Secret Danish West Indies sale charges stir Congress
Washington hearings unfold on alleged corrupt use of a 1000000 fund tied to the sale of the Danish West Indies. Richard Genton of Tennessee accuses officials and magnates including Almer McKinley and Colonel Brown of improper dealings with Danish and American negotiators. The House votes to investigate as Cannon contests the disclosure and a committee is named to probe the matter.
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Washington
Richardeen
Tennessee
Colonel Brown
W. Knox
Hanna
Richard Pp
Gardarr
Hove
State Department
Richardson
Secretary of State
United States
Senate
Department of State
Denmark
Copenhagen
Cannon
Congress
Cannon of Minds
Mouse
House
Calwell
Hitt
Cousins
McCall
Massachusetts
Dinsmore
Arkansas
Cowherd
Misouri
Nielson
Niels Gron
Ol Christmas
Walter Christmas
Danish West India Islands
Christ
Mr. Herring
Aaid Christmas
Divorce petition cites cruelty and alimony dispute
Mrs. Cor fie Blutee Holmes files for divorce from Arthur A. Holmes alleging morose treatment and lack of confidence with a demand for 2500 alimony and 250 attorney fees. Judge Dodge Harris grants the decree but denies alimony and fees.
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Holmes
Argos
No Mine Strike In Iowa Rapprochement Reaches Agreement
Conference between Iowa miners and operators ends without full success on the shot firer demand. A joint convention approves a compromise allowing examiners or miners to hire shot firers at their own expense and limits blasting to once daily where a single shot suffices. Despite miner dissatisfaction, ratification closes the meeting with a likely no strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W York
Mitchell T Night
Ig Ribe
National Civic Federation
Civic Federation
Hotto
Shamokin
Hanna
Industrial Department of the Federation
Itor
Tiana S. Straus
pmMites
Ion
W. H. Truesdale
Pressef
Delseckuwainst
Thom
The
Erie
Read and Olyphant
Ont
Delaware and Hudson Company
John
Orde Mitchell
Be Or Hanna
Oscar Straus
Mitchel
United Mine Workers
John Mitchell
Tes Moines
Secur
Youthful defendant freed in Corbin murder case
Washington March 28 Justice Anderson in the Dietrs runion court directed the jury in the case of Kiah Coates aged 12 charged with the murder of Carrie Corbin last December to render a verdict of not guilty. The court noted the law presumes a child between 7 and 14 lacks intent to commit crime, and the accused was released.
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Washington
Justice Anderson
Dietrs Runion Court
Inkiah Coates
Carrie Corbin
Kilpatrick and Mrs Youngs Wed in Windsor Secret Marriage
Mrs Charles Youngs accused Kilpatrick of infidelity during their divorce proceedings. Kilpatrick, once employed by Youngs, reportedly married Mrs Youngs in Windsor on March 11 while Kilpatrick later moved to Traverse City. Local claims of alimony and secrecy surround the union and its aftermath.
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Yreilanti
Mick
Charles Youngs
Foster Kilal
Kilpatrick
Youngs
Soung
Ipatrick
Mra Det
Altezatens
Mra Youngs
Windsor
Traverse City
Ypsilinti
Gillert Brown
Skil-petrick
Brown
Prayer for Peace Observance Marked Good Friday
London observes Good Friday with a single novel feature the prayer for peace. All business ceases and churches and open air resorts near London extend their hours as public sentiment and the situation are acknowledged. The note dated March 27 1902 is cited.
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London
Acquitted of Murder in Rural Church Slaying
March 28. Jury acquits Joseph Cox of murder in the death of Raymon Ratcliffe at a country church on January 26. Cox, a school teacher, killed Ratcliffe after Ratcliffe assaulted him for paying attention to Ratcliffe’s sister, Cox’s wife.
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McArthur
Joseph Cox
Cox
Raymon Ratcliffe
Ratcliffe
Slater
Lincoln Woman Seeks Help to Locate Husband-to-Be
Mrs Ade lina Wells of Dearde town appeals to Lincoln police for aid in finding Michael Miller of Mharsantdah who had falsely promised marriage. She traveled from Seardytown to Lincoln and then to Pleasantdale as arranged. She demands Miller honor his pledge or reimburse her travel costs.
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Lincoln, Néb
Adelina Wells
Dearde Town
Lincoln Police
Wel
Michael Miller
Mharsantdah
Lincoln
Miller
Hanging of Bullock Told in Battle River Murder Case
Bulletin recounts the hanging of Charles Bullock in the Battle River area for the murder of Leon Station, a case based on circumstantial evidence. Station, who left Kalamazoo for an Union Pacific post in Aspen, Wyoming, befriended Bullock and was lured to Canada where he died near Bullock’s farm.
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Fort Saskatchewan
Charles Bullock
Leon Staiton
Battle River Country
Bullock
Kalamazoo
Mich
Union Pacific
Aspen
Wyo
Mich Io
Staiton
Mim
Canada
Battle River
Montana
Station
Woodward hanged after stay grant in Wyoming
Charles Woodward, sentenced to death for the murder of Sheriff Ricker, was lynched in Casper, Wyoming, after a Supreme Court stay issued last Tuesday. The case follows a prior stay and courtroom proceedings.
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Cheyenne
Charles Woodward
Casper
Wyo
Ricker
Supreme Court
Williams exposed by pastor over church fealty claims
Elder Williams former pastor of the Christian Catholic church in ital. ton Harbor says he will expose the local church next Sunday afternoon after renting a case. He claims commercialism eats the spiritual heart of the church and notes no witness will testify.
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Ile
Ital
Ton Hrbor
Mich
Williams
Christien Catholic Church
Co Rle
Beltopers
McKown Victim Identified as Nelson in Bigamy Case
Ganika Coxey identifies a photograph of Charles J. McKown alias Nelson as the man she married last January in St. Joseph Missouri. The couple wed in the city then stayed at a local hotel before the husband vanished with her gold watch chain and jewelry after claiming to be wealthy actor and playwright.
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Ganika
T. Dotfey
Wes
Charles J. McKown
Nelson
St. Joseph
Illinois Tax Figures Exclude Cook County for 1901
A Springfield dispatch reports a compiled Illinois tax total for 1901 excluding Cook County amounting to 26 326 dollars with breakdowns for State City bonds and other charges. In Madison Wisconsin Christian Tollefson confesses the March 7 Cambridge bank robbery plan was by six local youths including himself. he named the others after arrest.
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Springfield
Republican State Central Committee
Cook County
Yates-Hopkins
State Central Committee
Hopkins
Unitedates
Len Small
Yates
Tate
Lie Ortheett
Bond County
Lient
Northeast
Williamson County
John H. Duncan
James McKinney
Mercer County
State Railway and Warehouse
Tis
Illinois
Madison
Wis
Christian Tollefson
Cambridge
Tollefson
Evans to Quit Pension Commissioner Resigns to President
Evans submits his resignation to the president but the action does not take effect until a diplomatic post is found. The pension commission report remains with the president and has not been made public yet.
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Mich
Shannon
Fred Guillette
Dickinson
Idtland
Atttorney
Quillette
Supreme Court
Hinsen
Lette
Yetten
Evans
Tmietek
G. Alr
Fatal Collision Near Sag Bridge In Dense Fog
Two men died and several were seriously injured in a head on crash at Sag Bridge on the Joliet and Chicago electric railroad. The dead are motorman John C. May and lineman George Garrett. Six others were hospitalized at St Joseph's in Joliet after the foggy crash.
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Joliet
Til
Sag Bridge
Turkish Mobilizes 90000 Irregulars for Maneuvers
The Turkish government orders 90,000 irregular troops to be mobilized ostensibly for annual maneuvers. The move is viewed with serious implications given the tense situation in Macedonia and the broader regional condition.
Compulsory Education Passes Legislature in Iowa
A des Moines dispatch notes the compulsory education bill passed the Senate and moves toward becoming law pending governor approval. The measure avoids wage or employment changes for operators while debating shot examiners. Separate item reports the McKinley assassination artifacts turned over to Buffalo Historical Society, and Nebraska anti oleomargarine law upheld with a $20 fine for a local butcher. Additional items cover a Holiness preacher bound over in Ardmore after a church shooting, and Manila cholera abating with milder, native cases confined to locals and Chinese.
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Iowa
Senate
Ardmore
I.T
Rev. E. Lamar
Calvin van Winkle
Cumberland
Manila
Straits of Mackinac Ice Clears Entering Lake Michigan
Norman D. Gonger, observer in charge of the local weather bureau, reports by wire that the ice went out of the Straits of Mackinac during the night into Lake Michigan. Navigation through the straits resumes with the break.
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Straits of Mackinac Clear
Detroit
Norman D. Gonger
Weather Bureau
Straits of Mackinac
Lake Michigan
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