First Annual Floods Reach Ohio River Region
Pittsburg filth floods as stage hits 15 feet and rises. Allegheny Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers threaten lowlands with danger mark at 22 feet and predicted 30 feet by night. Widespread flooding forces thousands to abandon homes. rail and coal industry disrupted. telegraph lines down. Buffalo and Lima report rising waters and evacuations.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio
Youghiogheny
Kiskiminetas
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Bessemer
Greenville
Beaver
Buffalo
Soajaquade
Springfield
American Car Still Leads New York to Paris Race
Syracuse reports the American car led at 9:47 with a seven minute wait. Utica notes a German car passed at 8:15 and roads along the Erie canal are nearly impassable after all-night rain. Canastota captures updates on Zust De Dion and Thomas leading amid snow drifts and towing-path travel.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Utica
New York
Paris
Canastota
Zust
de Dion
Thomas
Fonda
Amsterdam
Koeppen
Erie Canal
Man shoots doctor at patient bedside in Ohio tragedy
In Cincinnati on February 15 Robert W. Gott a Princeton West Virginia farmer shot and killed Dr Leo Danziger at a sick bed while distraught over his niece Nannie Spangler. The doctor had called at the boarding house and treated the niece. Gott fled into rage, fired through the head, and was taken into custody rambling and uncooperative. The patient niece remained in serious condition.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert W. Gott
Princeton
Wva
Leo Danziger
Gott
Nannie Spangler
Danziger
Burton Gets Renomination for Congress in Cleveland
Cleveland February 15 Congressman Theodore E Burton was unanimously renominated by Republicans of the Twenty first district to seek another term in Congress Delegates to the national convention were instructed to vote for Taft as the presidential candidate.
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Cleveland
Congress
Theodore E. Burton
Twenty-first Congressional District
Taft
France Claims Perfect Rapid Fire Gun After Tests
Paris reports government artillery experts declare a rapid fire gun flawless after tests at St Etienne. The weapon fired 650 shots per minute without overheating and the mechanism proved effective. The notice also references unrelated items about nine foot bed sheets and London correspondence.
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Paris
France
St. Etienne
Tornado Toll Grows Across Mississippi and Texas
Reports from Mossville Tyler and nearby towns detail destruction from a severe tornado that wrecked or damaged multiple buildings. Fatalities possible reaching a dozen with numerous injuries. Other Mississippi towns suffered widespread ruin including Isville and Service. A separate report notes a blizzard in Cleveland and unconfirmed Persian Shah threats. In New York suffragists plan a Fifth Avenue parade despite law and police concerns.
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Mossville
Miss
Edward Campbell
Tyler
Texas
C. A. Francis
Mose Lee
Francis
Irwin Franklin
Franklin
St. Paul's Church
Cane Johnson
Charles Conelly
Mississippi
Hattlesburg
Jones County
Here
Isville
Laurel
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railway Company
Noso
Mobile
Jackson
Kan City
Ike Holloway
New York
Fifth Avenue
Union Square
Central Park
Fiend of Fiends Held for Murder
Chicago on February 15 reports Michael DeWala a 41 year old boarder at the Devenick home is under arrest charged with murdering 3 year old Joseph Devenick. Police say after a quarrel with Mrs Devenick he held the child between his knees and poured boiling water from a teakettle over the boy's head and down his back.
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Chicago
Michael DeWala
Joseph Devenick
DeWala
Devenick
Murder suspects held in Janesville deaths arrest
Chicago police arrest Marion Ball and William Dolan who arrived from Janesville Wisconsin and are held as suspects in the deaths of three women found recently in Janesville. In Kewanee Illinois the new fifty thousand dollar public library is occupied for the first time as 300 high school students moved ten thousand volumes from the old quarters.
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Chicago
Janesville
Marion Ball
William Dolan
Wis
Kewanee
Judge Hough Requires Harriman to Answer ICQ in UP Securities Case
In a New York memorandum, Judge Hough revises questions Harriman must answer before the Interstate Commerce Commission about his personal stake in Union Pacific securities. The order specifies questions on ownership, timing, and intent regarding Union Pacific stock and related KUHN Loeb dealings, with Kahn to respond similarly.
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New York
Hough
United States Circuit
Edward H. Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pecific Railroad
Otto H. Kahn
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Union Pacific
New York Central
Mr. Kahn
Chile Sees Fleet Salutes Exchange In Valparaiso Visit
The US fleet of 16 battleships under Rear Admiral Evans passed Valparaiso en route to Callao Peru as Chilean officials led by President Montt greeted the ships. The city decorated for the spectacle, thousands watched from hills and docks, and a banquet aboard General Baquedano honored the diplomatic corps with toasts to Roosevelt and Evans.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Evans
Callao
Peru
Monti
Republic
Curaumilla Point
Valparaiso Bay
Chacabuco
Caraumilla
Connecticut
President Montt
General Baquepano
Baquediano
Belsa Commercial
Custom House
Baquedano
Montt
Diplomatic Corps
Roosevelt
Admiral Evans
Snell Will Case Heads To Jury In Clinton
Closing arguments are underway in Clinton Alabama as Richard Snell sues to break his father Colonel Thomas Snell's will. The trial is expected to deliver to the jury late this afternoon with jurors weighing the contested provisions and the testator's intent.
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Clinton, AL
Richard Snell
Thomas Snell
Inmate Slocum Dies By Self Mutilation at Elgin Asylum
Frank Slocum, a Woodstock inmate at the Northern Illinois Insane Hospital, cut his throat with a window glass fragment in a despondent mood. A coroner's jury ruled death by his own hand after hearing testimony from doctors and attendants.
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Elgin
Frank Slocum
Woodstock
Mlinois
Sweden Proclaims General Holiday for Treaty Anniversary
Stockholm February 15 King Gustaf declares a nation wide holiday on February 26 to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the famous treaty. The proclamation states public offices and schools to close and national observances to be held across the country.
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Stockholm
Gustaf
Miss Theodora Shonts Bride of French Duke
Sweden marks 250th anniversary of the 1658 Roeskilde treaty with lectures in schools halls and churches. The peace pact followed Charles X’s ice crossing of the Little Belt and ceded Skane Holland and Blekinge to Sweden, reshaping northern borders.
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Sweden
Roeskilde
Charles X
Denmark
Germany
Skane
Holland
Biekinge
Ceremony of Simplicity Ties Shonts Daughter to Duc de Luynes
New York February fifteenth witnessed a quiet noon ceremony uniting Miss Theodora Shonts daughter of Theodore P. Shonts formerly Isthmian canal commission chairman, to Emanuel Theodoric Bernard d Alber de Luynes Duc de Chaulnes of Paris. The wedding at 125 East Thirty fifth Street, performed by Monsignor Lavelle, featured minimal guests, with Miss Marguerite Shonts as attendant and Prince Andre Galitzine as best man. Decorations of American beauty roses and lilies framed a duchess satin gown with orange blossom trim. The groom is 29 and from a premier French noble family.
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New York
Theodora Shonts
Theodore P. Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Emanuel Theodoric Bernard d’Alber de Luynes
Duc de Chaulnes
Paris
East Thirty-fifth Street
M. J. Lavelle
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Marguerite Shonts
Prince Andre Galitzine
Shonts
Five day Republican convention plan in Chicago grows
Republican National Committee considers a five day convention with 11 186 seats at the Chicago Coliseum and Auditorium Annex. Leaders including Harry S New Elmer Dover Charles Booker Clayton Powell D W Mulvane and E E Hart back Taft while Woodmen officials fret over scheduling conflicts with Peoria head camp and venue clashes.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Harry S. New
Elmer Dover
Charles F. Booker
Connecticut
Clayton Powell
Arkansas
D. W. Mulvane
Kansas
E. E. Hart
Iowa
Fred W. Upham
Auditorium
Ohio
Powell
Hart
Lowa
William F. Lone
Maryland
Taft
Dover
Arthur G. Brown
Peoria
Talbot
Yesterday in Congress Briefs
Washington reports summarize Senate discussion of the Aldrich currency bill with Senator Clay of Georgia and debates over government paper money. Lodge and Teller voiced views. Senate adjourned at 2 30 p m until Monday. In the House, progress on executive legislative and judicial bills followed by salary cutbacks for assistant secretaries after Mr Macon argued appropriations bills are not for such measures. House adjourned at 5 02 p m.
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Washington
Houses
Congress
Senate
Clay
Georgia
Lodge
Teller
HOUSE
Macon
Arkansas
Taft Addresses West Point Class
West Point N Y Feb 15 Secretary of War William H Taft addressed the 108 members of the United States Military Academy graduating class He urged that military service remain subordinate to civil government and told the officers to keep their mouths shut and obey orders The event was informal with Taft personally greeting each graduate as sheepskin scrolls were presented
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West Point
N. Y
William H. Taft
United States Military Academy
Mayor Mann of Troy Charged with Misconduct
Albany Feb. 15 charges of misconduct in office violation and neglect of duty and contempt for non enforcement of laws filed against Troy mayor Elias P. Mann with Governor Hughes. It is charged Mann allowed saloons to stay open Sundays and permitted gambling houses to operate.
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Albany
N. Y
Elias P. Mann
Troy
Hughes
Mann
Railroads Cut Off Passes to Physicians and Lawyers
Missouri Pacific stops transportation passes for Nebraska physicians and lawyers. Attorney general notified. 20 physicians and 17 lawyers listed. Railroad commission orders passholders prosecuted under anti-pass act. Lucania aground near Gedney channel. Cunard steamer freed after hour and resumed voyage.
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Missouri Pacific
Lincoln
Nev
B. P. Waggener
Atchison, Kan
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Thompson
Nebraska
Railway Commission
Lucania
New York
Cunard Line
Gedney Channel
Deuthiend
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W. Va
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Atglaize
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Vincennes
Evansville
Lexington
Kentucky
Red
Cumberland
Licking
Big Sandy
Ter
J.pierpont Morgan
Queen Alexandra
Mr. Morgan
Prince's Gate
S. W
Russia
Burton
J.P. Morgn
Guthrie
Oklo
Re- Alexandra
London
Shah
Vienna
Shah of
Persia
Police Department
E. H. Harriman
Mr. Rogers
Mr. Frick
Will of Millionaire
Groom
N.Y
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