Shonts Accepts Canal Commission Head Post
President Roosevelt reorganizes the Isthmian canal commission naming Theodore P. Shonts to head it. The appointment includes a large salary and a future public release of all commission members. Shonts will discuss duties with the president to avoid conflicts with the chief engineer.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Isthmian Canal Commission
Taft
Theodore P. Shonts
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
Steel Men to Receive Wage Readjustment Across Plants
United States Steel corp posted wage readjustment notices affecting about 75 000 workers. At National Tube mills in McKeesport Pennsylvania the changes would raise pay for roughly 12 000 employees with reported increases from 5 to 7 percent for skilled workers and about 10 percent for common labor. Officials withheld details while employees expect the prior two year cut to be restored.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
National Tube Comany
McKeesport
National Tube Company
Preachers Resign Simultaneously at Loami Village
The village of Loami in Sangamon county loses three pastors in one week. Rev B E Williams retires from the Methodist church due to ill health. Rev J W Larimore resigns from the Christian church and Rev J A Hoovy er leaves the Baptist church to take charges elsewhere. The coordinated resignations draw much comment.
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Bloomington
Loami
Sangamon County
B. E. Williams
Methodist Church
J. W. Larimore
Christian Church
J. A. Hoovyer
Baptist Church
Hillsdale Jury Finds Wellsworth Died by His Own Action
Hillsdale Michigan April 3 The coroner s jury ruled Warner Wellsworth died by his own action in a hotel room. Myrtle Julian testified she wrote a note dictated by him but was not to blame and was acquitted. No relatives claimed the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale
Mich
Warner Wellsworth
Walmsley
Myrtle Julian
Wellsworth
James shoots betrayer of daughter in St. Joseph
A report from St. Joseph Missouri notes that on April 3 James shot the man believed to have betrayed his daughter. Details on motive or outcome were not fully disclosed in the brief update.
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St. Joseph
James
Isthmian canal commission members named
The new Isthmian canal commission includes Theodore H. Shantz as President Charles KE Magoon as Governor Canal Zone John T Wallace as Chief Engineer Admiral M T Endicott Brigadier General Peter C Haines Col Oswald and M Ernnest of Engineers The President set salaries of 87500 for each member plus travel expenses and specific supplements totaling 102509 for the group.
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Theodore H. Shantz
Charles KE. Magoon
Gas explosion kills twenty, wounds eighteen in Illinois mine
A report from mines 16 miles from Carbondale Illinois states a deadly gas explosion at Joseph Lester's coal mines. Twenty miners are reported dead and eighteen injured.
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Ter’s Coal Mines
Private detective Whitten fatally shot after witness stand exit
Whitten a private detective employed by an Iowa insurance firm was shot in the back and fatally wounded shortly after leaving the witness stand in the criminal courtroom. The shooter was identified as Mrs Alice J Keplinger boarding house keeper at 214 North Seventh Street who alleged Whitten had ruined her daughter.
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Whitten
Press
Iowa Insura
Criminal Court
Alice J. Keplinger
North Seventh Street
Ownership of a Pearl From Oyster Meal Decided
The Hamburg supreme court ruled the pearl found in a woman's mouth while eating oysters belongs to the man who paid for the oysters, not to the finder or the restaurant proprietor. The case involved a value over $750 and a male escort supporting the claimant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Supreme Court
Thousands respond to matrimony query over Rosebud homesteads
Letters from the United States and Canada flood J D Keller the U S Land Commissioner at Bonesteel South Dakota seeking photos names and addresses of 121 young women who drew homesteads on the Rosebud Indian reservation. The rush follows a Keller interview praising rapid land development and noting many homesteaders are women seeking husbands.
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Keller
South Dakota Lands
Bonesteel
Socialists Fight the Federation
New York on April 3 reports Samuel Gompers claiming socialists and the Western Federation of Labor are joining in the greatest attack yet on the Federation. He says socialist factions have been amalgamated by Eugene V. Debs and De Leon with charters granted to unions opposed to the American body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Eugene V. Debs
de Leon
Death of Judge Garnsey in Joliet Illinois
Judge Charles B. Garnsey dies after months of illness. An ulcerous growth on his cheek bone and complications caused his death. Garnsey was a member of the Twelfth Judicial circuit and a prominent lawyer in northern Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnsey
Joliet
Charles B. Garnsey
Twelfth Judicial Circuit
Illinois
Chinese honor for Conger in Pekin reception
Edwin Conger United States minister to China has been named ambassador to Mexico and was received by the emperor and empress in farewell. He was decorated with the first grade of the third class of the Order of the Double Dragon and Mrs Conger also met their majesties and received imperial gifts. As dean of the diplomatic corps and a veteran of the 1900 legations siege his departure attracts interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Edwin Conger
United States
China
Mexico
Conger
Roosevelt Heads West On Two Month Outing
President Roosevelt left Washington this morning on a long trip to the west and southwest. He will be away for nearly two months and attend the Rough Riders reunion in San Antonio Texas next Friday with an arranged program of exercises. He will stop briefly along the route to San Antonio to address crowds. After San Antonio he will stop at Fort Worth for a brief address, then hunt in the Panhandle of Texas and later in Colorado.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rough Rider
San Antonio
Tex
Fort Worth
Panhandle
Texas
Oolorado
Mystery Disappearance In Muskegon Involves Loot and Flight
In Muskegon Michigan on April 3 authorities investigate the vanishing of Richard Bolhuis aged 14 and Carl Dykehouse aged 12. The youths reportedly stole tools sold them for cash bought small arms and ammunition and purchased tickets for Chicago in an apparent bid to escape west and chase sensationalized life.
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Muskegon, Mich
Richard Bolhuis
Carl Dykehouse
Chicago
Strike by Chicago carriage workers over signatories
About one thousand carriage workers in 120 shops struck in Chicago on April 3 to protest alleged lockouts of union men who refused to sign individual agreements with various manufacturers belonging to the Carriage and Wagon Manufacturers' club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carriage and Wagon Manufacturers’ Club
Funston Leaves Chicago for San Francisco Command
Brigadier General Frederick Funston retires from command of the department of the lakes and sails for San Francisco to assume command of the department of California on April 6.
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Chicago
Frederick Funston
Department of the Lakes
San Francisco
Blair sells large wool clip to Boston firm for 22 1 2 cents
Billings Montana April 3 Charles M Blair a leading individual sheep owner sells his entire wool clip before shearing to a Boston firm at 22 1 2 cents a pound The clip is estimated at 500 000 pounds and positions Blair among the nation’s top wool producers with this pre shearing sale.
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Billings
Mont
Charles M. Blair
Boston
Rich wife chase ends in cold rebuff
A man pursuing a wealthy wife misreads the situation as he uses courting lines. The woman, wary and practical, retorts with sharp disdain, underscoring she sees through his charm and refuses the proposal.
Governor Remarks and Family Tradesman Quip
A humorous exchange reveals a judge recounting a governor’s remark about the family. Charles is asked about business, and a tradesman line is quoted, ending with a defiant note that one tradesman in the family suffices.
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Charles
Doutcher
Died in Bone Crusher at Darling Co Fertilizer Works
Ignatz Kapuscka a 21 year old resident of 4518 Laftlin street was ground to death when a bone crushing machine at Darling and Co fertilizer works stopped. Pieces of clothing and a knife were found and a missing roll call confirmed his disappearance. Investigators suspect a slip into the grinding mouth during shoveling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ignatz Kapuscnka
Laftlin Street
Darling & Co
Forty-second
Ashland Ave
Kapuscaka
Purdue Students Lead Hatless Movement in Lafayette
Purdue University students in Lafayette Indiana have started a campaign to abolish wearing hats from May 1 to Oct 1. Hats are discouraged as a foolish habit and many students already attend classes and stroll town hatless, aiming for a healthier condition and fewer nuisances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Minstrel Lew Dock Stader Introduced to President
In Washington on April 3, Lew Dock Stader, the minstrel, was presented to the president by Postmaster General Cortelyou. He recalled the August incident in which he and another man were photographed posing in front of the president.
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Washington
Lew Dock Stader
Cortelyou
Dockstader
Iowa farmer kills his two daughters in grim tragedy
Des Moines February 8 reports Michael Nelson a Poplar area farmer in Audubon county killed his two young daughters and then faced a personal crisis revealing suspicion of a murder.
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Des Moines, Ja
Michael Nelson
Poplar
Audubon County
Tragic double murder suicide linked to old missing money lender case
A man named Nelson killed his two daughters aged 10 and 1 then shot himself. The girls lay in bed with bullet holes while Nelson’s rifle was at his feet. Authorities linked him to the long unsolved disappearance of Francis Richardson, a wealthy money lender, and believed he feared exposure.
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Nelson
Francis Richardson
Boy Lacks Moral Sense Derailed Train By Obstruction
Pittsburg April reports a 12 year old Groveton resident Royal Grimm son of a prominent local derailed the Cleveland flyer by blocking tracks with iron nails and coupling pins near his home. The train carried many passengers but stayed on rails until it halted after severing an air hose. The boy admitted the act but showed little remorse.
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Pittsburg
Royal Grimm
Groveton
Vittaburg
Lake Erie
Whisky Makers Meet in Chicago in Secret Conference
About fifty top US whisky manufacturers attended a secret meeting in Chicago on April 3. Attendees refused to disclose any actions or decisions made during the gathering.
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Chicago
United States
Market Hogs and Sheep Slide in Opening Quotes
The Chicago market report for April 3 1005 shows hog receipts of about 3800 with yesterday’s leftovers 3213 and prospects steady to lower. Light hogs quoted 505 to 85 35 with mixed packers 85 15 to 85 40 heavy shipping 20 to 85 40. rough 85 20 to 85 30. Sheep around 22000 head, 10 to 20 lower.
Chicago Market Report Apr 3 1995 hogs cattle lambs prices
Chicago market notes show receipts 153943 for past week with shipments 63018 and official totals yesterday 10340 receipts 6496 shipments. Estimates for today 38000 and tomorrow 26000. Market slow with hogs 10 to 15 lower for bulk and light hogs 85 00 to 65 32. Pigs 85 20 to 5 30 3 5. Beef cattle steady to slow with bees 4 20 to 86 40 cows and heifers 82 00 to 85 25 stockers 285 to 950 receipts 28000. Native western yearlings 84 15 to 6 25 Western lambs 85 20 to 867 40. Later report says market more active, light cattle 85 05 to 85 35 mixed packers 85 10 to 5 40 seats of ship grades 5 15 to 85 42 steady. Sheep 4 lambs weak.
Terror in Warsaw as mob fires on crowd killing seven
At Dzika street a demonstration by Jews linked to the Bund was dispersed by police and military patrols. Seven people were killed and forty wounded, all Jews, as gunfire erupted during the clash. Authorities report further disturbances and threats of bombs amid a citywide chill in unrest.
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Warsaw
Dzika Street
The
Bund
Gath
M Tary
Two Good Things Going In Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor leaders report closed sessions by the Schoolmasters' club and the Mie Academy of Science. President A C Lane warned of rapid resource depletion predicting iron ore exhaustion in eight years and white pine scarcity in ten. A committee will seek legislative support for a natural history survey linked to the geological survey.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Schoolmasters’ Club
Mie Academy of Science
A. C. Lane
A.S. Whitney
W. B. Barrows
Lansing
Academy of Science
Chicago Broker Stricken with Apoplexy
J A Puller a member of the Chicago Board of Trade conducting brokerage offices in Hancock Calumet Lake Linden and Ishpeming has been stricken by apoplexy in Houghton Michigan on April 3.
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Chicago
Houghton, Mich
J. A. Puller
Chicago Board of Trade
Hancock
Calumet
Lake Linden
Ishpeming
Robbers Loot St. Louis Jeweler in Norfolk Heist
Norfolk Neb April 8 Robbers plundered the sample trunks of O L Ross a St Louis jewelry salesman and secured 3000 dollars worth of diamonds and jewelry in the raid The incident targets a traveling salesman and involves a large value loss.
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Norfolk
Neb
O. L. Ross
St. Louis
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Shonts
Mr. Shonts
Canal
William Nelson Cromwell
Morton
Edwards
Insular Affairs Bureau
War Department
White House
Colonel Edwards
United States Steel and National Tube Shops
Canal Commission
Washington, D. C
Evening Journal
New
Isthmian
John T. Wallace
Gineer
M. T. Endicott
Peter C. Haines
Col. Oswald and
M. Ernnest
Corps of Engineers
Man Commission
Canal Zone
Sion
Carbondale, Ill
Joseph Les
Russia
South Dakota
Willin
Capitol
Booker T. Washington
Federation
Order of the Double Dragon
Funston
NEW Fao
Dockastader
Iowa
Farmer's Crime
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Res
Cago
Revolutioniara
Bombe
Governm
Maxivitch
Ernor
Maximoevitch
Michigan
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