Saloon Shooting Kills Musician in Liberty Bar
John Gleason, 32, traveling musician, was shot dead by William Kirkland, 33, at the Liberty Bar in the Sixth Avenue and King Street district. Kirkland claims self defense saying Gleason moved to stab him. witness accounts indicate drinking beforehand and a prior feud. The coroner’s office took the body to Bonney-Watson morgue. prosecutors plan manslaughter charges.
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John Gleason
William Kirk End
Liberty
Kirkland
Ryan
Kirklands
Thomas
O Brien
Jehan Brooks
Gleason
Jareek Gleason
Ileasonm
Tom Ryan
Nebraska Music Hall
Army and Navy
Oyer
Music Hall
Fred Schuman
Schuman
Wit
Baglea
Aberdeen
Liberty Bar
Charles Harris
Harris
Mackintosh
Fire Rips Chicago Hotel Brenvoort in Extreme Cold
A hotel blaze in Chicago at 2 20 a m destroyed the Brenvoort Hotel trapping about 200 guests many in night clothing who fled to streets and nearby stores. Five firemen were injured by a falling wall. theater and cable lines were damaged and thousands were kept from work as alarms totaled 47. Loss to the hotel reached 254000 with 10 000 damage to the Lasalle theater. Temperature ranged 6 to 10 degrees below zero.
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Chicago
Feb
Ature
Lasalle Theater
Charity Bureau
Canadian
Alleghenies
Missouri
Kenetucky
Ilinois
Utah Pretrial Hearing Delivers Graft Gang Testimony
In Salt Lake City on February 14, Harry Roberts testified at a police court pretrial hearing about a bounty graft ring. He described gang members from South America faking disguises as a coyote wolf and mountain lion to swindle the state out of about $20,000. Hides allegedly cost the gang $1.35 each and the scheme involved multiple tricked operations.
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Salt Lake
Harry Roberts
South America
Nebraska Senate Bills Monkey Ban Clause Debate
Fragmentary note shows Nebraska senate debate on February 14 about prohibiting monkeys by Rand organists and consideration to incorporate a clause addressing chasing involving the issue.
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Ka Senate
Rand
King Opens Parliament Amid Royal Procession
King Edward arrived by royal procession from Buckingham Palace to the House of Lords for the opening of Parliament. Cavalry lined the route and the populace along the way greeted the king and queen with cordial cheers as the Prince of Wales preceded them.
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Amon
Edward
House of Lords
Welock
Bucking Palace
House of
King Edward Completes Speech Then Heads to Buckingham Palace
The king finishes his address and, after the customary ceremonies, returns to Buckingham Palace by the same route as the journey's start. Officials observe the standard royal proceedings marking the end of the event.
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Edward
Buckingham Palace
Samuel H. Piles Receives Public Welcome in Everett
Senator elect Samuel H. Piles was publicly greeted at the Everett chamber of commerce by residents of Everett and Snohomish county. After the reception, the Cascade Club hosted him where he received a gold-mounted rabbit’s foot from members of the Snohomish Lime Kiln Club, which he organized.
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Everett
Samuel H. Piles
Chamber of Commerce
Snohomish County
Cascade Club
Snohomish
Mr. Piles
Roosevelt Addresses Race Question at Lincoln Day Banquet
President Roosevelt spoke to thousands at the Lincoln Day banquet of the Republican Club in New York. Notables at the table included Secretary of War Taft and Elihu Root as he discussed the race question in the south and urges closer north south friendship across the Mason Dixon line.
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New York
Roosevelt
South
Republican Club
Taft
Elihu
Lincoln day banquet heads New York press club gathering
Root and Reid led a large Lincoln day banquet as the president attended the 32d annual New York Press Club dinner with over 6,000 newspapermen and many notable guests. He urged square dealing and cautioned to talk politely while addressing the assembled leaders and dignitaries.
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Columbia University
Frank Black
G. M. Dodge
Harry M. McCracken
New York University
New York Press Club
Weather Spotter Forecast Warmters Tonight and Wednesday
The weather spotter reports fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures. Light to fresh southeast winds are expected as the forecast calls for rising heat.
Trains Delayed by Severe Central West Cold Wave
Severe cold across the Central West delayed many trains. The North Coast Limited arriving at 1 p.m. instead of 8:30 p.m., and Great Northern No. 3 nine to eighteen hours late at Spokane. Burlington line 30 hours behind schedule. Montana reports record low temps near Glendive at minus 82.
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Central West
North Coast Limited
Great Northern
St. Paul
Spokane
Seattle
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Montana
Glendive
Mont
Women Shot By Soldiers
Berlin reports 42 killed and over 200 wounded in five clashes between strikers and troops at Lodz. Women and children were among the injured as mobs gathered and fights erupted despite soldiers firing on the crowds.
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Lodz
Poland
Etreeta
Putnoff Works Turbulence Echoes Through St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on February 14, the Putnoff works disturbance nears a conclusion as workers begin distributing roles for electing members to the Mixed Commission of masters and workmen under the emperor's ukase.
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ST. Petersburg
Putnoff
Japan and Russia Trade Early War Claims on Vessels
Reports from St. Petersburg and Tokyo on February 14 describe peace rumors and Japanese forces targeting collier ships with Russian warships. General Sakharov cites a major battle near Nanahoinapo with thousands dead and hospitals overwhelmed. Russian losses at Mal Koutai from January 25 to 28 are listed as 25 000.
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ST. Petersburg
Sakaroff
Nanahoinapo
Mal Koutai
Russian shelling repulsed at Wai Tao mountain
Field Marshal Oyama reports Russian forces shelled Wai Tao mountain on Sunday and launched two attacks, both repulsed by Japanese troops. Additional Russian infantry attacks on Lapatal and Han Shan Tal Monday were also repelled.
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Tokio
Oyama
Wai Tao
Lapatal
Han Shan Tal
Forces of Oyama Hold 450,000 Near Shakhe River
Reports from Liao Yang place Oyama's forces at 450,000 with 280,000 on the front near the Shakhe river and Harbin. Prisoners and dead indicate Russian shortages of shoes and underclothing. Severe cold likely increases sickness among Russians.
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Liao Yang
Oyama
Shakhe River
Harbin
War hospital records show Russian forces pass through hospitals
Official return for the first year of the war reports 190 239 officers and men moved through hospitals with 4007 later dying in four hospitals. The figures exclude Port Arthur and provide a stark tally of hospital throughput and fatalities.
Two Suspects Plead Guilty in Walthew Slugging Case
Mobel Hall and Allen Beatty pleaded guilty before Judge Griffin to the attempted blackmail of journalist J. R. Walthew and were sentenced to six months in the county jail.
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Mobel Hall
Allen Beatty
J. R. Walthew
Griffin
Death in wake of Chadwick case shocks region
Reports indicate serious illness of Ira Reynolds trustee in Chadwick securities as case inflames disputes. Attorney says Mrs. Chadwick suffers heart disease amid trial tension. Separate notes mention a banker from Overlita dying and a Port Lawton arrest warrant for Joseph Fitch stays unfound by Seattle police.
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Best News Asan
Clevera O
Ira Reynolds
Chadwick Securities
Chadwick
Dawley
Beekith
Overlita
Adictien
Joseph Fitch
Port Lawton
Seattle
Explosion injures workman at Puget Sound navy yard
At Bremerton on February 14 a steel storage building worker fell from a roof about 40 feet, sustaining severe head injuries and multiple fractures. He was transported to the Marine hospital in serious condition. In Newcastle a miner named Bartolen was killed by a timber collapse during lunch after an earlier powder blast. coroner to investigate.
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Bremerton
Vick
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Marine Hospital
Bartolen
Carroll
Roosevelt Keeps Busy Amid Double-Scheduled Day
President Roosevelt rose early after a late night and had breakfast at 8 30. He spent the morning at Douglas Robinson’s Madison avenue home and lunch at the University club. In the evening he attends the Hungarian Republican club banquet. An unnamed man claiming to own the Manhattan hotel in Lowell, Mass., sought a meeting to discuss government reforms and was turned away by secret service.
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New York
Roosevelt
Douglas Robinson
Madison Avenue
University Club
William Waldorf Jackson, Jr
Manhattan
Lowell
Mass
Robinson
Buckingham Hotel
Sullivan Explains Sullivan Explains in House Address
Sullivan answered in the House to a question of personal privilege about a 1885 Middlesex Massachusetts killing. He cited his acquittal and his father's short sentence, defending moral innocence as Gardner of Massachusetts praised his character amid applause.
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Washington, D. C
Sullivan-Hearst
Sullivan
Middlesex County
Massachusetts
Mearst
Gardner
Will Probe Land Frauds in Northern Idaho
Miles City Mont Feb 14 H C Cullom Jr special agent interior department stationed here assigned to Lewiston Idaho district He will assist in the investigation of the wholesale timber land frauds in northern Idaho
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Miles City
Mont
H. C. Cullom, Jr
Interior Department
Lewiston
Idaho
Cullom
Roomer Reports Burglary At Yesler Way Hotel
Mrs Thomas Kurstan a roomer at a Yesler Way hotel says a sneak thief entered her room and stole rings stick pins a watch and chain several small diamonds are among the property Police have a list of items. Charlies Jones says he lost $10 in a poker game but cannot recall where he played From his description police deduce he was likely in one of the nightly flyers conducted by the disrupted gambling element he found a way home after the incident.
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Mra
Thomas Kurstan
Yesler Way
Charlies Jones
Jones
Injured Trainmen Suffer From Cold
Between 15 and 20 trainmen were injured in a collision of a freight train and a work train on the Lake Erie and Western last night. They suffer from intense cold crammed in an unheated boxcar converted to a temporary hospital. The thermometer stood 18 degrees below zero. Snowdrifts are so high the wrecking train cannot reach the scene yet.
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Peru
Ind
Lake Erie & Western
Boot Black and Wife Seized Over False Refund Plot
The Diller hotel boot black James F. Farley and his saffron wife are jailed after a $75 registered letter loss linked to a hoax involving Clerk Mundrow. Inspectors Wayland and Marshal Stringer pursue the case as federal authorities determine charges. The couple plans to dodge trial by arguing the crime isn’t a federal offense.
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Uncle Sam
James FE. Farley
Diller Hotel
Golden Gate
Ebony Bootblack
Mundrow
Diller
Florence Wood
Virginia
Stewart
Inspector Wayland
United States
Marshal Stringer
Garret Anderson and Charles Shannon Sentenced for Laundry Burglary
Charlie Anderson and Charles Shannon pleaded guilty in superior court to burglarizing a laundry and received three years each in the state penitentiary. Telegraphic dispatches from Los Angeles report the death of F. A. Falkenburg, head counsel of the Woodmen of the World, at 7:05 this morning.
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Charlies Anderson
Charles Shannon
Los Angeles
F. A. Falkenburg
The
Woodmen of the World
Crall Trial Expected in Federal Court This Afternoon
James E Crall faces trial on charges of impersonating a secret service officer and fraud amid secrecy. Federal officials anticipate a conviction as presented evidence is described as conclusive.
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James E. Crall
Secret Service
Federal
Crall
Bell
Secret Service Bureau
Two Men Plead Guilty to Highway Robbery in Superior Court
George Conway and Richard Kane pleaded guilty to highway robbery in the superior court and received five years in the state penitentiary. They had robbed L. B. Knauss at Reneton.
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George Conway
Richard Kane
State Penitentiary
L. B. Knauss
Reneton
Public Buildings Budget Boost and Local Benefit Event
The House bill proposes a $100000 increase in cost limits for new federal buildings in Spokane and Tacoma, with new constructions at Baker City Oregon for $960000 and Eureka California for $125000. A Ryther Home benefit at Ballard raises funds for Mother Ryther and her orphans.
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Washington
House
Spokane
Tacoma
Baker City
Ore
Eureka
Cal
Ryther
Ballard
Junction
Young Dramatica Club
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Liberty Par
Scripps News Ass'n
Utah
Ecripps News Assn
Berlin
Die Berliner Zeitung
Warsaw
A_ dispatch
ST. Petersbludg
Togo
Far East
Kure
Navy Yard
Newcastle
Joe Bartolen
Beripps News Asan
Bootblack
Paris
Czagowski
Gustave Vellette
Czayowski
Con Czayowski
Mies Edith Col
Vanderbilts
Chauncey Depew
Scripps News Ass
Sacramento
Senate
California
Cheyenne
Wryo
William F. Cody
Rome
Cardinal Satolli
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