La Follette Attacks Finance Giants in Aldrich Talk
Senator La Follette denounces Standard Oil and J P Morgan amid the currency bill debate. He claims no panic was due to economics but to speculative and political aims. He criticizes the Aldrich plan to make rail bonds security and emergency issues to block legislation and keep rates high.
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Washington
Standard Oil
J. Pierpont Morgan
la Follette
Wisconsin
Aldrich
Democratic Candidates Open Headquarters in Denver
Active work for the Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominations has begun in Denver ahead of the July 7 national convention. Headquarters are set at top hotels and workers are mobilizing to court delegates, with W. J. Bryan George Gray Stuyvesant Chanler and Gov. John A. Johnson named as prominent figures. Several other candidates are mentioned but lack strong backing so far.
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Denver
Mets
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
George Gray
Delaware
Stuyvesant Chanler
New York
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Whiston Arrested for Perjury Released on Bail
Flora Whiston who was arrested Monday on perjury charges after testifying in the Raymond Hitchcock trial has been released on five thousand dollars bail. Her testimony contradicted a prior grand jury statement, contributing to Hitchcock's acquittal.
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New York
Flora Whiston
Raymond Hitchcock
Whiston
Hitchcock
Governor Willson to Call Legislature for Special Session
Frankfort Kentucky March 18 It is announced that Governor Willson will call the legislature into a special session probably in July to enact measures to relieve tense conditions in tobacco districts. He will seek a prohibition bill with the county as the unit.
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Frankfort
Willson
Smallpox Brought Aboard Brooklyn Forces Quarantine
A case of smallpox aboard the cruiser Brooklyn at League Island navy yard leads to vaccination for about 2,000 people including yard employees and crew and officers. The ship will be fumigated and placed in quarantine to prevent spread.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
League Island Navy Yard
Fearless Champion of Justice in Roosevelt Praise
Washington March 18 Representative Kennedy of Ohio lauded President Roosevelt as the fearless champion of justice and honesty. He also paid tribute to Secretary Taft noting his strong qualifications for the presidency.
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Kennedy
Ohio
Roosevelt
Taft
Rockefeller Enjoys Augusta Welcome and Golf Jest
Augusta visitors recount John D. Rockefeller’s fondness for the city saying locals treat him well and he plans to spend months there. Andrew Carnegie also comments from Washington about meeting Rockefeller and jokingly predicts beating him at golf amid their rumored golf rivalry.
Stalled Under River Passengers Endure Dark Hour
A late 19th century report describes a stalled train under the East River for nearly an hour as Fulton Street station fires burned a third rail box. Fire started by a short circuit and cut power south of Ninety sixth street, leaving passengers in darkness during the blaze.
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East River
Fulton Street
Lower Broadway
Ninety-sixth Street
Waeble
Brief Bits of News
Right Rev Gustave A Rouxel a un itary bishop of the archdiocese of New Orleans is dead. The house passed a bill increasing compensation of employees in the lifesaving service. Mrs James Murphy mother of W J Murphy publisher of the Minneapolis Tribune is dead at New Richmond Wis. William Nelms ninety years old last survivor of the noble six hundred at Bala Alava is dead at his home in Manassa Colo. Judge Gantt of the Missouri supreme court in an opinion has reaffirmed the decisions upholding the constitutionality of the local option law of Missouri. An American firm has been successful in the competition by the Russian war office to determine post cartridge and pack carrying equipment for infantrymen. Forty-six for high nd Russian companies submitted designs. The report that the president is about to send a special message to congress urging certain matters of necessary legislation recommended by the Civic Federation meets with a denial at the White House. The Missouri supreme court has decided that city ordinances prohibiting persons from lounging on street cars are unconstitutional. The case came from St Louis where Jacob Floner was fined for standing on a street corner doing picket duty during a strike in 1903.
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Wheat market quotes from Minneapolis on March 18
Minneapolis wheat prices for May and July in early trading with on track classifications for No 1 hard and Northern grades. Quotes show May at 1.06 1/2 dollars, July at 1.04 1/2, No 1 Northern at 1.07 1/2, No 2 Northern at 1.05 1/2, and No 3 8 Northern at 1.03.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Wheat and flax futures quotations from Duluth market
Wheat to arrive and on track with No 2d hard at 1.08 cents No 1 Northern 1.06 cents May 1.04 July 1.05 flax to arrive and on track May 1.16 cents July 1.18 cents with similar values for nearby options and futures.
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Duluth
Cattle and hog prices in St Paul market report
St Paul market notes show cattle from good to choice steers $4.75 to $5.50 and cows and heifers $3.25 to $4.25, veals $3.15 to $5.25. Hogs $4.50 to $4.60. Sheep whiskers $5.25 to $5.75 and lambs $6.60 to $7.00.
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St. Paul
Chicago Union Stock Yards Cattle and Hogs Prices March 17
Chicago March 17 cattle and hog prices listed at the Union Stock Yards. Beef steers and cows range from two to five dollars per hundredweight, Texans and western cattle show varying values, calves sell higher. Hogs reported by class from light to heavy, with pigs and rough stock also priced. Sheep price noted.
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Ticago Union
Chicago
Grain and provisions futures in Chicago on March 17
Wheat futures closed at May 95% to 9b%c, July 90% and 87%c, Sept 87%c. Corn May 66%c, July 63%c, Sept 62 62%c. Oats May 54c, May 52c, July 47c to 45%c, Sept 38c. Pork May $12.27 and July $12.67. Butter Creameries 22% to 28%4c, dairies 20% to 26%0.
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Chicago
Labor Leaders to Meet to Shape Union Tactics
The American Federation of Labor executive council announced a national conference in Washington next Wednesday with more than a hundred unions expected. General Organizer Herman Robinson says the meeting aims to set new tactics after recent court decisions, seeking instructions from all unions before proceeding.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Herman Robinson
Goempers
Executive Council
Gallows Gives Warning to Young Men in Pittsburg Case
Morris B Holm, twenty two, sits in Allegheny county jail yard after stabbing his sweetheart Nancy Miller to death with a butcher knife on March 27, 19 in West Pittsburg. Before execution he tells his former pastor to warn young men to shun bad lives and whiskey alike.
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Allegheny County
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Nancy Miller
West Pittsburg
Marles Miller
Homewood Sadist Episcopal Church
Hell
Chicago School Inspections Find Fifty Unsafe Buildings
In Chicago on March 13 inspectors and fire captains completed a survey of 360 public and 200 private and parochial schools under Acting Building Commissioner Robert Knight. About fifty schools were deemed unsafe and orders issued for immediate changes.
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Chicago
Robert Knight
Murder Trial for Father’s Altar Killing Referred to Jury
In Denver on March 13 the case of Giuseppe Alla, charged with murder in the first degree for killing Father Leo Heinrichs at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church altar, was submitted to the jury after brief arguments and judge's instructions. The defense argued against a first degree verdict, while prosecutors urged the jury to consider the highest charge.
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Guiseppe Alla
Leo Heinrichs
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
Bose
McClellan Hearst New York mayoral contest set for April 13
The appellate division fixes April 13 to hear the George B. McClellan versus William R. Hearst mayoral dispute. The trial will determine who holds the New York city mayoralty after a prolonged two year court battle and includes an order to recount ballots and draw a 100-person jury panel.
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New York
George B. McClellan
New York City
William R. Hearst
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
House passes bill to remove tax on leaf tobacco sales
Washington March 16 A bill of great importance to the tobacco interests was passed by the house of representatives. It provides for the removal of the tax on leaf tobacco when bought by storekeepers or dealers and sold to consumers and permits storekeepers to buy and sell it as any other commodity without paying the tax. It also abrogates internal revenue rules that barred growers from selling or delivering tobacco to consumers by their agent.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Internal Revenue Bureau
French Morrocan Front Cease Hostilities Sought
Casa Blanca March 13 General Amade commander of the French forces in Morocco has received letters from Mulai Hafid the so called sultan of the South and leaders of his army asking that hostilities cease.
Fire Engine Driver Sacrifices Horses to Save Children
New York March 9 In a Brooklyn fire alert Mullin driver of a fire engine steered fleeing horses away from a public school as they charged toward students. He braced himself on one rein and swerved the horses into a sidewalk iron fence. Mullin was knocked unconscious but unharmed. both horses died.
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New York
Mullin
Brooklyn
Former German General Deprived of Rank in Scandal Case
Berlin reports General Count Wilhelm von Hohenau former guard corps commander and adjutant to the emperor has been deprived of his army rank and ordered to surrender all orders and decorations. The court of honor findings were confirmed by Emperor William following exposure by Maximilian Harden linked to the Harden von Moltke trial. The case arose from the associated scandal and testimony.
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Berlin
Count Wilhelm von Hohenau
Guard Corps
Emperor William
William
Maximilian Harden
Harden-von Moltke
Court of Honor
Longtime County Official Dies In Auto Crash In Cincinnati
Louis Klein aged fifty a county official for over thirty years was struck and killed crossing a street in Cincinnati by a car driven by Mrs Charles Haas wife of a cigar manufacturer Mrs Haas was arrested charged with manslaughter She said in her excitement she pressed the accelerator instead of the brake.
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Louis Klein
Charles Haas
Haas
Bank Robbers Escape After Tyro Bank Hold Up
In Coffeyville Kansas March 1 posses scour the hills near the state line seeking three bandits who robbed the Tyro State Bank at Tyro Kansas and fled after a clash with officers Marshal Lee of Wane reports hopes of capture fading as the search continues.
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