News of Week Summarized From Washington and Abroad
Navy attache Commander John B Bernardou died in New York. President Roosevelt to designate Gen Luke Wright as official representative at the Southern memorial congress in Washington December 7 and 8. Cotton crop report shows Sept 25 condition at 69.7 percent of normal. Mrs. Richard Yates, widow of Illinois governor, dies at 86. Gen Louis Fitzgerald dies at 71. Rt Rev Michael Tierney bishop of Hartford dies after stroke. Thomas Morrison dies in Cincinnati at cemetery trustees meeting. Rev S Edward Young stays in Pittsburgh after church offer. Fay Hempstead crowned poet laureate of Masonic order, joining Burns and Robert Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Bernardou
Rome
Vienna
Naval Hospital
New York
Roosevelt
Luke E. Wright
Southern Memorial Congress
Washington
White House
Department of Agriculture
Louis Fitzgerald
The
Mercantile Trust Company
Garrison
Hudson
Michael [Ierney
Hartford
Conn
Bishop Tierney
Tipperary County
Ireland
Thomas Morrison
Spring Grove
Cincinnati
S. Edward Young
Second Presbyterian Church of
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Fay Hempstead
Arkansas
Ravenswood Lodge
Chicago
Mr. Hempstead
Robert Burns
Robert Morris
Tragedies Strike Three States In Sudden Accidents
Clemens Meiley, a youth, dies in Freeport Illinois after an umbrella causes a six inch stab wound. Fires destroy Great Hall and Ocean View houses in Winthrop Massachusetts with losses around 150000 dollars. In Webb City Missouri a dynamite blast at the Apache mine kills R C Feland and two others, injures two, and destroys mine buildings. A Florida like incident ends with Mrs. Butler badly burned and likely to die after fumigation burns. Two workers die in Mount Olive Missouri after plunging 400 feet down a coal mine shaft in an elevator mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Olive & Staunton Coal Company
Mount Olive
Herman Herron
Monroe Yanischke
Sins and Sinners Involving Bank Dynamite and Public Crimes
Summary of varied 1920s style notices: a Nebraska bank dynamited with $2500 taken, J E Gooding found guilty of wrecking a Kansas bank, several Kentucky murder case dismissals, California woman jailed at Ellis Island for cross-dressing, Iowa pioneer George Ulch’s suicide, and Milo Long murder verdict July 8 near Culbertson Montana with second degree murder and thirteen year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Long
John Hayes
Jeanette
Culbertson
Mont
State Penitentiary
Woman commits suicide at St Louis during troubles with parents
Rosie Courte, 28, fearing blindness, drank carbolic acid and died in St Louis. In Michigan, John Lassila is bound for trial in South Range after an encounter with Isaac Martikkala with claims of an attempted beheading. In Cairo, Ill., Drew Marshall shot Mrs Bechtel and then killed himself. she remains in danger at the city hospital.
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Rosie Courte
St. Louis
Isaac Martikkala
Copper Range
South Range
Mich
John Lassila
Lassila
Martikkala
International and domestic notes from a historical period
A roundup covers Japan banning gambling on race tracks and strict law enforcement, Amoy declared cholera and bubonic plague free, consulates issuing clean health bills, the Daily Chronicle joining Morley edition publishing, champagne trade unrest in France from mildew and imports, a leper station case in Wellington with a Nastin culture injection cure, and London Old Bailey fines on Ives brothers for beer dilution fraud.
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Amoy
China
London Times
Daily Chronicle
McMillan Firm
Morley
Gladstone
France
Wellington
N. Z
National and regional news digest from Iowa to Chicago
Spokane chosen as next year’s national irri grig tion congress site. Nat Goodwin divorces Maxine Elliott in Reno. Martha G Haskell donates 10000 to Grinnell College. Edna Wallace Hopper to sue over 7 500 000 bequest. Perry Boyer shoots editor Schmucker then dies. W G Conrad resigns as Democratic presidential elector candidate. Iowa to allow party primaries for judicial nominations. Phoenix mines to shut down for reorganization due to funds. Finnish society in Port Arthur Ontario accused of free love as several children born. Iowa board of pardons hears of an innocent prisoner case with unnamed witness. Chicago minister promotes church theater gym and pool. Canada Toronto hosts second international tax conference. J P Dolliver named to waterways commission. Chicago mayor moves to relief for starving children.
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Reno
Nev
Nat Goodwin
Maxine Elliott
Martha G. Haskell
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Grinnell College
Edna Wallace Hopper
British Columbia
Morrill
Perry Boyer
Marshall
J. H. Schmucker
W. G. Conrad
Helena
Mont
Conrad
House
Senate
Phoenix
Dominion Copper Company
New York
Treasury
Massive suffragette assault blocks London Parliament
Londons Westminster crowds surged into streets around Parliament as suffragettes led by Mrs Travers Symons forced their way to the speaker's chair during a debate on a smoking bill. Police 5 000 strong contained the unrest, 24 suffragettes and 12 unemployed arrested. women barred from the building thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Westminster
Travers Symons
James Keir Hardie
House of Commons
Scientists Test Canned Goods Toxins In Self Experiments
In New York four months of study on deadly acids in canned foods involve three physicians and a chemist who have prepped and sampled six grains of benzoid acid each. They report little to no ill effects, signaling startling results beyond prior pure food law expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Much Ado Over Small Suit Involves International Points
Rainy River Boom corporation filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the U S Supreme Court in its case against Rainy River Lumber. The issue centers on storage of sawlogs, with the Rainy River boundary between Minnesota and Canada raising international questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainy River Lumber
Washington
Rainy River Boom Corporation
Supreme Court of the
United States
Rainy River Lumber Company
Becom Company
Rainy River
Minnesota
Canada
White girl assaulted near Concord by mob makes arrest
Pearl Tucker, sixteen, was assaulted by a black man in woods near Concord yesterday afternoon. A posse of 500 formed and captured a suspect an hour after the crime. Police Chief Poger got the man into an automobile as a mob of up to 2000 pursued to ferry the prisoner to safety.
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Charlotte
N. C
Pearl Tucker
Concord
Poger
Balloon lands in North Sea during international trophy race
The second American balloon St. Louis, manned by N. H. Arnold and Harry J. Hewitt, was driven off course and rescued by a lifeboat after a perilous descent in the North Sea near Bremerhaven. Three balloons remain unaccounted for: Busley Castilla and Helvetia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Schmargendorf
North Sea
St. Louis
N. H. Arnold
North Adams
Mass
Harry J. Hewitt
Arnold
Bremerhaven
Hewitt
Castilla
Colonel Tucker accused by wife in abandonment case
Mary Logan Tucker filed to arrest Lieut. Col. W. F. Tucker paymaster of the Department of the Lakes on a charge of desertion. He was served on a train at Decatur North Carolina but not arrested. He is reportedly ill and en route to a Hot Springs sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Logan
Chicago
W. F. Tucker
Department of the Lakes
Col. Tucker
Decatur
O’brien
Chicago Police Department
Shippy
Army
Chief Shippy
St. Louis
Mary Logan Tucker
Public Kiss on Sabbath Costs Man Ten Dollars
Dennis Burns of Bridgeport was arrested in Naugatuck for public kissing of his wife on the Sabbath under an old blue law. He spent the night in jail and was fined ten dollars after the trolley trip between Bridgeport and Waterbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Conn
Dennis Burns
Naugatuck
Dennis
Ferry Collision Injures Factory Girls in Fog
In Detroit on October 15 a ferry steamer Ariel colliding with the freighter Energy in fog injured several workers and left about 100 female factory employees aboard the Walkerville Ont to Detroit route in a panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Ariel
Walkerville
Ont
Firebugs Attack Depot in Radisson Wisconsin
An arson attempt against the Omaha depot in Radisson Wisconsin was stopped before any damage occurred. A fire was started near the south waiting room door but was detected and extinguished. No injuries or suspect details are provided.
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Couderay
Wis
Omaha
Radisson
Aged Woman Assaulted in Winchester Home
Henry Daniels Jr. is charged with entering the home of Mrs. Frank Gregory a seventy six year old widow in Winchester Illinois and committing an assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Ill
Henry Daniels, Jr
Frank Gregory
Bodies of Bohle Brothers Found Along Rail Tracks
Oswego on October 15 reports Peter and John Bohle laborers were found chopped to pieces beside railroad tracks at Ingalls about eighteen miles away. Authorities suspect Italian involvement.
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Oswego
N. Y
Peter
John Bohle
Ingalls
Bonner Springs Fire Devastates Half Town
Fire swept half the business district of Bonner Springs Kansas a watering resort twenty miles west of Kansas City causing an estimated loss of 100000. The blaze unfolded on October 15 injuring no reported casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Bonner Springs
Kan
Grandmother Knocked Down in Kidnapping of Heiress Girl
Eight year old Margaret Frances Mitchell, heiress to a $250000 fortune, was kidnapped in Chicago as her grandmother Mrs. Caroline F. Mitchell was knocked down. Police issued a nation-wide search. clue points to take place soon after leaving the city perhaps to Sparta North Carolina. The child has been living with her father at 4829 St. Lawrence avenue and her mother resided separately. the case ends a long dispute over custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Margaret Frances Mitchell
Caroline F. Mitchell
Sparta
N. C
Robert Mitchell
St. Lawrence Avenue
Margaret B. Mitchell
Minnie Mitchell
William Batholin
Thaw Recommitted to Matteawan After Ruling
Harry K. Thaw loses a bid for jury trial on sanity and is recommitted to Matteawan state hospital for the criminal insane by Justice Mills in White Plains. His return to Matteawan was noted as an appeal proceeds in the court of appeals.
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White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Hospital
Justice Mills
Thaw
Court of Appeals
Justice Dowling
Matteawan
William Thaw
Josiah Thaw
Newburgh
Fishkill Landing
Amos Baker
Matteawan State Hospital
Edward Conroy
Mills
Baker
Pittsburg
Harriman Pledges Cash to Electrify Erie Suburban Service
E. H. Harriman pledged 14,000,000 dollars to the Erie railroad to electrify its New Jersey suburban service. The move ends a two year dispute with commuters and Wall Street calls it the best news in months as a large electrification program moves forward.
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Erie
New York
E. H. Harriman
Erie Railroad
New Jersey
Harriman
Wall Street
Two Killed in Montreal Homecoming Party Shooting
Francesco Martalli hosted a homecoming gathering in Montreal Oct 14 when a quarrel led to gunfire. Francesco Martalli and Donato Caluori were killed. Michael Caluori, 20, son of one victim, is under arrest charged with the double murder.
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Montreal
Francesco Martalli
Martalli
Donato Caluori
Michael Caluori
Statesman's Son in Toils Arrest Echoes in Chicago
Harry Cahill alias James Cole, claimed son of an Alaskan delegate in congress, was arrested by Chicago police for robbing a Ladysmith Wisconsin bank of 3000 dollars. The case ties a political name to a crime, highlighting a dramatic crosscountry sequence in October.
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Statesman
Toils
Chicago
Harry Cahill
James Cole
Congress
Ladysmith
Wis
Runaway injures prominent Cumberland farmer
Gustav Helberg a leading farmer living near Cumberland Wis sustained serious injuries when his team bolted after being frightened by an automobile on October 14. He remains in critical condition at a local hospital as authorities investigate the crash.
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Cumberland
Wis
Gustave Helberg
Here
Indicted for white slave law violations in Washington
Grace Sinclair and Ida Drury were indicted by the grand jury in Washington on charges of violating the white slave law by harboring alien women for immoral purposes in their homes.
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Washington
Grace Sinclair
Ida Drury
Mexico City Feels 40 Second Earthquake Last Night
An earthquake shock lasting about forty seconds was felt in Mexico City at 10 33 p m. Clocks stopped but the tremor did not cause any damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Mexico City
Children Tortured and Sold in Illinois Crisis
Rev. Charles Virden, agent for the state board of charities, reports to a state conference on child abuse in Illinois homes. He cites flogging with hot irons, stabbing, and eyes blinded, plus a distressing case in Quincy where a newborn was sold from its mother and carried nude in a market basket. He notes prosecutions for crimes against children but says no Illinois law bans child sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Ill
Charles Virden
State Conference of Charities
Virden
State Board of Charities
Illinois
Quincy
Ill
Baseball Attendance Reaches Historic Season Peak
New York reports the pro season ended with record attendance. National league paid admissions totaled 3,514,285, beating last season's 2,737,793. American league admissions rose to 3,554,837 from 3,398,764, reflecting a tight pennant race.
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New York
Fatal hunting accident shocks Menominee county
Menominee Michigan report Sunday hunting trip ends in tragedy as Anton Schammel is fatally wounded by a gun discharge while riding a bicycle sixteen miles from the city. Part of his head is blown away and recovery is impossible. Other victims suffer serious injuries and several sustain minor injuries.
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Menominee, Mich
Menominee County
Anton Schammel
Chief of Police Deposed in Des Moines Controversy
Des Moines on October 14 reports Chief Hume was ousted by the city council after Alderman John L. Hammery, who led a special department, moved to remove him. Hume had been elected by the council contrary to Hammery’s wishes.
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Des Moines
Hume
Ald
John L. Hammery
Special Department of Public Instruction
Hammery
Parliament Opens as Licensing Bill Tops Agenda
London October 13 the autumn session of the British parliament opened yesterday. The week will focus on government measures with the licensing bill as the centerpiece of debate and consideration.
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London
Forgery Trial of Frank C. Marrin Opens in New York
Frank C. Marrin goes on trial for alleged forgery dating fifteen years back. He is accused of obtaining $65,000 from Mrs. Caroline Barry, an elderly recluse who died in poverty in Brooklyn last summer.
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New York
Caroline Barry
Penury
Brooklyn
Frank C. Marrin
Marrin
Barry
Divorced Son’s Widow Marries Washed in Warsaw
In Warsaw Indiana on October 14 Albert E Tucker married his daughter in law Lulu E Tucker who was formerly married to his son John Tucker. Albert had secured a divorce from Lulu one hour earlier.
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Warsaw
Ind
Albert E. Tucker
Lulu E. Tucker
John Tucker
Man and Wife Indicted for Murder in Virginia
Manassas Virginia October 14 The grand jury indicted Tucker Posey and his wife Minnie Posey for complicity in the murder of Edward Fair on Thursday night near Canova The case centers on their alleged involvement in the slain man’s death and awaits further legal action.
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Manassas
Tucker Posey
Minnie Posey
Edward Fair
Canova
Three Trains Wrecked Near Black Rock Station
Three New York Central trains were wrecked in Buffalo in the Black Rock yard last night. One man was fatally injured with railroad workers and witnesses reporting the incident as severe and sudden.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York Central
Black Rock
Woman Drowns in Vat of Wine at Santa Rosa Winery
Santa Rosa California October 14 Mrs George Collier wife of a well known vineyardist died yesterday in a vat of wine She climbed to the rim to look in and was overcome by fumes losing her balance and falling in The accident occurred at a local vineyard complex
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Santa Rosa
Cal
George Collier
Supreme Court Resumes Session After Long Recess
Washington reports the Supreme Court has reopened after a four month break and will continue its term through June next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Bank Clerk Shoots Self in Minneapolis
Arthur P. Peterson a 22 year old statement clerk at Security National bank in Minneapolis died by self inflicted gunshot about 3 yesterday afternoon. He left no note or stated motive.
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Minneapolis
Arthur P. Peterson
Security National Bank
Soldier Drowns in Cuba River Incident
Havana reports an American soldier from the Twenty seventh Infantry S C Harvey drowned in the San Cristobal river yesterday.
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Cuba
Havana
S. C. Harvey
Twenty-seventh Infantry
San Cristobal River
Militia Faces Lynch Threat in Spartanburg Riot
A mob of up to 1000 fought with militia and police in Spartanburg South Carolina after a negro named John Irby was accused of attacking Miss Lillie Dempsey. Four wounded, Sheriff Nichols injured, and John Sparks arrested for shooting. Troops increased to 150, leaders detained, riot quelled with ongoing guard.
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Spartanburg
S. C
John Irby
Lillie Dempsey
Saxon Mill Village
John Sparks
Nichols
Court House
Miss Dempsey
Greenville
Clarence Agnew
Laurens
Garfield avenger shoots man near Brookland in self defense claim
William Jones known as Bill Jones the avenger, who once sought to avenge President Garfield, shot and killed John A. McPherson of Detroit at Bates farm near Brookland. He was arrested nearby and brought to Washington jail. Mrs Jones eye witness reportedly missing.
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Guiteau
Washington
Garfield
William Jones
Bill” Jones
Jones
Nevitt
McPherson
Mother Dies Saving Children From Rock Island Train
In Kewanee Illinois on October 13 1900 Mrs Caroline Barnhart of Cambridge sacrificed her life to save her two young children from a north bound Rock Island passenger train. The children were walking on the track on the way home from a visit with their father when she pushed them aside but could not escape herself as the train approached. Her body was horribly mangled.
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Rock Island
Kewanee
Ill
Caroline Barnhart
Cambridge
Beveridge Cancels Speech Amid Illness in Reno
United States Senator A J Beveridge of Indiana was forced to cancel a Republican meeting address in Reno Nevada because of illness. His physician reportedly advised against further public speaking for some time.
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Beveridge
Reno
Nev
United States
A. J. Beveridge
Indiana
Anniversary of Cuban Revolution Observed in Havana
Havana marked the thirty ninth anniversary of the ten year war for Cuban independence with a public holiday. Public offices closed and flags were displayed across the city.
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Havana
Eight Tons Of Fish Shipped From Hudson To Chicago
Eight tons of fish, mostly sheephead, carp, sturgeon and catfish, were sent from Hudson Wisconsin to the Chicago market over the past two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson, Wis
Chicago
Ten Sons in German Army Honored by Kaiser's Cabinet
A Bromberg area old lady invited photos of her ten sons in the German army to the Kaiser. She received a letter of hearty thanks and cordial wishes from the imperial cabinet by his majesty's order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bromberg
Armor Plate Underwear Question Sparks Satirical Debate
An outraged crowd lampoons a royal decree about dress and security. A palace official defends the armor plate concept while critics mock the insistence on removing undergarments with a monkey wrench as impractical and absurd.
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Turkey
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Wisconsin
Richard Yates
Yates
Springfield
Clemens Meiley
Freeport
Great Hall
Ocean View Hotel
Ocean Boulevard
Winthrop
Apache
Webb City
R. C. Feland
George Smith
Jasper Lee
Frank Holderby
Ed Johnson
Mary Butler
Clemons
Butler
Deweese
Neb
J. E. Gooding
State Bank of
Rockyford, Kan
Lexington
Elbert Hargis
Edward Callahan
Alex Hargis
Jesse Spicer
James Cockrell
Commonwealth
Mary Johnson
California
Ellis Island
Frank Woodhull
George W. Ulch
Johnson County
Solon
Joseph
William
Edward Ives
Old Bailey
Inland Revenue
Spokane
National Irrigration Congress
Port Arthur
K. S. Totterman
Iowa Board of Pardons
George Weems
Frank G. Smith
Warren Avenue Congregational Church of
Parliament Building
Toronto
National Tax Association
J. P. Dolliver
the Waterways Commission
Allison
Mr. Dolliver
Busse
Parliament
Nar
Blue Law
Kansas Town
South Carolina
Avenger
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