Fatal Erie railroad wreck near Red House snarls line traffic
Jamestown New York April 21 a coupling broke on a westbound freight at Red House as the Erie line was leaving the main track. The New York Chicago Limited eastbound crashed into the freight and a catastrophic wreck ensued with several cars leaving the rails and burning. Six killed and six injured, with passengers and trainmen hospitalized in Salamanca.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Erie
Red House
New York-Chicago Limited
Hotchkiss
Antenrena
Youngstown
Salamanca Hospital
Dixon Hotel Burns in Grand Rapids Blaze
A Dixon hotel in Grand Rapids Wisconsin was gutted by an early morning fire started by a furnace. Guests leapt from third story windows to escape. Joseph Whitney a lumberman and architect from Racine suffered slight injuries. Many guests lost all their baggage in the blaze.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Dixon Hotel
Joseph Whitney
Chandler
Racine
George N. Wood
Whitney
Causes of Cancer Revealed by Long Inquiry
In New York on April 21 Dr Bertram H Buxton announces upcoming publication of the results from months of study by eminent bacteriologists and toxicologists. The work argues cancer stems from chemical blood changes and that cancer tissues ferment similarly to stomach tissues, countering the parasite theory of cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Experte
New York
Bertram H. Buxton
Sheep Men and Cattlemen Go to War in Sweetwater Range
In Sweetwater country Wyoming sheep herders and cattlemen threaten open conflict over range division. Cheyenne reports the feud may escalate unless leaders meet to settle terms. Lander sources indicate militia could be called to avert a broader fight and bloodshed.
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Sweetwater Country
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lander
Horse thieves active spark Nebraska farmers revolt in central counties
Central Nebraska farmers and stockmen plan a vigilante style committee across Buffalo Hall Sherman Valley Dawson Custer and Howard to stop horse depredations. Two suspects O Kane of Gothenburg and Siegel of Valley tied to missing outfits. a 7 dollar reward offered. A Swedish tied youth case and theft chain prompt strong search efforts and local vigilance.
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Nebraska
Ravenna
Neb
Buffalo
Hall
Sherman
Valley
Dawson
Custer
Howard
O’kane
O'Kane
Gibbon
John Vacek
Vacek
Packing Plant Burns in Tacoma Fire
Packing house of the Pacific Meat Company in Tacoma was practically destroyed by a blaze. Loss estimated at $200,000. Authorities investigate cause as fire damages run high across the plant and nearby facilities.
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Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Meat Company
Boer War Debt Soars as UK Costs Reach New High
The Daily Telegraph estimates Britain's total gross assets at 3H,000,000 and notes March 1899 debt at 635,000,400, suggesting the Boer War added 165,000,000 to national debt. In Pretoria Kruger’s residence was auctioned for 20,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Zowion
Daily Telegraph
United Kingdom
Chicago Leads All In Divorced Inhabitants
Washington report shows 51,638 divorced people in the United States with Chicago leading as the divorce city. Chicago houses 4,841 divorced residents, more than New York, Omaha and others, reflecting a higher concentration of separated individuals. The data lists major cities with counts for women and total divorced persons.
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Windy City
Washington
United States
Omaha
Chicago
York
New Tech
Philadelphia
Francisco
Louis
Koston
Kansas City
Cleveland
Sagt
Lincoln
Bayonne
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Ccc. BT
Cedar Rapids
Boom for Harrison in Chicago Democratic Push to White House
Chicago admirers launch a Harrison boom led by Captain Adrian Anson at Masonic Temple with about 400 Harrison Democrats. The mayor seated on the platform smiled as speakers urged a nationalized club to rival Cook County democracy and advance Harrison’s presidential bid.
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Chicago
White House
Harrison
Democratic Club
Adrian A. Anson
Baseball
Masonic Temple
Cook County
Mushroom strikes draw fire from Chicago labor leaders
Chicago Federation of Labor denounces recent quick strikes by new unions as overdone and harmful. James J. Linehan warns of social upheaval if strikes continue, while Delegate Washington defends organized effort. Harding of Typographical Union 16 calls warlike strikes irresponsible.
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Chicago Federation of Labor
Chicago
James J. Linehan
Linehan
Federation of Labor
John C. Harding
Fitzsimmons Funeral Erupts In Grief at Loss of Wife
In New York on April 21 the funeral of Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons was held in Kensico after services at Bensonhurst. Bob Fitzsimmons, overcome with sorrow, wept as the clergyman praised his wife. He was supported by friends including James J. Jeffries, Martin Julian and their spouses.
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Champion
New York
Robert Fitzsimmons
Kensico
Bensonhurst
Charles Benedict
Bob Fitzsimmons
James J. Jeffries
Martin Julian
Wealthy Walsh sails for Europe to buy art for Washington palace
Thomas Walsh, dubbed the Colorado Creesus, sails to Europe to purchase 1,006,000 dollars worth of art treasures for a grand Washington palace recently completed and set to open in fall. A novelty is automatic music in living and sleeping rooms accessible by a lever, playing ragtime or opera. Walsh, who left the west penniless, has become among the world’s wealthiest men.
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New Washington Palace
New York
Thomas Walsh
Europe
Washington
Walsh
European Snow Storm Paralyzes Berlin and Potsdam
A three feet deep snowstorm across central Europe halted telegraphic and railroad lines and caused widespread havoc. In Berlin the snow reached two inches with drifts increasing toward the Hartz highlands. Flooding rivers and rapid melt followed after the 36 hour storm ended at daylight.
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Berlin
Potsdam
Imperial Wild Park
Middle Europe
Hartz Highlands
Evanston Mayoral Race Nears Election Day
Chicago April 21 Evanston voters face a heated mayoral race with three candidates predicting victory and one confident of a strong showing. Leading contenders include John T. Barker a Republican and George Gooch an independent, among others in the active campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Evanston
Evanson
John T. Barker
George Gooch
Missouri Lawmakers Panic Over Boodle Probes
St Louis April 21 Circuit Attorney Folk pursues boodling cases as four indictments return against senators two for soliciting and two for taking bribes. Evidence includes doodle checks and $1650 per vote. Legislators statewide reportedly flee Missouri as grand juries grind Jefferson City and a special session looms.
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St. Louis
Polk
Missouri
Crow
Jefferson City
Lee
Kansas City
Chicago
Folk
Crew
Leo
United States
Arkansas
Felk
Jefferson
Howard Testifies In Defense Of Goebel Murder Trial
James Howard testified in his own defense in the Goebel murder trial. He asserted an alibi, denied knowing Tayfor Culton or Goebel, and said he never saw Youtsey before jail or received a letter from Governor Taylor. Taylor on Goebel case says he never met Howard as governor and denies involvement, noting his flight from Kentucky during the alleged conspiracy and conflicting requisition issues in Indiana and New York.
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Frankfort
James Howard
Goebel
Tayfor
Culton
Youtsey
Taylor
Indianapolis
Ind
Kentucky
James B. Howard
Frank Cecil
Howard
Indiana
New York
Roosevelt
Iron Workers Win With Arbitration Planned
Iron workers strike against American Bridge Company ends in settlement. Workers to return to pre strike conditions while a schedule for hours and wages next year may go to arbitration if union and company fail to agree. Nonunion workers to be discharged before strike is called off.
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New York
Iren
American Bridge Company
Dynamite Is Used by Revolutionists in Salonica Fight
Revolutionists from Palankea battle Turkish troops at Opela near Salonica. After enduring heavy losses, they use dynamite and bombs, killing or wounding seventy Turks and allowing the revolutionists to break Turkish lines and flee amid panic. Martial law follows riots of striking agricultural laborers in Cordova.
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Salonica
Opela
Palankea
Madrid
Cordova
British battleship Victorious sails to Greece amid Balkan tension
Valetta Malta April 21. The British battleship Victorious, ordered to sail for Greece due to threatening Balkans developments, departed during the night. The naval review and ceremonies for King Edward’s Malta visit were cancelled because of bad weather.
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Valetta
Island
Malta
Victorious
Greece
Balkans
Edward
Just A Loafer Chicago Divorce Case Ends
In Chicago April 2 Judge Chytraus grants divorce to Mrs Lillie Overton Overton from Isaac W Overton after he admits loafing as his business and has no trade The court allows her to resume her maiden name.
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Chicago
Chytraus
Lillie Overton Everet
Isaac W. Overon
Chicago Opera Season Ends With Unprecedented Success
Chicago closes its 1903 opera season with thirteen performances and an uninterrupted triumph record. Receipts range between 35000 and 35000 dollars, with no advanced price or extra Sunday concerts. George H. Wilson, newly arrived from Carnegie Lyceum, reports a record breaking season despite Grau’s illness in New York.
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Chicago
George H. Wilson
Carnegie Lyceum
Pittsburg
Grau
New York
Roosevelt declines request of striking UP shopmen
Cinnabar Mont April 20 President Roosevelt refuses to remove Union Pacific from the unfair list after a six month strike. Labor groups had asked him to choose another line and urged action. The committee issuing the reply expresses deep disappointment and there is no near settlement.
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Union Pacific
Cinnabar
Mont
Roosevelt
Carey Wins 25000 Bet On Harrison Victory
Alderman Tom Carey of Chicago, head of the democratic city committee, collected a $25000 wager after luring rival James O Leary into backing Carter Harrison. O Leary had $120000 on Harrison but preferred to place more. Carey drew the sum from a bank within an hour and secured the early stake.
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Tom Carey
Chicago
Harrison
Ill
James O’leary
Carter Harrison
Carey
Democratic City Committee
O'Leary
Stewart
O’leary
Fritz Is Heartbroken Over Wife's Death
Former heavyweight champion Robert Fitzsimmons weeps as he recalls his wife Rose Fitzsimmons, who died at their Bensonhurst home from typhoid pneumonia. He laments being left with the children, calling her the best friend and mentor he ever had.
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New York
Robert Fitzsimmons
Benson Hurst
Rose
New Boss in Ohio Defers State GOP Convention for Wedding
Ruth Hanna, daughter of Senator Hanna, orders Ohio Republican convention postponed from June 10 to avoid clashing with her wedding to Joseph Medill McCormick. She says the convention will not be held on June 10, forcing organizers to consider dates a week later or two weeks earlier. Her father, unable to attend both events, is cited as having postponed the convention. Politicians fume as she asserts authority.
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Ruth Hanna
Cleveland
Ohio
Hanna
Joseph Medill McCormick
Chicago
DoJ to Probe Anthracite Producers for Illegal Trust
The Department of Justice plans a nationwide inquiry into anthracite producers to determine if an illegal combine exists and should be dissolved. The anthracite trust allegedly controls about 76 percent of output with cross holdings between coal and railroad firms. Temple Co. is named as a central clearing house, with Morgan credited for the scheme. The ICC will review presidents, and Attorney General Knox will initiate action if warranted.
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Department of Justice
Washington
Anthracite Trust
Temple Company
Morgan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Knox
Dividends in Northern Securities Merger Case Debated
In St Paul on April 20 Judge Sanborn set a hearing for the Northern Securities attorneys to argue to suspend the decree that blocked dividends from Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways to Northern Securities. The lawyers contend dividends reach the same people and should be allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Sanborn
Northern Securities Company
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
Bravest Woodlawn Girl Fends Off Burglar
Miss Yondale Cudahy niece of Packer John Cudahy single handedly drove off a burglar in Chicago. She struck the intruder with a broken cane, forcing him to flee. Her beauty and photo prize fame are noted alongside her bold act.
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Chicago
Yondale Cudahy
Packer
John Cudahy
Battles in Balkans Turks defeat Bulgarians near Radovitzi
A Turkish force near Radovitzi in the Balkans defeated a band of about 500 insurgents, partly in Bulgarian uniforms, on April 19. Casualties reported are thirty insurgents and nine Turks. In Konieh, Asia Minor, April 21 a division of Rediff numbering sixteen battalions has been called out for active service in Macedonia.
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Radovitzi Salonica
Radovitz
Konieh
Asia Minor
Rediff
batal‘Hong
Macedonia
Albania
Justice Dept Opposes Modifying NortherN Securities Decree
The attorney general directs US attorneys to oppose any appeal for modification or supersedeas in the Northern Securities case. The government argues the case enjoins violation of a penal law and that suspending or modifying the decree would weaken the national public policy.
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Washington
St. Paul
Northern Securities Company
Department of Justice
United States
Lkely
Northern Securities
Circuit Court
Stocks in a Trust Plan to Merge Without Merger
A Chicago financial authority says Minnesota's suit against Northern Securities will not go to the Supreme Court. Northern Pacific and Great Northern stocks held by Northern Securities revert to the two railways and then are placed in trust to vote as a unit while each company preserves a separate organization.
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Chicago
Great Northern
Northern Securities
Securties Company
Morgan Turns Sixty Six Today In New York
J Pierpont Morgan is 66 years old today and continues to avoid dinner parties while presiding at his office. His career milestones include selling 26 million dollars of New York Central stock in Europe about 20 years ago and arranging the West Shore lease to the New York Central for nine years. Vanderbilt rewarded him with an 80000 dollar silver service for that coup, and he has since built major enterprises such as American Malting, General Electric, Federal Steel, American Bridge, and the Northern Securities reorganization with J T Hill.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Europe
New York Central
West Shore
Wiliam H. Vanderbilt
American Malting Company
General Electric
Federal Steel
American Bridge
Northern Pacific Railroad
J. T. Hill
Northern Securities
Legisla tor hanged for Texas murder in 1901
Former Texas legislator and probate judge Dr James L Gartrell, 68, was hanged in Butler Missouri for the 1901 murder of D B Donegan a Gunnison Colorado gold miner after confessing he killed him for money Hanged after three trials in St Joseph Missouri Charles May was hanged after three trials for killing Robert Martin at a 1900 country dance in Missouri John Bud Taylor former baseball player was hanged in Kansas City for the 1919 murder of Ruth Nollard He confessed sorrow said he loved her and was not willing to be without her and handed his brother strychnine before the execution
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Miss Mills
Brosseau
Charles A. Hundt
Hundt
Harry J. Furber
Alliance Francaise
Harper
Furber
Henri Merou
Z. P. Brosseau
Miss. Mills
Texas
Butler
James L. Gartrell
D. B. Donegan
Gunnison
Colo
Gartrell
Donegan
St. Joseph
Charles May
Robert Martin
May
Kansas City
John
Bud" Taylor
Ruth Nollard
Taylor
Jackson County
Goebel crime fallout deepens as Taylor linked
In Frankfort Kentucky on April 7 the Etoward trial hearings reveal Youtsey testifying about an agreement with Mason and Hockersmith to kill Goebel. Hockersmith sought Taylor’s inter view before the shooting, and Taylor expressed inability to risk the negro. Johnson and Howard are cited as others selected for the killing with Howard noting prior arrival and selection.
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Taylor
Kentucky
Goebel
Frankfort
Franklin County
Henry EB. Youtsey
Youtsey
Mason
Hockersmith
Johnson
Howard
Directors Hold Meeting in New York Apr 17
The directors of the Northern States Company met in New York today to transact routine business. The informal discussion covered appealing the United States court decision in the merger case, but no definite steps were taken.
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New York
Northern States
Merser
Ted Pony
United Sates
Mergear
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