Houston Fire Devastates City in Snowfall’s Heaviest Loss
Houston suffered the most destructive fire in its history as wreckage covered about one and a half miles by up to a half mile in the northeast. More than a dozen major industries were ruined and about 200 dwellings and stores burned leaving some 1000 homeless. Estimated monetary loss starts at seven million dollars with insurance unlikely to exceed forty percent. A few minor injuries but no fatalities reported.
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Houston
Tex
St Louis Hit by Record Snowstorm as Winds Drive Deep Drifts
A heavy snowstorm struck eastern Missouri southern Illinois and western Kentucky with sixteen inches of snowfall and forty mile per hour winds. Temperatures dipped to 24 degrees as drifts reached several feet, crippling traffic. It was the heaviest snowfall for the same period since 1884 records began in St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
Weather Bureau
Roosevelt in Cleveland Declares Hat in the Ring
During a brief Cleveland visit Colonel Roosevelt is asked if he will run. W F Eirick presses for a direct answer and Roosevelt replies that his hat is in the ring and he will give an answer Monday.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
W. F. Eirick
Mr. Hirick
Rigid Militia Inspection Sparks Topeka Debate
In Topeka Kansas a rigid inspection order from Adjutant General Martin of the Kansas national guard demands all officers and men submit to examination. The order, said to originate with the war department, has caused much excitement within the state militia. It adds that only sickness or death excuses any officer or private from inspection.
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Topeka
Kan
Martin
Kansas National Guard
War Department
Brakeman admits drunken train robbery claim
F A Becker of Baltimore and Ohio, a brakeman, confessed he robbed a passenger train at Everett tunnel Garrett County Maryland Monday night while so drunk he did not know what he was doing. He is described as a nervous wreck.
Revival meeting riot at Elm Creek ends in uproar
In Kearney Nebraska a revival led by Dr Smith at Elm Creek broke up Sunday evening after a crowd of townspeople disapproved. Music was provided by Professor Thames and the session ended amid scattered egging of the minister and choir.
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Kearney
Neb
Elm Creek
Smith
Thames
Convict Re-captured After Narrow Escape in Penitentiary
Leavenworth Kansas H C Logan, a state penitentiary convict, ran unharmed through a hail of bullets in a failed escape. He reached cover but was recaptured by an unarmed guard.
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Leavenworth, Kas
H. C. Logan
State Penitentiary
Robbers Bold at Chicago Store Heist
Robbers held up a store near Chicago central police station and escaped with 50 dollars and four watches after passing a policeman within fifty feet of the scene. Police search ongoing.
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Chicago
Central
Denver Woman Claims True Identity as Heiress
Miss Essie May Foster of Denver asserts she was kidnapped as an infant and raised as the daughter of Mrs. Hannah Foster. She says records show her birth name is Ines Axelheimer and her father, a reputed millionaire, resides in Rochester, New York. She says she learned her true identity shortly before an elderly woman's death.
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Denver
Col
Essie May Foster
Hannah Foster
Ines Axelheimer
Rochester
N. Y
Mss Foster
Polish Women Picket Mills Defy Police in Lawrence
About a dozen Polish women picketed near St. Anthony's Syrian church as part of the textile strike. They faced a police and militia deployment including thirty officers, infantry and cavalry before dispersing.
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Lawrence
Mass
St. Anthony’s Syrian Church
Government intervenes in UK coal strike risk
The government steps in as miners threaten a nationwide stoppage across the United Kingdom. The strike could affect at least 800000 workers in coal mines, signaling a major industrial crisis and potential disruption of production.
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Ndon
United Kingdom
Bank of Dill City Robbers Take Horses and Conveyances
In Hobart Oklahoma a northwestern district crime report notes bank vault wrecking at the Bank of Dill City followed by theft of horses and conveyances from a local stable and the escape of the suspects.
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Hobart
Okla
Dill City
Hastings Plans Fall Festival Amid Various Local Notes
Hastings area reports a fall festival plan while David City faces smallpox. Blair to build a new city hall and auditorium. Stromsburg evangelistic meetings end. Plattsmouth house fire destroys a dwelling. Kearney opens a tuberculosis hospital with first death last week. Buffalo county Democrats plan March 21 banquet. Omaha hosts an automobile show with ten thousand attendees. Syracuse to open a postal savings bank March 6. Tekamah fire districts organized for firefighting. Jefferson county boys' nut dispute ends with one stabbed and in serious condition. Table Rock celebrates J M Ayler wedding anniversary. Peru ships over sixty carloads of corn this season. Doane College Crete to mark fortieth anniversary in June. Freemont First Methodist adds fifty new members. Fort Morgan stockman John Gault injured by train, likely death. Overton Woodmen lodge revises rates as unjust. Fremont hosts effort to bring La Follette to speak March 29. Wakefield GOP notes H P Shumway for state senate, Schwer for state representative. Federation of Nebraska Retailers convention program announced. Callaway extension rail work to begin soon. Havelock merchant James Candy dies by suicide. Plattsmouth hosts second annual fiddlers contest. Dodge County farm for the poor shows surplus produce and livestock. Danville inventor Gillette seeks cooperative tests in Nebraska using the ditch farming method. Nebraska City baseball leaders refuse to sign, delaying season. Lincoln hosts socialist lecture series with 25 cent admission. Supreme court clerk approves $30,000 bond for Burt County killer Larson pending review. Richardson County sees a spinal meningitis outbreak hitting Verdon Falls City area.
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Buffalo County
Omaha
Syracuse
John F. Diener
Tekamah
Jefferson County
J. M. Ayler
Table Rock
Peru
Doane College
Crete
Doane
F. M. Sisson
Sisson
John Gault
Fort Morgan
Stockman
Burlington
Lincoln
Woodmen of America Lodge No
Overton
la Follette
Fremont
Nebraska Teachers’ Association
H. P. Shumway
Wakefield
Charles P. Schwer
Federation of Nebraska Retailers
Nebraska
Callaway
Kearney & Black Hills
James Candy
Havelock
Order of Red Men
Plattsmouth
S. L. Rogers
Pacific Junction
Ross Collins
Bellevue
Frank Kauble
Dodge County
Sexton
John N. Gillette
Danville
Gaye
Chadron
Socialist Party
Lyceum
Harry Lindsay
Supreme Court
Frank L. Larson
Burt County
Larson
Richardson
Verdon
Barn Me
Falls City
Day of World News Highlights and Political Moves
A wide summary of U S and international events includes military budget notes and Fort Robinson costs, the bathtub trust case appeal, Mexican raids feared by Mormon colonists, and 11 557 000 in civil war claims approved. Pinchot shifts support to Roosevelt while Taft nominates Pitney to the Supreme Court.
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Bathtub
Supreme Court
Juarez
House
War Claims Committee
Gifford Pinchot
LaFollette
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Senate
Mahlon Pitney
New Jersey
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Bureau of Tariff Statistics
Tariff Board
Peters
Massachusetts
Iowa
United States
Philippines
Ferris
Oklahoma
Hitchcock
Pedro Nel Ospina
Huntington Wilson
State Department
Knox
Colombia
South America
White House
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
California
New Mexico
Arkansas
Blizzards and cold snap hit parts of Texas
Reports describe a blizzard and freezing temperatures across Texas. Minnesota tax law for express companies upheld. Shreveport tornado kills eight and injures about fifty. Tong war in San Francisco prompts federal help appeal. Debate over Taft Roosevelt candidacy stirred in New Hampshire.
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Texas
American National Red Cross Society
China
Madison
Minnesota
Mary E. Arbuckle
James Arbuckle
St. Louis
New York
Building Trades Council
San Francisco
Rhoode Island
Shreveport
Thomas Nelson Page
Virginia
Chicago
Richardson County
White
Pittsburg
Taft
Roosevelt
United States
William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
Aldrich
Nebraska
Adolph Mendell
New York City
Nebraska Anti-Saloon League
Court likely to decide ownership of 4000 note in union woodmen case
The dispute centers on a 4000 thirty day note paid to Auditor Barton as trustee. Woodmen Fire Insurance paid 26000 for resignations of old Union officers to aid consolidation. Union claims the funds belong to it as payment to its officers. Woodmen says funds came from its own. case to be heard on agreed facts.
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T. J. Brownfield
Barton
Woodmen Fire Insurance Company
Union Fire
Mr. Barton
Union
Woodmen
Nebraska Statistics and State Financial Figures
A London statistician wrote to State Treasurer George seeking financial data. The circular shows Nebraska began the period with 601,290.24 dollars and ended with 489,3750.10 dollars, while collections totaled 5,556,976.13 dollars.
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Nebraska
London
England
George
Banks in Nebraska Grow as Examiner Reports
The latest bank examiner report shows 669 state banks in Nebraska at year end, up from 666. Aggregate capital reached 12,627,240 dollars, rising by 316,800 dollars for the year. Five banks hold the minimum 5,000 dollar capitalization and three exceed 100,900 dollars each.
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Nebraska
Goverment Seeks Taxi Licensing Information
The secretary of state at the request of the Italian government asks the governor to gather information on licensing taxicabs and hired automobiles. In this state such vehicles share private auto licenses, but cities may impose extra licenses and fix fares for passengers.
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Washington
Three Dundy Men Arrested in Land Fraud Case
Three Dundy county men Gleen J. Mckee William Putnam and Liewel Len Putnam were arrested by U S officers on land fraud charges. Bond set at 1000 dollars was furnished and they were released pending trial in McCook.
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Dundy County
Gleen J. Mckee
William Putnam
Liewellen Putnam
United States
McCook
Alliance assessor uncovers untaxed property in bold discovery
Alliance assessors investigate property previously untaxed based on telegraph lines on the Burlington road system. They assume lines belong to the company after hearing some lines may belong to Western Union. The assessor contacted Henry Seymour, secretary of the board of assessment, for clarification.
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Alliance
Burlington Road
Western Union
Henry Seymour
Board of Assessment
Nebraska Guard Decision on Fort Russell Maneuvers
The secretary of war informs Adjutant General Phelps that the Nebraska national guard will not be sent to Fort Russell Wyoming for maneuvers. The guard will either proceed to Fort Riley Kansas or join a small joint state camp of instruction in Nebraska with regulars from Fort Crook. The secretary asks which option the guard prefers.
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Secretary of War
Phelps
Nebraska
Requisition Issued for Charles V. Pratt Return
A requisition has been issued for the return from Iowa of Charles V. Pratt who is wanted in Buffalo County on the charge of wife desertion. He is under arrest at North Liberty Iowa.
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Pratt
Iowa
Charles V. Pratt
Buffalo County
North Liberty
Chancellor Avery Denies Orthodox Professors Promise
Chancellor Avery of the State university and the ministerial association deny a report that he pledged not to appoint any more professors who are not strictly orthodox. The denial counters the published story and asserts no such commitment was made.
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Avery
the State University
Ministerial Association
Offers Boys Corn Prize In Nebraska 1912 Contest
The Nebraska State Board of Agriculture announces a corn yield competition for boys under 18. Prizes include 25 dollars for the largest yield on one acre statewide, with decreasing amounts for subsequent places. regional prizes of 25 and 16 dollars apply to west of specified county lines.
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Nebraska State Board of Agriculture
Nebraska
Bay
Boyd, Holt, Wheeler
Greeter
Howard Hall
Adams
Webster Counties
Shaker
Tlea
Help for settlers on Interstate Ditch faces rate hike
Hartson A. Mark, irrigation engineer from Morrill Nebraska, urges state railway commission to aid settlers on the Interstate Ditch. Water rights cost $35 per acre with 40 cents per acre yearly maintenance, but rates rose to $45 and $2 maintenance for unpaid contracts. Many settlers lack funds or credit, risking loss of investments despite proposed two year maintenance relief. The Water Users' Association sets rates. the interstate ditch complicates regulatory action.
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Hartson A. Mark
Morrill
Neb
State Railway Commission
Reclamation Service
Mark
Railway Commission
Water Users’ Association
Taft and La Follette Delegates Ballot Designations Discussed
Currie and Adams met Secretary Wait to discuss ballot labeling for delegates. Both taft and laFollette groups prefer designations by candidate name with grouped, rotated delegations. Wait aims to follow the law to keep ballots intelligible to voters.
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F. M. Currie
C. A Adams
Taft League
Wait
la Follette
Taft
Rev Harrison Presson Reaches 96 With Civil War Ties
Last Thursday marked the ninety six birthday of Rev Harrison Presson at his Lincoln home. He preached Omaha’s first sermon in 1850 and served in the Civil War, as did his son. Relatives and members of the relief corps extended greetings.
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Harrison Presson
Relief Corps
Lincoln
Mr. Presson
Omaha
State Treasury Reports 701 404.96 in Early-Year Collections
Four counties remain to report up to January to the state treasury which has collected 701 404.96 since January 1. January receipts totaled 418 272.18 and February receipts 283 132.83. Douglas County has not finalized but paid most due. Scotts Bluff Garden and Custer face heavy payments mainly for the school fund due to large school land holdings.
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Douglas County
Scotts
Bluff
Garden
Custer
Albert Prince arraigned on first degree murder charge
Albert Prince, a colored convict who killed Deputy Warden Davis at the penitentiary, was arraigned in county court on the charge of murder in the first degree. He pleaded not guilty, waived preliminary hearing and was remanded for trial.
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Albert Prince
Davis
Guthrie Deserter From Preston to Face Court Martial
J. F. Guthrie, a deserter from the torpedo boat destroyer Preston, surrendered at the recruiting station and will be court martialed.
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J. F. Guthrie
Preston
Kearney Gets New Tuberculosis Hospital Contract
The Board of Public Lands and Buildings awarded the general contract for the Kearney tuberculosis hospital to W. S. Crossley of Kearney. The bid totals $13,105 with $10,180 for the building, $2,700 for plumbing and heating, and $325 for wiring, adjusted by plan changes to allow funds for fittings and finishing.
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Kearney Hospital
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Kearney
W. S. Crossley
Nebraska North Western Railway Incorporation Filed
A new railroad company named Nebraska & Northwestern Railway filed articles of incorporation. The incorporators are Charles E. Lear John E. Carr A C Ripley J N Cassidy Jr and C E Coon. Capital stock totals 300000. Plan to build from Springfield Keya Paha County to Spaulding Greeley County through Greeley Garfield Wheeler Holt Rock and Keya Paha counties.
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Nebraska & Northwestern Railway Company
Charles £. Lear
John E. Carr
A. C. Ripley
J. N. Cassidy, Jr
C. E. Coon
Springfield
Keya Paha
Spaulding
Greeley County
Interurban Protestes Reduction Request Details
An interurban railway serving Omaha Lincoln and Beatrice filed an answer to a petition for rate reduction from Lincoln to Bethany. The company claims it is chartered under railway law and entitled to mileage, sets the Lincoln Bethany distance at five and one third miles with a fare of 10 cents one way or 18 cents round trip. It argues current traffic would not sustain a lower rate unless traffic increases significantly.
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Omaha
Lincoln
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