Storm causes serious washouts along Southern Pacific
A Pacific coast storm disrupts rail and telegraph lines from Santa Barbara to Ashland. Seven hundred feet of track washed away at Oceana, with many routes blocked, heavy Sierra snow, and trains halted from Davisville to Marysville. Officials warn continued rain and flood risk as rivers rise.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast Line
California
Weather Bureau
Southern Pacific Railroad
Lnes
Santa Barbara
Ashland
Oregon
Trafic
Oceana
Pacific Coast Railroad
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Pacific
Sacramento Valley
Davisville
Maryeville
Yosemite Valley
Sierras
Nevada
Summit
Truckee
Renn
Snow Records Fall as Reno Sees Heavy Snowstorm
Reno Nevada reports eight inches in the last day and a half setting a winter record. Summit, the highest Sierra rail station, records eighteen feet, with five feet in the last three days. Seven feet at Truckee, three from the recent storm. Storms blanket state and Utah. trains running well behind schedule.
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Reno
Nev
Summit
Sierras
Truckee
Utah
Baldwin's Condition Reports Slow News on Santa Anna
In Los Angeles on February 8 rumors spread that KH J Baldwin was dead after failure to obtain information from Santa Anna. Later word arrived that Baldwin has slightly improved, though direct contact with his ranch is still cut off due to the storm breaking wires.
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Los Angeles
Santa Anna
J. Baldwin
Baldwin
Negroes Still Ugly in Pittsburg Hearing Postponed
A Pittsburg crowd gathered at the police station after James Dickson, a Black man, was arrested for insulting a White woman. The hearing was postponed due to the woman's absence. A plain clothes officer attempted arrest on Mekson Saturday night. Dickson fought fiercely, prompting a large threatening crowd.
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Pittsburg
Enst Ted
James Dickson
Mekson
Dickson
Offcer
Train wreck after colliding with open switch near Coldwater
Illini Central train No. 32 known as the fast mall collided with an open switch near Coldwater Mississippi early today. Two men were killed outright and fifteen others injured. Names include Martin Stanley fireman Memphis and George Barnett engineer among the injured. Several more remain under debris. The wreck halted in front of Coldwater post office with all coaches overturned except the last Pullman.
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Memphis
Feb
Coldwater
Miss
Martin Stanley
George D. Matthews
Museo Victoria
George Barnett
L. F. Ifeber
Hugh Wickley
J. F. Stephens
J. F. Kenderfer
Mississippi
F. Dp. Cameron
Mre
C. L. Harber
Brownsville
Tenn
Ex President Eliot Speaks On Ethics Of Industrialism
Chicago Feb 8 The sixth general convention of the Religious Education association will convene next Tuesday for a three day session. Prominent speakers from this and foreign countries will attend including James Bryce British ambassador. Ex President Eliot of Harvard will discuss the ethics of industrialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Religious Education Association
Great Britain
James Bryce
William R. Harper
University of Chicago
Francis ( Peabody
Harvard University
Eliot
George Robinson Enters Another Automobile Race
George Robinson the Vanderbilt cup and Fairmont Park winner and 24 hour world record holder has entered the hundred mile and other stock car races by the New Orleans Automobile Club on February 20 and 22. He will drive a 90 horsepower car that raced at Savannah last fall and holds the 24 hour record of 1,177 miles.
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New Orleans
George Robinon
New Orleans Automobile Club
Savannah
Stage In New York Narrowed By Immoral Examples
Archbishop Fartey preached at St Patrick’s Cathedral lamenting decay in moral standards. He warned that old preachers urged self denial for salvation while society promotes vice in public venues and theatres with shameless behavior among both young and old.
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New York
Archbiishop Fartey
St. Patrick's
Boston to honor Abraham Lincoln in notable tribute
Boston prepared a commemorative week with Julia Ward Howe reading a Lincoln poem at Symphony Hall and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge giving an ovation before the Massachusetts General Court. Maine marks February 12 as a legal holiday while Burlington Vermont hosts General Oliver Otis Howard speaking in the Lincoln observance.
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Boston
New England
Abraham Lincoln
Julia Ward Howe
Symphony Hall
Henry C. Lodge
Lincoln
Assembly of the
House
Senate
State House
Bos-ton
Maine
Burlington
Oliver O. Howard
Hatters Appeal for Funds in Nationwide Strike
New York February 8 The United Hatters of North America appeal for funds to support their strike. It is estimated seventy thousand dollars a week are needed to provide benefits to about 20 000 striking hatters. The Central Federated Union discussed the strike and a committee urged city officials to place the union label on police helmets. Police Commissioner Bingham reportedly approved.
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New York
United Hatters
North America
Central Federated Union
Bingham
Thunderstorm disrupts California rail lines near Oceana
A February thunderstorm battered central California with lightning and heavy showers. A landslide at Oceana between San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara on the Southern Pacific east line blocked the track, with service not resuming until clearance.
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San Francisco
Oceana
San Luis Oblapo
Santa Barbara
Southern Pacific
Peculiar Lightning Flash Burns Wireless Operator in San Francisco
In San Francisco a freak lightning strike deflected through wireless signals to the operating room of a wireless station. William J. Smith, the operator, received severe burns and etched skin designs after a violent electrical storm hit the city. He recovered and returned to work.
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San Francisco
William J. Smith
Smith
Lurline
Mohican
Honolulu
Frenchman Arrested on Charge of Swindling
Paris police yesterday arrested Paul Difresnay on a warrant issued by an examining magistrate for swindling. The action followed numerous complaints and the case proceeds under police and judicial scrutiny.
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Paris
Tech
Paul Difresnay
French-American Steamship Line owner fled to US years ago
Dufresnay, once convicted of fraudulent bankruptcy, fled to the United States sixteen years ago. He later returned to Paris and opened a grand office under the French American Steamship Line banner. He employed twenty five workers who allegedly invested between 100 and 1000 dollars each, under the claim they were engaged by him.
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Dufresnay
United States
Paris
War clouds loom as Nicaragua Salvador feud grows
Panama reports steamship arrivals describe warlike Salvadoran and Nicaraguan preparations. Dispatches claim Salvadorean president Figueroa inspects ports while revolu tionists led by Alfaro, aided by Nicaragua, plan an invasion. Guatemalan influence stirs rumors of a plot against Nicaragua's Zelaya.
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Panama
Salvador
Nicaragua
Figuera
Alfiro
Managuay
Guatemala
Presidente
Pigiera
Cabrera
Zelaya
Japan is not for war anti Japanese agitation in US and UK
A Washington dispatch reports that Japan favors arbitration to settle disputes with the United States and seeks submission of questions to The Hague. The piece notes alarm over anti Japanese sentiment in British Columbia and possible outbreaks against Asiatics, with Bryce informing Britain of the situation.
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Chicago
Records-Herald Today
Washington
Japan
United States
Pacific
Toklo
International Court of Arbitration
The
Hague
British Columbia
Bryce
England
America
Cosmopolitan New World Civilization Idea Emerges
Colorado Springs reports G S Pheps secretary of the International committee of the Y M C A says the new world civilization will be cosmopolitan not Anglo-Saxon German or Slav. He notes Japanese friendship toward the United States and urges broad non discriminatory global engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
G. S. Pheps
International Committee of the
Kyoto
Japan
United States
Track Washed Away Blocks Coast Travel Near Oceano
Severe storm washes away about seven hundred feet of track near Oceano California halting all traffic on the Southern Pacific coast division. Emergency crews assess damage and begin temporary repairs as service remains suspended.
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San Luis Obispo
Cal
Oceano
Coast Division
Southern Pacific
Burlesque Exchange Echoes Quaint Slang Dialogue
A fragment from a Tatler page features a sharp exchange with rough dialect. One speaker accuses the other of insincerity while the other responds about hunger and weariness. The tone captures a lively, whimsical social vignette.
Bridges Washed Out In Arroyo Seco Floods
Flood conditions along the Arroyo Seco caused by heavy mountain rains washed out multiple bridges on the Salt Lake and Santa Fe lines and the Pasadena avenue bridge on the Pacific Electric. City bridges posted danger signals and the Santa Fe main bridge at Avenue 5 sank eighteen inches, delaying the Overland Limited as passengers were moved by streetcars and autos. Outhouses, buildings, and vehicles were carried away. banks widened up to thirty feet and the arroyo altered its course between Avenue 44 and the mouth.
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Los Angeles
Arroyo Seco
Glendale
Salt Lake
Santa Fe
Pasadena Avenue
Pacific Electric
Avenues 26
Avenue 5
Overland Limited
Avenue 44
Engineer saves train as bridge buckles under storm
In Los Angeles on a night of heavy rain Engineer W Baldwin of the Santa Fe San Bernardino local hesitated between retreating and pilot of the engine across a sagging bridge at Avenue 35 and the Arroyo Seco. The arroyos torrent undermined concrete piles and the fourteen car train slid onto the bridge. Baldwin opened throttle and guided the engine to safety. Passengers evacuated via electric cars as the inbound Los Angeles limited was halted and the second section rerouted via Riverside.
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Los Angeles
Cal
W. Baldwin
Santa Fe
San Bernardino
Avenue 35
Arroyo Seco
Pasadena
Baldwin
World Temperance Conference Proposed in Washington
A bill by Representative Sheppard of Texas calls for a world temperance conference to be held within a year in Washington. Nations at The Hague Conference would be invited to send at least twelve delegates to craft methods for international cooperation to curb traffic in intoxicants narcotics and harmful drugs. The president would appoint up to one hundred U S delegates.
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Washington
Josembly
Sheppard
Texas
United States
Endurance Test at Alaska Yukon Exposition
A competitor plans a grueling mile-a-hour pace for twelve days at the Alaska Yukon Exposition and must stay in top condition to complete the challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaka-Yukon Exposition
Crack Skaters Set to Compete in New York Event
Crack Skaters of Canada and the United States arrive at St. Nicholas rink for an international amateur indoor skating championship. Focus centers on Edmund Lamy of Saranac Lake New York amid strong entries from Chicago Milwaukee and other cities. Lamy faces racing board registration questions and may be required to return prizes won earlier if improper registration is confirmed.
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New York
Canada
United States
St. Nicholas
Edmund Lamy
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Montreal
Lamy
Sual
A. Anderson
Harry Raad
Chicago
Charles T. Fisher
Milwaukee
Eastern Amateur Skating Association
Abducted Tucson Mining Manager Returns to Tacoma
T A Cox general manager of the Arizona and Pittsburg Mining and Smelting company Tucson Ariz disappeared December 11 and walked into Tacoma Wash from Puget Sound port February last He says he was abducted December 26 from San Francisco and placed aboard a ship robbed of jewelry watch and about 175 He is penniless ragged and shaken but rational and will detail his forty eight days of captivity after contacting friends in San Francisco and Tucson He is a member in good standing of Tucson lodge B P O E No 385 and plans to seek legal action to bring his abductors to justice
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Tacoma
Wash
T. A. Cox
Arizona & Pittsburg Mining & Smelting Company
Tucson
Ariz
Puget Send
Cox
Shane Haled
San Francisco
Lodge B
Elka
Patagonia
Pittsburg
California
Killed Man for Thirty Seven Cents Charged in Mexico Case
In Morelia a man named Jesus Lopez, who murdered Jesus Juarez for thirty seven cents, fled after the January 1903 killing. He bit by a mad dog, was sent to Mexico City for Pasteur treatment, and was recognized as the suspect there before being returned for trial.
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Morelia
Mex
Jesus Lopez
Lopez
Mexico City
Morella
Jesus Juarez
Juarez
Juares
Pasadena athlete vows 110 mile walk in 24 hours
Eugene Ea topper, an athlete from Pasadena, announces plans to begin on Wednesday a 110 mile walk from Pasadena to San Diego within 24 hours as a training stunt. He has also contracted to run 1,000 miles.
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Pasadena
Cal
Eugene Eatopper
San Diego
Perkins to Make Reply on Naval Policy in Senate
Senator Perkins of California prepared to defend his stance on the Japanese agitation and naval program as President Roosevelt attacks him. He notes growth in ships and sailors since 1893 and cites his votes for naval budget increases except for a four-battleship one-year plan, urging review of the congressional record for accuracy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Perkins
California
Pacific Coast
Senate
Senate Naval Affaires Committee
Congressional
Fiendish Crime of Negro in Ottumwa Murder Case
In Ottumwa Iowa February Joe Hopkins a government meat inspector and leading local Black figure is suspected in the brutal murder of 28 year old Clara Rosen a choir singer who was killed Friday night. A first degree murder charge was filed against Hopkins by the police chief. Rosen was to be married the next day to Sanford Carlson a mine owner from Ironton Wyoming.
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Brady
Lim
Ottumwa
Joe Hopkins
John Morrell Packing Company
Clara Rosen
Hopkins
Sanford Carlson
Ironton
Wyoming
Former banker Morse seeks bail again in federal appeal
In New York during February, Charles W. Morse deserting the national banking laws seeks bail from the United States circuit court of appeals pending his appeal of a 15 year federal sentence. Morse lies in the Tombs where prior bail requests failed but fresh action follows his counsel’s petition upon filing. Prominent merchants, railroad men, bankers, brokers and other leaders sign in support. John W. McKinnon of the National Bank of North America also signs, with stockholders backing Morse’s plea.
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New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
Morse
Bai
John W. McKinnon
National Bank of North America
Louis 81 Feb Wool Unchanged Territory and Western Mediums
Readable OCR fragment notes Louis 81 February Wool and mentions unchanged territory with Western mediums 17all, fine mediums 16017, fine 12al4. Context sparse, no clear event or entities beyond Louis and numbers.
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Louis
Closing Quotations World Markets New York Fair
Opening changes in prices of stocks were mixed with slight gains for Denver & Rio Grande Denver and Reading and Peoples Gas while Kansas & Texas and Brooklyn Transit slipped. Wall Street showed a heavy, lethargic tone though some leaders like Union Pacific Reading Missouri Pacific Chesapeake & Ohio and Denver & Rio Grande covered wider ranges.
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New York
China
Denver & Rio Grands
Reading and Peoples
Denver A& Rilo Grande
Kansas & Texas
Brooklyn Transit
Union Pacific
Reading
Missouri Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Denver & Rio Grande
Northwestern
People's Gas
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Maryland
Sloss
Sheffield Steel
Colorado & Southern
United States Realty
American Cotton
National
Westinghouse
Plectric
Market closes show steady to higher demand across sectors
New York stocks list includes Amalgamated Copper 75 2-4, American Car and Foundry 56 1-2, U S Steel 529.2, United States Steel ota 118 1-8, and Dow components. commodity receipts indicate cattle hogs and sheep volumes in Kansas City and Chicago with firm to higher tone. wheat and corn futures mix with May and July contracts noted.
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Amalgamated Copper
American Car and Foundry
American Smelting
American Sugar Refining
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison Railway
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeare and Ohio
Chicago Northwestern
Chicago
MIL and
St Paul
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Colorado and Southern
Delaware and Hudson
Denver and Rio Grande
Denver and Rilo Grande
Erie Railway
Great Northern
Great Northern Oroatia
Illinois Central
New York Central
Reading Railway
Rock Island Co
Sr Rock Island Co
Southern Pacific
IB Southern Railway
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Ota
Wabash Railway
Western Union
Standard Old Company
Heeves
Western
Kansas City
Two Men Die in Deslodge Pistol Duel
In Leadwood Missouri on a February night George Ketcherside and John Hughes fought a duel in front of Mrs Adams home. Both men fired at close range, each receiving five bullets. Hughes died within minutes and Ketcherside died before help arrived as curious citizens aided the aftermath.
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Deslodge
George Ketcherside
John Hughes
Leadwood
Hero
Hughes
Ketcherside
Adams
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Abe Lincoln
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Guynor
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World Temperance Conference
Mad Dog
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Metal Market
Atttack
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