Girl shot in North Capitol murder attempt ends in hospital
Willie Mothershead, 21, a servant, claims the victim courted another and confronted him at the rival's home before firing. Charles A. Davis, 23, a clerk, was wounded with five bullets and remained unconscious at Freedmen's Hospital. Mothershead is held on assault with a dangerous weapon. Davis is said to be son of a mill owner.
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Rival
Davis
Freedmen’s Hospital
Ira Wille Mothershead
Joan Connell
Twelfth Street
Charles A. da
Bathore
Ohio
Freedman
House of Detention
Devla
Databa
Davia
Millville
Milk bottle incident at the opera house headline
Edward Briscoe witnessed a milk bottle mishap at the Werrosvitan Opera House leaning over a balcony. A bystander screamed and toppled a load of trees nearby. The New York Hospital treated a scale wound potentially linked to the event. An art collection at Sloan's Galleries will be auctioned Thursday and Friday.
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York
Mar
Edward Briscoe
Baer
West Fertlerh
Werrosvitan Opera House
Owen
New York Hospital
la Place
Sloan's
Senator Whyte III Ill at Home in Maryland
United States Senator William Pinkney Whyte lies ill at his Baltimore home with erysipelas and bladder disorder. Though not critical, his age of eighty two worsens, after falling ill in Washington on Thursday. Whyte, appointed to fill the late Arthur Gorman’s unexpired term, has long served in Maryland politics and held many offices.
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Maryland
Baltimore
United States
Willam Pinkney Whyte
Benatur Whyte
Washington
Senate
Arthur P. Gorman
Gorman
Edwin Warfield
Aldrich Faces Delay as Vote on Currency Bill Fades
Senator Aldrich missed a Friday vote date after a barber trip and will push for a Wednesday decision on the currency bill. Senate opposition centers on the railroad bond feature and reserve provisions with Western Republicans wary while Democrats like Jonathan Martin Teller Hangrade and Owen may back the measure. Tillman to speak today on finance inquiry into New York banks and Forlette plans a three day floor given to discuss railroad valuation and pending amendments.
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Aldrich
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Masure
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Teller
Hangread
Owen
Committee On Finance
New York
Ta Forlette
Wisconsin
Weddings Amid Death Gloom In New York
Fannie Podalsky daughter of Eli Podalsky and Abraham Skrdkrowite were to marry at the bride’s home. Mrs Sehrinel Podalsky grandmother of the bride died of heart disease from wedding excitement. Rabbi Klinemann instructed the couple to marry only with minimal guests. They shifted to Clinton Hall where the ceremony and festivities proceeded with limited attendance.
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Dughter
Eli Podalsky
East Fourth Street
Abraham Skrdkrowite
Madison Street
Sehrinel Podalsky
Loc
Jett
Tome
Suffolk
Klinemann
Clinton ‘Tall
Clinton Tall
Battle Ship Meets Test
Philadelphia reports the DRetLe Mississippi arrived from Guantanamo after a machinery test then will be cocked at League Island for final outfitting taking about a month. Boston notes the Birmingham scout cruiser completed trials exceeding requirements with speeds around 12.28 knots and a four hour endurance average near 24.32 knots.
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Mississippi
Guantanamo
League Island Navyard
Boston
Birmingham
Water Power Reform Threatens Monopolies Across Rivers
Aalt Water Trust Valt Riches For Public Law to Control Use of Streams for Developing Power. President Roosevelt weighs regulation to curb monopolies in water rights, with proposed charges for dam power and aims to fund inland waterway improvements. The piece argues a national policy to prevent perpetual grants and to ensure compensation to the public while expanding river navigation and power.
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Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Gifford Pinchot
Forest Service of
United States
The
Inland Waterways Commission
Pinchot
Chief of Engineers
Secretary of War
Forestry Service
Roosevelt
Students Duel Ends With Cane Combat at Technics High School
Fifteen minutes of cane fighting outside Lissa Posen is described as the newest student duel. Two antagonists stripped to the waist, ring marked by seconds, and a clash that left both opponents battered. The event reflects a debate in university circles over replacing deadly weapons with nonlethal measures for honor disputes. Emperor Francis Joseph remains confined by illness in Schoenberg castle. cabinet resignation accepted by King Haakon of Christiania. Union Trust Co. deposits plans noted.
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Posen
Mar
Technics High School
Tnarly
Orchard Invites Death as Idaho Court Sets Hearing
Boise March 15 On the morning of his forty second birthday Harry Orchard who killed former Gov Frank Steunenberg with a bomb will face Judge Fremont Wood prepared to hear the death sentence He refused to plead guilty to lesser murder or not guilty and proclaimed I am guilty and ready to take my punishment He says he understands the consequences and seeks to die, refusing to publish statements and spending time with the Bible and religious works.
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Boise
Idaho
District Court
Canyon County
Harry Orchard
Frank Steunenberg
Fremont Wood
Orchard
Orchhard
Night Riders threaten Central Kentucky tobacco crop
A Lexington tobacco grower predicts no tobacco will be grown in Central Kentucky this season as two growers pull their plant beds and quit. George L. Grandy, whose barn was burned Friday, says he will plant only if guards can be hired to escort the crop to market, but fears few will undertake such a risk under the Haulty Society ultimatum. Rewards for night riders remain uncollected.
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Washington Post
Lexington
Kentucky
George L. Grandy
Haulty Society
Lightning Strikes Church in Greenwich Connecticut
Special to The Washington Post Greenwich Conn March 15 A thunderstorm toppled a cornice from St Marys Roman Catholic Church throwing it into the middle of Greenwich Avenue about 100 feet away Rev Richard Morrisey parish curate stood on the veranda of the parish house nearby and was temporarily blinded by the flash yet he officiated at vespers hours later A second elm in front of the Brush House hotel was split from top to root A tree in front of the News building was also split by a bolt
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Greenwich
Conn
Mar
St. Mary's
Greenwich Avenue
Richard Morrisey
Brush House
China Yields To Japan and Resigns Viceroy Over Tatsu Maru
Special cables report China agreeing to release the steamer Tatsu Maru and salute Japan’s flag while punishing those responsible. China will buy seized munitions to prevent revolutionaries from obtaining them. Britain may aid China with railways, and 50 million yen worth of U.S. orders support a Dalny railroad project. Canton meeting shows strong indignation as the Canton viceroy resigns over the seizure amid naval movement rumors.
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Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs
China
Japan
Claude Macdonald
Great Britain
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Dalny Electric
United States
America
Hongkong
Canton
Wanted His Slayer's Wife Sparks Colorado Case
Special to The Washington Port Colorado Springs Colo March 15 Sam Barkwell a desperado who tried to kill Deputy Sheriff John Scofield was fatally shot by the deputy. Barkwell hoped to kill the husband and marry Mrs Scofield. A search of Barkwell's effects uncovered a photograph of the woman and many letters from her to Barkwell. Scofield knew nothing of this and had never quarreled with Barkwell who was a prisoner in the county jail when Mrs Scofield was matron. Barkwell had a long criminal record in other states and is alleged to have deserted his wife in Kansas City before coming to Colorado.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Sam Barkwell
John Scofield
Scofield
Barkwell
Cavalry to Clear Ranch Near Texas Border
A squadron of Mexican regular army cavalry was sent to La Mula ranch in Chihuahua near the Texas border to quell native resistance to dispossession by an American syndicate led by James R. Keene and William R. Hearst. Keene and Hearst, recent buyers, have been prospecting for oil and report several good wells. The ranch spans about 200,000 acres and has long housed squatters and their forefathers.
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Sigantle Trust
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Mexico City
Mer
la Mula Ranch
Texas
Chihuahua
James R. Keene
William R. Hearst
New York
Messrs
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Hearst
Lone bandit robs mail train near Spokane and escapes
A lone bandit boarded the Great Northern Oriental Limited at Bonners Ferry and robbed the mail car before sunrise. He bound two clerks, took registered mail, then jumped off two miles east of Spokane. The theft was not fully tallied until the train reached Spokane five hours later.
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Mar
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Great Northern Railway
Bonners Ferry
Thaho
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Junction
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Kans
Anair Lease
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Qchelata
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Cresx Benk
Union Farms Plan to Open Stores in Chicago
A plan by the International Equity Exchange of the Farmers Union to open Chicago stores selling Union farm products was outlined after a meeting between Secretary Tubbs and John Fitzpatrick. Stock at 14 dollars with 10 percent dividend and customer rebates is proposed, with stores run by prior proprietors as managers. Existing St Louis stores and a 240 West Randolph location are noted, plus a Chicago central warehouse and direct farmer shipments. Baltimore and Ohio offers two through trains to Chicago with dining cars.
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Washington P
International Equity Exchange
Farmers’ Union
Carrie
Tubbs
Equity Exchange
St. Louis
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
West Randolph Street
The
Exchange
Japan Mulls Leasing Railroads To Private Syndicate
Tokyo reports Japan facing railway finance stress and considering leasing its national rail lines to a private syndicate for a set period. European financiers may fund improvements while government revenue comes from profits, as Tokyo seeks to ease burdens without expanding military spending.
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Mikado
Japan
Europe
America
Three Drownings During Gale Near Bridgeport
Special to The Washington Post Bridgeport Conn March 13 three men Peter Lacroix fifty two widower and resident of Bea View avenue Bridgeport his sixteen year old son Wilfred and Andrew Ellison of Bridgeport were drowned while on a fishing trip near the mouth of the Housatoni River in Stratford three miles from the city late this afternoon. The triple tragedy was attributed to a gate accompanying the first thunder shower of the year J H Small and Sons Florists Washington and New York
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Conn
Peter Lacroix
Bea View Avenue
Wilfred
Andrew Ellison
A'So
Housatonie River
Stratford
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