Nelson plans for Minnesota dinner abandoned
Washington notes that Senator Nelson's proposal to have the Minnesota delegation skip a dinner in his honor for his re election has been dropped. His wife and daughter have spent much of the winter away and he is busy with duties. Roosevelt sent to the Senate a treaty with Santo Domingo to collect island revenues and pay auditors. Revenues partly fund Santo Domingo's debts and the rest covers government expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Senate
Santo Domingo
Notable Deaths Sweep Across US and Abroad
Mrs Lucy Langdell a pioneer woman of Iowa Falls Iowa dies. Senator Howard Robb dies at his Arkansas City home after a protracted illness from malarial fever. Hugh McMillan brother of United States Senator James McMillan dies in Detroit from diabetes. T H Pardo Tavera native Philippine commissioner takes six month leave due to ill health. Sir William Howard Russell editor of the British Army and Navy Gazette dies at eighty six. famed war correspondent who served the London Times at Bull Run.
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Howard Robb
Arkansas City
Ark
Hugh McMillan
United States
James McMillan
Detroit
T. H. Pardo Tavera
Philippine Commission
William Howard Russell
British Army and Navy Gazette
London Times
Battle of
Bull Run
Multiple early 20th century US crime items reported
Police in Kentucky and Indiana report a fatal exchange between officers James Wright and James Barrett after a raid on an alleged gambling resort. A bank safe in Yeddo is blown, nets $1200, and a train hold-up near Terre Haute ends with four burglars captured. Other incidents include a bartender killed in Bellaire, a man acquitted in St Louis, a fatal head injury in Kokomo, a prison ward murder in Moundsville, a double prisoner violence incident involving Lottie Hawkins, and Mrs West facing a possible first degree murder charge over a lethal Baby Jim incident.
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James Wright
James Barrett
Middlesboro
Citizens’ Bank
Yeddo
Ind
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Terre Coma
William Coff
Bellaire
Ohio
C. T. Perham
Belmont County
Warner Townley
Union Station
St .Louis
Townley
Kokomo
Wesley Peters
Lottie Hawkins
Moundsville
W. Va
Ada Cross
District of Columbia
Fred West
The
West
Des Moines
Grand Jury
Accidents and Fires Across States Reported
A roundup of fatal and near fatal incidents includes miner A T Dodrill struck on Rock Island track in Brazil Ohio, a blaze destroying a Allen town Pennsylvania home killing a baker Edwin Radnewer and his four children, and Asa Johns found frozen near Casino Michigan after a snow drift sighting. Chicago Coliseum Annex fire injures five firefighters with $75,000 loss, and a separate Chicago blaze at 185 187 Fifth avenue incurs $85,000 in damage. A Philadelphia woman Lena Smith attacked by a bulldog suffers severe injuries, while a high speed collision near Gates Mills Ohio injures a dozen people. Fort Dodge Iowa resident Laura Endberg dies from burns after gasoline polish explosion on a hot stove.
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Edwin Radnewer
Allentown
Casino
Mich
Asa Johns
Coliseum
Chicago
Lena Smith
Philadelphia
Ohio
Gates Mills
Fifth Avenue
Laura A. Endberg
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Multiple Fatalities From Accidents Across Cities
Reports detail Jer em Hurtan of Butte Montana fatally injured by a fall from a fire escape top land ing. Four killed at a Long Island City rail crossing when a funeral coach was struck by a train. Timothy Harrington perished in a Butte ore mine buried under earth. An earthquake tremor shook the James River area near Rock Castle Virginia. A Los Angeles restaurant gas explosion killed four and injured many, wrecking a two story building.
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Jerem Hurtan
Butte
Mont
Long Island City
Timothy Harrington
Butte, Mont
James River
Chesapeake & Abbie Railroad
Rock Castle
Columbia
Richmond
Los Angeles
Unrest and Policy Shifts Across Nations Highlighted
Reports from several Argentine provinces warn of rising tensions and extraordinary efforts to maintain order. Brazil moves to keep negro sailors off its squadron bound for the United States to prevent incidents. An infernal machine found in Count Witte’s former residence threatened the night’s peace. Charles Tucker and Forwood are jailed two years for conspiring in large scale customs fraud. Holland’s war budget crisis triggers a cabinet crisis as Gen Staal’s abolition of militia long service term fuels resignations.
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Argentina
United States
Count Witte
Charles Tucker
Forwood
Holland States General
Gen. Staal
West Virginia approves 2 cent railroad fare bill
The legislature passes a two cent fare measure with a house vote of 18 to 0 and a publication clause removed pending senate approval for a possible July 4 enactment.
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West Virginia
Frank W. Higgins
Olean
N. Y
Russiaville
Ind
Western Union Telegraph Company
Iowa
House
Senate
Frank
Grimes
Kansas
Barnett & McQueen
Chicago
Grand Trunk Pacific
Port Arthur
Bradville
Snydertown
Romance in a Banana Leads to a Planned Jamaica Marriage
A Handsworth servant girl found a love letter hidden in a banana. The Jamaica planter asked for marriage after sending his address, and two correspondences followed over a year. A former suitor now disrupts the match, leaving the wedding fixed to the old fiancé.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handsworth
London Tribune
Jamaica
Always In Use Ironing Night and Day
A new neighbor asks to borrow flatirons but the red sunbonnet woman explains their irons are always in use. She jokes that ironing prevents Uncle Billy from suffering a toothache and that the family uses irons to ward off stray cats, revealing a lighthearted domestic quip.
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Billy
Mrs Evelyn Thaw Enters On Ordeal
Mrs Evelyn Thaw, newly married to Harry K. Thaw, faces a grim legal and social ordeal as sensational rumors mount around her in this late 19th century case. The public eye searches for truth amid accusations and court action surrounding the couple.
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Evelyn Thaw
Thaw insanity case advances with will evidence
Harry K. Thaw declares he wanted trial through legal means and explains his motive in killing Stanford White. The court hears will and codicil to prove pre murder mental unsoundness and intent to seek redress from White plus support for women victims. Mrs Nesbit Thaw cross examines for credibility and details three dens and the Pie Girl incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mothers and Daughters of America
Providence
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Britton D. Evans
Thaw
White
Anthony Comstock
Harry Thawe
Smoot Denounces Polygamy Defense in Senate
Sen Reed Smoot of Utah argues polygamy is a dead letter among Mormons and asserts no oath or church allegiance interferes with his duties as a senator. He cites the 1890 manifesto ending plural marriages and maintains his one wife stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Reed Smoot
Utah
Smoot
Japanese Training Squadron Arrives in Honolulu
The Japanese training squadron reached Honolulu with Admiral Temika and Rear Admiral Very greeting the crews. A national salute fired as warships entered the harbor, flags adorned the docks, and about five thousand Japanese spectators in holiday dress lined the harbor front for a warm, hearty welcome.
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Honolulu
Temika
Natsussista
Very
Death toll in Mexican mine disaster may reach 100
The Las Esparanza mine explosion in Coahuila state prompted ongoing rescue efforts. By 5:30 p.m. fifty-four bodies were recovered, including thirty Japanese, with eleven more injured three of whom are Japanese. Many workers remain entombed and officials expect 75 to 100 dead. Property loss is heavy.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Associated Press
Las Esperanza
Coahuila
City to Control All Public Utilities in Chicago
Alderman Bernard W. Snow introduces two ordinances to place all public service corporations under municipal control without city ownership. The measures, drawn from the traction settlement ordinance by Special Counsel Walter L. Fisher, envision a board similar to the city traction board overseeing utilities.
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Chicago
Ald
Bernard W. Snow
Walter L. Fisher
Triple Alliance toward a new agreement with Britain and Japan
A St Petersburg dispatch reports newspapers claim the government is nearing an agreement with Great Britain and Japan. The correspondent notes negotiations with both nations have progressed very satisfactorily, though details remain unconfirmed.
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Great Britain
Russia
Japan
London
St. Petersburg
the Times
Exclusion Treaty Negotiated With Japan Admitted
Washington February 21. The state department openly admitted that the United States government is negotiating a treaty with Japan. The agreement would have Japan refuse issuing passports to Japanese laborers seeking to immigrate to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
United States
Mrs Thaw Breaks Down Under Cross Examination
New York February 23 Evelyn Nesbit Thaw broke down on the stand under relentless cross examination by District Attorney Jerome. She admitted continuing relations with Stanford White after the initial encounter, spent nights at Thaw's apartments in 1903, and brief stays in connected rooms at the Grand Hotel. A 1904 Paris letter described her gay life, and prosecutors traced much of her past while her mother’s statements aided the inquiry. Court adjourned until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Jerome
Ltarry K. Thaw
Evelyn
Nesbit
Stanford White
White
Thaw
Europe
Grand Hotel
Paris
Daring daytime robbery shocks Minneapolis home
Mrs. A L Pipes, housekeeper for H B Walker, was drugged and robbed in broad daylight. Two maskless thieves escaped with $30 and a gold watch. Police have no clues. Mrs Pipes is not in danger. The incident is tied to a dog muzzling order that kept Walker's bull dog from intervening.
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Minneapolis
A. L. Pipes
H. B. Walker
Walker
Haynes
Shea Is Not Guilty In Teamsters Conspiracy Trial
President Corne lus P. Shea of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and his fellow defendants were found not guilty by a jury in Chicago criminal court after a trial concerning a conspiracy during the teamsters strike against department stores two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cornelus P. Shea
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Teamsters
Bookkeeper Arrested in Knoxville After Vestal Death
In Knoxville Tennessee on February 23 W S Bryant Vestal's bookkeeper was arrested on a train with Mrs Vestal the widow. He faces murder charges as a sequel to the alleged accidental killing of Chalmers Vestal on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Chalmers Vestal
W. S. Bryant
Vestal
Railway Worker Crushed At Milwaukee Shops In Iowa
Albert Zilke, a railway shop employee at Mason City Iowa, was pinned under a tire that slipped from its fastenings while removing wheels from a locomotive. His legs were crushed in the February incident.
Reyburn Elected Philadelphia Mayor Over Potter
Congressman John E. Reyburn won the Philadelphia mayoralty yesterday defeating William Potter the Democratic and City party candidate by about 8500 votes.
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Philadelphia
John E. Reyburn
William Potter
Wreck Fatal to Five Near Ypsilanti
Detroit reporters recount a fatal wreck when the fast American Express on the Michigan Central collided with an ice train two miles west of Ypsilanti. Five trainmen died, with two others injured one dying en route to hospital.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan Central Railroad
Ypsilanti
Railroad Worker Struck By Switch Engine Injured
Minot North Dakota February 28 A Johnson railroad employee was hit by a switch engine. He was badly mangled and though believed alive cannot recover.
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Minot
N. D
Johnson
Frost Dispute Over Marilao River Feat Rift in Evanston Race
Col. Albert S. Frost disputed claims that Gen. Frederick Funston earned the glory for the Marilao river crossing. South Dakota veterans insist Frost and his First South Dakota volunteers swam the river and stormed the defenses, while Funston and the Twentieth Kansas are credited in history. Frost says his regiment crossed the next day, not during the fight.
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Chicago
Albert S. Frost
Evanston
South Dakota
Frederick Funston
Kansas
Marilao River
Funston
South Dakota Regiment
Kansas Jayhawkers
Pamston
Democrats protest in House over Sundry Civil bill provisions
In Washington on February 22 Democrats objected to sundry civil bill provisions, forcing 160 members to sustain a quorum in committees of the whole. The House passed several bills including one enlarging the act relating to shanghaiing, while the Senate completed reading the agricultural bill after lengthy debate on forestry and grazing land provisions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Grand Jury Presents $8 Purse to Boys in Jail
Le Sueur Minn Feb 23 Two boys held on attempted burglary charges at Bettis office near the Omaha depot in St Peter were bound over to the grand jury. The jury found no indictment and learned the youths had no money. They assembled an $8 purse and gave it to the pair.
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le Sueur County
Grand Jury
le Sueur
Minn
Bettis
Omaha
St. Peter
Grand
Japanese Emigration Restrictions Protest Appeal
The Japanese office in San Francisco cabled a strong appeal to Tokio urging government support for their cause. They warn that continuing emigration limits may lead to the extinction of Japanese residents in San Francisco.
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Frisco
Mikado
Tokio
San Francisco
Surgeon’s self-inflicted death ends probe in New Mexico
In Datil New Mexico Dr Sherwood V Ives of New York who had accidentally shot himself exhausted his opiate supply and used the long needle he had been probing with to strike a vital organ, dying almost instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Sherwood V. Ives
New York
Datil
Colfax Man Dies by Self-Requested Poisoning
Colfax Iowa Feb 23 C A Brown commits death by own action by taking carbolic acid He had been married to his cousin Preston's daughter and a divorce was recently decreed.
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Levorced
Colfax
Iowa
C. A. Brown
Preston
Man Fatally Shot While Attempting Burglary in Butte
Fred Elgin was probably fatally shot in Butte Montana while attempting to break into what he believed was his lodging house, the Dolman residence. The incident occurred February 23 as he confused the Dolman home with his own.
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Butte
Mont
Fred Elgin
Carl Dolman
Livery Barn in Ruins After Fast Fire
An overheated stove in the office of A. S. Guthrie's livery barn in Pierre South Dakota caused a blaze that destroyed the structure. The Feb 23 incident left the building a total loss with efforts focusing on containment and assessment.
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Pierre
S. D
A. S. Guthrie
Reports deny assassination of czar and empress
In St Petersburg on February 23 reports abroad claimed the emperor and empress were assassinated. The authorities state the reports are utterly and absolutely without foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Driver fatally hurt in wagon accident at Deadwood
Fatally hurt by being run over by a wagon load of beer in Deadwood on February 23. Charles Modine, a driver for a brewing company, likely died from the injuries.
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Deadwood
S. D
Charles Modine
Hunter Fatally Shot on Iowa Farm
Martin Martinsen, age unknown, was fatally shot on a farm near Extra Iowa while hunting with his uncle on February 23. Police report the gun discharged accidentally as the two men hunted.
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Hunter
Extra
Iowa
Martin Martinsen
Here
Frozen man loses fingers in Minnesota
Bovey Minnesota February 23 Francis Kelly was severely frozen yesterday and all of his fingers had to be amputated.
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Bovey, Minn
Francis Kelly
Beast Raids Farms in Minnesota Kills Sheep
Beasts reported prowling farms near Lamberton Minnesota on February 23 kill several sheep alarming farmers. Local residents seek guidance as authorities investigate the predator activity.
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Lamberton, Minn
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Choteau, Teton CO. Mont
Lucy Langdell
Iowa Falls
A. T. Dodrill
Brazil
Rock Island
Sen. Smoot
Triple Alliance
Mrs. Thaw
Son Cheek AS
MR. Jerome
Shea
Frost
Mariloa River
Congress
Czar
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