Government Cannot Prosecute Tyner Case Without Identified Property
Washington April 25 Attorney General Knox and Postmaster General Payne discussed the Tyner case noting no charge can be maintained unless the government can name its loss and identify property taken from the post office. The matter hinges on whether the documents were government property or private papers and whether any papers existed in the Tyner residence.
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Eral Knox
Opin
Hte
Payne
Hether
Postoffice Department
Irs
Tyner
Knoxad
Ayne
Rose Perry
Cie
Tyners
Perat
Perry
de Riment
Ostmnister
Papers Taken Prompt Government Comment on Recovery
Officials discuss recovery of documents removed recently with Prime Minister Payne noting lack of conclusive evidence for motives. The debate centers on impropriety of taking private government papers and the safeguard of official records.
Fatal Collision Near Terling In Illinois
Fred G Ma, general manager of the Novelty Works, was fatally crushed on road tracks in Terling Illinois. He lived only a short time after the accident. Mason, age 40, a prominent local resident, was killed when a freight train struck him while attempting to cross the tracks as a switch engine moved on the mining track.
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Terling
Iil
Notable railroad figure dies in New York office
Anthony J. ts vice president of the Chicago, Yapolis and Louisville railroad, associated with the banking firm of xel, Morson & Co., dies in pheletan's office at the age of years. The obituary notes his prominence in railroad circles.
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Ew York
Anthony J. Ts
Chicago
Northwestern Star Off company lesson disaster reported
Minneapolis April 25 report says more than ten people died in a Northwestern Star Off company incident. A traveling representative from a large mail concern among the dead. Names such as Parl Rinehart George Wear and Stanley Norris among those taken from an eight train. Victims from Michigan City Ind and prominent railroad men. Authorities note the group was traveling for a world trip.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern Star
Parl Rinehart
George Wear
Stanley Norris
Michigan City
Ind
Mils
Boss
Mich
Sticking Point on Omaha Entrance for Great Western
April 25. President VKney of the Chicago Great Western testifies before Referee Pearsall as Great Western seeks city entrance over Union Pacific terms to access Omaha.
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Omana
Greb
Vkney
Chicago Great West
Pearsall
Great Western
Union Pacific
Omaha rail route dispute reaches court over Union Pacific access
A railroad official contends that stock yards traffic in South Omaha could be moved only over the Union Pacific bridge and tracks. He says Harriman and President Burt assured permission to use Union Pacific terminals, but delays forced him to seek court relief as his line nears completion.
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South Omaha
Union Paelte
Harriman
Burt
Weather Improves Trade Outlook Says Weekly Review
New York April 2 K G Dan and Co Weekly Review of Trade notes better weather boosting activity across the country. Demand rises in apparel lines while wholesalers remain cautious versus earlier months though business outpaces last year. Outdoor work surges, lumber demand grows, and rail earnings rise 1.1 percent year over year. Failures fall to 166 in U S and 15 in Canada.
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New York
K. G. Dan & Cos Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Wisconsin Senate Defers Grain Inspection Bill
In Madison Wisconsin April 25 the senate votes 16 to 15 to indefinitely postpone the grain inspection bill. Superior Wisconsin April 25 the State grain inspectors may be driven from the lake if the legislature rejects inspection. Grain men threaten to restore 1895 law or none at all and plan a substitute bill.
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Wis
Senate
Wisconsin
West Superior
Wie
Superior Board of Trade
Minnesota
Delegates From Detroit Attend Michigan Convention Session
Ann Arbor hosts delegates to a National Municipal League convention with morning and afternoon sessions at the University of Michigan. The group is entertained by Angell Dean Hutchins of law and Dean Hudson of the literary department at Inncheon.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
National Municipal League
Detroit
University of Michigan
Inncheon
Angell
Dean Hutchins T
Dean Hudson
Senator Cullom Fells in Leland Hotel Lobby
Senator Cullom collapsed suddenly in the lobby of the Leland hotel in Springfield Illinois while speaking with a friend. Bystanders caught him before he hit the floor and a physician quickly revived him in his room.
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Springfield
Ill
Cullom
Leland Hotel
Chicago Markets Report From April With Mixed Grain Lows
Quotations on Wheat Corn and Oats from Chicago Hoard of Trade show May and September futures fluctuating. Live stock prices in Chicago and East Buffalo reflect steady to higher bids for hogs cattle sheep with varied weights and grades.
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Aapteeree Fies
MOP Ve. Estee
Mae
Isceens BF
Rae Re Ee
L. Vesbeisay Ee Ae Sah
Texas
Cnly
East Bufflo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
East Buffalo
St. Louis
Toledo
Milwaukee
Missing 13 year old boy from Tawas City Michigan
Mr and Mrs John Baguley of Tawas City report their 13 year old son missing since March 17 after leaving home to attend choir practice at his Sunday school teachers home in East Tawas He told others he would not stay for practice and may have boarded a train bound for May City He disliked school and talked of running away and entering a business college He is described as tall for his age slim with dimples and fair hair parting his hair in the middle
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Tawas City
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John Baguley
East Tawas
May City
Tie
New Electrical Railway System Demonstration Planned
St Louis based electrical engineer Bion J Arnold will demonstrate a new system of electric railway construction in Lansing Michigan. The Lansing St Johns and St Louis railroad was built to utilize the invention with French Italian German and Danish specialists attending to observe potential radical changes in railroad transportation.
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St. Louis
Bion J. Arnold
Lansing
Mich
Lansing, St. Johns and St. Louis
Colonel Dorsey Buys 26000 Acres for Burlington Rail Branch
Springfield reports Colonel B H Dorsey has secured 26000 acres in Macoupin county by paying $200000 for coal rights. He is said to be purchasing for the Burlington railroad, which plans a branch through the land.
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Springfield
Ills
B. H. Dorsey
Macoupin County
Dorsey
Burlington Railroad
Robbers Enter Blairsville Post Office in Broad Daylight
Robbers entered the Blairsville post office on a spring afternoon, casing the lobby and prompting police to cordon the area. No injuries reported as investigators review surveillance and seek witnesses.
Open Door crisis in Manchuria unsettles Washington
Secretary Hay receives a synopsis from Minister Conger on Russian demands in Manchuria. Russia pledges to maintain the open door and withdraw troops, with evacuation promised in stages. Officials deem no war danger but expect a formal protest and possible further remonstrance after a presidential review.
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Washington
Conger
Peking
Hay
China
Russia
Manchuria
Russis
United States
Russia holds open door in Manchuria treaty port plan
An official notes Russia may extend its tariff to Ne Chwang and end treaty port status, raising U S trade fears while Japan and Britain seem unable to block the move. The note recalls Hay’s 1860 assurances on open door policy in Port Arthur Ta lien Wan and Jia Tung while US aims to sell raw materials if Russia gains tariff control. Omaha report includes a $50 000 breach of promise suit by Genevieve Babcock against Dr Jesse A Burdick and a decision for a state funeral for Governor Ramsey in St Paul.
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Ne Chwang
United States
Japan
England
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Hay
Tower
Port Arthur
Ta-Lien-Wan
joa-Tung Peninsula
Muravieff
Omaha
Neb
Genevieve Babcock
Scott
N. Y
Jesse A. Burdick
Witness Describes Attempt on Husband in Divorce Case
Clinton Hartzell testified before Judge McEwen in Chicago as cross complainant in a divorce suit recounting a night assault involving chloroform and jealousy. The defendant claimed his wife crept up and tried to murder him, framing a dramatic witness story.
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Chicago
Clinton Hartzell
McEwen
Woman attacked husband in dark room at father's house
The injured husband described a struggle as his wife held his arm and wrist while a kettle was pressed to his neck. A match revealed the intruder was his wife who had been staying at his father’s house in town. He claimed he took two bottles from her, labeled croton oil and elaterform, as evidence.
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Houor
Mart
Severe Fire Strikes Fairbury Neb Ruining Town Block
Destructive blaze in Fairbury Nebraska destroys a major portion of the town including the south public square, timber yards, Methodist church and parsonage with losses estimated around 210000 to 240000. Militia deployed as local fire department failed to stop fire after three hours with aid from Heatrice and Governor Mickey.
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Neb
Palrbury
Palle
Heatrice
Mickey
Marchine Bank
Lynching Reported in Gordon Arkansas Over Medical Bill Dispute
In Gordon Arkansas on April 25 Alexander Thompson a Black man was lynched after he allegedly cut physician Dr. J. T. Guffman during a dispute over unpaid medical fees.
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Neb
P. Lolbberg
Abner Welerg
Gordon, Ark
Alexander Thompson
J. T. Guffman
Baer Denies Coal Laws Violations in Testimony
April 23 New York Baer asserts no Pennsylvania or federal law breaches by Reading company Philadelphia Coal and related entities. He says contracts and consolidations would be revealed if needed and challenges critics to prove any violations, while denying criticism of the president and deferring further testimony to Wednesday.
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George Pftner
Reading Company
Philadelphia Coal Company
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Temple Tron Company
Maer
Philadelphia Coal and Tran Company
Extete
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Baer
United States
Sheara
Tim
Eoald Baer
Taer
Hhis
Butte Strike Demands Higher Wages by 300 Chinese Laborers
Three hundred Chinese workers in this city’s laundries walked off the job in April seeking four dollars per day. The dispute centers on pay and working conditions affecting local laundries and labor relations in Butte.
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Butte
Mout
Bard of Ripley Attacked by Students at Culver Hall
Jas Buchanan Edmore popularly known as the bard of Ripley township faced a hostile reception at Music hall during his Pure Literature lecture for Culver hospital. About thirty Wabash college students tossed eggs cabbages and potatoes as he fled the stage pursued by a shouting mob.
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Jas
Buchanan Ednore
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Kimore
Tan
Socialist Jesus claim shocks Jonesboro sermon
At Jonesboro Rev. F S Condo of Marion Indiana declared Jesus Christ was a socialist. He argued the brotherhood of man proves this. He contrasted the Holy Trinity as an example of socialism in his address.
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Ias City
Ind
F. S. Condo
Marion
Jonesboro
Jesus Christ
Brotherhood of Man
Governor LaFollette urges bank examiner power over railroad books
Madison Wisconsin April 25 Governor LaFollette has sent a message to the assembly recommending that power be given to the bank examiner to examine into the books and records of the railroad companies.
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Madison, Wis
LaFollette
Assembly
Stomachs on Stilts and Patent Medicines Claims
A fragment discusses stomach weakness and the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to aid digestion and strength. It quotes a testimonial from Clarence Carnes of Virginia praising the remedy though the text also critiques dealer substitution for higher profit. The piece reflects old patent medicine marketing language.
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Pr. Pierce
Clarence Carnes
Taylorstown
Loudoun Co
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