Roosevelt Conspiracy Claims Stir Pennsylvania Politics
The article reports on President Roosevelt defending disclosures about Harriman and a dinner story while Senator Penrose denies involvement. It notes labor groups demanding clarity on his remarks about Moyer and Haywood tied to Steunenberg’s assassination, with Gompers at AFL seeking explanation.
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Pennsula
Loeboffi
4 Club
White House
Penrose
Senate
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Moyer
Haywood
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Idaho
Steunenberg
Looting Allegations Hit Defunct Bank Case in Chicago
Clarence Darrow testified in the criminal court that the Bank of America was looted by F. E. Creeman and Judge Abner Smith within ten days of the bank opening. Darrow said he warned Jerome V. Pierce about Smith and Creelman and discussed getting Smith out, noting Smith refused. He described reducing his stock purchase from 25 000 to 7 500 and noted his firm held stock and a 3 500 deposit unit at failure.
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Chicago
Abner Smith
Bank of Amer
Pinckney
Clarence
Darrow
F. E. ‘Creeman
Smith
Jerome V. Pierce
Creelman
Eee
Carnegie Gifts Push Pittsburg Total to 19 620 000
Andrew Carnegie announced a gift of 6 900 000 to the Carnegie Institute. The library state and technical college in Pittsburg now total 19 620 000 funded by Carnegie, boosting one man's philanthropy to a historic record for a single community.
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Carnegie
Pittsburg
Carnegie Institute
Andrew Carnegie
Tragic Shooting Follows Rejected Suit in North Dakota
In Brand Forks North Dakota on April 8 Harold Peterson twenty three died after shooting himself. He had pursued a young woman from Forde township Nelson County whose affections were not returned. The incident followed his belief the woman loved another man and ended when he fired a gun into his head.
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Brand Forks
N. D
Forde Township
Nelon County
Harold Peterson
Peterson
Myad
To Recover Mineral Lands The Government Sues Southern
Reno Nev April 8 government moves to sue the Southern Pacific over mineral lands dispute seeking recovery of lands claimed by the United States legal action outlines government interests and seeks remedy through court proceedings.
Sternburg Goes Home After Brief Washington Visit
Baron Sternburg the German ambassador told Secretary Root he would sail from New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to Germany on April 9 for a brief visit to Saxony. He plans to return around July 1 and said talks on a new agreement to extend the present minimum duty rates for American imports into Germany have progressed enough to finish in Berlin during his stay, before the current German decree expires in June.
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Washington
Baron Sternburg
State Department
Root
Germany
Saxony
New York
Sternburg
America
Berlin
Minneapolis Carpenters Strike Stops Major Construction
About 800 carpenters quit work in Minneapolis on April 8 after negotiations with master builders broke down. The union demanded 45 cents an hour now, while offers of 42 to 45 cents had been made on different terms. A strike halted all jobs where 45 cents was refused, delaying numerous building projects.
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Minneapolis
More Teachers Needed for Philippine Schools
Washington reports that a batch of teachers will sail for the Philippines before June 1. The mission favors men due to interior-town hardships, and all are subject to civil service exams. A second examination will fill remaining slots as the insular schools employ about 800 American and 3,000 Filipino teachers for the new school year starting June 1.
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Washington
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Fifteen Thousand Mile Trip Arrives at Superior
Captain J. H. Ewart arrives in Superior to take the steamer Winnebago for a 15 000 mile voyage to San Francisco. The Winnebago may load carbolite in Detroit. The ship Lucy Neff of Milwaukee and Minnie F. Kelton of Tonawanda join in the San Francisco Paget Sound lumber trade.
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Superior
Wis
J. H. Ewart
San Francisco
Detroit
Lucy Neff
Milwaukee
Minnie F. Kelton
Tonawanda
San Francisco-Paget Sound
Sultan's Decree Confirms Oudja Occupation by French
Native couriers report from Tangier on April 8 that the sultan declares General Liautey and the French troops in Oudja acted under his orders to suppress the pretender. He says Mussalmans regard France's intervention with indifference.
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Sultan
Tangier
Morocco
Fez
Liautey
Oudja
France
Supplemental equity bill filed over Mrs. Eddy property trust
In Merrimac county court Concord New Hampshire April 8 a supplementary bill in equity was filed by the original complainants or next friends in the suit for an accounting of Mrs. Mary Baker G Eddy's property.
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Concord
N. H
Mary Baker G. Eady
Merrimac
Demand for Roosevelt's Re-Election Introduced
Des Moines reports Representative C. H. Holmes introduced a house resolution arguing that business conditions and interests demand the re election of President Roosevelt. The measure appears to have support in the house.
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Des Moines
C. H. Holmes
House
United States
Eut Roosevelt
Cleveland Traction Railway rejects holding company deal
Negotiations to settle the traction Railway company dispute end with its refusal to transfer property to a holding company on a 60 percent basis. The firm announces it will not consider such an arrangement from the alleged holding company and resumes standard fare sales with seven tickets for 26 cents and eleven for 50 cents, with cash fares.
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Cleveland
Traction Railway Company
Unions and Legal Twists Extend Thaw Case Into Jury Deliberations
A delayed trial in a long drawn out thaw case moves toward jury deliberation by midweek. Justice Fitzgerald faces questions from the district attorney and counsel as debates over appeals and lunacy findings continue, with proceedings stretching over weeks and a verdict expected by Wednesday or Thursday.
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Je-Fe
Appellaté Division
Fitzgerald
Br. Delmas O
Firct
Jerome backs down in Thaw case fight
New York reports Mr Jerome reduces contest over access to minutes of a commission in the Thaw case. He plans an appeal to seek a writ to review Justice Fitzgerald’s ruling prohibiting inspection, arguing access is needed to argue against the commission’s report.
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New York
gMuch
Jeroe
Tor !Z
Fitzgerald
State Division
Supreme Court
Jerome
Walsh Indicted Again Over Banking Law Violations
Chicago April 6 The federal grand jury returned another indictment against John R Walsh president of the Chicago National Bank. The 175 count charge includes misapplication of funds false ratings in bank reports and edits to reports to the controller of the currency.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Ory
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Multi-item brief notes span politics, fire, sport, law, and diplomacy
Governor Stuart signs a 2 cent rail fare cap in Pennsylvania. The McDonald engineering building at Montreal University is destroyed by fire with losses between 500000 and 750000 dollars. Edward C. Hauseman, famed bicycle racer and race promoter, dies in New Haven. The Netherlands agrees to withdraw a resignation after Queen Wilhelmina request. war minister Stahl to resign. Japan and Turkey begin embassy talks. British meat-trade firms seek to restrain Argentina supplies to keep prices up. A divorce suit is filed in St Paul by May Sizemore against Otto M Sizemore. wife aged fifteen. Commissary General Sharpe oversees shipments of China relief goods. Louis Klopsch contributes another 60000 dollars to aid.
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Stuart
Pennsylvania
McDonald Engineering
Iis University
Montreal
Edward C. Hauseman
New Haven
Conn
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
H. P. Stahl
Japan
Turkey
Constantinople
District Court
St. Paul
The
Christian Herald
Mr. Klopsch
Milburn Defends Harriman Railroads Before Interstate Commission
Attorney John G. Milburn argues before the Interstate Commerce Commission that Union Pacific's Pacific purchase is a legitimate business transaction not subject to federal anti trust law. He seeks broader inquiry into community of interests across major systems including Pennsylvania Vanderbilt Northern Pacific Rock Island and Great Northern.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harriman
John G. Milburn
The
Pacific
Union Pacific
Milburn
Lorain Strikers Blacklisted by Steel Trust in Job Ban
In Lorain Ohio April 0 strikers from the American Shipbuilding plant face denial of work at United States Steel locations after unions stop benefits. Many leave town as guard members remain idle. A bread wagon bound for the shipyards is attacked by striking workers who throw stones and clubs. the driver pulls a revolver and retreats.
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Lorain
American Shipbuilding Company
United States Steel Corporation
Ohio National Guard
Rescued in Nick of Time near Trinidad
United States Senator William A. Clark of Montana was crossing a river west of Trinidad when his carriage broke through the ice and upset. He was rescued by fellow travelers, carried into the stream and later confined to his bed in his private car with a severe cold but expected to recover. The party moved him to a ranch, then to Weston for further care.
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Trinidad
Colo
Apr
United States
William A. Clark
Montana
Weston
Sen
Tornado Hits Alexandria Louisiana Wrecks Town
A deadly tornado swept Alexandria Louisiana and surrounding areas between 1 and 2 am causing multiple deaths and many injuries. Thousands of buildings including factories and dwellings were wrecked or damaged with power plants and mills destroyed. Hospitalized numbers rise as crews assess the widespread devastation.
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Alexandria
M. I. Dunn
John Breck
Couvillion White
Rose Dudley
Iron Mountain
Suigt
Oe Ccm
Tornado Hits Jackson Louisiana Wrecks Asylum
A Jackson dispatch reports a tornado devastating the town, wrecking the state insane asylum and killing three inmates. Several homes are leveled and a young woman named Miss M. Lea is among the deceased.
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New Orleans
Jackson
State Insane Asylum
Inm
M. Lea
Tornado Destroys Buildings Near Carson Mississippi
A tornado swept over Carson Mississippi about thirty six miles west of Hattiesburg on April 6 damaging multiple structures along the Central railroad line. Local reports indicate several buildings destroyed with surrounding areas affected.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Carson
Here
Central Railroad
Market Quotations Wheat and grain prices in Minneapolis
Wheat May 18 3 4c, July 80 3 4c. On track No 1 hard 131 1 31 4c, No 1 Northern 30 5 0c, No 2 Northern 78 5 18 4c, No 3 Northern 76 77c.
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Minneapolis
Cattle and hog market report from St Paul
St Paul on April 9 notes cattle prices from good to choice steers five fifty to six twenty five, fair to good four to five, cows and heifers three fifty to four seventy five, veals four fifty to six fifty. Hogs range six twenty to six thirty five. Sheep with wethers to prime lambs at seven twenty six.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax price notes from Duluth market report
Duluth market bulletin lists wheat futures on track with grades No 1 hard at 82 percent and No 1 Northern at 81 percent. May July and September contracts referenced with rounding figures. Flax prices quoted as arriving and on track with May June July October prices around 1.16 to 1.18 dollars per bushel.
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Duluth
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Report
Wheat May 6% to 76% cents, May 76c and July 79c. Corn 46c and July 46% 46c. Oats May 42c and July 38c. Pork May 16.02 and July 16.10 dollars. Butter creameries 22 29% cents, dairies 20c. Eggs 9c. Poultry turkeys 12c, chickens and springs 13% c.
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Chicago
Market bids for cattle and sheep in Chicago data
Chicago April 9 cattle prices list ranges for cows cows heifers calves and good to prime steers with varied figures from 1.15 to 9.65 and stockers and feeders to 5.00 plus different grades and sheep and lamb values noted in the market sheet.
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Chicago
Notable Dignitaries and Officials Mentioned in Ottawa News
Obituary notes Lester H. Jones former Elks exalted ruler dies suddenly in Ottawa. UK ambassador James Bryce returns to Washington after a Fortnight trip to Ottawa and Chicago. ICC rules express firms may not frank railroad officials. Metcalf supports a three year leave request for Commander Peary to pursue Arctic exploration. Charles Denby of Indiana elected to succeed Linn Rotors as chief clerk of the state department.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
James Bryce
Washington
Ottawa
Cago
Metcalf
Commander &B Peary
Charles Denby
Indiana
Department of State
Succese Linn Rotors
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