Gordon's Farewell Stirred The Senate in 1900s Style
Senator James Gordon of Mississippi delivered a farewell address in the Senate before retiring to make way for Leroy Percy. The veteran, age 76, recounted his life, praised colleagues, and joked about Rockefeller, slavery, and his poetry. He spoke of his Confederate service, the North South divide, and declared pride in his birthplace while seeking unity. Depew and others celebrated his career as colleagues surrounded him.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
James Gordon
Mississippi
Leroy Percy
Mason and Dixon
Sherman
Gordon
Depew
Senator Brown
Brown
Mamma
United States
Arkansas
Davis
Stockefeller
Rockefeller
Blunt
Odntzderatt
Captain Coburn
Ohio
General Shafter
General Shatter
General Forrest
Seybard
Leo
Hall of Fame
Heyburn
Damocles
Mr. Heyburn
Hegianes
General Grant
General Lee
Grant
Lea
Washijfston
Senator Gordon
Mississippan
Wis Former Friend John Barry Shot in Justice Court
John Barry a longtime acquaintance and Democratic figure in Wisconsin was shot and killed by Henry L. Diederichsen who served as clerk in a St. Louis Justice's Court Diederichsen claims self defense The men were friends for years before the fatal confrontation in Missouri
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John Barry
Henry L. Diederichsen
St. Louis
Diederichsen
Barry
Farmers Deposit More Cash in Banks Via Checks in 1909 Report
A National Monetary Commission study shows American farmers increasingly use banks as depositories and rely on checks for payments. Data from five agricultural states Illinois Iowa Kansas Nebraska Texas and cities like Lawrence Fall River Lowell Brockton Paterson indicate checks comprise 46 to 80 percent of deposits. Wage earners payrolls similarly influence check usage in urban deposits.
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Washington
D. C
National Monetary Commission
United States
David Kinley
University of Illinois
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Halneis
North Dakota
South Dakota
Lawrence
Fall River
Lowell
Brockton
Paterson
Liberals Win Vote on Address in Reply to the Throne
The Liberals carried the address in reply to the speech from the throne by forty three votes. The result gives the Cabinet an opportunity to curtail the power of the British House of Lords.
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House of Lords
Stock Exchange Expels Clifford M. Washburn
The New York Stock Exchange expelled floor member Clifford M. Washburn of J. M. Fiske & Co as further punishment in connection with the late Hocking pool.
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Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Clifford M. Washburn
J. M. Fiske & Co
Hocking Pool
City leaders seek minimum Cats kill land condemnation cost
Mayor Gaynor urges cutting condemnation costs to a minimum while New York Republicans propose Hughes as temporary state convention chair and Roosevelt as permanent chair. France threatens Fez with consular withdrawal and Moroccan customs seizure if finances not settled. Public Service Commission orders Interborough to provide seating for all riders. Managua consular body offers help to mediate between Estrada insurgents and Madriz. Labor leaders foresee Lab party dominance for eighteen months.
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Gaynor
New York City
Catskill
Hughes
Roosevelt
New York
France
Morocco
Fez
Public Service Commission
Interborough
Managua
Nicaragua
Estrada
Madriz
Laiberas
Ugland
Labor Party
South Carolina House OKs income tax constitutional amendment
In Columbia the South Carolina House of Representatives approved by 100 to 3 a resolution proposing an income tax amendment to the Federal Constitution.
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South Carolina
House of Representatives
Columbia
Pork Prices Highlight Meats Market Irregularities
In a local market report pork tenderloin is priced at thirty-five cents a pound while lamb chops fetch about a shilling per piece, averaging around fifty cents for two pounds. The note contrasts meat costs and hints at price variability among staples.
Court upholds pooling law change in tobacco case
Frankfort Kentucky appellate court reverses Christian Circuit Court in State versus Hodges and West. Court sustains amendment to Crecelius pooling law prohibiting purchase of pooled tobacco crop and imposes penalties.
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Frankfort
Christian Circuit Court
Thomas Hodges
TR. C. West
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Mother and Babe Die in Cleveland Fire Explosion
In Cleveland a mother Anna Szearba and her newborn perished after a kerosene fire blast used to start a blaze badly injured husband Anthony Szearba who was hospitalized with serious burns. The couple's home was wrecked and they were left homeless.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Anna Szearba
Anthony Szezrba
Wdteless
Psychiatric Institute Report Urges Funds for New Rockland Hospital
A New York State Commission report on insanity notes rising state rates since 1889 with foreign born populations most affected. It cites overcrowding, urban counties like New York County, and calls for $8.42 million next year including $2.386 million for additions. Led by Dr. Adolf Meyer, Ward's Island work shows improved clinical lectures and clearer mental disease analysis aiding recovery.
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Albany
State Commission
Wiish
Allert Warren Ferrin
New York County
Rockland County
Farris
Ward's Island
Adolf Meyer
Safeguards Questioned After Mass Bank Thefts
Boston records show almost two million dollars stolen from town and bank accounts in six months with 600 uncovered inside borders. After $425,000 looted from South Bridge Savings Bank and $160,000 from National City Bank of Cambridge, calls grow for stronger money safeguards. National Bank Examiner Pepper suspended at the Cambridge bank raises doubts about government examination infallibility.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Southbridge Savings Bank
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Han
National Bank
Examiner Pepper
Cambridge Bank
Philippine Tobscco Stamp Change Sought by Dickinson
Secretary Dickinson recommends changing the Philippine Cuba stamp form on cigars to avoid misleading buyers who might think the United States Government certifies quality and purity. Washington cites objections from domestic cigar makers about the stamp’s implication.
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Washington,d. C
Dickinson
Islands
United States
Fatality Among Bathers In New England 1909
Boston bathers faced a deadly season as 604 people drowned in the New England states from May through September, per United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps figures.
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Boston
Mass
New England
United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps
Longtime Christ Church Cathedral organist buried in vestments
John Hite Morton Morris, seventy eight, who sang in one choir for sixty one years, was buried in the vestments he wore during his long service as chief organist at Christ Church Cathedral Episcopal. He belonged to the prominent Morris family of Philadelphia and was America’s oldest Anglican chorister.
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Louisville
John Hite Morton Morris
Ehair
Christ Church Cathedral
Episcopal
America
Morris
Philadelphia
Baron Killings in Austrian Government Duel
Vienna reports two Austrian government officials, Dr Oscar Mayer and Baron Hermann Widerhofer, engaged in a duel. Mayer killed Widerhofer claiming the shot was accidental after his pistol kicked, and Mayer expressed grief over the outcome, saying he aimed at Widerhofer's feet.
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Hermann Widerhofer
Oscar Mayer
Vienna
Austria
Platols
Mayer
Widerhofer
Ga-ron Widerhofer
General Strike Called by Central Labor Union in Philadelphia
The Central Labor Union of Philadelphia announces a general strike to be supported by its 125000 members from 140 unions if the street car war strike is not aroused. Minor disturbances occurred including a box being lied, five injured, two men and four others killed or injured when a car detailed into a cigar stand.
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Philadelphia
Central Labor Union
D Voy
Mystery Nelson past revealed in million estate case
Springfield chronicles disclose that the man known as George D. Nelson was born George Nelson Dunn in Chenango Forks New York. He disappeared in 1860s after butter market ruin, reappeared in Springfield thirty years ago driving two horses for a rail president, later managing Bliss Vinton’s estate and inheriting 600000 from Emma Vinton. The will now faced scrutiny as heirs claimed kinship. attorney says the will stands, minds clear, and bequests made by Nelson without undue influence.
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Springfield
Mass
Iife
George D. Nelson
Nelson
George Nelson Dunn
Chenango Forks
N. Y
Bliss Vinton
Vinton
Emma Goodrich Vinton
Rochester
George G. Dunn
Andrew W. Dunn
William
Fulton
George
Oswego
Nelson ‘Dunn
Greene
Chenango County
Syracuse
New York City
New York
Frank Lb. Carpenter
Sielsens
America a thirsty nation records coffee and spice imports
Washington reports that the United States consumed over a billion pounds of coffee in 1909, with imports valued at $86.9 million and $16 million in other items. Spirits wines and malt reached a peak, with foreign product imports exceeding $26 million.
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Washington, D. C
America
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Bureau of Manufactures Aids Sales Across Seas
Washington reports the Bureau of Manufactures has aided sales worth millions. It receives about a thousand letters monthly from U S businessmen seeking foreign opportunities. The chief testified that Ohio manufacturers sold sixteen carloads to Russia. A Congress member in Alabama sent a donation to Mrs. Thomas Lawson for her son killed in a coasting accident, noting the boy’s reading spurred the gift.
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Bureau of Manufactures
Washington, D. C
Department of the Bureau of Manufactures
Ohio
House Appropriations Committee
Russia
Alabama
Trwin
J.T. Heflin
Alamama
Burgess Cribbs
Thomas Lawson
Alabaman
Wellin
Congress
Field of Sports notes reshuffled players and events
The Harrisburg Club sold fielder Owens to the aigney club. Dupuis Wauseka and Thangeer of the Indian football team are Yom berg of the basketball team. August Belmont has four trainers for thoroughbreds to be cared for in America England and Meance. Eddie Smith life was injured for $10000 with $5000 to each contestant if he dies before the Nelson-Wolgast fight. Jim Flynn defeated Sam Langford in Los Angeles. The National Baseball League fined the Philadelphia Club $250 for forfeiting a game last season. Professor Stagg proposes limited inter scholastic football to two twenty minute halves or four ten minute quarters with five minute intermissions. Honus Wapner has 2331 late drives since starting in the National League.
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Harrisburg
Owens
Aigney
Dupuis
Wauseka
Thangeer
Yomberg
August Belmont
America
England
Meance
Eddie Smith
Smith
Jim Flynn
Sam Langford
Los Angeles
National Baseball League
Philadelphia Club
Stagg
Honus Wapner
Pittsburg Pirates
Mohawk Valley Flood Isolates Herkimer Amid Breakups
Mohawk Valley towns reel from floods as gas is cut off and water covers streets. State and railroad crews use dynamite to clear a jam in Western Canada Creek, while Mayor Grogan closes saloons and seeks state relief. Hudson River floods reach Albany. Geneseo River swells threaten Geneseo area with lowland flooding and train service disruptions.
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Herkimer
Mohawk Valley
Utica
State Department of Public Works
New York Central Railroad
Mohawk
Western Canada Creek
Utica and
Grogan
Hughes
Public Works Department
FE. L. Jackson
Herkimer Business Men's Association
J. S. Cole
Utica Chamber of Commerce
Géneseo
Geneseo
Mount Morris
Cuylerville
Danville
Snow Slide Buries Train at Cascade Summit
Overett Washington. The Great Northern Spokane Express stalled on the Cascade summit for five days was buried by a slide. Twenty bodies were recovered, twenty-five are missing, and fifteen or twenty injured. A relief train could not reach within ten miles. The stalled train lay two miles west of the Cascade tunnel. Superintendent O Neill escaped injury as his private car was buried. Two passengers who walked ten miles after the blockage reported fifty one aboard, including women and children.
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Overett
Wash
Great Northern Spokane
Cascade Mountains
Everett
Cascade Tunnel
O'Neil
O’neil
Train Plunges Into River Near Rock Point Park
Naw Castle Pennsylvania reports a Pennsylvanian railroad Linesville Accommodation derailed near Rock Point Park and plunged into Beaver River. One killed is detective W. L. Allie from Sharon, another dead is Harry Main a track walker, Earl Ray baggage man is missing and believed dead. nearly twenty others escaped with narrow chances of survival.
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Naw Castle
Linesville
Erie and
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rock Point Park
Beaver River
W. L. Allie
Sharon
Harry Main
Earl Ray
Germans Fear American Invasion Halts Berlin Exposition
The American exposition at Berlin was canceled amid alarms among German manufacturers who feared a large American presence would overwhelm the market. Local officials and industry leaders warned of potential economic harm as preparations were halted.
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Berlin
Reverend Dr William J Kirby Named Arbitrator
The Rev Dr William J Kirby professor of sociology at Catholic University Washington DC was named as the third arbitrator in the disputes between Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad and the Big Four Railway and their telegraphers.
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Washington, D. C
William J. Kirby
Catholic University of American
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Big Four Railway
Avalanche Overwhelms Idaho Towns in Coeur d Alene Mines
Chinook winds lift mass of snow in the Coeur d Alene mountains burying Mace Burke and nearby towns. Fourteen dead in Mace, five in Burke, two near Wallace, with eleven injured. Rescue work tough as crews tunnel through debris, supply lines on hand, Italians survive by using tools to escape.
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Bols
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Mace
Urke
Burie
Wallace
Northern Pacific and
Oregon Railway and Navigation Companies
Black Bear
Gem
Maca
Burke
Canon Towns
Northern Pacific
Darke
Theodore I Price in Court on Conspiracy Count
Theodore H Price of New York City a cotton operator was arraigned in Criminal Court before Justice Gould on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to defraud the United States by obtaining advance information on a cotton report from Edward S Holmes Jr Associate Statistician of the Department of Agriculture He pleaded abatement alleging Grand Jury disqualification The government objected but the court allowed the plea and Price posted 5000 bail for trial.
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Washington, D. C
Theodore H. Price
New York City
Gould On
United States
Edw. S. Holmes, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Price
American Woman Uses Gun in Managua House Standoff
Frank Sweetser of Matagalpa protested a Nicaraguan officer who tried to recruit his servant. A scuffle followed as the officer drew a weapon. Mrs. Sweetser retrieved her husband’s revolver and fired warning, prompting the officer to retreat.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Frank Sweetser
Matagalpa
Kimball
Mayor Plans Women Police Patrols in Shopping District
Indianapolis mayor Shane proposes appointing women as patrol officers to cover the shopping districts. The plan aims to clear streets of objectionable characters and will be submitted to the Board of Public Safety for approval.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Shane
Board of Public Safety
Prominent People and Foreign Visit Hints
A scattered item notes Euhu Root and Charles B. Lewis aging sixty five and sixty eight respectively, mentions Jose Santos Zelaya arriving at Vigo, Spain, and a Boston memorial unveiling. It also cites William Jennings Bryan and family’s four day visit near Ohio, and other varied references to British Parliament, Saint-Gaudens memorial, and a French capital sword duel with no local merchant context.
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Euhu Root
New York
Charles B. Lewis
M. Quad
Jose Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Vigo
Spain
Santiago
Ohie
William Jennings Bryan
John I. Redmond
Phillips Brooks
Augustus Saint- Gaudens
Trinity Church
Boston
Marqus Campobello
Kenyon Cox
Art Students’ League
New York City
Rockhill
Rock Litl
Anichkott Palace
St. Peters
Uri
Hogs Sell Above $10 At Chicago And Indianapolis Markets
Live hogs moved toward the $10 level with prices around 9.92 to 10.05 per hundredweight as traders bid higher. Pork followed upward with gains of about 40 cents, peaking at 24.70 per barrel for May delivery in Indianapolis.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Ind
Aria
Silk Use in the United States Reaches Record Values
Washington reports a rising share of silk worn by American women and a record high in silk consumption. Government estimates place total silk use around 165 million dollars for last year, with about 132 million dollars produced domestically and imports climbing to over 76 million dollars.
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Washington, D. C
United States
That Good Southern Man Nominated for Vice President
The Washington Star editorially backs Senator James Gordon of Mississippi for Vice President on the Democratic National Ticket. It lauds his speech as a national influence and notes broad cross party appeal, urging a higher Senate and country. The piece includes anecdotes and political commentary on current events and figures.
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Washington Star
James Gordon
Mississippi
Gordon
Crade
Senate
Jottings on Sports and Early 20th Century Notes
Baseball league adopts 154 game schedule replacing 168. Harvard beats Yale 3 0 in hockey and Reading defeats Princeton 25 20 in basketball. West Point wins basketball 34 25 over Colgate and prevails in fencing against Princeton. Fred Lake of Boston Club urged to coach Harvard briefly. Fifteen mile pro race won by Fred Meadows of Guelph. Naga Academy defeats Pennsylvania State in wrestling. H Lloyd captains Hurlingham polo team angling for US summer visit.
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Stanley Ketchel
Harvard
Yale
Reading
Princeton
West Point
Colgate
National Baseball League
Fred Lake
Boston
Fred” Meadows
Guelph
Canada
Madisdéna
Square Garden
New York City
Naga Academy
Pennsylvania State College
ateAonapolis
H. Lloyd
Hurlingham Polo
United States
America’s Up
New Jersey News and Court Rulings Detailed
In Jersey City a Black Pullman porter identified as Porter the shooter by Leslie Lord faces shooting charges after Higbee lay unconscious with a bullet wound. Cape May Supreme Court overturns Mercantile License convictions, declaring penalties excessive and invalidating the ordinance. Beverly rope worker James Carr, nearly blind, proves to be among the best at Wall Rope Works, relying on touch over sight to guide dangerous work.
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Porter
William T. Boyd
Washington
B. C
Jersey City
Leslie H.lord
Harrison FR. Higbee
Jersey Central
Higbee
Lord
Tte
Cape May
Supreme Court
Frank Richardson
Marcus Scull
James J. Carr
Wall
Beverly
Carr
Oreman
All Eager in Beauty Move in Vineland
Residents show strong enthusiasm for a Vineland beautification program as two bodies organize action. City Hall Board of Trade selects W. S. Haines D. G. Eschbach W. B. Jenkins R. Riley Gus Kontes and H. F. Henderson to boost manufacturing interests while a Ladies and Gentlemen committee upstairs forms to beautify the town with W. H. Blake president and L. R. Lawrence secretary treasurer.
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Vineland
City Hall
Board of Trade
W. 8. Haines
D. G. Eschbach
W. B. Jenkins
R. Riley
Gus Kontes
H. F. “Henderson
W. H. Blike
L. R. Lawrence
Magistrate Convicts Handle Disorderly Houses and Gambling
Magistrate William Haughey and assistant Tony Scarducio were convicted at Mays Landing of maintaining a disorderly house and gambling in Atlantic City and fined 500 dollars. Judge Higbee noted sympathy for Haughey’s family spared prison. Howard D. Johnson, linked to the Colored Head Waiters Association, was fined 300 dollars. A separate case in Paulsboro ends in a voluntary non suit with Joseph Carson pursuing 2000 dollars for injuries after a bulldog bite while unloading a keg at Locke’s stable.
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William Haughey
Tony Scarducio
Mays Landing
Atlantic City
Higbee
Haughey
Howard D. Johnson
Colored Head Waiters’ Association of
Johnson
Joseph Carson
Locke
Paulsboro
Brupt
Carson
Death in Church Choir at New Brunswick Service
Mrs. John Waldron wife of the New Brunswick Iron Foundry Company president died during a hymn at the Second Reformed Church in New Brunswick. Choir members thought she fainted and moved her to a seat. Revived efforts failed and Dr. H. C. Cook, present in the congregation, declared her dead.
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Second Reformed Church
New Brunswick
John Waldron
New Brunswick Iron Foundry Company
H. C. Cook
Woman Hurt in Epileptic Fit Falls on Stove
The wife of Charles Cable, an engineer on the Pennsylvania road, was severely burned in a kitchen accident at her High Street home and taken to Mount Holly Hospital. She suffered burns to her face neck and arms. rescue was by Harry Caron. Police in First and Second wards rewarded for catching a vagabond dog that stole bread, later found storing loaves in a vacant yard.
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Charles Cable
Pennsylvania Road
Burlington
Fire devastates Woodbury home and local figures honored
Parts of the State report a Woodbury house destroyed by fire on Joseph Ferrell’s property. A temperance talk by Former Governor Glenn drew a large Woodbury Church audience. Grand Army veterans Craner Conll and Johnson died recently. Jeremiah, son of George Valentine, died by electrocution in Bakersville, California. Over 150 converts at Salem First Methodist revival since year start. Taft to attend Passaic Board of Trade dinner April 26, with Governor Fort expected. Addison Maguire injured at Beverly Rope Works after an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington Steamer Company
Joseph Ferrell
Woodbury
Glenn
North Carolina
Charles Craner
Frank W. Conll
Thomas's. Johnson
Glassboro
George Valentine
North Woodbury
Jeremiah
Gakersville
Cal
Salem
Taft
Passaic Board of Trade
Governor Fort
Addison Maguigan
Wall Rope Works
Beverly
Assassin Shoots Egyptian Premier in Cairo
Egyptian Premier and Foreign Minister Boutros Ghali was shot by a student in Cairo. Five shots fired. three bullets lodged in Ghali's body, two superficial wounds. The premier's condition improves, and the student was arrested. The attacker, a nationalist, sought revenge for government actions blamed on Boutros Pasha.
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Boutros Pashr Ghali
Cairo
Egypt
Boutreg Pasha
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