Taft to Remain Philippines Civil Governor Indefinitely
A Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt has decided Taft will stay as civil governor of the Philippines after cabinet discussions and a letter offering him a Supreme Court seat. Protests arose from Philippine interests, but Taft suggested remaining to satisfy Americans, Filipinos, and world observers. Secretary Root met with the president to discuss the solution.
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Washington Sweetal
Taft
Philippines
Luke H. Wright
Gov. Taft
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Supreme Beach
Goy
Supreme Justiceship
Gov
Root
Staft
Fight In Progress In Morocco As Pretender Followers Advance
A Madrid dispatch reports fighting between the sultan of Morocco’s troops and the pretender’s forces. The pretender’s followers are said to be gaining on imperial troops as Mex inhabitants rise against the sultan. Rabat fears an immediate attack while Tangier orders cattle seizure and dispatch of reinforcements.
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Madrid
Globe
Morocco
Mex
Rabat
Tangiers
Divine Favors Sunday Ball Debate on Moral Grounds
A splintered exchange unfolds over Sunday baseball with supporters arguing moral safeguards and public welfare. The piece traces advocates urging restraint while acknowledging broader questions about religion and recreation shaping the national game’s future.
Girl Robbed on Train Lost Three Thousand in Money Orders
Miss Emma Briggs, a cashier for W. Simon & Co. of Neenah, Wis., was robbed on a train between Oshkosh and Neenah of drafts, money orders, and other papers totaling about $3,000. The envelope containing the drafts was in a chatelaine bag snapped from her belt. she has no idea who committed the robbery.
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Neenah
Wis
Emma Briggs, Cishler
W. Simon ‘& Co
Oshkosh
Santa Fe Labor Trouble Signals Pay Increase Talks
A Topeka dispatch reports Santa Fe grievance committees of conductors and brakemen in session were informed by General Manager Mudge that Third Vice President Kendrick would meet next week to discuss a wage increase. Coal thieves freed in Toledo and a grand jury probes a Toledo con men combine driving high prices.
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Santa Fe
Topeka
Kan
Santa Se
Mudge
Kendricks
Chenge
Toledo
Miners urged to boost coal output amid famine
President Mitchell of United Mine Workers issues circular to anthracite locals urging cooperation with mine management to increase coal production. He calls for meetings to devise ways to raise daily output and meet fuel demand as prices strain the public. Signed by President Mitchell and district presidents.
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Mitchell
Philadelphia
United Mine Workers
Anc
Ponr
Fatal trolley collision in Pittsburg kills one and injures four
A Liberty Avenue streetcar stood at the Humewood end of Liberty Avenue when a Franktown Avenue car rolled down the grade and crashed into it. Policeman John Kaldy died from crushed legs, and four others including W. Lamerick Mrs Laura Chapman Dr A F B Morris and Lewis Lowe were badly injured with serious head and shoulder cuts and limb injuries.
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Pittsburg
Liberty Avenue
Maxwells
Humewood
A. F. B. Morris
Huoth
Lewis Lowe
Big Wind in Georgia Damages Ber and Worth Counties
Savannah dispatch reports a severe wind storm Sunday causing extensive damage in Berrien and Worth Counties in southern Georgia. In Omega Worth County the hotel was blown down, many houses unroofed, and a 100 yard wide swath through the town uprooted trees. Heartsease and Tifton also suffered heavy damage with fears of greater unseen losses.
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Rien
Worth
Savannah
Dispatch
Berrien
Omega
Worth County
Heartsease
Tifton
Two Die in Fire at 64 East Fifty First Street
Mrs Florine Henry wife of Phillip S Henry a wealthy coffee merchant and daughter of the late banker Leonard Echohs perished in a blaze. Firefighters found her clay red body in the second floor bedroom after extinguishing the flames.
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A. New York
Mra
Florine Henry
Phillip S. Henry
Leonard Echohs
East Fifty
Severe Cold and Snow Hit Britain Across Regions
A London dispatch reports a sharp return to severe cold after mild spells with gales and heavy snow in England and Scotland. Trains are stranded in snowdrifts, locomotives derailed, and passengers endure prolonged waits as floods cause damage in Ireland.
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England
Scotland
London Dispatch
Great Britain
Ireland
Fatal Train Collision Kills Fireman in Wyoming
A Larame Wyoming dispatch reports two Union Pacific freight trains collided near Harper's station Sunday morning. Fireman Sealill of Cheyenne died, Brakeman H. C. Weicke of Laramie was fatally injured, and Engineer J. D. Liver of Cheyenne suffered serious injuries.
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Larame
Wyo
Union Pacific
Harper's Station
Sealill
Cheyenne
H. C. Weicke
Laramie
J. D. Liver
Fears for Alfonso The Madrid assassination scare unfolds
A man fired at the royal party in Madrid as Queen Maria Christina and the Dowager Queen rode home from church. The shot missed all, the assassin was seized by civil guards and taken to police. He claimed not to target the king but the grand chamberlain Duke of Sotomayor, saying his wife jailed him in a lunatic asylum. He is 34, and the interior minister notified authorities the attempt was aimed at the chamberlain.
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Madrid
Ting Alfonzo
Maria Christina
Areit
Weite
Duke of Sotomayor
Ronosevelt
Wdtward
Germany
High Court of Justice of
Mexico
Feito
Spain
Misery in New York Homes of the Poor
A New York dispatch reports severe hardship on the east side amid cold weather and a coal shortage. Merchants cite rising coal prices from 10 to 14 cents per pail as available supplies shrink. Charity workers at 127 Christie Street are fielding numerous distress complaints from young women.
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New York Dispatch
Tower East Side
Christie Street
Multistate Cold Snap and Local Tragedy Reported
A Palmyra Wisconsin woman hanged herself after killing her two children Arthur eight and Clarence five in a grim act. Across the nation a cold wave covers two large regions with subfreezing temps north of the Ohio River and snow delaying rail travel. Steel town Steelton, Pennsylvania closes its steel works for fuel shortages. Kansas reports heavy winter snow causing train delays. Three women attempt robberies in Denver and shoot a waiter. no serious injuries. A New York leather belting firm burns, displacing about a thousand workers. Mazatlan faces a persistent plague with forty three patients at the lazaretto and more cases among recuperating patients.
Fire Destroys Plant at Battle Creek
A.Battle Creek Mich special reports the Commercial Travelers and Warmers National Food Co plant burned Saturday. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars with 18000 dollars insured. Firefighters battled flames through the day. No injuries reported.
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Battle Creek
A.battle Creek, Mich
National Food Company
Sheldon High School Fire Brings Built Rebuild Plans
The Sheldon High School in Iowa burned around 10 am Monday killing no one as 125000 insurance stood on the building. Pupils and teachers exited safely under orderly guidance while the cause remained unknown though a furnace room partition fire is suspected. The three story brick school sat on a grand square at the town’s highest point and will be rebuilt with minimal delay using local halls and church spaces to continue classes. Adoption of self-government in Ida Grove schools provoked board conflict and Superintendent Ex TM Sheppard’s resignation amid warnings from the board against the plan.
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Sheldon
Sheldon High School
Iowa
Benneenly Guo
Marc Mout
Sheldor
Nui
Ida Grove
Sheppard
Iowa City riot charges dropped for six sophomores
A faculty inquiry at the University of Iowa reduced charges against six of eight sophomore suspects in last fall’s freshman riot. Three were excused due to lack of convincing evidence. Other regional items report Engineer Kelly killed on the Burlington fast mail, a strike at Lehigh mines, a damaging Spirit Lake storm, and Des Moines wind damage.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Maelhan
College of Liberal Arts
Burlington
BE. Kelly
Burlington Fast Mail
Webster Guy
Lehigh Teines
Smallpox Outbreak Reported Across Madison County
Smallpox breaks out in many parts of Madison County with cases in nearly every town. Quarantine rules are neglected. Beyington reports several cases. All patients are mild and no deaths have occurred. Sanborn council approves cement sidewalk ordinance requiring sidewalls.
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Madison County
Comey
Beyington
Sanborn
Erades
Two Men Die In Mapleton Acetylene Plant Explosion
Mapleton report says a Thursday afternoon acetylene gas plant explosion wrecked the building, killing John Matthews and Chas Bradfield and injuring several others. Matthews, 40, and Bradfield, 40, worked on the site. the blast rattled the town, shattered hotel glass, and hurled Matthews from the roof of the gas tank. The plant was owned by W. S. Warfield Jr Frank Kiel and Gard Mahoney of Sioux City. installed last summer.
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Mapleton
Pines
John Matthews
Chas
Bradfield
Matthews
Beadfield
Hix
Finch
Nady
W. 5
Warfield
Frank Kiel
Gard Mahoney
Sioux City
NW Iowa Windstorm Causes Widespread Damage
A fierce windstorm swept northwestern Iowa on Tuesday. Sioux City reported winds at 72 miles an hour at 10 oclock, knocking down telegraph and telephone lines, shattering plate glass windows, darkening electric lights, and blowing down street signs, making streets hazardous and news from nearby towns hard to obtain.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Chester Lodge Burglar Ties Social Round In Cedar Rapids
Chester Lodge nephew of Senator Lodge, once prominent socially in Cedar Rapids, was convicted of burglary in Milwaukee Thursday and sentenced to eighteen months in the house of correction. He held a lavish champagne supper months ago with his young male acquaintances and was considered to live on a high plane. His parents are described as well to do and respected citizens.
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Cedar Rapids
Chestodge
Senator Lodge
Milwaukee
House of Correction
Utd
Farmer killed by a tree while cutting its top
A Coday Rapids special saga reports Francis Noah a farmer from Central City was crushed Thursday afternoon when the top of a tree fell onto nearby trees and struck him on the left side breaking ribs. He died after an hour of agony.
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Coday Rapids
Francis Noah
Central City
Imek
Brent
Chicago clergymen discuss the coal famine
Chicago clergymen from Sinai Temple Stewart Avenue Universalist Church and Styl Reform Episcopal Church addressed the coal famine's causes and effects in sermons. They blamed policy, capital, labor, and price gouging, urging justice and social responsibility while noting disputes over Pennsylvania coal strike outcomes.
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Wmil G. Hireeh
Sinai Teaple
Everly
Iiewic
Ain Rey
R. A. White
Stewart Avenue
Samuel Fallows
Styl Reformed Episcopal Church
Pennnsylvania
Railroads and pensions shape global network news
Reports detail American railroads employing over a million workers and over 15 billion dollars invested. Plans disclose a Nome to Council City narrow gauge line in Alaska, pension schemes for San Antonio and Aransas Paso employees, and Santa Fe expansion from Guthrie through El Paso to Cement and Texas. A France venture plans a 40 person train carriage service.
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Alaska
Nome
Council City
San Antonio
Aransas Paso
Santa Fe
Guthrie
el Paso
Cement
Texas
Faris
Pekin
St. Petersburg
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Omaha
Missouri River
Chicago
Harriman
Southern Faelsie
France
Bt. T Louis, EY
Reno and Western Railway Company
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Rock Talend
Lawton
Waurika
Bulawayd
Salisbury
Gwelo
Cape Town
Beira
Africa
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Sun Leather and Suddiery Company
Ferguson Steam Heating Appliances
Qouberts Portable Oven Company
Christy Engraving Company
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Burns
South Haven
Mich
Colonial Hotel
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New York
Palmyra
Amelia Poller
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Clarence
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Gulf of Meco
Weather Bureau
Big Steel Works
Harrisburg, Pa
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Kansas
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Fairweather & Laden
Mazatlan
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Charles Satin
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