Hunt Down Reds in Chicago With Anarchy Bureau
Chicago battles anarchism with a new cooperative bureau led by police immigration and federal prosecutors. Emma Goldman faces possible talk restrictions while raids target alleged counterfeiters connected to the Averbuch case. Rose Stearn, tied to the dead assassin, is questioned amid security at the Edelstadt society as Chief Shippy returns to duty after the earlier clash.
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Chicago
Police Department
Immigration Bureau
United States
Emma Goldman
United States Secret Service
Shippy
Rose Stearn
Lazarus Averbuch
West Side
Edwin A. Sims
Seraphic
Harry Goldstein
Edelstadt Society
Chief Shippy
Harry Shippy
James Foley
Engagement Scandal Shrouds Heiress Sylvia Green
New York reports reveal Miss Sylvia Green wife hopeful to Mathew Astor Wilks, as Hetty Green hides in Hoboken flat under an assumed name. Neighbors say the heiress, seen with her daughter, keeps to a sparsely furnished fourth floor unit three days weekly at the Chemical belt office nearby.
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Sylvia Green
New York
Hetty Green
Mathew Astor Wilks
Jacob I
Mrs. Green
Hetty
Hoboken
County Cattle In First Class Shape
La Crosse County Guernsey Breeders' association met with about 250 farmers. Prof. Laphmend from the university of Wisconsin examined 25 herds, 644 cattle, finding 30 diseased. Tuberculosis talk by Prof. Hoffman drew questions. 50 planned TB tests at Langdon & Boyd packing plant. Charles Hill of Rosendale spoke of Guernsey progress and a record heifer producing 800 pounds butter in a year. Prof. Moore addressed Corn and Alfalfa.
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West Salem
Wis
la Crosse County
Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Robert Laphmend
University of Wisconsin
PrfUpLxa
Vpe Shrdin
Laphmend
Charles Hill
Rosendale
Guernsey
Guernsey Isle
United States
R. A. Moore
The
State University
Divorce Suit Sparks Sensation In Pittsburg Millionaire Case
In Hart McKee divorce action Maitre Barboux says Mrs McKee will prove the husband squandered her wealth and insulted 32 domestics at home in Paris. He allegedly pressed her into marriage after meeting her, spent 300 to settle a prior divorce, promised 25000 a year for dress, and demanded 20000 for a child from a previous relationship. The case outlines a tale of deception and financial control.
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Paris
Hart-McKee
Maitre Barboux
Barboux
McKee
Aged Lady Escapes Death In Flames In Wisconsin
In Viroqua Wisconsin at midnight the home of 78 year old Mrs Adam Doerr burned. Neighbors spotted the blaze in a kitchen wing and arrived too late to save belongings. Mrs Doerr escaped but lost her residence, living alone. she is the mother of Mrs Neil McLeen nearby.
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Viroqua
Wis
Adam Doerr
Here
Doerr
Illinois militia plans spring rehearsal move up encampment
Illinois militia announces that the August primaries will shorten the national guard encampment in Springfield. The 1st, 4th and 5th regiments will be sent to Indianapolis for regular army maneuvers. The first cavalry camps at Dresden Heights for a week. The state encampment runs June 15 to August 1.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
National Guard
Indianapolis
Dresden Heights
Former Husband Tevis Compels Wife to Withdraw 450000
The former husband doubled down on pressure forcing his wife to write to her father and remove 450000 from a trust company so McKee could manage it. After marriage the couple traveled to Monte Carlo where McKee gambled heavily while Mrs McKee did not gamble. Twenty six charges of cruelty allege he abused and threatened her with a revolver.
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Tevis
McKee
Monte Carlo
One Monument One Funeral and One Grave for All
A Cleveland report states 162 bodies lie in Lake Shore morgue with 97 identified as of this morning. Parents view rows of the dead while Bertha Robinson, grieving mother of two, attempts suicide. Search resumes and a public funeral may be held Friday as business remains suspended. City officials say 119 bodies were accounted for before noon.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore
Bertha Robinson
Collinwood
Gould
State board of health inspects schools after Collinwood fire
Springfield March 5 The state board of health has begun a crusade to remedy defects in school house construction. All buildings will be inspected. Authorities are urged to enforce penalties for doors that open inward after the Collinwood fire.
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Burke
Oecante Board of Trade
Tow Council
Collinwood Board of Education
Morgan
Springfield
State Board of Health
Collinwood
Dragging River for Missing Man Near Trempealeau
Trempealeau Wisconsin March 5 special Up to 3 o clock this afternoon no trace was found of Elam Donehover who disappeared early in the week a searching party has been dragging the river about a mile south of town where he was accustomed to cross Although no ice breaks were seen circumstances suggest foul play and the drag is to yield light on the mystery Reed the man with whom Donehover quarreled has not been arrested The surrounding country was combed without result
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Reed
Donehover
Dying Defaulter Arrested in Michigan Case
Frank P. Glazier former Michigan state treasurer was arrested in Chelsea on March 5 though it is doubtful he will appear in court to answer the charges. A close associate said Glazier may not survive another month, making trial unlikely.
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Chelsea, Mich
Frank P. Glazier
Exstate
Michigan
Glazier
Illinois Lt Governor Sherman Marries Estella Spitler
Lawrence Y. Sherman Illinois lieutenant governor wed Estella Spitler at her mother’s county home eight miles east of Effingham. The couple plans a three month honeymoon tour through Mexico and the Hawaiian islands.
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Sherman
Effington
Ill
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Illinois
Estella Spitler
Effingham
Mexico
Hawaiian Islands
Woman of Mystery Is Klown to Roy Calla Murder Case
Washington March 5 Extradition hinges on Paul E Roy citizenship status in New Hampshire bid. If Roy was naturalized or had declared intent before the murder of George Carkins, state department officials expect extradition. otherwise they doubt it can be secured.
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Roy-Calla
Washington
Paul E. Roy
New Hampshire
France
George Carkins
Gracia Calla
State Department
Roy
von Orendorf
Paris
La Crosse Signs Up More 1908 Players for Pennant Bid
Rockford hustles for players as La Crosse Baseball Association receives several contracts for 1908. George Flynn of Chicago A. J. Burgess from Oshkosh and Indianapolis starter William D Minor sign on. Both clubs eye pennants as season opens with high hopes and renewed competition.
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John A. Elliott
la Crosse Baseball Association
Judge appoints receiver in air line stock case
LA PORTE Ind March 5 Judge C Richter on the petition of holders of the Chicago New York Air Line stock to the amount of 200 000 appointed George F Mull an Indian apolis attorney receiver Judgment is prayed for 1 000 000.
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LA Porte
Ind
C. Richter
George F. Mull
Indianapolis
Roads threaten wage reduction in labor war rumors
In Chicago on March 5 representatives of western railroads and labor groups met to readjust working conditions for employees under the Esch law. Rail carriers threaten mass firings, fewer trains, and a switch from telegraph to telephone service, with possible wage cuts. Unions refuse any wage reduction, amid reports of 2,000 non union switchmen recruited locally.
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Chicago
Barch
Road quits claim to park land for city driveway
A quit claim deed was filed by the Milwaukee road to land between Spence park and the proposed Riverside park for a driveway. The deed requires the land remain for park purposes and reverts to the railroad if used for any other purpose.
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Milwaukee Road
Spence Park
Riverside Park
Wisconsin Rhodes Scholars Named in Madison Report
President Charles R. Van Hise announced that three candidates who took the January 21-22 Rhodes scholarship exam were successful. Wesley F. Ayer of Beloit College Louis P. Lochner of Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin and William J. McGucken of Marquette College are the named scholars.
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Madison
Wis
Charles R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Wesley F. Ayer
Beloit College
Louis P. Lochner
Milwaukee
William J. McGucken
Marquette College
Imminent Japan China War Fears Rise in Europe and U.S.
London reports a Chinese Japanese war seen as imminent amid tensions over the Tatsumaru seizure. British officials note Mikado rigidity complicates settlement. In Washington Horace E Edwards claims Japan seeks a favorable moment to strike China and that Russia collaborates to partition Manchuria while Germany and the United States stay neutral.
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London
Washington, D. C
Horace E. Edwards
Pekin
Japan
China
Germany
United States
Manchuria
Funeral for Mrs Reid tomorrow in city home
The funeral services for Mrs Judges R S Reid will be held tomorrow at 9:30 a m from the home 1309 Main street with Rev Henry Faville of the First Congregational church officiating The body will be sent by the Milwaukee Road fast mail to Hudson Wisconsin for a grave side service and interment in the family lot at Hudson cemetery Judge Ray S Reid arrived from Washington and Mrs W D Morse sister of Mrs Reid arrived in city last evening
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R. S. Reid
Main Street
Henry Faville
First Congregational Church
Milwaukee Road
Hudson
Wis
Hudson Cemetery
Ray S. Reid
Washington
Sixteen Miners Entombed At Homestead Colliery
In Birmingham England on March 5 sixteen miners were trapped by a fire at Homestead colliery and rescue teams faced delays in reaching them. The incident underscores ongoing dangers in coal pits and warrants updates on recovery efforts.
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Birmingham
Eng
Homestead
Weather forecast for Midwest and plains states shows mixed precipitation
The forecast calls for rain or snow across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Yesterday set extremes at Devils Lake 2 below and San Antonio 8 and 4 above. A Pacific coast to Mississippi valley storm continues yielding rain or snow at many stations and cooler temperatures likely Friday.
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Devils Lake
San Antonio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Pacific Coast
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lakes
Saskatchewan
Atlantic States
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Overbuch
Mur
Salem
Pierce
Mrs
Hart McKee
Dragging River
Lagrosse
Rockford
George Flynn
A. J. Burgess
Bubser
Oshkosh
William D. Minor
Bailey
la Crosse
Jointry and Labor Conference
Badger Rhodes
Nellie Hadreas
Peter Mararousis
Minneapolis
North Fourth Street
Greece
Sparta
America
George Hadreas
Santrizos & Hadreas
Mrs. Reid
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