Hoch Must Hang the Bigamist and Murderer
Chicago jury in Judge Kersten's court finds Johann Hoch guilty of murder and recommends the death penalty for the poisoning death of Mia Walters Hoch. The verdict comes after a swift trial with three ballots. Hoch protests the judgment, insisting the evidence was circumstantial and expressing willingness to die now. He vows a new trial, though says he is ready to die if not appealing.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Kersten
Hoch
Mia
Marie Walcker Hoch
Dean
New York
Cook County
John
Hach
Russians Go North After Sightings Off Annam Coast
The Russian fleet was reported May 16 at latitude 13.80 north longitude 111.30 east about 120 miles northeast of Cape Varella off Annam, with forty-two ships sighted May 15 near Cape Varella. From Hong Wang reports the fleet, 150 miles from Annam, appears to head toward Hainan as supplies await near the island, while battle with Admiral Togo at Formosa seems unlikely given distance and speed.
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Annam
Singapore
Lalitude
Cape Varella
Hong Wang
Segovia
Hainan
Hong Kong
Rojestvensky
Formosa
Togo
Indian Agent Resigns to Practice Law in Muskogee
J. Blair Shoen, United States Indian agent for the Five Civilized Tribes at Muskogee, has resigned his post and submitted the resignation to Secretary Hitchcock to pursue a career in law.
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Muskogee
J. T
J. Blair Shoenfelt
United States
The
Five Civilized Tribes
Hitchcock
New Phase of Meat Inquiry Probed in Grand Jury
Federal grand jury proceedings in Chicago probing beef packing industry examined alleged daily meetings of cattle buyers and commission firms to fix livestock prices. C K Van Norman of Van No maz Commission and BP Kingerson of Rosenbaum Bros testified after an afternoon on the stand.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
C. K. van Norman
van Nomaz Commission Company
BP. Kingerson
Rosenbaum Bros
Rumor of Battle as Russians Edge Toward Major Clash
Russian naval and military circles in St Petersburg speculate on imminent land and sea fighting as Vice Admiral Rozestvensky may have set course for Togo or Vladivostok. Reports cite stalled dispatches, a possible health breakdown, and preparations for a first clash of scouts while Birileff and Voelkersam await command. The army is refitted and ready for action under Linovitch.
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RT. Petersburg
Manchuria
Rojestversky
Togo
Vladivostok
Rorostvensky
Chinese
United Squadrons
Associated Press
Annam
Rojestvensky
Admiralty
Clado
Nehogatoff
Straits of Malacca
China Sea
Birileff
Berestvensky
Voelkersam
Biriloff
Rosestvensky
Linovitch
Fear General Tieup Big Labor Upheaval in Chicago
Chicago Sunday saw no shift in the labor dispute as seven express companies refuse to reinstate strikers. The Teamsters union and employers stand firm, with the union leader Shea pledging not to back down until terms are met. Monday morning may see the first wave of stoppages as the Sannermen's association of 2,400 teamsters orders deliveries to all businesses regardless of strike status.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Express Companies
Express Company
Shea
Sannermen’s Association
Dowie bays land in Mexico for Zion city style colony
Gladstons Dowie son of Zion prophet John Alexander Dowie and Judge Barnes legal adviser are in Mexico City finishing details to take over a large tract for a Zion City like colony. They have an option on 700000 acres in Tamaulipas and are negotiating for 1000 ad0 acres of farming lands. Papers signed by Zion agents and Lt Colonel Manuel Gonzales, owner of the hacienda. They plan to begin settlement work in a few weeks.
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Mexico
Gladstons Dowie
Zion
John Alexander Dowie
Barnes
Zion City
Dowie
Gonzales
Tamalipas
Manuel Gonzales
Fuel Oil for Nebraska and Interstate Rates
Dumont Smith of the Kansas Oil Producers association said on Sunday that the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad will grant an interstate tariff to allow Kansas oil producers to compete with coal in Missouri Iowa and Nebraska. E. Ripley president of the Santa Fe indicated interstate rates will be implemented once figures are completed.
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Nebraska
Kansas Crry
F. Dumont Smith
Kansas Oil Producers’ Association
Atchison, Toneka & Santa Fe Railroad
Kansas Oil Producers
Missouri
Iowa
Ripley
The
Santa Fe
Express Car Drivers Try Return to Work Amid Steel Strike War
Chicago tangle deepens as bus union leader James Barry demands reinstatement of all nonviolent drivers. Express companies reject any rehires, vowing to fight on. About 462 Lumbermen’s drivers walk out, with 28 firms boycotting houses and potentially 2,000 drivers on strike. Edward Wines of the Wood Industries coalition signals a hard stance, aligning with the Chicago Employers association.
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Chicago
Teamsters
James
Barry
Express Drivers’ Union
Express Companies
Lumbermen's Association
Lumbermens’ Exchange
Edward Wines
Associated of Wood Industries
Employers’ Association of Wood Industries
Chicago Employers Association
The British Struggle in Liberia Trade Report
The Board of Trade publishes Special Commissioner A H Cooke's exhaustive Liberia trade report. It states British traders face loss of markets to Americans, Danes, and Germans already active there. Russian migrants in Siberia supply London with butter while preferring Milwaukee or Chicago machinery.
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London
Board of Trade 13
A H. Cooke
Liberia
M. Cooke
Russia
Siberia
Milwaukee
Chicago
Motor Car Reaches Oregon From Omaha
Union Pacific’s motor car number one, built for Portland Oregon service, arrived in Oregon on Wednesday after a splendid and highly successful run. The trip, completed in a day or two, faced a smooth mountain passage with no trouble. The car maintained schedule with all stops and reached speeds of about thirty miles per hour on a four percent grade, or 200 feet per mile.
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Oregon
Omaha
Union Pacific
Portland
Ore
Nebraska Lumber Dealers Visit Northwest For Tour
Washington lumbermen plan elaborate entertainment for 300 Nebraskans Retail Lumber Dealers association as they depart Omaha on June 6. They will be hosted at Sand Point Spokane Bellingham Everett Ballard Seattle and other locales to ensure a pleasant profitable trip.
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Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Nebraska Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
Omaha
Wood's Report to Gorbin on Toia Engagements
Washington reports a cable from General Corbin relaying General Wool's Toia actions. Wood lists additional names killed in action from May 14, including Samuel Weaver Blick Howell Daniel Newport Bary Sansouche, with nine enlisted deaths and twenty-one wounded across ten days.
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Washington
War Department
Corbin
Wool
Toia
Wood
Via
Jolo
Buford
Samuel Weaver
Twenty-second Infantry
Blick Howell
Daniel Newport
Bary BE. Sansouche
Tokyo hears of Japan victories amid Chinese front action
Imperial headquarters report Russian cavalry detoured toward Fukumen from the Liao river, harried by our rear guards. On May 20 they failed near Tafangshen, then moved to Siaotatzu near Fukumen. May 21 saw retreat to the Malien river as enemy forces on the left bank were defeated and pushed north in disorder.
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Tokio-Imperial
Fukumen
Liao
Tafangshen
Siaotatzu
Malien
Lett Is Commander of G. A. R.
Grand Island Neb The Grand Army elected John Lett of York as commander at its encampment Other officers chosen included J R Maxin senior vice commander from Minden H H Dunham from Clarks medical director W H Johnson from Minden chaplain J H Ingham from Plainview Delegates to the national encampment at Denver named J S Hoagland North Platte Ferdinand Brother Beatrice W S Askwith Grand Island J W Barwell Juniata H C McCain Plattsmouth J B Wambaugh Kearney and R R Randall Omaha
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York
Denver
J. S. Hoagland
North Platte
Ferdinand Brother
Beatrice
W. S. Askwith
Grand Island
J. W. Barwell
Juniata
H. ¢. McCain
Plattsmouth
J. B. Wambaugh
Kearney
H. Bebb
Omaha
R. R. Randall
Fairbanks to Represent President at Portland Exposition
Vice President Chariss W. Fairbanks will leave Indianapolis next Saturday for Portland Oregon to represent President Roosevelt at the opening of the Lewis and Clark Exposition June 1. He will be joined by a small party and then travel east to Mint Michigan for an address June 7 followed by commencement duties at Town State University. He will also attend a trustees meeting of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware Ohio from June 15 to 23.
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Fairbanks
Portland Exposition
Indianapolis
Ind
Chariss W. Fairbanks
Portland
Ore
Roosevelt
Mint
Mich
Town State University
Delaware, O
Ohio Wesley- An University
Togo’s Fleet Remains at Mesampho Off Korea
London morning post correspondent reports from a trusted source that Vice Admiral Togo’s fleet continues off Mesampho on the southeastern coast of Korea.
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Togo
Mesampho
London
Shanghai
Morning Post
Korea
Wyoming Convicts Sentenced in Cheyenne
Cheyenne Wyoming reports B. Jackson sentenced to one year and one day in state penitentiary for robbing Army post. Deputy U.S. Marshal Joe Lalars escorted him to the penitentiary on Wednesday. William Ulrich, Pueblo streetcar conductor and former postmaster at Ranchester, also sentenced to one year and one day, was taken to the penitentiary. Some Pueblo friends bid Ulrich goodbye.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wye
ZJ. B. Jackson
Flu
United States
Joe Lalars
William Ulrich
Pueblo
Ranchester
Uisich
Railroad Rates Debate Shifts To Commerce Commission
Senate interstate commerce witnesses Frances M Cockrell and Joseph W Fifer urged that railroads set initial rates but under regulation by the Commerce Commission. Fifer urged commission review of rebates and long and short haul adjustments while Cockrell favored railroad originations with commission power to condemn unreasonable rates. Cowan for southwest live stock shippers pressed that cattle rates remain too high amid disputes over rate conditions.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce
Francis M. Cockrell
Joseph W. Fifer
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Fifer
Tie
United States
Cockrell
Missouri
Commission
Congress
Supreme Court
Taft
Court of Appeals
H. Cowan
Southwest
Strikes At Public Schools Stir Chicago Labor Federation
The Federation of Labor pledges to stand by parents and children tied to public school strikes. It vows to withdraw children from corporation controlled schools if needed and to aid those arrested or prosecuted, even appealing to the supreme court of Illinois to secure freedom and rights. A five member committee will push these resolutions.
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Federation
Chicago
Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of
Tlois
Merchants' Trust Company Closes Under State Action
New York City bank, The Merchants' Trust Company, was closed Wednesday by order of the state superintendent of banks after it made about 1.25 million dollars in loans with insufficient realizable value to meet depositors and preserve capital, causing impairment.
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New York Company
National liberal convention nominates Gomez for president
In Havana the national liberal convention nominated Jose Miguel Gomez, governor of Santa Clara Province, for president and Senator Alfredo Zayas for vice president.
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Cuba
Havana
National Liberal Convention
Jose Miguel Gomez
Santa Clara Province
Alfredo Zayas
Railroads seek leeway on tariff sheets in Kansas
General freight agents of Kansas railways asked the state railroad board for permission to issue new tariff sheets without prior approval under the new law. J C Lincoln of Missouri Pacific led the request. The board refused full concession but allowed distribution of the tariff sheets.
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Topeka
Kay
Kansas
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
J. C. Lincoln
Missouri Pacific
Bristow Reports Panama Canal Progress Remarks
In Washington Joseph L Bristow outlines Panama canal work estimates by engineers. He notes sixty trains daily for six years to remove earth and rock at Culebra Cut, ten years to finish, and an expanding steam shovel program. About 5 000 workers and Jamaica laborers toil amid health fears and homesickness.
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Bristow
Washington
Culebra
Joseph L. Bristow
Panama Canal
Panama
New York
WillCareFor Veterans Denver Arranges for 60000 at G A R Encampment
Denver plans for 60 000 visitors at the Grand Army of the Republic national encampment next September. An estimated 125 000 people may visit, with pledges sought for quartering the extra visitors. Hotel rates will stay at the usual standard and a program of events is being arranged for veterans and guests.
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Denver
Colo
Grand Army of the Republi
W. W. Blackmar
Reform Church Synod Settles Form of Government
Allentown Pa Friday the general synod of the Reformed church settled the long debate over whether the church should follow Presbyterian or Congregational governance. A report proposed that charges be rearranged only after counsel with the congregations affected. An amendment making class action final only by two thirds vote received near unanimous approval.
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Allentown
General Synod of the
Reformed Church
G. W. Richards
Committee On
Philip Vollmer
Dr. Richards
May Corn Price Advances in Chicago Trading
A stampede of short positions pushed May corn up six cents to open at 53 cents. Traders suspect May option confinement by key players while urgent selling from the wrong side spurred demand. May corn later traded around 59 cents before softening to 57 1/2 cents as sales provoked a pullback. Wheat mirrored the activity with May futures rising four cents to start near 9 1/2 dollars, hitting 1.03 before retreating to 1.01 3/4.
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Chicago
Shorts
Work on McKinsey Monument in Canton Underway Soon
Canton plans the McKinley monument construction with about five hundred thousand dollars raised. Architect Magonigle expects completion within two years and will review the Monument Hill site before excavation contracts. Granite will be used for the structure.
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Canton
Owwithin
Magonigle
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Tokio
Fifer and
Cockerell
Senate
Railroads
Commerce Commission
Reformed Church Synod
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