Sunset Limited Held Up and Robbed Near Red Light
Robbers overpowered the Sunset Limited crew between Pacorobies and Ron Arde after a red light signal. They forced entry to the express and mail cars, looting bags and possibly the safe from the 200 pound express car safe. San Francisco police pursue the bandits as Wells Fargo officials withhold full details.
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Bnitnas
Cal
Jun
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Pacorobies
Ron Arde
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sunset Limited
Fandiis
San Euis Obispo
Wells, Fargo & Co
T. Sullivan
Tornado Through Texas Hits Austin University Building
A severe storm swept the southern states with a tornado force in Texas. At Austin the new women’s building of the Texas University was unroofed causing several thousand dollars in damage. Telegraphed lines were disrupted and reports say elsewhere damage occurred though no injuries were reported.
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Austin
Memphisa
Peny
Dan
Mississippi Valley
Texas
The
Texas University
Plant Widow Weds Robert Graves in Fifth Avenue Home
New York January 23 Robert Graves wed Mrs Marguerite J Plant widow of Henry B Plant owner of Southern railroad steamship and land holdings The ceremony at the Plant residence drew only relatives The groom rich heir to a wallpaper fortune Inheritance provisions and dower rights were discussed and plans for undivided estate were upset by a citizenship ruling The will provisions failed and the estate was divided under New York law
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New York
Robert Graves
Marguerite J. Plant
Henry B. Plant
Southern Railroad
Fifth Avenue
Pioneer Wall Paper
Plant
Enfira
Morton Ff. Plant
Platt
Ar. Plant
Connecticut
Ile
Thale
Dominican Republic Seeks Protectorate From United States
The Dominican foreign affairs roloister, with a delegate, left Santo Domingo for Washington to seek a protectorate. General Jimenez forces bombarded the capital, refugees and deputies arriving by French steamer from Port-au-Prince. A San Juan dispatch noted a Morales government delegate heading to Washington for recognition and an exequateur for its New York consul general, with no mention of a protectorate.
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Dominican Republic
St. Thomas
Danish West Indies
Santo Dormingo
Washington
United States
Jiminex
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
San Juan
Miners Die in Colorado Cave-in at Midway Mine
Walsenburg Colorado January 23 report confirms a fatal cave-in at the Midway coal mine near Rouge twelve miles from town. Word arrived today detailing the incident with no further details on casualties or rescue efforts.
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Midway
Blair Estate Insurance and Funeral Report
James L. Blair of St Louis carried life policies totaling about 1 194 million The New York Life Insurance Company issued up to 200000 in Blair policies while Mutual Life placed 200000 Blair owed creditors including Dick Bros Co of Philadelphia and B G Graham Blair’s brother in law and broker James Campbell received the country home Airdrie for 50000 Blair family expects Mrs Blair to receive around 500000 from the policies despite assignments and lawsuits by the Mutual Life Insurance company regarding death by own action Blair's body returns to St Louis with Mrs Blair and son Percy for his funeral and burial arrangements in New York residential plans for Mrs Blair after the funeral are noted
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James L. Blair
St. Louis
James L. Bialy
Blair
New York Life Insurance Commppany
New York Life
Mutual Life
New York Jitfe
Dick Bros. & Co
Philadelphia
B. G. Graham
James Campbell
Airdrie
Campbell
New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Blair Wold
Mr. Blair
President's Daughter Gets Guinea Pig After Toy Trick
Washington reports a matinee at Lafayette theater where President Roosevelt's daughter Ethel nearly lost her turquoise ring during a magician's routine. After rings failed to surface, Keller searched the audience and finally produced a white Guinea pig wearing a blue ribbon with Ethel's ring, which she accepted amid cheers as her prize.
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Washington
Mr. Keller
Keller
Ethel
Thea
Mrs. Roosevelt
Ithel
Jer
Ethel Ethel
Drg
Measure Meets a Hard Fight Over Original Package Ban
Washington dispatch reports the House Judiciary Committee granted a hearing on the Hepburn Dolliver bill to empower states to control original packages of liquor shipped for use. Testimony supported by temperance groups and anti saloon leaders stressed constitutional authority and local option needs, while opponents argued the will of the people resists prohibition and warned about interstate commerce implications. The session featured representatives Sulzer Bartholdt Sherley and others inviting further hearings.
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Washington
House Committee On Judiciary
Sulzer
New York
Bartholdt
Missouri
Sherley
Kentucky
Id Saudder
Robert Crain
Baltimore
United States Brewers’ Association
Congress
Dinwiddy
American Anti-Saloon League
Supreme Court of the United States
Andrew Wilson
District of Columbia
Anti- Saloon League
James Cannon, Jr
Richmond
Margaret Dye Wills
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
J. Hexamer
Philadelphia
Allianece
House Passes Hepburn Pure Food Bill in 201 to 68 Vote
The House approved the Hepburn pure food bill by 201 to 68 as opponents failed to force a recall. An amendment adding willful intent to prosecuting adulterated goods was struck down. The act sets purity standards for foods and drugs, bans misbranding in interstate commerce, and expands the Bureau of Chemistry into a broader Bureau of Foods under the Agriculture Secretary for enforcement and inspections.
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House
Washington
Bureau of Chemistry
Bureau of Foods
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry and Foods
United States
Plotted to Escape by Bank Robbers Foiled in Iowa
Dubuque Jan 23 Sheriff Hogan of Cherokee County, en route to Anamosa with four Quimby bank robbers, foiled an escape plot hatched by Abner Micks. While Hicks rolled a cigarette in Cherokee jail, Hogan found two sketches of an escape key and a note instructing hiding a key in a chicken. The quartet spent the night in fall and resumed the trip to Anamosa this morning.
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Dubuque
Hogan
Cherokee County
Anamosa
Abner Micks
Hick
Hicks
Misks
Loka
Tvas
Arrests in Colorado Election Fraud Case Prompt Scrutiny
Denver, January reports additional arrests in a fraud probe tied to recent elections. The individuals named include Mrs. Ella Caldnot, Ber Man Cantner, and William, who served as election judges or clerks during the December charter delegates selection.
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Denver
Colo
Ella J. Caldnot
Bere Man Cantner
William
Moving Sea Drama of Japan and British Fleet Chase
A dramatic naval chase as Japanese cruisers Kasuga and Masin flee toward Nagasaki after purchase, pursued by a British Mediterranean squadron and Russian forces. The two Japanese ships dodge Viceroy Alexei’s fleet and slip through Suez toward Colombo while tensions rise between Japan, Russia, and Britain.
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London
Kasuga
Masin
Argentine
Europe
Tayo
Tenghind
Argentina
Genoa
England
Russia
Wallan
United States
Japan
Nagasaki
Naples
Mediterranean
Gizerta
Piraeus
Malta
Gibraltar
Horn of the Cape
Sicily
Dimitri Denskai
Osshabya
Port Said
Aurora
Dimitri Donskei
Dimitri Donskoi
Far East
Alfred
Kasaga
Ninsin
Suyz
Suez
Perlin
China Sea
King Alfred
Aden
Colombo
Woman Says It Was Blackmail Imitation Handwritting Revealed
James Tilabury, a chauffeur for Hollis M. Thurston, was arrested for attempting to blackmail Mrs. Thurston by forging letters and demanding 12500. The victim, daughter of the Nash Wright company founder, described the letters as forgeries and helped trap him with staged payments. Detectives and police witnessed the arrest after the plan to catch him unfolded.
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Tisbury
Thurston
Charles T. Nash
Board of Trade
Nash. Wright Company
Tilsbury
Father
Girl kills 816 lion near Salt Lake after hunt
Tessie Edwards, a 17 year old girl from Clarke Fork Utah, escaped a mountain lion attack while jack rabbit hunting and killed the beast after multiple shots. She faced the creature alone as it pounced and closed in.
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Utah
Salt Lake
Tessie Edwards
Clarke Fork
Miss Edwards
Western Markets Scrutiny Delays Retrenchment Policy
Chicago Live Stock Exchange discussed a retrenchment plan to withdraw from the country market but failed to reach a decision. The key obstacle is Missouri river markets not acting in unison, delaying unified rule changes across exchanges. Chicago may proceed independently if others stall, with a strong wish to resolve the issue promptly.
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Chicago Live Stock Exchange
Live Stock World
Missouri Civer
National Exchange
Foret Worth
Chicago
Briggourt River
Missouris River
Gna
GHOULS CONFESSED ARRESTS IN IROQUOIS ROBBERY CASE
Chicago Jan 20 Louis Witz Ga loonkeeper Charles Conway and Thomas McCarthy were arrested charged with robbing Mrs J Trask of Ottawa Illinois of 195 while she lay dying in the Witz saloon A physician allegedly handed the money to Witz who gave a small account to Conway and McCarthy and then to police The police say all three have confessed.
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Mien
Chicago
Louis Witz
Charles Conway
Thomas McCarthy
J. Trask
Ottawa
Witz
Conway
McCarthy
Brutes Whip Woman in Kentucky Mob Attack
A mob of twelve white cap men from a Cumberland mountains area beat widow Lizzie Mullins of Elkhorn Creek until blood stained her back. Neighbors formed a posse and a clash wounded Mullins’s brother-in-law James Mullins and her nephew Harvey Moore, mortally. Two gang members were also hurt. The assailants fled toward the mountains as officers pursue them.
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Lexington
Leteher County
Mia
Lizzie Mullins
Elkhorn Creek
James Mullins
Harvey Moore
Whitecap
Faotais
Cumberland Mountains
The
Baptist Church
Train’s Great Brain Reported Heavy Organ Linked to Death
New York, Jan. 23 Thousands view the in state remains of George Francis Train. Scientists with relatives consent remove the brain for analysis. The organ was heavy and showed no signs of weakness. Train, a famed American figure, dictated a life summary at age four. He traveled widely, lectured, and claimed psychic power. He was linked to Omaha development and the Union Battle railroad.
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Tien Tsin
Harbin
Port Arthur
New York
George Francis Train
George Francia Train
America
Train & Co
George Francis Train & Co
Melbourne
Australia
White Gear Line
California
Taulkt
Erie
Ohio
Mississippi
Europe
England
First Pacific Railway
Credit Mobilier
Omaha
Omaha, Worth $3,000,000. Been In Fifteen Jails Without A Crime.” Mr. Train
New Orleans
Massachusetts
Heston Shipping House
Mills Hate No. 1
Train
Lve
Madison Square
Nltla
Stamford
Conn
Net
Ormulha
Jason
Egypt
Union Battle Railroad
Chinese Will Rule Says Chicago Professor Race Extinction Warned
Chicago June 2 Professor J Davenport of the University of Chicago warned that Caucasians face extinction while Chinese and Mongolian peoples may endure. He argued the Chinese will dominate the world, noting a future conflict among Russia Japan and China could wipe out Caucasians unless blending occurs. He cited Russia and the United States as having high birth rates and urged Asiatic resistance through national strategies.
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Chicago
J. Davenport
Russia
Japan
China
Hussia
England
Usted
Fire at Dawson Causes Large Losses
Dawson January 23 fire at the storage plant of The Lady Company caused about 105000 in damage. The Ames Company sustained around 75000 in losses while another figure shows 0 000. The incident occurred as temperatures fell to five degrees below zero.
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Josu
Dawson
Lady Company
Ames Company
Agency conference in Washington to settle restoration of Indian agency
A Washington conference today between residents Senators Gamble and Kitts Edge and the Indian Commission aims to settle the matter so the agency will be restored.
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Washington
The
Senators Gamble
Kitts ‘Edge
Indian Commissio Aet
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Yankton Agency
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