Valencia Wreck Off Cape Beale Claims Dozens
A Pacific coast disaster reports the Valencia wrecked ten miles east of Cape Beale in thick fog. About 125 passengers and crew remain aboard facing likely death while rescue attempts proceed. Survivors recount drownings and a mother dropping her child as a deck scene unfolds. a few escapees reach shore as others cling to the cliff. The Queen sails from Victoria to assist, while the Orion and Carmanah aid from nearby waters amid gale conditions and heavy seas. The Valencia, an iron screw steamship built in 1887, has a noted wartime transport history with the United States.
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Victoria
B. C
Valencia
Cape Beale
Queen
Carmanah
Orion
Secherl
Vancouver Island
Pacific
Bby Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia
Spain
United States
Philippines
Jilted miner shoots lovers then kills self in Boise
Henry Neubaumer a miner from Alaska shot and mortally wounded Ollie Powell Lafayette Gray and Mrs. Robert Gray and Lillian Gray as they left the Gray home in Boise Idaho. He then killed himself with a revolver to avoid arrest. Powell had eloped with Gray the night before their wedding.
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Boise City
Idaho
Henry Neubaumer
Ollie’ Powell
Lafayette Gray
Robert Gray
Lillian Gray
Gray
Ollie Powell
Neubaumer
Pekin Viceroy Threatens Decapitation Over Tax Plan
Reports from Pekin warn that the viceroy’s tax scheme to fund the Canton Han kow railway may trigger serious trouble. The Merchants' Guild pledges retaliation, and leaders face possible decapitation. Three Chinese gunboats have been summoned from Shanghai.
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Pekin
Canton-Hankow
Shanghai
Rockefeller Gift to University of Chicago Set at 1.45 Million
In a special University of Chicago board meeting, John D. Rockefeller announced a gift of 1.45 million dollars. Of this, 106000 will establish a fund whose interest will go to the widow of President W. Harper for life. Sioux City live stock market quotations listed butcher steers from 3.40 to 5.15 and top hogs at 5.42.
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Ol! King
University of Chicago’ Board of Trustees
John D. Rockefeller
University
W. 2. Harper
Sioux City
Sioux Citys
Famine Threatens Millions in Japan Amid Rice Shortage
Report warns nearly 3,000,000 people in Japan face starvation due to rice crop failure and lack of agricultural workers during wartime. The text notes men are away fighting in the Russo-Japanese conflict, intensifying the food emergency.
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Japan
Russia
Brig. Gen. Wheeler Stricken By Pneumonia
A New York special reports Brig. Gen. Wheeler of the United States Army retired has a mild pneumonia attack announced Tuesday. The notice names the general and notes his illness without further details.
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Wheeler
New York
Gen. Wheeler
United States Army
Big Sleet Storm Paralyzes Chicago Transit and Wires
A major sleet storm cut Chicago off from the world for hours. Telephones and telegraph lines were crippled, rail and streetcar traffic delayed, and eastbound communication largely halted. South Chicago steel mills struggled to operate as departments closed.
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Chicago
Aurora One
Chicago Electric Line
Werther Bureau
Indianapoli
Held for Alien Fraud in Smuggling Syrian Immigrants
George M. Attlas, a Syrian, is under arrest in Cleveland charged with fraudulent use of naturalization papers. He is likely to be moved to Philadelphia for trial after United States District Attorney Thompson announced that Syrians who landed here claimed to be naturalized and showed old papers obtained in a Liverpool boarding house Attias once ran.
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George M. Attlas
Cleveland
Philadelphia
United States
Thompson
Attias
Liverpool
Omaha murder suspects moved to Lincoln penitentiary
Four men J O Hezrn Ray Nelson Leo Angus and Joe Warren faced coroner verdicts charging them with the murder of Nels Lausten a saloonkeeper killed during a robbery in Omaha last Saturday. Threats of lynching had been whispered earlier in the evening prompting Sheriff McDonald to transfer them to the penitentiary in Lincoln to ensure safety.
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Omaha
Lincoln
J. O'Hezrn
Ray Nelson
Leo Angus
Joe Warren
Nels Lausten
Second coroner's inquest indicts Van Wycks in Colo. murder
The second coroner's inquest into Gerritje Haast's death at her Ouray ranch concluded Sunday night. It ordered the arrest of G. J. Van Wyck and his wife on complicity charges in the murder of the girl. Mrs. Van Wyck is Gerritje's sister and Gerritje had insured her life for the Van Wycks.
Baby weighs one pound in Lander Wyoming tale
A Lander Wyoming special reports Bill Bybee weighs exactly one pound at nearly two days old. His head measures two inches in diameter. He stands seven inches tall and lives with Mrs Charles Bybee.
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Lander
Wyo
Bill Bybee
Bill
Charles ‘Bybee
Egg Speculators Hit By Warm Weather Drop in Prices
Chicago egg dealers with large storage stocks face a loss near 1 million dollars as warm weather lowers prices from 17 to 20 cents a dozen stored eggs to about 11 cents.
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Chicago
Sinking of AquidabaneTurret Ship Near Rio de Janeiro
A Brazilian turret ship Aquidabane has sunk at Port Jacarepaguá south of Rio de Janeiro after an onboard explosion. Reports say 300 crewmen perished and only one officer survived.
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Port Jacarepugus
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Sioux City Livestock Market Quotations Lead Monday Trade
Sioux City live stock market quotations show butchers steers at 2.75 to 5.00, Yop logy at 1.35, and top lambs at 7,380 dollars in a brisk Monday session.
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Sioux City
Death in Fire at Philadelphia Church Tragedy
Eighteen Black worshippers died and nearly twenty were injured in a stampede after a woman cried Fire at St. Pauls Baptist Church on Highth Street Philadelphia. The panic occurred during a late Sunday service as a baptism was about to start.
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Philadelphia
St. Paul’s Baptist Church
Highth Street
Poplar Street
Girard Avenue
I W. Johnson
Big Baltimore Chrome Works Fire Destroys Plant Power Loss
A major blaze at Chrome Works in Baltimore caused extensive damage Sunday night, destroying about half the plant spanning a city block. Officials estimate losses around 450000 with stock and shipments ruined. fire brought under control by 2:30. Separate report notes a five story Pencoyd Iron Works building in Philadelphia burned, with patterns and machinery lost and damage estimated near twenty thousand.
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Baltimore
Mad
Pencoyd Iron Works
Philadelphia
Robbers Escape With 4000 In Dale Bank Raid
Robbers wrecked the Safe of the Bank of Dale on Sunday morning and fled townsfolk say with about 4000 dollars. The bandits had earlier begun work in the bank basement and tunneled eleven feet through rock to reach the vaults. A separate attempted raid on Merchants National Bank in Topeka was discovered Sunday, with the thieves lapsing on Saturday night after failing to breach the safe.
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Dale
Bank of Dale
Oklahoma City
Oklo
Merchants National Bank
Topeka
Kan
Busch plans $3 million river tunnel for rail link
A statement from August Busch of St Louis outlines a plan for the Manufacturers' railway to build a $3,000,000 tunnel under the Mississippi River. The tunnel would connect the Illinois and Missouri terminals of the railroad controlled by the Anheuser Busch Brewing Association.
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August Busch
St. Louis
Manufacturers’ Railway
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
Mississippi River
Illinois
Missouri
Suburban Trains Collide In Chicago Morning Crash
Nine people were injured and an unidentified woman killed when two Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad suburban trains collided in Chicago on Monday morning. Steam from a switch engine covered the track, hindering the ahead train’s engineer from seeing the other train.
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Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
Chicago
Snowslide Rescue Effort In Colorado Town
A Sunday snowslide in Lake City Colorado swept Harry Yemans and Fred Davidson into Nelle Gulch. Yemans dug himself free and organized a rescue party to save Davidson who remained buried beneath the avalanche.
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Lake City
Colo
Harry Yemans
Fred Davidson
Nelle Gulch
Davidson
Young New Mexico Governor Hagerman Inaugurated at 34
Werbert James Hagerman, inaugurated governor of New Mexico on Monday at age thirty four, ranks among the youngest U.S. governors. Born in Milwaukee in 1871, he steps into the office with notable early achievements and political promise.
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Werbert James Hagerman
New Mexico
United States
MiLwrukee
North Dakota Town Burns
A large fire destroyed the business portion of Lansford a town about twenty miles northwest of Minot North Dakota on Saturday leaving substantial losses to local merchants and workers with property damage reported by officials.
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North Dakota
Lansford
Minot
N. Y
No Verdict in Pratt Case Stirs Iowa Jury Deadlock
Rockwell City report shows jurors could not reach a verdict in the Pratt murder trial as ten favored acquittal and two for conviction. Judge Church discharged the jury after praise for their conduct. Mrs. Pratt appeared calm as she left the courtroom, with county officials leaning toward dismissal of the case.
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Pratt
Tory
Rockwell City
W. C. Gunnthuer
EB. A. Griffith
State of
Iowa
Ex Governor William Larrabee Honored by Iowa Assembly
Ex governor William Larrabee received a 74th birthday salute under Iowa Assembly auspices. Guests included state leaders as flags and emblems adorned the chamber. Larrabee urged national policy clarity, praised the state, and urged creation of a tuberculosis hospital while expressing pride in Iowa.
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William Larrabee
Ioiva
House Chaiber
Larrabee
Iowa
Strange pair of crooks nabbed on Northwestern train
A Negro man named William Kellogg and a Jewish woman Miss Toby Boswit were arrested by the Marshalltown sheriff on a Northwestern train. Police found hundreds of dollars in diamonds on the woman believed stolen in Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs officers later took them to that city. The pair are linked to a sensational wedding in Council Bluffs attended entirely by Black guests. The girl, about 17, is from Omaha and enamored with the man.
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Marshalltown
Council Bluffs
William Kellogg
Toby Boswit
Omaha
Druggists Secure Permits for Liquor Sales
After a bitter controversy that split the town into factions, John Legel and A B C Dodd of Charles City have been granted permits to sell liquor. Ministers and temperance representatives waged a fierce fight against the permits.
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John Legel
A. B. C. Dodd
Charles City
Saloon Settlement Over Death of Drunken Driver
Mrs Asa Jones received a large settlement from Duncombe saloonkeepers who sold her husband liquor after he fell from his buggy and froze to death by the roadside. The amount is not disclosed but understood near ten thousand dollars.
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Asa Jones
Duncombe
Bull Stampedes Iowa Town in Davenport Attack
Hunting big game with explosive bullets is the latest craze in Davenport as a bull broke from Kohrs packing plant and tramped across the city. A sharp shot at fifty yards felled the raging animal despite efforts to capture it. Two section men killed when a southbound Rock Island freight hit a handcar north of Independence in fog. Philip Leyden killed, John Canfield dying, Joseph Leyden and Fred Yong badly hurt. Also legal notices: BIL Wise arrested for selling liquor in a Lincoln Township tent, likely arraigned Jan 25. Silas Yates sentenced to eight years for stabbing restaurant keeper John Barhyte at Tabor.
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Iowa
Davenport
Kohrs
Rock Island
Independence
Philip Leyden
John Canfield
Joseph Leyden
Fred Yong
Bil Wise
Onawa
Lincoln Township
Mononah County
Silag Yates
Sidney
John Barhyte
Tabor
Yates
Barhyte
Miner Samuel Matthews Missing in Des Moines
Samuel Matthews a miner of Des Moines has been missing from his home at 920 Fourteenth Street for a week his wife reports fearing foul play He carried 480 dollars John Chatterton a Northwestern switchman was killed after being crushed between two cars in the Clinton yards at Cline ton
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Miner
Samuel Matthews
Fourteenth Street
Des Moines
Clinton
John Chatterton
Northwestern
Clinetone
Fire Destroyed Kramer Dry Goods and Poustin Store at McGregor
A blaze at McGregor gutted the Kramer dry goods and Poustin Store at 12:30 night. Losses totaled about 45,000 with 30,000 to 23,000 insured. Bergman Bros. owned building with 12,400 loss and 8,000 insurance. County attorney Geske reports 1,500 loss to his office and library. Fire history notes previous fire in same block. Origin of the latest fire remains unknown.
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Kramer
McGrek Tire
Kramer Dry Goods
McGregor
Abbie
M. X. Geske
Attorny
Bergman Bros
Th Briging
Davenport Academy Receives $7000 Bequest Promise
W C Putnam's will opened in Davenport specifies the Davenport Academy of Sciences as the main beneficiary with an estate of 700000. Provisions include limited incomes to relatives, remainder to the academy, and eventual transfer of the entire estate after the surviving siblings' deaths. Art collections and fibers from the donor are left to the academy with plans for a fireproof building to house them.
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Academy of Sciences
Davenort
W. C. Putnam
Davenport
Davenport Academy of Sciences
Inam
Academy
Threat to Kill AUbke: Simmonses Attack Overseer McLean
Jerry and Rebecca Simmons threatened to kill John McLean, overseer of the county farm, claiming a misunderstanding. City Marshal Black intervened to prevent violence as the couple, previously receiving aid, refused county help and claimed they were joking. They were taken to the justice's court and released on promise to go to the poor farm.
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Jerry
Rebecca Simmons
John MccLean
Fairfield
John McLeang
Black
McLean
Rimmons
Justice’s Court
Tey
Prisoner Escape Plot Disrupted at Council Bluffs Jail
Arrests foul plan by Pat Crowe companion Arthur Levi and associate Carl Vroman to break prisoners out by widening floor bars. Jailer F M Galuip thwarted second attempt. bar gap found at same exit point as first. Local legal actions and insanity ruling also noted amid a stream of civic notices and farm meeting dates.
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Pat Crowe
N Hishy
Council Bluffs
F. M. Galuip
Arthur Levi
Carl Vroman
Algo
Isthmian Canal Debate and Post Office Expansion Upheld
Reports show President Roosevelt defending administration plans on Isthmian Canal construction and related federal oversight. Officials address delays and charges of inefficiency while noting extensive post office network and staffing. proposals include improved canal access and interstate commerce actions.
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Panto
Oklahoma Bank
Barttiss
Blaze
Was -Aubke
Jage ‘Thornell
Remont Benjamin
City Rails
Benjamin
Frank Keen
Wrol Ils
Clinton County
Clinton Caty
Clim
Farris
Roosevelt
Congress
Isthmian Catt Slon
H Bs
Sivass
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bank
Treasury
Meredith
Aun
Coin Ag Incorporacions
Jones St
Washington
Ginger
Stevens
A. G. Smit
Fong
Kaput
Spala
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