Philip Armour Dead in Chicago After Prolonged Illness
Philip D Armour died at his Prairie Avenue home in Chicago at 4 45 Sunday evening after two years of illness and failed health travels to Germany and California. His death follows the earlier loss of his son Philip De Armour Jr in January. Armour & Co remains intact as a co part nership and the business will continue under the Armour name with grandchildren expected to take ownership in time. The estate is valued in the millions with substantial holdings and stock gains over recent years.
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Chicago
Philip D. Armour
Prairie Ovenue
Sunnday
Mr. Armour
California
R Millionaire
Praire Avenue
Tiscasuee
J. Ogle Aemour
Doanesnhe
Huang
Pripoon
Avior
Philip de Ar- Wet, Jr
Armours
Philip TD. Armour, Jr
Armour & Co
Shaeon E. Armour
Kansas City
Armour Interests
Armour
Tennyson
Caesar
Jome
Virgil
Mantua
Lycurgus
Sparta
Demosthenes
Athens
Archimedes
Syracuse
Paul
Tarsus
Argos
Rhodes
Smyrna
Yromer
Homer
Boston
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Mint
Girard College
New York
Washington
Romulus
Rome
Pilgrim Fathers
New England
Willian Penn
Heaven
Haiif
Daniel F. Davin Expires in Kansas City
Daniel F. Davis, father of Webster Davis former assistant secretary of the interior, died Sunday in Kansas City Missouri of consumption at age six after a long illness. He was a veteran of the Union Army.
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Kansas City
Jan. T
Daniel F. Davis
Webster Davis
Soudan Steamer Founders Leaving Antwerp River Service
News from Brussels dated January 7 reports the steamer Soudan, bound for river work in the Congo State after leaving Antwerp in December, foundered weeks ago. Ten crew members died, with others drowned.
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Trrussels
Soudan
Antwerp Tarry
Deember
Insurgent Actions Reported Across Philippine Districts
General Wheaton and General Bates report captures and destruction of camps. Insurgents enter Gapan and San Isidro burning houses. Gen. MacArthur commutes several death sentences and Taft's San Jose college opinion is released. school bill debate continues. Organized federal party activity grows with new Spanish Tagalog newspapers in Pampanga.
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Manila
Wheaton and Bates
Smith
Col
Techen
Tarsus
Ger. Grant
Pampangas
Gapan
San Isidro
Funston
Gen. MacArthur
Jmige Taft
San Jose College
Philippine Commiss
Atkinson
Commission
Mas Rthar
Department of Public
Federal Party
Pampanga
Double Lynching in Maguson Florida Sees Mob Kill Two Men
In Maguson Florida January 1 two Black men Jim Denson and his half brother were seized from the county jail by an unidentified mob and hanged in a brushy area half a mile from town. Bullets finished the victims after the lynching. The men were accused of killing Frederick Reading, a local farmer. The pair fled to Georgia but were captured and returned to Florida. The sheriff was summoned during an opera event. the mob later compelled jail keys from him and departed. Police found many empty cartridges at the scene, suggesting a large number of assailants.
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Maguson
Fla
Jim Denson
Dee
Frederick Reading
Gborgia
National Roofing and Corrugating Co Elects Directors
A stockholders meeting in Wheeling West Virginia elected directors for the National Roofing and Corrugating Co which controls plants in West Virginia Ohio and other states The new slate includes PL Needham H T Scott F J Tiverman F C Robbins FL Caldwell and others with Wheeling WV as the principal office location.
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Wheeling
W. Val
National Roofing and Corrugating Co
West Virginia
Ohio
PL Needham
Cleveland
H. T. Scott
Cambridge
F. J. Tivadiman
Cincinnati
FL. Caldwell
Farmers Arrested For Timber Theft On Oneida Reserve
Milwaukee Wisconsin January 3 seventeen farmers on the Oneida Indian reservation were arrested by United States marshals on criminal charges for cutting timber belonging to the government valued at 46000 dollars. The government plans to bring similar suits against Wisconsin mill owners with about 50000 dollars involved.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Wisconsin
European cold snap brings snow and ice across continent
London reports a widespread cold spell across Europe with severe snow storms inEastern Galicia and Southern Russia, damaging property near Odessa, delaying trains from deep snow drifts, overdue Black Sea vessels, a frozen Danube at Bucharest, and skating in North Holland.
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London
Europe
Galicia
Russia
Odessa
Black Sea
Danube
Bucharest
North
Holland
Arrest Made in California Arson Case
In San Jose California on January 3 authorities report Mrs Conrad Raff has been arrested as stepmother of four Hut children who died in a fire two weeks earlier near the city. Raff denies the murder and arson charges. Meantime in London a railway sale to Brazil was approved for £22 350 000.
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San Jose
Cal
Conrad Hut
Refs
Conrad Raff
Brazil
London
Ashia
San Francisco
Eight Men Dead in Washington Ave Fire at Standard Furniture
Minneapolis Jan 7 Eight men perished in a blaze at 11 Washington Avenue South started in the rear of the Standard furniture store. Smoke filled the Harvard hotel upper floors trapping lodgers as Charles Hanson and night clerk George O Connor roused them. Fire losses to the building and contents did not exceed 5000 with many residents escaping through heavy smoke to the sidewalk.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Washington Avenue South
Standard Furniture
Harvard
Charles Hanson
George O'Connor
Hanson
O'Connor
Oconnor
Colleges to march in second inauguration parade
Inter collegiate committee invites presidents of American institutions to send delegations for the inaugural parade. Each university may wear no distinctive uniform or banner, aiming for a pleasing addition to parade details.
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Washington
Jan. T
United States
Hanner
Kidnapped Girl Prompted Chicago Search
Chicago police headquarters reported a Sunday night alert for a 12 year old girl kidnapped from Luke Bluff. The girl, an orphan, was lure into a candy store and taken to Lakeside before vanishing with a couple. Her name was not released. Eugene Zimmerman to Wed in Chicago. Cincinnati millionaire Zimmerman, father of the duchess of Manchester, is engaged to marry Mrs. Gilbert of Chicago, formerly Miss Breese.
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Chicago
Jan
T-Worml
Evanston
Luke Bluff
Lakeside
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Duchess of Manchester
N. EF. B. Gilbert
Gilbert
Breese
J. H. Breese
Stockton Pageant Ends in Rowdy Funeral Exterior
Carlo Hisagno attended a funeral for a man who courted Mrs. Nixsagno. He rode in a hearse drawn by four white horses, was cheered along the route, threw stones at the coffin and ended in a drunken spree with champagne.
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Stockton
Cal
Carlo Hisagno
Fire destroyed Stenry Radamacher livery stable and surrounding block
Fire in Mounistee Michigan on Sunday morning consumed the Stenry Radamacher livery barn with 29 horses and a block of buildings from Water to Flint streets. A man's body was recovered among the ruins. Loss tallies about 25000 dollars with partial insurance.
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Mounistee
Mich
Stenry Radamacher
Flint Street
Carnegie Promises Seattle 200000 Library Donation
Andrew Carnegie pledges Seattle a 200000 gift for a new public library building. He also requires a yearly guarantee of 350000 for maintenance and improvements to be provided.
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Seattle
Washdon
Andrew Carnegie
Mail bags stolen on Rome line from Turin to Rome
Five bags of registered letters were stolen on the rail line between Turin and Rome. Three bags originated in New York. The loss is estimated at 200000 lire.
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Rome
Turin
New York
Baron Leconfield: Expires in London January
Henry Wyndham Baron Leconfield dies in London with former service in the First Life Guards and connections to West. The obituary notes his status and family ties.
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Baron. Leconfield
London
Henry Wyndham
Baron Leconfield
Life’ Guards
West
Reinforcements Urgently Needed as Cape Town Faces Uprising
London reports a dangerous mood in Cape Town with martial law proclaimed at Malmesbury. British residents flee Dutch villages while Cape Town calls for 40,000 troops to secure lines of communication, Rand mines, and quell potential Boer resistance.
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London
Cape Town
Malmesbury
Lord Kitchener
Cape Colony
Clanwilliam
Mamesbury
Daily Mail
Series of hold ups on Chicago elevated rail lines
A wave of robberies on Chicago El trains has frightened night station workers. The boldest crime occurred at 1 00 o'clock Sunday morning at the Lake Street line station at Ashland Avenue where a hoodlum robbed the station and four waiting passengers of about 50 dollars, detained them until a train arrived, and forced them aboard. A passenger who exited fired seven shots at the thief, who escaped.
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Chicago
Lake Street
Ashland Avenue
Senate and House Hearings on Army Reorganization and Suffrage
The Senate debated the army reorganization bill for hours as the House moved to reapportionment and consider the Olmstead resolution on suffrage in southern states. Senator Hoar proposed a Philippine commission to study the issue for informed Congress action. Additional bills on Hawaii land laws and a department of education were introduced, with early votes anticipated.
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Washington
Senate
United
Hawaii
Hansbrough
Department of Education
Youse
Olmstead Pa
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Committee On Census
House
Hoar
Congress
Olmstead
Census Committee
Hopkins
Shafroth
Senate Committee On
Proctor
Rebels Defeated Near Venezuelan Border in Colombia
The Costa Rican reports a large battle fought near the Venezuelan border between Colombian government forces and about 2000 insurgents led by Gen Uribe with Venezuelan sympathizers. The rebels were defeated and scattered. Uribe escaped as government forces hunt for him. Insurgent aid from Venezuelan liberals and Ecuador is noted.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Kelly
Colon
Colombia
Uribe
Venezuela
Ecuador
Inaugural Quarters Question Clears Blaine Club
Chairman John Joy Edson said no application from the Blaine club for quarters during the Washington inauguration festivities had been received. He noted ample quarters exist in the city for all visitors and dismissed any claim that 125 men would be housed in one room.
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Washington, Dan
John Joy Edson
Blaine Club
Dosen Fremont Dies After Pneumonia at Tremont Hotel
Denver reports Miss Belle Fremont aade donna soprano of the Bostonians is dead at the Tremont hotel from pneumonia. Her home is Washington DC, where she had resided for years. New York notes Harry S. Phillips and other sports figures in health brief.
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Denver
Belle Fremont
The
Bostonians
Tremont Hotel
Washington, D. C
Legislative appropriation bill reported to Senate
The legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill was reported as the first regular appropriation bill. The committee added one amendment allowing temporary clerks with two years service and proven efficiency to be appointed to fill vacancies in the classified service at the secretary's discretion.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Wilson proposes tax exemption for certain bequests
Washington January 4 Senator Wilson gives notice of an amendment to modify the war revenue law. The proposal would exempt all bequests or legacies for religious literary charitable or educational uses and works of art from the tax if the tax had not been paid or collected.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate OKs reciprocity pacts with nations and extradition treaty
Washington on January 3 senate foreign relations committees agreed to report favorably the reciprocity treaties with Nicaragua British Guiana and Ecuador. They also backed a supplementary extradition treaty with Great Britain making obtaining money under false pretenses obstruction of railroad trains and procuring abortion entraditable offenses.
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Washington
Senate Committees On Foreign Relations
Nicaragua
British Guiana
Ecuador
Great Britain
Restoration of Capital Punishment Sparks Legislature Hearings
Denver reports a bill to restore capital punishment following state lynchings. Three men were summarily executed in the past year. A separate bill asks Congress to convene a constitutional convention to amend the oath to elect U S senators by popular vote.
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Denver
Col
Bhi
Congress
Actress Violet Creegan Dead in Chilcothe Hotel
Dessie IL Clark known as Violet Creegan was found dead in her room at a Chilcothe hotel on Thursday. Authorities believe ether was used to relieve a headache, causing her death.
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Chilcothe
Dessie IL Clark
Violet Creegan
Miss West Temple Dies From Pneumonia in Denver Theater
Miss West Temple of the My Friend From India company died of pneumonia at St. Josephs hospital in Denver. She fell ill while performing at a Denver theater two weeks earlier.
National Maritime Congress Set for January 30 in Brunswick
National maritime congress called by the Georgia governor will assemble in Brunswick on January 30 with delegates from commercial groups and shipbuilders from all sections of the union.
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National ‘Maritime ‘Court
Brunswick
National Maritime Congress
Georgia
Die Union
New Century Hope For Cities In A Morning Without Clouds
A preacher envisions a transformed century with universal peace and revived cities. He cites revival, improved commerce, lower taxes, crime elimination, grander churches, and better art and medicine as signs of a dawn when darkness vanishes.
Gospel driven utopian city plan inspires revival vision
A speaker extols a dream of vast, luxury-filled developments powered by water wind and sun. He contrasts speculative engineering with a gospel machinery of love and salvation and cites biblical imagery of deliverance, urging reformers, philanthropists, and merchants to build a holy future.
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