Rioters Loot and Burn in Springfield Jungle District
In Springfield Ohio February 28 an angry mob attacked the black quarter known as the jungles, burning Kempter's saloon and other buildings after stoning residents. Despite militia plans and police efforts 1,200 protesters roamed the streets before dawn, while two injured and no fatalities were reported.
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Springfield
Ohio
Davis
Ladd
Dean
Dayton
Fountain Square
Umlitia
Todd
Ohio National Guard
Kempter
Columbia Street
Xenia
Here
Richard Dixon
Dixon
Ends Hot Springs gambling crackdown from April first
Hot Springs gambling house operators learned Friday night Gov. Jeff Davis will close all gambling rooms after April 1. He warned he will call out the militia if forced to act. Sheriff Williams opposes Davis’s U S Senate bid, seen as a possible motive for the stance.
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Davis
Hot Springs
Ark
Jeff Davis
Williams
United States
Judge Rules Beef Letters Inadmissible In Court
Chicago February twenty eight Judge Humphrey in the packers case ruled that correspondence between Commissioner Garfield and Special Agent Durand is inadmissible as evidence. He allowed letters only to show mental attitude of the Packers and urged faster trial progress amid hopes the case won t last forever. In San Francisco Gen Funston warned of escalating violence in the east and possible Chinese expedition with Gen Leonard Wood as likely commander.
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Chicago
Humphrey
Garfield
Durand
San Francisco
Funston
War Department
Philippines
China
Wood
Leonard Wood
Military Department of the
United States
Students Arrive for Big Meeting in Nashville
Nashville, Feb 28 Students from 600 colleges, universities, and seminaries in the United States and Canada begin arriving for the fifth convention of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. Delegates converge to urge college men and women to boost foreign missions.
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Nashville
Tenn
United States
Canada
Foreign Missions
Railwaysfaults disputed in Illinois commission hearing
Springfield Illinois February 28 The Illinois railroad and warehouse commission adjourned a hearing on car load lots as the railroads seek to reopen the case Several experts will review Illinois Indiana rate comparisons Chicago attorney John G Drennan leads for the railroads Gov Deneen attended the session and new comparisons will be prepared next Tuesday
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Springfield
Ilinois Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Illinois
Indiana
John G. Drennan
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Gov. Deneen
SHOOTS TO AVENGE DEATH IN BROOKLYN TRAGEDY
In Flatbush Brooklyn Thomas Dettman shot and killed his brother in law Thomas Fennen during a quarrel over the death of Fennen's wife, Dettman's sister. Dettman then shot himself and died. The two killings occurred in Fennen's home where the woman's body lay nearby awaiting burial. Kaiser Ready to Climb Down in Berlin reports say Germany may concede to France and seek a conciliatory path, making rupture of the Moroccan conference unlikely.
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New York
Thomas Dettman
Thomas Fennen
Fennen
Dettman
Flatbush
Brooklyn
Kaiser
Berlin
Germany
France
Government shows first yearly surplus since 1904
The daily statement reports a fiscal year surplus of $1,102,003, the first since May 1, 1904 when the government paid $50,000,000 for the Panama Canal property and $4,600,000 loaned to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company. Treasury officials call the result a remarkably fine showing.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt imposes duties on German imports in tariff swap
Washington, February 28. President Roosevelt issued a proclamation imposing Dingley act duties on imports from Germany in return for Germany’s concession of minimum tariff rates on U S products. The move mirrors reciprocal tariff agreements between the two nations aimed at expanding trade in the postwar period.
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Dingley
Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
United States
State seeks head farmer exam March fourteenth Illinois
County Clerk Hubbard reports state civil service will hold written exams March 14 for head farmer applicants at Illinois Northern Hospital for the Insane Elgin and the Asylum for the Incurable Insane Peoria and Centralia City Hall. Open to men 25 to 60 with practical knowledge of agriculture stock breeding feeding and care and horticulture. Rock Island county supervisors plan March session. bills due by Saturday.
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Hubbard
State Civil Service Commission
Illinois Northern Hospital For Insane
Elgin
Asylum For the Incurable Insane
Peoria
City Hall
Centralia
Oil-sample orders loom in Oklahoma ouster case
Testimony in the Missouri versus Standard Oil ouster case in Oklahoma City reveals John Burrows of Waters-Pierce and Standard Oil tied to price cuts and sampling schemes. Burrows says oil labels were falsified and imports steered to affiliates. He cites lack of genuine competition between Standard and Waters-Pierce in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Lakes
States of
Missouri
Standard
John Burrows
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Waters-Pierce Oil Companies
Oklahoma
Burrows
International Harvester Company
Waters-Pierce
Harvester
Waters-Pierce Company
H. C. Pierce
Broadway
New York
Standard Company
Heavy loan calls shake stock market
Very heavy equitation triggered by loan calls and forced shifts out of speculation by large pools led to stock market weakness. No other major developments were noted beyond money market activity and a sinking mood toward speculative positions growing for some time.
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York
Epitome of Doings in Congress Yesterday
Washington D C Feb 28 brief resume from yesterday's congressional records. Senate voted on the statehood bill Friday March 9. Hopkins spoke in support. House focused on army appropriation bill and a provision to abolish lieutenant generals. Dalzell bill chartering Lake Erie Ohio Ship Canal company passed. A resolution to the state department was canceled after repudiation by Van Duver. Adjourned at 5 PM.
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Senate
Hits
Washington
Prince of Illinois
Army of the
United States
House Committee On Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Congress
Hopkins
Alamet
Corbin
MacArthur
Dalzell
Lake Erie & Ohio Ship Canal Company
State Department
van Duver
Nevada
At & P.m
Death Toll Rises From Piper Mine Blast Near Birmingham
Reports on the Piper mines explosion near Piper Alabama confirm six men killed and twelve badly injured, with earlier tallies varying. Passengers arriving with late information indicate twelve dead and up to fifteen injured, as authorities refine the count from yesterday’s blast.
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Birmingham
Piper
Acan
Ala
Little Cahaba
Green's Checks Court Evidence
Washington February 28 In the trial of George E Green under indictment for conspiracy J L Willard former secretary of the International Time Recording company identified several checks drawn by the company in favor of George E Green for about 2400 dollars as commissions on the sale of clocks and supplies to the government
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Washington
George E. Green
J. L. Willard
International Time Recording Company
International Company
Green
King Edward Declared Healthy by Marienbad Physician
Vienna report states Dr. Ott, physician to King Edward, denies rumors of ill health. He returns from England and says the king is in excellent health, dismissing claims as malicious and politically motivated. Separately at Cape Henry, the lumber schooner George L. Grant ran ashore. crew later rescued by a tug after failed line shots due to rough seas.
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Vienna
Ott
Edward
Marienbad
England
Cape Henry
George L. Grant
Jealous rage ends triple tragedy in Spooner
James McGraw a 42 year old Eau Claire paper mill worker shot and killed Ed Cameron a saloon keeper in a room over a restaurant then shot Mrs McGraw. His corset steel saved her life. He fled and later returned to Winsor Plaine, took a knife and stabbed himself in the neck, dying instantly.
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Spooner
Wis
James McGraw
Eau Claire
Ed Cameron
McGraw
Iowa Primary Law Dead by Senate Vote of 29 to 21
Des Moines Feb 28 The Crossley statewide primary election bill failed in the Iowa senate by 29 to 21 with all members present. Negative votes came from six democrats three progressives and 20 stand patters. The 21 affirmative votes were cast by two democrats and 19 progressives.
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Senate
Gov. Cummins
Des Moines
Iowa
Crossley
Fire Into Depot at Mt Carmel Kills Two
A drunken riot at the Southern depot in Mt Carmel Illinois last night left two men dead and two jailed. C E Dodd and J W Murphy, intoxicated, were ejected from the waiting room and then opened fire into the depot killing two strangers. Public feeling runs high against the two prisoners.
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Mt. Carmel, Ill
Mt. Carmel
Ill
C. E. Dodd
J. W. Murphy
Orientals of High Rank in America Arrive at Port Townsend
Port Townsend Washington February 28 The steamship Dakota arrived from the Orient with a distinguished party of 39 Oriental gentlemen led by Prince Teai Tsi first cousin to the emperor Shaing Chi Heng governor Li Shengti and the Chinese minister to Belgium The delegation comes to study political and trade conditions during their visit to the United States.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Dakota
Orient
United States
Prince Teai Tsi
Shaing Chi Heng
Shaitung
Li Shengti
Belgium
Body of floater identified as John Reese in Davenport
The body discovered at Rockport near Quincy is identified as John Reese, the Davenport man who vanished on his wedding day last fall after reportedly jumping from a skiff. Identification came from a German letter found in his trousers and a purse receipt. The fate behind his act remains unknown. Postmaster Short Removed. Pana reports John L. Moore, Cowden postmaster, found $1,100 short and removed. bondsmen covered the deficiency. Hunger Drives Artist Insane. Oscar Bradley, once talented, deemed hopelessly insane and committed after privation in New York and Minnesota days without meals.
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Quincy
John Reese
Davenport
Linwood
Short
Pana
John L. Moore
Cowden
Inspector Swift
Minneapolis
Minn
Oscar Bradley
New York
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