Roosevelt Pushes Cuban Reciprocity Bill in House Clash
The House moves toward a rule set to debate a Cuban reciprocity measure cutting Cuban product duties by 25 percent. President and Senate plans tempers and party lines, while Long reports White House support for swift action. Morgan and Hanna clash over canal policy as Daniels faces renewed scrutiny for a prison record.
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Women Fight To View Bodies Of The Biddle Brothers
Pittsburg February 4 A crowd of about 10000 people mostly women gathered in zero weather at Beinhauer Sons morgue to view the Biddle brothers bodies. A line a quarter mile long, police struggled to control the mass. Coffins placed center mortuary. two carnations and two fern sprigs left. Some women attempted to kiss a face or clip a lock of hair but were stopped. Funeral planned at Calvary Cemetery as private. mass to be said by Rev Father Miles Sweeney.
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Pittsburg
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Biddle Brothers
Beinhauer & Son
Ed Biddie
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Father Miles Sweeney
Mrs Soffel Seeks Trial After Ruined Husband Plea
Mrs Soffel at last considers her ruined husband and begs for a trial away from home. She declares willingness to meet any punishment imposed.
Disgrace Follows Woman in Riddles Case at Butler
Mrs. Soffer, husband’s wife, pleads for a change of venue as her husband faces trial. In a hospital she pushes Assistant District Attorney John Robb Jr. to move proceedings away from the courthouse near her former home. She says she acted from sympathy for the Biddles and will face any fate the law assigns.
Marshal’s neglect leaves prisoner starved in jail
El Hatcher, marshal of Arlington, Ohio, forgot a prisoner after arresting John Harkins for intoxication. Harkins spent forty eight hours in the calaboose without food or water before being released Monday morning.
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Findlay, CO
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Arlington
John Harkins
Calaboose
Hatcher
Mine disaster toll rises with 85 bodies recovered
Exgle Pass reports 85 bodies recovered from the Hondo mine and 35 men saved, though most survivors are badly mangled. Mexican authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
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Hondo Mine
Nine Firemen Die as Chestnut Street Fire Collapses
At 314 Chestnut Street in St Louis a five story building housing the American Tent and Awning Company collapsed trapping nine firefighters and injuring at least six others. Names of dead include August Thierry and Michael Kehoe with others unnamed. Chief Swingley escaped death and efforts to reach the trapped men continued amid debris through the night.
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Daniel Steele
William Juliet
Marshal Thierry
William Wand
Swingley
Frank Lingo
Theebris
Secretary Shaw backs deposit of US funds in national banks
Secretary Shaw writes Representative Sulzer outlining financial legislation. He analyzes a proposed deposit plan for Government funds, noting potential $32 million interest and $200 million in increased private credit if surplus funds were placed with national banks beyond government bonds. He advocates discretion and security considerations.
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Leslie M, Shaw
Wife Finds 64 Love Letters Hidden in Husband Valise
In Columbus, Mrs. Runkle found sixty four letters from Miss Ella Linn pleading for marriage and happiness, revealing her husband’s infidelity and ongoing attention to another woman. The husband admitted the affair and a second woman, Miss Mamie Birmingham, also attracted his interest.
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Commercial Tribune
Junkle
Columbus
Runkle
Miss Ella Linn
Wobster
Nellie Heron in Murder Trial Details Confession and Robbery
Preliminary hearings in Lebanon Ohio reveal Nellie Heron and co defendants charged with the murder of Hezekiah Stites. Witnesses describe the scene including a confession by Nellie Heron and details of the crime and theft.
Bogus Nobleman and His Wife Charged in $4000 Fraud Plot
Philadelphia February 4 Attorney Francis Bacon and his wife were jailed on $1,000 bail in a conspiracy case. Frederick J. Stover alias Baron Von Wittemberg testified he posed as a nobleman to win Mrs Muller’s money, marrying her in New York and handing Bacon about $3,000. Stover admits long-standing fraud ties and is now jailed in Me? Holly NJ on a bezzlement charge.
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Fortrig
Henrieka Muller
Frederick J. Stover
Baron von ‘Wittemberg
Muller
Germany
Stover
Bacon
New York
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Daitter
Naiget
Holly
Lebanon widow learns of long buried bigamy tale
In Lebanon Indiana on February 4 a widow of William Wright learns from his deathbed that he fathered a son in Chicago. The unknown son Charles T. Wright is said to be by a former wife who is dead. A Chicago woman Mrs Sarah A Wright claims marriage to Wright in 1865 and eight other relatives surface as the family discusses the estate.
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Ind
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Wimetestowe
Charles T. Wright
Chicago
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Homan, Avenue
Wright
Lillie. G. Felmlee
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Georgetown
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Patterson
Senate
Harding
Committee On
Federal Relations
Pike
Hosea
Dowie Settles Lion Lace Case in Chicago Court
In Chicago today the Dowie Stephenson receivership suit for Zion lace industries ended out of court as Judge Tuley dismissed the case and Elmer Washburn would not be appointed receiver. Reported settlement centers near Samuel Stephenson's claimed 250000, aided by exoneration of Dr Dowie from fraud charges.
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Zion Lace Industries
Tuley
Elmer Washburn
Samuel Stephenson
Packard
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Stephenson
Rhodes to face suit over promissory notes in Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes arrived in Cape Town and is expected to appear in the Supreme Court on February 6. The case concerns promissory notes totaling £23,000 drawn in favor of Princess Catherine Radziwill, which Rhodes repudiates as signed by him.
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Cecil Rhodes
Supreme Court
Catherine Radsiwill
Rhodes
Police identify suspects in missing Evanston trio case
Chief Ballard of Cableton, North Dakota received photographs of Miss Florence Ely and her nephew Frank Ely Rogers, missing from Evanston, Illinois for months. He stated the images prove the surveillance group are not the sought individuals.
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Florence Ely
Frank Ely Rogers
Evanston
Otto Bone Seized by Convulsions While Courting
In Wabash Indiana Otto Bone of Thomas Bone's family collapsed during a courtship with convulsions and barking like a dog. He fought to bite himself and required restraint. Taken home, he suffered repeated spasms and doctors fear for his recovery tonight.
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Wabash
Ind
Otto Bone
Thomas Bone
Bone
Goshen Lawyer Installed as Seventh Circuit Judge
Francis E. Baker of Goshen Indiana was installed as a judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh District. The Seventh District covers Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Francis E. Baker
Goshen
Ind
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Wisconsin
House Votes For Redistricting Across Ohio as Plan Emerges
The Ohio House backed redistricting to favor Republicans, while Democrats misread the political move. McDonald proposes to shield Third and Twelfth Districts, with Montgomery and Franklin Counties boosted, and minimal shifts in six other districts to secure seventeen GOP seats. The measure moves to the Senate for consideration.
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