Congress Reports on Discrimination and Monopolies
A late foreign dispatch summary notes the interstate commerce commission’s first report on its $ joint resolution of March 7 1906. It covers the east bituminous coal monopoly, railways control of output, and remedial legislation. It also reports salary hikes for senators and cabinet members and actions on Brownsville affray and pension administration.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Foraker
Committee On
Brownsville
House Committee On Agriculture
Washington
Panama canal contract awarded to Oliver with Bangs condition
After a White House conference the contract to build the Panama canal was awarded to William J. Oliver and Anson M. Bangs as the lowest bidders. They must hire at least two independent contractors within ten days to cover the work. The rest of the page reports various world and local incidents and deaths.
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White House
Panama Canal
William J. Oliver
Anson M. Bangs
Anita Newcomb McGee
J. Walter Mitchell
Senator Alger
Detroit
Zion City
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion
Pacific Coast
Dowie
Chicago
Patrick Rice
Alton Cameron
William F. Connolly
Detroit Recorder’s Court
Joseph Schulte
James Wade
Cleveland
Shawneetown
Ill
King of
Servia
John F. Magner
Star Chronicle of
St. Louis
H. E. Ager
Indiana
Wabash River
Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Marietta
Polotsk
Vitbsk
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Primero
Col
Prominent clergyman dies as other notable deaths flood report
The news roundup covers deaths of Rev Alexander Gilchrist in Pittsburg and Rev Dr Henry Field in New York. It notes crimes and legal cases including A D Dulaney’s bribery indictment, a miner explosion in Lorenz West Virginia, and a dynamite blast near Pearisburg Virginia. Also reported are a shooting in Staten Island, a flood of accidents, political shifts in Germany, and other national incidents.
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Joint Postal Commission
Alexander Gilchrist
Home Mission Board
United Presbyterian Denomination
Figueres
Pittsburg
Pearl Lowry
Forest Eide
Portsmouth
Charles Wilmot Townsend
Staten Island
New York
A. D. Dulaney
Little Rock County
Arkansas
Henry Martin Field
The
Evangelist
Cyrus W
David D
Stephen J. Field
Lorentz
W. Va
Pearisburg
Harry Alt
John Ryan
Kansas Penitentiary
Edward Stilton
Tuscan
Alt
Illinois
Camden
N. J
Young
Minnesota
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad Company
Great Northern Railway Company
Great Northern
Manitoba
Reichstag
Prince von Buelow
Augustus V. L. Brokaw
St. Louis
James H. McCartney
Hillsdale
Post
Frank A. Walker
United States
Sandford
Ind
Peter Schlef
Detroit
Matias Duque
Montana Senate
F. A. Sterling
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Platt
Admiral Beranger
Antwerp
Manyanga
Kongo Free State
Victoria Theater
Russell Brothers
Japan
Tacoma
Wash
Vannes
France
Marquise de Cuverville
Fred Marriott
Ormond-Daytona Beach
Ila
John P. Quirk
W. A. Dowell
Minneapolis
John L. Hart
Stowe
Russell A. Alger
William Whiteley
London
Olga
Greece
Red Cross
Rogers
Shihanzha
Narcissa Nance Whendrick
James K. Polk
Uniontown
Nationwide flood and storm threats across North America
Reports detail the Wabash river levee breach near Merom Indiana driving 300 people from homes, Missouri floods, Grand River ice gorge near Grand Rapids Michigan, and severe winter storms worsening fuel shortages. Other items note political bills, business collapses, legal actions, and notable deaths across states and provinces.
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Andrew G. Blair
Canada
Fredericton
N. B
Merom
Ind
Missouri
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand River
Franklin Cattle Company
Range Cattle Company
West
Lochren
Minnesota
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
W. W. Davis
Bloomfield
Indiana
Prospect
N. Y
Robert Strong
Mason
New Orleans
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Grand
Valparaiso
Woodville
Northwest
War Department
Uriah Culbert
Michigan
Michigan City
Isabella Beecher Hooker
Lyman Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Hartford
Conn
Academy of Music
Washington
Lucas Raney
C. T. Miller
Mutual Heating Company
Terre Haute
Mattie Merritt
Vergie Taylor
Ethel King
Indianapolis
Texas
Gulf Coast
Jamaica
Oscar Hallam
St. Paul
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway Company
Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Theodore P. Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
Interborough Metropolitan Traction Company
New York
Alabama House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County Bank
Bell
la Crosse
Interurban
House of Representatives
South Dakota
Kansas
Charles Curtis
United States
Joseph R. Burton
Spain
Porter County
Grand Jury
State Railroad Commission
Owler
Sandford
Richmond Va
Richmond Blues
Ohest
Mine Disaster Near Fayetteville W Va Claims Dozens Dead
A dust explosion at the Stewart mine near Fayetteville in Fayette County leaves at least 50 dead, with fears the toll will rise. About 200 men were in the shaft. rescuers work amid pleas from relatives as volunteers flood the scene. The 568 foot shaft lies on White Oak Fuel Co. line near Carlisle, four miles from Fayetteville.
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Charleston
W. Va
Stewart
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Sewall
White Oak Fuel Co
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Carlisle
Thurmond
Two Jurors Excused in Thaw Trial
In New York Justice Fitzgerald excused jurors Nos. 4 and 6 from Harry K. Thaw's trial by the agreement of District Attorney Jerome and Thaw’s counsel. Reasons were described as business-related and not public. The panel now has nine jurors, with three seats vacant.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Fitzgerald
Jerome
Thaw
Faire
Campbell
Oil Trust Flayed by Commerce Commission in Oil Monopoly Report
The Interstate Commerce Commission accuses Standard Oil of using monopoly tactics to crush rivals. It details alleged practices including price manipulation, fake independent firms, preferential info payments, and pipe line control, with high profit margins on refined oils.
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Inter-State Commerce Commission
Congress
Washington, D. C
Standard Oil Co
Sugar Creek
Kansas City
Standard
Whiting
The
Fire destroys Baldwin locomotive works area in Philadelphia
A blast in Baldwin locomotive works paint shop sparked a blaze that wiped out a 175 by 150 foot section, causing one million dollars in damage. The five story building housed about 1,000 workers and faced Spring Garden Street near Broad. Firefighters battled the blaze, while a wall collapse injured one fireman and three workers with only minor injuries.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Spring Garden Stret
Broad
Spring Garden Streets
Smith Shops
Foundries
Spring Garden Street
Famine in China Reported by American Officials
Washington reports from American consuls in China describe severe famine conditions in affected districts. Consul Haynes says the situation is ten times worse than any in 40 years, with Chinese officials unable to cope. Rodgers notes that naval investigations support newspaper reports, warning that by March 1 the famine could be as severe or worse than 1888, when ten million died. Dr. Woods estimates ten million affected, four million starving.
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Washington
D. C
Mail
China
State Department
Haynes
Hawking
Rodgers
Shanghai
Department
Henry M. Woods
Southern Presbyterian Mission
Hwai An Fu
Soldiers on Trial for Murder in Pittsburg Case
Testimony in the murder trial of Private John Dowd and Lieutenant Ralph W. Drury centers on William Crowley who cried I'll give up don't shoot fellow and was then shot by Dowd under Drury's orders. The case, described as the era's foremost, pits the commonwealth against the U. S. government with sharp cross examinations and debates over a soldier's right to kill outside federal property for crimes inside government premises.
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Pittsburg
William Crowley
John Dowd
Ralph W. Drury
United States Army
Commonwealth
United States
Senate approves diplomacy consular funds and fortifications aid
Washington report says the senate on the 29th passed the diplomatic and consu lar and fortifications appropriation bills. The house spent the session considering the agricultural appropriation bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Washington House Passes 20 DC Bills and Beveridge Child Labor Speech
On the 28th the House approved twenty measures concerning the District of Columbia. In the Senate Senator Beveridge spoke at length advocating his bill to restrict child labor.
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Washington
House
District of Columbia
Senate
Beveridge
Found Hidden Treasure Among Charles Tripler's Jewels
New York diamonds and other jewels valued at 35000 dollars were found Tuesday hidden in an old trunk in the home of the late Charles Tripler of Manhasset Long Island. The discovery was made by Mr Tripler's son.
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New York
Charles Tripler
Manhasset
L. I
Mr. Tripler
Swettenham Withdraws Letter in Kingston Incident
London reports Gov Swettenham formally closes the international phase by withdrawing his letter to Peer Admiral Davis and expressing regret for its wording.
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Swettenham
London
Eng
Kingston
Gov
Admuiral Davis
Ice machine blast kills three at Armour & Co power house
A blast from an ammonia filled ice machine in Armour & Co power house at Forty fourth street and Packers avenue killed three men and seriously injured 16 others Monday. Police and fire crews responded to the scene and began rescue and investigation efforts.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
Forty-fourth Street
Packers’ Avenue
Three Firemen Die in Buffalo Building Fire
A blaze that destroyed the Columbia building in Buffalo, New York, left three firemen dead and 18 injured. The five hundred thousand dollar loss was estimated for the structure housing about 20 tenants.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Columbia
Ladies' Waist Pattern No 5601 A for voile with velvet trim
ThePattern Department offers pattern 5601 A showing a white voile waist with black velvet trim and deep front tucks. Puff sleeves end at the elbow with velvet cuffs. Suitable fabrics include Crepe de Paris Louisine chiffon broadcloth taffeta and pongee. Medium size requires 2 1/8 yards of 44 inch material. Sizes 32 to 42 inches available. Send 10 cents to receive the pattern with size and pattern number.
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Pattern Department
Child's drawers and underwaist patterns offered
Patterns Nos 5296 and 5120 show a long cloth drawers with tucks and ruffles and an underwaist with shoulder and under arm shaping. Materials include muslin cambric nainsook and canton flannel. Sizes range from 1 to 10 years with a 36 inch material estimate. Two separate patterns priced ten cents each.
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Pattern Department
Best to Be Born in Spring Says Detroit Free Press
A short note argues spring births grant robustness while a humorous aside warns about the proposed income tax. The dialogue contrasts health and finances in a light editorial tone.
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Detroit Free Press
Rural Delights in Central Park Outing
A light city vignette from the New York Weekly envisions a Saturday trip to Central Park for a child and mother. The plan promises a full day of amusement while avoiding the grass in the urban setting.
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Childa
Central Park
N. Y
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Globe
Fayetteville, W. Va
OIL Trust
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