Roosevelts Aid Noted Amid Global Happenings
A wide weekly digest notes Roosevelt's famine relief call to Japan and Cuban gift thanks to his daughter. It reports desertion case against First Lieutenant Arthur Freshwater, Hong Kong and Manila tensions, a Maryland wedding of centenarians, a Chicago murder and other national events across the world and U S. politics.
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Tokio
Roosevelt
Japan
America
Samuel Kuhns
Sarah Jackson Crawford
Loraine County
Marysville
Ohio
Abraham Lincoln
Palma
Congress
Arthur H. Freshwater
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Manila
China
Eldridge Becker
Florence Allf
O. B. Allf
Florence
Ronald McCloud
Washington, Pa
Santo Paurero
Washington Fair Grounds
St. Petersburg
France
Jackson
Breathitt County
Grand Jury
James Harris
Ed Callahan
B. P. French
John Smith
John Abner
James
Spain
Theora Scott Strong
Charles H. Strong
Erie
Reginald R. Ronalds
New York
Fred McCutcheon
Ida Grove
Iowa
Holstein
Frederick Clifford Dorrway
Central Office
Illinois River
Bureau
Hennepin
United States Mails
Blaine Jenkins
Perry McWhorter
Hennepin, Ill
William Bentley
Chicago
Toledo, Peoria & Western
Crescent City
Ill
Engineer J. Welch
Peoria
Roland Brown
Congressman Pinckney
Hempstead
Texas
Nicholas Longworth
New Orleans
Fire destroys three story brick block on Federal Street
A three story brick block occupied by J. E. Goold & Co. on Federal Street Portland Maine burned early Sunday. Loss estimated at $120000. A cap stamped ringo Brough and bought by a Clonmel Ireland Industrial association member was found to be made in Japan after examination.
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Portland
Maine
Federal Street
J. E. Goold & Co
Clonmel
Tipperary
Japan
Russian Premier Witte Under Broad Opposition in Moscow
The Moscow convention denounces the Witte cabinet for procrastination and reform delays. Prominent ex-supporters and liberal factions join a growing press campaign against Count Witte as parties unite against the premier. A national assembly date May 10 looms, with cabinet awaiting interior news before final proclamation.
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Moscow
Russia
League
M. Guchkoff
Shipoff
Count Witte
National Assembly
Vanderbilt Party Held by Mob in Pontedera Incident
Florence dispatch reports Mr. and Mrs. W K Vanderbilt Jr and their chauffeur detained in Pontedera after a collision with a child. The party faced a mob, Vanderbilt drew a revolver but was disarmed and beaten as gendarmes and police escorted them to safety in a nearby shop.
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Florence
Italy
Pontedera
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Elephants Rescue Man After New York Street Crash
A Sixth Avenue collision between two trolley cars near the Hippodrome trapped a man under wreckage. Four elephants obeyed their trainer and used their trunks to lift the debris, freeing Hugh Kiernan who suffered a crushed right leg. The elephants also shifted the wreckage to clear the street and returned to the Hippodrome.
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New York
Sixth Avenue
Forty-second Street
King Edward’s Ill Health Spurs London Concern
A London dispatch reports growing anxiety about King Edward's health. The monarch reportedly suffers from phlebitis in the leg after a hunting accident and has lost his mobility, relying on a cane as he endures prolonged abstinence from tobacco and reduced exercise.
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London
Edward
David B. Henderson Dies in Dubuque at 66
Former Speaker of the House David B. Henderson died at his Dubuque home after a nine month illness of paresis. Born in Old Deer Scotland on March 14 1840 he served in the Union Army and later rose to Speaker in 1899. Funeral services will be held Thursday with a Grand Army of the Republic officiating and George D. Perkins delivering the eulogy.
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Dubuque
Iowa
David B. Henderson
National House of Representatives
California
Henderson
Episcopal Church
Grand Army
George D. Perkins
Sioux City
Old Deer
Scotland
Illinois
Donelson
Corinth
Forty-sixth
Iowa Volunteers
Augusta A. Fox
Congress
House
Thomas B. Reed
Notre Dame Sparks Paris Disorder Over Church State Inventory
A Paris dispatch reports Notre Dame as the scene of excitement and a clash with police as crowds protest the separation of church and state law. Authorities attempted an inventory at the cathedral and St Thomas Aquinas church, arrests followed including General Recamier, safes were opened, and several hundred demonstrators dispersed after clashes with police.
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Paris
Cathedral of
Notre Dame
Loubet
Place
Dante
M. Loubet
St. Thomas Aquinas
General Recamier
Public reaction to Spiri donova letter fuels reform debates
Liberal circles in St. Petersburg rise in anger over a letter by Mlle Spirinodova, the 17 year old who shot M Luzhenoffsky, chief of the secret police at Tamboff. She claims brutalities amid peasant suppression and is hailed as a revolutionary heroine akin to Charlotte Corday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
M’lle Spiridonova
M. Luzhenoffsky
Tamboff
M. Luzhenoffsy
Charlotte Corday
Westward Investment Push by Reform Insurance Officials
A Chicago newspaper reports reform insurance officials in New York plan to invest vast sums in cities and towns across the middle and far west. Fiscal agents will be appointed in every major town to manage these funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
New York
Fire causes rush of 400 children at Illinois school show
An Alton Illinois moving picture event at St Marys school hall sparked panic when a long roll of celluloid ignited producing heavy smoke. About 50 children were injured in the trampling rush. In Chicago Johann Hoch was hanged last Friday for his wife Marie Welcker Hochs murder.
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Alton
Ill
St. Mary’s School
John Scherrer
Chicago
Oberammergau
Johann Hoch
Marie Welcker-Hoch
Roosevelt backs subsidy in ship bill
Representatives Minor of Wisconsin and Humphrey of Washington, members of the house committee on merchant marine and fisheries and the congressional merchant marine commission, had a conference with President Roosevelt and he will lend his hearty support to the subsidy measure in the house.
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Minor
Wisconsin
Humphrey
Washington
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Congressional Merchant Marine Commission
Roosevelt
House
German Prince to Wed Duchess in Berlin Royal Wedding
Berlin worded report states Prince Eitel Fritz second son of Emperor William will marry Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg on Tuesday. The ceremony mirrors the crown prince and princess wedding from last June with similar pomp and setting.
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Berlin
Eitel Fritz
Emperor William
Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg
Primary voting law tried in Chicago shows success
The new primary law allowing voters to select candidates directly rather than via caucus was tested in Chicago on Saturday and judged a decided success.
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Chicago
Mining notes show renewed activity across western mines
Patrick Clark reports optimism from New York on American mining prospects including copper ventures in Death Valley California. The Red Boy near Sumpter Oregon and Tar Box near Wallace Idaho see activity with new plans for mills and expansions. Hecla pays more dividends totaling 610,000 this year. Jersey City forms the Butte Coalition Mining Company with 15 million capitalization. Bunker Hill & Sullivan declares 180,000 dividend, raising total since 1906 to 6,066,000. Granby smelter records a 2959 ton daily run, Mabel near Iron Mask commences shipments, White Bear resumes after a halt, and peanut production remains strong in the United States with 350,000 acres and 300 million pounds annually. Manhattan Nevada gains a mining camp newspaper in the Mail.
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Patrick Clark
Spokane
New York
Clark
Death Valley
California
Sumpter
Tarbox
Wallace
Idaho
Hecla Mining Company
Gem
Jersey City
Butte Coalition Mining Company
Courtland Betz
Summit
N. J
John G. Saxe
Frederick M. Gilbert
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Wardner
Granby
B. C
Steamer Dora Returns to Seattle After 54 Days Missing
The Alaskan steamer Dora of the Northwestern Steamship line, long believed lost with all aboard, has limped into Seattle after more than 2000 miles off course. Blown from Cold Bay on New Year’s Eve in a fierce gale, she drifted at sea without coal, yet all crew and passengers are reported safe and well with supplies aboard.
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Dora
Northwestern Steamship Company
Seattle
Pacific Ocean
Cold Bay
Washington Notes Crowded Freight of Local Happenings
Arthur Perry killed in Startup logging camp, Waitsburg veterans reunion pleased, wheat sales deplete 1905 crop, G A R encampment set in Walla Walla June 25 26 27. Spokane funds clash over subsidy, Tacoma students suspended, fruit growth in Kittitas, lumber price hikes agreed, Yakima valley state selection canceled, famine relief drive in Whitman county, dynamite accident near Tacoma kills Ibosi injures Yamamoto, Spokane tragedy man drinks carbolic acid, NP right of way work Pasco to Riparia, lumber market shifts, Barnett boys released, family distress, no Idaho Idaho state debate, railroad crash near Spokane fatal, townsite filing east of Rossburg, North Yakima cannery planned.
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Arthur Perry
Startup
Snohomish County
Wash
Waitsburg
Walla Walla County
Department of Washington and
Alaska
Walla Walla
Bellingham
Spokane
Tacoma
Washington
Kittitas County
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Hitchcock
Yakima Valley
Interior Department
Seattle
Japan
Chadwick
Colfax
Whitman County
Big Bend
Davenport
Y. Yamamoto
G. Ibosi
Ibosi
Yamamoto
Harriet Richards
Gifford
E. P. O'Neil
Northern Pacific
Pasco
Riparia
William Barnett
Lauren Barnett
Barnett
St. John
Grimes Governor Gooding Credits Orchard Confession
Idaho Governor Gooding declares Harry Orchard has made a full confession to the Steunenberg assassination and related murders. He credits James McParland, cites Orchard’s religious awakening, and notes the state has withdrawn rewards except a $1000 offer for J. L. Simpkins.
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Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Gooding
Idaho
Orchard
J. L. Simpkins
Colorado
Western Federation of Miners
James McParland
Stellenberg Asassination
Re. Berg
Foreign Trade Notes From Chile and Mexico
Consul reports Chile ports show American flag only 135000 tons of 17000000 total vessel tonnage entering. Great Britain 8000000 tons and Germany 3000000 tons. US trade declined from 11000000 in 1903 and 10000000 in 1904 despite Chile increasing wheat purchases. Chile plans railroads and the Transandine Railway will cut Europe travel time by 10 to 12 days. Durango reports Mexico will soon have import wheat. Be lin notes US purchases near 15000000 more merchandise from the empire in 1905, mainly raw goods. US manufactured goods sales to Germany did not reach 15000000.
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Mansfield
Valparaiso
State Department
Chiles
Great Britain
United States
Chile
Says
Europe
Leroy
Durang
Mexico
Thackeray
Belin
Germany
New Secretary for India Amendo Minto Proposes Policy
John Morley in his first act as Secretary for India navigates a thorny dispute over Curzon’s legacy. Dispatches show Morley leaning toward civil government supremacy in Indian military matters, aligning with Lord Curzon against Lord Kitchener.
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India
Amendo Minto
John Morley
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Lord Cars
Lord Kitchener
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MOB
Elephants Rescue Man
City OF Dubuque, Iowa
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Safes Brown
Duchess Sophie
Charlotte
Rossland Mines
Mabel
Iron Mask
Manhattan
Nevada
Tonopah
The
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W. F. Bond
Washington Notes
Washington State College
University of Idaho
Great Northern
Oregon Railway Navigation Company
Zack Taylor
Rossburg
Stevens County
United States Land Office
State of Washington
C. B Bussel
Andrew Webber
North Yakima
Gooding OF
Idang
His Maker
Curzon
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