Dinner to Roosevelt in New York's East Side
President Roosevelt spent two days in New York with receptions and dinners then left at night for Washington. He attended a University Club reception and a dinner hosted by the Hungarian Republican Club at Little Hungary on the East Side, where police and Secret Service maintained tight security. No untoward incident occurred, but strict measures kept crowds behind cordons and limited photography.
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New York
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
University Club
Huungarian Republican Club
Little
Hungary
Hastiouston Street
McAdoo
Hungarian Republican Club
White House
Fire at Breyport House Forces Guest Evacuation
A fire at the Breyport House in Chicago partly destroyed the wire and caused a loss of 8100,000. About 150 guests, mostly from western states, fled the hotel. Three firemen were injured, one severely. Louis W. Well, a New York jewelry salesman, reported $10,000 in jewels missing from his room.
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Chicago
Breyport House
Louis W. Well
New York
Third Squadron To Sail From St Petersburg
Grand Duke Alexis and Vice Admiral Avelina will bid farewell to the third squadron in St Petersburg Wednesday evening before its departure for the far east. The admiralty denied any postponement of the sailing, despite Kiel rumors, and said there was no change in the program.
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St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Alexis
Avelina
Libeau
Far East
Kiel
Admiralty
Two Men Die From Gas in Iowa Rooming House
J P Hampton a Bruymer Mo stockman and O P Barrons a Bruymer Mo restaur ant man were asphyxiated by gas Tuesday in a rooming house here. Ira Hume a stockman of Iron Vowersville Mo was overcome but revived. It is believed they turned on the gas by mistake.
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Ixunsay City
J. P. Hampton
O. P. Barrons
Bruymer
Ira Hume
Iron
Herder Frozen to Death in Montana Frontier
Lewiston Montana report: John White a sheep herder near Utica is found dead from freezing. Warren Draper a Lewiston merchant nearly perished on the Selland to Lewiston road with hands face and feet frostbitten in the cold weather.
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Lewiston
Mont
John White
Utica
Warren Draper
Sendall
Death by Freezing Near Callaway Nebraska
W Gray, 80, living alone on his ranch near Callaway, Neb., was found frozen to death on the prairie while attempting to reach a neighbor’s house. The tragedy underscores harsh winter conditions and rural isolation.
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Nebraska
Callaway
Neb
W. Gray
Deadlock Persists in Missouri Senate Vote
Jefferson City Missouri reports the twenty second ballot of the Missouri legislature failed to break the deadlock in selecting a United States senator. The only change was one ballot for Charles W Clarke of Kansas City cast by Representative Walmsley.
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Jefferson City
United States
Charles W. Clarke
Sansas City
Walmstey
Enormous Loss of Live Stock in Wichita Report
W J Bolton of the Oklahoma Live Stock Association says this year’s stock losses in Wichita will be the greatest since 1886, estimating about 50 000 head lost and signaling severe impact on the livestock industry nationwide.
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Wichita
Kan
W. J Bolton
Oklahoma Live Stock Association
Sioux City Stock Market Quotations Report
Sioux City stock market quotations list scarce figures for Tuesday. Butcher steers trade at 6.50 and 4.85, while Yop huge appears at 4.85, reflecting a narrow price spread in the session.
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Sioux City
Sinux City
Another Wreck Victim Dies in Creston Disaster
Peery injured Sunday afternoon in the No 3 wreck dies, making two victims. Engineer EB. 11. Allen's remains shipped to Lincoln where his family resides.
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Creston
Las
Firenance Oc
Peery
Allen
Lincoln
Underwood Heaches Frista Arrival in City
Commander K. Underwood of the United States navy, two years commandant of the naval station at Tutuila Samoa and civil governor there, arrived here Tuesday with his wife.
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Underwood
Frista
San Francisco
K. Underwood
United States Navy
Tutuila
Samoa
Bia
Won by Flattery Chicago man Hoch tells tale to police
Mrs Emilie Wischer Hoch demanded repayment of money from Johann Hoch after his arrest. Hoch denied love claims, said he targeted older women for money, calling his acts business propositions and denying knowing Slater who alleged Hoch was a Holmes era janitor. Police investigate arsenic link to Marie Welcker Hoch and Hoch’s immigration timeline is questioned.
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Chicago
Emilie Wischer-Hoch
Johann Hoch
Hoch
Shippy
John
Marie Welcker-Hoch
Slattery
George Slater
H. H. Holmes
Slyter
Wolmes
Strange debris floes block City of Panama voyage
The Pacific Mail steamer City of Panama left San Francisco January 21 for the Central American coast and, after days at sea, encountered a mile long debris field of vegetation trunks and animal carcasses. Reported January 28 at 16.58 N 100.29 W the debris was eight to nine feet thick, baffling officers who suspect a volcanic eruption cast the matter into the sea.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Panama
Central American
Acapulco
Identifies the Hammer in Gebhardt Murder Case
In New Ulm Minnesota the state attorneys traced ownership of the hammer used to kill Dr Gebhardt to Dr I Koch. Washerwoman Mrs Andrew Kness testified the hammer hung in Dr Kochs office and later identified the bloody hammer as the same instrument. She saw it after the murder was reported and has not seen it since.
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New Ulm
Minn
Dr. Ikoch
Menacing River Ice Threatens Wheeling Steamboat Fleet
River conditions above and below Wheeling are the most menacing in steamboarting history with a big loss to floating property believed inevitable. Ice field stretches from Black Lilbot tom to below Wheeling, and as it clears with the cold snap it may mow down many towboats and small packets.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Street Car Collision Injures Driver After Dynamite Blast
A Broadway street car carrying seven passengers struck a wagon loaded with dynamite on Saturday. One stick exploded, shattering the front of the car. The wagon driver was injured and one dynamite unit killed in the blast.
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St. Louis
Five in Chicago Burn as Six Story Building Is Destroyed
Five people are reported in Chicago after a Monday night fire destroyed a six story building at 235 180 Clinton Street. The blaze caused an estimated loss of £200000. The adjoining National Biscuit Company plant caught fire several times during the incident.
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Chicago
Clinton Street
National Biscuit Company
Baptist Minister Arrested for Counterfeit Revival
Huntington West Virginia reformer Rev. Washington Hager, a Baptist minister, was arrested during a revival meeting for passing two dollar bills raised to ten. Authorities allege the incident occurred while he conducted the sermon and prayer.
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Huntington
W. Yu
Washington Hager
Train collision kills two engineers near Motine Motive
A southbound double header on the Alibwaukee and St. Paul collided head on with a switch engine at Motine Mondays, killing Engineer William Doolin of Chicago and fatally injuring Engineer Chas. Stapleton of Rock Island. No passengers were hurt.
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Rock Island
Alibwaukee
St. Paul
Motine Mondays
William Doolin
Chiccago
Chas. Stapleton
Historic Church Burned in Marietta Northwest Territory
The first Congregational church built in the northwest territory was destroyed by fire on Monday in Marietta Ohio. The church date back to 1743 and was a landmark in the area.
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Marietta
Northwest Territory
Fire destroys Battle House in Mobile. losses near quarter million
A major blaze Sunday night devastated Mobile Alabama's Battle House hotel and spread to nearby buildings. Estimated losses reach 250000 with half insured. One person killed and several seriously hurt per a Mobile to Atlanta telegraph message. Elevator boys Joseph Parks and Bernard Constantine aided guest evacuations before being injured. Lights failed as fire worsened and power was cut to protect lines.
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Mobile
Ala
Josses
Battle House Aguin
Joseph Parks
Bernard Constantine
Conger
Battle House
William Vizard
Atlanta
Severe cold paralyzes Nebraska railways and stranding trains
Cold widespread across Omaha and western Iowa with sixteen degrees below zero at nine P M. Trains delayed or blocked on trunk lines. Burlington No 42 stuck near Seward for eleven hours with passengers without food before relief. Mail service greatly disrupted as blizzard conditions persist.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Western
Burlington
Seward
Lincoln
Fatal wreck in Mexico kills three and injures many
In Mexico three people were killed and others injured in a collision on the National Railway of Mexico between Carreos and La Ventura. A southbound train crashed into a northbound freight unit, telescoping the second coach used for second and third class passengers. A woman, a child, and a porter were confirmed dead amid debris as trains halted on the central and northern divisions.
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Taredo
Tex
Mexico
Carreos
la Ventura
Santillo
New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail line labor talks
In Hope of Settlement New Haven officials disclosed the committee of NYNH and Hartford Rail directors to meet the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen’s grievance committee. Directors named were J Pierpont Morgan Charles F Brooker Prof J Bush and William Skinner. A meeting with the firemen’s committee was set for 10 o’clock Tuesday at Grand Central station New York.
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New Haven
Grand Central Station
New York
Ladrones Hard Pressed Near Cavite Town Raid
Manila reports that a gang of ladrones who attacked San Francisco de la Dalaben Cavite on January 24 and seized the wife and two children of former Gov Trias is now pressed by a cavalry force under Maj I W Sibley. Mrs Arias and her two children have been released.
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Manila
San Francisco de la Dalaben
Cavite
Trias
I. W. Sibley
Government Upheld in Lisbon Elections Quiet Yet Polarized
In Lisbon Sunday general elections produced a large ministerial majority overall. Republicans won Lisbon City, while monarchist gains in surrounding districts and portions of the capital yield an absolute predominance for monarchists.
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Lisbon
Reward Offered for Murder Suspect in Cutler Mountain Case
Chief of Police Reynolds in Colorado Springs has dispatched 6,000 circulars describing Milton Franklin Andrews and requesting his arrest on a murder charge in the October killing of Mrs. Bess Bouton on Cutler Mountain. A $2,000 reward is offered for Andrews' arrest or conviction.
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Colorade Springs
Colo
Reynolds
Milton Jranklin Andrews
Bessie Bouton
Cutler Mountain
Andrews
Sergius
Czar
Russia
Trepoff
Moscow
Agrand
Fingland
Hberala
Albany Governor Wiggins Commutes Brooklyn Man’s Sentence
Governor Wiggins on Sunday commuted the sentence of Male Ler of Brooklyn who was convicted of grand larceny tied to a dubious scheme. Ler had been sentenced in April 1000 to ten years. the case relates to a questionable Myunklin sysdivetes venture.
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Albany
N. Yo
Wiggins
Wi By. Maleler
Brooklyn
Miller
Watt to Speak at Yale Law School Commencement
New Trayen Conn reports that William H. Watt secretary of war will be the orator at Yale Law School’s annual commencement. Watt is described as a forthcoming speaker for the exercises.
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New Trayen
Conn
William
Watt
Yale Law School
Dane
Japanese capture enemy unit near Uhung Chichina
Yukio reports Japanese forces captured an enemy unit south of Uhung Chichina on Thursday and repelled two Russian infantry companies. Russian artillery continued shelling Oyama's center and left flank since Thursday.
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Yukio
Uhung Chichina
Oyama
Weather and coal famine plagues Hawkeyes towns
In many towns severe weather has created a coal shortage with trains stalled and factories closed. Eldora and Marshalltown report extreme cold with 80 to 82 below, while Sioux City endures an ongoing coal famine delaying industry and home heat. Relief arrives with new coal supplies Tuesday.
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Eldora
Vidora Electric Light Company
Boone
Northwestern Road
Munday
Marshalltown
Webster City
Sioux City
Armour Plant
Cudahy
Winally Armour & Co
Mystic Milling Company
Maims Hypnotic Subject During Neola Performance
George Curran, an amateur hypnotist, was arrested in Council Bluffs on a $300 bond after allegedly maiming a boy at a Neola opera house show. He claimed magnetism and reportedly ran a needle through the boy’s hands and wrists, sewing them together, causing wounds that bled as frightened spectators fled.
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Council Bluffs
Neola
George Curran
Curran
W. B. Witthauer
Vepra
Bitter move as sixth ward is abolished in Marshalltown
In Marshalltown the city council on Monday evening abolished the Sixth ward created a year ago amid bitter citizen opposition. Chaplain Cole of the soldiers' home, living in the ward, spoke in support of the ward's case. The action is seen as a political move to block anti saloon and home protection forces from future control, fueling vows by Sixth ward residents to target the Second and Third wards in elections.
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Marshalltown
Wich
Cole
Soldiers’ Home
Child Narrow Escape In Cherokee Home Fire
The four year old son of Sherman Weyman of Cherokee narrowly escaped death as his father stepped outside for coal. He found the child screaming, tore off the clothes, and the arm was badly burned though no serious injury is expected. In Tort Dodge Traian Allison Fuller, an employee of the Great Western Cereal mill, was struck Friday night by a southbound Mingesporls and St Louis train and thrown twenty feet into a snow bank but escaped with bruises and no broken bones.
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Sherman Weyman
Traian Allison Sfuller
Great Western
Tort Dodge
Mingesporls
St. Louis
Wie
Fire damages Nicoulin home at Algo na
Home of Frank Nicoulin at Algo na damaged by fire Monday. Origin undetermined but suspected overheated furnace pipes caused the blaze. Loss about 2000 dollars, covered by insurance.
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Frank Nicoulin
Algona
Soale
Double Dubuque Tragedy Claims Three Lives
In Dubuque Anton Westmark shot his wife and fatally wounded her before killing himself, a jealous homicide that ends in a double murder suicide. Police report a single, tragic act driven by jealousy and passion.
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Dubuque
Anton Westmark Monlay
Blaze at Cedar Falls Ends Foundry Fire Losses
A Cedar Walls foundry plant at Cedar Falls was destroyed by fire. Owners H C Clay and H J Oldbrick have held ownership since 1867. Over $20,000 in patterns from the Town Gate Company were saved, with heavy insurance reported at $4,000.
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Cedar Walls
H.C. Clay
H. J. Oldbrick
Town Gate Company
President's double sentenced for swindling in Spencer
Robt. 8 Dollard known as the president's double received a two year term at Anamosa after a Spencer swindling case. He is wanted at Sheldon for the same crime.
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Dollard
Spencer
Anamosa
Sheldon
Selection for Fertility Good Seed Gospel Train
A seed corn educational train began a six week tour from Milwaukee with two audience cars led by Toots Holden and others. Over 1,600 listeners in extreme cold attended lectures on kernel selection by part of the ear and seed grading to achieve uniform germination. The party projected possible larger yields, claiming 75 million bushels more could be raised on current acreage. The train then moved toward Omaha stopping at Charter Oak and Stony City as it proceeds west.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Toots
Holden
Dones
Iaide Watthes
Redfield
Linden
Yate
Manning
Kennedy
Dedhian
Manilla
Omaha
Charter Oae
Stony City
Three Locomotives Rescue Lone Passenger Northward
A single passenger traveled the thirteen mile route from Connell Bluffs to McClelland and back after three heavy locomotives worked eighteen hours to haul the train. Snow drifts delayed the trip, forcing a return to Connell Bluffs and requiring two additional engines to salvage the snowbound train.
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Conneil Bluffs
McClelland
Connell Bluffs
Man Attempting Suicide After Tax Payment in Council Bluffs
Philip Wareham a 25 year resident of Council Bluffs attempted to take his life by cutting his throat four times on Wednesday. After paying $200 in taxes he checked into a hotel room before noon and was not seen again that day. His wife alerted police who later found his name on the hotel register and Wareham in a bloodied bed. He was removed to hospital with a chance of recovery.
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Philip Wareham
Council Bluffs
Tie
Wareham
Walter Jeffers Found Frozen to Death in Blizzard
Walter EP Jeffers of Hampton died after driving from Chapin to Hampton during a Thur night blizzard. He reportedly left the wagon to walk when the road was lost and fell into a creek. His body was found Sunday morning by a search party, his team nearly frozen, as temperatures plunged to 22 below with strong winds through the night.
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Walter EP. Jeffers
Hampton
Chapin
Lis
Onawa Fire Dept Eyes Wall Lake Tournament Hope
The Onawa fire department attends the winter Carroll meeting with Chief Henry Harlow. Interest grows in the Maple Valley Firemen's Tournament Association as officers plan a June Wall Lake meet. Onawa aims to compete at Wall Lake and Council Bluffs state tourneys to win prize money amid tight finances.
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Onawa
Carroll
Henry Harlow
Maple Valley Firemen's Tournament Association
Wall Lake
Onawi
Mirage Over Union Reveals Upside-Down Landscape
Citizens in Union witnessed a rare mirage that suspended a large section of the countryside mid air. Tops of houses trees and a frozen river appeared inverted as if the world had flipped, a beautiful yet uncanny sight seldom seen in the region.
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Citizens of Union
Tropics
Union
Revivals Stir Burlington Churches Led by Dr Charles N Severance
Dr Charles N Severance, pastor of Union church in Garden City Kansas, sparked intense religious renewal in Burlington over three weeks. Nearly all city churches joined, with pastors and leading members actively engaging in a series of powerful revival meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles N. Severance
Union Church
Garden City
Kan
Burlington
Two Railroad Men Killed In Rear End Freight Crash
Two railroad workers from Oskaloosa died in a rear end collision of Lown Central freights between New Sharon and Moore Thursday evening. Conductor Kargdell and brakeman Peon were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lown Central
New Sharon
Moore
Kargdell
Peon
Oskaloosa
Atlantic Council Forms Water and Light Plant Consolidation Plan
At a regular Atlantic city council meeting a committee was appointed to draft plans for consolidating the water works with the electric light plant. Both systems are owned by Effy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Water Works
The
Effy
Retired Spencer Farmer Attemps Suicide by Razor
Andrew Hummel a wealthy Spencer retiree about 60 attempted death by self injury Wednesday night while temporarily insane using a razor. He will recover.
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Andrew Hummel
Spencer
Ele
Notable Figures Highlight Early 20th Century Affairs
The article sketches William P. Hepburn as a formidable House committee figure and praises his debating vigor and leadership. It mentions Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Judge Thomas J. Humes, and Rev. T. C. Edwards, noting Holmes’s lineage and career. Other items cover Minister Yermoloff’s liberal stance, Minster Yermolofif, and various brief notes on public figures, editors, and regional achievements.
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