Perish in Sinking Ships Raise Death Toll
At least twenty eight are lost in the Lime disaster near the Magellan straits as the Hathumela rescues 206. In a separate report the Nina tug is missing with 28 aboard from Norfolk. A third vessel, the General Chanzy, foundered near Minorca with one survivor and one missing sailor reported.
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Santiago
Chile
Pacific Navigation Company
Straits of Magellan
Hathumela
Washington
Navy Department
Norfolk Navy Yard
Boston
Lnce
John
Creaghan
Chanay
Marseilles
French
Transatlantic Steamship Company
General Chanzy
Minorcia
Majorca
Howard
Palma
Blader
Marcel Morel
Morel
Ciudadela
Minorca
Steamship Company
Fate of Binger Hermann in Hands of the Jury
In Portland on February 12, 190 years ago the trial of Binger Hermann former Oregon congressman and land office official for conspiracy to defraud the United States entered a jury’s hands after a lengthy fraud inquiry tied to the Blue Mountain forest reserve. The case marks Hermann’s final major part in a long investigation.
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Portland
Binger Hermann
Oregon
The
Land Office
Blue Mountain Forest Reservd
Hermann
Hye
Florida town swept by damaging tornado
Jacksonville Florida February 12 reports efforts to restore wire communication with Lakeland after a tornado struck Lakeland causing extensive damage. No word yet on loss of life or injuries and details remain unclear as crews work to assess the scene.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Pla
Lakeland
Jona
Life Adom
Sullivan says he fooled friends with marriage before voyage
Boston, Feb 12 Former heavyweight champion John L Sullivan claims he married a girl to fool fans who teased him about Albany widow rumors. He says the marriage was a ruse to avoid media questions during his trip to Great Britain and Ireland aboard the Ivernia.
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Boston
Disceas
Great Britain
Albany
Strychnine Found in Relatives in Swope Death Case
Kansas City reports show Miss Margaret Swope had strychnine in her stomach per Chicago chemists. John G. Paxton cites a second viscera analysis finding large quantities of the poison. Nurse says Chrisman Swope convulsed after a capsule given by Dr. Hyde. Paxton testifies in a slander suit seeking 100000. A grand jury investigating Colonel Swope’s death is sworn.
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Kansas City
Margaret Swope
Colonel Swope
Chicago
John G. Paxton
Paxton
Swope
Chrisman Swope
Dr. Hyde
Hyde
Train Derailment Injures Six Near Walker Minnesota
A Minnesota and Inter-National southbound passenger train derailed seven miles southeast of Walker this afternoon injuring six. Passengers rooms observed in the wreck. emergency crews attended the scene and coordinated transport to local facilities for treatment.
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Walker
Minn
Minnesota
Here
Switchmen and roads agree on arbitration
Chicago february 12 the threat of a strike by 4000 switchmen in the Chicago district of eighteen railroads was averted tonight as the parties to the dispute agreed to submit the issue to arbitration for settlement.
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Chicago
Breach of Promise Suit Against Samuel Kraut
Miss Emma Hoffman sues importer Samuel Kraut for $100000 alleging breach of promise to marry. Attorney Henry Lo Franklin claims Kraut spent over $15000 on Hoffman's musical education in Europe and accompanied her to Boston for performances. Case details origin in Chicago four years ago.
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New York
Samuel Kraut
Emma Hoffman
Boston Opera Company
Henry Lo Franklin
Miss Hoffman
Europe
Wealthy glove maker slain in office with brutal wounds
Chicago report says Charles Wiltshire, a wealthy glove manufacturer, was hacked to death in his office near midnight. A dropped stiletto guard, of Italian fashion, led detectives to a suspect linked to prior theft charges who vanished after Wiltshire’s killing.
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Chicago
Charles Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltsshire
Les
Wealthy man convicted of manslaughter in Huntington
Farl Dunning, wealthy Huntington merchant, found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the murder of his uncle Ira Chapman. Jury recommends the severest sentence of one to five years as punishment.
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Huntington
W. Va
Farl Dunning
Ira
Chapman
Yankee Girl Speculates Her Self Into Fortune and Nobleman
New York reports the marriage of Edmond Ratisbonne Vicomte de Ravenel of France and Ellen Manning Igoe a Speyer & Co. statistician. The ceremony occurred at St Patrick's Cathedral with Mer Laval officiating. She built a fortune in Wall Street from an initial $1,000 while her fiancé taught her French in Pittsburgh and at Westinghouse works. The Comte de Ravenal approved the match after his son’s devotion and visit to France, provided the fortune were larger.
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New York
Edmond Ratisbonne
Vicomete de Ravenel
France
Ellen Manning ‘Igoe
Speyer & Co
Pine Street
Mer. Lavelle
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Vitomtess de Ravenel
Wall Street
Pittsburg
Westinghouse Manufacturing Company
Hayden Ames
Victomete
Iggeter
Comte de Ravenal
Paris
Comte
Peculiar Cheyenne Appropriation Ordinance Debate
City council set to debate the 1910 general appropriations ordinance introduced by Alderman Harry B. Henderson. The plan introduces a contingent fund allowing lump sums to officials with later accounting after indebtedness is assumed. The measure shifts control away from strict prior allocations toward executive discretion and post hoc validation.
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Cheyenne
Harry B. Henderson
Second Ward
Henderson
City Council
G.P. Johnston
David Nimmo
J. H. Martin
EH. B Henderson
G. P.johnston
G. P. Johnston
Henderson Nimmo
Marcin
Mr. Henderson
Sam
Henierson
Billy
Ordear
Adinas
Chey- Es
Platafest
City of
State of
Wyoming
McKeesport Bill for Germs Sparks City Debate
Pittsburg February 12 A McKeesport councilman balked at a bill presented by Dr A Bandbiad city bacteriologist for January board of germs used in tests. The bacteriologist argued the bill covered millions of germs from the Yough logheny water source and that they were fed well and fully developed for testing.
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Pittsburg
McKeesport
Bandbiad
Youghlogheny
Father Drives Car With Baby Trapped Crashes Vehicle
A father inadvertently causes a crash while backing from a garage trapping his baby beneath the vehicle. Witnesses report the driver did not realize the child was under the car as it struck fore. Emergency crews respond to the scene and note the child was injured.
Taft Reverses Own Pledge At Lincoln Day Talk
President Taft addressed a Lincoln day dinner in New York saying enforcement of law must fit processes, warning against harming business. He defended the Payne Aldrich tariff, urged not to panic in face of Democratic weakness, and commented on Albany bribery scandals and the Allds-Conger case.
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New York
Taft
Wall Street
Republican Club
Washington
Albany
Sioux Chiefs Visit Indian Commissioner in Protest
Washington February 12. Two Sioux former chiefs led a delegation to the commissioner of Indian affairs to protest that Sioux funds from the 1851 treaty for Minnesota ceded lands were not fully received. Little Fish, 20, and Red Star, 75, from Pearl Lake agency North Dakota accompanied the visitors.
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Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Minnesota
Little Fish
Red Star
Perlls Lake
North Dakota
Surgeon De Williams Miller Succumbs After Operation
Sheridan Wye Feb 12 De William A Miller died tonight at the state hospital after an operation for general peritonitis He remained conscious after anesthesia until the end High father from Joplin Missouri arrived six hours after his son’s death Dr Miller was a prominent Elk and the local surgeon of the Burlington railroad
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Sheridan, Wye
William A. Miller
State Hospital
Joplin
Missouri
Miller
Burlington Railroad
Mistress Slays Bolivian Consul’s Former Mistress Named
Algiers reports Blanche Planchen, a former mistress, admitted killing Senarm L. Dachot as he traveled by car to the pier seeking information on the General Changy steamer disaster. Planchen, distraught, claimed an irrepressible impulse drove her actions.
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Senarm L. Dachot
Aut
Thorities
Blanche Planchen
Dachota
Dachot
General Changy
Mile
Planchen
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