Coal Men Indicted In Chicago Anti Trust Case
Forty four coal men and corporations face indictments for conspiracy in restraint of trade and price fixing under the anti trust law. The case names Illinois Indiana firms and officers, with penalties of up to five years in prison or fines to two thousand dollars for conspiracy and up to two thousand dollars for corporations under the anti trust counts. The grand jury also issued a report blaming natural causes for the coal famine and endorsing proposed special legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grand Jury
Hamlin
Springfield
Indiana
Hugh Shirkie
Bruilleus Creek Coal Company
Nevins Coal Company
Joseph Martin
Parke County Coal Company
Edward Shirkie
Indiana Fuel Company
H. R. McClellan
McClellan Sons & Co
Walter S. Bogle
Glen Oak Coal Mining Company
Clinton
Crescent Coal and Milinge Company
John Shirkie
Jean Shirkie
Northern Illinois Soft Coal Association
Chicago, Wilmington and Vermillion Coat Company
A. L. Sweet
T. A. ‘Lemmon
Big Four Wilmington Coal Company
Ha. N. Taylor
Gardner-Wilmington Coal Company
D. May
Glen Oak Coal and Mining Company
Crescent Coal and Mining Company
Prodigal Returns to Farm Home After Years Away
A tramp named Will returns to his family on a farm after four years away. Mary brings him to see their father and Florence. The father hesitates but grants cautious forgiveness while Will contemplates rejoining family life and facing Barnes, the steadfast farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Will
Glenwood
Florence
Father
Tonz
Barnes
Dugzy
Had Found His Match He Found a Boss in Beebe’s Corners
A Tennessee hunter famed for killing bears rattlesnakes and wildcats tells a stranger that his courage faltered after meeting his boss the man he married six weeks earlier. His wife’s sharp command forces him to prove his bravado by moving wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beebe’s
Tennessee
Waal
Allus
Hank
Nancy
Quail With Rare Qualities
Col. Ransdell, senate sergeant at arms, owns a remarkable mountain quail aged several years. Born in Arizona, the lone survivor of five hatched quail, nurtured in seclusion, it now signals emotions with distinct cries. The bird’s wisdom and unique temperament fascinate its keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Ransdell
Senate
Arizona
Washington
Misguided protest noted by Ohio representative
A fragment from the New York World describes Representative Beidler of Ohio observing a man ringing a dinner bell at a deaf and dumb asylum, illustrating a misdirected effort during a drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative Beidler
Ohio
New York World
New Branch of Daughters of 1812 Formed in Wilmington
A new chapter of the Daughters of the War of 1812 has been organized in Wilmington Delaware. The group aims to preserve history and honor the service of early American veterans through community activities and archival projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington, del
Monument Erected for Bret Harte in Surrey Churchyard
A massive costly monument marks the grave of Bret Harte in Frimley churchyard Surrey England. The two and a half tons white granite slab supports a cross shaped Aberdeen granite block. The inscription reads Bret Harte Aug 25 1837 May 5 1902 Death Shall Reap No Braver Harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bret Harte
Frimley
Surrey
England
Anti-Seasickness Society Formed in France
A French group named La Ligue contre le Mar de Mer has been formed to combat seasickness. The prospectus promises complete immunity, but concerns rise that reliance on it could backfire and end badly for enrollees, per the Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Ligue Contre
Mar de Mer
France
Boston Transcript
Training Boys for Sailors In British Channel Fleet
A report notes twenty one boys for every seventy nine able seamen in the British channel fleet highlighting youth training effort amid naval manpower needs.
Castro's Dog Tale from South America Folklore
The New York Tribune recounts a tale from William Potter of Philadelphia about President Castro of Venezuela and his dog. Potter claims Castro loves animals and shares a peculiar story where a dog carries a live hen, the hen lays an egg in the dog's hut, the dog eats the egg, and the hen then lays eggs for the dog to eat, with Castro mourning the hen’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
Casto
Venezuela
William Potter
Philadelphia
South America
Potter
Nw York Tribune
A Man Nees His Own Den In Modern Life
A quip cites that men with busy schedules seek a private space at home to cultivate their minds, forming a “man’s den” that becomes a fashionable yet ridiculed retreat. The piece notes that only the very busy can spare time for self improvement away from family duties.
Woman Leads Fire Fighters in San Rafael Stall Fire Rescue
Postmistress Melrose Tuttle aided San Rafael firefighters by entering smoke and sparks to unlock a hydrant and flood the Alta stables area. Her quick action helped prevent spread to the post office and adjoining property amid a blaze causing about $2,000 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Rafael
Miss Melrose Tuttle
Cal
Alta
Melrose Tuttle
Lmost
Massachuset ts Turret Explosion Fatal for Five Sailors
Five men were killed and four injured on the battleship Massachusetts during target practice when an eight inch charge exploded in a forward turret off Culebra Island. Names of the dead and injured were released by the Navy. a board of inquiry was appointed to investigate the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Culebra Island
Navy Department
Washington
San Juan
Albert Stephen Taeke
St. Louis
Walter
William August Schert
Cleveland
Porto Rico
Harry Lee
Marine Guard
Clarence Abele
Charles F. Hughes
Kuhlwein
Wiliam C. Cole
Loneman
Massetts
Wright
Intas
Ward K. Wortman
Higginson
Converse
Dlinois
Smith
Lieut
Pratt
Wise Toad of Worcester Recalls Lena Hoar Favorite Story
A toad famed for antidote insight outwits a spider's web and bites. The tale ends with the toad chewing plantain leaves between rescues, as recounted by a Massachusetts senator and cited from the New York Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Lena- Hoar
Massachusetts
Toad
New York Tribune
David B Hill’s Irony Remark Sparks Quick Repartee
Ex Senator David B Hill is famed for his wit. At Normandie by the Sea dining with Gen Ferdinand P Earle and Mrs Earle, Mrs Earle noted iron rust in the pipes making water seem unusually clear. Hill quipped That is irony Mrs Earle replying gravely then continued his meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Hill
Ferdinand P. Earle
Normandie-by-the-Sea
Hudson Bay Company loses monopoly in 1870
The Hudson Bay Company was largely controlled from London with a Canadian chief commissioner. In May 1870 it relinquished charter control of the Northwest for Canada to pay 1.5 million dollars and share half of surveyed lands within the fertile belt and posts, likely totaling over 5 million acres. Since then it has been a rival with other traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Bay Company
London
Canada
Northwest
Fifty cooks contest ends with mass resignation
In a small association of forty Kitchen Ladies a cookery contest awarded five prizes. Five winners were praised for excellence while the remaining thirty-five members, who won nothing, resigned in protest and dissolved the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Kitchen Ladies
Social mixup reported in a Baltimore Sun blurb
A quoted exchange highlights a misidentification at a social scene, where Mrs. Smith faces her husband but onlookers misread him as Mr. Jones. The brief note observes the mistaken pairing and then clarifies the actual relation.
Enterprising Chicago Thieves Encounter Postmaster
Fred E. Coyne the Chicago postmaster was accosted on the street by a stranger asking for directions to the post office. He followed up to warn that he had not been in the building for an hour and could not guarantee the office’s location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fred E. Coyne
Mr. Coyne
Old-Time Indian Fighter in South Dakota Legislature
Ellis T. Pierce known as Bear Tracks travels Pierre during the winter session. A figure from the Northwest frontier era, Pierce wore a gray frock coat and broad white sombrero and recalls days with legends like Will Bill Hickok and Jack McCool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
South Dakota
Ellis T. Pierce
Pierre
Pierce
Will Bill Hickok
Jack McCool
Brains not necessary story ends with soldier in the war office
Conan Doyle recounts an English officer badly wounded in South Africa. A military surgeon shaved the protruding brain and later recovered a brain fragment kept in a lab bottle. The officer, now well, tells the surgeon it matters little as he has a permanent position in the war office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conan Doyle
South Africa
London
War Office
Almost Perpetual Motion At Bodleian Library
At the Bodleian Library in Oxford a device has chimed two bells for forty years using a dry pile with extremely low energy. It has operated without human interference longer than any other machine in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodleian Library
Oxford
England
Very Fine Drawing Wire Weighs Light as Air
A slender drawing wire measured at 1% grain weight per mile and of diameter one hundred thirty thousandth part of an inch, indicating remarkable fineness in its manufacture.
Hour Glass On British Navy Ships
The log and hour glass are used at night on board British ships. Each hour the watch signals with a shrill whistle, heaves the log, and the glass is turned. The device is a 14 second glass with a sunk lead sinker, and the line is hauled in as the last grain drops. An entry is made in the log book recording this nightly event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Life
London
Rox
Cowboys of Legista Form A Noted Ranch Outfit
Six members of a cowboy outfit are identified as experts including C M B Weldon of Clark Morton R B Campbell of Meade and William of Stanton. The son, dean of the outfit, has long operated a ranch in the southwest stocked with 700 to 1000 cattle and organized a cowboy band in 1880 that gained national fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legista
Ture
C. M
W. H. Weldon
Clark
Tin
Morton
Fred Friar
R. B. Campbell
Meademan
William
Stanton
Outfit
Son
Whistling postal card described in foreign mail
A small postcard from foreign mail includes two birds on the message side with a whistle between them. Pressing the card emits a birdlike note, intended as a novelty. The item resembles the American postcard in size and design.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilmington Star Mining Company
M. D. Buchanan
Bell & Zoller Coal Company
Herbert E. Bell
Cardiff Coal Company
Glenn W. Traer
Devlin Coal Company
Charles J. Devlin
Spring Valley Coal Company
S. M. Dalzell
Marquette Third Vein Coal Company
Everett H. Tripp
Braceville Coal Company
Illinois
Third Vein Coal Company
Retail Dealers’ Association of
Wisconsin
W. M. Sanford
Freeport
P. F. Lusk
Fondu Lac
Wis
Frank E. Lukens
Gus Allcutt
Aurora
E. H. Keeler
Rockford
Frank McGrew
Kankakee
F. M. Durkee
Lake Geneva
C. L. Marston
Appleton
R. E. Brown
Oshkosh
W.S. Bogle
Coal Bloft ‘Mining Company
McClellan Sons & Co. Coal Company
Bruilletts Company
Bruilletts Creek Coal and Mining Company
Oak Hill Coal and Mining Company
Star Coal Company
Streator
Wilmington Coal Company
H. N. Taylor
la Salle County Carbon Coal Company
F. O. Wyatt
Wilmington Coal Mining Company
James Dalzell
Acme Coal Company
R. G. Fairbairn
Streator, III
Wen
Atty Talley
Lua
R. C. Pitzer
Daily Story Pub. Co
Kns
Sikes
United States
Felix Herbert Loesser
New York
Stephen Frank Malinowski
Andrew Hendrickson
Christland
Norway
Kenneth Joseph Platt
Troy
Robert Rule
Mount Washington
Hamilton County
Alexander Newton Dossett
Durham
N.C
James ‘Garfield Patterson
Pittsburg
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