Washington Notes and World News Roundup
Washington notes report Col John M K Davis appointed brigadier general to replace retired Gen Constant Williams. Navy plan to convert cruiser San Francisco to a mine ship halted by cost. News covers ministers, artists, deaths, suicides, crimes, and international notices with multiple named individuals and places.
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Washington
Bag
John M. K. Davis
Constant Williams
Universal Corporation
John Saniers
Prescott
Ariz
Bonaparte
Lim
Navy Department
San Francisco
Floods follow Danube dam breaks devastating Rudolfenad area
Floods from dam bursts along the Danube devastate Rudolfenad in Ternol county with 260 houses collapsed. Troops assist distressed residents while a string of other accidents and tragedies across multiple states and countries are reported, including drownings, burns, and rail hazards.
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Danube
Rudolfenad
Ternol County
Tokio
San Francisco
Keapers
Charles A. Curtis
State University Corps of Cadete
Madison
Wis
New Rate Laws Attacked by Minnesota Road Op Stocks
Stockholders of roads operating in Minnesota initiate action challenging new rate laws. Officials and lawyers anticipate court hearings as the dispute centers on pricing and regulatory authority affecting transportation operations.
Suits Started In St Paul Restraining Order Issued
Stockholders of railroads operating in Minnesota filed in federal court to block enforcement of the commodity rate law and related provisions. The suit seeks a temporary injunction against lines and state officials, arguing the laws are unconstitutional and confiscate property without due process. Roads named include Great Western lines, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Milwaukee, North Western, Omaha, Soo and St. Louis. Reduction in commodity rates, about 10 percent on average, took effect today.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
State Commission
Great Western
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee
North-Western
Omaha
Soo
St. Louis
Lochren
Chicago
New Ulm Firm Seeks Track Connection Under New Law
New Ulm Minn June 2 The state railroad and warehouse commission heard testimony on connecting the North Western and Minneapolis and St Louis tracks in New Ulm The New Ulm Stone company filed the first application under the new law allowing shippers to seek track connections if parallel within five hundred feet Costs to ship stone to St James run five cents per hundred by the North Western and three and a half cents by the Minneapolis and St Louis Both railroads opposed the application Arguments to be heard in St Paul on June 7.
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New Ulm Company
St. Paul
New Ulm
Minn
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
North-Western
Minneapolis
St. James
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Land Opening At Cass Lake Draws Squatters
Washington June 2 reports say Specis Lani Agent 8 G Couler of the land department will go to Cass Lake on June 12 to supervise the opening of township 26 now ready for entry. Over fifty people are lined up and squatters hold lands, likely to resist possession.
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Washington
Specis Lani
G. Couler
Land Department
Cass Lake
Cags Lake
Knives Used in Family Feud Leaves Man Dead in Noblesville
Noblesville Indiana June 2 As a result of a family feud culminating last night in a general fight B W Thurston aged seventy six died from knife wounds his son Melvin Thurston was badly cut on the arms and Tobe Breece received an ugly scalp wound authorities reported the incident linked to long standing domestic discord and no arrests were mentioned at this time
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Androscoggin County
Maine
Argentina
Courtney Walter Bennett
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
New York
Percy Sanderson
W.T. Lynn
Pana
Union Trust Company of
St. Louis
E. H. Harriman
Gulf Coast Line
Texas
Edward Poupard
Windsor
Ont
Lithuanian Alliance of America
Cleveland
America
Canada
Chicago Board of Trade
Charles McNaughton
Carsonville
Mich
Naughton
Noblesville
Ind
B. W. Thurston
Melvin ‘Thurston
Tobe Breece
$15,000 Theft Charged In Chicago Case
Former Evans-Snyder Fuel cashier Hiram H. Leonard is accused of embezzling $15,000. Leonard has fled Chicago. detectives have begun a search toward the East to locate him.
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Chicago
Hiram H. Leonard
Evans-Snyder Fuel Company
Leonard
Despondent Woman Passes Into Lake Calaoua
Despondent over illness Mrs. P. J. McCaffery left her home yesterday afternoon and walked into Lake Calaoua, taking her own life. Police report the incident occurred in Minneapolis on June 2, with no further details released.
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Drowne Self
Lake Minneapolis
P. J. McCaffery
Lake Calaoua
Oyster Bay loafers watch president from store boxes
Citizens in Oyster Bay feel privileged as they loiter in front of shops and observe the president at leisure. The scene conveys local pride and a sense of proximity to power as the leader rests among ordinary residents.
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Oyster Bay Loafers
Tickled Him Patient Dialogue in Medical Scene
A dialogue presents a patient pressed by illness asking about recovery while a doctor responds with uncertainty yet offers numerous greeting or greeting-like procedures, suggesting a hospital or clinic setting and a focus on patient conversation.
Missing child found dead in Minnesota swamp
Three year old Nickie Shepherd, missing since last Friday, was discovered in a swamp near Solway, Bemidji County. The body, found by farmer Frank Kiingbell, was cold. Authorities believe the child wandered from home and perished from exposure after becoming exhausted while traveling about 200 feet into the swamp. The search involved many residents from Solway and surrounding towns.
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Bemidji
Mino
Nickie
John Shepherd
Solway
Frank Kiingbell
Sheviln
Bagley
Wilted
In Defiance of All Law Japanese Pour Into Country
Washington June 2 Japanese ambassador protested over San Francisco treatment of countrymen while Japanese citizens at the Gotten Gate pressed for protection. Despite proclamations many sneak across the border by the hundreds and thousands under various pretexts. They come secretly from Mexico and Canada and openly with forged papers through Seattle and San Francisco.
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Washington
San Francisco
Mexico
Canada
Seattle
WILL DEMAND PUBLIC TRIAL IN G Gould CASE
Mrs. Howard Gould plans a public trial and has instructed her counsel Clarence J. Shearn to file a formal complaint with District Attorney Jerome over mail theft and police use as divorce evidence. Private settlement is now ruled out.
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Howard Gould
New York
Howard
Gould
Clarence J. Shearn
Jerome
Police Department
Mrs Cramer Free as North Dakota Dismisses Murder Case
After two hung juries and a long per trial period, Judge Pollock and State's Attorney Bastett concluded in Fargo that the murder charge against Mrs. Cramer in Page County should be dismissed. The case involved her 16 year old son present at the time of the husband’s death in February. The second jury deliberated for ninety four hours before failing to reach a verdict.
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State
Fargo
N. D
Lge Pollock
Bastett
Cramer
Page
New Trial Ordered in Burnham Case
The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court reversed the conviction of George Burnham Jr former general counsel for Mutts Reserve Life Insurance and ordered a new trial. Separate item reports Chicago’s bid to host both major party conventions next year with the Iroquois club pushing steps to influence the national committee.
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Santiago
Cuba
Missouri Supreme Court
Mississippi
Supreme Court
New York
George Burnham, Jr
Mutts Reserve Life Insurance Company
Sing Sing
Chicago
Iroquois Club
Seven Loggers Drowned in Fayette River Near Boise
June 24. Seven loggers drowned attempting a landing above rapids on the Fayette river. Two boats were carried over the rapids and swamped. nine other occupants barely reached shore. Mine manager killed at Dugway Utah. June 2. George L Moats, manager of Four Metala Mining, fell 100 feet when a shaft ladder broke during inspection.
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Boise
Idaho
Fayette River
Salt Lake
Utah
George L. Moats
Four Metala Mining Company
Dugway
One Strike Settled in San Francisco Iron Workers Tie
San Francisco June 2 A major labor dispute eased as a 10 000 iron workers strike was amicably settled ending weeks of unsettled labor in the city The adjustment marks the first breakthrough in the series of industrial actions that have shadowed the area.
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San Francisco
Blaze destroys stable and several buildings in Stockholm Wis
Fire in Stockholm Wisconsin June 2 originates in a stable and spreads, destroying a stable a hotel two hardware stores and the Woodman hall. The town lacked water to combat the blaze and suffered extensive property loss.
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Stockholm
Wis
Wie
Myery
Gospel Attraction in Georgia Town Draws Crowd
Representative Adamson criticizes traveling evangelists as professional soul-savers who visit towns. Sam Wilkins, previously convicted four times of burglary, will speak at a gospel meeting at Main Street Church with invitation to all. no collection.
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Adamson
Georgia
Ve Pumeu
Sam Wilkins
Main Street Church
Badgers Defeat Syracuse Eight at Madison
Wisconsin Badgers beat Syracuse Eight in Madison in a high intensity matchup. The game showcased strong defensive pressure and key performances from Wisconsin players contributing to the victory.
Syracuse Takes Four Oar Wisconsin Freshmen Defeat Varsity
Syracuse wins the four oared race at Lake Mendota while Wisconsin defeats Syracuse in the varsity eight by about four lengths amid choppy seas and a near dark finish. The Wisconsin freshmen also beat Delafield, with events delayed by wind and a drifting buoy that disrupted the Wisconsin four.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin University
Syracuse
Lake Mendota
Wisconsin
Delafield
Jake
Delafeld
Wisconsin Four
Syracust
Miner Survives Basin Mine Cave-In After Seventeen Hours
Helena Mont June 2 A caved in Hope mine at Basin traps Charles Collins beneath tons of debris for seventeen hours. Rescuers find him unharmed due to timber supports. He later travels to Butte where he dies, seemingly from the fright of the incident.
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Helena
Mont
Hope Mine
Basin
Charles Collins
Collins
Butte
Child Fatally Burned After Fall Into Scalding Water
In Sumner Iowa on June 2 a visiting three year old boy, son of Fred Poehler, fell into a bucket of boiling water on a farm near the grandmother's home. He suffered severe scalding, with burn damage to hands and arms, and died from the injuries.
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Sumner
Iowa
Fred Poehler
Here
Indian prisoner kills self in jail in Wisconsin
An Indian prisoner from Flambeau, held on murder charges since last November, died in custody after stabbing himself in the neck with a jack knife borrowed from the sheriff. In Cincinnati a separate report notes a mutilated body found in a Ryan Soap Works furnace, with a fractured skull, thought to be a Rodmanian.
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Loana
Eagle River
Wis
Gagegaoshi
Flambeau
Enda
Cincinnati
Ryan Soap Works
La Follette Boom Moves Forward With 150 Supporters
In Milwaukee at the La Follette room on June 2, about 150 supporters met at the Plenkinton house to take definite steps toward organizing a presidential boom for La Follette. The gathering outlined plans and rallied behind the candidate.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Plenkinton House
Fire Claims Life of Currie Child in Boarding House
A boarding house owned by Alexander Currie at Devile Lake North Dakota burned, likely due to a kitchen defect. Four-year-old Eddy Currie died from burns in the blaze on June 2.
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Devile Lake
N. D
Alexander Currie
Eddy Currie
Currie
Might Take a Chance in Noisy Night Cab Ride
A group of Washington cabbies waited after a show as eight patrons left. One driver lured a fare by teasingly inviting them aboard. As he urged his horse forward, his final passenger hesitated and remarked that his mother would not know when it would be November.
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Washington
Roosevelt’s Strenuous Day in Michigan Ends for Washington
President Roosevelt completed a six hour schedule in Lansing with three addresses and a Capitol reception. He spoke to about 25,000 at Michigan Agricultural College, praising farmers and labor, and promised brief car stops across Southern Michigan en route to Fort Wayne. No untoward incidents occurred during the visit.
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Lansing
Mich
State Capitol
Roosevelt
Washington
Michigan
Fort Wayne
Ind
Neticultursl College
Judge finds fraud in merger of American Bond Reserve
Judge Walter Littlefield, special master in chancery for the American Bond Reserve case in Kansas City, reports findings that the merger of the companies was fraudulent. He orders that funds on deposit with the Missouri state treasurer, totaling 1,042,540 dollars, be distributed pro rata among creditors with no local preference.
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American Bond Reserve
Kansas City
Walter Littlefield
American Bond Reserve Company
Littlefield
Missouri
Markets Report Grain and Live Stock Quotations Across Centers
Latest quotations from grain and live stock centers show mixed prices. Chicago wheat values range from No 2 red at 98.5 to No 3 spring at 1.04, with oats around 43. Oats and corn figures span northern and midwest markets, while cattle hogs and sheep prices vary by center from Minneapolis to Chicago to Sioux City and South St. Paul.
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Paul
Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Jane
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Post Office Cracks Down on Violations in Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls Minnesota June 2 The post office department is waging an active campaign against violators who send writing in merchandise packages and newspapers An inspector spent days in the city and vicinity leading to six people paying 10 each to the federal treasury for violations of the kind.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Post Office Department
Federal Treasury
Lynching Threat Reported From Bijou Area
Alexandria La June 2 a telephone message from Bijou eighteen miles away said a mob formed to lynch a negro accused of criminal assault Fire Games 100000 Lona Titusville Pa June 2 fire at Harris Barrel works burned about eight acres causing 100000 damage Blakeley Man Killed by Train Henderson Minn June 2 Fred Habeck struck by a passenger train and killed Four Bodies in Ruins Long Branch N J June 2 bodies found in the ruins of Walter Schiffer s house after a fire Taylor Tex June 2 a destructive hail and wind storm wrecked several buildings and devastated crops across Williamson County with hail obliterating crops
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Lloyd Hugging
Hopkinton
Samuel Miller
Shirley
Mont
Della Snyder
Keota
Mercer
Burnside
Bertha
Toombs
Grace Johnson
la Pere
Alma College
Alma
Mich
Pine River
Bine River
Morristown
Ind
Fort Richmond
William Johnson
David Rees
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Roosevelt
Territory
Orvia Hiller
Eldora
Iowa
Davis Blackey
Garnet, Mont
Blackey
Alexandria
Bijou
Titusville
Harris Barrel Works
Shout
Blakeley
Henderson, Minn
Fred Habeck
Long Branch
N. J
Persls
Walter Schiffer
Taylor
Tex
Williamson County
Three Names for a Planet
On the evening of March 18 1871 William Herschel at Siouge England discovered a new planet. He named it Georgiam Sidus to honor his patron George III and, by other astronomers in England, Herschel was suggested for the discoverer. Continental astronomers proposed the mythological Uranus as the seventh planet designation and it was accepted by the scientific world.
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William Herschel
Siouge
England
George Iti
Herschel
Floods Across Texas Cause Major Crop and Property Loss
Floods cause widespread damage across Houston and rural Texas with rivers spilling banks and many homes under water. City power limited. crop losses and bridge washouts reported. Nearby lake area sees influx of refugees from Cameron parish as rains set record totals.
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Houston
Tex
Jane 1
Bryan
Brazos
Brenham
Haye
Colorado
Colorado Valley
San Marcos
Guadaloupe
South Texas
Lake Charles
Cameron Parish
Gulf of Mexico
To Preserve McKinley Home In Canton Plan
Canton citizens discussed ways to save the McKinley home as a memorial like Mount Vernon. Idea centers on preserving furniture gifts paintings and statuary, with tentative methods under study and possibility of city purchase or a gift from relatives and friends.
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Canton
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Treasury balance set to near three hundred million
Treasury circles estimate the end of June will show about 90 million in surplus, yielding an available cash balance near 300 million. The government plans to cover remaining 4 percent bonds, possibly 40 million, and will dissipate more than 170 million in national bank deposits, with timing uncertain.
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Washington
Treasury
Uncle Sam
President Proclaims Border Reservation to Halt Smuggling
The president issues an executive order creating a 60 foot wide border strip along the northern Mexican line from California to New Mexico. The proclamation states the reserve will suppress cross border smuggling and allows private entries for needed roads within the protected area.
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Washington
Mexico
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Itag
Former bank teller found guilty on thirty three counts
Pittsburg June 1 Thomas W Harvey former teller of the Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny Pa was found guilty on thirty three counts for making false entries and not guilty on three counts charging appropriation of bank funds. Twelve horses cre mated in Chicago fire destroyed storage building of the T W Jones Ezorem and Furniture SOMDADT the fees were $125 000.
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Enterprise Nationa Bank
Pittsburg
Thomas W. Harvey
Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny
Way
Chicago
T. W. Jones Ezorem
Furniture
Somdadt
Two Men Drowned In Miami River Near Dayton
A clergyman leading a mission reports two men drowned and a third narrowly escaped while waiting for free bread distributions on the Miami River near Dayton. The account notes the crowd largely comprised interior United States residents traveling to New York.
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Dayton
Ohio
Miami River
United States
Inent
New
Tork
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