Washington News Of The Week Highlights And Obituaries
The second annual meeting of the American Society of International Law convened in Washington. President Roosevelt received a Turkish rug from Mahmed Ali Bey. Diomede Falconio is anticipated to join the cardinals. A Panama canal transport measure moves toward approval. Roosevelt reappoints Straus to the Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration. Home stead proofs may be reinstated after proof of eight months residence. Tolstoi’s new novel Father Sergius to be published posthumously. Deaths include Alderson, Libbey, Church, Hammond, Haines, Coltran, with notes on their careers and roles.
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Washington
American Society of International Law
Roosevelt
Turkey
Mahmed Ali Bey
Diomede Falconio
United States
House Committee
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Permanent Court of Arbitration
The
Hague
House Committee On Public Lands
Senate
Leo Tolstoi
Sergius
David P. Alderson
Bradley-Alderson Implement Company
West
Kansas City
John Edward Libbey
Charles B. Church
Inhabitants’ Association
District of Columbia
John Hayes Hammond
San Francisco
Guggenheims
David H. Haines
Kalamazoo Gas Company
Kalamazoo
Mich
Haines
Fourth Michigan Cavalry
Jefferson Davis
National Municipal League
Baldwin
A. E. Pinanski
Harvard College
Isaac N. Coltran
Grand Army of the Republic
Multiple Disasters Across Regions Cause Heavy Losses
Frost damage to orchards in Arkansas Colorado and other regions is pegged at 1 million dollars. A boiler tube explosion on the British battleship Britannia during trials injured five. A Cleveland fire destroyed Standard Oil candle and grease works causing 203500 dollars in losses. Dennis Courtney of Niagara Falls died from 12000 volts. A Laurel Iowa stock pavilion fire caused four thousand dollars in damage with livestock losses. Minnie Cox of Martin's Ferry Ohio died from a spider bite. Bernard Nagel of Erie Pennsylvani a died after taking medicine prescribed for his mother.
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Arkansas
Grand Valleys
Colorado
Portsmouth
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
Dennis Courtney
Niagara Falls
Flames Cut Off Escape In Fort Wayne Hotel Fire
Unknown number of guests, estimates 12 to 20, die as New Aveline hotel burns after 3:30 a.m. in Fort Wayne Indiana. Fire alarms, rescues from windows, National Guard aiding police amid charred interiors and total losses around 115000 dollars including furnishings.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Aveline
Infantry Company B
Battery B
National Guard
Waterways Fund Fixed Starter Draft At Ten Million
Washington May 5 Senate commerce committee adopted subcommittee report revising the Newlands waterways bill. The report fixes the appropriation at 10 million dollars and authorizes the issuance of heads when the waterways fund falls below 5 million to maintain that level. The full committee plans frequent meetings to move the measure promptly.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
Sagan to be Protestant to wed Mme Gould
Rome May 5 One of the great barriers to the marriage of Prince Helie de Sagan and Mme Anna Gould is the Catholic churchs refusal to annul Mme Goulds first marriage. The prince plans to marry her by becoming Protestant to permit both civil and religious ceremonies.
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Mmme
Gould
Rome
Helie de Sagan
Mme
Anna Gould
Mme. Gould
Angry man kills two in New York marriage dispute
William Sekanski, a Polish immigrant, shot and killed Annie Keckoow after his marriage proposal was refused. He then shot Michael Kirsani who tried to stop his escape. Kirsani died in a hospital.
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New York
William Sekansky
Annie Keckoow
Michael Kirsani
Kirsani
Six Die In Tenement Fire In Brooklyn
A four story tenement at 17 Humboldt Street Brooklyn saw six people killed and four seriously injured in an early morning blaze. Police and firemen rescued several trapped residents by jumping into life nets from upper windows as the fire gained rapid headway. The fire began in the cellar while eight families slept, spreading through the rear and forcing occupants to cling to front room windows.
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New York
Humboldt Stret
Brooklyn
Britons Repulse Afghan Attack Near Khyber Pass
London May 6 report says 18 000 to 20 000 Afghans crossed into British territory in two groups to seize the Khyber pass blockhouse near Landikhotal. The assault was repulsed with light British casualties and a new Afghan movement toward Bazaar valley is noted. Gen Willcox rushed to Jamrad to direct forces. Simla censored frontier telegrams. Calcutta reports a bomb plot to murder Europeans with many arrests and incriminating documents.
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London
India
Khyber Pass
Landikhotal
Bazaar Valley
Lisote Pass
Willcox
Jamrad
Peshawar
Simla
Calcutta
Convict Shot Dead by Warden in Moonsville Penitentiary
Jesse Briggs, a life term inmate at Moonsville state penitentiary, was shot and killed by Warden C G Dawson after Briggs broke from confinement, ran, and threw rocks. Briggs had been sentenced to hang for murder.
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Wheeling
W.a
Jesse Briggs
State Penitentiary
Moonsville
C. G. Dawson
Briggs
Dawson
Policeman Fatally Shot While Pursuing Burglary Suspect
Denver police officer Charles M. Beck was shot through the heart and killed after entering a store to pursue a burglar. Beck crawled through a pried window and disappeared into darkness. No arrests have been made.
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Denver
Colo
Charles M. Beck
Beck
Cleveland Improving After Indigestion Report
In Lakewood New Jersey May doctors report former President Grover Cleveland is suffering from acute indigestion but showing daily improvement. Mrs Cleveland expresses hope that his recovery will allow an early return to Princeton.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Analpole Fire Destroys Philippine Town in Moreng
Fire driven by lightning wipes out Analpole in Moreng province. Four hundred houses burned leaving hundreds homeless. The town, home to about 3500 people, suffered extensive damage though the famous shrine was saved.
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Manilla
Analpole
Moreng
Antipole
Taft Aims to Prevent War Amid Mixed U.S. Signals
President Taft outlines a wartime prevention agenda while the United States faces mixed international signals. Officials emphasize cautious diplomacy and readiness, seeking to avert conflict through alliance diplomacy and economic measures.
Occupation of Jurado sparks Colombia Panama tensions
Colombia reports Panama seeks to seize Jurado along the Atrato river while Venezuela is nudged toward war. The United States backs Colombia’s claim to Jurado as within Colombian territory, with Taft aiming to calm the perilous dispute. Troops have been sent to Jurado to press the issue.
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Cartagenia
Colombia
Panama
Venezuela
Jurado
Atrato
United States
Taft
Castro
Atrato River
Guadjira
Cucuta
FIVE GO FREE, TWO HELD IN BANK ROBBERY CASE
Warres Minn May 6 Authorities released five of the Stephen bank robbery suspects holding J E Raymond and James Nolan St Paul police say Nolan a well known Vegeman has operated in the East and his photo appears in rogues galleries of many cities Twin City detectives are building a case against the two men and expect to extradite them to Stillwater
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St. Paul
Warres
Minn
Stephen
J. E. Raymond
James Nolan
Nolan
East
Twin City
Stillwater
Marks Last Log Drive on Black River in Wisconsin
A large crew of log drivers is at work within Black River Falls with perhaps the last drive down the river. They started at the Dells dam above Hatfield dam and have floated logs past the falls, aiming to clear the logging industry on the Black river.
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Black River
Black River Falls
Wis
Dells Dam
Hatfield Dam
Schleys Visit Yankton In Gala City Celebration
Admiral and Mrs Schley arrived as guests of the Scottish Rite consistory for a four day stay in Yankton South Dakota. City will host band concerts parades and a large public celebration Thursday. The party departs Friday morning for Omaha.
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Yankton
Schley
Omaha
Minneapolis Man Killed Riding Bareback in Montana
Charlies Johnson aged about twenty five son of a Minneapolis contractor is dead in Glendive Montana after being thrown from a horse he rode bareback with only a halter as a bridle. He died from a fracture of the skull after being taken to Grace hospital.
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Minneapolis
Montana
Glendive
Mont
Charlies Johnson
Grace Hospital
Mass of Facts and Figures at Hearings on Paper Costs
Washington May 6 an eight inch stack of telegrams from newspaper publishers across the nation noting higher costs of print paper was submitted to the special house committee by John Norris of New York who spent the day at the witness stand Norris amplified the charges against the International Paper company and the American Newspaper Publishers association The committee plans to adjourn at noon Friday and travel to Palmers Falls to inspect Hudson River Paper mills and hear testimony on production costs Norris said forty six publishers have telegraphed willingness to testify in Washington
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Washington
House
John Norris
New York
Norris
International Paper Company
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Palmers Falls
Saratoga County
Hudson River Paper Company
Freight Rates to Rise Ten Percent July 1
Milwaukee May 6 Awaiting final agreement and signatures of Western Trunk Line executives the traffic officials have outlined a sweeping ten percent freight increase across all classes from Class 1 to Class 6. The raise will apply from Western points to the West and from Eastern points to the West starting July 1.
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Milwaukee
Western Trunk Line Association of Eastern and Western Lines of Railway
Uncle Dan Whipple Dies at 109 in Traverse City
Traverse City Mich May 6 Uncle Dan Whipple aged 109 died last night from a brain hemorrhage after a day that began with a walk in the fields. Born March 1 1799 in Cattaraugus County New York he joined General Fremonts exploring party and later served in the Civil War in Iowa. He was a longtime companion of Kit Carson.
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Dan” Whipple
Traverse City
Mich
Mr. Whipple
Cattaralus County
New York
Fremont
Rockies
Kit" Carson
Iowa
WIFE MURDER CHARGED IN CANADIAN CASE
Winnipeg reports Henry Steinberg a former Boston artist now living in Cincinnati faces a warrant for wife murder. He is accused of poisoning his first wife near Fielding Saskatchewan after moving west from Boston. The case links his later death and current marriage in Ohio to the ensuing charge.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Mounted Police
Henry Steinberg
Fielding
Sask
Here
Steinberg
Boston
Cincinnati
Ohio
Editor HURT In Press at Marshalltown Incident
Des Moines on May 6 Rev 0 D D Elliot editor of the Town Prohibitionist and Prohibition candidate for governor was crushed by a press. Three toes of his right foot were amputated and he may be crippled for life.
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D. Elliot
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Dd. Elliot
Woman shoots companion in hunting accident near Bilge Water
Eau Claire Wisconsin May 6 Red Harrington of Eau Claire employed at Signor near here was accidentally shot in the thigh by a woman companion holding a .22 rifle during a hunting outing near Bilge water.
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Eau Claire
Couderay
Wis
Red” Harrington
Signor
Here
Bilgewater
Frost Blasts Fruit Crops in South Dakota
In Yankton on May 6 officials fear the latest frost has ruined the plum crop and may have damaged apples past recovery while cherries are partly destroyed. Early garden vegetables also suffered, signaling heavy agricultural losses from the frost strike.
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South Dakota
Yankton
8. D
Cashier Killed as Team Crashes Through Bridge Rail
Ottumwa Iowa May 6 R E Clowry cashier of the Bank of Seymour was instantly killed last night when the team he drove crashed through the railing of a bridge and toppled into a swollen creek.
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Clowry
Ottumwa
Iowa
R. E. Clowry
Bank of Seymour
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Bailey B. Nagel
Erie
Pennsylvania Boiler Works
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