Kentucky Governor Pardons Fugitives Tale of Mensch and Smith
In Wisville on January 21 a federal report notes a Kentucky governor may grant a pardon to John P. Smith who fled justice for murder. The tale recounts a dramatic 19th century murder in Louisville with soldiers, a jail breakout, and a long, sorrowful pursuit ending with a pardon possibility for the fugitive. The narrative highlights family tragedy as Mensch’s wife dies, and a son learns of his father’s past.
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Wisville
John Paias
John P. Smith
Kentucky
Smith
Van Tassell Death Sparks Insurance Papers Discovery
Mrs Van Tassell died suddenly at Matteawan after a daughter left her in a lounge with a pillow. Her trunk held insurance papers and letters she wrote to the family in 1900. Funeral set for afternoon tomorrow with notices of a clearance sale at Isian Millinery Store starting Thursday.
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Ewburg
N. Y
Es van Tassell
Matteawan
Disappointed Swain Made a Gun Play
Samuel Parker of Wellsville New York faces $300 bail in Colodaro Springs Colorado after a claimed gun incident aimed at persuading Mrs Kate BE Long to pay his return fare. Parker had sought a wife via National Matrimonial Agency and arrived two weeks ago. Neighbors and police describe the event differently. Both parties near fifty. Mrs Long respected in the community.
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Colodaro Springs
Colo
Samuel Parker
Wellsville
N. Y
Kate BE. Long
Parker
National Matrimonial Agency
Long
Strain in White House Forces Mrs Roosevelt to Scale Back
Washington D C January 21 The strenuous White House social calendar has been trimmed at the request of Dr Rixey Mrs Roosevelt has dropped semi weekly receptions and teas while official duties remain heavy The clerical staff works late and three assistants fall ill from overwork Secretaries Cortelyou and the president face crowded desks and growing invitations amid a crush of semi public functions and handwritten notices.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Rixey
Cortelyou
Boony's Rich Lunch On $10,000 Bonds
A package of $10,000 in coupon bonds shipped to Chase National Bank New York vanished on a Saturday night express run to New York. Officials at Citizen’s National Bank of Pottstown and Adams Express Company watched for the parcel until it was found in a rabbit crate in New York. The crate’s train route caused the bonds to fall inside but the bonds remained uninjured.
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Pottstown
Chase National Bank of New York
Citizen’s National Bank of
Discharged Census Clerks Weep At Director Merriam Door
Two hundred census clerks, mostly women, were dismissed from the U S Census Bureau without warning. Tears filled offices as they pleaded to stay until month’s end. Director William R Merriam said the cuts were necessary and could not be altered. He then locked his private office to prevent further access. The note mentions Zeigler’s chocolates and bonbons as a detail.
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Washington
United States Census Bureau
William R. Merriam
Census Bureau
Bureau
West Virginia Holocaust Kills and Injures Dozens at Lumber Camp
A blaze at Camp No. 5 near Davis, West Virginia, belonging to Otter Creek Lumber Company, killed at least twelve men and left seven bodies recovered with seven more feared dead. About twenty-five slept upstairs and ten downstairs. many jumped from windows or were trapped, many severely injured.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Davis
Baltimore & Ohio
Otter Creek Lumber Company
Fire Threatens Shinnston Town Wide Wipeout
A blaze in Shinnston Wheeling West Virginia today threatens to wipe out the entire town. Telegraph and telephone lines are cut and no news can be obtained from the scene.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Shinnston
Murderous burglary battle wounds San Francisco officer
Patrolman Eugenes Robinson was mortally wounded when he surprised three burglars at a Valencia Street hardware store. One suspect, believed to be F Daly, was wounded and captured while two others escaped. Robinson died hours later and Daly was expected to recover.
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San Francisco
Eugenes Robinson
Valencia Street
F. Daly
Robinson
Daly
Nun Renounces Vows To Wed the Man She Loved
In Montreal a nun named Sister Hilda, superioress of the Sacred Order of St. Margaret, renounced her celibacy vows and married R. P. Montague Davey of Dominion Bridge Works. The ceremony occurred with three friends present and the couple departed for New York afterward. The marriage follows her return to lay life as Miss Hilda Cudlip, daughter of J. W. Cudlip of St John New Brunswick.
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Wontreal
Quebec
Hilda
Sacred Order of St. Margaret
R. P. Montague Davey
Dominion Bridge Works
Hilda Cudlip
J. W. Cudlip
St. John
New Brunswick
Davey
Bushnell
St. Matthias
Low Church
Miss Cudlip
New York
Old St. Matthias
Head Crushed in Train Greeting Near Meyersdale
Charles Boggs a young brakeman died after his head struck a passing car on a siding while waving to his sweetheart outside a home near Meyersdale. He was taken to Cottage State Hospital where his sweetheart remained at his side.
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Connellsville
Charles Boggs
Meyersdale
Cottage State Hospital
Lucky Grandson Receives Gift From Ex Senator
Ex Senator Henry G. Davis telegraphed $100,000 as a gift to his newborn grandson Henry G. Davis Jr. The boy is the child of John T. Davis of Elkins, former Senator's only son. Davis, a millionaire, travels from Mexico after leading the U S delegation at the Pan American Congress.
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Cumberland, Md
Henry G. Davis
City of
Mexico
United States
Pan- American Congress
John T. Davis
Elkins
Davis
Stephen B. Elkins
R. M. C. Brown
Arthur Lee
Bars of Silver Found By Post-hole Diggers
Three workers digging for fence posts at the Gloucester race-track found forty one bars of silver weighing about ninety pounds. The metal tested as good quality and an offer of 9000 was refused. A wooden box suggested years of burial and authorities plan a thorough search for more, amid several saloons nearby.
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Cloucester
N. J
Gloucester
Woodbury
Panama Scrap Kills and Wounds in Revolt
The Panama engagement leaves seventeen rebels wounded and several government troops killed or wounded. General Herrera said he came to stop the Colombian government from using the steamer Laurai against insurgents and has since retired. The exact rebel death toll is unknown. Government forces suffered five dead and four wounded.
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Panama
Hererra
Mead
Philadelphia
Lodge Speaks on Philippine Tariff Bill in Senate
In Washington on January 21 the Senate passed several private pension and bridge construction bills. At two o clock Senator Lodge took the floor to discuss the Philippine tariff bill.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Lodge
Chinese Bill Before Senate Immigration Committee
The Senate committee on immigration held a hearing on Chinese exclusion with speakers from labor and trade groups. Samuel Gompers urged preserving exclusion via the Mitchell bill, while Reed of the Asiatic Association argued against it and urged delaying action until the 1904 treaty expires.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Immigration
Gompers
The
Federation of Labor
Pacific Coast
Congress
Reed
Asiatic Association
China
United States
Rixey Nominated as Surgeon General of the Navy
President today nominated Dr. Presley M. Rixey to be Surgeon General of the Navy. The announcement names the physician as the nominee for the top medical post in the Navy Department.
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Washington, D. C
Presley M. Rixey
Navy
Strange Spectre Causes Death of an Engineer
PERU Ind Jan 21 An elderly Wabash Railroad engineer J E Sible fatally injured after mistaking a phantom danger at forty mph He shouted Jump for your life then jumped as his safety brake prevented a crash Fireman Burt Frick escaped unhurt Sible later died from severe injuries amid an investigation showing no actual danger to the train
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Peru
Ind
J. E. Sible
Wabash Railroad
Sible
Smited
Attica
Burt Frick
Burt
Frick
Lafayette
Judge issues marriage license for Hidalgo and Hughes
Judge Purcell today issued a marriage license to Miguel Hidalgo the popular blacksmith and Miss Maggie Hughes. They will be married on Thursday.
Hoffmeister Ends Life After Legion of Honor Defeat
William H. Hoffmeister of St. Louis ex supreme recorder of the Legion of Honor shot himself at Planter's Hotel in St. Louis after losing last night to C. R. T. White and a new supreme council was elected in a sensational contest.
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Suicide
Defeat Row
Legion of Honor
ST. Louis
William H. Hoffmeister
Supreme Recorder
Hoffmeister
Supreme Recorder of the Legion of Honor
C. R. T. White
Supreme Council
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Isian
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Swain
Mrs. Roosevelt
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