Snow Falls Mildly Across State With Little Damage
Cold rain and light sleet fell in the southeast while western and northern areas saw snow but suffered no major harm. Aberdeen logged a sharp temperature drop with a hard freeze, Pierre had two inches of snow after a rain, and Chamberlain reported sleet and snow with potential vegetation impact. Overall moisture aids crops once warm weather returns.
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South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Aberdeen
Pierre
Chamberlain
Sioux Falls Man Pleads Not Guilty in Bowen Shooting
Henry A. Steagald appeared before Judge Jones in state district court and pled not guilty to shooting Frank Bowen, a grain buyer and Ben Clare townsite owner, allegedFebruary 27 while Steagald acted as Illinois Central agent at Ben Clare. Bail and defense were assigned, with self defense expected as the likely argument.
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Sioux Falls
SL. D
Henry A. Steagald
Jones
Frank Bowen
Ben Clare
Steagald
Illinois Central Company
C. O. Bailey
Frank R. Aikens
Canova Burned Out in Canova South Dakota Fire Hits Town
Fire destroyed the business district of Canova Miner county amid post office Herald office and many shops. Jed Trippler died from shock. Losses include Loobey Koepsell millinery 200 and E C Goecke postmaster buildings valued at 3150 with 1800 insurance plus other stocks and structures. Town of about 160 people reports extensive damage.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Canova
Miner County
Herald
Jed Trippler
Chicago and Northwestern
Vilas
Milwaukee and Northwestern
Canova Herald
Loobey & Koepsell
A. Huss
E. C. Goecke
W. M. Patterson
William Patterson
Charles McCaffree
Herald Office
Edlund & Wohlgren
Canova House
A. D. Miller
Harry Ramsdell
F. M. Sargeant
Montreal Harbour Strikes Bring Out Troops and Violence
Montreal longshoremen clash with police at the harbor as 500 militiamen guard docks and 600 strikers overrun port areas. A striker named Joseph Lavoie is wounded by a stevedore named William Quinn, who is later arrested after a mob attack. Seven arrests follow the disturbances. The Leyland liner Alexandrian cargo is set on fire but extinguished. Troops receive ammunition while guarding non union workers.
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Montreal
Quebec
Joseph Lavoie
William Quinn
Quinn
Won't Recognize Union Split Among Pittsburg Makers
New York April 30 A secret meeting of the Engineers Protective and Benevolent association set a plan to enforce demands on tow boat and steam vessel owners. If settlement fails the harbor's commerce may halt within forty eight hours as employers in other ports are ready to resist and hire non union engineers. The arbitration plan was declined and local engineers voted for a ten hour day a 22 percent pay rise and recognition of the association.
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Pittsburg
New York
Engineers’ Protective and Benevolent Association
Boston
Philadelphia
George A. Kolb
Wage talks fail to resolve cross city machinist dispute
In Pittsburg a conference between the Manufacturers' Association and a 6000 strong International Association of Machinists committee ended without date over a clause limiting employment to union members. July 1 renewal of the current scale looms with no settlement expected. Chicago reports the Deering Harvester strike expanding as 3500 more workers join, leaving under 2000 at work and threatening a total plant tie up unless a quick accord is reached.
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Pittsburg
Manufacturers’ Association
International Association of Machinists
Deering
Chicago
Deering Harvester Works
Big naval guns urged discarded amid danger claims
A Washington letter quotes a high naval officer warning that large caliber ordnance is failing in both army and navy tests. He predicts more gun bursts, insists target practice must stop or better guns be issued, and says big guns will be removed from service as soon as possible.
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Boston
Mass
Washington
Army
Navy
Massachusetts
Newspaper man denies Baldwin interview report
Colonel Mills said he went to Denver to verify an interview in which General Baldwin allegedly spoke improperly of Filipino and negro soldiers. He reported to Secretary Root that the interview never occurred and that the reporter has been discharged by the paper.
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Baldwin
Washington
Mills
Denver
Filippino
Root
Russia Ready for Manchuria Build Gunboats
War Minister Kuropatkin travels for Manchuria inspection as Russia orders twenty gunboats to guard the Amoor frontier. In Pekin China refuses Russia’s Manchuria demands, while Tokyo reports Russia may annex three Manchurian provinces following international remonstrances.
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Shorts
Manchuria
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Amoor River
Pekin
China
Russia
Tokio
Jiji Today
Japan
Grand jury to probe stock yards protection payments
Cole county grand jury will investigate reports that stock yards companies paid legislators to shield themselves from ruinous laws. Subpoenas issued for John Donovan and Colonel C F Morse as officials discuss legislative funding, protection rackets, and implied graft in the pork and beef industry.
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Cole County
Jefferson City
Cole County Grand Jury
Stock Yards
John Donovan
St. Joseph
Swift
C. F. Morse
Kansas City Stock Yards Company
Morse
Mania for bell boys ends in Bellevue for Mrs Nellie Fair
Mrs Nellie Fair registered at the Fifth Avenue hotel with money and baggage and showed mania for ringing bell boys. She threw wine glasses and bottles when served. A physician diagnosed nervous condition and recommended constant care. She was sent to Bellevue hospital after examination and placed in the alcoholic ward.
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Nellie Fair
New York
Fifth Avenue
Francisco
Bellevue Hospital
Bodies mixed up as mourners confront coffin error
In New York two families mourning their dead found a stranger’s body in the coffin. A hospital mix up at Beth Israel led to the wrong body being delivered to the Freewald home while Braunstein relatives retrieved their own. Hospital staff denied the error.
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New York
Beth-Israel Hospital
Rosie Freewald
Pitt Street
Sarah Braunstein
Monroe Street
Jacob Freewald
Freewald
Weatherish Crop Bulletin Reports Slow Farm Progress
The weekly crop summary from Washington notes unseasonably low temperatures east of the Rockies and scattered light rainfall hindering farm work. Corn planting advances slowly in the central and eastern corn belt and Mid Atlantic, with Kansas and Nebraska progressing better and Iowa and Illinois preparing for planting. Winter wheat remains promising but shows slight decline in central and eastern wheat belts due to moisture and cold. rust and insects appear in Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas. Pacific coast outlook favorable except Washington where winter-kill occurred. spring wheat seeding well advanced north, likely complete in central districts next week. Germination and stands good in South Dakota and Iowa, but cool weather slows Minnesota and Wisconsin. Missouri and central Mississippi valley oats ahead, Ohio valley lags. Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois germination unsatisfactory.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rock Mountains
Corn Belt
Middle Atlantic
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Wheat
Missouri
Pacific Coast
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Michigan
Wistoes
Ford Law Sustains Special Franchise Tax in New York Courts
The New York Court of Appeals unanimously upholds the Ford law on special franchise taxation, reversing the appellate division. The decision validates assessments by the state tax board on public service franchises, powering substantial tax collections and marking a major Roosevelt-era victory.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Roosevelt
Great Corporations
New York Sun
Morgan
PARDONED ENGINEER CLEMENT DIES IN MEXICO
Victor M. Clement a renowned mining engineer who aided Rand mine and other South American properties died in Saltillo Mexico after an operation He was once sentenced to death during the Jamieson raid in the Transvaal but Kruger granted a pardon following intercession by the Society of Engineers officials Clement's home was Salt Lake City Utah He died while visiting Mexican properties
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M. Clement
Africa
Mexico
Salt Lake City
Utah
Victor M. Clement
Saltillo
Clement
Jamieson
Transvaal
Rand
John Hays Hammond
Charles Butters
United States
the Society of Engineers
Kruger
Hearst Weds Millicent Willson in Grace Church
Congressman elect William Randolph Hearst, proprietor of multiple Hearst papers, married Miss Millicent Willson at Grace Church in New York. The couple will sail this afternoon for Europe.
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New York
Millicent Willson
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Grace Church
George H. Willson
Advance Music Company
Europe
Richmond Elevator Co. alleges railroad discrimination
The Richmond Elevator company of Lenox Michigan filed with the interstate commerce commission a complaint claiming Pere Merquette railroad has repeatedly failed to furnish cars for interstate shipments of hay and grain at Valley Center Doyle Avoca Croswell and Memphis since October 15 last while supplying cars at other points for rival shippers. The complaint charges discriminatory conduct by the railroad.
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Michigan Elevator Company
Washington
Richmond Elevator Company
Lenox
Mich
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pere-Merquette Railroad
Valley Center
Doyle
Avoca
Croswell
Memphis
Roosevelt Guest of Des Moines in 2 State Visit
President Roosevelt arrives Des Moines for a brief stop amid rain and crowds. He tours eight miles of the city, addresses 4,000 Shriner families indoors and 20,000 at the capitol, receives a floral key, and endures roses from 18,000 schoolchildren. He then continues to Shenandoah and other Iowa towns.
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Union Station
Brenton
Iowa
State Capitol
Shenandoah
President Roosevelt
Hepburn
Cummins
Clarinda
van Wert
Roosevelt
Osceola
Shaw
Hepburn and
Hull
Court upholds curative act, ending Cincinnati Street Railroad franchise
In Cincinnati on April 30 the superior court sustained a demurrer to the railroad company's amended answer in a suit to stop a route. The ruling validates the legislature’s curative act and implies the fifty year franchise is effectively void, leaving the company without a franchise. The case proceeds to the supreme court.
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Cincinnati
Superior Court
Cincinnati Street Railroad Company
Supreme Court
Floor collapses during funeral at 189 Washburne avenue
Seven people fell into a basement when the floor sunk under mourners at Mrs. Martin Meyerhoffer's funeral. Injuries included sprains and bruises to several Delka family members and relatives. rescue efforts were slow but the coffin remained undamaged. The procession resumed to the German Lutheran church on Ashland and Twelfth.
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Chicago
Martin Meyerhoffer
Washburne Avenue
Dora Delka
Loomis Street
Ferdinand Delka
Clara Delka
Laura Meyerhoffer
E. Walters
German Lutheran Church
Ashland Avenue
Twelfth Street
Wisconsin Governor Seeks Freight Rate Redress in 128 Page Message
Governor La Follette delivered a special message to the Wisconsin Legislature on the freight commission bill. The exhaustive 128 page treatise argues Wisconsin tariffs are higher than those in Iowa and Illinois, with tables showing excesses on wood fuel cattle wheat grains merchandise and implements. Wisconsin pays 22.7 percent more than Chicago rates for grains.
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la Follette
Madison
Wis
Governo la
Wisconsin
Iowa
Chicago
Missouri Students Stage Burlesque on Boodlers in Chapel
Missouri University law students staged a burlesque in Columbia depicting a hell scene with devils and witnesses in a mock trial about a $1,000 boodle scandal. Dr. E H Jesse was portrayed as poisoning legislators to secure an appropriation, with Lieutenant Governor Lee and Attorney Polk featured in satirical roles. The spectacle drew a packed house and loud laughter.
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Missouri
Columbia
Missouri University
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Hell
E. H. Jesse
University
Jesse
Lee
Polk
Love Letters by Cable Create Courtship Tale
Philadelphia April 30 Professor Herman V Hilprecht of the University of Pennsylvania tells how his engagement to Mrs W H Robinson began last September on a ship to this country. He says their courtship grew through cable letters while he was ill in Constantinople and he paid a high price for the messages. He marries Mrs Robinson last week and kept the engagement secret for good reasons.
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Philadelphia
Herman V. Hilprecht
University of Pennsylvania
W. H. H. Robinson
Constantinople
Enduring Mystery as Hanged Man Survives Drop
Mobile report says Tom Barth was executed for murder at Wodewee but revived after the hanging. He remained alive after the physician pronounced death and after being cut down for relatives to take away. This morning Anniston learned from a reliable source that he can sit up and take nourishment.
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Mobile
Ala
Tom Barth
Wodewee
Anniston
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