Washington News of the Week Highlights High Level Nominations and Trials
The item lists various national events including James Baniders named for Blackfort agency duties, a plan to commission ex presidents as honorary U.S. senators with $25,000 yearly pay, and military court rulings. It also notes deaths of educators and business figures, theater fire in London, Tolstoy’s health update, and international incidents from Moscow to Chile.
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Washington
James Baniders
Montaa
Blackfort
Montana
U.S
Mathias
Ife
Clark D. Dudley
Bolae Barracks
Idaho
Dudley
Accidents and Fires Spike Across United States
A collage of disasters and mishaps reported nationwide. A fire in Midlandville Mich wipes out half the business section with losses estimated at 50 000 to 75 000 dollars. A pushcart peddler Morris Wiseman aged 53 dies after being struck by a street car at Cleveland and Inv eruntly. A fire at the Butte reduction works linked to W A Clark smelters causes about 50 000 dollars in damage. Albert Argall 19 dies after being struck by a pump rod in a Marquette Mich mine. Three earthquake shocks shake Imperial Valley Calif with minor damage. A freight locomotive boiler explodes near Schenevag N Y killing the engineer and a brakeman. Fireman later dies from injuries. Killeen a Marshalltown Iowa foreman suffers severe burns from gasoline explosion. Mrs Burdette killed by gun discharge while tending eggs in Ken ton Ohio. Floor collapse injures twenty at Loran Gage home near Sand Lake Mich during sale. Walter Whitbeck 30 suspected of murdering his father Arlo 60 near West Union. A Winchester Ky fire causes 150 000 damage to a business block. A Toronto water works gang fight ends with deaths and injuries. Elmer McKeever arrested in Moline Ill for arson and forgery. Robberies touch Owl Cate Green Tere second hand store and Koapp Clerk’s billiard hall with no extradition.
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Middleville
Mich
Morris Wiseman
Cleveland
Butte
W. A. Clark
Ballsbury
Marquette
Albert Argall
Imperial Valley
Cal
Schenevag
N.Y
John F. Killeen
President urges Congress action on new safeguards and tariff
Washington March 27 The president asks Congress to act this session on child labor prohibition an employers liability law government employee compensation injunctions in labor disputes and tariff revision He urges immediate measures to set up trade agreements rail traffic rules and forest protection while calling for full materials to assist next year’s Congress.
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Washington
Congress
House
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pittsburg Bank Scandal Hits 1.1 Million Loss
Pittsburg March 29 Government officials say Farmers' Deposit National Bank losses total 1 105 000 with informers filing against teller Henry Relber and auditor John Young. They confess to falsity and misapplied funds. both held in county jail on 250 000 bail as new information grows.
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Pittsburg
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
W. L. Folds
Henry Relber
John Young
Posse Chases Feudists In Indiana Shootings
Two Italians were shot and fatally wounded in Booth Bend Indiana as a feud tracing to Milano Italy unfolds. Authorities traced would be murderers to a wood five miles northeast of Niles Michigan and armed officers pursue them.
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Booth Bend
Ind
Milano
Italy
Anthony Comport
Selementa Montelani
Niles
Mich
Barracks Fire Reports in Zapote and Polytechnic School
A dispatch from San Salvador reports a fire at Zapote soldiers barracks and at the polytechnic school in Panama on March 29. All arms and ammunition were saved.
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Panama
San Salvador
Zapote
Polytechnic School
Widow Robbed of $2000 Charged Man Arrested
Moorhead Minnesota March 29 John Olson was arrested for robbing an aged widow of 2000 dollars. He was taken back to Harvey North Dakota to face trial.
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Moorhead
Minn
John Olson
Harvey
N. D
Bomb injures assassin at New York unemployment rally
A bomb meant for police at a New York unemployed rally exploded prematurely wounding the assailant and killing his companion while four officers were slightly hurt. Seven men were jailed for riot as socialists accuse police of inciting violence amid clashes between demonstrators and police led by Capt O'Reilly.
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New York
Wiese
Hunter
Robert Hunter
Associated Press
Socialist Party
Express Messenger Bailey Brutally Slain on Santa Fe Train
Kansas City express messenger O A Bailey was killed on Santa Fe Train 115 between Florence and Newton. Robbers ransacked both safes and took about $1000 and jewelry. No struggle seen. body found at Newton at 4 am. Wells Fargo offers a $1000 reward for the culprits.
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Wton
Kan
O. A. Bailey
Kansas City
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Santa Fé
Florence and
Newton
Messenger Bailey
Ship Blows Up Killing Thirteen In Oslo Fjord
The Norwegian bark Inglewood, fresh from New York to Stockholm, caught fire and exploded while loaded with naphtha. The ship sank in forty feet of water and thirteen crew members were drowned.
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Mandal
Norway
Inglewood
New York
Stockholm
Korean Cabinet Donates 50000 Yen to Stevens Family
The Korean cabinet votes to donate 50000 yen to the family of Durham W. Stevens, assassinated in San Francisco by a Korean zealot, March 31 in Tokio.
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Stevens
Tokio
Durham W. Stevens
San Francisco
Anarchist Berkman Linked to Bomb Thrower Silverstein
Police tie Selig Silverstein to anarchist networks after a bombing at Union Square Park. Alexander Berkman is paroled while detectives press charges, finding Berkman’s signature on letters aiding two Philadelphia anarchists. Silverstein, grievously injured, likely faces first degree murder trial if he recovers.
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Selig Silverstein
Union Aquary
Alexander Berk~ Fan
Emini Goldman
Henry
Frick
Pittsburg
Berkman
Silverstein
Anarchists’ Federated Object
Fuille
Droege
McCafferty
Selle Silverstein
Tenitz Hildebrand
Union Square Park
Gillette Dies in Auburn Prison Electric Chair
Chester Gillette was executed in the electric chair at Auburn prison after confessing to the murder of Grace Brown. A statement from prison chaplains Rev Henry Mellgray and Rev Cordello Herrick affirmed the execution and noted no legal mistake in the electrocution.
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Auburn
Chester Gillette
Auburn Prison
Gillette
Henry Mellgray
Little Falls
Cordello Herrick
Two Killed by Dynamite in Michigan Mine
Albert Uren aged 21 and Reuben Dawe aged 28 were instantly killed at the Austin mines in Swansea near Marquette Michigan when four sticks of dynamite exploded in a worker's hands. A fellow miner six feet away escaped unharmed.
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Michigan
Marquette, Mich
Albert Uren
Reuben Dawe
Austin
Swansea
Two Boys Die as Centenary Church Ruins Collapse
April 1 report from Provincetown describes two youths killed inside the half burned Centenary Methodist Episcopal church when a section of the ruined structure collapsed during a search for firewood.
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Falling Walla Kill
Provincetown
Mays
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church
Rewards Offered for Capture in Bulkeley Wells House Dynamite Incident
Ten thousand dollars in rewards are offered for the capture of the person or persons who dynamited Gen. Bulkeley Wells' house in Telluride on a Saturday. The motive appears to be to kill him, with the total reward pool reaching ten thousand dollars.
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Telluride
Cole
Gen
Bulkeley Wells
Deadly mine disaster in Hanna Wyoming death toll rising
Officials report a far reaching mining tragedy near Hanna Wyoming as 62 confirmed dead and eight more believed trapped after two explosions. Rescue teams battle intense gas and debris as coroner plans inquest to determine cause and safety lapses.
Irish Home Rule Advanced in Commons Vote
The House of Commons backed a resolution for Irish self government by 157 to 111, moved by John Redmond. The body asserted a solution must fit under the imperial Parliament, as debate highlighted Asquith’s rise to premiership amid government pledges no delay without a general mandate.
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Use of Commons
London
House of Commons
Ireland
John F Redmond
Unix House
Asquith
Boy Shot Dead in Wilmington Cigar Store Incident
In Wilmington Delaware on April 1 John Cook Jr age thirteen was killed instantly when a shooter fired through a street window at Fort DuPont area. The bullet struck Cook who sat beside Army Sergeant Blackburn in a cigar store. Authorities note the gunman aimed at Blackburn amid ongoing tension with soldiers at Fort DuPont.
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Wilmington
Del
John Cook, Jr
Fort Dupont
Noma
Cook
Blackburn
Oldiers
California Woman Enters Fifty Eighth Day of Sleep
Los Angeles reports Mrs Hawkins, a California woman, has endured an unbroken slumber for fifty eight days at the county hospital. Doctors warn the prolonged sleep risks her life if the condition remains unresolved despite medical investigation.
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California
Los Angeles
Bawlab Hawkins
Guards at Black Hand Trial in Baltimore Court
Plain clothes men and detectives guard the criminal court as nine Italians appear charged with complicity in the December 10 attempt to blow up Joseph Die Giorgio's residence in Walbrook. In Calumet Michigan Frank Anthony, eighty, pioneer of the copper country and Hancock resident for sixty years, dies.
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Criminal Court
Italions
Joseph Die Giorgio
Walbrook
Michigan
Calumet, Mich
Frank Anthony
Copper Country
Hancock
Elevator tragedy near Decker Packing plant claims life
Nick Milter, a worker at the Decker Packing plant in Mazon City, Towa, was killed when he became trapped in an elevator on April 1. The accident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Mazon City
Towa
Nick Milter
Decker Packing Plant
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