Washington News Briefs From The Week
Timer regulations allow automobiles in Mount Rainier National Park. Bremerton dry dock bids rejected for being over the appropriation. Notable figures include Mrs Patrick Campbell touring America, Philip Weill named foreign commerce commissioner in Paris, and Lord Rivers among others. Reports of murders, suicides, legal actions, and major fires across Iowa, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, and Montreal accompany notes on bank and educational figures and a deadly industrial accident in Youngstown.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Mount Ranier National Park
Navy Department
Bremerton
Puget Wound
Patrick Campbell
America
Liebbler
Philip Weill
New York
Paris
Louis Armitage Rivers
Durham
England
Laven B. Glen
Tsnae Atbuckle
Cleveland
Jon H. Lozier
Koown
WIRE STRIKE TO BE LACROSSE SWEPT MADE UNIVERSAL BY FIERCE STORM
A chaotic wire strike issue escalates as a fierce storm sweeps the region. Collisions involve local and interurban cars near Waterloo and Mody Pale. injuries reported. Many wrecks and deaths are listed across cities with extensive damage and high casualties.
Telegraphers Strike Roils U S and Canada in 24 Hour Push
Universal strike action looms across the United States and Canada as telegraphers press for wage and union demands. Leaders including Russell Small Gompers and Easley outline plans amid mass meetings in Chicago and St Paul Minneapolis.
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Charles P. Neil
Samuel J. Small
Telegraphers’ Union
Samuel Gompers
Antoplean Federation of Labor
Ralph M. Easley
National Clyb Federation
Chicago
St. Louis
St Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Fargo
Russell
Small
Brand's Hall
Ales
Ume
Ure
United States
Canada
St. Paul
Western Union
Explosion at Essex station kills six in Ontario
Blast at the Michigan Central railroad station in Essex Ontario destroys a nitroglycerin car. Two men are dead and three more gravely injured with many others lightly hurt. Emergency crews rush to the scene as authorities investigate the blast.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan Central Railroad
Essex
Ont
Fatal Mine Fall Sinks Italian Miner at Groveland
In Michigan on August 13 Italian miner Far En Bantao died instantly at the Groveland mine in Tron Mountain when he fell 500 feet down a shaft while being hoisted to the surface. No further details were released.
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Tron Mountain
Mich
Far- Inen Bantao
Groveland
Hard Storm at Aitkin Hits Orchards and Crops
A severe storm in Aitkin Minnesota at 3 a.m. Sunday caused extensive damage to shade trees and broken glass, with fruit and corn crops badly damaged. Nearby Grand Forks North Dakota reported a major hail and wind storm destroying crops over about forty square miles in Cavalier and Pembina counties.
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Aitkin
Minn
Grand Forks
N. D
Cavalier
Pembina
Robbed at Circus Loss of 10055 Dollars Reported
Racine farmer John Wensing found ten thousand five five in certificates of deposit missing from his local banks after attending a circus. He discovered the theft upon returning home to Central Park.
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Racine
Wis
Milwaukee
John Wensing
Central Park
Wensing
Man Jumps From Bridge to His Death in Fargo
Chris Jorgenson of Pelican Rapids Minnesota died from injuries after leaping from the Great Northern bridge on the Fargo side of the river. He jumped thirty feet to the ground when frightened by an approaching train, breaking his spine.
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Fargo
N. D
Chris Jorgenson
Pelican Rapids
Minn
Great Northern
Four Drowned While Fishing At Salt Fork River
In Pond Creek Oklahoma on August 13 W N Potter his daughter Eliza Potter Wilbur Platt his stepson and Harrie Potter his nephew drowned while fishing with a seine in Salt Fork river. The line became tangled in deep water.
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Pond Creek
Okla
W. N Potter
Eliza Potter
Wilbur Platt
Harrie Potter
Salt Fork River
Lightning Strikes Bed Dormant Kids in North Dakota
Lightning hit a bed where four Nordbye children slept near here. All four were knocked unconscious but recovered. The Aug 13 incident occurred at the Nordbye home in North Dakota.
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Adams
N. D
Evan Nordbye
Fighting at Casablanca Persists Amid Shifting Control
Tangier reports ongoing battles as French and Spanish forces contend for Casablanca. Reinforcements arrive while consulates are guarded and residents return home. Moorish casualties are estimated around 2,000 in two days, with French and Spanish losses lower. Bodies of dead Jews and Moors are reportedly removed amid sacking and arrests for arms stockpiles.
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Tangier
Casablanca
Drude
Cagablanes
Ece
Kmass
Caid
Harry Maclean
Raisall
Mohammed el Torres
Spain
Morocco
Germany
France
Nally
Standard Stock in Slump Shrinks New Law Record
A six hour Sagamore Hill conference with President Roosevelt left Attorney General Bonaparte saying few topics could be discussed publicly The Standard Oil case and Southern railroad issues were noted as progressing The stock fell to new lows in New York trading with Standard Oil hitting 466 and trading around 475 amid broad market weakness.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Boosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Bonaparte Sald Om
New York
Standard Oil
Wxs
Stock Exchange
Michael McDonald Dies. Noted Politician and Gambler
Michael McDonald, longtime Chicago politician and prominent gambler, died yesterday in a hospital. He had declined in local activity in the past decade. His death follows stress from the recent murder case involving Webster S. Guerin, which had affected him deeply. He was wealthy, with an estate valued at several million.
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Chicago
Michael McDonld
McDonald
Webster S. Guerin
Two Men Killed for Their Money in Neapolis
Two men were killed in Neapolis in a robbery that targeted their money. Authorities reported the incident occurred in a residential area, with no immediate arrests and investigators seeking witnesses.
Minneapolis Double Murder Baffle Detectives
Two men were killed in Minneapolis early Sunday with one body found on railroad tracks and the other in tall weeds near First Street. A bullet wound in the second victim’s head and a crushed head from a heavy instrument indicate murder and attempted concealment. Detectives searched the neighborhood for clues as residents recall hearing a single shot around 1 o'clock. No suspects or motives are known.
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Minneapolis
Andrew Bjeretind
Minneapolis & Western Way
Twelfth Avenue South
First Street
Terkind
Hough
Seven Duluth Men Drowned in Harbor Collision
In Duluth Minnesota on August 12 seven Northern Pacific freight handlers were killed when a tug towing a mud scow swamped their rowboat as they crossed the harbor homeward after quitting work. Four men survived by swimming to the surface while seven were lost.
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Duluth
Minn
Northern Pacific
Wreck Fatal to Three on Hanna Line Work Train
Three men Henry Gerhart William McCullough and Joseph Burke were instantly killed when a water tank pushed by the engine derailed and wedged the engine on the Hanna line at Grafton North Dakota. The victims were riding on the pilot. The wreck occurred August 183. All three died shortly after.
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Grafton
N. D
Henry Gerhart
William McCullough
Joseph Burke
Hay Rake Accident Claims Lidgerwood Youth
In Lidgerwood North Dakota on August 13 Carl Hanson, the son of a nearby farmer, was driving a horse rake when the horses ran away. He was thrown from the seat and the rake passed over him, causing fatal injuries.
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Lidgerwood
N. D
Carl Hanson
Kansas Fargo Negro Stabbed Incident Report
Fargo notices a stabbing in which George Lloyd allegedly stabbed George Richardson multiple times on August 13 in Fargo North Dakota. Richardson, a Black man, faces severe facial and body injuries with potential fatal outcome. Lloyd, also Black, is accused of the assault.
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Fargo
Fargo, N. D
George Lloyd
George Richardson
Richardson
Burglars Lift $30 Cash Whisky Cigars From Saloon
Burglars entered the Pepin saloon and residence near St Paul while the family was away yesterday. They took about $30 from the cash drawer, two bottles of whisky, and 300 cigars.
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Burglars Lift Ltd
St. Paul
S. A. Pepin
Child near death after chewing poison fly paper
Afton Iowa August 12 Garrell Cox two years old son of J A Cox lies at the point of death after chewing poison fly paper sent in pest control efforts.
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Afton
Iowa
Garrell Cox
J. A. Cox
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