Delayed Transatlantic Steamers Prompt Theories Of Rescue
News from New York on February 7 reports the liner La Gascogne remains four days overdue with no sighting. The Teutonic and Circassia are suspected to be aiding or delayed by the missing vessel as weather and gales affect Atlantic traffic. Cephalonia from Boston also runs two days late amid easterly gales.
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New York
Ila Gascogne
Teutonic
Queenstown
la Gascogne
Circassia
Glasgow
Europe
Cunard Line
Cephalonia
Boston
Three men suffocated on river towboat cabin
Three men Griffin Brown night watchman Silvan Richardson and John Hogan were found dead in the cabin of a coal towboat on the river front. Gases from an open fire in a poorly ventilated cabin caused their deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New OxviEans
Griffin Brown
Silvan Richardson
John Hogan
Brown
W. G. Coyle & Co
Richardson
Hogan
Indiana Senate Acts on Suburban Railways and Sheriff Powers
The Indiana Senate passed a bill regulating suburban railway construction and another governing appointment of special justices of the peace. A measure would bar detectives without police chief or sheriff certificate. The Roby racetrack faced action as governors power sought to curb illicit business. The judiciary favorably reported to empower removing a sheriff who blocks order and to protect union members from discharge. The house adjourned with Miller-Bowers election contest still pending.
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Indianapolis
SenaTe
Roby
Hovst
Judiciary Committee
House
Election Committee
Moore
Miller-Bowers
Debates On Banking and Currency Bill In Congress
Congress discussed the banking and currency and gold loan bill for five hours under the five minute rule. Mr Brosius led the general debate urging unity to relieve the nation. Amendments were adopted with two major changes including a lower national bank note denom and gold silver reserve provisions.
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Washineaton
Brosius
Rep. Pa
Haugen
Rep
Wis
Hartman
Montana
Br. Bland
Bland
House
Preacher Robber Captured After Bank Hold Up
In East Portland a sensational preacher named J. C. Reed attempted a bank robbery at the First National Bank of East Portland. He bound the assistant cashier with a gag and menaced him with nitro glycerine, but the cross-street cashier seized a shotgun, armed bystanders broke a window, and Reed was captured and jailed amid a mob.
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PortLanb
Ore
First National Bank of
East Portland
J. C. Reed
Reed
First National
Fatal Fire Destroys Evansville Saloon and Nearby Buildings
A blaze starting at 1:25 A.M. Thursday at Dave Eastin's Water Street saloon rapidly engulfed a three story block in Evansville Indiana. By 2:00 A.M. Petersheim's drug store and Lennert's tobacco factory were on fire and Johnson's paint works burned by 2:15 A.M. Two men sleeping in the saloon were cremated Dave Eastin owner and Frank bartender.
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Evansville
Ind
Evansvile
Dave Eastin
Water Street
Main
Sycamore Streets
Petersheim
George Lennert
Johnson
Tragic double shooting and murder suicide in Pennsylvania
John Hrabak 29 a Bohemian laborer shot his sister in law Mrs Mary Hrabak then killed himself with three shots. Mary Hrabak mother of three, widower killer. Unclear motive. Also reports a child burned to death in Logansport and a Cleveland grocery store robbery where Frank Westgate was shot and likely to die.
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Sranpisa
Mich
John Bock
Omer
Prrisungeh
John Hrabak
Mary Hrabak
Hrabak
Cleveland, O
Frank Westgate
Westgate
Liliuokalani Abdicates as Republic Forms in Hawaii
The ex queen Liliuokalani abdicates in favor of a republic. She is detained after arms and dynamite were found at her residence. A military court convened with US and British observers. Leaders Wilcox Nowlein Gulick and others faced open rebellion charges with several pleading guilty.
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Hosorovu
San Francisco
Liliuokalani
A. S. Hartwell
Dole
Robert W. Wilcox
Samuel Nowlein
Charles T. Gulick
Co. W. Ashford
Lot Lane
Hawaiian Islands
Wm. A. Whiting
J. H. Fisher
C. W. Zeigler
J. M. Camara, Jr
J. W. Pratt
W. C. Wilder
United States
Willis
Hawes
Paul Neumann
Robert Wilcox
W. C. Lane
James Lane
Carl Widemen
Wm. Creig
Henry Bertellman
Louis Marshal
Wilcox
Bertelsman
Nornlein
Nowlein
Bertellman
Charles L. Carter
Thomas Poole
Diamond Head
Ex-Queen Faces Liability in Rebellion Case
Government claims abdication does not shield the ex-queen from personal liability for involvement in the late conspiracy and loss of life. She was under arrest when she signed the document, and the government will pursue investigation and trial as warranted by her letter acknowledgment.
Witness Clings to Truth in Hayward Trial Testimony
Claus Blixt repeats his version under cross examination in Minneapolis as he swears the latest statements are true. He maintains memory improves with time and rejects insinuations that he altered his tale for public sentiment. The discussion centers on timing and the allegation that he killed the woman and implicated Harry Hayward.
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Minneappolis
Minn
Claus Blixt
Hayward
Erwin
Smith
Mr. Erwin
Blixt
the West Hotel
Harry
Blixton
Severe storms forecast across central plains and upper Midwest
The Weather Bureau issued a special bulletin reporting rising pressures at Havre Medicine Hat and Swift Current and drops at Kansas City Des Moines Keokuk Springfield Hannibal and St. Louis. Strong winds ranged to 60 mph at Valentine 48 mph Cheyenne and 46 mph North Platte as emergency warnings spread for violent gales with snow. A severe cold wave was expected Wednesday night across Colorado northern Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota and Thursday afternoon in Arkansas Missouri Indiana and the upper lake region.
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Weather Bureau
Wasuinetos
Havre
Medicine Hat
Swift Current
Kansas City
Des Moines
Keokuk
Springfield
Ill
Hannibal
St. Louis
Valentine
Cheyenne
Wyo
North Platte
Neb
Upper Lake
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Arkansas
Missouri
Indiana
Upper Lake Region
Fire destroys four-room building in Plymouth
Fire in Plymouth at 4 a.m. caused $90,100 in damage, burning Wolf's clothing store and the four adjacent rooms housing G. Wolf clothier C. M. Welch & Co. jewelers Corbin Bros cigar shop and billiard hall J. C. Kuhn saloon F. H. Kuhn meat market and offices. Building owned by H. Corbin, valued at $35,000. insurance likely covers about one third of loss.
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Plymouth
Ind
Wolf
G. Wolf
C. M. Welch & Co
Corbin Bros
J. C. Kuhn
F. H. Kuhn
H. Corbin
Blizzard at Chicago Snowstorm Paralyzes Rail Travel
Blizzard like snowstorm spreads from Chicago to Illinois and Indiana with rising temperatures and heavy snowfall. Railroads deploy sweepers and struggle to keep tracks clear as transportation suffers widespread delays across the region. Evans swears in as judge in Tennessee amid election results and library official duties.
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Chicago
Cuicano
Illinois
Indiana
Free Silver Bill Sparks House Debate and Nominations
The report outlines Mr Bland's substitute for the Springer currency bill proposing free coinage of silver and retirement of treasury notes, sparking Democratic backing yet facing germaneness objections. It notes Schofield's lieutenant general nomination, Washington's zero weather, and Breckinridge's debt certificate substitute plan with sub-treasury abolition moves.
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Wasmureton
Bland
Springer
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
House
Dingley
Senate
Reed
Schofield
Washington
Gen. Schofield
Breckinridge
Wasutetown
Dem
Allen
Treasury Department
Scattershot Headlines From Across The Nation
Five hundred miners strike in Illinois. Two hundred Georgia families reach Mapimi Mexico. The cruiser Olympia commissioned at Mare Island California. A new tow barge being built in Chicago for eastern capitalists. Carrie Gerhardt of Austin Indiana declared insane from religious excitement. Minneapolis cruiser preparing for West Indies service. Cold weather halts Pennsylvania oil field operations. Drowning case near Old Monroe Missouri suspected foul play. Steamer Cienfuegos wrecked off Harbor Island Nassau. Cargo damaged. little salvaged. Galion Ohio saloon keeper fined $25 and jailed ten days. US protests English monopoly on Orinoco navigation. Stout schoolhouse near Winamac Indiana burns. two children injured. Burglars rob Mattewan New York post office. officer shot. Snow storm snarls St Joseph Missouri traffic. Grand Island line suspended. Santa Fe Railway offers $500 reward for pursuit of train robbers near Sylvia Station Kansas.
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Minneapolis
West Indies
Mollie Rodinger
Ida Trinkley
Old Monroe
Cienfuegos
Harbor Island
Nassau
N. F
John Schmidt
Galion
United States
Orinoco River
Crespo
Stout
Winamac
Ind
Mattewan
N. Y
Marshall
St. Joseph
Nebraska
Kansas
Grand Island Railway
Santa Fe Railroad Co
Sylvia Station
Kan
Market snapshot from Cincinnati and other cities
Prices across wheat corn cattle and sheep markets show firmer demand and active trading. Futures and cash for No 2 red wheat and mixed lots fluctuate while meat prices rise for heavy steers and choice packers, with notable regional notes from Cincinnati Toledo and New York.
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Cincinnati
New York
Milwaukee
Mqoko
Chicago
Toledo
Clovis
Marvel
Pierssuanog
Fed
Castle
Wood
Voyage into a Chinese prison yard and chained captives
An observer describes a courtyard prison with fifteen to twenty chained prisoners, mostly in tatters, awaiting possible beheading. Guards are absent, the heat is brutal, and one prisoner appears pirate-like with a diamond shaped wooden collar and clawed hands.
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Surrz
Ark
Bill Cook
Cherokee Bill
Wells-Fargo Express Co
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway
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Honolulu
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Midlands
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United Kingdom
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Inez Malone
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Republic
Plymouth, Ind
Evans
Omee
State Library
Ilisus
Elbe
Lowistort
Southwold
Fritz Hartman
H. P. Shunder
Pullman
Debs
George M. Pullman
Palace
New York State
Plattaburg
Middletown
Monticallo
Buffalo
Mascoutah
Eastern Capitaliste
Carrie Gerhardt
Austin, Ind
Bast Tilmore
Mield Sa Hid
Amarom
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