France-Ties With Venezuela Reach Breaking Point Over Cable Concession
Washington officials report France and Venezuela have broken diplomatic relations over a cable concession dispute. Paris may soon demand passports for Venezuelan envoy M. Manhourguet and sever ties further. France warns it will take stronger measures if President Castro refuses French demands.
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Washington
Venezuela
France
State Department
Paris
Foreign Office
United States
Issar
M. Manhourguet
Quffaires
Venucanela
Castro
Long march ends as US artillery covers 7100 miles in 55 days
The Sixth Field Battery led by Capt J W Ietchell arrived at Fort Sam Houston Texas after a 7100 mile long distance march from Fort Riley Kansas in 55 days. Detours avoided bad roads and harsh terrain. Soldiers appeared ragged. many exhausted. Private Arthur Hall died in Austin from exposure.
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United States Artillery
J. W.ietchell
Fort Sam Houston
Houston
Tex
Mrnday
Fort Riley
Kaw
Jean
Arthur Hall
Austin
Mrs. Chadwick Begins Sentence in Ohio Prison
Mrs. Chadwick arrived at Columbus Ohio 11 o'clock today overlooked by crowded women’s department beds full and illness doubtful. She will be assigned to washing or heavy work if able or sewing if not after examination. Oku Receives Ovation in Tokyo. General Oku’s triumphal entry sparks great enthusiasm as he returns from the war with Russia. Virginia Assembly Considers Football Ban A bill proposes prohibiting football with fines from five hundred to one hundred dollars per offense. Sioux City Stock Market Reports Friday prices for butcher steers and top hogs. Judge Audenreid Declares John W Hill Not Guilty on forgery and falsification charges. verdict of acquittal.
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Chadwick
Ohio
Columbus
Bill
Audenreid
Philadelphia
John W. Hill
Filtrafrom Bureau
Secretary Wilson Warns German Tariff Could Halt U S Meat Orders
Secretary Wilson said without an emergency appropriation of 135000 to cover inspection costs, over 50000000 worth of U S pork and beef orders placed by German dealers may remain unfilled. He argued packers should bear inspection expenses and noted no law allows voluntary payment.
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Atv
Washington,” D. Or
Congress
Wilson
United States
Germany
Snd
Jumps the Track as Pullman Derailed in St Louis
A Pullman sleeper named Har court on a Wabash train derailed on Carr Street elevated tracks in St Louis Missouri injuring several passengers. The car fell fifteen feet to the pavement causing a loud crash heard in nearby warehouses. Volunteers helped carry out the injured while the rest of the train continued to Union Depot.
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Sony Pullman
Harcourt
Carr Street
St. Louis
Union Depot
Railway Stock Forgery Suspect Arrested in New York
After Samuel Humphreys a newspaper writer was arrested in New York on a charge of selling bogus 100 share certificates of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company a wider forgery scheme was uncovered with about 500 counterfeit certificates printed and planned for large scale operation. Only four or five certificates have surfaced each for 100 shares totaling around 8000 dollars indicating a much smaller realized amount than anticipated.
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New York
Samuel Humphreys
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Rioting Campaigns and Notable Trials Across North America
A London dispatch reports intensifying election rhetoric with leaders using motor cars for rapid meetings where Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was booed by a Chamberlainite minority in Shrewsbury. In Butte a heavyweight title bout Hart versus Burns is set for Los Angeles on February 23. In Omaha Rev. George Ware faces trial for conspiracy to defraud the government. Minneapolis mourns the West Hotel fire ninth victim Mrs. Samuel Spiesberger of Chicago. Bloomington sees nursery salesman Will B Foland die by carbolic acid, despondent over job loss.
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England
London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Shrewsbury
Burne
Hart
Tommy Burns
Butte
Mont
Los Angeles
Will B. Foland
Danville
Ill
Bloomington
Death of Dr. Harper Noted University Leader and Hebrew Scholar
Dr. y Harper president of the University of Chiccago altheits died in Chicago Wednesday from cancer of the intestines. He endured months of illness after an 1905 operation failed to remove the cancer, facing relapses with courage and remaining at his duties until the end.
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Y. Harper
University of Chiccago Altheits
Chicago
Harper
McBueney
New York
Tarpet
Itarper
Fatal Hotel Fire In Minneapolis Claims Nine Lives
A blaze at the West Hotel in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning killed nine people as it consumed the fifth to seventh floors. About 700 guests escaped through alarm bells while smoke blocked upper doors. origin traced to the first floor packing room with elevator shafts aiding spread. The list of victims includes Mrs. J. E. Hodges, Captain John Berwin, Alice Larson, W. C. Nichols, J. P. Peisinger, E. Watte, Clinton Lawrie, Thomas Somerville, and several unidentified individuals.
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Minneapolis
Minn
West Hotel
J. E. Hodges
John Berwin
Alice Larson
W. C. Nichols
J. P. Peisinger
New York
E. Watte
Clinton Lawrie
Thomas Somerville
Springfield
Denison Prior & Co Closed After Tragedy Death
Formal announcement reports the suspension of Denison Prior and Co, Cleveland investment bankers, following the death by own action of L W Prior. Banks refused to pass their checks, despite ample funds and securities to cover claims. Prior aided brewery consolidations in Ohio and beyond.
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Denison, Prior & Co
Cleveland
L. W. Prior
Central West
Prior
Ohio
Great Northern clerk bound over in big payroll fraud case
George Smith, clerk in the Great Northern division superintendent's office at Minot North Dakota, bound over to district court on charges tied to creating straw men on a large payroll. Bogus time checks totaling over 200000 dollars have been found, with a specific charge yet to be stated. A Newport News dispatch notes a naval board of inquiry aboard the Iowa off Old Point, led by Rear Admiral Robley Evans, into the Kentucky Alabama collision off Five Fathom Bank, New Jersey.
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Great Northern
George Smith
Great Northern Division
Aut Minot
N. D
District Court
Newport News
Naval Board of
Iowa
Old Point
Robley D. Evans
Kentucky
Alabama
Five Fathom Bank
N. 3
Big Greials in Chicago
Assistant Corporation Counsel Thomas Rutherland testified before Mayor Dunnes contract graft committee in Chicago citing specific instances in a probe of municipal contracts.
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Big Greals
Chicago
Thomas Rutherland
Dunne
State Chemist Testifies in Pratt Murder Trial
Prof Kinney and Dr Linn provided expert testimony linking arsenic poisoning to the death of Justiny Pratt in Rockwell City. Kinney saw eighteen years of experience guiding his belief the arsenic found could not come from embalming while Linn supported arsenic as the cause of death in the Pratt case.
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Kinney
Pratt
Rockwell City
Josiah XN. Pratt
Prof. Kinney
Parsons Wa- Woertenk
Prat
Vic
A. OM
Linn
State Bond of Health
Rockswell City
Justiny Pratt
Mire. Pratt
Persing
SLAIN BY HIS BROTHER IN RABBIT HUNT NEAR CASTANA
James Lord died after being accidentally shot by his brother Henry Lord during a rabbit hunt four miles southeast of Castana. The brothers were 100 yards apart when Henry discharged the gun in the air. the bullet deflected and hit James in the chest near the lip. James, 39, left a wife and five children.
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James Lord
Castanr
Janes Lord
Castana
Hentry Lord
Hey
Henry Lord
Shenandoah Woman Dies After Seizure at piano
Mrs. John Wheelan of Shenandoah collapsed while playing the piano and died a few hours later. Her traveling salesman husband was visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Gilmore. a telegraph later informed him of her death. The couple had married less than a year and her sudden passing was unexplained.
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Shenandoah
John Wheelan
W. C. Gilmore
To Build Elevator at Doon By Farmers Stock Meet
A farmers wass meeting at Doon Saturday afternoon formed a plan to establish a stock company to build or buy an elevator. About $2,000 in stock was subscribed in one hour. Prospects for the new organization appear bright.
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Doon
Wass
Oon
Religious preacher jailed after street warning in Sioux City
Orank, who preached of judgment day in Sioux City, was placed in the county jail women's ward after an afternoon sermon. A separate arrest concerns Myrtle Thompson of Marshalltown charged with passing a worthless check. Akron Opera House to open February 1 with Flour City Scene preparing the stage. Burn injuries at Sanbern hotel from a kerosene lamp explosion. Mary Spohn seriously injured in Boulder when struck by a car. two young men fled the scene in a runaway machine.
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George Want
Sioux City
Myrtle Thompson
Marshalltown
Sanborn Hotel
E. C. Tauguey
Whoenix
Sanbern
Mary Spohn
Boulder
Col
Miss Boolen
Fragmentary chronology exhibit with names and dates
A garbled OCR record lists many names and dates from various periods including Louis, Catherine, Paul Revere, John Hancock, Benedict Arnold, and events from 1740s to 1860s. The text threads together fragmented references to rulers, battles, treaties, revolutions, and institutional milestones without cohesive narrative.
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Juan di Mouth
Louis
Luther Nughter
Catherine Deis Wol—Tesuita Relts
France
Germain
Charleg Fand
Tirst Uppe
Whitto V
London
Paul Revere
John Hancock
Benedict Arnold
Anthony Jiht
Louis XV
Calcutta
England
Spain
Isis
Uel
Yale - Great Britain
Arthur
Georgia Rathel
Allen Alland
Aid Pal
Prussia
Josiah Weilgenvil Wedgerrood Vane
Life Sentence for Hull Boy in Dan Leary Killing at Turin
Roy Hull confessed to killing Dan Leary at Turin on November 17 and said if not for William Conn Leary would be alive. Judge Burnham at Anamosa imposed life imprisonment at hard labor after Hull’s Toledo court admission. The joint case against William Cong, charged with Hull, was dismissed due to Hull’s confession.
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Dan Leary
William Conn
Roy Hull
Toledo
Burnham
Hill
Anamosa
ElIott
William Cong
Hull
Ull
Turin
Mrs Pratt Prepares to Explain in Poison Case
Mrs Pratt on a Rockwell City trip asserts she will explain everything when she testifies. She says she was not involved with Persing or her husband’s poisoning and remains composed as the trial resumes with a large crowd and continued testimony about relationships and Pratt’s condition prior to death.
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Persing
Pratt
Won Corn Judging Contest and Town Rivalry
John Sundberg of West Fork Township won the grand champion Sweepstakes in class CA for corn judging at Ames, adding the central Iowa sweepstakes prize to Whiting’s victory. Marshalltown scene saw Councilman Webster push for perjury prosecution against contractor R A Elzy over city suit testimony, but the resolution was tabled.
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Whiting
John Sundberg
West Fork Township
Ames
Iowa
Marshalltown
Webster
R. A. Elzy
Ilzy
Des Moines Fire Causes Heavy Losses Early Monday
A blaze of likely incendiary origin damaged the Marquardt block and Morrison cafe in Des Moines, causing about 100000 dollars in damage. The Marquardt Savings Bank Anchor Fire Insurance Company and the Columbian school of correspondence suffered the heaviest losses.
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Des Moines
Marquardt
Morrison Cafe
Marquardt Savings Bank
Anchor Fire Insurance Company
Columbian School of Correspondence
Will Travel Around the World Launches From Chicago
Curt C. Countryman formerly of Town Falls plans a four globe trot starting January 17 from Chicago. He travels with no cash, funding to cover costs via voluntary offerings from lectures and miscellaneous programs.
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Curt C. Countryman
Town Falls
Chicago
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