Harrison Wins Big: Chicago Elects Democratic Mayoral Ticket
April 4 Chicago results show Carter H. Harrison elected mayor for a third term with a 28 257 plurality over Republican Elbridge Hanecy plus Harrison leading citywide. Democrats win mayor and all city offices. aldermanic race in Twenty first ward favors Honore Palmer. Balloting split among towns with Democrats carrying South North and likely West towns. Hyde Park Jefferson Cicero vote patterns noted.
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Chicago
Carter H. Har Bon
Jeago
Eek
Elridge Haneey
Ity
Harrison
Hanecy
Wm. Lorimer
Altgeld
Honore Palmer
Potter Palmer
S. H. Helm
Palmer
William Loeffler
A. J. Ryan
Gunther
Jefferson
Hyde Park
Cicero
Municipal Voters’ League
League
City Returns Highlight Split Vote and Shifted Council Balance
The city recorded Harrison leading the mayoral race with 148,490 to Bryans 107,437, a 41,059 plurality, while McKinleys 184,786 to Bryans 117,165 gave him a 7,621 edge in the presidential race. Ward redistricting may swing the next council as holdovers are unsettled and courts may decide contests.
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Harrison
McKinley
Brypen
Samuel Alschuler
Bryan
Yates
Alschuler
Ty Harrison
Jix
Hanecy
Kidnapping Shock Hits New York City Family
Ten year old Willie McCormick Jr., son of a retired florist in Highbridge, is believed abducted after leaving home with his sisters to fetch his overcoat and vanishing. Police, after checking clues, suspect a kidnaping plot and search for the boy while his parents endure grief and anxiety.
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New York
Willie McCormick, Jr
Highbridge
Willie
Reservoir Act Sparks Split in Sioux lands rulings
Officials in Pierre differ on applying the reservoir act to the Sioux reservation with two land offices taking opposite stances. Pierre accepts filings under the act while Chamberlain rejects them, awaiting Interior Department guidance after two years.
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Ias
Chamberlain
Vierre
Interior Department
Washington
Pierre
Secretary of the Interior
Eighteen New Companies Chartered at Pierre
In Pierre South Dakota last week eighteen new charters were issued with total capital stock of 12 827 800. Most of the incorporations relate to mining and petroleum. Notable filings include Great Autobija Propeller company Pierre capital 100 000 incorporators John D Mrak Charles H Currens and John Windsow Warren Rapid Fire Gun and Ammunition company Brookings capital 1 500 000 incorporators Alva T Warren Alvin O Warren and George P Hall and Roslyn Creamery company Day county with capital 3 000.
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Pierre
S. D
Great Autobija Propeller Company
Capital
John D. Mrak
Charles H. Currens
John Windsow
Warren Rapid Fire Gun and Ammunition Company
Brookings
Alva T. Warren
Alvin O. Warren
George P. Hall
Roslyn Creamery Company
Raritan Township
Day County
John Reed
Elias Hutchinson
Gustav Sundahl
Homestake Mint Metal Melt Shows Big Transfer
Monday at Homestake the company melted four bricks of gold totaling 6 864 ounces valued at about 103000 dollars. Gold runs around 15 dollars an ounce. Homestake recently acquired all properties of Caledonia Mining for 500000 dollars. This is the largest mining transfer in the Black Hills.
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Homestake Mining, Company
S. D
Homestake Company
Homestake
Caledonia Mining Company
Black Hills
Chain of coal stations eyed to back American warships
Washington reports a government drive to establish a worldwide chain of coal depots for U.S. Navy ships. Negotiations target Azores, Curacao, and other strategic sites, with Mexico and Japan already holding approved depots. Efforts to formalize sovereignty proceed amid international scrutiny.
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America
Washington
State Department
Navy Department
United States
Azores
Portugal
Curacao
Venezuela
Holland
Ecuador
Gallapagos Islands
Yokohama
Japan
Pitcher Lake
Lapaz
Mexico
Lower
California Peninsula
United States Navy
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Honolulu
Tutuila
Samoa
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Cavite
Olongape
Subig Bay
China
Consuelo at Monte Carlo and a Casino Trick
Duchess Consuelo of Marlborough visits Monte Carlo and engages in gambling. She places 1000 francs on red and wins, then again wins as she chats with the Duchess of Devonshire. A Greek demi mondaine pockets the 4000 francs stake and leaves. Consuelo declines to file a complaint. Also noted, W IX Vanderbilt Jr recovering from illness after diphtheria scare and a lunch at Ciros with continued pallor.
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Duchess of Marlborough
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Brace
France
Duchess of Devonshire
Mariel Wilson
W. IX. Vanderbilt, Jr
Ciros
Steel Trust Articles Amended to Raise Capital to 1.1 Billion
United States Steel corporation filed with the New Jersey secretary of state to amend its charter increasing capital stock to 1 100 000 000. State filing fee totaled 220 000. The change lowers the voting threshold for mortgages and pledges from two thirds of all stock to two thirds of stock represented in person or by proxy at meetings. The move follows a new act and aims to avoid difficulty securing a two thirds vote if stock becomes widely dispersed.
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Trenton
N. J
United States Steel Corporation
Secretary of State
Forest Fires Devastate Big Timberlands Near Hammonton
In Hammonton New Jersey April 3 extensive forest fires roared through the big woods north of town reaching near Winslow and threatening the town. They consumed 5000 acres of timber several farm buildings and thousands of cords of wood. Firefighters had several narrow escapes.
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New Jersey
Hammonton
N. J
Winslow
Patrick Named Chief Architect of Rice Murder Plot
Charles F. Jones testifies under oath that lawyer Albert T. Patrick devised the forged will and real estate transfers and ordered the murder of millionaire William Marsh Rice. Jones describes poisoning attempts, then chloroform suffocation, with Patrick directing every step from October 1899 onward.
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New York
Charles F. Jones
Marsh Rice
Jones
Albert T. Patrick
Patrick
Rice
Millionaire Rice
Madison Avenue
Stice
China Faces Manchurian Accord Struggle in Peking Talks
St Petersburg reports ongoing negotiations as Chu We Je acts as charge d affaires amid Yang Yu’s illness from apoplexy. Observers question China’s willingness to accept Russia's terms, while Li Hung Chang resists and Moscow seeks changes despite threats.
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St. Petersburg
Legation
Chu We Je
Yang Yu
China
Russia
London
Morrison
Times
Peking
Li Hung Chang
Kwang Su
M. de Giers
Barrymore to be sent to Rivercrest asylum
Drs. Sewart Wildman and Fitch report Maurice Barrymore hopelessly insane after Bellevue hospital exam. He will be transported to Rivercrest asylum at Astoria for treatment. Olga Nethersole in London reports she is progressing after surgery and may be out soon.
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Barrymore
New York
Olga Nethersoles
London
Olga Nethersole
America
Secretary of the Treasury Buys $2 Million in Short Term Bonds
Secretary of the Treasury purchases 2 million dollars of short term bonds for the sinking fund in New York. The operation was reported from Washington on April 4.
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Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Washington
President McKinley to Travel in New Six-Car Train
Washington April 4 The president will journey to the Pacific coast on a brand new six car Pullman train. The train will include a baggage barber shop smoking car a dining car an office car a reception car and a press car. The president and his secretary pay their own trip expenses.
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Washington
McKinley
Pacific
Ohio
S. Uhe
Melvinie
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