Washington Notes on Law and Diplomacy From 1908
Washington report covers the American Society of International Law meeting, Roosevelts awards and appointments, Panama canal proofs, and plans for Caribbean sanitation. Also notes Australia’s fleet visit costs, Vienna jubilee insurance, a Bern glacier find, and Barcelona finance and cotton trade shifts in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society of International Law
Washington
Roosevelt
Turkey
Mahmed Ali Bey
Diomede Falconio
United States
House Committee
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Hague
House Committee On Public Lands
Senate
Castro
Academy of Medicine
Caracas
Canada
Australia
Victoria
New South Wales
Committee of
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Monterosa
Berne
Nagki
Madrid
Notable Obituaries and Book News From Early 20th Century Press
Tolstoi announces a posthumous novel Father Sergius. Died: Alderson of Kansas City, Jibbey and Church of DC, Haines of Kalamazoo, Coltran of Decatur. Hammond signs five year Guggenheim deal at $500000 yearly. Baldwin prize awarded to A E Pinanski Harvard senior. Coltran, a Grand Army of the Republic founder and Decatur press veteran, dies. first to back Lincoln for the Republican ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Tolstoi
Sergius
David P. Alderson
Bradley-Alderson Implement Company
West
Kansas City
John Edward Jibbey
Charles B. Church
Inhabitants’ Association
District of Columbia
Washington
John Hayes Hammond
San Francisco
Guggenheims
David H. Haines
Kalamazoo Gas Company
Kalamazoo
Mich
Frost and Fire Damage Hit Multiple Regions Across States
The frost damaged Arkansas and Colorado fruit regions with losses near 1 million dollars. A boiler explosion on the British battleship Britannia injured five sailors during a Portsmouth trial. A Cleveland fire destroyed Standard Oil's candle and grease works with losses around 203500. Dennis Courtney died from 12000 volts at Niagara Falls Hydraulics power plant. Laurel Iowa saw 4000 dollars in stock pavilion fire losses. livestock burned. A Minnie Cox from Martin's Ferry Ohio died after a spider bite. Bernard Nagel of Erie Pa died after ingesting medicine mislabeled as candy. Randall Iowa near-miss drug-store blaze destroyed multiple buildings, town saved by volunteers. Muskegon Michigan drowned boat accident reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Grand Valleys
Colorado
Portsmouth
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
Dennis Courtney
Niagara Falls
Adraulic Power Company
Farmers’ Exchange
Laurel
Iowa
Multiple bank thefts and crimes sweep across the Midwest
Reports detail robberies in Jasper Missouri where three safes were opened and two of six robbers captured near Joplin. Frank Dunne abandons a wilderness escape near Marquette Michigan to face charges after a quarrel. A Baton Rouge bank embezzlement scheme leads to a federal indictment of Oscar Konder and others. A Chicago chemist is fatally wounded in a dispute with an inventor, and a Calumet Michigan man is found dead, likely by suicide. Immigration arrests near Philadelphia involve Charles Allen and Robert Cuff. Frauds in Denver see Mrs Leonora Pierce and Miss Gresta Fulmer accused of bilking a Dillon Montana woman.
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Jasper
Joplin
Frank Dunne
Marquette
Mich
First National Bank of Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
Oscar Konder
Charles Pendelick
Chicago
John Dowling
Downing
Leonora Pierce
Gresta Fulmer
Denver
Harriet Crowe
Dillon Mont
Subcommittee Backs Clapp Bill on Cass Lake Loundaries
A house subcommittee reported favorably on Senator Clapp's bill altering the Loundaris of the Cass Lake Indian reservation. The New York police blocked a ten round boxing match between Terry McGovern and Johnny Summers at Old Broadway Athletic Club. A hog named Back Perfection, imported by J G Gallman, died valued at 1000 dollars. Governor Post of Porto Rico arranged a 400th anniversary program with officials and societies. Representative Heflin of Alabama arranged a compromise after wounding Thomas McCreary in Washington. A $3 million mortgage to Metropolitan Trust of New York by Bingham Central Railroad was filed in Salt Lake City to secure a loan of $2 million. Colorado Republicans elected six delegates at large to back Taft at the Chicago convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Clapp
Cass Lake
New York
Terry McGovern
Johnny Summers
England
Old Broadway Athletic Club
Europe
J. G. Gallman
van Horne Iown
Gov. Post of
Porto Rico
Ponce de Leon
Heflin
Alabama
Thomas McCreary
Washington
Bingham Central Railroad Company
Metropolitan Trust Company of New York
Salt Lake City
Terloo
Iowa
Waterloo, Cedar Rapids & Northern Company
Fire Rages Through New Avenue Hotel In Fort Wayne
A devastating blaze at the New Avenue hotel in Fort Wayne Indiana destroyed the interior and killed an estimated twelve to twenty guests. Rescue workers and National Guard units combed the ruins as flames trapped residents and made identifications difficult. The hotel and furnishings were valued at 80 000 with total losses around 115 000.
Waterways Fund Fixed Starter Planned by Senate Committee
Washington May 6 senate committee on commerce adopts revised Newlands waterways bill fixing the appropriation at 10000000 and authorizing bonds when the waterways fund drops below 5000000 to restore the amount. Full committee aims to report the measure as early as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
Waterways
Prince Heliette Sagan Converts to Protestantism
Rome May 5. The Catholic church will not annul Mme Anna Goulds first marriage blocking the union with Prince Heliette Sagan. The prince decides to become Protestant to permit a civil and religious marriage.
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Mmme
Gould
Rome
Heliette Sagan
Mme Anna Gould
Mme. Gould
Enraged Polish Seaman Kills Two in New York
William Sekansky, a Polish seaman, shot and killed Annie Keckoow, a 20 year old Polish girl, after his marriage proposal was rejected. He then shot Michael Kirsani who tried to stop his escape. Kirsani died later in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Sekansky
Annie Keckoow
Michael Kirsani
Kirsani
Spectator Yes Bottle Kills Boy At City Ball Game
A 13 year old boy William Haverkamp died after a pop bottle struck him on the head from the bleachers during a local Central league game in Grand Rapids Michigan. Edward Parksinger was arrested charged with throwing the bottle intended for a group of boys in front of the bleachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Six Die In Brooklyn Tenement Fire
An early morning blaze in a four story brick tenement at 17 Humboldt Street Brooklyn killed six residents and seriously injured four others. Police and firemen conducted dramatic rescues with life nets and ladders as families, including a mother and four children, perished or were saved from upper floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Humboldt Stret
Brooklyn
Britons Repulse Afghan Attack At Khyber Pass
London's May 6 report notes Britain uneasy over India with Mohmands settling when a large Afghan force numbering 13 000 to 20 000 crossed the border in two columns to seize the Khyber pass blockhouse near Landikhotal. The attack was repulsed with light casualties, while Afghans stayed before Landikho tal and another column moved toward Bazaar valley Lisote pass. Gen Willcox rushed from Jamrad near Peshawar to meet the developing threat as frontier telegrams were censored at Simla. Calcutta reports a bomb plot to murder Europeans. arrests and incriminating documents, bombs, and explosives are seized, with natives blamed for the conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
India
Khyber Pass
nearLandikhotal
Landikhotal
Bazaar Valley
Lisote Pass
Willcox
Nea
Jamrad
Peshawar
Simla
Calcutta
Convict Shot Dead by Warden in West Virginia
In Wheeling West Virginia on May 5 Jesse Briggs a black inmate serving life at Moonsville penitentiary was shot and killed by Warden C Dawson after Briggs broke from custody and threw rocks while fleeing. Briggs had been sentenced to hang for murder.
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Rocka
Policeman Charles Beck Killed Pursuing Burglars
Denver police officer Charles M. Beck was fatally shot while pursuing a burglar inside a store during a May night watch. Beck crawled through a pried window into darkness and died instantly. no arrests have been made.
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Denver
Colo
Charles M. Beck
Beck
Cleveland Improves as Doctors Cite Acute Indigestion
Lakewood New Jersey May 5 The condition of former President Grover Cleveland, said by physicians to be suffering from acute indigestion, continues to show daily improvement. Mrs Cleveland expresses hope for an early return to Princeton as his recovery progresses.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Philippine Town Wiped Out by Fire
Manila May 5 Anal polo Moreng province suffered a devastating blaze that destroyed four hundred houses leaving hundreds homeless. The shrine survived as the blaze started by lightning swept through Antipole, a town of about 3,500 residents.
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Manila
Analpolo
Moreng
Antipole
Reverend N J Watson Dies in Pulpit at Germantown
The Rev N J Watson pastor of Halsey African Methodist Episcopal Church in Germantown Philadelphia dropped dead in the pulpit on May 4 while about to preach. He was a Berlin College graduate and among church leaders in the suburb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
N. J. Watson
Halsey African Methodist Episcopal Church
Germantown
Mr. Watson
Berlin College
More Flax This Year In North Country
Farmers north of Pierre report a record flax acreage for the year, noting higher plantings than in any prior season as planting progresses across the countryside.
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Pierre
Eleven Lost in Minnie E Kellen Shipwreck Off Newport
Stormy seas sank the Minnie E Kellen off Newport as eleven crewmen perished. Nine were rescued by the Yakima Bay lifesaving crew after a perilous voyage, leaving two more unaccounted. The lumber carrier from Aberdeen to San Francisco, under Capt. James McKenna, was last sighted afloat before the wreck.
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Here
Minnie E. Kellen
Aberdeen
San Francisco
James McKenna
Yakima Bay
Newport
Thaw Out of Asylum As Sanity Hearing Nears
Harry K Thaw left Matteawan hospital and will stay in Dutchess County jail until the habeas corpus case ruling. The supreme court will hear the formal proceeding next Monday with Evelyn Nesbit Thaw possibly testifying. Thaw may testify as well as being examined for sanity. The district attorney opposes release, arguing Thaw remains potentially insane according to prior trials.
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Poughkeepsie
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Hospital
New York County
Jerome
Thaw
Dutchess County
Matteawan
Evelyn Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Peabody
Eleven Dead in Hotel Fire at Fort Wayne Ruin
Rain halted work on the Aveline hotel wreck as exhausted rescuers searched for bodies. By May 6 eleven victims were known and two men from Detroit and New York remained missing. E M Matthews of Columbus is believed to die. Police and fire officials had not slept since Sunday.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Aveline
E. M. Matthews
Columbus
Ohio
Charles Benjamin
Detroit
Herman Seligman
New York
Capture Pirate Craft Near San Juan Porto Rico
Revenue Cutter Algonquin, after a prolonged chase along Porto Rico's west coast, captured a stolen sloop. The cutter fired three shots before the vessel heaved to. Pirates planned further robberies and escape toward Santo Domingo.
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Revenue Cutter
San Juan
Porto Rico
Algonquin
Santo
Colombia Faces Panama Plan to Force War With Venezuela
May 6 report from Cartagena says Colombia suspects Panama is edging toward war with Venezuela and could use disputed Jurado on the Atrato river as a bargaining chip. The U S aims to calm the issue as two border disputes and Panama’s ambitions threaten regional stability.
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Cartagenia
Colombia
Panama
Venezuela
Jurado
Atrato
Panaama
United States
Taft
Americ
Coloma
Castro
Cgalombians
Atrato River
Ceenta
Jurada
Venez
Mass of Facts and Figures Against Paper Trust Is Substantiated
Washington May 6 an eight page stack of telegrams from newspaper publishers across the country detailing higher costs of print paper was submitted to the special House committee by John Norris of New York who spent the day presenting evidence along with figures supporting the publishers association charges against the International Paper company. The committee plans to adjourn at noon Friday and visit Palmers Falls New York to inspect Hudson River Paper Co mills and hear related testimony. Norris said forty six publishers are willing to appear in Washington to testify.
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Washington
House
John Norris
New York
Norris
International Paper Company
Erican Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Next Friay
Palmers Falls
Saratoga County
N. Y
Hudson River Paper Company
Tobacco Growers Guard Beds in Nightly Vigil
In a Southern Ohio barley tobacco district authorities report grave conditions. Adjt. Gen. Critchfield, after visiting Brown County and meeting Gov. Harris and AAG Miller, said growers are in a state of terror and exhausted by nightly guarding of their tobacco beds. No major outbreak expected for at least forty eight hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Adjt
Critchfield
Harris
Miller
Brown County
Rome farewell for Prince Helie and Mme Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan and Mme Gould left Rome yesterday with their party. They were headed supposedly for Florence but are believed to continue to Milan. The travelers praised Rome for its hospitality and dislike public attention during their stay.
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Mme
Gould
Prince Helie
Rome
Prince Helie de Sagan
Yaesterday
Florence
Milan
Prince
Young Driver Dies After Bridge Fall Near Gladstone
May 6 report from Gladstone Michigan says Bert Murray, driver for a Rapid River stable, fell from a bridge into a ravine while returning from Escanaba to Gladstone. He died at a hospital. His horse also died in the incident.
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Gladstone
Mich
Bert Murray
Rapid River Rivers
Escanab
WIFE MURDER CHARGED FORMER RESIDENT OF CANADA INVOLVED IN POISONING
Winnipeg man Steinberg accused of poisoning his wife near Fielding Saskatchewan. A scenic artist who moved from Boston to Canada or Cincinnati Ohio later remarried after his wife’s death. Police report unclear dates and locations in fragmented OCR text.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Berg
Hig
Fielding
Sask
Here
Steinberg
Boston
sOhio
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Praves Cay
Ismay
Minnie Cox
Martin’s Ferry
Bernard
Bailey B. Nagel
Erie
Root the
Pennsylvania Boiler Works
Randall
Seaine
L. M. Crossley
Pire Jvana
Henry Lehtikenpes
Calumet
Charles Allen
Robert Cuff
United States Immigration Authorities
William H. Taft
Avilines
New Avenue
Infantry
Battery B
National Guard
Ralph R. Hopkins
Waterways Fund
Big Force
Blockhouse
Newport, Or
Duchese County
America
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