Watertown Murder Shocks Brownville Couple Held on Confession
In Brownville near Watertown New York a brutal murder is alleged to involve Mrs Satan Brennan found hacked in a trunk at her home. James Farmer and wife detained after investigators say a hotel confession revealed motive robbery. Farmer and his wife claim innocence and ownership transfers in question are under inquiry.
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Brownville
James Farmer
Brennan
Watertown
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New York
Sacketts Harbor
George Allen
Auburn
Satan Hrennan
Petrick Bre
Barton
Brennal
Brennans
Brenan
Ceriig
Farmer
MS Farm
M Farro
Tye
Fugitive Bourgeois Seized Near Syracuse in April
April 27 federal officers arrested Bourgeois in Syracuse after he allegedly obtained $1,060 from a Montreal man in a stud poker scheme. Jaina West of the Department of Commerce and Labor helped arrange the transfer toward the Canadian border. A Montreal lawyer and associates reportedly dragged the victim from his lawyers to the car. An attorney promised Washington redress after the case.
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Syracuse
Fiourgeois
Fede Aleine
Bourgeois
Montreal
Jaina West
Department of Commerce and Labor
Justice West
Washington
Jury Awards Miss Mahoney Large Damages in Railwreck Suit
A New York Supreme Court verdict awarded Miss Annie Mahoney 35,500 dollars against the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad for injuries from the Brewster express wreck in February 1807. Mahoney, a schoolteacher and sole supporter of her mother, sued for 100,000 dollars after one leg was amputated.
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White Plai N.Y
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Annie A Honey
Brewster Express
Supreme Court
Valet Held For Gem Theft In London Court
Louis Heritler the valet accused of stealing jewelry from Mrs. David P. Morgan of New York appeared in London Police Court and was remanded for a week. Prosecutors say he sold earrings in a New York saloon for 200 dollars and diamonds in Antwerp for 300 dollars before being arrested in London.
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Washington Post
London
Louis Heritler
David P. Morgan
New York
Antwerp
Oldest Virginia man cuts a third set of teeth
Special to The Washington Post Big Stone Gap Virginia April 2 Samuel Salyers near Dooley Wise County claims the state oldest resident at T1. He is a fifty year justice of the peace, shaves, rides horseback with ease and reads without glasses. For seventy five years his hair has gray streaks and now white then a coal black crop regrows. He has married twice and his eldest son Logan of Whitesburg Kentucky is eighty five and recently led a third bride to the altar yielding a child not more than two years old.
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Washington Post
Big Stone Gap
Samuel Salyers
Dooley
Wise County
Salyers
Mr. Salyers
Logan
Whitesburg
Stock Exchange Seat Sells for Seventy Thousand Dollars
A New York Stock Exchange seat sold for $70,000, up $5,000 from the last sale in March and $19,000 above the November price of $51,000, marking a continued rise in membership values.
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Stock Exchange
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Bryan Men Will Protest in Jersey Democratic Convention
In Trenton on April 27 the Democratic State convention eyes a clash over Robert Davis of Hudson County as a delegate at large. Senator James Smith leads opposition to Davis, aiming for an unfranchised delegation while Hudson forces push for Davis. State committee names James Smith Jr., Frank S. Kituenbuch Jr., John Hinchuffe, and Robert S. Hudspeth as delegates at large.
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Davis
Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Robert Davis
Hudson County
Denver
Mr. Day
Bryan Ivan
United States
James Smith
Bludson
James Smith, Jr
Frank S. Kituenbuch, Jr
John Hinch- Uffe
Robert S. Hudspeth
Asa A
Mail Bag Theft Confirmed In New York
New York officials confirm two mail bags from London to New York last March were lost on arrival. Supposedly containing securities and valuables, the bags are under thorough U.S. investigation with no information on their exact contents. Inspector Mayer confirms the London dispatch of the loss.
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New York
Post-office
Walter S. Mayer
London
Los
Europe
United States
EAMES SUES EX HUSBAND FOR $26000 PERSONAL GOODS
Emma Ramesa, opera star, sues former husband Juan Story in the New York Supreme Court to recover personal property valued at 26000 seized during the divorce. Items include Boit watercolors, a grand piano, Japanese and Moorish ornaments, rugs, vases, bronze Awakening statuette, Segres busts, numerous portraits and landscape studies retained by the ex-husband.
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New York
Emma Ramesa
Supreme Court
Juan Story
Ime
Eames
Boit
Grand Duke Michael Novel Reveals Royal Marriage Strife
London April 27 Grand Duke Michael Michaelovitch writes a novel Never Say Die to depict royal marriage as a terrible lottery. The work, published April 29, traces a German prince who must wed below rank and faces family enmity. He dedicates it to his wife Sophie, Countess of Merenburg, and notes wealth does not guarantee happiness.
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Washington Post
London
Grand Duke
Michael Michaelovitch
Grand Duk
Tie
Santa Barbara Floral Parade Honors Admiral Thomas
Santa Barbara hosts a grand floral festival for the Atlantic fleet. Admiral Thomas and officers ride in a rose adorned coach as sailors, dancers, and women’s groups parade along the oceanfront boulevard. The event ends with ball plans, while fleet movements and repairs for the Missouri loom ahead.
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Washington Post
Santa Barbara
Cal
Admiral Evans
Admiral Thomas
Thomas
Bonds in big demand in Pennsylvania issue
New York reports the $40,000,000 Pennsylvania bonds oversubscribed, with estimates of subscriptions ranging from 800 million to over a billion dollars. Over 26,000 subscribers, including banks and insurers, participated, while London buyers led by Rothschilds and Barings reportedly outpaced domestic demand. In London the bonds traded at a premium and in New York the curb price rose toward 1007 8.
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New York
Pennsylvania
K@rn
Loeb & Co
London
Geldom
China protests to Japan over Korea district extension
China lodged a formal protest in Peking on April 27 against Japan extending Korea’s administration to include the Chientao district. The foreign board says Japan invaded Chientan and refused Chinese representations, claiming Tokyo is preoccupied with other matters. Japan is accused of delaying negotiations with Tang Shao Yi and Baron Hayashi.
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China
Korea
Chientao
Japan
China Foreign Board
Chientan
Marquis Stots Hi
Tokyo
Kera
Tang- Shao-Yi
Mukden Province
Hayashi
Gould Party Visits Pompeii With Prince Helle
Naples April 1 Prince Helle de Bagan accompanies Mme Anna Gould and her children on a motor cart excursion to Pompeii guided by their tutor The weather was splendid and the party enjoyed the visit to the ruin sites
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Naples
Prince Helle de Bagan
Mme
Anna Gould
Pompeii
Democratic primary in Hamilton counts for Harmon
Special to The Washington Piet reports that in the April 27 Democratic primary in Hamilton County, Bryan followers were defeated by Harmon supporters. Ninety-three delegates were chosen to the state convention. Harmon adherents claim seventy-one of the ninety-three. The anti Bryan ticket leaders say they will back Harmon to carry the state at the nominating convention in Denver.
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Washington
Piet
Claetnatt
Obie
Hamilton County
Delegat
Siam J. Pryan
Judspn
Harton
Harmon
Lawmakers Puzzled by Roosevelt Special Message
The President opened Congress with a new special message urging enactment of prior recommendations. He presses limits on injunctive power in labor disputes and a Sherman act revision for interstate licenses, praising the employers mobility law yet noting drafts likely blocked.
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Roosevelt
House
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kpreentative
Cannon
Republican Party
Chimney crushes children at Buffalo school yard
A tall chimney toppled onto a group of school children near Spring Street in Buffalo. William Pingel, fourteen, died under the debris. Hugh Doherty, sixteen, suffered a fractured skull and Leroy Hodges, fourteen, sustained internal injuries. Several others received minor bruises and cuts.
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N. Y
Spring Street
Wiliam Pingel
Hugh Doherty
Leroy Hodges
Longworth Sees Roosevelt Fate Taft Knox Praise at Pittsburg Banquet
Washington telegram from Pittsburg April 27 reports Representative Nicholas Longworth son-in-law to the President addressed the American Club banquet. He hinted Roosevelt might not seek renomination if the Chicago convention does not stampede him, then endorsed Taft. He also praised Senator Knox as a statesman and legal mind and contrasted Taft and Knox as equally capable. Indiana's Charles Landis voiced support for Fairbanks and Knox, urging unity with Pennsylvania Republicans.
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Americus Club
Pittsburg
Ohio
Taft
Landis
Fairbanks
Pennsylvania
Nicholas Longworth
American Club
Roosevelt
Chicago
Longworth
A. S. Grant
Congress
Dale
Graham
Burke
Barchhfeld
Tle
Senate
Grover Cleveland
Senator Knox
William H. Taft
Diogines
Alexander
Charlies B. Landis
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
Philander C. Knot
Tillman to Said May 16 Tour Europe
Information from Senator Tillman’s home states he will leave with Mrs Tillman and friends May 16 for a tour of Europe largely to Italy. He plans to withdraw from national politics until late fall. Also note Washington Southern Ry discontinued dining car on train 29 with parlor car service continuing on Sundays.
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Augusta
Senator Tillman
Tillman
Italy
Washington Southern Ry
Washington
Richmond
Pas
Gia
Sunom
Boy Caught on the Fly in Remarkable Rescue
Special to The Washington P Carlisle, April 27. Raymond Smyser, eleven, was hit by an eastbound Reading Railroad freight near Brandtsville. A brakeman on the engine grabbed the lad from a 25 foot fall, pulling him to safety as cheers rose from witnesses including the boy’s father. The injured boy rests quietly tonight.
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Famine After Storms Prompt Federal Aid to Tornado Sufferers
President Roosevelt offers aid as Army and Navy Departments and the Red Cross mobilize to help victims in Mississippi Alabama and Georgia. Floods threaten more areas while communities rush supplies and money to stricken towns like Anite Purvis and surrounding districts.
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Georgia
Alabama
New Orleans
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Purvis
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Gov
Noel
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Metcalf
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Marine Hospital Service
Red Cross
The
Missisippi
Banker Pleads Guilty In Sacramento Gas Embezzlement
J Dalzeil Brown formerly manager of the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company pleaded guilty to embezzling sixty five mortgage bonds of the Sacramento Gas and Electric Company. He was sentenced to eighteen months in prison and had earlier been arrested in connection with the bank wrecking case. He now agrees to turn State's evidence.
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San Francisco
Austria gets its man in a bold arrest of an anarchist
Trinidad Colorado April 27 Steve Toth described as an anarchist and alleged plot conspirator was arrested at Cokedale and brought to Denver for extradition papers. An Austrian agent followed him and secured the arrest Toth admitted a Austria wanted but denied plotting to assassinate Emperor Francis Joseph.
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Trinidad
Colo
Steve Toth
Francis Joseph
Cokedale
Denver
Austria
Toth
Two Ships a Year Plan Defeated in Senate Vote
Senate votes 56 to 23 against four battle ships this year as President Roosevelt favored a two ships per year policy. Debate reveals leaders agree on gradual annual increases to build a bigger navy with plans shifting toward regular two ship additions and broader naval expansion. Beveridge faces sharp criticism from foes amid contentious discussion and paired votes while Senator Allison signals no compromise.
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