Senator Hanna Stricken With Typhoid Fever
Washington reports Senator Hanna diagnosed with typhoid fever after two tests by Dr. Behran and colleagues. President Roosevelt visited, Hanna rests with milk diet, and doctors call the case irregular but hopeful for recovery. family and medical staff monitor kidney tests as age and rheumatic condition raise risk.
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Hanna
Edward Behroy
Roosevelt
White House
Behran
Senator Hanna
Medill McCormick
Miss Phelps
Inventors Create Dust and Vermin Proof Drawer
Two Swedish inventors from Providence introduce a simple drawer system that prevents dust and insects from reaching contents. A downward flange on the rear closes sides and back while a central pivot allows the cover to drop as the drawer opens, enabling full withdrawal without moving the cover. Materials can be wood metal or other suitable substances.
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Providence
Louisiana Quarantines Boll Weevil The San Jose Scale
Louisiana weighs a statewide quarantine after the Louisiana Crop Pest commission forms rules to bar boll weevil from Texas origins. Shreveport chosen as HQ with Baton Rouge base, Governor Heard presiding and H A Morgan named secretary.
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Texas
Heard
New Orleans
H. A. Morgan
Rock Island Orders Shape Grain Flows and Local Politics
The Rock Island railway directs restoration of southbound grain rates to the gulf while keeping low rates eastward. This shift could push grain away from the gulf to New York for export. In Rockdale Texas Dr J P Sessions calls primaries for city officers on the 18th with a full ticket forthcoming. In London the government holds a majority after Robins on amendment to the address.
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Omaha
Neb
Rock Island Railway
Gulf
New York
Rockdale
Texas
J. P. Sessions
London
House of Commons
Mr. Robinson
Negro Shooting at Greenville Texas
Two Black men were involved in a fatal shooting two miles south of Campbell on Thursday afternoon. A shotgun was reported as the weapon. Rome Christian was killed and Sam Vintas surrendered to authorities.
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Greenville
Texas
Rome Christian
Wag
Campbell
Sam Vintas
Eve of a Gusher in Alvin Texas Prompts Real Estate Bets
In Alvin Texas a gusher is imminent with signs of activity around Amsterdam. Real estate deals have been made and others are pending as investors brace for the well to come in. The driller remains confident the well will produce a gusher by Friday or Saturday.
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Alvin
Texas
Amsterdam
Drying Damp Grain With Drain Tiles Advised
A farmer found that placing drain tiles in the crib with damp corn speeds drying. Tiles laid a few feet apart allow free air circulation and moisture absorption, drying the grain without heating. The method also suits damp oats buckwheat and other grains.
Peppermint culture by cuttings and root stock sets
Peppermint is propagated exclusively by sets formed from running root stock cuttings. Root stocks are cut into short lengths sown in drills fifteen to eighteen inches apart with moist soil. Cultivation the first year should be thorough. The crop should be renewed every three to four years as the field tends to run out. Tincture of iodine sterilizes water. four drops in a carafe makes it drinkable in half an hour.
Japan Seizes Vessels as Korea Crisis Deepens
Telegraph dispatch from Nagasaki reports Russia secretly moved a full division by transports to northern Korea near the Yalu river. Japan seizes naval vessels including the Shelika and Manchuria and takes control of marshalling ships. Corroborating cables describe Japanese troop landings from Masampho to Chemulpo and a fleet heading toward Port Arthur.
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London
Nagasaki
Daily Telegraph
Russia
Port Arthur
Yalu River
Korea
Japan
Shelika
Manchuria
Sasebo
Masampho
Che Foo
Daily Mail
Corea
Fusan
Kusan
Mokpho
Chemulpo
Seould
Baltimore's Big Fire Devastates Downtown
A blaze raged for twenty eight hours in Baltimore starting Sunday morning, leaving a scorched district of ruined buildings. Officials declared the fire under control by mid afternoon with over a hundred million dollars in losses anticipated, insurance maps uncertain as offices open at Lexington Hotel.
Secret Panic Behind New Orleans Cotton Slump
In New Orleans brokers blame a single powerful bull for the market drop after he dumped 68 000 bales over the weekend. The move cost him over a million dollars and marks a second time this bull has spooked the market by losing his vast fortune in a single slump.
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Brown
Cyclone Rips Cooke County Near Gainesville
A cyclone passed across Cooke county about sixty five miles northwest of Gainesville last Saturday at sundown. It was about 300 yards wide and destroyed several houses. No lives were lost though many cattle and hogs were killed. Damage runs to several thousand dollars.
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Gainesville
Texas
Cooke County
Body found on Central tracks after train incident
Police found an unidentified Black man on the Central railroad tracks Sunday night, torn by a southbound train. Two suspicious holes in the head suggest possible shooting before the victim was placed on the tracks.
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Dallas
Texas
Central Railroad
Forty Three Entered in Laredo Roping Contest
Laredo Texas hosts a Red Men celebration on Washington's birthday featuring a grand roping contest with forty three cowboys entered and six hundred dollars in prizes at stake.
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Laredo
Texas
Washington
Kerrville Shooting Kills Man and Wounds Daughter
In Kerrville Texas a man named Jim Ashkey was shot and killed at a negro dance on Saturday night. his daughter Mrs Butler was seriously wounded in the thigh. Ned Coleman was arrested and jailed by Sheriff Moore around 2 am Sunday.
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Kerrville
Texas
Jim Ashkey
Butler
Ashkey
Ned Coleman
Moore
Clearing Land for Laredo Postoffice
Laredo Texas reports government work began Monday to clear and remove houses on the block purchased for a federal building. The project marks start of construction preparations in the city.
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Laredo Postoffice
Laredo
Texas
Dallas Man Denied Bail in Office Homicide Case
J. M. Chappell is refused bail and remanded to jail after being accused of killing W. C. McCahan at McCahan's Dallas office several weeks earlier.
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Dallas
Texas
J. M. Chappell
W. C. McCahan
Pauper graves raised concern at San Antonio council
Mayor Pro Tem Vories P. Brown charged paupers were buried in graves under two and a half feet deep and urged opening ten graves for examination to reveal possible empty coffins and spark a scandal at a Monday city council meeting.
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San Antonio
Texas
Fire Hits Houston Block in Severe 1890s Blaze
A massive fire in Houston destroys half a city block on San Jacinto and Caroline streets, damaging a dozen nearby houses. The Johnson and Westall Williams livery barns burn after spreading from a feed room, with wind fanning flames and the central station a smoky ruin. Estimated damage exceeds $100,000 with insurance around 20 percent.
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Houston
Texas
San Jacinto
Caroline Streets
Prairie Avenue
Nouston
St. Joseph Infirmary
Franklin and
Congress
Johnson and Westall & Wiliams
W. D. Alverson
Johnson
Westall & Williams
Prairie
Texas Avenue
San Jacinto and
Caroline
City Fire Department
Diplomatic Break Between Japan and Russia Deepens
China and Russia trade notes as Japan cuts off talks and withdraws its legation from St Petersburg. Tokyo orders the Russian mission in Tokio to leave, signaling possible war as Japan seizes Korea and defines its aims. No formal declaration yet.
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St. Petersburg
Count Lamsdorff
Japan
Russia
Baron de Rosen
Tokio
Imperial Court
Foreign Office
Korea
Mexican Worker Injured In San Antonio Gun Incident
Esequiel Oros co a young Mexican employed by the Utah ranch was brought to the city hospital after a shotgun exploded while he was picking up a loaded gun. He was shot through both wrists and the lip and is expected to lose his left arm. The weapon slipped and discharged against the object the gun had been leaning on.
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San Antonio
Texas
Esequiel Orosco
Utah Ranch
Oroscto
El Paso brakeman Oscar Black dies after carbolic acid dose
Oscar Black, a young brakeman for the Mexican Central railway, died from carbolic acid. The coroner ruled it self inflicted. He had only been in El Paso for a few weeks. Berlin notes Russia does not know if Japan's break in talks signals war. Anxiety grows at the Russian Embassy.
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el Paso
Texas
Oscar Black
Mexican Central Railway
Black
Berlin
Count Lamedorff
Japan
Japanese Residents Told to Leave via Afridi to Japan
Vladivostok dispatch reports a Tokyo ordered circular to Japanese residents directing those wishing to depart to travel to Japan on the British steamer Afridi.
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St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
Tokio
Japan
Afridi
Tragic Gas Incident Claims Alvin Schultz Near Paige
Alvin Schultz about 22 years old died after being overcome by poisonous gases while working in a well six miles southwest of Paige Texas last Saturday morning. His remains were laid to rest in Dixon Prairie cemetery.
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Paige
Texas
Alvin Schultz
Here
Schultz
Dixon Prairie Cemetery
German Steel Trust forms twenty works alliance to rival Krupp
Representatives of twenty steel works met on Saturday to form a combination aimed at competing with Krupp Phoenix and upper Silessian works, which refuse to join. In a separate dispatch, Gen Reyes was reported elected president of Colombia on February 2 with Gen s Vcia named as vice president.
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Krupp and Phoenix Works
Silessian Works
Gen. Reyes
Washington
Buena Ventura
Colombia
S Vcia
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