Washington Notes Report House Bills in Brief
Washington notes summarize actions in Congress and public dispatches. The House, under suspension of the rules, passed a bill to restore the motto In God We Trust on U S coins. The Senate sent a measure turning 1,600,000 acres of public domain lands to Idaho. House committees approved purchases of three steam colliers and funded 1,500 additional Marine Corps enlistees with a raised commandant rank. Major court and public notices on labor and several notable deaths are listed.
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Washington
House
United States
Senate
House Committee On Naval Afairs
Marine Corp
Marine Corps
Buena
Vista
Brooks
Notable Crimes and Tragedies Across Regions
A compilation of violent incidents and court actions including Marguerite Borden’s grief driven shooting, James Jobson’s suicide, Gaston’s family tragedy in Fort William, a seventeen year old’s deliberate murder, and a bank teller James Simeon convicted of embezzlement. Also notes rail accident, public disturbances, and a veiled reference to organized crime and police raids.
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Marguerite Borden
Henry L. Borden
Trenton
James Jobson
Attician
Chattanooga
Alabama Great Southern
Gam Gaston
Fort Wiliam
Aimeen
Garton
Matthew "Kiswcheteky
Louis Keasehetay
Wilmington
Dal
Helen Daenzer
Brook
Fim
Chicago
Northwestern
Tfainy
Wien
Waukegan
We Trai
New Onesna
Pf Mce
James Simeon
Farmers and Sebanics’ National Bank of Paladeipa
Uly
United States‘astict
Notable figures and events in brief from early news
United States Senator William Pinckney Whyte dies at his Baltimore home. Jefferson Street school in Little Falls New York sustains $5000 fire damage. Traffic Director Stubbs of Har riman lines declines any operating force cuts. John Evans of Neosho Missouri is killed and George Ryan of Norwood Missouri is wounded by a robber. Guatemalan congress approves treaties from the Washington peace conference. Emma Goldman is stopped in Chicago while speaking on Anarchy and What It Stands For. Billy Papke defeats Hugo Kelly in Milwaukee in a ten round boxing bout. Edward Hefferman dies in Chicago after a fatal shooting and J L Merlin is seriously wounded. Donald Starr, ejected from the elevated station, shoots himself, likely fatally. Timber cuts in Upper Michigan show little decline from 1907. Tron Mountain railroad handles 650 carloads daily.
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United States
William Pinckney Whyte
Baltimore
Jefferson Street
Little Falls
N.Y
Stubbs
Harriman Lines
John Evans
Neosho
George Ryan
Norwood
Guatemalan Congress
Washington
Emma Goldman
Workingmen's Hall T
Chicago
Billy Papke
Spring Valley
Hugo Kelly
Hippodrome
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Boxing Club
Edward C. Hefferman
J. L. Merlin
Donald Starr
Jackson Park Avenue
Chiccago
Starr
Upper Michigan
Tron Mountain
Mikado Invites the Big Sixteen Demonstration of Good Feeling
Washington March 22 The Japanese emperor invites the Big Sixteen fleet visit and Roosevelt's cabinet considers the invitation. Secretary Root will accept, with China expected to bid next. Admiral Pillsbury and Secretary Metcalf outline a voyage via Hawaii Samoa Melbourne Sydney Manila Yokohama and the Suez route, showing cordial U.S. Japanese relations.
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Washington
Root
Baron Takahira
Roosevelt
China
Lkely
Metcalf
Admiral Pillsbury
Atlantic Seaboard
Hawaiian Islands
Samoa
Melbourne
Sydney
Manila
Yokohama
Japan
Philippines
Suez Canal
New York
Europe
Big Flood Checked by Frost in Pittsburg
Pittsburg reports its second spring flood largely contained after a cold snap froze headwaters. The crest reached 27.3 feet before receding to under 22 feet by night. Industrial plants paused, but damage was limited and transit returned to normal schedules.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Monongahela
Sleuths Fight Fatal Duel on Rio Grande Bed
In El Paso Texas on March 22 mounted Customs Inspectors Charles Logan and Charles Jones fought a duel in the dry Rio Grande bed Thursday night. Both were killed. bodies found yesterday. Initial belief blamed smugglers, but tracks around the scene and footwear on the dead suggest otherwise. Three shots were heard by residents. One pistol had two empty shells and the other one empty shell.
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Lo Grande el Paso
Tex
Charles Logan
Charles Jones
Rio Grande
Doctor Wins 400 Dollar Suit In Winona Case
Winona Minnesota March 22 Dr C P Robbing yesterday received from the town of Homer a claim of over 400 dollars for fees for taking care of a pauper two years ago. The case has hovered through the courts for years and has gone to the courts again.
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Winona
Minn
C. P. Robbing
Homer
Wilkinsons invited to Washington waterways conference
Thom as Wilkinson of Burlington president of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association received a personal invitation from President Roosevelt to attend a May conference in Washington on the nation’s waterways and their improvement, supplementing a prior governors’ meeting.
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Burlington
Iowa
Thomas Wilkinson
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
Roosevelt
Washington
Duke Seeks King's Consent For Marriage
Duke of Abruzzi plans to obtain King Victor Emmanuel's consent for marriage to Katherine Elkins daughter of Senator Stephen B Elkins of West Virginia. Report says he will return to the United States soon after leaving Washington where officials provide little detail about future movements and the engagement status remains unconfirmed.
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Romie
Duke of
Abruzzi
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Katherine Elkins
Stephen B. Ebkins
West Virginia
Washington
America
Duke of Abruzzi
New York
Italy
United States
Regina Elena
Stephen B. Elkins
Yeath Claims Noted Bishop Charles H Fowler Dies
Rev Charles H Fowler bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church died in New York on March 22 after a period of ill health. He had served actively in church affairs for years and last appeared publicly at Metropolitan Temple for the Washington memorial service. His death followed heart failure from a complication of diseases.
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Royal T. Frank
Washington
Military Academy
T. J. Orr
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sinois
J. B. Pawson
Sidell, T
Oden Guitar
Columbia, Mo
Charles H. Fowler
Methodist Church
New York
Bishop Fowler
Minneapo
Fowler Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Metropolitan Temple
Methodist
Fifth Avenue
Catch Alleged Smuggler In Detroit Arrest
Special Agent reports Harry Manuel formerly a Huronie waiter was arrested in Detroit on charges of smuggling furs and races into Duluth last August for a Duluth woman passenger. The goods allegedly were bought across the border and the woman gave Manuel charge of them. He will be brought to Duluth.
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Detroit
Duluuh
Duluth
Harry Manuel
Manuel
Portuguese At War Attack Natives In Guinea
An official dispatch from Isbon reports Portuguese troops attacked revolting natives at Jafunes and Egine in Portuguese union and destroyed the town of Varela.
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Guinea
Isbon
Jafunes
Egine
Varela
Fire Drives Guests Out At Grand Pacific Hotel
A blaze sparked by frayed electric wires damaged the Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago causing an estimated 100000 dollars in damage. Guests hurried from rooms via fire escapes. three people were injured but no deaths were reported. Flood Causes Much Distress in Wheeling District
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Chicago
Grand Pacific Hotel
Milwaukee man pleads guilty in coal contract conspiracy
Joseph J. Galewski, once a supervisor, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a county coal contract case. He was fined $100.
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Miwaukee
Josepn J. Galewski
Funeral Over Widow and Exposed Deathes in Logan
Funeral over, widow dies shortly after Christian Ehrhardt's burial in Logan. Ehrhardt, aged eighty, died Sunday after a long residence here. The funeral was held yesterday, followed immediately by his widow’s death. They left five children.
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Logan
Town
Cemtery
Christian Ehrhardt
Christian Ehraandt
Many Farmers Quit Kentucky Tobacco War Grips State
Across Kentucky s White Burley district farmers uproot tobacco beds and abandon crops after night rider warnings and raids. In most counties fewer than a third of usual plantings begin as banners declare intent to not raise a crop this season. Threats, arson, and guards heighten fear while some owners plan to sell and relocate to escape the tobacco war.
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Lexington
White Barley Tobacco
Kentucky
Nicholas County
Woodfort
Mount Sterling
Chinese Outrage Sparks Massive Canton Meeting
In Canton on March 24 a huge indignation rally denounced the government for yielding to Japanese demands in the Tatau Maru case. Over 50,000 people attended mass meetings, with mourning draped buildings and denunciatory speeches. Participants burned Japanese goods and a dealer offered to sacrifice his entire stock.
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Canton
Enire
China to limit opium imports in three year trial
Beijing announces an experimental three year reduction in opium imports agreed with Great Britain. The throne aims to study effects on domestic cultivation and consumption and will extend regulation if results are favorable. Officials urge the public to abandon the drug early.
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China
Great Britain
President Ex-Presidents to Become Senate Honorary Members
Missouri Representative Cou Farey introduces a bill to make all living ex-presidents honorary United States Senate members for life and to grant them an annual compensation of 25000 dollars. The proposal frames ex-presidents as honorary senators with ongoing earnings.
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Senate
Workington
Cou Farey
Missouri
United States
United States Senate
L Ife
Set gun kills wife in Kenton chicken coop
In Kenton Ohio on March 21, Mrs. 8 C Burdette collecting eggs was killed by a gun used by her husband to shoot thieves who had been bothering the chickens. The weapon, set for this purpose, misfired and caused the fatality.
Diamonds Stolen From Train Passenger in Cincinnati
David Webber of ChicagoReports says five diamond rings valued at 2500 dollars were robbed from him on a Queen and Crescent train in Cincinnati Ohio on March 24 while he traveled with his wife returning from Jacksonville Florida.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
David Webber
Chicago
Jacksonville
Fla
Queen & Crescent Railroad
Pepper Used as Weapon in Student Brawl
In Springfield Ohio on March 24 George Weigel was nearly blinded after Ross Moses a fellow student at a local business college threw pepper into his eye during a quarrel.
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Springfield
Oho
George Weigel
Ross Moses
Pepper
Two Anderson Men Charged in Mother's Murder
Fort Wayne report says Grover Blake and Orsel Reynolds, both of Anderson Indiana, were arrested after Blake confessed to killing his mother Saturday. He claimed Reynolds stood guard while he struck her with a hammer and they then stole $160 and diamond rings before fleeing toward Michigan. Blake implicated Reynolds who allegedly admitted striking the woman when she moved.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Grover
Blake
Orsel Reynolds
Anderson
Reynolds
Michigan
Tragedy in Fall River Wife and Two Children Dead
Florida Terrion 25 awoke to find wife Mary four and son Joseph two months dead in kitchen. Coroner reports Mrs Terrion killed herself and children by turning on two gas jets. Terrion says couple visited friends then slept separately. he woke to gas odor at seven.
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Fall River
Mass
Florida Terrion
Mary
Joseph
Joseph Terrion
Corsoner
Terrion
Deaths of 350 on North Atlantic coast toll
Boston notes a review shows about 850 lives lost along New England and British North America in the fall and winter season. It cites 251 perished from ten vessels of the French fishing fleet of St Pierre Miquelon, foundering in heavy gales. About twenty five Newfoundland fishermen also lost.
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North Atlantic
Boston
New England
British North America
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Grand Banks
Littlefield Resigns to Resume Maine Law Practice
Congressman Charles E. Littlefield of Maine offers his resignation from Congress to take effect September 20, stating his wish to return to private law practice. Gov. William T. Cobb receives the resignation letter, causing a stir in political circles, with a second note sent to the Second District Republican committee.
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Maine
Rockland
William T. Cobb
Charles E. Littlefeld
Alstelet Republican Congressional Committee
Littlefeld
Tatter
Springfield man takes his life over missing tan shoes
March 24 Springfield Ohio. John F Burk, recently quit the saloon trade due to license troubles and dwindling business, cut his throat after pacing before a mirror. He had been told of barber work but refused without tan footwear. He leaves a widow and three children, one in critical condition.
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Springfeld
Ohio
John F. Burk
Burk
Aged Man Murdered on Farm Near Oelwein Iowa
Otto Whiebeck, seventy, a farmer in Auburn township Fayette county, was murdered on Thursday night. He had lived in Auburn before moving to his farm to be with his elderly wife as their children had grown and left. The motive remains unknown and the case is under investigation.
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Oelwein
Iowa
Otto Whiebeck
Auburn Township
Fayette County
Auburn
Tal
Jim
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