Subside of bills and global events dominate week
A broad survey covers the ship subsidy bill prospects, political nominations in Massachusetts, Cuba’s yellow fever status, executions in Warsaw, a Russian raid disrupting a revolutionary group, a fatal mine explosion in Michigan, and upcoming trials and budgets. Notable items include nominations for Congress, statehood vote tallies in New Mexico, and reforms in grain commissions.
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Pankima
Nomgroes
Cuba
Warsaw
Cerustochova
Russia
Haltimore
Parriah Coal Company
Wilkenbarre
Nikolai
Black Sea
Charles G. Washburn
Rockwood Hoar
Massachusetts
Oklahoma
Congress
P. Culpper
Southwest
Brocket Pine Bus
Arkansas
Washington
Highest Court Denies Mrs Myers Death Sentence
Karené City reports that a writ of error in the murder case of Agnes Myers was denied by Justice Brower. Governor Folk granted a respite until January 10, 1807 for Mrs Myers and Frank Hottman, both condemned for complicity. Mrs Myers, in Liberty jail near Kansas City, said she fears execution but hopes the governor will intervene.
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Karené
Agnes Myers
Charlie Myers
Justice Brower
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Folk
Myers
Frank Hottman
Alecta Wader
Liberty
Kansaw City
Ex-Benator Brown Shot in Raleigh Hotel Rooms
Washington Arthur Brown former U S Senator from Utah and noted lawyer was shot in his Raleigh hotel rooms on Saturday by Mrs Anna M Bradley of Salt Lake a former mistress who says he is father of two children born recently. Police say Brown wounded in the abdomen and left hand with two bullets and faces possible surgery.
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Washington
Arthur Brown
United States
Utah
Raleigh
Anna M. Bradley
Salt Lake
Brown
Hin
Russia 18 Progressing. Export surge to Russia via Harvester
New York reports rising grain machinery exports from International Harvester to Russia. Nine chartered steamers will sail to Black and Baltic ports with British Swedish and Norwegian crews. Total shipments near 100000 tons valued around 5 million dollars. Six cargoes of reapers harvesters rakes to Odessa and Norvoraasink on the Black Sea. Los Angeles: Harriman plans 10 million for Los Angeles Pacific railway extending to Santa Monica and Venice. Subway parallel to Fourth Street and a terminal cemetery building planned. Minot North Dakota: fuel farming crisis as Transcontinental lines seize coal from local dealers to keep trains moving. Great Northern confiscates several cars under the law.
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New York
Russia
International Harvester Company
Baltic
Ronsia
Perial
Odessa
Norvoraasink
Black Sea
Los Angeles
Harriman
Wim
Fourth Street
Minot
N. D
North Dakota
Derailed streetcar plunges over embankment injuring many
East Liverpool traction car with a full load derailed before a trestle, plunging over a two foot embankment near Great Bend, Kansas. James Vale of Wellsville was killed instantly and several others were injured with fears of more deaths as the car toppled after impact. A separate bank robbery chase at Great Bend ended with George A. Lewis of Kansas City surrendering after Wells Fargo driver Bud Westfall was killed by a shot from pursuers. Lewis claimed distress over rejected contributions to eastern magazines.
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East Liverpool, O
East Liverpool Traction and Merit Company
James Vale
Wellsville
Great Bend
Kan
George A. Lewis
Kansas City
Bud Westfall
Wells Fargo Express Company
Lewis
Salton Sink Threatens Valley as Colorado River Break Opens
In the Salton basin the Colorado River breaks through the Hind dam and floods Salton, Imperial and Mexicali valleys. Up to a thousand residents may lose homes and irrigation for about 2.5 million acres could be abandoned. The Southern Pacific faces 200 miles of rerouted track, and government irrigation plans may collapse. Losses estimated at least 25 million dollars. A steamer Searchlight was stranded after the break.
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Yuma
Arit
Colorado River
Saltoc
Imperial
Concheila
Southern Pacific
Salton Basin
Mexico
Arizona
Hind
Colorado
Plans Mas Emotional Insanity Defense for Mrs Bradley
Salt Lake City attorney Barth and Bagley announce that Mrs Anna Bradley will use an insanity defense for shooting Senator Arthur Brown in a Washington D C Raleigh hotel Saturday. Dr A Hoover of Blackfoot Idaho has been retained to assess her mental condition during a Washington visit.
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Salt Lake City
Anna Bradley
Arthur Brown
Raleigh
Washington, D. C
Barth & Bagley
Salt Lake
Bradley
A. Hoover
Idaho Insane Asylum
Blackfoot
Idaho
Andy Lave
Washington
Castro Ill in Venezuela President Near Death
Reliable advices report Venezuela President Castro moved to Marito near La Guayra last Monday. He traveled from Caracas in a bed and arrived at Macuto in an unconscious state. Public belief centers on no chance of recovery.
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Venezuela
Fort de France
Martinique
Castro
Marito
la Guayra
Caracas
Macuto
Indictments Against Railroads and Officials
Grand juries returned multiple indictments targeting Union Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Coal Company, Oregon Short Line Railroad, and Utah Fuel Company officials for undue preferences and discrimination affecting a shipper and consumer. The cases reference the D J Sharp affair and alleged violations of the Interstate Commerce Act. Indictments also named Utah Fuel executives and attorneys, plus Theodore Schulte and Thomas A Moore for perjury linked to a dummy arrangement.
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Raft Lake City
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Coal Company
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Buckingham
James M. Moore
Ena
D. J. Sharp
Sharp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Salt Lake
Union Pacific
Theodore Schulte
H.R. Windsor Insur Ance Company
Thomas A. Moore
County Recorder’s Office
Grand
Iton
Utah Fuel Company
Lost in Fire at Ithaca Chi Psi House Tragedy
Fire at the Chi Psi fraternity house in Ithaca destroys the building early Friday. Seven people die including four students and three local volunteers. several others are injured. Bodies of most victims recovered except two named as W. Nichols and FW Grote. authorities plan dynamite blasting to speed the search for missing.
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Wall University
Ithaca
Chi Psi
Sudente
Cr. Pope
East Orange
N. J
W. Nichols
Chicago
FW. Grote
Clark of Montana Opinion of Chinese Sparks Debate
A Montana figure expresses a favorable view of Chinese people citing loan repayment reliability. Presidential and treasury notes reference banking strains and currency circulation limits, while a Chicago shooting ties to domestic troubles. Warmer Washington trade talks hint at ship subsidy compromises, and a Massachusetts asylum prisoner seeks freedom amid legal battles. A Kansas bank cashier faces defalcation charges connected to a state bank scandal.
Coal miner kills and wounds on crowded trolley car
A demented coal miner named O Elmer McNeal shot on a trolley leaving Wellston, killing Harry White and mortally wounding J D Van Atta of Newark, injuring J E Kinnison superintendent of the public schools. McNeal was fatally shot by a citizen.
Desperation Follows Factory Closings in Lodz Poland
In Lodz Russia Poland recent factory closures leave 40 000 people without food prompting increasing demonstrations by lawless groups. A renewed feud between nationalist and socialist laborers has turned deadly with five nationalists killed and fifteen wounded over the past two days.
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Lodz
Russian
Poland
Ffteen
Morgan Attacks Panama Rail Road as a Legal Fiction
Washington reports Senator Morgan of Alabama demanding canal commission control of the Panama railroad. He argues the road is a legal fiction to avoid common carrier responsibility and warns against placing the railroad under canal commission, saying only Cromwell benefits and asserting risk from any president. Also notes costs to maintain Navy ships totaling $19.6 million, with figures for battleship 19 cruiser Colorado Brooklyn Baltimore and Chicago.
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Senate
Morgan
Alabama
Panama
Isthmian Canal Commission
Congress
Cromwell
Canal Commission
Settan
Ennished
Panam Railway
Treasury
United States
Uncle Sam
H. B. Harris
Colorado
Admiral Schley
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Manila Bay
Chicago
Great Britain backs Tangier naval display as Spain and France act
Foreign Secretary Grey states Britain will keep its hands off Tangier while France and Spain press their joint naval and military show in line with the Algeciras convention. Britain will withdraw protection of British subjects in Morocco to France and Spain in exchange for France recognizing Britain’s position in Egypt.
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Louis
Great Britain
France
Spain
Tangier
Algeciras
Grey
Morocco
Egypt
Corocco
Taft Backed President In Discharge Of Soldiers
Washington report from Secretary of War Taft quotes the annual review describing crimes by a battalion of soldiers and the government’s failure to identify offenders. Taft justifies discharging the entire battalion to remove a danger to communities, noting some may be innocent but unable to aid detection.
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Washington
Taft
War Department
Civil Service Report Shows Merit System Growing
The United States civil service commission reports continued support for merit principles and civil service expansion. During the year 689 examinations were held with 122034 passing and 41877 appointed, down from prior periods as many top eligibles declined due to low salaries.
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Washington
United States Civil Service Commission
Congress
Steamer Kaga Maru Encounters Abandoned Derelict Near Beale
The Kaga Maru arrived from Japan with cargo worth over 4 million dollars. While 22 miles from the crew’s Friday rescue off Cape Beale, the derelict Koloma lay submerged and directly in the route of shipping, presenting a serious navigation hazard.
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Victoria
Japan
Koloma
Cape Beale
Robbery Attempt Ends in Tragic Shooting at Home
Mrs. Chiiatimbof of Pair Oaks Pa was alerted by a deaf neighbor's knocking after inquiring who was there. Her son brought a revolver to the door, it discharged accidentally while she examined it, and the bullet perforated her ligear daughter Rathert through the stomach, fatally wounding her.
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Pinsoute
Rescue of Wellington Crew After Storm Loss at Sea
Captain Frederickson and his wife with fifteen crew members were rescued December 3 by the Hokow steamer Eider-Desper at latitude 25 north longitude 66 west. The Norwegian bark Wellington sailed from Gulfport Mississippi November 12 carrying lumber to Rosario Argentina. War water logged and deserted. The rescued party to be taken to Havana.
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Nassau
Frederickson
Wellington
Yenmel
Gulfport
Miss
Rosario
Argentina
Fokoto
Hayane
Four Soldiers Die In Layte Battle In December Fight
A column of Manila Bay constabulary clashed with a band of Pula janes between La Pas and Terragona on Layte island on December 5. Four soldiers were killed and eight wounded, including Lieutenant Ralph P. Yates Jr. Many Pula janes were killed or wounded and captured. no full details are yet received. In Solomonville Arkansas, flood disaster updates report deplorable conditions with widespread property loss and near-total destruction of the town. An escape story notes two men saved by clinging to awnings as floodwaters surged through a street.
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Constabulary
la Pas
Terragona
Layte
Ralph P. Yates, Jr
Hix
Solomonville
Ark
Clifton
Indi
Mayor Rescued From Quicksand in Los Angeles River
Los Angeles report says Mayor Owen McAleer was saved from death by suffocation after sinking into quicksand in the Los Angeles river during a timely arrival of a revenue party. The mayor was buried to the armpits, two horses nearly submerged, until bystanders on the bank drew ropes and freed him and the animals after about an hour.
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Los Angeles
Owen McAleer
Harriman Road Inquiry begins as ICC starts hearings
The Interstate Commerce Commission began preliminary steps in the Harriman road inquiry in Washington. Attorneys have been retained and hearings are planned later this month with an exact date to be set. Chairman Kripp estimates the investigation will take at least sixty days to complete.
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Harriman Road
Washington
Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kripp
Sisty
St Petersburg inspector shot near Fontanka canal
Soviet era report states inspector Sheremetiev, linked to the 1905 Bialystok outbreak, was mortally wounded by a lurker while pursuing terrorism suspects near a searched court yard. He drew his revolver and died after a second shot. In other items Major Llewellyn denies charges against Governor Haggerman.
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Ronce
Sheremetief
Bialywtck
St. Petersburg
Fontanka Canal
Spector
Court Yard
Sheremetiet
Sheremetiett
Albuquerque
N. M
Mijor Liewellys
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Haggerman
Roosevelt
Rnor Haggarman
Llewellyn
Toledo
An &Pita
United States Maile
de Traud
Charles Whitney Norton
Ohio
Taylor
Norton
Atocke
Ohio Senator Ingintent and Wannington In Senate Session
The session on Wednesday brought numerous bills resolutions and memorials with executive communications. Senator Forsker urged immediate action while debate over Twenty-fifth Infantry edge of engage ran long but postponed action on the matter.
Flood Devastates Frame Homes in Rizbee Arizona
A historic San Francisco River flood wrecked Rizbee’s main business district. Several frame buildings collapsed trapping residents. Mrs Joseph Throm perished with husband and children in a falling structure. two other family members reportedly drowned. A woman and four children were lost in a smaller flash flood. Dozens of homes and a number of frame buildings were destroyed. fears of many perishings persisted.
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Ware
Las
Rizbee
Ariz
Ciltton
San Francisco
Joseph Throm
Roosevelt's Annual Message Dominates Congress Session
President Roosevelt's annual message consumed over two hours in the House and Senate with broad attention. A Japanese situation resolution by Senator Rayner and seating changes on the Foreign Affairs Committee marked recent congressional activity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Rayner
Maryland
House of Representatives
House
Cannon
Robert G. Cousina
Laws
Robert Hitt
Tllinois
Frank O. Lowden
Hitt
Decision of Court Allows Racing Game to Continue in Missouri
Missouri Supreme Court rules the anti pool selling law does not ban pools on horse races and bets may remain. relates to Charles Oldham of Kansas City convicted of operating race booths at Elmridge, Missouri, with ballots registered to Kansas.
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Missouri
Aofterneany
Ripe Suprem
Charles Oldham
Kansas City
Elmridge
Kansas Ty
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