Daughter Appeals for McCue's Life in Virginia
Ruby McCue, twelve, along with her uncle Edward C. McCue and aunt Mrs. Rhodes, visited Governor Mann to plead for her father Samuel McCue's life. The governor, moved, said he would consider the plea as McCue awaits execution set for 7 o'clock Friday morning for the murder of his wife.
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Richmond
Samuel McCue
Ruby
City
Edward C. McCue
Rhodes
McCue
Charlottsville
Justice Harlan Denies Writ of Error in McCue Case
Washington February 10 Justice Harlan denied the application for the writ of error in the McCue case. The ruling closes the appeal process and leaves the lower court's decision intact.
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Washington
Harlan
McCue
Atlanta Isolated As Wires, Phones Fail In Ice Storm
A special Atlanta dispatch reports the city cut off from wire and telephone communication as ice storms collapse telegraph poles, shut streetcar service, and suspend about six thousand telephones. Both telegraph companies suffer extensive outages. supplies of staples remain normal.
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Atlanta
Western Union Company
Postal Company
Scouts Engage Pulajanese at Samar. Casualties Reported
Washington cablegram from General Corbin in Manila reports a scouts engagement at San Jose Samar Feb 2 with six guns captured and no casualties. Feb 3 Gustin a Philippines Scout second lieutenant was moderately wounded. one scout killed and five wounded. Mount Tago east of Calbayog located 1000 Pulajanes. native troops aiding with good effect.
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Washington
War Department
Corbin
Manila
W. H Carter
San Jose
Samar
Gustin
Philippines Scouts
Mount Tago
Calbayog
County Judges and Commissioners Meet at Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas February 10 The County Judges and County Commissioners association met with good attendance Judge Goldsmith of Johnson county said residents favor goal roads Several others spoke on this question.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Goldsmith
Johnson County
Finance Minister denies circulating claim on contracts
Paris Feb 10 A Matin dispatch from St Petersburg reports the finance minister declares false the claim that German firms won military contracts over French firms because of higher French prices. He says negotiations resulted in Russian military contracts going to German firms.
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Paris
Matin
St. Petersburg
DUKE'S COMPETENCY TO MANAGE SELF AND PROPERTY IN DOUBT
New York February 10 a jury was asked to determine if Brodie L Duke of Durham NC is competent to manage himself and his property The petition for a commission was filed by his son B Lawrence Duke and opposed by Mrs Alice L Webb Duke The ruling came from Justice Levintritt in the supreme court
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Brodie L. Duke
Durham
N. C
Justice Levintritt
Supreme Court
Mr. Duke
B. Lawrence Duke
Alice L. Webb Duke
Hoch in Chicago as wives identification stirs crowds
Johann Hoch arrived in Chicago from New York as six policemen escorted him to the station. Five women identified him as their husband and one, Mrs. Emelie Fischer Hoch, greeted him with You old hog, you got my $759. Hoch denied wrongdoing.
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New York
Loftus
Hoch
Emelie Fischer-Hoch
British steamer Wyefield condemned as legal capture
The British steamer Wyefield seized by Japanese off Hokkaido January 30 and found loaded with contraband for Vladivostok was condemned by the prize court. In Oklahoma City T. D. Deever was found dead in a hotel with an empty morphine box on the floor.
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Nagasaki
Wyefield
Hokaido
Vladivostok
T. D. Deever
Oklahoma City
Collision in Mexico Leaves Rumors of Loss
Laredo reports a rail crash near Carneros Mexico between a Mexico-St. Louis express and a National railway freight car. Rumors claim thirteen dead and seventeen injured though details remain unconfirmed.
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Laredo
National Railway
Carneros
Mex
Van Hoesen Wins Damage Suit Against Railway
In Waco Texas on February 10 a jury awarded Benjamin Van Hoesen 10000 dollars in a damage case against the International and Great Northern railway. He sought forty thousand dollars claiming a pit too close to the track struck his head while he acted as engineer on the line.
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Waco, Tex
Benjamin van Hoesen
International and Great Northern Railway
Hides Fetch Over 1000 Dollars In Angleton Cold Spell Loss
Angleton Texas reports more than 1000 dollars paid for cattle hides from Monday to Wednesday. Sharpe and Smith shipped 6000 pounds to Houston from dead cattle found on the prairie, illustrating stockmen losses from the recent cold spell.
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Angleton
Tex
Sharpe & Smith
Houston
Colorado River Rises Three and Half Feet in 24 Hours
A Yuma special reports the Colorado River climbed three and a half feet in twenty four hours, reaching twenty nine feet by midnight Thursday. Residents with shovels and scraper teams reinforce weak points as breaks appear along embankments near the territorial prison and the Yuma Water and Light power house. The Gila side levee is thought to be safe, but flooding risk remains high.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Yuma
Ariz
Colorado
Gila
Colorado River
Territorial Prison
All Alabama Rivers On Rampage From Heavy Rains
Mobile Feb 10 heavy rains have sent all Alabama rivers on rampage with flood stages reported at several points. The Warrior River is expected to reach sixty feet. Residents on lowlands are evacuating. At Demopolis gauge reads forty two feet and at Montgomery river is twenty five feet. Interior landings suffer damage while steamboats struggle to fill schedules.
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Mobile
Alabama
Warnior
Demopolis
Montgomery
Ala
Severe Cold Grips Omaha and Nebraska Rail Lines
Still Firgid reports ten degrees below zero in Omaha on Friday with Norfolk at 23 below. Western Nebraska railroad traffic is impeded as some trains are abandoned and snow drifts reach twelve feet in places across the state.
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Nebraska
Norfolk
Favors Lacy Bill on Indian Funds Distribution
The house committee on Indian affairs approved a favorable report on the Lacy bill providing for allotment and periodic distribution of tribal funds by the president as civilization advances. In Dover, the Delaware general assembly joint session ballots for U S senator showed Addicks 18 and Saulsbury 17, same as the previous day.
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Committee On Indian Affairs
Dover
Del
General Assembly
J. Edward Addicks
Union Republican
Willard Saulsbury
Senate ballot in Missouri shows no shift in lead
Jefferson City Missouri February 10 The Thursday ballot in the nineteenth senatorial contest leaves the field unchanged with leading candidates maintaining their relative positions.
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Jefferson City
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Waxahachie
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French Chamber of Deputies
R. W. Baughn
Comanche
Okla
Ellis County Swine Breeders' Association
J. M. Camper
Ennis
Kate Edwards
Reading
Samuel Greason
James & Nunn
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Texas Seed & Floral Co
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Phioner
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Burt Norwid
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Goa
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Vigor
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