Confesses Crime Plot Against Judge Steunenberg
A dramatic report outlines a purported confession by Harry Orchard alleging a wide assassination plot linked to the Western Federation of Miners. Detectives corroborate many details tying Orchard to the Steunenberg murder and implicate others in a broader scheme including planned attacks on state officials and alleged plots in Colorado and Idaho labor clashes.
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Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Roise Fdatia
Harvey Ovenard
Assas
Snate Tormer Gor
Denver
Colo
Charles J. Moyer
William D. Heywood
Aml
Western Siene of
G. A. One
Ex- Prades
Steunend
Orcha Feed
Isolano
Steunenberes
Telluride
Coloradas
Coeur d'Alene Yesina
Idaho
Steunenbergy
Westma Federation of Miners
Tve
Harry Eehard
Steuneberg
Parnds
James Peabody
Colorado
William Lt. Gabbert
Colorado Super Doan
John Campbell
Orchard
Stern Federation of Miners
Denve
Ripple Creek
Cripple Creek
McDowal
Federation
Te Idano
Idan
Vincent St. John
Burke
Miner Union
Col
Arthur Colling
Smurgl Vrion
Burglars Flee After Robbery at Bergfield House
Two men with a mask and revolver interrupted the Bergfield household at 209 West 11th Street in New York. A masked intruder shone a dark lantern in the dining room, a struggle occurred with servant Mary Schmidt, and the men escaped before police arrived. The loot valued at about $8,000.
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New York
Benjamin Bergfield
West
Mary Schmidt
Bergfield
Holls
Berghcld
Russian Cabinet Crumbles as Witte and Durnovo Stand
St. Petersburg reports a fast moving cabinet crisis with Premier Witte and Interior Minister Durnovo remaining while Nemedhaiefé and Controller Filossosoff prepare retirement. Finance Minister Shipoff seen as possible. rail strike anger fuels protest. Deputies may shift to parliament as attacks focus on Durnovo. Big developments anticipated this week.
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St. Petersburg
Witte
Durnevo
Nemedhaiefé
Empire
Filossosoff
Kutler
Timiriaseff
Shipoff
M. Nemechaseff
National Assembly
Department of Commerce
M. ‘Yimiriazeff
Party of Commerce and Industry
Monarchist Federation
Durnove
Moscow
Fast Mail in the Ditch Wreck on Southwest Line
Leis Feb 19 A fast mail train on the St. Louis Tron Mountain and Southern Railway wrecked near Carondelet St Louis suburb. Twelve men injured including conductor and engineer. several seriously. Injured sent to Missouri Pacific Hospital. Engine and first car telescoped and rolled down a fifteen foot embankment. Second car overturned near River des Peres. no passengers aboard.
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Leis
St. Louis
River Des Peres
Poisoning tale arises in Maria Corsa death case
New York February reports coroner and district attorney probing the death of 78 year old recluse Maria Corsa of One Hundred and Highly Fourth Street and Morria Avenue. An anonymous letter says death certificate hides slow poisoning by a relative aided by a Third Avenue chemist. Estate estimated from 509000 to 1500000. Coroner Schwannerke and Assistant District Attorney Cardoza discuss next steps. The Washington Post special dispatch notes further details and local connections.
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Washington Post
New York
Schwannerke
Maria Corsa
Third Avenue
Cardoza
Supreme Court Affirms Rail Rate Case Ruling
The Supreme Court upheld the Western district of Virginia ruling in New York New Haven Hartford vs Interstate Commerce Commission and I C C vs Chesapeake and Ohio. Justice White held a carrier may not act as a dealer to bypass published rates, affirming that discrimination and favoritism in freight rates violate the Interstate Commerce Act. The decision signals Congress what the high court can do in railroad rate disputes and addresses a long dispute over coal shipments and contractual deliveries between Chesapeake and Ohio and New Haven.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
New York
New Haven
Hartford T
Supreme Court
Congress
United States Court For
Western District Ofrginia
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice White
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Chesapeake and Ohio Road
Iign
New Haven Road
Chesapeake and Ohio Company
West Virginia
Circuit Court
Tower Court
White
Eiher
Sixteen Die in Maitland Mine Disaster in Colorado
Special to The Washington Post from Walsenburg, Colo. February 19 reports a gas explosion at Victor Fuel Company's Maitland coal mine killing sixteen men believed dead and leaving grieving families at the mouth of the shaft. Eleven bodies have been recovered. Fifty men in an adjoining room were burned but escaped. The dead are Italians or Austrians, with two Americans among them. News recounts scenes of grief as rescuers and spectators gathered near the mine entrance.
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Caldwell
Atkshol
Auristines Ey
Crehard
Tim Vjivates
Agus Init Ik Simpkins
Re Stenenberg
Offtibers
Re Wis
An & Tm Fis
Atiess
Supreme Court of Colorado
Cos
Iris
Orchard
Witnes Sos
Maitland
Colo
Washington Post
Walsenburg
Victor Fuel Company
Dam
Miller
Moran
Anchie Miller
Billy Moran
James W. Titters
Kansas
Battista Robera
Corona Costa
Booris
Joe Costa
Nicholas Yockibetz
Mizner Denial On Marital Strife and Chicago Hospital Plan
Mrs Wilson Mizner denied any trouble with husband and said she will not contest the will of late Mr Yerkes. She confirmed plans to erect a million dollar Chicago hospital and noted Mr Mizner is away on urgent business with a return in three weeks. Private detectives shadow him amid gossip of a withheld $1,000,000. she branded rumors gossip and false.
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New York
Wilson’ Mizner
Yerkes
Chicago
York
Broadway
Yung Mizner
Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Yerkes
Starving New York lawyer found wandering on East Side
Clark B. Augustine of Augustine & Hopping, a 557 West 148th Street resident and 99 William Street partner, was located in a demented state on the East Side after a seven week disappearance. Taken to Bellevue Hospital, his overwork was cited. He had $21, railroad tickets, and a one carat emerald in his pockets. The Augustine family reacted with relief as Mrs. Augustine rushed to Bellevue.
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Washington Post
New York
Clark B. Augustine
West 148Th Street
Augustine
Second Avenue
Hightenth Street
Woll
Augusting
Bellevue
Slay Victim in Road A Black Man Charged
In Shreveport Louisiana on February 18 Margaret Lear fifteen was attacked on a public road near her home two miles west of the city. A posse led by Sheriff Ward captured the alleged assailant Charles Coleman who claimed railway shop work. A mob gathered around the jail planning to lynch him.
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Shreveport
Margaret Lear
Insane Soldier Fires Shell Near Port Royal Jamaica
Port Royal garrison stunned by a gun report from Apostles battery across the bay. A bombadier in charge of the magazine, believed insane, loaded a one and a half inch gun and fired recklessly. The shell landed on a cay east of Port Royal. a near miss on a French warship sparked sensational alarm. The bomber was arrested. Also noted is the sale of the Nathan collection at Sloan's galleries with sessions scheduled and wines from Harriet Lane Johnston estate included.
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Port Royal
Jamaica
Kingston
Apostles' Battery
Bombadier
Nathan
Sloan's
Washington
Harriet Lane Johnston
Murdered Roanoke City Sergeant Found Dead in City Hall Vicinity
J B Traynham a sixty nine year old former city sergeant and jailer was murdered in his Roanoke room behind the city hall. His head was split with an ax and throat cut in a nonfatal robbery scenario. A coroner’s jury ruled murder and noted he had served in Wilcox’s Brigade as a Confederate soldier. He came to Roanoke in 1882 and left five children and a stepdaughter.
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J. B. Traynham
The
Washington Post
Roanoke
B. Traynham
Halifax County
R. L. Traynham
Wilcox
Flood Devastation in Colombia Reports 52 Families Missing
Advices from Colombia state that on February 5 President Reyes was informed of a January 21 tidal wave at Teleml Cauca and surrounding towns. The flood rose over twenty feet, fifty two families disappeared, and the coast brimmed with dead birds and fish as underground disturbances and heat marked the disaster. In Mexico City, Rev Thomas Garcia, a Guanajuato Methodist pastor, was shot by two policemen.
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Panama
Colombia
Reyes
Teleml
Cauca
Aml
Mexico City
Thomas Garca
Methodist Episcopal Churh
Guanajuato
Garcia
Injunction Halts Delivery of 4 Percent Bonds
Special to The Washington Port reports Comptroller Metz was served with a Brooklyn injunction stopping delivery of a 320 million issue of registered 4 percent corporate stock bonds. Lawyer William D. Cook filed for the injunction, court action tied to Wall Street interests alleged to be hurt by the new issue.
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Metz
Washington Port
New York
Justice Butr
Brooklyn
William D. Cook
Wall Street
Cook
Seitz
Suit Against McCurdy Aides Faces Restitution Actions
New York February 19 The Mutual Life Insurance Company has filed suits for restitution against Richard A McCurdy former president his son Robert H McCurdy son-in law Louis A Thebaud and Charles H Raymond head of the agency firm. Suits seek specific sums with claims of excessive salaries commissions and campaign contributions. Evidence indicates eight suits are in preparation and further disclosures may follow regarding money routed from the Mutual Life into the McCurdy circle.
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Richard A. McCurdy
Robert H. McCurdy
Louis A. Thebaud
Charles H. Raymond
New York
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Richard A. Aighard
the Mutual
Robert HW. McCurdy
Charles TH. Raymond
Mutual
McCurdys
John S. Wise
Thebaud and Raymond
Mr. Raymond
GC. Hy Raymond & Go. S
Mutual Life
Joseph H. Choate
Julien T. Davies
Washington Post
Peabody
Raymond & Co
McCurdy
Young McCurdy
Thebaud
Shoots herself on stage as crowd misreads act
In Denver on February 19 Mrs. C A Weilder left her theater seat at the Crystal Theater and fired a pistol at herself from a box. The wound was probably fatal, but audience members believed it was part of the performance. She was carried off unconscious with the gun still in hand and a photo said to be of her son. The show resumed after she was taken to a hospital.
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Denver
Colo
Crystal Theater
C. A. Weilder
The Dewey Heard From Naval Tug Potomac Report
The Potomac reports Dewey left dry dock 590 miles west of Las Palmas Canary Islands. The vessel arrived at Las Palmas today and is reported well. Also note an upcoming Cropley stock sale by Brown & Tolson at 13 M Street, auction of premier goods. A Pullman Parlor Car service will run March 6 from Washington to Old Point via Richmond and C and O Railway, leaving Freshington at 4:50 am and arriving at Old Point at 6 pm.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Potomac
Dewey
Brown & Tolson
Old Point
Washington
Richmond and
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Freshington
Dissolution of Parliament in Hungary Ends Session
The Hungarian parliament was dissolved by royal decree amid police and militia presence as deputies left the hall singing the Kossuth hymn. Vice President Rakovsky announced the decree unconstitutional while coalition leaders hailed what they called a victory over the Crown.
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Coalition Party
Budapest
Tech
Veirl
Cowition
Ilegal
Marlament
Celock
Gen Wyili
Aid Herr Justic
Hens
Gen. Nyili
Francis Ossuth
Albert Appansi
Pre Dent Dusth
Bakovsy
Rakovsky
Nyici
Herr Rakovsky
Nen- North
Te House
Gen Nyiri
Associated Press
Albert Apponyi
Franceis Kossuth
Count Apponst
Tering
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Nemedhatelf
Mone
Fiorid
Aiken
Augusta
Benues
Florida
S. Brown
Southern. Railway
C. & C. Railway
Mexico
Arizona
New Mexico
San Francisco
Berth
Wood
J. B. Corning
Tray
Izaibie
Mrs. Mizner
Chicago Hospital
Locfier
Louisiana
Southern
Brown
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M'Curdy
Woman
the Dewey
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Banking Dept
Union Trust Co
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