Benton's Body In Play As US Presses for Return
Washington and Mexico City officials push to recover the body of Benton, the English subject executed near Juarez, with Villa’s forces and Carranza to cooperate. Consuls seek exhumation for an American viewing, while Bryan and Secretary Lansing press for delivery to U.S. soil.
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Washington, D. C
Villa
Benton
Mexico
Percivalle
Juarez
State Department
Carranza
Bryan
Biles
Wilson
Theames
al Villa
Jearez
United States
Great Britain
Letchner
Chihauhar Hut
Spa Villa
Geeral Carranza
Weather Forecast for Rock Island Davenport Moline
Fair and warmer tonight and Thursday with lows near 15 to 20 degrees. Brisk southerly winds. Highest yesterday 24, low last night 10. Wind 5 mph at 7 am. No precipitation in 24 hours. Humidity 73 percent at 7 pm 83 percent at 7 am. River stage 5 feet, up 1 foot in 24 hours. J. M. Sherier, Local Forecaster.
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Rock Ieland
Davenport
Moline
Tam
J. M. Sherier
Astronomical Events and Diplomatic Updates
Evening stars Mars and Venus with Saturn as a morning star Jupiter are noted as part of celestial references. White House officials describe plans for a medical examination of a body and its delivery to the widow for burial. Bryan spoke with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on treaties and the Mexican situation. Mexico City reports a ban on delivery of U.S. newspapers, with last mails failing to reach addresses.
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Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
White House
Villa
Bryan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mexico City
Mexco
United States
Cincinnati Delinquency Case Leads to Fine for Brent Arnold
Brent Arnold a prominent Cincinnati figure pleads guilty to contributing to Mildred Crane's delinquency. Judge Gorman fines him 750 dollars plus costs as warrants are issued for Hugo Goldsmith Isaac Newton Fox and Charles B House who deny involvement. The Crane case shocks Cincinnati society and outlines alleged introductions by Elizabeth Phares Brown.
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Ohio
Brent Arnold
Cincinnati Society
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Gorman
Mildred Crane
Arnold
Hugo Goldsmith
P. Goldsmith & Sons
Isaac Newton Fox
Fox Bros. & Co
Charles B. House
New York
Louisville
Crane
Colonel Arnold
Crane Girl
Elizabeth Phares Brown
Charles House
Bowen
Robbers Wounds Fatal Ending Detroit Holdups Near End
Detroit police announce the long series of holdups may be ending after Walter Soboczynski died of gunshot wounds from a Monday night robbery attempt on jeweler Sol Lashman. The gunfight marks the second robber killed since Saturday and the third in two weeks, with new confessions linking to at least one of seven on duty deaths this year.
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Detroit
Walter Soboczynski
Sol P. Lashman
Soboczynski
Alpheus Moore
Wesley
King George to Attend Baseball Game in London
King George and royal family will watch the New York and Chicago teams play at Chelsea football grounds. Americans in London hope the king's interest will boost baseball's popularity in England.
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London
England
George
New York
Chicago
Chelsea
Moyer Deported After Miner Leader Faces Uproar
Auditor Tanner of the Western Federation of Miners testified on the Moyer deportation incident in Hancock Michigan on February 25. He described being seized by armed men, Moyer wounded, and both leaders rushed to a train toward Chicago with threats of hanging if they returned. Witnesses claimed militia action ended strikers parades in the copper district and soldiers were often drunk in Hancock.
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Mich
Tanner
Western Federation of Miners
Congressional Investigation
Moyer
Sullivan
Abbey
Hilton
Kendall Parker
Reese
Texas convicts building roads under profit plan
Revocable paroles for 50 convicts signed by Governor Colquitt allow their departure from Huntsville penitentiary to start an experiment in prison management without guards or shackles. Convicts earn 15 dollars monthly with half to the penitentiary fund and half to personal accounts. the hosting county bears supervision cost.
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Dallas
Texas
Colquitt
Huntsville
German Admiral Answers Dewey Over Manila Bay Hostilities
Vice Admiral von Diederichs disputed Admiral Dewey's Manila Bay account in a Berlin statement. He blamed hostile reports and unclear blockade rules for German American tensions and described his attempts to cooperate with Dewey despite friction during the Spanish-American War. He recalled the Irene band playing the American anthem and defended German actions and plans under imperial orders.
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Germany
Manila Bay
Admiral Dewey
von Diederichs
Admiral von Diederichs
China
Chitchester
T Hom
Irene
Manila
Dewey
von Diedrichs
Cormoran
Tsing-Tao
Kaiser
Nagasaki
von Dieterichs
von Hints
Mexico
Augusta
Washington, D. C
Admiral von Diedrichs
Associated Press
Mississippi Gets Half Foot Snow
Snow covers a large part of Mississippi with Laurel reporting six inches. early risers witnessed the sight and some business closures occurred. Temperature was 32 above along the coast affecting garden products.
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Mississippi
Washington, D. C
Laurel
Senate Defeats Norris Resolution on New Haven Dissolution
Washington February 25 The Norris resolution seeking Attorney General information on the New Haven railroad dissolution was virtually defeated in the senate and tabled.
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Washington, D. C
New Haven
Senate
Grayson-McLeod ouster and fine cut to $5,000 appeal
Grayson McLeod Lumber seeks Supreme Court relief from its ouster and $50,000 antitrust fine, asking suspension of the ouster and reduction of the penalty. Other items note Great Northern ruling on work shifts, hotel fire deaths in New York, Leo M Frank death-penalty appeal rehearing motion, and Vollmer sworn in as congressman succession.
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Jefferson City
Grayson- McLeod Lumber Company
Supreme Court
San Francisco
United States Court of Appeals
Great Northern Railroad
Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Frank
James Conley
Becker to Seek Recovery of Job
New York February 25 Attorneys and friends of Charles Becker say a new trial means he will likely not be tried again as the instigator in the Rosenthal murder. Speculation swirls he may seek reinstatement on the police force if freed. District Attorney Whitman weighs possible extortion and bribery charges if Becker avoids a second murder trial.
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New York
Charles Becker
Rosenthal
Whitman
Court of Appeal
Sam Schepps
Whitmaan
Becker
Tiny Rings Reveal Brother Sister Marriage Attempt
In Greeley Colorado two siblings Frank Cameron and Mary Hardy planned a honeymoon until rings worn as keepsakes exposed their true relation. Cameron 45 and Hardy ? both linked by rings from their orphanage past. A sister’s dime carved ring and a brother’s keepsake marked their bond. Aged Catherine Bowser dies in Galesburg at 93 with a large family.
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Greeley
Colo
Frank Cameron
Mary Hardy
Cameron
Miss Hardy
Buckingham
Iowa
Steamer Lincoln Brings 11,000 Birds and Big Animal Cargo
The steamer President Lincoln arrived from Hamburg carrying 11,000 birds, six elephants, 10 panthers, nine tigers and other animals. Gales delayed the ship three days and the live cargo proved troublesome.
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New York
President Lincoln
Hamburg
Safe blowers fail in Iowa vault attempt at capital
Des Moines reports two watchmen bound and gagged as four burglars drilled the treasury vault door. The robbers fled with $5 from the treasurer’s office while $7,500 lay in the safe. A.J. Jay slept through the incident. Mills Russell and George Carpenter aided in the alarm. Detectives call the robbers experts but lack of explosives forced a long stoppage.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State House
State Treasurer's
Capitol
Mills Russell
George Carpenter
A. J. Jay
Supreme Court Room
Russell
Treasury
Board of Parole
Treasury Office
Carpenter
Treasury Room
Vail
Traders’ Bank
Denison
Edward Quirk
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Cal
Burlingame
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Galesburg
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Block & Kuhl
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Nevada: Equal Franchise Society
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