Saloons Besieged by Winfield Students in Saloon Raid
Wichita reports a Winfield incident where Methodist college students joined a crowd to wreck Henry Schmidt’s joint. Charles Schmidt was badly cut by a hatchet and a woman struck by flying glass. The scene reflects a forceful temperance clash with local violence and injuries. Carrie Nation visits Chicago while planning further saloon actions. She denounces liquor sales and urges destruction of saloons, meets officials, and tours state streets. A small Chicago reception precedes Willard ball and further saloon visits as she travels with police escorts.
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Wichita
Kan
Henry Schmidt
Winfield
Methodist College
Charles Schmidt
Windy City
Kansas
Pearis
Carrie Nation
Peoris Journal
Chicago
Willard Ball
Topeks
Carrie Nathon
Willard Hall
Ripley
Nation
Rock Island
Harrison
State Street
John Juertick
Donnelly
St. Paul
Hastings
Mino
Stanislaus J. Donnelly
Ignatius Donnelly
Kill More Natives in Tayabas Mountains Fight
In Tayabas mountains near Manila insurgents suffer heavy losses as 16 are killed and several officers surrender to Captain Long at Subig. A merchant’s house in Manila yields ammunition after the engagement and the broader war effort continues. McKinley declared elected president and Roosevelt vice president after joint session vote count in Washington.
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Manila
Tayabas
Long
Subig
McKinley
Washington
House
Senate
Protem Frye
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
London Loyal Address to King Edward VII Read by King
London officials including the lord mayor sheriffs and aldermen presented a loyal address to King Edward VII at St James. The king delivered his written reply in a clear firm voice suspending the usual ceremonial mode.
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London
Edward VII
St. James
Neely Case Testimony Spurs Large Evidence Load
Havana reports government testimony in the Neely postoffice embezzlement case runs over 2000 typewritten pages with more to come. Witnesses are questioned daily as architects draft plans of vaults and the post office plant. Neely declines to accompany some witnesses. The case moves toward a lower court trial and possible appeal.
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Havana
C. F. W. Neely
Neely
Es Neely
Audiencia
Supreme Court
THAT OLD OPTIMIST WAVE AND WAR WEARY TALES
Twenty seven Australians Cape police and dragoons were captured near Ballaspruit on Feb 6 after a clash in which three British and five Boers died. Two hundred Boers raid Prince Albert district looting and destroying orchards. Seven British yeomanry were captured near Vryburg during skirmish. Piet De Wet arrived in Cape Town to push Afrikander peace movement. Curious London sentiment on South Africa crisis, Chinese envoys and executions debated. China’s Tung Fu Hsiang accused of resisting disbandment. danger of civil war looms if forced. Chinese minister to Korea says crisis may modernize Chinese government methods. England’s expectations outlined.
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Cape Town
Cape
Kruitzinger
Ballaspruit
Prince Albert
Vryburg
Piet de Wet
Boer War Dispatches Stir Uncertain Europe
Reports from London and New York reflect mixed Boer and British lines as DeWet’s forces reportedly move toward Phillipstown while German-sourced sentiment hints Pretoria may fall. A South Africa dispatch questions a surrender letter as a British fabrication.
Indiana oil gusher rocks Dundee field in Indiana
Great excitement grips Hartford City and Dundee as the Standard Oil well strikes oil at over 1000 feet. A six and a half inch diameter流 oil jet shoots seventy two feet into the air, dams are built to store the flow and pipes rush to transport the oil as prices surge in the oil mad town.
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Hartford City
Ind
Indiana
Dundee
Standard Oil Company
Joe Mulhatton
Phoenix
Arid
City Under Water in Peru After Flood Disasters
Lima February 13 dispatch reports Lima inundated as floods from overflowing river caused city dark for two nights. Dam destruction and widespread damage threaten lives with no reliable communications. Local authorities scramble to assess casualties and secure aid.
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Lima
Peru
Lapaz
Sulzer Angers House as Heath Letter Is Expunged
Washington February 13 The House passed the army appropriation bill and began the sundry civil bill debate. Sulzer attacked Perry Heath, claimed he authored a letter, and vowed to reveal all in court, declaring he would be responsible for every word in the letter if challenged. The debate touched on desertion charges and cost comparisons of soldiers in European powers.
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Washington
House
McClellan
New York
United States
Perry
Heath
Sulzer
Pennsylvania
Tome
Burt
Perry S. Heath
Russians Lose 40 Men in Kaochiao Engagement
A Shan Rei Kuna dispatch reports the Russians suffered 40 killed at Kaochiao after refusing allied aid. In Cincinnati, the Roblin Jeffries fight scheduled for Friday night may be postponed due to Judge Hollister's impending decision.
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Kaochiao
London
Rtles
Cincinnati
Hollister
Military funeral for Col Albert D Shaw in Watertown
The remains of Col. Albert D. Shaw congressman from this district and former Grand Army of the Republic commander in chief were buried with military honors at Brookside cemetery in Watertown on February 13.
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Albert D. Shaw
Watertown
Grand Army of the Republic
Brookside Cemetery
Blizzard Sweeps East Cutting Off County Travel
A severe blizzard in New York state from Rochester to Utica Watertown and Ithaca traps towns under heavy snow. Gale winds and drifting cut off country roads, with many villages isolated. Trains run hours late as travel becomes nearly impossible across the region.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Rochester
Utica
Watertown
Ithica
Officer Fatally Shot in Denver Gambling House
Denver cops say 33 year old Philip D. Killian was shot while serving eviction at a gambling house run by James Marshall and Hub Heatley. Marshall was arrested after the shooting as special officers attempted to oust the pair for unpaid rent.
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Denver
Col
Philip D. Killian
James Marshall
Hub Heatley
Marshall
Heatley
Killian
Death of Mrs Thomas C Platt in New York
New York Feb 13 Mrs Thomas C Platt wife of Senator Platt died today after a long illness with a severe heart affection. Minneapolis Feb 13 Robert D Russell former district court judge and brother of Sol Smith Russell died today.
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Thomas C. Platt
Senator Platt
K. D. Russell
Minneapolis
Robert D. Russell
District Court
Sol Smith Russell
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