Washington News of the Week Nominations and Deaths
President nominates James Sanders to head Blackfeet agency in Montana. Machias to be fitted as a tender for submarines at Portsmouth Navy Yard. Missouri bill proposes lifetime Senate honorary status for ex presidents with 25000 yearly pay. Capt Dudley convicted of cruelty at Boise barracks. Educator Dr Truman Backus and pastor Rev J B O Lowry die. J Brill son dies in Chicago. Rosa Olitska weds Louis Sinai in Chicago. Mother Mary of Mount Carmel dies after fundraising success. John Hitz dies of heart disease en route to hospital.
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Washington
James Sanders
Montana
Blackfeet
Clark D. Dudley
Fourteenth Cavalry
Boise Barracks
Idaho
Dudley
Truman Jay Backus
Packer Collegiate Institute
Brooklyn
J. B. O. Lowry
First Baptist Church
Atlantic City
John Brill
J. B. Brill Company
Car Builders
Chicago
Mme. Rosa Olitska
San Carlo Opera Company
Louis J. Sinai
Mother Mary of
Mount Carmel
Good Shepherd
Omaha
John Hitz
Volta Bureau
Alexander M. Bell
Accidental Happenings Across Areas Cause Loss and Injury
A fire wipes out half the Midville business section with losses estimated between 50 000 and 75 000. Morris Wiseman a 53 year old push cart peddler is struck and killed by a streetcar at Cleveland and vi stanily. Butte reduction works fire damages about 50 000. Albert Argail 19 killed instantly by a mine pump rod break his neck. Earthquake shocks felt in Imperial Valley with minor damage. Boiler explosion on Schenevus freight locomotive kills engineer and brakeman. fireman dies from injuries. John F Killeen badly burned by gasoline explosion at Marshalltown Iowa Central shops. Mrs Burdette killed by gun discharge while gathering eggs at Kenton Ohio. Floor collapse injures twenty at Loren Gage farm near Sand Lake Michigan during auction. Eight people fall into cellar with hot coffee through kitchen floor.
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Middleville
Mich
Morris Wiseman
Cleveland
Albert Argaij
Imperial Yaller
Cal
Schenevus
N. Y
John F. Killeen
Iowa Central
Marshalltown
8. O. Burdette
Kenton
Ohio
Loren Gage
Sand Lake
Murder Charge Sways West Union Area After Family Tragedy
Walter Whitbeck, 30, is suspected of killing his father Arlo Whitbeck, 60, near West Union. A Winchester fire caused about 150000 dollars in losses, destroying one business block and threatening others.
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Walter Whitbeck
Arlo Whitbeck
West Union
Winchester
Bomb Explodes at New York Unemployment Rally
A bomb intended for police at Union Square injures four officers and kills two assailants during a 10 000 person unemployed rally. Socialists accuse police of inciting the riot while sociologist Robert Hunter defends free speech and describes the confrontation as a violent suppression of peaceful assembly. Seven men are jailed for rioting as investigations continue into the blast.
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New York
Union Square
Hunter
Robert
Associated Press
Mr. Hunter
Russia
Senger Brutally Slain Express Car Robbery in Kansas
Newton Kansas March 31 an express messenger C A Bal Jey of Kansas City Wells Fargo Express was killed on Santa Fe Train No 115 between Florence and Newton in a brutal robbery. Both safes were ransacked with at least 1000 dollars and some jewelry taken. The body was found at Newton at 4 am with severe head wounds and no sign of struggle. A reward of 1000 was posted by Wells Fargo for the apprehension of the culprits.
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Newton
Kan
C. A. Bal Jey
Kansas City
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Santa Fe
Florence
Messenger Bailey
Rescue Party 4S Wiped Out In Hanna Mine Disaster
At Coal Mine No 1 owned by Union Pacific Coal in Hanna Wyoming two explosions caused by gases and dust plus fire killed eighteen workers including a superintendent and three bosses and later extinguished a rescued party of forty. State Mine Inspector D M Elie was among the dead. Fire began Sunday and spread. rescue workers and relatives gathered as effort to stem flames continued.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Hanna
D. M. Elie
Wnsefe
Briggs
Emperor William Reverses Stand on Hill Appointment
Berlin March 31 official dispatch confirms Emperor William withdraws disapproval of Dr. D J Hill as United States ambassador to Berlin. Reich notes doubts about Hill’s comfort in the post removed, Hill now welcome as envoy. Tower remains loyal to Germany and the post.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Roosevelt
D. J. Hill
Germany
Charlemagne Tower
Dr. Hill
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Hill
Tower
Mother and Child Burn as Woman Fights Flames
In Waterloo Iowa on March 31 Mrs Henry Maynee died after a lamp exploded igniting her clothing. She seized her baby and ran from the house, the child suffered burn wounds but survived. A trusted man smothered the flames as the mother endured a day of agony before death.
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Runa
Waterloo
Iowa
Henry Maynee
Green of Burna
Editor Beraman Is Arrested In Bomb Case Links Hidden
New York police fail to prove Alexander Berkman knew Selig Silverstein or incited the Union Square explosion. Berkman, arrested on signatures and letters, awaits further action while Silverstein, injured in the blast, is expected to survive and face first degree murder charges if able to stand trial for Hildebrand’s death.
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New York
Selig Silverstein
Union Square
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
Henry C. Frick
Pittsburg
Berkman
Silverstein
Anarchists' Federated Union
Droege
Elig Silverstein
Ignatz Hildebrand
Union Square Park
Gillette Pays Full Penalty for Grace Brown Murder
Chester Gillette was executed by electric chair at Auburn prison after confessing guilt in the Grace Brown murder. Chaplains Rev Henry Metly Tay and Rev Cordelle Herrick released a brief statement saying no legal mistake was made in the execution and they would not detail their privileged relationship.
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Fouth
Grace Brown
Auburn
Chester Gillette
Auburn Prison
Gillette
Henry Metly
Tay
Little Falls
Cordelle Herrick
Two Killed by Dynamite in Swansea Mine Blast
In Marquette Michigan on April 1 Albert Uren aged 21 and Reuben Dawé aged 28 were instantly killed at the Austin mines in Swansea when a worker holding four sticks of dynamite exploded. A fellow miner six feet away escaped unharmed.
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Michigan
Marquette, Mich
Albert Uren
Reuben Dawé
Austin
Swansea
Death List from Wyoming Mine Disaster Rises to Sixty-Two
An official list from Union Pacific Coal Co. names sixty two known dead in the Wyoming mine disaster. Eight or ten others are believed to have perished. The mine entrance is sealed while crews fight gas and flames. Coroner Bennett will hold an inquest to determine causes.
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Hanna
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Bennett
Irish Home Rule Advanced in Commons Vote
The British House of Commons passed a home rule resolution for Ireland by 313 to 157 led by John Redmond. The plan endorses Irish legislative and executive control within Imperial sovereign oversight, with Asquith delivering a pivotal premiership moment amid prior government assurances of general election mandate.
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House of Commons
London
Ireland
John F. Redmond
Asquith
Boy Shot Dead Near Fort Du Pont in Wilmington
Thirteen year old John Cook Jr. was killed while sitting with Sergeant Blackburn in a cigar store near Fort Du Pont. A shooter fired from the street through the window, and the fatal bullet is believed aimed at Blackburn amid reported tensions with soldiers at Fort Du Pont.
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Wilmington
Del
John Cook, Jr
Fort Dupont
Cook
Blackburn
California Woman Enters Fifty-Eighth Day of Slumber
Mrs Beulah Hawkins at the county hospital has begun the fifty-eighth day of a mysterious sleep that has puzzled doctors and psychologists. Physicians warn she may not survive if the slumber continues, barring a break in her condition.
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California
Los Angeles
Beulah Hawkins
Guards at Black Hand Trial in Baltimore Court
Plain clothes men and detectives guarded every entrance as nine Italians faced the criminal court. They are charged with complicity in the attempt to blow up the residence of Joseph Die Giorgio at Walbrook on December 10.
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Baltimore
Criminal Court
Joseph Die Giorgio
Walbrook
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