Miles Leads World Tour After Five Months Abroad
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles and his party arrived in New York aboard the Lucania after a five month world voyage. He described visits from Honolulu to Tokyo and Pekin, meeting the Japanese army and navy, the Chinese emperor and dowager empress, and touring Moscow and European capitals before returning to the United States.
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New York
Nelson A. Miles
United States Army
Lucania
Atlantic
Marconi
Crookhaven
Miles
Tokio
Japan
Pekin
China
Siberia
Manchuria
Moscow
United Pacific
Canadian Pacific
St. Petersburg
Paris
London
Storm in the Southwest Triggers Wide Travel Delays
Reports from Memphis on February 16 describe a major regional storm bringing rain sleet and snow. Trains ran five to ten hours late, streetcars were largely halted, and telegraph and telephone services were hampered. Railroads canceled many trains as the storm spread across Mississippi Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
Southwest
Earthquake Shocks Hit Mexican Regions After Tremors
The Mexican state of Guerrero reports ongoing earthquakes causing alarm as Chilpancingo near destruction again. tremors shake Chilapa Aguas Blancas San Diego and Mexcala with underground rumblings alarming residents.
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Republic of Mexico City
Mexico
Cuerrero
Chilpancingo
Chilapa
Aguas Blancas
San Diego
Mexcala
Boston Investor Pours Gold Capital Into Mexican Ventures
Charles M. Meeker of Boston has invested heavily in agricultural and timber land near the Santa Cruz line in Vera Cruz and mining property in Jelisco. He contemplates further investments in Colima, representing 5,000,009 dollars in gold capital to be invested in Mexico.
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City of
Mexico
Charles M. Meeker
Boston
Santa Cruz
Vera Cruz
Jelisco
Colima
Meeker
Miss Alice Roosevelt Joins Mardi Gras Tour
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Miss Root daughter of Secretary Root departed Washington for New Orleans to attend Mardi Gras festivities.
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Awune
Mardi Gras
Washington
Alice, Roosevelt
Miss ‘Root
Secretere Root
New Orleans
Sleet Storm Disrupts New York Transit Monday Morning
New York experiences a severe sleet storm starting at daylight on Monday. Transportation across the city is hampered, with elevated lines hit hardest. A fire on the Harlem river drawbridge at 129th Street sparked by oil on the third rail briefly threatened wooden ties but was quickly put out with little damage.
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New York
Harlem River
Southwest and Northwest Storm Warnings From Washington
The New York weather bureau forwards two storm warnings from Washington dated February 16. The first covers Cedar Keys to Jacksonville with increasing southerly winds, then shifting to northerly tonight and lower temperatures. The second warns Savannah to Baltimore with winds shifting to northwest and north and a sharp temperature drop.
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New York
Washington
Observer
Cedar Keys
Jacksonville
Frankenfield
Savannah
Baltimore
Severe Blizzard Hits North Texas and Panhandle
North Texas endures a severe blizzard the deepest in seven years. Snow began at midnight and fell steadily through 10 am causing suspended streetcar service and a standstill in Dallas. Panhandle area reports communications cut off with no telegraph or phone links. Knoxville reports rainfall across the Tennessee basin with one inch in Knoxville and Cincinnati and half an inch average in upper east Tennessee since Sunday.
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North Texas
Panhandle
Dallas
Knoxville
Tenn
Cincinnati
Upper East Tennessee
Snow Winter Storm Hits Midwest and West Sides
Seven inches of snow fell in Chicago with a gale over forty miles per hour and temperatures near zero. Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska cold wave spreads as telegraph lines fail and transport slows. Omaha reports ten degrees below. Kentucky sees rain and sleet with rail delays. Wisconsin records twenty eight below zero.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Iowa
South Dakota
Union Pacific
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Texas’ Createst Railroad
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