France deploys warships as Caracas standoff grows
Washington reports three French battleships off the Venezuelan coast prepared to deliver France’s response to President Castro’s treatment of M. Taigny the French representative in Caracas. Two more ships to join, while Paris awaits Castro’s apology for what it calls insulting and intolerable conduct toward M. Taigny.
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City Honors Dead Marshall Field in Chicago Services
Funeral services for Marshall Field were held at his late home and at the First Presbyterian church with private attendance. A public memorial in the auditorium was crowded with Field’s employees. Rev. John A. Morrison officiated all three services.
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Hanging at Louisville Slayer of Fannie Foster Executed
William Vandalsen a 23 year old white man was hanged in Louisville Kentucky on Friday for the murder of Fannie Foster last fall. While in jail he made toys including a miniature gallows with a suspended body and received an offer from a Kansas City man which he declined gifting the trinket to the jail steward.
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Football meeting ponders future of Western football play
Faculty representatives of the Western Intercollegiate Athletic Association known as the Big Nine and other western universities met in Chicago on Friday to decide what should be done about the current football game. Also in Sioux City market notes butchering steers and hogs quoted.
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Big Nine
Chicago
Miners Entombed After Explosive Mine Disaster
Rescue work began after a 12:30 explosion blew a ventilation fan from its mount and hurled debris blocking the mine entrance. Fifteen men entered at 6:30, finding G. P. Neal first among those bodies 150 yards in. Families waited at the mouth as investigators probed cause, with afterdamp suspected.
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Killed by Indians Former Town Doctor Murdered in Mexico
In a letter from Klueber’s son-in-law to St Louis friends an account describes the murder of Dr Emil H Klueber a German born physician formerly of St Louis Mo by Indians near his home at Tobaccoampo Mexico The article states he was called to tend a sick Indian on December 23 and his mutilated body was found the next day in a hut Klueber came to St Louis before the Civil War served as a regimental surgeon He later moved to Iowa and then Mexico about twenty years ago
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Iowa
Light on Stock Fraud Trial at Kansas City Yards
At Kansas City Missouri the trial of Jay J Miller a trader charged with perjury revealed an alleged organization of men at the Katsii City Yards to defraud shippers by overweights and underweights. The case opens the series against eleven weighmasters and others indicted last year. Miller testified he knew nothing of the crooked scheme. prosecutors seek to prove otherwise.
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Death Likely From Natural Causes in Philadelphia
Coroner Jermon probes the death of Mrs. Anita Morrow also known as the Countess de Battan court found dead at her Philadelphia home under mysterious circumstances. He announced on Thursday that he believes the death resulted from natural causes.
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Men form association to honor Robert Fulton monument
Several prominent men met in New York on Thursday to form an association to perpetuate the memory of Robert Fulton the steamboat inventor. They propose erecting a monument at a cost about 6000 dollars, to be raised by popular subscription.
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Robert Fulton
New York
Midshipman Charged with Hazing at Annapolis
Town Middy Chas M James of Grinnell Indiana a second class midshipman at Annapolis was served Thursday with hazing charges. The eight specifications mark the greatest number of distinct offenses yet charged against a midshipman. Anarchists Put to Death Six Jews on Warsaw anarchists committee executed Thursday in the courtyard of the Warsaw citadel following arrests.
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Grinnell
Annapolis
Warsaw
Warsaw Citadel
Beef Trust Case Opens in Chicago Trial
Beef trust case opens in Chicago with opening statements by attorneys delayed until late in the day. The trial, initially slated for Thursday, began proceedings in the late afternoon as the first section of the court heard the opening remarks.
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Chicago
Tillman Speech Warns of Imperial Drift and Witte House Inquiry
Senator Tillman delivered a pointed address denouncing the administrations Santo Domingo policy, accusing the president of pursuing Mangoe doctrine and pressing indictment of the Senate for subservience. He invoked the Morris affair to argue dereliction and pledged to formally propose a resolution on Thursday for a full investigation of the incident.
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Cadets Dismissed For Hazing At Annapolis Parade
At Annapolis Maryland noon Wednesday the full brigade paraded for dinner formation when four midshipmen from the first and third classes were publicly dismissed from the United States Navy for hazing fourth classmen. The secretary of the navy issued brief orders addressed to the individuals involved.
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Fallieres Chosen President of the French Republic
Paris reports indicate M Clement Armand, senate president, was elected to succeed M Loubet as President of France. Fallieres won on the first ballot with 449 votes to Doumer 371. Born November 6 1841 at Mezin Lot et Garonne he is the son of a magistrate's clerk and grandson of a blacksmith.
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Murder Suicide Found In Chicago Hotel Room
Police discovered two young adults dead in a St James Hotel room in Chicago on Wednesday. Both victims died from a bullet fired into the mouth, with initial identification showing the man as Ralph Rose but later confirmed as Frank Kouba of Algonquin. The woman's identity remained unknown.
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Engineers and Firemen to Seek Pay Increase on B and O
Discontent among engineers and firemen on the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio systems reaching for higher wages. Reports say crews prepare to request raises. Despite rumors of Lackawanna firemen voting on a strike, New York officials deem a strike unlikely.
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Sea Reclaiming Its Own in Salton Sink Changes
The Salton Sea region in Southern California undergoes rapid changes prompting the U S Geological Survey to order an immediate survey of the entire area. The order covers the Salton Sea Imperial Valley and Colorado Desert as the area of study, aiming to map evolving geologic and hydrologic conditions and assess implications for water management and land use.
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Run on Bank Ends in Pittsburg on Washington National
A run began at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Tuesday on the Washington National foreign bank issue. The event followed reports of financial stress and prompted cautious actions by local depositors and observers.
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Washington National Foreign
Pratt Murder Case Opens as Mrs Pratt Testifies
In Rockwell City the Pratt murder trial drew a crowded courtroom where Mrs. Jennie Coons Pratt testified about her life and her husband’s death last June. She described his illness, admitted buying arsenic to kill mice, and denied romantic ties with Persing. The trial continued after witnesses, including Pratt children, spoke as the jury weighs the verdict.
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Rockwell City
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Pratt
Elopers Caught Before Getting License in Onawa
Bert Myers 21 of Modale and Emma DeForest 16 of Missouri Valley were in Onawa to obtain a marriage license when telegrams from their parents stopped the ceremony. Sheriff Ed Rawlings detained the couple until the 1:15 train south, returning them to their worried parents without marriage. DeForest said two years to wait is a long time.
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Bert Myers
Modale
Emma DeForest
Missouri Valley
Miss DeForest
Election Law Defect Prompts Amendment Move
City Attorney Hughes of Cedar Rapids reports a defect in the biennial election law lacking provisions for city boards of registration. The issue, affecting upcoming municipal elections this spring, is expected to be corrected in the current legislative session. Paramedic note: Ella Vene Jones dies after seven months in a paralytic state from a gunshot wound inflicted by her husband, who is serving a life term for a prior murder. Convictions and local notices follow.
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Cedar Rapids
Ex convict Clayton fades from Capitol as due job rumor grows
An ex convict named Clayton, once connected to the Fontanelle murder of Moses Mentzer, was briefly at the Iowa State Capitol amid excitement and a police stop. He was examined and jailed, with no clear outcome given, while residents of Des Moines discuss his past.
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Armé
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Des ‘Moines
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Fontanelle
Johnson Charged With Forgery In Meth Money Case
Johnson is under arrest in Des Moines on forgery and false pretenses charges. Prosecutors allege he forged a 295 drawn on John Hail to obtain money. He denies the accusation and awaits arraignment as detectives pursue leads, including a possible connection to Minneapolis.
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Untitled Dance Booze Incident Noted In Hawarden
Fragmentary report notes a disturbance at a Hawarden dance over whisky hidden by youths. It mentions a meeting at Hawarden, a decision to take action, and a LeMars teacher named Miss Kate Gettings. Remains of an individual are reported in Monroe Wisconsin.
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