Washington Notes On Postoffice and Navy Bills
Appropriations totaling 209 480 561 are in the postoffice bill while current year funds were 191 670 562. A bill designates Sept 23 as Paul Jones day in the navy and requires all U S vessels in ports to dress ship. Senator Hansbrough backs a measure to let small distilleries make denatured alcohol. The omnibus lighthouse bill carries 1 598 500 for the lighthouse service and 195 000 more for keeper dwellings.
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House
United States
Hansbrough
House Committee On
Swindling Suspect Arrests and Notable Sentences Across Cities
E W Emmons faces arrest in Chicago on mining stock swindle charges. Camden Iron Works fined 3000 dollars for rebates on shipments to Winnipeg. Charles McGill of the Ontario bank case pleads guilty and gets five years. William Weis Miller, 19, pleads guilty to second degree murder in St Louis and is sentenced to life. Elkader grand jury returns 49 indictments of saloonkeepers for illegal liquor conduct. Frank Frink shoots Bessie Newton at her Ponca home then fatally wounds himself. Newton was to wed Edward O Donnell the next day.
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E. W. Emmons
Chicago
Camden Iron Works Company
Camden
N. J
Winnipeg
Charles McGill
Ontario Bank
Toronto
William Weismiller
St. Louis
Elkader
Iowa
Clayton County
Frank Frink
Bessie Newton
Ponca
Neb
Notable deaths sweep across nations and eras
A list of prominent figures dies in various cities marking end of eras. Daniel Osiris, benefactor of Malmaison to France, passes in Paris. G J Grammer of New York Central dies in Chicago after weeks of illness. Mrs Drusilla Morrell, widow of War of 1812 veteran, dies in Brooklyn at 102. Others include N Diment in Barrie Ontario, Patrick Crane in Cumberland Maryland, former Gov Preston Leslie in Helena, Brig Gen S B Holabird in Washington, Rev Seymour A Baker in Kansas City, Prof William C Pickett in Philadelphia, and John J H Kelly in Springfield Illinois, all noted for service in military, government, medicine, or religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Osiris
Malmaison
Paris
G. J. Grammer
New York Central
Chicago
Drusilla. Morrell
Brooklyn
N. Diment
Barrie
Ont
Patrick Crane
Maryland
Cumberland
Preston H. Leslie
Helena
Mont
Kentucky
Montana
S. B. Holabird
Washington
Seymour A. Baker
Republican Party
Mote
Kansas City
William C. Pickett
United States
Medico- Chirurgical College of
Philadelphia
Accidental Happenings Hit Multiple Cities in Fires and Accidents
A series of disasters reports fires and accidents across the United States. Ten stores burned in Mound Valley Kansas with losses around 50000. Imperial porcelain works in Trenton New Jersey destroyed with about 100000 damage. An engine explosion in Lexington Kentucky killed a switchman and injured two trainmen fatally. Consular agent Antoine Garbe killed by a fall in Bena Algeria. Wilts Veneer plant in Plymouth North Carolina destroyed with 250000 loss. A dozen New York wholesalers burned out causing about 150000 total. A six story Chicago building housing manufacturers damaged by fire with 150000 losses.
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Imperial Porcelain Works
Trenton
N. J
Lexington
Antoine Felix Garbe
United States
Bena
Algeria
Wilts Veneer Company
Plymouth
N. C
New York
Multiple Unfolding Tragedies Reported In Various States
A Sharon Pa resident dies after shooting his wife during a temporary insanity spell. Easton Pa boiler blast on a Lehigh Valley locomotive kills William Mosher and injures two. The steamer Parker explodes on the Tennessee River near Chattanooga with a captain badly hurt and a missing black man. A Rock Island passenger train derails near Weatherford Okla killing one and fatally injuring another who were seeking a ride. J A Chandler president of Greenville Industrial College for the colored in Greenville Tenn dies accidentally while handling a pistol.
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Hamilton
Wright
Sharon
Lehigh Valley
Easton
William Mosher
Parker
Tennessee River
Chattanooga
Rock Island
Weatherford
Oklo
J. A. Chandler
Greenville Industrial College
Greenville, Tenn
Irish party reelects Dillon as chairman
The Irish parliamentary party unanimously re-elected John Dillon as chairman. A London fire caused damage estimated at 500000 in the most dangerous fire zone. Lady Grenfell died at government house Ottawa. Congo uprising in Manganza district reportedly suppressed. Prince Roland Bonaparte elected to French Academy of Sciences. Prussian state railways to start electric passenger cars from Mayence. Dr Donald McAllister appointed principal of Glasgow University. Anarchist terrorism in Barcelona leads to suspension of jury trials in Catalonia. Theodore Davis claims discovery of Teie tomb and mummy at Thebes Luxor. Gen Barahon captured. rebel bands destroyed. Princess Louise trunks seized in Paris over 15000 jewelers bill.
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Irish Parliamentary Party
John Dillon
London
Lady Grenfell
Lord
Lady Grey
Government House
Ottawa
Ont
Congo
Manganza
Mayence
Donald McAllister
St. John’s College
Cambridge
England
Glasgow University
Barcelona
Catalonia
London Times
Theodore Davis
Thebes
Luxor
Egypt
Teie
Barahon
Louise
Philip
Saxe- Coburg-Gotha
Leopold
Belgium
Paris
Notable figures and events in brief across the era
Frank Gotch defeats Farmer Burns in Birmingham. Tennessee passes a felony bill on horse race betting venues. Gen Booth of the Salvation Army to address Ottawa Canadian club in March. Russian Orthodox intends a new Chicago bishopric. Southern railroad announces a $400000 annual wage rise for conductors and yard workers. Speer anti pass bill defeated in Missouri House for not being drastic enough. Three Brown University graduates promise to address New York Brown club in February. Nebraska forbids hobos on trains. conductors may arrest them. German exports to US rise to 30 million in 1906 from 25 million. New Orleans mint begins Mexican money coinage. five million pieces contracted. La Follette denies daughter engagement report. Cincinnati Zion church votes to sever from Zion City. Henry Bradley, Nashville resident, claims kinship to Dave Crockett. Clear Lake Iowa notes record septuagenarians. 115 over eighty in a sub-1200 population. Diaz vows to visit Los Angeles during Shriners imperial council in May. Shriners prep for Diaz visit. Swift plant in Leon Iowa reports mass poultry fatalities from pneumonia after cold spell. coroner confirms cause.
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United States
Chicago
Southern Railroad
Speer
Missouri House
Brown University
Brown Club of
New York
Nebraska House of Representatives
New Orleans
United States Mint
la Follette
Fola la Follette
Madison
Wis
Cincinnati
Zion
Dowie
Voliva
Zion City
Henry Bradley
Nashville
Tenn
Bradley
Dave Crockett
Hunter and Statesman
Clear Lake
Iowa
Death of Juror's Wife Delays Thaw Case
In New York on February 16 the Thaw White trial halted as Juror No. 11's wife, Mrs. Joseph B. Bolton, died shortly after noon. Judge Fitzgerald adjourned court until Monday and released the jurors. The continuation hinges on Bolton's condition and ability to participate.
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New York
Joseph B. Bolton
Justice Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Bolton
Prosecute Ten R roads For Cattle Transport Violations
The department of justice will sue ten railroads in multiple states for violations of cattle shipment laws. Allegations state cattle were confined on cars without rest, food, or water for up to sixty hours. The government seeks the maximum $500 penalty per violation.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Yale Professor Warns West Indies Earthquake Catastrophe
Prof. Addison Verrill of Yale told the Connecticut Association of Arts and Sciences that Jamaica's recent quakes are minor compared with anticipated catastrophes in the West Indies in coming years. He cited the islands' geological formations as almost certain to produce startling disasters.
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Verrill
Yale
West Indies
New Haven
Four Swedish steamer passengers die from sulphur match fumes
Four first class passengers aboard the Swedish steamship Olof Wijk, arriving from Gottenberg, were found suffocated in their state rooms. The deaths were caused by fumes from sulphur matches stored in the hold beneath their rooms, in Antwerp on February 13.
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Antwerp
Olof Wijk
Gottenberg
Grand Jury Indicts Papers Over Thaw Trial Details
Kentucky county grand jury indicts the Cincinnati Enquirer Louisville Herald Louisville Times and Evening Post for printing and circulating in Lebanon the offensive and indecent proceedings of the Thaw trial. The move targets coverage of the high profile case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Lebanon
Cinenati Enquirer
Louisville Herald
Louisville Times and Evening Post
Clemenceau to Stay Despite Resignation Rumor Denial
Paris reports on February 16 deny rumors that Premier Clemenceau would resign. Officials say he will remain in office, but illness will prevent him from resuming duties until next week.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Anarchists Hunted Across Germany After Leaflet Discovery
Berlin reports the government has ordered searches of the lodgings of all individuals known to hold anarchistic opinions following the discovery of anarchist leaflets printed for army distribution.
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Berlin
Germany
Infant Burned to Death in Mount Vernon Fire
Infant son of Alexander Dale perished when an older child set fire to the crib in which the baby slept in Mount Vernon Illinois on February 16. Fire officials are investigating the incident and the family’s condition.
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Mount Vernon, III
Alexander Dale
Sinking after Collision Off Watch Hill Disaster Claims Many Lives
A collision between the three masted schooner Mary Knowlton and the steamer Larchmont near Watch Hill left about 150 aboard the Providence to New York liner in peril. Forty eight bodies washed ashore and nineteen survivors were rescued from lifeboats amid extreme cold and frost bite as questions arise over fault.
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Providence
Watch Hill
Mary Knowlton
George McVey
Larchmont
Knowlton
Haley
The
Edward Opens Parliament in Solemn Kingston Ceremony
King Edward in person opened the second session of the second parliament amid pomp and cold weather. He read the throne speech in the Lords, thanking the American people and navy for aid after the Kingston disaster and noting possible reforms in Ireland, India, and the army and temperance policies.
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Kingston
London
Edward
House of Lords
House
Abandon Nelson Dinner Plan for Minnesota Delegation
Washington February 14. At Senator Nelson's request the plan to host a dinner for his re election by the Minnesota delegation has been abandoned. Nelson's wife and daughter have spent much of the winter away and he is now rushed with business.
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Nelson
Washington
Senator Nelson
Minnesota
Hydrophobia Death in Minneapolis After Dog Bite
Martin Collyson, 62, of Minneapolis, died at St Marys hospital from rabies six weeks after a facial dog bite. The bite wound initially seemed to heal but a week ago he developed hydrophobia symptoms and died yesterday with convulsions.
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Minneapolis
Martin Collyson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Thaw trial hear Dr Wag ner says act not wronginsane
New York on February eighteenth Thaw trial witness Dr Charles G Wagner superintendent of the state hospital for the insane at Binghamton N Y testified that Harry K Thaw did not know his act was wrong when he shot Stanford White The defense plans to call more alienists the next morning The note from Mrs Thaw to Thaw at Cafe Martin is read dismissing questions about the Pie Girl and other stories from Mrs Thaw
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New York
Thaw
Nesbit Thaw
Charles G. Wagner
State Hospital For the Insane
Binghamton
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Wagner
Jerome
Delmas
New York City
Delphin Delmas
California
Evelyn Nesbit
Europe
Justice Fitzgerald
Britton D. Evans
Morris Plains
N. J
Harry Thaw
Nesbit
Evans
Jr. Evans
Telegraphers Vote on Western Union Strike in Chicago
Chicago February 14 unions telegraphers employed by Western Union will vote next Sunday on striking to enforce their demands. The move follows ongoing negotiations between the union and the company over working conditions and pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Union
Four Victims Drowned As Loup River Flood Spikes
In Columbus Nebraska on February 14 a river ice gorge broke sending floodwaters up more than five feet in an hour. A family of four drowned while trying to reach higher ground.
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Columbus
Neb
Loup River
Minnesota Editors Meet Opens With Bryan Address
At the Minnesota Editorial association forty first annual meeting the Ryan hotel opened with William Jennings Bryan delivering an address on The Country Editor. In the afternoon Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden faced a merciless flaying by the editors over a proposed postal law affecting classification of country newspapers with patent insides.
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St.Paul
Keb
Minnesota Editorial Association
Ryan Hotel
William Jennings Bryan
Madden
Bryan
Jess
Great City Daily
Wrench Injury At Dells Mill Ends Near Tragedy
Edward Smith, a machinist at the Dells Paper and Pulp mill in Eau Claire Wisconsin, narrowly escaped death when a large knife machine started suddenly while he used a wrench to tighten a nut. The blow tore a gash above his temple and struck his skull, leaving him unconscious but he is expected to recover.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Dells Paper and Pulp Company
Edward Smith
Smith
Blizzard Claims Two Families in Sturgis Area
In Sturgis South Dakota two women and a man are reported frozen to death near Selm during a blizzard. Bessie Selm thirty and her twelve year old sister died after being snowbound for six days while forty searchers failed to locate them. Two other homesteaders died nearby at about the same time.
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Sturgis
S. D
Bessie Selm
Selm
Oldest Town Father Welcomes Baby Girl in Albia
Albia Iowa reports its claim of the state’s oldest father as John Hayes aged 87 and his wife welcome a baby girl. The Hayes family lives in the west part of town and the father recently marked his eighty seventh birthday. The mother is much younger.
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Albia
Iowa
John Hayes
Parole Board Grants Four Paroles at February Meeting
Stillwater, Feb. 16 The state board of control met at the prison with all members present to hear twenty two prisoners on parole discharge and complaints. Six petitioners for parole were new. Four paroles and two discharges were granted.
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Stillwater
State Board of Control
Through Connection Established Northern Pacific Great Northern Freight
Seattle dispatch notes that the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads have established through connections with the east. This allows a general movement of freight along their lines through to Chicago, ending a long delay in shipments.
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Great Northern and Northern, Pacific
Seattle
Wash
Northern Pacfic
Great Northern Railroads
East
Chicago
Davis confident bill to raise federal employee wages
Representative Davis believes his proposal to increase wages for federal employees will receive a favorable report after a careful canvass of the appropriations committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee On Appropriations
Davis
Fullerton to Stay as State Fisheries Superintendent
St. Paul February 16 S F Fullerton will remain with the state game and fish commission and be named superintendent of fisheries Carlos Avery of Hutchinson will assume Fullerton’s former duties as executive agent this week.
Daring Jail Break Rocks Des Moines Prison
A daring jail escape occurred in Des Moines early yesterday as three inmates Ferris Richard and Joe McCain escaped using a rope.
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Des Moines
Ferris
Richard
Joe McCain
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Fifth Infantry
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Kan
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French Academy of Sciences
Frank Gotch
Farmer Burns
Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee
Gen. Booth
Salvation Army
Diaz
Mexico
Los Angeles
Imperial Council of the Mystic Shriners
Southern Republic
Swift Poultry
Leon
Bowman
New England
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Joy Line
Learchmont
Block Island Harbor
Harry
TION
Stanford
White
Vee Ls Madden
Baby
Papa
State Prison Board
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