Fire in New York Tenement Kills Three In Fatal Blaze
A five story tenement on Hester Street New York trapped nearly a hundred residents as flames cut routes of escape. Beyel Weinstein Ida Weinstein and their year old child died from suffocation and burns on the top floor. Policemen rushed through smoke to awaken sixteen sleeping families saving others. Property loss reported at two thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesterstivat
New York
Beyel Weinstein
Ida
Anna
Webster
Torn From Altar to Jail Minnesota Youth Arrested Before Wedding
A Minnesota youth, Guy H. Morris, was arrested in Austin Minnesota just before his planned marriage to a telephone operator. Spokane Officer Chester Edwards accuses Morris of stealing $1,500 in diamonds from Jennie Smith of Spokane and choking her in a hotel room. Police found in his valise billies, masks, and robbing clippings linking him to other robberies. Morris had operated a livery stable in Austin and reportedly pawned stolen jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy H. Morris
Austin
Mint
Chester Edwards
Spokane
Wash
Minnesota
Jennie Smith
Jennie
Morris
Valise
Billies
St. Paul
Two Are Held for Murder in North Dakota Farm Case
Wealthy farmer Gus Johnson of five miles south of Kenmare N D was murdered. R S Noah and Patsy Coyle jailed on murder charges after neighbors found Johnson’s body in a collar. Noah had worked for Johnson and claimed he left for Sweden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Johnson
Kenmare
N. D
R. S. Noah
Patsy” Coyle
Johnson
Noah
Sweden
Coyle
Deep Waterway to the Gulf Planned by Federal Panel
The Mississippi River Commission recommends immediate deep waterway work from Cairo to the gulf with annual funding of 6 million dollars for three years, while a parallel Board of Survey prepares a complete Chicago to Gulf plan. Congress may authorize a 22 foot channel from St. Louis to the sea, tying Chicago’s drainage canal route into a national project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gulf
Mississippi River Commission
Honda
Secretary of War
Mississippi River
Congress
Commission
Board of Survey
St. Louis
Cairo
Des Plaines
Ilinois
Apr
Labor Movements and Unions Across Worlds in 1906 1907
The text surveys global labor activity from 1906 to 1907 including unions in Ireland and the United States, printers and women in unions, Yiddish translations of I L literature for migrants, and employer pressure in Ohio. It notes strikes in France, mine deaths in the United States, a proposed Albany motormen license bill, and a New York wigmakers union victory forming the Human Hair Workers Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Cummings Memorial Fund
Women’s Trade League
U. I. of L
Gov. Harris
Ohio
Reynolds
Wiliam D. Haywood
Western Federation of Labor
Ernest Mills
Legislative Council of
Victoria
Australia
France
United States
Witl
Assembly
Albany
N.Y
State Department of Labor
State Commissioner of Labor
Wigmakers of
New York
Human Hair Workers’ Union
250000 Miners Strike Soft Coal Across States
The soft coal strike is on with about 250000 miners across Pennsylvania Indiana Ohio Western Kansas Arkansas Texas Iowa Missouri and other states walking off April 1. Disputes center on working conditions and arbitration rights with minimal wage changes. several regions report ongoing operations or pending agreements while others halt production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Texas
Towa
Thort
Ohio
Kansas
Arkansas
Alabama
Missouri
Iowan
Ilinois
Indiana
Frank Feehan
Black Coal
Michigan
Kentucky
West Virginia
Southwest
Latal
Oklahoma
Plea for lower Smith College entrance hurdles
In his annual report President L. Clark Seelye urges reduced entrance requirements to avoid delaying marriages and widening access to college. He warns tougher rules hurt poorer families and higher education costs. Wisconsin college plans propose consolidating small colleges, leaving only one within 100 miles. Beloit and Lawrence would endure. Minnesota data show rising female teachers with higher salaries, while male teacher numbers fall. Moorhead normal school awarded a contract to build a model school for pupil teaching experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Clark Seelye
Smith College
State of Wisconsin
General Vucation Board
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Wee Dius
University of Wisconsin
Beloit College
Lawrence University
Wisconsin
J. W. Olsen
Minnesota
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Heard of
Contest
Moorhead Normal School
War on Frisco Plague Aims at Fleet Visit
The Marine Hospital Service, with local authorities, campaigns to stamp out bubonic plague ahead of a possible San Francisco port visit by the battleship fleet. Surgeon General Wyman lauded efforts, noting 121 confirmed cases and 77 deaths. Rat control and flea studies feature in the expanded program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast City
Marine Hospital Service Ia
San Francisco
Geveral Wyman
Itayan
Magdalena Bay
Algo
Treasury Department
Marine Hospital Service
Tudin
United States
Denver's Anarchist Portrait of Giuseppe Allo
A clipped notice describes Giuseppe Allo, the Italian anarchist who assassinated Mather Heinrichs at an altar in Denver. The article notes his guilty verdict for murder in the first degree, his removal to a cell, and a razor attack on a guard during confinement. It hints at a wider anarchist gang in the city prepared to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giuseppe Allo
Mather Heinrichs
Denver
Giuseppe Amo
Il Kempt
Alio
Alfa
Dell
Republicans Boost Taft Across States At Conventions
Illinois and Nebraska Republicans endorse Taft for president on Taft platform with Taft first. Iowa and Kentucky delegates instructed for Taft while Missouri and Minnesota show varied support. Indiana Democrats nominate Bryan for president, with Maraball winning governorship and Taggart retained as national committeeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illnois
Cannon
Taft
Deneen
Iowa
Altigon
Kentucky
Fairbanks
Nebraska
Washington
Oklahoma
Chicago
William
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Minnesota
Tutt
State Central Committee
Indiana
William J. Bryan
Thomas KR. Maraball
Columbia City
Thomas Taggart
White Plague on the Wane in 1906 Mortality Report
Table of mortality rates from 1905 and 1906 shows TB and meningitis down while cancer typhoid fever whooping cough and violence rise. The Census Bureau report covers 15 registration states and DC plus 77 nonregistration cities, detailing deaths per 100000 and noting gender age and regional differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
District of Columbia
South Dakota
Michigan
Colorado
California
York
New Jersey
Boston
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Plittsburg
Allegheny
Midnight Bat Attack Over Creates Fear for Miss Earle
Miss Allee L. Earle of South Norwalk Conn. awoke to a bed attacked by sixty-one bats during a thunderstorm in San Antonio Texas. She wrapped herself in a bed covering and fainted in the maid’s arms after escaping the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allee L. Earle
South Norwalk
Conn
Miss Earle
Warle
San Antonio
Texas
Congress Debates Agricultural Bill and Snake River Dam
Senate and House session summaries show focus on the agricultural appropriation bill with emphasis on federal standards for cotton grades and federal inspection, and the Snake River dam project in Washington. Charges against Gifford Pinchot and debate over forest policy surface amid procedural adjournments and vetoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Snake River
Washington
Gieford Pinchot
Messrs. Smith
California
Mondell
Wyoming
Los Angeles
Owens River Valley
West
Heyburn
Idaho
Evler
Bureau of Forestry
House
Meuars
Smith
Bureau
Messrs. Bonynge
Colorado
Cushman
Congress
Farmers’ Bulletin
Bonaparte
Clark
Merida
Clark Cailing
Can Ifield
Misouri
National Capital Notes and Senate Action Reported
The Cullony Bill to abate land at Fort Sheridan passed the Senate. Liberia appeals in America to protect territorial integrity against France. The House committee favors Butler bill establishing machinists in the navy warrant officers and raises pay to 1200 sea 1180 shore 500 for leave. Mann bill to regulate adulterated and misbranded goods reported favorably by interstate and foreign commerce panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sheridan
Senate
Little African Republic of
Liberia
Hug
America
France
House Committee
Butler
Pennsylvania
Mann
Imoia
House
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
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Randolph Jamison
Gus Jamison
Arthur Smith
International and Great Northern Railroad
Navasota
Henry F. McDonald
Verre Haute
Ind
William E. Dwyer
Nelson-Attell
Abe Attell
Battling Nelson
Broad
E. Gross
Samuel Eberly Gross
States Court of Detroit
Samuel Grimm
Walonport
Unionport
Bluecoat
Shawnee, Oklo
John Hafield
Green
George Diehl
Boulevard Hotel
Scranton
J. W. Isbleter
Park Foster
New York Central
Georgia Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Sebleter
Hig Yeesel
The
Trans-Mississippi
Father Heinrichs
Department At
Hingk
San Veranciaco Gratting
Akatn
Relimtz
Huef
Po Nea
Chinatown
Work OF Congress
National Commissioner of Education
Wenin
Harrison
Willian
Treasury
Wil- Mame
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