Naval Academy Class of 1906 Receives Diplomas in New Armory
Annapolis reports Secretary Bonaparte awarded diplomas to 191 graduates before about 2,500 spectators at the academy. The secretary avoided referencing current academy conditions that have dampened the ceremonies. Washington also notes Midshipman Minor Merriweather Jr. was pardoned by the president after his hazing conviction and dismissal.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
New
Bonaparte
Cader
Pardens Merriweather
Washington
Merriweather, Jr
British Hope Dims as Moroccan Talks Falter
London reports no hope of an amicable settlement between France and Germany over Moroccan policy. Officials expect the Algeciras Conference to break, leaving the Moroccan issue unresolved and Germany held to blame for the stalled talks.
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London
France
Germany
Algeciras
Germany Credited With Morocco Crisis Stalemate
Report notes the coming week may not shift the Moroccan situation from the pre conference status with Germany cited for the failure. The account attributes the deadlock to lack of progress and places responsibility on Berlin.
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Germany
Taggart Moves To Dismiss Appeal In Case
Wooster Ohio February 12 Attorneys for Captain Taggart filed a motion to dismiss Mrs Egart s appeal to the circuit court arguing the appeal is not admissible under state law and that the circuit court has no jurisdiction in the case. Negro Lynched on Bridge Gadsden Alabama February 12 Renkie Richardson a Negro charged with assault and murder of Sarah Smith a white woman on July 15 last was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged on a bridge over the Coosa River.
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Wooster
Ohio
Taggart
Egart
Circuit Court
Gadsden
Ala
Renkie Richardson
Sarah Smith
Coosa River
Ilinois Central
Nashville
Illinois Central Railroad
Champansboro
la Porte
Ind
Lake Shore
Chicago
New York
Burdick
Elkhart
Dolan warns coal strike would be calamity in UMWA row
Pittsburg official Patrick Dolan, head of the local United Mine Workers, says a national coal strike would be a calamity and likely end in dismal failure. He defends current wage scales and attacks John Mitchell while opposing a strike. Delegates adjourned after six days of turmoil with Dolan self reelected as president amid lingering disputes.
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Pittsburg
Patrick Dolan
United Mine Workers of America
Dolan
Indianapolis
John Mitchell
Mark Hanna
Roosevelt
Miners’ Convention
Uriah Bellingham
Farm Animal Counts Issued by Bureau of Statistics
Washington February 12. The crop estimating board of the Bureau of Statistics issued statements on January 1 showing numbers and values of farm animals in the United States. Horses 18,718,578 average value per head 80.72 Milch cows 19,793,866 average 29.44 Sheep 50,601, Swine 52,102,834 age value 6.18 average.
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Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Turks and Servians Fight in Former Serb Territory
In old Servia near Nikujan Dragomanzi and Chelopek Turkish troops fought two Servian bands. Forty of the former were killed or wounded and eighteen of the Servians were killed or wounded in the engagement reported from Belgrade Servia on February 12.
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Belgrade
Servia
Old Servia
Nikujan Dragomanzi
Chelopek
Unemployed March in London Fails to Impress
A London march of the unemployed aimed at influencing the new government and legislators failed to make an impression. The demonstration did not achieve its expected impact, and observers called the effort ineffective.
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London
Protestants Protest Catholic Marriage Step to King
The Imperial Protestant Federation petitions King Edward to withhold consent to the marriage of Princess Ena of Battenburg to King Alfonso. The federation says the union causes deep sorrow among Protestants and that Ena’s planned Catholic conversion shocks them. the king’s official disapproval is awaited.
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Edward
Alfonso
London
Ena of
Federation
Agrarian Association Convention Opens in Berlin
The annual convention of the Agrarian association opened in Berlin with about 8 000 estate owners present. The group, including 270 000 proprietors, is one of the empire s most powerful political bodies. Dr Von Flescker, formerly secretary of the legation in Mexico City, spoke on trade relations with the United States.
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Berlin
The
Agrarian Association
von Flescker
Legation
Mexico
United States
Famous Pianist Disappears From Home
Chicago reports world famous pianist Mrs Fannie Zeisler has vanished from her residence. Her husband asks police to search as family fears she may have harmed herself due to long standing melancholia. In Washington, Nicholas Longworth recovers from ton silitis and takes a brief drive.
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Chicago
Fannie
Patterson Resigns from Privileges and Elections Committee
Washington February 12 Patterson resigns as member of the committee on privileges and elections with Frazier named to fill the vacancy. Senator Lodge discusses railroad rate questions endorsing Esch Townsend bill and urges federal control to curb rebates. Longworth returns to the House amid warm congratulations.
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Patterson
Washington
Six Die in Coast Fire at Mount Hood Saloon
A Mount Hood saloon and lodging house in Portland burned early today killing at least six people. Ten or more were seriously injured and several more reported missing. A watchman Nath aniel P. Young died saving horses. other victims include Kendrick the photographer and two unknown women and two unknown men. Twenty two horses perished in the blaze. Woman suffragists elect Anna Howard Shaw president of the National Suffrage association.
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Portland
Ore
Mount Hood
Commercial
Dena
Nathaniel P. Young
Kendrick
Young
Baltimore
Anna Howard Shaw
Philadelphia
Womans’ 1 National Suffrage Association
Echo of the gun as Cul lom campaign heats up
Local readers witness a clash between Cul lom and Yates camps as editors and operatives in Illinois politics push a federal vs state machine narrative. Rock Island signals a potential shift with a postmaster appointment seen as testing loyalties amid factional tensions.
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Richard Yates
Northcott
United States District
Heavenly Twins
Sherman
Senator Berry
Peoria
Berry
H. J. Hamlin
Federal Works
Federal
Federal Machine
Dick Yates
Slush Fund
Rabbit Shepherds
Rock Island
H. A. J. McDonald
Yates
Searles-Yates
Mob tries to storm priest’s house in Chicago riot
A mob of about 500 Lithuanians attacked the Church of the Good Heart seeking the life of Rev. Edward Stefanowicz after the rector discharged the janitor. Two men may die and eight others plus nearly twenty more are seriously injured in the January morning assault on Eighteenth and Union streets.
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Chicago
Church of the Good Heart
Eighteenth
Union Streets
Edward Stefanowicz
Witness Says Crowe Confessed Kidnapping Cudahy
Omaha telegram reports Bishop Scannell of the Catholic diocese may testify Crowe confessed kidnapping young Cudah. Defense may challenge privileged communications. Also coverage of Crowe’s alleged purchase of a pony used by kidnapers and witnesses placing Crowe near the scene.
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Omaha
Pat Crowe
Scannell
Crowe
Cudah
Tat Crowe
Johnson
Eddie Cudahy
Ship A Smallpox Hospital A Month
The whaling brig Sullivan from New London spent a month at sea converted to a smallpox hospital. One quarter of the crew fell ill, two died, and seven others sickened after entering Rio de Janeiro. Mrs. Haggerty, wife of Captain Haggerty, recounted the outbreak upon arrival from Rio.
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New York
Atlantic
Sullivan
New London
Conn
H. J. Haggerty
Rio de Janeiro
Roosevelt tale of a fib and bank losses in Peoria
Peoria reports a widow finding an empty private safety deposit box of the late Dr. Simmons. A $20 000 certificate for American Cereal stock looms as missing asset of the People's bank now bankrupt. New York editor Norman Hapgood criticizes Roosevelt while praising Lincoln as a modern democratic model.
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Peoria
Dr. Simmons
People’s Bank
Simmons
New York
Norman Hapgood
Collier's Weekly
West Side Young Men's Christian Association
Majestic Theater
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Jerome
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Convicted Minister Resigns From Two South Dakota Churches
Rev George G Ware who was convicted in Omaha of conspiracy to defraud the government by illegal land entries has resigned as pastor of St John s Episcopal church Deadwood and Christ s church Lead He has also sent to Bishop Hare at Sioux Falls his resignation as a minister of the Episcopal church.
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Deadwood
S. D
George G. Ware
United States District Court
Omaha
St. John's Episcopal Church
Christ's Chure
Lead
Bishop Hare
Sioux Falls
Episcopal Church
Milford mayor and colleague arrested for enticing two girls
In Kankakee Illinois on February 12 Charles E. Raines mayor of Milford and Gil bert Vennum Milford politician were arrested on charges of enticing Myrtle Taylor a 16 year old girl into a room. Raines also faces an enticing charge against Essie Childs 18. They were bound over to the grand jury and posted bonds.
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Milford
Kankakee
Charles E. Raines
Gilbert Vennum
Myrtle Taylor
Raines
Essie Childs
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Camper
Abraham Lincoln
McClure
Mitchell
William Dodds
Westminster Kennel Club
Madison Square Garden
la Crosse
la Crosse, Wis
George D., MacMillan
la Crosse Gas & Electric Company
Ena
Imperial Protestant Association
Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler
Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Senator Lodge
Privileges and Elections Committee
Cannon
District of Columbia
Tillman
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Gillespie
Portland, Ore
Burn
Nathaniel Young
Cullom
Federal Wing
Custom Press
Quincy Whig
Illinois State Journal
Guv. Northcott
Illinois
MOB
Bishop
Pat. Crowe
Cudahy
Callahan
Wisconsin Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
William Bacon
Sadie Lucy
Minnie Warsnel
Milwaukee
Wis
Theresa
Fond du Lac
Andrew Christenson
South America
Present Executive
G. G. Ware
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