Quigg Blamed Exonerated In Immunity Row
In Washington January 28 during the Lessler bribery inquiry Philip Doblin declared his earlier testimony partly true partly false. He said Lessler urged him to substantiate a story about Quigg and offered to fix it with the speaker. Doblin claimed the charges were a put up job and that he was pressured during a hotel conversation. The house naval affairs committee was in executive session and consideration was given to arresting Doblin on perjury charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lessler
Rogers
Philip Doblin
Doblin
Taylor
Ife
Quigg
Uns
Hotel
Normandie
House Naval Affairs Committee
Dublin
Hawley
Senator Hawley
Senate
Connecticut
Committee On Naval Affairs
White House
Girl Who Said You Lie Identity of Scene Creator
Wingston Ontario January 28 Mrs Grant of Coseiown reveals she is mother of the young woman who shouted you lied at Congressman Cochran in Washington. Mrs Grant defends the girl’s bravery while regretting the newspaper notoriety and presses attention surrounding the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wingston
Ont
Grant
Coseiown
House of Representatives
Washington
Cochran
Missouri
Nail Driven in Brain Kills 11 Month Old Boy near Iowa City
An 11 month old child of W M Biggs, a farmer west of Iowa City, died after a four year old brother hurled a board containing a nail that drove into the infant’s brain. The nail entered about half an inch and caused hours of spasms before medical aid could not save the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
W. M. Biggs
Ex Confederates Banquet Honors Civil War Figures
The thirteenth annual Danquet of the Confederate Veteran camp of New York at the Waldorf Astoria drew 500 members and guests. Henry Watterson spoke on Abraham Lincoln while Charles F Adams, a Union veteran, toasted Robert E. Lee. William Hepburn Russell defended Jefferson Davis. Commander Henry E. Owen presided as Major Low and Colonel Watterson sat nearby. The event featured toasts to the President and armed forces, then to Lee, and ended with "The Silent Brigadier" as the crowd saluted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Watterson
Abraham Lincoln
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Charles Francis Adams
Massachusetts
Robert E. Lee
Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
William Hepburn Russell
Missouri
New York City
Henry E. Owen
Major Low
Colonel Watterson
United States
Columbia
Glacral Lee
Vugler
Dowie Sr in Divorce Suit Over Cruelty Claim
Shenandoah Ia Jan 28 Mrs J M Northb Dowie files for divorce from John Murray Dowie father of Evangelist Dowie of Illinois citing cruelty and inhuman treatment and seeks alimony. She is a wealthy Iowa widow with bank stocks houses farms and Temperance union work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah II
Shenandoah
J. M. Northb Dowie
District Court
This
Page) County
John Murray Dowie
Evangelist Dowie
Illinois
Iowa
Church
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Benedict
Des Moines
Too Much Governess Boy Runs Away From Home
Percy Ingersoll, a 14 year old son of Manitoba millionaire William R. Ingersoll, arrives in South Chicago aboard a coal tender claiming aristocratic lineage. He says a strict household drove him to flee after a journey with a governess and a poodle in a red jacket. Police relay indicates telegrams will arrange return funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Percy Ingersoll
Percy
Manitoba
South Chicago
Shoal Lake
Man
William R. Ingersoll
Quebec
Wanderer
Adopted girl accuses poisoning parents for property
Nellie, 13, adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Isaac B Kniseley of Corning, tried to kill her benefactors with poison to gain their property. Illnesses followed, including canned meat poisoning, and a neighbor recalls her remark about inheriting their estate. She later confessed from a Binghamton home she had attempted to kill them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
Nellie
Isaac B Knisely
Binghamton
Addison
Anes
Kniseley
Kniseleys
Pennsylvania
Richard Ot His Board Actor Mansfield In Royalty Dispute
New York January twenty eight Elizabeth May bury the theatrical agent to whom Rostand assigned his claims in this country sues Richard Mansfield for royalties long overdue. Mansfield denies producing Cyrano de Bergerac saying his company did the work and he only took a share of profits and paid his hotel bills while Mrs Mansfield held the balance as principal stockholder. When asked if he was working for his board he replied Yes sir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
New York
Elizabeth Maybury
Edmund Rostand
Richard Mansfield
Bride Was a Burglar in Apartment Raids
Cleveland widow at 20 admitted aiding her husband in robbing twenty apartment houses in the city. Police captured the couple, with the husband confessing to multiple break ins while denying his wife’s knowledge. Jewelry valued at 300 dollars wore by Mrs. Hough was claimed as gifts from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Isohler
Frank
Rose Hough
Professors Poker Scandal Shuts Madison Gambling Rooms
Madison Wisconsin January 28 William W Atwater a Chicago student at the University of Wisconsin withdrew from school and English literature instructor Arthur Stanley Wheeler resigned amid a poker loss of 1200 dollars. President Birge, Mayor Groves and Alderman Butler ordered the temporary closure of local gambling dens following Atwaters expose naming Wheeler and Atwater as factors in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Madison University
Madison
Wis
William W. Atwater
University of Wisconsin
Arthur Stanley Wheeler
Birge
Groves
Butler
Atwate
Atwater
Wheeler
Yale
University
Two Kisses Cost $765 at Oberlin College
An Oberlin College student paid 37.50 for two kisses he stole from a coed after a college entertainment. He escorted her to her boarding house and, after she refused farewell, grasped her and took two kisses. The incident occurred in Oberlin Ohio on January 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Oberlin College
Na College
Powers Accept Mr Bowen Proposal In Venezuela Talks
The report states Bowen proposed guarantees for Venezuela involving La Guayra and Porto Cabello customs to back first claims. British and German representatives in Washington see the plan as a basis for talks. Banks in New York, possibly Seligman and Morgan, may underwrite claims enabling a blockade lift within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Germany
Washington
Bowen
Venezuela
LaGuayra
Porto Cabello
New York
J. and W. Seligman & Co
J. P. Morgan & Co
Allies Agree To End Venezuelan Port Blockade
Berlin reports written declarations exchanged between Minister Bowen and representatives of Great Britain Germany and Italy. They promise to consent to immediate raising of the blockade once an agreement is reached embodying the powers conditions. Venezuela offers a portion of La Guayra and Porto Cabello customs revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Bowen
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Venezuela
la Guayra
Porto Cabello
San Carlos Captured by Germans With Blown Fort
Reporters in contact with blockading forces say Fort San Carlos was captured by German troops and destroyed. The German gunboat Panther is reportedly disabled and towed by the cruiser Falke toward Willemstad. Rebels claim victory near here forty miles west, with the revolutionary forces capturing the opposing general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Cabello
Venezuela
Fort San Carlos
Falke
Willemstad
Castro
Here
Roosevelt On The Way To Canton McKinley Banquet
President Roosevelt departed Washington by a special Pennsylvania train with Secretary Cortelyou and a party including Secretary Root General Leonard Wood and others for Canton Ohio to partake in the McKinley birthday exercises. The group traveled at 12 30 pm and planned evening participation in the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Washington
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Railroad
McKinley
Cortelyou
Liberty libel suit filed against McClure's Magazine
Minneapolis County Attorney Boardman sues McClure Publishing Co for 50000 dollars over alleged libelous material in McClure's January issue headlined The Fall and Redemption of Minneapolis by Lincoln Steffens. Frederick Little served with a summons and travels to Chicago to confer with company officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
McClure
Minn
Boardman
McClure Publishing Company
New York City
McClure's
Lincolns
Steffens
Frederick Little
Northwestern
Pelee Eruption Triggers Evacuation From Mont Pelee
The royal mail steamer Esk carried over 400 excursionists to St. Pierre in Martinique on Saturday and returned today. At 5 PM while ashore more than 200 people faced danger as Mont Pelee erupted. After forty minutes all passengers were rescued. About 809 feet of the volcano cone reportedly blew away as dense smoke streamed three quarters of a mile from the Esk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castries
Island of St. Lucia
Royal Mail
Esk
St. Pierre
Americans Die as Bolinao Volunteers Are Defeated
Manila report says Bolinao volunteers organized to disperse ladrones in Zambales Province were defeated. Three Americans, including teacher Mr Osborne, killed. Wounded or captured volunteers reportedly surrounded by robbers. Details remain meager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Bolinao
Zambeles
Osborne
Surrour
Arda Flehting
Castellane Elected in Basses Alps After Invalidated Race
Paris reports Count Boni de Castellane was reelected in the Basses Alps district after the chamber invalidated his prior election. Andre Siegfried opposed him in a strenuous contest. Castellane led by about 500 at Castellano with votes from twenty other stations still outstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basses Alps
Count Boni
Chamber
Paris
Boni de Castellane
Chamber of Deputies
Count Boni de Castellano
Andre Siegfried
Castellano
Travesty on Justice Sparks Irish Rally in New York
A New York conference of Irish societies debated concerted action for Colonel Arthur Lynch, sentenced to death in England for treason. Delegates approved forming a nine member committee led by Thomas H. Romayne to unify Irish in the city and convene a further meeting. Resolutions at a later United Irish American gathering denounced the trial as a travesty on justice and condemned the English government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lynch
England
R. J. Kennedy
United Irish League
Thomas H. Romayne
America
Ireland
Australia
Colonel Lynch
Romayne
Mr. Romayne
United Irish-American Societies of
Daniel S. Colahan
Arthur Lynch
Revolution Growing in Kansu Province China
Victoria B C Jan 27 The steamers Athenian and Tremont from Yokohama bring news of a brewing revolution in Kansu. Reports say Tung Fuh Siang may lead a rising larger than two years ago unless he is suppressed. Missionaries flee the threatened district as 40 000 to 50 000 rebels seize towns and districts amid reports of strong government backing.
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Kansu
China
Victoria
B. C
Athenian
Tremont
Orient
Yokohama
Shanghai
Lashekow
Tung Fuh Siang
Shanghai Mercury
Kanu
Taotai
Rydbig and
Soderstray
Sinan
Singan
Pu China
Pekin
Yung Lu
Britain Faces Rift Over Cuban Treaty With United States
London reports a planned cabinet meeting after a UK chamber of commerce deputation urged action against the Cuban reciprocity treaty. Foreign Secretary Lansdowne warned Britain’s objections and U S replies, noting the treaty’s likely passage despite British concerns about West Indies discrimination.
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London
Cuba
United States
Great Britain
Chamber of Commerce of the
United Kingdom
Lansdowne
Herbert
West Indies
Hay
Bowen Hopes For Early Settlement In Venezuelan Crisis
In Washington a series of noon and later talks among Minister Bowen and ambassadors from Britain Italy and Germany signaled active diplomacy on Venezuela. The three powers may issue a joint reply accepting Bowen's guaranty and lifting the blockade, or maintain the blockade if his terms are rejected.
Germans Ignore Bowen Proposals in Venezuelan Blockade Talks
Washington reports a diplomatic exchange as Bowen seeks a conditional blockade of Venezuelan ports before further talks. Britain shows an amicable stance while Germany has not answered, drawing unpleasant comment. Bowen’s guarantees include Castro turning over customs to the allies for indemnities and allowing an official in each customs house to ensure proper receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen
Washington
England
Venezuela
Germany
Herbert
United States
Castro
Blockade not to be raised, powers warn Venezuela crisis
London reports that Britain Germany and Italy oppose Bowen's call to lift the blockade of Venezuela. They say coercive measures must continue until a proper guarantee is secured, to avoid undermining hopes for a diplomatic settlement in Washington. Other claimants’ demands must be settled first before addressing nonactive claims.
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London
Associated Press
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Bowen
Venezuela
Washington
Bucklin Arrested for Maintaining Gambling House
New York January 7 David W Bucklin reputed manager of Canfields gambling house arrested on an indictment charging him with maintaining a gambling house thereby creating and continuing a public nuisance He furnished bail and was released.
Eighth Circuit seeks extra judge amid rising federal work
Washington reports Representative Thomas of Iowa urges adding a circuit judge to the Eighth Judicial Circuit. The panel, covering Minnesota Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and three territories, handles increasing cases with 1,317 opinions last year. Support from Judge Sanborn and colleagues grows as the circuit's population and caseload outpace others, while similar reforms gain traction in South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas
Iowa
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Warbinin
Utah
South Dakota
North Dakota
New Mexico
Homa
Indian Territory
Hay
Vermont
Eighth Circuit
Sanborn
United States
House
Senate
Gamble
Missouri River
Yankton
Dakota Southern Railroad Company
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Land Office
Emanuel Golden
F. R. Sanford
Weron
Sanford
Lars N. Cairnes
James W. Lugle
Harriet N. Bucklin
Harriet Buckin
Aberdeen
Laknes
Wenzel Wopal
Kate Coyle
Englebret B. Lunde
Bessie O. Rebne
Watertown
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Gregory County
Vanderbilt Expands Biltmore Land Holdings
George W. Vanderbilt adds to his Biltmore estate by purchasing all lands on the upper Davidson River, granting control of water power long used by mills. The expansion increases the private landholdings of the North Carolina estate near Asheville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Vanderbilt
Raleigh
N. C
Biltmore
Ashville
North Carolina
Vanderbilt
Davidson River
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Richard
Bride
Powers
MR. Bowen
Caracas
San Carlos
Pelee
Ladrones
Castellane
Binghampton
N. Y
Frank Cronk
Alexander Hill
McHenry, Jr
Michael Herbert
Michael
Signor Mayor Des Planches
Count Quadt
Rome
Foreign Office
San Carlos Fort
State Department
Meyer
Henry White
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