Washington Notes Highlight Appointments and Deaths
Washington Notes reports M Cude will assume Norway's U S minister post April 1, Sims introduces a bill to bar rural mail carriers from delivering intoxicants, and a Verdi national forest is proclaimed in Arizona. Notables include deaths of Fairbank, Crowell, Lane, Driggs, Hesley, Kaiser and Cram, Ballinger resignation, and a Cuban electoral law project delivered.
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Washington
M. Cude
Norway
United States
M. Hauge
Sims
Tennessee
Verdi National Forest
Arizona
Maricopa
Yavapai
William H. Fairbank
Massachusetts
Portland (Or.) Exposition
Warren, Mass
Ballinger
Fatal collapses and crashes haunt early 1900s rail and building scenes
Reports recount a steel worker Thomas Fleming killed and others injured in a three story building collapse in New York during repairs. Separate crashes include a Burlington freight collision in East Dubuque, an express derailment near Chapteau Cartier, Que, and a fatal stabbing case in Charlottenburg. Also noted are suicides linked to illness, political shifts in Europe, and ongoing crime cases across North America.
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Thomas Fleming
New York
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago Great Western Railroad
East Dubuque
Expres
Chap- Teau
Cartier
Que
Roosevelt to withdraw federal troops from Goldfield Nevada
President Roosevelt has decided to pull federal troops from Goldfield Nev after the Nevada legislature begins its special session. He will act per the special investigating committee report unless Gov Sparks shows the report’s statements are inaccurate. The panel says conditions did not justify troops and urges removal when the legislature convenes or shortly after. The state must take primary responsibility for keeping order.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Goldfield
Nev
White ‘House
Special Investigating Committee
Sparka
Nevada
Chicago Snowed Under In Severe Winter Storm
Chicago and surrounding areas were cut off from wire communications for hours as a snow and wind storm began before dawn and raged all day. A northeast gale dumped heavy wet snow, overburdening lines and poles, halting electric car service to suburbs and delaying downtown transport. In Wisconsin, open winter slowed logging as three inches of snow and icy roads hindered hauling, with loggers laying off workers and fearing further delays unless snow and cold worsen.
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Chicago
Ite
Couderay
Wis
King Inherits Wealth to Rely on Crown Income
Stockholm January 14 The new king will inherit about 10 000 000 crowns from his father, roughly $2 000 000 in American money. He will receive 1 421 000 kroner annually from the crown plus 800 000 kroner in investment interest. The father’s extra allowance of 160 000 kroner may not be continued, as the new king is not popular enough to secure it.
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London
Paris
Nance
Frenco
Portugal
Af. Jusner
Washingon
Washington
Charlotenburg
Bern
Iegi
Gustaf
Sweden
New Democratic
Wolf
Stockholm
Iroquois Cases End With No Convictions
Chicago Jan 14 Judge Windes quashed the indictment against George Williams former building commissioner in connection with the Iroquois theater fire. The decision rests on defects in the indictment and disposes of the last case stemming from the blaze. No one indicted was convicted.
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Chicago
Windes
George ‘Williams
Adits
Poison in meat sickens Washburn children
In Washburn Wisconsin on January 14 a canned meat poisoning incident sickened three Gut Branston children. Doctors arrived quickly and saved the family. All three are now recovering with no expected lasting harm.
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Washburn
Wis
Gut
Colorado Congressman Attacks Land Fraud Indictments
George W. Cook, Republican at large from Colorado, denounces federal land law prosecutions in a personal letter to top officials and Washington correspondents. He cites Judge Robert H. Lewis's Denver ruling quashing indictments, arguing overzealous charges harmed honest Colorado businessmen.
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Washington
Cannon
Congress
Supreme Court
George W. Cook
Colorado
Cook
Robert H. Lewis
Denver
Panic on Street Car by Black Hand Fails to Injure
On January 14 in New York a chaotic street car affray involved Giora Glano wielding a stiletto and Cassino Polomeno resisting with a revolver as members of the Black Hand demanded money. Three shots rang out in the crowd but no injuries occurred. police disarmed both men and detained them.
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New York
Giora Glano
Cassino Polo
Meno
Black Hand
Memory Gone Kills Self Nephew of Joseph Jefferson
Charles J. Jackson an actor and nephew of Joseph Jefferson hanged himself in his Hotel Gerard room in New York. At forty two he had been out of work eight months and grew despondent after failing to memorize his stage lines.
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Joseph Jefferson
New York
Charles J. Jackson
Gerard
Jackson
Hho
Rot
Dietz Brother Arrested for Sending Venison to Friend
W W Dietz of Rice Lake brother of John F Dietz the Cameron dam outlaw was arrested at Rice Lake by Game Warden Hulbert on a charge of sending venison to a friend in Chippewa Falls. Trial set for January 20.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
W. W. Dietz
Rice Lake
Cameron Dam
John, F. Dietz
Hulbert
Nto
Pettibone Faces Ulcer Operation After Acquittal
George A. Pettibone, released from Bolte Idaho after his murder acquittal of former Governor Steunenberg, will undergo an ulcer operation soon in Los Angeles. He has shown improvement since arriving in the city.
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Los Angeles
George A. Pettibone
Bolte
Idaho
Goveror Steunenberg
Markets Roundup From Grain and Rock Centers Jan 14
St Paul market notes list grain prices across wheat corn and oats in several centers including Minneapolis Duluth and Chicago with explicit price ranges. Livestock prices appear for Sioux City and South St Paul detailing cattle hogs and sheep values.
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St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Depositors sue California Deposit and Trust directors
San Francisco January 14 depositor J A Miz has brought suit against Dalzell Brown Treadway and other directors of the defunct California Deposit and Trust company to recover his losses of 4217 and the losses of others who may join him. It is alleged funds were embezzled and misappropriated.
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San Francisco
J. A. Miz
California Deposit and Trust Company
Dalzell Brown
Treadway
Morocco Crisis Deepens Over Sultan Clash and European Ties
Tangier reports Murat Hafid has been proclaimed sultan in Fest amid Fez unrest and calls for a new rulers. Proclamations threaten massacres as couriers head to Morocco City to summon Mulai Hafid, who may gain support if he breaks from Europe. France and Spain insist Abd el Aziz remains recognized while troops stay.
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Tangier
Murat Hafd
Morocco
Abd-el-Aziz
Fez
Mulalel
Mulal
Multan
France
Spain
Abd-el Aziz
Mulal Hafid
Josainst AbdelAziz
Bis
Musa Hafid
Ments
Young Murderer O'Brien Jokes With Friends on Route to Prison
Jame O'Brien, who killed Arthur Le Claire, Great Northern fireman, rode a Great Northern train through Grand Forks North Dakota on January 14 en route from Pembina to Bismarck to begin a state penitentiary term. The crowd of scores of locals offered no hostile reaction and O'Brien greeted acquaintances with smiles and light humor.
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O'Brien
Grand Forks
N. D
Jame O'Brien
Arthur le Claire
Pembina
Bismarck
Great Northern
Large Minneapolis Fire Ravages Block on Third Avenue North
Minneapolis firemen battled for two hours to save a row of four story brick buildings on Third avenue north between Fourth and Fifth streets. The blaze caused an estimated 163000 in losses with most stock destroyed as flames breached walls. Chief Canterbury positioned 200 men in Northern Manufacturing building to prevent spread. by 2 oclock the fire was under control.
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Minneapolis
Third Avenue
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Canterbury
Northern Manufacturing Company
Glanders Kills Horse On Local Trader Farm
In Riceland township near Albert Lea veterinarian M R Higbee treated a sick horse that was near death. The doctor found all three horses on James Nielsen’s property to have glanders. Township and state livestock officials were notified and field agent R J Coffeen confirmed the diagnosis. The infected horses were destroyed.
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Albert Lea
M. R. Highee
James Nielsen
Riceland Township
Rouder
Higbee
Livestock Board
R. J. Coffeen
Indian Killed By Club in Kennebec Quarrel
Ben Handsome Elk a Lower Brule Indian died at the sanatorium from a fractured skull suffered days earlier in Kennebec. The blow was struck by John Dillon a merchant there during a quarrel over money matters. Dillon is presumed to have acted in self defense.
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Kennebec
Chamberlain
Ben
Handsome Elk
John Dillon
Dillon
Mapleton Council Debates Law Enforcement Standards
Mapleton Minn January 14 council meetings discussed law enforcement and alleged violations. Officials argued singling out saloonkeepers for minor breaches would be unfair while other residents breach ordinances on stock limits hay and straw storage and ashes in streets.
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Mapleton
Minn
Post hits head while leaning from train window
Duluth January 14 Albert Spornitz a Drakeman for Missabe road sustained probable fatal injuries Saturday while riding a Proctor to Duluth train under the Garfield avenue viaduct he thrust his head from the window to look ahead and was struck by an iron post beside the track.
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Duluth
Albert Spornitz
Drakeman
Missabe Road
Proctor
Garfield Avenue
Pen Pusher Shoots Cop In Omaha Disorderly Arrest
In Omaha on January 14 Colonel William Vischer of Chicago, a noted newspaper writer, shot Policeman P H Dillon during an attempted arrest for disorderly conduct causing a slight injury. At Milwaukee a fierce blizzard halted wires and paralyzed street traffic as steam trains ran with delays. In Marshalltown a man named Joho do Lap was struck by a freight train after wandering onto the tracks.
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Col. Vischer
Omaha
William Lightfoot Vischer
Chicago
P. H. Dillon
Vischer
Dillon
Milwaukee
Wis
Marshalltown
Town
Chicago Great Western
George Benz Dies at 69 in Chicago Mercy Hospital
George Benz aged sixty nine, president of George Benz & Sons, wholesale liquor dealers, died Saturday morning at Mercy hospital Chicago after pneumonia complications following throat operation. Cleveland news reports a separate death by suicide of Charles Krall, a recent high school graduate.
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George Benz
Cleveland
Charles Krall
Veterinary Surgeon Dr Gray Commits Suicide in Paynesville
Dr Le Gray a veterinary surgeon who arrived from Kerkhoven about a month ago drank a large dose of carbolic acid in bed yesterday morning in Paynesville Minnesota. He showed despondence and told his landlady Saturday night that he had the blues. No motive is given for the act.
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Gray
Payneeville
Paynesville
Minn
Wealthy sheepmen vanish while buying land in Durango Mexico
A.C. Cousin of Seattle reports that J. W. Vessey and John Jers, prominent sheepmen from Spokane and Prosscr, left for Durango last March with about $20,000. No trace has been found since April though it is believed they may have been killed by Indians or lost in the mountains. Officials pursue leads but search remains inconclusive.
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Spokane
A. C
Seattle
J. W. Vessey
John Jers
Durango
Mexico
Ince
Farmers to Test Cow Breeders and Dairymen Association Formed
Menomonie Wisconsin January first annual meeting of Duna County Breeders and Dairymens Association decided to form a cow testing group to improve county dairy herds. Several important projects were launched with strong enthusiasm for the new organization. Des Moines Iowa January 14 D Al Mann chief of the Great Northern detective bureau at St Paul has arrested John S Elwers a former telegraph operator at Great Falls on charges connected with ticket thefts.
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Ation
Menomonie
Wis
Duna
Knapp
Des Moines
Iowa
D. al
Great Northern
St. Paul
John 8. Elwers
Great Falls
Bride Ne Litehfeld Struck by Poison Jabbed Car Death
Mrs Olson a four months newlywed from Minnesota died yesterday after car poisoning. Prompt medical attention saved her life earlier, but she succumbed to the poisoning with authorities reporting the incident as a medical tragedy.
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Litehfeld
Minn
Olson
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Rhuan ‘Tharp
Nashville
Ohio
Tharp
Little Beyot
James M. Crowell
Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
C. M. Lane
Franklin
M. Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lane
J.D. Robertson
Interstate National Bank of
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
William
Hale Driggs
Driggs
Harry H. Hesley
Dewey
Newport News
Manila
New York Harbor
A. Ross Hill
College of‘ S Arts and Sciences
School of Education
Cornell University
University of Missouri
Richard H. Jesse
Alois Kaiser
Oheb Shalom Temple
Baltimore
George Kyler Cram
St. Louis
Kgl
Lyman W. Barber
Te Standard Car Truck Company
Beater Dam
Wir
South Side Elevated Ratoed Company
Cheape
Edwin Wadlegh
Wills
Fon Mauries W. Adame
O& Te
Micke
Tlinois Stet Company
Andrew Donte
Albert J Shager
Ttt
Raymore
Charles Carroll Marsh
Mart
Warsaw
Ill
F. Meaker
Cental Town
Charles W. Whitney
H. N. Whitney Sons of
Pittsburg
E. R. Carpenter
Andover
N. Y
Carpenter
William H. Beavis
Atorney
Bright
Horace Boles
el Paso
Tex
Kansas City
United Charities
Thomas F. Lonegan
Board of Supervisors
United Railroads Company
James B. Eddle
Protestant Episcopal Church
Saltake
Spalding
George Dixon
Bellevue Hospital
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Hartje
Augustus Hartje
Iris
Sparks
Movernor
Dietz
Musai Hafid
Tan
Young Murdere
R Cool
Ineapolis
TLES
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Carbolic
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