Washington Notes Briefly Survey Senate and Court Actions
Senate passes leave of absence bill for December to February landers. Wu Ting Fang, the new Chinese minister, expected in March with new legation staff. Ballinger seeks $500,000 for land bureau field work. Senate approves $2,000,000 site fund near the White House for state justice commerce and labor. Prowdft named assistant commissioner of the general land office succeeding Dennett. Bill to create a bureau of mining technology introduced. Garfield says land fraud prosecutions will continue. Ohio and Detroit crimes and accidents noted with multiple names and places.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Department of State, Justice and Comerce and Labor
Samuel V. Prowdft
Iowa
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Bureau of Mining Technology
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Ballinger
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Supreme Court
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American Federation
Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company
St. Louis
Federation
Elder Mrs Thaw Testifies to Son's Strange Conduct at Trial
In New York on January 19 Evelyn Thaw and Mrs. William Thaw testified at the Thaw trial. Court actions limited spectators as District Attorney Jerome sought to shield public morals. Elder Mrs Thaw, pale from illness, recounted her views on her son’s behavior after meeting Evelyn Nesbit, drawing a marked response from observers.
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Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
William Thaw
Paris
Jerome
Resurt
Martin W. Littleton
the Ofense
Justice Dowling
Mr. Jerome
Evelyn Nesbit
Canal Record under fire and murder case verdict
The article notes ongoing Canal Record debates with Colonel Goethal promising cost figures while Senator Flint backs the proposition. It also reports a jury finding William E Matthews guilty of second degree murder in the case against Galenous Jones killed on November 6, 1907.
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Flint
Canal Record
Col. Goethal
Minneapolis
Matthews
William E. Matthews
Mder
Galenous Jones
Yard detective aids city in arrest of two men
A yard detective reports the arrest of two men in the city last Sunday. They are accused of a $200,000 jewelry robbery in London nearly five years ago.
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Yard
London
Lost Hartfeld ship search off Vancouver coast
Seattle January 19 revenue cutters Perry and Thettle search the west coast near Vancouver for possible survivors from the British ship Hartfeld reported lost off the coast.
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Oveking
Seattia
Wash
Perry
Thetle
Beattle
Kok
Hartfeld
Dellevel
Vancouver
Naval Display Gathers Rio Harbor Fleet Scene
In Rio de Janeiro, January 19, the American battleship fleet joined six torpedo boats from Pernambuco, making a striking harbor vista with Brazilian and German ships. Rumors of the Connecticut disaster proved false as inquiries spread from the U.S. to Brazil. A Haitian rebel action blocks Gonaives and St. Marc with bombardment planned. two Haitian generals killed and diplomatic protests voiced.
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Rio Janeiro
Penimbuco
Bremen
John Redmond Re-Elected Irish Parliamentary Party Leader
Dublin January 19 John E Redmond was re elected as chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party A motion endorsed the United Irish League national directory and praised Redmonds recent conference with William OBrien A Liverpool packing company warehouse fire caused extensive damage to the Booth residence with an estimated loss of about 5000 dollars
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Irish Parliamentary Party
Dublin
John E. Redmond
United Irish League
Redmond
William O'Brien
Fall Injures Ole A Bulan in Wagon Crash
In January 18 incident Ole A Bulan fell from his wagon sustaining injuries doctors fear may cripple him for life. Physicians think he may be paralysed.
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Hie Fall
Ole A. Bulan Fel
Bis
Ely Mine Rescue Ends Forty-Six Days Ensnared
After forty six days entombed in the Giroux mine Alpha shaft Ely Nevada rescuers bring out A D Bailey P J Brown and Fred McDonald. Bailey led first at 8 30 pm McDonald followed fourteen minutes later Brown ten minutes later amid cheering crowds. The men survived by a six inch pipe feeding food and drink from the surface while clinging to ladders amid collapsing rock. Two Greek workers were killed in the collapse during the ascent.
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Nev
Giroux
A. D. Bailey
P. J. Brown
Fred McDonald
Baiey
McDonald
Sur
Brown
Bailey
Arthur
Fred ‘McDonald
George
McDonald, Brown and Bailey
Slaughter at Macedonian festival shocks Sofia
News from Sofia reports a tragedy at Dr gosh near Monastir in Macedonia. During a village festival Greeks reportedly swooped in, drove villagers into houses, set buildings ablaze, and killed women and children. death toll estimated between twenty five and forty five.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Drgosh
Monastir
Macedonia
Duluth Man 18 Arrested in Illegal Voting Case
Duluth man M. P. Kane, Marine, arrested at Mare Island Vallejo California on a warrant for illegal voting. Warrants also issued for Ernest Morgan Oscar Dombre and John Carver, all four described as having come from Duluth to enlist in the Marine Corps. Morgan Dombre and Carver reportedly deserted recently.
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Vallejo
Cal
M. P. Kane
Mare Island
Haitian towns blockaded by ships as revolutionists hold ports
Port au Prince reports four warships at St. Marc and Gonaives and Haitian forces positioned to encircle areas held by revolutionists. The government continues sending troops to surround occupied territory while calm persists in other towns.
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Haiti
Gonaives
St. Marc
Bomard
Eagle
George Marvel
Farnis
St. ‘Mare
London
Plot To Blow Up Ships In Rio Anarchist Plot
Brazilian police expose an anarchist conspiracy aimed at damaging ships of the American fleet anchored in Rio de Janeiro. The scheme centers in Rio and Petropolis with reach to Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais. Chief conspirator Jean Fedher, a Petropolis resident, is believed to have fled to Sao Paulo as police hunt him and other foreign anarchists. The note from Rio's police states warnings from Washington and Paris before the fleet's arrival and promises vigilance on land and sea while tracking suspects in interior states. The incident marks Brazil's first known anarchist plot, with Sao Paulo police saying the malefactors will not reach Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio de Janeiro
Petropolis
Leo Paulo
Minas Geraes
Jean Fedher
Fedher
Sao Paulo
Associated Press
Washington
Paris
France
Germany
Fedder
United States
Brazil
Walsh Guilty of Misapplication in Bank Trial Drama
John R. Walsh, former president of the Chicago National Bank, found guilty on 14 counts of misapplying funds after the bank closed in 1905. The verdict came in federal court amid a dramatic scene as jurors were polled and Walsh faced possible multi-decade imprisonment. a new trial motion was to be heard January 28.
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Chicago
John R. Wal Mer
Chicago National Bank
Federal District Court
Walsh
John 8. Miller
Elbert Palmer
Harvard
William B. Ridgely
United States
Young Bandit Murders Chicago Policeman Cleared
Chicago on January 21 saw William Brown, a youthful bandit, confess to shooting and killing Policeman William F. Money. The confession, made to Police Chief Shippy, does not resolve the broader string of unresolved police murders troubling the city.
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Boy
Chicago
William Brown
William FR. Mooney
Childt
Police Shippy
Carnegie offers 10000 for Northfield library
Northfield Minn Jan 21 Andrew Carnegie wrote Mayor Ferguson he will give 10000 for a library if the city secures a site and raises 1000 annually for maintenance.
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Northfeld
Northfield
Minn
Andrew Carnegie
Ferguson
Priest Hurt in Illinois Church Fire
One priest was injured and another overcome by smoke as a fire swept St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Evansville Illinois causing about 10,000 dollars in damage yesterday afternoon. Fire officials investigated the blaze and were assisted by local volunteers. The injured priest received medical attention on site. No further details were released.
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Evansville
St. Mary's Roman Catholic
Oon
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