Battle over railroad merger grips St Paul court
Government and rival Harriman-Pierce and Hill-Morgan factions clash in U S Circuit Court over Northern Securities assets after the Northern Pacific merger bid. Attorney General Knox and District Attorney Haupt question intervention while parties dispute control and antitrust compliance in a historic gas-industry scale case.
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St. Paul, Minn
Har- Triman-Pierce
Hill-Morgan
United States
Supreme Court
Northern Securities
Haupt
Harriman-Hill
Harriman-Pierce
Taill-Morson Traction
Knox
Tis
Zooyytamment
Deerer
Desi i
Maxwell Evarts
Starkiman-Piercee
Northern Pacific
Securities Corporation
Ostock
Terest
Harriman-Pierceton
Aiteads
Uy Pacitte
Oreson
Ihole
Fragmentary OCR News Note Still Traces of Political Figures
Vague text shows scattered names and phrases like governor and representative alongside garbled words. The readable items mention Piatt and geographic or political terms, but no clear event date or outcome is identifiable.
Ohio Farmer Strikes Ohio's Largest Oil Well
An oil well on Albert Wright's farm near Sandusky produced a massive flow after nine feet of sand drilling. The well, controlled after hours, is estimated to yield 2,008 barrels in 24 hours and is considered Ohio's largest producing oil well.
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Poo Sandusky. O. Special
Albert Wright
Ohio
Philippine exhibit workers receive first pay at fair
The St. Louis world’s fair pageant of Igorrotes in the Philippine government exhibit were paid on Tuesday their salaries in 35 and 10 bill denominations. They reportedly tore up the money for cigars, unable to grasp its value beyond ornaments.
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St. Louis
Nurse Fatally Poisons Infant by Mistaken Bottle
In Duluth Minnesota a nurse employed by Frank Hart mistook carbolic acid for sweet oil and bandaged a three day old infant’s stomach with a cloth soaked in poison. The infant died and the nurse, upon realizing her error, tried to drink remaining poison but was stopped.
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Duluth
Minn
Frank Hart
Spanish Premier Maura Wounded by Dagger Attack
Premier Maura of Spain was attacked and wounded entering the palace grounds on Tuesday by a man armed with a dagger. Anarchists and republicans have grown boisterous since King Alfonso arrived the previous week, with daily arrests failing to curb unrest.
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Barcelona
Maura
Spain
Alfonso
Kaiser's Oil Company backs German oil combine
Berlin dispatch reports Kaiser Wilhelm backs a new German oil combine to challenge Standard Oil.
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The
Kaiser's Oil Company
Berlin
Kaiser
Standard Oil Company
Jury Deadlock in Neely Case Over Cuban Pelf
The jury in the Neely case, former Cuban post office finance director, failed to reach a verdict. The government claimed Neely siphoned about 45000 pounds between January and May 1900 while Neely’s lawyers argued amnesty freed him from liability.
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Neely
New York
Charles E. W. Neely
Pittsburg Store Fires Six Saleswomen for Drinking on Duty
Six saleswomen at the Pittsburg department store were discharged after alleged tippling during shopping hours. Garrett Williams was arrested and charged with furnishing liquor but discharged after it was learned he supplied the whisky. The workers reportedly drank a half pint of whiskey daily.
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Pittsburg
Garrett Williams
Adlerks
Japanese Force Annihilated On Yalu Island Samalind
Russian sharpshooters crossed into Korea and attacked Japanese troops on the island of Samalind opposite Viju near the Yalu river. Fifty Japanese scouts were wiped out with no Russian losses, in a sharp land engagement that follows daily border skirmishes and signals a pivotal early battle in the rising war.
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Yalu
St. Petersburg
Samalind
Viju
Good Jack
Krasnalinski
Reeus
Yalu River
Tokio
Worea
Yalu O
Japan
Russia
Will Convert the Editors
The Russian government has decided not to exhibit at St Louis due to the Japanese war but the Czar remains interested. Prince Uchtomski will depart for New York and then St Louis. He plans to convert American editors who presently oppose Russia.
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St. Petersburg
St. Louis
Prince Uchtomski
New York
Prince Uchtomsit
Huentiv
America
Russia
Boer War Exhibit Provokes Plea to St. Louis Directors
General Botha in Krugersdorp asked by the Transvaal Farmers Association to urge St. Louis exposition directors to ban Boer war buffoonery. They call it an outrage on every patriotic instinct.
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Krugersdorf
South Africa
Botha
Transvaal Farmers’ Association
St. Louis Exposition
Bryan's Removal Sought as Executor in Bennett Estate
New Haven Conn special Grace Imogene Bennett petitions for removal of executor William Jennings Bryan alleging estate funds are being dissipated amid a probe into a sealed letter that allocates his family fifty thousand dollars.
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New Haven, Conn
Grace Imogene Bennett
William Jennings Bryan
Philo S. Bennett
Roosevelt praises Landis brothers during White House visit
Washington special reports Charles B. and Fred Landis among callers at the White House on Tuesday. The President congratulated the younger brother on his nomination and expressed delight that he was to be returned, saying the news was expected.
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Washington
Landis Brothers
Charles B
Fred
White House
Hobson Loses Bid in Sixth District Primary
In Alabama's Sixth District Captain R P Hobson challenged incumbent Congressman H Bankhead. Early returns from the primary show Bankhead secured renomination by a safe majority despite Hobson's opposition.
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Birmingham
Ala
R. P. Hobson
3. H. Bankhead
Bankhead
Richmond Board Chooses Reader Foes Confederate Vets
In Richmond Virginia the board of education adopts a reader featuring Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic prompting strong reaction from the State Confederate veterans who call comment unnecessary.
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Richmond
Board of Education
Julia Ward Howe
Italians Alarmed by Vienna Dispatch and Cattaro Incident
Italian readers were stirred by a Vienna telegram about renewed Austro Italian tensions amid talks at Abbazia and Naples. An incident at Cattaro saw Austrian gendarmes threaten to fire on the Italian steamer Molfetta after a refused inspection, prompting Italy to seek an explanation from Austria.
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Rome
Vienna
Independente
Agia
Italy
Austria
Germany
Albania
Naples
William
Victor Emmanuel
Francis Joseph
Abbazzia
Molfetta
Cattaro
Dalmatia
Chinese Exclusion Maintains Rigid Immigration Policy
Washington reports in cabinet talks that after the treaty lapse the federal government will continue strict enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Officials argue the lapse will not ease entry but make Chinese immigration harder, despite Chinese government efforts led by Minister Conger to revoke the denunciation.
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Washington
Conger
Baskerville Discovers Complex Thorium Elements
Dr Charles Baskerville professor of chemistry and UNC laboratory director announces that thorium is complex in nature and that his decade long research has yielded two new elements marking a historic discovery for American chemistry.
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New York
Charles Baskerville
University of North Carolina
Baskerville
Russia ready for China in Manchuria
General Kuropatkin detaches 9,400 troops to advance on Peking if General Ma's Chinese army is not disbanded immediately. The move is seen as the first step in a prearranged plan to start hostilities with China.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Kuropatkin
Pekin
Bust of Jefferson toppled by wind at St Louis exposition
A heavy gust at the St Louis world’s fair toppled the five foot tall statue of Thomas Jefferson, smashing the bust on its pedestal. Officials expect a replacement will be made.
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St. Louis
Thomas Jefferson
Drug to Cure Tuberculosis Trialed by St Louis Doctors
Two St Louis physicians report promising results using a drug to treat consumption. If ongoing success leads to permanent cures, this could revolutionize tuberculosis treatment.
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St. Louis
Sultan Must Come to Time Campaign Aims at Taraca
Major General Leonard Wood leads 1,500 troops in a campaign to compel the Sultan of Taraca to surrender twenty murderers and numerous stolen rifles to American authorities.
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Sultan
Manila
Leonard Wood
Taraca
Five Killed in Santa Barbara Trolley Wreck
Santa Barbara California report says five people died in a trolley car wreck on a steep grade Sunday evening. Three died on the scene and two others shortly after from severe injuries. twenty others were seriously hurt in the accident.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Peace and Amity Between England and Russia
The Anglo Russian understanding is public, signaling that peace and friendly relations are likely. Lord Lansdowne, foreign secretary, is authorized to begin negotiations with Ambassador Bakendorff to settle all disputes, though talks have not started and may not.
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London
England
Russia
Lord Lansdowne
Bakendorff
Russia Eyes War With China Over Far East Ties
St Petersburg dispatch reports ministers urge the czar to declare war on China and the ambassador to Pekin urges action. Officials claim China’s disaffection toward Russia justifies open hostilities to pursue policies in the far east. War is anticipated as M Lessar presses Beijing to reveal its hand.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
China
M. Lessar
Pekin
Great Wall
Czar Delays War End Aims Summer Confrontation
Report from St. Petersburg states the Czar plans to prolong hostilities in the Far East until summer. High authorities say Japanese sea control exists and Russia plans to lure Mikado forces inland for a decisive set of blows. Reinforcements to Makaroff may clear seas and sever Japan's Korea and Manchuria links.
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St. Petersburg
Far East
Makaroff
Baltic
Red Sea
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
Great Utah irrigation scheme planned to water million acres
Salt Lake City report states a vast irrigation project led by E. W. Ross proposes a Utah Lake reservoir. The plan, costing about 5 million dollars, aims to irrigate up to one million acres and add roughly 30 million dollars to Utah’s land value.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
E. W. Ross
Idaho
Utah Lake
Clean Up a Million in Alaska District Gains
Seattle dispatch notes Tanana Alaska district mail advices that winter gold clean up may reach one million dollars. Several new finds and hopeful reports suggest the region could prove as rich as Dawson.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Tanana
Dawson
Hill May Retire If Harriman Suit Succeeds
President James J. Hill of the Great Northern railway says he will retire if the Harriman interests win their lawsuit and notes he may end his battles for the Northwest if the Northern Pacific falls into hostile hands.
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St. Paul, Minn
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Harriman
Northern Pacific
Northwest
Leader of Yaquis Shot After Battle Capture
Hermosillo special reports Manuel Guavesi long time Yaqui rebel leader in Sonora was discovered among prisoners taken by Captain Barron near Batomole. He was immediately executed by firing squad.
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Hermosillo
Mex
Manuel Guavesi
Sonora
Barron
Batomole
Destructive earthquake in Vienna cable report
A dispatch to the Neue Freie Presse notes an earthquake that killed twenty five people and injured forty. It destroyed 1500 houses and caused distress in the villages of Kosovo and Salonica in Macedonia.
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Vienna
Neue Freie Press
Kossovo
Salonica
Macedonie
Man Delays Suicide in Cold River After Deliberation
William Windstrom waded into the river seeking death but withdrew as the water proved too cold for the act. The incident occurred as he postponed the planned self harm.
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Sterling, Is
William Windstrom
Easter in autocratic Russia a sacred royal rite
St Petersburg celebrated Easter with a grand imperial procession at the Winter Palace chapel. Czar Alexander III, his mother, and heir apparent attended as bells rang and 120 guns boomed. The Czar kissed sentries at the door and greeted guards, ending with an Easter supper as nations hoped for peace.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Winter Palace
St. Peter and St. Paul
Neva
Order of St. Andrew
Yangsheff
Christ
Malachite
Port Arthur
Sistok
Far East
Abbeville Man Shoots Self to Escape Mob
Captain W. W. Milliken postmaster and prominent Republican politician in Abbeville Alabama shot himself Sunday noon to avoid lynching. He had been jailed on a charge of assaulting Miss Snyder of Dothan but escaped and was hunted by a mob bent on killing him.
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Abbeville
Ala
W. W. Milliken
Milliken
Miss Snyder
Dothan
Graft Chair Founded at Michigan University
Ann Arbor special notes a chair of graft established at the University of Michigan under the term nonathletic board. It aims to train students to resist the doodling spirit of the age, complementing the existing athletic board that guards against grafting in athletics.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
University of Michigan
Woman seeks enrollment in Cossack regiment for Japan war
Moscow dispatch reports the war ministry granted Mme. Pousep petition to join a Cossack regiment fighting Japan. At 33 she is described as a skilled horsewoman and marksman who has joined cavalry maneuvers with the Vyasensky regiment.
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Moscow
War Ministry
Mme. Pousep
Maxiowconditron
Vyasensky Regiment
Wind Demolishes Bazaar at World's Fair Japanese Reservation
A powerful Saturday wind at the St. Louis World’s Fair completely destroyed the partially built bazar structure in the Japanese reservation with no timber left standing.
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St. Louis
United States population estimate for 1903 nearly eighty million
The census bureau estimates the U S population in 1903 at 79 900 389 excluding Alaska and insular possessions, up 3 905 814 since 1900. It covers 438 cities with 10 000 or more in 1900, listing New York Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Boston Baltimore Cleveland and Cincinnati with noted figures.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Alaska
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Baltimore
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Powerful American Fleet Heads to the Mediterranean
Washington reports a vast American naval armada to sail to Europe this summer, consisting of over forty ships. The move follows President Roosevelt’s pledge to back up demands to the Sultan of Turkey after tensions over the Alexandretta affair and Turkish diplomatic friction remaining unresolved.
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Washington
Mediterranean
Europe
Turkey
Alexandretta
Roosevelt
Ex Queen Isabella of Spain Dies in Paris After Illness
Ex Queen Isabella of Spain grandmother to King Alfonso died in Paris Saturday after a two month grip illness. Her three daughters Infantas Isabella Eulalie and Marie were at her bedside. She abdicated in 1870 and lived in Paris, hosting charity and social life from the Pa latte Castile palace opposite the American embassy.
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Paris
Isabella
Spain
Alfonso
Infantas
Eulalie
Marie
Palatte
Castile
Avenue
Kleber
United States
Taft outlines new Philippine capital near Manila
Secretary of War William H. Taft announces plans for a new Philippine capital about 150 miles from Manila on ground over 3000 feet above sea level. He compares it to Simla in India and says the climate and location will benefit the islands and offer great opportunities for capital investors.
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Chicago
Philippines
William H. Taft
Taft
Manila
Simla
India
Vanderbilt Annexes 35 Farms Near Biltmore Estate
Asheville N C special. After negotiations spanning two years George Vanderbilt's agents bought about 150000 dollars worth of 35 farms totaling 2000 acres adjoining the Biltmore estate to straighten the edge of the reserve. The tract runs about four miles from north to south along the existing boundary.
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Asheville
N. C
Special
George Vanderbilt
Biltmore Estate
Great Biltmore Reserve
General Exodus Amid Fear of Japanese Landing
Refugees reaching Shanghai report a mass inland exodus driven by fear of a possible Japanese landfall at Possiet Bay in Manchuria, about sixty five miles southwest of Vladivostok. Russian garrisons retreat, leaving only small outposts.
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Shanghai
Korea
Possiet Bay
Manchuria
Vladivostok
Russians Hold Six Border Towns in Korea
Telegram reports from Seoul state Russians occupy six large border towns on the Tumen river in Northeastern Korea.
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Seoul
Tumen
Korea
Price Listing for Cities and Items Across Regions
A scanned price table lists numerous city names with associated amounts such as Petrolea 2.18 and South Lima 1.14. Other entries include Bartlesville 1.05 Independence 1.19 Chanute 0.99 Newcastle 1.55 and Corning 1.48. The list continues with Whitehouse 1.30 Pennsylvania 1.69 Tiona 1.88 Peru 1.19 Corsicana 0.97 Jennings 0.30 Batson 0.39 North Lima 1.12 Indiana 1.14 Somerset 1.13 N Neodosha 0.99 N Neodosha 1.19 Corsican light 0.93 land 0.66 Princeton 0.79 Humboldt 0.52 Cherryvale 1.19.
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Petrolea
South Lima
Bartlesville
Independence
Chanute
Newcastle
Corning
Whitehouse
Pennsylvania
Tiona
Peru
Corsicana
Jennings
Batson
North Lima
Indiana
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