Admirals and Brazilian Leaders Host Breakfast for American Fleet
In Petropolis Rio Janeiro January 16 President Penna hosted admirals Thomas Emory and Sperry and other officers from the American fleet at a breakfast. A garden party followed at the American embassy. Police intervened when demonstrators attacked carriages. Cardinal Richard then conducted a service at Notre Dame de Bon Secours blessing the faithful.
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Rio Janeiro
Republic
Penna
Petropolis
Amerean
Burch
Evans
Funems
Adirals Thomas
Emory and Sperry
Cap- Thomas
Cap- In Osterhaus
Coneticut
Wainwright
Theuisiana
Hubbard
Innesota
McCrea
Borgin
Murdock
Jode Island
Baron Rio Branco
Foreign Affairs
Brazilian Republic
N. B. Dudley
United States
Brazil
The
Nuns Leave Hospital in Silent Departure
On January 16 Agustinian nuns departed the municipal hospital where they served as nurses, triggering a large crowd and police intervention. Catholic deputies and municipal officials gathered as hymns echoed, and supporters leaned from windows shouting long live the sisters while the nuns exited the building.
Troops in Goldfield Seek U S Aid to Preserve Order
Carson Nevada January 16 a joint caucus of the senate and assembly special committee drafted a joint resolution asking the president to keep troops in Goldfield until the state can supply a police force or other means to maintain order in the mining camp. The measure is expected to pass the senate and likely to pass the assembly by a small margin.
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Carson
Nev
Senate
Assembly
Nevada
United States
Soldiers raid The Gem resort in Leavenworth riot
A mob of about thirty Fort Leavenworth soldiers raided The Gem in Leavenworth Kansas after a comrade’s death and other assaults. They drove out inmates and damaged the burning building as occupants escaped unharmed. No arrests reported.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
Tenderloin
Costly Fire at Hibbing Destroys Freight House
Fire at Hibbing Minnesota damaged the Duluth Missabe and Northern railway freight house and its contents. Loss is estimated at about 50,000 dollars with contents worth approximately 390 thousand dollars. The blaze, reported from Duluth on January 16, consumed the building and its shipments.
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Duluth
Hibbing
Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway
Explosion injures workers as freight house burns
An explosion of gasoline stored in the freight house during a large conflagration injures two or three people. The fire raged as authorities worked to contain spreading flames and assess damages.
Walsh Trial Nears End in Misapp of Bank Funds Case
In Chicago on January 16 the Walsh trial moved to closing arguments. Defense counsel John S. Miller and Edward C. Ritscher spoke, contending the May 1907 clearing house settlement vindicated John R. Walsh. Ritscher said Walsh's private fortune outpaced bonds and affirmed his honesty.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Fletcher Dobyns
Dobyn
John S. Miller
Edward C. Ritscher
Ritscher
Clearing House
Walsh
Sanitarium Burned at Nashotah Health Resort
The Oconomowoc Health Resort Sanitarium in Nashotah Wisconsin burned to the ground with a loss of 80000 dollars. There was no fire protection. Twenty five patients were saved. The blaze started from an overheated furnace.
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Nashotah
Wis
Oconomowoce Health Resort
Adviser of Siam Dead
Edward Henry Strobel general adviser to Siam’s government died after a lengthy illness with several surgeries performed. His death is described as a great loss to Siam and its administration.
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Bangkok
Siam
Edward Henry Strobel
Government of
Strobel
Attorneys Promise Insanity Defense in Thaw Trial
New York January 14. Attorneys for Harry K Thaw press only insanity as a defense. Witnesses describe Thaws irrational behavior before and after Stanford Whites death and details of his family history and past conduct at social clubs and the Grand hotel.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Young Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Alfred Lee Thaw
Richmond
Christopher Baggan
New York Whist Club
Matilda Stein
Per August Weber
Jerome
Gates
Schwab
Grand Hotel
Littleton
Matteawan Asylum
Triple tragedy in Idaho leaves three dead
A Michigan man, Henry Bython, shot and killed his sister in law Rhoda Norton, fatally wounded his wife, and then killed himself in Lane Idaho. The couple had moved with a Muskegon colony to Idaho three months earlier. no motive is known.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Balkeman
North Muskegon
Henry Bython
Lane
Ida
Bython
Rhoda Norton
Idaho
Muskegon
Earthquake Shakes Gonaives Near Hayti
An earthquake struck Gonaives, about sixty five miles northwest of Prince, Hayti. A few houses were destroyed and more damaged, with no loss of life reported. Communication to the town is broken and aftershocks continue following a tidal wave.
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Hayti
Gonaives
Juryman Peters Dies by Own Hand in Beatrice
Beatrice Nebraska January 16 John C Peters juror in the Shumway murder case died by suicide. He shot himself after brooding over the verdict two months earlier. Shumway had received the death penalty.
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Beatrice
Neb
John C. Peters
R. Meade Shumway
Peters
Shumway
Cortelyou Declines Knickerbocker Trust Presidency
New York January 16 The Knickerbocker Trust reorganization group discussed Secretary Cortelyou as a possible president but no offer was accepted or returned. A definite rejection followed after his cabinet status was clarified. The depositors committee led the consideration, not the current trustees, and a decision was expected soon.
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Aw York
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Cortelyou
Game Authority
Cortelyon
New York
House Eases Tension on Penal Code Bill Revisions
Washington January 16 the house committee on the revision of the laws loosened opposition and allowed changes to the penal code bill. The debate cooled as amendments on bribes and sale of endorsements for public offices drew focus, with the panel planning further discussion on these questions when members resume.
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Washington
Jan
House of Representatives
United States
House
Ohio Senators Block Taft Nominations in Federal Machine Fight
Senators Akers and Dick vow to thwart President Taft by blocking Ohio postoffice appointments. They have halted four posts and are examining about twenty five more in a bid to deny a federal nomination machine. The scene drew a large Democratic crowd with Bryan headlining a long night of speeches.
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Federal Machine
Taft
Washington
Foraker
Ohio
Senate
Hart Disbarment Case Opens With Objections
Captain Francis B. Hart of Minneapolis objects to the disbarment proceedings and seeks libel action instead of attorney misconduct charges. Testimony began before referee Gideon S Ives as the state seeks to discipline for letters criticizing the supreme court and oath violations. An adjournment was taken to January 24 for defense preparation.
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St. Paul
Francis B. Hart
Minneapolis
Gideon S&s. Ives
EB. H. Soutthworth
State Board of Law Examiners
Hart
Supreme Court
Senate acts on China war indemnity and penal code
Washington January 16. The senate did not receive a treasury secretary reply as promised and approved Senator Culberson's resolution on the same subject with Aldrich’s assent. The body then reduced the China war indemnity from 24 million to 11.60 million and continued debate on the penal code bill.
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Cortelyou
Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Aldrich
Culberson
United States
China
Mayor Smith Ill From Pimn poisoning After Chicken Meal
St Paul January 16 Mayor Robert A Smith contracted promaine poisoning from chicken eaten at his daughter's home Mrs C W Copley Also affected were Mrs Smith the Copleys and their son and daughter All are out of danger though Mrs Copley remains bedbound.
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St. Paul
Robert A. Smith
C. W. Copley
Lawton Double Tragedy Ends Beauchamp Pursuit
Dr. F D Beauchamp who killed Charles Thom of Chico Texas on a train at Hobart last year was shot and killed in Lawton by two brothers John Thomas of Lawton and William Thomas of Chico while Beauchamp was boarding a train. The killer had previously killed Charles Thomas after discovering he was involved with Beauchamp’s wife.
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Lawton, Okla
F. D. Beauchamp
Charles Thomas
Chico
Tex
Hobart
John Thomas
Lawton
Willian Thomas
Beauchamp
Admirers of Bryan fill Lincoln auditorium for dinner
Nearly 1300 political friends and admirers of William J Bryan attended the dollar Democratic dinner in Lincoln's auditorium as diners and speakers. Half as many sat as spectators and applauded speeches praising Democracy and Bryan. the event topped Lincoln gatherings since his rise as a political force.
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Lincoln, Neb
Wiliam of Srvan
Lincoln Auditorium
Bryan
Lincoln
Heney Signals Deals in Butte Creek Land Fraud Case
In Portland Judge Hunt's court Francis J. Heney said two of five indicted in the Butte Creek land fraud scheme John H. Hall and Edwin Mays will be tried now. He suggested an understanding with the other three defendants W. W. Stiewer H H Hendricks and Charles N Sachary that they may testify against Hall and Mays. Immunity rumors gain traction from the remark.
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Portland
Ore
Francis J. Heney
Hall
Mays
Heney
Canada immigration question settled by Japanese accord
Tokio reports that Canada accepts Lemieux report as satisfactory and will in good faith enforce Japanese labor restriction memorandum. Only exchange of memoranda remains between the two governments.
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Tokio
Roddolphe Lemieux
Secretary John W. Crawford Found Dead Near Fort Foote
The body of Lieutenant John W. Crawford, private secretary to Admiral Dewey, was found below Fort Foote on the Maryland side of the Potomac. He disappeared November 22 leaving a note saying financial troubles drove him to suicide.
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Washington
John W. Crawford
Admiral Dewey
Fort Foote
Maryland
Potomac
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