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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1906

Page

3

Mrs Kaufmann Free After Death of Maid Turmoil

Mrs Emma Kaufmann, tied to manslaughter charges over Agnes Patrely, is freed by a jail mistake. Reported flight to avoid trial proved unfounded as the couple stays at home. Accusations cite brutal treatment by a mistress caring for a dead daughter's memory and alleged abuse by a wired man under her orders.

Sioux Dak Emma Kaufmann Agnes Patrely Kaufmann Sioux Falls Kaufmanns Staelf Europe Peter Erickson Agnes Polrels Irs Kaufmann Moses Kautee

Tragic Kaufmann case unsettles Dakota town

jumble of obituaries and sensational notes include births and deaths from June in 1903 to 1908. reports of a brutal death tied to Mrs Kaufmann, her husband, and a exhumation reveal forty nine wounds. former servants cite temper and suspected motive as investigators push toward further arrests and county support for prosecution.

Moses Kaufmann Polreish Mia John Polreig John Polreis Mecger Hutchnson County Board of Dakota Kaufmanna Nebraska City Nebr My. Kaufma Sterling Morton Cleveland

Famine Relief Debate as Stolypin Denies Withholding Aid

In St Petersburg on June 25 Interior Minister Stolypin faced a heated Lower House interpellation over famine relief amid agrarian disorders. He denied government withholding aid, citing temporary grain magazine destruction and noting assistance to families of disorder participants. A Radical-led demonstration clashed with officials as Stolypin defended policy and urged private help under oversight. The session also touched on alleged Jewish responsibility for the Bialystok massacre, pending a parliamentary report due Thursday.

Stolypin St Petersburg M. Stolpin M. Alladin Walter Vemgn Mouramiseff M. Stolypin MaNadin Gurko M Stolypin Alee Agrarian Commission Rudiger Bader Bialystok

Hartje divorce case delayed in Allegheny Court

Augustus Hartje the paper magnate delays divorce trial against Mary Scott Hartje as three judges handle 75 petitions. The case features Thomas Madine the white coachman named as co respondent and a slander suit Hartje filed against him. Evidence from a black coachman Clifton Howe is ruled unreliable and not to be used.

Soaington Prittsburg Amce Augustus Hartje Naalionaire Mary Scott Hartin Allegheny Country Thomas Madine Hartje Madine Hartie Clfford Howe Harte

Movements of Ocean Steamers New York to Europe and Return

Shipping news lists arrivals and departures of several ocean steamers. Vessels include Vaderland from Antwerp Hamburg arriving June 25, Bluder from New York via Plymouth Cherbourg arriving June 2, Penny Nenla from Hamburg to New York, Rotterdam bound. Ryndom from New York via Boulogne arriving June 2, Statendam from Rotterdam to New York arriving June 24, Et Faul from New York via Plymouth Cherbourg to Liverpool arriving June 23, Umbria from New York to Gudstown Cherbourg arriving June 25, and Zeeland from New York to Antwerp plus subsequent movements and dock notes.

Vaderland Rotterdam New Furie Southampton Et Faul New York Plymouth Cherbourg Liverpool Jne Hom Kurturst Bremm Ork Salle Island Noxa

Assassinations at War saw Kill Wounded Detective in Front of Ambulance

In Warsaw on June 25 a terrorist group shot three detectives as an ambulance arrived to treat a wounded officer. Women fired, killing the injured man, while Cossacks and troops blocked the street, wounding several passersby.

Warsaw

Rescued in mid ocean from sinking Norwegian bark Vega

Captain Gabrielsen and ten crew members were rescued in the mid Atlantic after the Vega sprang a leak and pumped water for two days. The vessel was abandoned and set on fire. They were brought to port aboard the Leyland Lina steamer Bohemian from Tunis to Mirltmchi New Brunswick.

Liverpool Bohemian Gabrielsen Vega Tunis Mirlmtchi New Brunswick mid-Atlantic

Re enforcing Garrisons Near Russian Frontier

A Vienna dispatch reports that Austrian garrisons near the Russian frontier will be reinforced following an agreement made during the German Emperor's visit to London. Germany will take similar precautions on its eastern border to address Russian disorders.

Austria Germany London Vienna Morning Post

Haakon Presents Medals in Palace Ceremony

King Haakon conducted a royal medals ceremony at the palace ending with a large reception. He then undertook a series of visits aboard foreign ships and personally presented awards to notable crews amid celebratory notes from the crowd.

Ironchtein Haakon Wasitins

Coronation Medals Awarded to Officers at Palace Reception

The coronation festivities concluded with a grand palace reception attended by all royals in the city. King Taakon presented the Prince of Wales with the grand cross of the Olaf Order.

Taakon Prince of Wales Olaf Order

Epidemic of Death by Own Action in Heat Wave

Cable dispatches from Madrid and London report extreme heat triggering insanity and suicides across Spain and Britain. Hospitals note high suicide cases, with a pattern of hanging by men and drowning by women, attributed to vascular relaxation and lowered cerebral drive during hot weather.

Washington Pont Madrid Spain London

Fear Peasant Agitation Suppressed in Russia

St Petersburg reports government crackdown on peasant league plans. Orders ban commune elections for a convention and direct deputies to be kept from reaching the city. Jewish appeals for protection and Black Hundred propaganda spread. Berlin meeting condemns massacres and calls for restitution to the Russian Parliament.

St Petersburg Peasants' League St. Petersburg Zhitomir Drinsk Zolotomesha Black Hundred Vinayer Ashev Berlin von Liszt H. Danow Moscow Constitutional-Democratic Party Albert Traeger Brutelius

Rescued From Fire Trap In Five Story NYC Tenement

Bert Flemming a 21 year old Baton Rouge man was rescued by firemen after becoming overcome by smoke while reportedly about to leap from a top floor window at 221 Dexington Avenue. The blaze started in the basement and fed through to the fourth and fifth floors, damaging the structure with an estimated 2000 dollars in losses as residents fled to the roof and neighboring building ladders aided several to safety.

Shesial Washington Post New York Dexington Avenue Bert Flemming Baton Rouge Flemming

Moderates Work Coup In Havana City Council

In Havana the Moderates seized a council majority in the mayor’s absence and filled five vacancies, claiming full control. They declare the election pact void and plan to depose Liberal nationalist officials and staff, with similar moves aimed at the mayoralty. Mayor Bonuchea explains he was summoned to a suburban home and found the plan advanced upon his return to city hall.

Havana Jung Bonuchea Mendez Capote

Tribune Opposes Sending Fleet to Cronstadt

London June 2 The Tribune argues against dispatching a British fleet to Cronstadt contending that fraternization with divided Russia risks misunderstandings and that no real entente is possible until Parliament backs a government representing the Russian people. It notes broad Commons support for the move.

London Tribune Russia London the Tribune Cronstadt House of Commons

P B R Cleans House at Board Meeting on Stocks

The Pennsylvania Railroad board will order all employees to sell coal stock held, regardless of purchase method, with dismissal for noncompliance. The sweeping directive may extend to other stocks and aims to end discrimination complaints by shippers, drawing legal criticism.

Washington Post Philadelphia Pennsylvania Railroad Broad Street Station Board of Directors Pennsylvania

Judge saves Negro life in Missouri murder case

Special to The Washington Post Kanene City Missouri June judge Wat ford spared Wallace Cooper a death sentence and sent him to thirty years in state penitentiary after Cooper killed James Taylor in a West Bottoms livery stable. The judge criticized Cooper as a poor ignorant Black man with no friends and no one to plead insanity. Cooper, aged about twenty, expressed thanks as he sat down. Taylor, known as a bad Negro with prior killings, had implicated two men in his career.

Washington Post Kanene City Wofford The Judes Wallace Cooper Watford Cooper James Taylor Ninth and Mulberry Streets West Bottoms Taylor

Chinese Bandits Loot House In Canton Robbery

June 25 report from San Francisco describes Chinese bandits who gagged and tied Dr. A Beattie his wife children and servants at his Canton home. They looted valuables and escaped with plunder as U S monitor Monadnock waited nearby and native police patrolled the streets.

San Francisco Dr. A. Beattie China Shere Canton Dr. Beattis United States Monadnock Dr. Beattie Tila Beatties

Doctor claims Postum eased his coffee harms Vetted physician urges Postum over coffee

A doctor recounts years of coffee use causing heart palpitations until a severe attack led him to switch to Postum. He notes heart symptoms largely disappeared, warns against coffee, and reports advising friends and patients to quit coffee for Postum. The ad promotes Postum Co. Battle Creek and its book The Road to Wellville.

Postum Co Battle Creek Wellville

Whacked Peeping Toms In Bronx Park Night Patrol

New York June 25 Bronx Park rangers inspired with patrols to curb Peeping Toms disturbing lovers along a moonlit path. Detectives, nightsticks drawn, scattering youths fled after a brief pursuit through shrubbery. no arrests made on first pass, but authorities promise jail sentences on a second sweep as Cupid breathes easier.

New York Bronx Park Bronx River Merkel van Benschoten Cupid

Falls from Freight Elevator Killers and Claimed Life

Three men hurt in a New York Engineers Club building elevator accident. McGagh and Ward were jolted from a fifth floor ascent when the car slipped. Ward escaped with minor injuries, McGagh collapsed to the subcellar and died. Joyce, the engineer, suffered internal injuries from a dropped water barrel.

Washington Port New York Engineers’ Club Thirty-ninth Street Thomas McGagh East Eightieth Street New York Hospital Patrick Joyce West Twentyfifth Street Michael Ward Bulleiner Joyce McGagh Ward

Battle at Ohio coal mine wounds guard's wife

Dillonville Ohio June 25 trouble flared in a coal mine area as six guards escorted by company guards were fired on in a ravine near the Bradley mine. One guard is seriously wounded and his wife shot in the shoulder. Sheriff Vorhees summoned as fears of further clashes grow. Foreign workers among the wounded. Earlier strike violence led to troops being sent previously.

Dillonville Ohio United Stated Coal Company Bradley Mine Fred Vorhees Bradley

Woman Gives Up Poison in California Hang Case

Emma Le Dow, convicted of M. M. McVicker’s murder, handed quarter grain morphine tablets to her attorney in the county jail. He passed the poison to the sheriff. She claims the drug kept her awake during her trials. The morphine came from Dr. Dillon of San Francisco. Le Doux, California’s first female condemned to hang, is kept in solitary confinement in San Joaquin County jail.

Epeela Washington Pa Stockton Cal Emma le Dow M. M. McVicker Dr. Dillon San Franccisco Bhe McVicker le Doux California San Joaquig County Jarl

Brother and Sister Drown in Flint Water Lily Boat Mishap

In Flint Michigan on Tarbush Lake June, John Collins twenty three and his sister Slara Collins eleven drowned when a rowboat capsized while gathering water lilies. Mrs Selina Collins nine children and hired man George Crowler were in a second boat. three other Collins were rescued.

Flint Mich John Collins Slara Collins Tarbush Lake Fenton Selina Collins George Crowler Collins

Watchman Burned to Death in Washington Fire

Washington New Jersey June 25 Mant of the Washington Manufacturing Company destroyed by fire. Watchman William Cook was burned to death after being struck by vertigo and dropping his lantern, which set the shop ablaze. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars with 30000 dollars in insurance. Company produced piano tools and piano boxes.

Washington, N. J Washington Manufacturing Company Wiliam Cook

Thaws' Washington ties spark lingering scandal in engagement tale

The Thaw family long known in Washington appears again in society gossip as the engagement of Miss Thaw, Harry Thaw's ward, to the Earl of Yarmouth is recalled. It notes the couple's residence on Lafayette Square and the engagement announced there, with the marriage later taking place in Pittsburgh.

Thaws Washington Lafayette Square Miss. Thaw Harry Thaw Earl of Yarmouth Pittsburg

Stanford White dies in shooting at Madison Square Garden

New York June 25 Stanford White famed architect dies after being shot by Harry Thaw at Madison Square Garden. Born 1863 in New York City he studied public schools private tutors and trained under Gambrill and Richardson. He formed Mead, McKim, Mead & White and designed major buildings including Madison Square Garden and many university projects. His wife was Miss Beame Smith.

Washington Post New York Stanford White Harry Thaw Richard Grant White Aritle New York City White Charles D. Gamibril H. Richardson Trinity Church Boston Europe Charles F. McKim Wiliam R.mead Mead, Mer Kim, Mead & White Henry Villard Race Whitelaw Reid Aseader Great Britain Madison Square Garden Century Metropolitan Club New York University University of Virginia August St. Gaudens Farragut Madison Sttuate Lincoln Chicago Scribner's American Institute of Architects Knickerbocker Wnioc University, and Brookelups Automobile Club of America Metropoltan Club The Century Association Players, Lambs Garden City Golf New York Yacht Clubs University of the City of New York Beame Smith

Thoughtful shooting hoax at Madison Square Garden

At Madison Square Garden the audience initially believed the gunfire in the Stanford White case was a hoax. Harry Thaw staged the drama, Whyte collapsed, a chair and table fell, blood flowed, and two women screamed while others fled or fainted as the curtain fell.

New York Madison Square Roof Garden Stanford White Harry Thaw Whyte Bur Sre

Refused Son's Company Witnesses Father Accident

Special to The Washington Port New York Fame S-Lawrence White, son of Standford White, returned to the house at 121 East Twenty-first street around midnight. Reporters learned his father had an accident at the Madison Square roof. White had come from Harvard last week and had gone with his father to the St James country house on Long Island for the weekend. This morning they left Mrs. White.

Washington Port New York S—Lawrence White Standford White East Twenty-first Street Madison Square Young White Harvard St. James Long Island Mrs. White

Father and son dissociate over Philadelphia business plans

On the way to New York Mr White notes a Philadelphia engagement forcing his presence there tonight. His son Lawrence proposes a dinner and theater outing. They dine at Cafe Martin then drive to the New Amsterdam Theater where Lawrence spends the evening with a friend while his father heads to Philadelphia.

New York Mr White Philadelphia Young White Ward White Town Cafe Martin Lawrence New Amsterdam Root Mr. White New Amsterdam Theater Chum

One Killed In Feud Battle At Thornton Colony

A feud in the Awe trian colony at Thornton AL sparked a hour long street battle ending in Peter Hendricks's death and multiple injuries. John Stienner, a quarry worker, is named as the shooter, Edward Goering possibly fatally hurt during the melee sparked by saloon tensions between Austrian workers and rivals.

Chicago Thornton Peter Hendricks John Stienncr Edward Goering Worths Goening

Yale Glassay Excludes Nondegree Students At Law School

Yale class day events highlight senior receptions and promenade shows at New Haven. Secretary Metcalf spoke on lawyers in national affairs as law honors were awarded. Law faculty propose excluding nondegreed entrants and require two years of college work for admission. Freshman row on Temple Street to be abolished amid Bottle Night disturbances. strict dorm rules follow July 1 1997.

New Haven Conn Yale Law School Victor H. Metcalf Department of Commerce and Labor Petts N. P. Sterme Anniston Nathaniel P Sterne Aniseton Ala Richard H. Hunt Hot Spring High Rink Tale Chittenden Sheffield Scientific School Temple Street

Forest fires threaten Magdalena region near Paso

Fire sweeps lumber tracts near Magdalena Sonora with mining camps destroyed. Paso reports several camps burned as the area remains heavily populated by American miners and the town faces threat.

Magdalena Sonora Paso Tex

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