Indictment Returned Against Whisky Trust Officers in Boston
Federal grand jury in Boston issues warrants for officers of the Catto Feeding and Distilling Company for Sherman anti trust violations. Indicted are Joseph B. Greenhut Herbert L. Terrell Willian N Hobart Warren H Corning Julius E French Lewis H Green Nelson Morris George J Gibson and Peter J Hennessy. Indictments accuse unlawful monopoly and excessive charges to several individuals. Defence argues the company is a chartered Illinois corporation and cannot form a trust alone.
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Whisky Trust
Federal
Boston
Catto Feeding and Distilling Company
United States
Hitchcock
Joseph B. Greenhut
Peoria
Herbert L. Terrell
New York
Willian N. Hobart
Cincinnati
Warren H Corning
Julius E. French
Cleveland
Lewis H Green
Nelson Morris
George J. Gibson
Peter J. Hennessy
Chicago
Hennessy
Hey
Dexter R. Mills
Erastus C. Guffield
John Joyce
Illinois
Four Hundred Sixty Thousand Miners Idle for Two Weeks
London reports four hundred sixty thousand miners plan to work only on March 12 and then idle for two weeks to push output restrictions and pressure wage talks. The move could affect up to a million workers as mines face low silver prices and financial strains.
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London
Suffering in Vienna as unemployment soars and aid pours in
The report describes great hardship in Vienna among the poor with constant pleas for charitable assistance. It notes about sixteen thousand skilled mechanics and twenty three thousand unskilled workers are out of work, intensifying the crisis.
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Vienna
Embezzlement sentence and various early 20th century notices
Ex Mankett Chenk Hastings of Al Jeghaney Pa was fined six cents and eight months in jail for embezzlement. W A Lor of Missouri seeks a receiver for the Salisbury Coal Co alleging misappropriation and lack of dividends since 1887. James Balfour, leading oleomargarine dealer in Indiana, arrested. stock seized for illegal sales to unlicensed grocers. Secretary Foster immigration aims debated by Atlantic steamship firms with proposed higher head tax. A Mass special reports Minnie Butler and Willie Egan, 12 and 7, burglarized Joseph Murphy’s Beach street home.
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Mankett Chenk Hastings
al Jeghaney
Hastings
W. A. Lor
Missouri
United States
Pittsburg
Salisburg
James Balfour
Indiana
Balfour
Ifo
Foster
Atlantic Steamship Companies
High Steamship Authority
Atlantic Steamship Lines
Canada
Melford
Mass
Minnie Butler
Willie Egan
Joseph Murphy
Beach Street
Minnie
Willie
Five Burglaries Confess Motive Marry For Wedding Trip
Five men confess to Christmas burglaries totaling about $500 in cash. They claim love and a planned wedding trip as motive. In Brahehville Indiana a plan to abduct and whip Robert Underhill failed. Underhill, deaf and mute, was attacked but defended with an ax. Ed Keefe is missing and Lewis Falkenburg is badly wounded. Valkenburg faces lifelong injuries. The Majestic’s recent transatlantic run sets new speed records with 5 days 20 hours 22 minutes for the latest voyage.
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Brahehville
Indiana
Whitecaps
Robert Underhill
Underhill
Ed Keefe
Lewis Falkenburg
Valkenburg
Majestic
New York
Liverpool
Fire devastates Bar Louston Daily Hawkeye building remains to publish
The four story Bar Louston Daily Hawkeye burned to the ground with loss near 15000 dollars covered by insurance. The blaze started in the press room near the elevator shaft, gutting the fourth floor and damaging the business office. No one was inside. plans are to publish the Hawkeye as usual.
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Bar Louston Daily Hawkeye
Goose Island
Mich
Oliver Reaume
Reaume
Arizona
Joseph Land
San Diego
Cal
Los Angeles
Peter Turcotte
Gravelville
Minn
Littlealls
Chicago
James Purses
Milwaukee
Merenesse
Phelps
Cuiiaco
United States Circuit Court
Ming
Clark
Board of General Appraisers
Jocke, fluleatt + Co
Thms
Nevada
W. EE. Gooding
St. Paul
Gooding
Lardine
J. H. Watters
Bee Hive
Sioux Falls
Riots and royal pageantry in Berlin and Windsor
Reports describe a violent night in Berlin near the imperial palace with police clashes and looting after crowds chanted Marseillaise and cried for work. Separately, Vienna received a brutal crime tale of masked assailants binding and torturing a woman over suspected murder, while Victoria arrived at Windsor still indisposed following the Duke of Clarence death.
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Mexico
United States
Vienna
Mary Loppers
Minin
Qualen Victoria
Windsor Castle
Osborne
Isle of Wight
Duke of Clarence
Mob Hangs Murderer Cullen After Jail Break in Missouri
A mob of about 150 men forced entry at the Marshalfield jail and hanged Dick Cullen, accused of killing a 4 year old. Sheriff Wabbard’s keys were taken, Cullen pleaded innocence, and the crowd disappeared after the execution. Also reports of a skirmish at Coal Creek Tennessee, a revival riot in Little Rock, and theft of trolley wires at St. Joseph Missouri.
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Dispareauxes
Marshalfield
Dick Cullen
Wabbard
Cullen
Court House
Coal Creek
Tenn
Moore
Middleton
Moon
Little Rock
Ark
Union Electric Street Railway
St. Joseph
Carnival City Packet Co to Run Davenport Haw River Route
The Carnival City Packet Company, Davenport, aims to operate a Davenport to Burlington line with at least four round trips weekly. The Silver Crescent passenger steamer will join the service featuring meals and berths free of charge. Backed by the Diamond Jo Line, the venture highlights revived river traffic.
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Davenport
Hurlington
Carnival City Packet Company
ALLERTON CHALLENGE PLANS STALLIONS MEET
Williams announces Allerton will face any stallion in week one of the August meet and all stallions in week two on his own track to avoid rail travel. The decision echoes his past touring fatigue and aims to showcase the great racer despite controversy.
Skeleton of a man found near Alden amid foul play suspicions
Evidence of houl Pay WorKMEN opening a new stone quarry two torles south of Alden unearthed the skeleton of a man. The bones were white with age but in a state of preservation. Old settlers suspect foul play linked to the mysterious disappearance of Johnson years ago. Proclaimed bomb attempt hits New Hartford church. An unknown fiend tried to blow up the Methodist church at New Hartford Butler County during protracted services. A bomb exploded under the building but caused no serious damage. Fight at a dance in Vinton ends badly. Firemen report an altercation with Dillon and Dick Swartsbaugh with serious injuries. Dillon fled and is missing. W. L. Coleman flees Lenox with $8,000. Coleman, a Lenox church member, absconds with funds of creditors and church causing big losses to Lenox Bank and family hardship. He leaves a wife and child. Sudden death near Cedar Rapids. HEpNER, a wealthy farmer near Cedar Rapids, dies unexpectedly after no prior illness. Forgery conviction in Spencer. A B Nip, ex-manager of the American PI Company, convicted of forgery after trial at Spencer.
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Alden
Mbor
Johnson
New Harford
Butler County
Albany and Chicago show Hill drive at Democratic convention
The New York Democratic convention endorsed David B. Hill on the first Chicago ballot with the unit rule. A later anti Hill conference in Union Hall planned action, while Syracuse hosts an anti-Hill gathering May 31 to back delegates to Chicago. Signature drives aim for 100000 pledges against Hill.
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Will
New York
Hil
Albany
Chicago
David B. Hill
Senator Hill
Beebo
Sickles
Brooklyn
Troy
Croker
McLaughlin
Cleveland
Tilden
Tiden
Union Hall
Fairchild
D. Locke
Buffalo
Pairchild
David
Syracuse
Provisional State Committee
Hill
Typhus Epidemic Highlights Sanitation Needs
Newspapers report New York Typhus outbreak linked to crowded conditions and Russian refugees. Critics blame authorities for lax quarantine and call for accountability. Elsewhere society notes marriages between American women and foreign nobles amid concerns over home industry.
Congress in Session Deliberates on Nominations and Policies
Washington reports list President nominatings Gilbert of Oregon for U S district judge and Henry H. Snuth of Michigan for assistant register of the treasury. Senate debates bi metallic treaty to address rainfall experiments and foreign exhibits at the World’s Fair while considering anti crime and grant measures. House advances Indian affairs and eight hour law inquiries before adjourning.
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Worl
Thy
Senate
Wim
Te Gilbert
Oregon
United States
Ninth Judicial District
Henry H. Snuth
Michigan
Register of the Treasury
Inns
Alaska
House Bi
Stewart
Paddick
Bate
Colin Juuiiist
Senate Committee On Finance
Coke
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Manderson
Secret Service Division
Treasury Department
Senata
Idaho
Louse
Tha
Smith
Arizona
Missouri River
Rusk
Tim
Subjeet
Glazzett
Oklahams Territory
National Museum
Nelle
Supreme Court of the United States
Acton
Grand Island
Neu
House of Representatives
Bowers
Taughot
Army
Secretary of the Interior
Fragmentary miscellany from an early 1900s page
A scattered column notes diverse items including geography, etiquette of women in ports, Varisian rag pickers, a Mexico altitude reference, a satirical jab about an eminent statesman, a brief Roman history lesson, child custody law across five states, calendar quirks for 1900, a note on Athens art and a marble head found at the Piraeus Athens railway site.
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France
Mexico
Hume
Julius Cesar
Augustus
Athens
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Vinton
Lair
Dillon
Dick Swartsbaugh
Dick Up
W. L. Codeman
Lenox
Parius
Lenox Salso
Ify
W. L. Coleman
Lenox Bank
Cole
Nother
Cuansees Hepner
Cedar Rapids
A. EB. Nipp
American PI Company
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