Tillman in Critical Condition After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman is critically ill in Washington with nearly total right hemiplegia and aphasia from cerebral hemorrhages. He fell ill after a Capitol Hill committee meeting, with doctors reporting progressive paralysis and a leakage of blood in the brain. crowds stand vigil outside his residence as his condition worsens and hope fades.
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Washington
Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Capitol
Senator Tillman
Mr.Tillman
France prepares to collect Moroccan debt
Paris reports France has issued an ultimatum to Morocco demanding ratification of the financial accord within 48 hours. If refused, French consulates and the military mission will depart, and France will seize Moroccan customs to enforce a $12,000,000 indemnity linked to the Casa Blanca affair.
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Paris
France
Morocco
Morogvo
Evans Warns Americans About Panama Canal Future
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans in Hampton's magazine cautions that U.S. railroads will seek to undermine the canal as a commercial asset. He argues past opposition blocked its building and outlines rate‑making tactics likely to harm its viability, stressing the need to ensure returns on investment.
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Robley, D. Evans
Panama Canal
Maren
Hampton's
Canary
National League Adopts Short Schedule with 154 Games
The National League approved a 154 game schedule for the coming season. Pittsburg gained concessions while St Louis and Chicago protested Sunday games as the Detroits of the American League would draw crowds. The clash between champions Detroit or Pittsburg remains to be settled by popularity.
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New York
National League
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Chicago
Detroits
Pittsburgs
Dream of Election Proves True in Charleroi Race
Pittsburg Feb 18 Frank Prasier of City telegraphed John Jenkins that he dreamed Jenkins would win Justice of the Peace by twenty seven votes. Tuesday's election confirmed the dream with Jenkins ahead by twenty seven votes. opponent Robert P. Fitzgerald protests claiming ballot-box tampering.
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Pas
Frank
Prasier
City
John Jenkins
Charleroi
Jenkins
Frasier
Robert P. Fitzgerald
Divorcee Major Hall Wins Bigamy Case in London
Major Charles I. Hall secures a divorce from Mrs Madeleine Hall on bigamy grounds. The respondent, daughter of Judge John J. Brady, was a widow with $50,000 yearly income when she wed Major Hall in 1902, later divorcing in the United States and marrying Hi M Harriman in 1908.
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London
Charles I. Hall
Madeleine Hall
Major Hall
John J. Brady
Major Hill
United States
Hi M. Harriman
Madaline Brady
Albert Stevens
Hoboken
Sheridan Chamber Joins Interstate Hearing On Billings Rates
Sheridan Wyoming chamber files to join the Interstate Commerce Board hearing on rates from Billings to outside points. Burlington traffic manager George H. Crosby presents Omaha Chicago Wyoming rate tables showing advantages for Billings dealers and disputes parceling with Northern Pacific. Attorneys for Sheridan and the Burlington case seek April 15 hearings in Washington with a decision hoped for late April.
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Mont
Interstate Commerce
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Crosby
Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce
Denver
Omaha
Chicago
Big Horn
Sheridan Shippers
Triafs
Washington
Assassination Adds To Cherry Mine Horror
In Cherry Illinois on February 18 the attempt to kill Chas Atherton a top mine official aiding body recovery from the St Paul mine killed him. A dismissed worker shouted revenge firing three shots as rescuers labored amid 177 entombed bodies. A mob pursued the shooter Helas Manditeh who was later moved to Princeton for safety.
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Ill
Chas. Atherton
St. Paul
Adi
Atherton
James Steale
Princeton
Helas Manditeh
Speculation on Langford Dewey bout taints street scuffle
Marty Shaffer a young boxer booked for a Langford Dewey preliminaries and McGuire a Putcher fought on West Seventeenth Street near Overland pool hall. Police arrested them about two this morning and released them on bond to appear in police court this afternoon. The fight stemmed from an argument over Shaffer's chances in his coming Tuesday bout against McGuire's cousin.
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Marty Shaffer
Langford- Dewey
McGuire
Overland Pool Hall
West Seventeenth Street
Shaffer
Mexican arraigned for brass knuckles display fined
Bill Bergas, a Mexican, arrested early yesterday for displaying brass knuckles was arraigned before Police Judge Bru ner and found guilty of carrying concealed weapons. He was fined twelve dollars.
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Bill Bergas
Bruner
German Women Robots? No, Carnegie on Roosevelt Taft
Los Angeles date Feb 18 Andrew Carnegie toured the city and spoke with an Associated Press representative on political conditions. He praised Theodore Roosevelt as a wise statesman, endorsed Roosevelt’s trust stance, and said Taft would follow Roosevelt policies with different methods. Carnegie also commented on the court of commerce and middlemen, noting price concerns.
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Los Angeles
Andrew Carnégie
Santa Barbara
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Taft
Carnegie
Court of Commerce
Siamese King Plans U S Visit After Jewel Deliveries
New York report states King Chulalongkorn of Siam announced plans to visit the United States after delivering a supply of jewels to a New York diamond merchant. He previously vacationed in Paris with a large retinue and is expected to tour several American cities on this trip.
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Param Piramindo Maha Chulalongke
United States
Chulalongkorn
Siam
Paris
Colorado Bolle Inspector Warrants Arrests
Denver February 18. A warrant was issued tonight for an attempted theft led by Alex Whitney. The deputy state police issued the warrant for items seized from the goods and a related case is being pursued by the inspector's office. The warrant was not served tonight.
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Denver
Alex Whitney
Rioting in Berlin as Social Democrats clash with police
Severe street battles erupted in Frankfurt and Berlin as Social Democrats clashed with authorities over electoral reform. Police and troops faced missiles, bricks, and pepper as women led many confrontations, with hundreds injured and Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg under pressure amid calls for reform and secret ballots.
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Berlin
Social-Demokrats
Frankfort-on the-Main
von Bethmann-Hollweg
United States
Ecan
von Betchmann-Hollweg
Frankfort
Agnes Lealie Wiking Dies After Self Inflicted Wound
Agnes Lealie Wiking niece of Senator Elkins died at a Kansas City hotel from a self inflicted bullet wound. Police report despondency over relatives refusal to consent to her becoming an actress led to a Wednesday party and a final note to the pen viis before she shot herself.
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Kansas City
Bob
Agnes Lealie Wiking
Elkins
Penivs
Hite
Jott
Earthquake Tears Crete Indevastating Blast
An earthquake in Crete shakes Athens reports a devastated village Varipetro and heavy damage in Canes. Panicked islandwide flight from towns to the countryside noted as Malta also felt tremors and seismic disturbance spreads across the Mediterranean trough.
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Crete
Mediterranean
Malta
Messing O
Handreda
Canes
Candia
Varipetro
One Man Leads Lawless Militia Assault on WHE Jail
Cairo Ill Feb 18 three militia companies guarded court house and jail after a deadly attack that killed Alex Halliday and wounded four others amid a mob seeking a lynching. Sheriff Nellis defends deputized Black deputies saying whites were unwilling to serve. An investigation by Judge Butler will convene a grand jury.
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Cairo
Ill
Alex Halliday
Butler
Sherif
Nellis
London Firm Issues Aeroplane Price List
London firm publishes England’s first aeroplane price list. Monoplane with 10 hp costs 2220 dollars, 50 hp 3875 dollars, Humber biplane 5500 dollars with 41.5 ft wide wings and 36 ft length. Industry foresees rapid development in twenty years.
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London
England
Humber Company
Humber
Mary D Spiers Chosen Social Secretary to Mrs Taft
Washington February 15 Miss Mary D Spiers named social secretary to Mrs Taft replacing Miss Alice Blech who is to marry Lieutenant Richard Wainwright. Spiers from North Carolina serves in the surgeon general’s office and is described as well educated reserved and tactful expected to cause little friction in the White House staff formation.
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Washington, D. C
Mary D. Spiers
Taft
Alice Blech
Richard Wainwright
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