Taft Views Gatun Dam. Engineering Report Clears Doubts
Taft and engineers inspected forty miles of Culebra cut and found Gatun dam plans satisfactory. They say the dam is as strong as possible and the foundations are solid, with a report to Roosevelt refuting Rainey’s charges. Assembly members sign a statement denying any secret agreement involving Taft Cromwell or Farnham.
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Culebra
Panama
William H. Taft
Gatun
Watm
Wleer ‘Taft
Roosevelt
American Congress
Rainey
Vilnois
Domingo de Obaldia
National Assembly
Atlantic
Obaldia
Charles B. Taft
William Nelson Cromwell
Roger L. Farnham
Patton
Cromwell
Biller Sentenced to Life Prison Term in Mary Vizal Murder
Herman Binlek, freed from two years in the city jail after winning five reprieves from death, was sent to Joliet penitentiary to begin a life term for the murder of Mary Vizal.
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Chicago
Herman Binlek
Cnity
Joliet
Mary Vizal
New Schedule Adopted For Wisconsin State League
Milwaukee Wis Feb 1 opening games set for May 6 as 128 game schedule runs to Sept 12 Teams play Appleton Green Bay Oshkosh Fond du Lac Madison Racine Freeport Rockford replacing La Crosse and Wausau which were dropped for attendance.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ag Bullows
Greenbay
Appleton
Oshkosh
Fonduhne
Madison
Racine
Freeport
Rockford
LaCrosse
Wansan
Disabled steamer arrives in New York after rudder failure
The American liner St. Louis arrived at Ambrose channel lightship early today after a broken rudder delayed her by a week. From 130 miles off Sandy Hook she steered by twin screws.
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New York
St. Louis
Ambrose Channel
Sandy Floas
Clan Ranale wreck leaves 46 dead near Eidithbirg
The British steamer Clan Ranale is a total loss off Eidithbirg with the captain among the drowned. Forty six crew members perish, many of them Asians, while eighteen survivors are saved from the Melbourne voyage.
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Melbourne
Australia
Eidithbirg
Shaw Excused From Questions After World Officials Meeting
Washington reports a lengthy conference between District Attorney Baker and counsel for the New York World left J. Angus Shaw, secretary treasurer of the World, excused from answering questions on Friday for the present.
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Washington
Baker
New York World
J. Angus Shaw
The
World
Lincoln Half Dollars and Roosevelts in Public Notices
A wide range of items include Roosevelt sanction for Lincoln head on silver half dollars and Grover Cleveland portrait on 310 certificates. Strotz elected president of the Middlewest Bowling association. Say Against pugilistic exhibitions stirs Dubuque. national bank plans in Dyersville. Mounting storm damage and blizzards hit Iowa towns.
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United States
F. D. Johnston
Anters
Ind
Springfeld
St Joseph
George F. Strotz
Des Moines
Middlewest Bowling Association
Cortelyou
Grover Cleveland
Roosevelt
Lincoln
University of California
Barbor
California
George Busse
Ll. G. Tuckerman
New York
Aged Keokuk Man Burned To Death
Keokuk reports a 87 year old resident Peter Peterson died in a Sunday morning fire. The Niile frame residence he occupied was completely destroyed before firemen arrived. Only the head and trunk remained. it is inferred he fled his room and perished from smoke while seeking an exit. Peterson was one of Keokuk’s oldest residents.
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Keokuk
Peter Peterson
Niile
Peterson
No New Trial for E. E. Brees in Curry Case
Judge James A. Howe overruled the motion for a new trial in the case of B E Brees game warden against Joseph Curry. Curry was awarded 121.56 on his cross bill for nets and fishing tackle destroyed by Brees. The judgment entry was ordered this morning.
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Des Moines
Nice
James A. Howe
B. E. Brees
Joseph Curry
Curry
Brees
McManus Named to Iowa Health Boards
Governor Carroll appoints Dr. T. A. McManus of Waterloo to the state board of health and the state board of medical examiners, succeeding Dr. J. E. Sams of Clarion. Dr McManus previously served as Blackhawk County coroner. Sporle family leaves for Excelsior Springs for health improvement. In Wichita a special election set for tomorrow on adopting the commission system of city government following last spring's vote.
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Des Moines
Carroll
T. A. McManus
Waterloo
State Board of Health
State Board of Medical Examiners
MceManna
Blackhawk County
Br. J. E., Sams
Clarion
BA. Sporle Teft
Bycelsior Springs
Wichita
Kas
Fab. J
Unionites Quarrel at UMWA Convention in Indianapolis
At the United Mine Workers of America convention in Indianapolis on February 1 the administration party faced turbulence as John Walker of Illinois tried to denounce President Lewis and the International Executive Board over suspensions of Indiana district officers. A motion to extend debate favored Walker but he seated himself after. The committee’s report supporting the president’s actions appeared accepted, while the Lewis faction demanded a recall.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Administration
United Mine Workers of America
John Walker
Illinois
Lewis
International Executive Board
Jamid
Busse Killings Woman in Accidental Discharge in Chicago
George Busse, brother of Chicago mayor Fred A. Busse, discharged a revolver in his Walton Apartments room. The bullet fatality killed Lucius G. Tuckerman’s visitor, Mrs. Lucius G. Tuckerman, in the opposite flat while she dressed. Busse was exonerated by a coroner’s jury.
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Chicago
George Busse
Fred A. Busse
Walton Apartments
Lucius G. Tuckerman
Lis
Girard
Milton
Weau UM Strard
Busse
Bertha Lampke
Funeral of Prominent Winthrop Man Saturday
The funeral of Charles Tulloch was postponed from Friday to Saturday after noon due to a storm. Rev. Soules led services at the Route and the burial was in Fairview cemetery. Tulloch, 75, born in Canada, lived in Iowa, then Winthrop, with surviving wife Mrs Hartle Persley and children John and Mrs Munsey White.
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Winthrop
Charles Tulloch
Soules
Fairview
Tulloch
Waterloo
Canada
New York
Uilnois
Iowa
Elone Payne
John
Topeka
Kansas
Munsey White
Knterim
Hartle Persley
Fun M. & Church
Mew Train Service Restored by Great Western Railroad
The Chicago Great Western resumes two trains serving Waterloo and Cedar Falls after a two year halt. New time cards set No 3 running from Des Moines to Waterloo with stops at Waterloo Reinbeck Gindbrook and Marshall Town. A sleeper will be set out at Waterloo and picked up by No 2 in the morning. No 7 departs Dallas Center ten minutes after No 5 and No 88 leaves Des Moines at 5 am arriving Waterloo 1 pm. The service aims to aid travelers shippers and horse buyers at the semimonthly sale with a special eastbound train for shipments to Chicago.
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Chicago Great Western Grand
Rairoad
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
C. BR. Fiske
Delwelnel
Wille
Reinbeck
Gindbrook
Northwestern
Marshalltown
del] Weth
Des Moines
Wattrloo
Colwein
Fiske
East
Chicago
Boy Shot While Rabbit Hunting Near Winthrop
A Winthrop boy, Br , while removing a 22 rifle from a buggy after rabbit hunting, accidentally hit the hammer. The muzzle pointed at his body and the bullet lodged near the back. A surgeon removed it. the patient rests easily and shows signs of recovery.
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Wimnthrow
Reuben Gillie
Courts bar debts when trust is involved in Continental case
Washington Feb 1 The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Voight in Continental Wall Paper Co. v Lewis Voight and Laws of Cincinnati. The debt of 67000 was challenged on the ground that the plaintiff trust could not use courts to collect. The decision holds that an admitted trust organized contrary to law cannot use the courts to collect debts.
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Washington
Continental Wall Paper Company
Lewis, Voight and Laws
Cincinnatii
Supreme Court
Voight
Car Fare Is Raised In Cleveland Street Railway
Federal Judge Taylor orders a three to five cent fare increase on most Cleveland streetcar lines to meet operating costs and service debt. The move follows receivership instructions for the entire system amid financial strain. Meanwhile in Philadelphia, anxiety grows over the German steamer Marin Rickmers overdue ten days, under Captain Rupp and a crew of thirty-two, sailing from Grenock on January 2.
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Cleveland, Fel
Federa
Taylor
Philadelphiaa
Marin Rickmers
Rupp Carcledg
Grenock
Scotland
Waterloo Financial Totals Show Strong First Month Clears
The weekly and monthly summaries from J.B. Oxle & Co report Waterloo institutions clearing over $2.76 million in January with heavy loan activity and mortgage movements. Week totals include loan appraisals and transfers, while building and loan associations show loans of $4,221 and accumulations around $5, ... The period notes mortgage releases and satisfied records totaling deep sums.
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J.B. Oxle & Co
Waterloo
Biazard
Building and Loan Associations of
Mortelles
Nntrus Mient
Farmer Loses Forty Head Of Fine Cattle In Blizzard
Marshalltown Iowa February 1 Special: James McManus a farmer near St Anthony suffered severe losses in a Friday blizzard. He had sixty head of fine steers in a stock field the storm drove forty from pasture and their present value appears lost as the animals are dead and the rest are likely damaged.
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Marshalltown
James McManus
St. Anthony
McManus
Battle With Pistols Over Family Tangle Ends Fatal
In Madison Indiana Dee Brown is dead after a midnight attack on Henry Lochard and his wife. Lochard is seriously injured and Mrs. Lochard is believed fatally wounded. Brown reportedly traveled to the Lochard home to confront the couple before being shot by Lochard, who seized a pistol during the struggle. The dispute centers on Crown Browns wife, sister to Mrs. Lochard, leaving him.
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Madison
Ind
Dee Brown
Henry Lochard
Lochard
Sensational Trial of Woman Promised by Doctor's Wife Theft Charge
Boston man charges Martha Matelle Dunphy wife of a Gorton physician with stealing $8,000 in jewelry and securities from his hotel trunk. He testified that she sought money from him and borrowed $1,000 then $1,600 more. He said she claimed to inherit large sums from her California estate.
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Chicago
Des
Martha Matelle Dunphy
Gorton
Cufford
Charles FH
Glea Isa
Marg. Dunphy
Giles Toly
n-Boston
Syilnogg
Jestate
California
Giles
Supreme Court Pins Damages on Waters Pierca Oil Co
The U S Supreme Court rules Waters Pierca Oil Co of Missouri liable for damages in a 1902 fatal fire that killed Albert B Deselms wife and two children in Orlando Oklahoma. The award of 14600 is upheld, based on prior court findings that the blaze originated from oil supplied by the company.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Waters Pierca Oil Company
Misssouri
Albert B. Daselma
Orlando
Oklahoma
Triaal Court
East Gets Taste of Real Winter Weather
New York and eastern states faced the coldest spell of the season with readings near 28 degrees below zero at some Adirondack points and from 1 to 5 degrees below in central and western New York. Rail traffic remained passable while homeless New Yorkers endured exposure. thousands received food and shelter from public and private charities overnight.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Adironilacks
Scheller
Kentucky Sees Deep Cold and Livestock Loss
In central and eastern Kentucky the temperature keeps falling and farmers report great suffering in the mountains with significant livestock losses due to the cold. Meantime Kansas editors gather at Topeka for the Kansas Editorial Association annual meeting with discussions on the print paper problem and journalism schools.
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Lexington
Peh
Kentucky
Topeka
Kas
Kansas Editorial Association
Iscngston
Washburn College
Train Wreck Near Trashford Leaves Cars in River
A west bound passenger train derailed three miles from Trashford at noon, plunging engine baggage mail and smoking cars into Root river four to five feet deep. Spreading rails caused the wreck. About 30 on board, with around 15 injured. no fatalities reported. Also reported a big land deal as W P Lough and G A Leonard return from Texas, purchasing Slaughter ranch 100000 acres for 7 million and planning to subdivide into farms. Charles Scarber Getter, known as Shorty, recovering from two paralytic strokes. doctors hopeful for full recovery.
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Minn
Chicago, Milwanter and
St. Paul
Trashford
Root River
BIG Land Deal
W. P. Lough
G. A. Leonard
Texas
Big Springs Ranch
Soadh
Fit
Garzt
Dawson
Howard
Harden
Ty Fertility
Charles Scarber Getter
Chari¢a
Weol and Wie
Phyaklang
Sorrowful Waterloo Family Faces Child Death and Arrest Shooting
An infant son of the Lawrence family, William Marshall Lawrence, died after pneumonia amid a string of misfortunes since their Waterloo arrival. Husband John Lawrence, a suspected forger, was shot by A. B. Houston during arrest attempts, with the family receiving local aid. The Morrow child also died from croup as a yellow fever era style note closes.
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Lawrence
Swim
Wiliam Marshall Lawrence
Waterloo
John Lawrence
Indiana
A. B Houston
Lodinno
Blut Street
Baba
Jodiana
Train 23 Still Missing in Snow Griffa Disruption
No word has been received from train 23 of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line after it was lost in a snowstorm over the southern Minnesota division. Wires are down across the division, but the superintendent hopes to restore communication tomorrow.
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Ta Crassa
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Minnesota
Murder charge in fatal push onto revolving sawmill
Oakville Washington February 1 Merea Schinn is charged with killing Arthur Geatland by throwing him onto a revolving saw mill. Geatland suffered a severe back wound and died. Geatland formerly worked as a fireman on the Lake Shore railroad and had lived in Buffalo New York.
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Oakville
Wash
Merea Schinn Ja
Arthur Geatland
Geatland
Lake Shora
Buffalo
Ohio Cities Suffer Cold and Gas Shortage
Zero weather and a diminishing natural gas supply due to a serious break in the gas line affect Taleda and nearby towns. Factories closed and schools dismissed as Toledo, Lancaster, Upper Sandusky and others face the disruption.
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Ohio
Taleda
Brown Takes Office of Railroad President
New York Feb 1 William Brown of Iowa, who started forty years ago as a section hand on the St Paul railroad for a dollar a day, today became president of the vast system led by the New York Central. He assumed the post without changes to the road’s personnel. A marriage license was issued in Mounty to Prendts Dilford Stung 46 of Penstuma Tl and Lena Helen Sine son 24 of Dunkerton.
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New York
William ©. Brown
Iowa
St. Paul
Oday
New York Central
Prendts Dilford Stung
Penstuma
Lena Helen Sineson
Dunkerton
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