A Convict Plot to Kill McCormick and Son Surfaces
In Laporte Indiana a plot to murder ex Sheriff Nathan D McCormick and his son Harry connected with Hall Weaver Co banking house surfaced. Convict Casker, paroled from Jeffersonville reformatory, revealed the scheme to his wife Mrs Casker who aided his parole and later the plan was disclosed amid arrest efforts during McCormicks term. A Manila report notes bubonic plague outbreaks in Tondo and Cebu with high fatalities alongside cholera across the islands. A Lima Ohio power plant burned, destroying thousands of dollars in equipment. An automobile crash at a Vermont fair grounds killed Merbert Lanphere while injuring others. Building collapse in New York injures and leaves several missing. Shamrocks I and II nearly sold while Sir Thomas Lipton clings to the boats. A New Castle Pa court sentences doctors Hauén and Cooper to two years for a Johnstown Mabel Williams operation. Enraged by a red dress a boy injures a girl near Winamac.
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Laporte
Ind
Nathan D. McCormick
Harry
Hall, Weaver &Co
Casker
Asker
Jeffersonville Reformatory
McCormick
Ife
Louiaa McCormick
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Floyd County
Terre Haute
Muncie
Fioyd
Indiana
Wabash Railroad
Enos Neal
Richmond
Anderson
Saem
New Albany
Montpelier
Marion
Tipton
John Chopson
Stuntington County
Elkhart
J. Bleming
Chicago
Indiana Union Traction
Infani
Northern Traction
Marion Light and Heating Company
Light and Heating Company
William Bolk
August Matheny
Brewery
Bolk
Mattheny
John McCristy
Shoals
Clay Wagoner
George M. Wagoner
Manhattan OY Company
Ofl
Lima
Ohio
Wan
President Protection Bill Aimed After Noted Incidents
A proposed law to shield the President and federal officials from threats will be introduced in an extra session of Congress. Recent incidents, including Weilbrenner’s near miss at the President’s doorstep and a New York arrest for threatening letters to Secretary Hay, highlight the dangers faced by national leaders and spur calls for universal guard provisions.
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Congress
United States
Democratic Republic
Secret Service
Weilbrenner
Oyster Bay
New York
Francis M. Benque
Hay
Benque
Germany
Unbalanced minds and the McKinley monument discussion
Debates on handling unbalanced attackers target President protection and legal responsibility. The text notes attackers like Czolgosz and Webber, cites asylum commitments, and mentions a revived or new federal safety bill. It also describes Toledo’s McKinley monument, a gray granite shaft with inscription and a bronze statue, funded by 26,000 local residents.
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McKinley
Toledo
Willian McKinley
Surronmling
Havoc of a Storm Leaves Scores in Atlantic Devastation
A fierce hurricane battered the eastern coast causing two score or more deaths and extensive damage from land to sea. Maine near Damaria cotta saw fifteen sailors die as the Gloucester mackerel schooner George EF Exluvations, captained by Willard G. Doole, wrecked near Pemaquid Point with fourteen of fifteen crew members perishing.
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Atlantic Caent
Athantic
Maine
Damariacotta
George EF
Willard G. Doole
Struel
Pemaquid Point
Dieves
Sadie
Lillisn
Chards
Prospect
Prospect Bay
Reston
Elardy
B.C. Benedict
Greenwich
Conn
McDonald
Bis
Benedict
Long Island H
M Vola
Bax
Walter Lewis
George J. Snyder
Jamaica Bay
Long Island
New Rochelle
Long Teland
City Island
Reliance
Roosevelts Secret Service Fears Violent Threats During Visits
Reports recount threats against President Roosevelt including a Syracuse case where John Miller allegedly vowed to kill him during a visit. Local police handled the matter with federal agents largely uninvolved. The era sees heightened precautions as unrest and weather disasters trigger widespread danger, including shipwrecks and yacht wreckage along Long Island shores.
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Washington
Secret Service
League
Oyster Bay
Benque
John Miller
Syracuse
Roosevelt
Letter Carriers' Association
New York
Federal Secret Service
MAY SEIZE THE ISTHMUS
The Panama canal dispute between the United States and Colombia intensifies with Bogota graft accusations and threats to seize French Pangma Company assets. The State Department seeks a path to compel Colombia, with options ranging from condemnation of property to recognizing Panamanian independence or reviving the 1840 treaty to push canal construction. A new discovery near New Albany, Kansas, is noted.
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Ping
Columbia
Washington
Panama Canal
State Department
United States
Colombia
Bogota
Irench Pangma
Vronel Corporation
Panama
Ecnnal Dbe
Goynment
Segion
Beaupre Arer Ff
Benupre
Snfcient
Pdsit
Hague
Punumwa
Havoc on the Farms Hits Western States Hard
Snow, frost and rain devastate crops across the western Mississippi valley. A cold wave from Canada brings two-foot snow in North Dakota, blizzards near Winnipeg, and livestock losses. Minnesota and Dakotas face rot, mildew, and halted thrashing as rail disruptions worsen cash grain shortages and farmer distress.
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Mississippi Valley
Canada
North Dakota
Winnipeg
Larsen
Bartney
Minnesota
Dakotas
Cheyenne
Chicasa
St. Paul
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Concordia
Kan
Wisin
Lora
Avila
Wisconsin Rissaauc
Paria
Frobts
Yowa
Lowa
Dravia
Chicago
Arbitration moves and labor notes across colonies
Details of proposed extension of New Zealand arbitration act to Australian colonies, mixed union actions, wage increases for railway workers, and various labor developments. Reports cite shifts in journeymen, garment, and barber groups, with international union activity and regional conditions in Austria. Hours and wages for trades in Austria are listed.
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Cincinnati Tailors Mas
Ikix
Zealang
Sioux
Libor
Chicas
Wheeling
International Union of Sham Engineers
Union Pacific Firemen
International Uoion of Journeysynen Barbers
Indianapolis
British Empire
Journeywen Bakers
New York City
Qaster Bakers
Trade conditions improve amid holiday disruption in New York
Despite a holiday interruption New York week, activity rises across branches. Trade shows improved collections, extended discounts on bills, favorable weather boosting retail trade, and expanded merchandise distribution. Labor disputes ease with unions signing, Western distribution strengthens, and corn, cotton, rice, and sugar prospects cheer Eastern trade. Railway earnings rise, West activity strengthens, cattle prices hold, and grain buying remains cautious with narrow price ranges. Sheep arrive in large numbers, hogs and beef move, flour stays strong, and Western corn crops are saved by favorable days. Continuous shipments to Europe noted as wheat and hour rise.
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New York
R. Bun & Co
Ihse
Chicago
United Kingdom
Eildt
Europe
Shipping markets and farm prices across cities and commodities
Report lists prices for cattle hogs sheep and grain by city including St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati Buffalo York and New York with ranges for cattle hogs wheat corn rye oats barley and butter and eggs. Notable figures include cattle 3.50 to 5.70 in St Louis 4.00 to 6.10 in New York hogs 1.50 to 6.50 in multiple markets and butter 1.20 to 1.60 per pound.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Kokomo Man Regains Blindness After Six Months in Darkness
Indiana news recounts Henry E. Downey of Kokomo waking to sight after six months of total blindness from optic nerve paralysis. Doctors from Indianapolis and Chicago offered no cure. the sudden restoration remains unexplained. Other items cover a Lafayette shooting, a Wabash murder charge, a troubled marriage, and regional civic notes.
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Henry E. Downey
Kokomo
Indianapolis
Chicago
Downey
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Visaya
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Merbert Lan~phere
John M. Allen
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John Westwood
Thomas
Mr. Westwood
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Vesta Tilley
Dan
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Sweet Clover
New Castle
Hauén and
Cooper
Mabel Williams
Johnstown
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Chita
George B. Llandell
Winamac
Leah
Aeea
Czolgosz
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Latle
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Ame
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