Nomination of George B Grigsby As U S Attorney For Alaska
Washington reports the president has sent to the senate the nomination of George B Grigsby to be United States attorney for the district of Alaska. Senator Gallinger reports favorably a bill to increase mail subsidies on steamship dues between U S ports and South America the Philippines and Australasia. The senate passes a pension bill for survivors of Indian wars from 1832 to 1842 extending to Utah Colorado Minnesota and Idaho through 1867. Gen O O Howard retires from the army as a lieutenant general and has Congress thanks for meritorious services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
George B. Grigsby
United States
District of
Alaska
Gallinger
Committee On Commerce
South American
Philippines
Australasia
Utah
Colorado
Minnesota
Idaho
O. O. Howard
Howard
Congress
Notable Obituaries From Across the Nation
Mrs Honorah Kinney dies at 103 in Beloit Wisconsin. Samuel Mills Warren lawyer minister teacher and author dies of heart disease on a train near Boston. G W Linn Chicago commission merchant dies after extended illness. G W Goddard pioneer miller and flour dealer of St Louis dies of heart disease. James W Pinchot father of Gifford Pinchot dies in Washington after protracted illness. Samuel Floyd Angus former Detroit baseball club owner and capitalist dies in Detroit. Miro Delamatte opera tenor and theater manager heads pneumonia. Shepard Knapp 62 former newspaper man dies after kidney trouble. Mrs Mary Sherry 102 reads without glasses and recalls Andrew Jackson. H Laidley prominent St Louis physician dies of cerebral hemorrhage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honorah Kinney
Beloit
Wis
Samuel Mills Warren
Boston
G. W. Goddard
St. Louis
James W. Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Washington
Samuel Floyd Angus
Detroit American League Baseball Club
Detroit
Miro Delamatte
Chicago
Shepard Knapp
Mary Sherry
Brocton
N. Y
Andrew Jackson
H. Laidley
List of violent crimes and executions across the Midwest and South
Fred Van Meter sits in Gallipolis jail charged with poisoning his wife. Two hundred masked riders burned Bennett's tobacco warehouse and distillery in Dycusburg causing about 40000 dollars in losses. George W. Smith of Boone Iowa, a Democratic candidate, killed himself. A dynamite blast demolished Samuel Letsovic store in Export Pennsylvania after Let sovic received Black Hand threats. David Otts of Birmingham killed himself after Bible reading. S Thompson of Colville Washington, Civil War veteran, sentenced to ten years for horse stealing, with a potential pardon effort by old soldiers. Oscar Hogan of Ottumwa Iowa sentenced to life for brutal assault on a local woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred van Meter
Gallipolis
Ohio
Dycusburg
Bennett
George W. Smith
Boone
Iowa
Samuel Letsovic
Export
Letsovic
David P. Otts
Birmingham
Ala
S. Thompson
Colville
Wash
Accidental Happenings Across Cities
The Green dock apartment house in Berlin Illinois suffered a devastating fire causing about 75000 dollars in losses. The Licking rolling mill in Cincinnati was nearly destroyed by fire with losses around 200000 dollars and 400 workers affected. Ollie Rockabrand died after being struck by a freight locomotive at Sterling NL depot, sustaining fatal injuries. Dr. Carl Bullhorst, once a Presbyterian minister, died at Nebraska state hospital for the insane after attempting to drown himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Dock
Berlin
N. IL
Licking
Cincinnati
Ollie Rockabrand
Sterling (Nl
Carl Bullhorst
Nebraska State Hospital
Fires Hit Cities With Heavy Losses Across North America
A Montreal Molson warehouse area burned affecting the Canadian Pacific rail line with 1 058 value listed and 200 000 loss. Buckhannon West Virginia Morrison hotel fire destroyed post office four other buildings and a residence with 100 000 loss. White Springs Florida Hamilton Tourist Inn and several cottages burned with 100 000 loss. Buffalo Merchants and Shippers warehouse gas engine explosion caused 200 000 damage injuring two firefighters. Creighton Medical College professor Dr Andrew W Riley died of blood poisoning from erysipelas infection. Dominion Nova Scotia store burned stock lost 75 000 incendiary action suspected. Lakewood New Jersey King Court residence built by George Gould for Kingdon Gould destroyed valued at 500 000. Chicago deaths of Mrs Ellen Schwartz and son Francis from starvation exposure. Roeblings Sons Co multiple factory buildings in Trenton destroyed, 200 000 loss, leaving about 400 workers unemployed.
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Montreal
Molson
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Morrison
Buckhannon
W. Va
Hamilton
White Springs
Fla
Merchants and Shippers
Buffalo
Andrew W. Riley
Creighton Medical College
Omaha
Dominion Coal Company
Dominion
N. S
King's Court
Lakewood
N. J
George Gould
Kingdon
Ellen Schwartz
Francis
Chicago
John A. Roeblings Sons Company
Trenton
Sugar and Alcohol Tax Hike Passes in Japan
Japan's diet approves higher taxes on sugar sake and alcohol and kerosene. A separate note reports Prince Ernest of Sachsen Altenberg has died and a Johannesburg boycott movement targets Asiatic traders and employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Ernest
Sachsen Altenberg
Johannesburg
Antwerp
American Petroleum Company
Stockholm
Belgium
J. M. Buckley
The
Christian Advocate
George A. Seooke
Brandon
Marie of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Hanover college names W A Millis president
Trustees at Madison Indiana elect W A Millis as president while news reports note 2000 irregularities found in the Peoples Bank of California books with a projected shortage of 370000. Other items cover typhoid costs in Greater Pittsburgh, a bed endowment for auto accident victims, and university initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover College
Madison
Ind
W. A. Millis
J. C. McClain
Peogle’s Bank of California
Pittsburg
New Garetson Hospital
Philadelphia
Quaker City Ladies’ Motorclub
Stockton
Cal
Governor Sugg ests Report on Capitol Graft Trial
Harrisburg report on capitol graft features former Governor Pennypacker and former Attorney General Hampton J. Carson as Stanford B. Lewis testifies that Huston's letter was framed by Pennypacker Carson and Snyder. Lewis claims weights and measures were based on Snyder figures and that the letter dovetailed with other inquiries. The cross examination underscores the sensational nature of Lewis's testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennypacker
Hampton J. Carson
Stanford B. Lewis
Joseph M. Huston
J. H. Sanderson
Snyder
Mathues
Shumaker
Berry
Carson
Lewis
Snyder and Mathues
Huston
Pennypacker, Carson and
Capitol
Woman seeks damages after fatal factory accident
A Des Moines woman, having divorced her first husband and remarried Henry Falling after her husband John Gregory was killed in an Agar packing plant incident, sues the Agar company for 40000 in damages for Gregorys death caused by a vat of boiling lard bursting and submerging him. The suit, filed after her remarriage, is set for trial at the start of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Gregory
Agar
Henry Falling
Agut
Gregory
Sci
Ten Killed In Port Hood Mine Disaster
Six coal miners and four loaders were crushed to death in an explosion at the Port Hood mine of the Port Hood Richmond Railway Coal company in Nova Scotia. The cause, whether gas or a dynamite remnant, is to be determined by a coroner's jury. The accident happened about 7:30 yesterday morning as work began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Hood
N. S
Hargis Son Defends Action In Fatal Kentucky Shooting
Beech Hargis says his father Judge James Hargis attempted to assault him before he killed him. He was brought before County Judge Taulbee, but the hearing was postponed until next Monday and he does not express remorse for the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Beech Hargis
James Hargis
Taulbee
Widow Accused of Wiles in North Dakota Case
Moorhead Minnesota February 9 Mrs Houston a wealthy widow living near Hunter North Dakota was arrested here Wednesday night on a warrant sworn in January by Mrs Tom Rea who accuses her of alienating the affections of her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorhead
Minn
Houston
Hunter
N. D
Tom Rea
North Dakota
Miner crushed to death at Champion mine in Calumet
In Calumet Michigan on February 9 a rock fell on Charles Haapaja a minor worker at the Champion mine killing him. He leaves a wife and three children in Finland as survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reck
Calumet, Mich
Charles Haapaja
Champion Mine
Finland
Four Die in Fire at Grand Casecapedia Home
At Grand Casecapedia near Quebec border, February 9, four members of Andrew Campbell's family perished in a house fire that destroyed their residence. The event is reported from Campbellton, New Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbellton
N. B
Grand Casecapedia
Quebec Bvorder Town
Andrew Campbell
Train Held Up by Three Masked Highwaymen at Como Yards
In St Paul three armed robbers raided Burlington No. 951 at the Como yards at five in the morning seizing silk consignments after breaking a car seal. A brakeman attempted to intervene and was forced to drop his lantern and raise his hands before the thieves fled. Police searched but found no trace of the culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Como
Burlington
Wyland
Local Hero Bravely Rescues Boy From Ice
Norman White of James River crawled onto breaking ice to save eleven year old Arthur Boyd in Yankton South Dakota on February 9. White’s weight caused ice to break and both men fell into the river but White reached shore with the near-drowned boy after nearly half an hour in the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
S. D
Norman White
James River
Arthur Boyd
J. W. Boyd
Boyd
White
Gearey Retired as Brigadier General in North Dakota Guard
Edward C Geary of Fargo has been retired from active service in the North Dakota national guard with the title of brigadier general after nineteen years of service. He began as a lieutenant before the Spanish American War and commanded his company in the Philippines. On his return he served in the ordnance department with the title of colonel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Indian Woman Kills Child Then Self in Pine Ridge
White Eagle, jailed prisoner at Deadwild S D, attempted suicide after word spread that his squaw killed two small children and then took her own life on Pine Ridge reservation. He faces federal trial for introducing liquor on the reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwild
S. D
Pine Ridge
White Eagle
Reopen State Bank February 15
Butte Montana February 9 The State Savings bank plans to resume business February 15. District Judge George M Bourquin authorized the move. President M S Largey and E Augustus Heinze have settled the bank debt to the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinze and Largey
Butte
Ment
State Savings Bank
George M. Bourquoin
M.S. Largey
Minneapolis Girl Held Over For Grand Jury
Istella Taylor of Minneapolis was bound over in Galesburg for $1500 to await grand jury action after being arrested on multiple forged check charges. The court proceedings left Miss Taylor overcome with grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Grand Jury
Chicago
Istella Taylor
Galesburg
Supt Patchin Re-elected Again by Springfield Board
Springfield Minnesota February 9 The board of education re elected Supt Co A Patchin for a fifth year with a proposed salary of 1525 to be paid on acceptance The board has shown continued confidence by raising his salary annually since he began in 1904
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Patchin
Springfield
Minn
Board of Education
Supt. Co. A. Patchin
Faribault to Get Modern Packing Plant
Faribault Minnesota February 9 1925 Faribault is to gain a packing plant as Carver Bros and Kielennoyp have bought the former Faribault Rattan Company buildings and adjacent land to convert into a modern facility. Work starts immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faribault
Minn
Carver Bros. and
Kielenoyp
Faribault Rattan Company
Fire consumes ice and fuel house in Wheaton blaze
A fire in Wheaton Minnesota destroyed the ice fuel and feed house owned by John A. Dale. The structure was filled with ice from the past week and nothing inside was saved. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheaton
Wheaton, Minn
John A. Dale
Sleigh Collision Claims Waterloo Man at Crossing
Hadde man a teamster was killed when an Illinois Central engine struck his sleigh at a Waterloo Iowa crossing on February 9. His wife is too ill to be told of the accident. the teamster's horse team escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crossing
Waterloo
Iowa
Haddeman
Illinois Central
Franco arrives as Portugal reels from royal murders
Former Portuguese premier Franco arrives in Bordeau and plans unknown travel, with aides saying he shows no remorse for his policy. Lisbon prepares a somber funeral for the victims, troops deployed, and releases those held on charges related to the royal murders.
Fisherman Survives Blizzard After Ice Island Ordeal
Raymond Mailhot a nineteen year old fisherman from St Ignace reached Petoskey exhausted but alive after a day and night lost on Lake Michigan ice. His shanty was wrecked by Wednesday's storm and blinding snow hid his path home. Two St Ignace schoolboys believed lost also returned home safely after spending the night in a snowdrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petoskey
Mich
Raymond Mailhot
St. Ignace
Lake Michigan
Strait of Mackinac
Lant
Icemen Favored In County Jail Says Prisoner
In Toledo a jail inmate alleges convicted icemen receive 24 hour visits, special meals, access to the jailer’s office, use of the telephone, and rugs in cells. The prosecutor will investigate and judge Kinkade is notified of the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Kinkade
Derailed Jersey City Train Kills Engineer John Lyman
Engineer John Lyman of Hoboken was killed and about 150 passengers were shaken up when a five car Lackawanna local bound from Jersey City to Dover derailed last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
John Lyman
Hoboken
Dover
Lackawanna
Eye Ruined by Icicle in Waterloo Play
Seven year old Willie Evans was struck in the right eye by a heavy icicle while playing at a cave. Surgeons removed the damaged eye and doctors hope to save his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Willie Evans
Jealousy Blamed for Scranton Tragedy
Mark Moran shot and killed Laura Hermann, a young married woman, in Scranton on February 8 and then attempted suicide. Authorities believe jealousy was the motive for the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Mark Moran
Laura Hermann
Taft Selects His Manager for Presidential Campaign
Washington reports Frank H. Hitchcock will retire from the postal service and take active charge of Secretary Taft’s campaign for the Republican nomination. The retirement, likely around February 16, will be followed by Dr. Charles H. Grandfield succeeding Hitchcock as first assistant postmaster general after twenty years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postal Service
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Taft
Charles H. Grandfield
Grandfield
Morse in Card Game on Liner
Charles W. Morse of New York relaxed in a Cunard liner smoking room near Queenstown and agreed to an interview with an Associated Press correspondent. He denied reports of wrecked fortune and said he had sent dispatches to New York and would return within ten days.
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Queenstown
Associated Press
Cunard Line
Campania
Charles W. Morse
New York
Night Riders In Raid Terrorize Tennessee Farmers
Gunmen on well armed mounts attacked near Adams Tennessee at midnight destroying barns and a tobacco stash. They shot and wounded Hugh C. Lawrem and his son Bradley Lawrence and brutally beat a Black man named Motlow. Authorities search for the attackers as fear spreads through Adams and surrounding farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Adams, Tenn
Hugh C. Lawrem 2
Washington F. Vicker
Tobcco
Lawrence
Bradley Lawrence
Motlow
Nelson's Son Dying Prompt Senator Rushed to Colorado Springs
Washington Feb 9 Senator Nelson of Minnesota left at noon yesterday for Colorado Springs called by the serious illness of his only son. The son, 37, unmarried, contracted consumption in Everett, Washington where he was in the lumber business with former Governor D M Clough.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Washington
Nelson
Minnesota
Everett
Wash
D. M. Clough
Market quotes from grain and live stock centers
The report lists bid prices from St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth for Wheat Corn and Oats with varying No 1 and No 2 grades. Cattle hogs sheep and lamb prices appear for Chicago Sioux City South St Paul and Milwaukee markets with ranges and top lines. Specific figures include Wheat No 1 Northern 1.07 to 1.07 1-2 in St Paul and 1.10 1-2 in Minneapolis, corn No 2 yellow 56 to 63-4 cents, cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago and Sioux City.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Northern
Chicago
Milwaukee
Reeves
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Duel in Dubois Leaves Two Men Dead and Wounded
Jose Bracceso and Frank Ferro fought in a room with a stiletto and a razor. Terra was killed and Bracceso fatally wounded. The motive remains unknown.
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Dubois
Jose Bracceso
Frank Ferro
Terra
Bracceso
Prominent Philadelphia DAR Leader Dies by Suicide
Miss Harriet Baird Huey, former president of the Philadelphia chapter Daughter of the American Revolution, committed suicide at her home last evening by inhaling illuminating gas. She was well known in local civic circles and had held notable social positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harriet Baird Huey
Pirates Capture Japanese Schooner Yosa in Pacific Looting
News arrives that pirates aboard the Naga Maru captured the Japanese fishing schooner Yosa near Mai zuru Japan. Seven crew members were killed and the vessel looted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Maizuru
Japan
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Mgr
BIG Timber
Montana
WEEN
G. W. Linn
University of Utah
Columbia University
R. C. MacRae
Humanity
Great Lakes
International Sunday School Association
Louisville
University Gymnasium
GOV. Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
WEDE
Port Hood, N. S
Hargis
Boy
Col. Geareys
State Bank
Miss Taylor
Franco
Portugal
Bordeau
Switzerland
Francy
Cks Hazzard
Senhor Franco
Lisbon
Church of San Vincente
Morse
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