Mississippi Dry Goods collapse kills many in Tex
An 1888 disaster in Tex people died and dozens were missing after a three story building fell with a fire starting immediately. Sixty percent of those inside were women and children shopping during a special sale. Rescue was slow as flames hindered locating victims and officials announced an investigation.
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Commercial Tribune
M Kinney
Tex
Mississippi Dry Goods Company
Tingle Implement Company
Oda Fellows’ Lodge
Kate Milligan
Bessie Wade
Rubsell
W. R. Presley
Mary Stiff
Eva Searcy
Leslie Bush
Allen
Tingle
T. M. Tingle
Concern
N. R. Presley
L. W. Bush
Presley
Bush
Odd Fellows
McKinney
Knox Answers British Protest on Panama Canal Act
Secretary Knox publicized the U S reply to Britain's protest over the canal act. He rejects arbitration as premature and proposes a joint high commission to investigate all facts and report findings. He rejects Britain's toll exemption and coastwise trade objections as contingent and not arbitration-worthy. The note emphasizes discussion by diplomatic negotiation first and asserts U S sovereignty over tolls.
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United States
Knox
Sir Edward Grey
Arrival of Dutch family causes pandemonium at Noordam dock
Johannes Barr slag his wife Lena and daughter Antje arrive from Holland on the Noordam. The welcome committee of heavyweights collisions with watchmen, a fence toppling embrace, and braces of mishaps left teeth knocked out and a son with a black eye as relatives reunite with joyful chaos.
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Commercial Tribune
Johannes Barrslag
Lena
Antje
Holland
Noordam
Johannes
Antge
John
Heinrich
Rose
New Jersey
Committee of Welcome
Papa
Mamma
Bartslags
Mamma Bartslag
Papa Barrslags
Mamma Barrslag
Mexicans Fire on U. S. Troops Near the Border
Reports say Mexican rebels fired on U S Thirteenth Cavalry patrol near Fabens Texas while ranch raids spread tension along the border. Troop B was sent to the scene as 400 rebels clustered opposite Guadalupe. General Blanco, now released, brings a peace offer. the offer is deemed impossible.
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EL Paso
Tex
United States
Thirteenth Cavalry
Fabens
Troop C
Guadalupe
Jose Blanco
Juarez
Blanco
Mother and Son Circle the Globe by Automobile
Mrs. William A. Hall and her son Melvin completed a 40 000 mile round the world car trip ending in New York. They traveled through 33 countries in a four cylinder phaeton from June 10 1911 to January 23 1912 and wore out 117 tires and 5600 gallons of gasoline with no serious mishaps.
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William A. Hall
Melvin Hall
Broadway
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Wales
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Bombay
India
Ceylon
Sumatra
Java
Cochin China
Hongkong
Japan
Philippines
San Francisco
Mexico
Denver
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Washington
Duston Pleads Guilty to Buying 13-Year-Old Lena Hatfield
George Duston of White county, after costly legal counsel, pleads guilty in Logansport to buying Lena Hatfield, 13, from her stepmother Rosa Hatfield. Judge Larry sentences him to 21 years in prison. The stepmother is jailed for selling the girl, with a guarded jail for would be transport to Peru. Duston admits excess money and idle mind led to crime.
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Commercial Tribune
Hammond
Ind
George Duston
White County
Logansport
Lena Hatfield
Rosa Hatfield
Larry
Peru
Duston
Judge Landis declines to hear kinman case in Chicago
Judge Kenesaw M. Landis refused to hear a case involving Robert Stevenson & Co. a wholesale drug firm found guilty in federal court for violating internal revenue laws. John Stevenson a relative by marriage of Landis appeared as a defendant and the judge quipped he had enough to do without trying his own kin.
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Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis
United States District Court
Robert Stevenson & Co
Carpenter
Internal Revenue
Landis
John Stevenson
Peace Plan Upset as Regime Ousted in Europe Accord
Constantinople dispatch reports turmoil in the Turkish capital with the ousting of the peace cabinet and riots as Young Turks clash with opponents. Nazim Pasha, former war minister and commander, is killed by an unknown assassin while attempting to calm a crowd demanding war.
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Europe
Nation called to die for its honor in Constantinople unrest
Talaat Bey summoned Noradunghian Effendi for consultation as Young Turk newspapers are suspended. A pro union and progress detachment issued a proclamation blaming Mukhtar Pasha and Kiamil Pasha for weakening Turkish authority in Albania and yielding to the Balkan powers. The city remained quiet despite a heavy rainstorm.
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Constantinople
Talaat Bey
Noradunghian Effendi
Young Curo Party
Kiamil Pasha
Hill of Liberty
Committee of Union and Progress
Said Pasha
Albania
Mukhtar Pasha
Jouriney
Mukhtar
Russia
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Kiamil
Adrianople
Aegean
Huge Graft in Stamps Under Federal Probe
Federal probe uncovers legal trafficking in stolen postage stamps worth millions annually. Stamp brokers and confidential employees colluded with business concerns to buy stamps below face value and sell for profit. Investigations by post office inspectors reveal a nationwide conspiracy involving government stamps and multiple firms.
Castro Refuses Reading of Telegraphs At Ellis Island
New York January reports say a special board of inquiry at Ellis Island is examining telegrams in the Castro case to determine if Cipriano Castro ordered the 1907 killing of Venezuelan general Paredes. Castro, detained awaiting an appeal, bangs his door and refuses to listen as officials read the messages. His counsel, Harold A Content, says the telegrams are unauthenticated and that even if true, the act was a political offense.
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New York
State Department
Washington
Special Board of Inquiry
Cipriano Castro
Castro
Paredes
Venezuela
Ellis Island
Special Board
Harold’a. Content
Content
War on Antisaloonists Declared by Licenses Group
Washington Jan 23 The National Liquor Dealers association completed its annual convention with a pledge of immediate action against the Antisaloon league of America. Resolutions urged army canteens reestablishment, brewery abrogation, and closer ties between liquor dealers and excise authorities. Old officers were re elected.
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Washington
Antisaloon League of America
National Liquor Dealers’ Association
League
Turkish cabinet resigns as Young Turks return to power
News from Constantinople reports a public outcry against the peace policy forces the government to resign and installs a new grand vizier promising to sacrifice Mogiem nations. Ambassadors meet to decide future action and may urge mediation while the new regime faces uncertain fate.
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Constantinople
Young Turks
Mogiem
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