War on Anarchy Grows in Chicago After Averbuch Slaying
Federal state and city authorities rally to quell anarchist activity in Chicago following the assassination attempt on Chief of Police George M. Shippy by Lazarus Averbuch. Public meetings, arrests, and confiscation of rebellious literature mark the crackdown as officials seek to prevent a Haymarket era repeat. President Roosevelt commends Shippy and urges strict measures against anarchists.
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Chief Shippy
Supreme Court Upheld Elkins Rebate Conviction Across 1905 Acts
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled the Great Northern railway’s $15,000 fine for a 20 cent concession on oats shipments from Minneapolis to Seattle remains valid despite pre Hepburn act timing. Indictments postdate the Hepburn bill. decision signals wide impact on appeals and blocks expected defenses by Standard Oil over a $29 million rebate penalty. Repeal of a statute does not erase penalties unless explicitly stated.
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United States Supreme Court
Elkins
Great Northern Railway
Minneapolis
Seattle
Standard Oil Company
Water on Mars Report At Lowell Observatory
Finds water on Mars from spectra of the planet by Slipher at Flagstaff Arizona. Observations indicate water vapor in the Martian atmosphere. Also notes a group of four women musicians who will perform at the canal zoo in Panama for about four weeks under YMCA auspices.
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Slipher
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
Hax
Y. M. OG. Ay
Panama
Canal Zoo
Mae
Denver's Vast Auditorium Built For National Convention
Denver prepares to host the Democratic national convention with a fireproof auditorium seating 12,500, costing 550000, ready by mid June for the July 7 opening. Rail rates are reduced, hotels pledge stable prices, and entertainment spenders like the Grand Army, Elks, and Eagles display lavish hospitality.
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Madison Square Garden
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Notable International News Briefs and Conflicts
Reports span from Ernest Coquelin’s confinement in a private sanitarium over hallucinations about Napoleon to Tuasian soldiers poised for multiparty maneuvers. Venezuela’s Federal Court upholds a $200,000 penalty against New York Bermuda Asphalt Co. Finland’s Gov Gen resigns as Gen Bekmann takes over, signaling repressive measures. Admiral Evans’s fleet drills near Chile as Japan’s Baron Takahira arrives in Washington and condemns war as a crime. Three Americans discover a Mexican diamond tract after declining $100,000 gold. Kim to visit Cintra per Lisbon paper. Rome sees clashes after Giordano Bruno death anniversary demonstrations. leaders arrested.
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Finland
Bekmann
Grand Duchy
Admiral Evans
Republic
Valparaiso
Callao
Peru
Baron Kogoro
Takahira
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Mexico
Lisbon
Kim
Cintra
Giordano Bruno
Rome
Republiccan
Roosevelt urges inland waterways plan to curb private power control
President Roosevelt sent a message to Congress with a preliminary Inland Waterways Commission report. He cites vast river system potential for transport, power, and irrigation, warns against private monopolies, and urges a systematic plan to prevent resource waste. He links waterway development to defense, forest protection, and job livelihoods, urging prompt action with funding.
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Inland Waterways Commission
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Republic
Chicago Trade Review Notes Weather Delays and Gradual Recovery
The Chicago weekly trade review reports weather delays hindering heavy freight and start‑ups, but notes improving activity in key industries. Demand for spring and summer goods increases with more outside buyers. steel and rail sectors see hopeful gains. grain, provisions, and winter wheat conditions improve. Grain movement falls to 4,487,298 bushels from last week. livestock receipts total 383,029 head. price shifts show mixed signals in flour, cattle, hogs, corn, oats, wheat, and pork. Failures in Chicago district total 35 with liabilities at $5,000 across 14 firms.
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Weekly Review of Trade
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New York Retail and Wholesale Trade in Spring Market
Distribution of staple goods rises with spring buying as buyers' excursions boost merchants. Retail trade quiet except for price cuts on winter goods. Wholesale demand weak. cotton fabrics sharply cut with piling stocks. Finished steel improving, crude output flat, some furnaces shut. Business failures: US 254 this week ending Feb 27. Canada 35.
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Jobben
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Canada
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Atreet
Chicago markets show wide range for livestock and grains
Prices across cities fluctuate with cattle at Chicago from 4.00 to 6.00 for prime cattle hogs 4.06 to 4.55 sheep 3.06 to 5.25. Wheat No 2 97c to Me corn 58c to Scouts hay timothy 9.50 to 16.50 butter 27 to 32 eggs 20 to 23 potatoes 62c to T2c. Other regions list New York Buffalo Milwaukee Poledo and more with similar commodity ranges.
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Detroit
White
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Berge
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New York
No Strikes In Philadelphia Shoe Industry By Arbitration
An ongoing cooperative system replaces labor strife in Philadelphia shoe shops. Since November 12 1877 a seven member workers board and seven member employers board arbitrate disputes. Most decisions favor workers but are accepted by both sides. The Shoe Manufacturers Association expands to include Camden firms, affecting about four thousand workers. The program originated after a Knights of Labor clash in 1887 and remains intact with unchanged rules.
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Philadelphia
Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Camden
Knights of Labor
China To Be The Greatest Say Chinese World Editor
Rev Ng Por Chew of the Chinese World predicts China will raise an army of one million to expel European powers. He claims China will confront Germany Britain France Russia and others and vows retaliation if Russia seeks Chinese territory. He praises America's honest dealings and long friendship with China as enduring.
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China
America
Fifty Years of The Fall River Spinners Union
The Fall River Spinners Union marks its fiftieth anniversary amid a broad survey of global labor trends. It notes declining union membership in Italy from 240,659 in 1902 to 204,271 in 1907, and highlights unions’ roles in social reforms, including work rights in labor colonies, prison industry abolition efforts in Marquette, Michigan, and planned labor temple and aged home projects in Washington, D. C. It also mentions wage gains for pipe fitters in Washington and convening plans for a West Virginia state branch.
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Italy
Germany
Marquette
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Pipe Cgverere
Washington, D. C
Holland
France
England
Washington
D. C
Tragedy at Lakeview Public School Collinwood Ohio
A devastating fire at Lakeview Public School in North Collinwood Cleveland suburb kills dozens of children and injures many. Witnesses report two exits overwhelmed, crowded doors, trampled victims, and frantic parents gathering at the ruin as fire crews struggle to reach third-floor victims.
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