Notable Happenings From Around the World This Week
A digest of major events includes a Collinwood school disaster with many fatalities, a Port Arthur verdict, a Detroit banker’s suicide, and Minnesota Democratic hopes. Also reported are strikes for naval policy, weather and wrecks on British coasts, arrests in Russia, political shifts in Belgium and Brazil, and various legal and financial turns shaping global affairs.
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Collinwood
North Collinwood
Stoessel
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Edward T. Hance
Union Trust Company
Detroit
Mich
Wholand
Democratic State Committee of
Minnesota
John A. Johnson
Senate
Monett! Montrezza
Waterbury (Conn
William
Virginia Campbell Thompson
Alexander Campbell
Washington
British Isles
Ireland
William Slade Clark & Co
Philadelphia
Paris
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
Emperor William
George Worthington
Nebraska
Pittefield
Mays
Willam
Germany
Lisbon
Portugal
Manuel
Victoria
Yekaterinovar
Rusasia
M. Staroselsky
Kutals
George A. Cooke
Methodist Episcopal Church
Brandon
J. R. Day
Syracuse University
Day
Roosevelt
New York
Charles Hughes
Michigan
Don Eduardo de Beistegui
Gary
United States
Columbus
D. C
L. L. Olds Seed Company
Clinton
Wis
Mexico
Walter F. Baker
Boston
Fatal Prison Mutiny in Deer Lodge Prison
Three life convicts attacked Montana state penitentiary officials in Deer Lodge. Warden Frank Conley was seriously wounded and Deputy Warden John Robinson killed after entering the office for a purported disciplinary hearing. Convicts Rock and Hayes, both armed with sharpened knives, were shot as Conley fought to defend himself. A third prisoner fled and was captured. authorities withhold the name pending investigation.
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Deer Lodge
Mont
Frank Conley
Montana State Penitentiary
John Robinson
George Rock
W. H. Hayes
Robinson
Conley
Rock
Hayes
A L Cole Dies After Long Illness in Texas
Albert B Cole former Republican gubernatorial candidate died in Sanbenite Texas from acute Brights disease. He had campaigned while ill and later traveled to Florida and other southern states. Born in St Lawrence county New York he settled in Fergus Falls in 1881 owning several stores including in Motley Walker Akeley and Pequot. He is survived by his widow and one daughter Mrs John Andrus. Interment will be in Fergus Falls.
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Shippy
Chicago
James Foley
Lazarus Averbuch
Straus
Washington
Harry Goldstein
Farmers’ State Bank
William Esser
Brooklyn
N. Y
E. W. Bliss Company
Hattlbell Cook McReynolds
George
McReynolds
Chicago Board of Trade
Joliet
King Edward
Paris
William Adler
State National Bank of
New Orleans
United States Grand Jury
Girardville
J. BE. Levy
New York
Curry Robertson
John Henry
Hawkinsville
Congo
Leopold
Belgium
Bryan
Omaha
Neb
B. F. Bush
Baltimore
Western Maryland Railroad
Bush
Lave Martin
Kirtland
Redfield Proctor
Proctor Union
Proctor
Bridget King
Sheffield
Ill
John
Charles B. Landis
Indiana
Frankfort
Ind
Armstrong Cork Company
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Gov
Frear
Honoulu
Evans
Japan
Tatsu
China
Huangpu
Union Bank of Commerce
Rio Janeiro
Miss &. L. Cavanaugh
Roosevelt
Hetty Green
Hoboken
N. J
Court Theater
Meiningen
Germany
Emperor William
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Venice
Connor
Kentucky
American Tobacco Company
International Harvester Company
Herman Lieb
Duma
Minneapolis
Albert
Cole
Sanbenite
Tex
Bright
Florida
Texas
St. Lawrence County
Fergus Falls
Motley, Walker, Akeley
Pequot
John Andrus
Staggers Out, Roof Falls Near Viroqua Farm Home
Feeble with age Mrs Adam Doerr escaped a burning farm home near Viroqua after neighbors feared she was charred in the ruins. The blaze collapsed the house moments after she staggered from the structure. She is 78 and mother of Mrs Neill McLeen of a leading Vernon county family.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Adam Doerr
Viroqua
Neill McLeen
Vernon
County
Robbed While He Slept in Grand Forks Hotel
Minneapolis man M. N. Viste, working in North Dakota, was held up in the Columbia hotel as he slept. Thief escaped with $50 in cash, a $100 note, a coach and vest, after the door was left unlocked and the victim slept through the incident.
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Grand Forks
N. D
M. N. Viste
Minneapolis
North Dakota
Columbia
Democrats Name John A. Johnson for President Nomination
Minnesota Democratic state central committee adopted resolutions endorsing Gov. John A. Johnson for the party’s presidential nomination by a 68 to 23 vote after a lengthy debate. The May 14 date for the state convention was set, and the action reflects Johnson’s support and Bryan opposition within the party. The vote highlighted proxies and a contest between Minneapolis and St. Paul factions.
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St. Paul
Gov. Johnson
Democratic State Central Committee
Frank A. Days
Gan
Bryan
State Central Committee
Johnson
Minnesota
Minneapolis
John A. Johnson
Mississippi Valley
United States
Denver
James Manahan
A.B. Clair
Grand Rapids
Mr. Manshan
Well Man at 81 Credits Dean's Kidney Pills
An elderly man from Burrell Street Bulgaria, after years of kidney trouble and back pain, credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring his health. He notes prolonged bedridden spells, discolored urine, and stiffness, but says one box brought a slight change followed by full recovery. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo markets the remedy at 60 cents per box.
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Daniel
Queen
Burrell Street
Bulem
Vantus
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Old Gentleman in Hongkong Reads Chinese Insult
An elderly English club member in Hongkong, returning from dinner, discovers a Chinese inscription on an envelope calling him a baboon with white fur. He rushes to ask the hall porter for explanation, exposing the insult to a first class Chinese language scholar.
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Hongkong
Salzer's Earliest Potato Claims and Seed Offers
The Rural New Yorker editor touts Salzer seeds noting 38 earliest potato trials with 464 bu per acre and Wisconsin yields 738 bu per acre. The notice promotes Salzer seed catalogs, stamps for orders, and mentions original seed varieties with references to Hessian seed offers and new foliage remarks.
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New Yorker
Salzer
Wisconsin
John A. Salter
America
William Oats
Perfectly Plain Tariff Talk Referenced by Women Club
A fragmentary Sunday Magazine style note references Prof Price presenting tariff arguments to the Woman's Current Events club. The scene captures playful audience reaction with a humorous lovers metaphor about free traders as “the other girls.”
Fragmented 19th Century Newspaper Snippets Spanning Health and Wit
A collage of ad copy and aphorisms references health remedies and moral maxims. It mocks self interest and notes cure claims. Mentions bronchial relief and laxatives, a religious quote, and a wife blaming a husband for excuses. Contains garbled OCR fragments.
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A. L. Cole
Democrat- 16
Virginia
Cheney CO
Toledo
Pat
the Herald and Presbyter
Toll
T. Farquharson
Josh Wlee
Piatcoing
Lea
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