Roosevelt heads home as son improves at Groton
President Roosevelt departs Groton after a day of upbeat briefings on Theodore Roosevelt Jr’s pleuro pneumonia. Doctors report the boy’s lungs clearing and vital signs normal as Mrs Roosevelt stays at the school. Alice Roosevelt travels from Washington to join the family for the White House transition.
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Groton
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Washington
Ted
Powell
Cortelyou
Barnes
Peabody
Secret Service
Groton Station
Worcester
Alice Roosevelt
Jackson
Powell Cottage
President's Train Tour Slow Start Ends Pleasant Run
The President's schedule from Groton to Worcester faced a delayed start but achieved a 32 mile run in 50 minutes despite road curves and heavy grades. Crowds gathered at Ayer and Worcester stations to cheer as the private car was swapped for a New Haven engine and coach. In Worcester the President spoke from the rear platform, saying he was pleased by the turnout and that “the boy is all right” before continuing to Providence where he spent forty minutes.
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Groton
Ayer
Clinton
Worcester
Boston & Maine
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Union Station
Providence
Orcester
Roosevelt arrives to cheering crowds at Providence station
President Roosevelt greeted by a crowded platform in Providence as his private car was moved to a spur for the Federal Express stop. He thanked the crowd for their support and announced his son’s recovery. The Worcester to Woonsocket run was routine with two crossings. In New Haven, the Columbia car arrived at 11:25 p.m. with Roosevelt resting quietly after a late train, the trip ending a quiet night in the city.
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Providence
R. L
Union Station
Roosevelt
Worcester
Woonsocket
Boston
Washington
New Haven
Conn
Columbia
Federal Express
Roosevelt Train Reaches Mott Haven After Private Car Ride
The presidential car Columbia traveled without incident to Mott Haven where Roosevelt slept since 10 PM. Dr. Lambert left the train at Mott Haven and proceeded to his New York residence. The train then ferried to Jersey City’s Pennsylvania Station aboard the steamer Maryland. Alice Roosevelt will depart for Groton tomorrow to be with her ill brother Theodore Jr.
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New York
President Roosevelt
Columbia
Mott Haven
Lambert
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Groton
Theodore, Jr
Gunboat ride into mine injures eleven at Boston run colliery
Eleven men were injured at the Boston run colliery St Nicholas after a gunboat descended to the dump and was hoisted upward due to a mistaken signal. Severely hurt are Thomas Dunn Ritskus Francis Davis Koch with custody officials reporting Dunn and Ritskus likely to die. Engineer Bevan is missing.
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Pottsville
Boston Run
St. Nicholas
William Thomas
Owen Dunn
Joseph Ritskus
Joseph Francis
John Davis
Elmer Koch
William Bevan
De Wets Escape Most Dramatic Offensive in War
London dispatch details Lord Kitchener's fifty mile ring around De Wet's Boer forces at Heilbron. Armored trains and searchlights lit the night as Boers made desperate charges, gained moments of breakthrough, then were repelled with heavy fire. De Wet himself crossed the line as British heavy bombardment and rapid fire kept up.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Heilbron
de Wet
van Collers
Imperial Lighthorse
Heilbronfort
Three Against One Clash Off Agua Dulce
In Panama on February 12 the Colombian government fleet engaged the insurgent ship Padilla off Agua Dulce. After a one hour battle the government vessel Boyaca was lightly damaged while Padilla sustained three hits and withdrew under cover of insurgent shore guns.
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Panama
Colombia
Padilla
Agua Dulce
Gonbost Boyaca
Germany backs off on ultimatum to Venezuela
Berlin reports that the Foreign Office rejects rumors of an impending German ultimatum to Venezuela. The outlook improves and a friendly settlement of the disputed questions is now more probable.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Germany
Venezuela
Pensioners Swindled by Impostor Son of Pension Commissioner
Charles W. Evans, likely Charles Currence of Elkins, allegedly posed as a son of Pension Commissioner H. Clay Evans. He was arrested in Parkersburg W V and jailed in default of bail awaiting U S grand jury action. He is accused of swindling hundreds of elderly claimants by promising to secure pension increases of 10 to 15 dollars monthly for a fee.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Charles W. Evans
Charles Currence
Elkins
H. Clay Evans
United States Grand Jury
Ortiz Life Sentence Reduced to Five Years
A telegram from St. Paul reports Rafael Ortiz, a Porto Rican, had his life sentence for murder in Porto Rico commuted to five years at Stillwater peniten tiary. The case stirred debate over constitutional questions following the flag.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Rafael Ortiz
Stillwater
Minn
Orto Rico
Will rebuild his fort as Turner vows armed stand
In Kentucky at Lee Turner's fortress saloon the death toll rises with five confirmed dead Charley Cecil Middlesboro deputy sheriff Mike Welch Frank Johnson Perry Watson and Jeff P Prader buried in the Turner family plot Turner says he will raise a standing army of mountaineers to rebuild his fort and remain in the mountains if needed meanwhile the Middlesboro group gains volunteers and more men head to Mingo mines for Turner's aid. Deaths at another riot near Dyersburg also reported with Sum Little slain and John Pillow wounded.
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Middlesboro
Lee Turner
Charley Cecil
Mike Welch
Turner
Leutenant
Frank Johnson
Perry Watson
Jeff P. Prader
Russell
Excelsior
Mingo Mines
Lee
Ths Fort
Body of President’s grandson cremated in Cincinnati
The body of Rutherford Platt Hayes Jr. was cremated in Cincinnati after arriving from Asheville North Carolina. The mother could not attend the service.
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R. P. Hayes
Cincinnati
United States
Rutherford Platt Hayes
Eye
Asheville
N. C
Republican Clubs End Terre Haute Session Defeated Proposal
A Terre Haute league session ends with Republican clubs failing to pass a bid for biennial meetings as an annual proposition is defeated after several speeches and spirited addressing by local leaders.
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Terre Haute
New Lincoln League officers named after strong election vote
The Lincoln League of Indiana elected R. Harry Miller as president and Charles R. Lane as vice president at Terre Haute with Miller winning 1,792 votes to Crumbaker's 1,359. Janee Moynahan became secretary, Walter Mand treasurer, and district vice presidents were named from Evansville to Valparaiso. A proposed biennial meeting schedule failed, and resolutions praised Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Lincoln League of
Indiana
Evansville
Grand Opera House
R. Harry Miller
Fairmount
Charles R. Lane
Fort Wayne
Janee Moynahan
Orleans
Walter Mand
League
Senator Crumbaker
Hvansville
Miller
Crumbaker
A. M. Beasley
Vincennes
Joseph D. Poutch
New Albany
William A. Stevens
Columbus
R. C. Minton
Martinsville
Ray K. Shiveley
Richmond
E. 3. Boardman
Indianapolis
Edwin E. Hendee
Anderson
C. C. Holm
Attica
Grant Mitchener
Valparaiso
Brann
EB. McHenry
Waanh
O. W. Christy
Ligonier
C. C. Kelley
Knox
Vigo County
Gilbert
Lincoln
Union B. Hunt
James F. Statesman
Roosevelt
Jamess. Dodge
Will H. Craig
C. C. Lewis
George W. Krietenstein
Abraham Lincoln
Trtals
Wiliam McKinley
Rooseveltt
Sli
Ple
McKinley
Indiana Lincoln League elects R Harry Miller president
Wabash Ind Feb 13 R Harry Miller of Fairmount elected president of the Indiana Lincoln League. He is the son of the late Thomas C Miller with deep Indiana roots. Miller, 30, spent 15 years farming before moving to Peru for business and later ran a general merchandise operation in Fairmount, active in local Republican politics.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash
Ind
R. Harry Miller
Fairmount
Indiana Lincoln League
Thomas C. Miller
Robert Miller
Indiana
Miller
Josephine Kidd
Connersville
Maj
M. H. Kidd
Major Steele
Mr. Miller
Peru
Miss Haas
Tipton
Lincoln banquet set by Boone county Republicans
Lebanon Ind February 13 All arrangements completed for a Lincoln banquet to be held Friday night with five hundred covers. Out of town guests expected including state officers Auditor Hart Attorney General Taylor State Superintendent Jones. Attending state office candidates Daniel E Storms Frank Martin Jacob Juel Merrill Moores and Charles A Miller E E Neal L S Baldwin. Hon A B Hunt secretary of state to deliver Lincoln themed address. Supper by Methodist Church ladies Lebanon Orchestra providing music.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lebanon
Ind
Boone County
Hart
Taylor
Jones
Daniel E. Storms
Frank Martin
Jacob Juel
Merrill Moores
Charles A. Miller
E. E. Neal
Supreme Court
L. 8. Baldwin
Congress
Goodrich
Fred Sims
A. B. Hunt
Lincoln
The
Methodist Church
Panic on Two Trains In Elevated Crash Injures Dozens
New York February 13 Two express trains on the Third Avenue Elevated collided at one hundred fourth street causing a panic among hundreds of passengers. Seven riders suffered serious injuries including May Murray Robert Harris A B Peterson John Duane R J Cooley Mrs Albert Roberts and William H Newman along with cuts and shock reported. The rear train failed to switch as required and telescoped the first train’s rear coach where most injuries occurred.
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New York
R. J. Cooley
Albert Roberts
New Rochelle
William H. Newman
Wrecks on Erie Line Near Warren Injure Several
A Cleveland to New York Eastbound Erie train wreck near Warren Ohio left several passengers injured with no fatalities expected. George Thomas and Cora James were among those hurt but improving, while President Ramsey and General Manager Blickendorfer traveled to New York. On the Toledo line a Pennsylvanian vestibuled train derailed at Helena after a rail broke, no fatalities, with injuries to Harry Ruday T Geiger and Mrs Harold Chesterfield. Trains rerouted via Lake Michigan Western and Hocking Valley.
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Cleveland
New York
Erie Road
Warren
George Thomas
Youngstown
Cora James
M. Goldsmith
Ramsey
Toledo
Pennsylvania
Helena
Gage
Harry Rueday
T. Geiger
Harold Chesterfield
Detroit
Wwania
Lake Gs
Hocking Valley
New Road Route Pogue's Run for Indianapolis Southern
A semi official outline of the Indianapolis city franchise to the Indianapolis Southern Railroad sets the route via Pogue's Run through the city to Union Station and fixes a 30 cent per ton coal rate. The board of works weighs track rights future coal roads and plans a Belt entry before city construction begins.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Southern Railroad Company
Joss
Board of Works
Indianapolis Southern
Pogue
Hmits
Southern Avenue
White River
Pogue's Run
Wisconsin Street
Union Station
Louisiana Street
Romaine Avenue
Burford Street
Norman Street
Vassle Street
Raymond Street
Homestead Street
Morris Street
Wilkins Street
Ray Street
McCauley Street
Mererill Street
South Street
Gevisk
Inedianapolis
Anderson
Pennsylvania
Monon
Commercial Club
Andersen
D. M. Parry
Indianapolis Southern Company
Southern
Indianapolis Street Railway
Indianapollo Southern
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Kitchener
House of Commons
Brodrick
Remount Department
New Orleans
Commissioner Evans
Ortis
Kentucky
Dyersburg
Tenn
Miller, Lane, Moynahan and
Mandy
America
Third Avenue Elevated
Ers
Ohio
Erie
Geiger
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