Kentucky Sinking 75 Crew Rush Aid From Washington
A wireless report says the steamer Kentucky of Alaska Pacific Steamship is sinking 240 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras with captain and 75 crew fighting to stay afloat until help arrives. The Louisiana battleship is ordered to assist, and revenue cutters Yamacraw and Seminole are dispatched along with urgent orders to search for derelicts.
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New York
Kentucky
Alaska-Pacific Steamship Company
Cape Hatteras
Louisiana
Washington
Revenue Cutter Service
Navy Department
Charleston
Investigators Wait on Counsel in Ballinger Pinchot Case
Washington reports the Ballinger Pinchot investigation adjourned to February 11 to allow counsel arrival for Secretary Ballinger and others. John J. Vertrees and Carl Rasch were chosen to represent Ballinger Land Commissioner Dennet and Field Agent Schwartz. the president shows interest and insists on private counsel, not government retention.
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Washington
Ballinger
Ballinger-Pinchot Investigating Committee
John J. Vertree
Nashville
Tenn
Carl Rasch
United States District
Montana
Dennet
Schwartz
Senate Committee
Vertrees and Rasch
Reno Hotel Fire Forces Evacuation, One Fireman Killed
A blaze at the McKissick hotel in Reno in early February routed about 100 guests from their rooms. Fireman August Schaefer died from burns sustained at the scene. Guests escaped via fire escapes. property loss reported as nominal.
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Reno
McKissick Hotel
August Schaefer
Meteor Fireball Shakes Quincy City After Night Flight
A meteor reportedly struck near Quincy at 1 30 yesterday morning arousing the city with a bright glare and a thunderous report. No trace was found in Hannibal after the flash was seen overhead and a violent concussion was heard.
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Quincy
Here
Hannibal
Weather summary and astronomical events for the period
Fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Lows near 25F, highs around 34F. Winds light, no precipitation. Humidity about 66 percent at 7 am. Venus at perihelion near noon today, Jupiter’s four visible satellites east of the planet. sun sets at 5 16 and rises at 7 01. Jurisdictional meteorologist J M Sherier signs off.
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J.m.sherier
Venus
Jupiter
Warriner Case Near a Finish
Cincinnati reports show the Warriner led embezzlement chain linked to Mrs. Jeannette Stewart Ford in a trial with Cooke’s letters and blackmail claims. Warriner’s calm testimony describes $643000 stolen, $168000 paid, $32000 misappropriated by others, and $442000 lost to “speculation” with memory gaps on investments.
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Big Four
Charles L. Warriner
Jeanette Stewart
Ford
Warriner
E. S. Cooke
Frank Comstock
Chicago Investors Buy New York Packing Plant Amid Talks
Chicago interests linked to National Packing company reportedly purchase a New York packing plant as negotiations continue between Chicago Packers and a New York banking firm. The move signals expanding consolidation in the meat packing industry during February.
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Chicago
New York
National Packing Company
Chicago Packers
Dubuque Leaders Attack Anti Saloon League Reform Link
Statements by Mayor Schunk and a committee chairman, adopted after a long debate, condemn the Anti Saloon League as a political movement using churches to shape state politics rather than serving as a reform association. The remarks frame the league as a tool for church-backed political control in several states.
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Schunk
Dubuque
Iowa
anti-Saloon League
Invasion Report: Boace Captured by Insurgents Near Managua
News from Managua dated February 4 reports insurgents led by General Mahiz captured the town of Boace, located sixty miles east of Managua, after a two hour battle. Casualties were not known locally.
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Boace
Managua
Mahiz
New York Man Von Miller Surrounded by Claiming Women
Dr Karl Emil Von Miller facing a media storm as dozens of women press claims of marriage, gathered outside Hudson county jail in Jersey City while he is quartered there amid the controversy.
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New York
Karl Emil von Miller
Mueller
Hudson County
Jersey City
Investigation into National Packing loan by grand jury
A federal grand jury will study a $15,000,000 loan to organize the National Packing company. The probe also will examine how Chicago packers gained control of an originally independent firm in the past six months. The investigation is slated to begin within a week.
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National Packing Company
Federal Grand Jury
Convern
Chicago
Grand Jury
Anti-Saloon League Political Club Session Report
St Louis Feb 4 National Model License league convention session notes 75 government soldiers defended a resolution but fought their way through insurgents reaching the government main body at Toustepe. Insurgents advance in three columns totaling about 109 men with President Madriz hopeful to stop them at Tipitipa 20 miles east. Government sends 500 men and a Maxim gun. Zelaya telegrams originals instructed executions of Grace and Cannon were surrendered before his Mexico departure. Managua in turmoil over insurgent advances on the capital. Miller a bigamy case linked to several women in LA and NYC, with disputed marriages and large sums of money involved. Descriptions include a jail sighting with a suitor story and a desk sergeant questioning the count of marriages as high as 25.
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Tion
Toustepe
Madriz
Tipitipa
Zelaya
Medina
Grace
Mexico
Managua
Washington
Ponce
The
Republic
Miller
Jersey City
Los Angeles
Roosevelt Heads South Pole Expedition Leader Choice Mentioned
Washington reports Peary hints Theodore Roosevelt as the favored leader for a prospective American Antarctic expedition. Peary says Roosevelt is familiar with the project and would support exploration. he notes he would not lead the expedition himself.
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Roosevelt
Peary
Washington
Tropic Africa
Antarctic Circle
Theodore Roosevelt
Elba
South Pole
Congress
Antarctic
U. K
Roosevelt Home in Middle of June
Nimule Uganda Protectorate Feb 4 The Smithsonian African scientific expedition arrived here in excellent health after departing the rhino camp in the Belgian Congo where ape hunters secured three more.
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Nimule
Uganda
Protectorate
Swithsonian African Scientific
Belgian Congo
Roosevelt to Speak in Europe and Return by June
Kermit Roosevelt secured a splendid photograph of a living rhino ceros amid a Congo voyage. No more game will be shot until Gondokoro, 108 miles away, is reached. Roosevelt’s mail brings requests to speak in European cities, but only promised addresses will be arranged. He will arrive in England May 15 and plans to return home mid June.
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Kermit Roosevelt
Congo
Roosevelt
England
Tacoma mystery links 40 sailor deaths to one man
Police in Tacoma link the deaths of more than 40 sailors around Aberdeen to William Gohl, an Aberdeen sailors union agent. Hartberg’s body, shot and anchored, is tied to Gohl who knew sailors’ money and is now silent. Investigators seek John Hoffman’s missing body as they piece together the chain of crimes.
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Tacoma
Wash
William Gohl
Sailors’ Union of Aberdeen
Charles Hartberg
Aberdeen
Gunness
Anchor
Gohl
Gray's Harbor
John Hoffman
Body recovery advances at St Paul mine in Cherry
Feb 4 Cherry reports air Cherry 14 exrcted today over near prospect of removing bodies from the St Paul mine. Word spread last night that the corpse near the airshaft had been taken out and others will be recovered in a couple days. The body found near the airshaft was taken from the mine sewed In canvass.
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Cherry
Cherry 14
St Paul
Work of Day in Congress Washington Feb 4
Senate devoted most of the day to postal savings bank debate with amendments and a food investigation resolution. a West Virginian senator complained of discrimination and protection for tariff interests. House passed cultural appropriation and near 606000 in appropriations, chiefly for forest service due to added national forest lands. discussion of naval and consular appropriations began before adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Bnut
Eikins
Forest Service
National Foreste
Oan
Press Bill Aims at Anarchist Literature Control in India
Calcutta February 4 The British government introduces a press bill to curb anarchistic literature. It requires newspaper and job press proprietors to deposit up to 1600, with forfeiture on conviction for inciting murder outrages or disloyal acts. Secretary Hope Risley decries a murderous conspiracy and urges swift passage.
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Calcutta
Press
Lord Minto
Imperial Council
Home Department
India
Bond
Hope Risley
Damages Awarded in Hatters Union Boycott Suit
In Hartford on February 4 the jury returned a verdict for D. B. Loewe of Danbury against two Hatters Union members for 74,000 dollars, bringing the total damages to 222,000 dollars in the famed boycott case.
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Hartford
Conn
D. BE. Loewe
Danbury
Hatters’ Union
Thief Beats Treasury Disappearance of Gold Notes
Washington took note as $10 gold certificates vanished from the Treasury. A sheet of four unnumbered notes without seals disappeared on January 27, triggering an investigation by Secret Service in which two notes later surfaced at a local bank and the rest returned during routine business. No arrests have been reported.
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Secret Service
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Treasury
Mardi Gras Parade and Ball by Knights of Mamus
New Orleans crowds crowded the streets for the Knights of Mamus Mardi Gras parade and ball marking the pageant kickoff. The event drew among the largest crowds in Mardi Gras history in New Orleans on February 4.
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Knights of Mamus
New Orleans
Great Lakes Trade In 1900 Estimated At 90 Million Tons
The department of commerce estimates U S lake commerce at about 90 9 million tons for 1900. Of this roughly 21 million tons of freight moved within the United States.
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United States
Great Lakes
Washington
Department of Commerce
Sucker State Fight Halts Mine Progress
Toledo February 4 still deadlocked on seating Illinois miners as delegates in the joint wage conference with Ohio Indiana and Pennsylvania adjourned at noon without organization. Operators opposed Illinois delegates. credentials committee stood firm. If miners refuse concession no conference.
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Toledo
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
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Reno Hotel
Cooke
Cincinnati
Jeannette Ford
Charles Warriner
Comstock
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Much
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Serene
Anti-Saloon League Political Club
National Model License League
St. Louis
Resolu
Emil von Mueller
Emil Vanderhagen
Cal
Emil
von Mueller
Paula Woodpower
Regina Weicimann
Marie H. P. Taylor
Philadelphia
Congo Country
Sailors’ Union
Brokaw
W. Gould Brokaw
Mary Blair
Massachusetts
William C. Lovering
Peril
Thief Beats
Sucker State Fight
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