Father Is On The Stand In Carmack Murder Trial
Col Duncan B Cooper testifies in Nashville in the Carmack murder case. He recalls his years of friendship with Carmack, war service with Forrest, and a 1904 letter suggesting political favors. The state and defense exchange questions over an 1892 farewell editorial from the American.
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Nashville
Col
D&b. Cooper
Carmeack
John Sparke
Sharpe
General Meeks
Duncan B. Cooper
Washington
Col. Cooper
Forrest
Senator Carmack
Columbia
The
American
Memphis
Senator Taylor
Carmack
Hart
E W. Carmack
Senate
Mitchell
Gregan
Van
Panama Canal
Cooper
New Yellowstone Park Hotel to Triple Size
Washington dispatch reports plans for a YellowstonePark hotel to be 70 feet by 160 feet with three to five stories and 500 rooms. It will include electric light steam heat and luxurious amenities and feature a central veranda with office balconies and lounge areas.
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Yellowstone Park
New $500000 Hotel Planned in Yosemite Valley
A Yosemite Valley project proposes a hotel reefed by natural trees as structural supports with plate glass walls from floor to ceiling. Immense irregular rock columns mark the exterior, giving the feel of a building set among forest ledges.
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Stulldine
Valley of the
Yosemite
Marriage license delays stall Cement show wedding plans
Chicago readers learn of a postponed wedding tied to a Cement show. Twenty applicants sought licenses but Washington's Birthday closing at noon prevented timely processing, leaving the clerk to select the eligible applicant as the documents miss the cutoff.
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Chicago
Washington
Patr
Officer dies after safety wound linked to court martial case
Lieutenant John J. Moller of the Eighth Infantry died at Bellevue hospital after shooting himself. He had been involved in a year old court martial in the Philippines accused of allowing torture of prisoners but was acquitted. Lieutenant Clare R. Bennett was tried with him. Brigadier General Mills protested the finding. Chaplain Smith commented the acquittal should not have altered Moller's life.
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York
John J. Moller
Eighth Infantry
Bellevue Hospital
Union
Philippines
Albert L. Mills
Department of Vinyas
Moller
Clare R. Bennett
Pan-Hellenic union seeks Nebraska protection for Greeks
Lincoln Neb Feb 23 The Pan Hellenic union appeals to Governor Shallenberger for protection of Greek residents in Omaha amid alleged lawless acts by a mob of American citizens. A telegram signed by D Minoussopoulos president and V Enetzanakly secretary asks federal and state officials to safeguard Greek homes and property on George Washingtons birthday as needed.
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Lincoln
Neb
Pan- Hellenic Union
Shallenhberger
South Onaha
Chicago
Pan-Hellenic Union
United States of America
Omaha
Tribunals of Justice
Anda
Nebraska
George Washington
Greek riot unsettles Omaha as militia mobilizes
In Omaha and South Omaha tensions flare over Greek residents amid gunfire and mobs. Sheriff Bratley and deputies guard Greek property while 300 Greeks are rounded up in Council Bluffs and disarmed. A mass meeting with 1600 attendees appeals to the Greek government for redress and a $25,000 relief cash fund is planned to aid the unemployed.
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Omaha
Witialow
Sherif Bratley
South Omaha
Council Bluffs
Ft Fe
Dropped Dead While Dancing at a Ball in New York
Edear Pryer a 65 year old salesman collapsed and died early today while dancing at a ball hosted by the Independence League on Eighth Avenue New York City Authorities ruled out foul play and suspect heart failure due to over exertion as the cause of death.
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New York
Edear Pryer
Independence League
Eighth Avenue
Pryer
Obituary Hoax Triggers Chicago Disruption
A false obituary appearing in Chicago papers claimed H A Holden died on February 20 and his family faced distress. This second hoax in 48 hours follows a prior erroneous death notice that drew a crowd and required police intervention.
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Chicago
H. A. Holden
Chicago Meeting Sets Plans for American Hallway
At the annual meeting in Chicago on February 24, organizers outlined aims for the American Hallway project and discussed potential funding and partner groups.
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Chicago
The
Engineers to Hold Maintenance on War Rails March 16 17 18
A committee of experts will meet here March 16 to 18 to propose radical changes in the specifications for areal rails. They will recommend a drop test and a testing machine and have researched causes of breaks. They advocate manufacturers providing a fall that passes scientific tests.
Hermit truck farmer Patrick King found dead in hut
Chicago reports Patrick King a hermit truck farmer died of heart failure in his hut built from sidewalk planks. He owned several small truck farms and sold vegetables by hand cart but refused to converse with buyers. He had no known family beyond a sister in the east and declined neighbors' aid two weeks ago claiming money in the bank.
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Chicago
Patrick King
Hin Fur
King
Two Workmen Die As City Hall Floor Collapses
In San Francisco on February 23 a swaying metal floor at the city hall collapsed, killing one worker and fatally injuring another. J Tlenerat, using a block and tackle on the west front, was buried beneath debris and recovered after twenty minutes. A Lijain, beside him, was partially buried and later found with serious injuries. The contractor warned the demolition work may have weakened the wing.
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San Francisco
Ruimed
J. Tlenerat
Japan must protect Korea to preserve far east peace
Prince Ito, Japanese resident general in Korea, tells Koreans in Seoul that Japan must continue guiding and protecting Korea. He argues Korea is weak and needs Japanese protection to ensure peace, plans to report this stance to the emperor. Missionaries and native Christians are deemed to aid Korea’s enlightenment and political salvation.
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Seoul
Korea
San Francisco
Japan
Prince Ito
Imperial Party
Far East
Ito
Pinyang
Marriage of Sylvia Green to Matthew Astor Wilks at Morristown
Sylvia Green daughter of Hetty Green of New York wed Matthew Astor Wilks great grandson of John Jacob Astor at St Peter’s Episcopal church Morristown after a modest ceremony attended by about thirty. The couple left for a wedding trip tonight with plans to visit Great Ontario.
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Morristown
N. J
Sylvia Green
Hetty Green
New York
America
Matthew Astor Wilks
Wilks
John Jacob Astor
Green
Hoboken
Morristown Inn
Temaine
Moon
St. Peter, Episcopal Church
Philamion Sturtes
Wodring
Miss Green
Funeral Service Should Be Cheerful Says Dr Wyant
Chicago February 23 The Rev A B R Wyant warns against mournful funeral customs in a letter to the Baptist Ministerial association. He urges cheerful burial services and opposes remarks about loss or weeping during services, insisting the decedent has gone to the Master.
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Chicago
BR. W. Wyant
Baptisl Ministerial Association
Trans-Missouri Day Dry Farming Congress Opens in Cheyenne
More than six hundred delegates attend the Trans-Missouri Day Dry Farming Congress in Cheyenne Wyoming as snow blankets the city. The three day program includes Governor B B Brooks address and papers by state delegates and agronomists on dry farming challenges and solutions for semi arid regions.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Capital Avenue Theater
Wyoming
B. B. Brooks
Congress
Volcano Sunk by Ice Accumulation in Harbor
San Francisco reports the fishing schooner Volcano sank at anchor due to ice buildup on its sides. The ice froze thickly, weighed heavy, and caused the vessel to submerge bow first, with three foot ice sheets and onward tilt during a gale.
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San Francisco
Fshing
John D. Spreckels
Volcano
Sanak
John D. Sprackela
German Crown Prince Frederick William seen to visit America
New York reports rising speculation that Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany may travel to the United States this season to observe events and naval activities. No official confirmation has been issued by Germany.
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Crown Prince OF
Germany
America
New York
Yachtamen
Frederick William
Atmerlea
Royal visit eyed for Marblehead yacht events
The report notes a possible August prince visit to Marblehead for class races and the New York Yacht Club cruise. Proposals suggest he attend the Hudson Fulton centenary next fall, with Germany entering fast boats in Sonderklags races and excitement over royal attendance at summer yachting events.
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New York Yacht Club
Protest Against Moving of Independence Bell
Portland Oregon February 23 resolutions by the Oregon Society Sons of the American Revolution protest removing the Liberty Bell from Independence Hall to tour the country. They insist the bell belongs in Philadelphia where its surroundings are historic and warn the crack and a newer fracture make travel risky.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon Society
Soaw
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Trial opens as Standard Oil of Indiana reopens rebating case
Chicago February 28 The retrial of Standard Oil of Indiana on rebating charges opened with defense filing to quash a 150 man venire. The panel was mostly farmers from northern Illinois, prompting questions about jury fairness. Judge Anderson later ruled the venire improperly drawn and ordered a new venire, signaling possible delay.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Anderson
John
Sims
Miller
Whiting
Ind
St. Louis
Federal District Court
A. B. Anderson
Indianapolis
K. M Landis
Sol H. Bethea
Landis
Court of Appeals
Illinois
Misfortune pursues this young man
Samuel Wyman aged 19 is under police care after three days without food seeking food and shelter in Chicago. He recalls his father, once editor of a Odessa paper, was killed during anti Jewish riots in 1904 and two young women were sent to Siberia. He crossed the border with his mother and recently wandered from Cleveland to Chicago.
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Chicago
Samuel Wyman
Wyman
Odessa
Siberia
Cleveland
Involent Civility Sparks Debate On Prowd Manners
An older line from Chesterfield notes that the polite veneer can mask harsher traits, arguing that civility without sincerity harms society more than blunt rudeness.
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Chesterfield
New York Central Fined in Rebates Case Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirmed a 108000 fine against the New York Central Railroad for rebates to the American Sugar Refining Company on 1903 sugar shipments to Cleveland and Detroit. The ruling, under the Elkins and interstate commerce laws, confirms prior penalties and addresses whether a non initiating carrier can be criminally liable in rebate schemes.
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Washington
United States
Southern District
New York
New York Central Railroad Company
American Sugar Company
Supreme Court of the United States
American Sugar Refining Company
Cleveland
Detroit
Biince
Tower Court
New York Central
Hudson River Railroad Company
Missouri Pacific
Brooklyn Cooperage Company
Poplar Blut
Brooklyn
Hrookiron Company
Old North trapsman Emil Mowback returns to civilization
Emil Mowback, a hunter and trapper who spent twenty seven years in the frozen Arctic, will land today from the fishing schooner John D. Spreckels in San Francisco. After a quarter century in the north he has endured many adventures as weather and fir prices fell, prompting him to retire from trapping and return to settled life.
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San Francisco
Emil Mowback
Fshing
John D. Spreckels
Mowback
Firefighters Battle Blaze At Fireworks Manufacturer Site
Firemen fought a stubborn blaze near a large quantity of fireworks on a lower Manhattan street. The fire started on the third floor of a five story building at 176 Fulton Street, home to Deweller and Street fireworks makers. Damages were estimated at about 16000 dollars after tarpaulins shielded the stock.
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New York
Fulton Street
Deweller and Street
Bremen
Sugar and Coffee Market Reports for New York and St Louis
Sugar and coffee prices shown with raw and refined sugar figures and centrifugal and molasses sugar values. Wool prices in St Louis report firm markets with territory and western medium classes listed, including quality grades and January figures.
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New York
St. Louis
Metal Market Prices in New York Market Notes
The Feb metal market report from New York shows dull trends for lead with a price around 4.00 per unit and mixed bids for copper and silver noted as steady to soft, indicating cautious demand in the metals trading scene.
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New York
Tata
Closing quotations of world markets show local losses
Local stock market follows London's lead with steep declines in United States Steel and metal stocks. United States Steel common and preferred fall sharply while railroad shares in Erie Chesapeake and Ohio and Reading also weaken. Noon trading widens losses as Washington reports Supreme Court decisions pressuring United States Steel and others.
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New York
London
United States Steel
United States Steel Preferred
Res Public Tron & Steel Common
Preferred
Colorado Fuel ¢ Iron
Sloss Sheffield Steel
Amalgamated Copper
American Smelting
National Lead
American Jocomotive
Consolidated Gas
Erie
Chesapiale & Ohio
Reading
Ist
Washington
United States Supreme Court
New York Central Railroad
United States Steel Common
Harriman
Stocks Listed in New York Market Briefs
The report lists prices for railroad and steel stocks including Amalgamated Copper American Car and Foundry American Locomotive American Smelting Sugar Refining Anaconda Mining Atchison Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago Northwestern Denver Rio Grande Erie Great Northern New York Central Reading Rock Island Southern Pacific Union Pacific United States Steel Wabash and Western Union with bid and note values across multiple issues.
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Amalgamated Copper
American Car and Foundry
American Locomotive
American Smelting
American Sugar Refining
Tanaconda Mining Co
Atchison Railway
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago Northwestern
Chicago
St. Paul
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Colorado and Southern
Delaware and Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande
Erie Railway
Great Northern
Great Northern Ore Ctfs
Timois Central
New York Central
Reading Railway
Rock Island Co
Ptd
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
United States Steel
United, States Steel
Wabash Railway
Western Union
Standard Old Company
Chicago and Kansas City cattle and grain market report
Chicago market notes show cattle receipts around 3,500 with strong demand and varied prices for beeves, steers, cows, calves, and stockers. Hog and sheep receipts and price ranges are listed. Kansas City figures include cattle, hogs, and sheep with price bands and market status. Commodity quotes include wheat soy notes and turf prices for Park and Lard futures, with March and May contracts cited.
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Chicago
Texas
Lambs
Kansas City
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W. &. Curtis
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Phillippines
Parrot
Golden Gate Park
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Thita
John McHenry
Park Lodge
McLaren Mclaren
Pringe Ito
DAY Farming Congress
BG Trust
Standard Oil
American Sugar Co
North
Arctic
Borner S. Steel
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago Livestock
Kansas City Livestock
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Toly
Park
Ribbo
Timoty
Clover
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