World and Domestic News Roundup March Debts and Disturbances
The month of March shows public debt rising by 1 631 020 with cash in treasury at 372 921 988 and total debt minus cash at 939 603 919. Fires destroy a Sibley Illinois business block including post office. 100 000 workers strike nationwide on wage changes. post office thefts in Wisconsin. Roosevelt begins a long trip with speeches and University of Chicago visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibley
Ill
Auburndale
Wis
Department of Commerce and Labor
Cortelyou
Washington
Texas
Seventh Day Adventists
Oakland
Judge Adams
St. Louis
Wabash Railway
Cripple Creek
National Bank
Roosevelt
Harrisburg
Alonzo C. Baker
Sinois
San Juan
Pennsylvania
Louisville
Frank Dudash
Joseph Fedelen
Germany
Kittaning
Wellington
Chicago
Evanston
University of Chicago
New Jersey
Wabash Railroad
United States
J. P. Clark
Brundige
Little Rock
Ark
McPhillips
Judson
Ind
Leger
Okla
Notable Obituaries and Political Notes from the Era
A roundup of notable deaths including Mrs Olivia Toffey Worden widow of Admiral Worden and Mrs Mary Masters aged 100 in Zanesville Ohio. Other obituaries include Dr Thomas Foster 85 in San Francisco and Tom Allen 64 former heavyweight champion in St Louis. Victor Murdock named GOP candidate in Kansas Seventh District. Bert Reid grand commander of Wisconsin Knights Templar dies in Chippewa Falls. Des Moines hosts Jefferson banquet with 300 Democrats who split as Bryan arrives. Mary Maloney dies aged 101 in Glens Falls New York. Ann Warren dies aged 103 in Dexter New York, hailed as Revolutionary daughter. John D Washburn former US minister to Switzerland dies in Worcester Massachusetts.
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Olivia Toffey Worden
John L. Worden
Monitor
Lakewood
N. J
Thomas Foster
San Francisco
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Bert E. Reid
Knights ‘Templar
Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
Des Moines
W. J. Bryan
Mary Maloney
Glens Falls
N. Y
Tom Allen
St. Louis
Mary Masters
Zanesville
Ann Warren
Dexter
John D. Washburn
United States
Switzerland
Harrison
Worcester
Mass
Cambridge Wins Putney Boat Race By Six Lengths
Cambridge defeats Oxford by six lengths in the annual Putney boat race. The result adds to a day of global political and military tense news with Zelaya declaring martial law in Nicaragua and uprisings affecting Mexico and Ireland.
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Putney
England
Cambridge
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Eliot Zborowski
New York
Baron de Pallange
Nice
Diaz
United States
Atlanta
San Domingo
House of Commons
Ireland
Dbuda-Perth
Monterey
Mexico
Edward
Lisbon
Portugal
Davis
Manila
Multiple labor strikes and disasters reported across states
About 300 Buffalo union painters strike over a 50 cent daily raise. Maryland crops freeze endangering peaches and strawberries. West Virginia lands sold for 3 million dollars development. A Clinton man attempted to kill a former wife in Ayer Massachusetts and killed himself. A Newport court-martial convicts Chief Commissary Steward Edds for accepting commissions. Mass carpenters strike for $2.75 to $3 daily. A dynamite blast injures a farmer near Smithville, destroying a summer house. Henry Schroeder, Northwest naturalist, dies at 78 in St. Paul with his museum holdings.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Journeymen Painters’ Union
Maryland
Pocahontas
Greenbrier
West Virginia
George H. Edds
Newport
R. I
Salem
Beverly
Peabody
Marblehead
Mass
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
North America
Benjamin Johnson
Smithville
Johnson
Henry Schroeder
Northwest
St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Schroeder
Minor News Items From 1902 Aggregate
A collection of brief items notes a Prussia cremation bill killed, Rhodesia joining St Louis World Fair talks, Seattle Nome telegraph link opened, Brig Gen James Taft to lead Salvation Army Sweden, Cleveland denies west tour, German naval attache seeks yards access, Russia Austria Italy secret Turkey partition talk, Danish war hopes, Jefferson Clark funds monument to Gen William Clark, U S liquor rise to 1948 figures with 1 369 098 276 annual bill, Swedish settlers monument at Wilmington first landing site 1638, DC bans sidewalk expectoration with $1 fine, US grain inspection plan, Michigan Central raises pay for lake boat engineers and allows weekly day off.
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Prussia
Rhodesia
South Africa
St. Louis
Seattle
Wash
Nome
Behring Sea
James Taft
Omaha
Salvation Army
Sweden
Grover Cleveland
West
Washington
Russia
Austria
Italy
Turkey
London
Germany
United States
Kaiser
Jefferson Clark
William Clark
Wilmington
Del
America
Board of Commissioners of
District of Columbia
Agricultural Department
Michigan Central Railroad
Roosevelt’s Western Tour Draws Warm Chicago Welcome
President Roosevelt visits Chicago and Milwaukee in early April, receiving enthusiastic acknowledgments from Franklin MacVeagh and Mayor Harrison. He speaks on education and character, attends LL D. ceremonies at the University of Chicago, and marks trust policy during a Milwaukee banquet before continuing to Sioux Falls and Minneapolis with civic events and receptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roosevelt
Union Depot
Franklin MacVeagh
Evanston
Harrison
Auditorium
University of Chicago
Harper
Auditorium Theater
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Jefferson Junction
Lake Mills
Waukesha
Madison
Soldiers
Exposition Building
Deutscher and Press Clubs
Plankinton House
Sioux Falls
S. D
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Twin Cities
St. Paul
State Capitol
Minneapolis
Cataract
Seth Bullock
Black Hills Forest Reservation
Aultman Miller Company Placed in Receivership
H P McIntosh of Cleveland and George B Crouse of Akron were named receivers for the Aultman Miller company with liabilities around 1 8 million. Assets per a New York audit show 1 75165 million, 134000 short of prior liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
H. P. McIntosh
George B. Crouse
Akron
Aultman-Miller Company
New York
George W. Crouse
Chicago
Crouse
Knapp pleads not guilty in Ohio murder case
In Hamilton Ohio Alfred A. Knapp, who confessed to multiple murders, pleaded not guilty to the indictment for murdering his wife Hannah Goddard Knapp. Lawyer Thomas represented him. The court had no crowd. Samuel Keeler also pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife.
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Leonard Wood
Philippines
Indiana
Washington
Oscar Cummins
Alexandria
United States
Pensacola
Fla
G. Hallman Sims
Capital City National Bank
Atlanta
Wabash Railroad Company
B. F. Brown
Redlands
Cal
McKinley
Roosevelt
Illinois Central and Alton
Philadelphia School Board
Santo Domingo
Wilson
Dunsmuir
Margaret E. Armour
S. B. Armour
Woman’s Christian Association
Kansas City
Ulysses
Rowley
Alfred A. Knapp
Hamilton
Hannah G. Knapp
Kenosha
Wis
Aultman-Miller Company
Cleveland
Terry McGovern
Benny Yanger
Potomac River
Jamess. Harlan
Porto Rico
Knapp
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Thomas
Samuel Keeler
Baroness Wolfbauer Dies by Suicide in Jersey City Hotel
Louise Ames Van Werk-Wolfbauer known as Baroness Wolfbauer, a granddaughter of former Bishop Ames, killed herself in a Jersey City hotel. She had been divorced from two husbands, the second an Austrian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louise Ames van Werk-Wolfbauer
Baroness Wolfbauer
Jersey City
Bishop Ames
Acquitted Lieutenant Lee in Mindanao court martial
Manila April 6 Lieut Joel R Lee of the Tenth Infantry was tried at Iligan Mindanao for manslaughter in the killing of two native prisoners of war and has been acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Joel R. Lee
Tenth Infantry
Iligan
Island of Mindanao
Navy to bolster Asiatic and Philippine squadrons
The Navy Department plans a substantial increase in naval representation in the Orient with three squadrons. The line of battle squadron includes Kentucky Oregon Wisconsin and monitors Monterey Monadnock. the cruiser squadron features New Orleans Raleigh Albany Cincinnati. a third squadron will field gunboats for shallow waters.
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Washington
United States
Orient
Navy Department
Asiatic
Philippine
Kentucky
Oregon
Wisconsin
Monterey
Monadnock
Puget Sound
New Orleans
Raleigh
Caribbean Sea
Albany
Cincinnati
Far East
No Strike on Wabash Reached After four month dispute
The Wabash Railway and its employees settled their four month old differences with no strike. Train men receive 15 percent, firemen 12 percent increases from January 1 levels west of the Mississippi. east of the river increases depend on comparable raises by rivals. Yardmen gain, rules revised, arbitration urged. Grand Master Hanrahan to Chicago, Lee to Denver for grievance committee talks.
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St. Louis
Wabash Railway Company
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Hanrahan
Chicago
Illinois Central Firemen
Lee
Denver
Colorado,Midland and
Colorado Southern Railroad
Roosevelt family returns to Washington after Potomac cruise
Mrs Roosevelt and her children finish a weeklong Mayflower cruise down the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay and return to the White House. A White House carriage meets them and drives the family home. All are well and benefited by the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gardener Officer Slays Suspect in Disorderly Arrest Scene
In Gardner Kansas city marshal P Howland shot and killed Bud Briggs during a half hour fight as Briggs and two others attempted to free Estelle Briggs who had been arrested by the marshal for disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kan
P. Howland
Gardner
Bud Briggs
Briggs
Estelle Briggs
Horrible Death by Self Immolation in Los Angeles
Louis Dotsmeir a 46 year old consumptive from Buffalo New York ended his life by pouring three gallons of kerosene over his body and setting fire to his clothing in an apparent suicide at Los Angeles California on April 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Louis Dotsmeir
Buffalo, N. Y
The Pennell Case and Life Insurance Speculation
Buffalo April 7 The Commercial reports Arthur R Pennell who died in a March 10 car crash was a defaulter against 150000 to 200000 with life policies. Attorney Wallace Thayer held two policies in trust and Pennell planned to reimburse eastern estates. Administrator J Frederick Pennell seeks facts before payments.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Arthur R. Pennell
Wallace Thayer
Pennell
Edwin L. Burdick
J. Frederick Pennell
Frederick Pennell
Thayer
Penney
Rumored National Labor Union Alliance
Pittsburg April 7 The Gazette reports a defensive alliance among most of the country’s trades unions. Led by President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association, plans aim to enlist mine workers locals of the AFL and every union man statewide. After the Amalgamated convention in Columbus, leaders will pursue formal consideration.
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Pittsburg
the Gazette
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
Shaffer
American Federation of Labor
Milwaukee
Columbus
Republicans Win in Michigan State Ticket Sweep
Detroit April 7 Republicans of Michigan elected the state ticket by an estimated 35 000 to 40 000 majority. The ticket included Judge Frank A. Hooker for supreme court Peter White and Loyal E Knappen as state university regents. Local issues kept overall voting light with Detroit showing a sparse turnout as bonding questions such as Carnegie library funding rolled through. Wayne county saw Auditor Burt and Circuit Judge H M Mandell reelected.
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Detroit
Michigan
Justice of the Supreme Court
Frank A. Hooker
Charlotte
The
State University
Peter White
Marquette
Loyal E. Knappen
Grand Rapids
Justice Sellers
Wayne County
Burt
H. M. Mandell
Andrew Carnegie
Bicycle Race Ends in Mixup at Atlanta Coliseum
The 12 hour championship race ended in a general mix up with seven of eight riders thrown. John Bedell of New York sustained a serious head wound and a spoke lodged in his thigh but is not believed fatally injured. The Boston team Jimmy Moran and Nat Butler won with 292 miles and four laps.
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Atlanta
the Coliseum
John Bedell
New York
Bedell
Jimmy Moran
Nat Butler
Boston
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Leishman
Combes
France
Okhrida
Hague Peace Court
Bowen
Margaret Neve
Guernsey
Colombia
Panama
President Roosevelt
President Theodore Roosevelt
Aultman-Miller Co
Wabash
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