Senators Hear Feasibility Study on Missouri River Channels
Kansas City civil engineer Fox testified before the senate commerce committee that a four foot channel from Fort Benton to Sioux City and a twelve foot channel from Kansas City to St Louis are feasible. He noted annual erosion of thirteen acres per mile from Sioux City to St Louis and urged a river improvement funded this session. Dakota and Nebraska members plan to push for appropriation with Senator McCumber proposing a new Missouri survey from Sioux City to Fort Benton.
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Dakota Amt
Nebraska
Waters Fox
Kansas City
Senate
Missouri River
Fort Benton
Sioux City
Kaoneas City
Kanaas City
St Louis
St. Louis
Fox
Dakota
Senate Commerce Committee
Missouri
McCumber
North Dakota
Avalanche Kills Dozens Near Wellington Washington
A mountain avalanche struck Great Northern trains near Wellington on the Cascade tunnel route. Twenty three confirmed dead, twenty five missing, twenty six injured. two trains buried including the Spokane express and a transcontinental mail train. Conductors Party Book and Pettit led the westbound express in the noneventful year. Superintendent ONeill escaped injury.
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Wellington
Wash
Cascade Tunnel
Great Northern
Spokane
Overland Mall
J. H M. Oneill
Westborn Great Northern
Seattle
Party Book
Pettit
Everett
O'Neill
A. E B. Longcoy
Avalanche Devastates Wellington Train Line In Washington
Dozens are dead or missing after an avalanche near Wellington Washington that destroyed two Great Northern trains. Laborers report 20 to 30 workers aboard at least, with an estimated 100 dead as rescue teams search a wrecked gorge packed with wet snow ice and huge trees. Officials recount mangled bodies including two electricians from a cabin and note few alive among the victims amid heavy debris and ongoing digging for remains.
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Wellington
Wash
Great Northern
Northwest
Bishop Winger
Chicago
Tts
Skykomsih
Scenic
Bobles
Dris
Mob Lynches Man in Dallas After Child Assault Charge
A mob of about 6000 in Dallas lynches Allen Brooks a black man charged with assaulting a 1-year-old white girl. Brooks is pulled from a jail window, neck broken, then strung up near Main Street. Police and militia fail to stop the mob. firemen are attacked and withdraw.
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Allen Brooks
Dallas
Tex
Brooks
Main Street
Urrel Oates
Son Aranos
Fort Worth
Tte Moembera
Star Witness Ennis Life Walter Iron Dies Before Testimony
Walter Iron, once expected to be the chief witness for the state in the graft case against a former county commissioner, died Thursday by his own hand in Tiffin Ohio. The indictment regarding alleged graft remains on record.
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Walter Iron
Tiffin
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotation Summary
Slous City reports Thursday prices for Moe stock market with top beeves at 4.60 and top hogey at 9.70.
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Slous City
Sioux City
Moe
British Army Estimates for 1916 Total Maintenance
The British Army estimates for 1916 show total maintenance of $138,500,000, an increase of $1,625,000 over the preceding year.
Taft Extends Payne Aldrich Tariff to Austria Hungary
President Taft issued a proclamation extending the minimum tariff rates of the Payne Aldrich act to Austria Hungary. The move widens government protections on imports and marks enforcement of the tariff in European markets.
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Taft Friday
Austria-Hungary
Rockefeller Foundation Formation Bill Introduced in Senate
Senator Gallinger introduced a bill to create the Rockefeller foundation in the District of Columbia. John D. Rockefeller and associates would endow and manage the nonprofit to promote welfare, civilizaiton, research, and relief of suffering both in the United States and abroad.
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Rockefeller Foundation
District of Columbia
Senator Gallinger
Committee On Judiciary
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Fred T. Gates
Wreckage Found Likely Relic of Susie H. Plummer
Seattle shipping men say a small boat with sail and oars found near Carmahan light by Indians may be a relic of the schooner Susle H. Plummer. The Plummer departed Everett in December for San Pedro and was seen December 2 by the steamer Minnesota waterlogged and derelict. It is believed the crew abandoned ship in the small boat.
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Carmahan Light
Susle H. Plummer
Seattle
Vancouver Island
Plummer
Everett
San Pedro
Minnesota
Trolley Collision in Fog Kills Two Motormen
In fog enshrouded Springfield two trolley cars crashed head on at high speed. Motormen Joseph Amor and George Sherman were fatally injured while passengers suffered only shock and no serious injuries were reported.
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Springfield
Joseph Amor
George Sherman
France Dispatches Guards to Guadeloupe
France sends fifty republican guards and ten sub officers from St Nazaire to Guadeloupe to restore order amid sugar cane cutter strikes. The action aims to secure disrupted financial operations and maintain control in the territory.
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St. Nazaire
Guadeloupe
Vote for Two Battleships
The house committee on naval affairs Wednesday voted for the construction of two battleships one repair ship two fleet colliers and four submarines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Bryan at Buenos Ayres visit noted
William J. Bryan arrived in Buenos Aires and was greeted by President Alcorta Priday as Minister Sherrell presented him to officials. The brief telegram style report records the meeting and reception events.
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Wiliam J. Bryan
Buenos Ayres
Alcorta Priday
Sherrell
Reyes Resignation Accepted in Nueva Leon Governor Row
The state congress of Nueva Leon Mexico accepted General Barnardo Reyes resignation from the governor post. The resignation, forwarded to Paris, France, where Reyes now resides, ends his tenure as constitutional governor.
Panic Healey of Chicago Dead After Long County Service
Daniel D. Healey, longtime Republican figure in Cook County, died at his Chicago home Friday. He had held several important county posts and was closely identified with local politics for twenty five years.
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Healey
Clhicoce
Daniel DB Healey
Cook County
Chicago
New Ruler for Brazil Elected President Hermes Fonseca Triumphs
Former minister of war Hermes Fonseca is elected president of Brazil defeating opposition candidate Dr. Ruy Barbosa, former president of the senate. The result signals a shift in Brazilian leadership and policy directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Hermes Fonseca
Braxil
Ruy Barbosa
Senate
Beef Trust Adjourned After Short Grand Jury Session
Federal grand jury probing the alleged beef trust met in Chicago on Wednesday for only a few minutes and adjourned until March 14.
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Federal Grand Jury
Heaf Trust
Chicago
Romance Ends in Tragedy in Chicago Double Death
In Chicago at 2222 Wabash Avenue Frank Marsh 27, linked to the Onlo family of Dillonville Ohio, fatally shot Grace Tall after a prior romance. He then shot himself, dying in her apartment. Grace, who left Dillonville years earlier, later remarried, has a child, and survived hospital treatment.
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Dillonville
Chicago
Frank Marsh
Onlo
Grace Tall
Wabash Avenue
Marsh Jis
Marsh
Trooper arraigned in manslaughter case over Bethlehem steel death
John T. Moughan, state trooper, was arraigned in Easton Pa on a manslaughter charge after a Saturday shooting at Bethlehem steel works in South Bethlehem Pa that killed Hungarian striker Joseph Szambo. Bail was set at 5000 dollars.
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John T. Moughan
South Bethlehem
Joseph Szambo
Bethlehem Steel Works
Easton
Hastings Sees Major Building Boom With Motel and Mills
Hastings plans a year of extensive construction with a new motel budgeted between 125000 and 160000 dollars and more ventures under way. Over 60000 dollars has been raised for the project as other firms announce warehouses and shops totaling around 100000 dollars. The Masons will spend about 320000 on temple refurbishments while the Dominican sisters invest 15000 in academy repairs. The Christian church targets 25000 for a new building and the city adds 26000 in machinery for the writing plant. An election will authorize 60000 for intersection paving with a 9000 district planned, and more developments are forming.
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Hastings
Bertween
Blackman & Waller
Stephen Schults
Hastings Foundry and Iron Works
Masons of Hautines
Dominican Sisters
Catholic Church
Mastings
The
Christian Church
Conductor Shot and Robbed Near Lincoln Viaduct
Conductor Il C Johnson of Burlington was held up while crossing a Lincoln viaduct near the Western hotel. He resisted as a robber fired twice, one bullet entering the neck and another the right forearm. The assailant seized the grip and fled. Johnson was taken to The Western hotel where doctors could not predict his recovery.
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Il. C. Johnson
Burlington
Lincoln
Wae
Hia Ageallant
Johnson
Western Hotel
Hundreds Die In Dako Avalanche Tragedy
In Coeur d'Alene district Idaho, two snowslides hit Mace and Burke towns after Chinook winds and warm rains. Roughly sixty lives feared lost as Lower Mace’s 300 miners and hotel workers faced destruction. Burke population near 900 suffered heavier damage with houses buried and families displaced.
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Cosur d'Alene
Idaho
Mace
Joe
Burke
Coeur d'Alene
Black Bear
Northern Pacific and Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Gem
Upper
Lower Mace
Standard
Inter
Northern Pacific
Indictment Seeks Meat Trust Leaders and Packers
Twenty one officials of the meat trust and six leading packing companies face Hudson County grand jury indictments in Jersey City for conspiring to maintain exorbitant meat prices. The charges allege willful deception and price fixing to oppress the public, with evidence of coordinated supply limits and restricted car shipments.
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Meat Trust
Hudson County Grand Jury
Jersey City
Chicago
United States
Saldety
County of Hudson
Condition Deteriorates for Frank Goodwin Near Hastings
Reports from his home near Hastings say Frank Goodwin remains in frail health after a hayrack injury left him with a dislocated hip. He crawled a half mile to a straw stack two weeks ago and later developed pleuro-pneumonia from prolonged exposure, worsening his recovery outlook.
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Frank Goodwin
Hantings
Goodwin
Gordon and Rushville debate wins for Gordon High
Gordon High School defeated Rushville High School in Gordon on the subject Resolved That Labor Unions Are On the Whole Beneficial. Represented by Helen Jacoben Ross Rash and Hazel Reynolds Gordon took first place and will debate Crawford Chadron next week with the winner of that matchup.
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Gordon
Rushville
Gordon High School
Helen Jacoben
Ross Rash
Hazel Reynolds
Scarlet fever flood hits Buffalo County with deaths and closures
The Buff alo county scarlet fever epidemic worsens as three Elm Creek children die and many schools close. A Kearney Military academy dormitory and the Nebraska State Normal dorm report cases. one Elm Creek family loses three children while the father lies near death in hospital. The rural areas bear the brunt, while city cases remain few and guarded.
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Kearney
Buffalo County
Kearney Military Academy
Nebraska State Normal School
Elm Creek
Joseph Greabriel
Normal
Gamble’s BN Approved for Santee Sioux Annuity Bill
Senator Gamble’s bill to restore government annuities to the Santee Sioux receives a favorable committee report from the Senate Committee on Indian affairs. The measure aims to compensate tribes denied funds over their 1862 role in the Minnesotan massacre.
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Gamble
Senate Committee On
Miner Fatality At Buck Shaft Accident Claims Engineer
William Douglas engineer for McAlester Coal Mining at Buck Oklahoma was killed and miners Paul Thinckher and Case Manual were badly injured when the cage in their mine shaft dropped to the bottom Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Douglas
McAlester Coal Mining Company
Buck
Okio
Paul Thinckher
Case Manual
Taskcul Company Put Into Receivership In Chicago
The Chicago Taxicab company cap italized at £500000 and about 100 taxicabs was placed in the hands of a receiver Monday. It was announced the company would continue to do business and all obligations would be paid in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Anera
Taft Relative Chooses Leadership at Cincinnati College
Prof Louis J More, Taft's brother in law, is elected dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Cincinnati. More, a professor of philology at Cincinnati, won the election Tuesday.
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Taft
Louis J. More
Thewday
College of Liberal Art
University of Cincinnati
More
Baltimore Votes on Women Suffrage in Municipal Elections
A fragment reports Baltimore debating women’s vote in city elections and suggests the result may influence broader statewide suffrage efforts. The text notes a 44 to 41 tone and mentions pending bills and a commission plan in North Dakota’s Grand Forks with a 49 majority in 967 total votes.
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Baltimore
Grand Forks
N.D
Puewday
Y M C A Building Fire at Rotterdam Junction
The Boston and Maine railroad Y M C A building at Rotterdam Junction New York was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. Three railroad employees died in the blaze.
Meants French President Receives Fairbanks at Elysee
Ambassa de Bacon presents former vice president Charles W. Fairbanks to President Fableres at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday. The meeting marks a diplomatic exchange as officials discuss state affairs.
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Fableres
Charles W. Fairbanks
Elysee Palace
Paris
Ambessa de Bacon
Monument Fund Planned for Pierce Memorial in Nebraska City
A fundraising effort seeks donations in Nebraska City to erect a monument over the grave of Charles W. Pierce an early settler who arrived in 1645 as a surveyor and mapped much of the state before his death last year.
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Nebraska City
Charles W. Pierce
Fremont Council Debates Lamp Plan For School Aisles
City Superintendent Waterhouse proposes placing arc lamps above seven school buildings to curb alleged spooning by students. He seeks fifteen lamps as a remedy, arguing the glare will deter improper behavior in the school area.
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Fremont
Waterhouse
Harvard high school declamatory contest results
Twelve contestants competed in the Harvard high school declamatory contest held Friday evening. Agnes Johnson won first for her performance of There Daniel and the Steamboat, Ruth Stein took second for So Was I, and Sewall Townsend placed third with Centralization in the United States.
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Harvard High
Agnes Johnson
Daniel
Steamboat
Ruth Stein
Sewall Townsend
United States
Poorless Murderee May Recover
Arthur Andperson, charged with killing Arthur Nowell, a white orphan lad, at Mastings two weeks ago, is now recovering from the amputation of both feet after seventy hours in near zero temperatures. His condition initially appeared hopeless but shows signs of improvement following surgery.
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Arthur Andperson
Arthur Nowell
Kebt Ream
Nebraska district court clears case of hotel theft at Ravenna
In Keiroey Nebraska district court John Doe, a young man, faced breaking into the Palmer hotel at Ravenna and stealing a bed, trish and comb. The court dismissed the charge as the evidence appeared insufficient to convict.
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Keiroey
State of
Nebraska
Tibet
John Doe
Palmer
Ravenna
Tragic Train Incident and Polk County Elder’s Death
A fireman named Shirled leaped from a moving Burlington freight train in a delusional state, injuring a leg and ankle, while R J Pardue and Mrs Suennon 8 Rentress, Polk County’s oldest resident, died in Ordeula on the anniversary of her husband’s death.
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Pfireman
R. J. Pardue
Orenianm
Buriington
Penniog
Yulan
Suennon
Polk County
Ordeula
Te Yeura
Skteon Vrore Neo
Premont Digs Up Cash Fight Over 4 Ball Team
Fremont says money will be furnished in a few days after a dispute over a 4 ball team. Monaster Gilbert Palmer telephoned President Elevera of the State league regarding a forfeit of 6600 dollars and the timing of payment.
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Fremont
Gilbert Palmer
Elevera
State League
City Hall Bonds Carried in Columbus Special Vote
Fifteen thousand dollar bonds for a new city hall were approved in Columbus at a Tuesday special election by a decisive margin 698 for to 7% again at.
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City Hall
Columbus
Buffalo County Action Over Forced School Attendance Case
County Superintendent of Buffalo County files complaint against William Nutter of Kearney for detaining his 14 year old daughter Inez Nutter from public school. Suit seeks to tear the compulsory school law in this section and warns more cases will follow if the county wins.
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Buffalo County
William Nutter
Kearney
Inez Nutter
Nutter
Water Power Plans at Wymore
A Wymore citizen pledges to invest 10000 dollars in a water power plant if shown the sum is sufficient. A reliable Blue River dam site will be secured at once and plans and estimates prepared. It is believed a dam could be built a few miles below town at a very small cost.
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Wymore
Blue River
Court battles over Rushville gas bonds and misvalued plant
D B Brooks of Illinois seeks to halt sale of property traded for $75 000 bonds issued by Rushville Gas Heat and Water Co alleging the plant worth 200 000 was used to back 106 000 mortgage and that the bank acted as trustee. Carroll Walter directors and Owen L Carr led the firm.
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Alineisan
Indiana
Gian Company
D. B. Brooks
Illnois
Rushville Gas, Heat and Water Company
Brooks
Chicago
Dunnois
Owen L. Carr
Fred Carroll
John
Henry Walters
Honda
Farmers’ Bank of
Rushville
Farmers’ Bank
Bank
Welcome Arches Planned for Lincoln Street S
The Commercial club of Lincoln plans two electric arches across the main street to welcome Winkting delegations to conventions. One arch would be near the federal square and the other at a yet undeveloped corner of a street.
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Lincoln
Federal Square
Nearly 101 Years Old Mrs Dora Koratlek of Weat Point
Mrs Dora Koratlek of Weat Point Nebraska celebrates nearing her century mark in about a fortnight. She is described as one of the oldest women in Nebraska, attends church regularly visits relatives and remains sharp in mind and memory.
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Dora Koratlek
Weat Point
Nebraska
McCook Depicts Victory in Trenton Debate
The McCook high school debate team defeated Trenton high school on the issue Resolved That Later Unions are on the Whole Beneficial after the teams argued the prompt in Trenton. The event saw McCook affirming and Trenton denying the resolution with McCook taking the judges’ decision.
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Trenton
McCook
Wymore Boosters Push for Better South County Roads
The Wymore boosters club launches an active campaign urging improved road conditions in the southern half of the county. Local leaders rally support, citing safety and transportation needs.
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Wymore
Wymore Boosters
Educator Vaughn Poisoning Suspected In Missouri Case
Sirychnine was found in the stomach and liver of Prof. J. T. Vaughn educator and author in an analysis by Dr. Paul Schweitzer of the University of Missouri nearly one grain detected. Adair County grand jury to indictments after long-distance message. Mrs Vaughn is related to North Missouri wealth families.
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Vaughn
J. T. Vaughn
Paul Schweitzer
University of Missouri
Grand Jury
Adair County
Missouri
Eighty In Peril On Flyer Wreck Near Cleveland
A Lake Shore Railroad Twentieth Century Limited derailed near Olmsted Pally twenty miles west of Cleveland while traveling sixty mph. Seven cars left the track but locomotives stayed on. eighty passengers aboard were moved to a Cleveland prepared second train and sent to Chicago. Two or three passengers were only slightly injured. About 500 to 600 feet of track was torn up as the double header train crashed on a straight stretch.
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Lake@hore
Olnatod Pally
Cleveland
Chicago
Asquith Held in Commons Over Chamberlain Fiscal Amendment
The first trial of strength in the new English House of Commons saw Austen Chamberlain's fiscal amendment rejected 285 to 254. Speeches followed by Balfour and Lord George. Government views the 31 vote margin as satisfactory with no cross voting and no sign of a plot to overthrow the ministry. Nationalists abstained along with O Brienites and Radmondites and three liberals. Labour voted with the government.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Austen Chamberlain
Mr. Balfour
Lord George
O'Brienttes
Radmondites
Laborites
Girl Captures Two Robbers After Father Robbery
Carrie Montgomery, 17, chased two highwaymen who assaulted her father Joseph Montgomery and robbed him of 60. From her Kansas City home she pursued the men after one struck her down. She recovered, aided by detectives who nabbed the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Montgomery
Joseph
Kansas City
Misa Montgomery
Montgomerys
Minnesota Supreme Court Orders New Trial for Drew
The Minnesota Supreme Court set aside A. Z Drew’s conviction for accepting deposits after Bank of Hamline’s insolvency. It revoked the two year prison sentence and ordered a new trial due to errors in the lower court. Drew has been out on bail. The Bank of Hamline failed on June 15 1908 as a state institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Iron Company plant in Colorado destroyed by fire
Fire swept the pattern storehouse of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company at Minnequa, causing an estimated loss of 1 million dollars. Ira is suspected in the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnequa
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Ira
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