Springfield Missouri Quiet After Race Riots End
Militia patrols Springfield as the mob lynched three African Americans and burned their bodies. White witness Mabel Edmondson declares two lynched men were not her attackers, prompting warrants for leaders and deputy arrests. Tensions rise as threats of further violence surface.
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Springfield
Folk
Mabel Edmondson
Duncan
Copeland
Jefferson City
Horace Duncan
Jim Copeland
Copelland
Will Allen
Patterson
Horner
Threats Boldly Uttered Reporting From Missouri Event
Kansas City dispatch reports threats issued amid tension after a mob incident in Springfield. Leaders faced possible indictments, and the county prosecutor vowed warrants as citizens condemned the violence.
Mines fill with water as pumps idle across Illinois Indiana
Reports from Illinois and Indiana say several mines are flooding because pumpmen and engineers have not reported for work. An Indianapolis operators meeting may press for wage details and worker turnout to explain the stoppage.
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Columbus
Illinois
Indiana
Arths
Indianapolis
Wheat prices and track quotes from Minneapolis market
Market notes from Minneapolis dated April 16 show May wheat at 74% cents per bushel and July at 79% cents. September quotes at 77% cents. On track futures list No. 1 hard at 79% cents and No. 1 Northern at 78% cents with No. 2 Northern at 77% cents and No. 3 Northern at 76% cents.
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Minneapolis
Wheat And Flax Futures On Track For Duluth Market
Wheat to arrive on track with No. 1 Northern at 79 percent, No. 2 Northern at 77 percent. May at 791. July at 80 percent. Flax to arrive with May at $1.17 and July at $1.18 in the Duluth market briefing.
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Duluth
Northern
Live Stock Prices Reported in St. Paul
Cattle ranged from good to choice at 4.25 to 5.50 dollars per hundredweight with lower grades from 3.50 to 4.00. Hogs traded 6.45 to 6.55, sheep including yearling wethers at 5.25 to 6.00 and good to choice lambs at 6.00 to 6.50.
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St. Paul
Chicago Live Stock Prices Reported for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Chicago market data for April 16 shows cattle beeves and cows and heifers trading in ranges from $1.75 to $6.35 per cwt, stockers and feeders from $2.75 to $4.70, Texans around $3.90 for 450 head, hogs at $6.00 to $6.75 with distinctions for mixed, good heavy and light categories, sheep at $3.65 to $6.25, and lambs from $4.50 to $6.65 per cwt.
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Chicago
Unclear Historical Market Figures and Prices
Fragmentary data shows multiple commodity price hints including corn May and July values, pork May price with a percentage, flax cash near Northwestern, and small cash yields. Place and exact dates are obscured, making precise interpretation difficult.
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Chicago
Waly
Hears
Northwestern
Disastrous Collision of Saxona and Eugene Zimmerman on Soo Passage
In the Soo Passage at Sault Ste. Marie on April 17, the steel steamers Saxona and Eugene Zimmerman collided near the dyke. The Zimmerman sank in twenty feet of water on the Canadian side. the Saxona sank later near Little Mudlake. Both ships were high class lake craft. hull and cargo losses will be heavy for insurers.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Saxona
Eugene Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Duluth
Lake Superior
Chicago Easter panic prompts church closure plan
After a stampede at St. Ludmilla s Church left three girls dead and many injured, Chicago officials order all churches with lax building codes closed. Police will guard houses of worship to curb overcrowding. Bartzen cites overcrowding and locked exits as cause of the tragedy.
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Chicago
St. Ludmilla’s
Bartzen
Mathias Farnik
Vesuvius Activity Easing Ashes Fall In Naples Visiters
Mount Vesuvius remains shrouded in thick smoke though ashfall has nearly ceased. Visitors including Americans from the Cretic and Barbarossa joined the day’s viewing while officials restricted access to higher observatories. Prof. Mattucci warned normal conditions may take weeks to return as exhumations continue at Ottajano and San Giuseppe.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
White Star Line
Cretic
Lloyd
Barbarossa
Vesuvius
Mattucci
Ottajano
San Guiseppe
Seven Killed on Warship in Caribbean Turret Blast
The battleship Kearsarge suffered an explosion in a forward turret at Culebra West Indies killing two officers and five gunners instantly and wounding one. The dead include Lt John Hudgins of Virginia and Lt Joseph W. W. Greeme of Maryland among others.
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New York
Ellis H. Athey
West Virginia
Joseph W.W. Greeme
Maryland
Northwestern Mutual executives admit flaws in loan policy system
Milwaukee April 17 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance officers testifying at a legislative inquiry say the current loan assignment form is obsolete and must be changed. President Palmer calls the system too large a relic and General Counsel Noyes outlines plans to radically alter loan policy. Palmer defends his wife Kent Palmer's policy loans as legitimate private investments and notes most were on policies the company could not loan against. He criticizes publicity and notes interest on some renewals was reduced to six percent.
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Milwaukee
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Pany
Palmer
George H. Noyes
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Kent Palmer
Miners Discuss Strike Assessment at Indianapolis Meeting
John Mitchell and W B Wilson arrive for the United Mine Workers special international executive board session in Indianapolis. The board will consider levying a strike assessment on operators under the 1903 scale while about 400 000 miners remain idle. Wilson notes no national treasury withdrawals yet as workers sustain themselves from reserves. Mitchell says the public may not see coal price increases despite the strike.
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Indianapolis
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
W. B. Wilson
Special International Executive Board
National Treasury
Wilson
Mitchell
Unknown motive follows brutal attack in Hampton incident
Obadiah Smith and his wife were assaulted at their Hampton home by A E Evans of Waterloo. Evans, secretary of the Property Mutual Insurance Co, later killed himself in Hamp ton stockyards after striking Smith and injuring Mrs Smith. No valuables were taken. motive unclear.
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Des Moines
Obadiah Smith
Hampton
TIES UP CONSTRUCTION WORK
A nationwide strike by Southern Bell Telephone linemen inside workers and cable splicers halts all new construction. In Birmingham sixty linemen join the walkout. Mobile reports one hundred workers striking. Lynchburg sees twenty Sawin Pell linemen idle.
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Norfolk, Va
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mobile
Bell Telephone Company
Lynchburg, Va
Sawin Pell Telephone Company
Sttuck
Twelve Tons of Specie Sailed on Campania from Queenstown
The steamship Campania departed Queenstown for New York with a reputed eight million two hundred fifty thousand dollars in specie aboard. The shipment weighs nearly twelve tons and is described as the largest consignment ever sent across the Atlantic on a single vessel.
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Queenstown
Campania
New York
Walsh Preliminary Hearing Delayed Again in Bank Mismanagement Case
The preliminary hearing of John R. Walsh, former president of the Chicago National Bank, now under investigation for alleged mismanagement, has been continued for the fifth time. The new hearing date remains to be set.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Onlsrechargeés Bf
Hasen
Buffalo graft cases allege thefts tied to cemetery armory site
Fred O. Murray, Erie county former treasurer and Buffalo port collector, indicted on theft charges totaling 38870 and receiving stolen property. Grand jury handed 17 indictments in a graveyard scandal tied to the North street cemetery for the Sixty-fifth regiment armory.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Fred 0. Murray
Erie County
Grand
County of Erie
North Street
Sixty-fifth Regiment
Murray
Supreme Court
Fred O. Murray
Robert S. Woodburn
Robert 8. Woodburn
Board of Supervisors
W. H. Ryan
Byron D. Gibson
William B. Jackson
Fred Gainor
Kenefick Duringernoon
R.J. Conover
Conover
John W. Neff
Judge sentences Lewis in Illinois court for contempt
Colonel J S Lewis, Chicago Corporation Counsel, is sentenced to sixty days in Sangamon county jail by Judge Humphrey in the U S Circuit Court for contempt. The term may be remitted if Lewis drops suits pending in Madison county against the Boston Water and Street Company and the Alten Water Works in bond foreclosure actions. The case concerns ownership of the Alton Water Works and the sale to a syndicate.
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Springtedh
Tus
States
J S Hamilton Ij
Ewis
Cnigago
Cewis
Lae
Sangamon County
Lewis
Madison County
Boston
Mass
Receiver Appointed for Chicago Terminal Transfer Company
John N. Fairhorn, president of the Chicago Terminal Transfer Company, which runs a belt line around Chicago, was named receiver in bonds of 100 000 by Judge Koblzsaat. The appointment, unopposed, follows a bond holders lawsuit and aims to enable necessary track elevating and new building construction under receivership.
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Chicago
John N. Fairhorn
Chicago Terminal Transfer Company
Koblsaat
United States Circuit Court
American captain jumps overboard during voyage home
Honolulu reports Captain Martin of the light artillery aboard the United States transport Sherman Thunder Guard leapt into the sea during a storm on April 5 while three days out from Nagasaki. His body was not recovered. Martin had been in the Philippines about three months prior.
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Honolulu
Martin
Light Artillery
Sherman Thunder Guard
Nagasaki
Philippines
A Thousand Thanks to Gutigura Remedies Note
A brief note from Ohio dated July 17 1905 expresses thanks for Gutigura Remedies. The message mentions a deca toy te and an entity named ane a moe Co. reflecting a testimonial style notice in a historical newspaper fragment.
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Gutigura
Deca Toy Te
Ane A Moe Co
Ohio
Cuticura Ointment Advertises Skin Relief
An historic advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment with claims to cleanse crusts and scales, soften the cuticle, dry without hardening skin, and soothe irritation and inflammation. It notes Cuticura Lead and Pills sold nationwide and mentions mail order for factory manufacturing details.
Gorky Marital Status Question Remains Unclear
Washington April 17 officials say the marital status of Maxim Gorky the Russian author who stayed in New York last week has not been officially reviewed by the immigration and commerce authorities nor is there a clear directive from the commission. The matter may be investigated if a complaint is filed and the commission is called to act as needed.
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Washington
Maxim Gorky
New York
Department of Commerce and Favor
Gorky
Bureau of Immigration
Comsissioner
Tillman Seeks Inquiry into Bank Contributions
Senator Tillman introduced a Resolution of Inquiry in the Senate on April 11 directing a committee to investigate alleged contributions by national banks to campaign committees and why these facts were not disclosed to the Comptroller of the Currency. The measure covers broad bank contribution issues and hints at Chicago and Cincinnati cases and whether legal proceedings should be filed. The resolution was referred after a brief debate with no immediate action.
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Senate
Tillman
Chicago
Cincinnati
Tiltman
Governor Polk Orders State Troops to Crack Down
Jefferson City April 17 at noon Governor Polk directs Acting Adjutant General de Armand to mobilize General E. C. k in command in Springhead to arrest state leaders linked to a planned disturbance. The order aims to protect property and enforce the law during the tense period.
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Jefferson City
Polk
de Armand
E. Co. K
Springhead
Pat
Free Alcohol Bill Passes House as Coastwise Law Extended
The House passed the Free Alcohol Bill by a narrow margin with seven votes against. A separate measure extends the coastwise law of the United States to sea Philippines until April 21, with the exact dates noted as April 114 and April 21 in the report.
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Washington,.j
House
United States
Philippines
Mining output in Hocking Valley reports rise in workforce
Reports from valley points indicate 10 to 16 percent of state mine output is operating in the Hocking Valley area near Columbus Ohio. Workers are promised wage increases to the 1908 scale.
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Columbus, CO
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Standard Oi Company
David C. St. Charles
San Francisco
Ernest B. Kruttschnitt
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Canadian Express Company
Intercolonial Railway
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New York City
Alphonse Drilleo
Chicago Union Stock Yards
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Great Lakes
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West Indies
Eun
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Plese Court
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