Mercy Sought for Harry Orchard in Murder Case
Harry Orchard sentenced to death for the Steunenberg murders but judges urge commutation to imprisonment after accepting his prison conversion. Judge Wood lauds Orchard as truthful and sympathetic to mercy. Federation leader Mills says the Western Federation of Miners remains passive on Orchard’s fate.
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Caldwell
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Orchard
Western Federation of Miners
William D. Haywood
George A. Pettibone
Frank Steunenberg
Wood
State Board of Pardons
Haywood
Pettibone
Federation
Denver
Col
Ernest Mills
Mills
Gov. Gooding
Grover Cleveland Reports Improved Health In Lakewood Birthday
Grover Cleveland marks his seventy first birthday in Lakewood New Jersey with a quiet family celebration. He says his health is better and notes the Lakewood climate helps though a foot problem limits walking. He plans to take baths next week and his stay length is undecided.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
United States
Cleveland Inmensely
Coal Famine Looms as Iowa Mines to Close
Des Moines reports a looming coal shortage with all Iowa mines slated to shut on April 1. Dealers fear at least a month of stoppage as mining halts nationwide. Local firms have stocked coal stocks and leased extra ground to endure the anticipated disruption.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Two More Cannon Delegates Elected in Twenty first District
In Litchfield Illinois on March 19 the Republican convention for the Twenty first district chose William Barry Ridgely of Sangamon and Frank R Milner of Montgomery as delegates to Chicago. Resolutions urged support for Joseph Cannon for president and praised President Roosevelt Senators Cullom Hopkins and Gov Deneen.
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Cannon
Litchfield
Twenty-first Congressional District
William Barry Ridgely
Sangamon County
Frank R. Milner
Montgomery County
Chicago
Joseph G. Cannon
Roosevelt
Shelby M. Cullom
Albert J. Hopkins
Deneen
Postmaster Fights Burglars in West Nyack Safe Raid
Nyack New York March 19 Postmaster David J Smith of West Nyack confronted three burglars who had dynamited the post office safe. He wounded one attacker severely. the other two escaped. It is feared the injured man will die.
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Nyack
N. Y
David J. Smith
West Nyack
Former State Officer a Forger Sentenced in Kentucky
Walter R. Day state treasurer under Gov. Tay lor in 1900 was sentenced in Lexington to one year in the penitentiary for forging his uncle Floyd Day's name to a $5,000 check.
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Lexington
Walter R. Day
W. S. Taylor
Floyd Day
Cannot become a great musician without dreamy eyes and long hair
Question expresses a belief that personal appearance such as dreamy eyes and long hair is essential to greatness in music. It frames a stereotype about who can succeed in the field rather than discussing skill or training.
Day of Speeches in House on Pension Bill
Washington reports General debate on the pension appropriation bill stretched over four hours with topics including politics finance trusts and the president's last message. Lawmakers predicted Taft or Bryan as likely presidential nominees while others debated currency trusts and cotton exchanges. The session adjourned at 4 24 p m in memory of late Senator William Pinkney Whyte of Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Houserv
Ohio
Taft
Hull
Tennessee
William J. Bryan
Messrs. Hardy
Texas
Waldo
New York
Adair
Indiana
Rauch
Congress
Heflin
Alabama
Unions Sue St Louis Breweries Over Contract Violation
St Louis March 19 union trustees William Rapp John Nienaber and Louis Ebel filed in circuit court a suit against 11 St Louis and two East St Louis breweries alleging contract violation. Damages sought totaled 1 100 000 dollars.
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St. Louis Breweries
St. Louis
Mar
Wisconsin Bank Officials Indicted After Bank Failure
Federal grand jury returned indictments against several Ladysmith bank officials tied to a failure years ago. Names withheld until arrests, with warrants now issued by United States Marshal Flint.
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Wisconsin Bank
Madison
Wis
Federal Grand Jury
Ladysmith
United States
Flint
Old Warship Monongahela Burns at Guantanamo Bay
The navy department reported that the old warship Monongahela burned to the water’s edge at her Guantanamo Bay station. No injuries were reported.
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Washington
Navy Department
Guatanamo Bay
Man Leaps From Bridge Into Ohio River at New Albany
An unidentified man jumped from a bridge into the Ohio River at New Albany and searchers have yet to locate his body. Local authorities are investigating the incident and no identity or motive has been released.
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Ohio River
New Albany
Tarite Rievidigi And Taft Winners At Iowa Convention
Des Moines reports the Republican state convention chose four delegates-at-large for the national convention to vote for William Taft, endorsed Senator William E. Allison, and approved an Ohio tariff revision plank. The Cummins faction claimed influence in forcing the stand-pat tariff plank, while Allison supporters dominated proceedings amid lively exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
William
Taft
William E. Allison
Ohio
Allison
Cummins
Committee On Resolutions
Polk
Committee On Regulations
Gen. Byers
Frank P. Woods
State Central Committee
H. W. Byers
Harlan
Byers
C. G. Saunders
Plans to Prod Congress Labor Memorial Planned
Washington march 19. At the labor conference a protest memorial will be prepared to urge Congress to enact labor relief and amend Sherman antitrust law. A two committee plan, led by Gompers as permanent chair and Morrison as secretary, aims to engage congressional leaders soon. The conference represents 27,000 local unions and 117 national and international unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Gompers
Labor Conference
Supreme Court
Committee On Labor
Organized Labor
Frank Morrison
Oklahoma Populists Elect Delegates to St Louis
Delegations from several counties met in Guthrie Oklahoma for a state Populist convention. They elected 14 uninstructed delegates to the St Louis nominating convention. F W Jacobs is a candidate for the presidential nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
St. Louis
F. W. Jacobs
Oklahoma Populist Committee
Prominent Lowell Lawyer Dies by Own Hand
George Richards a leading Lowell attorney aged 50 shot himself Wednesday after months of brain injury. He was unmarried and practiced in the city for years.
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Lowell
Mass
George Richards
Senator Bryan in critical condition after illness
A sudden turn for the worse occurred Wednesday in the condition of Senator William J. Bryan of Florida who has been suffering from typhoid fever at Providence hospital. His condition is extremely critical.
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Senator Bryan
Washington, Mar
Wiliam J. Bryan
Florida
Providence Hospital
Evangelical Young People Union to Convene in Evansville
The annual convention of the Evangelical Young People's union of the Evangelical Synod of North America will be held in Evansville in August.
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Evangelical Young People’s Union of the
Evangelical Synod of North America
Evansville
Governor Curtis Guild Seriously Ill in Boston
Governor Curtis Guild is in critical condition after two weeks of illness. Physicians Dr. Frederick B. Winslow and two more experts, Drs. F. C. Shattuck and Eliott P. Josline, were summoned for consultation following a severe rheumatic grip and sleep loss. His last public appearance was March 3 at Symphony Hall with Secretary of War Taft present.
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Boston
Curtis Guild
Frederick B. Winslow
F. C. Shattuck
Eliott P. Josline
Taft
State House
Tragedy in Kansas City Kan Man kills mother before suicide
James Thomas Swanson 23 broke into the Everett home at 822 Orville Ave Kansas City Kan early Wednesday attempted to assault Irene Everett then mortally stabbed her mother Mrs William Everett and drank a fatal dose of carbolic acid police report the tragedy unfolded in Kansas City Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kan
James Thomas Swanson
Irene Everett
Orville Avenue
William Everett
Fatal Coal Oil Explosion Hits Eldorado Family
Eldorado on March 19. Mrs. William Mills was killed and her mother Mrs. Newcomb fatally burned when coal oil poured on the fire exploded. Mrs. Newcomb was burned trying to extinguish the flames.
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Eldorado
William Mills
Mrs. Newcomb
Taggart Names Bryan as Democratic Convention Choice
Indianapolis report shows Thomas Taggart, Democratic national committee chair, declaring on Wednesday night that William Jennings Bryan would be the party's presidential nominee at the national convention.
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Taggart
Bryan
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
William Jennings Bryan
Generals Smirnoff and Fock Die In Port Arthur Duel
St. Petersburg March 19 Lieut Gen Smirnoff was fatally wounded in a duel with Lieut Gen Fock at the Chevalier Guard riding school. The two generals, who had clashed over a memorandum questioning courage, exchanged shots at twenty paces under military approval. Smirnoff was struck in the abdomen and carried to a hospital while Fock’s coat was pierced. a fourth exchange ended the combat. A subsequent duel between Fock and Gorbatovski is anticipated.
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St. Petersburg
Smirnoff
Fock
Chevalier Guard
Vladimir H. Purishkevich
Duma
Schultz
Navy
Sido
Stoessel
Lieut
Podgursky
Port Arthur
Kireieff
Gorbatoffsky
Embroiderer in Brooklyn Shoots Self in Phone Booth
Miss Helen Daenzer, 30, who ran a Brooklyn embroidery school, died by suicide in a New York phone booth after summoning an acquaintance to her body. A revolver report and dying groans were heard by the caller. she had separated from her husband after a brief marriage and had complained of severe headaches.
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New York
Helen Daenzer
Brooklyn
Miss Daenzer
Mine Workers Change Meeting City and Adopt Scale Plan
Indianapolis March 19 The national convention of the United Mine Workers of America moved its next session from St. Louis to Indianapolis and heard a unanimous report from the scale committee urging yearly settlements with operators by districts with the present wage scale and conditions as the minimum demand in each district.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Convention of the
United Mine Workers of America
St. Louis
Fourth East River Tunnel Completed Under East River
The last of the four Pennsylvania Railroad tunnels under the East River was completed on Wednesday night. Two shields meeting from opposite sides touched midway, the crews broke through the thin wall of earth, and the tunnel gangs shook hands.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
East River
New York Banker George Griswold Haven Dies After Operation
George Griswold Haven 1837 birth, president and managing director of the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Co, banker and director in multiple corporations, died Wednesday night in New York after an operation for an organic malady. He belonged to one of the city’s oldest families.
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New York
George Griswold Haven
Metropolitan Opera & Real Estate Company
Witness Dies in Jefferson County Court
George McBride, chief defense witness, collapsed and died while seated in the witness chair during a Jefferson County court session in Mount Vernon Illinois. He had traveled from his farm to testify in the ongoing trial.
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Mount Vernon
Jefferson County
George McBride
McBride
Cooks who ook secured through Reporter local columns
Local column item notes cooks who took part in community events reported by the Reporter. It highlights names, institutions, and venues connected to meals and social gatherings in the neighborhood column.
Bride tangles with ride theft after husband’s job trip
In Norwalk Ohio March 19 C K Villier of Kansas City took a job offer in a Pittsburg steel mill but wife Mrs Villier insisted on accompanying him. Money ran out at Mattoon and she dressed in his clothes to ride box cars where police found them. She was forced back into her own clothes and the couple bought tickets to Pittsburg.
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Norwalk, O
C. K. Villier
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Mattoon
Norwalk
Warsaw pastor resigns to drum for wholesale house
J. W. Cummings, pastor of the United Brotherhood church at Warsaw, has resigned and will act as a drummer for a wholesale house.
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J. W. Cummings
United Brothern Church
Warsaw
Police Capture Embezzler in New Orleans Case
The arrest of J R R Petreich in Albuquerque New Mexico for embezzling $10 000 from the Postal Telegraph company is announced by New Orleans Chief of Police O Connor Petreich a former chief clerk vanished last September and expresses willingness to return prompting local officers to pursue him.
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New Orleans
Albuquerque
N. M
J. RR
Petreich
O’conner
Stoessel Refused Pardon Confirmed Death Sentence
St. Petersburg reports the Emperor confirmed the death sentence on Lieutenant General Stoessel, with the ruling issued yesterday after the military court verdict. The news notes the formal sanction of the sentence and ongoing implications for the case.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Courts Recommend Ten Year Commution For Ex Port Arthur Commander
The court advocates commuting the sentence to ten years imprisonment in a fortress. The former Port Arthur commander ineffectually petitioned for a full pardon.
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Port Arthur
Chicago arrives in Rio on lone Pacific to Atlantic cruise
The American cruiser Chicago reached Rio de Janeiro today on its solitary voyage from the Pacific coast toward the Atlantic station. The lone detachment, no public ceremonies, makes the trip a bold stunt without fanfare.
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Rio Janeiro
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Station
Quiverful Character Question Sparks Judgment
A brief exchange ponders the character of a man named Quiverful, noting he has six children and takes pride in that fact. The dialogue suggests withholding judgment until his children’s views are known.
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Steunenberg
Miners’ Federation
Grover’ Cleveland IS
Lakewood Hotel
Cleveland
Providence
Richard Folsom
Francis Grover
Esther
Marion
Joseph S. Bryan
Tarite Rievidigi
MR. Allison
GOV Guild
Massachusetts
Self
Fourth East River Tunnel
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Bride
C. E. Villier
Postal Telegraph Company
New Mexico
Ineeda
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