Washington Notes summarize early 1900s Senate actions
The Senate confirmed Frank A. Leach of California as director of the mint and George W. Wanamaker as appraiser of merchandise in New York. Taft orders that only Americans receive the gold rolls on the Isthmian canal commission. Longworth proposes up to 5 million dollars to buy sites and build residences for diplomatic and consular staff abroad. Proposals seek a new cable steamer and mine planter for Pacific coast defense. The House asks Navy to report on skilled labor reductions in navy yards. The Forestry Service orders rangers to kill on sight wild horses on the Hood River area reserves in Nevada, estimated 15 000 animals. Extending eight hour law to watchmen and other quartermaster staff may cost 75 000 dollars yearly for the War Department. About 6 million dollars may be won by Southerners if a War Claims bill gains law, granting Court of Claims jurisdiction over Civil War captured property proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Frank A. Leach
California
Mint
George W.wanamaker
New York
Taft
Isthmian Canal Commission
Longworth
War Department
Pacific Coast
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Navy
Forestry Department
Hoolyabe
Toquina
Lander County
Nevada
Quartermaster's Department
South
House Committee On War Claims
Court of Claims
United States Treasury
Multiple Disasters and Legal Actions Reported
Pittsburg police raid alleged mediums taking forty women into custody. A large fire in Philadelphia’s cotton district causes 150000 dollars in damage to factory buildings. David Wenger, eighty three, commits suicide in Tribes Hill New York due to ill health. A fire in Latchford Ontario results in 100000 dollars loss. King Edward hotel Alexandria hall and Empire Lumber and other buildings suffer total loss. James H Lehemann of Brookline Massachusetts linked to smuggling network sentenced to four months in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
David Wenger
Tribes Hill
N. Y
Latchford
Ont
King Edward Hotel
Alexandria Hall
Empire Lumber Company
Post Office
Assay Office
James H. Lehemann
Brookline
Mass
New England
Germany to introduce jiu jitsu in its military gymnasiums
Emperor commands entry of jiu jitsu into all German army and navy gyms. Irish actors from Dublin to perform Irish peasant plays in New York. Reichstag budget commission hears Dr. Kriege say Germany will sign Hague agreement soon. Canada amends U S Canada convention lowering daily paper postage to 1 cent per pound. A Copenhagen teacher collapses as Macbeth shocks audience. doctors fear no recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Charles Frohman
National Theatrical Society of Dublin
New York
Budget Commission
Reichstag
Dr. Kriege
Arbitration Court
the Hague
United States
Canada
Copenhagen
Royal Theater
Notable Obituaries of Public Figures Across the U S
Retired rear admiral Seth M Ackley died in Washington at age 62. Interior Department special agent Frank M Meindorff died in Portland Oregon from Brights disease. Hancock Michigan pioneer Andrew Rauth passed away after residing there since 1858. Ohio former chief justice Franklin J Dickman died in Cleveland of heart disease. University of Rochester emeritus professor Albert Harrison Mixer died in Rochester. Chicago attorney and legal educator Andrew J Hirsch died of heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth M. Ackley
Washington
Frank M. Meindorff
Department of the Interior
Portland
Bright
Andrew Rauth
Hancock
Mich
Franklin J. Dickman
Ohio Supreme Court
Cleveland
Albert Harrison Mixer
University of Rochester
Andrew J. Hirsch
Chicago
Notable Obituaries From Across The Nation
Edward E. Currier of Boston died at his Malden home at sixty one. George Herbert Sass known as Barton Gray and literary editor of the Charleston Sunday News is dead. Former Congressman G A Jenks aged twenty five years ago was dead. Charles Lincoln White chosen associate corresponding secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission society of New York. Henry C. Mowry veteran Illinois grain dealer and Civil War veteran dies at Forsythe aged seventy six. Rev J K Fowler prominent Wisconsin clergyman dies of peritonitis. John W Oliver editor of Yonkers Statesman dies at ninety two. he aided temperance and helped found the Sons of Temperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Currier
Boston
Southern Pacific Railroad
Malden
Mas
George Herbert Sass
Barton Gray
Verge
Charleston
D. C
Sunday News
G. A. Jenks
Pennsylvania
Sworty
Charles Lincoln White
Colby College
Waterville
American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York
Henry C. Mowry
Ilinois
J. K. Fowler
First Presbyterian Church
la Crosse
Presbyterian Synod of Wisconsin
Northwest
John W. Oliver
Yonkers Statesman
Yonkers
Mr. Oliver
Hyde Bowdoin placed on Carnegie foundation
President Hyde announces Bowdoin College has been placed on the Carnegie foundation. In other items, Count Alexander Hadik denies engagement to Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt. Ridgely would resign as Comptroller to head National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City.
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Hyde
Bowdoin College
Carnegie Foundation
Alexander Hadik
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Ridgely
National Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
The Irishman's Retort Barber Capers
An Irishman sits for a shave in a barber shop while the barber is summoned away. A pet monkey in the shop imitates the barber and finishes lathering the Irishman then sharpens a razor. The Irishman protests that only the barber can shave him.
Prisoner Freed After Vagabancy Charge Trial
A prisoner charged with vagabancy was judged unable to support himself. When asked if he had any means the man replied no and said he lived by “ways.” The judge discharged him.
When They Are Quiet
A Bohemian quip notes the comfort in church as a man keeps a hundred women quiet for an hour. The remark reflects humor on social dynamics and public order during quiet moments.
Pet letters reveal young Edna Hamilton sought money from Col Snell
In the final stage of Col Thomas Snell estate proceedings at Clinton Illinois, letters from Edna Hamilton fifteen daughter of Rev E A Hamilton surfaced. The schoolgirl begged for funds claiming love and promising affection while her mother allegedly offered the child for four hundred dollars. Edna, a former Illinois State University student, has since accompanied her parents southward.
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Clinton, Ill
Thomas Snell
Edna Hamilton
E. A. Hamilton
Laura Hamilton
Edin
Bloomington
Col. Snell
Ilinois State University
Cattle Kings in Court in Helena Case Promises High-Profile Trials
The Helena term of the United States court features thirteen stockmen including John T. Murphy and Al Thomas, alleged to have fenced illegally 50 000 and 40 000 acres of public domain. Senator Cardwell faces a similar charge along with Frank Hauser and McDonald linked to a $40 000 Great Northern train robbery near Rondo. The docket also includes numerous minor offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
United States
John T. Murphy
al Thomas
Senator Cardwell
Frank Hauser
McDonald
Great Northern
Rondo
Bank Teller Held in Minneapolis Bank Shortage
Adolph Stamwitz the paying teller at Minneapolis Bank of Commerce is charged with stealing 2450 dollars from bank funds. He has been bound over to await the grand jury after irregularities in accounts were found by National Bank Examiner C H Bosworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Ater
Adolph Stamwitz
Minneapolis Bank of Commerce
National Bank
C. H. Bosworth
Tisdelle Released on Bail After Insolvent Bank Charge
Chicago Feb. 13 A C Tisdelle former banker surrendered to police and was released on bail. He faces a charge of receiving deposits after knowledge of bank insolvency. Tisdelle ran a private bank that closed its doors Jan 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. C. Tisdelle
Tisdelle
Woman Frozen to Death in Snow Drift Tragedy
Mrs Martha Peterson of Asbury missing since a heavy snowstorm ten days earlier was found frozen to death in a railway cut near her Fergus Falls Minnesota home. Authorities report she had been drinking and laid down beside the track, with snow drifting over her until burial.
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Mrs. Peterson
Fergus Falls
Man
Martha Peterson
Asbury
Wisconsin delegates pick Bryan by unit vote for Denver
The Wisconsin delegation to the Democratic National Convention is instructed to vote as a unit for William Jennings Bryan as the nominee. The convention adopted a unanimous platform affirming Jeffersonian Democracy and denouncing Republican administrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Denver
Colo
William Jennings Bryan
Charles H. Weisse
Sheboygan Falls
Herbert H. Manson
Wausau
John A. Aylward
Madison
Melvin A. Hoyt
Patrick H. Martin
Green Bay
James W. Murphy
Plattesville
Daniel H. Grady
Portage
Thomas J. Fleming
Evan A. Evans
Barnahoo
Republican Party
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Stay For Sherman Smith Appeals Contempt Sentence
Judge Page Morris extends stay of execution from Feb 23 to March 1 for Sherman S. Smith of Minneapolis. The delay allows counsel to prepare a bill of exceptions as the case goes to the U S circuit court of appeals on a writ of error. Smith was found in contempt for improper advances to witness George Hammond in the Wisconsin Grain and Stocks case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Page Morris
Sherman S. Smith
Minneapolis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Smith
George Hammond
Wisconsin Grain and Stocks Company
Express Package Stolen On Train
Railroad detectives hunt a man who took a $300 package of negotiable express money orders from a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul train traveling from La Crosse to Dubuque. The theft likely occurred in Lousing Iowa when the agent briefly left the car unlocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wiss
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Dubuque
Lousing
Iowa
Just for Fun Ends in Fatal Dyn amite Blast at Belle Fourc
In Belle Fourche S D on February 16 Charles Lavezzi threw a dynamite cap into a bonfire where six men sat. The blast triggered 125 sticks nearby, instantly killing J H Cullis a teamster and injuring the others including Lavezzi who may lose sight and hearing.
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S. D
Charles Lavezzi
J. H. Cullis
Lavezzi
Despondent farmer shoots self near Vining
Clavis Fiskum of near Vining, Fergus Falls district, shot himself in the head last night. The skull was fractured but he survived, not expected to recover. His wife had recently been committed to the local hospital for the insane, and heavy financial losses contributed to his despondency.
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Clavis Fiskum
Vining
Fergus Falls
Minn
Fiskum
Democrats to Meet at Grand Forks Convention
Grand Forks North Dakota February 16 Chairman J L Caddel of the Democratic state central committee issues a call for a state convention in Grand Forks March 25 for 686 delegates. Apportionment follows the plan fixed at the January 28 convention in Grand Forks.
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Grand Forks
N. D
J. L. Caddel
Democratic State Central Committee
Fund Drive Held for Colvill Monument in Cannon Falls
At a G A R post campfire in Cannon Falls Minnesota on February 16 speakers urged support for the Colvill monument fund. Charles P. Hall Frank N. Wilson of Reo Wing and board member Mr Gorman spoke on the project.
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Colvill Monument
Cannon Falls
Minn
G. A. R. Post
Charles P. Hall
Frank N. Wilson
Rei Wing
Mr. Gorman
Board of Monument Commissioners
Man shoots wife then kills himself in Toronto
James Feeley shot his separated wife yesterday, then killed himself. The wife was expected to recover from injuries. Police described the incident as domestic violence ending in suicide.
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Self
Toronto
James Feeley
Winona Laborer Killed at Northwestern Shops
Winona Minnesota February 16 Anton Fichman a laborer was instantly killed at the North Western shops by being caught under an automatic coal loader, his neck broken in two places.
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Winona
Minn
Anton Fichman
North-Western
Tornado Ravages Three Mississippi Towns in Jones County
A daytime tornado devastated Mossville Service and Soso in Jones County Mississippi destroying homes and bridges. Six to ten believed killed with widespread wreckage and telegraph lines down. Nearby Tyler Texas reports twelve killed and a path five miles wide with numerous wrecked buildings.
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Meridian
Miss
Mississippi
Mossville
Service
Soso
Jones County
L. S. Morrison
Texas
Tyler
Tex
Khown
Portugal's Loyal Army Settles Behind Young King
The Times Lisbon dispatch says Portugal’s political situation improves daily with the army firmly loyal to the young king. No revolution danger remains, though the financial question remains ominous for the country.
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London
Times
Lisbon
Portugal
Swedish Fete in Chicago Aids Girls Shelter
A Swedish American national festival planned for February 20 in Chicago seeks funds for a rescue home for girls and free beds at Augustana hospital. A 350 voice chorus led by A A Holmes and Otto C Carlson will perform.
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Chicago
Augustana Hospital
A.A. Holmes
Otto C. J. Carlson
Attorney General Moves to Appoint Receiver for Mutual Reserve
New York State Attorney General William J. Jackson announced he will seek the appointment of a receiver for the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance company. He said the legality of certain policies had been questioned by authorities in February.
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New York
Mutual Reserve
William 8. Jackson
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Man Falls Twenty Five Feet From Tree Trimming
August Ten pounds was trimming a tree in Kewanee Illinois when he cut the branch he sat on. He fell twenty five feet to frozen ground and suffered internal injuries may not recover.
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Kewanee, Ill
Tenpound
Pittsburg Merchants Brace for Flood Watch
Merchants manufacturers and residents in Pittsburg and nearby suburbs are moving merchandise and belongings to higher ground tonight as flood fears rise. The weather forecaster warned of an impending flood during the night.
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Pittsburg
Sultan Considers Appeal Over Moroccan Crisis
London dispatch reports Sultan Abd el Aziz, unhappy with Germany over Morocco, plans to appeal to the powers and seek the removal of the French army in favor of papal troops.
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London
The
Times
Tangier
Sultan Abd-el-Aziz
Germany
Morocco
Shah of Persia Reported Assassinated Unconfirmed
Vienna Feb 16 A circulated report claims the shah of Persia has been assassinated but no confirmation is available locally.
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Shah
Vienna
Shah of
Perala
Fleet Passes Valparaiso In Welcoming Naval Display
The great American fleet of sixteen battleships led by Rear Admiral Evans passed Valparaiso Peru bound for Callao. President Montt and Chilean officials greeted the ships as the Chilean navy saluted, and a banquet was hosted on board the General Baquedano.
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Valparaiso
Evans
Callao
Peru
Chile
Montt
Republic
Curaumilla Point
Valparaiso Bay
Chasabuco
Chacabuco
Connecticut
Baquedano
Diplomatic Corps
Admiral Evans
Rain Delays Wisconsin Logging Threatening Output
In Couderay Wisconsin heavy rain and mild temperatures halt logging. Eight inches of snow in the woods melted, leaving ice roads unsafe for hauling. If cold weather does not return loggers face millions of feet of logs left standing and thousands of dollars in losses.
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Couderay
Wis
Bringing M Kinley Back Escaped Land Swindler in Custody
Horace G. Mc Kinley of La Crosse Wisconsin, convicted in Portland land fraud cases, who fled to China, is aboard the Americas en route to San Francisco and now in custody of a Portland officer after arrival in Honolulu.
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China
Honolulu
Horace G. Mc Kinley
la Crosse
Wis
Portland, Or
Mukden
San Francisco
McKinley
Portland
President Roosevelt Declines Fall Speech Invitation
Washington February 16 President Roosevelt refuses to speak at Galesburg Illinois on October 7 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Lincoln Douglass debate and announces he will make no speeches next fall to the public.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Galesburg
Markets Update From Grain and Stock Centers
Prices across Minneapolis St Paul Chicago Milwaukee Duluth and Sioux City report grain oats corn and wheat futures and live cattle hogs sheep and lambs. Notable figures include No 1 Northern wheat at 1.04 to 1.08 and live cattle bids around 3.60 to 6.15 per cwt with hogs near 4.20 to 4.47.
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Tve
St Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Durant
Mc Corn
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Coroner rules Hackett death accidental in bar quarrel
Brownsville Minnesota February 16 coroner's jury found William Hackett twenty nine died from accidental head injury after a quarrel with his brother at the Yahn saloon in a scuffle that left him with a fractured skull.
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Goroner
William Hackett
Brownsville
Minn
Hackett
Yahn
Yehn
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Wilkesbarre
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Paris
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Royal Academy of Art
Berlin
Pennsylvania Railroad
SNELL
Mamma
Hel
Bryan
Neobraskea Man
Sherman Smith
M'Kinley
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