Washington Notes Roundup of 1908 Legislative Moves
Congressman Hepburn introduces a seed law bill. Senate approves surveys of Blackfeet lands and confirms Richard Ballinger as General L and Commissioner. Roosevelt to speak at Moe Kinley monument dedication in Canton. Plague reported in New Chiang province. Interior withdraws 597,760 acres in Oregon for forests. Fortifications bill passed with 2,041,706 dollar appropriation. Hawaiian fortifications raised to 200,000. Inghressman Murphy bills eight hour rail worker limit. post office clerks seek 150,000 extra funds. McCumber bill creates commission to study federal salaries. Indian appropriation tops 14.6 million with large tribal fund transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hepburn
Senate
Blackfeet Indian
Montana
Richard A. Ballinger
Seattle
General Land Office
Roosevelt
MoeKinley Memorial Monument
Canton
Ohio
State Department
New Chiang
China
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
Oregon
Hewaiian Islands
Ingressman Murphy
Congress
McCumber
House
United States
Notable Obituaries Rise From Across The Nation
A roundup of deaths includes Sir John Lee former New South Wales premier in Sydney H. F. P. Herwig a South reconstruction figure in New Orleans Prof Wilbur S. Jackson University of Chicago education dean in Chicago Walter L. Lane Muscatine Journal publisher in Iowa Dr George B. McElroy Adrian College emeritus professor in Michigan Gen William Shakespeare Civil War veteran editor banker and lawyer died in Kalamazoo Mrs Hattie J. Decatur Chicago descendant of Commodore Decatur died of consumption William Day Decatur County Iowa dropped dead in Icon Jeremiah O Rourke aged 102 in Houghton prominent copper country figure Otis Eddy 102 in Rockford oldest Mason since 1826.
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John Lee
New South Wales
H. FP. Herwig
South
New Orleans
Wilbur S. Jackson
School of Education
University of Chicago
George B. McElroy
Adrian College
Adrian
Mich
William Shakespeare
Kalamazoo
Hattie J. Decatur
Commodore Stephen Decatur
Chicago
William Day
Decatur County
Iowa
Icon
Jeremiah O'Rourke
Houghton
Otis Eddy
Rockford
Ill
Drownings Heat Injuries And Fires Reported Across North America
Victims include Charles and James Harrison who drowned skating at Prairieton Indiana. Fires destroy a St Vincent de Paul hotel and several stores in Quebec with losses near 50000. A Moccasin Gap Virginia blast kills four alien laborers and wounds others. Edward Little killed by shock near Butte Montana while inspecting a mining shaft. Phelps Publishing plant in Springfield Massachusetts destroyed by fire with near 1,000,000 loss. John Wever of Strawberry Point Iowa breaks neck after slipping on ice while unhitching a horse. Ithaca New York fire destroys ten brick buildings at 90000 loss. Cornell students lose belongings. A Lowell Massachusetts four story fire causes one death and narrow escapes. Philip Strobbe of Wauskegan Illinois cracks a rib from sneezing and stays home under doctor care.
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Charles
James Harrison
Prairieton
Ind
St. Vincent de Paul
Quebec
Moccasin Gap
Butte
Mont
Edward Little
Phelps Publishing Company
Springfield
Mass
John Wever
Strawberry Point
Town
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Lowell
Philip Strobbe
Wauskegan, Ill
Fatal poisonings and gas asphyxiation in New York
Three year old Sarah Williams of Anaconda Montana died after drinking carbolic acid. In New York, Jacob Weil and his wife Rosa Weil were found dead in their apartments with gas asphyxiation after the rubber tubing on a stove line was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Williams
William Williams
Anaconda
Mont
Jacob Weil
Rosa Weil
New York
Notable Deaths and Global and Local Affairs in Brief
Obituary notices record J G Patton dying in Canterbury at eighty two and Solomon Tuck dead in New York at seventy nine. A cyclone wrecked the Pilot off Cooktown with seven lives lost. Brisbane reports sixteen bubonic plague cases with seven fatalities. France orders statues for Voltaire and Tosseau. Russia to buy American wheat. Spain to hold elections. Swiss petition calls to end absynthe. Cuban generals Arencibia and Acosta take government posts amid criticism. St Pierre Miquelon sale rumors denied by officials.
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J. G. Patton
Canterbury
Australia
Solomon Tuck
New York
Brisbane
Mm. Bartholome
Segofinn
Voltaire
Tosseau
Pantheon
Russia
Riga
Maura
Switzerland
Federal Council
Arencibia
Baldomero Acosta
Montreal
St. Pierre-Miquelon
Japan
Multiple Disturbing Deaths and Crimes Across The Nation
A series of fatal and criminal incidents are reported: William J. Donahue, a New York legislator, died by his own hand in Brooklyn with no stated cause. In Sioux City, J. M. Brown was swindled out of 3000 by a forged deed. George A. Burnham Jr. has begun a two year term at Sing Sing for larceny from Mutual Reserve Life Insurance. Lou and Grace Bolyard are jailed in Mount Gilead Ohio for murder in Cardington. Twenty six Japanese immigrants were found in a box car near El Paso dodging the head tax. Chris Flynn was found dead with a razor wound in Billings. Quentin Hood of Sault Ste. Marie lies critically stabbed after attempting to mediate a brawl.
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William J. Donahue
New York
Brooklyn
J. M. Brown
Sioux City
George A. Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Sing Sing
Lou Bolyard
Grace Bolyvard
Mount Gillado
Ohio
Charles Westbrook
Cardington
el Paso
Tex
Chris Flynn
Billings
Mont
Quentin Hood
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Hood
Legislature Backs End of Capital Punishment in Kansas
A Kansas Senate and House measure abolishes the death penalty. The bill passes amid debate over criminal justice and state policy.
Blizzard Rips Dakota Railways and Threatens Homesteaders
A brutal blizzard from Wisconsin to Montana halts all trains in North Dakota and Western Minnesota. Fargo reports no arrivals from any direction from 2 AM to 7 PM as snowdrifts and fuel shortages surge. Homes of homesteaders face extreme suffering with numerous deaths feared and relief trains now blocked.
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Air Trafic
North Dakota
Minnesota
Fargo
Jamestown
Northern
Northern Pacific
Blizzard Paralyzes Northwest Rail Lines Amid Deep Freeze
Western Canada endures temperatures plunging to 382 degrees below zero as blizzards threaten the prairies. North Dakota reports the winter’s worst storm forcing trains to halt and seven homesteaders within eight miles of Williston report freezing deaths. In South Dakota, Pierre notes a blizzard that caused exposure and shelter struggles but no known deaths.
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Western Canada
Northwest
North Dakota
Fargo
T. M. Krueger
Williston
South Dakota
Pierre
S. D
Train wreck near Dunnigan claims express messenger life
A Southern Pacific train derailed north of Dunnigan California on February 5 likely due to a broken rail. The express messenger was killed and his assistant injured slightly.
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Woodland
Cal
Southern Pacific
Dunnigan
New Counterfeit $20 Note Sighted in Marietta
Washington Feb 5 Chief Wilkie of the secret service reports a new counterfeit twenty dollar national bank note seen at the Marietta bank in Marietta Indiana Territory.
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Washington
Wilkie
The
Secret Service
Marietta Bank of
Marietta
I. T
Janitor George Harris Found Frozen to Death
In St Paul on February 5 George Harris a colored janitor at a lodging house was found dead from probable heart trouble. The coroner is investigating and the death is treated as natural causes pending further findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
George Harris
Woman and Two Children Die in Freezing Tenement
In Grand Rapids Michigan a woman and two children were found frozen to death yesterday afternoon in an upstairs tenement. A third child in an adjoining room was badly frozen but alive.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Burned to Death by Explosion in Cleveland
John Burke aged 22 was burned to death and Mary Gardner Masterson aged 20 was seriously burned in a gasoline lamp explosion last night in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
John Burke
Mary Gardner Masterson
Jerome grills that witness
A courtroom scene centers on a prosecutor grilling a defense witness as the jury observes closely. The tense exchange tests credibility while the judge maintains control and rules on objections.
Thaw Insanity Defense Faces Jury In White Shooting
New York February trial entry details the defense claim of hereditary insanity for Harry K Thaw after he killed Stanford White on Madison Square Garden roof. Prosecutors challenge the insanity theory and press for a verdict based on act and intent.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Madison Square Garden
Thaw
Stanford White
John, B. Gleason
Harry Thaw
Jeremie
Fireclaims Two in Pelham Stable Blaze
In Pelham New York on February 7 Mrs Richard Vaughn wife of a local saloonkeeper and H M Mitchell a stable hand died in a fire at Vaughn's stable. The Vaughn family lived in rooms above the stable and were among the victims.
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Pelham
N. Y
Richard Vaughn
H. M. Mitchell
Nevada Mines Victory for Joseph de Lamar
Joseph de Lamar won title to Ferguson district mines in Nevada worth millions according to a decision by Superior Judge Seawell. The ruling grants the ownership in the rich mining area reported from San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Ferguson
Nevada
Joseph de Lamar
Seawell
Ryan Stops Dave Barry in Fifth Round at Whittington Club
Tommy Ryan knocked out Dave Barry in the fifth round of a scheduled twenty round bout at the Whittington Athletic club in Hot Springs Arkansas. Barry was outmatched from the start as Ryan dominated all phases of the contest.
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Tommy Ryan
Hot Springs
Ark
Dave Barry
Whittington Athletic Club
Barry
Interior Inspector Targets California Land Frauds
Acting under President Roosevelt, Thomas B. Neuhausen of the interior department and State Mineralogist Lewis B Aubury uncover widespread land frauds across California. The probe, naming 15 to 20 suspects, spans Siskiyou to Death Valley with major offenses in Tuolumne County around the Table Mountain channel where vast gold deposits have been mined.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
Thomas B. Neuhausen
Interior Department
Lewis B
Aubury
California
San Prazcisco
Neuhausen
Washington
Siskiyou County
Death Valley
Tuolumne County
Table Mountain
Panama Construction Company Organized to Dig Canal
New York February 7 John B McDonald the subway builder was elected president of the Panama Construction Company formed under New York law to build the Panama Canal if awarded the contract William J Oliver was named vice president and general manager and is allied with nine leading contractors to share the venture
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Panama Construction Company
New York
John B. McDonald
Panama Canal
William J. Oliver
Oliver
Suit to Stop Bond Issue
Suit filed in the United States circuit court by a Wa bash Railroad bondholder seeks to invalidate a 200 million in 4 percent bonds plus 16.5 million preferred and 16.5 million common stock issued by the company arguing the move violated by laws needing consent of all debenture holders for any exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Wabash Railroad Company
Heyburn Proposes Special Senate Panel to Repeal Northern Pacific Charter
Senator Heyburn filed a resolution in the senate for a five member committee to probe the Northern Pacific railroad reorganization. The panel would determine what title and estates the federal charter, created July 2, 1864, holds and whether Congress should fully repeal the charter if no title exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heyburn
Northern Pacific
Washington
Senate
Northern Pacific Railroad
Congress
Kingston Council Defies Governor Swettenham Backers
Kingston Jamaica February 7 Citizens denounce the council action for unabated confidence in Governor Swettenham after a small meeting. Philip Stern presented the motion, four members voted for it and two against. Indignation grows and a rescission notice is expected soon.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Philip Stern
Legislative Council
Swettenham
Four Die When Freight Train Engine Explodes in Kentucky
Four men die in a wreck at Colby station near Lexington Kentucky when Engine 29 appears to explode on a double header freight. The second engine was blown into a ditch and cars piled along the track. cause of the explosion is not yet known.
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Lexington
Colby Station
Husband's violence sparks police arrest in Winona
Winona Minnesota February 7 William Fischer allegedly caused a rough house at home after knocking his wife down and he went to bed. She then struck him with a club and summoned police leading to his arrest on a peace bond.
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Winona
Minn
Wiliam Fischer
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