Houston Fire Destroys Mills and Homes in Massive Blaze
A midnight blaze in Houston Texas destroyed twenty five blocks of residence cottages and several factories. Winds at 35 mph fanned the flames as 45 000 bales of cotton burned. Loss estimated five to ten million dollars with hundreds homeless and relief efforts under way. Firefighters eventually stabilized the fire near Buffalo Bayou after a fierce battle across a wide, burning district.
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Houston
Tex
M'Fadden Southern Comprees & Warehouse Company
DEW Brothers’ Syrup
Houston & Liggett Lumber Company
Rogers Paint Company
Magnolia
Buffalo Bayou
Iowa
Charles City
Floyd
Weather Forecast for Rock Island Davenport and Vicinity
Generally fair tonight and Thursday with colder tonight. Temperature at 7 am 24. High yesterday 32, lowest last night. Wind at 7 am 20 mph. Precipitation none. Humidity at 7 pm 69, at 7 am 90. Sunset 5 42, sunrise 6 43. Day length 11 hours. Moon sets 9 19 am. Astronomical events follow noon tomorrow.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Bun
Packer in Yelp at Cut in Price
Chicago February 21 telegrams claimed to be sent by Louis H Heyman Morris Co dressed beef division manager urged eastern reps to push higher prices. One message to Boston questioned price cutting and another to New York warned to hold beef for better prices if cash sales halted. Messages were identified by margin clerk William E Ehlert.
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Chicago
Louis H. Heyman
Morris & Co
Boston
Heyman
New York
William E. Ehlert
Morris
Central States Hit by Snowstorm Sparks Wide Travel Delays
A powerful snowstorm blanketed the central states, driving rapid temperature drops and a 42 mile per hour gale. Railroads slowed as the belt stretched from St. Louis to Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, and into Chicago, with fatalities reported from exposure and a head on Burlington Road collision injuring 12 passengers and four crew. Snow drifts trapped three Missouri Pacific passenger trains near Reece and between Hooser and Dexter, as rescuers worked to dig them free.
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Central States
Chicago
Mercury
St. Louis
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ohio
John Harmon
Springfield
Lowder
Burlington Road
Wichita
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Reece
Hooser
Dexter
Destructive Storm Sweeps Mississippi and Surrounding Regions
A hurricane force windstorm devastates Meridian Mississippi destroying property and cattle herds. Pensacola area endures a 60 mile gale with heavy rain while Dallas Fort Worth area reports wrecked buildings and telegraph failures. San Antonio and Austin record winds 70 to 100 mph unroofing many homes.
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Mississippi
Meridian
Miss
New Orleans
Pensacola
Florida
Dallas
Texas
San Antonio
Austin
Palzer to Fight Wells in Frisco July Fourth
San Francisco report states Al Palzer and Bombardier Wells, rival contenders for Jack Johnson's title, will clash in an open air arena in Frisco on July 4. The scheduled bout marks a major American matchup for the heavyweight crown.
Anarchy Reigns on Rio Grande
Washington reports from February 21 indicate widespread anarchy south of the Rio Grande with rebels controlling several cities. Protests by Americans against robberies multiply, and officials fear civil strife without a unifying leader. Americans in Mexico face a serious and unstable situation.
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Washington
Rio Grande
Mexico
Day Robbery on Broadway Leaves Artist Beaten
R E Shearer, a well known New York artist, was attacked by three holdup men as he passed the Albany hotel at Fortieth and Broadway early today. He was beaten with jewels and money taken and was dropped in a basement. He will probably die.
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New York
R. E. Shearer
Albany
Fortieth
Broadway
England Seeks Coal in America Threat of Strike Impacts Trade
News from New York and London reports English fear of a coal strike could cut supplies and push prices. England seeks American coal. four large steamers chartered to load at Norfolk for Gibraltar. If the strike materializes, soft coal rates in the United States may rise amid rising bituminous wage demands.
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Norfolk
New York
England
Gibraltar
London
House Republicans Present Payins Tariff Split Fight
Washington February 21 Republicans in the House for the first time since the 1909 Payne tariff split presented a new measure challenging duties on free articles. The move comes amid continued insurgent opposition to the tariff structure and marks a sharpened intra party clash over tax policy.
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Washington
House
Gill Leads Seattle Nominating Primary Despite Recall
Seattle voters largely favor Hiram Gill in the city office nominating primary, with Cotterill a distant second and Harrish close behind. Women, about forty percent of registered voters, vote at low levels. In Marysville Cal, women show little interest with fewer than one vote in ten cast in the municipal primary.
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Seattle
Hiram Gill
George Cotterill
Thomas Harrish
H. M. Wells
Gill
Cotterill
Marysville
Cal
California
Thieves Attack Man After Broadway Robbery and Strike News
Three men assaulted Shearer in a cab near Broadway, robbed him of jewelry and $30, then dragged him to a basement. elsewhere broadcasts report a coal strike threat in Britain, a tornado near Shreveport killed eight and injured fifty, and political debates over tariff revisions and investigations into Adjutant General Ainsworth.
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Shearer
Broadway
Train robbers fail in a signal near Cedar Rapids
Five men attempted to hold up westbound train No. 9 on the Chicago & Northwestern nine miles east of Cedar Rapids at 3 this morning. The fast mail carried no passengers. An irregular signal caused the engineer to accelerate. One bandit fired, striking the engineer in the arm, and a posse pursued the robbers.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chicago & Northwestern
Here
Walker Reelected Illinois Miners Head in Referendum
Springfield Ill Feb 21 The referendum election for officers of the Illinois Mine Workers was announced this afternoon with John H Walker reelected as president at Danville Paul J Smith chosen vice president from Marion and Duncan MacDonald named secretary treasurer from Springfield Formation of the leadership highlights the results of the district union ballot.
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Walker
Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Illinois Mine Workers
John H. Walker
Danville
Paul J. Smith
Marion
Duncan MacDonald
Railroads asked for 2 000 000 by shippers
Shippers in eastern Washington filed a $2 000 000 reparations claim with the Interstate Commerce Commission following Spokane rate disputes. It stands as the commission volume’s largest single reparations case to date. Burlington seeks factories in Keokuk power deal
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Washington
Spokane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Trains clash in tunnel near North Adams
Fire and explosions blocked wrecking crews in the Hosaac tunnel where a passenger train and a freight collided on the Boston & Maine railroad. Efforts to reach burned cars were abandoned as flames continued to burn.
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North Adams
Mass
Boston & Maine Railroad
Hosaac
Paris
Senate
Pac For
Cews
Thousands of Delegates at Grain Men’s Meeting
Mitchell South Dakota February twenty one with more than a thousand delegates expected for the annual Farmers and Grain Dealers association meeting opening today. Notables include Charles Adkins former Illinois House speaker E G Dunn Mason City Iowa gubernatorial hopeful and M R Meyers Chicago to address the gathering. In San Francisco Dr Bertram E Alden chief surgeon at the French hospital attempted spinal anesthesia to operate on himself for appendicitis but stopped as procedure proved too risky. two fellow surgeons completed the operation.
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Mitchell
S. D
Farmers’ and Grain Dealers’ Association
Charles Adkins
Illinois
House of Representatives
E. G. Dunn
Mason City
Iowa
M. R. Meyers
Chicago
Self
San Francisco
Bertram E. Alden
French Hospital
Square Deal Is Colombias Plea
Bogota reports Colombian Minister Ospina notified Washington that a visit by Secretary Knox would be inopportune in Panama claims. The matter remains unarbitrated and unknown to the public. Government considers it. strong public sentiment favors an honorable settlement across parties.
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Bogota
Ospina
State Department
Washington
Colombia
Knox
Panama
Roosevelt Speaks On Democracy And Trust Law In Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt addressed the Ohio constitutional convention in Columbus, praising La Follette and Wisconsin’s progressive measures while urging clear, enforceable anti trust policies and a framework that keeps the people’s will effective. He defended judicial independence and the recall of judges as a last resort, arguing against overbearing constitutional devices.
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Columbus
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Bigelow
Constitutional Convention
Wisconsin
Robert M. la Follette
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Bemidji, Minn
Fred M. Malzahn
Byer
William McQuaig
Packer
Artist
America
Indus _tries
Great Britain
Asquith
Shreveport
A. J. Manheim
Manheim
Akin
Hanna
North Dakota
Representative Berger
Murdock
Kansas
Ainsworth
House Committee On Military Affairs
Commissioner of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Steenerson
Minnesota
Burlington
Mississippi River Power Company
Keokuk
H. S. Rance
Charles E. Perkins
Willam Carson
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