Senate notes and incidents highlight late June session
Washington brief notes from the period cover senate and house actions including pension and river and harbor bills, pivotal speeches by Hepburn Cochran and Dalzell, and numerous minor measures. Also reported are a string of dramatic events from bank closures to a New York suicide and transit plans in Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Ross
Tolliver
Town
House
Hepburn
Iowa
Bourke Cochran
New York
Tornado Kills Seven in Indian Territory and Harrows Homes
A Sunday tornado devastated Fairland and nearby areas in Indian Territory, destroying six business blocks and leveeing farms four miles south. Seven dead include Mrs. Jamar and John Abbott’s family. several others injured, some fatally. Damage estimated at 10 000 dollars with livestock losses and washed-out homes along a 20 mile strip from Chouteau to Flint Hills.
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Fairland
I. T
Here
Mary Jamar
John Lemaster
Arthur Brough
N. J. Houck
Elijah Russell
John Abbott
Albert Dealy
Lucy Bitting
Leopold Bitting
Chouteau
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Abbott
Dealy
Grand River
Bitting
Flint Hills
Floods Lingering Threats Across Kansas and Missouri
Reports from Fort Scott Abilene Lawrence Kaw Paola and surrounding areas warn of rising rivers and floodwaters. Marmaton Kaw Smoky Hill and Marias Des Cygnes swell as basements flood and farms are inundated. Cedar City Osage river towns brace for further rises.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Mill Creek
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Missouri Pacific
Marmaton
Abilene
Chapman Creek
Oak Hill
Smoky Hill
Lawrence
Kaw
Paola
Marias Des Cygnes
Ossawattomie
State Hospital
Miami County
Grand Forks
N. D
Red River
Lincoln
Neb
Salt Creek
West Lincoln
Jefferson City
Cedar City
Osage
Bagnel
Murderer Pleads Guilty in Brooklyn Killing
Frank McNamara pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree for the February 1 shooting of Capt George R Jennings president of Jennings Adjustable Shade Co Brooklyn. He faces life in Sing Sing after counsel advised the plea due to evidence from a New York assistant district attorney in Chicago. Witness Henry F Cook secretary treasurer of Falvs Watch Case Co connected to McNamara who had served 15 years as assistant foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glucose Re*ning Co
Joliet
N UN
Kingston
Ont
Welland Canal
Dullinan
Walsh
Nolan
Rochester
N. Y
Henry Lee
Chicago
Chicago Athletic Association
Jefferson County
Texas
Sherrill
Janesville
Wis
American Bridge Co
Philadelphia
Pencoyd Ironworks
William Devere
Charles Hoyt
New York City
Devere
Colorado County
Col
Idwin Gould
Seventh Avenue
Gould
Charles H. Simonton
Charleston
S. C
Simonton
Goff
West Virginia
Federal Circuit
Fourth District
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of the General Land Office
Minnesota
Robert Nicholson
United States
Petrel
United States Navy
San Francisco
New York
Frank Mc.Namara
George R. Jennings
Jennings Adjustable Shade Co
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Henry F. Cook
Falivs Watch Case Co
McNamara
Russian and Japanese war updates from 1905 telegrams
Reports from St Petersburg Port Arthur and Liao Yang describe casualties from mine explosions, Japanese advances on the Yalu, Kuropatkin's preparations, Rennenkampff cavalry movements, and a Vladivostok squadron raid near Gensan sinking a Japanese steamer Zoyo Maru.
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Alexieff
Kuropatkin
Inouye
Yalu
Rennenkampff
Port Arthur
Dalny
Liao Tung
Tokio
Vladivostok
Gensan
Korea
Japanese campaign focus shifts to sea side operations
Reports from New Chwang and Seoul indicate Tokyo aims to avoid a grand inland invasion of Manchuria. The plan now centers on securing the coast and Korea while fortifying Yalu positions. Russian defenses grow stronger opposite Japanese concentrations with entrenchments along the Manchurian bank.
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St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Napoleon
Liao Yang
Mukden
Korea
New Chwang
Yalu
Seoul
Yalu River
Yongampho
Wiju
Antung
Tiger Hill
War results and mediation talk in Russo Japanese conflict
Reports from St Petersburg and London indicate mediation efforts were driven by monarchs to end bloodshed but failed. Russia vows full war effort under Gen Kuropatkin with forces across Mukden Liao Yang Yalu. Japanese positions along Yalu and Korean coast grow tense amid naval movements.
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St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Edward
Christian
Denmark
Kuropatkin
Far East
Liao Yang
Yalu
Tchangdjio
Siaopoussikhe
Latung Kau
Mukden
Mukden- Liao
Yalu River
Taku-Shan
Korea Bay
Tumen River
Lake Tai-Tsi
Kio-Lin
Musan
Zunduyan
Korea
Chicago
Daily News
Nworea
Japan Sea
Won San
Vladivostock
London
Foreign Office
Paris
Russia
France
Matin
Vladivostok
Former New York police officer arrested in New Jersey theft case
Harry J. Hume, ex police officer and Broadway real estate agent, was arrested at Ocean Port New Jersey on larceny charges for about 38365 from Mrs. Mary Jex of New York. warrants dated November 29 1905 long evade by Hume. Mrs Jex once wealthy allegedly parted with 160000 after meeting him and was told he would form the United Coal and Coke Co.
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Cllig
Somaliland
Sultan of
Lig
Russia
Paris
Joseph Weber
Louis Fields
New York City
John Kress Co
Elgin
H. J. Schuett & Son
Joseph Dickinson
Army of the Potomac
Hooker
Meade
Washington
Thomas Emerson
Philadelphia
Olinois
New York Navy Yard
New York
Harry J. Hume
Broadway
Ocean Port
N. J
Mary Jex
Hume
Jex
United Coal and Coke Co
Boston Delegates Pick Olney Loyalists in Most Districts
Democratic conventions in 14 districts selected delegates for the national convention in St Louis. Twenty one delegates are pledged to Olney, six to Hearst, one unpledged, with four additional delegates at large pledged to Olney.
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Boston
St Louis
Richard Olney
Olney
Hearst
Panama Canal Ownership Transferred to United States
Paris reports that the Panama Canal ownership passes to the United States. The signed deed conveys title and involves officials Bowilk and Richman of the Panama Canal Co. The transfer is completed with ratification next by stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated? Press
Panama Canal
United States
Richman
Panama Canal Co
Ple E
Bowilk
W. A. Day
Charles W. Russell
Associated Press
Republic of Panama
Canal Zone
Three Car Barn Robbers Hanged After Eight Murders
Peter Niedermeier Gustav Marx and Harvey Van Dine were executed in Chicago for murder at the car barns of the Chicago City Railway Co. The trio faced the scaffold separately twenty minutes apart, with Niedermeier collapsing before the march to the gallows while Marx and Van Dine died resolute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peter Neidermeier
Gustav Marx
Harvey van Dine
Christ
Francis W. Stewart
Chicago City Railway Co
Neidermeier
Neidermeyer
Niedermeier
Unseasonable Weather Hindering Trade Progress
R G Dun & Co Weekly Review reports unseasonable weather as the main drag on business across the country. Slower merchandise collections and cautious future commitments curb dry goods demand amid crop injury fears. It notes some crop damage risk but possible replanting. optimism remains despite steady burdens in supplies and no iron and steel gains. Failures total 241 in the US and 12 in Canada versus last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Baseball on Sundays Restricted in Manhattan
Police Commissioner McAdoo says Sunday baseball is barred at league grounds in Manhattan but allowed in isolated neighborhoods if no laws are violated. He views Brooklyn league park as an isolated place and will take no action against Sunday games there.
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New York
McAdoo
Manhattan
Brooklyn
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Congressional
Harold Stephenson
Kate Claxton
Farmers and Merchants’ National Bank
Hobart
Okla
John F. Pound
Royal Arcanum
Lockport
The
Rapid Transit Commission
Department of Concessions
Michael J. Butler
National Union of Shipwrights, Joiners and Caulkers
Fore River Ship and Engine Co
Quincy
Mass
Joseph E. Schwab
American Steel Foundries Co
Sharon
Newark
Wiener & Co
Saddlery Hardware
Wiener
Roosevelt
Maj
Albert M. Anderson
Colville Reservation
Washington State
Nike
Detroit
Robb
Post Office Department
Mexia
A. B. Shanks
R. B. Baker George Wolf
Dr. Bachelor
Jennie Shanks
Shanks
W. E. Bonner
Sylvester Beck
St. Louis
Thomas Brady
Garfield
Stephen Dorsey
Star Mail
Jersey City
Richard Saltonstall Greenough
Rome
Mr. Greenough
Roxbury
Osterhaus
Antwerp
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Indian Territory
Kansas
Carrow
Union
Haverford
Liverpool
Fecamr
Pell
Shanghai
Times
Daily Chronicle
Sneizin
Uncle Sam
Canal Company
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