German diplomat's cousin's mother commits suicide at Fort Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kansas March 18 Caroline von dem Bussche, divorced wife of Baron von dem Bussche Hachtenhausen of Berlin, shot herself in the quarters of her son Second Lieutenant Carl Frederick von dem Bussche of the Eighteenth Infantry United States Army. The couple had lived with the son. she had recently undergone nervous breakdown in Denver. Baron von dem Bussche, first secretary of the German Embassy at Washington, is said to be a cousin. No motive given. officers declined to comment.
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Leavenworth, Kans
Carolina von Dem Bussche
Thie
Baron von den Bussche- Hachtenhausen
Berlin
Carl Frederick von Dem Buseche
Eighteenth Infantry
United States Alley
Fort Leavenworth
Lieut von Dem Buseche
Freiherr von Dem Bueache-Haddenhausen
Washington
Fort
van Dem Bussche
Denver
Baron von Dem Bussche
United States
Prussia
Sixth Infantry
von Dem Bussche
Philippines
Huebang
Bradford Accuses Morgan of Conspiracy in Rail Rivalry
J Flerpont Morgan is charged with conspiring to end railroad competition. W A Bradford president of the Columbus Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad will file with Judge Quurton in Nashville. Bradford claims Morgan controlled Pere Marquette and Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton, aiming to dismember lines and injure small stockholders through receivership. Movements of ocean steamers update New York arrivals from Liverpool and Southampton with several ships sailing for New York.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati Ohio
Cinccianat
Hamilton and Dayton
Columbus, Cin- Cinwell
Lowsville
Bradford
J. P. Morgan & Co
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Pere Marquette
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Hamilton and Dayton and the Pere Marquette, Dismember the Great Central
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Dayton
Tere Marquette
J. F. Morgan & Co
Columbus
Cincmnaii
Louisville
Walter B. Horn
Morgan
Morgan Board
Frere Marquette
Cmd
Stamilton
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Erie
Michigan Central
Lake Shore
Monon
Pensylvania
Big Four
Toledo Railway and Terminal Company
Morgan Trunk Ines
Angociates
Revenge Murder Motive in Lancaster Shooting
Clayton Christy aged twenty four shot and killed Frank Meissinger forty seven in Columbia Lancaster County after drinking heavily and claiming Meissinger prejudiced him over Grace Findley. Christy shot at a son who opened the door missed him and mortally wounded Frank Meissinger. police suspect Christy wounded himself accidentally and Christy bore two self inflicted arm wounds.
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Lancaster
Clayton Christy
Frank Meissinger
Columbia
Christy
Meissinger
Grace Findley
Washington Meissinger, & Son
Meisingers
LYNCHING IN LOUISIANA NEAR PLAQUEMINE
In Plaquemine Louisiana last night a mob of about thirty five masked men overpowered two officers and seized William Carr a negro they had arrested for theft. They took him to a railroad bridge and lynched him. Judge Schwing convened the grand jury in extra session to probe the incident. Carr had a long criminal history with prior court appearances but repeatedly escaped conviction.
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Plaquemine
Bayou Plaquemine
Comstable
Walter Marionneaux
W. M. Patureau
William Carr
Carr
Elegant Northampton Impostor Girl Student Arrested for Larceny
A refined young woman posing as a Swarthmore College freshman in Northampton is jailed for wholesale larceny from Swarth Coffee dormitories. She befriended 1,250 students with lavish parties and claimed San ford Maine origins, but used a faux identity Gilmore M Wilson. Police recovered boot and pocketbooks after a visit to her Amherst outing. She reportedly confessed.
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Washington Post
Northampton
Mass
Hampshire County
Swarth
Gilmore M. Wilson
Sanford
Turing
Miss Wilson
Amherst
Smith College
Polter Gilbert
Jeered at by convicts in Pittsburgh prison
Special to The Waxhillston Poet reports Edward G Cunliffe Adams Express messenger who stole 102000 last fall attempted suicide by wrist artery opening. He bled but was found and saved. Fellow inmates mock him and call him a fool, bantering about his failed crime and alleged lack of sense. Ad copy from florists and bank ad text follows.
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Waxhillston
Pittsburg
Edward G. Cunlliffe
Adams Express
Khl
Warning on Orr campaign for proxies at New York Life
Samuel Untermyer charges President Alexander E. Orr and six trustees used at least $69,000 of policy holders money to push proxies. He warns of personal responsibility and outlines mass telegrams and circulars with trustee biographies sent to agents to solicit votes before the April 11 meeting and possible November postponement.
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Samuel Untermyer
Orr
Washington Post
New York
International Policy Holders’ Committee
Alexander E. Orr
The
New York Life
Armstrong Committee
Mutual Company
Orr Bhmself
William B. Hornblower
Darlan P. Kingsley
John Claflin
Woodbury Langdon
George M. Morrison
Claflin
Untermyer
Theix
Sr. Untermyer
Callect
Yaisnit
Cleveland Is Sixty Ninth Birthday Observed Away From Home
Special to The Washington Port Princeton D J March 18 Today Grover Cleveland marked his sixty ninth birthday but stayed away from home. He left for Florida for pleasure and health and will be in the South for about five weeks. He plans hunting and fishing with Prof McClenahan of Princeton who accompanied him on the trip.
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Washington
Princeton
D. J
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Florida
South
Prof. McClenahan
One Term for Trustees Hamilton Would Not Have Them Eligible
Albany March 18 Judge Andrew Hamilton said he would travel to New York and might meet the Fowler committee probing New York Life Insurance. He urged bills from the Armstrong committee to bar trustees from immediate reelection for a year, arguing trustees hold powers akin to sheriffs and could bias votes.
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Hamilton
Albany
N. Y
Andrew Hamilton
New York
Fowler Committee
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Life Trustees
Legislative Committee
Armstrong Committee
Remarkable 17 Year Old Irish Woman Celeb at St Patrick Dinner
Mrs Margaret Kelley of New York claims to be 17 years old, recounting a long life started in Connaught Ireland. At 1789 birth she recalls four children, a late sleeping habit, and deafness with a firm voice and an enduring rule to live by get plenty of sleep and not worry.
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Washington Post
New York
Margaret Kelley
East Fityreighth Street
Third Avenue
Women and Drink Habit Urges Temperance Influence
Dr Madison Peters urges women to lead temperance in society stressing danger to drinkers and the impact on men. He cites public drinking by women, restaurant charges when not drinking, and rising drunkenness among women with 1,04 arrests in New York last year, warning of a troubling future for the republic. Florence Utah March 18 John Gehr shoots John and Tom Gehr after a saloon gathering. Tom possibly fatally wounded. causes unknown. Gebr fled.
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Washington Post
New York
Madison ¢. Peters
Baptist Church of
Republic
Paris
Flovence
Upto
John Gehr
United Mine Workers of America
John Thomas
Tom Thomas
Gebrs
Baltimore Businessman Shoots Self in Home
Prominent Baltimore printer William T. Hanache, forty six, of Hauzche and Co, shot himself at his Atlar street home midnight. The bullet pierced the brain and he lay dying at Johns Hopkins Hospital. His wife and two children were on the lower floor. Howard Hanache said the shooting was accidental. A letter found on the mantel is of unclear contents.
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Baltimore
Washington Post
William T. Hanache
Hauzche & Co
Otd
Fall Street
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Big Brother
Howard Hanache
Hanache
Lake steamer Atlanta burns near Port Washington
Milwaukee March 18 The steamer Atlanta of the Goodrich Line burned north of Port Washington. Port fishermen Smith Bros rescued the 65 aboard after they fled to lifeboats. All but one were saved aboard the Goodrich Line’s Georgia. one man drowned during transfer. Atlanta valued at 150000. boat and cargo total loss. Only two passengers aboard.
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Miwaukee
Wis
Atlanta
Goodrich Line
Port Washington
Smith Bros
Regent
Tessler
Georgia
Goodrich
Poison Cause of Death Tied to Handley Case in Georgia
Fitzgerald Ga March 18 The Statts chemist analysis of Mrs Reason Handleys stomach found strychnine and this is believed to have caused her death Reason Handley is jailed in Irwinton awaiting trial for murder at the forthcoming term of court
Parkhurst on Jo lo Battle and Roosevelt Critique
Dr Parkhurst at Madison Square Presbyterian denounces American policies toward weaker nations and condemns Roosevelt for dispatches on General Wood’s Philippines campaign. He condemns benevolent assimilation and laments the mass killings in the Moro Islands, urging humane policy over national pride.
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Washington
New York
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Dr. Parkhurst
Roosevelt
Weed Uyton
Joho
Dre Parkhurst
Taft
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Moro Islands
Gen. Wood
Arma
Island
Four Accused of Murder in Alarisburg Pa
Robert Epps Matilda Carter Jane Craig and Jane Gates were arrested at their homes charged with the murder of Nathan Williams near Stre ton on March 1 1905. Williams went to the Gates house then walked with Carter. In a secluded spot Epps allegedly shot Williams, robbed him, and moved the body to railroad tracks where an early train severed his legs and he died in hospital.
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Alarisburg
Robert , Epps
Matilda Carter
Jane Craig
Jane Gates
Nathan Willams
Sreeton
Willams
Gates
Carter
Gspot
Eppa
Williams
Snow disaster at Camp Bird mine shocks Ouray region
A mammoth snowslide near Ouray six miles south wrecked the Camp Bird mine complex. William Cressey was killed. others were injured or missing. Property losses run about 400000 dollars. Six men in the library were buried but rescued. Reports of dozens killed are disputed. Communication to Mount Sneffels was cut as roads blocked by snow. Other slides in San Juan San Miguel counties killed five men and damaged property near Green Mountain mill.
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Camp Bird
Thomas F. Walsh
Ouray
Cole
William Cressey
Bird Ming
Mount Sneffels
Smith
Silverton
Camp Bird Boarding House
Camp ‘Bird
Thomas E. Walsh
San Juan
San Miguel
Green Mountain
Chadce
Talluride
Colo
Tio
Telluride
Durango
Ophir
Rio
Kansas City
Kansas and
Missouri Cities
St Patrick Celebration at Immaculate Total Abstinence Union
Representatives from St Stephen and nearby parishes attended a St Patrick birthday event at the Immaculate Total Abstinence Union hall on N street. The program featured speeches on Irish history and temperance, Irish songs, and tributes to Irish women and Father Matthews. The group planned a body attendance for Rev J De Marr’s reception next Sunday night at the church hall with Henry N Hearte as speaker.
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St. Stephen's
St. Paul's
St. Martin's
Immaculate Total Abstinence Union
Church Hall
N Street
Seventh
Eighth Streets
Thomas Maloney
Mather Ambrose Beavans
Wkiney
Ireland
Matthew Molloy
Thomas J. Clark
Carroll Digges
James P. Regan
Daniel Kelly
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
William A. Hickey
Philippine Islands
Jamey P. McGinness
Wiliam H. Flynn
Father Matthews
Storer’s Successor Named for Austrian Ambassadorship
A successor to Bellamy Storer as American Ambassador to Austria-Hungary was chosen with expectations of a smooth Senate nomination. Rumors centered on Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, but indications suggested the appointee would not be an Ohioan. Other names discussed included John G. A. Leishman, David Jayne Hill, and William M. Collier, all ministers slated for possible promotion.
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Bellamy Storer
Ohio
Austria-Hungary
Storer
Taft
Messrs. Foraker
Ick
John G. A. Leishman
Pennsylvania
Turkey
David Jayne Hill
New York
Netherlands
Luxemburg
William M. Collier
Spain
Minister and mayor clash over revival prayers in New Jersey town
In Asbury Park on March 18 Rev John Wesley Sullivan chaplain of the Pennsylvania Senate and pastor in Asbury Park clashed with Manasquan Mayor Hoskins who edits the local paper. The dispute centers on Sullivan singling out the mayor for special prayers and Hoskins denounces the gesture as an insult while predicting a rising controversy as the revival continues.
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Washington
Asbury Perk
N. J
John Wesley Sullivan
Pennsylvania Senate
Asbury Park
Hoskins
Manasquan
Sullivan
Ambitious if High Alfred Marshall Seeks Village Trustee Seat
Mount Vernon New Jersey March 18 ambitious campaigns sweep West Chester County villages. Alfred Marshall the only millionaire candidate eyes Mamaroneck trusteeship while pledging weekly town meetings. North Pelham sees James Reilly the village blacksmith running on Municipal Ownership. Mount Kisco hosts Isaac Turner the Bowery lodging house king backing40,000 sewer bond. Rye presents Julius Alb Cowles unopposed for president as wealthy lawyer and former Columbia coach.
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Washington
Mount Vernon
N. J
West Chester County
Alfred Marshall
Mamaroneck
Mr. Marshall
Commodore Wilson Marshall
Larchmont Yacht Club
Marshall
North Pelham
James Reilly
Reilly
Isaac W. Turner
Mount Kisco
New York
Turner
Bowery
Moung Kisev
Julius Alb. Cowles
Columbia College
Rye
Cearense Still Aground Near Seaside Park
Atlantic City March 18 wrecking tugs failed to move the British steamer Cearense ashore near Seaside Park after Friday. A wind sea raised anxiety while pumps continued removing cargo under federal oversight as passengers await baggage clearance. Officers and crew remain aboard as government officials inspect cargo and arrange onward shipping.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Seaside Park
Cearense
Parker Speech Prompts Southern Preference in 1908 Race
In a North Carolina address Judge Alton B Parker urges Southern dominance in Democratic politics and a favorite son for president in 1908. The piece argues Parker aims to hedge Hearst and Bryan, shaping conventions with Southern delegates while conservative forces watch shifts in support for Hearst and Bryan.
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Dickinson
Dixieland
Alton B. Parker
Judge Parker
North Carolina
Hearst
Bryan
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