Washington News In Brief Senate Confirmations And Early Session Totals
The Senate confirms Luke F Wright as Secretary of War and Truman Newberry as Secretary of the Navy. The House receives 73 public and 250 private bills on opening day. Treasury reports for 1910 total $524,408,984, up $57.9 million from 1909. Notable deaths include Capt Maynard H Murch in Cleveland and Miss Mary Gottin Pinkney in New York.
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Washington
Senate
Luke F. Wright
Truman H. Newberry
Navy
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Maynard H. Murch
Cleveland
Murch
Great Lakes
Miss Mary Go
Twin Pinkney
New York
Miss Pinkney
Charles K. Sackett
Chicago Board of Trade
Postal Telegraph Company
Chicago
Leslie Carter Payne
Cit
England
Daniel J. Keefe
Michigan
Longshoremen's Union
Straus
Keefe
Dureau
Multiple Factory Fires and Disasters Reported Across States
A rash of fires and accidents devastates plants and livelihoods. Lohse Patent Door plant in St Louis destroyed, losses around 100000. Indiena Ro Company in Muskegon burned, losses near 75000. Independence Kansas votes to adopt commission form of government with commissioners to be elected next spring. A. R. Walker of New Sharon Iowa fatally injured after being run over by a fast freight near the depot. Kingston Ontario fire destroys Worm with Piano and W. G. Craig Co buildings, losses estimated at 120300. Theodore Mantz and George J Fisher fatally injured by threshing engine explosion at Mason City Town. Three children Ethel and Martin Anderton and George Stack Jr drowned near Boston. Fatalities from rabbit hunting rise near Mason City, Iowa. Fireman W. H. Horn fatally scalded. engineer Will Steele and Brakeman Joe Reimers seriously injured in Milwaukee freight engine explosion near Lost Nation, Iowa. Santa Fe train collision near Amarillo Texas kills two, injures several. Milwaukee passenger train fatally injures two at a grade crossing in Chicago. James Gree y towerman held for inquest. Search ongoing for 15-year-old Dottie Lincoln near Spearfish, lost after seen in Deadwood. Rock Island Passenger Train No. 43 near Keer station, twelve miles east of Little Rock, Ark, derails, several injured.
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St. Louis
Lohse Patent Door Company
Indiena Ro Company
Muskegon
Mich
Independence
Kan
A. R. Walker
New Sharon
Towa
Kingston
Ont
Worm‘with Piano Company
W. G. Craig Co
Theodore Mantz
George J. Fisher
Mason City
Ethel
Martin Anderton
George Stack, Jr
Boston
Iowa
W. H. Horn
Will Steele
Joe Reimers
Milwaukee Road
Lost Nation
International and political briefs from early 20th century reports
The excerpts summarize diverse items: a British parliament hop substitute ban, Brazil’s President Penna backing federal Sao Paulo reform guarantees of 15 million dollars, Nobel Peace prizes to K P Arnoldson and M F Bajer, the German Aeronautical League planning Berlin and Cologne contests in 209, a German high school exchange call in the Berlin Techniker Zeitung, London Board of Trade November trade figures showing imports fell by 26 million and exports by 53 million with textiles notably down, and the French Chamber endorsing relief for Vice Admiral Germinet after a critical interview about France’s warships’ ammo supply.
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Brazil
Senga Das Catherina
Penna
Sao Paulo
K.P. Arnoldson
Sweden
M. F. Bajer
Denmark
Eeparliamentarians
German Aeronautical League
Berlin
Cologne
Germany
United States
Berlin Techniker Zeitung
Herr Weltzel
Treasury
London Board of Trade
Chamber of Deputies
P. L. Germinet
Mediterranean
Germinet
France
Notable Deaths and Crimes Across the Midwest and Border
A report compiles a series of violent incidents and legal actions: Charles W. Blow, manager of American Linseed Oil Co Crown works in St Louis, shot himself at home. August Summers of Madison Wis robbed of 27 dollars in Sioux City after being seized by two men. Nicholas Reed Jr of Hubbell Mich, despondent, hanged himself at age twenty. Frank Christian of Storm Lake Ia sentenced to a year and a day in Leavenworth for bootlegging. bandits raiding an American shoe factory near Gomez Palacio Durango. Will Davis of Murphysboro Ill arrested for Black Hand style blackmail harming families. a court case in Chickasaw territory. murder of Dr Cullen M Collangen of Trague Tenn near railroad tracks. multiple suspects in custody.
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Charles W. Blow
American Linseed’ Oil Company
Crown Works
St. Louis
Madison
Wis
Bronson
Sioux City
Nicholas Reeding, Jr
Hubbell
Mich
Frank Christian
Storm Lake
Iowa
Leavenworth
Kaw
Gomez
Palacio
Durango
Will Davis
Murphysboro
Til
Voy
Reports From Abroad and Domestic Notes in Brief
Reports abroad claim revolutionaries in San Salvador opportunely ining ground or dismissed by officials. The Librarian of Congress reports 1 585 008 volumes at year end, up 101 160 from last year. Senator Gamble proposes a Belle Fourche district land office in South Dakota and disposal of Rosebud unappropriated lands. A New York meeting of artists may select a sign for the Wright Srotters. Ohio’s eighty eight representatives discuss anti saloon measures amid Boise county option. University of Chicago segregation policy moves to lodging houses for coeds away from male rooms. Zion City Illinois drops a smoking prohibition distinction in property transfer records. A cable from the Duke of Abruzzi to Miss Katherine Ikins ends with I will remember you forever.
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San Salvador
Lbrarian of Congress
Gamble
South Dakota
Belle Fourche
Rosebud
University of Chicago
Zion City
Bomb Wrecks Two Buildings Near Coliseum in Chicago
A blast on Wabash avenue near Sixteenth Street damaged two buildings adjoining the Coliseum and sparked fires. Police say the intended target was likely the Coliseum to disrupt the First ward ball amid reformer opposition, with panic sweeping Grace Episcopal and Open churches and nearby hotels.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Poace
Grace Episcopal Church
Coliseum Annex
Coliseum
Amblers” Ward
Feformera
Kaiser Insane Charged Says Dresden Report
The German press in Chicago relays Dresden reports claiming Emperor Wilhelm II suffers acute religious dementia. It cites hours-long prayers and bed rest, plus withdrawal from state affairs and bizarre conduct toward household members. Observers suggest deposition of the ruler within the family is possible but unlikely.
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Wilhelm
Ress
Chicago
Dresdener Nachrichten
Dresden
W Nam
Germany
von Buelow
Ives
Deadly Bas Obispo explosion halts Panama project
A Saturday Bas Obispo dynamite blast at the Panama Canal site killed fourteen Americans and several Spaniards, with scores more injured. A 800 by 400 foot area was wrecked as a ninety ton steam shovel was crushed. Investigations are under way to determine responsibility as crews clear tons of earth and search for the buried dead.
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Colon
Bas Obispo
Panama Canal
United States
Gen Firmin on Band wan Welcomed at Port au Prince
Port au Prince Dec 15 The steamship Virginia carried 116 exiles including Gen Ante Nor Firmin. He landed amid cheers and was driven to the palace where Gen Simon, the provisional president, welcomed him. Firmin declared he had surrendered political ambitions and urged Haitians to rally to support the Liberal government.
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Port Au Prince
Simon
Virginia
Antenor Firmin
Firmin
Dying Groom After Wedding Joke Hits Denver Bride
Des Moines reports groom Joe Bergstrom dying of consumption linked to exposure after a wedding night prank. He left for Denver with his bride of one month and earlier was tied to a tree for hours until a minister intervened. Four children perished in a Hawthorne Ottawa fire as parents watched.
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Joe Bergstrom
Denver
Killa Employer for $2.25 Wage Dispute Ends in Shooting
Police say Frank Rose, a laborer described as Italian, shot and killed John Clifton, an excavation contractor after a dispute over $2.25 in wages. Rose escaped following the shooting.
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Killa
Frank Rose
John Clifton
Ross
Death Comes to Mrs Doll Widow of Senator Davis
Mrs William Hunter Doll widow of Senator Cush man K Davis died suddenly Saturday night at her Hyattsville Maryland farm. A prominent social figure, she entertained at her Washington home and had been well known in St Paul before meeting and marrying the Minnesota senator.
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Gushman K. Davie
Baltimore
Wiam Hunter Doll
Cushman K. Davis
Minnesota
Ator
Hyattsville
Davis
Lal
Washington
North Dakota Senator Hansbrough Improves Cautiously
Minneapolis December 15. Senator H. Hansbrough of Devils Lake North Dakota, operated on at Asbury hospital in Minneapolis Friday, is not gaining strength rapidly but physicians see no additional cause for alarm. He had a fairly comfortable day and rested easily last evening. He still has fever and is extremely weak.
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North Dakota
Minneapolis
H. ©. Hansbrough
Devils Lake
N. D
Asbury Hospital
Hay Wagon Crushes Boy in Chippewa Falls
Richard Taggart seven escaped serious injury when a hay wagon ran over him in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on December 15 his head wedged against a wheel and the team dragged him about thirty feet before stopping John Connell the driver was arrested but will not be prosecuted unless the boy desires.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Richard Taggart
John Connell
Des
Rioting Flairs as Venezuela Faces Unrest and Protests
In Caracas crowds clash after news of Venezuelan coast guard ship Alexis being captured by the Dutch Gelderland. A pitched battle erupts between paper workers and protesters near El Constitutional. One dead, several wounded, police restore order as Acting President Gomez faces rising opposition. Berlin-bound Castro supporters demand prisoner releases and end to monopolies amid national defense measures. Castro slated for medical consultation with Dr Israel to decide on an operation.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Alexis
Plaza Boliver
el Constitutional
Castro
Gomez
Republic
Holland
Yellow House
Lberty
Ute
Paul
Berlin
Zoological Garden Station
Dr. Israel
Fish Hatchery Favored In Mussel Pearl Industry Plan
Washington December 16 Representative Tawney backs a government fish hatchery at Homer south of Winona on the Mississippi River. The United States fish commission is favorable and an appropriation estimate of 50000 dollars may be made this session. The hatchery would mainly propagate the freshwater mussel used in pearl button production.
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Fish Commission Indorses Minn
Tawney
Washington
Homer
Winona
Mississippi River
United States
Quail Hunt Misfire Wounds Man’s Companion in Iowa
Waterloo dispatch reports a hunting accident near Dunkerton where Gotfried Hartman fired at a quail and accidentally struck his companion Fred Hein in the eye. Hein lost an eye, adding to a string of hunting injuries noted over the weekend.
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Waterloo
Town
Dunkerton
Gotfried Hartman
Fred Hein
Tragic Injury From Hickory Stick Accident
Five year old Dorothy Colton daughter of J Colton died after a Red River coast down a steep bank incident. A sharp hickory stick used for steering pierced her thigh and spine tearing open her bowels. she lingered in great suffering in the hospital before death.
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Winnipeg
Red River
Dorothy Colton
J. Colton
Farmhand Rescued After Suicide Attempt at Le Mars Jail
Le Mars Iowa on December 16 D F Lyons a farmhand jailed for intoxication attempted suicide with a noose. A police officer rescued him from hanging, preventing a fatal outcome.
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le Mars
Iowa
D. F. Lyons
Hunter Accidentally Shot Near State Center
Marshalltown IOWA Dec 16 A rabbit hunting party near State Center ended when Harry Groth son of Rev A Groth was accidentally shot by a companion's rifle The incident involves a German Lutheran minister's family and is described as an accidental shooting with no further details given.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
State Center
Harry Groth
Rev
A. Groth
Trial opens for Thornton Hains in Anfis killing case
In Flushing and at Bay Shore jurors are seated as the Hains case moves toward trial for being an accessory in editor William E. Anfis’s fatal shooting at the Bayido Yacht Club last summer. Defense argues the act was protective and aims to place the defendant at Fort Hamilton with events leading to the tragedy.
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Flushing
Talesmen
Thornton J. Hains
William E. Anfis
Bay‘ldo Yacht Club
Peter C. Hains, Jr
United States Army
John F. McIntyre
Hains
Fort Hamilton
Capt. Hains
McIntyre
Claudia Hains
Roosevelt Jr. Named Aide de Camp to Lilley in Waterbury
Theod Roosevelt Jr. was appointed by Lilley to the staff as an aide de camp with the rank of major. He resides in Thompsonville where he works in a large carpet manufacturing plant.
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Lilley
Hie
Waterbury
Conn
George L. ‘Lilley
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Thompsonville
Taft Hints Kellogg for Attorney General
New York December 16 Taft, while accompanied by engineers, said he may appoint Frank B Kellogg of Minnesota as attorney general after planning a Panama visit. Taft suggested Kellogg’s potential in the role, noting he may not yet be on the job.
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Minnesota
Atorney General
New York
Panama
Les
Taft
Frank B. Kellogg
New Aeroplane Makes Four Flights Without Mishap
Hammondsport New York December 16 The aeroplane Silver Dart the fourth machine built by the Aerial Experiment Association made four flights yesterday balance and control proved satisfactory a notable milestone in early aviation development with praise for stability and performance by observers and pilots alike
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Hammondsport
N. Y
Aerial Experiment Association
Markets Report From Grain and Live Stock Centers
Notation of grain and livestock prices across St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee Sioux City and South St Paul dated Dec 16. Wheat prices range from No 1 hard around 1.11 to No 2 red at 1.05 12 with various Northern and yellow and white grades listed. Cattle hogs sheep and lamb values provided for multiple markets including Sioux City and Milwaukee with stockers feeders cows and veal calves priced and ranges shown.
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St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Ste
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Ganschow Car Crash Fatality in Chicago
Wealthy Chicago manufacturer William Ganschow was fatally hurt when his automobile skidded and struck a streetcar on December 16. His daughter sustained lesser injuries in the collision, authorities said.
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Chicago
William Ganschow
Mie
Ganschow
Steward Hosp Found Guilty in Manslaughter Case
Hes City Montana December 16 Steward Hospital found guilty of manslaughter in the killing of Norman Thetford on August 26 and was sentenced to the ten year limit under the statutes by Judge Lowa.
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Hes City
Mont
Steward Hosp
Norman Thetford
Lowa
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