News of the week in epitome from the capital
The internal revenue service plans prosecutions for alleged infractions of federal revenue laws. The inland waterways commission is renewed by the president. Yorktown sails to the Bering Sea to patrol seal and deter pelagic sealing. French equitation course at Saumur to be attended by Capt. Fitzhugh Lee Jr. and Archibald Butt to the White House. About 300000 acres from Lower Yellowstone irrigations restored to public domain with settlement notices to follow. Robberies, murders, and crimes abroad include the Brunswick body of Thomas Martin, suicide of Louis M. Koch, a Guadalajara bank swindle, a young girl found dead in Standard Pennsylvania, and legal consequences for Patrick Mullen in Fernie. Pay train attacked near Las Grandes mines. four thousand dollars stolen and four bandits killed or wounded. A Russian nurse shoots Dr. William Auspitz in New York. Sarah Konet claims motive. A Checotah-Eufaula street clash injures deputies, with Woods gravely hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Department
Inland Waterways Commission
Congress
Yorktown
Puget Sound
Bering Sea
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr
Roosevelt
Anna Luchipski
Standard
Charles Williams
Mexico
Las Grandes Mines
Balsas
Guerrero
Sarah Konet
William Auspitz
New York
Patrick Mullen
Fernie
Winnipeg
Mullen
Great Falls
Mont
Angelo Orlando
Orlando
Eufaula
Okla
F. M. Woods
Joseph Parmenter
Chekota
Woods
Parmenter
Notable Obituaries and Society News
A roundup of notable deaths including Isaac B. Rich in Boston, W. S. Forman in East St. Louis, Hudson D. Brassie in San Francisco, Col. John F. Finnerty in Chicago, Rev. John D. Pickles in Lynn, William A. Morgan in Lake Forest, William Davis Ely in Providence, George F. Payne in Philadelphia, and Leonard Vernon Howe of Minneapolis as Yale track captain elect. Also announced is the engagement of Henry Cowper Gollan to Mary Louise Morris of St. Louis with marriage planned in London or Paris in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Forman
East St. Louis
Ill
Illinois
Hudson D. Brassie
San Francisco
John F. Finnerty
Chicago
John D. Pickles
St. Paul’s
Lynn
Mass
Massachusetts
William A. Morgan
Burlington Gazette
Iowa House of Representatives
Lake Forest
William Davis Ely
Yale University
Providence
R. I
Ely
George F. Payne
State Capitol
Harrisburg
Capitol
Philadelphia
Leonard Vernon Howe
Minneapolis
Yale
Hamilton
Bermuda
Henry Cowper Gollan
Mary Louise
James Nelson Morris
St. Louis
London
Paris
Crime spree across cities stirs fear and tragedy
Local reports detail nine arrests in Galesburg for violating the local option law, a Tacoma artist Anna Erickson suicide by hanging, mass executions of political offenders in Russia, theft sentences in Easton Pa, a double murder and suicide in Willoughby, and other violent incidents including a hotel tragedy in Wilburton and a staged bride theft in Panther Mountain region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Erickson
Tacoma
Russia
Ufa
Lodz
Odessa
Prize for first aeroplanist to stay airborne thirty minutes
Marmengaude of Paris offers 4000 francs to the first aviator who remains aloft for half an hour. Other items note the Victorian cabinet backing a welcome program for the American fleet with free rail transport, US diplomat Griscom reports no San Marino municipal ratification, and various international affairs from Paris to Martinique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marmengaude
Paris
Lloyd C. Griscom
Rome
State Department
San Marino
United States
International Miners’ Congress
Portuguese Chamber of Deputies
Manuel
Snarski
Antoine Siger
Fort de France
Martinique
Notable Local and National Court and Crime News Bits
A series of brief items: attorney H. J. McCormick arrested for forgery in Watertown New York. J W Pilkington dies by self inflicted shooting in Mobile Alabama. Sedalia Missouri voters reject local option by 848. American Piano Co formed in Trenton New Jersey with 12 million authorized capital. Boston DA John B Moran diagnosed with tuberculosis and to seek climate change. Paul Bourget urges Mosaic law punishment for murder. Searchers fail to find Edward Schiriman near Danbury Connecticut after shooting Ida Potter. R A Gromley of Detroit commits suicide in Chicago. George F Terry fined 10000 for conspiracy to defraud postage. Herman Krikko’s son injures no one in mine chute accident at Gogebic range. Archbishop Keane to return Sept 1 to resume duties. Dubuque archdiocese leader plans summer island retreat near Boston to regain strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
American Piano Company
Trenton
N. J
John B. Moran
Boston
Paul Bourget
Bourget
Newton
Edward Schiriman
Ida Potter
Main Street
Danbury
Conn
Republican Convention Begins Work In Chicago 1908
The Republican national convention opened in Chicago with about 14 000 in attendance at the Coliseum. Senator Julius Caesar Burrows of Michigan presided after 12 18 PM as delegates cheered Taft and Roosevelt. Committees and platform talks followed amid spirited demonstrations and early debates on credentials and organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
Michigan
Julius Caesar Burrows
United States
Coliseum
Lake Michigan
Ohio
Raft
Burrows
New
Wisconsin
la Follette
Senator Burrows
Root
Idoas
Navy
Philippines
Serena E. Payne
Senator Long
Kansas
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Taft Forces Control In Credentials Committee
Chicago June 17 The credentials committee, still in session at midnight, has ruled in six state contests—Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky and Mississippi—favoring Taft factions and backing last week’s national committee decisions. Louisiana settlement bypassed the panel as Lily Whites and Black and Tans agreed to accept a half vote split. Taft members display a strong working majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Committee On Credentials
National Committee
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
Louisiana
Credentials
Committee to Fix Date of Minnesota State Convention
Frank A. Day chairman of the Democratic state central committee named a five member panel to meet in St. Paul next Thursday. The group will fix the convention date and determine representation basis for delegates. Members are J. A. Carley Plainview Andrew Nelson Duluth Harry Lund Minneapolis C O Dailey Mankato and M B Matthews Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Democratic State Central Committee
Frank A. Day
J. A. Carley
Plainview
Andrew Nelson
Duluth
Harry Lund
Minneapolis
C. O. Dailey
Mankato
M. B. Matthews
Marshall
Postoffice Robbed at Glen Flora in Nitroglycerin Heist
The Glen Flora Wisconsin postoffice was robbed of 250 dollars on June 17. The robbers rolled the small safe to the railroad track and placed it sixty rods west of town before loading it with nitroglycerin. The explosion destroyed the safe and scattered money. authorities suspect amateur perpetrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Flora
Wis
Manitoba crops boom as weather boosts yields
Manitoba reports show agriculture thriving with June conditions favorable. Fine weather and adequate moisture have boosted crop prospects across the province and caused a substantial rise in acreage planted for wheat oats and barley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Aged Man Hangs Self in Iowa Shoe Shop
Fred Geinke, 72, hanged himself from a steam pipe in his Sioux City shoe shop. He had brooded over disposing of a cobbler’s bench he used for fifty years and faced family troubles, leading to the fatal act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Fred Geinke
University Pair Elopes to Freeport and Marries
Madison Wis June 17 M H Maurer a Wisconsin fellow and Elizabeth King another student eloped in a car yesterday to Freeport Ill where they were married They then boarded a train for New York and will sail for Naples
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
M. H. Maurer
University of Wisconsin
Elizabeth King
Freeport
New York
Naples
Twin Sons Murdered in Alaska
Horace and Harvey Waters twins of Mr and Mrs J M Waters of Clarinda murdered in Alaska as advised to the parents in Marshalltown Iowa on June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa
Horace and
Harvey Waters
J. M. Waters
Clarinda
Alaska
Young drill boy perishes in Tamarack mine fall
Calumet Michigan reports the death of George Bookovich a young drill boy who slipped while stepping into the ship in No 2 shaft at the Tamarack mine and fell to the bottom where he died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet, Mich
Tamarack
George Bookovich
Milk quality fears in London raised by old remedies
The Pall Mall Gazette notes London milk has long been considered poor. Sir Ralph Verney, who once used asses milk to ease coughs, cannot endure it in town due to doctors claiming it is tainted with salt smoke and dust and offers little virtue. Dr Den ton suggests sugar of roses with the milk. Asses milk remedies are described as varied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pall Mall ‘Gazette
Ralph Verney
Monmouth
Joner
Den
Ton
Restoring Tintern Abbey Arches in Monmouthshire
The famous Tintern Abbey ruins in Monmouthshire England are being restored to the four great arches. Further excavations are underway around the site in hope of uncovering adjoining buildings and structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tintern Abbey
Monmouthshire
England
American Taft Letter Stir Panama Election Controversy
Panamanian leaders fear US intervention in June elections after Taft letter. American commissioners backed by force will supervise vote counting to prevent fraud. US watchers will also monitor municipal elections on June 28 amid high official tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amador
United States
First Chairman is Dead in Michigan Republican Meeting Founder
Eugene Pringle longtime Jackson legal figure and early Republican organizer died at his Jackson home from apoplexy. He led the mass meeting under the oak in 1854 that formed the party in the west part of the city. He later deserted to become a Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Mich
Eugene Pringle
Jackson County
Michigan
Pringle
Hardware store burglary nets lone found twenty
Found bill theft missive details a lone twenty dollar note stolen from Heegaard & Co hardware store during a burglary in Watertown South Carolina. The cash drawers were rifled in a separate incident ten days earlier. The note had been found on the street and left there while being advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
S. C
Heegaard & Co
Fisherman killed as gas explosion wrecks schooner Alert
Gloucester mass June 17 Valen tine Leadville a fisherman killed ten others hurled twenty feet in the air though not seriously hurt and the fishing schooner Alert was wrecked by gas vapor explosion in her forecastle yesterday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
Valentine Leadville
Alert
Launching Fatal to Two in Niagara River Water
Charles Herbert was killed and Harvey Lace fatally injured while Edward Pfeffer was seriously hurt during the launching of a small river steamer from Squaw Island into the Niagara river yesterday afternoon near Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles Herbert
Harvey Lace
Edward Pfeffer
Squaw Island
Niagara River
Stillwater Store Burns, Losses $2000 in Fire
The New Store Company's general mercantile establishment at South Stillwater suffered a fire loss of about $2000 last evening. The blaze damaged merchandise and fixtures, with no injuries reported. Fire crews battled the flames through the night to prevent further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Minn
New Store Company
General Mercantile
South Stillwater
Tragic Drowning Of Two Year Old In Wash Boiler
Evelyn Williams, two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs C E Williams of Watertown South Carolina, drowned yesterday after falling into a wash boiler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
S. C
Evelyn Williams
Union Pacific cuts to full time for Omaha shop workers
Two thousand shop employees of the Union Pacific railroad in Omaha Nebraska were placed on full time yesterday after working short time since January. The move affects workers who had been kept on reduced hours as the railroad adjusted operations in the mid year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
Fishing Boats Wrecked Off Kagoshima Coast
Tokyo reports disaster with fifty fishing boats wrecked off Kagoshima and three hundred fifty crew members drowned. Local authorities seek survivors and assess maritime losses.
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Tokyo
Kagoshima
Man charged in nephew murder found insane in Wis case
Manitowoc June 17 verdict declares Charles Hayes of Chicago insane and thus not guilty of murdering his nephew William Kuchinberg of Marinette at Maple Grove on February 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wis
Charles Hayes
Chicago
William Kuchinberg
Marinette
Maple Grove
Brides Older Than Bridegrooms In Salem 1907
City Clerk Entwisle reports 1907 in Salem saw 479 marriage licenses issued and 396 solemnized, down 18 from 1906. The oldest groom was 68 and the oldest bride 50. youngest groom 16 and youngest bride 15. seventy one brides were older than their grooms.
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Entwisle
Salem
Millions of tariff appeals pile up as courts close
With summer closing of federal courts, about 45 000 appeals by importers sit on suspended files of the board of United States general appraisers. No customs cases will be heard until October, tying up millions in capital and delaying tariff decisions on Dingley and current rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Meat prices rise as beef lamb and pork costs climb
Chicago reports higher prices for dressed beef lamb and pork loins with increases of about half a cent one cent and two cents per pound respectively. Strong stock quotations and rising demand for manufactured products drive the upturn. Artificial ice prices also jump from 35 to 40 cents per hundred pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Enraged man shoots wife and mother in law in New York
John Blankmeyer, a former Sing Sing inmate, enraged over his wife Edna seeking a divorce, shot and killed his mother in law Mrs. C Meininger in their home. He also wounded Edna Blankmeyer as she intervened. Blankmeyer fled and remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Blankmeyer
Sing Sing Prison
C. Meininger
Edna Blankmeyer
Blankmeyer
Minnesotan Freed After Misidentification in Diamond Robbery Case
George E. Farewell of Lauderdale Minnesota and Lena Winchell, who traveled east, were released by police after several days held on suspicion of diamond robberies in Memphis. Farewell had been mistaken for Bernstein, an acquaintance of Winchell, and a reward was offered by the National Jewelers' association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
George E. Farewell
Lauderdale
Minn
Lena Winchell
Memphis
Farewell
Bernstein
National Jewelers’ Association
Markets Report Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Latest quotations from St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth show wheat prices for various grades around $1.09 to $1.11, corn near 69 to 70 cents, oats about 47 to 50 cents. Chicago Milwaukee Sioux City and South St Paul list cattle hog and sheep figures with mixed ranges for beef, pork, and lamb.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Quake Felt in Ogdensburg Yesterday Afternoon
A slight earthquake shock was felt in Ogdensburg New York yesterday afternoon. The tremor passed east to west and was described as a distinct waving motion lasting several seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Horse Kick May Prove Fatal in Wisconsin
Grand Rapids Wisconsin June 17 James Corcoran an East side resident was kicked by his horse yesterday His jaw was broken and he was seriously injured He is in a critical condition.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
James Corcoran
East Side
Bump Peavy Elected Mayor Quoted as Navy Advocate
A tavern keeper in Polkville Arkansas recalls the election of Bump Peavy as mayor. Citizens chose him on a platform favoring a safe and sane navy, though critics question his qualifications for administration. The exchange notes skepticism about his leadership yet acknowledges the naval issue as the election focus.
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Bump
Polkville
Ark
Teachers and Attendants Brave Fire Rescue at Home for Children
In Minneapolis on June 17 a blaze at the Home for Children and Aged Women threatened many lives. Miss Elizabeth Taylor and fellow staffers led a rapid evacuation of 100 children and 30 aged women, with the nursery on the second floor housing twenty infants. A defective flue ignited straw ticking on the third floor, engulfing the upper areas despite firefighting efforts, causing most damage and an estimated loss of 5 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Elizabeth Taylor
Temperance Convention Marks 100th Anniversary in Saratoga
A world temperance convention met in Saratoga New York to mark the centennial of the first temperance society. Delegates adopted resolutions urging the International Sunday school convention to keep quarterly temperance lessons in Sunday schools and asked the Democratic and Republican national conventions to support local option in the District of Columbia and the territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
N. Y
First
Temperance Society
Congress
International Sunday School
District of Columbia
Territories
Writ Denied in Patrick Habeas Corpus Case
Albert H. Patrick serving life at Sing Sing had his writ of habeas corpus denied by Judge Lacombe in the United States circuit court. Patrick claimed his death sentence, later commuted, stemmed from a conspiracy to plunder the Rice millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert H. Patrick
Sing Sing
William Marsh Rice
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Patrick
Millionaire's Son Seeks Workhouse for Food
William T Eiwen a self described Vienna graduate and son of a millionaire went to the St Louis police station asking to be sent to the workhouse to obtain a meal after failing to secure a dishwasher job in a restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
William T. Eiwen
University of Vienna
Eiwen
Gift Enables Johns Hopkins Psychiatric Clinic Founding
Johns Hopkins officials announce a large donation from Henry Phipps of Pittsburgh and New York exceeding fifty thousand dollars to establish a psychiatric clinic at the Johns Hopkins hospital and university in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
William H. Welsh
Johns Hopkins Hospitals
Henry Phipps
Pittsburg
New York
Johns Hopkins Hospital and
University
Anti-betting Law Upheld by Supreme Court in Arkansas
Arkansas Supreme Court rules the Amie anti race track betting bill constitutional. The decision upholds charges against The State vs Simon and Snyder for betting on a race. The ruling clarifies legality of anti betting measures and affects similar cases statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Supreme Court
Simon and Snyder
Governor Dawson Diagnosed With Tuberculosis
West Virginia Governor Dawson has developed tuberculosis. He left for Asheville, North Carolina, to spend three to four months for treatment and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Dawson
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Asheville
N. C
Carpenter Ends Life Over Finances in Minneapolis
Minneapolis June 17 August Hanson a 51 year old carpenter once employed at the Soo railroad shops died by drinking carbolic acid last night. Financial matters are believed to have driven him to self destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Hanson
Soo Railroad
Osceola Player Breaks Leg Playing Ball at Star Prairie
Marian Heald of Osceola had his left leg broken below the knee during a game between Osceola and Star Prairie nines at Star Prairie on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Wis
Marian Heald
Inside Information Clerk Dialogue on Gas Bill
A gas company scene shows a clerk questioning a Wishler gas bill as oversized. The bookkeeper defends uncertainty while discussing paying addresses to Wishler’s daughter in a terse, dialogue driven moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wishler’s
Nothing to Square Candy Box and Flower Offer
A concise caption notes a promotion urging purchases of candy or flowers for the evening while a character insists on staying sober, framing a domestic or social moment with implied choices and restraint. The fragment hints at a commercial pitch contrasted with personal resolve.
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Ladysmith News-Budget
A. A. Hadden
Ladysmith
Thomas Martin
Brunswick
Louis M. Koch
Toledo
Bank of
Jalisco
Guadalajara
Isaac B. Rich
Galesburg
Easton
Edward Whalen
Eastern Penitentiary
Anthony Colligan
Evanston
Frank Irvine
State Hospital For
Elecenter
Cal
Charles P. Corlett
Corlett Engineering Company
Willoughby
Cleveland
Wilburton
R. M. Johnson
Oliver Swann
W. F. Burns
Panther Mountain
Greenville County
H. J. McCormick
J. W. Pilkington
Mobile
Ala
R. A. Gromley
Detroit
Mich
Auditorium Annex
United States District Court
Portland
George F. Terry
Waterville
Hale
Jessieville
Gogebic
Herman Krikko
Keane
Archdiocese of
Dubuque
Atlantic Ocean
Committee
Panama
W. H. Taft
Senor Arias
Mass Meeting
Saratoga, N. Y
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