Senate Passes Bills on Inspectors Pay and Naturalization Fees
Washington notes show the Senate approved a bill raising customs inspectors per diem to $6 and set the U S treasurer salary at 8000 a year. It also passed an House amendment to naturalization and immigration law fees increasing total naturalization from 5 to 10 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Customs Service
United States
Senate
Conference of Governors
White House
National Council of Commerce
Washington
Council
Navy Department
Maine
Alabama
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Suez Canal
Hampton Roads
Honolulu
Manila
Bureau of Equipment
Editorial Writer Philip L Allen Dies of Typhoid Fever
Philip L. Allen editorial writer for the New York Evening Post dies of typhoid fever. Also notes Vienna professor Oswald Redlich accepted to lecture at Harvard in spring 1809.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip L. Allen
New York Evening Post
Oswald Redlich
Vienna University
Harvard
Multiple Fatalities and Disasters Reported Across States
The notices describe deaths from a ship collision at Lake Michigan near Calumet and a railroad wreck at Olive Hill Kentucky. Also reported are drownings in the Kootenai River, a fatal lightning strike near New Hampton Iowa, a barn fire in LaMoille Iowa, a fatal fall in Waterloo Iowa, gas poisoning in Chicago, a teen death in Wolverine Michigan, a public suicide in New York, a horse show injury to Catherine Roosevelt, a lightning strike during a funeral in Cammack Indiana, and a levee breach near Havana Illinois flooding 6 000 acres with four feet of water forcing evacuations and property losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sharpless
John Miles
Richmond
Nelson
B. C
Kootenai River
Patrick Brannon
New Hampton
Iowa
W. H. Sedgwick
Lamoille
Havana
Illinois River
Multiple crimes span Elk Washington to Benton Illinois
Ten year old Harry Russell confessed to robbing Elk depot on May 13, with $500 stolen. A Charleroi Pennsylvania package led to two suspected poisonings. J C White, 56, released from Pennsylvania penitentiary after serving for forgery. J R Collins bound for grand jury on enticing a girl to marry. Collins eloped with 14 year old Sarah Huntzatch. In Illinois, Frank Blanchard’s wife was bound and gagged during a home arson attempt. two prior arson attempts occurred. he rescued her and saved the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Russell
Elk, Wash
Samuel Fredwood
Charleroi
J. R. Collins
Hampton
Iowa
Collins
Sarah Huntzatch
Geneva
Frank Blanchard
Benton
Ill
Blanchard
Famine in Uganda and International Tensions Reported
More than 40000 deaths from famine in Usoga Uganda. government aiding 50000 natives. crop failures noted. Brazil's President Penna asks congress to sanction a U S treaty on naturalized citizens returning home. Morocco’s Mulai Hafid warns of killing German subjects to push French intervention. Belgian consul at Rabat maltreated. Sultan Abd el Aziz blamed. Prince Napoleon Murat duels with Plen brothers in St Petersburg, wounding both. Austrian princess linked to a Vienna elopement with Kozian, automaker agent. police seek fugitives.
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Usoga
Uganda
Penna
Brazil
Congress
United States
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Paris
Mafin
France
Brussels
Bonaparte
Carolline Frazer
Bordentown
N. J
Plen
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Amelie Louise
Emile Egon von Furstenberg
Koenigshof
Furstenberg
Kozian
Varied 1900s News Bits Highlight Transit, Finance, and Obits
Senate approves 60000 for Estherville post office. First broad gauge train on South Manchurian line completes successful run. Hawaii guards organized by Chinese American youths in Honolulu. Hillsboro Ohio fire containment costs 25000. Senate passes explosives transport bill. Congressional club incorporated for senators wives and daughters. W C Smith, former Lexington bank president, dies by suicide. C H Hicks sets corn planting record near Marshalltown. Heart failure ends local St Louis uran game. Contract >1 million for Bea ver bridge steel awarded to Pittsburgh firm. Lord Mount Stephen donates 5000 shares to King Edward hospital fund. Moscow council to mark Tolstoy birth with public library and school renaming. Japanese emigration limits noted in Honolulu. Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deepwater call for Chicago convention Oct 6-8.
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St. Louis
John R. Peary
Ohio River
Beaver
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Lord Mount Stephen
Canadian Pacific Railroad
King Edward Hospital Fund
Great Northern Railroad Company
United States
Filibuster Marks Final Hours of Emergency Currency Debate
The Sixtieth Congress closes as the Senate adopts the Aldrich Vreeland emergency currency bill by 43 to 22 after a marathon filibuster. Senators La Follette Stone and Gore spoke for extended periods with La Follette setting a record for continuous debate.
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Aldrich-Vreeland
Senate
Messrs. la Follette
Stone and Gore
Houses of
Congress
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Senator Stone
Senator la Follette
Stone
J.a Follette
Wisconsin
Fairbanks
la Follette
Gore
Mr. Gore
Brutal double murder shocks Paris artists circle
Paris reports a brutal double murder at Adolphe Steinheil’s home in Rue de Vaughirard. The noted painter and his mother-in-law Mme Japin were strangled, the wife gagged and bound as assailants ransacked the house. Police are baffled by the atrocity and unclear motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Adolphe Steinheil
Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil
Meissonier
Mme.‘ Japin
Rue de Vaughirard
Chance Shot Is Fatal in Waterloo Incident
Waterloo Iowa June 2 Clarence Strain twenty years old a Fremont resident dies from a forehead bullet wound caused accidentally by boys who were hurting each other.
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Chance
Waterloo
Iowa
Clarence Strain
Fremont
Thousands of Acres Flooded in Northwest Missouri
Reports from Maryville Tarkie and other Northwest Missouri towns indicate thousands of acres of lowlands are flooded with heavy damage to corn crops. Local officials assess widespread agricultural loss across multiple towns and counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Maryville
Oregon
Tarkie
Northwest
Missouri
Claims He Was Robbed in Hotel
East Grand Forks Minnesota May 30 Carl Zimmerman had Albert Johnson and James Murphy arrested yesterday on a charge of robbing him of twenty two dollars
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East Grand Forks
Minn
Carl Zimmerman
Albert Johnson
James Murphy
Eventful Night on Farm in Kragnes Minnesota
A Kragnes farmer reports a strange night arrival of thirty three pigs two colts two calves six kittens and one som. He says he was kept busy all night and the incident became the talk of Barnesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnesville
Minn
Kragnes
Kidnapped Her Own Child Charge in Janesville
Edna Wheelock is jailed in Janesville Wisconsin on May 30 charged with kidnapping her own child. Authorities allege she handed the child to her sister for adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Wis
Edna Wheelock
Tawney Presents Fiscal Review To House
Representative Tawney of Minnesota, chairing the appropriations committee, outlined a fiscal overview noting that next year’s public service and authorized works demands exceed last session by more than 156 million dollars. He put total session appropriations at 861,088,670 and treasury estimates at 878,123,011.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tawney
Minnesota
Committee On Appropriations
House
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Elopement of Furstenberg Princess Seeks Family Consent
Princess Amelie Louise of Furstenberg and Gustave Kozian arrive in Lucerne with Kozian's mother as negotiations with the princess's family continue for marriage approval. If not granted, officials plan a wedding soon in Lucerne.
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Lucerne
Amelie Louise of Furstenberg
Gustave Kozian
Kozian
Cholera Ravages Dagupan as Deaths Soar
In Dagupan near Manila cholera claims 29 lives in a single day. Despite health bureau efforts residents disregard germ theory, fearing a divine dispensation. The epidemic intensifies as authorities push cleanliness campaigns.
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Philippines
Manila
Dagupan
Bureau of Health
Mexican Village Wiped Out by Cloudburst Flood
A cloudburst caused flooding near Padula outside Mexico City destroying Pachula and drowning eighteen people over the last two days. The Herald reports extensive damage to the village and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
Herald
City
Padula
Pachula
Fireman Drowns Off Rock In Lake Superior
Gustaf Warebrook of Marquette fire department drowned while fishing near rocks as high waves swept him off the shore of Lake Superior in Marquette Michigan on June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Mich
Lake Superior
Gustaf Warebrook
Purdy Nomination for Minnesota District Judge Pending
Washington June 2. Congress adjournment left the Purdy nomination unreported from the senate committee on judiciary. The president is expected to decide within ten days whether to grant a recess appointment or choose another candidate for the Minnesota district judge post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air
Washington
Congress
M. D. Purdy
Minnesota
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Purdy
Cuban Officers Inspect Army Move Toward Americanization
A party of Cuban officers traveled to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas to familiarize themselves with American military institutions. The goal is to imitate and adapt these practices in the Cuban army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Earthquake Shocks Allentown Residents
An Allentown, Pennsylvania, earthquake scare yesterday caused buildings to rock and windows to rattle. The shock rattled crockery, toppled a few chimneys, and unsettled children as residents reported the trembling effects.
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Allentown
Lynching Follows Race Riot Near Dixon Kentucky
The March 14 riot at Providence near Dixon ends with the lynching of Jake McDowell a Black man who confessed to being in a group that killed a traveler and wounded another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon, Ky
Providence
Here
Jake McDowell
Panic at Chicago Dante School Sparks Mass Flight
Rumors of an Italian secret society plotting dynamite at the Dante school near Ewing and Desplaines caused 600 of 1,700 pupils to panic and flee. Several were knocked down or bruised, but no serious injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ewing and Desplaines
Drowned Boy and Companion in Gasoline Launch Accident
Bern Livingston a second year high school student at Northfield was drowned and Alson Blodgett another student nearly died when their gasoline launch went over the dam yesterday afternoon in Northfield Minn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
Minn
Bern Livingston
Alson Blodgett
Baseball Tragedy Kills Teen in Poughkeepsie
In Poughkeepsie New York yesterday Charles Lempke fourteen was struck under the heart by a pitched ball and died. The fatal injury occurred during a late game in the city.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Charles Lempke
Yaqui War Terms and End to Peace Hopes
Mexico City reports the Yaqui chiefs press hard terms for surrender including self rule and tax exemptions as the government plans to resume a campaign. The war department signals readiness for a potential extermination war if necessary to secure the Yaqui region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
War Department
Bule
Republic
Fight on the Mau retania smoking room ends with arrests
A New York steamer tale reports a Sunday night brawl in the Mau retania smoking room. Three badly battered men linked to the trouble were removed by detectives and taken to police headquarters after accusations of cheating over dice games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mauretania
Narrow Escape at West Thirteenth Street Boarding House
Fire trapped twenty boarders at Mrs. Mooney’s boarding house in Manhattan. Miss Marie Beltraine fell from the roof to her death after attempting to escape in nightwear. Mrs. Haggerty and others were burned. firemen rescued occupants with $1,000 in damage.
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New York
Mary Mooney
West Thirteenth Street
Mary Haggerty
Miss Beltraine
George Mickle
Sweeney
Lieut. Reilly
Express Agent Fined for Illegally Labeled Fish
In Chippewa Falls on June 3, John Derkey an express agent at Birchwood pleaded guilty to shipping fish illegally labeled. He was fined $25 plus costs after Game Warden S B Kirkoff found two boxes consigned to Chicago parties without proper labeling showing fish kind or pounds.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
S. B. Kirkoff
John Derkey
Birchwood
Derkey
Chicago
Five Chippewa Falls Boys Jailed for Egg Pranks
Five youths were arrested for night egg throwing in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. Ringleaders Roy Judkins Henry Michaels Elmer Bail John La Vigne and Frank Doyle were each sentenced to twenty days in jail after causing harassment to pedestrians and targeting a saloon and a laundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Roy Judkins
Henry Michaels
Elmer Bail
John la Vigne
Frank Doyle
Gould Fails to Appear on Auto Speeding Charge
Judgment was entered on a $100 bail forfeiture for Kingdon Gould after he did not appear in court for the automobile speeding case. A bench warrant was issued, but Gould had sailed for a six week Europe vacation last week, delaying proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kingdon Gould
Gould
Europe
Mississippi Flood Drives Out Families and Flooded Flats
St Paul reports the Mississippi River at 15 feet 6 inches at midnight, higher than in twenty years except 1897. Rapid rise floods the West side, forcing about fifty families to abandon homes as water surrounds residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
St. Paul
Barns Burn at Westhope Fight to Avert Conflagration
Westhope North Carolina June 3 fire destroyed the Burns and Sharvey livery barn housing eighteen horses. Southeast winds carried flames to another barn a mile away and scorched damp grounds. Officials say losses likely not exceed 7500 dollars despite near citywide spread.
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Westhope
N. C
Burns & Sharvey
Anglers Targeted as Law Violations Rise in South Dakota
Sioux Falls reports game wardens in several counties plan to make examples of violators who fish for bass and other protected species and either sell them or ship them out of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
Farman Renews Challenge to Wright Brothers
Ghent reports Henry Farman the British aeronaut renews his $5,000 challenge to American aviators the Wright brothers. He says he is surprised the original challenge was not accepted long ago.
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Farman
Ghent
Henry Farman
Wright Brothers
Body Found in Well in Devils Lake
Peter Olson was found dead in a well in Devils Lake North Dakota last night at about 10:30. The death is under investigation by the coroner as a mystery surrounds the case.
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Devils Lake
N. D
Peter Olson
Speech Talk Sparks Statesman Debate in Washington Star
A young man asks if giving speeches is wise for a future statesman. Senator Sorgum counters that the value lies in showing what you know to constituents rather than what you do not. The exchange highlights judgment in public speaking.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Three Lies and a Remark on Society Files
A brief cryptic remark notes three kinds of lies and asserts men die after one day without food, reflecting grim social observation.
Death pact ends in double tragedy in Kingston area
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on June 3 Sebastian Gayla a liquor house clerk and Mrs Anna Kares a deserted wife formed a death pact. They were found dead together in a room at the woman’s Kingston home.
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Wilkesbarre
Sebastian Gayla
Anna Kares
Kingston
Here
Three Cars Dynamited In Chester Strike Turmoil
Center Pennsylvania June 3. The strike disorder at Chester Traction escalated as three trolley cars were destroyed by dynamite last night. No injuries reported.
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Center
Chester Traction Company
Three Anarchists Seized in Lisbon Disembark Flight
Lisbon police detained three anarchists yesterday as they stepped ashore from a steamship arriving from Buenos Aires. The arrests came as authorities crack down on radical activity in the port city.
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Lisbon
Buenos Ayres
Ball Player Injured in Ammonia Bottle Blast
Chicago reports James T. Sheckard left fielder of the National League team seriously injured when a bottle of ammonia exploded before his face. His left eye may be permanently blinded according to latest reports.
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Chicago
James T. Sheckard
Chicago National Leage
Alm Admits Taking Funds
Preston Minnesota June 3 C O Alm former Rushford city treasurer pleaded guilty to embezzlement of municipal funds and was sentenced to three and a half years at Stillwater.
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Alm
Preston
Minn
C. O
Rushford
Stillwater
Four Hurt as Train Collides at Open Switch in Detroit
A passenger train derailed after hitting an open switch at Mul lion, Detroit, on June 3. The locomotive and baggage car overturned partly. Four passengers sustained serious injuries.
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Detroit
Mich
Mullion
Acquittal in Murder Trial for Gaston P. Philip
Gaston P. Philip, noted civil engineer and club man from New York and Washington, was acquitted yesterday of murdering cab driver Frank Macaboy in Washington. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty after deliberations in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gaston P. Philip
New York
Frank Macaboy
Balloon Survives Rain After Long Flight In Iowa Field
A Chicago balloon named the Chicago, the largest in the world, landed near Clear Lake Iowa after a 11 hour 75 mph trial. Passengers were Charles A. Coey Capt G H Bumbach and Charles H Leichliter. They intended a three day journey but rain forced an early end and the craft will be sent back to Chicago.
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Clear Lake
S. D
Chicago
Quincy
Ill
Mississippi
Charles A. Coey
G. H
Plains
Washouts Delay Northern Pacific West Bound Trains
St Paul June 3 The Northern Pacific announce west bound trains will not run until tomorrow morning due to two 100 foot fills washed out in the Jerusalem Pereman mountains in Montana. Crews will build temporary trestles to restore service. East bound passenger traffic is delayed about twenty four hours after a detour at Butte to the Great Northern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Northern Pacific Operating Department
Pereman Mountains
Montana
Great Northern
Butte
Mont
Mystery in survey in Roseau County linked engineers
Richard Lajoie of New York and Harold Emerson of Boston left Crookston for Roseau county to join Engineer Mott of Chicago on a surveying mission begun March 1. The trio, previously working on electric railways near Elgin Illinois, has not disclosed their purpose in the north woods.
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Mott
Roseau County
Crookston
Minn
Richard Lajoie
New York City
Harold Emerson
Boston
Chicago
Elgin
Ill
North Woods
Mabin Found Dead Possibly From Laudanum
The body of John Mabin aged fifty was found in his Minot North Dakota home. A bottle of laudanum was discovered on the premises. It is unclear if the death was intentional or accidental. Mabin reportedly habitually used small doses of laudanum.
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Minot
N. D
John Mabin
Illinois man fined and jailed for illegal liquor sale
Grand Forks North Dakota June 3 John Guilliford of Nelson county was arraigned yesterday on a charge of selling liquor illegally and entered a plea of guilty. He was sentenced to ninety days in jail and a two hundred dollar fine.
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Grand Forks
N. D
John Guilliford
Nelson County
Woman Oslerizes Self in Waterloo River Death
In Waterloo Iowa on June 3 Mrs Harmon of Northwood Iowa ended her life by jumping into a river near her home. Officials report she thought she was in the way and her days of usefulness were past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Harmon
Northwood
Youth Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in North Dakota
Earl Nelson aged fifteen pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter in Grand Forks North Dakota and was sentenced to Mandan reform school until he reaches age of majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
N. D
Earl Nelson
Mandan
A Poor Young Man Manages Self-Deprecation in Banter
In a brief exchange a man jokes about his appeal, saying no girl ever threw herself at him and acknowledging he is far from a good catch. The dialogue underscores his self deprecation and social awkwardness in a concise, humorous beat.
Sentimental scene with limburger cheese anniversary remark
A speaker recalls an engagement anniversary tied to limburger cheese. He explains he keeps the cheese as a personal token from the day he proposed to his wife, mixing sentiment with a quirky memory of their celebration.
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Ladysmith News
A. A. Hadden
Ladysmith
David B. Henderson
Evan Miles
Miles
Cuba
Alexander Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Stockholm
Sweden
John Erickson
Matthew Jackola
Calumet
Olive Hill
Samuel James Prout
Wolverine
Catherine Roosevelt
Country Club
Miss Roosevelt
John A. Losh
Friends’ Church
Cammack
Ind
J. C. White
State Penitentiary of
Pennsylvania
Estherville
National Guard of Hawaii
Hillsboro
Ohio
The
Congressional Club
W. C. Smith
National Exchange Bank of
Lexington
C.H. Hicks
Marshalltown
Moscow
Count Leo Tolstoy
Japan
Hawaii
Islands
W. F. Saunders
Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deepwater Waterway Association
Association
Bill
Sixtieth Congress
Cannon
William J. Bryan
Express
Young Gould
Mammoth
Iil
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