Priest Killer Arrested After Denver Church Shooting
In St Mary’s church Denver on Sunday Father Leo Heinrichs was shot dead as he administered communion. Suspect Guarnaccio, an Italian anarchist, declared he targeted priests and attempted to shoot Patrolman Cronin before being captured and jailed.
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Denver
Col
Leo Heinrichs
Ginnere
St. Migabell's
Eleventh
Curtis Streets
Womeniuseppe
Leo Fel
Daniel Cronin
Cronin
Guarnaccio
Guarnaceto
Avid
Communion
Central America
Cannibals Murder Missionary and Pearl Indemnity Report
San Francisco reports the murder of Reverend Alexander Mcloughlin, devoured on St George Island in the Solomon group. The New Zealand government received 50 tons of pearls valued at 1000 dollars per ton as indemnity after the Hinemoa bombarded a village and a gunboat conveyed the missionary's remains to Auckland.
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Banes
San Francisco
Alexander Mcloughlin
St. George Island
Solomon
Barkentine
S.N
WeLouzhiin
New Zealand
Auckland
Hinemoa
Boni Pawned the Jewels and Court Decision
The appeal court upheld a lower court ruling against Count Boni de Castellane and Mme Ansa Gould ordering payment of 120 000 francs to Nemidoft for pearls bought in 1902. Boni claimed intent to gift to his wife, while Anna Gould testified she never saw them. Boni later pawned the jewels for $1 000.
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Boni
Paris
Count Boni de Castellane
Mme
Ansa Gould
Néra Nemidoft
Mime
Nemidof
Anna Gould
Countess de Castellane
Count Boni
Mie
Nemidos
Turks Raid Frontier Village Slays Eight and Imprisons Forty Three
Report says Turks raided Carina village in Van province and seized 51 Armenians accused of revolutionary ties. A field court martial sentenced eight men to death and 43 to life. Widespread village unrest and fear of uprisings accompany the swift sentences as Turkish forces push closer to the frontier.
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Tiftis
Carina
Van
Adriatic
Lfe
Lifeguard Pay Bout Gets House Support
The House committee on interstate and foreign commerce directs Representative Lovering of Massachusetts to draft and introduce a bill to increase lifeguard pay along United States coasts following the President's message.
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Washington
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Lovering
Massachusetts
United States
Bill to erect Point Pleasant monument to Battle of 1774
Washington bills aid construction of a monument at Point Pleasant West Virginia to commemorate the battle between Colonial troops and Indians on October 10 1774. The measure received Senate passage today.
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Washington
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Wat Point
Senate
Filipino Cadets May Train at U.S. Military Academy
Seven Filipino cadets could receive instruction in the United States military academy after a senate bill passed, enabling cross training and enhanced ties between the Philippines and the U.S. military.
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Washington
United States Military Academy
Senate
Nine Killed In Spring Valley Train Crossing Crash
At West Nyack crossing a foamed wagon bearing a basketball party was struck by an Ontario & Western express. Four died instantly, two died later in Hudson Hospital, and three are in serious to critical condition. Victims include George Bertth 30 Nelson May 19 Bertha Singer 18 Edith Singer 20 George Shinn 33 Jeannette Palmer 21. Injured include Warren Palmer 22 Henry Dilteren 24 and Mary Worith Bird 18. Disputed responsibility. gate tender as sole witness says the team went through lowered gates. opposite gate was down and may have been hurdled. The horses escaped unharmed.
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Spring Valley
N. Y
George Young
Nyack
West Nyack
Ontario & Western
Hudson Hospital
Hoboken
N. J
George Bertth
Nelson May
Bertha Singer
Edith Singer
George Shinn
Jeannette Palmer
Warren Palmer
Henry Dileteren
Mary Worith Bird
Dynamite Plant Disaster Kills Thirty In Berkeley
Berkeley reports say a dynamite explosion at the Hercules powder plant in Pinale place leaves thirty dead, including four white men and twenty six Chinese workers. Foreman W. W. Stillwell among the dead as six injured girls and four men recover. the company plans immediate rebuilding with about $10,000 in damages and no cause yet given.
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Berkeley
Cal
Hercules
Pinale
W. W. Stillwell
Birmingham
Miners Die as Shaft Hood Rains Ice in WilkesBarre Mine
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania a shaft hood collapsed when a large ice mass struck the hood while miners were lowered into the Stantion mine of the Lehigh and WilkesBarre Coal Co. Two were killed on site and a third died en route to hospital. Five workers were injured, all foreigners, with two cages escaping injury as the shaft sits about 1000 feet deep.
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Hood
Wilkes
Barre
Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company
Restoration of Motto to Goins Washington Debated
The house committee on coinage weights and measures, by unanimous vote, favored reporting the McKinley bill from Illinois to restore the National motto In God We Trust to gold and silver coins. Representative I Knowland of California suggested adding on clearing house certificates the inscription I Know That My Redeemer Liveth.
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Goins
Washington
Roosavelt
House Committee On
Illinois
Calfornia
Our Billion-Dollar Navy Best
Senator Male, chairing the senate committee on naval affairs, declares the present naval construction system the best possible after three years in naval legislation. Senator Hale notes the navy as it exists today has cost 37,200,000,000.
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Washington, D. C
Male
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Senate
Hale
Ten Killed In Teheran Panic During Muharram Procession
Ten people died and a score or more were wounded in Tehran as panic broke out in the main streets during a Muharram religious procession. Several ecclesiastics were among the injured as the festival was observed in the first month of the Mohamadan year.
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Teheran
Veharan
No Fear of Wage Reductions Amid Rail Labor Talks
In New York the railroad brotherhood committee concluded it has no plan to cut wages. It cited past practice and received encouraging reports from western and southern regions as its session adjourned.
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New York
Railroad Brotherhood
Permanent Embassy Building Plans Approved
Washington committee on foreign relations reported bills to fund sites and erection of consular buildings in Japan China and Korea and 400600 for purchase and repair of the building used for the American embassy in Paris.
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Washington
DD C
Committee On Foreign Relations
Japan
China
Korea
Paris
Boxers' Leader Tung Fuh Siang Dies in Exile
Shanghai reports the death of General Tung Fuh Siang, leader of the Boxers during the 1900 uprising. He had been hounded to Kan-Su where his fate was sealed in exile and subsequent death.
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Shanghai
Tung Fuh Siang
Kan-Su
Ex-Governor Pennypacker Testifies on Capitol Trimmings Confession
Former Pennsylvania governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, called for the defense, admits ignorance of key Capitol project dealings. He acknowledges substantial unapproved state payments to contractor John H. Sanderson and confirms shifts in accounting and supervision by state officials. James H. Stevenson, Sanderson’s bookkeeper, describes lump-sum billing and misapportioned expenses for furniture and fixtures.
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Harrisburg
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Pennypacker
John H. Sanderson
Board of A
Sanderson
Board of Grounds and Buildings
Capitol
James M. Shumaker
Snyder
Shumaker
Pennsylvania Construction
Penny’ Packer
Board of Grounds and
James H. Stevenson
House
Senate
Stevenson
Telegraphic Brevities From Coast To Midwest Stirs Nation
Reports from multiple cities recount a murder confession in Tacoma linked to John Seyfried of Saint Joseph Missouri, a mining operator death in Fruitvale, a fatal fire that destroyed an Admiral Parragut era mansion, and various political and personal tragedies including suicides and a deadly domestic dispute. The Missouri Democratic committee fixed a May 20 state convention, while other items note deaths of mining figures, a typhoid pneumonia death of Charles F A Young, and a dangerous tenement fire injuring Mary McDonald and her infant.
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Billings
Mont
Heyden Peoples
Tacoma
John Seyfried
St. Joseph
San Francisco
Cal
Valentine Goldsmith Hush
Fruitvale
Ohio
Hastings
Hudson
Admiral Parragut
Boston
Daniel J. Demmon
Franklin Mining Company
Lake Superior
Rochester
N. Y
Charles F. A. Young
The
Foresters of America
Albany
Senate
New York City
Jefferson City
Missouri State Democratic Committee
Seattle
Wash
L. Asbury
Elo
Bogton
Mia
Mary McDonald
Thirty Years for Kidnapping in Chicago Case
William Jones also known as William Birmingham and his wife Alzing Jones were found guilty by a jury in Judge Kersten's court of kidnapping 12 year old Lilian Wulff from her Chicago home last December. Jones receives 30 years and Alzing 21 years in the penitentiary.
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Chicago
William Jones
William Birmingham
Alzing Jones
Kersten
Lilian Wulff
Jones
Brooks convicted of first degree murder in Hendon case
Claude Brooks, a negro who confessed to killing Sidney Hendon, was found guilty of murder in the first degree and his punishment fixed at death in Kansas City Missouri.
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Kansas City
Claude Brooks
Sidney Hendon
University Defeated in Waggaman Bond Recovery Suit
Justice Wright of the DC supreme court directed a verdict for the Clarke estate in a suit by the Catholic University of America for $208,000 on the bond of late Thomas E B Wagpa man, former treasurer of Gathyolle University, tied to Waggaman's Bend, Washington.
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Waggaman's Bend
Washington
Justice Wright
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Daniel B. Clarke
Catholic University of America
Thomas EB. Wagpaman
Gath Yolle University
Fate of Stoessel and Port Arthur Commanders
In St Petersburg a military court condemned Lieutenant General Stoessel to death for surrendering Port Arthur to the Japanese. The court commuted the sentence to 10 years in a fortress and barred him from service. General Jock was reprimanded for a disciplinary offense, while General Smirnoff and Major General Herks were acquitted for lack of proof. The defense argued Port Arthur held out with heroic resistance under Stoessel and cited his role in three campaigns.
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Stoessel
Stocksel
Seige
Ambassador Takahira Arrives for White House Peace Reception
Baron Takahira arrived as Japan's ambassador to the United States for a White House reception on the 20th. He traveled in President Roosevelt's private carriage with Colonel Bramwell, and his diplomatic, military, and naval aides attended in full uniform. The talks between President Roosevelt and the ambassador conveyed a strong desire for lasting peace and mutual cooperation between nations.
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Washington
Baron Takahira
Japan
United States
White House
Roosevelt
Bramwell
Charleston Sets New Navy Target Records at Sea
Wireless dispatches from Magdalena bay report the cruiser Charleston flagship of Admiral Swinburne’s squadron broke all previous target records. The crew reportedly set a new standard for sub calibre shooting, surpassing last year’s marks and beating their own best.
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Charleston
San Diego
Cal
Magdalena Bay
Admiral Swinburne
Navy
Bank Wrecker Pleads Guilty in Norfolk Case
Alexander B. Butt, cashier of the Peoples Bank of Portsmouth, Va., pleaded guilty to three of 22 indictments. He made restitution totaling 347000 to depositors, with a total shortage of 252066. Judge Bain sentenced him to three years in the penitentiary and a 7184 dollar fine.
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Norfolk
Alexander B. Butt
Peoples Bank
Portsmouth
Bain
Postal Appropriation Bill Totals 220 715 000
Washington reports the postal appropriation bill revised by the sub committee totals 220 million 715 thousand dollars. The measure is about nine million dollars under the initial estimate and eight and a half million above the current fiscal year’s appropriation.
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Washington
Santa Fe Shops Close In Topeka Cause Mass Layoffs
Santa Fe rail shops at Topeka Kansas will not open tomorrow morning for work with officials calling the closing dawn temporary perhaps until Monday. The action will throw about 2,000 men out of work due to lack of work and financial stringency cited as the cause.
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Santa Fe
Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe Cuts 18 Percent in Mechanical Dept
The Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway orders an 18 percent reduction in its mechanical departments across the system. Two hundred workers were discharged this afternoon in the Topeka shops. Reductions were also made in other Kansas shops.
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Santa Fe
Topeka
Kan
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Ta Railway Company
Baltimore & Ohio Raises Six Million Notes
New York reports six million dollars of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company six percent one year notes sold jointly to Speyer and Co and Kuhn Loeb and Co. The notes are secured by eight million dollars of Pittsburgh Lake Erie and West Virginia refunding four percent bonds.
Fleet Arrives at Callao in Peru Under Evans Command
The American battleship fleet led by Hear Admiral Evans arrived at Callao Peru after a 10000 mile voyage from Hampton Roads begun December 15. Cruising at 10 knots, thousands from Lima and surrounding areas gathered to greet the flotilla.
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Callao
Peru
Admiral Evans
Hampton Roads
Punta Arenas
Lima
Knox bill proposes postal savings banks system
Senator Knox introduces a measure to establish postal savings banks tied to post offices, with deposits open to individuals aged ten and up, including married women and minors via guardians. Deposits start at seven dollars, with two percent annual interest, and funds placed in nearby national banks. Withdrawals allowed under regulations. bill includes $100,000 for implementation.
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Washington
Knox
Meyer
Secretary of the Treasury
Relief for tobacco growers allows tax free leaf sales
Washington reports that the house ways and means committee endorsed a bill removing the internal revenue tax of six cents per pound on unstemmed natural leaf tobacco. The measure lets farmers sell their own grown leaf to manufacturers of tobacco cigars and snuff without being taxed as leaf dealers or manufacturers.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On Ways and Means
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Internal Revenue
Shoots the chute driver freed from 20 tons coal
Walter Humphries of Torrington, employed by a local coal dealer, was struck by a load of 20 tons of coal in a chute at Winsted Connecticut. He escaped the car trap door as the coal froze, climbed a car, and when the mass moved, was carried into the pit through the trap door and survived.
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Winsted
Conn
Walter Humphries
Torrington
Senate Ratifies Treaties With France and Peru
The Senate in executive session ratified an arbitration treaty between the United States and France signed February 10, and also ratified a naturalization treaty between the United States and Peru.
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Senate
Washington
United States
France
Peri
Carnegie Grants $5,000 to Bride in Steel Bonds
In Atlanta Andrew Carnegie presented Miss Annie Wallace, soon to wed Max Franklin Howland of Boston, with 5000 dollars in steel bonds. Wallace formerly served as librarian at the Atlanta library.
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Carnegie
Atlanta
Andrew Carnegie
Annie Wallace
Max Franklin Howland
Boston
Wallace
Stoessel Seeks Death If Port Arthur Surrender Declared Crime
In St. Petersburg on February 18 the Port Arthur case moved to final stage as the prosecution waived rebuttal. Lieutenant General Stoessel declared he bore sole responsibility for the surrender and, if the court finds the surrender a crime, he asks for the death sentence.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Controversial Diario Wapanoes Calls Maine Explosion a Debacle
The Diario Wapanos denounces the U S commemoration of the Maine’s tenth anniversary as a blot on history. It claims direct War Department orders caused the blast to justify Spain’s downfall and alleges officers attended a funeral in full dress uniforms implying prior ashore uniforms. It questions why the wreck was not raised to prove the explosion occurred in the magazine.
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Sganteh
Havana
Diario Wapanos
Fts
Maing
War Department
Spain
Cuba
Maine
Eleven Men Injured in Lowell Factory Explosion
In Lowell Massachusetts eleven men were injured when an economizer exploded at the Hamilton Corporation cotton mill. The blast fatally injured Alexander Olsen and Thomas Kennelly was run over by a fire engine responding to the alert. The explosion damaged the plant, halting operations and leaving over 1,800 workers without jobs.
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Lowell
Mass
Hamilton’ Corporation
Alexander Olsen
Thomas Kennelly
Olsen
Kennelly
Illinois Republicans Endorse Cannon for President
The Republican state central committee met in Springfield and passed resolutions endorsing Joseph G Cannon for the presidency and set Marshfield Street as the date for the state convention in this city. The committee praised President Roosevelt and noted Cannon’s support as essential to enacting the president's recommendations into law.
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Republican Committee
Springfield
Republican State Committee
Joseph G. Cannon
Marsh
State Central Committee
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Original Package Ruling By Food Inspection Board
Washington report: U S board of food and drug inspection defines an original unbroken package as the unit prepared for shipment and delivered in the same form. A package loses that status if any contents are removed after arrival and delivery to the consignee.
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Food Inspection Board
Washington
United States Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Ohio Democrats Endorse Bryan for Presidency in Colum bus
The Ohio Democratic state central committee unanimously endorsed William J. Bryan for the presidency during a Columbus visit. The call for the state convention includes a plan allowing county voters with registration to express presidential preference by having candidate names printed on delegate tickets.
Wainwright to Command Navy Fleet After Pacific Voyage
Report says President will likely replace Rear Admiral Evans with Captain Richard Walnwright to oversee the battleship journey to Manila. Evans is expected to retire August 18, just before departure. Naval circles indicate a presidential decision to elevate Walnwright to command.
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Fleet
Evans
Pacific
San Francisco
Manila
Richard Walnwright
President pardons embezzler from Chattanooga Tennessee
President Roosevelt pardons Allyn Parker of Chattanooga who was convicted in Nashville federal court two years ago and sentenced to five years in federal prison for misusing bank funds at Tullahoma Tennessee. Parker was prosecuted by a Baltimore bonding company, but every dollar used by him was made up.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Roosevelt
Allyn Parker
Nashville
Atlanta
Tullahoma
Parker
Baltimore
Fourteen Die as British Steamer Aslak Wrecks Near Trondhjem
The British steamer Aslak, sailing from Middlesbrough to Trondhjem, was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. All fourteen crew members perished in the disaster near Trondhjem, Norway.
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Trondhjem
Norway
Aslak
Middlesborough
Illinois Contract railroad panel to back bonds plan
Directors of the Illinois Contract railroad tentatively recommend issuing equipment trust bonds possibly totaling 50 million ninety thousand pesos.
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Illinois Contract Railroad
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Swift Heath
New York State
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Uerry Olt
Gertaral
Stoessel Shoulders
Slame
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