Chicago Police Chief Fights Anarchist Attack at Home
Chicago police chief George M. Shippy shot and killed an anarchist who entered his home. The assailant wounded Shippy's son Harry in the lung and fatally shot family servant James Foley. Shippy, also stabbed, then killed the attacker with his revolver after a sustained struggle.
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Chicago
George M. Shippy
Harry
James Foley
Foley
Shippy
Harry Shippy
Leo Heinrichs
Denver
War of words at Ohio party state convention
ColumbusMarch 2 Delegates and alternates arrive for the Ohio state Republican convention with no prearranged slate and a free for all fight expected for nominations Governors and certain offices are exempt from contest Four delegates at large to the national convention are chosen but not yet placed The platform will be short with a heated debate over whether Senators Foraker and Dick should be named and how The draft has been approved by Taft as Attorney General Willis handles the literary side of the platform.
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Columbus
Taft
Wade Willis
Foraker
Illinois Central stockholders meet postponed amid report delay
Chicago March 2 The Illinois Central annual meeting adjourned after a fifteen minute session until 2 pm due to the proxy committee failing to report a complete summary. Judge Ball denied Leman injunction halting voting on 281,231 shares held by Union Pacific and Railroad Securities.
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Chicago
Ill
Illinois Central Railroad
Fish
Judge Ball
H. W. Leman
Union Pacific Railroad
Railroad Securities Company
Illinois Central
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railway
William Nelson Cromwell
E. H. Harriman
Harriman Party
Harriman
J. Ogden Armour
Murder in Clinton: Wife Held After Man Killed in Sleep
In Clinton Iowa on March 2 authorities found Fred Dolph shot in the head in his East and Main streets home. His wife Irene Dolph formerly Irene Brown is jailed in connection with the murder. Coroner Kellogg to conduct an inquest.
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Syndicate
Clinton
Iowa
Fred Dolph
East
Main Streets
Irene Dolph
Dolph
Irene Brown
Kellogg
Coamo Runs Aground Off Long Island in Fog
The New York and Porto Rico steamship Coamo ran ashore on the coast near New York in heavy fog twenty miles east of Sandy Rock. A life station boat was sent but with light wind and sandy beach, passengers are not believed to be in immediate danger.
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New York
N. Y
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
Long Island
Sandy Rock
Life Station
Collision at Morning Sun in Iowa Central railroad wreck
A head-on collision on the Iowa Central road five miles west of Morning Sun near Wapello Iowa occurred late last night. No serious injuries, a few minor injuries, and traffic delays were reported.
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Louisa County
Wapello
ASRC Directors Declare Quarterly Dividend Stable
Directors of American Smelting and Refining Company today declared a quarterly dividend of one percent on common stock and one percent on preferred stock, unchanged from the previous quarter.
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American Smelting and Refining Company
New York
N. Y
Estate Pays Million to Settle Back Tax Claims
A million dollar payment was made to Cook County treasurer to settle back tax claims on the Marshall Field estate. Trustees had previously brokered a settlement to compromise suits totaling about 1.7 million dollars. In another matter, John A. Cooke, former circuit court clerk now in prison, had a case non suited due to the chief witness absence.
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Chicago
Ill
Marshall Field
Cook County
Cooke
John A. Cooke
Healy
Peonage Probe Touched by House in South Labor Inquiry
Washington March 2 The House adopted a resolution for investigation by the immigration committee into labor conditions in turpentine camps plantations and other southern industries amid concerns over peonage. Hepburn Iowa introduced a bill to tax stock sales and transfers in the House.
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Washington, D. C
House
Immigration Committee
South
Hepburn
Iowa
Granite Workers Strike Hits East Coast Quarries
Boston March 2 More than 5000 granite cutters quarrymen and others in Granite industry from Boston and Barre Montpelier and Westerly see work suspended as unions and manufacturers fail to settle a wage scale.
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Boston
Mass
Barre
Montpelier
Westerly
Allison Wins Big In Louisa County Delegates
Louisa County caucuses favored Allison in the senatorial fight with only Morning Sun township contesting, leaving most votes to attendees marching to the state convention on March 8. Across Creston and Dubuque regions delegates and resolutions reinforced Allison's lead and Taft policies. Harmony prevailed at Boone County gathering with senatorial selection deferred to primary voters.
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Wapello
Louisa County
Allison
Morning Sun Township
Cummins
Creston
Union County
Roosevelt
Taft
Harsh
Third Ward
Carroll
Morrow
Hepburn
Dubuque
Franklin County
Guthrie
Schaffer
Birdsall
Harmony
Boone County
Boone
Roads Lose Fight for Extension
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied all petitions for extensions to comply with the nine hour hours of service law. A report detailing the reasons will be issued soon. Judge Wilfley is praised by President Roosevelt and Secretary Root in a public correspondence vindicating him against impeachment charges. Admiral Sims testified that the armor bill for battleships is too low and accused Admirals Converse and Capps of misstatements. The Great Northern Railway begins a major cutback of telegraph operations from Grand Forks to Devil's Lake, closing stations and ending the block system.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilfley
Lebbens R. Wilfley
Shanghai
Roosevelt
Root
William S. Sims
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Capps
Grand Forks
N. C
Great Northern Railway
Devil's Lake
Funeral for King Charles of Portugal and Crown Prince Luiz
A grand funeral service was held in Rome marking the repose of King Charles of Portugal and Crown Prince Luiz, assassinated in Lisbon on February 1. The cortege and rites reflected royal mourning and Catholic traditions as dignitaries attended the hall of beatifications.
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Rome
Charles of Portugal
Luiz
Lisbon
Literary Program and Prayer Meeting Notices
U P literary meeting set for Tuesday evening at 7 45 featuring numbers by newly elected officers. Thursday evening regular prayer meeting at 7 45 o'clock.
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U. P. Literary
Death notices and obituaries from Philadelphia and Indiana
Thomas B. Wanamaker of Philadelphia dies in London after Egypt trip at 48. James Oliver, South Bend plow inventor and Oliver Chilled Plow founder, dies. Bishop W. W. Duncan of the Methodist Episcopal South dies in Spartanburg. L. C. Blanchard, Iowa attorney, ex judge and state senator, dies suddenly in Oskaloosa.
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Liverpool
Thomas B. Wanamaker
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Egypt
Egpyt
Philadelphia North American
South Bend
Ind
Jas. Oliver
James Oliver
Roxburyshire
Scotland
United States
Ontario County
New York
Indiana
St. Joseph County
Mishawaka
Oliver
Oliver Chilled Plow
Spartanburg
S. C
W. W. Duncan
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Iowa Evening Press
Oskaloosa
Iowa
L. C. Blanchard
State Senate
Mirage of hostile fleet spotted near Oahu reeled in as rumor
A report from Honolulu late Saturday night claimed four unknown war vessels cruised near Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. Officials dismissed the sighting as overactive imagination or mirage with suspicions unraveling about a possible armed force appearing off the coast.
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Washington, D. C
Oahu
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Curfew Imposed on Pittsburg Millionaires Clubs
Reform mayor George W. Guthrie orders all Pittsburg clubs closed by midnight. After a weak initial response police raids urged strict adherence and clubs began shutting promptly at 12 o'clock.
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Pittsburg
George W. Guthrie
Illinois and Iowa Weather Outlook Tonight and Tuesday
Illinois and Iowa forecast mostly fair with little temperature change. Sunrise at 6 25, sunset at 5 41.
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Illinois
Iowa
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