Leave Of Absence For Ames College Leader Wilson
Des Moines reports the State Agricultural College at Ames grants indefinite leave of absence to Ion James Wilson from the head of the agricultural faculty. Charles F. Curtiss to lead the department with two college graduates as assistants. The board cites civil service rules and high demand for Wilson’s position.
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Des Moines
State Agricultural College
Ames
Ion
James Wilson
Wilson
Charles F. Curtiss
Curtiss
Civil Service
Tyrolese Wine Proposal Custom Surfaces in History
The Philadelphia Times recounts an old Tyrolean custom where a suitor presents a bottle of wine to a potential fiancée as a marriage proposal. Accepting wine settles the match, while refusals are avoided with excuses. spilling wine is considered a bad omen for the union.
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Philadelphia Times
Early U S loans show tobacco payment and Hamilton action
Register Tillman highlights two notable facts in his report on early U S loans. The first loan was payable in tobacco authorized by a Continental Congress resolution in 1777, while Hamilton negotiated a loan in 1789 without explicit legal authorization. The piece outlines subsequent loans, their sources, amounts, and how repaid, noting the era when tobacco functioned as currency and a shift to formal debt instruments.
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Register Tillman
United States
Alexander Hamilton
Continental Congress
Farmers’ General Bank of France
Hamilton
Treasury
Bank of New York
Bank of North America
Congress
A Queer Story of Nurse and Maid in Victorian Grace
An excerpt from the San Francisco Argonaut describes Mrs Benevolent nursing her maid through typhus with great care and the maid's grateful reply that she cannot return to service as no lady would have nursed her, highlighting British class formality.
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Tere
Benevolent
San Francisco
Argonaut
Renegade accusation sparks heated Irish debate
In a heated exchange two Irishmen dispute political loyalties and family tradition. One branded the other a turncoat, shouting You call yourself Daly and note an O on his name as a life preserver from his immigrant arrival.
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Daly
Tariff revision advances as schedules are firmed
Washington February 5 report on Ways and Means progress sketches specific shifts in live cattle barley hay and other McKinley era rates. Key changes include 6 per head cattle over one year old 25 percent ad valorem on cattle over 20 value and barley at 80 cents per bushel with hay at 4 per ton and hops 15 cents per pound.
Bread Riots Erupt in Madrid as Martial Law Declared
Feb 3 reports show serious strikes and bread riots in Madrid. Disturbances near the town hall led to broken windows and numerous arrests. Municipal authorities resigned over inability to quell the unrest as martial law was proclaimed.
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Madrid
Indian Agency Raid Ends in Shootings at Sac and Fox
Guthrie Feb 5 A gang attempted to raid the Sac and Fox agency stores and government offices. Gen Thomas the Indian agent and two other men were killed during the assault as the group sought to steal $26,000 in government funds being distributed to the Indians.
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Indian Agency
Guthrie, O. T
Sac and L’ox Agency
Gen. Thomas
Two Skaters Drowned on Chicago Lake
Chicago reports William Tarrison and Charles Linquist drowned while skating on the lake Thursday. Emergency crews recovered their bodies as authorities investigate the incident.
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Chicago
William Tarrison
Charles Linquist
Starvation in Louisiana Reports Mass Relief Need
Shreveport Feb 6 report says thirty thousand people in Louisiana are starving to death and a relief committee estimates the stricken parishes east of Shreveport will require sustained aid through an unfruitful season. A separate notice describes a fire in the Haight building at Broadway causing heavy damage and about 25 million dollars in losses across several floors.
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Louisiana
Shreveport
New York
Haight Building
Broadway
Trade Review notes unchanged conditions with gradual gains
R G Dun & Co reports no major shifts in trade as manufacturing starts outpace shutdowns. Wool and silk show strength, boots and shoes improve, iron and steel outlook brightens, and cotton prices drift. Failures slide year over year while overall demand for iron and steel products slowly rises amid mixed finished goods demand.
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New York
Iron and Steel m
Tali River
Bessemer Pig
Gray Forge
Pittsburgh
Jingland
Scotch Works
Philadelphia
United States
Canada
Massacre Flares in Crete as Turkish and Mussulman Forces Clash
Reports from Athens on February 6 describe a blood soaked crisis in Crete. Turkish troops and Mussulman fighters attacked Christian quarters in Canea, burning three quarters of the city, with around 300 dead and many wounded as residents fled toward warships.
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Crete
Parkish
Athens
Canea
Wreck Fatal to Four in South Dakota Train Crash
Wreck near Arlington South Dakota kills conductor Randolph Addington baggage man Frank J. Osak and farmers W L Harrison and John Loftus. Eastbound Train No 4 struck last coach against a coal car after icy rails prevented braking. engine John Connelly and others survived.
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de Smet
S. D
Randolph Addington
John Connelly
Arlington
Addington
Huron
W. L. Harrison
John Loftus
Lynching Near Rockfield Shocks Kentucky Community
In Bowling Green Kentucky on February 5 a mob hanged Robert Morton a 21 year old Black man about three miles from Rockfield shortly after midnight Wednesday. He allegedly sent an insulting note to Miss Tommie Johnson a prominent white woman of Rockfield and had a troubled reputation.
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Bowling Green Ky
Robert Morton
Rockfield
Tommie Johnson
Morton
Four Suffocated in Minnesota Root House Fire
North Branch Minnesota February 5 word arrived that Mr and Mrs John Brohmann and two sons Ernest and William living five miles west of town were suffocated by carbon dioxide from a fire in a closed root house.
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North Branch
Minn
John Brohmmann
Ernest
William
Here
Miners Seek Aid for Delmont Mine Families in Bellaire
A Delmont coal mine committee in Bellaire solicits aid for over 50 families facing hardship after four months without work. Local miners suffer shortages of necessities and some are starving while aid is organized to assist them.
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Bellaire
Delmont
Town near wiped out by pleasureville fire
Pleasureville Kentucky suffered near-total destruction by a morning fire that consumed the Deposit Bank and the entire business district. Meanwhile Lawson the Swede set two skating indoor records for 50 miles, and Pittsburgh’s Philadelphia Lead Company entered receivership with liabilities listed at 1.4 million.
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Lexington
Pleasureville
Washington
Lawson
Donoghue
Warships Lost Four Men In South Atlantic Storm
Five U S warships including the Maine and Marblehead rode a fierce storm off Hatteras Friday night. Four sailors died and eight were seriously injured as the fleet endured heavy seas and one man was saved after going overboard. Creelman helped rescue Kozel while Hassel saved Creelman. All injured to be moved to the Marine hospital at Charleston.
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Charleston
8. C
United States
New York
Maine
Columbia
Amphitrite
Marblehead
Charleston Bar
South Atlantic
Sullivan’s Island
Bar
Admiral Bunce
North Carolina
Hatteras
L. C. Kozel
John Brown
A. B. Nelson
Strawhat
Carpenters’ Gang
Dennis Ryan
Charles Osborn
Prentice Scaudland
Regan
Vicker
Hicker
Marine Hospital
Coust
William Anderson
Castleman
Flinders
Kozel
Alex Nelson
Charles Hassel
William
Creelman
Hassel
Brown
Nelson
The Odd and Curious: Summit Monastery to Petrel Flight
A collection of curious facts notes Haine monastery in Thibet at 17000 feet as the highest inhabited place and the dwarf willow on Ben Lomond two inches tall. It describes sea life as a slaughter house, animist worship, the stormy petrel crossing vast seas, and its 2000 mile sightings from land.
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Haine
Thibet
Ben Lomond
Great Britain
Arbitration Treaty Signed for Venezuelan Dispute
The Venezuelan arbitration treaty was signed at the state department by Sir Julian Pauncefote and Senor Andrade. It names Chief Justice Puller and Justice Brewer for Venezuela and Lord Herschell and Sir Robert Henn Collins for Britain. Four commissioners will meet within six months of ratification to select a fifth from Sweden if needed. The Venezuelan boundary commission will be abolished once the pact is in effect.
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Washington
State Department
Julian Pauncefote
Senor Andrade
Puller
Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Venezuela
Lord Herschell
Robert Henn Collins
Great Britain
Osenar
Sweden
Reforms for Cuba Plan Signed by Queen Regent
Madrid reports the royal decree detailing Cuba reform schemes drafted by Premier Canovas and Castellano. It creates a 35 member Cuban council of administration with 21 elected, six by municipalities, and eight appointed members. The plan provides local budget control, a Cuban customs tariff with 40 percent protection, and Cuban officials for key posts while preserving central authority to maintain order.
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Madrid
Cuba
Canovas
Senor Castellano
Council of Administration
Christians Flee Crete As Violence Spreads Amid Siege
Civilians flee Canea as Christian and Muslim clashes flare on Crete. About 1500 Christians board British ships and 200 French flee to a trench cruiser amid continued gunfire. Turks pillage villages. Christians seize the Suda arsenal. Greek ironclads Sparta and Psara planned for Crete expedition.
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Canea
Island of
Crete
Troude
Athens
Asty
Suda
She Married a Title Ends in Divorce
Julia de la Tour du Villard formerly Miss Chapin of New York is granted a divorce from M. Brice Ernest Gabriel Raymond Odde marquis de la Tour du Villard by Judge J. W. Jones in Sioux Falls South Dakota. She recounts marriage in 1892 and Paris life ending when she was left penniless and forced to pay bills including rent and laundry.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
J. W. Jones
Julia de la Tour du Villard
M. Brice Ernest Gabriel Raymond Odde
Marquis de la Tour du Villard
Paris
Senator Frye Proposes Creation of Commerce and Industry Department
Sen Frye introduces a bill to form a new Department of Commerce and Industry consolidating Travel and navigation customs internal revenue statistics steamboat inspection coast and geodetic survey lighthouse board and supervising offices and adding from interior commission of railroads geological survey census from state consular service from war river and harbor improvements labor bureau American republics and intercolonial railway commission as independent bureaus.
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Washington
Frye
Senate
Department of Commerce and Industry
The
Treasury
Navigation, Customs
Internal Revenue
Statistics
Steamboat Inspection
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Lghthouse Board
Use Saving Service
Supervising Architect
Interior Department
Railroads
Geological Survey
Man of Many Crimes Captured After Australian Murders
San Francisco reports Frank Butler, linked by Australian police to 14 murders, captured on the Swanhilda which arrived Tuesday morning. His latest victim was Capt. Lee Weller, a retired sea captain, whom Butler allegedly robbed and misused to board the ship under Weller’s name. Butler to be sent back to Australia.
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San Francisco
Frank Butler
Lee Weller
Butler
Weller
Australia
Salvation Army launches citywide crusade against poverty
Chicago to become the center of a vast network of social settlements modeled on English practice led by Gen. William South. City colonies will offer work, spacious tenements will be built under army supervision, and colonies will expand within hundreds of miles from Chicago.
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Chicago
Salvation Army
England
William South
National Merchants and Travelers to Meet in Chicago
The National Association of Merchants and Travelers plans meetings in Chicago from February 24 to March 2 with Comptroller Eckels delivering the principal address on currency questions. In Bloomington Alabama Charles Raabourn, longtime pitcher for Providence and Boston, dies at 1 p.m. from paresis.
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Chicago
National Association of Merchants and Travelers
Eckels
Bloomington
Charles Raabourn
Providence
Boston
Revival of Industry in Monongahela Valley
Pittsburgh reports a broad industrial revival in the Monongahela Valley with several plants resuming full operation. Carnegie’s Homestead steel works employ 4,000. Westinghouse East Pittsburgh and Wilmerding units begin full day and night shifts. Edgar Thomson and Duquesne steel works back in full. Braddock wire works on full force. National Tube at McKeesport operates at three quarters with all departments expected soon. business outlook strong though prices remain low.
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Monongabhela
Pittsburgh
Monongahela Valley
Homestead Steel Works
Carnegie Company
Westinghouse Electric Works
East Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Machine Works
Wilmerding
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Pittsburgh Wire Works
Braddock
Braddock Wire Works
Consolidated Steel and Wire Company
National Tube Works
McKeesport
Duquesne Steel Works
Snow Crash Hits Astor Mansion on Fifth Avenue
Snow and ice tumbled from the Astor mansions roof in a Saturday avalanche down the Fifth Avenue house. The skylight shattered and lantern fell to the marble floor while rain entered the foyer. Crews laid tarps to cover the breach after debris was cleared.
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Astor Mansion
New York
Fifth Avenue
John Jacob Astor
Mrs. Astor
Astor House
Young couple crushed by locomotive near Caliente
Caliente California February 3 A rancher Johullardisty and Miss Cora Akers of Fresno were killed Sunday when struck on a railway trestle while picking flowers. Their companions escaped by jumping. Akers attempted to outrun the engine and fell. Hardisty slipped between the ties while trying to save her.
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Caliente
Cal
Dancer
Laborer roasted to death in Culmerville cave collapse
In Pittsburgh's Culmerville area, 38 year old Charles Willis a colored railroad laborer, was killed when a dug-out cave collapsed onto a blazing coal fire. Three companions were injured. The men lived in a room dug into a hill and were trapped when the roof caved in at 11 30. Willis was caught and burned. rescuers freed him at eight o'clock Sunday morning.
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Pittsburgh
Culmerville
Charles Willis
Willis
Trusts and Monopolies Inquiry Reopens in New York
The joint committee resumes its session to take testimony on state trusts and monopolies. Senators Lexon and Parsons and Shephard, counsel for Secretary Searles of the American Sugar Refinery, met for about ten minutes and promise Searles will be present Monday.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
New York
Lexon
Messrs
Parsons and Shephard
Searles
American Sugar Refinery Company
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