Senator Dryden withdraws from race over health concerns
New Jersey Senator John E Dryden has withdrawn his bid for reelection to the U S Senate. Doctors advised him not to attend a Monday Trenton conference due to his weakened health from prolonged strain. His secretary said the move aims to end party impasse and protect state interests.
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Washington
United States
John E. Dryden
New Jersey
United States Senate
Trenton
Lily Opinlon
Senate
Edward J M
Charles L. W
New Jersey Senate Fed House of Assembly
J. F. Dryden
Dryden
Qwancus
Bis
Scate Sena
Frank O. Briggs
Lecessor
Briggs
Tegislature
Mystery surrounds girl's death in Washington Fort Main
The body of 18 year old Miss Martin is found in a room above the Forest Riding on Fort Main street. John Innes is detained as coroner investigates whether homicide occurred. Stage manager John V. Cook found the body, indicating she fled from the Lyric theater and was carried across a bridge to the Forest building.
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Washington
Missa Mrences Marthe
Jn Fort Main Street
John Innes
Martin
Borkc
John V. Cook
Lyric Thewer
Forest
Cook
Lyric Theater
Theater End Forest Building
Lad Gives His Life in Vain in Violetyble Pond Tragedy
In Baltimore suburb Violetyble a 14 year old boy Car Noweck died after plunging into a deep pond while attempting to rescue his friend Albert Schmidt who was icebound on the surface. In Syracuse a 34 year old school teacher John Rammel set fire to his barn then killed himself in the haymow. motive unknown.
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Baltimore
Violetyble
Car Noweck
Albert Schmidt
Syracuse
Neb
John Rammel
Gov Folk Improving After Illness Threats Report
Jefferson City Missouri February 4 Dr C P Hough says Gov Folk is improving after fever and pneumonia fears. The governor has been ill for two days and his condition is described as stable, with political coalition described as strict.
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Gov. Folk
Jefferson City
C. P. Hough
Slight Improvement Reported for Gay Patient Riggins
Feb 4 report from Feb 4 tells that former Gay Frank W. Riggins had a better day. Dr Hibbard said Sunday night the patient was slightly improved and Dr Schott Jett noted the symptoms were slightly better.
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Hugina
Clenz
Frank W. Riggins
Hibbard
Schott Jett
Conway Coal Company Leader E A Conway Dies
E A Conway, president of Conway Coal Co and longtime Sioux City leader, died Sunday aged 53 in Sioux City Virginia. The obituary notes his prominent role in local business and his status as a key figure in the city’s affairs.
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E. A. Conway
Sioux City
A. Conway
Conway Coal Company
War With Japan Foretold by Senator Perkins
Senator Perkins warned of a coming clash between the United States and Japan in a Friday address to the National Geographic Society. He argued Japan’s growth and colonization aims, its aggressive national traits, and the inevitable convergence of US and Japanese interests, warning that lingering policy could fail to avert conflict.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Perkins
California
Hawaii
Japan
United States
Hom
Pacific Ocean
Orient
Philippines
Sandwich Islands
Pacifc
Alaska
Mrs Sage Gives A Million To Rensselaer Institute
New York February second at the alumni meeting of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute St Regis hotel Mrs Russell Sage announced a donation of 2000000 to the institute for a new department to be named the Ragall Sage school of mechanical and electrical engineering Mr Sage was a long time trustee and his nephew the late Russell Sage graduated from the school in 1859. Wealthy Cleveland Man Dies
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New York
Rensselaer Polyechaté Institute
St. Regis Borel
Russell Sage
Sage
Institute
Congress
Ragsell Sage School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
George W. Denham
Competition for Armour in Southern California rail fruit movement
Six hundred refrigerator cars arrived in Los Angeles on February 2 as the first batch toward six thousand cars to aid Pacific Fruit Express in handling local fruit shipments. The cars, arriving at 1,200 monthly until filled, are part of the Pacific Fruit Express system, an auxiliary of the Harriman railroads, challenging Armour’s influence.
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Armour
Los Angeles
Pacific Fruit Express Company
Southern California
Arsuny Company
Harriman
Embezzler Ev orly Sentenced Five Years
Louis February 2 Charles H Ev orly formerly teller at the St Louis Trust Company pleaded guilty to embezzling funds from the trust and was sentenced to five years in prison.
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Fst. Louis
Charles H. Evorly
Teller
St. Louis 1 Trust Company
Sixty Four Bodies Recovered at Stuart Mine
News reports from Castleston say sixty four bodies have been removed from the Stuart mine with at least eighteen more believed trapped still inside. Rescue efforts continue as authorities assess the collapse scene and safety measures.
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Castleston
Stuart
Admiral Davis lauded for Kingston relief effort
Washington approves Admiral Davis action during Kingston Jamaica aid mission after January 1867 disaster. President Roosevelt expresses heartfelt commendation and approval of Davis and his fleet's conduct. Secretary Metcalf forwards Evans praise and emphasizes Davis upheld navy traditions and served humanity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Admiral Davis
Kingston
Jamaica
Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf
Admiral Evans
The
Atlantic Feet
Evans
United States
Maine
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Bureau of Navigation
Tanner
Davis
R. D. Evans
United States Navy
United States Atlantic Fleet
Metcal
White House
Gavis
Theodore Hoosevelt
Mrt
Navy Department
Department
Orimary
W. H. Metcalf
Fight for Wyoming Wool Prices Rise in Central Wyoming
Casper Feb 2 A lively fight is in progress in central Wyoming between rival buyers of wool for eastern houses. Wyoming's wool crop is estimated at 35,000,000 pounds yearly. Prices for the 1907 crop range from 40 to 43 cents per pound, with many flock tasters holding out for 34 to 37 cents, a level predicted for this year.
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Wyoming
Casper
Wyo
Vilatte Stirs Up Paris at Contested Catholic Service
In Paris the old Barnebbe monastery, now the Church of the Holy Apostles, faced a tense scene as militant Catholics clashed with police amid plans for a schism. Archbishop Vilatte, leader of the Independent Catholic movement in America, faced jeers and threats while delivering a pontifical mass. Police cleared the streets as several thousand gathered outside, and 30 worshippers were expelled as order was restored.
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Paris
Barnebbe
Church of the Holy Apostles
Vilatce
Independent Catholic Movement
America
M. Briand
Father Rouwssin
Churches of Jesus Christ
Fm Christian Charity
Archbishop Vilatre
Vilatte
General Warren Runs Aground Near Conanicut Island
The steam er General Warren of Enterprise Transportation ran aground early Sunday on The Dump lings off Conanicut island in Narragansett Bay while en route from Fall River to New York. The vessel carried no passengers and remains stuck all day in a partly sheltered position near the bay. Captain Brown and 20 crew stay aboard in danger. An investigation found a small tile in the bow that could be patched temporarily. at low tide the bow sits above water with about 20 feet depth beneath the stern.
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Newport
R. I
General Warren
Enterprise Transportation Company
Conanicut Island
Narragonsett Bay
Fall River
New York
Brown
Loan broker Frothingham commits suicide in New York
Howard P. Frothingham a prominent New York loan broker died after leaping from a second story window during a nervous breakdown. Authorities link the death to nervous strain from recent Wall Street reverses. He was nearing his 45th birthday and known in the financial district.
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New York
Howard P. Frothingham
West Seventy-seventh Street
Wall Street
Frothingham
Financial District
New York City
Weekly Congressional and Public Affairs Preview
This week will devote Senate and House time to appropriation bills including Indian territory matters and the river and harbor bill. Debates over army and naval measures may follow, with Thaw trial testimony set to begin, and a conference on the Japanese school question to occur in Washington.
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Senate
House
Indian Territory
Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Brownsville
Tex
Senate Committee On
Washington
Roosevelt
Root
San Francisco
James Bryce
United States
London
Savoy
Whitelaw Reid
Bryce
Traveling men form a clan at Pittsburg meeting
Over 100 traveling salesmen from across the country organized the traveling Home Club of the United States in Pittsburg. The group aims to curb abuses faced by travelers and earmarks part of dues to fund hospitals for member care when sick or injured. Officers elected include EB A Saltsmen president and Charles B. Moninger secretary and treasurer, with several vice presidents from major cities.
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Pittsburg
Travelers’ Home Club of
United States
Eb.a. Saltsmen
Dayton
FY. W. Dewey
Harrisburg
B. HL. C. Mercer
Washington, D. C
R. S. Latta
N. W. Hunt
Geneva
A. H. Wilson
Topeka
Kan
T. P. Kenney
Midland
Charles B. Moninger
Washington, Pa
Young Thompson Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity
Tacoma on February 4 Chester Thompson was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the murder trial of Judge George Meade Emery in Seattle. The youth, nephew of the late novelist Maurice Thompson and son of poet Will Thompson, awaits court orders. A Nebraska blaze in Waterbury damaged four buildings including Merchants' hotel with $15,000 loss. hotel guests escaped. In Princeton Minnesota a fire destroyed Townsend block, value about $60,000 with partial insurance coverage.
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Tacoma
Wash
Chester Thompson
George Meade Emery
Seattle
Maurice Thompson
Will WW. Thompson
Gettysburg
Nebraska
Waterbury
Neb
Merchants
Princeton
Minn
Mion
Townsend
News in a Nutshell
A collection of brief items: a Philadelphia boy shot by a teen, a former Goo lgnd official guilty of embezzlement, Austin rail order for Galveston Bay causeway, Plymouth wood plant fire with $260000 insurance, Bristol newspaper fight resolution, two brothers reunited after 31 years, a sergeant demoted for church order, a Lynchburg shooting incident, a boss wounded in Lynchburg, Atlanta Georgian buys the Daily News and will merge as the Atlanta Georgian and News.
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John Dragsfield
Philadelphia
John Neal
Fred D. Giman
Goolgnd
Ind
Railroad Commission
Austin
Tex
Gal Yarton
Galveston Bay
Witts-Veneer
Atlanta
Atlanta Georgian
John Temple Graves
Daily News
Atlanta Georgian and News
Severe Storm Hits Montana And Midwest Rails
Severe storm disrupts eastern Montana with heavy snow and dire conditions. Sheep losses feared, stock driven to ranches for feeding. train service severely demoralized. Kansas City reports the fiercest winter storm with subzero temperatures, six inches of snow, and widespread train delays.
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Billings
Mont
Montana
Aheep
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Three Frozen to Death in Grand Rapids Tenement
Emma K Livingston aged 60 and her two nephews Alfred aged seven and Lincoln aged three died from freezing in a Grand Rapids tenement after a coal gas asphyxiation suspected as the fire died. Helen aged ten survived in another room, and Misa Livingston, their aunt, cared for the children.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Emma K. Livingston
Aed
Alfred L. Livingston
Lincoln B. Livingston
Helen Livingston
Misa Livingston
Slayder of Girl Pleads Guilty in Nebraska Case
Grand Island Nebraska February 4 John Hamline who killed Rachel Engle the 15 year old daughter of his landlady pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree Judge Hanna said the matter would be taken under advisement and the next term of court. Two fires in Cincinnati destroy plants and homes February 4 fire at Thomas Kelsall company plant and adjacent residences burn with estimated loss 75000 the Day and Night Tobacco plant also burned with loss 65000
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Grand Island
Neb
John Hamline
Rachel Engle
Hanna
Cincinnati
Thomas Kelsall Company
Tobacco Company
Kingston to Seek Five Million Loan for Rebuilding
Kingston Jamaica Feb 4 The reconstruction committee named by Archbishop Nuttall to rebuild Kingston met and resolved to petition the imperial government for a five million dollar loan at a low interest rate. Repayments would extend over twenty years.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Nuttall
Imperial
St Paul Postmaster General Flower Dies at Home
Gen Mark D Flower postmaster at St Paul and president of the Union Stock Yards company died Sunday night after an illness of less than a week. He was taken ill Tuesday with acute stomach trouble and heart complications followed.
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St. Paul's
St. Paul
Mian
Mark D. Flower
Union Stock Yards Company
Gen. Flower
Women Burned to Death in Gas Lamp Explosion
Joan Burke aged 22 died from burns and Mary Gardner Masterson aged 20 was badly burned after a gasoline lamp exploded in their West Twenty sixth Street home Sunday night in Cleveland. Firefighters battled the blaze as investigators reviewed the deadly accident.
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Cleveland
Joan Burke
Mary Gardner Masterson
West Twenty-sixth Furest
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