Western Pennsylvania Flood Deluges Pittsburg District
Describes massive flooding across western Pennsylvania including Pittsburg and surrounding areas. Water levels rise to 24.5 feet at Market Street, 94.6 percent stage at Herr's Island, and a 30 mile ice gorge breaks near Parker Pennsylvania. Downtown districts inundated. hotels marooned. trolley and rail service disrupted. at least fourteen fatalities reported.
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Pennsysvatle
West Virginia
Ohio
Herr's Island
Market Street
Pittsburg
Parker jPa
Clarion River
Downtow
Duquesne Way
Penn Avenue
Liberty Street
Allegheny River
Lincoln
Anderson
Bulldines
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Confession Extorted in Denver Murder Case
Denver prisoner Wright reportedly beaten to extract a confession in the alleged murder of his wife and child aboard the Denver Cole. District Attorney Stidger says evidence is lacking. police claim Wright’s confession, obtained by force, is worthless. Three doctors testified Wright was cruelly treated in jail. Defense cites carbon dioxide from a defective heater as the likely cause of death, noting a test with a dog asphyxiated.
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Denver
Benjamin ©. Wrishy
Chicago
Denver Cole
George A Stidger
Wright
Michael A. Delane
Napoleon
Wagonmakers Fear Price Rise For Wagons And Goods
The National Wagon Makers association in Chicago approved a nearly 60 percent price advance for wagons and related products due to scarce raw materials and transportation shortages. Forty seven members ratified the decision at a special meeting.
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National
Wagon Maktre’ Association
Chicago
Vote on Strike Question by Railroad Trainmen West of Denver
Forty seven thousand Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen members west of Denver vote in Oakland California on whether to strike to press for higher wage scales. The action centers on an increased pay scale and labor demands.
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Brotherhood of Railway
Denver
Oakland
Cal
Soul weighing debate draws London ridicule
Sir William Crookes of London says the American report on weighing souls is absolute nonsense. Dr C W Lobeby calls it a new and imbecile version of materialism.
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William Crookes
London
America
C. W. Lobeby
Sioux City Live Stock Market Prices Report
Sioux City market quotes for Thursday list short fed steers at 4.50 to 5.10 and top hogs at 6.70.
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Sioux City
Maurice Grau Dies in Paris at 58
Maurice Grau renowned impresario died in Paris at age 58. His death closes a long career shaping opera and theatrical presentations worldwide. His leadership and productions left a lasting mark on late 19th and early 20th century performing arts.
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Maurice Grau
Paris
Manila Fund Transfer Orders for Fort Bliss Officer
Lieut. Short of the Twenty-fifth Infantry at Fort Bliss near El Paso received orders to report to San Francisco and take charge of 2,000,600 Philippine currency to convey to Manila. The transfer involves military currency shipments and precision handling under transit.
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Manila
Short
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Tex
San Francisco
Metcalf to Inspect Warships in Caribbean Waters
Secretary Metcalf travels from Washington to Charleston to board the United States ship Dolphin for a cruise of inspection in Cuban and Porto Rican waters.
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Metcalf
Washington
Charleston
United States
Dolphin
Great Northern official backs higher rates in Northwest
James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern, told the Sundberg senate committee that rates in the Northwest will be advanced to maintain service. He argued current revenue justifies rate reductions elsewhere and warned nationwide rate increases could threaten many roads. He cited grain and farm product rates as already lower in his system.
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Ute
James J. Mul
Great Northern
Sundberg Senate
Minnesota
Unto Pacific
Aston Pacific
James Manahan
Wnes
Hil
High Water in the East Floods Pennsylvania and Ohio
Dispatches report heavy rains Tuesday across western Pennsylvania with rising rivers and widespread flooding. Many areas are submerged and fearing dangerous floods. Ohio experiences a large storm with rising tributaries flooding lowlands and disrupting electric lines in Dayton Zanesville Springfield Lancaster Logan and other towns.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Eatern
Dayton
Zanesville
Springfield
Lancaster
Logan
One Bank Robber Caught After Bank Gang Escape
A Hunnewell Kansas bank robbery suspect was found Tuesday night in a straw stack near Caldwell. The 27 year old man, who claimed St. Louis as home, has severe facial injuries from an earlier bank explosion and is jailed in Wellington. He denies involvement and says he was hurt fleeing a train. Police hunt the remaining six gang members with bloodhounds aiding the search.
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Hunnewell
Kan
Caldwell
Charlies Arthur
St. Louis
Wellington
Negro Would Be Mayor In Kansas City Bid
Joshua Wallace Woohies a negro fled a petition signed by 678 supporters of his race with the city clerk of Kansas City asking that his name appear on the ballot for mayor on the Independent ticket. Woohies, born a slave near the end of the Civil War, has served in the police force and as deputy street commissioner before becoming a businessman.
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Joshua Wallace Woohies
Kanass City
Kan
Woodies
Russian drumhead courts martrial executions rise
Statistics published Wednesday show that up to March 5 764 persons had been executed by drumhead courts in Russia. Their activity was suspended by Premier Stolypin to open parliament.
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Russia
Stolypin
Girl Leaps to Death from Thirteenth Floor Window
Gertrude Hanish of Cincinnati aged 20 leapt head first from a window ledge on the thirteenth floor of the Traction building Wednesday in view of hundreds of people. The tragedy is reported as a death by her own action.
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Traction
Gertrude Hanish
Cincinnati
Fatal Train Wreck in Texas Kills Two Men
A collision between trains on the Culf Sabine and Beastern Tex near Fields La Wednesday night left Thomas Hawley and Wm Muze dead and seven others injured, two seriously.
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Culf, Sabine and Beastern Texas
Fields
Thomas Hawley
Wm. Muze
Bomb Explosion Kills Police in Kharkova Russia
A bomb exploded during a police search of student rooms in Kharkova Russia. An officer of the gendarmerie and four others were killed, with six more injured, including policemen and civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kharkova
Russia
Embezzler Arrested Rural Carrier John Morgan
Harrisburg deputy marshal Skaggs arrests John Morgan a rural letter carrier in Maunie for allegedly embezzling money left by patrons to purchase money orders. The case centers on missing funds reportedly taken from customers during postal work.
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Marshal Skaggs
Harrisburg
John Morgan
Maunie
Morgan
Murderer of Three to Die April 6
Dr. Oliver C. Haugh of Dayton Ohio is to be electrocuted on April 6 for the murder of his father mother and brother in a case described as without cause. He faces execution in the state electric chair following a court ruling.
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Oliver C. Haugh
Dayton, O
Haugh
Canal in Fight Years Tile to Business Men's Guess on Puante
A committee report from Boston Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis agrees the Panama Canal could be completed within eight years ending January 1 1916. Engineers say favorable conditions exist though dumping facilities and worker food preparation need improvements to accelerate progress.
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Pannama Cannal
Boston
Chicago
Inelnnatl
St. Louis
Charleston
Cara Ie
Horror on a French ship after torpedo explosion
Semi official Toulon figures report over 50 crew killed 100 seriously wounded and 200 slightly injured as a compressed air torpedo exploded in a magazine on the battleship. The aft section was destroyed and the captain and first lieutenant are missing. Ensign Rousse among the killed. Rear Admiral Manceronte among the wounded. Entrance to the arsenal blocked. many crew escaped to quays and safety.
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Toulon
France
Leutenant
Manceronte
Rousse
Climiyt
Lena
Federal Grand Jury to Probe Railroads in Chicago
The Record-Herald reports Chicago will host the first federal grand jury investigation under the Hepburn interstate commerce act. A special 46 salesmen panel has been convened by District Attorney Sims. The case重点 concerns the relations between a leading Chicago shipper, three fast freight lines, and an eastern railroad.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Sims
Prohibition Submitted As Separate Oklahoma Constitutional Issue
The constitutional convention approved state-wide prohibition as a separate constitutional provision. Sixty nine delegates voted yes and thirteen voted no with thirty absent. Approval requires a majority of votes cast in the separate issue.
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Oklahoma
Higher Pay for Machinists at Kansan City Southern
Blacksmiths machinists and boilermakers of the Kansan City Southern Railway were granted a wage increase amounting to about two cents an hour after a conference held in Pittsburg Kansas.
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Kansan City
Two Steamers Ashore In Chesapeake Bay Storm
The German steamer Piso and the British steamship Queen Adelaide were reported aground in Chesapeake Bay after missing the channel in a heavy Sunday snowstorm. They are not believed to be in danger.
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Piso
Chesapeake Bay
Boy regains speech after coughing up tooth
Joseph Loder an 11 year old boy living south of Terre Haute Indiana who had been stricken dumb eight months ago coughed up a broken tooth Monday and began to talk at once authorities reported
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Joseph Loder
Terre Haute
Ind
Killed in Pistol Duel Near Tegel Germany
Captain von Herckhen of the Ninety third infantry was killed in a pistol duel on the drill grounds near Tegel. The opposing druggist’s name was not disclosed and the reason for the dispute remains unknown.
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von Herckhen
Tegel
Germany
Iroquois Hotel Fires in Sault Ste. Marie Burned Down
The Iroquois hotel in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. The loss is 260000 dollars. All guests escaped safely.
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Sault Ste. Marie Hunt- Gurns
Sault Bite Maerie
Mich
Valise Found in Pool Hall May Reveal Murder Clue
In Fremont, Robert Coomes discovers a clothing bundle and a grip in the Diamond pool hall back room. They belong to F L Falkner, the murdered man linked to Saunders County, with letters and a photo inside. Sheriff Bauman renews the inquiry hoping the new clue advances the decade-old case.
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Pool Hall
Robert Coomes
Fremont
Diamond Pool Hall
FL. Palkner
Falkner
Megasa
M. Falkner
North Carolina
Sherif Bauman
Towns Attend Convention at Carroll in Large Northeastern Odd Fellows Meeting
The fifth annual Northeast Nebraska Odd Fellows gathering drew a large crowd in Carroll. Speeches by Grand Master Morrison and Deputy Masters praised Bloomfield Thurston and Laurel leaders. Degree work by teams from Winnebago Belden and Randolph, with Brandolph noted for second degree. New officers named: President Charles Flynn Wakefield, Vice President Warner, Secretary Randolph. Next year’s meeting set for Wakefield amid Bloomfield bid.
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Carroll
Nebraska
Odd Bellows’ Association
Association
Morrison
Ganby
Clark O'Hanlon
Mafr
Bloomfield
Hughes
Thurston
Mead
Bouth Bloux City
BE. J. Diniick
Laurel
Winwide
Belden
Brandolph
Charles Flynn
Wakefield
Preeldert
Warne
Randolph
Bloomfeld
Boy Shoots Into Schoolroom Near Tekamah
A 17 year old, Taylor, who lives with Fred Story five miles west of Tekamah, fired two shots at Spellman Schoolhouse. The glass shattered, a shot struck a picture, no one hurt. Sheriff Phipps arrested him. he pled guilty and was fined $50 and costs.
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Taylor
Fred Story
Tekamah
Spellman
Phipps
Bassler
Coats
Union Pacific Denies HQ Move From Omaha
General Manager Mohler of Union Pacific denied plans to move headquarters from Omaha. He said retrenchment is in effect due to an unfavorable outlook, with orders halting the Maryville Kansas cutoff and a Colorado branch project. Preparations for a $1,000,000 Omaha headquarters building were completed days earlier.
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Union Pacific
Mohler
Omaha
Nebraska
Maryville
Kansas
Colorado
Doctor Hailed by Highwaymen Near Lyons
Dr. A. T. Hill was held up three miles north of Lyons at 2 a.m. by three highwaymen who flashed a lantern, forced him from his buggy, and relieved him of 16 and other valuables after a pistol was leveled at him.
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Hell Up
A.T. Hill
Lyons
Sale of Thoroughbred Cattie Cattle at Wayne Auction
A public sale of 34 head of Shorthorn cattle by A. B. Clark and William Leseman at Wayne netted 21 bulls for 2 192 50 averaging 104 40 per head and 17 cows and heifers for 1 022 00 averaging 95 45 per head. Total 3 816 with an average 100 29 per head.
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A. B. Clark
William Leseman
Wayne
Road work near Athol Hill ends due to adverse legislation
Union Pacific officials announced that Athol Hill entry near Cheyenne Wyoming would be discontinued at once because of adverse legislation toward that road ending two cut in rates.
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Union Pacific
Athol Hill
Cheyenne
Wyo
Odd Fellows to Build Hall in Blue Hill
Excavation started this week for the Odd Fellows hall at Blue Hill with the project rushed to completion by the committee in charge. The building will measure eighty by eighty feet according to the plan.
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Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Hall
Blue Hill
Innsworth Wedding of Waldo Remy and Addig Osborne
At Alnsworth Olof Waldo Remy a leading druggist and Miss Addig Osborne wed in a ceremony attended by a large gathering of relatives and friends.
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Alnsworth
Olof Waldo Remy
Ainsworth
Miss Addig Osborne
Land Boom Draws Settlers to Box Butte County
Real estate prices soar in Box Butte and Sioux counties as government land sits attract buyers from eastern areas. Homesteads rise under Kirkaid act with many entries, while some disputes over settlement deadlines surface. Potato shipments begin, quality stands high with prices around 46 cents.
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Box Butte County
Tole Aettior
Sioux County
Burlington Railroad
Disinherited Kin Challenge Will Of Count Creighton
Disinherited nephews and nieces prepare to contest the will of Count John A. Creighton claiming exclusion from $7,500,000 estate. Seven leading local lawyers hired to fight probate as relatives seek to block the instrument and avoid out-of-court settlements. The will leaves one fourth to kin and three fourths to charities, with probate set for Saturday unless a formal contest is launched.
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Pia
John A. Creighton
Mr. Creighton
Creighton
Ional
Trainside Death Near Lexington Reported
A man found dead along the Union Pacific track west of Lexington was identified by a notebook reading Joseph Willard of Saint Paul Minnesota. A coroner's inquest found death from falling from train No 4 due to unknown cause.
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Ed Reali
St. Paul
Union Pacific Railroad
Lexington
Joseph Willard
Grove Street
Pal, Minn
A&a
Mail Route Changes After Local Battle Near Walthill
After a spirited dispute, mail service reopened between Walthill and Macy on Monday. Macy and Walthill residents fought to keep their route while Winnebago supporters urged a change. An inspector evaluated routes and filed a report ending the controversy.
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Walthill
Macy
Omaha
Winnebago
Walthill and
Northeastern Nebraska Odd Fellows Hold Annual Meeting
The Northeastern Nebraska Odd Fellows association met in Carroll on Tuesday with members from Dakota, Dixon, Cedar, Knox and Wayne counties. A large gathering attended the program, midnight banquet, and degree conferral, while the Nebraska grand master gave an address.
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Odd Fellows
Nebraska
Oda Fellows’ Association
Carrol
Hinir
Dakota
Dixon
Cedar Knox
Wayne
Pup Bites Small Boy in Head in East Ashland Incident
The 1-year-old son of Mr and Mrs John Little of East Ashland was attacked by a young bull pup. The dog seized the back of the boy's head and threw him to the ground. The father, nearby, rescued the child, preventing possible death.
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John Little
East Ashland
Corn King Returns to Farm Near West Point
Anton Peeta, famed as the Elkhorn corn king, has moved to his long owned farm adjoining West Point. The 240 gores tract is renowned as one of the state’s most productive farms and is now fully fertilized.
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Anton Peeta
Elkhorn
West Point
Randolph Improvement Club Organized at Opera House
Randolph Improvement Club formed at a well attended citizen meeting in the opera house. W. P. Hill serves as temporary president and H. L. Peck as secretary. Permanent officers and a board of directors will be elected at Friday night’s meeting.
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Randolph Improvement Club
Opera House
W. P. Hill
H. L. Peck
No Retrenchment at David City Depot Upgrades
The Union Pacific proceeds with improvements in David City despite the 2 cent rate and tax payments. The depot has been adorned with a fresh coat of paint.
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David City
Union Pacific
Farm Agencies lauded for sav ings and profits in Agriculture report
A government committee report on the Agricultural Department tallies annual benefits to the public from various bureaus. It credits the Bureau of Animal Industry with 50 million dollars, Weather Bureau 90 million, Plant Industry 20 million, and Entomology 22 million, while criticizing spending on Mount Weather and a wing addition to the department building.
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Wills J. Moore
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Plant Industry
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chewlatry
Wiley
Bureau of Biology
United States
Biological Survey
Bureau of Entomology
Bureau of Public Roads
Chief Moore
Mount Weather
Blue Ridge Mountains
Tracewell
Wilson
Agrourore
Department of Agriculture
Edison Not to Quit and Will Continue Experiments
Thomas A. Edison marking his 90th birthday, reports claimed he would stop work to enjoy playtime as a pure scientist. The newspaper notes his forty five years of electrical experiments produced rapid commercial value, and he would devote time soon to perfecting further discoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Edison Dreams of Humane Work Amid Varied Projects
The fragment notes Edison pursuing phonograph and submarine telegraph development while a friend calls his leisure plans a lifelong illusion. It records Edison hoping to finish his current commercial assignments in ten years and then dedicate time to humanitarian work.
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Edison
Navy paymaster dismissed for embezzlement in technical case
An assistant paymaster in the U S Navy faced dismissal over a technical embezzlement issue. Mark Twain mocked with white broadcloth clothing as a protest against somber attire. The Mouse committee favors bills for a $70 000 immigrant aid each for New Orleans Galveston and Charleston D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sypher
U. S.N
Navy
Mark Twain
Mouse Committee On Naturalization and Immigration
New Orleans
Galveston
Charleston
D. C
United States
Savannah
the & DP. Sholter Company
Patterson Downing Company
Standard Naval Stores Company
P. Sholter
J. FB. C. Myers
Turpentine Trust
Davis 16 Set Free in Chicago Theater Disaster Case
In Dayville court Judge Kimbrough acquits W. J. Davis on manslaughter charges tied to the Frequoia Theater disaster in Chicago. Jury clear Viva Jackwoll’s death. state no appeal. Defense celebrates. broader indictments unlikely due to a defective building ordinance.
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Dayville
Wil F Davis
Chicago
Sog Percens
Juri
Kimbrough
W. J. Davis
Vis
Viva Jackwoll
Confessed Involvement Linked to Idaho Murder Plot
Adame Diarredhan testifies in Wallace Idaho trial of Steve Avgagw for murder of Fret Tylor. He says he joined the federation and received money to kill Brennenberg, corroborates Orchard on Governor Steunenberg case and a Denver justice machine incident, and alleges extortion by Detective McPartland and Idaho penitentiary officers. He also denies plotting to kill Steunenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adame Diarredhan
Steve Avgagw
Wallace
Idaho
Fret Tylor
Harry Orchard
Gov
Steunenberg
Dineee Smee Mioery
Laywood
George A. Peccibone
Adama
Federation
Adams
McPartland
Miners’ Federation
McPoruand
Porder
Stounenberg
Perkins Cleared by Court in Larceny Case Over Campaign Funds
The New York Court of Appeals upheld a lower court finding that George W. Perkins of New York Life and J P Morgan Co were not guilty of grand larceny for contributing 50000 of the life insurer's funds to the Republican national campaign. The decision centered on the lack of criminal intent to deprive or defraud. Chief Judge Cullen dissented, arguing the repayment did not cleanse the original misappropriation and that intent to profit need not exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Court of Appeals
George W. Perkins
New York Life
J. P. Morgan & Co
Life Insurance Company
Republican Party
Grand Fareway
Hin
Cullen
Perkins
Republican Club
Earthquake Jamestown Area Reported Along Rail Line
An earthquake along the James River division of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad in Virginia was reported recently. The shock was felt over a wide area with vibrations moving north to south. On the same day London cable noted strong seismic unrest at theLabach observatory, seeming linked to a cyclone in southern Daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James River
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Virginia
Lomdon
Luibach Obestvatory
Dialy
Peary Resigns Geographical Society Presidency
At the American Geographical Society annual meeting in New York Commander Robert E. Peary resigned the presidency and Archer M. Huntington, son of the late Collis P. Huntington, won the position. It was felt the new head should lead despite Peary's ongoing exploration plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sults
Geographical Society
American Geographical Society
New York
Robert E. Peary
Archer M. Huntington
Collis PB. Huntington
Lake Shore Coal Docks Destroyed in Ohio Fire
A blaze at the Lake Shore coal docks in Ohio destroyed the facilities. Estimated losses run around $100,000 with extensive damage to unloading gear and storage piles. Local authorities investigated the cause as the fire abated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casal
Lake Shore
Ohio
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