Death by Cyanide: Gorham and Fagan Found Dead in Denver
In Denver on April 1 Herbert Gorham, once prominent in New York society, and William Fagan, son of a Philadelphia family, were found dead in a hovel on Clarkson Street. Officials believe cyanide poisoning caused their deaths after a pattern of dissipation and shared remittances. Relatives allegedly supplied funds for their debauched lifestyle before deciding to end their troubles together. The report notes Gorham’s silversmith family background and Fagan’s wealthy lineage.
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Denver
Washington
Herbert Gorham
Flllam Fagan
Clarkson Street
Gorham
Gorhams
Fagan
Philadelphia
Notice of Marriage and Death Insertions Across Newspapers
The Washington Post advertises that marriage and death notices inserted there will also appear the following morning in multiple newspapers including The New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Ledger Pittsburgh Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald Syracuse Post Standard St Paul Pioneer Press Cleveland Plain Dealer and others upon application and without extra charge.
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Washington Post
New York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Col Rier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Thicago Record Herald
Pariladelphia Publi Ledger
Pittsburg
D Spatch
Providence Journal
Rochester
Hprald
ST Louis Republic
Seracuse Post-Standard
ST Pau Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Trig
Seveland Plain Dealer
Police investigate possible poisoning in double death
Reports describe two men at a scene where one’s face struck a bucket edge causing a cut and bleeding. Initial suspicion of foul play arose due to blood, but authorities now believe both men may have ingested poison deliberately, suggesting a coordinated death scenario.
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Fagan
Steel Directors Re-Elected and By-Law Amendments Adopted
United States Steel Corporation stockholders meeting in Hoboken re elected eight retiring directors and approved Clairton steel property purchase. By-laws set monthly board meetings, quorum of ten, and fixed dividend declaration dates. preferred and common dividend payments scheduled. A proposed 5 percent bond issue to redeem preferred stock was withdrawn by vote of the chair.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Hoboken
Steel Corporation
Clairton Steel Properties
Board of Directors
Daniel Wolfe
Gary
Dunne appoints Joseph Medill Patterson public works chief
Chicago mayor Dunne announces Joseph Medill Patterson as commissioner of public works succeeding Frederick W Block who ran for city treasurer. Patterson, 26, is among the youngest to hold the post and is a grandson of the late Joseph Medill and son of Chicago Tribune editor Robert W Patterson. He says he knew nothing of the appointment until Saturday and will not comment on plans yet.
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Joseph Med. Patterson
Chicago
Dunne
Joseph Medill Patterson
Patterson
Frederick W Block
Commissioner Patterson
Joseph Medill
Robert W .Patterson
The
Chicago Tribune
MISS HARRIETTE COLFAX DIES AT EIGHTY ONE INDIANA LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER
Miss Harriette K Colfax aged eighty one and longtime keeper of the Michigan City lighthouse on Lake Michigan has died in Laporte Indiana She was a cousin of former Vice President Schuyler Colfax and for forty three years kept the lighthouse with Miss Ann Hartwell her companion who died two months ago The pig iron reflector lighthouse beacon was kept shining throughout her tenure and she is noted as the oldest lighthouse keeper in the United States Also noted are death notices for Mrs Hannah Nelson and James Tracey long-time St Louis detective and other related obituaries
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Michigan City
Laporte
Ind
Harriette K Colfax
Schuyler Colfax
Lake Michigan
Miss Colfax
United States
Ann Hartwell
Ogdensburg
Plainfield
Hannah Nelson
Charles L Fair
Newmarket
Mrs Fair
Tate
Charles Lair
St Loui Mo
James Tracey
St Louis
Tracey
Australia
Walter H. L Maxwell
Charles A Preller
Maxwell
Detroit
P W Reaney
Capt Reaney
Lighthouse Service
United States Navy
Estate fraud case tied to Mercer estate letters
George W Thatcher of Dayton pleaded guilty in Cincinnati to three counts alleging defrauding women through letters claiming access to a supposed English Mercer estate worth a large sum. Evidence included letters to Mrs Martha Winn of Peoria, Mrs Sarah Evick of Delphos, and Mrs Charles Reed of Portland. Staats Zeitung marks seventy years with a reception and a special edition, as police guard a crowd and Hermian Ridder honored by a marching band.
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George W. Thatcher
Cincinnati
Ohio
George W Thatcher
Dayton
United States District Court
England
Martha Winn
Peoria
Sarah Evick
Delphos
Ohi
Charles Reed
Portland
Staats Zeitung
New York
Schmittberger
Max Schmidt
Licensed to Marry in Varied Maryland and Virginia Pairings
A list of intended marriages includes Clarence Williams with Mamie Washington, Samuel Hopkins of Mount Holly, Ethel Saddock of Clyde, plus numerous other couples across Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and South Dakota. The fragmentary notice records names and counties, reflecting a broad, multi-state set of nuptial intentions.
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Clarence Williams
Mamie Washington
Samuel J Hopkins
Mount Holly
Westmoreland County
Ethel L Saddock
Clyde Noy
Carl @ Grimm
Lillian Agnes Poste
Manassas Va
Bernard J McHale
Charlotte M Mayo
Saltland Park
Athanie
Latie
Bessie Hal
Wiliam Harris
Martha Waddy
Robert Selson
Lucy Edwards
Charles A Blum
Annie E Rackney
Newton Taor
Carle Swayles
Darwin B Weeks
Rose Keellg
Spurgeon L Bog
Health Office Deaths Record Report Apr 17
Health office listing deaths includes Joseph R Beard 68 Sibley Hospital. William Booze 54 2 Hope Ave. Leven Butler 11 months 247 Pomeroy St. Susie Cave 15 years 1110 Q St MW. Alwine Deetz 27 718 13th St MW. Elenora King 6 5 years 1833 9th St MW. James Needham 6 years 1916 Latow. Ivory Shorts 1 month 1235 24 St AW. Sarah E Simms 63 1030 Lith St PE. Franklin Waddin 72 109 19th St SE. James W Williams 23 Govt Heap Insane. Torpedo Boats for Vladivostok: Lewis Nixon, New York, reports several boats completed and shipped to Vladivostok.
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Sibley Hospital
William Booze
Hope Avenue
Leven Butler
Pomeroy St
Susie Cave
Alwine Deetz
Elenora King
James Needham
Latow
Ivory Shorts
Sarah E Simms
Franklin Waddin
James W Williams
Heap
Patterson Case Delayed As Nan Patterson Trial Postponed
New York April 17 two developments in the Nan Patterson case the trial delayed until tomorrow and the surrender by the district attorney s office of letters and effects seized with Mrs J Morgan Smith s trunk The letters were returned to Mrs Smith s counsel this afternoon and opened before reporters The district attorney said he was ready for the trial tomorrow while opposing counsel sought further obstacles Nan Patterson s attorney Levy argued against further postponement The court adjourned proceedings to tomorrow morning The fight over permanent possession of the Smith letters continues with a court-ordered review and King Gans denying evasion of service The case hinges on the legality of keeping the letters and related documents The new witness Mrs Burns is seen as unlikely to alter the defense strategy The Patterson defense expects a shorter trial and an acquittal The report closes with a promotional note urging Hood s Sarsaparilla.
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New York
Nan Patterson
District Attorney’s
J. Morgan Smith
Levy
Gans
General Sessions Court
Miss Patterson
Rand
Abe Levy
Goff
Jerome
Patterson
Smith
Mis
Morgan Smith
Ganford
Flushing
Smiths
Limburger
Justice Foster
Thomas Burns
Mrs Burns
Nan
Young
Cuba Election Foes Grow Active in Havana Situation
Radical and Conservative factions in Cuba mobilize for the 1906 presidential race. Gomez will oppose Palma as Democrats in Havana and Matanzas fear American capital and influence. Vivid campaigns raise anxiety in Washington over possible Americano led shifts and a new loan dispute.
Riot in Limoges Street as workers clash with dragoons
Special dispatch reports porcelain workers strike in Limoges continuing with riots to free arrestees. Rioters bar barricades with rails ropes and furniture, raid homes, affect tram, and exchange missiles with dragoons. Soldiers fire blanks then ball rounds, two killed and many wounded, troops ordered to scene amid fears of further trouble.
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Washington Post
Duel Between Havana Congressmen Flares After Seizure
In Havana on April 17 a sword duel occurred between Congressmen Carlos Mendieta and Armando Andre after a seizure on April 14 of papers linked to alleged improper acts by city officials. Mendieta reportedly wounded Andre on the arm. Fusionist lawmakers plan to explain the seizure to President Palma and have involved Congress members testify in court. the Court of First Instance seeks the missing papers' whereabouts.
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Havana
Carlos Mendieta
Armando Andre
Mendieta
Congress
Palma
Court of First Instance
House
Italian Strike Widens Across Rome and Italy
Rome April 17 rail way servants strike spread nationwide. Regular service kept with military engineers running trains and stations guarded by troops. One train daily on principal lines, trips take triple time, 1200 English speaking tourists stranded as trainmen distribute protest manifestos.
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Washington Post
Rome
Pope Receives One Hundred Fifty Americans at Vatican
Rome April 17 Pope Pius X welcomed 150 Americans in the consistory hall. Among them Gen Jacob S Smith and wife of New York Mrs M D Walsh E Dettrich and B F Shriver of Baltimore attended. The pope, led by court officials and American private chamberlains, spoke in Italian and conveyed warm remarks through the translator.
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Baltimore
Rome
Pius X
Jacob S Smith
New York
M D Walsh
E Dettrich
B F Shriver
Martin Maloney
Philadelphia
J S Brennan
Wilmington
Dr Murphy
American College At
Treaty Not Yet Effective Prompts Protest at Shanghai
London dispatch says the Mackay treaty of 1902 remains nonfunctional with no key clauses in effect after three years. The Times Shanghai correspondent alleges government tolerance of provincial officials flouting provisions. The treaty aimed to abolish the Il-In and raise import duties across interior stations.
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London
Shanghai
the Times
James L Mackay
Sailors Kill Policeman as Transit Blocked on Trans Caucasus
In St Petersburg on April 17 a policeman was killed by a crowd of sailors from the fourth squadron threatening departure to the Far East. The crowd refused to disperse after the order, wounding two sailors before the officer was beaten while defending himself with a saber. Freight traffic on the Trans Caucasus Railroad has halted due to the strike. The empire faces a serious disruption with scattered cholera cases reported.
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St Petersburg
Far East
Gutowski to retire as Russian attache in Washington
St Petersburg reports M Gutowski, the Russian Embassy attache in Washington, plans retirement. He will be succeeded by M de Thal, second secretary of the Russian Legation at Copenhagen, in Copenhagen and St Petersburg sources.
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M. de Thal
St Petersburg
M Gutowski
Washington
M de Thal
Copenhagen
Kaiser’s Health Fails to Improve on Mediterranean Voyage
A Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William’s health has not benefited from his Mediterranean cruise. His physicians urge undisturbed rest as the holiday yields only resignations and visits. The Empress remains very uneasy about his condition.
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Mediterranean
Washington Post
London
Dalziel
Berlin
William
Manchuria Steamer Sails With Contraband Cargo
The steam ship Manchuria will sail to the Orient tomorrow with 10000 tons of freight largely for Japan. The cargo includes foodstuffs and heavy machinery for Manchuria railroads and bridges, and the voyage prompts anxiety over safety amid naval tensions near the Asiatic coast. The vessel will call at Midway Islands to receive instructions.
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Orient
San Francisco
Cal
Manchuria
Japan
Rojestvensky
Togo
Prince Cantacuzene III in Saigon Hospital
In Saigon on April 17 a Russian officer ill with berlbert is hospitalized. Also aboard the Russian hospital ship Orel were Prince Cantacuzene and Prince Michael Cantacuzene, head of the house and Imperial Guard officer, with no fighting reported.
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Saigon
Berlbert
Orel
Prince Cantacuzene
Prince Michael Cantacuzene
Julia Dent Grant
Imperial Guard
Bulgarians strike monastery as Greeks pursue fugitives near Klischa
A Bulgarian raid on April 16 at Athamas monastery near Klischa left fifteen Bulgarians dead and the rest fleeing to Zagovitchani. Greeks pursued them burning houses as Turks and Albanians clashed near Prizren, yielding thirty Albanian casualties. Mont Pelee remains active near Martinique with molten lava and rumblings observed.
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Saloniki
Turkey
Athamas
Klischa
Zagovitchani
Prizren
Plot Against Spain and Other World News
Madrid reports two Barcelona garrison officers in custody for a state plot with prominent generals allegedly backing the plan. A wave of Republican leaders faces imminent arrest. In St Petersburg a state attorney recommends quashing charges against novelist Maxim Gorky, who is ill. A British steamer Nigrella seized by Tsushima has its appeal rejected and is confiscated. Finland's parliament approves a 2 million ruble war fund payment to Russia for 1905, to be repeated through 1908.
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Washington Post
Madrid
Barcelona
I- 19
London
the Standard
St Petersburg
Maxine Gorky
Gorky
Crimea
Nagasashi
Nigrella
Tsushima
Korea
Morgan Thanked for Return of Cope in Rome
Pierpont Morgan of New York was received by Foreign Minister Tittoni who, in the government’s name, expressed thanks for Morgan’s generosity in returning the Ascoli cope. The minister noted the Italian people’s high appreciation of Morgan’s action and his course.
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Morgan
Cope
Rome
Pierpont Morgan
York
Tittoni
Ascoli
Samoan Chiefs Pleased with Presents from Roosevelt
Tutuila Samoa April 3 via San Francisco April 7 A government school exhibition at the naval station showcased Samoan pupils reading and reciting in English led by Mrs Treverrow wife of the Adams chief engineer The Adams remains beside the wharf Capt Moore plans to sail the old ship to Manhua island next week to deliver letters of greeting and President Roosevelt presents to the Taimanua and chiefs The chiefs express satisfaction with the administration of affairs by the spicers appointed by him
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Roosevelt
Tutuila
Samoa
San Francisco
Naval Station
Treverrow
United States
Adams
Moore
Manhua
Spicers
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Presented as Universal Cure
An advertising feature promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a universal remedy for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims high cure rates with testimonials from patients including a former soldier and notes sample bottle offers by mail from Binghamton NY.
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Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Washington Daily Post
The
Cuban election stance shapes US policy and offshore fishing rights
The piece discusses how advisers chosen from his party polarize opposition and consolidate moderates, Cuba's election fate influencing US attitudes. It notes reciprocity, trade import shifts, and discrepancies with Washington figures, plus fishing rights south of Cuba and the Isle of Pines treaty's fate, amid a broader view of Cuban political direction and maritime movements.
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United States
Cuba
Palm
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Senate
Isle of Pines
Batabano Bay
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