Washington Notes of the Week: Postal Accord and Harbors
Washington notes report a parcels post agreement with the Netherlands, Governor Matra readying Manila departure, Roosevelt backed tenement reform campaign, Wells harbor plan for Honolulu approved, $400000 set for bids, and Gov Crawford land patent cases canceled with Justice Department to decide further action.
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George Carry
Samatra
Philippine Islands
New Mexico
Manila
United States
Roosevelt
Washington
District of Columbia
O. T. Wells
Honolulu
War Department
General Land Office
Ballinger
Gov. Crawford
South Dakota
Land Department
Department of Justice
Notable Obituaries in Brief From North American Press
Thomas W. Lawson received in private audience by the pope. George B. Butler a portrait painter died near Croton Falls at seventy. Charles E. Turner former U S consul at Ottawa died in Toronto of pneumonia. Max Francis Klepper artist director died at Flatbush animal painter of note. John I. Platt editor of the Poughkeepsie Eagle died of pneumonia. George W. Shephard weighing 535 pounds died in Jacksonville of paralysis at fifty one. Gen Joseph K. Hudson died at Topeka of heart failure. he led The Topeka Capital publishers and political force since 1879.
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Thomas W. Lawson
George B. Butler
N. A
Croton Falls
N. Y
Charles E. Turner
United States
Ottawa
Ont
Toronto
Max Francis Klepper
Flatbush
John I. Platt
Poughkeepsie
Eagle
George W. Shephard
Central States
Jacksonville
Ill
Joseph K. Hudson
Topeka
Kan
Stabbing at Brussels Ends in Murder Playfully Refused Debt
A Brussels case ends with the manager stabbed and killed by an itinerant dealer over a 10 cent gambling debt. the killer escaped. Other items report W D Clark arrested in Honolulu for forgery, a warrant for John Riplinger in Seattle embezzlement, and various crimes including lynching charges in Durant Oklahoma and a 16 year sentence for Frank Carpenter in Montana.
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Brussels
W. D. Clark
Honolulu
Hastings
Neb
Clark
John Riplinger
Seattle
Riplinger
Honduras
Sherif R. F. McCaslan
Greenville
D. C
Joseph Evans
William Parks
National Soldiers’ Home
Washington
James Leslie
Parks
Leslie
Explosion at Modder-Fontein mine kills workers
An explosion at the Modder-Fontein gold mine in the Transvaal killed three white workers and fifteen native miners. Other items note a Siamese king planning a long automobile tour in Europe, rebellion in southern Morocco, a British embassy claim over abducted Abbott child ransom, and Russian socialist movements seeking a Malmo congress.
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Modder-Fontein
Transvaal
Siam
Italy
Germany
Morocco
Constantinople
Porte
Abbott
Salonika
Rumor Denied of Imperial Dispute and Other Allied News
Reports deny rumors of a rift between Emperor William and Chancellor von Buelow. Havana cites a La Lucha piece claiming ex President Palma is gravely ill at his ranch near Gucemo. Paris police chief Lepine becomes Suez Canal director after Casimir-Perier’s death. Cairo and Alexandria populations listed. Egypt total estimated at 12 million. A Russian nihilist, Nadia Baradon, commits suicide in Florence. Prince Fushimi receives royal welcome in London. Von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg’s Washington post becomes permanent counselor of legation.
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William
Prince von Buelow
Havana
la Lucha
Palma
Gucemo
M. Lepine
Paris
Suez Canal Company
M. Casimir-Perier
Cairo
Alexandria
Egypt
Nadia ‘Baradon
Florence
Prince Fushimi
Japan
Victoria Station
London
St. James
Hermann von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg
Washington
Multiple Fatalities Across U.S. Steel Mines and City Fires
A series of deadly incidents claim lives in Michigan Colorado and Iowa including three children burned at Blind River Michigan three men killed in a blast at Dober mine Iron River and a warehouse fire in St. LouisExtent of damage ranges from $50 000 in Cumberland Maryland brick-wall collapses in Chicago and fatal hunting accident in Iowa Other deaths include a theater site wall collapse in Cumberland and a worker falling in Washington DC area buildings With the report noting additional fatalities from a train collision in Alabama and a man killed by a muskrat hunting mishap in Montana local authorities investigated causes and circumstances
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Dominique
Blind River
Mich
United States Steel Corporation
Dober
Iron River
Graham Paper Company
St. Louis
Piedmont
Ala
New Maryland Theater
Cumberland
Chicago
Morley Bros
August Hazeman
Webster City
Iowa
Appeal For Aid And Notable Institutional News
An appeal for aid for starving Russians is issued by Gov. Deneen of Hlinels. Harvard medical school dean William L Richardson resigns. Brewer Co Hawaii declares a 1 million dollar stock dividend. Franco Japanese far east convention negotiations noted. Peter Kremer of Marquette owns Upper Michigan champion cow Bossy with three healthy calves. Barnaby college estate valued at 5 million to Gibbs will. GE reports annual net earnings 8.43 million. gross 60.07 million, up 17 million. Bartholdi to be memorialized at Colmar birthplace. Roosevelt agrees to be honorary president of American School Hygiene association. Fall River textile wages agreed for six months. Hibben donates 1.2 million to Princeton, 600k for labs. Rubber company off consolidation talks with United States Rubber.
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Russia
Deneen
Hlinels
William L. Richardson
Harvard Medical School
Brewer & Co
Hawaii
Far East
Peter Kremer
Marquette, Mich
Upper Michigan
Bossy
Barnaby College
New York
Emily O. Gibbs
General Electric Company
Roosevelt
A. T. Cabot
Boston
American School Hygiene Association
Fall River
Mass
Textile Council
John Grier Hibben
Princeton Alumni Committee of Fifty
Princeton University
International Rubber Company
United States Rubber Company
Birth of Spanish Prince Brings National Joy
News from Madrid reports Queen Victoria and the newborn prince both in good health. King Alfonso orders pardons for thousands of prisoners including eight condemned to death, as dignitaries celebrate the traditional royal birth and succession.
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Madrid
Spain
Victoria
Alfonso
Maura
Alfonzo
Hummel Receives Year in Prison for Conspiracy
Abraham H. Hummel, lawyer, is sentenced to one year in the state prison and a $500 fine after conviction on conspiracy in the Dodge Morris divorce case. The conviction was upheld by the appellate division after an appeal.
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Geta
New York
Abraham H. Hummel
Dodge-Morris
Hummel
New York State Supreme Court
Hearst Wins Again in Title Case Over Mayor McClellan
Albany May 12 court of appeals sustains Attorney General Jackson in the people’s name to question George B McClellan’s title as New York mayor on behalf of William R Hearst. Hearst cause now wins in all courts and the court is unanimous. It is assumed the test of title will proceed on its merits.
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McClellan
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Jackson
George B. McClellan
New York City
William R. Hearst
Hearst
Thieves Steal Suits from Winona Girl in Washington
Miss Ide Pether of Winona Minnesota reported the theft of her suitcase at a leading hotel in Washington. The case was found yesterday at the Pennsylvania Station with others stolen from visitors in the city. Two professional crooks were arrested as they attempted to depart for New York.
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Winona
Washington
Ide Pether
Minn
Pensylvania Station
New York
Jealousy Fueled Fatal Duel in St. Louis Resort
A deadly fight on Lucas avenue in St. Louis between Sadie Speicht and Artie Thomas ended with Speicht stabbed in the neck and dying within an hour. The Thomas woman was arrested as jealousy was cited as the motive.
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St. Louis
Sadie Speicht
Artie Thomas
Lucas Avenue
Speicht
Thomas
Acquittal in Iowa for Neighborhood Shooting
Claus Metzer, on trial in Boone Iowa, was acquitted for shooting Clyde Grant in a quarrel. The defense argued Grant had tormented Metzer endlessly, and Grant recovered from his wounds.
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Boone
Iowa
Claus Metzer
Clyde Grant
Grant
Mountain Lion Haunts Minnesota Farm Stock Again
Lion seen near Lemberton, Minnesota, in May reappears after February sighting. The big cat is again making havoc with farmers stock in the Boarkond area, threatening cattle and poultry as residents report damage and seek control.
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Lemberton
Minn
Relaxation Seen at Boise During Trial Atmosphere
Boise Idaho May 12 There is no noticeable relaxation in the atmosphere amid a tense Boise trial scene. Private detectives flood the city and radical socialist elements attack the proceedings. Courtroom exchanges eased strain with humor and Judge Fremont Wood expects to proceed swiftly with no long adjournment after Monday.
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Boise
Idaho
Talesman
Fremont
Wood
Burned Out Third Time In North Dakota Farmer Loses All
A prairie fire northeast of Gackle North Dakota destroyed Christ Lunds house and granary with seed grain. Lund, in the state two years, has now suffered three total losses to fire. Several other farmers reported significant losses to buildings grain hay and farm implements.
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Gackle
N. D
Here
Christ Lund
Lund
Man Burns From Mistaken Bay Rum Substitute
Robert Rupp of Sidney Iowa is dangerously ill at his home after applying what he believed to be bay rum to his face and hands. The bottle contained pure carbolic acid causing severe burns with uncertain prognosis.
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Sidney
Iowa
Robert Rupps
Burns
Rupp
Temperance Raid Seizes 34 Slot Machines and Liquor
Temperance Commissioner Murray, returning from Dickinson and New Salem, reports raids on blind pigs with action in ten towns. He seized and destroyed thirty four slot machines and found liquor in a hay mow at New Salem.
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Bismarck
Murray
Dickinson
New Salem
New Swalem
Grass Fire Fatality Claims Five Year Old Girl
Estherville Iowa May 12 a farmer A H House loses five year old daughter to a grass fire while she walked toward the field. Her dress caught fire from burning slough grass and she died within hours despite her father's quick attempt to help.
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Estherville
Iowa
A. H. House
Snowstorm Rages in Wyoming Magnitude Unseen
For twenty four days a snow storm has raged in the Southern Wyoming mountains and snow is seven feet deep on a level. Since April 15 the sun has not shown and the storm has not ceased a moment. The temperature has been between zero and ten degrees below. It is the most remarkable storm ever visiting the Wyoming mountains.
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Wyoming
Laramie
Wyo
Wyoming Mountains
Nine Hurt in Collision Near Edwardsville May 12
A work train pulled by an electric locomotive on the McKinley Electric line collided with a through inter urban car yesterday afternoon near Edwardsville injuring nine passengers several seriously.
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Edwardsville
McKinley
Moore Succeeds Allen as Patent Commissioner
Washington May 12 The president appointed Edward B Moore of Michigan to be commissioner of patents succeeding Frederick I Allen who resigned Moore has served as assistant commissioner for several years
Canadian Pastor Appointed Rector Here
Rev. James Ward of Criz 10 Canada is named rector of St James Episcopal Church in Fergus Falls Minnesota to succeed Rev. Carl Reed Taylor who moves to a pastorate in Kansas City Missouri.
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Fergus Falls, M
James Ward
Criz 10
Canada
St. James? Episcopal Church
Carl Reed Taylor
Kansas City
Farmer Goes Insane in Glenwood Wisconsin Story
May 12 a Glenwood Wisconsin farmer Christ Meyer was mentally unbalanced and brought to town by Sheriff Kealy yesterday according to Hudson Wisconsin correspondence.
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Hudson, Wis
Christ Meyer
Glenwood
Kealy
Suspected Train Hold-up Sparks Butte Mob
In Butte Montana on May 12 a patrol driver killed Harry Cole as he tried to escape from police. A mob of about 5000, led by Cole’s brothers, rallied to avenge the death and threatened to assault the police station and jail. Officers restrained the crowd as they seized shotguns from a gun shop.
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Northern Pacific
Welch Spur
Frank Crow
Thomas Sullivan
Cole
George Cole
Deer Lodge
Harry Cole
North Coast
Limited
Jackson
McGarvey
Timothy Cole
Brennan Gone After Wife’s Letter Reverses Murder Claim
Minneapolis May 12. A letter said to be from Mrs. Brennan to James Brennan allegedly shows she loved him and urged a meeting after he was in Stillwater serving a murder sentence. Since then Brennan disappeared and she accuses him of the crime. Attorneys seek more evidence in the shifting case.
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Minneapolis
James Brenan
Stillwater
Gold in the sand sparks New Ulm mining hopes
Gold bearing sand along the Big Cottonwood river in Milford township, five miles southwest of New Ulm, draws mining experts and leads to the sale of Joseph Bier’s 237 acre farm to Fred Kretsch and Hubert Berg for 9100 dollars.
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New Ulm
Milford Township
Joseph Bier
Fred Kretsch
Hubert Berg
Plow accident kills Gottfried Burkhalter in Monroe
Gottfried Burkhalter was fatally shot while plowing near Monroe Wisconsin. A rifle on the plow beam discharged when jolted, severing an artery and causing fatal bleeding.
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Monroe
Wis
Gottfried Burkhalter
Enos and wife Davis celebrate 64 years married
Leon Iowa May 12 Mr and Mrs Enos Davis marked their sixty fourth wedding anniversary at home Telegrams came in from Kansas and many congratulations were received during a day remembered as a pleasant occasion.
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Leon
Iowa
Enos Davis
Kansas
Train Hits Wagon Kill Two In Burlington
Burlington engine strikes a wagon killing Raymond Eklund fourteen and seriously injuring William Huppert. The crash occurred May 2 in Burlington Iowa.
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Bey
Burlington
Iowa
Raymond Eklund
William Huppert
New Campaign Against Ditz
Sheriff Clark in Hayward Wisconsin began summoning a posse of 100 men to capture John Dietz the outlaw of Cameron dam About fifty Hayward citizens including prominent business men already serve as deputy sheriffs and more will be enlisted Plan to meet next Monday and move on Cameron dam Governor Davidson refuses to authorize militia stating Sawyer county resources not exhausted and no action planned yet If the initial attempt fails authorities may be asked for help
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Hayward
Wis
Clark
John Dietz
Cameron Dam
Davidson
Dietz
Sawyer County
Dark horse McGregor rises in Wisconsin senate race
In Madison on May 11, Assemblyman Duncan McGregor of Platteville surged in the Republican senatorial pursuit after Cooper’s withdrawal. He climbed from six votes in caucus to twenty in the sixteenth joint ballot, placing him third behind Stephenson and Hatten. meanwhile Dr. Miller advocated banning cigarette smoking in all public places, with the bill advancing to engrossment.
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Madison
Wis
United States Senate
John C. Spooner
Duncan McGregor
Platteville
McGregor
Cooper
Stephenson
Hatten
Committee On State Affairs
Dr. Miller
Mrs Kaufmann Asks Change of Venue in Slay Case
In Sioux Falls South Dakota May 12 the defense for Mrs Emma Kaufmann charged with the murder of her sixteen year old domestic announces plans to move for a change of venue to a different county in the circuit. The request rests on alleged local prejudice preventing a fair trial.
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Sioux Falls
Emma Kaufmann
Head Stops Machinery in Fatal Elevator Accident
In Fort Dodge Iowa on May 12 a worker on the Blardon stucco mill roof found John Pooler dead with his head wedged in an elevator spiral. Officials say the stoppage was caused by the accident but the exact cause remains unknown.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Blardon
John Pooler
Man killed in Wilton coal mine accident in shaft fall
Bismarck North Dakota May 12 Charles McAllister died instantly at the Wilton coal mine when he fell from the coal cage midway up the shaft. He struck his head and skull was crushed in the fatal incident.
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Bismarck
N. D
Charles McAllister
Wilton
Here
Convicted Banker Norton Indicted Again in Bank Failure
Faribault Minn May 12 The grand jury returned four indictments against A W Norton of Northfield for his role in the Nortrand bank collapse Norton is serving a term at Stillwater after being sent up in November last
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Faribault, Minn
A. W. Norton
Northfield
Nortrand Bank
Norton
Stillwater
Fined for Violating Sunday Law in Vergas
Fergus Falls Minnesota May 12 John Brubn and Arthur Fankhanel saloonkeepers pleaded guilty in district court to keeping open on Sunday and paid fines of 60 dollars each. The lid will be kept on Vergas hereafter.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
John Brubn
Arthur Fankhanel
Longest Woman in Iowa Dies at 108 in Confidence
Corydon Iowa May 12 Mrs Charles Fountain reportedly Iowa's oldest woman dies at home in Confidence aged 108 authorities say her death ends a long life in the community across decades.
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Corydon
Iowa
Charles Fountain
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Charles J. Glers
Adjutant General’s Office
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Charlotte
McKim
Honora McKnight
Marshalltown
Lil
Frederick Auguste Bartholdi
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Ditz
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