Clapp Wins Republican Caucus Nomination for U S Senate
Former Attorney General Moses E Clapp of St Paul secures the Republican caucus nomination to fill the U S Senate seat left vacant by the death of C K Davis after a hard fought contest. Tawney supporters shift votes, Dowling casts deciding ballot, and Clapp’s victory is proclaimed with efforts to unite the party. Clapp, 49, born in Delphi Indiana, later based in Wisconsin and Minnesota, is famed as the Slack Eagle of Minnesota.
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Delphi
Ind
Wisconsin
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Wisconsin Law School
Fergus Falls
Minn
Clough
Slack Eagle
Minnesota
Inver Grove Farmer Killed by Freight Train
Hastings Minn Jan 22 John Kirchner of Inver Grove aged 64 was run over and killed near his farm about a mile west of Wennett station by a Great Western freight train. He was a respected farmer with a wife four sons and three daughters. The coroner deemed an inquest unnecessary. Remains reported horribly mangled.
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Inver Grove
Hastings
Minn
John ‘Kirchner
Wennett Station
Great ‘Western
Conger to Return Home for Absence in Des Moines
Des Moines reports indicate United States minister to China Conger and his family will be in Des Moines in the spring as he prepares for a leave of absence. Letters from friends suggest the family will travel home soon, with Misa Pierce among relatives mentioned. In another item, Grand Marias store owner Dr. Mahew narrowly escaped a fatal fire after the Duluth landmark burned with no insurance.
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Anak Lrave
Des Moines
Iowa
Conger
United States
Misa Pierce
Duluth
Minn
Mahew
Grand Marias
Dr. Mahew
Mississippi channel closing relief at La Crosse
Washington dispatched report says the house passed a bill to close the west channel opposite La Crosse Wisconsin. The measure relieves the city from maintaining a pontoon bridge over the channel and cuts expenses for local transportation.
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Wis
Washington
House
Mississippi
Fire destroys multiple Wisconsin hardware and commission houses
Fire at Durna Hendrickson Hardware in Jan 23 caused $3000 stock loss with $2900 insured and $1500 building damage. Gunpowder explosion shattered plate glass. Nearby in Superior, Wis on Jan 22 a fire consumed the Smith Alvord commission house a fuel mill and an elevator with all contents. Loss around $620,000 and insured in full. plant to be rebuilt.
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Durna
Fessenden
N. DB
Daas
Hendrickson
Superior
West Superior
Wis
Smith-Alvord Commission
Father Whips Son Under Police Judge Order
In Algux City Iowa on January 22 a father whipped his sixteen year old son Ole Skogerson in the presence of the humane officer after the boy was brought to court for theft. The police judge Munger offered the choice of a thrashing or thirty days in jail, and the father chose the whipping.
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Algux City
Iowa
Oficer
Ole Skogerson
Munger
Jadi
Stolen Mall Package Recovered in Iowa Cellar
A registered mall parcel containing $2,000 disappeared from a Chicago Great Western side track mail car near Hampton Iowa. After a three day probe Inspectors Ketcham and Stewart failed to locate it. Saturday evening Ketcham Sheriff Watt and Post Office Clerk Morey found the money in the cellar of Jack Hanson a Chicago Great Western brakeman who confessed. Church Dedication at Moorhead Minn Church renamed and dedicated with home mission sermons and a brick structure costing about 8000 with furnishings
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Iowa
Chicago Great Western Railway
PontoMece
W. M. Ketcham
Marshalltown
C. I. Stewart
Iowa City
Ketcham
Watt
Morey
Jack Hanson
Chicago Great Western
Jie
May Be Postoffice Robbers in Snyder Nebraska
Postoffice inspector C L Morris of Sioux Falls believes three men recently arrested for holding up a Snyder saloon and killing the owner may be the same trio who robbed Komstad postoffice in Clay county and the Dalesbury post office over a year ago. Two of the men were captured for the latter robbery but later broke jail and escaped.
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Sioux Falls
Snyder
Neb
Komstad
Clay
Dalesbury
Minnesota Thresher Co Wins Appeal Over Patent Infringement
Stillwater Minn Jan 22 The Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing company has been advised that the United States court of appeals has filed a decision favorable to the company in the infringement action. The amount involved exceeded 2006000 with Stillwater earning one half. The suit was against leading thresher companies nationwide and was bitterly fought.
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Stillwater
Minn
Minesota Thresher Manufacturing Company
Bbe
United States Court of Appeals As
Thresher
Memorial for Late Senator Davis Held in St Paul Court
In the United States court at St Paul memorial services were held for Cushman Stelloge Davis United States Senator and District Judge Lonchren presiding. Judge C Flandreau presented a formal memorial as part of the court records. Brief addresses were delivered by W J Hahn Judge Samuel R Theyer and others.
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St. Paul
United States
Cushman Stelloge Davis
Lonchren
C. ©. Flandreau
W. J. Hahn
Samuel R.theyer
Saved by a Baby in Wisconsin Gas Hazard
La Crosse Wis Jan 22 Wailing of a baby saved Mr and Mrs J O Johnson and their three children from asphyxiation by escaping gas During the night the child cried awakening the mother who found gas in the room She roused the husband and children and opened the windows The family were in a serious condition.
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la Crosse
Wis
J. O. Johnson
Peter Vien Reported Missing After Norway Trip
Peter Vien, who left for Norway on November 10 with plans to visit friends and relatives, is now missing. He stopped in New York City en route to Bergen and has since disappeared, with his present whereabouts unknown.
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Winona
Minn
Peter Vien
Norway
Bergen
New York City
Fire devastates Elgin village in Manitoba on January 22
Fire struck Elgin village Winnipeg Jan 22 destroying Irwin's general store T P Jackson's gent's furnishings UH Bull's harness shop Temple & Maguire's hardware Dr Chambers' drug store Massey Harris implement shed Public Opinion office and more. Loss estimated about 23000 with 12000 insured.
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Winnipeg
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Irwin
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Public Opinion
Embezzlement Charge Against N J Neilsen in Workmen Lodge Case
N J Neilsen was arrested on January 22 in Mitchell B C charged with embezzling 237 dollars from the Workmen lodge. A month earlier a hold up claim surfaced as a possible fabrication, as investigations into his finances unfolded. Bondsman prompted the arrest.
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Early Springfield settler William Wendle dies in bed
Springfield Minn Jan 28 William Wendle aged eighty three one of the earliest settlers who arrived in 1863 was found dead in his bed Heart failure listed as the cause wife unaware of the death until she rose earlier today
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William Wendle
Infant Gilmore Found Dead In Farmington Bed
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Gilmore was found dead in bed by the mother’s aide in Farmington Minnesota on January 23. The child had been ill but the illness was not considered dangerous.
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Farmington, Minn
J. B. Gilmore
Shortage in Accounts Alleged in Cyrus Lumber Yard
Glenwood Minn Jan 22. Touts Xmydson manager of E J Jones' lumber yard at Cyrus was arrested by Sheriff Thorson charged with larceny in the first degree. He is said to be $3000 short in his accounts.
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Touts Xmydson
E. J. Jones
Cyrus
Thorson
Senate Debates Army Bill and Inaugural Plans Reach Vote
Washington hearings reveal rapid action on the army reorganization bill with key amendments debated. Senators Cockrell, Sewell, Bacon, Hanna, Teller, and Warren figure in heated exchanges as House members push river and harbor measures and discuss arid land reclamation. A Senate vote on the army bill is set for Friday with notable division and a strong focus on hazing at West Point while the House advances the river and harbor appropriation amid partisan tension.
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Nebraska
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North Carolina
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North Dakota
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Missienippi
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River and Harbor Committee
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Burton
Missouri
Quay Honored With Ovation In Senate Return
In Washington on January 18 Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay returned to the Senate to a massive Pennsylvania showing. Friends arrived by the hundreds bearing floral tributes as his desk and nearby desks overflowed with flowers. An ovation greeted his entrance while gallery patrons erupted in applause and he acknowledged familiar faces. The oath was administered without incident and discussion moved to the army reorganization bill as debated by Money, McComas and others.
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House considers bills on pensions and education overhaul
Washington reports indicate the House, after time on District of Columbia matters, advanced several suspension bills. Proposals would fund a colored veterans home out of treasury funds about 280000 dollars, establish a Johnson City Soldiers' Home in Tennessee, and raise Porto Rico education commissioner salary from 3000 to 4000 dollars. A foreign claims indemnity bill failed. In the Senate, no major business occurred in open session, with a lengthy executive session and a 66 page appropriation bill advancement noted.
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Prof Elisha Gray Dead In Newtonville
Prof Elisha Gray of Chicago prominent electrical inventor died suddenly in Newtonville. He collapsed on the street with heart disease listed as the cause. Gray helped perfect the typewriting telegraph telegraph repeater telegraphic switch annunciator speaking telephone and telautograph and was notable in the Bell telephone patent disputes.
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Maes
Elisha: Gray
Ciicage
Arthur 7. Mundy
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Gray
Navy department trims battleship specs and bids set
The Navy Department reduced specifications by about 89000 dollars and Secretary Long invited the Newport News and Bethlehem shipyards to submit the lowest bids of 119000 for one sheathed battleship. Verification of the offer has been completed.
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Washington
Long
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Czar Orders 12000 Winter Garments For Pekin
Jan 23 dispatches from Moscow report the czar has ordered 12,000 winter garments to be distributed among Pekin's paupers. Meanwhile famine in the capital worsens and plague spreads across Asia Minor. In China Japan plans new taxes to raise at least 22,009,000 yen for military needs as 10,000 troops and twelve warships remain deployed. Storms lash the Alaska coast with the White Pass railroad reportedly blocked for days, no shipping damage noted.
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Yukon
Blushing Tree of Florida Everglades Described
Denver Post reports Albert F. Dawey of Punta Gorda recounts a Seminole guide leading him to a cypress and bay tree in the Everglades where tiny insects cause the tree to blush pink during rain. The pink color results from chameleon-like parasites changing hue with moisture, then returning to emerald as rain ends.
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Punta Gorda
Mia
Everglades
Merida
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Danaeat
Iim
Ation
Noga
Dozart
Denver Post
The Boer as a Fighter Says Churchill
Winston Churchill describes the Boer as a formidable fighter in this country. He praises the Boer for coolness and independent judgment, noting discipline is informal and each man acts with intelligence. Modern warfare requires new tactics suited to open order fighting and vast territories.
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Winston Churchill
Fur Trade of Russia's Great Nishny Fair Opens
The Nishny-Novgorod fur fair draws European buyers for Siberian furs and karakoul from Central Asia. It opens on July 165 with religious ceremonies, appears sparse at first, then by July 26 shops bustle as merchants arrive. A church procession and prayers mark the event, with greetings exchanged among participants.
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Nishny-Novgorod
Russia
Central Asia
Odd Russian Will Heard On A Graphophone Cylinder
A Russian will of a wealthy landowner near Smolensk is found on a graphophone cylinder after parties searched the home without result. A boy, assuming the record was a song, discovers the dead man's voice reciting the missing will. The heirs now seek to determine if the audio will is admissible in court.
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St. Petersburg
Hng
Smorensk
Thebrary
Supreme Court Hears Crossed Will Case in St Petersburg
The question now before the Supreme Court at St Petersburg concerns a contested will. Lawyers watching the case expect a ruling on validity and foresee potential use of graphophones to record wills becoming more common if the will is upheld.
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Supreme Court
St. Petersburg
Skunk Odor Sparks Mailroom Mystery in Milwaukee
A milwaukee mailbag mishap unleashed a powerful odor after a two-ounce bottle of skunk oil broke in a post office bag. The striking stink spread via letters sent that night, as residents learned of the pungent incident through local media.
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Milwaukee
Damages Sought From Local Harnessmaker in Providence Suit
W Edwards of Providence Rhode Island sues a local harnessmaker for ten thousand dollars claiming a harness purchased caused a runaway buggy. He was thrown from the vehicle, badly hurt, the buggy wrecked and the horse injured in the incident on a hill.
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W. Edwards
Providence
R. I
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