Sancarlos Is Captured and Warship Damaged In Venezuela
Reports from Puerto Cabello say Fort San Carlos has fallen to German forces and was blown up. The German gunboat Panther is crippled and being towed by Falke to Willemstad. Castro's troops reportedly defeated. revolutionists claim capture of their general 40 miles west. Diplomatic talks in Washington and London discuss Venezuela blockade guarantees and Bowen’s propositions, with optimistic notes for a settlement and withdrawal of blockading ships.
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Puerto Cabello
Venezuela
Fort San Carlos
Willemstad
Castro
Here
Berlin
Bowen
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
London
Washington
Michael Herbert
Michael
Signor Mayor Des Planches
Count Quadt
Whington
Hanoi
Rome
Foreign Office
San Carlos Fort
Associated Press
Fatally Shot In Niles Bank Heist Attempt
Edward Stewart, superintendent of Niles Paper Mills, was shot in the stomach during a failed hold up on a main street in Niles Michigan. Two men fled on foot as a posse pursued. Stewart's quick defense led to the fatal wound and a $100 sheriff reward was announced.
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Niles
Mich
Edward Stewart
Stewart
Alaskan Boundary Treaty Plans Tribunal Referendum
Hay and British ambassador Sir Michael Herbert signed a treaty Saturday to settle the Alaskan boundary question. It provides for referral of all boundary issues to a mixed tribunal of jurists from Great Britain and the United States, three on each side, to interpret the 1825 treaty between Great Britain and Russia and determine the proper interpretation.
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British America
Alaska
United States
High Joint Commission
Washington
Senate
Northwest
Alaskan
Hay
Michael Herbert
Great Britain
Russia
Day Accepts Senate Appointment to Supreme Court
Canton Ohio January 26 Judge John W R Day has accepted the tender from the president on Saturday of the appointment as associate justice of the United States supreme court.
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Canton
Ohio
John W. R. Day
United States Supreme Court
Teller Victory in Senate Election Sparks Suspicion
Denver reports Henry M. Teller elected to a sixth Senate term by a Democratic joint session. Governor Peabody unsettled over certification while Republican chair D. B. Fairley denounces the election as invalid. Also, Martin Wood, recently released from prison for a dynamite case, found dead in Muscatine with suspected foul play.
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Denver
Henry M. Teller
United States Senate
Grand Junction
B. Fairley
Republican State Committee
E. O. Wolcott
Republians
Teller
State Central Committee
House
Senate
Martin Wood
John Mahkin
E. M. Kessinger
N. Rosenbenger
Woods
How the Work Was Done in the Joint Democratic Session
Fifty-one Democrats, a majority of the two houses, voted for Teller in a weekend joint session presided by W. H. Adams. The process followed days of steady sessions amid rumors of treachery with Democratic gains and retaliatory unseatings shaping the legislative majority.
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House
Senate
Teller
W. H. Adams
Assembly
Representative Madden
Den
Madden
General Assembly
Illinois Article on Miller Death in Ambulance
Iron Mountain Michigan reports the death of Charles E Miller a 49 year old Ironwood attorney who died en route to Mercy Hospital in Chicago after severe heart pains aboard a Lake Shore Railroad Pullman car. He asked for an ambulance to be telegraphed to Chicago and passed away during the ambulance ride. He leaves a family in Ironwood.
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Senate
House
Washington
Quay
Indianapolis
Missouri River
St. Charles
Indianola
Miss
McLaurin
Mississippi
Spooner
Degraffenreidh and
Sheppard
Texas
Iron Mountain
Mich
Chicago
Charles E. Miller
Ironwood
Lake Shore
Miller
Tl Mercy Hospital
Indicted Indiana Men to face Chicago trial
Hamill, attorney for indicted Indiana coal operators, left Terre Haute to confer in Chicago. He plans to submit facts to state attorneys to seek dismissal of individual indictments and have the court decide corporate liability. He contends the Indiana dealers and Chicago sellers acted to secure lower prices, not restraint of trade.
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Chicago
Terre Haute
Ind
Hamill
China
Cook County
Indiana
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain Leads Wagon Trek
London reports Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and companions journeying by wagon from Potchefstroom to Mafeking, greeted by Boers in Ventersdorp. Mrs Chamberlain honored with flowers as De larey and Delarey address the crowd. Chamberlain praises Boer comradeship and hints at reconciliation.
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London
Chamberlain
Potchestroom
Mafeking
General Delarey
Eral Delarey
Count Boni
Paris
Basses-Alpes
Count Boni de Castellane
Chamber of Deputies
F de Castellane
Amlre Siegfried
Boni de Castellane
The Japanese Stable Stabling Method for Horses
A note on Japanese stable design shows horses backed into stalls with a head door and grain rack to secure the wagon. When needed, the door opens and the horse is led out, avoiding kicks or mess for visitors and promoting healthful housing. The dialogue interlude features vanity and wit about color, portraits, and justice tempered with mercy, in Brooklyn Life.
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Japan
Is This The End Of Our Romance In Divorce Letters
A Chicago Record Herald brief notes a wife puzzled by a suitor visiting their daughter and a husband suspecting motives. She jokes about the gas company, while she mentions a lawyer who will call in the morning to retrieve letters, signaling a pending romance end.
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Chicago News
Chicago Record-Herald
Terre Haute
Ind
Reading
American Car and Foundry Company
Chicago
John Hoppengarner
Doblin Retracts Bribery Allegation in Lessler Probe
Washington dispatch notes Philip Doblin retracting part of his testimony from the Lessler bribery investigation. He denied a claim that Quige offered him a bribe and recounted others including McCullagh and Quigg testimony about submarine boat influence and attempts to sway Lessler. The report blends with a London Chronicle tale of a fire god curse from a suburban museum.
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Washington
Lessler
Philip Doblin
Quige
Lessier
Doblin
McCullagh
Quigg
Dr. Kerr
Chicago
Mithelland
Lesster
London
London Chronicle
Transportation Facilities and Witty Quips Across Histories
A look at Moritz Gottlieb Saphir, famed for sharp critiques of Ludwig II, who was told to quit Munich within 24 hours, and a humorous exchange about marriage and wealth from a Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoon. The piece blends cultural anecdotes and literary gloss, reflecting historic wit and social banter.
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Moritz Gottlieb Saphir
Germany
Ludwig
Munich
Saphir
Coal Train Held Up in Stratford Iowa
Stratford residents riot over the seizure of fuel from a Northwestern coal train. More than thirty arrests followed as a mob of about 500 gathered when the train stopped for water. Sheriff from Webster City arrested suspects. famine conditions and wagon labor fed the theft.
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Atford
Iowa
Stratford
Northwestern
Missing Milwaukee merchant Albert Rubel in Kenosha
Police seek Albert E. Rubel a Milwaukee merchant who disappeared from Pennoyer sanatorium in Kenosha. The feeble patient was visiting four months and seemed peevish before vanishing on Friday raising grave fears for his safety. Relatives in Milwaukee notified. he is not believed to be elsewhere.
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Kenosha, Wi
Albert E. Rubel
Pennoyer Sanatorium
Rubel
Milwaukee
Plasterers Demand Six Dollar Day in St Louis
Plasterers union in St Louis has majority voted for a wage scale of six dollars per day, up from five. Contractors warn the raise could impact World’s Fair projects and labor conditions across the city. Rev John M Getchell, pastor of Grace Universalist Church in Marshall Michigan, died aged 54 after a six week illness. He moved from Minneapolis about thirty years ago where he worked in the newspaper field.
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St. Louis
Plasterers’ Union
M. Getchell
Marshall, Mich
John M. Getchell
Grace Universalist Church
Minneapolis
Minn
Death of Margaret Shutt in Springfield Typhoid Fever
Margaret Taylor Shutt, daughter of Hon. and Mrs. William B. Shutt, died at the family residence in Springfield on January 2 from typhoid fever. Dr. Shutt was a well known figure in Olinda.
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Margaret Shutt
Springfield
Ill
Margaret Taylor Shutt
Wiliam B&b. Shutt
Dr. Shutt
Olinvis
Cleric at Shooting Party Pokes Gun in Moment of Inquiry
A clerical guest at a shooting party provokes the host by pointing a gun at him while asking how to "let down beastly things" as the gun remains loaded. The scene reveals the awkward moral tension of the day.
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Sancarlos
Venezuela_ Fort
Panther
la Guaira
Porto Cabello
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
August Beck
Beck Lamber Company
Elsie Cudahy
Patrick Cudahy
Beck
August Uhlein
Carnegie
Neville
Marshalltown
Fred Forsythe
Tennis Vanderquirt
Story County
Nevada
Alaskan Boundary Treaty
Day
Jenry M. Teller
Peabody
Canon City
Ernor Peabody
Muscatine
McKinley
Dayton, O
Carnation League of America
League
David
David Paul
W. RK
Harper
Chicago University
Paul
United Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Assembly
Thorntown
William Masters
Bert Roberts
Lon Dutner
James
Reilly Lyster
Omaha
Neb
Jan
Gothenburg
R L. Dolson
W. L. Dolson
North Platte
Harris Lankford
Pittsburg
Baden-Powell
Mrs. Chamberlain
Armagh
Ireland
Belfast
Moroces
Tangier
Jin
Fez
Bu Hamara
Tizzoni
Bologna University
Royal Academy of Sciences
Manila
Bolinao
Zambeles
Osborne
Miss Budd
Oldham
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Webster City
Albert Rubel
Houghton
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Calumet
Marvette
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