Man Arrested After Fire Attacks in Smithfield West Virginia
A man identified as Harry Howard claimed divine instruction to burn Smithfield near New Martinville. He wounded four men, two fatally, during escape before being captured at the Bane hotel. The fires damaged four buildings but caused only small losses. A mob attempted lynching in jail, then dispersed. The wounded include Early Hildebrand Grover Hildebrand W E Smith and Constable Charles Edgell.
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New Martinville
W. Va
Smithfield
Harry Howard
Bane
W. A. Lewis
Smithfield Bank
Howard
Early
Grover Hildebrand
W. E. Smith
Charles Edgell
Five Baltimore men presumed lost after sea search
Baltimore on January thirty one notes the failure of a two day hunt for five men missing ten days. They boarded a steamboat then rowed from a fishing camp toward the Bay Shore car line amid a northwest gale. The missing are Andrew Lorber John Lorber John Lorber George Sauer and John Sauer. they are all relatives.
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Baltimore
Bay Shore Car Line Company
Missin
Andrew Lorber
John Lorber
George Sauer
John Sauer
Lorbers
Lober
Sauers
Guthrie Convention Debates Prohibition and Jim Crow
Delegates at the constitutional convention in Guthrie discuss liquor traffic with a local option plan and annual vote while Democratic leaders indicate a Jim Crow provision would be added. Kell of Muskogee withdraws his memorial to the president seeking guidance on the coach proposition. The convention opens a major fight over prohibition expected to last about two weeks.
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Guthrie
Okla
Con- Guthrie
Haskell
Muskogee
Powder mine blast in Illinois kills five, harms eleven
A Marion Illinois dispatch reports five men killed and eleven injured in a powder explosion at the Johnson City and Big Muddy coal mine in Johnson City. The deceased include Romeo Fordenbaker, Francis—, Jesse M. Davis, Felix Tonya, and Bert Lowery, with others severely burned and at risk of death.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Marion
Ill
Johnson City
Big Muddy
Romeo Fordenbaker
Francis
Her
Jesse M. Davis
Felix Tonya
Bert Lowery
Sey
Wadsworth Targets President Over Meat Inspection Letter
Washington reports that the House finished the agricultural appropriation bill after amendments. Representative Wadsworth of New York, retiring at session end, delivered a speech defending the meat inspection law and criticizing the President’s letters from last summer. The bill totals about 84 million dollars as debate continued without a set closing date.
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Wadsworth
Washington
House House
New York
Congress
Family adds nine children including triplets in Texas
W G Jowell of Jacksonville Texas is father of nine including triplets named Cora Cora and Flora. W D Lane of Calvert is named superintendent of the Texas deaf dumb and blind asylum for colored youths. Special trains carried people to Ennis for Colonel Daffan's funeral where a Confederate flag was buried with the body.
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W. G. Jowell
Jacksonville
Texas
Cora
Flora
W. D. Lane
Calvert
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum
Ennis
Daffan
Thaw Trial Jury Replacements Decided In Conference
A courtroom conference with Justice Fitzgerald and both sides led to excusing David Walker and Louis Haas from jury service. A new panel was ordered as Thaw’s trial entered its seventh day. Walker exclaimed he was surprised by the decision.
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New York
Justice Fitzgerald
Jerome
David 8
Walker
Louis Haas
Thaw
Haas
William Thaw
Countess of
Yarmouth
George L. Carnegie
Edward
Josiah
George Carnegie
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Big Purchase of 52000 Acres in Kentucky Lands
Nashville January 31 The Southern Timber Land and Mineral Company led by ex Governor Benton McMillin bought 52000 acres of coal and timber lands from Continental Realty Company Winchester Kentucky for 1 million dollars. Lands lie in Breathitt Knott and Perry counties along the proposed Lexington and Eastern railroad route. Sawmills and coal mines will be opened at once.
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Apie Lane
Nashville
Southern Timber Land and Mineral Company
Nashvile
Benton McMillin
Continental Realty Company
Winchester
Breathitt
Knott
Perry
Lexington and Eastern Railroad
Kentucky
Ninety Cars Burn at Union Traction Depot blaze
Chicago January 31 ninety cars burned in the Union Traction company car barns on Clark Street between Sherman Place and Dewey Court. The loss exceeds $200,000. The fire was caused by the explosion of a gasoline tank and destroyed the ninety cars stored in the buildings.
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Rm Vensen
Chicago
Union Traction Company
Clark Street
Sherman Place
Dewey Court
Boll Weevil Item Falls On Point of Order
Washington January 31 The boll weevil appropriation item in the house agricultural bill was defeated on a point of order. The remaining chance is to insert the item in the emergency bill via Congressman Burleson the Texas committee member.
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Washington
Burleson
Texas
Dishes Shaken From Shelves After Quake Shocks
Severe quake shocks were felt Wednesday night in Highland and Greenville Alabama. Dishes were shaken from shelves as residents reported the tremor and minor damage in the affected towns.
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St. Louis
Highland
Greenville
Texan briefs note towns, plants and crimes
Amarillo population 8567. Sapulpa daily paper the Democrat. Sulphur to gain bromide water bore site. Reno Oklahoma to erect 100000 pottery plant. Louisiana Bankers meet in Shreveport April 16 17 18. Mineral Wells saw 142 houses built in six months. Experimental farm near Cleburne. Body of Tanner shot in head found near Rock Springs. Jerry Prince shot dead near Texarkana by accidental pistol discharge. Joe Reinhardt convicted of murder in Kerrville life term.
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Tex
Sapulpa
I. T
Democrat
Reno
Okla
China Company
Louisiana Bankers’ Association
Shreveport
Mineral Wells
Uncle Sam
Cleburne
Tanner
Rock Springs
Texarkana
Jerry Prince
Kerrvile
Joe Reinhardt
Hennestine Kutzer
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