News of the Week in Epitome Highlights in Congress and Public Affairs
Washington considers a 14 million dollar census appropriation for 1910. Pacific coast defense bill advances. Navy hospital ship funding sought. Airship bids rejected prompting new specs. Secretary Root backs 51 900 for exposition representation. Obituary notes include Rear Admiral Frank Courlis aged 63 and several prominent figures from Ohio to Nebraska.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Louee Committee On
Sefray
Jilly
United States
Kahn
California
Pacific
Rixey
Navy
House Committee On Nyval Affairs
Seronautic Board
Aignal Corps
Root
Congress
Herador
William Chandler
Chandler Dunbar Company
Sault Ste. Marie
War Department
Department of Justicn
Soo
Dolliver
Department of Mericulture
Department
Polander, Genitials In Street Battle In Detroit
Crimin al details report a Polander and two groups clashing on a street in Detroit. William Grown, a youthful robber, confesses to shooting and killing Po Meeman William HR Mooney of Chicago. The confession, given to Officer Ohlef, aims to clear a string of police confrontations. A state case against a Crown accuses him of first degree charter violations.
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Casimin Dixickl
Detroit
Mich
Thetreet
William Grown
Po Meeman
William HR. Mooney
Chi‘ako
Ohlef
Artera
Special grand jury to probe Marmington Herald attack
A special grand jury is convened to investigate the masked mob tar and feathering of Marmington Iowa Herald editor Edward Rockwell. Samuel R. Wingfield, linked to a prominent Tiltmore family, was found dead in a New York hotel room after ingesting poison. He left letters describing his worsening symptoms amid financial woes and unemployment.
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Edward Rockwell
Marmington
Iowa
Samuel R. Wingfield
Tiltmore
New York
Polway
Winefield
Multiple Disasters Cause Deaths and Injuries Across Regions
Canned goods killed one child and seriously poisoned three in Dewitt Roach’s family at Dandel West Virginia. Ten miners were severely injured at La Salle after a shaft accident. A seven year old girl, Bryn Babcock of Iowa City, was struck and killed by a Hook Island train. A fire at St. Marty’s chapel in Evansville injured one priest and overwhelmed another, with damages around $10,000. A mishap at Corydoy, Tumhchon, led to fatalities and injuries when an engine collided with a train car. A fire in a Missouri colony attic caused $40,000 damage and endangered 125 residents. The Waddell commission reported losses in Lebanon from a fall injury, while other spills and accidents caused further casualties across towns and institutions.
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Dewitt Roach
Dandel
W. Va
la Salle
Bryn Babcock
Eugene Babcock
Towa City
Towa
Hook Island
St. Marty's
Evansville
Phitsliaw Puhuiuite Powder Company
Hullutn
Ombel
Waddell Commission Hause
Losur
Anton Wilding
East Lebanon
Lebanon
Weaking Ih
Aleety Wilsting
Atindssory
Chyee Waianien
Corydoy
Tumhchon
Missouri Colony
Mar Shull
Notable Deaths and World News Briefs From Abroad
Archduke Ferdinand V of Tuscany died in Salzburg and Sir John Walton died in London. An explosion in Saint- Chrol, France killed six and injured twelve. Count Zeppelin builds a 100 passenger dirigible for the German army. An elderly couple elopes from Lake Constance. China orders quick firing guns for Paris amid Sino Japanese tensions. Berlin bans a Gretchen burlesque in Vienna. Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas polishes a vaudeville offer at $3,000 monthly. Chicago opens a Forest Park amusement park costing nearly $1,000,000. George Meyers in San Diego inherits one eighth of a $300,000 estate. Helen Keller’s former teacher Miss Annie Mansfield Sullivan is described as going blind. Franklin Ward becomes guardian of Henry Ward after a probate court hearing. Baron Rosen plans a late May trip home to Russia. New York licenses a marriage bureau, William Mason and Ella Hayes register as a couple.
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St Chrol
France
Zeppelin
Lake Constance
Switzerland
China
Paris
Japan
Berlin
Gretchen
Vienna
Germany
Sandwich
John A. Macy
Annie Mansfield Sullivan
Helen Keller
Franklin H. Ward
Henry Clay Ward
Pontiac
Mich
Michigan
Baron Rosen
United States
Russia
City Hall
New York
William Brooks Mason
Ais
Havana
Ella, Hayers
Ahe
Geo
Hiaimar Laindin
Storm claims four victims in brutal winter siege
A fierce New York snowstorm paralyzed transit and damaged coastal towns with heavy snowfall. Four fatalities were reported as miles of shovels and relief workers battled blocked roads, flooded areas, and stranded steamships while unemployment rose and aid agencies extended operations. Overnight, nine steamships were overdue at Sandy Hook.
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New Jersey
Long Island
Jersey
Sandy Hook
Senator Fulton Linked by Heney in Hall Mays Conspiracy Case
Portland Jan 26 prosecutor Heney sought to tie United States Senator Charles W Fulton to the Hall Mays conspiracy through former State Senator W W Steiner. Heney claimed Fulton met John H Hall on behalf of Steiner and secured a promise to file civil actions against Butte Creek Live Stock and Lumber Co in Eastern Oregon instead of pursuing criminal charges against individual company members. Steiner testified Fulton asked him to bring all correspondence to Portland, and that Fulton saw but may have destroyed or kept a key letter.
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Heney
Portland, Or
Hall Mays
Frank J. Heney
W. W. Steiner
United States
Charles W. Fulton
Fulton
John H. Hall
Steiner
Hall
Butte Creek Live Stock and Lumber Company
Hastrn
Oregon
Mays
Henricks
Death in Milwaukee Home Claims Father and Grandmother
Heerman Schumacher found his father and grandmother unconscious in Milwaukee on January 26. A seal stove with open lid released deadly gas, killing the grandmother and leaving the father dying as he arrived home and the sun rose after a long night.
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Milwaukee
Heerman Schumacher
Ships battered by storm recounts of wreck and loss
New York reports tide of shipwreck tales from the recent sewer storm. The three masted schooner sighted off the Delaware capes may be lost with its crew. The Italian steamer Sin Giovanni and barges Fall River and Grafton were adrift, with crews rescued or missing as the Concord and Grafton went unheard.
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New York
Delaware Capes
Baltimore
Hf. Y. Morse
Matanzas
Fall River
Grafton
Concord
Philadelphia
Boston
Morse
Taylor
Liverpool
Pension Roll to Reach 150 Million for 1909
Representative Kelfer of Ohio, chairing the pensions subcommittee, says the house appropriations panel will recommend a pension roll of 150 million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909. This exceeds the current year's roll by about 7 million.
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Washington
Kelfer
Ohio
House Committee On Appropriations
Hotel Florence Fire in Whitesate District Destroys Me Mayer Building
A fierce blaze in a seven story hotel on Adams street and an adjoining six story bank building caused up to half a million dollars in damage in a 40 mile gale. One firefighter is missing as guests evacuated with all occupants believed to have escaped. Firefighters battled the flames for hours after the rear wall collapsed and two buildings sustained severe damage. A separate warehouse fire in the wholesale machinery district caused 75000 dollars in losses when a fire engine collision delayed response.
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Tan
Morphin
Mayer
Arlele
Ue Hioel Florence
Adams Street
Freman
Nel
Loop District
Corn & Change National Bank
Florence
Ax Printing
Gladys Vanderbilt Marries Hungarian Count in Society Ceremony
Gladys Vanderbilt wed Count Laszlo Szechenyi at their Fifth Avenue home. The nuptials drew ambassadors and New York society figures, with Mgr Lavelle officiating. A wedding breakfast followed before the couple traveled to Newport to stay at Reginald Vanderbilt’s home for a week.
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Garries
America
New York
Dan
Gladys Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Laszlo Szephenyi
Fifth Avenue
Vanderbilt
Baron Hengelmueller von Hengervar
United States
James Bryce
New York Society
Mgr. M. J. Lavelle
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Count
Countess Szechenyi
Newport
Reginald Vanderbilt
Horace Boies Improves in Los Angeles Return to Waterloo Planned
Former Iowa Governor Horace A. Boies arrived in Los Angeles and is improving while staying at a beach cottage. He plans to return to Waterloo when health permits. A separate item from Menomonie notes Colfax dairy testing association forming with Siver tson as president Hammer secretary and Knapp treasurer and widespread interest in herd testing.
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Waterloo
Los Angeles
Cal
Horace A. Boies
Iowa
Menomonie
Wis
Colfax
S. Sivertson
G. Hammer
Sidney Knapp
Mortgage Burned at Fergus Falls Church Ceremony
The $3,700 mortgage on the M B E church property in Fergus Falls Minnesota was burned Sunday in fitting ceremonies. Special services drew a crowded congregation to witness the act.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Eight Hurt in Wreck Near Stafford Conn
Eight persons were injured when a passenger train derailed just north of Stafford Connecticut on January 29. The wreck was caused by a broken rail.
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Stafford
Conn
Court Rules on Union Membership and Employee Discharge
The Adair case ends with the Supreme Court addressing whether firing an employee for union membership violates federal law. The majority upholds state and federal authority limits, while dissenting justices caution the ruling narrows protections. Holmes suggests Congress may regulate to support labor organizations.
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Hinien
McKenna
Unti
Tie Court
Supreme Court
United States District Court
Eastemm District
Kentucky
Adair
M Locomotive Engineer
Coppage
Taber
Wnion
Tn Hia
Harlan Hetit Jit Wits
Jong Ae
Wuethoe Holmes
Mmit
Congress
Justice Holmes
Czar of Russia Sues in Manitoba Over Missing Turkestan Funds
The czar of Russia sues in Winnpeg Manitoba to recover more than 210,000 rubles taken by Stefan Proskurekoff during his Turkestan interior department tenure. The case marks one of Manitoba's most extraordinary lawsuits as the royal plaintiff seeks vast sums allegedly stolen.
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Manitoba
Winnipes
Jai
Beeuitt
Prothon Stars
Winnihe Plaintin i
Rusia
Big Stone County Agricultural Association Elects Leaders
Clinton Minn January 29 at the annual meeting in Ort onville the Big Stone County Agricultural Association elected John McCallum as president M I Matthews as secretary J H Erickson as treasurer and J C Pender as assistant secretary Vice presidents were appointed for each township The constitution was amended moving the annual meeting to Clinton A three day fair is planned for the latter part of September promising to be the best yet and membership stands at 250.
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Big Stone County Agricultural Association
Clinton, Minn
Big Stone Coity
Agricultural Association
Ortonville
John McCallum
M. I. Matthews
J. H. Erickson
J. C. Pender
Clinton
Uprising Rumors Reach State Department
Washington reports rumors of an uprising or invasion centered on Honduras and Guatemala. Details are scarce but the movement is linked to forces ousted in the last revolution. The revival is thought tied to today’s presidential elections in Honduras.
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State Department
Washington
Honduras
Nfo Gatemala
Hennessey Merchant Dies in Street
D J Hennessey president of Hennessey Mercantile died of heart failure in Hutte Montana on January 29. He was a pioneer of Montana and regarded as the wealthiest merchant in the Northwest.
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D. J. Hennessey
Montana
Hutte
Mont
Hennessey Mercantile Company
Northwest
Eleven Drown In Storm Off New Jersey Coast
Belnten reports to the maritime exchange noting possible drowning of eleven persons on barges during last week’s storm near the New Jersey coast.
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Philadelphia
Belnten
Maritime Exchange
New Jersey
Banker Arrested in Colorado Springs Bank Case
Cato, Colorado Springs, Jan. 29. Jobo % and Godding, president of the defunct Bank of Rocky Ford, Calo, were arrested here yesterday on charges of receiving deposits knowing the bank was insolvent.
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Colorado Springs
Cato
Jobo
Godding
Bank of
Rocky Ford
Calo
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Oheju
Andgusky
John S. Handley
Federal Union of
Erica
Denver
James Bigheart
Osage Indians
Bigheart
Osage NASA
Sisson
Grand Army
Wisconsin
Koone
la Crosee
J. W. O'Bryant
Hyde Park Methodist Church
St. Joseph
Lawrence Gagin
Chicago & North-Western Railroad
John Ball
Joseph Ball
Hartford City
Ind
F. M. Michaels
Binghampton
N.Y
Archduke Ferdinand V
Grand Duke of Tuscany
Salzburg
Austria
John Lawson Walton
London
Deil
Harriman
U.P
Trafic
New
Lemand
Bowery Brea
Ainy
West
Guvconminnl
Ita
Galatinek Jypon
Tieelman Syston
Finipiers
Great Northern
Burlington
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
Hie Southern Paste
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lsallroad
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Oil Northern
Northern Pacific
Frank B. Kellogg
A. Severance
St. Paul
East
H. Harriman
Jacob E. Schitt
Otto H. Kahn
James Stillman
Henry
Senator Fulton
Czar
St. Petersburg
Alexis Sikolaievich
Bimanovsky
Spe
Chicago
Erce Gale
Whitesate
Boies
Willian Vialeve
Smu
Asie
Aintlee Hartion
Gontavite & Nashville Radical Company
FNI
Econtiaala
Czar OF
Monduras
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