San Francisco’s leveling shock reshapes class and power
Disaster strips status and wealth in a city of ruins as editors, mayors, and business leaders mix with common citizens. Amid rubble and fires, social barriers collapse, newspapers operate from tiny rooms, and leaders from De Young to Phelan clasp hands to aid relief while Spreckels’ heir is born on the sidewalk.
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San Francisco
Arizona
Mike” de Young
The
Chronicle
Milionaire
James D. Phelan
Abe Reuf
de Young
Stu
Relief Committee
Gavin McNabb
America
Raphael
Stanford
Berkeley
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
Spreckels
Pacific Avenue
Rudolf Spreckels
Sugar Trust
Cotton Conference Ends With Calls For Reforms
Washington reports from the cotton conference show delegates condemning government crop reports while endorsing parts of the Agriculture Department data. A resolution urges the statistical cotton year run August 1 to August 1, standard bale dimensions, burlap or canvas bagging, ten ties with Egyptian buckles, net weight sale, and a committee to test baling methods.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
MacCoy
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Prompt action urged after Mexican seizure of Gulf fisheries boat
General Manager Munn of Gulf Fisheries Co. reports that the fishing smack Sallie Stein, seized by a Mexican gunboat, left ten sailors in prison with no communication to the American consul. Cargoes rotting as Pensacola and Mobile boats are detained. Munn asked Senator Culberson to intervene with the state department to secure action. Losses will be heavy on cargo.
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Galveston
Tex
Munn
Gulf Fisheries Co
Warren Fish Co
Pensaloca
Fla
Sallie Stein
Pensacola
Mobile
Senator Culberson
State Department
Violent Wind and Rain Strikes Fort Smith Area
A violent wind and rain storm Tuesday night hit Fort Smith region, with Huntington and Mansfield about 380 miles away. Telegraph and telephone wires were blown down, cutting all communication. Huntington streets flooded two feet, houses unroofed and several buildings demolished. Mansfield saw widespread timber loss, fences destroyed, and damage to the A. T. Booth Wholesale Grocery warehouses. the St. Louis & San Francisco bridge twisted out of line.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Huntington
Mansfield
A. T. Booth Wholesale Grocery Co
St. Louis & San Francisco
Iron Workers Strike Halts Chicago Construction
More than a thousand rural iron workers quit Wednesday after orders, halting work on major downtown projects. The walkout targets wage terms with iron workers demanding five dollars per eight hour day. Contractors had offered four sixty for four months and four eighty for the rest of the year, which was rejected.
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Chicago
Ilc
Illinois Happenings Negroes May Attend White Schools
The Illinois supreme court rules against separate public schools for Negro children in the Scott Bibbs case. The decision reverses to Madison county circuit court on the relator of Bibles against Alton mayor and city council. Gen Palmer advocated for Negro pupils to attend any public school.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Scott Bibbs
John M. Palmer
Circuit Court
Madison County
Alton
Bibbs v Alton school rights headed to retrial for fourth time
In Madison County Illinois Bibbs sought a desegregation order forcing attendance at the white school near his home. The circuit court ruled against Bibbs but the supreme court reversed, sending the case back for retrial after four jury trials continued to deny him entry. In Springfield the Charles A Nichols defraud case ended with a $250 fine and jail time until costs are paid.
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Springfield
Charles A. Nichols
Urbana
Humphrey
Dr. Nichols
Sangamon
Maj. Connolly
Trial at Southern station ends in acquittals and plea
The trial of J. W. Murphy and C. E. Dodd for the murder of two strangers at the Southern station on February 28 ends sensationally with Dodd acquitted and Murphy pleading guilty await sentence. Dodd, Murphy and another man were drinking and were reportedly thrown from a railway station where several men slept. Two other items report Belleville negroes William Thomas and John Humphries found guilty of assault to kill, receiving indeterminate penitentiary terms after a prior robbery. William Bradley, another negro, beaten as Thomas and Humphries restrained him.
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Coint Carmel
J. W. Murphy
C. E. Dodd
Dodd
Murphy
Belleville
William Thomas
John Humphries
William Bradley
St. Louis
Thomas
Bradley
Humphries
Secretary Shaw Visits Urbana Champaign For Convocation
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw visited the University of Illinois and the twin cities. He reviewed the 1000 strong university regiment, addressed a convocation of 2000, spoke on The Evolution of Self-Government, and attended a banquet hosted by Champaign business leaders at the Hotel Beardsley.
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Urbana
the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
University of Illinois
Twin Cities
University
Champaign
Beardsley
Tragic fires and hunting accident headline tale
Nashville's Clara Krueger dies from burns after a spark from a match set her apron ablaze at home. In Galesburg near New Windsor, William Drake accidentally shoots James Roberts while gopher hunting. Drake is demented and Roberts paralyzed, likely fatal.
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Nashville
Clara Krueger
Henry Krueger
Gopher Unt
Galesburg
William Drake
James Roberts
Drake
Roberts
New Windsor
Belleville to Transfer Incurably Insane Patients
Superintendent Hill of St. Clair county hospital completed arrangements to transfer incurable insane patients to the state hospital for the incurable insane at Bartonville. Jacksonville obituary notes Martha B. Shelton died at 94, a member of the band of 37 who founded Quincy in 1828 after journeying from Ohio.
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Belleville
Hill
St. Clair County Hospital
State Hospital For
Bartonville
Jacksonville
Martha B. Shelton
Ohio
Illinois
Quincy
Iroquois Theater Co Placed In Receiver's Hands
The Iroquois Theater Co of Chicago was placed in the hands of a receiver in Jersey City New Jersey on a Wednesday. The company confessed to no assets and liabilities of two million dollars in damages lawsuits filed by scores of people after the December 1902 Chicago theater fire.
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Chicago, Il
Iroquois Theater Co
Chicago
Jersey City
N. J
Tragic Accident Kills 4 Year Old Alton-Helle Rowley
Four year old Alton-Helle Rowley was instantly killed when a heavy metal object fell on her after tipping from a leaning position against a fence. Her six year old sister Lulu was present during the incident.
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Alton—Helle Rowley
Lulu
Sweetheart Threat Drives Shelbyville Man to Self-Destruct
Shelbyville resident George Elmer Peckham aged 30 shot himself after receiving a letter from his sweetheart threatening suicide if she did not hear from him. The death follows a personal crisis prompted by the troubling correspondence.
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Shelbyville
George Elmer Peckham
Coulterville Mines Resume After 1906 Wage Settlement
The Coulterville Mining Co and the Hip pard Coal Co workers resume operations after signing the 1906 wage scale. The agreement ends a stoppage and sets pay terms for the period.
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Coulterville
Coulterville Mining Co
Hippard Coal Co
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