Cold Wave Claims Many Victims in Dakotas
In Pierre South Dakota February 7 the bodies of Wesley E Banks and Robert Chandler two men from Mt Vernon Kentucky who went into sheep ranching near Hayes were brought in after freezing to death in a storm last Friday evening They were out with their sheep on the prairie and apparently became lost and wandered until they dropped Relatives have been notified and the bodies will be disposed of on their orders Rumors of further deaths have not been confirmed.
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Pierre
S. D
Wesley E. Banks
Robert Chandler
Mt Vernon
Hayes
Two Rangemen Frozen to Death in Blizzard
Rapid City S D Feb 7 From the Cheyenne river country comes a report that a homesteader named Meyer and a sheep herder whose name is not yet learned were found frozen to death having perished during the late blizzard. The sheep herder belonged to Stuckers ranch. Rough boxes have been sent out over the Pierre branch of the Northwestern and the bodies are expected in today. Another herder with the Jay outfit on the Dakota City divide has been missing for four days and it is feared that he has met with the same fate. Mr Meyer the homesteader and his son were out cutting wood about a mile from their shack. The father started for home through the blizzard in advance of his son but upon the sons arrival at the house and finding that his father was not there started back to find him. About a mile from the house in an opposite direction the father was found frozen to death. There is being reported here almost daily serious losses in the herds of ranch cattle horses and sheep. This is by reason of the extreme cold and the heaviest fall of snow in a period of twenty years. Where heretofore there has been open grazing during the winter season there is now two feet of snow on the level. Mercury ranges from 22 to 28 below zero.
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Rapid City
S. D
Cheyenne River
Meyer
Blizgard
Stuckers
Pierre Branch Cof
Northwestern
Jay
Dakota City
Severe cold and rail paralysis grip Minnesota and North Dakota
Snowbound railways cripple Soo Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines causing weeks of standstill and a coal famine in North Dakota towns. Temperatures hit 22 below zero in St Paul with widespread subzero readings and reports of freezing deaths questioned by North Dakota sources.
Unknown Woman and Five Children Die in Freezing Night
Goodrich reports an unknown woman and five children were found frozen to death in Bismarck last night after a freezing spell. The tragedy highlights harsh winter conditions and the dangers faced by vulnerable residents in the city.
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Bismarck
N. D
Goodrich
Coldest Day Yet In Omaha As Deep Freeze Hits
Omaha records 12 below zero at 3 A M marking the coldest spell of the winter. The day’s rise was slow though steady with little snow disruption. Rail traffic in western Nebraska areas delayed by snow and cold. Norfolk reports 22 below.
Food seekers find four dead in farmhouse blaze and freeze
Milwaukee dispatch reports a Great Northern train stalled in a snow drift near Farmond. A dozen volunteers searching for food found a farmer family of four frozen to death, with furniture burned for fuel and the door between rooms burned to separate spaces.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Northwest
Great Northern
Farmond
Snow Blankets Large U.S. Regions Across Midwest and East
Snow covers the middle Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio valleys, the lake region, eastern New England and parts of the south. Ranges from an inch to two feet with drifting in the east causing widespread travel disruption. Weather bureau forecasts clearing, warmer temperatures tonight into Wednesday.
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Chicago
Neb
Mississippi
Missouri
Ohio
Lake
New England
Weather Bureau
Lake Ragion
Gold in canal dirt may pay for digging
The report discusses a survey by commissioners arriving this week to inspect canal grounds for sand and gravel suitable for cement making and potential gold yields. It notes ground exploration to determine if extracted material can be profitably worked for gold and other metals, with public interest high.
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Hawe
Deneen Approved Funds to Probe Illinois Central Taxes
Springfield February 7 The Illinois Senate passed two bills totaling 150000 dollars for the governor to prosecute the investigation into Illinois Central taxes.
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Springfield
Ill
Senate
Illinois Central
Hill predicts railroad rates may rise instead of fall
In New York on February 7 James J. Hill stated in an interview that rather than further reducing railroad rates, he believes the railroads will soon have to consider raising rates.
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Magnate
New York
James J. Hill
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Earnings Rise
A close associate of H. Harriman reports that the earnings of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific are showing amazing increases. Current indicators suggest the annual statements for these properties will reflect remarkable results in the current fiscal year.
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New York
H. Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Heyburn seeks probe of Northern Pacific reorganization
Senator Heyburn introduced a Senate resolution proposing a five member special committee to investigate the reorganization of the Northern Pacific railroad property and to determine if the tithe estates are owned by the corporation created by act of Congress on July 2 1864 If the federal charter has no title to any property the resolution asks for reasons why the charter should not be repealed by Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Heyburn
Senate
Northern Pacific Railroad
Congress
St Louis Activist Targets Girl Debauchery Trade
Attorney Harold Johnson, backed by the health board and police, campaigns against a thriving girl debauchery trade in St. Louis. He cites dozens of ruined girls daily, disappearances, and a 16 year old harmed by an illegal operation, urging grand jury action and stricter midwife laws.
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St. Louis Health Board
No Teacher Needed for New Shorthand
London dispatch reports Sir Edward Clarke, noted lawyer and former MP, has devised a new shorthand system. He plans a cheap handbook publication claiming his method is a simpler adaptation of Taylor's system and can be learned without a teacher.
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London
Edward Clarke
Edward
Taylor
Iowa Wife Sent for Corpse After Tragic Suicide
Garret Shelly, St Louis actor, shot himself in Newton after threatening his wife Miss Mabel Shelton. He feigned play music, bought a revolver, and left a note predicting his act. Shelly, once married to Miss Livingston, faced morphine addiction and unemployment before his death.
Service Pension Act Passes the House
The House approves a service pension act for veterans of the Civil and Mexican Wars with Senate support. The bill grants $15 to those over sixty and $200 monthly to others meeting service proof and disability status. Senator McCumber of North Dakota chairs the committee and is credited with origin of the bill. the Senate passed it after brief debate.
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Cab Edaly
Senate
Mexico
Siz
McCumber
North Su
Kota
Senate Committee One Pensions
Postal bill carries biggest amount yet
Washington D C The post office appropriation, completed by the committee on post offices and post roads, totals 2091801 dollars the largest annual postal service expenditure. Salaries for postal clerks and city and rural carriers rise to seven million dollars. Provisions cut rail mail payments by about 12 million annually with rate reductions on mail weights lowering costs by about six million yearly.
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Washington, D.C
Eth. O
Committee On
Girls branded for life by acid at Alpha Gamma Tau initiation
Indianapolis, Feb 7. Three high school girls Hazel Kisner Bertha Hoff man and Lillian Wern were branded with A G T letters during a initiation. The acid burned into their flesh and they remain under medical care with no relief in sight.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Alpha Gamma -Tau
Hazel Kisner
Bertha Hoffman
Lillian Wern
Miss Reisner
Miss Iern
Leaves Babies Alone They Perish in Fire
In Grundy Center Iowa on February 7 Mrs Adolph Phersen of Dike left her children locked in a house. A 15 year old girl died from the fumes and an infant was badly burned and may die. The mother discovered the blaze when neighbors ran out. Authorities suspect the girl played with matches. The mother is reportedly stricken by hysteria.
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Grundy Center
Adolph Phersen
Dike
Stockmen Called to Discuss Public Land
Denver Colorado February 7 The committee on public lands and forest reserves of the American Live Stock association has been called to meet in the Villard hotel Washington February 14 The meeting will address grazing on public lands and methods to supervise lands with federal authorities in Washington Stockmen across the west are urged to attend.
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Denver
Colo
American Live Stock Association
Villard Hotel
Washington
West
Gotham Women Thugs Spark Police Crusade
New York reports a surge in robberies by women footpads with Inspector Mc Laughlin noting unprecedented late twenty years. An arrest reveals a buckled knife and a victim left for dead. Wealthy merchant John H. Wallace was assaulted on Thirty-eighth Street and Park Avenue, suffering a near-fatal attack and loss of jewelry and $40.
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New York
McLaughlin
John H. Wallace
Philadelphia
Thirty-eighth Street
Park Avenue
Jefferson Market
Hairpin Opens Safe Youth Is Arrested
Hermian Helzepel ten years old and a confessed safe robber is jailed in Atlantic City. He admits robbing the office of real estate operator William McLaughlin on three occasions, taking about 350 dollars. Detectives say the safe was opened by an expert cracksman with no external scratches, and the boy demonstrated opening it with a hairpin.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Neb
Hermian Helzepel
William McLaughlin
Briggs Named to Succeed Dryden in Senate Race
The Republican caucus in Prenton New Jersey nominated State Senator Frank Briggs to be United States senator, to succeed John IX Dryden, with the selection advancing the party’s slate in the afternoon meeting.
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Dryden
Oy Prenton
N. J
Frank ©. Briggs
United States
John IX. Dryden
Lemon Souvenir Dropped in Cayenne Court Room
Recorder Hymen Lazarus in Cayenne police court received a lemon handed by plaintiff Mrs. Mary Hollister against whom he had just ruled in a petty case. The fruit was passed to Hollister by defendant Miss Mary Murphy. Lazarus said he would keep the lemon as a souvenir.
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New? York
Hymen Lazarus
Cayenne
Mary Hollister
House order probes cotton price fluctuations
The House passed a resolution directing the secretary of commerce and labor to investigate why cotton prices fluctuate and why market prices vary between classes. The probe will assess if futures contracts and deliveries on cotton exchanges, or combinations among states or with foreign countries, drive the moves.
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Washington, D. C
House
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Senate probes Brownsville affair as Negro soldiers testify
Washington February 5 Senate military affairs committee begins inquiry into the Brownsville incident with about a score of Twenty-fifth Infantry black soldiers discharged without honor in attendance. San Antonio February 4 Major W Penrose of the Twenty-fifth Infantry faces court martial for neglect of duty linked to the Brownsville shooting opened at Fort Sam Houston.
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Washington,d. C
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
Twenty-fifth Infantry
San Antonio
Tex
W. Penrose
Fort Sam Houston
Foraker accepts possible Negro surveyor of Cincinnati port
Senator Foraker, who has pressed for fair play for Twenty fifth Infantry veterans, appears ready to yield to the nomination of Eugene Tyler, a negro, as surveyor of the port of Cincinnati. He will not oppose Tyler if named, acknowledging Ohio's sizable Negro vote would be harmed by opposition.
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Washington, D. C
Senator Foraker
Congress
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Eugene Tyler
Cincinnati
Tyler
Ohio
Foraker
President Announces Appointments for North Platte Heads
The president today named John F. E. Sivans as register of the land office in North Platte Nebraska and William H. H. Woodhurst as receiver of public moneys for the same city.
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Washington, D. C
Register of Land Office
John FE. Sivans
North Platte
Neb
William HH
Woodhurst
Chicago woman plans Texas colony to house 1000 families
Mrs Mary F Flayden, a Chicago author, aims to establish a woman led settlement in southwest Texas. She seeks one man for every five acres, welcomes families and healthy children, and asks Texas to welcome her project, noting she may not share management control.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Mary F. Flayden
Chicago
Texas
Hayden
Supreme Court Grants Intervention in Howard Case April Hearing
Washington February 6 The Supreme Court granted Attorney General Bonaparte permission for government intervention in Damieile Howard versus Illinois Central. The hearing is advanced to April. The case tests the constitutionality of the railroad employers liability act enacted by Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Bonaparte
Damieile Howard
Illinois Central
Iowa agency seeks domestics as matrons tour states
A delegation of matrons will visit Missouri Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Nebraska and other states to recruit help. The women will be paid about 50 a month with agreement to stay six months or more at least. Women plan to travel to New York Ohio and Massachusetts to engage domestic workers.
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Pepeeneliee Wistine
Teresib
Caniel Beloit
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconstr
Michigan
Nebraska
New York
Ohio
Miassa-chusetts
Vie
Chinese revolt threatens empire as Hunan and Kwangtung forces unite
At Pekin Feb 6 reports say central Ching faces a rising from rebels in Hunan and Kwangtung. Rebels hold border mountain fastness and imperial attempts to dislodge them have failed. Shanghai tightens arms imports as agents seek war material from US and Europe. 20,000 imperial troops have been sent with cavalry and artillery with limited success. Kung Chuntai leads the revolt aiming to overthrow the Mianchu dynasty. Signs of unrest spread across China.
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Ching
Hunan
Kwangtung
Wisngsi
Shanghai
United States
Europe
Kung Chuntai
China
Tombstone on Grave to Be Sold for Debt
A Kentucky court rules in Wells Bros. favor against D M Boyd for 85.25 and orders sale of a tombstone marking the graves of four Boyd family members in the old burying ground near Kelly. Four footstones are included. Sheriff Smith named special commissioner to sell after advertisement.
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Tiopkinsvile
Christind County
Wells Bros
D. M. Boyd
Boyd
Old Family
Kelly
Sheriff Smith
Texas boy shoots self after school punishment
In Stephenville Texas a 10 year old son of Will Low, a fireman, shot himself in the head after being chastised by his father for skipping school. A passerby found his hat and a small rifle in the road and he later told investigators he preferred dying to living with his father. He may recover.
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Stephenville
Dex
W. Chamberlin
Dan Smith
Will Low
Women Barred From Medicine by Eminent Physician
Professor von Ebrem minn, famed physician who treated the sultan of Larkey, states he is decidedly against women entering the medical profession. He argues women lack the physical and mental attributes required for such arduous work and cannot compete with men until they master traditional female vocations like cooking and tailoring.
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eBrlin
Bride Faints as Stranger Kills Self During New York Wedding
In an Amsterdam Avenue apartment a man thought to be Alderic Hugron of Waterbury Conn shot himself in front of wedding guests. The bride and many guests fainted but the ceremony proceeded an hour later for Bessie Feeney to wed Michael Leyton.
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New York
Alderic Hugron
Waterbury
Conn
James Feeney
Amsterdam Avenue
Feeney
Bessie Feeney
Michael Leyton
Three Firemen Die in White Plains Blaze
Three volunteer firemen were killed and four wounded, one fatally, while battling the ruins of the Mead building in White Plains New York. The blaze destroyed the structure the previous night and rescuers continued operations today.
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White Plains
N. Y
Gasoline Prices Raised Again by Standard Oil
Cleveland Ohio reports another cent increase in gasoline and naphtha by Standard Oil today as market prices move higher.
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Cleveland
Nauptha
Standard Oil
Lady Grenfelt Dies of Typhoid Fever
Ottawa dispatch reports Lady Grenfelt eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Grey died today from typhoid fever.
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Ottawa
Lady Grenfelt
Lord
Lady Grey
Greed of Roads Brings Scourge on Northwest Freight
The piece outlines widespread grain losses in North Dakota and Minnesota due to railcar shortages and fuel constraints. It notes 2000 loaded freight cars stranded, high winter losses for farmers, and costs to railroads, with lessons urged for storage and seasonal shipping reforms. A followup reports Montana's worst snowstorm in twenty years with over a foot of snow.
Severe Cold Paralyzes Wisconsin Trains Near Superior
Temperatures hit 40 below in Superior Wisconsin this morning causing rail service delays with trains running about nine hours behind schedule as the region endures harsh winter conditions.
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Wisconsin
Superior
Wis
London phone patrons increase ten thousand a year
London faces a rising subscriber base with about 10,000 new users annually while a potential new scale of rates may remake the system. John Aldron, assistant secretary in charge of telephones, foreign telegraphs and wireless telegraphy, retired after forty three years of service.
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Post Office
John Aldron
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