Rail policy speech argues for measured government action
Resident Roggevelt at Indianapolis reports on a speech by Gen. Henry W. Lawton outlining rail policy. The speaker opposes confiscation, stresses due process, and urges Congress to empower valuation of railroads to guide capitalization and rate setting without retroactive effects. Investors are urged to trust the Supreme Court and oppose overreach while protecting property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roggevelt
Indianapond
Henry W. Lawton
Congress
Supreme Gurt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Oil Ousted in Texas Waters-Pierce Case
A Texas jury awarded the State of Texas 1,623,900 in penalties and cancelled Waters-Pierce Oil Company’s permit to operate in Texas. The defense plans an immediate appeal, and the ruling may pressure Standard Oil to dissolve before federal antitrust action proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Standard Oil Company
Boston Public School Nurses Plan Expanded Care
The Boston School Committee will appoint 21 trained nurses to oversee pupil health, under a supervisor, and place them in charge of all public school pupils to safeguard their well being alongside academic instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston School Committee
Four Burned to Death at Rothschild House Fire
Walter A. Schiffer secretary of United Clear Manufacturers Co of New York City lost his two daughters Marion 10 and Ruth 14 and two servants Mary Dilter and Tilly Monthon in a blaze that consumed the Long Brook residence rented by Schiffer. Mrs. Schiffer, badly burned, and Mr. Schiffer harmed while trying to rescue the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Schiffer
United Clear Manufacturers Company
New York City
Marion
Ruth
Mary Dilter
Tilly Monthon
Jacob Rothschild
Rebels Defeated as Provincial Troops Rout Rebels
Chinese provincial troops defeated a rebel force in a severe engagement. The rebels suffered over 160 killed, the government forces captured the rebel leader and seized flags and ammunition. Wilbur Glenn Voliva was deposed as temporary head of Zion City.
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Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
Zion City
Funeral of Mrs McKinley Attended by Prominent Figures
The body of Mrs Ida Saxton McKinley lies beside the late President in West Lawn Cemetery Canton Ohio. Funeral services at the McKinley residence drew a distinguished crowd including President Roosevelt and Gov Farris. Banks stores and parks closed, schools dismissed, and floral tributes filled the scene as attendants listened to four hymns and a brief Methodist service.
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Canton
Ida Saxton McKinley
President McKinley
West Lawn Cemetery
McKinley
Market Street
Roosevelt
Fairbanis
Farris
Isle of Somewhere
Buxton
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Holmes
Indianapolis
JUGGLED BANK ACCOUNTS AT ENTERPRISE BANK
National Bank Examiner W O G Moxey testified in the Geo L Ralston case that 445000 dollars of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania deposits were diverted to other accounts or used to hide a prior bank shortage. He detailed the methods to manipulate state deposits to cover deficits and prevent a shutdown.
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Enterprise Bank
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
J. Lee Clark
Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny
National Bank
W. OG. Moxey
Geo. L. Ralston
Moxey
Lord Rothschild Sees Gloom From Socialist Policy
Lord Rothschild warned that socialist policies worldwide depress markets. He cited May 28 Consols at 414, the lowest in 60 years, and urged the danger of killing the goose that lays the golden egg as governments push reforms in the United States France and elsewhere.
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Lord Rothschild
United States
Roosevelt
France
Secretary Root Returns $1200 Dodge Lecture Check
Secretary of State Elhu Root returned a $1200 check from the Dodge lecture foundation after a Yale trip note said he would feel guilty accepting funds for the journey. Yale officials have not decided how to handle the donation.
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Root
Elhu Root
Yale
Dodge Lecture Foundation
Jury Work Continues in Haywood Case at Boise
Telegraphic brief notes report ongoing jury selection in the Haywood case at Boise Idaho. A wreck on the Cuban Eastern Railroad near Guantanamo left five dead and 11 injured, four fatally. Nicaragua and Salvador have agreed to seek impartial arbitration for future disputes and called a Central American congress to promote peace and trade.
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Boise
Idaho
Guantanamo
Wicaragua
Salvador
Congress
Monument to Gen Gordon Unveiled in Capitol Park Atlanta
The Georgia tribute features an elaborate military display and equestrian statue of Gen John Gordon unveiled in Capitol Park Atlanta. Prominent attendees include veterans who served under Gordon. A recent cold wave was reported from Siberia.
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John %. Gordon
State of
Georgia
Capitol Park
Atlanta
Gen. Gordon
Prosecution to Break Coal Rail Freight Ring Across Lines
The Department of Justice will prosecute eight railroads for Sherman antitrust violations in a bid to dissolve a decade-old pact that divided coal shipments and fixed freight rates. The suit, backed by Interstate Commerce Commission findings, seeks dissolution and possible penalties over monopolistic practices harming independent miners and consumers. Authorities may file in any state where the lines operate. potential fines exceed one million dollars if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
Philadelphia & Reading
Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Line
Norfolk & Western
Beech Creek Railway
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Department
United States Circuit Court
Great Strike in France Ties Up Seacoast Maritime Traffic
A broad French naval reserve strike began in most ports May 41, led by the National Seamen's Union executive committee. About 117000 mariners are affected, including 25000 in the navy, with most mercantile sailors and longshoremen walking off ships. The action aims at pensions reforms seen as inadequate, threatening widespread commerce paralysis across the Mediterranean Atlantic and channel ports as crews abandon vessels.
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Naval Reserve
France
Navy
Mercantile Marine
National Seamen’s Union
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Channel
Widow Receives $150000 From Chas Gillis Will
Mrs Delia Gillis of Bucyrus Ohio inherits 150000 from the will of Chas Gillis an Ann Arbor instructor who cared for sick man Moore. The 600000 estate is to be divided equally among three relatives and Mrs Gillis according to the late lumberman’s wishes.
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Delia Gillis
Bucyrus
Chas, Gillis
Ann Arbor
Chas
W.moore
Michigan
Anarchist scare in Canton during Roosevelt visit
Rumor of Michael Czologsz, brother of McKinley’s assassin, visiting Canton sparked town alarm before President Roosevelt’s funeral stop. Secret Service and local police checked leads, three visitors kept briefly in jail then released, no charges filed. Czologsz's actual ties traced to New Castle, Pennsylvania where he honors his wife’s grave each Memorial Day.
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Canton
Roosevelt
McKinley
Michael Czologsz
President McKinley
Cleveland
Secret Service
Crolgoat
New Castle
Czologsz
Polles
Washington
Worth Millions Dies In Hut in Bellingham
Miss Adila Clark a native of Baltimore reputed worth several million dollars died in a North Bellingham shack at age 90. She lived alone for years but owned property across Pacific coast communities.
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Adila Clark
Baltimore
Bellingham
Wash
North Bellingham
Train collision at Corunna kills nine women
A railway train in Corunna Spain while switching ran into and toppled a vehicle at a level crossing. Nine women aboard were crushed to death in the impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corunna
Spain
Naturalist Demands Square Deal from Roosevelt Letter
Dr William Long of Stamford Connecticut publishes an open letter to President Roosevelt. He claims the dispute from the so called nature fakir controversy is about truth and personal honor. Long offers to retract if wrong and asks Roosevelt to retract his accusation publicly.
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Dr. Long
Roosevelt
Babes Fed to Snake Pueblo Complaint Sparks Probe
U S District Attorney Llewellyn of New Mexico receives a priest filed complaint accusing a tribe of Indians of worshiping a giant serpent. The priest says a dozen families formed a separate pueblo two years ago, with no children found there. Affidavits and evidence are with Territorial authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Llewellyn
New Mexico
Pumped cargo into sea at Seattle oil ship mishap
The Santa Maria of Union Oil emptied at sea due to a pumping error. Forty four? 64,000 barrels of merchantable oil were pumped into the ocean while attempting to pump bilge water. The ship's crew was dismissed from captain to cabin boy and a new crew awaits in port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Maria
Union Oil Company
Seattle
Wash
18 Months Chase Ends In Cleveland Murder Case
An 18 month search for an alleged German murderer ends as police arrest Franz Just and a woman named Mary Just on Clark Avenue in Cleveland. Duisburg authorities have ordered Franz Just held for his wife’s murder and the unnamed accomplice. Both deny the charges and are in custody.
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Germany
Cleveland
Franz Just
Mary Just
Clark Avenue
Kohler
Duisburg
Snake Attack Delays Mail Carrier in Washington County
Thomas Dagge, a rural mail carrier in Washington County, Pa., battled a large black snake that became tangled in his two wheeled cart. The horse spooked and two mail sacks spilled before the animal was killed, the snake measuring over six feet. Separately, the Susquehanna Iron & Steel Co. was sold at receiver’s sale in Columbia, Pa., to Michael Blake of New York for $410,000 with $800,000 mortgage. personal property fetched $150,090, company capital $1.5 million.
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Thos
Dagge
Washington County
Dage
Dagg
Iron Mills
Susquehanna Iron & Steel Company
Columbia
Michael Blake
New York
Ohio Postmasters Appointed by the President
The President appointed Ohio postmasters: George H. Lewis Cluffton David Mahon Dennison Wm Halley Greenville Chas White Millersburg Frank Wetherill Spencerville George W White Uhrichsville and Charles L Thompson Georgetown.
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Ohio
George H. Lewis
Cluffton
David ©. Mahon
Dennison
Halley
Greenville
Chas. R. White
Millersburg
Frank Wetherill
Spencerville
George W. White
Uhrichsville
Charles L. Thompson
Georgetown
Hovering Buzzaris Finds Body of Wealthy Planter
While surveying a Georgia swamp Buzzaris uncovered the body of a wealthy planter who had been murdered by whitecaps, a case that drew attention to local river dangers and violent crime in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buzzaris
Georgia
Fatal Trolley Collision Shocks Elyria Crowd
A rear end crash on the Cleveland and Southwestern line in Elyria killed four and injured thirteen as a front car carrying holiday excursionists plowed into a crowd. Ambulances rushed victims to Elyria hospital where two later died. Motorman Fraunda, in charge, was arrested on manslaughter charges.
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Cleveland & Southwestern
Elyria
Elyria Hospital
B. O. O'Donnell
H. M. Billings
W. C. Allen
Lake Shore Railway
William Sala
J. P. Sala
Emma Wurst
Samuel Wurst
Mabel Dean
Leslie Porter
Cottesbrooi
Miss Fulton
Mr. Lesle
Miss Suppes
Avery
Miss Dahn
Gen. Chamberlain
Parry
Chas. Porter
Fraunda
Stevens
Attempt to Kill Bishop in Lublin Averted
A Socialist agitator fired 41 revolver shots at Bishop Yatshevsky in the street and then stabbed him before a Catholic priest intervened. The attacker was captured by police. the bishop survived thanks to the priest’s courage.
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Lublin
Russia
Yatshevsky
Sife
Baltimore and Ohio to abandon four trains June 1
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. will abandon four passenger trains due to the new two-cent fare law in Ohio. Trains Nos. 59 and 10 run Lorain to Akron, while Nos. 7 and 8 run Akron to Youngstown, with service ending June 1.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co
Ohio
Lorain
Akron
Youngstown
Wool market quiet as sales confined to small lots
Domestic demand centers on medium unwashed and fine scoured wools with quotations for Ohio and Pennsylvania ranges. Separately, lumbermen blasting through Fall Lake ice report 17 inches solid ice and expect tugs through Fall and Basswood Lakes by June 1.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
C. Delaine
Fall Lake
Minn
Fall
Basswood Lakes
Disgrace to Die Under 100 Dictated by Chief Chemist
United States Department of Agriculture Chief Chemist Wiley told Case School of Applied Science graduates that a hundred year club will expel any member who dies before turning one hundred. He urged that modern knowledge of diet, hygiene, and surgery will extend lifespans, calling death before a century a disgrace.
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Wiley
United States Department of Agriculture
Case School of Applied Science
Cleveland
Paris artists seek missing 380000 note from Chicago fire
After 36 years of waiting for thanks, Paris artists and the city of Chicago are part of an international inquiry into the fate of 380000 sent in 1871 to support fireswept Chicago. The French government has begun investigations to locate the funds and determine what happened to the money.
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Chicago
Paris
United States Syndicate Incorporation Aims Rail Link
Articles filed in Phoenix Arizona May 28 for United States Syndicate capital stock $500,000,000 to build a railroad linking North and South America. In Lovingston Virginia Judge W G Loving indicted for alleged murder of Theodore I Estes, pleaded not guilty, bailed 37,000. Change of venue refused.
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United States Syndicate
Phoenix
Ariz
North
South America
Lovingston
W. G. Loving
Theodore I. Estes
Famine in China Shows Signs of Break and Relief Aid
Reported famine relief progress notes that China’s famine is easing as hot weather boosts crops. American relief efforts have fed about 1,000 babies at Hau-Chow Hu Temple and nourished 200 girls intermittently, with families retaining custody. Remaining funds will go to the Red Cross Society to assist individuals and prepare for future crises.
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China
Hau-Chow- Hu
Gltta
Red Cross Society
Burned Woman Kills Mother Then Self in Chicago Fire
Miss Plinner Swinnen, 80, believed demented, shot her mother, attempted to kill her father, and set fire to her garments, dying in the blaze after being released from Dunning asylum a year earlier. A love affair is cited as a cause for her distressed condition. Her father Joseph Swinnen, a laborer, escaped through the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Plinner Swinnen
Chicago
Dunning Asylum
Joseph Swinnen
Drowning Toll From Ta Wang Niamo Festival Bridge Crush
A crowd on a bridge over the S00 Chow creek during the Ta Wang Niamo festival caused a railing to break as police pushed spectators back. People were thrown into the water and more than 100 Chinese were drowned aboard the Empress of India from Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Chow Creek
Troops Ready for War on the Guatemala Border
Mexico has 8,000 men fully equipped and on a war footing at the Guatemalan frontier. An additional 8,000 troops can be moved to the border within 24 hours. All sides admit that if President Cabrera carries out his plan to execute 19 men accused in an assassination attempt, Mexico will be compelled to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Cabrera
Insurrection Near Amoy Draws Large Rebel Force
Thirty thousand rebels under arms threaten Amoy area as Fu-Chow's viceroy sends 8,000 troops to quell the rising. Warships expected as the revolt spreads to nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amoy
China
Fu-Chow
Six Stephens Drowned Near Honey Grove Texas Creek Rise
Six members of the Stephens family, including parents and children, drowned near Honey Grove Texas when a creek suddenly rose. North Texas railroad schedules were badly crippled by recent storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honey Grove
Texas
Stephens
Zion City to Be Sold Over Dowie Objections
Judge Landis grants Zion City's receiver John C. Hately authority to sell the property immediately despite objections from Mrs. Jane Dowie and her son A. J. Gladstone Dowie.
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Zion City
Jane Dowie
A. J. Gladstone Dowie
Landis
John C. Hately
Two Cent Fare Bill Moves In Illinois Governor Action
Light snow fell in several regions as Illinois Governor Deneen approved a two cent a mile rail fare bill. The measure sets a fixed rate on rail transportation in the state. Courthouse and commerce matters show broader labor and rate debates across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deneen
Illinois
Ilinois
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
Supreme Court Rejects West Virginia Demurrer
The U S Supreme Court overruled West Virginia’s demurrer in a Virginia led suit seeking to compel WV to assume part of Virginia’s pre statehood debt. Chief Justice Muller announced the order and affirmed the court’s jurisdiction in the case.
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West Virginia
United States Supreme Court
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