Paper Money Issue Among the Senators
Washington February 14 The senate debated Clay of Georgia on the Aldrich currency bill and government issued paper money. Lodge and Teller expressed views with Teller stressing sovereign power and not a banking business while Lodge cited England France or Germany as models. The House advanced on the executive legislative and judicial bill but struck many salary provisions and a naval chart appropriation before adjournment.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Today
Clay
Georgia
Lodge
Teller
England
France
Germany
Macon of Ariensas
Arizona
North Pacific Ocean
Emily Reed founders and ten go to death
The American ship Emily Reed, bound for Portland with coal from Newcastle, ran aground near the Nehaleu river mouth on the Oregon coast. Ten lives were lost and six were saved, including the captain and his wife.
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Emily Reed
Portland
Ore
Oresun
Yen Hyeb
Newcastle
Nehaleu River
Oregon
Auto racers reach Utica in New York to Paris chase
In Utica New York on February 14 the American Italian and one French car sped in mud from Fonda covering 52 62 miles to reach Utica near 1 pm. They followed the canal towpath because city streets were firmer. The route was not hard but perilous due to snow drift. They plan to reach Syracuse tonight.
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Utica
N. Y
New York
Paris
Fonda
Syracouse
Washington Telegraph: Representative Davenport Faces District Franks
In Washington on February 14, Representative Davenport of Oklahoma faces scrutiny as a clerical error sent many telephone directories stamped with his district’s official suffixes across the area. Constituents demand an explanation for what they want from the misfranked books and the misdirected mail.
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Washington, D. C
Davenport
Oklahoma
Washington
Rio Grande Faces Strike Amid Wage Readjustment
Salt Lake City report details Rio Grande officials including Vice-President Schlacks and Traffic Manager Hughes visiting. Union leaders warn the abrogation notice could provoke a strike, while Rio Grande says wage readjustment only aims to reinstate former workers.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Cerver & Rio Grande
Schlacks
Hughes
A. L. Mohler
Union Pacific
R. L. Hunney
Omaha
Rio Grande
Schincks
W. D. Robinson
Machinists’ Union
Denver
Tries death by own action in Colorado fall incident
Leadville, Feb 14. Harry Jones, 60, lies in the county hospital with a knife wound to the abdomen and a sprained ankle after falling on an icy sidewalk. He believed he had broken his leg and, despairing, stabbed himself three times, and was found near death from blood loss. His prognosis is poor.
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Leadville
Colo
Harry Jones
Library Board Criticized Over Patron Unrest
Cheyenne residents assailed a library board meeting criticizing an arbitrary change in library staff. Miss Martin praised for three years service, while a public outcry accused trustees of injecting politics and religion into library actions and ignoring community wishes.
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Cochrane
W. A. Rineri
Walton
A. D
W. A. Burgess
Hrarian
Martin
Cheyenne
Lbrary Board
Star Chamber
Young Men's Club
Persia's Shah Assassination Report Circulates in Vienna
A rumor in Vienna on February 14 claims the Shah of Persia has been assassinated. No confirmation could be obtained locally.
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Vienna
Peresin
Fight with knives for love of a Gin
Rivalry from a love affair led Tony Blue and Anton Blormin to a knife duel in Etringtown near Leadville Colorado. Both were badly wounded and hospitalized after the fight, with Blormin's injuries feared fatal. Both men were Greek and about a dozen countrymen joined the fray, matching fighters on each side.
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Leadville
Colo
Tony Blue
Anton Blormin
Etringtown
Blup
Tt Ie
Thirty First Masque Ball Charms Turner Hall Crowd
Eight hundred guests attended the thirty first annual Masque Ball of the Alert Hose company at Turner Hall. The evening featured Hanesohka's orchestra and a prize lineup for best costumes, with Miss Eva Rice and Prof. Luther Griffith among winners. Catholic Ladies provided supper during intermission as committees oversaw details of the event.
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Turner Hall
Alert Hose Company
Hanesohka
Eva Rice
Luther Griffith
Nellia McMahon
Frank Weybrecht
Marie Gillespie
A. M. Holland
Ed. Taylor
Louis Manewal
Vincent L. McGuire
John Myers
T. Joe Cahill
Fred Rath
Ed. Sheels
Fred Miller
John Rath
Fred Talbot
Robert Myers
J. &. Dyer
W. A. Taylor
Chas. EF. Stevens
Geo
W. A. Waugh
Frank Peters
E. W. Glateke
C. BE
Thos.Holland
J. F. Donegan
Phil. Kerrigan
Hugh Coffman
the Company
Expecting Bad Floods in Ohio Valley
Gallipolis Ohio reports the Ohio valley may face a disastrous flood unless a cold wave stops heavy rainfall. Side streams overflow as the Ohio Great Kanawha and Muskingum rivers rise rapidly. West Virginia snowmelt combines with rain causing concern among lowland residents.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Great Kanawha
Muskingum
Virgina Mountains
Brother slays rival to wedding in Huntington WV
Virgil Hatten killed Henry Beak at the Bean home in Pritchard after Beak barred the wedding party and insulted Hatten. The incident followed a confrontation between rival families over the planned marriage of Daly Bean to Virgil Hatten.
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Huntington
W. Va
Henry Beak
Pritchard
Virgil Hatten
Nanoee
Young
Hatten
Miss Daly Bean
Bean Home
Bean
West Virginia
Tornadoes Flatten Mississippi Towns and Strike Texas
A Mississippi tornado obliterated Mossville near Laurel and damaged Service and Nose towns with possible fatalities and dozens injured. In Tyler Texas, a separate tornado killed four people and damaged St. Pauls church and nearby homes with multiple serious injuries.
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Dallas
Tex
Tyler
Smith County
A. Francois
Mose Lee
St. Paul's Church
Dane Johnson
Charles Conelley
Irwin Franklin
Headquarters of Large Counterfeiting Gang Found
Secret Service Agent Roland K. Goddard unearthed a complete counterfeiting plant in a Denver house on East Thirty-sixth Street and took D R Appleby into custody. Appleby is said to have overseen production of counterfeit five and ten dollar pieces used by an eight to ten member gang led by a young woman in the household. The plant’s existence suggests counterfeit coins circulated in Colorado cities beyond Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Secret Service
Roland K. Goddard
East Thirty-sixth Street
D. R. Appleby
Lovett
Pueblo
Goddard
Appleby
Colorado
Earthquakes Recorded Across U S From Local Disturbances
Washington February 14 Two separate shocks were recorded on the Cheltenham magnetical observatory seismograph. The first quake lasted twenty five minutes and the second eleven minutes. Observers infer local origin but cannot yet locate the disturbance center.
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Washington, I. C
Cheltenham
Mine Explosion Leaves 42 Entombed in Durban Mine
Durban Natal February 14 Forty two men were entombed by a blast in a coal mine at Glencoe. Rescue parties struggle against afterdamp to reach the workers, and it is feared all have perished.
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Durban
Natal
Glencoe
New Carnegie Librarian Appointed Mills and Mirtin
The Carnegie Library trustees named Mrs Cornelia Mills librarian and Miss Rose Mirtin as director following the departure of Rosa Irvine. Dr George C Rafter was elected secretary of the board.
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Cornelia Mills
Carnegie Librarian
Carnegie Library
Mbrarian
Rose Mirtit
Rosas Irvine
George C. Rafter
Shopmen to Assemble Over Rio Grande Contract Order
Denver Colorado Beb 14 A meeting of Rio Grande railroad shopmen is called for tomorrow night to discuss the order posted yesterday abrogating union contracts on March 14. The gathering aims to gauge workers interpretation and resolve their stance on the order.
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Denver
Cola
Beb
Rio Grande Railroad
Evans' Fleet Sighting Off Pacific Coast
Valparaiso reports Rear Admiral Evane's American battleships sighted off Point Gueraumillaights at 2 10 pm in column formation. Sixteen battleships advancing through rapids amid clear weather.
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Valparaiso
Evane
Point Gueraumillaights
Adina De Savalia Vacates Alamo Amid Protest
Miss Adina De Savalia, exhausted and hunger worn, vacated the Alamo last night and turned the property over to Governor Campbell. She did not surrender but pledged the Alamo never surrenders while the dispute over the site heads to judicial review. The opposition agreed to submit all jawue matters to the courts for final decision and to abide the result.
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Alamo
San Antonio
Tex
Adina de Savalia
Campbell
Nowise
Texas
Mists de Bavalla
Jawue
Hoel
Liliputians Pass Through Cheyenne En Route to Denver
The Liliputians of the Majeatic viailideville circuit travel through Cheyenne yesterday morning led by Mrs. Tom Thumb. They claim to be the smallest trio in the world and head toward Denver.
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Cheyenne
Denver
Tom Thumb
Labor Union Leaders Indicted in New Orleans
The United States grand jury in New Orleans indicted representatives of nearly every labor union in the city charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Law.
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New Orleans
United States Grand Jury
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Senate
Unites States
Weather Report
D. C
Wyoming
W. & Palmer
Young Men's Literary Club
Persia
Mississippi
Jones County
Mossville
Hattiesburg
Miss
Here
Laurel
Ike Holloway
Nose
U. S
Fleet Breasts
Pacific
Gil
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