Former Idaho Governor Die by Bomb at Caldwell Gate
Frank Steunenberg, ex governor of Idaho, 1897 to 1901, was killed by a bomb at his Caldwell home. A gate tampered explosive exploded as he entered. Two men are under suspicion, tied to the Coeur d Alene dynamiters era, while Governor Gooding pledges state aid and a large reward. A special train was sent to Caldwell to assist in the manhunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulse
Idaho
Frank Stevenenberg
Caldwell
Stevvenenberg
Coeur a'Alene
Gov
Gooding
Steuenenberge
Iowa
Snard
Voeur d'Alene
Steunenbere
State College
Des Moines
Mississippi Valley
Miner Trade Unrest Sparks Congressional Inquiry
The Coeur d Alene miners conflict led to the union’s extermination after a drastic administrative purge. Congress ordered an inquiry. Republicans backed Gov Steunenberg and McKinley while Democrats led by Sulzer issued a minority report censuring state and national administrations. Steunenberg, then a typographical union member, intensified the bitterness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mm the Coeur d'Alene
Commission
Gov
Steuenenberg
McKinley
Sulzer
The
Typographical Union
Tragic Gym Accident Claims Lena Wirth at East Harlem Church
Seventeen year old Lena Wirth died at St Luke's Hospital from a broken neck after a fall from a horizontal bar in the basement gymnasium of the East Harlem Presbyterian Church. She had been a vigorous gym enthusiast and practiced at home, then attempted a spin when her hand slipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Wirth
Washington Port
New York
St. Luke's Hospital
East Harlem Presbyterian Church
East Harlem
Lena
Morales Accused as Warship Indefendencia Moves North
The Dominican cruiser Independencia starts for Monte Cristi on the northern coast as President Morales remains missing. Vice President Caceres calls for Congress to address charges of treason. Gen. Rodriguez occupies San Lorenzo de Guayulin and prepares for Morales arrival amid regional agitation and U S tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independencia
Monte Cristi
Santo Domingo
Morales
United States
Republic of Santo Lomingo
Ramon Caceres
Tay
Congress
Mores
Cape Haitien
Haiti
Cacerrs
Rodriguez
San Lorenzo de Guayulin
Monte Crist
United State
Puerto Plata
Ocean storm halts Celtic and damages liner at sea
The White Star steamer Celtic from Liverpool faced a fierce hurricane on Christmas Day. Heavy seas delayed the ship from noon the 28th to noon the 29th, breaking over the bow and ripping a section of the waist. Riveted plates bent, lifeboats strained, and crew narratives speak of smashed windows and damaged compartments. In Cleveland, an estate endowment reshapes a girls school plan, totaling nearly 3 million dollars, revised from earlier reports of 200 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Celtic
Liverpool
Great Sea
State Board
Cleveland
Ohio
Industrial Training School For
Willoughby
Here
Iate Wallice
C. Andrews
Cleveland Coal and Iron
Unknown schooner on rocks off Southport
A three masted lumber laden schooner, name unknown, is ashore on a sunken reef called Sunken Island inside Penfield Reef about two miles off the Southport shore in Bridgeport Connecticut. All efforts to reach the vessel have failed due to its position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Penfield Reef
Southport
Demand Publicity Open Senate on Santo Domingo Treaty
Senate debate over the Santo Domingo treaty promises a full open session despite past failures to keep such matters in executive session. Democrats push for publicity while Republicans may initiate the move, with President Roosevelt’s stance shaping the outcome and the Monroe Doctrine’s evolving interpretation at stake. Continued debate expected on the open Senate floor with Tillman and Spooner taking leading roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Panama
Great Britain
Tillman Aleady
Spooner
Highton
Tillman
Airship to Pole: Wellman to Lead North Pole Expedition
Chicago December 30 Walter Wellman Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record Herald will lead a planned airship voyage to the North Pole with Alberto Santos-Dumont as aeronautic director. The airship will be built in Paris by Tous Godard and tested in Paris and Spitzbergen before a July or August start. The craft will be 196 feet long with 23 000 square feet of surface and 221 000 cubic feet of volume, weigh 7000 pounds, carry five men and a 75 day supply, and rely on wireless telegraphy and a steel guide rope to maintain height and contact with the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North Pole
Walter Wellman
Washington
Chicago Record-Herald
Frank B. Noyes
Paris
Touts Godard
M. Santes-Dumoent
Dutft 19
Norway
Spitzbergen
Pote
Wellman
Mr. Wellman
Noyes
Polar
Pole
Spitzberger
Santos Dumont
California
New Orleans
So, Ry
Pac
A. J. Poston
U1l
Pa. Ave
5Th St
North Spitzbergen
Rome
Polé
Arctic Ocean
Alaska
Arctic
Hammerfest
Woman Found Guilty in Stepchildren Murder Trial
Mrs Stella Brennan was found guilty of second degree murder in Minneapolis after shooting and killing three of her stepchildren and wounding another before shooting herself. The defense claimed temporary insanity while the State argued jealousy of her husband’s children led to the killings. Penalty is life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Brennan
Minneapolis
Stella. Brennan
Brennan
Yerkes Art Estate Worth 15 Million Bequest Expected
The Yerkes will probate in Chicago within thirty days. Major gifts to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other institutions are anticipated, with the widow receiving more than her dower. London and Chicago holdings are noted, with a private funeral planned for Monday.
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Chicago
Yerkes
Mr. Untermyer
Mr. Yerkes
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fifth Avenue
Sixty-eighth Street
James Speyer
Speyer & Co
Underground Electric Railway Company of
London
Chicago Street Railway
Union Traction Company
Underground Electric Railway Company
Governor Killed by Bomb in 10 Day Issue
A 10 day issue opens with Governor killed by a bomb and a surge of reports from Doming to public vote on Domingo. Other items include prison breaks, Kaiser fears, political clashes in Ohio, and diverse features across Europe and America.
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Domingo
North Pole
Penfield
Europe
Kaiser
Ohio
McAdoo
Santo Domingo
Nebraska
New Yorker
Philadelphia
News of
Virginia
Maryland
Daily Life
New York
Woman
Justice Nott'y
Richmond
Penator Aikins
Capital
Holland
i-Washington Society
Hummel Entitled To Bail In Brooklyn Case
Justice Woodward of the Appellate Division in Brooklyn ruled Hummel convicted of conspiracy may be admitted to bail pending a decision on the application for a certificate of reasonable doubt. Assistant DA Gans argued no judge can grant bail to a convicted person before such a certificate. The justice said he would adhere to his original ruling and the DA will take the matter to the Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Tom
Court of Appeals
Chicago Art Forgeries From Cafeago Institutes Revealed
Special to The Washington Post reports that some terra cotta masterpieces at the Cafeago Art Institutes in Chicago are forgeries. Director French admits që some antiquities in American museums may be frauds and promises removal once a terra cotta is proven fake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Chicago
Cafeago Art Institutes
French
Philadelphia
Free beer wins day in Cincinnati brewery dispute
Cincinnati brewery workers vote in favor of a nine hour day with free beer overturning an eight hour demand. Nearly forty local breweries abstain, with ratification expected at a Brewery Workers Union meeting. Employers had offered nine hours with beer but no extra allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Brewery Workers’ Union
Hazed by Decatur mints of perjury charge at Annapolis
Midshipman Stephen Decatur jr. faces hazing allegations with underclassmen Crary of Texas and Church of Pennsylvania testifying that Decatur hated them and ordered humiliating exercises. Prosecution rests as Decatur vows to testify Tuesday to deny claims and present alibi. Other hazing cases and potential expulsions loom amid ongoing court inquiries at the Naval Academy.
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Annapolis
Isaac M. Crary
Calvert, Tex
Gayl Melord
Church
Meadville
Stephen Decatur, Jr
Portsmouth
N. H
Decatur
Decator
Trenmer Coffin, Jr
Jordone P. Kimbrough
Coffin
Notding
Worth Wright Foster
New Albany
Ind
Chester S. Roberts
Joliet
Academy
Carroll C. Graves
Spokane
Wash
Guily
Roosevelt
Brigade of Midshipmen
Southern Railway
Southern
Palm Limited
Florida
Aiken
Augusta
Weahlington
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Stelenenberg
Inner Circle of
Coeur
d’Alene Dynamiters
Wuaul Sullivan
Verdeer
Ure Goeur Nieves
Stevenenberg
Martha Law
Shoshone County
United States Droops
Bunker Thi
Rillivan Mining Company
Wallace
Warder
Wardner
Mien
Hen. Merriam
Placen
Warner
Amurs
Soy
Dack
Iing
Southern Railway Wal
Agouthera
Auguste
Smalls
Small & Sona
Mth & G
Waldorf-Astoria
Bway
N.Y
J. H. Corning
Union
Domingan Congress
Cruiser
Celtic IN
Santo Domings
Cation
Beyan
Baltimore and Return
Baltimore & Ohio A
Royal Limited
Tomobile Deliv’y
Javior Grimes
Poleman Airship
Santos-Dumont
Explorer Wellman
Frank Libby & On
F. T. Rawlings
Fla, & West Indian Ltd
Penn
Atlantic Coast Line
Chris
Xander
Virginia Port
Metropolitan Museum
Charles Tyson Yerkes
Samuel Untermyer
Todey
Part
James T. McCleary
Savoyard
Citeaux
Pacific
Romanoffs
George Beluchi
Uncle Sam
Egypt
Hummel
Justice Woodward
Temme
Mexico City
Rwy
15Th St
Git Pa
Ave
McCrary
Texas
Pennsylvania
W. F. Fullam
Edward E. Capehart
Harry P. Huse
Birdshipman Lawrence
Stewart
Charles E. Hovey
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