Garfield Asks Dealers to Aid Price Antidiscrimination Probes
In Topeka and Omaha reports Garfield the Kansas commissioner of corporations plans hearings to probe oil price discrimination and rebates. He will mail questions to retail dealers, promise confidentiality, and seek data on prices, freight, and competition from 1901 to 1904. Nebraska counters by contracting oil supply with an independent firm after supporting Kansas against Standard Oil.
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Topeka
Kas
Garfield
Department of Commerce and Labor
H. A. Mudge
Santa Fe
J. M. Parker
Kansas Oil Producers’ Associaion
Nebraska
Standard
Omaha
Neb
Kansas
Rockefeller
State University
Sixty Seven Injured In Mississippi Train Wreck
A southbound Valley passenger train No. 15 derailed near Hardee station sixteen miles north of Vicksburg. Sixty seven passengers were reported injured and a special train with physicians was dispatched to the scene. The entire train reportedly rolled down an embankment.
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Mississippi
Vicksburg
Miss
Valley
Hardee Station
Here
Archbishop Chapelle Relieved as Cuban Apostolic Delegate
Havana April 13. Mer. Chapelle the Archbishop of New Orleans is definitively relieved from the office of apostolic delegate in Cuba. He will probably be succeeded by no prelate of the Curia, i.e., not one now employed at the Vatican.
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Havana
Military Order of Foreign Wars reaches national convention
In New York on April 13 nearly all of the twenty one states with commanderies sent representatives to the fourth biennial convention of the national commandery of the Military Order of the Foreign Wars of the United States.
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New York
United States
Bullets Replace Dinner in New York Crime Shocker
April 13. John Ettrond, a Hungarian shopkeeper, returned to find his dinner unfinished and shot his wife fatally, then wounded himself with three bullets. He is believed to have died.
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New York
John Etrond
Senate Budget Debate Sets Naval Expense at 24 Million
The text notes a French senate discussion on the naval budget, proposing an expenditure of 24,000,000. Minister of Marine Thomson explains that the Constant plant for disarmament could not be carried out, leaving the defense program unresolved.
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Ak Id
Thomson
Public to Control Utility Concerns
Lansing, April 13. Representative Brand of Detroit introduces three bills to give municipalities power over public utilities. One fixes street car fares, another allows boards of supervisors to set rates for street railways, gas, water, telephone and electric services, and the third grants cities the same power. The street fare cap in cities over 300,000 is 3 cents with a transfer option. return tickets at 6 cents. The Dickinson statewide primary reform bill replaces the Double Ivory local option measure. The Dickinson bill requires primaries for governor and lieutenant governor. local option not affecting congressional nominations.
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Lansing
Mich
Brand
Detroit
Boards of Supervisors
Dickinson
Neishther
Congress
Pension leak found in Pennsylvania militia claims
Commissioner Warner reports that about 100 pension applications filed before April 18 1904 were granted under the old age order. The errors stem from misinterpretation of the law and the commissioner will demand refunds. Explanations from examiners are pending as to motives and details.
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Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Warner
Pennsylvania
Pension Bureau
Pennsylvania Regiment
Plan to Get Carnegie Funds Des Moines Iowa
Des Moines April 13 President Bradley of Iowa college at Grinnell announced a plan presented to Andrew Carnegie. If adopted, it would yield $12,600,000 to fifty colleges in seventeen Midwestern states. The gift would be divided so each institution gets about $250,000 with $50,000 for a science building and the rest to endow departments.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bradley
Iowa College
Grinnell
Andrew Carnegie
Middle Western
Attempt To Blow Up Building In Brooklyn Endangers Barber
Four threatening letters demanded money and triggered an attempted explosion at the building 489 Marcy Avenue in Williamsburg. The blast wrecked the entrance steps and damaged the front wall, while barber Peter Cassapo occupied the shop.
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New York
Marcy Avenue
Williamsburg
Peter Cassappo
Big Mining Suit In Federal Court Seeks Damages
Butte Mont April 13 Nearly five million dollars are involved in a damage suit filed in federal court by Nip per Consolidated Copper company against Parrot Silver and Gold Mining company. F Augustus Heinze is the principal stockholder of the Nipper company.
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Butte
Mont
Nipper Consolidated Copper Company
Parrot Silver and Gold Mining Company
F. Augustus Heinze
Nipper Company
Prince in Coaching Accident Near Potsdam
Berlin April 13 The German crown prince while fooling a four horse coach drove it into a roadside wall near Potsdam The coach was wrecked but the crown prince escaped with no injury.
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Berlin
Potsdam
Greek king names German emperor admiral of Greek navy
In Athens on April 13 the Greek king awarded Emperor William honorary admiral rank in the Greek navy in return for William’s courtesy in naming the Greek ruler an admiral of the German navy.
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Athens
Greece
William
Workmen Refuse Arbitration in South Bend Strike
Brick layers out for at least fifty cents more per hour have rejected an arbitration offer. Plasterers remain on strike seeking a fifty cent hourly increase for applying patent mortar.
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South Bend
Ind
Champion Egg Eater Claims $15 Wager In Philly
Philadelphia on April 13 reports William McCray a park guard famed for eating feats won a $15 wager by consuming thirty six hard boiled eggs. He boasted a strong gastronomy record and proved his claim in a local contest.
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Philadelphia
William McCray
Russian Fleet Heads Through Far East On Siege Route
London reports British naval observers note Admiral Rojestvensky sails main trade lane, seeking Togo in a decisive clash. Tokio says Vladivostok fortifications rise toward a 100000 man garrison with 600 guns as Russia girds for siege. Nubia logs 42 vessels near latitude 8N 108E on April 11 as fleet moves northeast of the Natuna area.
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London
Rojestvensky
Togo
Tokio
Vladivostok
Singapore
Natuna Islands
Malay Peninsula
Porneo
Cape St. Jacques
Saigon
Cochin China
Russian professors urge democratic reform to avert crisis
At a St Petersburg meeting, attorneys and professors adopted resolutions denouncing the closing of higher schools as a sign of Russia's crisis. They call for immediate political reform, universal suffrage, and a democratic government with elected representatives shaping laws and budgets, abolishing class privileges. They urge liberty of speech, assembly, and press before convening a people’s assembly.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Earthquake death toll tops 13,000 in Kanora and Palum pur
Commissioner Julundur estimates 10,000 deaths in Kanora district and 3,000 in Palum pur from the recent earthquake. Dharmsala fatalities total 424 plus Gurkhas crushed by falling barracks. scattered figures reflect widespread devastation across the region.
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Lahore
Punjab
India
Julundur
Kanora
Palumpur
Dharmsala
Mystery of Rojestvensky’s whereabouts deepens
London and Washington report ongoing speculation over Vice Admiral Rojestvensky’s location. The leading guess is six battleships slipped past Singapore with lights out, while Kelung port near Formosa may be used as a base by Togo’s fleet. Reports note fleet movements and coaling in the Dutch East Indies region as the world watches for updates.
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London
Rojestvensky
Singapore
Daily Telegraph
Chisago
Daily News
Batavia
Java
Inquist
Anambus
Pulo Manki
Manila
Stemmer Empire
Australia
Castilian Strait
Mindanao
Basilan
Jibatil
Gulf of Aden
Daily Mail
Nehountot
Socotra
Black Sea
JAPAN SAILS SQUADRON NEAR BORNEO INDICTS BATTLE OUTLOOK
The British admiralty reports a Japanese observation squadron off Labuan in British Borneo. It may stay in touch with Russian forces moving north toward Formosa, as Admiral Togo is warned not to risk Vladivostok. Russian cruisers could strike Japanese transports while coast cities remain fortified.
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St. Petersburg
Admiralty
Labuan
British Borneo
Rojestvensky
Mindalascar
Straits of
Formosa
Togo
Vladivostok
Japan
Burton Indicted Again In Rialto Fees Case
United States Senator J. R. Burton of Kansas was re indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts for accepting 2500 from Rialto Grain & Security Co of St Louis while acting as attorney before the Post Office Department. The court previously reversed a prior conviction citing insufficient payment evidence in St Louis.
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St. Louis
United States
J. R. Burton
Kansas
Rialto Grain & Security Company
Post Office Department
Washington
Burton
U. S. Supreme Court
Rialto Company
St. Lows
Naval battle reports spark debate as war news spreads
Amsterdam reports a naval clash near the Anambas Islands with five Dutch warships present, but officials in London and Singapore dispute a general engagement. Russian squadron movements, battleship counts, and fleet strength rumors fill dispatches from Labuan and Singapore, while U S investigations in Chicago unfold into a beef trust case.
Russian Baltic squadron passes Singapore in transit
The Russian Baltic fleet of 47 ships led by Vice Admiral Rojestvensky steamed past Singapore at 2 30 pm traveling eight knots in four abreast formation. The line included six battleships nine cruisers eight torpedo boat destroyers three volunteer ships sixteen colliers a salvage ship and a hospital ship plus three former Hamburg America liners. The fleet burned soft coal, rose smoke for miles, and did not stop to receive dispatches or consult with the local consul.
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Singapore
Rojestvensky
Mukden
Associated Press
Rojestvensky navigates Malacca passage amid Japanese pursuit
In St Petersburg aboard the admiralty yacht a Chinese sea passage is praised as the fastest and safest route for Vice Admiral Rojestvensky to avoid Japanese ships. He allegedly misled Tokyo with a decoy rendezvous for collier ships, while dispatches show Japanese torpedo craft guarding southern straits. Separate from the Far East report, Missouri governor Folk and Excise Commissioner Mulvihill weigh Sunday saloon closing enforcement in St Louis with plans for a careful rollout.
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St. Petersburg
Admiralty
Rojestvensky
China Sea
Malay Archipelago
Togo
Australia
Associated Press
Malicea Strait
Rojestensky
Sunda Straits
Singapore
Marine Department
Tokio
Straits of Malacca
St. Louis
Folk
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Lady Curzon
Calcutta
Curzon
Leiter
Chicago
Simla
Amsterdam
Anambas Islands
Mandelsblad
Anambas
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Actna ‘Trading Company
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G. H. Godfrey
Aetna Trading Company
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Toronto
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Fred Hand
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Supreme Court
Lineais
Abraham Lincoln
Trme
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