Port au Prince turmoil sparks panic as ships guard foreigners
Port au Prince endures terror after a revolutionary crackdown with street fighting on Tuesday and fears of renewed violence. British cruiser Indefatigable and German Bremen arrive to protect whites. American warship expected. Officials deny hostility to foreigners while denouncing executions only of convicts from Sunday.
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Key West
Fla
Port au-Privace
Heavana
Hait
Guantanamo
Port au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Indefatigable
Bremen
Warstin
Council of Ministers
Gonaives
Irregularities Found in McDermott Accounts
In St Paul Minnesota alleged bad bookkeeping and failure to collect fees led to irregularities totaling 6199.95 in the accounts of A McDermott former state inspector. He is said to have paid into the state treasury due to these discrepancies between 5500 and 5000 dollars, Public Examiner Schafer states no money will be lost.
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St. Paul
Wime
A. MccDermott
State of
McDermott
Schaefer
Governor Guild In Critical Condition After Illness
Gov Curtis Guild who has been ill for two weeks is in critical condition. His physician Frederick B Winslow reported the Governor's serious state prompting a consultation with two additional doctors Dr F C Snattuch and Dr Ellicott P Josline. John S Rainey a prominent Southern financier died in New Orleans at 61.
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Guild
Boston
Curtis Gmld
Frederick B. Winslow
F. C. Snattuch
Ellicott P. Josline
New Orleans
John S. Rainey
Grover Cleveland Marks 71st Birthday at Lakewood Hotel
Ex-President Grover Cleveland and his wife and children celebrated his seventy first birthday Wednesday at the Lakewood Hotel in Lakewood New Jersey. He was reported in high spirits and in good health.
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Grover Cleveland
Lakewoed
N. J
Mr. Cleveland
Buxton Woman Fights Off Killer With Razor Attack
James A. Watkins, a colored man, chased his wife through Buxton at night and attacked her with a razor, cutting her breast arm and head. The watchman and citizens intervened, Watkins overpowered and jailed. The woman, badly injured and in frail condition, remains unable to explain the motive.
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Buxton
James A. Watkins
Wonan
Watkins
Albia
Ministers in Oskaloosa adopt vow not to marry divorced persons
Oskaloosa ministers pass a strong resolution banning remarriage to divorced individuals and urge wider adoption by state clergy. The plan, debated in the Oskaloosa Ministers association, seeks to address what they call the divorce evil, with Rev. Alexander MacFarren the sole dissenter who refused to sign.
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Oskaloosa
Usnavosa
Ous
Oskaloosa Ministeries Association
Alexander MacFarren
First Presbyterian Church
Dredging for Sunken Logs Promised on Mississippi River
Mississippi river dredging for sunken logs is touted as feasible to recover millions of feet of timber long buried in mud and silt. A prior St Croix trial recovered thousands of logs for resale, while a separate Fort Dodge fire at Bolbrook Drug caused $5,000 to $10,000 in damage with unknown causes.
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Mississippi
Chinton
Mssissippi
St. Croix
Canada
Fort Dodge
Ft. Dodge
Bolbrook Drug Company
Anghor Fire Insurance
Des Moines
Iowa
S. Clark
Holland
Pres & Agenc
LE Ellin
Kodaks Sues
Des Moines Photo Materials Co
Bee Moines
Farmers Mania Hall Insurance Assoriation
A Life Time in Poor House
Newton-Ater, an inmate of Jasper county poor house for thirty five years, died after Kellums aged twenty six joined the home. He lost a leg and his family could not aid him, so he sought county aid and became a useful inmate, later working in the dairy.
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Newton—Ater
Jasper County
Hetty Kellums
Kellums
Cresco Bootlegger Shot in Self-Defense Arrest
Cresco’s Cresco-Jim Boyd resisted arrest on a liquor charge at a southside resort. He attacked Mrs. Gibby, a 70 plus resident, prompting the marshal to intervene. Boyd, armed or threatening with a pitchfork, was wounded by a shot in self defense as he rushed the officer with a companion.
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Cresco
Jim Boyd
Sratermley Olbs
Fred
Ham Brown
Boyd
Tearshal
Caimar
Tere
Centerville Doctor Held on Second Degree Murder Charge
Centerville physician Dr W C Griffith waived examination to the grand jury on a second degree murder charge in the death of Jessie Ball Russell, 19, wife of Charles Russell, 20, of Alyssic. Bond set at 3000. Husband testified the couple visited Griffith’s office for a treatment paid at fifty cents. shortly after, the woman fell ill and died.
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Centerville
Centervile
Jessie Ball Russell
Charles Russell
Alyssic
W. C. Griffith
Griffith
Shot at Charivari Ends with Man Injured in Crowd
In Musecatine Earl Lipringseos was shot while serenading at Mrs. Nellie Hawn’s home. Walter Height fired to disrupt the crowd. the bullet struck Lipringseos in the shoulder and was not recovered. Height fled, hid in a barn, then was captured. Mrs. Hawn, mother of five, denies a marriage to Height after a January divorce.
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Nellie Hawn
Earl Lipringseos
Walter Height
Height
Mrs. Hawn
Rock Island
Farmer murdered near West Union in brutal robbbery case
Arlow Whitbreck, a farmer seven miles northwest of West Union, was found murdered at his barn with severe head injuries. A lock of hair in his hand suggests robbery, but no money was found or definite clues identified. Whitbreck was 60 years old and had lived locally for fifty years. Later, Harry Beck in Creston was shot while fleeing arrest after a street brawl. Officer Robeson fired after Beck disobeyed orders, and the bullet pierced Beck’s back leaving him in precarious condition.
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West Union
Arlow Whitbreck
Barr
Wiliam Stickley
Whitbrook
Creston
Harry Beck
Officer Robeson
Keck
Ofacer Robeson
Heck
Worker Injured At Mississippi Box Company In Muscatine
Edward Maxson a factory employee had his clothes torn from his body when his trousers were caught on a shaft end at the Mississippi Box Company in Muscatine. He was internally injured and staggered to a shelter before being moved to Hershey hospital where doctors expect recovery.
Local Deaths and Distress Fill City Streets
Broad daylight suicides and a sudden death shock downtown. Comeil Bluffs arrestee held overnight at St. Bernard’s as authorities assess insanity, while 35 year old unknown Hamilton poisons himself on Broadway near Main. Charles B. Clapp, Omaha lawyer and Union Pacific adviser, collapses in business district at 43 after attending federal court. A Brogan and Edson Richa present.
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Comeil Bluffs
Dons A
St. Bernard’s
Counit Board of Insan Commissioners
Offiver Hamilton
Petal
Broadway
Main _street
Hamilton
Clapp Drovs
Deal Council Biuffs
Charles B. Clapp
Omaha
Edson Richa
Federal Court
A. Brogan
Clapp
Richa
Taft Delegates Elected at Iowa Convention endorse Allison
At Des Moines the Republican state convention elected four delegates at large to the national convention and instructed them to vote for William H. Taft. The body endorsed Senator William E. Allison by a large margin, approved a tariff revision plank, and debated Cummins tactics while praising leadership. The session opened with Frank P. Woods passing the gavel to H. W. Byers as temporary chairman. G. Saunders named permanent chairman.
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Bes. Moines
William H. Taft
William E. Allison
Ohio
Cummins
Committee On
Allison
Polk
Frank P. Woods
State Central Committee
H. W. Byers
Harlan
Byers
G. Saunders
Brewery Strike Shuts 3,000 St Louis Plants
In St Louis 3,500 union workers were called to strike after a factional quarrel in Beer Drivers Local 48. A fruitless conference preceded a walkout of about 3,000 employees, who left with coats in place while police provided ample protection at breweries. In Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan students arrested for riot at the Star theater were released on bail as examinations loomed.
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St Louis
St. Louis
No 48
International United Brewery Workers of America
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Star Theater
Liberty
Des Moines Faces Statewide Coal Mine Shutdown
Des Moines IA faces a coal famine as every Iowa mine may shut on April 1. Dealers fear a month or more of halted production. Local firms store coal and have leased extra ground while factories and large buyers prepare for the idling.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Orchard Confession Sparks Idaho Murder Case
Harry Orchard was sentenced to death for a string of murders whose confession shocked the world. In prison he shows no escape effort, while Frank Steunenberg testifies that Orchard told the truth about the Haywood Pettibone trials. Judge Wood urged commuting the sentence to imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Caldwell
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Orchard
William D. Haywood
George A. Pettibone
Exiol
Frank Steunenberg
Wood
State Board of Pardons
Fortifications Bill Lopped to Eight Million for Hawaii and Philippines
Washington report shows the fortifications appropriation cut to 8,210,611 from 38,443,945. Chairman Smith says a 32,000,000 plan could be seen by Japan as preparing for war, so committee favors minimal continental funding and focuses on Hawaii and the Philippines.
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Washington
War Department
House Committee On
Smith
Japan
United States
Continental
Hawaiian
Philippine Islands
Packers Fines Affirmed By Supreme Court
Washington In a 5 to 2 ruling the Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision fining the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway for granting rebates and fining Kansas City Packers for accepting rebate shipments intended for export. Justice Day announced the decision with Justices Harlan White McKenzie and Holmes concurring. Chief Justice and Justices Brewer and Peckham dissented in an opinion criticizing food controls.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Eighth Circuit
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company
Packers of
Kansas City
Kap
Justice Day
Harlan, White, McKenza
Roimes
Brewer
Peckham
Justice Brewer
Tillman Accuses Roosevelt of Trust Amnesty Plan
Senator Tillman, in a Monday Senate speech, brands Roosevelt as complicit with rich malefactors and accuses him of planning a truce with past trust offenders while asserting executive responsibility for widespread evils.
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Tilman Seeres Roosevelt
Washington
Senator Tillman
Senate
Tales of Gold Blooded Murder in Wheeling West Virginia
Charles Cook 17, his wife Lila 20, and Joseph White 21 were arrested in Wheeling, WV over the death of Charles Bennett 29 from New Kensington, PA. Alleged confession says Mrs. Cook lured Bennett to a park, where Cook and White attacked him, and later married Lila Zane and traveled on $25 from the victim.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Charles Cook
Lila
Joseph White
Charles Bennett
New Kensington
Cook
Lilz Zane
Bennett
White
Milas Zane
New York Fire Chief Under Stormy Dinner Hour
An account recalls Fire Chief Crocker leading a big city blaze while arriving to a dinner, amid a night of storms. Various quotes on women, social roles, and public figures appear, including Potters, De Lenclos, Balzac, Thackeray, and Beaconsfield, plus notes on Harriman, Japan China tensions, and other curiosities from crime to fashion.
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Bishop Potter
Crocker
New York
de Lenclos
Balzac
Fielding
Lord Beaconsfied
Harriman
Ocean
Panama Canal
Evelyn
Harry
Pigilist Jefines
Amomobiles
Tooradin
Victoria
China
Manchuria
South Manchurian
Trevyes
Germany
New Orleans
Notis
Moses Jones
Argentine Republic
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Port-Au Prince
Gruiser
Iisland
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Celestin
Haiti
Iowa State News
Mmisues
Razor
Arshal
Charivari
Areve
OWA
Qghio
Taft
House
Packers
Supreme Court
DES Moines Directory
Alrus
WM. Stern & Son
Wholesafe Millimers
Capital
Begin City Hat Co
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