Washington News of the Week Abroad and Domestic Deals
The senate ratifies the Canadian boundary treaty and confirms William B. Wheeler as assistant secretary of commerce and labor. A U S Japan arbitration pact is signed. A 68 million dollar bill seeks to refund cotton taxes from 1864 to 1868. Roosevelt plans a July 16 barbecue at Point of Pines. Henry B Needham named to the Panama Canal commission, replacing Lewis Maimmeriin who declined. The National Press Club opens a new Washington club room. 205 Great Falls firms gain homestead entry rights covering about 18 000 acres tied to the Fort Shaw Sun River irrigation project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
William B. Wheeler
California
Commerce and Labor
United States
Japan
Root
Takahira
House
Roosevelt
Point of Pines
Ngss
Sussex
Middlesex
Norfolk
Plymouth
Henry Beech Needham
Washington
Paname lIabor Commission
Needham
Lewis N. Maimmeriin
Wikesbarre
Nationral Press Plus
Great Falls
Mont
Garfield
Fort Shaw
Sun River Irrigation Project
Notable Obituaries and Appointments Across Nations
Obituary notes include Thomas J Ew…nvan longtime head of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing who died in Washington. Walter L. Wilson retired from the navy for physical disability. Stephen Turr, famed Garibaldian general, dies in Budapest. Fernando Guadialla elected Bolivia president succeeding Ismael Montes whose term ends Aug 14. Tsanc UL Stevens, founder of Lamoille Iowa, dies at Lampfilte. Episcopal bishop Charles N. Brent elected to lead Washington diocese. Dr. Baraduc of Paris linked to occult studies noted. Vatican signals September consistory delayed to align with priesthood jubilee. Maj. O. P. Chaffee dies in Kansas City. Andrew Carnegie pledges $200,000 to Mechanics Traders association. Edwin A. Abbey elected as corresponding member of the Academy of Beaux Arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. EwWnvan
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Walter L. Wilson
Stephen Turr
Budapest
Louis Kossuth
Fernando Guadialla
Bolivia
Senor
Ismael Montes
Tsanc UL. Stevens
Lamoille
Iowa
North-Western Railroad
Lampfilte
Charles N. Brent
Philippines
Henry Y. Satterlee
Baraduc
Paris
Baradue
Vatican
O. P. Chaffee
A. R. Chaffee
U.S. A
Ofos Angeles
Kansas City
Accidental Happenings Across the Nation
Archie Macdonald dies from severe burns after a bush fire in Marquette Michigan. A blaze at the Mentone restaurant in San Francisco destroys fifteen stores, with damages estimated at 100000 dollars. In Missouri two brothers drown while saving their brother in a Quivre river slough. A St Paul contractor’s son, Charles Johnson, 25, dies from a skull fracture after being thrown from a bareback horse in Glendive Montana. Rev. C D Nott of Marshalltown Iowa suffers foot amputation after a press accident endangering his mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mentone
San Francisco
Charles Johnson
St. Paul
Glendive
Mont
Grace Hospital
Fires and Floods Strike Multiple Cities in Offbeat Report
A string of disasters hits North America with fires destroying Jones Moore and J Zock outlets in Toronto for 200000, a Hawaii forest death of Mrs L Snowmiller, a New Orleans bookseller fire causing 400000 in damages, a Houston blaze at Shaw building with 50000 loss, and widespread flooding in Wood River and East Alton. A wild parsnip poisoning at Durant schoolhouse sickens pupils. A severe Southwestern wind hail rain storm floods Evansville, halting streetcars and submerging cellars amid crop damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Jones, & Moore
J. Zock
L. Snowmiller
Lord Roberts
Kona
Hawaii
New Orleans
F. Hansel & Bro
H. H. Stevens & Co
Houston
Tex
Shaw
Houston Hotel
Wood River
East Alton
Chicago & Alton
Big Four
McKinley
Forest City
Durant School House
Indiana
Evansville
Multiple Suicides and Notable Crimes Reported Across Cities
PrisonerFreq Auterburn escapes from Atlantic Iowa jail after locking Jailer La Rue in a cell. Montana Indian police chief Joe Mestes sentenced to ten days in Seattle chain gang for disorderly conduct. Christina Ball shoots hotel clerk Louis Neveau in Montpelier Vermont then kills herself. John Mattes of Decatur Illinois kills himself on a train returning from Danville. James H. Wallick, actor in The Bandit King, commits suicide in Middletown Connecticut. Floyd Fraser to be hanged for Polly Flannery murder in Whiteburg Kentucky on Friday July 3, first county execution. Andrew Gollo dies from drunken quarrel in Princeton Michigan. four others wounded. Suspects Sam Dozi and Andrew Berrando jailed for the murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freq Auterburn
Georgem. Howard
Atlantic
Iowa
la Rue
Joe Mestes
Flathead
John Mattes
Decatur
Jil
Danville
James H. Wallick
Middletown
Conn
Floyd Fraser
Polly Flannery
Whiteburg
Princeton
Mich
Andrew Gollio
Sam Dozi
Andrew Berrando
Goilio
Ingomar Yacht Sold to Daniel R. Hanna of Cleveland
The famous racing yacht Ingomar has been sold to Daniel R. Hanna of Cleveland. The Springheld shops of the Frisco system in Missouri have been reopened and all 2,000 recently laid off employes are back at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingomar
Daniel R. Hanna
Cleveland
Patrick Joyree Sireg
Waterloo
Iowa
Miles City
Mont
Albert Whinery
Marshalltown
Whinery
District Court
Des Moines
Ilush Brennan
Equity
Amos T. Baker
Mattewan State Hospital
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Baker
Matteawan
One More Body Found in Guinness Farm Case
Syracuse police detain a woman aboard a train matching Mrs. Belle Guinness’s description, while Laporte Indiana reports a new body at the Guinness farm. Authorities press on with the Lamphere murder investigation, noting blackmail motives and ongoing excavations drawing crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Syracuse
Here
Belle Guinness
Laporte
Rochester
Guinness
Chicago
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Lamphere
H. F. Worden
John Wheatbrook
Springville
Peter Colson
R. N. Smith
Leo Grening
Emil
Jennie Olsen
Emil Grening
Oklahoma City
Sheriff’s Office
Preacher Leaders Named At Evangelical Association Session
Rev J M Ballinger heads the Evangelical association in St Paul district Preston Minn as the Minnesota conference meets with Bishop W Horn of Cleveland presiding Plankin re elected residing elder stationed Minneapolis Utzinger assigned Manhattan district Baitinger in St Paul district for the annual session May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Ballinger
Evangelical Association
St. Paul
Preston
Minn
Minnesota Conference of the Evangelical Association
W. Horn
Cleveland
H. Planiken
Minneapolis
A. Hl. Utzinger
Mankato
J. M. Baitinger
Woman in fall through cellar door dies in Minnesota
Brainerd Minnesota May 10. Joseph Kiebler Sr., eighty nine, lies near death after a dizzy spell caused a fall through a cellar trap door. She suffered severe cuts and bruises and due to age recovery is not expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainerd
Minn
Joseph Kiebler, Sr
Boy Dies in Barn Fire Near Spencer
George Fate six year old son of Mr and Mrs Grant Fate died in a barn fire that destroyed a neighbor's structure yesterday afternoon. He was playing in the hay when the blaze started accidentally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Iowa
George Fate
Grant Fate
Cremated in a Barn in Glenwood Fire Tragedy
Glenwood Minnesota May 10 P S Sullivan a transient who slept in a barn was burned to death in a fire that consumed the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Minn
P. S. Sullivan
Prince zu Eulenberg placed under arrest in 1920s Berlin
Prince Philip zu Eulenberg was ordered held after two men testified he committed wrongful acts with them twenty five years ago. Crowds in Liebenberg mourned as the prince moved to a hospital by car, suffering pain and given opiates. Bail set at 125000 dollars was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Prince Philip Zu Eulenberg
Prince Zu Eulenberg
Liebenberg
Prince Zu Kaulenberg
Acculesce
Man Arrested in Chicago for Kentucky Duel Murder
Edward Taylor, sought by Eastwood Ky for the Thanksgiving murder of William Figgs, was captured in Chicago. He fired several shots at officers during arrest and claimed he agreed to a duel for his fiancée Miss Marie Delmar, with Figgs killed by the first shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Chicago
Edward Taylor
Eastwood
William Figss
Taylor
Marie Delmar
Fises
Figgs
Boy Fasts at Two Dollars a Day for Three Days
John Gross, son of a Grand Rapids grocery salesman, abstained from food for three days to earn six dollars. He says he is now making up for lost time as his companions view him as a hero for the feat in Wisconsin on May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Wis
John Gross
Will Gross
Johnnie
Lincoln Head as Gift to Congress by Eugene Meyer Jr
The joint committee on the library adopted a resolution accepting a marble head of Abraham Lincoln by Gutzon Borglum and presented by Eugene Meyer Jr of New York. Officials praise it as a wonderful sculpture and exact portraiture in stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Gutzon Borelim
Eugene Meer, Jr
New York
Seek Extradition Papers From State Department
Washington May 10 Sheriff Louis Gonyea of Polk County Minnesota travels to Washington to obtain papers for the extradition of Kop ping charged with forgery in Crookston and now in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louis Gonyea
Polk County
Minnesota
State Department
Kopping
Crookston
Canada
Mixed Midland Market Quotes and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Market listings from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee Sioux City and South St Paul show grain prices for wheat corn and oats along with cattle hogs and sheep quotes. Notable figures include Wheat No 1 Northern at 1.69 to 1.11 in multiple cities and Cattle Beeftes at 4.50 to 7.15 in Chicago and other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
G&s
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Convict Killed by Guard at Fort Ethan Allen
Patrick Rynne, under guard at Fort Ethan Allen, was shot and killed last night as he attempted to break the guard line. Private Thomas Mallory of the Fifteenth Cavalry fired the fatal shot during the escape attempt in Burlington Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Patrick Rynne
Fort
Ethan Allen
Thomas Mallory
Fifteenth Cavalry
Acquitted of Murder in Self-Defense
Fairfax South Dakota May 10 The jury acquitted Gustave Dettman of murdering Taylor a disreputable town figure on grounds of self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
S. D
Gustave Dettman
Taylor
Fire Devastates Atlanta Terminal Hotel District
A blaze starting at 3:30 a.m. gutted two blocks of Atlanta business property, with the Terminal hotel and several nearby buildings reduced to debris. Water pressure was poor, winds drove flames across streets, but all guests escaped as industry and hotel structures burned and collapsed. No lives were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Terminal
Schlessinger- Meyer Baking Company
Madison
Nelson Streets
Terminal Hotel
Cyarbenic Company
Inman Diock
Mitchell
Marion Hotel
Childs Hotel
Postoffice 1B
Southern Suspender Company
Southern Handkerchief Manufactur Company
Georgia Vehicle Company
Piedmont Hat Company
McClure
Railway Employes Form Federation to Press Nine-Hour Day
Winnipeg May 10 a general committee for Canadian Pacific railway mechanics has united several groups into the Federation of Railway Employes representing about 16000 workers from Fort William to St John N B The federation will press for a nine hour day already in use in the West East workers have been on ten hour shifts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway Mechanics
Federation of Railway Employes
Fort Willam
St. John
N. B
Federation
Woodmen Picnic and Homecoming Scheduled for June 2
Spring Valley Minnesota May 10 The Woodmen’s annual picnic of Southern Minnesota will be held here on June 2 in connection with a homecoming for former Spring Valley residents. Fillmore county settlers reunion and Old Settlers and Sailors’ association gathering planned for that day.
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Woodmen’s
Spring Valley
Minn
Woodmen
Minnesota
Fillmore County
Old Settlers and Sailors’ Association
Section Worker Struck and Killed Near De Witt
Clinton Iowa May 10 August Hiffler thirty three a De Witt section hand was struck and instantly killed by a locomotive on the Chicago and North Western tracks near De Witt while working with a section crew he failed to hear the approaching engine. He is survived by a widow and five small children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Iowa
Hiffier
de Witt
Chicago & North-Western
Hiffler
Double murder charged in Oklahoma swamps chase
Muskogee Oklahoma May 10 Orrence Williams and his uncle Manuel Moore named as murder suspects in the killings of Moore s wife and his stepdaughter Williams allegedly captured after a leg wound Moore fled and a mob searches Snake River swamps for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Orrence Williams
Muanal
Moore
Snake River
Williams
Five Men Drowned In Ohio River Accident At East Liverpool
A gasoline launch with nine young men aboard became disabled near East Liverpool Ohio on the Ohio river yesterday morning. It was drawn under by a fleet of empty coal barges and five of the men drowned.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Ohio River
Here
Embankment Break Floods Louisiana Plains
A break in the Texas and Pacific embankment at Bougere Louisiana last night will flood about thousand acres in Concordia Parish. Natchez reports the overflow threatens nearby farms and transportation infrastructure as authorities assess damage and response.
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Natchez
Miss
Texas & Pacific
Bougere
Thousand Acres
Concordia
Northern Pacific to survey 5 million acres in Montana
Helena May 10 The Northern Pacific Railway by depositing 101000 with the United States surveyor general plans surveys on 5,000,000 acres between Billings and the Dakota line. Proposals and contracts will be let this season marking the largest such order.
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Helena
Mont
Northern Pacific Railway Company
United States Surveyor General
Billings
Dakota Line
Howard Eliott
Glendive
Student rioting charge dismissed after damages paid
Fifteen University of Michigan students facing rioting charges had the case dismissed in the Washington circuit court. They reimbursed the county $208.50 for expenses and paid $1,000 to compensate individuals whose property was damaged during the March 16 mob attack on Star theater in Ann Arbor Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Star Theater
Washington Circuit Court
Firebug in Two Hotels Arraigned for Arson
In Flaxton North Carolina May 10 the Pioneer hotel fire followed a previous blaze at the Stevens house. Alfred Gordon, proprietor of the Hostelry, was arrested at Bowhells after fleeing town and will face arson charges in two or three cases. Old attic mattresses were sparked with oil and flames were extinguished after a vigorous effort.
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Flaxton
N. C
Pioneer Hotel
Alfred Gordon
Stevens House
Monsday
Bowhells
Fergus Falls Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Burns
A large frame Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in Fergus Falls was destroyed by a spectacular fire last night. The building sat on a hill and was among the city’s finest, with estimated damage about 8000 dollars, partly insured. The blaze drew a large crowd as residents watched from vantage points. The cause is suspected to have started from a horse or animal related source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist
Fergus Falls
Mina
Grace Methodist Epiocounl
Tragic Death at Tolstoy Gas Claims Wagners Drilling Job
George Wagner, a Lenven, D. well driller working on Tolstoy’s new town well, was overcome by gas while descending the shaft yesterday afternoon. He died after reaching the surface, with recovery taking some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wagner
Tolstoy
Lenven
Miles City Begins New Telephone Line and Post Office Plans
Miles City Montana May 10 construction starts on the Miles City Forsyth telephone line stretching forty four miles. A syndicate led by banker Pierre Wibaux forms to build a new Miles City post office ensuring free city delivery once finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Mont
Miles City-Forsyth
Pierre Wibaux
Plans for Ben Hur Tribe meet in Mason City
Great plans unfold in Mason City for the state meeting of the Tribe of Ben Hur on June 5. Several thousand members are expected and the initiation of a new class of 200 candidates will be a feature of the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Towa
Mason City
Order
Mapleton and Sterling to Hold Annual Old Setters Rally
Mapleton Michigan announces an Old Settlers gathering on June 2 at Mapleton. Rev Theodore Hunt of Riceville Iowa will deliver the address. his father was a pioneer clergyman in Southern Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapleton
Mapleton and
Sterling
Theodore Hunt
Riceville
Iowa
Minnesota
Gambling Indictments Signal Crackdown on Casinos
Watertown May 10 The grand jury has returned four true bills to date, with three kept secret by court order. Indictments are believed against three gambling housekeepers whose establishments were raided in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Beloit Orator Wins Interstate Contest
Albion Michigan May 10 Lloyd David Heth of Beloit College won the interstate oratorical contest last night his oration titled The Empire Builder Seven states were represented including Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
Albion
Mich
Lloyd David Heth
Beloit College
Minnesota
Child Criminally Accounted in Augusta Assault
Augusta Ga May 10 a nine year old girl Luly May Leopard daughter of Mr Dolliver Leopard Langlay Ss C was assaulted late yesterday by an unknown white man and is in a critical condition
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Luly May Leopard
Dolliver Leopard
Langlay
Ss. C
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Mechanics Trademen’s Asoeation of
Andrew Carnegie
Association
Edwin A. Abbey
Societe Des Beaux Arts
Grand Palais
Academie Des Beaux Arts
Roberto Prompitini
Archie Macdonald
Marquette
Benjamin
Joseph Henneys
O'Fallon
Quivre River
C. D. E.nott
Iowa Prohibitionist
Prohibition
Spencer Gardner
Sycamore
Gardner
C. W. Sells
The
Pikes Peak
Utica, N. Y
Murder Farm
Prince
Philip Zu Eulenberg
Lincoln
UNITE
Montana
Fergus Falls Church
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