Bryan Ig Nominated by People's party in Denver
The Nebraska delegation bolted as the People's party nominated Bryan for president at Denver after two stormy sessions. The platform calls for government money issuance, postal savings banks, government ownership of railroads and utilities, direct democracy, anti child labor, eight hour workday, and limits on courts overruling state laws.
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St. Louis
United
Congress
Supreme Court of the
United States
Convicted Man Kills Detective in Courtroom Tragedy
In Terre Haute Indiana Henry F McDonald found guilty of arson in the circuit courtroom shot and killed Chief of Detectives William E Dwyer and wounded three officers and a bystander before being fatally shot. He also wounded Harvey W Jones deputy Sheriff Ira Wallman Sylvester Doyle and others during the rampage.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Henry F. McDonald
Circuit Court
William_ E. Dwyer
McDonald
Sandfor
James A. Cooper, Jr
Cooper
Detectiva Dwyer
Harvey W. Jones
Ira Wallman
Sylvester Doyle
Arbitration Treaties Ratified by Senate Church
The Hague conference general arbitration treaty was ratified by the Senate along with arbitration pacts between the United States and Mexico and between the United States and Germany.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Mexico
Germany
Fire at Gorning mill and Peoria distillery causes losses
A blaze broke out at the Gorning mill and at Co.s distillery in Peoria Wisconsin. Damage was estimated between 750000 and 1000000 dollars with nine injuries reported.
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Gorning , & Co
Peoria
Long Settled Suit Over Loss Of Olive Francis Near Nova Scotia
Judge Hale of the U S district court announced a verdict awarding $70 000 to the plaintiff in the collision case between the brigantine Olive Francis and the gunboat Winooski forty-two years ago forty miles off Nova Scotia The court held the Winooski excessive speed contributed to the collision and an assessor had been appointed to report damages.
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Portland
Hale
United States District Court
Olive Francis
United States
Winooski
Nova Bcotia
Indiana Republicans Endorse Fairbanks for President at State Convention
The Indiana Republican convention adopted a platform, endorsed Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks for the presidency, and instructed state delegates to Chicago to vote for his nomination. It nominated James E. Watson for governor and a full ticket including Fremont C. Goodwine, William Sport, Fred W. Sims, John Billheimer, Oscar Hadley, James Bingham, George W. Self, and Lawrence McTurnan. The platform calls for opposition to campaign contributions from corporations, public expenditure efficiency, labor reform, regulation of capitalist combinations, and a tariff revision to be pursued by early November. The tariff plank was authored by Fairbanks.
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Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Chicago
James E. Watson
Rushville
Fremont C. Goodwine
William Sport
Fred W. Sims
Frankfort
John ©. Billheimer
Washington
Oscar Hadley
Plainfield
James Bingham
Muncie
George W. Self
Corydon
Supreme Court
Lawrence McTurnan
Anderson
Roosevelt
Beveridge
Hemenway
J. Frantic
Congress
Warning to Postmasters Fourth Class Only May Hold Office
Postmaster General Meyer issues order after numerous violations urging postmasters to warn employees that only fourth class postmasters may hold state territorial or municipal offices. Certain local positions, if unpaid and not interfering with duties, may be held by postal workers, including justice of the peace notaries and school board roles.
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Washington
Meyer
Justice of the Peace
Notary Public
Berwick Sinks Tiger in Channel Night Clash
British cruiser Berwick reportedly cut the torpedo boat destroyer Tiger in half during Channel maneuvers near Portsmouth. 22 men were rescued from the water, one later died of injuries. The Tiger likely carried 45 crew, with many feared drowned. Plucky efforts by Berwick and Gladiator crews rescued survivors.
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Channel
Portsmouth
England
Berwick
Tiger
Gladiator
Bomb in East Side Tenement Injures Three Men
Explosion in a five story New York tenement hallway injures three men. Owner Emmanuclo Sportado says two earlier attempts occurred and a letter demanding 6000 dollars warned of killing if not paid, signaling Black Hand intimidation.
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New York
Emmanuclo Sportado
Steel Car Plant Shuts Down In Hammond Indiana
The Standard Steel Car Company the area’s largest industry closed. Eight hundred workers were discharged recently and today 1200 more were laid off leaving the plant idle. Payroll had totaled about 150000 dollars monthly. Skilled workers plan to move east amid rumors Pittsburg mills will reopen soon.
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Standard Steel Car Company
Hammond
Ind
Pittsburg
Receivers Discharged From Westinghouse Machinery Case
Judge James 9. Young of the United States circuit court in Pittsburg discharged the receivers for Westinghouse Machine Company. The petition argued the business was in excellent condition and no longer required receivers. The receivership began at the start of the recent financial downturn last fall.
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Westinghouse Machine Company
James 9. Young
United States
Pittsburg
Panic Fire Traps Tenement In Hester Street Tragedy
A five story tenement at 44 Hester Street burned, killing Berel Weinstein, Anna Weinstein and their one year old son. Dozens were injured as residents fled through flames and smoke, with police guiding panicked tenants to fire escapes. Fire damage about $2000.
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New York
Hester Street
Berel Weinstein
Anna Weinstein
David Miller
Rosie Gallmann
Fannie Berzon
Ryman Mettlemann
Fannie Derzen
Weinstein
Won't Prosecute Railroads President Says
The government will not prosecute railroads for failing to meet the commodity clause of the railroad rate law while awaiting a Supreme Court decision. The President reportedly counseled restraint to avoid further embarrassment to carriers, with railroads assuring immediate compliance if the court rules against them.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Bank Robbers Escape With $5400 From Oklahoma Safe
In Muskogee Oklahoma and Mounds Oklahoma bandits blew open a bank safe, securing 5400 dollars in currency and silver before fleeing. Police investigation underway and details limited in available report.
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Muskogee
Okla
Mounds Okla
Here
Hearings Set on Aldrich Currency Bill in April
Washington D C. The house committee on Banking and Currency agreed to hold hearings on the Aldrich currency bill starting April 8 and continuing daily for one week. The committee showed near unanimity against a favorable report in the Senate’s form.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Senate
Plans for a 36 story building on Manhattan Island
Plans announced for a new sky scraping structure on the lower end of Manhattan facing West and Washington streets. The 447 foot tall building will rise as a 36 story central tower 95 feet square, with wings extending on each side to that height.
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New York
Manhattan Island
West
Washington Streets
Vanderbilt offers wife 1.6 million in divorce settlement
Alfred G. Vanderbilt offers his wife 1.6 million dollars to settle all claims from their divorce. Legal papers have been filed in New York. He also threatens to pursue active defense if the offer is rejected.
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New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Warship Ordered to Erie for Memorial Day Exercises
The U S S Wolverine has been ordered to Erie to participate in memorial day observances. The ship will stay during the Grand Army of the Republic state encampment in June. The assignment was secured by Arthur L Bates of Meadville at the request of Strong Vincent Post G A R of Erie.
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Washington
Matealf
Erie
Grand Army of the Republic
Arthur L. Bates
Meadville
Strong Vincent
Brie
March financial roundup shows money growth, rate drops and stock gains
The month's chief developments include money accumulation in major centers, lower rates and a stock market recovery. U S banks held near 40 million in reserves. call loans 1 to 2 percent, time loans secured by stock collateral at 4.4 to 4.75 percent. London cut Bank of England rates to 3 percent, reserves at multi-year highs. Stock gains appeared despite dividend suspensions with United States Steel leading advances. New York Central cut its dividend rate and several copper firms reduced payouts. In Pittsburgh, dividends on Crucible Steel and others were deferred or cut, copper producers resumed, while plate glass and textile prices fell and the iron trade weakened toward a potential coal miners strike. bank clearings stayed down.
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Associated Banks of
New York
Active Stock Exchange
London
Bank of England
Bears
United States Steel
New York Central
Southern Railway
Pittsburg
Crucible’ Steel
United States Glass
American
Westinghouse
Official graft charges against Pavloff over Fort Arthur provisioning
The Red publishes a harsh attack on M. Pavloff former minister to Korea accusing him of large financial irregularities in provisioning Fort Arthur and in the evacuation of the fort. It alleges he charged the government nearly double private company rates. A war ministry commission is investigating with no results yet published.
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Pavloff
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
The
Red
M. Pavloff
Korea
Fort Arthur
War Ministry
Agricultural appropriation bill passes House with 11 million
Washington reports the House passed the agricultural appropriation bill totaling 11,508,806 dollars. Chairman Scott of Kansas led a failed bid to remove an amendment boosting soil investigations funding. Debates grew over a minority plan to use treasury surplus for road construction.
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Washington
House
Scott
Kansas
Agricultural Committee
Harrison
New York
Williams
Treasury
Gould Defies Family in Will to Wed Prince de Sagan
Madame Anna Gould breaks with her family over marrying Prince Helle de Sagan. Her father Jay Gould's will reportedly cuts half of her inheritance if she marries the cousin of her former husband. Paris and New York attorneys expect the clause to fail in court. The couple is likely to wed in May or June despite siblings opposition.
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Gould
Prince Helle de Sagan
New York
Anna Gould
Paris
Jay Gould
Prince
Countess de Castellane
Marquette astronomer reports huge sun spots
Milwaukee reverend Father McGeary, astronomy professor at Marquette University, says he recently observed three new sun spots with a new telescope. Two spots are estimated at 8,000 miles across, large enough to drop the earth into.
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Milwaukee
Father McGeary
Marquette University
Arbitration Treaties Signed at State Department
Arbitration treaties between Great Britain and the United States and Norway and the United States were signed at the state department. Ambassador Bryce and Secretary Root acted on the British treaty and the secretary and Mr Q Skybak signed the Norwegian treaty. The conventions follow the lines of previous arbitration agreements negotiated recently.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Norway
State Department
Bryce
Root
Q. Skybak
Legation
Miners and Operators Hold Off as Wage Pact Bids Stay
The United Mine Workers and coal operators plan to keep the current wage scale in place while districts negotiate. About 250,000 bituminous miners may be idle as districts in Illinois Ohio Indiana Western Pennsylvania and other regions suspend work until a new agreement is reached. Some districts have signed to continue pay, others await settlement with no broad strike expected.
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United States
United Mine Works of America
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Pittsburgh
Lewis
Terre, Haute
Springfield
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas City
Kanawha
West Virginia
Huntington
New River
Pocahontas
Fairmont
Kentucky
Michigan
Unil
Knickerbocker Refused Service to Nesbit Thaw and Thomas
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and EH R Thomas were refused service at the Hotel Knickerbocker in New York, with the incident prompting questions over discriminatory treatment and hotel policy during the era.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
EH. R. Thomas
Knickerbocker
New York
Favorable Action on Bureau of Mines Proposal Reported
Washington D C The House Committee on mines and mining unanimously concurred in the proposed establishment of a bureau of mines and mining within the Interior Department The full committee was addressed by former Senator William M Stewart of Nevada who urged placing the bureau in Interior rather than Commerce and Labor to align with the geological survey and its work
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House
Washington, D. C
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Mines and Mining
United States
William M. Stewart
Nevada
Interior Department
Department of Commerce and Labor
Geological Survey
Senate Approves Homeopathic Drugs Under Pure Food Law
The senate passed a bill placing homeopathic drugs on equal terms with allopathic under the pure food law. Senator Hepburn said an inadvertence had omitted many homeopathic drugs from the act.
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Washington
Senate
Hepburn
Senator Davis Fined After Street Brawl in Little Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas United States Senator Jefferson Davis was fined 25 dollars in police court for disturbing the peace after a street incident. He reportedly secured a revolver and was attacked by Thomas Helm deputy prosecuting attorney who was fined 10 dollars for assault.
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Arkansas Statesman
Little Rock
Ark
United States
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Helm
Helm
Contested Amendment Sparks House Debate and Protests
In a heated session Mr Burleson faces opposition led by John Wesley Gaines over a proposed amendment on forestry and fences. Gaines denounces the proposal as ceremonial rhetoric while Burleson defends it amid interruptions. The house votes down the amendment amid laughter and dispersed protests.
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Burleson
Bean
Olmstead
Ni Longworth
Measure Washington Amends Liability Bill Favored by Press
The committee advanced a report on the liability bill with Final amendments by Mr. Sterling of Illinois. The bill will be redrafted and presented to the house next Friday with a recommendation to pass. The panel struck a paragraph about mail cars, asserting federal post roads authority covers all mail transport regardless of interstate status.
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Washington
Dudietary
Sterling
Illinois
Wil
Frida
Boston Wool Market Faces Mixed Prices and Higher Sales
The Boston wool trade shows increased sales and heavier meats but no clear price uptick. Market holders maintain firm bottom prices while ranges persist for Pennsylvania fleeces, with No. 1 washed and fine unwash figures cited and limited mercantile movement amid uncertain demand.
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Boston
Mass
Pennsylvania
Mitchell to Be Editor of Labor Paper in Indianapolis
John Mitchell, retired UMWA president, will edit a labor publication in Indianapolis. The paper aims to promote industrial peace between miners and operators and to focus on labor issues and cooperation.
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Labor
Indianapolis
Ind
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Atd
Whic
Rush to Alaska Gold Fields Thousands of Miners
Thousands of miners rush to Alaska before July attracted by reports of rich winter gold. Nolan Creek and Koyuskuk district claim fabulous riches with single pans yielding up to 750 dollars.
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Tacoma
Alaska
Nolan
Creek
Koyuskuk
Report: Hard-Fought Batt 48 Hours
The engagement stretched to 48 hours with decisive action shaping outcomes. Key figures and organizations remained unnamed in the fragment, but the struggle implied a high-stakes contest and a clear resolution within the window.
Soothing Syrup Tragedy Claims Twin Children
The twins a girl and a boy, children of Mr. and Mrs. Ackerknecht in St Paul, died after ingesting soothing syrup. A physician was told the children had only five drops of medicine. The coroner is investigating the poisoning case.
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St. Paul
Asso
Congressman Mouser Declines Thirteenth Ohio renomination
Congressman Mouser of the Thirteenth Ohio district announces he will not seek renomination. Speaker Cannon requests the attorney general and secretary of commerce to provide facts on progress of the print paper combination investigation.
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Mouser
Ohio
Cannon
Th Department of Commerce
Wage cut affects 3000 workers at Berkshire mills
Notices posted at Berkshire Manufacturing Company cotton mills in Adams Mass say a ten percent wage reduction takes effect Monday April 6. About 3,000 workers are affected. Judge Smith McPherson of Kansas City ruled the federal court has jurisdiction in the matter of railroad rates and decided to save the railroads against the laws.
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Adams
Mass
Cotton Mills of Berkshire Manufacturing Company
Smith McPherson
Kansas City
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Nebraska
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Stodka
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