
A rare wedding anniversary observed in Town Walls as Mr and Mrs W J Ilay celebrate their fifty fifth year of marriage. The couple, long residents, migrated from Royton and Londonderry to Iowa. he 82 and she 79, with six of eight children surviving. They remain active at home with Mrs Ilay handling household duties unaided.
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Low Falla
W. J. Ilay
Mir
Hay
Joy
Royton
Londonderry
Iowa
Mr. Hay
Mra. Iluy
Manne A
Fateful Wabash Train Causes Two Leg Amputations
A Wabash train at Des Moines injured two men in separate incidents. A colored worker, Daeander Licks, swung from the track as the train departed and was crushed, dying soon after. At Tasty, farmer Fern Ash lost both legs when struck by the same train. he was later transported to Des Moines on another train.
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Des Moines
Daeander Licks
Tasty
Farmer
Elopement Arrests Involving Doctor and Minors
A 67 year old physician Dr CG T Lawrence was arrested at Canteryville for eloping with Rosa Dixon aged 16 daughter of Joseph Dixon. The pair intended to flee by train to Centerville but were intercepted after the girl's father alerted authorities. Lawrence is described as a widower with married children. They await Russell officers.
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Runa
CG. T. Lawrence
Canteryville
Rosa
Joseph Dixon
Trussel
Missonr
Centerville
Lawrence
Tie
Russell
Wins Big Sum at Whist in Des Mainex
Jap Locke scored a remarkable win in whist against James Henalee, claiming a large sum as Henalee has lost $0,600 so far and would continue a month longer if Tonky agrees. The match runs six hours daily with professional players at Grain House. The record hints at strong gambling ties in Des Mainex.
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Des Mainex
Jap Locke
James Henalee
Tonky
Foul Play Feared in Iowa Parmer Missing Since Tuesday
Searching parties scour rural Webster City area for A. C. Jones a young Iowa farmer missing after going to the field to husk corn. Authorities fear foul play as reports describe his sudden disappearance and ongoing wide area hunts.
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Iowa
A. C. Jones
Webster City
Ife
Ha Field
Tean
Burned Child Disaster Report From Anamosa Area
A brief and damaged notice describes a fatal fire near Anamosa that claimed the life of a six year old child of Gen. Burlington. Three other children escaped the scene as authorities investigated and the blaze was fueled by kerosene.
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Anamosa
Burlington
Ceday
Rapids
Thoro
State Board of Health reports leprosy and diphtheria toll
The biennial report to the governor details disease and mortality in towns and townships. Diphtheria caused 2,118 cases and 266 deaths, smallpox 11,220 cases and 84 deaths, typhoid 1,161 cases and 174 deaths, with leprosy noted in Humboldt County. The report covers 1901–1902 circulars, responses, and estimated costs per case, urging prompt preventive measures.
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Chat Town
Thyiboldt
Towa
State Board
Iarelige
Humboldt County
Heaws of Health
Cos of Och
Pds
State Board of Healt
Train Robber Threats Prompt Massive Rock Island Patrol
Armed officers of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad widened a search through woods near Earthm and Burlam to deter a suspected gang of train robbers. A mysterious letter demanded 1000 dollars to be dropped from a train, prompting a heavy patrol along the line from Burlam to Dexter as trains No 25 and No 6 passed.
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Rock Island
Chicago
Trock
Earthm
Burlham
There
Dexter
Towa
Boy Hidden in a Satchel on Rock Island Train
A six year old Ilalian boy packed in a grip was found by Rock Island conductor Harry Pax on a Davenport to Omaha run. He cried Me wanta out and was discovered with a 10 year old girl nearby under trays. The two hidden children joined several others too young to require care.
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Rock Island
Des Moines Neighbors Eye Fund Drive for Silver Service
Citizens rally to raise 2600 for a cruiser Des Moines silver service. Reports include a fatal run away near Adel killing Charles Coleman, an injury from a knife on a shaving machine, a finger incident at Water Mill, and a lawsuit involving W G Mann. A filing notes about a corporation and a judge named Thomag. an aged man has died.
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Des Moines
Charles Coleman
Adel
W. G. Sloan
W. G. Mann
Capitates
Brenton
Thomag
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