Plot to provoke massacre backed by court clique in Russia
Report from St. Petersburg says Premier Witte pressed suppression of the League of the Russian People as a cabal linked to the Black Hundred plots. Police officials face questions over a proclamation calling for Jewish extermination printed at official offices.
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St. Petersburg
Fay
Witte
Alexis Obolensky
Holy Synod
John Tolstoi
League of the Russian People
M. von der Launitz
Trepo*f
Count Ignatieff
M. Stichinsky
Interior Department
Count Sheremetieff
Prince Putiatin
Odessa
Durnovo
Guards Officers Resign In Mass Barring Baltic Duty
In St Petersburg on March 15 reports confirm that officers of the First regiment of artillery of the guards resigned en masse after orders to move to the Baltic provinces for pacification. Rumors of a second Moscow railway strike circulate as government massed sappers and kept ready military trains across stations.
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St. Petersburg
Baltic
Moscow
Noisy Serenade Sparks Warrants in Perryopolis
Perryopolis Pennsylvania on March 15 reports that after his home was besieged and property damaged by serenaders at his son H J Mossburys wedding, H J Mossbury swore out warrants for about forty prominent town youths. Damaging testimony also from New Albany Indiana March 19 notes Rev Sutherlin trial and a separate link to Mrs Laura Whittinghill.
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Perryopolis
H. J. Mossbury
Mossbury
New Albany
Ind
Rev. Sutherlin
Laura Whittingil
Sutherlin
Court Holds Labor Union Has Right to Strike
Cincinnati March 17 Judge Howard Ferris of the superior court declares the right of a labor union to strike in the Perkins Campbell Company versus United Workers case. The court allowed peaceful picketing if no violence occurred and denied the injunction.
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Cincinnati
Howard Ferris
Superior Court
Perkins‘Campbell Company
United Workers
Snow Slides Cut Off Mines From Outside World
Snow slides hit Ouray Durango Bilverton Leadville and other mining camps with many hairbreadth escapes reported. A slide at Silverton damaged the town edge while rail lines in the San Juan region and the South Park road near Leadville were blocked. Crested Butte mines are completely cut off.
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Denver
Ouray
Durango
Bilverton
Leadville
Ashen
Silverton
San Juan
South Park
Crested Butte
Father Secures His Divorce in Chicago Court
Mrs. Bertha Twitchell, 24, appeared before Judge McEwen on March 17 to choose between her 24-year-old stepson and her 56-year-old husband. She chose the younger man, and the judge granted the elder Twitchell a divorce applied for the previous Wednesday. She stated she wished to have the marriage annulled.
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Chicago
Bertha Twitchell
Lumber Trust Alleged in Mississippi Faces Federal Review
Jackson March 17 The United States government plans an independent probe of the alleged lumber trust in Mississippi. Attorney General requests a copy of the state legislative report and testimony to base a federal investigation. Chairman McAllister to forward evidence to Washington soon.
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Jackson
Miss
United States
McAllister
Joint Legislative Investigation Committee
Attorney General
Legislative Committee
Washington
Hull campaigns for renomination amid Dobson bid
Congressman J A T Hull Returns from Washington and starts renomination drive. He notes he secured G L Dobson as consul to Nottingham and later a post in China, but Dobson now challenges Hull for his seat in Congress with support from Senator Allison opposed the Nottingham appointment.
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Des Moines
J. A. T. Hull
Washington
G. L. Dobson
Hull
Dobson
Nottingham
Eng
Allison
China
Congress
Miners Strike in France Deepens After Courrières Disaster
Thirty thousand workers walk out protesting mine management as recovery of Courrières disaster bodies continues. Daily burials of unrecognizable victims occur in mass trenches as crews near the main danger area.
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Liens
France
Courrieres
Operators Hold Coal Shipping Slow in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on March 19 less than 500000 bushels of coal shipped south despite 15000000 bushels aboard barges. Operators hold coal awaiting wage dispute settlement with sailors, fearing strike could push sales to southern ports.
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Pittsburg
Clemenceau Investigates Courrieres Mine Disaster and Strike
Interior Minister Clemenceau arrived incognito in Liens to probe the Courrieres disaster and the ensuing strike against mine management. The strike involves about 32,000 tiners.
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Liens
France
Clemenceau
Courrieres
Matter Postponed On Roosevelt Taft Supreme Court Choice
Washington March 17 The decision on Secretary Taft accepting a seat on the U S Supreme Court was indefinitely postponed. President Roosevelt said Justice Brown will retire in June and the vacancy will wait until after the court vacation. Taft declined to discuss his own plans and referred all inquiries to the White House statement.
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Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Justice Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
War Department
White House
Notable Passings and Local Updates Across States
Brief notices report F W Frink’s death at 90 in Faribault Minnesota and other deaths including John Keller in Fort Dodge Iowa and Samuel C Howe in New York. Also listed are a railway wage rise in Pittsburgh, a will probate for Susan B Anthony, and Elliott Shepard’s six month delay in France.
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F. W. Frink
Minnesota
Faribault
West Windham
N. H
American Smelting Company
Point San Bruno
Cal
Bliss Perry
Atlantic Monthly
Harvard University
John Keller
Illinois Central
Fort Dodge
Samuel C. Howe
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
New York City
Mr. Howe
British drive against Nandi tribe encounters fierce resistance
A letter to President Claude Champion de Crespigny from his son Captain de Crespigny reports 1000 Nandi natives killed during driving operations near Victoria Nyanza at the Mombasa line. British forces defeated Nandi forces and began relocating them to a reserve, sparking guerrilla fighting. reports also confirm Sokoto rebels defeated and the mahdi chief killed.
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London
Claude Champion de Crespigny
Captain de Crespigny
Nigeria
Victoria Nyanza
Mombasa
Colonial Office
Sokoto
Mahdi
Fraud charges filed against American Reserve Bond company
In Louisville on March 17 a suit in the Eastern District of Kentucky seeks a receiver for the Chicago based American Reserve Bond company. Investors nationwide face potential losses as the action alleges fraud and insolvency involving millions. Plaintiffs Levi Hake and Mary K Welch, investors, bring the case.
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Louisville
American Reserve Bond Company of
Chicago
United States
United States Court
Kentucky
Levi Hake
Mary K. Welch
Israeli League Leader Named in Anti Jewish Circulars
St Petersburg March 17 The author of the anti Jewish circulars is M Leveroff an interior ministry employee with a rank equivalent to counsellor of state He leads the League of the Russian People He has been dismissed from the service and will be prosecuted.
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St. Petersburg
M. Leveroff
Ministry of the Interior
League of the Russian People
Wheat prices on track futures and grades listed
Minneapolis March 17 wheat quotations show May 79 1 2c July 79 3 4c Sept 78 1 4c on track No 1 hard 78c No 1 Northern 77c No 2 Northern 76 4c
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Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Wheat and flax futures on track for Duluth market
Wheat futures on track in Duluth with prices for No. 1 Northern and No. 2 Northern listed for May July and September. Flax futures also on track with May July and October prices shown, including spot and percentage variations.
Cattle and hog prices in St Paul market report
St Paul market notes record cattle trade with good to choice steers at 4.50 to 5.50 and cows and heifers 3.00 to 4.75. Hogs range 6.10 to 6.30. Sheep with yearling wethers 5.25 to 6.00 and good to choice lambs 6.00 to 6.50.
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St. Paul
Live Stock Prices in Chicago Markets Report
Chicago markets show Cattle prices at 3.00 6.40 for cows and heifers, 1.60 6.25 for stockers and feeders, and 2.86 4.80 for other categories. Hogs range from 5.90 6.25 for pigs to 6.50 for good heavy and 6.30 for rough heavy. Sheep and lambs listed at 3.25 6.00 and 5.00 6.80 respectively.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Report
Chicago price levels show wheat May 78¾ cents, July 78¾ cents. corn May 48¾, July 44¼. oats May 29¾, July 28¾. pork May 16.02? and July 15.97 dollars per hundredweight. Flax cash Northwestern 1.13?, Southwestern 1.07? May 1.15. butter creamery 16 26? and dairy 15 28. eggs 13½. poultry turkeys 12, chickens and springs 12.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
Plaque Reappears at Sydney and International Ventures
A plaque reappears in Sydney. An airship company in Berlin aims to build and test war craft. Andrew Carnegie donates 45000 to Coe College in Cedar Rapids to fund a 100000 science hall. Dispatches say trade shows progress and spring prospects look bright. Chilean minister Ninitz invites Secretary Root to Valparaiso for the Rio Janeiro conference. A Second Baptist church project in Chicago plans a social settlement to rival saloons. Michigan professor Pattengill dies suddenly. New Yorkers form a committee to fund Joseph Jefferson monument with a goal of 50000.
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Berlin
Andrew Carnegie
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Dan
Walter Ninitz
Root
Valparaiso
Rio Janeiro
Second Baptist Church of Chicago
A. H. Pattengill
University of Michigan
Michigan
Joseph Jefferson
Two Shot Dead in Florence Ambush Near Woman's Home
In Florence Louisiana on March 17 Lee Stewart dies from wounds and Miss Willie Davis is fatally wounded after an ambush as they stood in a doorway. David Roach is held as a suspect in the shooting.
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Florence
Lee Stewart
Willie Davis
Stewart
David Roach
King Charles of Roumania Said Near Death Breakthrough
Special dispatches report the serious illness of King Charles of Roumania with brain affection and arteriosclerosis. The Daily Telegraph notes private telegrams predicting imminent death, suggesting life cannot extend beyond months, though the king plans to visit Lugano in coming days.
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London
Charles of
Roumania
Daily Telegraph
Lugano
Hamilton defends own role before insurance inquiry
Albany reporting Andrew Hamilton denounces New York Life trustees saying they pressed him for payments and defended the purchases of life insurance assets. He accuses a “despot” board of blocking reform and calls for a full reorganization of the company’s leadership in November.
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Albany
N. Y
Andrew Hamilton
Paris
John C. McCall
New York Life
Hamilton
New York Life Insurance Company
McCall
Mr. McCall
Assembly Chamber
Judge Hamilton
Board of Directors
Somnambulist salesman mauled in hotel room brawl
Rushville Indiana March 19 J Kirkpatrick a traveling salesman says he fought himself in his sleep and woke under a bed in the Windsor hotel He was barefoot in a blood stained nightshirt with cuts on his face arms and legs proprietor John Freeman believed him a maniac before hearing he is a somnambulist.
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Rushville
Ind
J. Kirkpatrick
Windsor Hotel
John Freeman
Kirkpatrick
Speaker Criticised as Despot Over House Proceedings
Critics indict Uncle Joe Cannon for autocratic conduct as he presides over House sessions. Opponents accuse him of curbing debate and wielding power beyond parliamentary norms, signaling tensions within the leadership era.
House halts rubber land bill amid protest and objection
In Washington on March 17 the House halted consideration of a bill to lease 5000 acres of arid La Plata County land to the P F U Rubber Co for rubber plant cultivation. Mr Brooks urged famine evidence and land unfitness, while Mr Shackleford criticized Speaker Cannon over statehood, then was cut off by an objection.
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Oklahoma
Shackleford
Joe
House
Senate
Tawney
Keifer
Houston
Tenn
United States
China
Washington
la Plata
Colo
P. F. U. Rubber Company
Brooks
Printing office declines offer for foreman role
Washington March 19 J M A Spottiswood assistant foreman of printing declined the offer to succeed Oscar J Ricketts as foreman of printing The government printing office stated the position would be offered to Charles E Young foreman of the night bill force
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Washington
J. M. A. Spottiswood
Oscar J. Ricketts
Government Printing Office
Charles E. Young
Night Bill Force
Moroccan revolt forces clash near Fez
In Oran on March 19 the pretender’s forces clashed with Moroccan troops. Two of the pretender’s men were killed and seven wounded. Reports say the pretender plans an attack on Fez, the capital.
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Oran
Algeria
Morocco
Fez
Embezzlement Charged Against Hazleton Bank Cashier
Hazleton attorney charged with embezzling 56900 from First National Bank. Cashier F N Everett arrested in Hazleton on March 19. Bloomsburg lawyer William Beckley also arrested on charge of larceny.
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Hazleton
F. N. Everett
First National Bank
William Beckley
Bloomsburg
Saint Vincent's academy destroyed by fire in Shreveport
Shreveport Louisiana on March 19 a blaze engulfed Saint Vincent's academy a long established Catholic school. The fire started from a defective fire source while teachers and students were at luncheon. All escaped unharmed.
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Shreveport
St. Vincent’s Academy
South
Bank Officials Plead Guilty in Conneaut Misuse Case
Cleveland March 19 Charles M Traver former president and 0 C Liisee cashier of the First National Bank of Conneaut Ohio pleaded guilty to one indictment for misapplying bank funds and were sentenced to six years in prison each.
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Cleveland
Charles M. Traver
First National Bank of Conneaut, O
0. C. Liisie
Former Pugilist Sentenced to Four Years in Ohio Penitentiary
Judge Dillion sentences Frankie McHugh once known as lightweight champion of the state to four years for knocking down W A Watkins in Columbus and robbing him of 1300 dollars. Four others with him receive similar sentences.
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Columbus
Dillon
Frankie McHugh
Ohio Penitentiary
W. A. Watkins
McHugh
Saloon Fight Kills One, Injures Three in Lake View
In Chicago on March 19 a brawl at Henry Duasine’s saloon in Lake View left one man dead, three others wounded. The deceased is William Curry. Wounded include William Russell, a printer, who were rushed to a hospital.
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Chicago
Henry Duasine
Lake View
William Curry
William Russell
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