Notes From The Kingman Star News Briefs
A roundup of diverse items includes Robert McManus escaping custody from a running train near Trinidad Colorado, six drownings in Sacramento from a capsize, engineers clearing Culebra Cut records, and a fatal fall of a man’s head at a Philadelphia limited run. Other notes cover Tsabele Vraubart’s death in Rochester, a hydrophobia death of a Broocklin boy, Rex Clay’s $35000 damage award in Minnesota, and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testifying in New York. Additional items report Mrs Stillman’s fatal car streetcar collision, Thomas Lowry’s $100000 endowment, payroll padding in St Louis, and a snowbound Northwest death toll with widespread loneliness in North Dakota.
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Sacramento
Cal
Cyrine
A. Jacinto
War Department
Stevens
Culebra
de Lesxeps
Congressional Limited
Raymond Meyer
Broocklin
Long Island College Hospital
Stillman
Frank N. Stillman
Columbus
Ohio
Dr. Stillman
Madison Square Roof Garden
Thomas Lowry
Minneapolis, St. Paul and
Ste. Marie
Lombard Universalist College
Galesburg
Twin City
Fisher
Thomas W. Peck
Superintendent of Instruction
Board of Education
St. Louis
van Trump
North Dakota
Not Guilty in Simpson Murder Verdict in Riverhead
Jury acquits J. W. Simpson the dentist of murdering his father in law in Riverhead New York. The case drew local attention as prosecutors argued motive while defense highlighted lack of decisive evidence. The verdict ends a high profile trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Simpson
Riverhead
L. L
London
Theodore Davis
Thebes
Luxor
Egypt
Teie
Oscar
Sweden
Gustaf
P. W. F. Nlerwig
New Orleans
Martin H. Sullivan
Pensacola
Fla
Jane Lewis
Zachary Taylor
Hamilton
Ohio
America
House Post Committee Delays Postal Law Reforms
The House Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads will not undertake drastic postal law revision this session. A thorough investigation of the Post Office Department will be required first, with a commission to study service costs, expense division, and bookkeeping reforms. The report of the Penrose commission on second class mail and government press censorship sparked strong public opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Congress
House Committee On
Post Offices and Post Roads
Joint Postal Commission
Post Office
Post Office Department
Special Point Commission
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Postal Commission
Deep-Sea Diving Armor by De Pluvy
French engineer De Pluvy unveils diving armor with 0.2 to 0.3 inch thickness, leather and rubber joints, a helmet, and an onboard regenerating oxygen system. Air is pumped via tubes from the surface and regulated by valves, allowing dives from 150 to 300 feet with surface telephone communication and indicator lamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Pluvy
Murder conviction and other regional notices in Sterling and Cantown
Sparks from the Wires reports Gerret Vanwyk found guilty of murdering his sister in law to collect life insurance in Sterling Colorado. A natural gas explosion wrecked the Canan base near Pittsburg Cantown township injuring J A G Canan and wife. James N Beatty longtime judge at Voise Idaho resigns his U S district court post to President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerret Vanwyk
Sterling
Colo
J. AG. Canan
Cantown Township
Pittsburg
James N. Beatty
United States District Court
Voise
Idaho
Roosevelt
Progress of Thaw trial opens with evidence in murder case
New York law opens the Thaw murder trial of Harry K. Thaw for the Stanford White slaying at Madison Square Garden on June 25, 1906. Assistant District Attorney Garvan outlines the case and the law, detailing White’s actions and Thaw's alleged premeditated killing. Thaw sits with head down as evidence begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Madison Square Roof Garden
Garvan
Mr. White
Mr. Garvan
Lawrence
Cafe Martin
New York Theater
The Assassination Season and Railroads in Russia Cited
A satirical survey notes turmoil in Russia with assassinations linked to a fog of blame around wrecks. It mocks Interstate Commerce Commission pressure on railroads, rail pass repeal effects on shoe trade, and warnings of rail wrecks after rebates. It jests about electric roads to Washington and Standard Oil profit depots at Chicago University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harriman
Congress
Record drive for industrial accident statistics in New York
Appalling fatalities in America’s industrial army prompt steps to create compulsory accurate records of deaths and injuries. An exposition at the American Museum of Natural History will study safety devices and hygiene, seeking nationwide data. Wisconsin leads in official stats. ex President Cleveland supports the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York City
Department of Health
Josiah Strong
Institute of Social Service
United States
Spain
American Museum of Natural History
American Institute of Social Service
Wisconsin
Europe
Cleveland
Wealth-Seeking Insanity: Adler on modern business
Dr Felix Adler told the Ethical Culture Society in New York that vast fortunes grown from exploitation and adulteration reveal insanity in the era. He cited child labor and cheating as core sins, praised some gains in railroads yet blamed for personal aggrandizement, and rejected socialism as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Adler
Ethical Culture Society of
New York City
Adler
Explosion at Ontario camp kills three in dispute over cents
Three men died and three were critically injured in an explosion at a construction camp near Kenora Ontario. The blast followed a dispute over 60 cents, allegedly tied to a fatal confrontation in New Haven Connecticut where Rafaello Petrone was killed by Luci ano De Lucia. The US Supreme Court declined to hear Ted ward Flickinger of Galion Ohio, serving seven years for assisting in the wrecking of a national bank in that city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenora
Ont
Rafaello Petrone
New Haven
Conn
Luciano de Lucia
Supreme Court of the United States
Tedward Flickinger
Galion
Ohio
Congress adjourns amid eulogies and river bill action
The Senate suspended business for eulogies to Senator Gorman and adjourned in memory of Representative Track. Major actions included passage of a river and harbor appropriation bill, pension and tax measures, and continued debate on the Indian appropriation bill. The House advanced several defense and revenue bills and set up further consideration of navy funding.
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Senate
Gorman
Maryland
City of
St. Louis
Mississippi
William E. Track
New York
House
Senator Gorman
William T. Flack
Heyburn
Secretary of the Interior
Kittredge
Smoot
Rivers and Harbors
Indian Territory
Chicago
Gulf
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Cannon
Postmaster seeks funds for Peoria and South Bend quarters
National Capital Notes report two requests by the Postmaster General for temporary post office quarters of 10000 dollars each in Peoria Illinois and South Bend Indiana during new building construction. The Senate approves a May 15 extension for certain Northwestern homestead entrants to establish legal residence due to fuel shortages.
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National Capital Notes
Peoria
South Bend
Ind
Senate
Retired grocer credits pills for neuralgia cure
Otto H. Rose of Indianapolis recalls a childhood head injury followed by yearly neuralgia attacks. He describes eye pain and dizziness, then reports relief and cure after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He praises them for himself and his wife who also found relief. Pills sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady, 50 cents a box, six boxes 2.50. An informational booklet is available on request.
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Otto H. Rose
Lexington Avenue
Indianapolis
Ind
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Quote on poets and originality by Washington Star
The literary figure notes poets have done much for the world though unrecognized. Miss Cayenne agrees, saying poets hold many quotable lines leaving little reason for anyone to be merely original.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Seed Co. Sells 12 Cent Postpaid Garden Catalog Offer
John A Salter Seed Co offers 12¢ postpaid bundles of Beet Cabbage Cucumber Lettuce Radish Tomato Turnip and more to gain 200000 new customers in 1906. Send 16¢ for Berliner Earliest Cauliflower and a free mammoth seed catalog from La Crosse Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
la Crosse
Berliner Earliest Cauliftower
John A. Salter Seed Co
Box C
Wis
The Sultans Rebuke In Constantinople Street Incident
An ambassador to a European monarch witnessed a sultan carriage pass and was struck by an attendant. He demanded audience. The sultan examined the matter and concluded the incident was a fantasy, dismissing the claim and praising the ambassador as a gentleman.
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Constantinople
The Bank of Naples as the oldest bank in existence
The Bank of Naples, founded in 1539, is described as a state bank with substantial capital and no shareholders. It contrasts with the vanished Monte Vecchio of Venice and Banco San Giorgio of Genoa from the twelfth century and the Bank of Barcelona from the fourteenth century.
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Bank of Naples
Monte Vecchio
Venice
Banco San Giorgio
Genoa
Andas
Bank of
Barcelona
Naples
Mothers praise Grape-Nuts for children health
An Illinois mother writes that Grape-Nuts with toast and milk reduces medicine needs and doctor bills. She notes their children prefer it for breakfast, and one 15 year old reports sharper thinking and better well being after including Grape-Nuts. The endorsement cites Postum Co. and a campaign tagline there’s a reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellyville
Okga
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