Wabash Wage Settlement Ends Long Labor Dispute
After four months of conflict between Wabash Road workers and officials, an injunction halted a strike and a settlement was reached. The plan grants 12 to 15 percent wage increases across divisions, preserves seniority and committee rights, discontinues the double-header freight practice, and protects union members, with signatures from labor leaders and company officials praising the accord as a victory for organized labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Ashley
The
Wabash
Middle and East
Illinois Central
Chicago and Alton
Council Bluff
Mississippi’ River
Buffalo
Canada Southern
Michigan Central Railroad
Grand Trunk
Ramsey
Col. Blodgett
Travous
Blodgett
McGee
C. A. Lewton
Firemen’s Joint Protective Board
J. Courtney
General Strievance Committee
J. J. Hanrahan
Grand Master Brotherhood
W. G. Lee
Grand Master Brotherhood of Railway
Chicago to Meet Grievance Committee and Railroads
Chicago plans talks with the grievance committee of the Illinois Central firemen. Mr. Lee will travel to Denver to confer with the grievance committees of train men from the Colorado Midland and Colorado Southern railroads.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroag
Lee
Denver
Colorado Midland
Colorado Southern
Exciting Mayoralty Contest In Cleveland
Cleveland voters head to the polls Monday in a heated mayoral race between Democrat Mayor Johnson and Republican nominee Harvey D. Goulder. Johnson backs a three cent streetcar fare with universal transfers, while Goulder seeks an immediate 25 cent sewer-ticket compromise with universal transfers. Grace E. Andrews of the Cleveland Electric Railway predicts a citywide consolidation with the Cleveland City Railway, potentially placing all streetcar lines under one management and a combined capitalization of 22 million dollars.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Johnson
Harvey D. Goulder
Goulder
Grace E. Andrews
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Cleveland City Railway Company
Hanna
Andrews
Chicago Mayoralty Fight Ends With Uncertain Outcome
Chicago observers summarize a tight mayoral race as undecided. Republican leaders Revell and Stewart project large margins or landslide, while Democratic chief Carey predicts Harrison will gain more votes than in 1901. Ward estimates suggest Harrison up by 35,000 with Harrison predicting 25,000 to 30,000 victory.
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Chicago
Revell
Republican Campaign Committee
Stewart
Carey
Democratic County Central Committee
Harrison
Lorimer Durborrow Contest Referred to Supreme Court
Chicago April 4. Attorneys for William Lorimer and the Election Commissioners agree to refer the Lorimer Durborrow election controversy to the Supreme Court. The case will be decided on two questions of law within the court's original jurisdiction. Judge Harney's court will stop further proceedings. ballots under subpoena may be handled by the court. The Supreme Court will rule on the commissioners right to produce ballots under subpoena and the circuit court's power to restrain obeying the subpoena.
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Chicago
William Lorimer
Lorimer-Durborrow
Supreme Court
Hanecy
Notary
A Tale of Two Hunters Returns Missing Ring
Franklin Bryant lost a finger ring while hunting at North River last fall. Fred Keene, a Marshfield gunner, found Bryant's ring in a duck from the marshes and returned it. The story highlights an accidental reunion of ring and owner.
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New York Times
Brant. Rock
Mass
North River
Franklin Bryant
Fred Keene
Marshfield
Mr. Bryant
Deny Foraker figures on Great Salt Lake project
Ogden Utah April 4 The Standard will publish a statement from Southern Pacific engineers disputing Senator Foraker's Nashville court figures. They say the sinking track was exaggerated, the Great Salt Lake spanning project will be finished by July 4, the cut off open by year end, cost about 4 million dollars, and it will shorten the Ogden to San Francisco route by 46 miles removing 150 miles of treacherous mountain road on the Central Pacific.
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Ogden
Utah
Standard
Southern Pacific Engineers
Foraker
Nashville, Tenn
Great Salt Lake
Southern Pacific
Senator Foraker
San Francisco
Central Pacific
Judge Humphrey Says Ruling On Taylor v Railroads Due Monday
In Louisville on April 4, Judge A P Humphrey stated that Judge Lorton's decision in the Talbot J Taylor suit against the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads will be delivered at Cincinnati United States Court on Monday at noon rather than in Louisville as earlier announced.
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Louisville
A. P. Humphrey
Lorton
Talbot J. Taylor
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad
United States
Cincinnati
Four artillery companies to depart Cuba for Portland Me
Havana April 4 report states four artillery companies making up half of the U S force in Cuba will soon be ordered home. The units are expected to be stationed at Portland Maine after returning from Cuba.
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Havana
United States
Cuba
Portland
Chancellor Grant Delays Stock Increase to Buy Glass Firm
Trenton New Jersey April 4 Vice Chancellor Stevens issued an order returnable April 13 requiring the Mississippi Glass Company to show cause why it should not be restrained from increasing its capital stock to purchase the Brownsville Company a fellow glass concern.
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Trenton
N. J
Stevens
Mississippi Glass Company
Brownsville Company
Farmer survives scalp-severing steam saw accident
Cooperstown New York April 4 A South New Britain farmer Morton Morse was cut across the scalp by a steam buzz saw. The scalp was found on the ground and later sewed on. Morse is alive but in precarious condition.
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New York Times
Cooperstown
N.Y
Morton Morse
South New Britain
Prizefight raid at river boat boathouse shocks city
Police in plain clothes raided a Hudson River Bass Fishing Club boathouse prize fight at West 113th Street. About 200 spectators attended the planned twenty round bout for 300 dollars. Two principals and a referee were arrested. others were released after the raid, with gloves and tickets seized as evidence.
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Martens
Sergt. Leibers
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Hudson River Bass Fishing Club
West One Hundred and Thirteenth Street
Pete' O'Rourke
Columbus Avenue
Alfred
Kit’) Burgess
West One Hundred and Nineteenth Street
Aaron Lewis
West One Hundred and Seventeenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Billy ” Madden
East Side Athletic Club
Johnny" Hutchins
States in miniature map for World’s Fair exhibit
Assistant Secretary Brigham plans a 8 to 10 acre map of the United States near the Government Building for the 1904 exposition. Each state and territory will be defined by crops and products with fields of cotton, rice, wheat, corn and tobacco. Work to begin about April 1.
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New York Times
Washington
Brigham
United States
Louisiana
Texas
Carolinas
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Virgina
North Carolina
Maryland
Arkansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Dixie
Miss Thaw to Wed Earl of Yarmouth in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on April 27 Miss Alice Thaw will marry the Earl of Yarmouth at Calvary Episcopal Church. The couple favor a simple ceremony with minimal display though the event promises elaborate details and accompanying entertainment led by Lord and Lady Yarmouth.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Alice Thaw
Earl of Yarmouth
Calvary Episcopal Church
Midday Chicago Limited Departs Grand Central At 1 PM
The Mid-day Chicago Limited leaves Grand Central Station at 1 00 P M and arrives Chicago 11 50 next morning or St Louis 6 45 next evening via New York Central Adv
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Grand Central Station
Chicago
St. Louis
New York Central
Detectives Guard Neilson Home Amid Wedding Gift Rush
Miss Cathleen Neilson and her household face unease as wedding gifts flood the 100 Fifth Avenue residence. Two suspicious men were confronted by detectives McKay and Shibles after lingering outside the door. The pair claimed innocence and were released, with added detective presence ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathleen Neilson
Reginald Vanderbilt
Neilson
Fifth Avenue
Miss Neilson
School Directors Convicted in Bribery Case in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on April 4 the jury found Thomas F. G. Seixas president of the Twenty eighth Sectional School Board Joseph Travis secretary and Frank Brown and David G Johnson board members guilty of accepting bribes from women candidates for teaching positions. The trial dominated the week as Mayor-elect Weaver, serving as District Attorney, pressed the prosecution and will be sworn in as mayor next Monday, marking the end of his DA tenure.
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Philadelphia
Thomas F. G. Seixas
Sectional School Board
Joseph Travis
Frank Brown
David G. Johnson
Weaver
Knox Rebuffed as Hayes Dismisses City Staff
Pittsburg April 4 Attorney General Knox was turned down by Recorder William B Hayes as the city undergoes a purge of 165 police, fire and detective staff. Detective George Waggoner, a friend of Knox, was among those dismissed after Knox appealed for his retention.
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Pittsburg
New York Times
Knox
William B. Hayes
Bureau of Public Safety
George Waggoner
Waggoner
Hayes
Mr. Waggoner
Observations Of New Star At Lick Observatory
W. W. Campbell states the new star in Gemini, discovered by Turner of Oxford, was glimpsed Wednesday after storms and observed again Thursday. Visual magnitude about 0.814, photographically brighter. Spectrum shows bright hydrogen bands. may evolve into a nebula in weeks or months. position given as right ascension six hours thirty seven minutes forty eight seconds and north declination 30.03.
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San Jose
Cal
W. W. Campbell
Lick Observatory
Turner
Oxford
England
Texas Penitentiary Robbed and Missing Agent
L M Openheimer, chairman of the penitentiary board, said Albert Sidney Busby, ex financial agent at Rusk, is short in his accounts, possibly up to 100000 dollars. Shortage spans four years of Busby’s tenure. Iron furnace operations at the penitentiary suffered. Busby, a bank stockholder, is being sought with a warrant for arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Austin
Texas
Busby
Distilled Message on Ale and Stout Distribution
A fragment notes confusion over ranking Jones Portsmouth bottled Ale and Nourishing Stout. It mentions sending to Acker Mer rall & Condit Company eight stores and to agents Back Harris at 82 Cortlandt Street.
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Pasricerse
Rank Jones
Portsmouth
Acker
Merrall & Condit Company
Back & Harris
Cortlandt St Maw
Quintard Is Sentenced In Greenwich Non Support Case
Greenwich judge imposed sixty days in Bridgeport County Jail or a $500 bond for six months with a weekly $9 support payment to wife Mrs Quintard. Quintard, former Sound Beach resident, testified he left Aug 26 amid business garnishment and claimed no income. Prosecutor Palmer pressed questions about alleged affairs in Syracuse and North Stamford while Mr Quintard argued the aim was to show non support and potential scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Bridgeport
Charles B. Burns
Greenwich Borough
Charles G. Quintard
Sound Beach
Quintard
Homer Cummings
Stamford
Cummings
Nan
Ritch
Palmer
New York
Syracuse
Mr. Cummings
Miss Bradley
Mr. Palmer
North
Model Town Planned Near Los Angeles by Railroad Magnate
Preliminary steps have been taken by H. E. Huntington to found a model manufacturing town near Los Angeles and enter felting business. Alfred Dolge, once a leading felt producer and founder of Dolgeville, N Y, will directly oversee the enterprise, which is said to be well under way.
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Los Angeles
Cal
E. Huntington
Alfred Dolge
United States
Dolgeville
N. Y
Bridegroom Under Arrest at Schuyler Lake
Cooperstown New York April 4 Berton H Niles has been placed under arrest at his home in Schuyler Lake by Under Sheriff Towne and an Army officer. He is charged with deserting from the army in California two years ago after serving one year. He came to Schuyler Lake last fall and was recently married there. He has been taken to Sackett Harbor Barracks for court martial proceedings.
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Ramsey
Cairo
Egypt
H. W. Ashley
Wabash Railroad Company
Ashley
Wabash Company
Col. Wells
H. Blodgett
The
Wabash
Judson
Hanrahan
Lee
M- Hannahan
New York Times
Cooperstown
N. Y
Berton H. Niles
Schuyler Lake
Here
Towne
United States Army
Niles
California
Sackett's Harbor Barracks
Burglary at Senator Millard Home Uncovered
Schoolboys in a vacant lot in Omaha discover engraved tableware linked to a burglary at United States Senator Joseph H. Millard’s residence a week earlier. The thief took a cheap silver set from the vault by mistake and discarded it. the attacker entered multiple rooms and rifled letters clothing and bric a brac.
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New York Times
Omaha
J. H. Millard
United States
Joseph H. Millard
Senator Millard
Card Killed In Streetcar Collision In Wilkinsburg
Pittsburg business leader W. W. Card president of the Pittsburg Screw and Bolt Company and first vice president of Westinghouse Electric was run over and killed today by a streetcar near his home in Wilkinsburg. He stepped from one car, crossed to another track, and was dragged about twenty feet. The skull fracture and a leg injury proved fatal within a short time.
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Pittsburg
W. W. Card
Frightened Horses Run Wild After Broadway Collision
A carriage with Mr and Mrs W A Rothschild collided with a hansom at Broadway and Thirty-second Street at nine last evening, sending drivers from both vehicles flying. The two horses attached to the carriage ran loose and plunged amid chaos as police freed the trapped passengers. The Rothschilds escaped with minor injuries. the cab driver Sydney Short was unhurt but a harnessed horse fell, and the hansom driver Eugene Sutton suffered a possible skull fracture. The Wormsers, hosts at Café Martin, arranged transport after the incident.
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Broadway
Thirty-second Street
W.A. Rothschild
Sidney Short
East Sixty-third Street
Twenty-sixth Street
Rohrs
Roundsman Sennet
White and
McManus
Louis W. Wermser
Martin
Thirty-sixth Street
New York Hospital
Wedding in Brookline Ends Thirty Year Courtship
A wedding was held at the bride’s Brookline home marking the culmination of a 30 year acquaintance. The bride, Mrs. Sarah Goodrich Milliken, widow of Elias Milliken the Augusta lumber merchant, wed William Bassett of Arlington, a Boston banker and broker. The 56 year old bride and 33 year old groom each had previous marriages.
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New York Times
Boston
Brookline
Sarah Goodrich Milliken
Elias Milliken
Augusta
William Bassett
Arlington
New Orleans Delays Church Plan Bids for Northern Architect
Local contractors refuse bids on plans by a Northern architect for St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church delaying a Palm Sunday jubilee. Rev. Carl J. Cramer planned the event. authorities will hold a minor ceremony and seek a New Orleans architect to redraw and supervise construction after bids are submitted.
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New York Times
New Orleans
Carl J. Cramer
St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church
Cramer
Fort Wayne
Ind
Milwaukee
Detroit
Bank clerk arrested in $4,400 theft at Capital City Bank
G Hallman Sims, collection clerk at Capital City National Bank in Atlanta, is jailed on a warrant for embezzling about 4400. The bank bonds cover the loss, and directors say profits already absorb the defalcation. Sims admits guilt and will be prosecuted by the U.S. government.
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Atlanta
G. Hallman Sims
Capital City National Bank
United States
Scott
Speer
Sims
Piedmont Hotel
National Bank Examiner de Saussure
Plan To Open Lowell Mills As Strikers Consider Reinstatement
Lowell mill managers gauge the idle workers mood toward leaving union leadership and returning to the old wage scale. If a strong show of willingness appears, mills may set a reopening date and invite former employees back. Overseers estimate required force levels. Appleton Mills could start with half staff. Suffolk and Tremont Mill owner anticipates reopening once a broad desire to return emerges.
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New York Times
Lowell
Bowen
Appleton Mills
J. J. Connell
Suffolk and
Tremont
Roosevelt Speech Highlights Cuban Treaty and Tariff
President Roosevelt visits Minneapolis and St Paul amid vast crowds praising his tariff and reciprocity agenda. He defends Cuban relations, asserts need for U S military presence in southern waters, and outlines benefits of the Cuban treaty to both nations and to Philippine tariff reductions amid political opposition. The events include a university chapel address and a large armory gathering with officials and guests.
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Minneapolis
Twin -Cities
Roosevelt
West
Armory Hall
University of Minnesota
United States
St. Paul
Legislative Hall
Capitol Building
University Chapel
Nicoliet Hotel
Selby Avenue
Dale Street
Lowry
Street Railway Company
Ie Tne
Gen. van Sant
Armory
NSO
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Capt. Martens
Tug
Kit’ Burgess
O’rourke
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Lady Jane
George Lauder Carnegie
Miss Thaw
Elizabeth B
Mary Thaw Thompson
William. R. Thompson
Nacy T. Carnegie
Martha Ferguson
Ferguson
Lyndhurst
Calvary Church
Mayoret
MR. Knox
Gemini
Texas Penitentiary
H. E. Huntington
Bar Neshern
Lowell Mills
Mr. Roosevelt
Senate
Navy Department
Palma
Tuban
Republic of Cuba
Philippines
Philippine
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