Neighbors note and local happenings report
Mr and Mrs Kophiart visit their son Will and wife from Ledyard. Various locals like Fred Dowden and A M Pickell visit friends, while Mrs Charlie Sullivan mourns her father’s death and travels to Livermere for the funeral. Community updates cover telephony lines, farm sales, school events, election chatter, and local travels among residents in Graver, Maple Hill, Wallingford, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dollever
Mrs. Kophiart
Will
Ledyard
Charlie Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
Livermere
Jonnie Jacobson
Ticktor Kately
Ceylon
Bert, Clark
Lake Shore
Swan Lake
Midway
PS. Chapinnin
Mr. Young
Ballade Center
Breelit
Westherville
Marg
CL. Puller
Brood
Shifledt
Maple Hill
Germany’s Moroccan bank proposal nears agreement
Berlin observers report that Germany and France are close to a settlement on the Moroccan bank issue. Berlin notes suggest France may yield on the police question to keep Casa Blanco as the Inspector general HQ while keeping a neutral inspectorship with real power. Officials feel a peace-disrupting crisis nears solution as Algeciras reports hint acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tiere von Radowitz
Count von Tottenbach
Alenias
Ofiee
France
Casa Blanco
Algeciras
Foreign
Believed End Near In Morocco Conference Draft
Believed the end is near as Algeciras reporters note extreme activity at the Moroccan conference. M Regnault drafted a reconciliatory plan between French and Austro German proposals, with a portion already approved. The key dispute remains the inspection of Moroccan police and whether foreign control is allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeciras
Spain
M. Regnault
Comimittee
Regnault
Russia Stands by France Allegiance Not Wavered
Paris reports Russia wavering over allegiance at Algeciras denied by Foreign Minister Laimsdorff who sent to Count Cassini a dispatch stating there is no truth Russia counseled France to accept Austrian plan or to entrust police control to a neutral power. The imperial government says it will continue to act as a faithful ally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Russia
France
Algeciras
M. Nelidoff
Bourgeois
Laimsdorff
Count Cassini
Jher
Causa Blanca
Paves Way for Settlement in Police Question
Paris reports indicate Germany may waive its demand for a foreign police commander, paving the way for a settlement of the police issue with France providing guarantees of impartial protection for foreign interests. London telegrams say Moroccan Conference reached an agreement satisfactory to all parties. A Bristol cement factory incident ends in a foreman fatally clubbing several Italian laborers. Alabama endures a February snow storm causing widespread street and road washouts and travel delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Paris
Foreign Office
Al‘'weekay
Geranany
Asu Blanca
France
Geratany
London
Algeviras
Summons Served on Andros Hamilton Saad in New York Life Case
A summons was served on Andras Hamilton Saad, former legislative agent of the New York Life Insurance Company, after arriving in the city from Albany. The suit, brought by Keener and Lowiss, seeks an accounting of expenses charged by Saad under the late president John A. McCall. The complaint had not been completed, and the confession is described as not voluntary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andros Hamilton Saad
Truntaes
New York Life Company
New York
Andrac Mamison
New York Life
Inanranne Onmpany
Lowiss
Wade
Tramilton
Mrimeys
John A. McCall
Ovens Says He Admitted Murder to Satisfy Police
Richard Ivens on trial for the murder of Mrs. Trollistar testified in his own defense denying the crime. He claimed he never knew Mrs. Hollister and said his police confessions were coerced by intimidation during a prolonged questioning session in a police station room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richard Ivens
Bessie Trollistar
Hollister
Ice field signals early navigation at Head of the Lakes
In Duluth on March 21 the twenty mile ice field between Minnesota and Wisconsin shores vanished as a high wind drove the main body south. Hundreds skated Sunday as the ice retreat was seen as a harbinger of early navigation at the Head of the Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Chicago forms new labor party with municipal ownership plank
A new labor party organized in Chicago advocates municipal ownership and anti injunc tion positions. William Rockefeller’s cancer status confirmed but not the virulent type. Hamline University plans a 20000 dollar Carnegie library once a 30000 dollar endowment is raised. General John M Thayer, Civil War veteran and former Nebraska governor, dies at Lincoln at eighty six. A 21 year old, William Priebe, killed by a falling tree near Highwood St Paul suburb. Senate cuts Philippines fortifications funding and sets Hawaii fortifications at two hundred sixty thousand. A Philadelphia quarrel over a 10 cent ring ends in the killing of Herbert McArthur. Charles Ross arrested in Milwaukee for tapping gas lines worth twenty six thousand dollars. Henry W Wheeler of Duluth dies at eighty five, longtime city figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Rockefeller
Hamline (Minn.) University
Carnegie
John M. Thayer
United States
Nebraska
Lincoln
William Priebe
Gus Priebe
Highwood
St. Paul
Senate
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Philadelphia
Herbert McArthur
William Johnson
Charles Ross
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Gaslight Company
Henry W. Wheeler
Duluth
Market Quotations From Minneapolis to Chicago
Market quotations from Minneapolis St Paul and Duluth report wheat prices for May July and Sept with track and grade listings. Cattle prices in St Paul include good to choice steers 4500 to 5050 and cows and heifers 300 to 475 with hogs lambs and sheep ranges. Chicago notes cattle be eves and cows with varying prices and futures for corn oats and butter and dairy products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Duluth
Northern
Chicago
Issa
Park
Silverton Mines Closed as Snowslides Strain Town
Silverton Colorado, cut off by snowslides, hosts 3000 miners fleeing to safety. Sixteen men killed or suffocated in avalanches over three days. property loss estimated at $500000. Railroad blockades isolate Silverton while Crested Butte receives a delayed rescue train. Travel on the main line remains open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Silverton
Colo
Durango
Crested Butte
Denver and Rio Grande
Gunnison
Destruction Complete at Camp Bird Mill in Ouray Colorado
Fire consumed the Camp Bird mill ruins in Ouray on March 21 following a Sunday snowslide that wrecked the plant. Erected in 1898 for $600,000 by Thomas F. Walsh, who later sold the Camp Bird mine to an English company. In Creede, a March 1 snow slide from Mammoth mountain crushed the East Willow Mining Company's plant, killing Samuel East and destroying the blacksmith shop where he worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouray
Colo
Camp Bird
Thomas F. Walsh
Creede
Mammoth Mountain
East Willow Mining Company
Samuel East
Snowstorm Rages Ten Days Shuts Big Piney Roads
A historic blizzard in Big Piney Wyoming ended March 21 after raging since March 10. Snow depth reaches seven feet in places and two feet on the level. Stage and mail service halted. Sheep losses feared east of town with several herders missing. Ranches snowbound and houses buried. travel limited to snowshoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney
Wyo
MAIL SACK CAUSES WRECK NEAR LOCKRIDGE KILLING WORKER
A Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train partially wrecked at Lockridge after a mislaid switch caused the diner sleeping car and observation car to collide with a work train. Swan Bloom of Burlington, cook on the work train, was killed and about a dozen others were badly hurt. A mail sack hurled from the train struck a switch post, breaking it and releasing the switch, leading to the wreck of the last three passenger cars against the caboose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Lockridge
Swan Bloom
Snowplow crashes into horse causing fatality
Dayton March 21. While operating a snowplow on the Dayton and Troy traction road near Chambersburg six miles north, William Humphreys Bert Hoover and Gustavus Nicol were instantly killed when the plow struck a horse tied to a bridge. The plow overturned and twelve tons of ballast crushed the men. In Higginnington a Cincinnati Dayton train remains stalled in snowdrifts six miles east of Decatur after eight days of heavy snowfall. A Norwegian fruit steamer Kodo stranded ten miles west of Fire Island light with 22 crew safely taken off. vessel listed as afloat near Gilgo lifesaving station.
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Dayton
Mareh
Dayton and Troy
Chambersburg
Here
Wiliam Humphreys
Bert Ioover
Gustavus Nicol
Higginnington
Flamiston
New York
Fire Island Light
Gilgo
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Mini
Fred Dowden
Stuntington
A. HM. Pickell
Grover Friends
Mr. Kenton
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Mr. Sells
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Mr. Greattenberg
Mrs. Pugsley
John Highbart
Critvier
OB. Colt
Che de TE
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Herrick
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Vern Glime
Benton County
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Jones
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Amy Anderson
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High Lake
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Ryan Lake
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Go W. Bonimu
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Luin
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Board of Supervisors
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C. B. Mathews
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S.C. Mays
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Jellerston Farm
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Estherville
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Hig Winovis
Debuting Society
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Jay Jonserob
Hosen
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Lubal Iu & Dstt
I J
South and Western Railroad
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Ovens
Minneapolis
Chicago Union Stock Yards
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Teedui
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