Thaw Juror's Wife Dies, Session Delayed
New York February 14 Mrs Joseph G Bolton juror No 11 died of pneumonia shortly before her husband reached her bedside The Thaw case adjourned until Monday and the remaining eleven jurors were cleared from confinement The court opened with all jurors present and Bolton's condition prompted a temporary recess for him to visit home
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New York
Joseph G. Bolton
Minees
Loukinge
Mor. Bolteat
Noor
Pfllageralt
Delur
Evans
Bolton
Fitzgerald
Farmers Meeting Opens Two Day Session At Port Byron Hall
Port Byron New York February 1 The Rock Island County Farmers Institute opened at Port Byron Town Hall with President Ashdown presiding and Rev E K There delivering the opening prayer Dr J West assistant state entomologist spoke on corn root grub and unveiled a lemon alcohol formula for preventing grub ages applied at about three ounces per gallon of seed corn session drew larger attendance in the afternoon with remarks by J G Osborn and a practical demonstration of insect control in corn planters.
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County Institute
Port Byron Town Hall
Port Byron
Arges Speekine
The
Rock Ishind County
Tainers’ Institute
Ashdown
E K
William H. Shaw
Wet Coupe
Rock Island County
J. G. Osborn
Usal
J. West
State University
True bills return against papers printing Thaw trial details
Lebanon Ky Feb 14 The county grand jury last night returned an indictment against the Cincinnati Enquirer the Louisville Herald the Louisville Times for printing and circulating in this county the offensive and indecent details of the Thaw trial.
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Lebanon
Gramd
Cincinnati
Ater
Louisville
Louisvill
Larchmont Disaster Blame Sheds on Sailing Vessel
Reports from Providences and New York say officers of the steamship line fault the sailing vessel for the collision that doomed the Larchmont. Seventy-one bodies recovered, seventy survivors identified, many bodies washed ashore in frigid seas. President Dunbaugh declares the schooner responsible. Kentucky arrives with more victims and survivors, bodies frozen and posed by the cold sea.
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Steamship Line
York
Dunbaugh
Larchmont
Tony Hind
Kentucky
Forming of a Permanent Goat Roads Association Discussed
Domestic science talk set for tomorrow afternoon with Miss McCurdy of Moline addressing the institute. Topics include cash or labor system in working roads and livestock peeling and the handlins at corn fodder.
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Hoon
Rail Fatality at Freeport in Great Western Collision
Freeport, W. Feb 14 One person was killed and four injured in a stock train collision on the Great Western railway at Pearl City in the morning. Injured were rushed to local hospitals as investigators began work at the crash site.
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Freeport
Great Western Railway
Pearl City
Illinois House Faces Reciprocal Demurrage Bill Clash
Springfield February report says farmers and elevator operators pressed the railroad committee for action on a reciprocal demurrage bill to punish railroads for delaying cars. Businessmen testified delays raise prices, hurt markets, and jeopardize contracts. Several other bills were listed, including penalties for certain goods, licensing moves, and nutrition education for teachers.
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Springfield
House Railroad Committee
Flerngon
Gay Buss
Buae
Tartiers
Fire in Pine Bluff Claims Two Lives and Reduces Property
Pine Bluff Ark February 14 a disastrous blaze killed two residents and destroyed a cottage district including three hotels Caer Memorial church and 200 barns and outhouses leaving nearly a thousand homeless. The catastrophe caused an estimated property loss of 200000 with 150 families among the affected.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Caer Memorial Church
Steve Adams Wins a Point in Murder Case
Wallace Idaho Feb 14 defense lawyers upheld a motion to keep Sheriff Bailey and deputies from handling the juror venire in Steve Adams murder case. The judge appointed O P Jones to draw a new venire as the first panel faced delays and possible bias hindered progress toward a jury.
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Wallace
Idaho
Steve Adams
Fred T Ler
Great Sun Spot Found At Allegheny Observatory
Pittsburg February 14 Professor John A Brashear of the Allegheny Observatory has announced a discovery of one of the greatest sun spots ever seen by astronomers The spot can be visible through smoked glass and is described as very large crossing the sun’s face It measures about 118000 miles in length 26000 miles in width covering roughly 2500000 square miles and may trigger electrical disturbances tonight affecting telegraph and telephone lines.
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Pittsburg
John A. Brashear
Allegheny Observatory
Associated Press
Brashear
Women Fight at House of Commons as Suffragists Rally
London reports a mass suffrage protest with hundreds of women storming entrances to Parliament and clashing with police. Dozens arrested, leaders vow continued violent agitation until women gain the vote. Miss Annie Kenny imprisoned thrice, pledging larger demonstrations. Coxey's Army referenced.
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London
House of Commons
Annie Kenny
Coxey
Washington Yesterday in Congress Summary
Yesterday in Congress the Senate debated the District of Columbia right to open court and considered public lands legislation, with a private pension bill and naval appropriations under review. The House moved on an appropriation bill and struck out a steel floating dock provision, adjourning after completing 45 pages of the naval bill.
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Congress
Nate
Senate
District of Columbia
Philippines
House
Sena
Wounded robber caught in Iowa
Marshalstown February 14 The Northwood Worth county post office was robbed this morning when the safe was blown open The burglar was captured and is expected to die authorities report the case remains under investigation
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Iowa
Marshalstown
Northwood
Worth County
Movement to move Illinois prison away from Joliet
Joliet business leaders led by E S Munroe push to relocate the Illinois state penitentiary to a distant Will County village. Senators Barr and local representatives have urged tearing down the current prison and building nearby facilities, citing steel mill smoke causing tuberculosis in convicts.
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Joliet, WL
Joliet
E. S. Munroe
Ilinois State Penitentiary
Willcount
Commercial Club
Business Men's Association
Grocers’ Association
Butchers’ Son
Aus’ Alliance
R. J. Barr
Ussoc SI
Stspe
Boy Uses Sweater to Stop Train and Save Lives
Madison Jones, a 12 year old farmer boy from near Birmingham, discovers a burned trestle on a 601 foot span and flags a passenger train with his red sweater, saving about a hundred passengers from probable death.
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Birmingham
Ala
Madison Jones
Right to deal in ore lands probed in Minnesota
St Paul Feb 14 Subpoenas issued by order of the house committee direct President J J Hill to appear before the committee this afternoon and explain the recent deal of the Great Northern railway in ore lands. The committee will seek to learn if under its charter the Great Northern has the right to seal in ore lands.
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St. Paul, Minn
House
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Grea Northern
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Schmitz
San Francisco
Secretary Root
United States
Senate
San Franccisco Board of Education
Women Read of Thaw Trial and Then Score It
Pittsburg reports the Women’s Christian Temperance Union passed a resolution after a detailed reading of the Thaw trial. They condemn statements by Evelyn Thaw and Mrs. B S Gormly calls defamation against Stanford White intolerable and urges newspapers to suppress trial reports and readers to abstain from them.
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Pittsburg
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Evelyn Thaw
B.S. Gormly
Stanford White
Warrant Issued for Missing Britain Bank Treasurer Walker
New Britain Connecticut February 14 Chief of Police Rawlings departed for New York with a warrant for the arrest of William F Walker missing treasurer of the Savings Bank of Britain accused of causing a 565 shortage in the bank s securities officials said Walker was responsible for the discrepancy and fled awaiting capture and repayment details remain scarce
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New Britain
Conn
Rawlings
New York
William F. Walker
Savings Bank of Britain
Securit
Mail contracts settle long contentions end Burlington loss
President Winchell announces night fast train service to be removed at once after Postmaster General Cortelyou rules Burlington must retain mails by matching Rock Island compensation. The decision cuts Burlington costs by about $20400 annually but signals a precedent toward protecting rivals from mail loss efforts.
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Winchell
Cortelyou
Burlington Road
Burlington
Rock Island
Chicago
Union Pacific
Resolution to bar revolting Thaw case mailings
Washington report notes Representative Wharton of Illinois introduced a joint resolution in the House authorizing the president to exclude from the mails any publications containing revolting details of the Thaw case and similar crimes. The measure cites public decency and the protection of American womanhood.
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Washington
Wharton of
Ilinois
House
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Stanford White
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Womanhood of
America
United States
Knox Defends Smoot in Senate and Utah Polygamy Debate
Washington February 14 Senator Knox spoke in the senate to defend Reed Smoot’s title arguing no federal polygamy law bars him and a two thirds vote to unseat is unlikely He noted Smoot’s unblemished character and that religious toleration protects him and Utah voters from expulsion.
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Knox
Senate
Reed Smoot
Committee On Elections
Smoot
Utah
Woman Sufferage Advocates Meeting Opens in Chicago
The 39th annual convention of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association opened in Chicago today with several hundred delegates. The key topic discussed was municipal suffrage for women. Also reported, Mrs. Mary Murdoch, wife of former Representative Frank Murdoch of Oneida, died in Galesburg February 14.
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Chicago
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Oneida
Galesburg
Mary Murdoch
Frank Murdoch
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