Washington Notes on Navy Fire Bank Receivership and Extraditions
Washington reports include the Monongahela burned to the waterline at Guantanamo Bay. John P. Edwards accepts the receivership of New Amsterdam National Bank in New York after suspension. A customs probe in St. Louis finds a $5 000 to $6 000 shortage. William F Waker gains extradition from Southern California. A national university bill is introduced in Congress. Elks receive 2600 tents for the Dallas convention. The Greenough Washington statue is ordered moved to the Smithsonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Guantanamo Bay
State Department
William F Waker
Connecticut
California
National University At
Washington
Representative McKintey
National Association of State University
Bea
Texas
Secretary of War
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Dallas
Tey
Greenough
Capitol
House of Representatives
Smithsonian Institution
New York
Gov. Magoon
United States
Cuba
Rennie Miller
Hongkong
College of Medicine
Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Beer Drivers’ and Stable Men’s Union
St. Louis
Notable Obituaries and Deaths From Diverse Walks of Life
The region records multiple obituary notices including auxiliary Bishop Gustav A Rouxel of New Orleans, Duke de Chaulnes newly wed to Miss Theodora Shants who sailed for Europe, musician S Decatur Smith felled by a street accident, Judge Charles D Clark of Tennessee, Maj William W Rowley Milwaukee quartermaster, and F W Foster Alabama Civil War veteran who died in Atchison Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav A. Rouxel
New Orleans
Duke de Chaulnes
Bright
Wiliam W. Rowley
National Soldiers’ Home
Milwaukee
F. W. Foster
Alabama
Kearsarge
Atchison
Atchison, Kaw
Foster
Clerks Admit Guilty Plea In Liquor Charge On Buffet Car
The Illinois Central Railroad company pleaded guilty at Logan Iowa to illegally selling liquor on a buffet car and was fined 300 dollars. Robbers who stole 295000 from Banco Minero in Chihuahua Mexico were arrested and the money located but not recovered. Alfred J Thornby a foreman at Fore River Shipbuilding in Quincy Massachusetts killed himself. William A Ridgely, longtime assistant superintendent of carriers in Washington, jumped to death from his home fourth floor. Frank C Marrin alias Franklin Stone convicted of using the mails to defraud Storey Cotton Philadelphia was sentenced to four years and fined 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinois Central Railroad Company
Logan
Iowa
Banco Minero
Chicuahua
Mex
Alfred J. Thornby
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
Washington
William A. Ridgely
Frank C. Marrin
Franklin Stone
Storey Cotton Company
Philadelphia
Accidental Happenings Across Several Regions
Fire damaged Shoshone Wyoming business district with about 60000 dollars in losses. In Davis County South Carolina a cotton mill pickers building and machine room burned, about 125000 dollars lost. In Narrowsburg New York De Witt Fuller a former Lincoln era telegraph operator was killed on Erie tracks at seventy. Eldorado Illinois victims include Mrs Mills killed and her mother burned in coal explosion while tending flames. Mrs Newcomb burned trying to put out the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoshone
Wyo
Pickers
Coolleemee
Davis County
South Carolina
de Witt Fuller
Lincoln
Erie
Narrowsburg
N. Y
Fuller
The
William Mills
Mrs. Newcomb
Eldorado, HL
Fire sweeps Lyons area and destroys plant in Syracuse
A Lyons France fire wipes out a block of buildings covering twenty two acres causing about 400000 dollars in damage. The Heffron Tanner mail order plant in Syracuse is partly destroyed with losses around 130000 dollars. Three men die when a heavy steel beam falls during railroad work in Indianapolis. Frank Kepler suffers critical injuries from a saw accident in Charles City Iowa. S I M Smith a Montgomery Alabama Polytechnic student dies after being struck by a thrown ball. Clarence Tolbert dies instantly trying to board a moving freight train in Sabula Iowa, echoing a prior similar accident near the same spot. The boys homes were in Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
France
Heffron-Tanner Company
Syracuse
N. Y
Indianapolis
Frank Kepler
Charles City
Iowa
S. i M. Smith
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Montgomery
Clarence Tolbert
Condtetor Tolbert
Milwaukee
Sabula
Savanna
European and Imperial News Briefs From Cannes to London
Prince Stephen dies in Cannes as Montenegro princes and other European leaders shape politics. A Rome cardinal dies, a Russian duma leader is shot, and Australia gains a governor general. Escapes, royal titles, and press ownership settlements wrap the latest imperial and international developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen
Mirko
Montenegro
Cannes
Gelce
Hongkong
Ceriinal Casali del Drago
Rome
Kerravsieff
Yekaterinoslav
Russia
Earl of Dudley
Commonwealth of Australia
Henry Stafford Northcote
Mile
Maria Spiridonova
Siberia
Tambov
Australia
New Zealand
Kiniyoshi Kuni
Japan
Livonia
Courland
Cape Juby
Corriere Della Sera
Katherine Elkins
Abruzzi
Burns Defeats Yaransfield in Des Moines Wrestling Bout
Farmer Burns wins a decisive victory over Harry Yaransfield in Des Moines. Burns dominates the match with ease. The report highlights Burns as the clear winner in the wrestling bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Burns
Harry Yaransfield
Des Moines
Burns
Judge Clements Attacks Police in Court Outburst
Helena Montana March 22 Judge J M Clements delivers a biting tirade against Police Chief J H Flannery accusing him of murder and threatening to kill if harmed He denounces Flannery over the parole of Anderson a Seattle suspect later rearrested on burglary charges and cites contempt in court proceedings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
J. H. Flannery
J. M. Clements
District Court
Clements
Chief Flannery
Anderson
Police Department
Buyick and James vow to expose others over town funds
In Duluth on March 22 Charles Buyick and W A James former Buyick town officials deny misusing over $30 000. They warn they will reveal many people and claim suits were started by lumermen avoiding taxes to keep the town dis organized and to continue tax dodging. They say they profited only as allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buyick
Duluth
Charles Buyick
W. A. James
Escape Frustrated In St. Cloud Jail Plot
Three inmates Edward Carmody Johnny Green and Pat Sheehan plotted a break from St. Cloud jail. A go-between John Johnson carried a letter seeking aid from St. Paul friends of the prisoners. Johnson, jailed for disorderly conduct, was arrested after the plan leaked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmody
Green
Sheehan
St. Cloud
Edward Carmody
Johnny Green
Pat Sheehan
Beckers
John Johnson
St. Paul
Japan Invites Big Sixteen Fleet as U S Accepts
Washington March 22 The American battleship fleet will visit Japan after Baron Takahira urged the invitation to host the Big Sixteen. President Roosevelt and his cabinet considered the proposal and Secretary Root was directed to accept. It is likely China will be next to bid for a fleet visit. The planned itinerary includes Honolulu Samoa Melbourne Sydney Manila Yokohama and Suez on the return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Root
Baron Takahira
Roosevelt
Nex
Feo
China
Reges'a
Metcalf
Pillsbury
Atlantic Seaboard
Hawaiian Islands
Samoa
Melbourne
Sydney
Manila
Yokohama
Pipines
Suez Canal
New York
Europe
Big Flood Recedes in Pittsburg After Cold Snap
Pittsburg and vicinity faced a second spring flood with crest at 27.5 feet before daylight. By night the level fell below 22 feet as frost halted floods upstream. Many factories closed temporarily but industrial damage was limited and rail services returned toward normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pitsburg
Fii'sburg
Allegheny
Ahnungahela
Terra Firma
Funeral Over Widow Dies In Logan Iowa
Christian Ehrhardt died at eighty, and his funeral was held Sunday. Twenty minutes after the burial at the cemetery his wife, also a longtime resident, expired. The couple leaves five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Iowa
Cemtery
Christian Ehrhardt
Desperate Prison Assault in Billings Jail
In Billings Montana on March 22 R K Carr attacked Albert Kennedy a half breed Indian with a razor inside the county jail. Kennedy was wounded severely and may die. Officials do not know how the quarrel began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
R. K. Carr
Albert Kennedy
Liquor Dealers Held Accountable for Deaths in Supreme Court
Lincoln Neb March 22 The supreme court issued two opinions holding liquor dealers indirectly liable for deaths. One supports a widow in claiming reasonable alimony from the saloonkeeper who sold her husband liquor. The other finds a brewery liable for a boy's death after intoxication led him to stray onto railroad tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
Cer
Doctor Wins Four Hundred Dollar Pauper Care Suit
Winona Minnesota March 22 Dr C P Robbins received from Homer a claim of over 400 dollars for caring for a pauper nine years ago. The case has endured in court and reached the supreme court twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
C. P. Robbins
Homer
Supreme Court
Marshal shoots attacker at Cresco restaurant incident
Cresco Iowa March 22 City Marshal Brown confronted an intoxicated man Ed Boyd who attacked him with a pitchfork. The marshal fired several shots striking Boyd three times. Doctors say Boyd may recover if no blood poisoning occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cresco
Towa
Ed Boyd
Brown
Boyd
Stanford Newsman Ends Life In Despondent Act
Washington March 12. In a fit of despondency Frank H. Stanford a well known newspaper correspondent and former reading clerk of the house of representatives committed suicide here yesterday with a knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank H. Stanford
House of Representatives
Epidemic of Smallpox Strikes Waterville Iowa
La Crosse Wisconsin March 22 With the town's sole physician quarantined at home Waterville Iowa faces an alarming smallpox epidemic already reaching serious proportions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Waterville
Iowa
Sixty Horses Burn in Chicago Livery Barn Fire
Fire destroyed E. Sickles livery barn in Chicago on March 22 with an estimated loss of 75,000 dollars. Sixty horses perished in the blaze believed to have started in the hay loft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. Sickles
Navy Youth Leaps From Brooklyn Bridge
An unidentified young man about twenty in a navy uniform without a cap plunged from the Brooklyn Bridge and drowned yesterday in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Navy
Brooklyn Bridge
Flames Leave Carrington Town in Ashes
A massive fire in Carrington North Dakota destroyed the business district early yesterday morning. Two brick stores survived as flames raged for five hours aided by volunteers since water failed from a new standpipe. Officials report about 30 percent of losses insured with a total around 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrington
N. D
Foster County
Catch Alleged Smuggler Detained in Detroit for Duluth Trial
Special Agent reports Harry Manuel a former Huronic waiter was arrested in Detroit on charges of attempting to smuggle furs into Duluth last August for a Duluth woman passenger. The woman is said to have bought the goods in Canada and entrusted Manuel with bringing them in duty free. He will be transported to Duluth for prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Duluth
Harry Manuel
Manuel
Waterways Conference Invites Thomas Wilkinson
Thomas Wilkinson of Burlington president of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association received a personal invitation from President Roosevelt to attend a Washington conference on national waterways and their improvement. The May meeting will supplement a prior governors conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Wilkinson
Burlington
Iowa
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
Roosevelt
Washington
City Hall Officials Ousted From Damaged Building
In Crookston Minnesota March 22 the city hall repair committee led by Engineer Carroll and Alki Zarracher Harris and Sargent forced Judges Wilde and McLean and City Clerk Childs from their offices during a building repair. After tense talks officials moved out without comment amid evident indignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Crookston
Minn
Carroll
Alki
Zarracher
Harris
Sargent
Wilde
McLean
Childs
Beltrami Electric advances Mississippi dam toward August finish
Bemidji Minn March 22 The Beltrami Electric Light and Power Company resumes labor on the big power dam at the Mississippi River rapids nine miles east of Bemidji. Officials say vigorous work should finish the dam by the latter part of August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemidji, Minn
Beltrami Electric Light and Power Company
Mississippi River
Menomonie Fires Safety Upgrades Shield Schools
Menomonie Wisconsin March 22 doors of the public schools have been changed to swing outward as part of additional safety measures to make the buildings as safe as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menomonie
Wis
Menomonie Public Schools
Cavalier County National Bank Opens in Langon
Washington March 22 The controller of the currency issued a certificate authorizing Cavalier County National Bank of Langon to commence business with a capital of 25000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavalier County Bank
Washington
Cavalier County National Bank of
Langon
N. C
Death Claims Noted Bishop Charles H Fowler
New York reports the death of Rev. Charles H. Fowler bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church at his home after a two year illness. He died from heart failure following a disease complication after a public and active church career. He presided at the Fowler Memorial church dedication in Minneapolis and spoke at a Washington memorial service recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles H. Fowler
Methodist Episcopal Church
Metropolitan Temple
Washington
Methodist
Fifth Avenue
Fowler
Fateful Customs Duel Ends in Rio Grande Bed
El Paso Texas March 22 Mounted Customs Inspectors Charles Logan and Charles Jones killed each other in a duel in the dry bed of the Rio Grande. Their bodies were found yesterday morning and investigators believe a case of mistaken identity as smugglers sparked the confrontation. Three shots were heard by neighbors. one pistol showed two empty shells and the other one empty shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
el Paso
Tex
Charles Logan
Charles Jones
Sage Glers
Murdered for money near York North Dakota
Hans Halverson a bachelor farmer nine miles south of York was found murdered yesterday afternoon or evening. The body showed two bullet holes in the back and no money was found on him, suggesting robbery. No clue to the killers yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
N. D
Hans Halverson
Halverson
Digger Rescued After Night Beneath Ton of Earth
Wash Hughes the well digger was rescued from a forty two foot well in Spearfish South Dakota after being buried under rock and earth overnight. He was bruised but unharmed overall and recalls fainting several times while trapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spearfish
S. D
Wash Hughes
Hughes
Wheat and cattle price snapshots from multiple markets
Reports from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee Sioux City and South St Paul show grain bids for wheat corn and oats with varied qualities and prices. Cattle hog and sheep ranges are listed across several markets with per head and per hundredweight figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Nara
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Pav
Farmer Otto Whiebeck Murdered at Auburn Farm
Otto Whiebeck a 70 year old farmer living alone with his wife on a farm in Auburn township Fayette county was murdered on Thursday night. He had moved from the village of Auburn to his farm after his children left home. The motive and assailant are not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Iowa
Otto Whiebeck
Auburn Township
Fayette County
Auburn
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London Times
Rio
Missouri Supreme Court
Kenry Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Colorado Springs
Brandywine Creek
James Whitcomb Riley
Indiana Supreme Court
Public Safety
Clay
Judge
Police
Cop
Mikado
Battleship Fleet
Doctor
Marshal
Carrington, N. D
Waterways
Charlies H. Fowler
Methodist Church
York, N. D
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