Fire at Dewey Hotel Claims Many In Omaha
Omaha fire at the Dewey Hotel on Farnum street destroyed the three story building. Estimates of deaths vary but include several named victims and at least one night clerk who perished. The blaze began in the rear, trapping guests on upper floors as flames spread rapidly through the structure.
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Omaha
Neb
Dewey
Uenih
Omabe
Farnum Street
Alice Bonnevie
Charles Cummins
Charles Beverly
Walter
James Parkes
C. E. Wilkins
Immane
Tina
Enne
Merk Hemingway
Ewing
Lona Jennings
KC. Biles
Lyda Nelson
Clara Newman
Raphael-Pred Clothing Company
Hiller Liquor Company
Adams Express Company
C. E
Jesse Nold
Thirteenth Street
Adame Express Cmpany
Bullding
Raphael-Pred Company
Eames
Salter
Bukind
Ewsie
Issle Steiss
Nold
Stelse
Stelas
Score
Mas
Mark Hemmingway
Ewing, Neb
Weather forecast and tragic hotel fire report
The forecast lists fair weather for Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity with a warm Saturday and a low of about ten above zero tonight. A disastrous hotel fire caused many casualties with initial reports estimating at least 15 bodies inside the collapsed building and heroic rescues by firefighters and a newspaper carrier.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Frieda Trost Sentenced to Death in Husband Murder
Philadelphia, February 28. Mrs. Frieda Trost, convicted of murdering her husband ten days after their August marriage, was denied a new trial and sentenced to be hanged. Trost was poisoned. An appeal was filed and the governor will set the execution date.
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Philadelphia
Frieda Trost
Trost
Taft vetoes Webb bill banning liquor shipments to dry states
Washington February 28 President Taft sent a special message to Congress vetoing the Webb bill aimed at stopping liquor shipments into dry states. The veto centered on questions of constitutionality. Senate cuts off free seeds in agriculture appropriation bill. Washington February 28 Congress eliminated a provision authorizing 256100 dollars for seed distribution from the Kegriculture appropriation.
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Taft
Congress
Webb
Senate
Congressional
Mrs Lindloff Given 25 Years in Murder Conviction
Chicago on February 28 reports Mrs Louise Lingloff a spiritualistic medium was convicted of murdering her son to obtain insurance. She received a 25 year sentence as a result.
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Chicago
Louise Linglof
Jones Army Makes Goal in Washington Rally
General Rosalie Jones leads suffrage army through Capitol grounds and down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington as supporters cheer the march contemporaneously with the afternoon arrival near noon.
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Jones Army
Washington
Rosalie Jones
Capital
Capitol Grounds
Pennsylvania
Wilson Opposes Panama Toll Exemption Move
London dispatches report President Wilson favors the Root amendment to repeal the exemption on coastwise ships from tolls in the Panama canal bill. British notes to Secretary Knox offer arbitration terms, with Knox declining immediate response and pending continuation of negotiations by his successor.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
London
Panama
Panama Canal
Knox
Bryce
Movement seeks Lewis long term Senate claim in Illinois
Springfield Feb 28 friends of Colonel J H Lewis began a bid to establish his claim to the long term senatorship, based on yesterday's proceedings of a move to secure legal authority from the governor.
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Springfield
Ill
J. H. Lewis
Incredible suffrage march crowds halt traffic on Pennsylvania Ave
A 250 mile walk for equal suffrage ended with a powerful demonstration in Washington. Enthusiastic crowds along Capitol to Treasury swarmed sidewalks challenging police and delaying traffic. Spectators cheered as the suffrage army escort moved past peace monument toward suffrage headquarters with horns and shouts filling the air.
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Capitol
Treasury Building
Peace Monument
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Suffrage Army
Wilson Near Train Wreck on Princeton to Philadelphia Run
President elect Wilson escaped a rail accident on a Pennsylvania line near Tacony as a broken rail was found ahead. The train was delayed about forty minutes while track crews replaced the rail and other trains were moved to a different track. In a separate item, George Grats, once an influential broker, was sentenced to 22 years in Sing Sing for arson.
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Philadelphia
Wilson
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Tacony
New York
George Grats
Councils of the “Arson Trust
Sing Sing
Hein gouges out eyes after forgeries in Milwaukee founder
A. J. Hein, founder and former president of the Loose Leaf Book Manufacturing Co. of Milwaukee, was arrested for a string of small forgeries. He gouged out both eyes with a knife in Los Angeles, declaring he would never see daylight again and that he would stop forging checks.
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Los Angeles
Cal
A. J. Hein
Loose Leaf Book Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Hein
Governor Dunne Mulls Action After Lewis Victory
A brief is being prepared for Attorney General Lucey to issue an official opinion on the case. Senator Keller met with Governor Dunne, who indicated others may decide the matter. If Lacey says Lewis was elected, Dunne will issue a certificate. he may seek further advice.
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Keller
Dunne
Lacey
Lewis
Slaying of Third Madero Confirmed in Dispatch
Washington reports an official dispatch from Ambassador Wilson confirming the killing of Emilio Madero, brother of the former president, shot while leading a rebel force in northern Mexico. The death toll from Madero's troubles reaches three in Mexico City. Felix Diaz accepts the presidential candidacy offered by a party committee. In New York, Gen. Daniel Sickles's property sale is halted as his wife asserts a claim on contents of the Fifth Avenue mansion valued under a $123,000 chattel mortgage, suspending the March 7 sale.
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Washington
Emilio Madero
Ambassador Wilson
Madero
Mexico City
Felix Diaz
Mexico
Sickles
New York
Gen
Daniel Sickles
Fifth Avenue
American Cash Behind Madero Senate Report
Senator Smith submits a 900 page record from the border inquiry into American involvement in supporting Madero and alleged neutrality law violations. Witnesses claim U S interests in New York financed Madero forces and Americans faced harsher scrutiny in Mexico. Smith urges continued Senate investigations through December.
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Senate
Washington
Smith
Michigan
United States
Orozco
New York
Mexico
George Laird
San Pedro
Automobiles Cause High Toll in U S Says Omaha Chief
Omaha Feb 28 Fifty to seventy five people die weekly in U S auto crashes and forty to fifty are injured daily due to reckless driving. Chief Dunn of Omaha cites five week totals ending Jan 23 with 208 deaths and 1,230 injuries from 1,275 accidents across 35 states and 3 Canadian provinces. New York leads with 282 accidents, 62 deaths, 383 injuries. Illinois 50 accidents, 12 deaths, 84 injuries. Rhode Island 40 accidents, 5 deaths, 42 injuries.
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Omaha Neb
United States
Dunn
Omaha
National Association of Police Chiefs
Canada
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Illinois
Providence
San Francisco
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Rhode Island
Texas
Hill
Iowa State Traveling Men's Association
Congress Weighs Woman Suffrage Approach
Washington February 28 Congress designates a Hobson headed subcommittee to decide whether equal suffrage in presidential elections should be pursued by a constitutional amendment or by state action. Supporters favor a national amendment while opponents warn of regional tensions.
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Congress
Hobson
House
Jones
Mason and Dixon Dine
Maryland
Marshall to Sit in the Cabinet Question Debated
Vice President elect Marshall met with President Wilson at the New Jersey statehouse to discuss whether the vice president should sit in cabinet councils. Both said they are in hearty accord and would consult as needed while planning administration policies and cooperation. Marshall said Wilson’s proposals align with his own views developed over years. Washington marks the inaugural period start as Marshall arrives for duties. Couple Engaged for 52 Years in Wisconsin and Michigan headline follows, noting John Knight aged 7 and Lydia Heed aged 6 when engagement began in 1861.
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Trenton
N. J
Marshall
Wilson
Statehouse
Mr. Wilson
Washington
Mr. Marshall
LaCrosse
Wis
John Knight
Lydia Heed
Elberta
Mich
Iowa capitalist takes gas route
Des Moines businessman Thomas J. Flynn, a prominent capitalist, died by suicide in his apartments today by inhaling gas. He left a note citing domestic troubles as the reason.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Thomas J. Flynn
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