Woman Tries to Kill Herself in South Boston Home
Agnes Zoba 36 of 182 Athens St South Boston attempted suicide by swallowing one ounce of chloroform. Found unconscious by her husband with a rosary and crucifix, notes in Lithuanian and English, police and Dr Keenan responding. She is at City Hospital awaiting recovery. The couple recently moved from Buckley Washington two months ago.
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Agnes Zoba
Athens Street
Boston
City Hospital
Zoba
Buckley
Washington
Herbert J. Keenan
Engineer Dead in Wreck near Avon Indiana
Danville Indiana March 22 Passenger train No 11 of the Big Four on the St. Louis division left the tracks near Avon. Engineer Gregory was crushed and died. Seven passengers were injured none fatally. Three coaches fell down a 20 foot embankment as a gravel pile used for a new switch caused the derailment.
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Danville
Ind
St. Louis
Big Four Railroad
Indianapolis
Avon
Gregory
Prisoner Attacks Sheriff With Wooden Leg
Sheriff Serven of Rockland county jail is home with contusions after a disorderly prisoner Mary Leveny used a wooden leg in a hallway assault. The attack left the sheriff struck on the elbow and toppled. a keeper aided his escape. Leveny had threatened violence previously.
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New York
Serven
Rockland County
Mary Leveny
Bodies Removed From City Cemetery After Grave Mixup
In Binghamton New York March 22 workers unsealed a grave thought to be empty and found a roll of carpet containing a skeleton believed buried years ago. The discover prompts questions about records and cemetery practices as crews continue removals.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Old City
Roosevelt May Run Again Says Republic Op Ed
The Republic predicts that if a unanimous nomination for Theodore Roosevelt arises, he would accept a third term. It names Senator W Murray Crane, Governor Alton B. Parker, and Speaker Cannon as looming contenders. A legislative poll shows strong support for Roosevelt, with a convention vote likely to favor him, though 1908 outcomes remain uncertain. The piece condemns Harriman’s railroad methods.
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the Republic
Roosevelt
W. Murray Crane
Hughes
New York
Joe’ Cannon
National House
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Harriman
Death of Brookline dressmaker Weigand ruled accidental fall
The body of Mrs. Theodora Weigand, a Brookline dressmaker, remains unclaimed after she died Thursday night by a fall from her second story Davis avenue home. Police and Medical Examiner Cutts believe she fell while opening blinds, not by her own action, and awaiting word from friends in Chicago who brought her to town.
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Theodora Weigand
Brookline
Davis Avenue
Chicago
Cutts
J. F. Potter
Sargent Goes to Galveston and New Orleans for Immigration Study
Washington, March 22. Frank P. Sargent, commissioner-general of immigration, travels to Galveston Texas and New Orleans to investigate immigration along the Mexican border and in the South. In Galveston he will discuss reducing immigrant smuggling with officials. in New Orleans he will address housing for detainees held for deportation or medical observation amid complaints about Italian arrivals.
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Washington
Frank P. Sargent
Galveston
Tex
New Orleans
Sargent
Death by own action days shock readers across cities
In New York on March 22 eminent psychology writers note so called suicide days. Accounts from Norwalk Ida Cooper homesick, New Orleans Frank McKinster in race losses, Worcester John Kaplanes brain trouble, Catskill Hiram Goff poison, California Carl Rynald Philippine hero, New York Clara Steinman fifth gas inhalation, Boston Mrs Lamson hotel toilet room.
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New York
Norwalk
Ida
A. Cooper
New Orleans
Frank McKinster
Worcester
Mass
John Kaplanes
Hiram Goff
Catskill
N. Y
Lawshee Sworn as Third Assistant Postmaster General
Washington March 22 A L Lawshee of Indiana formerly auditor for the Post Office Department and later for Cuba and the Philippine Islands was sworn in today as third assistant postmaster general in succession to Edwin C Madden who resigned.
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Washington
A. L. Lawshee
Indiana
Post Office Department
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Edwin C. Madden
Neustria Arrives After Cyclone Ravages Crew
The French steamer Neustria, Captain Thiamin, from New York, arrived at Marseilles today with serious cyclone damage. The voyage lasted three days and the captain and several crew members were severely hurt during the storm.
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Marseilles
Thiamin
New York
Soldiers Tortured in African Battalions Debates
Paris deputies devote the entire session to alleged atrocities in Africa where soldiers in disciplinary battalions reportedly suffer mutilation and death. Pascal Coccaldi and allies press for a commission of inquiry to ease public anxiety. War Minister Picquart calls Africa reports exaggerated and cites unreliable sources.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Africa
Pascal Coccaldi
Picquart
City Laborers to be Paid $2.25 Daily
City council committee on appropriations voted to notify department heads to submit estimates funding a $2.25 per day wage for city laborers. Dr. Samuel H. Durgin, Board of Health chair, sought a $30,000追加 appropriation for scarlet fever epidemic costs. A further committee meeting is set for next Thursday to finalize the budget.
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Samuel H. Durgin
Board of Health
National Metal Trades Association Calls for Roosevelt Support
The ninth annual convention at Hotel Brunswick closed with President James W. Van Cleave urging employers to back President Roosevelt's plan using the $40,000 Nobel Peace Prize to prevent strikes. Morning papers covered insurance, industrial education, and benefits of organization.
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National Metal Trades Association
Brunswick
James W. van Cleave
St. Louis
Roosevelt
William C.lovering
Contractors’ Mutual Liability Insurance Association
Samuel F. Hubbard
A. J. Allen
Association
Revolt grows in Roumania spreads across Moldavia
Vienna dispatch reports peasants in Roumania widening unrest across Moldavia. Dorogoi sacked and burned. at Cucuteni fight between Hungarians and Roumanians leaves four Hungarians dead and 30 wounded. Beigestic col lision with troops kills fourteen peasants. Suli¢ce destroyed. fate of inhabitants unknown. unrest mainly agrarian against large farming trusts.
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Vienna
Roumania
Dorogoi
Cucuteni
Beigestic
Suli¢ce
Moldavia
Great Farming Trust
Shooting of Russian officials continues in Astrakhan market
In Astrakhan at noon Pris on Warden Przybylovsky was shot dead in the bazaar. A police captain who rushed to the scene to investigate was killed. No arrests yet. In Ku tais Russia police captain Kipanidzo shot dead in streets that night.
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Astrakhan
Russia
Przybylovsky
Kutais
Kipanidzo
Vast profit on Capitol work in Harrisburg case
Harrisburg reports a Capitol Commission hearing reveals contractor John H. Sanderson of Philadelphia earned extraordinary profits on the state capitol project. Testimony shows one instance of profits reaching 4505 percent, highlighting alleged overcharges and concerns about contracting practices.
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Capitol
Harrisburg
Penn
John H. Sanderson
Philadelphia
Balloon target practice near Danzig in March
The coast battery will begin shooting balloons within a day or two near Danzig, West Prussia. High ranking artillery officers from Berlin have arrived to observe, testing firing on both free and captive balloons. Captive balloons will be towed by fast ships, attached by 1000 yard cables, nine miles offshore.
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Danzig
West Prussia
Berlin
All Are Loyal to Parkhurst Chief Says City
Mayor Charles A Grimmons and Police Chief Parkhurst dismissed a recent paper story as false. The department is disciplined and loyal, and the mayor will not remove the chief. Police members deny demoralization and claim the Monday meeting was an outside affair.
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Charles A. Grimmons
Somerville
Parkhurst
Grimmons
Post
Police Relief Association
Little Rock Waiter Charged With Theft
Inspector Shields and Officer Murphy yesterday afternoon brought from Portland Maine Howard Clayton alias Hudson W Murray 34 a waiter of Little Rock Ark charged with larceny of two watches valued at 160 dollars
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Inspector Shields
Officer Murphy
Portland
Howard Clayton
Hudson W. Murray
Little Rock
Ark
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THAW
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Springfield Sts
Weigand
Edison Company
Greater Boston
Central
Seaboard States
Edison Light
Edison Electric Illuminating Company
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Oxford
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