Minister Transferred Amid Turbulent Washington Move
The report notes the transfer of Villalobar from the post of minister at Washington to another role while in Kentucky Henry V. councilman is said to have died after a fight over a meal at a saloon free counter. The American consul reportedly denied extradition for Dr. Fred Pie A. Cook, deemed false.
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Waesorid
Marpide
Villalobar
Nish
Washington
Henry V
Ina
Peek Raden
sPeb
Fred- Pie A. Cook
Deadly Colorado mine disaster tallies rise
Reports from Trinidad Colorado recount a catastrophic explosion at the Colorado Fuel and Iron mine. Rescue efforts continue as officials estimate total deaths may reach nearly 800 based on safety lamps yet to be turned in.
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Primero
Cal
Ain
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Reacuers
Aras
Reaiashirie
Trinidad
Las Animas
Farr
Huerfano
Eee Yatter
Pocick Ean
Yams
Ameri
Delayed Inquest Into Colonel Thomas Swope Death
Coroner and lawyers discuss the delayed inquest into Colonel Thomas Swope's death. Dr. Ludwig Hektoen and prosecutors pace the inquiry as experts in Chicago are consulted for final reports.
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Zwart
T. Johnson
Tryde
Thomas Swope
Thomas
Neére’ Eney
Ludwig
Hektoen
Hidde-thorough
Christman Cee
Virgilling
Chicago
Ces
Conn
French cruiser runs aground near Spartel Rocks
An unidentified French cruiser ran aground off Spartel Rocks about 26 miles from the Cape. Salvage efforts were underway to refloat the vessel and assess damage.
Conditions Improve in Stricken Paris
Paris reports the Seine falling about three fourths of an inch per hour as streets reopen and tramways resume service. Inundated outskirts endure severe distress with hundreds near starvation. more than a quarter million affected by floods. freezing temperatures worsen conditions. Seine fell over three feet from its crest by noon.
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Paris
Seine
Warriner testifies blackmail payment to Mrs Ford
Charles L. Warriner former Big Four treasurer testifies he paid $84,000 to Mrs. Jeannette Stewart Ford to keep silent about alleged shortcomings. He says the payments averaged $1,000 a month for seven years until exposure emerged November 2. Mrs. Ford sits unmoved as the testimony is read. her children are removed from the courtroom.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four Railroad
Jeannette Stewart-Ford
Guch
Warriner
Fatal Auto Crash Merits Victims in Denver
In Denver a party car driven by Morris Mayer was struck by two street cars. Two women guests Miss Virgil Cain and Mrs. William J. Keating died. James A. Baker of Cincinnati and Russell A. Talbot of New York were seriously injured. Mayer survived with minor injuries.
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Denver
Colo
James A. Baker
Cincinnati
Russell A. Talbot
New York
Morris Mayer
Baker
Talbot
Virgil Cain
William J. Keating
Meat Prices Rise in Wholesale Markets Amid Demand Slump
New York reports shrinking consumer demand as wholesale meat prices advance slightly. Dealers warn curtailed shipments may trigger further hikes while shoppers push for abstention until prices drop. Milk rates also shift with routes under two major firms seeing changes and one company cutting prices effective March 1.
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New York
Witness in Fraud Case is Murdered
Manila report says a principal government witness in Laguna province election fraud investigations was killed after testifying. The murder is tied to those blamed for poll corruption and led the government to drop General Cailles's contested election claim.
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Manilla
Laguna
Cailles
Japanese Gift Trees to U S Are Infected
President and Mrs Taft lament the infection of 2000 cherry trees gifted by Tokio for Washington. Gall worms and fungal pests render them unusable in Potomac Park. Secretary Wilson recommends destruction. Secretary Knox conveys regrets to the Japanese ambassador.
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Washington
Taft
Tokio
Potomac Park
Wilson
Knox
Schooner Frances Lost Off Cape Hatteras in Storm
A New York bound schooner Frances runs aground near Cape Hatteras during a severe storm. The vessel is total wrecked and ten crew are believed drowned.
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Norfolk
Frances
New York
Jacksonville
Cape Hatteras
Wisconsin editor Charles M. Gillett dies at home
Charles M. Gillett, longtime editor of the Wisconsin University Bulletin and former Superior newspaper man, died at his Superior home today of heart trouble after a five month illness marked by typhoid fever.
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Superior
Wic
Charles M. Gillett
Wisconsin University Bulletin
Cherry Illinois mine opens to recover 200 missing miners
State mine inspectors, managers, and volunteers ready the St Paul mine in Cherry. University of Illinois experts assess safety to remove barriers and enter main shaft, exploring 350 feet underground. initial work slow with unlikely discovery of bodies today.
Twin Daughters Noted by Assembly in Lincoln
Lincoln February 3 Misses Allice and Addis Wait twin daughters of Addison Wait deputy secretary of state turned 15 yesterday and a 15 year old reunion recalled a past legislative resolution praising the birth The 15 year old twins were promoted from grade to Lincoln High School and the story notes their notable lineage and the legislature's prior response.
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Lincoln
Allice
Addis Wait
Addison Wait
Wait
Chapman
Saline County
Chicago Evening Post
Otoe County
Otoe
Nebraska
Millionaire and his wife may make up
Mrs Genevieve Phipps and her two daughters arrived in New York from Pittsburg and went to an up town hotel. Lawrence C Phipps, her former husband and a Pittsburg steel heir, is in seclusion at the Hotel Manhattan. Reports say a reconciliation may be near though Mrs Phipps denies it and says she plans to stay in New York indefinitely.
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New York
Genevieve ¢. Phipps
Pittsburg
Phipps
Lawrence C. Phipps
Pittsburg Steel Family
Manhattan
Howard Phipps
Lawrence Phipps
Lawrence
Europe
Darius Miller Named Burlington President
Darius Miller was elected president of the Burlington railroad at a New York directors meeting. Miller, previously vice president in charge of traffic and operations, succeeds George T. Harris who becomes board chair to focus on finances. Howard Elliott of the Northern Pacific was named a Burlington director.
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Bt. Paul
Minn
Darius Miller
Burlington Railroad
New York City
Miller
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific Railway
The
Burlington
Elliott
George T. Harris
Governor Haskell Targeted Again in Oklahoma Legislature
In Guthrie Oklahoma February 8 Representative Cook of Muskogee introduced a resolution in the lower house accusing Governor Charles N Haskell of not complying with a previous act. The act provided for the appointment of an additional judge for the Third district and demanded that the governor explain his position.
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Guthrie
Okla
Charles N. Haskell
Representative Cook
Muskogee
France's Week of Horror Ends as River Seeks Red
Paris reports gradual relief after the Seine flood crisis with streets flooding subsiding and efforts to shut underground workings. Authorities warn against reoccupying flood houses and plan disinfection, water boiling, and sanitation campaigns while relief work, prayers, and aid from abroad continue.
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France
Victim's husband held as suspect in Ohio case
Cincinnati police hold Jesse Van Zandt as the main suspect after his wife was found gagged bound and burned on a lit gas range in their kitchen. He faces potential breakdown while authorities seek leads from her father and brother arriving from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. A 17 year old Agnes Berry connected to Van Zandt said he planned to run away with her after getting rid of his wife. A bottle of chloride of mercury tablets and a stomach analysis order were found at the home.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Jesse van Zandt
Elmer Rutherford
Philadelphia
Jesze A. Delong
Cape May
van Zandt
Agnes Berry
Coe
Banker Walsh Denied Special Privileges at Fort Leavenworth
John R. Walsh, the Chicago banker recently sent to Fort Leavenworth, is treated like other prisoners with no special privileges. A letter to Warden McClaughrey from Mrs. J Ellen Foster of this city confirmed there is no truth to a reported conspiracy.
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Washington
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Fort Leavenworth
Etter
J. Ellen Foster
McClaughrey
Disclosure of Vast Increase in Living Cost In House
Washington February 2 The House ways and means committee authorized Chairman Payne and Representative Clark to work on a resolution for a congressional inquiry into the high cost of living. The leaders would define the procedure for the inquiry.
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Washington
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Payne
Representative Clark
House
Labor Bureau to report on worldwide rise in living costs
Washington reports the bureau of labor will present to Congress a study showing rising prices for food and commodities in the United States and globally. Based on 6,087 price schedules from 1,014 dealers across 68 cities in 39 states, the figures extend to 1908. The document responds to Senator Crawford's request on high prices.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor
Congress
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
America
Senate
Crawford
South Dakota
Neill
Mass Meeting Builds Momentum in Anti Meat Drive
New York reports a renewed anti meat campaign with a woman's mass meeting at Madison Square and club women planning Tuesday sessions to promote a postcard effort. The Gotham club led by Anita Comfort Brooks distributes cards nationwide urging reduced meat usage. Preparations move to have the Federation of Women's Clubs of America urge every woman to send Taft a postcard opposing monopolistic meat pricing.
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New York
Madison Square
Gotham Club
Anita Comfort Brooks
Federation of Women’s Clubs of America
Taft
Bodies to be removed from Cherry mine at once
Cherry Illinois February 2 Get the bodies out as quickly as possible said W W Taylor of the St Paul Mining Co as the shaft of the St Paul mine will be opened after two months of sealing to smother the flames. About 160 bodies lie in subterranean galleries with 35 in the third level on a 2 000 000 gallon lake and 180 in the second level. If fire is found a new gallery will be cut and the burning section sealed. Helmetmen Williams and Webb from Illinois failed to reach Cherry today delaying the prying of the cap until tomorrow.
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Williams and Webb
University of Illinois
Cherry
Spanish Royal Birth Expected in May
Madrid reports a birth in the royal family is expected in the latter part of May. Queen Victoria is already mother to three children, Prince Alphonso Prince Jaime and Princess Ekatarina Patt er.
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Madrid
Spain
Victoria
Alphonso
Jaime
Ekara Patter
Indian woman loses fight for graveyard
Lydie B. Conley an Indian woman lawyer failed to stop the sale of a Kansas City burial ground where her ancestors are buried. The U S Supreme Court affirmed lower court rulings that her bill to enjoin the disturbance of the burial ground be dismissed.
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Washington
Lydie B. Conley
Kansas City
Kan
Supreme Court of the United States
Swope murder suspect files slander suit
Chicago Feb 2 Col. Thomas H Swope died from poison per doctors Hekoten Haines and Vaughn findings. murder suspect filed a slander suit in relation to the death.
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Chicago
Col
Thomas H. Swope
Hekoten, Haines
Vaughn
Poisoning claim sparks Hyde suit against Swope estate
Kans City report says Dr. Bennett Clarke Hyde filed a $100,000 slander suit in Independence Mo. alleging John H. Paxton libeled him by claiming Hyde poisoned Col. Thomas Swope and Chrisman Swope. The petition cites statements tying Hyde to typhoid and murder accusations. Mrs. Hyde defends her husband against her own family.
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Kansas City
Swope
Bennett Clarke Hyde
Independence
John H. Paxton
Frank P. Walsh
Paxton
Dr. Hyde
Hyde
Chrisman Swope
Thomas H. Swope
Chicago
Swopes
Logan O. Swope
Missouri State Medical Society
Nnne
Hosal
Thomas Swope
Margaret Swope
Lucy Lee Swope
Rescue Chief Buried Under Coal Falls Victim in Pier Disaster
New York reports Nicholas Nedendock, a crane supervisor, killed when a coal chute collapsed during a rescue attempt. Firemen and dock workers labored six hours to save him but 100 tons of coal crashed down, killing Nedendock and injuring two rescuers.
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New York
Nicholas Nedendock
Nedendock
Keaat River
Surf
Nedendeck
Foelker to seek year long meat tariff suspension
Otto Foelker now in the House plans a Washington bill to suspend meat tariffs for one year hoping prices drop. In New York Alderman Frank Dowling launches an ordinance to bar sale of improperly labeled cold storage foods and require storage date tagging.
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New York
Otto Foelker
House of Representatives
Washington
Frank Dowling
Loan Shark Cases Headed to Highest Court
Hartford Feb 2 The appeal of Doris Griffith agent for D H Tolman lender from a $6000 fine and 60 days in jail for alleged usury will go to the United States Supreme Court. Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Baldwin allowed a writ of error on condition Griffith file a new $8000 bond.
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Hartford
Conn
Doris Griffith
D. H. Tolman
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Baldwin
Connecticut Supreme Court
Miss Griffith
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