Death of Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont
United States Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont died after a brief illness. He was 76 and had served as governor of Vermont and as secretary of war. The Senate adjourned briefly as a mark of respect and a funeral was held in Proctor Union church after arrival of funeral trains from Washington.
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Washington
United States
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Fletcher D. Proctor
Redfield Proctor Jr
Emily D. Proctor
Senator Proctor
Senate
Dillingham
Daniel
Gallinger
Perkins
Taliafero
Overman
Hemenway
House
Tegret
Messrs
Foster and Haskins
Parker
New Jersey
LittleBeld
Maine
Lamb
Virginia
Slayden
Texas
Proctor
Proctorsville
Dartmouth College
Albany Law School
Italy
Harrison
Proctor Union Church
King Leopold Renounces Crown in Congo Annexation Pact
Brussels report says the Congo annexation treaty was sent to parliament and then to committee without debate. Leopold agrees to abandon the crown domain and foundation to Belgium, which will take Congo obligations totaling 21 million dollars and continue the king's Congo revenues during his lifetime. Belgium must honor 1906 concessions to two American firms in which Thomas F. Ryan has interests.
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Brussels
Congo
Scholigert
Leopold
Crown Foundation
Belgium
Thomas FP. Ryan
Foreclosure suits filed over Maine and Metropolitan steam lines
The American Trust Company of Boston filed equity bills in the U S circuit court for foreclosure of mortgages on Consolidated Steam Lines of Maine and Metropolitan Steamship Company. Consolidated Lines faces $60,000,000 in mortgage exposure while Metropolitan is $2,500,000.
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Portland
American Trust Company of
Boston
Consolidated Steam Lines of Maine
Metropolitan Steamship Company
United States Circuit Court
Consolidated Lines of Maine
Metropolitan Company
Receiver named for several Indiana rail ventures in Laporte
In Laporte circuit court Judge C. Richter appointed George F Mull of Indianapolis as receiver for the Chicago New York Electric Air Line company the Co-Operative Construction company and the Goshen South Bend and Chicago Railway company on stockholders application representing 4000 shares.
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Laporte
Ind
C. Richter
Chicago
New York
Electr
E Air Line Company
George F. Mull
Indianapolis
Co-Operative Construction Company
Goshen, South Bend & Chicago Railway Company
Local Musician Montrezza and Son Die After Suicide Pact
Waterbury Connecticut reports known local musician Montrezza Montrezza and his young son William died Friday after taking carbolic acid. A six year old daughter was found nearly dead from the same incident, details say.
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Muaiclana
Waterbury
Conm
Charles Aldrich Dies Curator of Iowa History Dept
Charles Aldrich, founder and longtime head of Iowa's historical department, died in Boone on the 8th. A journalist by training, he built the state’s history program, helped establish the department building, edited the Annals of Iowa, and shaped Iowa’s archival legacy from 1863 onward. Born 1823 in Darlington, New York, he moved to Iowa in 1857.
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State Historical Department
Des Moines
Charles Aldrich
Boone
Historical Department of
Iowa
Aldrich
Ale
Ywnton
Ais Iowa
Annals of
Hawkeye
Mad hogs endanger Boone family in Colfax township
A hydrophobia scare spreads in Colfax township Boone county after a mad dog killed chickens and infected hogs. The hogs were quarantined and the meat condemned after two men examined the herd and a hog died. The dog was shot and the family ate some pork before diagnosis.
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Boones County
Boone
Colfax Township
George Rockwell
Angry shot at crowd prompts county probe in Story County
Jack Arnold of Zearing angered by a McCallsburg Tribune article, fired at a crowd in McCallsburg. He has paid a $50 fine for discharging firearms in city limits and faces a grand jury indictment for assault with intent to commit murder. No one was hit.
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McCallsburg
Boone
Jack Arnold
Zearing
MceCallsburg Tribune
Uready
Grand
Story County
Guy Mills
The
Tribune
Arnold
Mills
Bank Cashier Is Released From Jail on Bonds
Marshalltown banker D. A. Johnson of Green Mountain Savings released on $3,000 bonds signed by A. F. Balch and G. A. Turner of Marshalltown State bank with indemnity from C. F. McGrew of Omaha National. He faced charges of receiving deposits for an insolvent bank and perjury. President MacDiarmid remains jailed.
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Marshalltown
D. A. Johnson
Green Mountain Savings Bank
A. F. Balch
George A. Turner
Marshalltown State Bank
C. F. McGrew
Omaha National Bank
Jonal
Johnson
MacDiarmid
Girl, 11, Attacked and Robbed Near Town River Road
Anna Helman, 11, seized by a rough stranger on a river road near Towa City and robbed of fifty cents. The assailant dragged her toward the woods but she escaped unharmed. Police hunt the robber with no success to date.
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Towa City
Anna Helman
Suspected suicide thwarted by clothing evidence
Alive Ottumwa-Frank DBilachly returned from Des Moines denying self harm after clothes found on the river bank were claimed as stolen. He asserted the garments were placed there to fake a suicide.
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Ottumwa
Frank Dbilachly
Ayer
Des Moines
Woman held for murder in Clinton case
Irene Dolph of Clinton is jailed on murder charges after allegedly telling her mother in Joliet that she killed her husband Fred Dolph. The 17-year-old wife waived examination and is held to the grand jury without bail. her mother, a key witness, is jailed on $1,000 bail as a nonresident witness.
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Goldsmith
Whiting Elevator Burns in Storm Blaze Destroys Grain
The first storm of the season struck Whiting destroying the double elevator of F B Smith and causing about 15000 dollars in losses. Twenty thousand bushels of grain three small buildings and a car of hay were lost. Conductor Charles Siebert halted the St Pauls flyer to warn residents and the engine crew moved ten grain cars from the burning structure. Smith plans immediate rebuilding with insurance covering the loss.
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Whiting
F. B. Smith
Charles Siebert
St. Pauls
Mr. Smith
Mere Boy Kills Self Over Dream to Be Cowboy
Clona McPherson, 16, a Fairfield youth from a prominent family, shot himself on the porch after clashing with parents over staying in school. He had tried to cash a $60 check in his bid to head west and become a cowboy, then sought an evening outing before taking his life.
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Fairfield
Clona McPherson
Collinwood
Hirter
F. F. Whitney
Aldo
Wallace
Cleveland
Ire Department
Collinwood School
Lehigh Man Gets Only 65 for 4000 Ashes Wreck
George Cunningham of Lehigh received 65 from Uncle Sam for a pile of ashes valued at 4000 dollars. Distrustful of banks during a financial flurry he withdrew 4000 and kept it in an old unused store. His wife unknowingly started a fire in the treasure box, destroying it. Cunningham saved the ashes and sought redemption from the Treasury Department.
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Lehigh
George Cunningham
Sam
Cunningham
Cunniheham
Washington
Treasury Department
Davenport Dance Halls Targeted by Permanent Injunctions
Judge Bollinger issues permanent injunctions against eight Davenport dance halls and summer gardens for illegal liquor sales. Saloons may operate only if strictly compliant with Townmu st law. tables and chairs were removed from many Davenport saloons and doors nailed shut after brewers refused delivery to noncompliant establishments.
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Davenport
Bollinger
Civic Federation
Guthrie Center Couple Fined for Foster Child Cruelty
Mr and Mrs J Hanson of Grant township found guilty of cruelty to a foster son. They were fined 50 dollars after the boy was found hiding in a straw stack with extensive bruising. Neighbors alerted authorities and the prosecution built the case.
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Guthrie Center
Falling Derrick Kills Man at Sioux City Brewery
A large derrick falling from the third story of the Inter state brewery crushed and killed engineer Colon who was driving a basement engine. Brickwork torn away as the derrick descended, causing a fatal accident in Sioux City.
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Sioux City
New Interstate Brewery
Colon
Sandburr Causes Death of Boone County Elder
Boone Bernard Brandy aged 97 years 11 months 18 days, oldest Boone County resident and Ireland native, died from gangrene caused by a sandburr wound on a toe. He was father to a large family of sons and heirs.
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Boone
Bernard Brandy
Boone County
Ireland
Bryan Day in Omaha Frames Nebraska Dems Around Bryan
Nebraska Democrats rally around William Jennings Bryan at the state convention in Omaha. Delegates pledged unit support for Bryan at the Denver national convention, with platform endorsing him as the ideal American Democrat and instructing delegates to vote as a unit. Kansas Republicans in Topeka backed Taft. Minnesota Democrats endorsed Gov. John A. Johnson and set a May 14 St. Paul convention to elect national delegates.
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Omaha
Platform Committee
Democratic Party of Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Denver
Kansas
Taft
Topeka
Kan
Chicago
W. H. Taft
Minnesota
Johnson
St. Paul
Minn
Democratic State Committee of
John A. Johnson
Carcern
Frank A. Day
Duma Demands Explanation on 83 Million Dollar Loan
The Russian Duma unanimously adopts an interpellation demanding Finance Minister Kokoysoff explain why the emperor issued an ukase at the end of January authorizing an international loan of 83 million dollars in violation of the fundamental law requiring Duma sanction for budget operations.
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Duma
St. Petersburg
M. ‘Kokoysoff
Italian is Siam murder in Moosup River case in Conn
Dismembered body believed to be Dino Pietro of New York found in the Moosup river Thursday afternoon. Salvatore Capagello, 20, Italian, is under arrest after his wife accused him of involvement.
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Siam
Moosup, Conn
Dino Pietro
New York
Moosup River
Salvatore Capagello
Two Negroes Lynched Near Hawkinsville Georgia
Two named black men Curry Robertson and John Henry were lynched near Hawkinsville Georgia on Thursday and their bodies were burned. They were charged with murdering Mr Warren Hart and Mrs Hart. One suspect confessed that the crime was motivated by robbery.
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Hawkinsville
Curry Robertson
John Henry
Warren Hart
Receiver appointed for Western Maryland railroad in Baltimore
B F Bugh was named receiver for the Western Maryland railroad in Baltimore Maryland and was appointed president of the road late Thursday.
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Renceiver
Eastern Road
Baltimore
B. F. Bugh
Western Maryland Railroad
Mr. Bugh
Tragic Collinwood School Fire Kills 167 Children
Cleveland area mourns as 167 youngsters die in the North Collinwood school fire. Fire drills failed and narrow inward opening hallways trapped students. principal Anna Moran escaped. Coroner and firefighters condemn unsafe exits. hundreds attend many funeral processions.
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Cleveland
North Collinwood
Collinwood
Batymeen
Anna Moran
Burke
O—Collinwood
Lakeview
Fire Threatens Newburg Town in Indiana Losses Reach Fifty Thousand
A Friday fire in Newburg Indiana threatened to wipe out the town and caused about 50,000 in damage covered by insurance. A tobacco warehouse three store buildings and one residence were destroyed.
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Newburg
Ind
Tobcco
Troops Withdraw From Goldfield Riot Duty
United States troops ordered to Goldfield Nevada to quell mining riots three months ago broke camp Saturday and returned to their quarters.
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Goldfield
Washington
United States
Nev
Milk Purity Report Ties Health to Public Welfare
Surgeon General Walter Wyman submitted to Secretary Cortelyou a report on milk quality, based on an investigation ordered by President Roosevelt. Federal experts find much of the nation's milk impure and a public health concern.
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Washington
Walter Wyman
Public Health Service
Cortely
Roosevelt
Army Pay Bill Advances in Senate Approval
The army pay bill passed the senate Friday, granting officers a pay raise from five percent for lieutenant generals to twenty six percent for junior officers. It also sets the average enlisted pay at thirty four percent.
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U. & Boldier Geta
Washington
Senate
Hae Madison Bank Receiver Takes Charge in Madison
J G Hinde appointed by Judge Moore as receiver of Tri City State Bank in Madison Illinois assumes control of bank affairs after two walks ago the bank closed.
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Hae Madison
Madison, Ill
J. G. Hinde
Moore
Tri-City State Bank
Steamer Wrecks Bridge Inflamers Toledo Structure
A steamer named Yumaway broke from moorings on the Maumee river on Friday afternoon, colliding with the city’s bridge between the tearlog out and Span, tearing the end from the structure and sending it into the river. In Nashville, Mrs Harriet Hathaway of Alton died suddenly at a hotel while traveling from Florida.
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Toledo
Maumee
Alton
Nashville
Tenn
Harriet Hathaway
Alton, AL
Florida
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