Government moves faster in anti trust cases
Washington reports rapid use of new anti trust and expediting laws. The Great Northern and beef trust suits proceed to swift decisions, with four circuit judges in the Northern Securities trial and direct path to the Supreme Court if appealed. Better legal talent funded by a $500,000 begets quicker prosecutions and stronger government leverage.
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Washington
Congress
Great Northern Securities
Beef Trust
United States Supreme Court
Northern Securities and Beef Trust
Northern Securities
Northern Securities Company
New Jersey
Great Northern Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Burlington
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Atchison
United States Circuit Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of First Instance
Court of Last
Department of Justice
Department
D. T. Watson
Pittsburg
Assisant
William A. Day
Sada
Waterbury Striking Transit Mob Arrests Made
Police in Waterbury Connecticut arrested eighteen men on charges of assault with intent to kill tied to violence during an eleven week strike by CT Railway and Lighting trolley workers. Wm T Merner and Geo Morrisette were attacked February 26, one man beaten to insensibility on the Waterville line. Detectives seek clues to Mendelssohn death as warrants extend to twenty two suspects.
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Waterbury
Conn
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company
Wm. T. Merner
Geo. Morrisette
Waterville
Forest Park
Paul Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
L. F. Burpee
Trolley Men's Union
Stock Market Weakness After Southern Pacific Tension
New York trading opened weak as unions faced rumors and bank loan adjustments ahead of April settlements. Major issues declined with Union Pacific and Southern Pacific showing weakness amid forced liquidation and scant public interest.
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Southern Pacific
New York
London
Union Pacific
Wreck Kills Two Firemen in Ohio Freight Crash
Akron Ohio April 1 two firemen Seif and Winnie of Gailon killed when a double header freight crashed into the caboose of another freight derail ing fifteen cars in a cut near Ashland Ohio. Engineer Nilfer Evans and Albert Weis injured.
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Ohio
Akron
Erie
Ashland
Seif and
Winnie
Gailon
Nilfer Evans
Albert Weis
Mills at Newmarket Close Over Weaving Overtime
The New Market Manufacturing Company suspended operations today after a dispute with weavers over overtime. About three hundred workers are idle as the mills in Newmarket shut down.
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Newmarket Close
New Market
N. H
New Market Manufacturing Company
Sioux City and Chicago Live Stock Markets Report
Sioux City markets show hogs at 6.90 to 7.30 for light to butcher grades and cattle from 2.00 to 5.50 for various classes. Chicago and South Omaha quote hogs around 6.0 to 7.5 with cattle and sheep values largely steady, and Kansas City showing mixed gains and losses across cattle hogs and sheep.
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Sioux City
Chicago
South Omaha
Kansas City
Texas
Orien
Northwestern
Timothy
C. Ieggs
Grain Markets and Provisions Chicago and Minneapolis reports
Grain and Provisions markets show mixed prices with Chicago flour quiet and No 3 spring at 68 to 75 cents, No 2 red at ible 9. Corn No 2 at 42 to 46 cents, No 2 yellow at 42 to 44 cents. Wheat May 73 1/2 to 74 1/2 cents in Minneapolis. No 1 hard 76 3/4 cents, No 1 northern 76 cents. arrivals noted in Duluth with No 1 75 cents and No 1 northern grey.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Tracy
Duluth
Swift dies suddenly led to modern meat packing era
Gustavus Franklin Swift, 64, president of Swift & Co., died at his Chicago home after gall bladder surgery. Born 1839 in Sandwich Massachusetts, he built the giant packing firm and helped create the refrigerated railcar system. He left a fortune between 7 and 10 million dollars, with eleven children, nine in Chicago.
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Chicago
Gustavus Franklin Swift
Swift & Co
United States
Ellis Avenue
Sandwich
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Boston
Swift
Green Eyed Monster: Woman Shoots Lover Then Kills Herself
In Wichita Georgia Bentley 26 shot Newton Green after he abused her and was jealous of his attentions to other men. She wounded him in the hip and then killed herself in their room. Bentley was mother to two young children.
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Kansas
Wichita
Kan
Newton Green
Georgia
Bentley
Green
Kentucky Feud Claims One Life in Morgan County Clash
A Sunday feud between the Howard and Maus families in Morgan County Kentucky left Nicholas Strickland and Clay Ross dead and William Maus and Robert Howard wounded. No arrests reported.
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Lee City
Howard
Maus
Morgan County
Nicholas Strickland
Clay Ross
William Maus
Robert Howard
Sues for a Nickel Against Chicago Telephone
Dr. Elmer Prescott files a five cent suit against the Chicago Telephone Company after a dispute with an operator over a nickel at his private hospital. He seeks the return of the nickel and may appeal to higher courts if needed. The first hearing is set before Justice Jarvis Blume on Monday.
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Prescott
Chicago Telephone Company
Chicago
Elmer Prescott
Washington Boulevard
Halsted Street
Jarvis Blume
Sailor Forced to Kiss Flag After Abusive Outburst
In Boston a veteran seaman aboard the revenue cutter Seminole ridiculed the United States flag and unpatriotic remarks. Captain Rogers ordered all hands mustered, and the man was compelled to kiss the flag six times and to pledge never to disrespect it again. The offender’s name was not released.
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Boston
United States Revenue
United States
Rogers
Preservation Gas Used to Dislodge Breathitt County Logmen
Formaldehyde was employed by Lexington police to force six logmen out of a Vine street house in Breathitt county. They had barricaded themselves inside after a saloon incident, and officers faced threats. The gas infiltration caused sickness, leading to the men surrender and custody.
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Lexington
Breathitt County
Vine Street
Lolita Armour to Leave Plaster Jacket Soon
From a frail child in Augusta Georgia Lolita Armour has grown stronger after southern sun exposure. In ten days the family will go to Chicago and about April 15 the plaster jacket from Dr Lorenz will be removed. Local physicians say she is absolutely cured and the cast could be removed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lolita Armour
Augusta
Chicago
Lorenz
Tariff to Lead Republican Platform Says Allison
Senator William R. Allison predicted the next national campaign will center on tariffs with Republicans sticking to protection while Democrats attack. He said the party will not drop its lines on tariffs or the Philippine question and will pursue trust regulation, with divisions over schedules and possible revisions as conditions change. He added reciprocity is unworkable and noted groundwork laid for future trust control.
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Allison
Washington
William R. Allison
New England
West
Republican Party
Rangers Fight Cattle Thieves At Black Rock
Captain Thomas Rynning’s Arizona Rangers battled a gang of cattle thieves at Black Rock in Graham County. Rangers under F S Barefoot were forced to retreat after heavy fire wounded two, ammo ran low, and rancher John Davis may have been killed by a final shot. Reinforcements will be sent to renew the assault.
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Ompany
Arizona Rangers
Tucson
Ariz
Thomas Rynning
Black Rock
Graham County
John Davis
Davis
Barefoot
Rangers
Wheels Running Wild Warns New Yorkers On Fast Pace
The Rev Dr Donald Sage Mackay warned New York City about extravagance and rapid social and commercial excess. He spoke at Collegiate Church saying the metropolis has shown extreme luxury for the past five years and faces inevitable moral and social catastrophe unless tempered by common sense and restraint.
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Mackay
New York
Donald Sage Mackay
Collegiate Church
New World
Wall Street
War on a Union Prompts Major Structural Iron Work Clash
Chicago reports a nationwide showdown as the National association of manufacturers and erectors of structural Iron work plans a May 1 strike against the Structural Iron Workers union over wage scales and conditions. More than 400000 building trades workers and metal fabricators are expected to be affected as negotiations fail and a walkout looms. A final adjustment conference is set for today with a walkout possible tomorrow. England Wins Game in Cable Chess Match.
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Structural Iron Workers
Chicago
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union
National Association of Manufacturers and Erectors of
Tragic Car Collision Kills Pearl Couple in Quincy
James E. Pearl and his wife a mixed-race pair were driving a blind horse across an electric railway track in Quincy when a car struck their buggy. Both occupants died, the accident occurring today near the railway crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Ill
James_ E. Pearl
Smallpox Closes School At Delafield Wisconsin
Waukesha Wisconsin March 30 The St Johns Military academy at Delafield is quarantined after four smallpox cases are found. One hundred fifty cadets will be kept under confinement during the quarantine period.
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Waukesha
Wis
St. Johns Military Academy
Delafield
Greenville Miss submerged as backwater rises amid crevasse
Relief parties operate by skiff as Greenville Mississippi drowns under LaGrange backwater. Officials say fears of total destruction are exaggerated while water covers thousands of delta farms and spreads toward Vicksburg. In Vicksburg a drowning occurs from a skiff capsize. Yazoo City sees rising water and an eastern submersion. New Orleans reports Lucy crevasse widening with ongoing levee work and threat to Bayou La Fourche and rail lines.
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Greenville
Miss
LaGrange Crevasse
Fish Lake
Vicksburg
Yazoo City
la Grange
New Orleans
Lucy
Texas and Pacific
Bayou la Fourche
Germany cites Roosevelt policy in Kiel squadron snub
Berlin reports Poised stance over Roosevelt refusal to send the U S North Atlantic squadron to Kiel for regatta week. German papers say Kaiser's invitation to visit Kiel provoked mixed reactions as Washington limits the cruise to the Azores.
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Kiel
Berlin
Roosevelt
United States North Atlantic
William
Washington
United States Navy Department
Sam
Azores
Lisbon
Neueste Nachrichten
United States
Vossiche Zeitung
Vossische Zeitung
Kaiser
Katie Lyman Wins Gold in High School Oratorical Contest
Katie Lyman, 13, won the gold medal in a high school recitation contest in Cushing Iowa. Paul Gaston, 16, earned the silver medal. other participants included Harry Holcomb Alfred Holcomb Ethel Insche Evangeline Bavage and Lydia Bowman. Winning piece was Mrs Blake's Visit to the White Mountains.
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Katie Lyman
Cushing
Merch
Paul Gaston
Harry Holcomb
Alfred Holcomb
Ethel Insche
Evangeline Bavage
Lydia Bowman
Piace
Mrs. Blake
White Mountains
Debating Society
RH. Smith
Elwood
Holstein
Mr. Mahood
Correctionville
Cuba Approves Unconditional Reciprocity Treaty
In Havana on a Saturday night the Cuban senate voted 12 to 9 to approve the unconditional reciprocity treaty with the United States. The decision came after Secretary Hay's cable message assured Roosevelt would not call a special session before December 1, enabling amendments to be replaced with unconditional acceptance.
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Cu Senate
Havana
Senate of the
United States
Senate
Hay
Roosevelt
Congress
Palma
Bustamente, Capote and
Dolz
Foreign Relations Committee
American Senate
Planned awful crime by West Virginia miners revealed
Deputy Marshal Dan Cunningham returned from Raleigh county with an affidavit from James Young a miner alleging a plot by strikers to dynamite Read drift mines on Arbuckle creek Fayette county while men and mules were inside and to attack Rand mine guards. The affidavit by notary S L Walker lists several strikers and calls for further investigations and grand jury evidence.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
United States
Dan
Cunningham
Raleigh County
Stanford
Miners’ Union
W. P. Read
Arbuckle Creek
Fayette County
Rand Works
James Young
8S. L. Walker
Miss Thaw to Marry Earl of Yarmouth in Pittsburg
Mrs Mary Thaw the bride to be s mother announces a 100000 dollar annual settlement for Miss Alice Thaw and the Earl of Yarmouth. The wedding is set for April 27 in Pittsburg with the marquis and marchioness of Hertford attending. The negotiation follows earlier trustee guidance on income and aims to bring the couple s total resources to 100000 dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Thaw
Yarmouth
Washington
Mary Thaw
Alice Thaw
Earl of Yarmouth
Pittsburg
Marquis
Marchioness of Hertford
Inquest to Probe Burdick Death Opens Again in Buffalo
Judge Murphy will resume the Burdick death inquest with three or four witnesses. Hotel Roland staffers Quinn and Hall King arrive to testify. Following this inquest, the Pennell death inquiry begins with insurers appearing over contested payments and life and accident policies.
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Burdick
Buffalo
N. Y
Pennell
America Leads in Urban Transit Compared to London
London criticizes London for lagging in urban railway development after Lt Col Yorke reports from America. He cites New York and Boston as models, notes American lines run 20 to 40 mph now with 80 to 100 mph on Aurora Elgin and Chicago routes, praises American freight trains, and suggests lowering truck wheels from 36 to 33 inches to increase wagon depth and capacity.
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England
London
H. A. Yorke
R. E
America
New York
Boston
Aurora
Elgin
Chicago
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Packer Swift
Swift and Company
Gustavus Swift
Green Eyed Monster
Kentucky
Sues
Rustler
Pillsbury
Greenville, Miss
Germany
U. B
Cuba
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