Giant Grain and Livestock Trust Forming Seeks Far Reach
Reports from Topeka on March 2 4 detail Wermer's Alliance plans to unite Kansas Missouri Iowa in a vast grain and cattle trust. Frank McGrath president says district alliances will coordinate sales and prevent optioning. Agents in Kansas City Chicago and St Louis will monitor markets and enforce daily wheat or cattle quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka Kan
Movemment
Ebraske
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Frank McGrath
Ferment’ Alliance
Degistion
Becaus
McGrath
Ividasi
Ividea
Praia
Alliance
Kansas City
Chicago
M&m
Louis
United States
Dialect Alliance
Prisoners moved to county jail amid city tension
In Gelumbaa on March 2 W J Elliott and brother J P Elliott were moved from city prison to the county jail late Sunday by police officials acting with the mayor's approval. The transfer aimed to avoid sensational press coverage and was kept secret until public knowledge. The brothers were jailed separately as controversies stirred over upcoming publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emey Mawes
Gelumbaa
W. J. Elliott
J. P. Eliott
Sandey
Qudneese
Eteong
Peice
Penwens
Qeigeve
Geers
Eilletts
Elle
Imen
City Council to approve ordinance for lake front ret in Chicago
Cholonge March 2 an ordinance for retroduction in the City Coun al aims to settle the Lake Front Pack dispute involving the Illinois Central Railroad and the World’s Fair. The measure provides for removing attacks to point 100 feet east of Michigan avenue and erecting a wall to preserve park views. The Peek Way will extend to Twenty second street and South Park avenue, becoming a boulevard to Jackson Park for the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cholonge
Counal
Lake Front
Linois Central Railroad ‘Company
Michigan Avenue
Tventymmcend Street
Gouth Park Avenue
Jackson Park
Manufacturing Notes From a Curious Year of Trade Winds
A collection of brief items on sun day shop debates among tobacconists and barbers in Mase cumetta, St Pauls Trades Assembly protests, high public school costs at 132,009,009 dollars annually, Covington railroad workers on duty-off duty pay, Rome Georgia rail new charcoal stack Rose Furnace to light in March, a 53,900 dollar distribution bill in San Francisco, uniformity demands from the National Transportation Association, tableware market conditions, low er freight and coke hopes for pig iron at 12 dollars in Mahoning Valley, top world cities list, Sandwich Cooperative glass works possibly moving to Fall River with stock offer, Marion Indiana scrap mill 50 tons daily planned by Western Natural Gas and Iron, revival meetings in Parkersford Pennsylvania raising sixty and seeking 84,000 for a new glass works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahoning Valley
London
Paris
New York
Canton
Berlin
Vienna
Tokio
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Petersburg
Sandwich Cooperative
Slass Works
Fall River
Mass
Western Natural Gas and Iron Company
Marion
Ind
Parkersford
Harrissburg
Hinkson
Talsot
Chester
Coray
Luzerne
Brooks
Harrisburg
Senate
Thompson
Dauphin
Browidestone
Donahoe
Marshall
Allegheny
Leeds
Baker
Court of Common Pleas
Revenue Commission
Johnstown
United States
Critchfield
Somerset
Rlinn
Wood
Congress of the United States
Fow
Tressnrerecourt
Labor and industry shifts ripple through Pennsylvania mills
Wages cut by 1 cent for Etna and Johnson mill workers in New Castle, while Carnegie City Mill reports gas shortages forcing coal use. Chicago plasterers reject raises as strife grows. Paull works drivers seized by strikers amid rifle thefts to defend Rainey property. Rainey’s Moyer plant resumes. Latrobe miners refuse to work. Connellsville coke region tensions threaten national closures. Keystone rolling mills return to coal. Republic iron works converts a 12 furnace pudddling dept to coal. Westinghouse opens a 17 mile electric street railway in Springfield Missouri.
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Etna and Johnson Mills
New Castle
W. H. Borntraeger
Garnegie City Mille
Boss Plasterers
Chicago
Paull Works
Rainey
Moyer
R. L. Martin
Latrobe
Connellsville
United States
Keystone Rolling Mills
Pittsburgh
Republic Iron Works
Westinghouse Company
Springfield
Scottdale
Anderson
Thomas Louden
W. J. Rainey
Peter Wise
The
United Mine Workers
John B. Rae
C. M. Parker
John Mesley
John DeHaven
John Fisher
Lawrence Kline
Alexander McWade
Parrick Brannigan
Butler King Henry Delegatta
George Regar
Tame
Davie
Heggs
Alderman Dawson
Uniontown
Immigration Bill Tightens Exclusion of Undesirable Foreigners
Senate approved measures excluding insane paupers disclosing contagious diseases and crimes involving moral turpitude, while political offenses escape exclusion. Contract labor act tightened though ministers and professionals are exempted. Unauthorized entrants face misdemeanor fines up to 1000 dollars and immediate repatriation at owner cost. unpaid fines raise 5 percent per offense and bar port clearance. Transportation companies barred from promoting illegal immigration except via ordinary channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
United States
Steamship Or Transportation Company
Flood Devastation in Far West and Yuma
Destructive floods in the Far West report widespread damage in Yuma Arizona with over 25 houses wrecked and 1,400 homeless. The Gila Valley loss is feared to be heavy as roads and wires are down and the river forms a vast lake. Over 1,000 people are fed daily at the Southern Pacific Hotel. supplies last eight days. Westbound trains blocked. expected to reopen in four days, traffic may take two weeks to normalize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Ariz
Riings
Gila Valley
Southern Pacific
Cable failure sparks deadly mine accident in Tennessee
In White Hall Marion County a mine tramway driven by a cable plunged down a mountainside after the line snapped. Thirteen miners died in the wreck with several more fatally injured, other workers were mangled and crippled. Officials said the cable was nearly new and lightly loaded, with tampering suspected but considered unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Tenn
White Hall
Marion County
William Hoch
Falk
William Martin
Joseph Davis
Tom Aii
Maydia
Senator Hearst Dead After Long Mining Career
Washington March 2 Senator George Hearst of California died at his residence in this city after days in a semi comatose state. Born in Missouri he became a leading miner stock raiser and farmer in California. He served in the state legislature and was appointed US senator in 1886 later elected to succeed Abram Williams. Wealth estimated at 32000000. He leaves a wife and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Washington, D. C
George Hearst
Franklin County
Missouri
Tuocnes
Pacific Coast
San Jose
United States
Stoneman
John F. Miller
United States Senate
Abram P. Williams
Hearst
Trade Slowdowns and Sharper Money Strains Across Regions
R G Dun weekly review notes little overall change in trade with dullness in the South and Northwest. Money markets tighten with slow collections in St Louis Denver and Omaha. Chicago clothing and boots and shoes slower. Detroit and Cleveland show varied activity. Eastern trade irregular. wool up on scarcity, cotton dull due to weak Southern demand. Coke strike boosts pig iron inquiries. coal dull. U.S. business failures total 256 with Canada 34, 290 overall for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
South
Northwest
St. Louis
Denver
Omaha
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Paul
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Boston
Northwestern
St.Paul
Cincinnati
Pitsburg
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
Bank Shooting Caps Kansas Bank Closure
McPherson Kansas March 2 The Second National Bank suspended business today President C J Heggelund shot and fatally wounded himself before the doors closed Whether accidental or not unknown detail of the shooting unavailable and officials say little about the bank condition amid a cloud of mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPherson
Kan
Second National Bank
C. J. Heggelund
Slaughter of Women and Children in Chile Bombardment
Dispatches from Chile via Buenos Ayres report 00 women and children killed during the Inquique bombardment on the 19th. insurgents landed and looted the custom horses and principal businesses in the town. In Uniontown, Pa a year ago Louis L. Knott and John F. Rist fell 50 feet from a cage while hoisting materials to charge the Columbia Iron and Steel mill cupola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chile
Buenos Ayres
Inquique
Uniontown
Louis L. Knott
John F. Rist
Columbia Iron & Steel Company
Fire devastates Fennville as town narrowly escapes ruin
The town of Fennville Michigan was nearly destroyed by fire with extensive damage reported. Other items include a Deadwood Central railroad collision killing one and injuring two, mass layoffs in the granite trade, and a wave of crimes from arson to embezzlement across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood Central Railroad
Colorado
Deadwood
Green's Hotel
Philadelphia
Mary Murphy
Joe Todd
Anna Dickinson
Danvivie
Miss Dickinson
United States
Mary Dunn
Sedalia
Erie Road
East Buffalo
Robs
Deratur
Ind
Roland
Spring Hill
N.S
Granite Union
Concord
N.H
The History of the Grimey for Which William West Was Hanged
Multiple executions in Pennsylvania and Cambria County reflect brutal murders from 1800s to 1890s. West’s double hanging at Washington Pa resolves a grim case with a broken rope and subsequent death. Henry Marsh’s 1800 quarry road murder of Clara Jones is recounted with trial details and remorse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West
Wes
William West
John Crouch
Bentleyaville
Andrew
Ars. Crouch
Monongahela City
Ebensburg
Henry Marsh
Clara Jones
Cambria County
Gallitzin
Marsh
John Nagle
Clara
Woman seeks removal of guardian over heir to $200000 trust
In New York a guardianship dispute is filed in the Supreme Court by Mrs. Catherine A. Kelly against Frances Mary Symes. Kelly, the natural mother, questions Frances’s guardian, accusing the current guardian of restricting liberty. Frances, 17, says she prefers her adopted mother, with an inheritance of about $200,000 from William T. Symes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Catherine A. Kelly
Frances Mary Symes
Frances
Kelly
William T. Symes
Fifth Avenue
Gale on James River Capsizes Ships Near Newport News
Newport News dispatch reports a severe gale on the James River with a large sloop capsizing near the Warwick River mouth seven miles from New Port News, killing 14 crew. A yacht capsized at Walters Creek with seven lives lost and two canoeists missing. The death toll was already 23 and rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Newport News
James River
Warwick River
Walters Creek
Washington legislative session updates on appropriation bills
A dense late February to March recap: House and Senate debate Indian and Indian related appropriations, deficienc y and public building bills, and the direct tax settlement. Key figures include Dalzell Frye Carlisle Aldrich Edmunds Stanford and Hale. The Senate and House clash over subsidies, pensions, and copyright while funeral arrangements and state reimbursements are noted.
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Washington
Senate
House
Pacific Railroads
Frye
Messis
Carlisle
West
McPherson
Messrs
Aldrich
Edmunds
Stanford
California
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
District of Columbia
United States
Saint Helena
St. Luke's
South Carolina
Pennsylvania Legislature Reports and Bills Feb to March
Pennsylvania reporters note multiple bills and actions in Harrisburg including measures for highway damages recovery by telecom utilities, notary marriages, elevator inspections, and anti trust style provisions. Senate passes on liquors, corporate rights, and wage limits. House reports favorably on liquor dealer reductions and ballot reform. adjournments follow.
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Indiana Progress
Wermer
Devil
Columbus Mederers
Women’s National’ Suffrage Associaton
Wee
Rachel Foster Avery
Jane H. Spofford
Washingon
D.C
Rachei Foster Avery
Elen
B. Dietrich
Anna Shaw
Nations
Mire
Rachael Foster Avery
Southern Campaign
York
Norch
John Thomas
Wales
America
Annie
Oak Lake City
Hhis
Ife
Kew
Igs Bee
Mitre
Atasta
Mase Cumetta
St. Paul's Trades Assembly
Covington
Rose
Rome
San Francisco
National Transportation Association
Labor News
Far West
Neva
Hong Kong
Vigilant
Philippine Island
Wo Schiom
Clausen
Hoare, Green
J. Gillespie
N. Hazen Mankle
Beaver
Col
Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotives Engineers
Rio Grande and Western Engineers
B. C. Dodge
Wend
Salt Lake End
Wme
Salt Lake
Charleston
James Fugate
Mainty
Seritek
Charlestom
JeBbreen Cobb
Charles Cobb
Senator Hearst
Zangas
Shoota
Bsetep
Liverpool
Wheeling and
Elm Grove
Painesville
Frank Lett
Andy Lett
Herron
St. Lawrence County
N. J
Max Rothschild
John Boles Copeland
Parnassus
Westmoreland County
New Orleans
Woodruff
Little Rock
Ark
Daniel Porter
Edwin D. Smith
Quincy, Sr
J. 8
Morris
Clara Morris
Jackson
Maryland
Wilson
Govenor Jackson
Paulina Robertice
Nicola Piero
No. T0
Spring Street
South Dakota
Dan Forter
Quincy
Ill
Marchay
United Mine Workers of Indiana
Terre Haute
George Hathaway
William
Whelan
John Tucker
Elizabeth
N.J
Singer Manufacturing Company
Hana Peter Jacobson
Ogleaby
Elkhart
C. J. Heggeland
William Herbert
Delaware
Hans Peter Jacobson
West Huron Street
Nebraska
Farmers Alliance
John FH. Gould
Louisville
Upper Hudson
N. Y
Phelpant Berlin
Mary Bohn
Michael Schwan
John Schutts
Seaboard Steam Coal Association
Baltimore
New York Harbor
Wm, West
Henry Murah Save
Deen
Viking Coke
Corones
Cater
Silas Casey
Perkins
Bliss
Michigan
Saginaw
Mich
Payson
Illinois
Cutcheon
Holman
Indiana
Committee of
Sitom
Committee
Carter
Montana
Missoula
Hale
James Henderson Kyle
Meanly
Waiian Islands
Mississippi River
Pugh
Senate Ds
Oklahoma
Oregon
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Virginia
South American Republic
Treasury
Simney
Cannon
Committee On
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Dominion of Canada
United Seates
Miun
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Logan
Ohio
Committee On Indian Affairs
North Dakota
Interior Department
Abe
India
Ani
Cleveland, D
Delos Bogweil
Copely Township
Summit County
Chili
Kilen
Treoge
Finigua
Kare
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