Review of a Week's Events Across Nations
Executives of the Marshall Field estate in Chicago agree to a 1 million dollar settlement of back tax claims. A Marion Illinois city marshal fatally shot Ambrose Grogan and Frank Blake on a street. A Wabash Continental limited derailment near Delhi Ontario caused no major injuries. Cahokia Illinois placed in receivership due to tangled finances. Various other international, national, and local incidents follow, including political shifts in Portugal and multiple fatal and nonfatal events across the U.S. and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Field
Chicago
William Abney
Marion
Ambrose Grogan
Frank Blake
Wabash
Delhi
Ont
Cahokia
Illinois
Count Hadik
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Vienna
Charles M. Carroll
Howe Avenue Congregational
Cleveland
Anti-Saloon League
Pittsburg
Fredonia
Sir James Laing & Son
Sunderland
Deptford
John W. Oliver
Yonkers Statesman
Yonkers
N. Y
Isaac Oliver
Sons of Temperance
L. C. Hutchins
Fort Worth
Tex
Detroit
Mich
John Gehringer
Ida
Pansy Brockway
Peoria
Ill
Elvin Newby
Valley View
Western Illinois Hospital For the Insane
Watertown
William M. Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Memphis
Tenn
Heath & Milligan Manufacturing Company
St. Petersburg
Weaver
Birmingham
Ala
Diamond Trust
W. D. Boyce
Ottawa
J. F. Scott
A. M. Herring
Wright Bros
Dayton
Cleo Walton
San Francisco
Lanesville
Still River
Housatonic River Valley
Brookfield
New Milford
Conn
Roosevelt
Charles A. Stillings
Willam 5
Rossiter
Government Printing Office
Congress
Fort McCall's near miss and county news in Iowa
Fort McCall son of C J McCall narrowly escaped death while coasting on Coal Valley hill. The bob broke, throwing him and crushing his shoulder. Several other injuries occurred as Decatur men Flick Campbell and Willard Cherrington were hurt unloading poultry when a switchbacked train struck them. Local deaths include O P Staley Jr on a fall from a building. The report covers horse shipments from Lacona, embezzlement case in Middletown, youth suicides, a runaway convict, revival inspired restitution, and assorted rural incidents across Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort McCall
C. J. McCall
Marion Township
Boone
Coal Valley Hill
Bob
Young McCall
Flick Campbell
Willard Cherrington
Decatur
Leon
Campbell
Cherrington
O. P. Staley, Jr
Creston
Lacona
Iowa
Warren County
Belah F. Wilson
Middletown
Fort Madison
Wilson
Presbyterian Church
Manford Hellingsworth
Euston
Bol- Ynger
Davenport
Leonard Chapman
Chapman
Anamosa
Mississippi River
Illinois
Liberty
Plerssn
Sooney
Porter
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
William Patton
George Collins
Pottawattamie County
Patten
Collins
William Patten
Thomas Collins
Coline
Patton
Pottawattamie
Yarrison
Missouri
William Minal
West Grove
Minal
Fallingtealth
Mason City
Ed Sisk
Ottumwa
Milwaukee
Gault
Chillicothe
Chicago Great Western
New Hampton
James Davis
Frank
Jesse Flower
Marshalltown
Frank Haddock
Haddock
Charles Haddock
Marietta
Flower
J. A. de Armand
Madridh
Joe Wright
Dallas
Wright
Williams
Scandia
Madrid
George Richards
Spencer
Richards
North Grove Street
Cherokee
Dick Larkin
Larkin
Nat Randall
Devon
Stacyville
George High
Olin
High
Floyd County Grand Jury
Carl Ajleman
Arthur
Maurice Eland
Northwestern
Wall
John Weber
Frank Dwyer
House Naval Panel Rejects Four Battleships Plan
In Washington on February 11 the House committee on naval affairs voted 13 to 5 with one absent to reject the president’s urging to authorize four battleships at 38.9 million dollars. A separate provision authorized two Delaware type battleships at 9.5 million each within the navy bill. Hobson of Alabama urged a minority report for four ships and warned of three years before completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Congress
Lilly
Connecticut
Thomas
Ohio
Meyer
Louisiana
Talbott
Maryland
Hobson
Alabama
Foss
Navy
House
Senate
Mavy Department
Peryl Harbor
Honolulu
Burnham introduces rural parcels post bill in Congress
Senator Burnham of New Hampshire proposed a rural delivery parcels post to serve over 15 million daily users on more than 38 000 rural routes. The measure, backed by the president and Postmaster General Meyer, sets special rates for merchandise including foodstuffs and dry goods with a 5 cent first pound and 2 cent each additional pound, plus scaled rates for under one pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Burnham
New Hampshire
United States
Meyer
Riots at Lisbon Cathedral for royal interment
In Lisbon on February 11 thousands gathered outside the cathedral to view the coffins of King Carlos and Crown Prince Luiz Philippe. Police and gendarmes struggled as crowds forced entry amid the final rites for the murdered royal family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Carlos
Luiz Phillippe
Letiz
Amputation Carried Out in Street After Streetcar Crash
In Chicago on February 11 Dr. L C H E Zeigler performed an emergency leg amputation on John Harrison after a streetcar struck him at Wabash avenue and Sixteenth street. Because of critical condition the operation was done in the street with both legs removed below the knee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
L. C. H. E. Zeigler
John Harrison
Wabash Avenue
Sixteenth Street
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Admiral Do Amaral
Franco
Manuel
Portugal
Spain
Oporto
Luiz
Bordeaux
Haddox
West Virginia
Battle Creek
Charles W. Morse
Queenstown
Albert West
Edward Williams
Lake Charles
West
Harriet Baird Huey
Philadelphia
Daughters of the American Revolution
Wagner
Storm Lake
S. A. Moody
St. Louis
Richmond
San Diego
Cal
Webster Grove
Bay County
Focal
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Port Hood
Franklin L. Greenleaf
Minneapolis
John Williams
Wilhelm Williams
Sioux City
Cc. N. Bell
Minnesota
St. Paul
Franklinville
W. Milbrath
Erie
Daniel Thomas
Phoebe Taylor
Hills Tower
Tallmadge
Treasury
New York City
Albert Harrison Mixer
University of Rochester
Rochester
James Hargis
Kentucky Democratic Executive Committee
Breathitt County
Jackson
Beach Hargis
Adams
H. C. Lawrence
Felix Jobes
Dorado
Ark
Andrew Bradshaw
George F. Goddard
Louis Auklam
Menasha
Wias
C. W. Johnstons
Boston
Golden Gate
Manzanillo
Stillings
Caid
Harry MacLean
Morocco
Tangier
Raisuli
Stimson
Albert B. Boardman
Liverpool
Robert Mitchell
Oakgrove
Copenhagen Freeholders’ Bank
Woburn
Mass
Western Maryland
Gorman
W. Va
Sir Birrell Barnes
London
Countess of Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Earl of
Yarmouth
Samuel Floyd Angus
Detroit American League Baseball Club
Jack Long
Newberry
Florida
Elias Sapp
Democratic State Committee
Indianapolis
American Museum of Safety Devices and Industrial Hygiene
Ernest Douglas
Baltimore
Henrico Douglas Scotti
Alvah H. Martin
Portsmouth
Republican National Committee
George E. Bowden
Alshuler
Racine
Wis
Elizabeth Stevens
Haverhill
Viscount Aoki
Washington
Japan
Gustav Walstedt
Chiccago
Grippe
Senhor Franco
Paris
O. O. Howard
United Fruit Company
Anselm
Spanish Honduras
Ice Combine
Consolidated Steamship Company
America
Fifth Avenue
Charles A. Hanna
National Bank Examiner
National Bank of North America
Morse
Toledo
Mary Sherry
Brockton
George D. Wise
Virginia
Brotherhood Welfare Association
P. H. Hough
Beardstown
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Peter 8. Grosscup
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
James B. Kaye
Oak Park
Peora
Iowwanews
Delaware
Senator Burnham
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