NEWS OF THE WEEN IN EPITOME
Actions in Congress and the cabinet move broader underlines. $10 citizenship costs after July 1 1908 for foreigners as Taft signs to abandon Fort Keogh Mont. Carey lands Idaho bill advances. German petroleum denial. Nelson to push 2 percent interest on government deposits. Indian lands mining leases favored. Goulden bill on ship crews approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
United States
Taft
Fort Keogh
Mont
House Committee On Public Lands
Carey
Idaho
State Department
Nelson
Minnesota
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Interior
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Goulden
Notable Obituary Roundup of Distinguished Figures
The list records deaths across professions and nations. Nicolas Ze lay a president’s mother, Armour & Co. executive William Evans, oil refiner John Teagle, inventor John Burry, IRS inspector Gen William Clendin, baseball player Fred Ketchum, architect John L. Smithmeyer, widow Catherine Backus, writer Edmonde de Amicis, and other prominent individuals, noting ages and causes where given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
William Conroy Evans
Foreign Department of Armour & Co
Evanston
John Teagle
Cleveland
John Burry
Burry
Staten Island
William Clendin
Congressional
Catherine Backus
Charles Beckus
Thomas A. H. Edwards
Yankton
S. D
Multiple Crimes Reported Across States In One Night
W. W. McKay of Tenino Washington killed his wife and three children then shot himself. James Rathbon killed his wife in Omaha and then died by suicide. Charles White a Fort Madison prisoner escaped during the night. James Andre Mitchell was found dead by suicide in a St Louis freight car. Charles J. Vanni fined for selling blasphemous literature in New York. A Japanese man arrested at Riepe ton Nevada after a struggle in which he nearly bit off two fingers of Clinton, a draftsman seeking to avoid a trip to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. McKay
Tenino
Thurston County
Wash
Charles J. Vanni
New York
Vanni
Anthony Comstock
Riepeton
Nev
Clinton
San Francisco
James Rathbon
Judge R. Hall
Omaha
Andre Mitchell
Wabash Yards
St. Louis
Pole Charles Warrell Hanged in Pottsville for Murder
Charles Warrell a Pole was hanged at Pottsville Pennsylvania for the murder of Mattie Blomsky aged sixteen who refused his marriage proposal. Jennie Huffman an inmate at a Des Moines resort is charged with stealing diamonds jewels worth 3000 and 900 in bank notes. She spent over 300 on fine clothes when arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Warrell
Pottsville
Mattie Blomsky
Jennie M. Huffman
Des Moines
Fires Hit Mines and Towns in Global Incidents
A series of blazes cause extensive damage: an explosion at the Irkas mine near Dortmund in Prussia kills five. Manila’s Somplouic district loses 2,000 native shacks with $100,000 in damage. a Cleveland warehouse blaze costs tenants and owners $150,600. Other fires destroy a washing plant in Port Moreen Nova Scotia for $125,000 and a Kalamazoo store room at Superior Paper Co with about $100,000 in damage. Thornton Iowa loses seven businesses. a Kansas City era horseman David Wallo dies after a runaway. Five Bryn Mawr students are injured when their station wagon is struck. Miss Jessie Daw dies after jumping from a Fishkill sanitarium window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irkas
Dortmund
Prussia
Aec
Somplouic
Manila
Dominion Coal Company
Port Moreen
N. S
Superior Parer Company
Kalamazoo
Mich
Thornton
Iowa
David Wallo
United States
Kansas City
Independence
Gir
Bryn Mawr College
Philadelphia
Jessie Daw
Brooklyn
Fishkill Landing
Unrest in Argentina and royal travel plans altered
Reports from Lapas Bolivia indicate political unrest in Argentina and growing fears. King Edward abandons Mediterranean plans and will return to London mid April. An Anglo American syndicate buys Port Coloso and nitrate interests for 12 million dollars. A Chilean officer patents a torpedo tube adopted by the navy. Other items include Burns withdrawing from a London bout against Johnson and church matters involving England's socialists and royalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Mediterranean
Biarritz
London
Port Colosoo
Tarapaca
Antofagasta
Admiralty
Tommy Burns
Jack Johnson
Duchess of Marlborough
Social Democratic Federation
England
Alice Gray Hubbard
New York
Hartford
Scots Guards
London Chronicle
Turin
Victor Emmanuel
Patricia of
Comanghe
Nashville Supreme Court Upholds Segregation Law
The Tennessee supreme court sustains a Nashville segregation ordinance restricting saloon operation to a city district. Separately the U S naval tug Iroquois is ordered to Midway Island to bring back marines with guns and stores. An National Immigration League meeting in New York outlines plans for free transport of immigrants to balance native workers. In Mount Vernon New York Miss Josephine Kelb barricades her home claiming inability to eat and is committed to a state asylum. Chicago orders closing of five small 5 cent theaters for building code violations. Nebraska Gov Sheldon asks a lands board to probe morphine smuggling into the penitentiary and reports of prisoner narcotics use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Supreme Court
Nashville
Iro Cuoss
Midway Island
National Immigration League
New York
Josephine Kelb
Mount Vernon
N. Y
State Asylum For the
Gov
Sheldon
Nebraska
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Giffen
Big Timber Fire Destroys Much of Montana Town
Fire yesterday swept through Big Timber Montana destroying three-fourths of the town. About 300 families were left homeless and losses exceed 400 thousand dollars as flames raged for seven hours aided by a gale. Firefighters from Livingston arrived to help, women brought food, and the blaze was finally checked near the First National Bank after sweeping three locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Big Timber
Northern Pacific
Korky
Livingston
Northern Pacific Company
Dier-Browning Mercantile Company
Montana
First National Bank
Kind to Uncle Made Heirs Five Nephews Inheritance
S P Swedburg of Crookston Minnesota, a liquor dealer, has learned his uncle Olaf Olson of Helsingsund Sweden left a 17000 dollar estate to five Swedburg brothers for kindnesses shown. Olson died at Byjorg shire. Swedburg expects to finalize transfer with the Swedish consul at Grand Forks as there are no other living heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crookston
S. P. Swedburg
Olaf Olson
Byjorgshire
Helsingsund
Sweden
Swedburg
Alleged Terror Suspect Arraigned in Dresbach Case
Winona March 15 Thomas McCoey alleged to have terrorized Dresbach residents with a loaded revolver was found sane after examination and arraigned in municipal court on assault in the second degree. He was bound over to the grand jury under $500 bail for threatening his wife's life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McCoey
Winone
Minn
Dresbach
Can't Prove She Is Widow After Fifty Years
Mrs. Sarah Wheeler of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin cannot prove her marriage after fifty years to qualify for a widow's pension. Her husband died recently and a War Department pension request was denied due to insufficient marriage proof. She searched Richland County records where the ceremony allegedly occurred but found no record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Sarah Wheeler
War Department
Richland County
John Brown's Wagon Destroyed by Fire in Iowa City
John Brown's antique wagon, used in his crusade against slavery, burned yesterday in Iowa City. The relic was left in Iowa City forty eight years ago and had been preserved by Herbert S. Fairall, a prominent local newspaperman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
John Brown
Brown
Herbert S. Fairall
Town City
Minnesota Wins High Honors in Butter Contest
Minnesota dominated the National Buttermakers association event at the thirteenth convention in St. Paul. J C Past of Hector won first in the whole milk division with 98 points, E O Blomquist of Center City took second. A Christensen of Royal Iowa won first in gathered cream with 96 points, L P Hansen of Windom second. Minnesota captured four of the top six prizes and won the high average banner for the fifth time in seven years, with ten tubs achieving 95 1/2 percent. Wisconsin Iowa and South Dakota also earned cups for high scores outside the top state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minnesota
National Buttermakers’ Association
J. C. Past
Hector, Minn
Atlantic
Pacific
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Iowa
South Dakota
Bank Probe Begins Over Lady Smith Bank Wreck
State Senator Walter C. Owen special agent for the United States opens evidence before a federal grand jury in Madison Wisconsin regarding the future of the First National Bank of Ladysmith Rusk county. FE A Earling receiver and T M Thomas attorney for the receiver testifies. The case targets bank officials and directors over offenses not yet barred by the three year statute of limitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Walter C. Owen
United States
First National Bank of
Ladysmith
Rusk County
FE. A. Earling
T. M. Thomas
Man and wife bound over in Wisconsin robbery case
Jivery Gribble and his wife were bound to the diet court by Judge David Schremer on a robbery charge. Preliminary hearings were held behind closed doors with witnesses examined separately. McKinney, a young farmer, says he was beaten and robbed of $60 after allegedly conspiring with Mrs. Gribble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bascobel
Wis
Jivery Gribble
Diet Court
David Schremer
Gribble
Fire drill at Washington school ends in scare
A Washington school drill in North Fond du Lac yesterday turned dramatic as a pupil leaped from a window and another fainted. The remaining students evacuated in one minute and fifty seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Lae
Wis
Washington School
North Fond du Lie
Fire destroys Marine Mills creamery. worker missing
A blazing fire at the Farmers' Cooperative Creamery Marine Mills in Osceola Wisconsin destroyed the facility at 10:50 this forenoon. Anton Stronquist, a machinist, is believed cremated and is missing. Loss estimated at $10 000 with small insurance. The fire origin remains a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Mills
Osceola
Wis
Farmers’ Co-operative
Marine
Anton Stronquist
Central trains collide near crossing with derailment reported
A head end collision between a Wisconsin Central passenger train and a freight train occurred at the crossing of the Central and Omaha tracks. Passengers were shaken but none injured as engineers and firemen jumped. Two passenger coaches and several freight cars derailed blocking traffic on both lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Wisconsin Central
Central
Omaha
Horse's Kick Proves Fatal
Gus Schulze a hostler at Barrett Zimmerman stables in the Midway district died at St Josephs hospital from injuries suffered a week earlier when kicked by a horse in St Paul on March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Gus Schulze
Barrett & Zimmerman Stables
Midway District
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Bartender Peter Holman Ends Two-Week Spree by Suicide
Peter Holman, a bartender for Henry Kurt in Armour S D, shot himself last evening ending a two weeks spree. He died by his own action with a revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour, S. D
Peter Holman
Henry Kurt
Longest Capitol Fraud Trial Ends in Guilty Verdicts
The jury convicted contractor John H. Sanderson auditor general William P. Snyder former state treasurer W. L. Mathues and former superintendent James M. Shumaker of defrauding the state by furnishing the capitol. The case highlights alleged frauds nearing $5,000,000 in capitol furnishings as Pennsylvania spent about $15.6 million on the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
John H. Sanderson
William P. Snyder
W. L. Mathues
James M. Shumaker
Pennsylvania
William H. Berry
Walsh Cets Five Years
Judge Anderson denies John R. Walsh a new trial in Chicago. Walsh, former president of the Chicago National Bank, is sentenced to five years at Fort Leavenworth after conviction for illegal use of bank funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
United States District Court
Fort Leavenworth
Hart
Fort, Leavenworth
Acquitted Of Murder After Second Trial
Angelo Grangarello, previously convicted of the murder of Basile Romano in an Eveleth saloon on July 4, was acquitted on his second trial in Duluth Minnesota. He fled to Spokane after the crime and was captured a year later claiming self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Basile Romano
Angelo Grangarello
Grangarello
Spokane
Train Wrecker Strikes Tracks Near Waukegan Illinois
An unknown man attempted to wreck two Chicago and Northwestern trains south of Waukegan by placing a rock over 200 pounds on the tracks. Engineers spotted the stone and a collision was averted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan
Chicago & Northwestern
City approves $1.5 million Fort William plant
The Dominion government ratifies an agreement with Fort William Car Company allowing the city to grant concessions to build a $1.5 million plant employing 1,800 workers. Construction slated in Fort William Ontario with the project approved March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort William
Ont
Dominion
Fort William Car Company
Man Pleads Guilty in Manslaughter Case
Elk Point South Dakota March 15 One year in the penitentiary is the sentence imposed on John St Pierre who by agreement pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter in the second degree for the killing of Clarence Shay four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk Point
S. D
John St. Pierre
Clarence Shay
Lion Loose in Pepin County
A large animal believed to be a mountain lion that escaped captivity is roaming the woods in the northeastern part of Pepin county Wisconsin as of March 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepin County
Pepin, Wis
Three Bandits Rob Bank in Tyro Coffeyville Heist
Three armed men robbed the Tyro bank in Coffeyville County securing about 2500 dollars. They fled toward the Osage hills near Bartlesville Oklahoma with posses pursuing from every direction. A special train carrying armed men was sent toward Dewey to追追追追.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Kan
Tyro
Oklahoma Line
Osage Hills
Bartlesville
Oklo
Caney River
Dewey
Lilley Lacks Legal Aid for Submarine Committee Hearing
Representative Lilley of Connecticut will appear before the submarine investigating committee without counsel after Frank T. Brown and Stiles Judson, the Connecticut attorneys, quit the engagement. They cited the committee’s rule denying oral examination by nonmembers and requiring written questions for approval as unsupportable for Lilley’s defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lilley
Connecticut
T. Brown
Stiles Judson
My. Lilley
Treasury Clerk Shoots Wife Then Sleeps On
In Washington a Treasury Department clerk killed his wife in their home after she woke to attend a child. He claimed he was dreaming of burglars and after the shot he went back to sleep, later awakening to learn the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Washington
Muarely
Iftuah Tolliz
Hollis
Alwys
American Cipher Stolen From State Department Use
A secret American state department cipher used for private diplomatic correspondence was stolen in Bucharest by a French employee and he fled to Constantinople. The theft involved a copy of the cipher used between Washington and American legations and embassies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Freoncl
Bucharest
Washington
Constantinople
Grain and live stock prices across U S markets
Market quotations from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee and Sioux City show wheat ranges from about 1.04 to 1.12 per bushel, corn around 57 to 62 cents, oats near 50 cents, and cattle hogs and lambs priced in the usual ranges for mid March with regional variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Mareh
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Iowa
Timber cut in Upper Michigan not declining this year
Ishpeming Michigan March 15 predicted that timbercut in Upper Michigan will show little if any decrease from 1907. Iron Mountain railroad has handled 650 carloads daily for the last several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ishpeming
Mich
Upper Michigan
Iron Mountain
Arm Our Bartender Ends Life in Saloon
Henry Kurtz's saloon bartender Halmann killed himself last night by shooting himself with a revolver. The incident occurred in the saloon, reportedly an act of self destruction. Conditions surrounding the death are under investigation by local authorities.
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Washington Notes
Charles White
Fort Madison
J. H. Andrew
Liberty
Lapas
Bolivia
Argentine Republic
Big Timber, Mont
Ladysmith Institution
Capitol
Berry
State Treasury
Walsh
Illinois
Bandits
Armour
Peter Halmann
Henry Kurtz
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