King Haakon in Peril as Rifle Fire Blasts Castle
Swedish man Johannes Gren fired a Remington at the royal castle aiming at King Haakon. Four dozen rounds struck windows and walls but the king and Queen Maud were away. Gren, a resident and former blacksmith, was disarmed and detained. He claimed the king overpaid public funds and had no right in the country. He previously spent years in a Danish asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Haakon
Queen Maud
Voxenkollern
Johannes Gren
Haakon
Gren
Denmark
Senator killed in duel in Amite Louisiana
Senator elect D S Kemp was killed in a duel with F Hyde after a quarrel over Democratic primary fraud claims. Hyde surrendered to the sheriff. Kemp died from a heart wound after the exchange of shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amite
D. S. Kemp
F. Hyde
Hyde
Kemp
New Orleans
J. J. Bailey
SCHMITZ LEAVES JAIL IN $150000 BOND RESOUNDINGLY SETTLED
Eugene F Lehr released from jail after posting bonds totaling 150000 dollars. Extortion charges dropped by order of Judge Frank H Dunne in the superior court. Indictment had named Lehr in relation to Schmitz custody proceedings tied to a supreme court decision. Bank head Jackson official Jeczson, N T Anders faces embezzlement charge of 25060 dollars from Commercial Bank of Jackson. King AlNorsolef farewell from Barcelona to Madrid trip. royal train departs amid crowds. Emperor William secrecy decision regarding Lord Tweedmouth letter preserved. Balloon Stevens No 21 travels 43 mph over three hours from Pittsfield to Hampton New Hampshire.
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San Francisco
Eugene F. Lehr
Superior Court
Frank H. Dunne
Schmitz
Supreme Court
Seymour Banker Ware Pleads Guilty To Five Year Term
Corsdon Leroy Ware, jailed for months in Seymour over Farmers and Drovers Bank collapse, pleaded guilty to one indictment for fraudulent entries and received a five year penitentiary sentence. Twenty one indictments remained, with others to stand. Ware’s attorney argued he was a pawn of corrupt bank officers and directors who profited while the bank failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Corsdon
Leroy Ware
Farmers and Drovers
State Bank of
Ware
W. L. Livingston
Arfarmers
Murder and death by own action in Omaha tragedy
Glen Rathburn killed his wife Hattie Rathburn at the home of lawyer R. S. Ball in Omaha. After firing twice, Mrs Rathburn crawled to the dining room and died. Rathburn then shot himself after Hall blocked the gun. A letter showed planning days before. Rathburn, a former Eleventh Cavalry member, left a sister-in-law Ruth Crammer and his father a Sigourney real estate man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Des Moines
Glen Rathburn
Megherset
R. S. Ball
Athburn
Hall
Rathburn
Mirs
Hattie Thurston
East
Monroe Street
Ruth Crammer
Lieut
Raley
Fort Des Moines
Sigourney
Eleventh Cavalry
Cuba
Mrs Davis Gies Faces Murder Charge In Des Moines
Des Moines reports Martin K Davis, accused of shooting his wife and leaving her dead at a Methodist hospital, will use expert testimony to claim death resulted from worry and shock. Bond set at district court arraignment. Davis remanded without bonds to the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Martin KE. Davis
Methodist Hospital
Bufet
John B. Sullivan
A J. Mathis
Gavis
St. Louis
Coanir
Town Wiped From Map in Thornton Fire
A blaze leveled seven business blocks in Thornton destroying the core of the city. Loss is about 70 thousand with 12 900 dollars insured. Fire started in a bowling alley about 2 am and spread rapidly. Thornton had no fire apparatus and could not save stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton
W. A. Parish
Georgie Dart
Allex
Drunken Oskaloosa Man Shoots Wife and Self
Lee Grubb a 24 year old cook in Oskaloosa shot and killed his wife on a street after pulling a revolver from his pocket while in the Bertsch Schultz drug store. He then fired at his infant in a carriage and killed himself. The woman and child died. a companion Mrs Wile escaped unharmed. Townend of Rose Hill was his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Walle
Lee Grubb
Grubb
Taler
Wile
Bertsch-Schultz
Miss Townend
Rose Hill
Evelyn Thaw Seeks Annulment as Thaw Declares Fight
Evelyn Xebit Thaw filed Wednesday for annulment of her marriage to Daesy KE Ties alleging insanity at contracting the union. The couple, now apart by mutual agreement, anticipate an early trial while Thaw remains in an asylum and seeks to defend the action with a focus on his alleged mental incompetence at the time of marriage.
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New York
Evelyn Xesbit
Daesy KE
Thaw
Stanford White
White
Young banker weds quietly after suicide note belief
Ralph S. Flannagan, a Pleasantville First National Bank cashier who died by suicide in November 49 over hereditary mental illness, married two weeks earlier to Dessa Galvin at the Galvin home in Pleasantville. The private ceremony was attended by close friends, not made public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leasantville
Ralph S. Flannagan
First National Bank of
Pleasantville
Dessa Galvin
J. A. Galvin
Report on Shooting Affray at Brownsville Affair
Washington reports from the senate committee on military affairs detail the Brownsville shooting involving the Twenty-fifth Infantry. The majority supports discharging the soldiers, while a minority urges restoration and notes difficulty identifying exact shooters. The president backs extending reenlistment time for those affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee On Military Affairs
Senate
Brownsville
Tex
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Warren
Lodge
Warner
Dupont
Taliaferro
Foster
Gverman
Frazier
McCreary
Foraker
Scott
Bulkeley
Hemenway
Heresy charges lifted against McFarland in Topeka
The Kansas conference of the Methodist Episcopal church exonerated Dr. J. T. McFarland of New York editor of the Methodist Sunday school publications from heretical charges filed by Dr. George A. Cooke of the Troy conference. McFarland formerly led Topeka’s First Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kean
Kansas
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. T. McFarland
New York
Methodist
George A. Cooke
Troy
First Methodist Church of
Methodist Church of America
Cooke
Farmer Impaled After Fall From Windmill Platform
Binfis-William B. Fastier, a 275 pound farmer, fell eighteen feet from a windmill platform and was impaled on an iron rod. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition with the rod penetrating to the intestines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Binfis
William B. Fastier
Eastier
Grief For Prisoner Inheritance Sparks Divorce Suit
Sioux City reports George H Evans, awaiting release in Woodbury county jail, inherits 25000 from his uncle amid a divorce case filed by his wife alleging habitual drunkenness and cruelty. Evans had been arrested for a murderous assault on a man named Robert Lee after an insult to his wife. Shortly after commitment he learned of his uncle’s death and the property bequest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Woodbury County Iil
George H. Evans
Evans
Robert Lee
Ultimatum for Davenport Saloons
Davenport saloonkeepers received a written ultimatum from the Scott County Civic Federation ordering compliance with the maid lew by 10 oclock Saturday night or face a permanent injunction shutting them down. The measure targets tables chairs and rear doors in saloons as the mulet law had already been in effect locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Scott County Civic Federation
Bank Cashier Is Released from Jail in Marshalltown
Marshalltown. Cashier D. A. Johnson of Green Mountain Savings bank is freed on bonds totaling 3,900 provided by A. F. Baich and G. A. Turner of Marshalltown State bank. Omaha National bank’s C. F. McGrew indemnifies local bankers. Johnson had stood jailed about a week on a charge of receiving deposits for an insolvent bank. the $3,000 bond also covers a second perjury charge. President MacDiarmid remains jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
D. A. Johnson
Green Mountain Savings Bank
A. F. Baich
George A. Turner
Marshalltown State Bank
C. F. McGrew
Omaha National Bank
Johnson
MacDiarmid
Jerome Denies Air Charges In Albany Case
New York District Attorney Jerome filed Monday with Governor Hughes his answer to charges. William F. Kins, former head of the New York Merchants' association and a committee of minority stockholders of the Metropolitan Street Railway urged removal. Jerome's answer is a general denial and the governor will outline next steps after review of the documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Albany
N. Y
New York
Gov. Hughes
William F. Kins
New York Merchants’ Association
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Forest Blaze Near Wilmington Claims Four Firefighters
A fierce forest fire west of Wilmington at Tomahawk, on the Fayetteville line route, trapped four volunteer fighters. One man died while three others escaped or were rescued as winds drove the flames. The incident highlights the peril faced by rural firefighting crews in coastal North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Fayetteville
Tomahawk
Navy officials flag defects in battleship construction
Capt. McR. Winslow assistant chief of the bureau of navigation and Commander A. L. Key former naval aide to President Roosevelt charged Tuesday that there are serious defects in the construction of American battleships.
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Washington
McR. Winslow
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
A. L. Key
Roosevelt
Canadian man Kills Wife and Three Children
Wash Warran McKay a native of Canada killed his wife and three children at his home in Jenine and then died by suicide. Investigations point to a familicide followed by the perpetrator taking his own life. Local authorities reported the tragedy and are reviewing motive and circumstances surrounding the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenine
Wash
Acquitted of Bribery Charge in Meigs County Case
John B. Lindsey of Meigs county was acquitted Wednesday of attempting to brib the prosecuting attorney in the bank wreck suits. The trial involved the alleged wrecking of the Middleport bank and response from Prosecuting Attorney Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
John B. Lindsey
Milwaukee Receiver Appointed for Chicago and Milwaukee Railway
Fidelity Trust company was named by Judge Tarrant as receiver in Wisconsin for the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railway company. The action marks a formal court appointment during ongoing proceedings regarding the railway entity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Road
Milwaukee
Fidelity Trust Company
Tarrant
Wisconsin
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Company
Lunatic tries to rob bank in Omaha
A man calling himself L Lk Fee attempted to rob Merchants Bank at Thirteenth and Farnam in Omaha. He threatened Vice-President Luther Drake with a bottle claimed to hold nitro glycerin and demanded 5000 dollars. Drake and staff cooperated until police arrived. tests indicated the bottle contained harmless liquid.
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Omaha, Neb
Merchants’ Bank
Thirteenth and
Farnam Streets
L Lk Fee
Rockford, DL
Luther Drake
Drake
Z2imir
Four Black Men Lynched Near Biloxi Mississippi
In Cleave Miss four Black men Dave Poe Tom Ransitun and two Jenkins brothers were hanged by a mob of about 36 after being seized from a Jackson County deputy. Incendiary warehouse fires angered locals and led to the lynching near Vari. All four confessed before execution.
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Mobile
Ala
Dave Poe
Tom Ransitun
Jenkins Brders
Vari
Cleave
Miss
Biloxi
Evans
Jackson County
Fleet Near Magdalena Bay Rest Before Target Practice
The American fleet under Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans lies about 260 miles south of Magdalena Bay, lower California. After a long voyage from Callao Peru leaving February 29, sailors will likely receive a day or two of rest before four divisions, each with four ships, begin target practice. Admiral Evans will decide if divisions sail to the range in regular order or as circumstances dictate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Robly D. Evans
Magdalena Bay
California
Callao
Peru
Evans
Frisco fire claims three asylm patients deaths
In San Francisco one building of the city and county almshouse burned on Tuesday trapping 208 patients from the city hospital nearby. Three patients died including Edward Korn who had just had an operation. Two elderly men died of fright. Road receivership sought in Texas against the International and Great Northern railroad. Senator Clarke of Arkansas denounces currency bills in the Senate and calls for investigation into the panic causes. Cleveland coroner reports no one blamed for the Collinwood show fire after preliminary findings.
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San Francisco
Edward Korn
Houston
Tex
Federal
Mercantile Trust Company of
Boston
International & Great Norther Railroad
Clarke
Washington
Arkansas
Senate
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Homeston New Era
Heck Sanford
Pub
Homeston
King Haakon of
Norway
Louisiana
Selon
Frisco
Jeczson
N. T. Anders
Commercial Bank of Jackson
Ond
Central Kerk of Mississippi
Gideg
Hinds County Grand J2ry
Barcelona
AlNorsolef
Madrid
Sam
England
Emperor William Ts Lord Tweedmouth
Admiralty
Hampton
N. H.i
Pittsfield Mass
Iowa State News
Commonwealth
Davis Gies
Evelyn Jilts
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Shemirulee
Dr. J. T. McFarland
Kansas Session
Seif
Sarah Chamberlin Weed
Philadelphia
Elizabdeth Baily Hardee
Savannah
Laurens School
Fenway District
Winslow
Lunatic
FLEET
Magdalena
Cleveland
Burke
Collinwood
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