Brooklyn Church Collapse Kills Eleven, Wounds Fifty
In Brooklyn the Fleet Street African Methodist Episcopal church collapsed its aging floor killing eleven and injuring over fifty as hundreds crowded for a funeral. The disaster trapped worshippers under wreckage and dust, with three women dying after hospital admission. Coroner labels suffocation from piled bodies as the cause.
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New York
Fleet Street
Brooklyn
Myrtle Avenue
Sidney Painter
Jacobs
Brooklyn Hospital
Sidney L. Painter
Flaherty
Policeman Kills Heiress Then Ends His Own Life
In Chicago on February 28 Miss Mary Catherine Mulvell, an heiress and substitute teacher, was shot by Patrolman Daniel Herman on Michigan Avenue as bystanders watched. After the murder Herman fled, later dying by suicide at a lodging house on Archer Avenue. He had harassed Mulwell after she refused his marriage proposals, and had warned she would be killed if she did not consent.
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Chicago
Mary Catherine Muirett
Daniel Herman
Michigan Boulevard
Herman
Archer Avenue
Mulveil
St. James Parochial School
Twenty-ninth Street
John B. Murphy
Murphy
St. James Catholic Church
Miss Mulwell
Mrs Chadwick Defends Property Seizure By Leach
Mrs Cassie L Chadwick challenges Customs Collector Leach over seizures of her property saying she never smuggled goods into the country. She cites loans in 1902 3 and insists any East jewelry was collateral she forfeited to lenders. She calls on Leach to prove any smuggled goods or face pleas in court.
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Cleveland
the Plaindealer
Cassie L. Chadwick
Leach
Chadwick
Four U S Senators Expelled for Bribery
Sacramento Feb 28 Senators Emmons Bankers Wright and French were expelled from the California senate after a investigating committee report found they accepted bribes. Bunkers was expelled 34 votes, French and Emmons expelled by same vote. Wright expelled by 33 votes after a vigorous plea. Welch did not vote.
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Sacramento
Cal
Emmons
Wright
French
Senate
Welch
Anderson
Bunkers
Case
Two Men Suspected in Meat Market Murder Case
The police in St Paul conclude Joseph A Hartmann twenty two tied to the murder of Christian H Schindeldecker on Feb 18 along with Edward Gottschalk. Witness accounts place them together. Hartmann’s brother’s hammer was found near the victim and the finishing wall matches Hartmann’s carried type.
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Hartmann
Bonds Issued for State Oil Refinery to Begin Work Soon
In Topeka on February 28 the plan to issue bonds for the state oil refinery was set for within ten days and construction will start after sale. Warden Jewett will pick a site for the refinery and Peru branch prison this week with Peru residents paying for the site. Convict labor and brick from the penitentiary will be used. The anti gas pumping bill passed the house and becomes law, banning pumps on gas wells while allowing compressors on pipelines.
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Topeka
Kan
Jewett
State Penitentiary
Peru
Kansas man kills daughter then ends his life
Newton Kansas February 28 William B Hart shot and killed his ten year old daughter Myrtle as she was dressing and then killed himself His motive cited as the death of his youngest child a year earlier unsettling his mind
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Newton, Kan
William B. Hart
Myrtle
Dutch Liners Seized Near Formosa By Japanese Cruisers
A Hague dispatch to The Daily Telegraph says Japanese cruisers intercepted two Dutch liners off Formosa claiming the ships were carrying contraband of war. The event highlights rising tensions in the region and the role of Japan in enforcing wartime controls.
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London
the Hague
Daily Telegraph
Formosa
Rail and Hotel Reform Sparks Minnesota House Action
St Paul Feb 28 Representative Elias Rachie endorses appointive railroad and warehouse commission. Bills set governor appointments, ethics tests, and non carrier ties. Hotel supervision bill creates state inspector position with 2500 dollar salary funded by hotel tax. Preservation and park funding proposed for Dalles of St Croix with multi year appropriations.
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St. Paul
Elias Rachie
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Rachie
M. J. O'Loughlin
Minnesota University
Board of Control
Walter Lemon
Senate Delivers Swift Session On General Bills
The senate quickly passed the calendar at a lightly attended session. Coller proposed stripping justices of the peace of criminal jurisdiction in cities with municipal courts. Wood's bill tweaks the grand jury system, applying only to cases with state prison or reformatory commitments, with offenses detailed in an information after magistrate review.
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Senate
Coller
Justices of the Peace
Wood
Swayne Not Guilty On All Impeachment Articles
The senate acquits Judge Swayne on all articles of impeachment after a day of votes from 10:10 to 11:45. The high and low votes ranged with party lines evident, while the naval appropriation bill totaling 100.8 million dollars passes afterward.
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Washington
Senate
Swayne
House
Haile
Lodge
Curtis bill favored for free entry of Philippine goods
Washington Feb 28 Chairman Payne of the Ways and Means Committee filed the report in favor of passing the Curtis bill providing free entry of Philippine products except sugar and tobacco which would bear 25 percent of the Dingle tariff. The report argues free trade follows from possession and sets a 1909 treaty end date with Spain and notes potential harm to American industry. A minority report is submitted.
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Washington
Payne
House
Ways and Means Committee
Philippine Islands
Taft
United States
Spain
All on Board Lost in Schooner Wreck Off Tomales Bay
A schooner believed to be the Marx C. was wrecked near the entrance to Tomales Bay and is thought to have all hands lost. The crew included Captain M. Beck, engineer Frank Rocco, and sailor Emil Larson. The vessel carried produce from Bodega and Fortess to San Francisco and distributed supplies along the Northern coast.
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San Francisco
Marx C
Tomales Bay
M. Beck
Frank Rocco
Emil Larson
Bodega
Fortess
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Pereale
SION
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Charles H. Klein
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