Polish police chief injured in bomb attack in Lodz
Police Commissioner Szabalowicz was seriously wounded by a bomb thrown in the street. An accompanying officer wounded the attacker with a sword as the suspect lay dying from the blows. Szabalowicz had been accused of killing a socialist during a September disturbance. Meantime peasant disorders in Werra Lithuania spread, while schools and universities remain closed until autumn.
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Lodz
Poland
Szabalowicz
Szabalovicz
Szabaloviczy
Isturbance
St. Petersburg
Werra
Lithuania
Turbine engine on sea a success
Halifax April 1 The Allen steamship Victorian arrived on her maiden voyage from Liverpool and showcased turbine engines. The voyage took seven days and 22 hours unofficially from Moville to Halifax with calm ride and up to 383 miles in a day despite adverse weather. Passengers note the absence of vibration as highly noticeable.
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Halifax
Liverpool
Moville
Jacksonville militia mustered out by Illinois guard
In Jacksonville Illinois on April 1 Company 1 Fifth Regiment Illinois National Guard was ordered mustered out by Adjutant General Scott. Maj E C Vickery now controls the company property and will forward it to Springfield state arsenal. Forty six enlisted men will be discharged due to internal dissensions drilling failures and an adverse inspection report. The unit organized in 1876 and ex Governor Yates was a former member. Nearby in Cairo lightning struck the Kléphren pyramid top blocks were dislodged marking a first for a pyramid being struck.
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Jacksonville
Illinois National Guard
Adjt
Scott
E. C. Vickery
State Arsenal
Springfield
Yates
Cairo
Pyramid of
Kléphren
Ferris Wheel Car Falls Killing One In California Carnival
In Kerne City California April 1 Mollie Mattlack 14 and Irma Cook 15 were hurled from a Ferris wheel car operated by a carnival company. Mollie Mattlack died from the injuries and Irma Cook survived.
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Kerne City
Cal
Mollie Mattlack
Irma Cook
Carnival
Bryan Leaves Plow to Talk with Friends in Des Moines
William Jennings Bryan arrives from Fair View Nebraska to attend the Jefferson Day banquet in Des Moines Iowa where he will deliver the principal address. He says he left his plow standing in the field to mingle with his friends before the event.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William Jennings Bryan
Fair View
Neb
Forfeits Rights and Bowen Objects to Transfer
Caracas April 1 The Venezuelan Supreme Court ruled the French cable company forfeited its contract by failing to fulfill terms and denied damages against the government with five days to appeal. Washington April 1 Ambassador Bowen objects to being removed from Caracas and prefers to remain to help ease the Venezuela US diplomatic dispute.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Arnal
Bowen
Washington
Herbert W. Bowen
United States
Ailment Forces Morton to Cancel Westward Trip
Washington reports Secretary of the Navy Morton must abandon a southern and western visit with the president after an ear specialist advised urgent treatment. The secretary has suffered ear trouble for over a year, which worsened during the recent trip. The specialist believes immediate care can remove the ailment.
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Washington
Morton
West Ahead in Spring Activity Report
Bradstreet's notes most activity in the west with signs of improvement in the south though cotton remains a drawback. Spring demand lifts dry goods clothing shoes and millinery and building inquiries for lumber hardware paints and oils. Wheat exports for the week end March 30 total 988,630 bushels while corn exports reach 2,430,652 bushels. year to date corn exports 57,478,837 bushels.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
Church People Pray for the City in Brooklyn Union Meetings
New York April 1 more than 25 Brooklyn churches held unique services as union prayer meetings for the city welfare. All Protestant denominations participated with Catholic churches offering special prayers.
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New York
Brooklyn
Peace terms and Pacific loan in latest circles
Reports claim Russia will cede Sakhalin southern portion to Japan and yield Manchuria Korea from influence, Eastern Chinese railroad to Japan for Chinese or international control for 125 million dollars. Japan to accept as indemnity alternative. Prices rise on peace rumors. no frontline change reported. British cruiser Prometheus sighted Russian Pacific squadron near Bab el Mandeb headed to Jibutil. London notes another internal loan of 100 million dollars expected.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Sakhalin
North Pacific
Asia
Japan
Manchuria
Korea
China
Linevitch
Island of
Perim
Straits of Bab-el- Mandeb
Prometheus
Nebogatoff
Jibutil
London
AIA
Central Illinois Teachers Meet Opens in Peoria
About 2000 teachers attend the 21st annual Central Illinois Teachers association meeting in Peoria. Dr Charles D McIver of North Carolina State Normal delivers The Teacher As a Citizen. Bloomington president J K Stableton and DePauw president E H Hughes share addresses as sections meet and a reception follows.
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Peoria
Central Illinois Teachers’ Association
Charles D. McIver
North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College
Jon
J. K. Stableton
Bloomington
E. H. Hughes
de Pauw University
Peoria Woman Teacher's Club
Shonts Accepts Isthmian Canal Commission Chair
Washington reports T. P. Shonts president of the Toledo, St Louis & Western railway has announced his decision to accept the chairmanship of the Isthmian canal commission. The move places a prominent railroad executive at the helm of the strategic canal project as April 1 confirms the appointment.
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Washington
T. P. Shonts
Toledo, St Louis & Western Railway
IsthMian Canal Commission
Mrs Stanford's will probate in San Jose
The will and codicil of Mrs Janes L Stanford were admitted to probate. Administrators named are Charles G Lathrop Timothy Hopkins Joseph D Grant Whitelaw Reid and Thomas B Croton without a bond. Provisions include 2 million in trust for Ariel Lathrop and D S Lathrops descendants and 1 million each for Jennie Lawton Amy Hanson and Christine Gunning's children.
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San Jose
Cal
Janes L. Stanford
Charles G. Lathrop
Timothy Hopkins
Joseph D. Grant
Whitelaw Reid
Thomas B. Croton
Ariel Lathrop
D. S. Lathrop
Locomotive Derailed at Fort Plain Kills Two
A West Shore railroad passenger train derailed at Fort Plain on April 1. The locomotive plunged 40 feet into the canal, killing engineer Wilkinson and fireman Wright. The express messenger was severely hurt, but no passengers were injured.
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Utica
N. Y
West Shore Railroad
Fort Plain
Wilkinson
Wright
Spotted Fever Reported in Chicago as Epidemic
An April 1 report from Chicago confirms the appearance of cerebro-spinal meningitis in its epidemic form, commonly called spotted fever. One death has been tallied and another local case with disease symptoms has been observed in the same area.
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Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Health Department
Beef Trust Probe Develops as Connors Appeals to Judge Landis
Chicago April 1 counsel for Armour & Co. general superintendent T J Connors under indictment for interfering with witnesses announced an appeal will be made to Judge Landis Monday The government officials say they are ready to meet the arguments of Connors lawyers in the ongoing beef trust investigation.
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Chicago
Beef Trust
Armour & Co
T. J. Connors
Landis
Conners
Women Morbidly Curious To See Wife Murderer Otis Botts
About 300 women and children gathered at the Peoria county jail to view Otis Botts, convicted of strangling his wife with a hair ribbon. A Woman's Christian Temperance Union committee persuaded Sheriff Potter to bar all women from the jail visit.
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Peoria
Otis Botts
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Potter
Destruction of Virginia Home Fatal to Three
In Charlottsville Virginia the home of W J Thompson burned today killing Mrs Thompson and two children. In Washington D C Mrs Roosevelt and three children left for Jacksonville Florida at 8 40 last night aboard the yacht Sylph for a cruise of several days returning in about ten days.
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Virginia
Charlottsville
W. J. Thompson
South Charlottsville
Washington, D. C
Revolver Attack Ends Detective’s Trial Witness Row
James Whitten, a private detective for an Iowa insurer, was shot in the back and killed after leaving the witness stand in a Missouri criminal court. Mrs. Alice J. Keplinger, who ran a boarding house, claimed Whitten had ruined her daughter. In Minnesota a man jumped from the Wabasha street bridge into the Mississippi River amid a crowded scene near the railing.
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Employees Insurance Company
St. Joseph
James Whitten
Iowa Insurance Company
Alice J. Keplinger
Whitten
St. Paul
Minn
Wabasha Street
Mississippi River
Bituminous Coal Strike Averted in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia April 1 coal operators in the bituminous district meet in secret session and near agreement to renew last year’s wage scale ending a threatened strike by 50 000 miners set for April 5.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ernoon
Want to Manage Those Fine Farms
Thousands of letters pour into Land Commissioner Keller of Bonnesteel South Dakota from candidates for matrimony seeking husbands to share the Rosebud Indian Reservation homesteads won in the recent government land lottery. Women winners, many under 121, attract suitors from across the United States and Canada, with dozens of inquiries daily from plumbers engineers and clergymen, mainly from New York Maryland Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
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South Dakota Lands
New York
Maryland
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
American Investors Apply for the Mikado Bonds
Kuhn, Loeb & Co announce rejection of jail further applications for shares of the new Japanese loan. More applications arrived yesterday and total demand is estimated at 500 million dollars. Final allotments will take some time.
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New York
Kuhn, Loeb & Ico
Austria Demands Inquiry On Utah Killing Of Austrian Citizen
The Austrian government demands a full investigation by Utah authorities into the death of Jacob Oman, an Austrian citizen, at Castle Gate Utah on January 27. Oman, quarantined for smallpox, tried to break quarantine and was shot by an officer.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Jacob Oman
Austria
Castle Gate
Oman
Gen Rosser Stricken With Apoplexy Critical Condition
Gen Thomas L Rosser is ill with apoplexy and his condition is critical at Charlottesville Virginia. In Des Moines Iowa Drake University receives a Carnegie offer of 50000 dollars for a library with a matching raise requirement.
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Charlottesville
Thomas L. Rosser
Iowa School
Des Moines
Iowa
Drake University
Andrew Carnegie
Ex-Supervisor Jacob Lee Sentenced to One Year in House of Correction
Milwaukee April 1 Ex-Supervisor Jacob Lee was denied a new trial and sentenced to a year in the house of correction for accepting a bribe connected with an electric lighting contract. Accused Slayer May Die Peoria HL The murder case of Nellie Thomason on Oct 8 heads to a third trial as her alleged killer’s death is feared.
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Milwaukee
Jacob Lee
Peoria
Nellie Thomason
Nebraska to enact new anti trust law
Lincoln April 1 The anti trust bill has passed both houses and will be signed by the governor. It aims to prevent beef packers from forcing prices down in localities to kill competition and applies the Sherman act principles to Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lgislature
Nebraska
Tragic love ends in suicide at Kewanee station
Irene Buckner a Clift house chambermaid and Albert Griffin of Galesburg were involved in a doomed romance. Buckner fired a revolver at her temple in the Kewanee station soon after Griffin left on train No. 1. She died fifteen minutes later. Griffin was not implicated. The coroner's jury ruled death by self inflicted wound.
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Kewanee
Ill
Irene Buckner
Clift
Albert Griffin Peas
Galesburg
Evering
Griffin
Miss Buckner
Thomas Ryan
Frank Barnhart
Louisiana
First Move of the Ice Men in St Louis Strike
A general strike by ice and coal wagon drivers began in St Louis to force signing of a contract guaranteeing last year’s wages. About 1,000 workers were reported out. In Omaha, a photographer’s flash powder exploded killing Albert Butler and injuring William Coffee W. J. Murray and M. Levey.
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St. Louis
Omaha
Neb
Albert Butler
WiLiam Coffee
W. J. Murray
M. Levey
Memorial Lincoln Douglas Debates Celebrations Set
Primary commemorations in several cities will mirror the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates times and places with the State Historical Society guiding the plan. Subcommittees prepare events to match the original day and venue across locations.
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Springfield
State Historical Society
Gladden Replies To Rogers On Rockefeller Gift
In Columbus on April 1 Washington Gladden again rebukes H H Rogers of Standard Oil over John D Rockefeller’s gift. He says commandments endure beyond church deacons and condemns rebates as wrong both before and after law changes. Ministers should not condone law evasion.
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Columbus
Ohio
Washington
Gladden
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Rogers
Lincoln
Rogers Denies Groundless Accusations From Critics
New York April 1 H H Rogers vice president and director of Standard Oil defends the company against charges tied to the Rockefeller gift controversy. He cites ministers and Dr Washington Gladden in a pointed comparison about honesty and notes a favorable industrial commission review refuting widespread discrimination claims. Cholera also reported in Vladimir Russia.
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New York
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Prudential Committee
American Board of Foreign Missions
John D . Rockefeller
Rogers
Washington Gladden
John D. Rockefeller
Dr. Gladden
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Industrial Committee
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PLOW
Castro
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Bradstreet
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Armour
T. L. Rosser
North Dakota
Dickinson
N. D
Pat Riley
Henry Doty
Bowling Green
David Simons
Montana
Medora
Meyer Guggenheim
National Lead Company
White Lead Trust
United Lead Company
Guggenheim
Ital
Rockefeller
Standard Old Company
Tate
Standard Oi
Vladimir
European
Cleveland
National Adrs Company
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