Land Grabs Debate Sparks Forestry Rights Clash
Washington Feb 5 6 The senate debate over public land laws features Senator Heyburn denouncing forest reserve practices while warning against eastern capital grabs He asserts government controls Idaho counties and forest lands have shifted to federal ownership He urges shifting land law administration to a special land court amid broader river and harbor funding talks on Feb 6 the senate reviews appropriations totaling 81 5 million for army and related bills.
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Mejected Suitor Slays Then Wounds Self in Ponca
A 30 year old farmer, Frink, shot and killed Miss Hessie Newton at her Ponca home on Tuesday and then shot himself. He remains unconscious and not expected to recover. Newton was to wed Edward O’Donnell Wednesday night. Frink had called on Miss Newton in the absence of other family members. tragedy followed.
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Briggs Elected to Succeed Dryden in New Jersey Senate
In Trenton on February 6 the legislature chose Frank G. Briggs of Trenton to succeed John F. Dryden in the United States Senate. Briggs won 41 of 78 votes, with Democratic nominees Martine at 35 and two Democrats absent. Briggs, born 1860 in New Hampshire, a West Point graduate and former mayor and state treasurer, heads the Republican state committee. Washington reports Dryden withdrew his reelection bid citing health after advice from physicians.
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New York Contractor Heads Panama Canal Company
John B McDonald of New York City, builder of the subway, was elected president of the Panama Construction Company formed to pursue the Panama Canal contract. W J Oliver named as first vice president and general manager. officers include R A C Smith, D V Reynolds, R A Chester, and a board with McDonald, Oliver, Petree, Ackert, Smith, Chester, Peirce, Walsh, Brennan, Harriman, and Russell. Mr McDonald said the formation signals readiness for actual digging.
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R. A. Chester
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Charles H. Ackert
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Bark 18 Sunk by Steamer Off Sea Girt
Norfolk dispatch reports the bark Charles Loring with 280000 feet of lumber from Savannah to New York was rammed in heavy head winds and fog by the Old Dominion steamer Seneca four miles off Sea Girt New Jersey. The collision left the vessel sunk with no lives lost though nine crewmen were rescued. Captain H Debuhr and his crew survived after boats were launched.
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Young Thompson Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
Chester Thompson, on trial for the murder of Seattle Judge George Meade Emery on July 7, 1906, was found not guilty by reason of insanity. The verdict led to remand to await court orders. Thompson, from an Indiana family, is nephew of the late Maurles Thowi gon and son of Wil H. Thompson, poet of The High Tide at Gettysburg.
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Kaiser Hit in Face by Snowball at Brandenburger Tor
Berlin reports Kaiser Wilhelm was struck in the face by a snowball while driving past the Brandenburger Tor on Sunday. The emperor reportedly shook his finger at the youths who threw the missile and they scattered.
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Thaw case defense grills witness on insanity claim
New York Feb 6 defense in the Harry Thaw Stanford White case pressed its insanity argument before a jury. Dr C C Wiley testified Thaw was insane the night of the tragedy, while District Attorney Jerome's cross examination challenged his tests and methods. The defense sought hereditary insanity from Thaw's family history, but faced sharp objections and ongoing court scrutiny.
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Land frauds unearthed in California probe under Roosevelt
In San Francisco Acting Interior Inspector Thomas B Netthausen and State Mineralogist Lewis F Anbury investigate California land locations uncovering large frauds likely to trigger criminal prosecutions. The sweep targets wealthy and high society figures. In Ottawa Kansas a tragedy. Mrs Frank Schneck and her two children found murdered with throats cut in Centropotia village. Frank Schneck, a wine dealer, was later arrested.
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Snowbound in Chicago and East Cold Across Many Cities
A North American wire service digest reports Chicago stormbound with trains delayed up to six hours as snow piles on surface and third rails. Reports of 24 inches in the city, heavier elsewhere, and list of frigid conditions from North Dakota to New York with multiple cities recording subzero temperatures and rail disruption. Mrs Sage donates 1 million to Emma Willard School in Troy.
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World News Roundup of Loss and Deaths
A chaotic jumble reports numerous deaths and disasters including Pelham New York murders and fires in Detroit and Terra Haute, a Bloomington editor killed, Mary Anthony obituary, Mt Sterling boiler explosion with three railroad workers, Ottawa typhoid death of Lady Grenfell, Chicago gas price injunction, Vladivostok bombing attempt, Homestead steel plant injuries, and Monarch Mountain snow slide that killed eight.
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