Train Hold-up Near Denver by Two Bandits
Denver and Rio Grande passenger No. 4 was halted at 3 15 am between Fort Logan and Denver by two bandits. They fired on the crew, loaded three packs of registered mail into a sack, and escaped toward Fort Logan. Authorities scoured the area as clerks and a small ransom potential circulated with reported packages and currency.
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Denver
Denver & Itte Grande
Fort Logan
Logan
Santa Fe Junction
Post Ofice Department
Secret Service
Mice
Armstrong
United States
Atiis
Salt Lake City
Unis
Gunn
Lessig
Engineer Gunn
Mttle
Ginn
Coin 3
Taylor
Tellow
Guan
Boar
Army Post
Littleton
Petereburs
Chicago Editor Sparks Discussion On Knox Eligibility
Chicago editor Dr Eugene Murray-Aaron sparks uproar by suggesting Senator Knox may be ineligible for secretary of state. He sent a January 26 carbon copy letter to Taft raising constitutional barriers and notes he considered writing to Taft before choosing Knox.
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Senator
Taft
Eugene Murray-Aaron
American Geographie Institute
Murray-Aaron
House
Senate
Wasnington
Knox
Arril
Senator Knox
United States
Revolver Shootout Echoes Deadwood Dick Tale in Brooklyn
In New York on February 12 Gastano Geli a Brooklyn saloonkeeper was held up at his bar. He drew a pistol and shot the weapon from the robber's hand. A police officer and the wounded man and his companion were placed under arrest.
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New York
Deadwood Dick
Brooklyn
Gastano Geli
New Jersey Case Mirrors Knox Eligibility for Secretary post
Trenton February 12 The case mirrors Senator Knox about eligibility for the secretary of State in New Jersey. The question on the office's eligibility has been studied by Governor George 1 Werts in the winter session, with confusion over the oaths and terms.
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Supreme Bench
Knox
Werts
New Jersey
Sen
Trenton
N. J
Poc. Knox
Pennsylvania
George 1
Black Hand Uses Auto in Harlem Attack
Assassin fires on Gus Merino a Harlem junk dealer who had received threats for weeks. Merino drops to the sidewalk feigning death, the shooter jumps back into the car and the machine speeds away. The incident marks a new method by the Black Hand in New York.
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New York
Black Hand
Gus Merino
Harlem
Merino
Drowning narrowly averted as golfers form human chain
Chicago Feb 13 William Hough assistant auditor of the Pullman Company nearly drowned in the Calumet Country Club lagoon. While retrieving a ball the ice broke and plunged him into thirty foot deep water. Companions formed a human chain using golf clubs to pull him to safety.
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Chicago
William Hough
Aesistant
Pullman Company
Calumet Country Club
Hough
Bint
Mr. Hough
Mr Hough
Gruel Joke Targets Aged Civil War Vet on Broadway
Robert Morgan, a Civil War veteran and G A R member, was duped by a diner joke on Broadway that led to his humiliation and arrest. A police lieutenant covered the meal bill at Wealth Street station, then Morgan returned the money to repay the officer after the stranger vanished.
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New York
Robert Morgan
Firal
Broadway
Wealth Street
Mistake Made in a Prisoner's Sentence
Chicago reports State's Attorney Wayman probing James O'Neill case after he sought release from Joliet penitentiary claiming a sentence error. O'Neill says he pleaded guilty to larceny two years ago and was told a one year term but Joliet records show twenty years.
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Chicago
Wayman
James O'Neill
Hollet
Kersten
Joliet
Freight Loss Prevention Plan Noted by Chicago Commerce
Chicago February 14 The Chicago Association of Commerce in cooperation outlines measures to prevent loss of freight in transit. The item stresses coordinated efforts among shippers carriers and police to reduce theft and damage.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Association of Commerce
Railroads launch freight loss prevention education drive
The traffic committee is distributing thousands of copies of a pamphlet titled Why Freight is Lost or Damaged. The material explains common packing mistakes and shows how to reduce losses by proper handling and securing shipments.
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Traffe Committee
Lincoln Birthday Observances Stir Southern Sentiment
Washington reports speakers at a Lincoln centennial ceremony at Masonic Temple as Ambassador Nabuco and several U S figures reflected on Lincoln’s legacy. Thomas Nelson Page recalled Southern hatred in his boyhood with hope that anti Lincoln bias is waning, while others urged monuments alone cannot preserve his memory.
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Washington
Cannon
Thos
Masonic Temple
Lincoln
Joaquin Nabuco
Brazil
Justies
Ww. P. Stafford
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Thomia Nelson Page
John BR. Henderson
Missouri
Canton
Thomas Nelson Page
South
North
Wille
Union Jack Raised Over Stars and Stripes Causes Complaint
In New York on Lincoln day Gustavus Henning a consulting engineer living on West 142nd Street displayed a British union jack above the stars and stripes. Neighbors reported it to police and detectives ordered the flag lowered to the level of Old Glory. Henning complied and the two flags flew side by side for the rest of the day.
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New York
Gustavus Henning
Weat 142Nd Street
Hennening
Henning
Organized Labor Fails to Observe Lincoln Birthday in New York
In New York on February 13 organized labor did not hold special Lincoln birthday events. AFL President Gompers had urged affiliated unions to observe the occasion. An organizer cited failure to secure a hall for a main meeting as the reason for the lack of gatherings and protests against Judge Wright's decision against Gompers, Mitchell, and Morrison.
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Organized Labor
New York
Lincoln
Gompore
American Federation of Labor
Wright
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Woman Struck by Hatchet Attacker in Chicago
Miss Agnes Urid erie was attacked on the street by an unidentified man with a hatchet. She has a broken jaw and a deep facial gash and is hospitalized. Police cannot locate the assailant and suspect mistaken identity.
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Chicago
Agnes Uriderie
California Politician Warns White Supremacy Over Asian Influx
In New York speaking before the Lincoln club, Californias Juline Kahn argued California must remain a white man’s country. He warned that if Oriental influence grows the white man may be forced to retreat to the Mississippi. He praised Japan for migration controls but urged stricter limits if conditions don’t improve.
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New York
Lincoln Club
Brooklyn
Juline Kahn
California
Lant Nebt
Mississippi
Kahn
Japan
Ihem
Mexico City Reports Ongoing Colima Eruption and Tremors
The eruption near Mount Colima continues with ash and cinders falling on Colima Tuxpan Capoltlan and surrounding towns. Forests are burning and animals flee settlements as tremors persist from Coalcoman Patzemuaro Ario and Tacambrice. Water shortages hit Lake Chichananat in Yucatan after diminishing waters.
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Mexico City
Mount Colima
Colima
Tuxpan
Cap- Otlan
Coalcoman
Patzemuaro
Arion
Tacamabrice
Yucatan
Chichananat
Judge Dent Fined for Keeping Whiskey in Georgia
Judge W R Dent United States commissioner was fined 100 dollars in Newman Georgia city court for keeping whiskey for sale. Police seized five barrels consigned to Henry Smith identified as Dent. He admitted a taste for whiskey and said he bought a supply to preserve his usual drink amid prohibition reforms.
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Newman
W. FR. Dent
United States
Henry Smith
Smith
Judge Dent
Jabez White Eyes Bid for Nelson Lightweight Title
English welterweight Jabez White, back in New York after nearly four years, challenges Bat Nelson for the lightweight championship. White arrived with prior victories, recalls his 1905 tour, and says he is in better shape than before to face the American champion.
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New York
Jabez White
Batting Nelson
White
England
Jimmy Britt
San Francisco
Pride of
California
Featherweights Fight Ends In Draw In New Orleans
Johnny Lynch of Boston and Wile Jones of Brooklyn fought ten rounds to a draw before the Royal Athletic Club in New Orleans on February 13.
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New Orleans
Johnny Lynch
Boston
Wile Jones
Brooklyn
Royal Athletic Club
Highwaymen Robbery Reported in Los Angeles
Los Angeles reports two masked highwaymen held up and robbed a victim on February 13. Details are sparse as the investigation continues, and police seek leads on the crime.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Tracks Cleared After Landslides Halt Coast Line
The Southern Pacific coast line stalled in Santa Barbara last night trapping over eight hundred passengers in the city’s hotels. Early today tracks were cleared of landslides and washouts repaired restoring service.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Southern Pacific Coast Line
Man Forced to Break Marathon Record to Escape Bullets
A man yesterday morning was forced to beat the marathon record to stay out of range of bullets fired by a rising policeman. Police know little about the victim and doubt he will cooperate, still haunted by the memory of the flying bullets.
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Fan Wade
Liiely
Washington to Have First Aeronautic Supply House
Washington February 13 This city will host the world s first aeronautic supply house organized as the National Aeronautical Development company Ltd Propeller inventor EF Ht Young and F L Rice will fit their device to the airplane built by Representative Boultier Ames of Massachusetts The company will also handle the Berliner propeller and aims to supply any part of a machine to promote public interest in aeronautics.
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Washington
Aeronautice
National Aeronautical Development Company, Ltd
EF. Ht. Young
F. L. Rice
Buotler Ames
Massachusetts
Emil Berliner
Three Suicides Within Hours Shock Chicago Residents
Chicago reports three suicides in a few hours. Mary Watking hanged herself indoors, her husband finding the body. Mary Kolle discovered her husband Michael hanging in the attic after years of illness. Pauline Miller killed herself with a gun after returning home from work.
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Chicago
Mary Watking
Mary Kolle
Michael
Kolle
Pauline Miller
Policeman Frey Rescues Two Man Amid Gas Fumes
Chicago on February 13. Policeman Joan Frey risked his life to save Frank Cullen and J. J. Smith who had crawled into a car tank and were overcome by gas. Fifty volunteers refused to attempt the rescue before Frey entered the tank, emerged with both men, but collapsed unconscious.
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Chicago
Joan Frey
Frank Cullen
J. J. Smith
Frey
Over-Study Causes Girl's Despondency in Pelham
New York Feb 13 Florence Wahle 17 daughter of ex City Magistrate Wahle died after inhaling gas in Pelham New York. Despondency from over study is believed to have prompted the act. Father found her unconscious on her bed. physician arrived but she died within an hour.
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New York
Florence Wahle
Wahle
Forest Castle Foundered in Bay of Brest Bering No Loss of Life
A dispatch from Brest reports the British steamer Forest Castle foundered in the Bay of Brest. All crew members are reported safe. The vessel had sailed from Bordeaux on January 27 bound for Bilbao and was owned by Forest Oak Steamship Company Limited.
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Bay London
Lioyds
Brest
Forest Castle
Bay of Mrest
Bordeaux
France
Bilboa
Forest Oak Steamship Company, Limited
Qi Newcantic
Julia Ward Howe Recites Poem at Lincoln Memorial Meeting
Thousands fill Symphony hall in Boston for a public meeting honoring Lincoln. Julia Ward Howe, in her nineties, appears and recites an original poem in a powerful voice. No injuries reported amid the crush of attendees.
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Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Mass
Symphony Hall
Lincoln
Protocol Signed Calms Venezuela-US Dispute
Special Commissioner Buchanan telegraphs that he has signed a protocol with the Venezuelan government to settle the disputes with the United States. He will leave Caracas for home Tuesday.
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Washington
Buchanan
State Department
United States
Caracas
Wireless torpedo claimed invention debut in Chalons
Chalons en Champagne France February 13 A wireless torpedo designed by engineer Gabet was launched on the river yesterday The device is said to be ten times more powerful than the white bead It measures thirty feet in length weighs about 8000 pounds and carries an explosive load near 1890 pounds
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Chalons-en-Saone
France
Gabet
Firemen Die in Warehouse Blaze in Milwaukee
Five firemen are dead and ten injured in a warehouse fire at Johns Manville and Netsnow plants on Claybourne Street Milwaukee. The roof collapse during roof-top fighting caused the fatalities as the buildings burned, with an estimated loss of 200000 dollars.
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Milwaukee
Johns Manville Manufacturing Company
Claybourne Street
Netsnow Manufacturing Company
Netsnow
La Follette to push reform of Senate committees
Wisconsin Senator La Follette leads new Republicans in seeking a reorganization of Senate committee appointments. He argues current structure concentrates power in a minority and plans to distribute business more broadly in the next congress.
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LA Follette
Senate
Washington
House
Wisconsin
Haling
Balloon makes a flight with six persons
From Portland Maine on February 13 the Ble Pomme completed the longest New England balloon journey to date. It carried six people including Dr. Julian P. Thomas owner and six others in the car. The craft took off from North Adams Massachusetts at 12:05 and landed near Stanilish close to Lake Sebero about 7:30 p.m. The group traveled roughly 175 miles with Ley Stevens acting as pilot.
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Portland
New England
Lake Sebero
North Adams
Mass
Pommern Ln
St. Louis
Oscar
Germany
H. H. Clayton
Boston
Atlantic
New Jersey
Julian P. Thomas
New York
Thomas Tennyson
Odin Wilbur R. Kimball
Wm. Greene
Henry Meisner
Ley Stevens
Mr. Stevens
Erie Railroad Issued Bonds Authorized by Public Service Board
Albany Feb 15 The public service commission second district grants Erie Railroad authority to issue 30000000 collateral trust gold bonds at 5 percent maturing in thirty years. Funds cover coupons on 4 percent fifty year bonds, note refunding, and improvements with restrictions set on use and value.
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Albany
Public Service Commission
Second District
Erie Railroad Company
Girl Dies From Ptomaine Peanut Poisoning in Pittsburgh
Pittsburg February 13 Catherine Lydon seven years old died last night after a brief illness believed caused by ptomaine poisoning from eating peanuts. The death adds to local concerns over foodborne illness and peanut exposure in the community.
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Pittsburg
Catherine Lydon
Tragic Deaths After Gold Mine Find Near Nahanni River
Chan McLeod arrives in Edmonton with tale of brothers Frank and William McLeod murdered after locating a valuable Nahanni River mine. Scot mining engineer Robert Wolf accompanied them. murderers felled trees to erase records and mutilated the bodies. Father is a Hudson Bay Company official.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Closing Quotations Of World Markets
Chicago reports cattle receipts about 25 000 and hog receipts around 42 000 with prices down modestly. Wheat and corn futures list several months with prices mixed while lard and rye market figures are noted. cattle and hogs show weaker undertone and bulk sales around current ranges.
Kansan City Livestock Receipts and Prices Report
Kansas City livestock receipts on February 13 show native steers at 4.60 to 6.50, cows and heifers 2.25 to 5.75, calves 2.50 to 6.50, western steers 3.60 to 6.25, western cows 2.75, hog receipts around 7,000 with bulk sales 0.80 to 5. Gh. St Louis wool prices edge down with territory and western mediums at 17 to 21 cents. fine mediums 12 to 18 cents. New York metal markets show lead 4.00 to 4.02 1/2, copper 13.58 to 14.00, silver 5 3/4.
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Chicago
Western
Park
Timothy
Kansan City
Kansas City
St. Louis
New York
Insects and Mammals Roaming Costs of Farm Losses
W E Curtis reports a Roosevelt claim that annual farm losses from injurious mammals reach 130 million and from insects 650 million. Secretary Wilson notes birds' impact on orchards and Pacific coast fruit production, with a forthcoming California birds report ready for press.
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Chicago
W. E. Curtis
Record-Herald Today
Washington
Roosevelt
No More Hazing at Columbia University
New York Feb 13 students at Columbia University acted to curb hazing by issuing a decree that allows sophomores to participate in a tea party with freshmen only on opening day. Action was taken by influential students who argued freshmen were unduly annoyed.
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Columbia University
New York
Goyn
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