Washington Notes and Foreign Developments Summary
Washington notes report Capt John E Pillsbury named to the general board replacing Capt J B Murdoch as Admiral Dewey presides. Gen Frederick D Grant orders field officers to report in service uniform for horsemanship training urged by Roosevelt. Also covered are deaths of Col Charles Baker and Bill Maccnee aged 104, plus various international and domestic items including ship launches, harvest forecasts, emigration, dock strikes, and notable criminal cases.
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Washington
John E. Pillsbury
Roosevelt
Taft
Defense Scores Point in Borah Trial Evidence
Boise Idaho September 27 the first sensation in the Borah trial arose when Albert K Nugent the second government witness admitted perjury in filing timber land claims. He said a federal officer promised immunity to testify and that he swore to a complaint about a person he did not know. He recalled no name for the officer who induced the filing. Testimony showed two men paid by John Wells to prove their claims and to transfer lands to Barber Lumber. Nugent and Anderson received payments totaling 412 for claims and 250 for transfers while Anderson was not pre checked.
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Boise
Idaho
William J. Borah
Albert K. Lanny Nugent
Cfeer
Borah
Wime
John Wella
Wells
Senator Horah
Anderson
Speci
Rush
Timber Elim
Whiteson
Nugent
John Wells
Barber Lumber Company
Profanity violation nets fine after loud outburst
Pierre reports several arrests and fines under the city ordinance banning profane or indecent language in public. A stranger yesterday refused police requests to stop, was brought before a justice, pleaded guilty, paid a fine, and hurried to catch his train.
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Pierre
Ewich
Careless Work Fatal Miner Crushed at Homestake
Lead Sept 27. Miner Gus Maki, veteran at Homestake, killed instantly on the 600 foot level when a loose york stone fell as he and a companion began work. About 700 pounds of rock struck his head, crushing it. The accident was attributed to failure to bar down and proper precautions.
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Gus Maki
Homestake
Maki
Kellogg on Trail of Missing Books
Kellogg on trail of missing books as police probe a spate of library thefts. Officials urge patrons to report suspicious activity and review shelves for gaps in the fiction and reference sections.
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Kellogg
Trust Never Was Dissolved in Oil Suit
New York reported Kellogg pursued the long-sought Standard Oil trustees books in the United States dissolution suit. White testified two safes held records, one missing contents unknown. Evidence described profits of pipelines including Southern Pipe Line earning 4.38 million gross in 1890 with large balance sheet entries. case adjourned for McKinley monument event in Canton Ohio.
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New York
Frank B. Kellogs
United States
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil
Kellogg
White
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
George Chesbro
Southern Pipe Line Company of Pennsylvania
J. P.trainor
Trainor
John G. Milburn
Canton
Ohio
Frisco Welcomes Squadron Fleet Completes 36000 Mile Cruise
The first division of the Pacific Fleet, four armored cruisers led by Rear Admiral James J. Dayton, entered San Francisco Bay at sunrise. The 36000 mile voyage began last September in Newport, Rhode Island. Thousands watched as Forts Mason and Baker saluted. A civic reception followed aboard West Virginia with Senator Perkins delivering remarks.
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San Francisco
Pacfic
Golden Gate
James J. Dayton
Colorado
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Newport
R. I
Mason
Baker
West Virginia
Admiral Dayton
United States
Perkins
Fire at Cass Lake destroys savings worth 3300
A fire at Cass Lake Minnesota consumed a building where fifteen Italians were lodging and burned savings totaling 3300 earned by railroad section gang members. The cause of the blaze is unknown.
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Cass Lake
Minn
Chinks to Buy Wives in Hongkong
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on September 29 two Chinese men, Yep Lee and Yep Lang, left for Hongkong saying they plan to buy wives. They claim to have about $4,000 and will pay about $600 for each wife, a practice they describe as their plan in the native land.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Yep Lee
Yep Lang
Hongkong
China
President Roosevelt Leaves on Western and Southern Trip
President Roosevelt departed Washington by special train for a tour of the West and South with Secretaries Loeb Latta Wilson Garfield and others. Stops include Canton Keokuk St Louis Cairo Memphis Vicksburg and Nashville with speeches planned along the way and a hunting trip in Louisiana.
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Washington
Dct
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Railway
Loeb
Keokuk
Iowa
Latta
T. H. Netherland
Rixey
Wilson
Garfield
Canton
Ohio
Alexander Lambert
John M. Parker
John A. McIlheney
Civil Service
Louisiana
South
Mississippi
Inland Waterways Commission
St. Louis
Cairo
Memphis
Vicksburg
Nashville
Eight Die As Express Crashes Into Freight at Bellaire
Eight men killed and several injured when Chicago & Wheeling Express No. 14 collided with a freight on a siding near Bellaire Ohio. The wreck blamed on a switch error and sharp curve limiting visibility. Engines were crushed. late arrival and siding misrouting cited.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Chicago & Wheeling
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Bellaire
Ohio
Wireless Record Set by Savannah Station In Ocean Message
A new wireless telegraph record was made as the Savannah Georgia station picked up a message from the Pacific Ocean while nearing Honolulu. The prior best was set by the Washington navy yard receiving a message from Los Angeles. The event underscores growing capabilities of naval wireless communication.
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Savannah
Pacific Ocean
Washington
Navy
Pennsylvania
Francisco
Honollu
Washington Navy Yard
Naval Wireless Station
Los Angeles
Cal
Distress in Spain as Storm Toll Mounts
Malaga report shows widespread distress from last week s storms and floods. Governor struggles to stop famine victims from eating decayed discarded food. Numerous deaths confirmed with flood damage estimated at 4 800 000 and about fifteen thousand stores ruined.
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Malaga
Girl Fights for Bandit Chooses Prison Over Freedom
Belgrade Oct 1 A seventeen year old girl showed fierce resistance during a bandit raid near Jojaregats Servia and fled home to join her sweetheart in the gang. She said she fought to be sent to prison with him.
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Belgrade
Jojaregats
Servia
Clerk Sees Thief Sentenced for Larceny in La Crosse
John Clark stole a tray of knives while a girl clerk watched him and fled the store. He was arrested in La Crosse Wisconsin on September 27 and sentenced to the work house for larceny.
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la Crosse
Wis
John Clark
Parente Must Serve Time For Children's Depredations
Judge Mackenzie Cleland unveils a reform plan at Maxwell Street station ordering parents to serve the sentences of their children if the youths repeat shoplifting. The measure targets three boys before him, enforcing parental responsibility for future offenses.
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Parente
Chicago
Mackenzie Cleland
Maxwell Street
Doctor Henderson Ends Own Life in Louisville
Louleville Kentucky September 27 Dr Pey ton Randolph Henderson a prominent physician killed himself last night Friends cannot explain motive. Local authorities report no foul play suspected and the death is being treated as suicide.
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Louleville
Peyton Randolph Henderson
Accident at Benson Crushes Octogenarian Rebecca Christopherson
In Benson Minnesota on October 1 a Great Northern freight locomotive backed into the yard area and fatally ran over Rebecca Christopherson known as Becky. An octogenarian widow who lived alone in a small village house she had been gifted. She was found crushed under the wheels after stepping near the tracks to gather coal.
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Christopherson
Benson
Minn
Great Northern
Rebecca Christopherson
Becky
Japanese View Taft as Peacemaker Amid Gration Mention
The Japanese public perceives William Howard Taft as a peacemaker in the context of Gration related discussions. Digests reflect continued diplomacy and cautious optimism regarding international tensions.
Taft Holds Quiet Sunday in Tokyo Palace Visit
Secretary of War Taft and party rested at the Palace of Shiba with a Japanese reception that drew cheers and bows as Charlie Taft staged a lawn baseball game. Lieut Gen Terauchi conferred with Taft amid talk of a possible immigration entente between Japan and the United States.
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Tokio
Taft
Shiba
Charlie Taft
Terauchi
Terauch
Patt
O'Brien
Secretary Elihu Root Guest of Mexico Visit Decalogue
Secretary of State Elihu Root crossed the Rio Grande at 3 o clock yesterday morning and was received as a guest of the Republic of Mexico at the Titular station. Gen Rincon Gallarde presented the welcome on behalf of President Diaz with a cordial pledge of good relations with the United States. Root replied gracefully.
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Root
Monter
Mexico
Elihn Root
Rio Grande River
Republic of Mexico
Te Tittle Station
Rincon Gallarde
Diazrad
Republic of Mexican
Republic
United States
Robt
Unidentified Man Found Dead on Fort Snelling Tracks
The body of an unknown man was found about 3 o clock yesterday on the Fort Snelling reserve car tracks. The head was crushed, one leg broken, another crushed, clothing torn, and pockets pulled inside out. Police believe the death resulted from an accident.
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Fort Snelling
St. Paul
Fort Snelling Reserve
Gil
Minneapolis
Fall Is Fatal on Caledonia in Escanaba Harbor
Capt. James W. Nicholson aged sixty two of Buffalo fell through an open hatch into the hold of the Caledonia of the Corrigan McKinney fleet and was instantly killed yesterday. His neck was broken.
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Escanaba
Mich
James W. Nicholson
Buffalo
Caledonia
Corrigan-McKinney
Dies in the Woods near Springfield man
William Keyster aged sixty five was found dead one mile east of Springfield in timber. He had left home Friday to gather grapes.
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Springfield
Mann
Wil-Iam Keyster
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