Tricity Route Depot Opens to the Public
The new D R J N W passenger station at the foot of Seventeenth street opens with General Manager E E Hughes inspecting the depot. Trains Nos 1 and 2 arrive and depart with Conductor Scott and Heizer and Engineer Stapleton and Trager. A silver water pitcher is presented to Hughes by local business men at a luncheon and the building features yellow brick, red tile roof, an 80 foot tower, and oak interior with blue ceilings and green walls.
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Rock Island & Peoria
Twentieth Street
E. E Hughes
L. C. Heizer
George Trager
KR. S. Scott
Charles Stapleton
Clinton
A.C. Dart
Reeupon
Hughes
Rock Island Station
St. Louis
Seventeenth Street
Wood
George W. Wood
B&q
Graves Peinae
E‘eoria
Rock Island
S. B Stoddard
Cap t King discharged by president McKinley
Washington February 16 Capt Cyril W King assistant quartermaster is discharged from service by direction of the president effective February 15 The action suggests no court martial for alleged misconduct tied to a bribe and contractor work at Fort Morgan Alabama Dead Dresser Indiana February 16 Mrs John Jordan died of paralysis weighing 675 pounds mother of 13 children
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King
McKinley
Washington
War Department
Cyril W. King
Fort Morgan
Ala
Owem Woraen
Dresser
Iad
Mia
John Jordan
Here
Masked women raid Missouri Pacific depot at Goffs
Fifteen masked women broke into the Missouri Pacific freight depot at Goffs Kansas last night and destroyed fifteen jugs of whisky and four kegs of beer. Detectives will be brought in to identify the culprits for prosecution. The act is described as unlawful since the liquor came from another state and the depot is not a saloon.
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Goffs
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Perry Peck
Shipping Bill Advance Sparks Senate Debate
Washington February 16 Senate action begins at 1pm with the shipping bill laid before the body. Spooner carries the oleomar garine bill 45 to 2 as Hale calls for an immediate vote amid near unity to proceed. Berry of Arkansas accuses opponents of looting the treasury while Hanna warns against side tracking and notes river and harbor bill comparisons. Cannon’s stance is analyzed as the oleomargarine bill faces likely passage challenges.
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Senate
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
House Yestern
Washington
Spooner
Hale
Berry
Arkansas
Congress
Teller
House
SCARE AT EMPORIA Rumsor of Mrs Nation in town spreads panic
Emporia February 16 Late last night a rumor that Mrs Nation was in town caused a disturbance. A hotel registered her name and within twenty minutes every drug store closed while telephone lines rang. Mrs Nation remained in Topeka.
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Emporia
President calls congress to extra session over Cuban constitution
Washington reports that President McKinley will call Congress together for an extra session once the Cuban constitution is received. In Madrid, reaction to the bill's prospects grows tense as Teller faces Aldrich and Hanna defenses. Hanna defends the measure amid opposition charges, asserting advocates seek national interests.
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McKinley
Congress
Washington
Bigs
Box er heads fall Shanghai Boxer leaders decapitated
Eight alleged Boxer leaders were reportedly decapitated in Shanghai after trials by Chang Chi Tung officers and Viceroy Hankow. The claim, not confirmed, appears in dispatches from London and Quincey Illinois, recalling prior sensational murders tied to a suspect insurer. The text also alludes to a war declaration against China and mentions Susan B Anthony’s celebrated anniversary.
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Shanghai
Chang Chi Tung
Hankow
London
China
Seven Nations
Loomiller
Quincey
J. C. Loomiller
Princeton
Ind
Loowiller
Viola Searles
De Wet's force crosses Heartman's siding clash
London Feb 16 Kitchener telegraphs from Deaar Cape Colony that De Wet's force crossed the railway at Heartman's siding before daylight on the 15th closely pursued by Plumer Crabbe and armored trains. They engaged the enemy but Boers cut lines around the crossing. We captured over twenty wagons many loaded with ammunition a maxim and 20 prisoners and over one hundred horses. Troops remain in close pursuit. Noted Boer Prisoners St Petersburg Feb 16 Five Boer prisoners who escaped from the island of Ceylon arrived at Crimean port on a Russian steamer after swimming to Colombo. Among them is a nephew of President Steyn and a brother in law of Gen Botha.
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London
Kitchener
Deaar
Cape Colony
de Wet
Heartman's Siding
Plumer
Crabbe
St. Petersburg
Island of
Ceylon
Crimean Port
Colombo
Steyn
Botha
Plummer Fights DeWet in South Africa Conflict
London dispatch reports Colesburg area action as Plummer's column clashes with DeWet between Colesburg and Philippstown on Feb 13, using artillery and five pounders. Ten British wounded, occasional Boer deaths. Meantime Lord Methuen pursues Boers near Kuruman Transvaal, with evacuations including women and children. A separate note mentions Indiana proposes joint-smashing to ban liquor booths, and Wisconsin seeks direct US Senate elections.
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South Africa
London
Colesburg
Cape Colony
Plummer
DeWet
Phillippstown
Grasfontein
Cape Town
Lord Methuen
Kuruman
Transvaal
Vryburg
Poet Thompson Dies After Long Illness in Indiana
Maurice Thompson, noted Indiana author born 1844, died at 3 25 am after weeks of illness. Confederate veteran, author of A Tallahassee Girl and Hoosier Mosaics, funeral Monday. Gilbert Ashville Pierce, longtime Northwest journalist and ex senator, dies at Lexington Hotel Chicago at 67.
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Indiana
Gilbert A
Fairfield
Ind
Kings
Ordsville
Tallahassee
Alice
Ola Vincennes
Chicago
Gilbert Ashville Pierce
Northwest
Lexington Hotel
Pierce
North Dakota
Brakeman Fights Thieves on Moving Box Car
William J Bennet a brakeman battled two highwaymen on a rapidly moving freight train at the rear of the car. After a desperate struggle Bennet threw one assailant from the car and was knocked senseless by the other. The incident occurred Thursday night in Chicago.
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Chicago
William J. Bennet
Bennet
Deaths and Disasters Mark Early 20th Century News
Obituary reports Albion College president Lewis Ransom Fiske dies at 75. The Clyde Line steamer Comanche catches fire in a gale en route New York to Charleston. Abyssinia king Tekla of Gojam dies of poisoning. two claimants dispute the throne. Russian secret police arrest literary figures and students amid alleged conspiracy. Chicago court clash allows prisoner to escape. University of Chicago student A W Greely nearly suffocated by gas. A dog alarm saves a Chicago palming from fire. George W Brientvall, the Drummer Boy of Shiloh, dies in Lancaster Pennsylvania.
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Lewis Ransom Fiske
Albion College
Michigan
Clyde
Comanche
New York
Charleston
Tekla
Gojam
Abyssinia
Hamburgher
Chicago
A. W. Greely
University of Chicago
George W. Brientvall
Lancaster
Shiloh
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N. W
American Express Company
Second Avenue
E. Hughes
New Road
E. E. Hughes
L I
W. R
AI & N. W. Hailway
Til
Cos
Green
Santa Maria
Tino
Muncie
Joseph
Charles Keating
Allen Robinson
Proctor
Agricultural Committee
Atie
Mississippi
Railway
Manila
Marcus D. Cronin
Thirty-third Regiment
Candon
South
Hanna
Oleo
Bill
United States
Colorado
Republican Party
Ev Bill
Mrs. Nation
Madrid
Havas Agency
Reeses
Yeust
Aldrich
Manna
Susan H. Anthony
Hoartman’s Siding
Island of Ceylon
Tanglefoot
Indianapolis
Barlow
Temperance Committee
Conlogue
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Assembly
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Alton
Ill
Willis L. Faireman
Mary E. Fairman
Frank Fairman
C. G. Stelle
Fairman
Upper Alston
Topeka
Hazen
Moeser Ice and Cold Storage Company
Kansas Avenue
Louisville, Ky
Jeho Ti. Wilson
J. W. Robinson-Norton Company
Lima
Ohio
Thompson
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