Washington Notes and World News Digest
The Washington notes report the senate nomination of Brig. Gen. Mall to major general and Colonel Here for brigadier general, plus adverse action on the Burton Dill repeal and labor issues for telegraphers. It covers Roosevelt’s gifts from friends, a Nicaragua gift of a 360 pound monster sea-tory te, updates on prison releases due to space, and a nine month deficit of 25.7 million alongside March receipts and expenditures.
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Washington
Senate
B. Mall
Brieniler
Congressman Mann
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Burton , Dill
Navy Department
L.east
Roosevelt
Nicari Guan
James Dietrich
Nicaragua
Fragmented Edits Skim Historical News Snapshot
A tangle of brief items reports tragedies and incidents across multiple locales. Deaths include Will Evans of Clarion and Albert Uren with Reuben Dawe at Swansea mines. Other notes cover political changes, naval squadron arrivals, cultural mentions, and a bank of unrelated events from many places and times.
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Clarion
Will Evans
Albert Uren
Reuben Dawe
Austin
Swansea
Mich
Gotch Wins World Title by Default Over Hackenschmidt
In Chicago on April 6 Frank Gotch defeated George Hackenschmidt by default after the Russian wrestler surrendered following an hour and forty five minutes of futile attempts to secure a grip. Referee Smith declared Gotch the champion as the crowd surged and police cleared the ring. Gotch showcased a perfect defense that stymied Hackenschmidt throughout the bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph K. Toole
Norria
Montana
Montreal
Tea L. Lukeman
Joe Gans
Spike” Robson
Philadelphia
United States
Daho
League Islandeck
Navy Yard
Day
Syracuse University
Moore
New York Methodist Episcopal Conference
Chicago
George Hackenschmidt
Frank Gotch
Iowa
Gotch
Smith
Hackenschmidt
Goten
Hackenschmat
Torpedo Boat 18 Sunk In Night Collision With Berwick
In heavy seas under masked lights the torpedo boat 18 sank after a collision with the destroyer Tiger near Portsmouth. Deck crew in oilskins perished. twenty two men were rescued, mostly engineers and stokers. The Berwick struck Tiger amidships. casualties and chaos followed as ships maneuvered without lights.
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Tiger
Berwick
Wea
Swanson Found Guilty In Minnesota Grand Larceny Trials
Joel Swanson faced trial in Reatleg Minnesota district court for two grand larceny charges in the second degree. He defended himself, examined his own witnesses, and challenged the prosecution, with the record indicating a guilty verdict on the criminal counts.
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Reatleg, Minn
Joel Swanson
Swan‘son
Railroad Attorneys Clarify Scope of Penalty Law Decision
Rail and state lawyers initially disputed the ruling but now agree the decision targets only the penalty provision. They say 2-cent air rates remain unsettled and Minnesota railroads are not positioned to revert to prior rates for the present.
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Festere
Firat
Rotary
Minnesota
Man Who Rescued Woman Marries Her in Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls April 4 A romance born two years earlier ends in marriage as Ole A Enger of Superior wed Miss Minnie Saas of Boyd. Enger met Saas after saving her from drowning when her boat overturned after a timber struck her craft while he supervised a bridge construction at Boyd. The couple began courting after the rescue.
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Ole Enger
Superior
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Boyd Jed
Ole A. Enger
Minnie Seas
Boyd
Enger
Miss Saas
Rival towns clash in bitter feud over business envy
In April 4 period notes a Noonan versus Kermit feud escalates with taunts and social media style jabs. A man named Manhart faces arrest over alleged burning of a bull belonging to Noonan parts during a scheme to move assets from Kermit to Noonan. J. M. Johnson, a witness in the case, was targeted by women in Kermit with rotten eggs in a public dispute.
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Kermit
Noonan
Manhart
Noonan Partes
J. M. Johnson
Farmer and Team Killed in Albany Train Accident
Near Albany Minnesota on April 4 a farmer named Wessler attempted to cross a Great Northern eastbound train with his team. The horses were killed and Wessler was thrown about 200 feet and died almost instantly after the collision.
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Albany
Minn
Melrose
Wessler
Great Northern
Bank to Ask Grand Jury to Probe Salt Lake Theft
Salt Lake City April 4 When impaneled on April 12 the United States grand jury will be asked by directors of the Utah National Bank to investigate the theft of 106.60 dollars in January from the bank reserve chest. W S McCormick president of the bank stated yesterday.
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Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Utah
United States Grand Jury
Utah Nationel Bank
Reserve ‘Chest
W. 8. McCormick
Man Who Shot His Son to Be Committed for Insanity
Irving farmer Thomes Dunnigan was examined for sanity after he shot his son and mistreated his family in Birck River Falls Wisconsin. Doctors Cole and Krohn found him insane and he will be sent to the asylum. The wounded boy is expected to recover.
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Birck River Falls
Wic
Thomes Dunnigan
Irving Farmer
Dra
Cole
Krohn
Will Beakien
Menota Ar
Ameri an Refining Reopens East Helena Plant
Sersiter begins anew furnace at Amerian Refining and Smelting plant in East Helena Montana. sixty former employees reinstated after months of reduced operation due to depressed metal markets. The restart signals recovery as production resumes at the facility.
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Sersiter
Helena
Mont
Amerian Refining and Smelting Company
East Helena
Ducks and Geese Abundant in Lake Crystal Area
Game from Lake Crystal reports plentiful ducks and geese this spring. Hunters are active on open lakes, muskrat hunting is noted, and fur sales yield five to ten dollars per day. In Des Moines a secretary, Sidney J. Dillon, wed nurse Bara Treleven in Montreal after his illness.
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Lake Crystal
Minn
Des Moines
Sidney J. Dillon
Des Moines Plan
Montreal
Bara Treleven
Chinese Rail Between Tientsin and Chinkiang Planned
The railroad connecting Tientsin and Chinkiang is to be built without delay. It will span about 600 miles and run largely parallel to the Grand Canal, forming a major artery in the Chinese railway system.
Warner Denies Shortage in State Oil Inspector Accounts
Public Examiner reports a $12,010 shortage in the Minnesota oil inspector’s office during Fenton G. Warner’s tenure. The findings cite missing shipments and illegally paid deputies and salaries, but Warner maintains there is no shortage and defends his record amid the investigation.
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Warner
St. Paul
Anton Schaefer
Gov. Johnson
Fenton G. Warner
Minneaplus
Standard Oz Company
Ramsey
Hennepin
W. C. Hebbron
Fand
Schaefer
George W. Paterson
National Surety ‘Company
Minneapolls
C.M. Crandall
Dakota County
Oil Department
Hunter Slips Gun Wounds Arm In Wisconsin Accident
In Watertown Wisconsin on April 7 Clarence Schoepp tried to grab a loaded shotgun in the wagon and fired it, tearing flesh from his arm between wrist and shoulder. Doctors say the arm will have to be amputated.
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Hunter Ie
Watertown
Clarence Schoepp
Mayor Nabs 35 Gambler Raids in Hot Springs
Hot Springs April 7 Mayor M H Judd raided a Falstatt saloon gambling game with two patrolmen to curb vice after Police Chief Hentz refused to close it. Thirty five men were arrested but ten escaped en route to the station as the mayor forbade officers from firing.
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Hot Springs
Ark
M. H. Judd
Hentz
Falstatt
Polic Station
Webb Held in Contempt and Fined in Butte
John Webb of Butte must serve five days in county jail and pay a $5 fine for contempt of court. Judge George M. Bourguin found him guilty of jury tampering in the Boveker case.
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John Webb
Butte
Mont
George M. Bourguin
Webb
C. M. Boveker
Seeding Outlook Bright in Western Canada
Reports from Western Canada forecast an unusually bright seeding outlook. Spring work to start in ten days with winter wheat in Alberta already advanced and green in several localities. In St Paul, Oscar Anderson was injured after being struck by a train, sustaining rib bruises and hearing loss due to the accident.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Alberta
Gant Hear
St. Paul
Oscar Anderson
Mart
Anderson
Man Shot After School Singers Walk Along Charles Avenue
Louis April 7. White, singing a solo, walked with Mrs Hat tle Batley and her two children when Reese Bell was shot and killed by an unknown man who had expressed pleasure at the performance.
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Frances Ape
Palsington
Goma
11Th Avenue
Dikran Kelenian
Conan
New York
Hemlock
Osborn Mitchell
Bulkeley Wells
Tellun de
Colo
Edward F. Randall
Brooklyn
Lincoln, Neb
Valley
George §. Dubois
Bull Jon Mihe
Silver City
N. M
Ballard
Colorado
John Bird
Ree
Louis
White
Charles Avenue
Hattle Batley
Reese Bell
Elevator Burned Destroys Albion Elevator and Contents
The Albion elevator in Marshalltown Iowa was burned yesterday causing a loss reported at 3500 dollars. The structure and all stored contents owned by H. J. Burroughs of this city were destroyed. The fire occurred on April 7 and caused extensive damage to nearby properties.
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Marshalitown
Iowa
Albion
8. J. Burroughs
Resignation of Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman Reported
London April 7 The long serving British prime minister Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman resigned today with the King telegraphing acceptance and regret. Sir Henry's health remains unchanged per physicians. Herbert Henry Asquith, chancellor of the exchequer, summoned to meet cabinet and assume leadership, with cabinet deliberations ongoing.
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London
Henry Campbell Bannerman
Henry
Herbert
Anguish
Te Exchequer
First California orange shipment heads to Iowa
Tramload of 1,800,300 oranges left California yesterday via Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railways after a sixty day publicity campaign by the California Fruit Growers' Exchange. The goal is to supply one orange for every two people in Iowa.
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San Francisco
California
Iowa
Pacife
Jaws
Towa
German Girl Leaps Overboard from Hamburg Liner
The Hamburg American liner Pretoria, delayed by heavy gales after leaving Hamburg, reached Halifax with no serious damage. A young German girl, witnessed by passengers, jumped into the sea on the first day out. the crew stopped the ship and towed a boat, but could not save her.
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Erman
Halifax
Pretoria
Hamburg
Prince Edward to Exclude Autos Across Island
The Prince Edward legislature voted to exclude automobiles from the province saying car operation endangers public safety. A bill to implement the resolution will be introduced and passed in this session with broad cross party support.
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Prince Edward's Island
Charlottesville
P. E.T
Prince Edward
Markets and Commodities Across Cities on April 7
Grain quotations from St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth report No 1 Northern wheat around 1.00 to 1.08 dollars, corn 60 to 64 cents, oats mid 40s. Chicago prices show mixed wheat ranges and corn and rye values. Cattle and hog prices listed for Sioux City and South St. Paul markets. Bloodhounds rushed to Marlette for arson investigation. Cuban rebel leader Pilo Guerra named commander of armed forces with rank of major general.
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St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Urum
Duluth
Para
Chicago
Sioux City
South St. Paul
Lave
Harang Avil
Pilo Guera
Cuba
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Mpeton, North Dakota
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Springfeld
Figueroa
Salvador
Ward McAllister
San Rafael
Cal
Joseph E. Smith
Cotonner University of Lincoln
Detroit
Cadillac
Belle Isle
Europe
Diocese of
Carnegie Hall
John Mitchel
United Mine Wortere
Tes
Rock, W. Va
Blue Stone River
Nick Miller
Mason City
Lows
Ames F. Barnes
Chattanooga News
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church
Provincetown
Mass
Parton
Ritns
W. W. McElrath
Representative McElrath
M Jows
Sutfor Pitepatrick
Co- Valley
Town City
Severt
W. J. Wesday
Ohio
Wesley
Edwards Gymnaste
Alfred Deakin
Australia
Melbourne
Odente
Denmark
Hans Chirislann
Netherands
Holland
William
John O'Brien
Thomas Slattery
United States Secret Service
Nihil
Scarlet
America
George Conrad
Wayne
W. Va
Conrad
A. Delano
Cabos
Yiarb¢Tter
Joliet
Father Marquette
Down
Tost
Belr Ives Too Olson
Portsmouth
Poland
Lord Testy
Ton Mingo
Conleton Ress
Saul
Aaron
Nan Bien
Warne
Surety “Company
Mayor Nabs
Gambler
Rghant
Kiddo
Marlette
Moundsville
Warren Township
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