Roosevelt's Plan Seeks Tariff and Trust Law Reforms
President Roosevelt submitted a brief message to Congress urging immediate re enactment of an employers liability act and new limits on injunctions in labor disputes He calls for amendments to the Interstate Commerce and anti trust laws to balance corporate needs with workers and farmers He notes a proposed tariff partial revision and recommends free pulp wood and favorable treatment of paper from compliant nations He seeks government oversight in railroad receiverships and shifts to actual damages plus attorney fees in suits with limited punitive recovery for unions and on public interest concerns
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Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads Move to Strike Two-Cent and Freight Laws
Chicago leaders and general counsels for Western railroads in Illinois and Missouri plan petitions in state courts to declare the two-cent fare laws unconstitutional and challenge Missouri freight rate limits, arguing they conflict with U S Supreme Court decisions in Minnesota and North Carolina rate cases.
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Supreme Court
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Mllinois
Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States
Minnesota
North Carolina
Knickerbocker Resumes Deposits After Opening
Knickerbocker Trust Company reopened for business on March 26 with new management after suspending payments on October 22. Depositors may withdraw only about one third of 36 million dollars on the books at once, with the rest due in installments over two and a half years. Officials reported assurances of 1.5 million dollars in deposits, and 725 thousand already deposited shortly after the office opened.
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New York
Nickebocker Trust Company
Constable Bell vows to arrest private prize parties in Franklin
Franklin Pa Constable Joseph Bell warns the public that lottery law violations occur at private card parties. He plans grand jury returns and subpoenas attendees, targeting bridge whist, progressive euchre and similar games and even merchants running prize schemes. A separate Oklahoma lawmaker proposes a monument to General Robert E Lee.
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Franklin
Joseph Bell
Bel
Prizas
Bell
Robert &. Lee
Ferris
Oklahoma
Miner Disaster Claims Dozens Dead At Hanna Coal Mine
Reported in Hanna Wyoming, over sixty miners died in the ill fated Hanna Coal colliery. Five bodies recovered and sixy more entombed. Four recovered with severe burns and two blown apart. Alexander Tennant found at the east shaft with head still in mine. A leg found distant from trunk. Most of the mine officials were killed.
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Hanna
Wyo
Alexander Tennant
Mexico City Earthquake Devastates Chilpancingo Chilapa
A strong quake in the republic devastates Chilpancingo and Chilapa and three villages Concepcion Tetuinla and Cottepec destroying 22 000 people and causing about 600 deaths. Many bodies incinerated in Chilapa as fires burned while Chilpancingo suffered near total destruction and telegraph lines were cut. An American, Mrs Emma Z Dorville, died of fright in Vera Cruz theater.
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Mexico City
Republic
Chilpancingo
Chilapa
Concepcion
Tetuinla
Cottepec
Emma Z. Dorville
Vera Cruz
Bank forgives 1.1 million defalcation after long embezzlement
National Bank examiner accuses Henry Reiber paying teller and John Young auditor of embezzling 1.195 million from Farmers' Deposit National Bank of Pittsburg over more than a decade. A second information alleges false entries to mask the defalcation. Bank board resolves charging off 1.105 million to losses, leaving capital 6 million and surplus 1.758 million.
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T. H. Given
Fifth Avenue
WoodsUeet
Navy Seeks 2 Million Deficiency to Halt Battleship Delays
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf told the House sub committee on deficiencies that a $2,000,000 deficiency appropriation is needed immediately to prevent interruptions in battleship construction. He noted the department already owes contractors $500,000 and warned of serious consequences without the funds. The shortfall arises because the last naval appropriation bill was $2,000,000 below the department's estimates. The sub committee endorsed reporting the request to borrow the deficiency.
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Washington
Metcalf
House Committee On Appropriations
Trading stamps in funerals shake Chicago undertakers
A Chicago widow canceled a downtown funeral order after a director refused trading stamps. Northwest side funeral homes reportedly adopted the system to attract business, with friends noting others received stamps. The issue will be discussed at the Chicago Undertakers' association meeting.
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Chicago
Chicago Undertakers’ Association
Assassination Attempt Targets General Wells in Telluride
In Telluride Colorado a failed plot to kill General Bulkeley Wells at his home narrowly spared him from death or serious injury. A dynamite device was placed under or near his bed in what investigators say was a carefully planned attack.
More Filipinos for West Point Cadet Entrance
A Senate Joint Resolution authorizes admission to West Point for more than seven native Filipinos. If admitted they would graduate as cadets and become eligible for commission in the Philippine Scouts. The measure was approved by the House Committee on Military Affairs.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of War
West Point Military Academy
Philippine Scouts
House
City Employees Plot Tied to Major Chicago Heist
A layered Chicago investigation reveals a scheme between city workers and large firms to siphon hundreds of thousands of dollars. Authorities probe contractors and municipal staff, aiming to recover funds and prosecute those involved.
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Chicago
Robber's Head Blown Off in Bank Vault Attempt
In Gentry area near Springtown a bank robbery ended violently when a robber’s head was blown from his body by a dynamite blast while attempting to blast Farmers bank from a location near here. The corpse lay by the safe as a map in his pocket marked Gentry Springtown and Sulphur Springs suggests a Balle gang at work. Identity not known.
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Ark
Farmers Bank
Springtown
Sulphur Springs
Balle
Messenger Murdered in Railroad Robbery near Florence
Two robbers killed O A Bailey an express messenger for Wells Fargo. The crime occurred on the westbound Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line between Florence and Newton Kansas. They robbed the local and through safes, seizing at least $10 000 plus jewelry and fled.
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Newton
Kan
O. A. Bailey
Kansas City
Wells Parago Express Company
Atchison, Topeka & Sante
Rob Mine Paymaster Held Up Near Public Square
Lincoln bank president Frank Frorer and Lincoln Mining Company official were held up by three highwaymen two blocks from the public square. The trainers payroll of $5,000 was seized. two suspects were captured while a third fled with the money.
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Lincoln, IL
Frank Frorer
Lincoln Bank
Lincoln Mining Company
Chicago James Kane Shot After Cab Robbery Spree
Chicago police traced a deadly night of crime by Kane and three associates who hijacked a cab, robbed pedestrians, and exchanged gunfire with officers. Kane, 18, was found dead with a bullet wound near Halsted and Archer. his two companions fled. A police record preceded the incident.
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Calumet Avenue
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Robert Campion
State
Madison Streets
Rush
Ohio
Campion
William Willard
Clark
Kinsis
Monroe
Halsted
George Morris
Halsted Street
Archer Avenue
Stops Coin Shipments Cortelyou to Send No More Silver Dollars
Secretary Cortelyou announces that the appropriation for transporting standard silver dollars has been exhausted, ending free shipments to bankers from treasuries. Subsidiary silver shipments continue until funds run out. The policy began about 25 years ago to boost circulation but may be discontinued by Congress.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Cyclone destroys Lynn town in Bainbridge area
Cyclone hit Lynn six miles from Bainbridge early on the 28th destroying every dwelling and farm outbuildings. Two people died Jim Wright and a child of Major Lyle. Numerous injuries reported among local residents including Boze Pet Hatcher Mrs Bailey Miss Blanche Mimms George Williams Miss Kate Atline and Mrs William Lynn. The Bailey home was carried ten feet and the cyclone left a track about 400 yards wide by two miles long.
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Jim Wright
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Blanche Mimms
George Williams
Kate Atline
Willam Lynn
Annexation of Congo gains Belgian backing in chamber vote
Brussels reports that a key Belgian parliamentary committee approved section 17 of the annexation plan. It outlines a native government under Belgian rule, fueling belief that the Congo Independent State may soon be annexed to Belgium.
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Millionaire in the Ring at Merion Cricket Club
Philadelphia social figure MILLIONAIRE IN THE RING will box Jack O'Brien at the Merion Cricket Club on Saturday April 4 as part of a program organized by Harry Thayer. O'Brien, famed for defeating Fitzsimmons, travels from both sides of the Atlantic for this bout.
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Pittsburg
Suc Isnes
Mérion Cricket Club
Jack O'Brien
Fitzsimmons
England
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Emperor Accepts Hill as Berlin Ambassador Hope
Emperor William through Germany's foreign office says Dr. David Jayne Hill would be perfectly acceptable as ambassador to Berlin, succeeding Charlemagne Taw ar. His majesty notes any impression otherwise would be erroneous.
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Emperor Wiliam
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Foreign Office
David Jayne Hill
Berlin
Charlemagne Tawar
Canal Bids Rejected by Isthmian Commission
Washington report notes the Isthmian canal commission rejected all bids for cable railways and duplex ways opened February 8, ruling the bids too high and suggesting other excavating apparatus may be more advantageous to use.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Print paper and wood pulp on fras t legislation foes
The Ways and Means committee has rejected hearings on a bill to place print paper and wood pulp on a price floor, facing advocacy from opponents who call for examination of the proposal.
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Ways and Means Committee
Bank runs and Black Hand terror hit New York banks
In a Black Hand led plot a run collapsed Pasqualé Pati and nearby Acri & Son banks on Elizabeth Street. Pati fled after Pelletro was killed when demanding money, while police battled crowds and posted a two week suspension notice claiming threats to Pati and his family.
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Black Hand
Bank of
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Elizabeth Street
Francesco Pelletro
Pati Bank
F. AcrleHi & Son
Pati
Pelletro
Pasquale Pati
Pali
Patt
Pellétro
Old Drury Lane burned in dawn blaze in London history
Fire wrecked the Drury Lane theater on Catherine Street at dawn. No deaths reported. Opened 1663 with later fires in 1672 and 1809, rebuilt by Wren, famed actors Garrick Siddons Kemble and Nell Gwynn graced its stage. origins trace to a former cockpit.
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Drury Lane
Catherine Street
Dryden
Garrick
Kean
the Kembles
Charles II
Thomas Kuiltgrew
Nell Gwynn
Christopher Wren
Mrs. Siddons
Mr. Kemble
Hamlet
Sheridan
Arthur Collins
Sir Henry Irving
Ruef Bail Reduced to Five Dollars Per Indictment
San Francisco district court of appeals ordered Abraham Ruef released on nominal bail of five dollars on 27 duplicate indictments, leaving bail on remaining indictments at seven hundred ninety thousand dollars. Ruef said he would furnish bonds for the total sum.
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San Francisco
District Court of Appeals
Abraham Ruef
New Senator Chacen Named for Late United States Seat
The Maryland General Assembly, meeting in separate houses, selected Governor John Walter Smith to fill the late William Pinkney Whyte’s U.S. Senate term ending March 4, 1903.
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House
Senate
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John Walter Smith
William Pinkney Whyte
United States Senate
No Trace Found of Missing Bark in Pacific Search
The British cruiser Shearwater, searching for survivors of the Silberhorn burned off the Chilean coast last August, arrived at Valparaiso with no trace of the missing vessel or any survivors. It will proceed to Juan Fernandez to continue the search. Emperor William objects to David J. Hill as ambassador to Germany from the United States.
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Silberhorn
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Juan Ferandez
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Irwin of Pittsburgh Key Witness in Standard Oil Probe
Irwin of Pittsburgh testified in a government hearing against Standard Oil Company, noting that Standard Oil previously shipped limited oil through the National Transit Company and paid a premium of 25 cents a barrel to move product away from independent refiners. He linked the 1873 74 closures of independents to the panic, citing government antitrust concerns and industry restraint by Standard Oil.
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Guster
Cleveland
C.-Louis
Irwin
Pburg
South Improvement Company
Anlt
Standard Oil Company
Pany
Indlent
Swindling game arrests in Wheeling miners vicinity
In Wheeling West Virginia officer Koehrlich, a local dignitary, was arrested on government warrants after allegedly opening letters from the old country and extracting money from foreign friends and relatives. Authorities say he collected thousands from dozens of foreigners over several months. He is jailed in the M report lockup.
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W. Va
dJohi
Maynar
Old Country
Koehrlich
Revive Bison Rage Project Aims National Herd Rise
Dr William day president of the American Society announced complex plans to preserve a blood American bison on a permanent national range of 12 800 acres within western Montana on an Indian reservation. Dr Horna authorized by the sack to give the federal government 20 bison for the permanent range expected to reach 1 000 within the lifetime. President Roosevelt and Bar are honorary officers of thecan Bison Society.
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New York
William Day
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American Society
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Horna
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Tl Ecan Bison Society
Governor Johnson A Candidate for Presidency
Johnson announces willingness to accept Democratic nomination for the presidency in St Paul Minnesota. He states it is his duty to support the party and influence its mature judgment toward the strongest option. He asserts his aim is to unite the party and uphold its plans.
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St. Paul
Minn
Johnson
Seven Men Sentenced in Peking for Trafficking Secrets
Seven men arrested in Peking for trafficking governmental secrets were found guilty and sentenced to terms up to sixteen years in prison. The sentences are described as severe, with one official noting such punishment as harsher than death. Reports indicate the prisoners remain in custody and the chief police of the Forbidden City is involved.
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Peking
Forbidden City
Mormons Move to Cardston Alberta in Landmark Trek
Utah Mormons advance toward Cardston Alberta signaling a large migration across the border. The population of the town grows as more families trek north from Utah, threatening to outnumber residents on the south side of the international boundary.
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Canada
Cardston
Alberta
Utah
Hepburn bill to modify Sherman law and postmaster remarks
The report notes Hepburn proposes changes to the Sherman anti trust law with House introducers debating the measure. It mentions a Supreme Court ruling in the District of Columbia and a Bucks store case regarding labor unions. A Grandfield postmaster states salaries issues, and officials say no strike is likely in Ohio Panhandle Virginia districts.
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Supreme Court of District
Lumbia
American Federation
Bucks Store
Grandfield
Ohio
Railroad Situation Washington Report Notes Improvement
Reports by the Interstate Commerce Commission indicate the railroad and industrial sectors show signs of improvement after the Getober panic. While railroads suffered some, the impact is not as severe as once feared, with port-level data suggesting a stabilizing trend across the great railway systems of America.
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