Washington Notes and Legislative Snapshots
In Washington a House vote of 187 to 42 sent the naval appropriation bill with Senate amendments to conference. The population is 400,603 with 241,920 whites and 97,482 colored. A May 5 postal reform meeting is planned under the Postal Progressive league. A bill to permit gold bar exchange by syndicates for gold is approved, removing the $5,000 limit. Rep Smith of Michigan Nesin seeks inquiry into wages and conditions at Western Union and Postal Telegraph.
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House
Senate
Aut
Washington
Trevre
Postal Progressive League
Censte
Smith
Michigan
Nesin
Tecretary of Commerce and Labor
Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies
Notable Moves and Obituaries in Brief
Rev Edwin A Sehnell of La Porte La Jahe named president of Iowa Wellesan university at Mount Pleasant Iowa and accepted post Brig Gen Alfred J Hough retired died at his Princeton NJ home aged eighty two He served with distinction in Civil War Arthur B Gorman Jr launches senate campaign at Efficott dinner Trinity church rector Merson Dix New York dies of heart failure Lucy Lee Call of New York offered five year Royal Dresden opera engagement Gen Frederick Funston to assume duties at Fort Leavenworth in August succeeding Gen C B Hall after retirement
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Alfred J. Hough
Princeton
N. J
Act
Hough
Arthur B. Gorman, Jr
United States Senate
Isador Rayner
Efficott
Merson Dix
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
New York
Lucy Lee Call
Graf von Seehich
Royal Dresden Opera House
Shiger
Call
Florida
Frederick Funston
Fort Leavenworth
Bell
Funston
C. B. Hall
Accidental Happenings Across Several States
A string of tragic accidents and disasters reported last week includes lightning fatalities near Huntington West Virginia killing Robert Harrison and his six year old son Thomas, severe storms with damage in Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware, a Chicago tunnel death of Frank Dunhan, a near fatal mastiff attack on Dorothy Lee of Afton Iowa, a sow attack injuring Bessie Graham, two barns burned by night riders in Kentucky on Fred Peels and J D Rosy mond farms, a Helena Montana engineer Maurice Be Ham an drowned in the Missouri River after a fall from Hauser Lake dam, and a dynamite explosion in Midland Michigan that fatally injures a wife and seven year old daughter.
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Frank Dunhan
Winds Tunnel Company
Post Ofice
Chicago
Dorothy Lee
Afton
Iowa
Bessie Graham
Maysilek
Fred Peels
J. D. Rosymond
Maurice BE
Haman
Helena
Mont
Helena Power Transmission Company
Hauser Lake
Missouri River
Charles Harness
Midland
Mich
Tragedies and Crimes Across Midwest and Illinois
A fatal stabbing in Chicago ends when Antonio Fink kills Parnell Crzesnelski during a trivial quarrel and is arrested. Harry Rouse, former escapee, found near Center Point Iowa. Seventeen year old Henry H Lebarron of Salem Massachusetts shoots wife and dies by suicide after marriage in February. Five burglars damage the Mecosta Michigan bank, causing about four thousand dollars in losses.
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Parnell Crzesnelski
Chicago
Antonio Fink
Fink
Harry Rouse
Blair
Vinton
Iowa
Center Point
Henry H. Lebarron
Salem
Mass
Bank of B. §.Henry & Co
Mecosta
Mich
Big
Multiple suicides and a homicide shock three cities
Annie Griffith was shot by boarder Frank McIntyre in Baltimore. McIntyre surrendered without giving motive. Eugene Muncell, a New York manufacturer, killed himself from a seventh-story window amid financial worries. Will iam Metz, aged seventy, hanged himself at the Quincy mine in Calumet Michigan after forty years of service. A. H. James, a wealthy East Bethel Montana rancher, shot himself in the head after writing a note to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Griffith
Frank McIntyre
Griffith
Baltimore
McIntyre
Eugene Muncell
van Pyck
New York
William Metz
Quincy
Calumet
Mich
A. H. James
East Bette. Mont
Global unrest and church diplomatic moves reported in Europe
Berlin notes preliminary steps toward a US patent accord. A Vatican meeting orders a new archbishop for Mexico. Prince de Chimay seeks an annulment from the Vatican. China plans three naval squadrons. Persian frontier fighting reports Kurdish raids and village massacres. London learns mail thefts in New York worth 500000 dollars. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman buried in Westminster Abbey. Ecuadorian cruiser Catapaxt arrives with Cacique crew after fire. Jean Reid announces engagement to John Ward. Ivy Wells poisoned mince pie in Mason City. Buenos Aires reports a Santiago province revolution and governor De Estar undergoes deposition. Fighting injures and deaths accompany the coup.
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Berlin
United States
Mexico City
Pius
Miaxico
Prince de Chimay
Vatican
Clara Ward
Mme
Rigo
Ricciardi
Chinese Board of War
London
New York
Church of England
Westminster Abbey
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Great Britain
Catapaxt
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Santa Elena Point
Vanderbilt Cup race slated for this fall
Vanderbilt cup commissioner PD Thompson announced a race will be held this fall though the location was not specified. A broad iron ore discovery 100 miles west of Port Arthur along the Canadian Northern line uncovered a hematite bed twelve miles long and two miles wide.
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Cuba
Western Passenger Association
PD. Thompson
Port Arthur
Isthaiian Canal Commission
Gorgas
Body of Man Found After Prairie Gunfight
In Warren Minnesota on May 3 two more men were arrested in the Stephen bank robbery case. A nude body, shot dead, was found eight miles north of Stephen with garments removed and ashes nearby, possibly the wounded robber abandoned by accomplices. Emerson Minnesota residents joined a mass manhunt as seven suspects await trial. rewards were offered for capture and conviction.
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Stephen
Emerson, Mun
Nice Duel with Razors Ends With Hospital and Police
In St Paul on May 2 Frank Clark and W Johnson Afro American men fought over a woman. Razors drawn in a house clash left Johnson with scalp wounds and hospitalized. Clark, injured but not dangerous, was held at the station for assault with a dangerous weapon.
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St. Paul
Frank Clark
W. Johnson
Johnson
Clerk
Servian miner shoots woman and wounds man near mine
Melia Zagaly, a Servian miner, shot Mrs. Mike Barcedi, an Italian woman, between town and the coal mine in Lethbridge on May 2. He then cut her throat and attempted suicide by shooting himself three times. Zagaly had boarded with the woman and had money she held for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Works
Lethbridge
Alta
Melia Zagaly
Mike Barcedi
Zagaly
Carleton College defeats Lawrence University in debate
Northfield Minnesota May 3 Carleton College debaters win the local contest against Lawrence University Appleton Wisconsin in a unanimous decision held at the Congregational church last night.
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Northfiel
Minn
Carleton College
Lawrence University
Appleton
Wis
Carleton
Brutal murderers hanged in Lexington Island execution
Ned and Frank Tolan two young Black men were hanged at Lexington Island for the murder of Mrs Eliicon at Day Two Lexington County. The killers beat and struck the elderly woman with an ax in a brutal assault. The case also involved Mrs Wilson.
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Columbia
U S. C
Ned
Frank Tolan
Paul Eliicon
Lexington County
Lexington Isl
Wilson
Tolan
Frost Hits Montgomery In May Damage Report
A heavy frost in Montgomery Minnesota was observed last night. The extent of damage is not yet known but is expected to harm small fruit and garden crops and slow vegetation growth.
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Montgomery
Minn
Eightyearold Sophie Suderman Fatally Hit by Auto
In New Haven on May 2 Sophie Suderman eight was fatally injured when struck by an automobile. The incident occurred near the city streets as she crossed. Police and witnesses are investigating the fatal accident.
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New Haven
Conn
Sophie Suderman
Boilermakers Strike Hits Iowa Central Railroad
Marshalltown Iowa May 3 The boilermakers of the Iowa Central railroad struck over a 5 12 cent wage cut completing a walkout in the mechanical department with 160 men out and 100 strikebreakers in their places.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Iowa Central Railroad
Extension of Commodity Clause Battles in Senate
Washington May 2 The Senate spent two hours on a speech by Senator Jeff Davis Arkansas urging discharge of the judiciary committee from his bill to suppress trusts The remaining time was on Senator Elkins resolution delaying the commodity clause of the Hepburn act until Jan 1 1910 Debates and amendments delayed action to Monday The commodity clause now in effect exposes railroads handling interstate mine or factory goods to 5000 fines per offense The Elkins plan would grant railroads about twenty months to divest joint ownership amid financial strain The House then spent the day passing the sundry civil appropriation bill.
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Washington
Senate
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Committee On the Judiciary
Elkins
Great fleet of battleships visits Monterey Bay
The Atlantic Fleet steamed into Monterey Peninsula marking a naval milestone in a world cruise. Residents celebrated with a holiday as sailors and officers enjoyed a variety of ashore entertainments on the fleet’s first day in port.
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Monterey
Cal
Monterey Peninsula
Pacific
Jewish Publisher Julian Bakk Hangs Self in Moscow Capital
In St. Petersburg on May 3 Julian Bakk a Jewish publisher of the Red hanged himself in his residence bathroom. His losses totaled about 2 900 000 dollars. He was a self made man and a philanthropist who gave large sums to the Jewish cause. The Constitutional Democratic party will collect funds and continue the Rech publication.
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St. Petersburg
Julian Bakk
Willionaire
the Red
M. Bakk
Constitutional Democratice Party
Rech
Burglars Drag Safe From Newark Hotel
Thieves entered the Union Avenue hotel in Urvington Newark New Jersey and carried off a safe weighing ten pounds and containing about $1,000 worth of jewelry and rare coins. They dragged it across the street a distance of 609 feet and blew it open with nitroglycerin before fleeing with the contents.
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Hotel Cru
Newark
N. J
Union Avenue
Urvington
Grain and live stock markets across Minneapolis Chicago and St Paul
Market notes from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee and Sioux City show grain prices for wheat corn and oats with varying grades and dates. Livestock quotes cover cattle hogs sheep and calves with bid ranges and bulk figures across multiple markets.
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St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Italian Shoots Three. East Liverpool Arrest Suspected
Italian youngster Rafael Fracea is accused of shooting three people, two fatally, including his sweetheart. Jealousy cited as motive. Fracea escaped and remains at large in this May 3 report from East Liverpool, Ohio.
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East Liverpool
Oho
Rafael Fracea
Onc
Fracca
Strike Shuts Fourteen Granite Mills in St Cloud
In St Cloud Minnesota on May date a strike has closed fourteen granite mills leaving over 300 men idle. Workers demand wage increases.
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St. Cloud
Minn
Shortages Found in McDermott and Warner Oil Inspectors Records
Public Examiner Anton Schaefer reports added shortages in the accounts of former state oil inspectors John A. McDermott and predecessor F. G. Warner. The totals rise to 10 954.95 for McDermott and 15 536.92 for Warner. Attorney General Young will review with assistant George W. Peterson. Both men were bonded at 5000 dollars.
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McDermott
Warner
Ramsey
Hennepin
St. Louis
W. EB. McEwen
Warvere
Minneapolis
Duluth
Young
George W. Peterson
Young Husband Goes Free in Not Guilty Verdict
Minneapolis May 3 A Griswold jury found William Griswold not guilty of shooting six year old Bennie Varratil after a trial in Judge David F Simpson's court. The bride wept with joy and embraced her husband as news broke, ending a honeymoon interrupted by the arrest.
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Griswold
Minneapolis
William Griswold
Bennie Varratil
David F. Simpson
Death of H F Bellows in box car accident at rail yard
In Devils Lake New Jersey on May 3 H F Bellows a 36 year old stockman from Cando was fatally injured when a Great Northern switch engine struck a standing box car causing its door to shut on him. He died four hours after being admitted to hospital leaving a wife and two children.
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Devils Lake
N. J
H. F. Bellows
Cando
Great Northern
Murder Probe Ties Woman to Colorado Garden of the Gods
Winnipeg reports Mrs. P. J. W. Adams wife of the Seventh Day Adventists of Western Canada is believed murdered for money. She vanished February 5 after leaving Boulder California and stopped briefly at the Garden of the Gods before disappearance.
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Winnipeg
P. J. W. Adams
Seventh Day Adventists of
Western Canada
Garden of the Gods
Colorado
Boulder
Cole
Fornia
Sawmill Opens to Cut Deadhead Logs in Wisconsin
Couderay Wisconsin May 5 A O Nudstads large hardwood sawmill began operations in the La Court Oreilles Indian reservation near here. The season will run about six weeks and cut roughly 1 000 000 feet all from deadhead logs that had rested at the dam bottom for years.
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Couderay
Wis
A. O. Nustad
la Court Oreilles Indian Reservation
Here
Woman Sues for Treasure After Gold Found on Farm
Louis Hoffman unearthed a pot of gold valued at $20,000 while plowing a New London area farm. He had just bought the farm from Mrs. John E. Small, who yesterday filed suit to recover the gold, claiming she sold only the land.
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Appleton
Wis
New London
Louis Hoffman
Hoffman
John
Girl Drinks Lye in Baxter Area Tragedy
Hien Krueger twenty daughter of Henry Krueger a farmer near Baxter attempted suicide by drinking lye. Her health deteriorates and authorities report she cannot recover.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Hien Krueger
Henry Krueger
Baxter
Swedish minister to United States appointed
Stockholm May 5 M Wachmeister consul general at Cairo is named Swedish minister to the United States succeeding Herman de Lagercrantz. The appointment places Wachmeister in Washington D C to lead diplomatic relations between Sweden and the United States.
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Minister Lagercrantz
Stockholm
M. Wachmeister
Cairo
United States
Herman de Lagercrantz
Anxiety Over Grover Cleveland Health Rumors
Reports circulated that former President Grover Cleveland, ill for weeks at a Lakewood New Jersey hotel, has a grave condition with cancer of the stomach. Doctors declined to confirm any diagnosis, saying only the family or physician should disclose such details. Locally, hospital and hotel staff said Cleveland was making satisfactory progress and not facing a serious turn.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Lakewood
N. J
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Cleveland
Joseph D. Bryant
Gleveland
Bryant
United Christian party nominates Turney and Coffin for national race
Rock Island reports the United Christian party held its national convention and nominated Rev. Daniel B. Turney of Decatur for president and L. S. Coffin of Fort Dodge, Iowa, for vice president. Their platform supports the decalogues, the golden rule, and female suffrage.
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United Christian Party
Rock Island
Daniel B. Turney
Decatur, Jr
Coffin
Fort Dange
Iowa
Pioneer Burned to Death in Minnesota Accident
Mrs. Mary E. Ward, an elderly resident of Central Point in Goodhue County, Minnesota, died after her clothing ignited while she attempted to place a kettle on the stove. The incident occurred yesterday in Lake City.
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Mary E. Ward
Goodhue County
Lake City
Minn
Central Point
Locomotive Explodes Near Butte Hurting Several
A Northern Pacific Burlington flyer eastbound passenger train exploded about two miles west of Butte Montana near the union station. Reported casualties include several killed or injured with details unclear. The incident disrupted service for the 11:50 arrival.
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Butte
Moni
Northern Pacific
Burlington Flyer
Union Station
Infants Steal Beer in East Grand Forks Burglary Case
Three boys ages nine eleven and twelve were arrested in East Grand Forks Minnesota on a burglary charge for stealing a car containing wine. They drank much of the beer and summoned others to join the spree. The case is being prosecuted by the Northern Pacific railway.
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East Grand Forks
Minn
Peter Brown
Jake Hauser
Joseph Straka
Theery
Northern Pacific Railway
Saloon license hike eyed to raise city revenue
Dealwort South Carolina May 8 The city council may raise the annual saloon license from 300 to 400 dollars at the next meeting. The move could force out several smaller saloons. Deadwood currently has twenty one saloons, about one per 200 residents.
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Dealwort
S. C
Deadwood
Couple sentenced for resort operation in East Grand Forks
East Grand Forks Minn May 0 Mr and Mrs H T Christianson charged with conducting a dis reputable resort over the saloon of Joe Jarvis on De Mers avenue were sentenced to serve ninety days in the county jail. Four inmates of the resort were fined 25 each.
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East Grand Forks
Minn
H. T. Christianson
Joe Jarvis
de Mers Avenue
Frost Nips Vegetables in Winona Gardens
A severe frost in Winona Minnesota on May 3 damaged early preplant and asparagus and harmed garden truck. Some greens inside were nipped where coverings failed. Strawberry plants largely escaped harm as few were in blossom.
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Winona
Minn
Bissom
Jewelry Robbery At Hurt Store In Tacoma
Three unknown men entered Frank C. Hurt’s jewelry shop in Tacoma Washington yesterday and while attendants were in a back room stole a wallet with diamonds and other precious stones valued at 35000 before escaping.
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Tacoma
Wash
Frank C. Hurt
Harvard Defeats Yale In 20th Annual Debate
New Haven May 3 Harvard defeated Yale to win the twentieth annual debate. Judges included Rev Hex Vandyke of Princeton Dean Charles Franklin Emerson of Dartmouth and Prof. William G Everett of Brown.
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Harvard
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Hex. Vandyke
Princeton
Chars Franklin Emerson
Dartmouth
William G. Everett
Brown
Imperial Prince Kikumaro Yanashimnan Dies at 35
Tokio today announced the death of Imperial Prince Kikumaro Yanashimnan, a 35 year old naval captain. The official notification confirms the royal figure with military ties.
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Tokio
Kikumaro Yanashimnan
Toudlay
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SNC Timber Pioneer
J. T. Lafond
Montana
Washington Notes
Edwin A. Sehnell
la Porte
Robert Harrison
Thomas
Huntington
W. Va
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Sava
Fiji Islands
Bennie Postelnek
Denver
William J. Bryan
Schaefer
Cando Stockman
Garden OF Gods
Fort Dodge
Pioneer
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