Blizzard Again Ties Up Northwest Roads
A North Dakota blizzard halted Northwest rail traffic as Great Northern and Soo lines faced heavy snowdrifts. Westward, Northern Pacific faced disruptions. winds rose Sunday night, then eased Monday. James J. Hill appealed for help from Burlington, which sent twelve locomotives to aid the Northern Pacific blockade in the Dakotas.
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St. Paul
Northwest
North Dakota Prairies
Great Northern
Soo
Northern Pacific
North Dakota
Hill
Omaha
James J. Hill
Burlington Railroad
Soo Line
Great Western Road of England
Will Burn Railroad
Ice famine grips Midwest as car shortage halts harvest
La Crosse Wisconsin January 30 A car shortage halts ice harvesting along the Mississippi between La Crosse and Lake Pepin threatening summer supplies for six Northwestern and Middle states. Millions of tons of ice normally shipped are stranded due to insufficient rail cars and lack of storage facilities.
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la Crosse
Wis
Mississippi Iver
Lake Penin
Middle States
Badger Offices Given Out
Madison Wis Jan 30 Governor Davidson yesterday reappointed Magnus Swenson of Madison to the university board of regents and named former Attorney General L M Sturdevant as state claim agent. Sturdevant succeeds Judge H S Comstock who resigned last September.
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Magnus Swenson
L. M. Sturdevant
Madison
Wis
Davidson
Board of Regents
University
Sturdevant
H. S. Comstock
Gold mine on farm stirs prospect of rich ore
Sioux Falls farmer Lars P Olson says he discovered a gold bearing quartz vein on his farm and claims experts priced the ore as high as 2000 dollars per ton. He reports displaying samples and predicts his claim could yield a lucrative find.
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Gays
Sioux Falls
S. D
Lars P Olson
Freight Wreck Near Benson Minnesota
A Great Northern freight train derailed about two miles east of Benson Minnesota on January 30. The engine and sixteen cars left the rails and some overturned but no injuries were reported.
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Benson
Minn
Great Northern
Mrs Ringling Dies After Paralysis at Supper
Baraboo Wisconsin January 30 Mrs Au gust Ringling mother of the Ringling brothers fell ill with paralysis while entertaining friends at supper and died shortly after The Ringlings are prominent circus promoters in Baraboo and nationwide authorities report the death as sudden and unexpected.
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Ringling
Baraboo, Wis
August
Ringling Brothers
Minot Woman Beaten in Restaurant Assault
Minot North Dakota January 30 Mrs Tichy owner of a local restaurant lies in serious condition after an assault by a man named Parritt He threw her to the floor during a struggle and she was beaten nearly beyond recognition Parritt was arrested.
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Minot
N. D
Attorney Swindled Out of 3000 With Forged Deed
Sioux City Iowa January 30 J M Brown attorney loses three thousand dollars to a clever crook who borrowed the sum on a forged deed of a valuable farm.
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Sioux City
Iowa
J. M. Brown
Mother perishes saving infant in house fire
In Ottumwa Iowa on January 29 Mrs Ed Butler died after catching her child from flames and her own clothes catching fire She rushed from the house still holding the baby and both were fatally burned despite aid arriving later The tragedy ended hours of agonizing suffering for mother and child
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M Mirs
Ed Butler
Ottumwa
Iowa
Law's Defender Arrested Over Contempt Charge
Fergus Falls Minnesota January 29 W R Geoble a hunter of the Pelican Rapids blind pigs was arrested after a message from Willmar stating he was wanted for alleged contempt of court He was subpoenaed as a witness in a case he had been pursuing and is needed to testify
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Fergus Falls
Minn
W. R. Geoble
Pelican Rapids
Willmar
Pension Bureau
Washington
Andrew Jackson
Eternal
Greenwood
Orters
Potomac
Buffalo
New York
London
Man loses hand in buzz saw mishap at hospital
Little Falls Minnesota January 29 Simon Fussy of St Gabriel hospital was sawing wood when he paused to talk and gestured, accidentally thrusting his hand into a running buzz saw. The saw ripped his hand off almost instantly in the peculiar accident.
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Little Falls
Minn
Simon Fussy
St. Gabriel Hospital
Man Uses Milk To Fight House Fire In Wisconsin
Charles Loofborn saved his Chippewa Falls home by pouring freshly milked milk on the kitchen blaze after finding it alight with water frozen. The improvised extinguisher kept flames under control until help arrived.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Charles Loofborn
Postoffice Burned in Granada Store Fire
Fire destroyed the F. C. Stone general store postoffice and telephone central at Northrup in Granada. Nothing was saved and losses run about 3500 with little insurance. Mr Stone and his family barely escaped with their lives.
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Granada
Minn
F. C. Stone
Central
Northrup
Explosive blast injures miners at Wisconsin lead mine
In Dubuque Iowa on January 29 an old dynamite charge exploded during drilling at the Argyan lead mines in Wisconsin near the city. John Boden lost an arm and sustained internal injuries likely to prove fatal. A second man was seriously hurt.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Wisconsin
Here
John Boden
Resume of Week's Proceedings Across Congress
Washington reports show the Senate accepted a House plan to raise salaries for senators and officials to 7500 and 12000 for the Vice President the Speaker and cabinet members. Presidents message urged ship subsidy while House debated pension cuts and tariff issues amid Alger funeral adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Wreck Fatal to One Man in Iowa
Aplington Iowa January 29 W B Letchleam was crushed to death in a Illinois Central wreck near here six cars went into the ditch several persons were injured
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Aplington
Iowa
W. B. Letchleam
Ilinois Central
Here
Soo work planned division point at Lawrence for Soo Line
John Foley of Foley has returned from the proposed Belgrade to Burtrum Soo Line route and bought land near Lawrence on Mille Lacs Lake. He is said to have secured the division point for the new cross country line with construction set to begin early spring.
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Lawrence
St. Cloud
Minn
John Foley
Foley
Belgrade
Burtrum
Mille Tacs Lake
Soo
Tragic Find Near Tarke Farm In Snow Drift
Tosten Holm of Tarke township Clay county Minnesota was found dead yesterday his body located in a snow drift about forty rods from his farm authorities investigated the scene and ordered an inquest not yet publicly announced.
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Fargo
N. D
Tosten Holm
Tarke Township
Clay County
Minnesota
Boy in Winona Bitten by Suspected Mad Dog
In Winona Minnesota January 29 a dog believed to be mad was killed by police after it bitten several other dogs and one boy causing much excitement in the city.
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Winona
Minn
Fire at State Hospital Damages Employees Building
Fire at the St Peter state hospital damaged the employes building slightly. Institution staff with fire apparatus kept the blaze confined to one apartment and inmates were not in danger at any time.
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Employes
St. Peter, Minn
St .Peter State Hospital
Fatal colt breaking accident in South Dakota
Ethan Gieron of S D, nineteen, died after being thrown to the ground while attempting to break a colt. He was the son of Jacob Gieron. The incident occurred on January 29 and resulted in his death shortly after the accident.
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Ethan
S. D
Jacob Gieron
Mil ler Crushed by Falling Tree Near Osceola
Osceola Iowa January 29. Adam Miller a prominent farmer was killed when a tree he was cutting down fell and crushed him near Leslie.
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Osceola
Iowa
Leslie
Adam Miller
Births Greatly Exceed Deaths in December
Pierre South Dakota bureau of vital statistics reports December totals: 998 births 521 male 477 female 464 marriages 328 deaths 87 naturalizations 49 divorces.
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Pierre
S. D
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Freezes Hands Claim Lumber Company Worker Life
Duluth January 29 S D Fitzer an employee of a lumber company operating near Ely on the Vermilion range died in a hospital from freezing his hands.
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Duluth
S. D. Fitzer
Ely
Tamale Herman Ostman Hangs Self in Helena Home
In Helena Montana on January 29 Herman Ostman known as Tamale Herman hanged himself from a dresser in a room where he lodged the act listed as death by self action.
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Helena
Mont
Herman Ostman
Tamale Herman
Father of druggist dies after son’s death in Minneapolis
Gilbert Fish of Dungas Minnesota, father of BE W Fish a Fargo druggist, died in a Minneapolis hotel after shooting himself following his arrest here on a charge of blind pigging. He grieved over his son’s death, saying his heart was broken.
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Fargo
N. D
Gilbert Fish
Dungas
Minn
BE. W. Fish
Minneapolis
Ambassador Reid May Quit Diplomacy
London report says Ambassador Reid will resign early this spring and withdraw from diplomatic life, signaling a major shift in Washington liaisons and social circles.
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Ambagsador Reid
London
Ambassador Reid
McCormick Sentenced to 2½ Years in Stillwater Penitentiary
Winona Minnesota January 31 Judge Arthur H Snow sentences George McCormick after a recent guilty verdict for assault to two and a half years in the Stillwater penitentiary.
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Winona
Minn
Arthur H. Snow
George McCormick
Stillwater
Depot Till Is Robbed in Medford
Faribault Minn Jan 31 The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul depot at Medford was broken into after the operator left for dinner The till was robbed of 12 dollars
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Faribault
Minn
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Medford
Blaze Destroys Medberg Brothers Store at Dexter
Fire in Dexter Minnesota completely destroys the Medberg Brothers department store. Authorities suspect an overheated furnace as the cause. Total property loss exceeds 30000 dollars.
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Dexter
Dexter, Minn
Medberg Brothers
Indian Sachem Cornelius Hill Dies at 75 in Wisconsin
Rev Cornelius Hill an aged Oneida sachem and chief died on the reservation in Green Bay Wisconsin at seventy five years old He was the oldest of the Oneida Indian chiefs according to the report from January thirty first.
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Green Bay
Wis
Cornelius Hill
Beveridge Pushes Child Labor Bill in Senate
Washington January 29 Senator Beveridge kept the senate’s focus on his child labor bill with a continuation of his argument expected to conclude today. The two houses adopted a joint resolution extending the joint postal commission until its affairs are wound up. The house passed twenty DC related bills on district day under house rules.
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Washington
Beveridge
Senate
Ife
Joint Postal Commission
District of Columbia
House
Senate session opens with Hale critic. key bills pass
In Washington on January 30 the senate began with Senator Hale faulting excess talk and slow work as diplomatic consular and fortifications bills faced passage. Beveridge wraps up his three day child labor DIN while the agricultural bill dominates, farmers defeating a seed distribution amendment 186 to 85 and restoring the provision.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
Beveridge
Father And Daughter Missing After Suspected Fire
Chicago authorities probe the double disappearance of Lake View merchant William R Wieboldt and his daughter Martha who vanished after a fire at his furniture store. Wieboldt faced heavy financial trouble prior to the incident.
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Chicago
Lake View
William R Wieboldt
Martha
Wieboldt
Seventy Two Bodies Trapped in Reden Mine Disaster
A Saarbrucken dispatch reports seventy two bodies remain buried in the Reden mine near Frankfort on the Main. Only twenty four have been identified among those recovered, with many victims burned beyond recognition. The explosion’s cause remains unknown.
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Frankfort
the Zeitung
Saarbruecken
Reden
Butte Grand Jury Reports Police Officials Unfit
The Butte grand jury discharged after a year long inquiry reports that Detective McInerney and Police Captain McGrath are not fit to serve as police officers. They condemn the police system for allowing criminal elements to infest the city while praising Officers Parlin Radmiljovich Helko and Whitely for honesty and diligence. Helko testified Captain McGrath invited him to join a robbery at the Northern Pacific Express office. Helko and three others were suspended by the city council.
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Butte
Bourquin
McInerney
McGrath
Grand Jury
Parlin
RadmilJovich
Helko
Whitely
Cant
Capt. McGrath
Northern Pacific Bexpress Company
Pface
Helky
Ramilovich
Montana House Passes Sixteen Hour Rail Labor Bill
The Montana House approved without dissent a bill by Rep H J Miller Park county to limit railroad workers to sixteen hours on duty in any twenty four hours with eight hours off between shifts. Violations carry misdemeanor fines from 100 to 600 dollars or 30 to 60 days in county jail. Railroads responsible for injuries from violations.
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Montana
H. J. Miller
Park County
Montana assessors form new officers in Helena adjourn to Butte
The Montana state assessors association, meeting in Helena, agreed on valuations and planned legislation for the coming session. P Boland of Silver Bow county was elected president and J H Proffit of Park county secretary. Sheep valued at 8 a head and cattle at 10 to 25 per head depending on age and class. Telegraph and telephone lines taxed at 105 per mile for poles and one copper wire, 30 per mile for each extra copper wire, 85 per mile for poles and one iron wire, plus 10 per mile for each additional.
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Butte
State Assessors’ Association
Montana
Helena
P. Boland
Silver Bow County
J. H. Proffit
Park County
Miner Narrowly Escapes Cremation in Butte Cabin Fire
Michael McGuire, a known Butte miner, barely escaped death when a stove fire in his off shift home at the J I C mine destroyed his cabin. He woke to crackling wood, tried to flee via the stairs but was trapped until he burst through a window. He suffered severe burns and cuts from the flames and glass.
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Michael McGuire
Butte
Snowbound Fort Benton Faces Deep Winter Shortages
Snow lies several feet deep around Fort Benton as chinook winds fail to arrive and a harsh winter continues. Coal is scarce and supply shortages persist though Big Sandy mines help. transport by rail is hampered. Some range cattle drift into town, but no large losses reported.
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Fort Benton
Sheriff raid nets empty chambers at Billings saloon
Sheriff Webb and Under Sheriff Hubbard conducted a raid on rooms above a Billings saloon where gambling was alleged. After breaking in, officers found no occupants. Coats hung on the wall and a poker layout lay discarded with chips scattered. The layout was confiscated and taken to the sheriff's office.
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Webb
Hubbard
Billings
Sheriff’9
Greenwood Tale Reveals Grim Pension Bureau Misconceptions
A tale recalls a long career pension official who faked illness to delay an unwritten grave plot. The unnamed narrator describes a strange sequence from Greenwood to Buffalo then London, ending with the grave never used and a costly misunderstanding about office holders.
Many belles at capital echo Roosevelt romance and society
The article describes Miss Ethel Roosevelt as poised for debut at the White House setting a genteel pace with skating tennis and riding. It notes she will be 17 next winter and compares her to Mrs Longworth and other Washington socialites like Miss Marguerite Shonts Miss Williams Miss Frances Goldsborough Miss Edith Root and Miss Frederica Morgan.
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Roosevelts
Miss Ethel
Miss Roosevelt
Dancer
White House
Mrs. Longworth
Miss Alice
New York
Washington
Marguerite Shonts
Panama Canal
Wiliams
Frances Goldsborough
Edith Root
Frederica Morgan
Senator Pet tus and the lone doctor quandary
The Alabama senator suffered a momentary vertigo in his office while working on a law case. After recovering in minutes he asked for a doctor and joked about needing only one physician. The physician assured there is only one, prompting the senator to quip he would not survive a multi doctor consultation.
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Senator Pettus
Alabama
Senator Hale Probes Church Ties in Senate Tale
Dr. Edward Everett Hale, senate chaplain, asks a senator about church membership and, after confirming the church, notes it had burned down twelve years earlier and was never rebuilt, a anecdote told to illustrate scrutiny of members.
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Edward Everett Hale
Senate
Hale
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N. C
Elliott
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State Hospital
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Ethel Roosevelt
Senator
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