Split Colorado Senate Faces Dual Legislature After House Races
Denver reports two organized senates and a divided House after elections to seat Democrats. Republicans gain on joint ballot, while police guard chambers. Both chambers remain in session overnight amid continued contests and possible further expulsions.
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Denver
Arapahoe
Senate
Elections Committee
Haggett
W. H. Adams
House
Justice Gabbert
Supreme Court
Millions of dead fish wash ashore after explosion
In Nanaimo British Columbia on January 19 a powder blast at Departure Bay caused a two foot deep fish tide along two miles of shore. The disaster risks creating a serious problem as herring begin to arrive in quantity. In Walla Walla the Whitman college debating team defeated the University of Oregon on a labor capital tribunal topic with Whitman on the negative.
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Naniamo
B. C
Departure Bay
Walla Walla
Whitman College
University of Oregon
Whitman
National Live Stock Convention Adjourns in Kansas City
The National Live Stock convention adjourned in Kansas City. It was decided just before adjournment to hold the next convention at Portland, Oregon.
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Kansas City
Portland, Or
Editor Gonzalez Shot Dead After Wounding
Columbia report states Editor Gonzalez died at 1 o'clock after being shot last Thursday by Lieutenant Governor Tilman. The fatal wound ended a brief, violent incident involving state officials.
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Columbia
Gonzalez
Tilman
New Spokane Area Rail Line eyed to aid Douglas county farmers
State Auditor Atkinson and A W Frater report negotiations for a new standard gauge railroad from Orondo to Waterville in Douglas county to help market next year's crop. Estimated cost about 500000 dollars, total length thirty miles. Plan includes two 30 mile branches into Waterville country next year backed by Eastern supporters.
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Spokane
Atkinson
A. W. Frater
Douglas County
Orondo
Waterville
Great Northern
Messrs
Frater
Eastern Friends
Four Die in Morrisey Hotel Fire in Montana
A Morrisey Montana hotel fire killed four men and left four more missing. The Pioneer Hotel in Morrisey burned after a lamp overturned in the barroom. Most guests escaped in night clothes. the duties of fire protection were lacking. Remaining bodies were found but not identified. Insurance on Johns loss was 2500 with a 4000 loss reported. The town has no telegraph service.
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Spokane
Spokesman-Review
Jennings
Montana
Morrisey
B. C
Pioneer Hotel
A. Johnson
Johnson
Plague Tolls Rise in Mazatlan as Sanitation Fights Spread
In Mazatlan Mexico 107 deaths from the plague since January 1 are reported with seven on the 15th. A young worker’s mother dies at the family home and inspectors seize the corpse while the man is placed under observation. His wife and sister vanish, one later found dead, the other missing, and the young man is said to be insane.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
Department of Observation
Lazaretto
Panther Shells Fort San Carlos at Lake Maracaibo
German cruiser Panther fired on Fort San Carlos at the entrance to Lake Maracaibo for one hour. The fort, 22 miles from Maracaibo, returned fire with four guns and reported three wounded. Panther withdrew toward Curacao amid popular demonstrations.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
Panther
Fort San Carlos
Lake Maracaibo
Curacao
Associated Press
Bello
Cuarcao
Forty-Five Coal Dealers Indicted in Illinois and Indiana Conspiracy
True bills returned against coal dealers and retailers for conspiring to illegal trade in public necessity. Indictments target both corporations and individuals in Illinois and Indiana. Bail set at $1500 per defendant.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Mrs Welch robs Gem gambling den after husband’s losses
In Gem Ida ho a Mrs Welch seized a gambling house with a loaded revolver after her Coeur d Alene miner husband confessed losing his wages at the table. She demanded the money be returned, received it amid cheers, and warned the proprietor not to let him gamble again.
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Spokane
Welch
Gem
Idaho
Taps Rich Timber with Port Angeles Railroad Start
In Port Angeles on January 16, the first spike for the Port Angeles Pacific railroad was driven at 12 12 p.m. by James Stewart with Mrs. Lewis, mayor’s wife, in attendance. Contractor Martell begins laying rails toward the Quillayute river, aiming for Lake Crescent by June first and a link to the Northern Pacific Grays Harbor branch.
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Port Angeles
Port Angeles Pacific Railroad
Lewis
James Stewart
Smith
St Louis Liner Sighted Near Nantucket Amid Gale
Reports from New York say the American liner St Louis en route from Southampton was sighted off Nantucket lightship at 6 40 p m moving slowly. Signals to South Shore lightship were unintelligible due to a heavy gale. The ship then arrived at her pier after a slow thirteen day trip from Cherbourg.
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New York
St. Louis
Southampton
Nantucket
South Shore
Cherbourg
National Livestock Man to Build Independent Packing Houses
President Springer says a beef merger will trigger a livestock convention in Chelago St Louis or Kansas City to plan twenty independent packing houses. He reports $25,000,000 is to be subscribed to fund the move to combat the meat monopoly.
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Kansas City
Springer
Chelago
St. Louis
County to investigate unused desk space in auditor's office
County commissioners plan an inquiry into four abstract companies renting desks in the auditor's office without paying rent. The move aims to clarify occupancy and financial arrangements affecting county overhead.
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Seattle
Charges Filed Against Ralph Izzard Smuggling Probe
Washington January 19 Commissioner General Sargent of the immigration bureau has filed charges against Ralph Izzard a Chinese inspector in Brooklyn New York. Izzard is accused of conspiring with others to smuggle Chinese into the United States. Constantinople January 19 in line with the sultans sanction a Russian torpedo boat destroyer passed the Dardanelles January 13 bound for Sebastopol. The censor halted all messages on the matter.
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Washington
Sargent
Imigration Bureau
Ralph Izzard
Brooklyn
N.Y
Izzard
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Sebastopol
Empress urged to resign as reform first step
A Peking dispatch reports the censor's office memorialized the dowager empress to resign in favor of the emperor as the initial move in reform. A separate item from Washington notes the senate commerce committee favorably reports bills for a Nome life saving station and a medical corps in the navy.
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London
Peking
Washington
Jan
Senate Committee On Commerce
Nome
Navy
Burglars Loot Minneapolis Residence for Coal
Burglars ransacked Mrs. Adelaide Andersons Minneapolis home and carried away 400 pounds of anthracite coal in sacks. Jewelry and plate were left untouched.
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Minneapolis
Adelaide Anderson
Spooner Re-elected Unanimously by Republican Caucus
Madison Wisconsin January 16 United States Senator John C Spooner won unanimous endorsement for another term as the caucus selected him for re election in a joint Republican meeting.
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Madison, Wis
United States
John C. Spooner
Sanitary Head of Siam Twenty Six Handles Bangkok Health
Edwin P Osgood, 26, American sanitary engineer in Bangkok, directs work for King Chula longkorn. Secured with backing of John D. Long, he governs sanitation and his recommendations are routinely adopted amid courtesies from the royal family.
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Edwin P Osgood
Washington
Chulalongkorn
Bangsak
John D. Long
Osgood
Bangkok
Mr. Osgood
Texas
H. B. Osgood
Santiago
W. T D. Osgood
Cuba
Henry
Health Department of
Manila
Advertising as a tool to revive sluggish stocks and business
The piece argues that advertising requires steady investment to yield dividends and warns against deceptive ads. It compares ads to tools that must be effective and well crafted. It stresses that merchants should maintain visible signage and keep ads in their local papers to continually remind the public of their business and support community enterprise.
Coachmen in White and a Runaway Shoe Case
Report from the New York Times describes a scene where a master’s house boy Tom steals shoes and receives a whipping from a driver in attendance. The exchange includes a harsh dismissal by the master and a vengeful threat, illustrating harsh discipline and social dynamics.
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Tom
New York Times
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