Explosion cripples Pier No 7 freight dynamite transfer ruins city
A dynamite transfer from a freight car to a lighter blew near Pier No 7 Communipaw New Jersey. In the ensuing rain seven men were killed seven missing hundreds wounded. Estimates put deaths at thirty two with damage over 750000. Widespread destruction touched Jersey City Manhattan Ellis Island and nearby areas.
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New York
Pier No. 7
Jersey Central
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Ellis Island
Amityville
L. I
New Jersey
Long Branch
Manhattan
Fear attack by rebels near Juarez threatens city
Juarez authorities fortify the town with sandbags and mines around federal barracks and the customs house as insurrectos loom within 100 miles. Soldiers patrol streets day and night while rail traffic to the south remains nearly suspended.
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Juarez
Mex
Hi Paso
Tex
Mexican Central Railway
Plague Deaths Raise Alarm Over Tientsin Hospital
Twenty deaths from the plague at the Chinese hospital in Tientsin fuel suspicion that authorities conceal the true situation to avoid alarming the capital, as an imperial edict bars reports likely to cause alarm.
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Peking
Tientsin
Mt Taal eruption kills 700 in Talisay Philippines
A wartime dispatch reports 700 people dead in the town of Talisay following Mt Taal eruption and related disturbances in the Philippines. The governor of Batangas province cabled the figures to the War Department via Gov Gen Forbes.
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Talisay
Washington, D. C
Mt. Taal
Philippines
Batangas
War Department
Forbes
Philippine Islands
Indianapolis Wins Bid for Mine Workers Convention
Columbus Ohio Indianapolis was chosen as the next year's convention city of the United Mine Workers of America by delegates at the international convention held at Memorial hall. The meeting closed after fourteen days of sessions.
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Indianapolis
Columbus
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
Memorial Hall
Army officer ends life in Crawford Nebraska
First Sergeant Von Dendeale of Troop I light cavalry at Fort Robinson killed himself on Tuesday by shooting. The tragedy occurred in Crawford, Nebraska, detailing the service member’s unit and location.
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Crawford
Neb
von Dendeale
Troop I
Light Cavalry
Fort Robinson
Sioux City Live Stock Quotes Wednesday Prices
Sioux City Iowa market quotations list top beeves at 6.50 and top hogs at 7.40 for Wednesday.
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Sioux City
Prairie fire devastates oil fields in Washington county
A prairie fire in Washington county Oklahoma has caused over $100,000 in damage to oil and farm property. The blaze sweeps across the Caney river area with oil waste burning along a two mile stretch.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Washington County
Caney River
Train Hits Auto in St Joseph Killing Cooper and Wounding Six
A Chicago Great Western motor car struck an automobile near St Joseph Missouri, killing Edna Cooper and injuring five others, four believed fatally. The victims were six young people riding together when the collision occurred.
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St. Joseph
Edna Cooper
Chicago Great Western
Week's News Epitome Personal Recaps McKinley Era
Taft recalls McKinley pleas for reciprocity at a Washington banquet. Senate hints at Lorimer seat contest. Manuel’s pension pends. Carrie Nation in rapid decline. clergyman Reed dies. Reinhart, ex-railman, dies at 59. Eddy buried at Mount Auburn. Canal Record notes Panama navigation. Ohio flood grave. smallpox quarantines at Leavenworth. King George advisers seek libel action. first NY blind graduate. Colorado marriage bill aims for health checks. Bank robbery ends in death. Duluth murder verdict. US Supreme Court halts boycott case. Pueblo bandit wounded. Navy secretary asked to resign. Alaska border relief fund sought. Valley Forge memorial urged. Patterson sells Rocky Mountain News. Tchin Pomil found dead. Peru-Ecuador frontier hostilities flare. Canadian train collision near Meltford.
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N. Y
Taft
Ohio Society
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Frazier
Tennessee
Senate
Lorimer
Manuel
Carrie Nation
Joseph W. Reinhart
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
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Panama Canal
Lowe
James McCafferty
New York Police Force
David Graham Phillips
Fitzhugh C. Goldsborough
St. George's Episcopal Church
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Mary Baker Q. Eddy
Christian Science
Halcyon Lake
Mount Auburn
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Maas
United States
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Mitchell
Morrison
Ohio River Valley
Eilen H. Richards
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Winnemucca
Negr
Feather River Canyon
New York
National Military Soldiers’ Home
Leavenworth
Kan
Cooke
London
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Prince of Wales
William Schenck
Bayside
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Gustave Postler
Saratoga
Algor Johnson
Charles Melodrowski
Harry Chessmore
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Bucks Stove and Range Company
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Supreme Court of the United States
al Bentley
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Colo
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Meyer
Admiral Barry
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Rhode Island
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Patent Office
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Charlies J. Barth
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Thomas M. Patterson
Rocky Mountain News of
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Granite City
Tchin Pomil
Russia
St. Petersburg
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Chaoras
Ecuador
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National Corn exposition opens in Columbus Ohio
The National Corn exposition opened in Columbus with unmatched agricultural displays and a program of addresses and papers by eminent men. In West Virginia the Democratic and Republican senate members settled their rift and agreed to unite for a new U S Senate election to fill the vacancies from Senator Scotts term and Senator Hikins death. Archbishop Ryan, a renowned Roman Catholic prelate, is dying in Philadelphia from heart failure. Louis D Brandeis will defend Hampton and Moffett in an $850000 Nebl suit brought by Standard Oil. Lawrence C Phipps married Margaret Rogers in Denver. Stephen W Glazer and Roberta Buist de Janon honeymoon in Los Angeles. J A D McCurdy aborted flight near Cuba after running out of oil. he was rescued uninjured. The tariff board Lili bill passed the national house 186 to 93, Democrats opposing most amendments. A tidal wave near Manila killed 300 Filipinos and destroyed villages following Mount Taal eruptions.
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West Virginia Senate
United States
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Hikins
Archbishop Ryan
America
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Louis D. Brandeis
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Benjamin Hampton
Cleveland Moffett
Standard Oil Company
Lawrence C. Phipps
Denver
Margaret Rogers
Platt Rogers
Stephen W. Glazer
Roberta Buist de Janon
National House
Taft
Mount Taal
Manila
Angus Cattle Breeders Meet in Des Moines Dates Set
The Iowa State Aberdeen Angu s Breeders association will hold its annual meeting in Des Moines on February 8 and 9 at the Kirkwood hotel. A notable program includes addresses by Mayor Hanna Indianola Silas Igo and T A Stevenson plus talks by H J Hess M H Donahoe and James Atkinson among others with general discussion after each subject. Senator Lafayette Young spoke at the Manchester farmers institute praising good roads and Iowa agricultural progress and noting future farm value growth and new markets aided by the Panama Canal.
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Jas. Atkinson
Des Moines
Kirkwood Hotel
Silas Igo
Indianola
J. M. Graham
Young
Manchester
Delaware County
Farmers’ Institute
United States
Lafayette Young
C. A. Swindell
Ryan
Guy D. Ribble
F. D. Joseph
J. R. Inman
M. F. le Roy
Senator Young
Iowa
South
Central America
Mississippi Valley
Gets Verdict For Damages In Liscomb Train Crash
Marshalltown Iowa story reports George Powers of Liscomb awarded 2000 in Hardin county district court for injuries after being struck by an Iowa Central train at a public crossing. Council Bluffs tale notes coal gas near suffocation threat as Herman Lund and family escape. Cedar Rapids obituary notes A M Rollins prominent Odd Fellow dies after workday return.
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Marshalltown
George Powers
Liscomb
Iowa Central
Hardin County District Court
Council Bluffs
Herman Lund
Cedar Rapids
A. MM. Rollins
Iowa
Hog Storm Kills 15 Hogs and Damages Barn
A freak electrical storm killed 15 hogs owned by John Katzenberger and partially demolished his barn. Windows were blown out but the barn did not burn, with the damage fully insured.
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Hopeville
John Katzenberger
Aged Pioneer Dead in Iowa City
Frank Cole aged 65 a pioneer carriage maker died in Iowa City after living there over a half century He is survived by four sons and three daughters.
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Iowa City
Frank Cole
Sle
Officers for Poultry Show in Sioux City
The Interstate Poultry and Pet Stock Show association elected officers for the year with A G Pearson as president T A Rose as vice president L G Wertz as secretary and treasurer all of Sioux City. H N Brothers named superintendent for Iowa with others covering South Dakota Nebraska Minnesota and the show will be in Sioux City next year opening January 14. The show has been a financial success.
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Poultry Show
Sioux City
Interstate Poultry and Pet Stock Show Association
A. G. Pearson
T. A. Rose
L. G. Wertz
Iowa
H. N. Brothers
Fox City
South Dakota
H. P. Larson
Beresford
Nebraska
Alex Mitchell
Coleridge
Minnesota
C. W. Ellison
Minneapolis
James Pridie
R. J. Barrett
G. F. Statter
E. P. Hunt
Declared Dead Comes to Life in Bluff Creek Township
Albia Mrs. Benj Anderson was pronounced dead but revived at her Bluff Creek home after her son EH Anderson received word of her death and found her alive. Relatives gathered as she opened her eyes and smiled, doctors later predicting recovery after hours of effort.
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Albia
Benj. Anderson
Bluff Creek Township
Anderson
Mittlestadt Wins State Butter Honors at Ames Contest
W E Mittlestadt, termaker for a Cooperative Creamery in Manchester, captured first honors in Ames four months educational contest under State Agricultural College. His score reached 945 percent. Earlier he won first honors and a medal at the Iowa State Dairy convention in Waterloo, and his butter ranked third at the National Buttermakers convention in Chicago last November.
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Manchester
W. E. Mittlestadt
State Agricultural College
Ames
Mittlestadt
Waterloo
Chicago
Boost New Industries in Sioux City Letter Demands Tax Freedom
The Sioux City Commercial Club directs Woodbury legislators to pass a law removing all taxes on infant and new industrial organizations. In Oskaloosa President J P Whit of District 13 United Mine Workers announces John Owens of Beacon and W I Don little of Des Moines as representatives from Oskaloosa to press for miners friendly legislation at the general assembly.
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Sioux City
Oskaloosa
J. P
Whit
United Mine Workers
John Owens
Beacon
W. I. Donlittle
Des Moines
General Assembly
Mutual Telephone Company Plans New Exchange in Marshalltown
The Merchants Mechanics and Farmers' Telephone company announces formation to oppose the Bell line. It will start building a new exchange and offices about March 1 and install an automatic plant with a $100,000 investment.
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Bell Company
Marshalltown
Merchants, Mechanics and Farmers’ Telephone Company
Bell Line
Bank Examiner Quits In Forest City
Forest City bank examiner John Olson resigns his post and is rumored to seek the national bank examiner job to replace W. P. Jones who has resigned.
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Bank Examiner
Forest City
John Olson
State Bank Examiner
National Bank Examiner
W. P. Jones
Former Treasurer Sued Over County Funds in Lake City
Calhoun county board of supervisors has instituted proceedings against former County Treasurer T. W. McCray of Rockwell City and his official bond to recover about $900 alleged due to the county.
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Lake City
Calhoun County Board of Supervisors
T. W. McCray
Rockwell City
Keokuk Man Stricken at Work at Water Power Dam
Daniel Monlich aged 30 and a native of Bosnia collapsed while working with the construction force of the water power dam in Keokuk. He died of heart disease on the scene.
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Keokuk
Daniel Monlich
Bosnia
Des Moines Iowa House Mulls Preferential Voting Change
A bill by Rep Lund of Hamilton proposes first and second choice voting for most state offices and Congress. If no candidate wins a first choice majority, the least-voted candidate is dropped and second choices tallied until a winner emerges. Some lawmakers call the scheme too complex. a Colorado style three-choice plan may be adopted if needed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lund
Hamilton County
United States
Congress
House
Colorado
Senate Appropriation Bill Aims for State Institutions
Des Moines reports Senator Mattes introduces a bill for 1 033 600 dollars to support care and improvement of state institutions under the board of control. Disbursements cover Soldiers Home Davenport Orphans Home College for the Blind Glenwood School for Feeble Minded Children Oakdale Tuberculosis Asylum and several hospitals and reformatories. A separate request seeks 200 000 dollars to build an epilepsy hospital.
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Mattes
Senate Appropriations Committee
Board of Control
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Davenport
College For the Blind
Vinton
School For
Council Bluffs
Glenwood
Oakdale
Eldora
Mitchell- van
State Hospital
Mount Pleas
Asylum For Insane
Clarinda
Independence
State
Cherokee
Knoxville
Fort Madison
Reformatory
Anamosa
State Board of Control
Bank Guarantee Fund Aims to Shield Iowa Depositors
Des Moines reports a new bill establishes a depositor guarantee fund to protect bank customers if insolvency occurs. A 1 percent levy on state daily deposits finances the fund. new banks pay 3 percent of start-up capital. National banks may opt in, while noncompliant banks risk closure. The auditor can levy assessments to replenish the fund and remove dishonest officers. The measure also outlines wind-up procedures after insolvency and certification for compliant banks. The bill also covers various state legislative actions including senate votes on U S senator, clerks salaries, and pensions for teachers, with other topics on commerce counsel and holiday designations.
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Iowa
Banking Institutia
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