St Louis man confesses to stabbing 14 women
John Brady 22, unemployed waiter, is in custody in St Louis after admitting to stabbing 14 women. He says a desire to cause pain to any woman prompted the attacks.
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John Brady
St. Louis
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Loubet
Elysee Palace
Edward Lett
Missouri Valley
Iowa
States
District of Columbia
Washington
Charles Raines
Milford
Ill
Gilbert Vennus
Myrtle Taylor
Raines
Essie Childs
Idaho News Roundup From Lewiston To Harrison
Lewiston installed 120 water meters in its business district. The Alamo colony near Bonners Ferry is incorporated for 100000 dollars by Bishop D N McIn turff and followers. The Stites Kooskia bridge is finished and river ford closed. Surgeon Hasbrook improves post appendicitis in Japan. Adrian Glass of Lewiston survived with both legs frozen after 23 hours under lumber. Edmond Leighty of Wallace dies from self administered laudanum at 25. J Clarence White notified of govt acceptance to carry mails on Red Collar line between Coeur d Alene and lake/ St Joe river. Mrs Mary Hutton urged Idaho girls to move west for husbands at Baltimore meeting. Northern Pacific sues Phinney and others, Indians, to condemn Lewiston Grangeville rail route right of way. Mrs Ed Crane in Harrison damages windows with umbrella after husband silence. Smith dies after tree felling accident near Lane. Idaho Wool growers association calls meeting in Boise to reconsider forest reserve resolutions. Heyburn livestock shipping bill favored by agricultural committee. Coroner’s jury clears Federal Mining & Smelting in Mullan ore train wreck. verdict calls crash unavoidable.
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Lewiston
Alamo Colony
Bonners Ferry
D. N. McIinturff
Stites
Kooskia
R. D. Hasbrook
Japan
Adrian Glass
Edmond Leighty
Wallace
J. Clarence White
Coeur d’Alene
St. Joe River
Mary Hutton
Idaho
Woman's Suffrage Association
Baltimore
Northern Pacific
William Phinney
Grangeville
Ed Crane
Harrison
Smith
Cial
Idaho Wools’ Association
Boise
Weiser
Forest Reserve Service
Heyburn
D. M. Edmonds
Mullan
Federal Mining & Smelting Company
Irish parliamentary party reelects Redmond as chairman
John E. Redmond was reelected chairman of the Irish parliamentary party. An opposing note in the column notes the party’s continued leadership as it faces ongoing Irish Home Rule tensions.
Flagler Plans Gulf Train Crossing to Cuba
Mobile Florida millionare Alan W H Flagler advances a railroad project to ferry fully equipped trains across the Gulf of Mexico. Trains would load on a steamship at Key West and reach a Cuban east coast point at Demasy within about 24 hours, or a Cuban railroad would be built to connect traffic. Boats will be built unusually wide to resist Gulf rolling.
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Flagler
Florida
Cuba
Mobile
Alan W. H. Flagler
Gulf of Mexico
Key West
Point Demaysi
Narrow Escape From Fire At Louise Lodging House
Fire broke out in a store room beneath the Louise lodging house at 520 South Broadway in Los Angeles Sunday night. A number of guests escaped suffocation by leaping from windows as firemen pulled nearly a dozen people to safety. one woman was rendered unconscious but no injuries were reported.
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Los Angeles
Louise Lodging House
South Broadway
British Garrison Surrounded in Tibet Prompt Relief
Reynolds' London weekly reports a small British garrison remaining in Tibet has been surrounded by hostile forces. It urges a relief expedition to save the isolated troops and restore security in the region.
Woolen mill and wrapper factory destroyed by fire
Fire swept the Stolp woolen mill and the New Meyer Wrapper company plant in Aurora Illinois causing an estimated loss of 125000 dollars. Fire officials considered the blaze under control by nightfall.
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Aurora
Ill
Stolp
Meyer Wrapper Company
Mining Notes and Ore Shipment Records
The department of justice advises an order by the secretary of the treasury classifying zinc rich ores as metallic minerals in crude form with a 20 percent ad valorem duty. Silicate of zinc is duty free, while sulphides and carbonates pay 20 percent. Importers plan appeals. George A. McLeod holds a two year bond on several Gloucester camp mines for 90000 dollars. Yale-Kootenay district shipments reach 37517 tons week and 183607 tons year to date. Boundary mines report renewed annual shipments exceeding 4.25 million tons based on January totals.
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Department of Justice
Secretary of the Treasury
Missouri
George A. McLeod
New York
Glouster
G. H
Ophir
Glouster Camp
North Fork
B. C
Yale-Kootenay
Fifteen More Bodies Recovered in Mine Disaster
Charleston West Virginia February 12. Fifteen more bodies were recovered Sunday from the Parrall mine where an explosion occurred Thursday night. One body remains unrecovered and four of the fifteen recovered have not yet been identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Parrall
Four Dead in Southern Wreck at Greensboro NC
Official report from Southern railway offices in Washington states four employees were killed in the Greensboro North Carolina wreck. No passengers were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southern Railway
Greensboro
N. C
Miss Roosevelt to Wed Longworth at White House Ceremony
Washington February 12 Miss Alice Lee Roosevelt daughter of the president will marry Representative Longworth at noon Saturday February 17 in the White House East Room. Bishop Henry Satterlee will perform the ceremony with no bridesmaid. The groom’s best man is Thomas Nelson Perkins of Boston. Ushers include B A Wallingford Jr Larz Anderson Viscount Charles De Chambrun and Thee Roosevelt Jr. Attendees include cabinet members supreme court justices and Congress members. The couple will travel to Florida after the ceremony and may visit Europe later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alice Lee Roosevelt
Longworth
White House
East Room
Henry Satterlee
Thomas Nelson, Perkins
Boston
B. A. Wallingford, Jr
Cincinnati
Mr. Longworth
Larz Anderson
Nicholas Longworth
Charles de Chambrun
Adelbert de Chezbrun
Thescwre Roosevelt, Jr
Cabinet
United States Senate
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Orient
New York
Congress
Ohio
National Football Rule Change Aims To Accelerate Play
The National Football Rule committee in New York tentatively agreed on Ten yards to be gained in three downs, a reform aimed at opening the game. Also noted: Red Wing loses to Spokane Amateur Athletic Club 24 to 16, and Spokane’s Indian Joe Gregg defeats Freddy Green in a five round match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Football Rule Committee
New York
Red Wing
Minn
Spokane Amateur Athletic Club
Joe Gregg
Spokane
Freddy Green
Berkeley
Cal
New Zealand
Vancouver
B. C
Calabrian Quake Shocks Cantanzaro and Melon, 18 Seconds
An 18 second earthquake shook Calabria causing serious damage. Cantanzaro and Montemon left their homes and camped in streets amid stormy weather, terror gripping residents as tremors subsided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Calabria
Cantanzaro
Montelon
James Wilson Shot at Granite Creek on Lake Pend d Oreille
James Wilson accidentally shot himself in the leg with a .44 rifle while at Granite Creek on Lake Pend d Oreille. The wound is described as serious.
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James Wilson
Granite Creek
Lake Pend d’Oreille
London Bus Drivers Earn Bonus For Accident Free Week
London motor bus drivers who go a week without accidents receive a bonus while those involved in accidents face fines. The policy aims to encourage safer driving and reduce incident costs for transit authorities.
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London
Deaf and Dumb Person Speaks at 43 Words Per Minute
A deaf and mute individual skilled in finger language can speak about 43 words per minute. In the same time a person using spoken language can articulate around 150 words.
Defend Cathedral Amid French Religious Riots
In Montpelier France mobs clash with police over a church inventory under new religious law. Parishioners vow to kill entrants, supporters barricade the Pignan church with a brick wall as 200 residents guard the edifice with food and wine prepared for a prolonged stand.
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Montpelier
France
Pignan
Fire devastates east Portland district killing six
A morning blaze in Portland's east Morri son street district, near the steel bridge, killed six people including watchman Nathaniel P. Young. Ten or more were seriously injured, and two firemen narrowly escaped death during rescue attempts. The Mount Hood saloon and adjoining lodging house were consumed, with twenty two horses of the East Side Transfer company lost.
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Portland
Ore
Morrison Street
Willamette River
Nathaniel P. Young
East Side Transfer Company
Davis Wood Company
Eddie Dailey
Mount Hood
Lynches an Alabama Negro at Gadsden Bridge
Bunkle Richardson, jailed suspect in the July 15 murder and assault on Mrs. Sarah Smith, was seized from Gadsden jail and hanged from a bridge. Four Black men faced the crime. two were executed, a third Will Johnson was reprieved to life imprisonment, while Richardson had not yet been indicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
Bunkle Richardson
Sarah Smith
Richardson
W. A. Nicholls
Spokane
Big Bend Transit Company
Davenport
Spokane River
Ritzville
Admiral Courbet
Port Townsend
Port
Stehekin
Ate Points
North Yakima
Joseph Whitely
Joseph Reed
Joseph Anderson
Edward Mitchell
Robert Small
Reform School
Stouter
Anti Chinese Convention Called San Francisco
The San Francisco board of supervisors adopted a resolution authorizing the mayor to convene a meeting in early May 1906. Delegates from western cities will discuss proposed repeal of the Chinese exclusion act and seek public sentiment on Chinese immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Rocky Mountains
Gift of King of Italy to Miss Roosevelt
The king of Italy presented a rare and beautiful Italian mosaic table to Miss Roosevelt on her marriage. Crafted in Florence, the table features designs from Italian cities and towns and was personally selected by the king.
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Italy
Roosevelt
Florence
Buffington's Marriage Hint From Puck Quip
The quip suggests Buffington married an Olsonhurst lady from the next station over, a playful jab about social standing and proximity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffington
Olsonhurst
Puck
Giant railroad merger foretold by St. Paul papers
St. Paul newspapers predict a colossal deal consolidating the Northern Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul with the Great Northern and Burlington into two transcontinental lines. The plan aims to shut out Harriman interests with two separate transactions and would create a vast double track system to the coast.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Great Northern
Burlington
Harriman
Pacific Coast
James J. Hill
Bryan resigns from Illinois college board over funding ties
William J. Bryan writing from Hongkong resigns as a trustee of Illinois college. He criticizes accepting funds from Carnegie and other magnates, saying the college must not be a conduit for plutocracy or a shield for economic censorship. His resignation was accepted.
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Jacksonville
William J. Bryan
Hongkong
Illinois College
Carnegie
America
Bryan
Americans Good Gamblers Strike Lisbon Clubs
A trio of American men arrive by yacht at Lisbon, win 80 000 dollars over three nights at the Lisbon club, and then vanish. Clubs publish a description and bar the mystery players as managers seek to identify them and prevent future entry.
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Lisbon
Consuls Criticize Pay as Cause of Service Weakness
James W. Davidson resigns as consul to Tatung Manchuria after nine years, citing inability to supplement official income. Congress opposes permanent tenure with increased pay, reducing effective diplomatic staffing and driving away an experienced officer.
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J. W. Davidson
Congress
James W. Davidson
Tatung
Manchuria
Granite workers suspend in Quincy strike action
Quincy granite manufacturers vote to suspend work in 120 shops, a lockout affecting about 1500 granite cutters starting Tuesday. The action, carried by a majority, halts operations across the association’s shops in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mass
Bomb Outrages Continue
Bomb outrages persist in St. Petersburg with additional incidents reported on February 13.
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St. Petersburg
Staggered notices of progress and crime in Pacific Northwest
A survey of readers reports booster clubs planned in Washington as half a million fruit trees are set for Sunnyside. rail and mail routes shift with Union Pacific to Tacoma and Chelan Lake areas. Crime and disasters include trains held up near Ballard, nitro blasts at a Spokane post office, and a wave of arrests.
Passenger Train Wreck Near Mansboro Reported
The Ili nois Central Chicago Florida limited, en route from Nashville to Chicago, is reported wrecked at Mansboro fifty four miles west of here. Three passenger coaches and the engine are said to have turned over. Great Britain imports eighty nine million dollars of farm products in a year.
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Nashville, Tenn
Ilinois Central Railroad
Chicago Florida Limited
Chicago
Mansboro
Great Britain
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News OF the World
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FAL Winers
John E. Redmond
Irish Parliamentary Party
Irving D. Smith
South Dakota
Union Pacific Railway
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company
Tacoma Tidelands
Bay
Puyallup
Union Pacific
R. E. Strahorn
North Coast Railway
J. G. White & Co
Pasco
Horace G. McKinley
Oregon
Shanghai
China
Little Egypt
T. C. Platt
Senate
Tibet
Miss Roosevelt
Mrs. Longworth
Episcopal
Satterlee Will
Maid—T. N. Perkins
Best
Sporting Notes
Rifle & Revolver Club
E. E. Smathers
Lou Dillon
C. K. G. Billings
Memphis
Smathers
Major Delmar
Sheriff’s Office
Rossland
Torgal Nolan
Canada
Denver
Western Bowling Congress
Salt Lake
Young
Lynches
King of
St. Paul Papers
N. P. and Co. M
St. P
G. N. and
Hoquiam
Lakeside
Chelay
Stetson-Post Mill Company
Seatt
John A. Hofstetter
Theat,chanical Association
Tekoa
Ed Erickson
Seattle
Toy Hag Scouy
Ballard
GAR Post
J. F. Boise
Ellingburg
Cariboo
Tacoma
Jay P. Graves
Spokane Central Labor Council
American Federation of Labor
Cashmere Fruit Growers’ Association
Fruit Growers’ Union
Chelan County
Walla Walla
Law Enforcement League of
L. F. Parker
Fort Walla Walla
Terri Pre
Frisc
Gix
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