Civil Service Scandal Hits Office Workers in Washington
The Civil Service Commission disclosed that the surveyor general of Colorado was replaced after an internal investigation into illicit payments. Clerks faced regular assessments, termed The Dog Tax, to fund political campaigns under multiple administrations. Several active collectors were fired.
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Washington, D. C
United States Civil Service Commission
Godaje
Navy Department
North Atlantic
Higginson
Darling
Department
Indiana
Brek
United States Supreme Court
Wm. L. Surer
David L. Snyder
David Snyder
Springfield
Ohio
Parker
Enerel
Secretary of War
National Guard
Kenosha State Bank Closed by State Examiner
Kenosha Wis April 6 State bank examiner M Bergh has ordered the Kenosha State bank closed and put its affairs in the hands of a receiver Insufficient capital is cited as the main cause The bank is capitalized at 25000 dollars
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Wisconsin
Kenosha, Wis
M. Bergh
State Bank Examiner
Kenosha
Demonstration in Plaza La Bailes Injures Policemen
A mob of three thousand workmen and students demonstrated in Plaza La Bailes Madrid and stoned a detachment of policemen. Chamber of shots were exchanged and several persons were severely injured.
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Madrid
Plaza la Bailes
Tremendous Ovation for Roosevelt in Minneapolis
President Roosevelt received the biggest and most enthusiastic ovation in Minneapolis history from arrival at 6:40 p m to departure at 11 p m The presidential party went to the Nicolett hotel then to the university where Roosevelt addressed students in the chapel for four minutes. He spoke later at the armory on the tariff.
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Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Roosevelt
West
Nicolett Hotel
Northrup
Minnesota University
Chicago Fire Burns Out Seven-Story Downtown Block
A blaze at 511 West Monroe Street destroyed a seven story brick building and badly damaged an adjacent seven story structure. The J G Curtis Co Marquardt Maple Box Co Chicase Case Co Leonard Lee Co operated there. Explosions blew out walls and Fire Marshal Campion suspected incendiary origin. Loss estimated at 500000 with two separate fires on the sixth floor and basement.
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Chicago
West
Monroe Street
J. G. Curtis Co
Marquardt
Maple Box Co
Chicase Case Co
Leonard Lee Co
Campion
Boat Engineers May Strike In Chicago Port
April 6 report says steamship engineers refuse to sail with non union firemen, delaying grain laden vessels from leaving port. Owners threaten to compel service or risk license revocation, potentially prompting a broader sympathy strike by the engineers union.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Ite
Grand Jury Reconsiders Indictments Against Board of Trade
Chicago April 6 the grand jury will reconsider action on indictments against board of trade members and may accept new testimony after hearing evidence a no bill was returned and the case dismissed William S Warren chairman of the market report committee and former president says premature publication exposed a plot by bucket shops to retaliate for not sharing quotations the jury saw through the scheme and declined indictments
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Chicago
Grand
Board of Trade
William S. Warren
Market Report Committee
Board
Chicago Board of Trade
Bank Clerk Arrested on Embezzlement Charge in Atlanta
Atlanta April 6 G Hallman Birgs collection clerk for Capital City National Bank was arrested on a warrant sworn by bank president Speer charging Sims with embezzling 444. Experts found large sums taken over years. Sims served the bank for six years and moved in Atlanta's elite society as a popular young man of fashion.
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Atlanta
G. Hallman Birgs
Capital City National Bank
Speer
Sims
Atalanta
Helgon Charged With Murder In Sharp City Fight
Sheriff Torkelson of Clear Water county brings Gilbert Enger Joseph Mullen and Jacob Meyer to Crookston to answer murder charges. The town clerk Ole Stephenson of Engley was killed when Enger allegedly stabbed him during a fight between Meyer and Mullen.
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Crookston
Minn
Torkelson
Clear Water County
Gilbert Enger
Joseph Mullen
Jacob Meyer
Ole Stephenson
Engley
Meyer
Mullen
Enger
Railroad Foreman Dies By Self-Administered Acid Dose
Springfield reports A. Campbell night yard foreman for the Chicago Peoria and St. Louis railroad died from a dose of carbolic acid taken by himself. He leaves a wife and six children. He was a native of Rock Island.
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Springfield
W. A. Campbell
Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis
Rock Island
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Crookston, Minn
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Railroad Man
Rock Island, HI
Iowa Brewing CO
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J. Turner
W. Ban
Peter A. Dey
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Bradway
Foreign Exchange
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
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B. L.parsons
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Geo
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B. F. Clapa
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Cannon
W. Rich
Lindsiey
Mercar
T. C. Carson
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Towa City
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