Attack on Chicago Chief of Police Shippy Aims at His Life
In Chicago the chief of police George M. Shippy was stabbed and his driver James Foley wounded as an assassin believed to be an anarchist fought through the hallway of the chief's home. The attacker was killed by Shippy and the chief's son Harry, who was also wounded. The incident prompted warnings and a statewide alert as investigators link the attack to anarchist plots and possible connections to other recent killings. Mrs Shippy and Georgia Shippy witnessed the confrontation.
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le Son
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James Foley
Lincoln Court
Shippy
Georgia
Marry Shippy
Aliguatana Hospital
Theresa Tauber
Fiiese
Schuettler
Foley
Mra
Shippy Warna
Harry Shippy
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Mia
Halsted Street
Lieut
Danner
Augustana Hospital
Tallis
Woulay
Te Jwleat
Denver
Otto W. Lewke
Buss
Busse
Luk
James Markham
Atranger
No Nine Hour Law Extension Denied by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied all petitions for extensions to comply with the nine hour law. A report explaining the reasons is being prepared. American railways plan to hire additional operators and close many small stations, risking travel and shipping disruption while cutting operating expenses to meet the new requirements.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Railways
Prepare for Goal Strike April 1 in Pittsburg district
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania on March 3 writers report every coal operator in the district is preparing for a strike on April 1. Operators seek to close mines while miners faced a hard winter with scarce work due to lack of orders since lake traffic ceased.
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Pittsburg
PLOW MANUFACTURER JAMES OLIVER DIES IN SOUTH BEND
James Oliver, the millionaire plow inventor of the chilled plow, died in South Bend at age 59 after a long illness. Born in Scotland in 1823, he emigrated to America in 1830, worked from poverty, built a Mishawaka start, and founded a vast plant covering nearly 70 acres employing 1500 men. He invested heavily in South Bend, funding a major hotel, fine opera house, and housing improvements valued at over $600,000.
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James Oliver
Liddesdale
Scotland
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Olivers
New York
Geneva
N. Y
la Grange
Mishawaka
Oliver
Mulder
Globe
Joseph D. Oliver
United States
Bishop Duncan Dead in Spartanburg
Bishop W. W. Duncan of the Methodist Episcopal Church South died at his home in Spartanburg on Monday. He had been in ill health for months and was born December 27, 1839, at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia. He previously served as president of Randolph-Macon College before his call to the bishopric.
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Duncan
Spartanburg
8. C
W. W. Duncan
South
Randolph- Macon College
Virginia
Randolph- Macon
Fatal Head On Collision Kills Fireman in Mason Ky
Cincinnati March 3 John Benham a Cincinnati fireman died in a head on collision between two freight trains at Mason Kentucky on the Queen & Crescent railroad early Monday. Frank Brown of Mayville Kentucky was fatally injured and three other trainmen seriously hurt.
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Cincinnati
Mar
John Benham
Frank Brown
Mayville
Queen & Crescent Railroad
Mason, Ky
Rex Opens Mardi Gras in New Orleans Festivities
Mardi Gras begins with Rex’s formal opening and a mayoral ceremony in New Orleans. Rex receives the keys to the city and rules until midnight Tuesday. Jewel ensembles for Rex and his queen on display, with details of crowns sceptors and gowns. The monarchs’ identities are kept secret until Rex Tuesday night publications.
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New Orleans
Mar
Rex
Proteus
Comus
Porto Rico Steamer Ashore Near Sandy Hook
The passenger steamer Coamo of the New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company went ashore in dense fog on Tones beach on the south shore of Long Island about 20 miles east of Sandy Hook. Capt. Dalton could not see enough shore to know where she struck while coast guard and life-saving crews prepared to send a boat to aid. The ship departed San Juan February 28 and likely passed New York harbor before striking the beach with about 75 passengers typical for the season.
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New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
Tones’ Beach
Long Island
Sandyhook
Dalton
Zachs’ Inlet
Pelporrens Jones Besch
San Juan
Porto Rico
Jones Beach
New York Harbor
Wide range of global events spark dated interest
Queen Victoria of Spain reportedly expects a birth by late July while Daniel Whipple, aged 108, celebrates in Muskegon. Over 5 000 granite cutters in New England face layoffs due to wage disputes. terrorists condemned in Russia are hanged. Louis Taliaferro, longtime editor, dies in Colorado Springs. Henry Bergh’s heir offers 500 for humane slaughter invention. An avalanche in Switzerland kills 18, injures 15, and political rifts are aired in Philadelphia. The Chinese gov ernment plans to surrender the steamship Tatsu Maru, and scarlet fever patients in New York show improvement with a serum similar to diphtheria treatment.
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Macao
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Germany
France
Grain and Wheat Markets Report From New York and Chicago
Grain and provisions show mixed activity with spring wheat at five dollars May May futures and Minneapolis bids cited. Wheat dips then recovers on bull support and covering. corn and oats weaker and uneven. butter, eggs, potatoes and live poultry quoted with varied ranges.
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Minneapolis
Skeneeke
New York
Live Stock Prices From Chicago and South Omaha Markets
Cattle steady to higher with native steers at 4.00 to 8.60, western and Texas cattle detailed. Hogs described with barrows and sows trading around 4.40 to 4.65, light barrows 4.50 to 4.62, pigs about 4.40. South Omaha lists mixed results for steers, cows, heifers, stockers and feeders with similar ranges.
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Mar
South Omaria
Neb
Texas
Roosevelt Clears Judge Wilfley Of Misconduct In China
President Roosevelt backs Judge Lebbeus Wilfley after Secretary Root debunks seven impeachment charges tied to his Shanghai court tenure. Root argues inadequate administration fueled by misidentified critics, praising Wilfley for decency and reform in China. Roosevelt endorses the finding, condemning the attack as a public scandal backed by corrupt interests.
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Root
Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Lebbeus A. Wilfley
Secretary Root
Lorrin Andrews
House Committee On the Judiciary
Wilfrey
United States Court For
Shanghai
Wilfey
Brown
Wilfley
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United States Court For China
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Judge Wilfley
Orient
Far East
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