News of the Week in Epitome Washington
General Eliott reports the marine corps is at full strength with 8700 men. Navy records show 1056 US built vessels in 1907, up from 1045 in 1906. War department plans Manila fortifications board. Maj. Crabbs retired due to disability from an 1890s horse accident. Yale Greek professor Seymour heads pneumonia research. Curtis Gulla Jr reelected Massachusetts governor. Notable deaths include Isaac Garmoe, Mary Ramsey Wood at 119, James Gardner Stowe, Allison Jailer, Louis Givernaud, and others. European noble marriage linked to Marjorie Allen. P Reglich dies of typhoid.
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Washington
Eliott
Maines
Metcalf
Marine Corps
Bureau of Navigation
United States
War Department
Manila
Board of Fortifications
Philippine Islands
Joseph ‘T. Crabbs
Army
West Point
Crabs
Roosevelt
Seymour
Yale University
Curtis Gulla, Jr
Massachusetts
Isaac Garmoe
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Mary Ramsey Wood
Heraughter
Hillsboro
Wood
Tennessee
James Gardner Stowe
South Africa
Kansas City
Allison J. Nailer
Supreme Council of the Ancient and ‘Accepted Order of
Scottish Rite
Ma‘sons
Southern Jurisdiction
Ot ‘Erlp
Louis M. Givernaud
Givernaud Bros
Los Angeles
Marjorie Allen
Moline
Everhardt von Moltke
P. Reglich
Adele Ronald
New York Society
New Rochelle
From Other Shores and Notable World Events
French minister of justice Guyot Des Saigne died of apoplexy during Senate tension. Paderewski accepts directorship at Warsaw Conservatory. Sweden's Prince William wedding planned for June's second week with bride to enter Stockholm same day as late Queen Josephine. John Jacob Astor IV’s son certified as second lieutenant in the First Life Guards. Manitoba provincial government buys Bell telephone system for 5.3 million dollars. control to start Jan 18 with common operator. Crimes report Newark inspector Fisher shot by burglar. Shreveport furniture plant destroyed by fire. Baltimore railway agent Hutchinson robbed and murdered with station burned. Murderers reportedly took cash. arson used to hide identity. Newburg Indiana incident: Rev Ernest Sweeton assaulted after sermon for remarks about dancers. Eggs and missiles used in attack.
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Jean Francois Emund Guyot Dessaigne
Senate
Paderewski
America
Warsaw Conservatory of Music
Prince William of
Sweden
Stockholm
Josephine Louisa
John Jacob Astor
William Waldorf Astor
Manitoba
Bell Telephone
Edward Hutchinson
Baltimore, 4& Ohio
Charington
Ohio
Hutchinson
Ernest Sweeton
Newburg
Ind
Embezzlement charge against Bohemian Foresters treasurer
Frank Vina, treasurer of a Cleveland Bohemian lodge of the Foresters of America, is arrested on embezzlement charges with about $40,000 reportedly missing. Nearby, Bertha Reikert and her two month old daughter drown in a Bewler cistern, a tragedy linked to a disputed act by the husband. Charles Hopkins is jailed at Boyne City after a street religious dispute ends in his striking his wife with a rock leaving her believed dying, as his wife is identified with Salvation Army.
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Frank Vina
the Foresters of Am
Ica
Cleveland
Bertha Reikert
Bewler
Charles Hopkins
Boyne City
Mich
Hopkins
Salvation Army
Fires Claim Several Lives Across States and Cities
A series of disasters and incidents leave multiple deaths and injuries. In Ohio near Hamden, a home fire kills a mother and child while another child is burned. a separate blaze damages a Washington children's home near Seattle. Jonathan Winters is crushed under a fallen tree while sealing wood near Seattle, and in Michigan City a missing woman from Penn Yan is found dead from exposure. A rural carrier in Springfield, Ohio, loses a child to scalding, and a Fort Worth family suffers two more deaths in a train wreck near Duncan, Oklahoma. A San Francisco fire injures several, and a massive Figone fire in Stockton Street causes heavy losses. News notes cover public figures, evangelistic campaigns, naval meningitis cases, pension plans for Deere & Co workers, and economic strains from a Maine potato crop collapse.
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Emogene Kinner
Penn Yan
N. Y
Michigan City
Ind
J. D. Blackman
Springfield
Ohio
Henry White
Fort Worth
Rock Island
Duncan Okla
Charles Figone
Louis Pigone
Mia
Dominico Divinbend
Fof Antonio Figone
Stockton Street
San Francisco
Hugo Kelly
Chicago
Billy Papke
Spring Valley
Badger Athletic Club
Milwaukee
Laguna Dam
Arizona
Yuma
May Irwin
Eadie Foy
Ophelia
William Mayer
Gamiste
Naval Training Station
Newport
Naval Hospital
New York
Aroostock County
Maine
Oss
Cleago
Jst
Cucago
Brownson Flayed by President Admiral's Conduct
A contemporary report accuses President Brownson of harsh remarks about Admiral conduct drawing strong backlash. The piece notes 18 demned voices criticizing leadership and policy descriptions.
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Brownson
Roosevelt Letters Condemn Admiral Brownson and Navy Row
President Roosevelt denounces Admiral Brownson for resigning under pressure and urges unity in naval affairs. He warns against sensationalism in criticizing ship construction and training, urges loyalty to the navy, and supports medical officers commanding hospital ships as in the Army and foreign navies, noting the system works well.
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Roosevelt
Willard M. Brownson
Metcalf
Admiral Brownson
No Disorder at Muncie Mob Element Shattered
Muncie Ind Jan 7 police report no major disorder as mob lines collapse after cars were run with only scattered stone throwing outside the outskirts. Imported strikebreakers manned the lines while deputies and troops offered no protection in most areas.
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Muncie
Ind
Gladys Vanderbilt to Wed Count Szecheny on Jan 23
New York date line reports the engagement and forthcoming wedding of Gladys Vanderbilt, daughter of Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, to Count Suzzie Szecheny. The ceremony is planned for January 23 at the Vanderbilt residence on Fifty-eighth Street and Fifth Avenue, with details released by family sources.
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Gladys Vanderbilt
New York
Gladys Venderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Count Suzzie Szecheny
Vanderbilt
Fifty-eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
Gustav Kammel Bound Over in Poisoning Case
Gustav Kammel charged with poisoning his wife and bound over at Miller to the circuit court. He claims the poison entered the oat bread from wall paper color arsenic used in dye. He suggests the poison was ingested by the woman.
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Gustav Kammel
Miller
Bat Miller
Custey Kammel
Murder Claimed Fred Gehring Near Milwaukee Street Line
The body of Fred Gehring, about thirty eight, was found near the Milwaukee street car line just south of the city limits. The head was terribly battered, suggesting murder. The fragmentary copy mentions a cut cane and other unreadable text.
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Wiscor
Milwaukee
Fred Gehring
Puget Sound War Boil Over In Japanese Intrigue
High tension grips Puget Sound military circles after five Japanese with apparent military bearings conducted covert inquiries around the triangle of forts guarding Seattle Tacoma and nearby ports. The Japanese fled abruptly prompting Fort Casey Flagler and Worden officers to report to the War Department and urge immediate war footing to ready defenses for emergencies. Officials warn the government to act quickly amid the unsettling incident.
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Puget Sound
Seattle
Tacoma
Port Townsend
War Department
Casey
Flagler
Worden
Locks Big Enough. Canal Commission Recommends Present Plans
Washington January 7 by unanimous vote the istmus canal commission will urge the secretary of war to build locks at the approved width of 100 feet as sufficient for years of commercial traffic. If navy and president decide otherwise the width could be raised to 110 feet at reasonable cost without risking structural weakness.
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Washington
Isthmus Canal
Navy Department
Ber Shoes Save Four From Electrocution In New York
A quick thinking young woman wore rubber goloshes and touched a live wire that had fallen, freeing three men and saving four from possible death. The incident occurred as a dangerous electric line sparked near the scene.
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New York
Home Wrecked by Bomb in Andover Case
Wellsville New York January 71 The residence of Justice E R Carpenter at Andover was badly damaged by dynamite No one was injured The crime is attributed to someone angered by the enforcement of the liquor law and Justice Carpenter's actions
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Wellsville
N. Y
E.R. Carpenter
Andover
Carpenter
East Side Riots Erupt Over Rent Struggle In New York
Incipient rioting broke out on the East side as landlords clash with striking tenants. Police reserves used night sticks to quell disorders on East Eleventh and East Twelfth streets injuring and arresting several. Women and families joined mass meetings, with red flags flown and demonstrations spreading to Brooklyn and Jersey City, where organizers say over 50,000 tenants will be ready by February to demand lower rents.
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New York
East Side
East Eleventh Street
East Twelfth Street
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Powers Back in Jail as New Trial Set for July Sixth
Caleb Powers remains jailed after a hung jury in Georgetown Kentucky. He faces seven years for complicity in the assassination of William Goode in a contested Kentucky governor race. A new trial is scheduled for July 6. His attorneys sought bail, but Judge Morris ruled the case not eligible for bail.
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Ourt
Ball
Georgetown
Caleb Powers
William Goode
Kentucky
Powers
Morris H
Markets and Royal News From January Markets and King
From St Paul and other centers on January 7 reports show grain and live stock prices across cities including Minneapolis Chicago Milwaukee and Sioux City Wheat values range around 1.04 to 1.10 a bushel with No 1 Northern and No 2 Northern cited Corn and oats prices vary by grade with No 2 yellow corn near 59 to 60 cents Oats No 2 white around 49 to 50 cents Hooge and cattle prices are listed for multiple markets including Sioux City and South St Paul Calves yearlings and sheep quotes appear alongside lambs and hogs Some entries note the King of Belgium Brussels health concerns about his wound and bone decay
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St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Nortom
Sioux City
Towa
South St. Paul
Sweden to abolish ceremonies in parliament opening
Stockholm Jan 7 Sweden plans to abolish the pomp of the parliaments opening and the coronation ceremonies of the king signaling a new democratic era. In Jamaica two brothers aged nineteen and sixteen drowned after the ice broke on a pond while skating. Also reported, a man killed himself in Cleveland amid illness, and two boys aged fourteen drowned in Maine and Madison. A brakeman Roy Beott was fatally injured at Menominee when struck by a switching locomotive.
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Weddes
Stockholm
Sweden
Jamaica
L. 1
Francis Blecher
William
Tank Pond
Bangor
Edwin Wadleigh
Willis Pinkham
Penobscot
Madison
Maurice W. Adams
Kennebec
Menominee, Mich
Roy Beott
Witch
Ann Arbor
Prusian min sty offnance announces Jan invite
In the neighborhood near 0,000m00 a new subscription drive begins in January. The notice, though garbled, signals an invitation to aubecptons and outlines a pricing event tied to the local community.
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Esa
Jens Tootwo Prusian
Famous mine abandoned after vast losses near Ely Minnesota
The Shagawa Iron company abandons the Famous Mine near Ely Minnesota citing failed Section 30 disputes. About $800,000 has been spent on litigation and nearly $500,000 on development without yielding usable results. The mine’s backers, facing bitter strife and hard work, withdraw from further effort.
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Wututh
Ely ‘Minn
Shagawa Iron Company
Iron Company
Five Plymouth County Men Charged With Illegal Fishing
Jam Ross Claude Ross William Ross W B Smith and Bart Adams, Plymouth County residents, were arrested by Deputy Game Warden A M Green. A tank on James Ross farm held 664 catfish. Each man faces fines up to 33000 if convicted.
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Sioux City
Towa
Jam Ross
Claude Ross
William Ross
W.B. Smith
Bart Adams
Plymouth County
A. M. Green
James Ross
Blaze in Huron destroys prominent buildings
Fire in Huron on January 7 destroyed the J. H. King Land office and a two story brick block valued at about 80 000. The Lees Mercantile Co occupied half the building and faced a significant loss. King Land Co and A K Gardner solicitor for the Chicago and North Western railroad were among heavy losers. The total loss reached about 80 000.
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Roperty
Huron
J. H. King Land Office
C. R. Huntley
Lees Mercantile Company
King Land Company
A. K. Gardner
Chicago & North-Western Allroad
Citizens Hunt Down Man After Alleged Säct
Sheriff announces grand jury session next month on four charges with a minor child as principal witness. Villagers pursue Colleran in retaliation, inflicting a broken jaw during the capture as the case unfolds.
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Blexrud
Frank Neukirchen
Colleran
Miner Dies by Gas From Coal Fires in Room
Duluth report says Salvina A. Bederna of Eveleth a 30 year old single miner adopted burning coal to kill himself. He placed two galvanized tubas in his room and built coal fires to generate deadly gas while alone. he had been ill and mentally affected.
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Duluth
Minn
Salvina A. Bederna
Eveleth
Poison Kills Accused Woman in County Jail
Mra Anna Rogers dies in the county jail at Little Falls Minnesota after taking carbolic acid while awaiting grand jury action on forged check charges. She made no confession and died yesterday morning.
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Anna Rogers
Little Falls
Minn
Buckman
County School Board Rejects Uniform Textbook Plan
In La Crosse Wisconsin on January 7 a meeting of 147 county school board members at West Salem voted down adopting a uniform textbook system required by a new state law. The vote cited impracticality and awkwardness. Also reported: a collision in East Dubuque between a Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train and a Chicago Great Western freight train caused fatalities and injuries.
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Laconsin County
la Crosse
Wis
County School Board
West Salem
Pla
Dubuque
Perhay
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago Great Western Railroad
East Dubuque
Black Jack Cochran Killed by Train Near Funkley
Bemidji Minn Jan 7 John Cochran known as Black Jack forty years old was run over by the Punkley Kellther train at Funkley last evening. Both legs cut off above the knee and death followed within thirty minutes.
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John Cochrane
Bemidji, Minn
Black Jack
Funkley Lastvening
Boy 10 Hurled By Street Car Tragedy Near South St Paul
Ten year old John Jerusel died after being struck by a streetcar near South St Paul late last evening. The fatal accident occurred under the tracks, with authorities continuing investigations into the incident.
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Stret Ca Bt. Paul
John Jerusel
South St. Paul Street
Lesa
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