Sleet Storm Strikes Midwest Leaving Destruction
Chicago reports a sweeping sleet storm moving eastward after plaguing Nebraska Missouri and Iowa with record lows and downed telegraph poles. Heavy snow hinders travel while cattle losses feared in Texas and a cold wave looms for days ahead.
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Chicago
Middle West
Nebraska
Texas
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Michigan
Illncis
Indiana
Ohio
Middle States
Mississippi
Gulf States
Atlantic
Indianapolis
Albany
Washington
Cleveland
Louisville
Detroit
Toledo
Des Moines
Omaha
Lincoln
St. Joseph
Kansas City
St. Paul
Second Blizzard Paralyzes Kansas City Roads
Kansas City endures a second winter blizzard with seven degrees above freezing, heavy snow, and strong winds. Streetcars stalled, communications near collapse, and rail service hours behind. Temperatures plummet across the region from Dodge City to Amarillo as the storm subsides in western Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Dodge City
Kas
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Texas
Fort Smith
Ark
Worst Storm Grips Oklahoma In Historic Reach
Guthrie Feb 13 With one of the worst storms in its history Oklahoma endures downed telephone and telegraph wires, drifting cattle, and widespread closures. Winds hit 25 miles per hour and zero temperatures blanket the state. School land appraisers in Beaver County remain unaccounted for since Saturday as trains run hours late and many branch lines are discontinued.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
Beaver County
Nineteen Below Zero Dampens Norfolk Nebraska
A Norfolk report notes nineteen below zero in Nebraska with telegraph and telephone lines out of service. The coldest reading since February 107 is recorded as the day begins, affecting travel and daily life across the region.
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Norfolk
Nebraska
Omaha
Weather Bureau
Nebra
Mercury Registers Four Degrees Above In Topeka
Topeka record shows 7 am temperature at four degrees above zero with a fourteen mile wind and fine snow drifting. Ground saturation includes two inches of sleet and snow, causing temporary streetcar traffic disruption.
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Topeka
Mercury
Police Break Up Major Cock Fight in New York
New Rochelle New York February 15 police disrupted a large cock fight in Westchester County taking 49 prisoners 24 fighting birds and various paraphernalia used in cooking meat among those detained an agent for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Mount Vernon was named in the raid. Several men escaped through windows during the scramble.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Westchester County
Aman
Society For the Prevention of Crpelia
Mount Vernon
In Honor of Dead Heroes at Maine Anniversary
Washington remembers the Maine disaster eleven years on with a church mass at St Patrick's and a Arlington ceremony at the private shaft of 105 victims. Rear Admiral Siguhee, retired, gives the keynote outlining the catastrophe and its impact on the nation. Roosevelt sends a floral tribute as mounted troops from Fort Myer fire salutes.
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Washington
Maine
Havana Harbor
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Hoy
Bb. McGuigan
Wm. T. Pursell
St. Patrick's
Arlington
Tinuauial
Siguhee
Fort Myer
Roosevelt
Americans Have a Poor Idea of Japan
In New York on February 15 Tetsuzo Eto, ex-member of the Japanese diet, addressed Japanese students on fostering harmony between the Orient and the Occident. He argued that some citizens wrongly deem harmony impossible and warned against racial prejudice, noting historic misperceptions about Japanese and Western races.
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Japan
China
Russia
President Roosevelt
Admiral Perry
Towneen Harriet
Corea
New York
Tetsuzo Elo
United States
Eto
Waters-Pierce Oil files acceptance of court order
Henry S. Priest and I. Clay Pierce, of the Waters-Pierce Oil Co, file in Missouri Supreme Court an acceptance of the ouster terms, pay a $5 000 fine, and state that the company has severed ties with Standard Oil though still owning a majority stock. The case proceeds as the attorney general seeks full penalties.
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Jefferson City
Henry
Priest
St. Louis
I. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Supreme Court of Missouri
Standard Oil Company
Missouri Corporation
New Jersey Corporation
Waters-Pierce
Walers-Pierce
Hadley
Indiana
HW. S. Priest
Waters-Pierce Ol
Missouri
Rabies Fear After Mount Clair Dog Attack
A dog that ran amok in Mount Clair and nearby towns bit two people and six dogs before being killed. The Pasteur Institute in New York will confirm rabies status, while two victims Charles B. Walker and May Horolm had wounds cauterized and may seek further examination as a precaution.
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Mount Clair
N. J
Bloomfield
Glenridge
Bart Orange
Pasteur Institute
New York
Charles B. Walker
May Holrolm
Local Option Bill Accepted by Idaho House
The local option bill passed by the senate last week was accepted by the house today 23 to 13. It now goes to Governor Brady who plans to sign. The bill requires county commissioners to order a special election on sale of intoxicating liquors if a petition signed by forty percent of voters is presented.
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Idaho
Boise
Bank Safe Blown Open at Oklaha. $1140 Looted
In Muskogee area Feb 15 a First State bank at Oklaha was blown open at 2 a.m. robbers took $1140 and damaged the building. Sheriff Ramsey's bloodhounds followed the trail to town outskirts before it was lost. Authorities suspect the same bandits active in southern Kansas.
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Muskogee
Oklaha
First State Bank of
Alaska Indians Decline Tied to Civilization Contact
Washington February 15 The House Territories Committee hears a bill granting police powers to teachers in Alaska. The Interior Secretary warns that three quarters of native villages lack protection from criminal acts by white men. He cites high death rates and rapid population decline and advocates sanitation, compulsory schooling, and teacher moral influence as key aims.
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Washington
Alaska
House Committee On Territories
Alasa
Secretary of the Interior
Two New Institutions to Aid Needy Women in New York
Two major aid institutions will open in New York this week to help girls and women with low incomes. The municipal lodging house in East Twenty-fifth Street opens today with a ceremonial housewarming, offering shelter and support to those in need.
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New York
Municipal
East Twenty-fifth Street
City Lodging Houses Open With Disinfecting Plant
Mayor McClellan invited between four and six this afternoon to view a 1000-bed lodging house for men and women with the world’s largest disinfecting plant. The city funded building and equipment at about 455000. Lodgers must pass medical exams and stay only three nights per month. A separate working girls hotel funded by the Federation of Women’s Clubs charges 9.50 weekly for those earning under 7 a week, with a late arrival rest area and guides at rail stations for arrivals.
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McClellan
Federation of Women's Club
Gelrlse
Vagrant Debate Sparks Bowery Breadline Action
In New York on February 15 the Bowery breadline hosted a gathering denouncing a proposed state plan to place vagrants in work colonies. Superintendent J C Harlinand warned that the bill could jail destitute men and send them to colonies, urging the unemployed to vote and organize before it passes.
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New York
Bowery
J. C. Harlimand
Bowery Mission
Uwreadline
Unknown vessel sinks two ships near Alboran Island
An unidentified sailing vessel rammed the Belgian steamer Australia during a February storm near Alboran Island, 100 miles from Gibraltar. Both vessels foundered with a total loss of thirty lives including fourteen from the sailing vessel and sixteen from the Australia. Survivors from the Australia were picked up by the German steamer Liberia and brought to Algiers.
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Algiers
Australia
Alboran Island
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Liberia
California Flood Losses Top One to Five Million
Dispatch from Sacramento cites Prentiss Maslin of the Sacramento Drainage commission estimating Sacramento valley flood losses last month between 1 and 5 million dollars. Levees roads bridges and crops suffer, but railroads endure the heaviest damage.
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San Francisco
Sacramento
Prentiss Maslin
Sacramento Drainage Commission
Sacramento Valley
Unidentified Man Drops Dead on Train Near Detroit
A 45 year old man may be F. T. Woodruff of Atlanta dropped dead on a Michigan Central passenger train bound for Detroit. The unidentified man fell while preparing to retire in a Pullman sleeper last night, causing excitement among fellow travelers.
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Chicago
F. T. Woodruff
Atlanta
Michigan Central
Detroit
Congress replies on Secret Service and Treasury clash
Washington Feb 15 officials linked to crime detection across four government branches testified that limiting Treasury Secret Service operators has not harmed their services. They opposed a central detective bureau and supported current arrangements, noting few or no Secret Service involvements in recent cases.
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Treasury Department
Central Detective Bureau
Washington
Ose
Secret Service
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Whil- Ham
Soleau
Department of Commerce and Labor
G. W. Trowbridge
James B. Reynolds
Am Central Detective Bureau
Solean
Wireau
Mr. Solean
Tawney
Commission
Reynolds
Secret Service Division
New York
Cifcult
Trowbridge
Two Speaks On Lincoln At Chicago Event
In a Lincoln centennial week service at the Sunday Evening club two speakers, W. J. Calhoun and Jenkin Lloyd Jones, offered contrasting views on Lincoln. Calhoun praised Lincoln as product of pioneer culture, while Jones argued for Lincoln as product of no culture, drawing amused reactions from a large audience. Calhoun spoke late after Jones had presented.
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Lincoln
Mr. Calhoun
Dr. Jones
Chicago
Sunday Evening Club
Abraham Lincoln
W. J. Calhoun
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Calhoun
A Jones
Ripper Attacks Renewed in Berlin Districts
A spate of attacks in Berlin leaves five working women wounded and a merchant’s wife injured by an unknown assailant. The string began in Moabke quarter with a knife thrust to the upper arm and continued in the northern city and eastern sections. The evening assault targeted a butcher’s wife in the suburb of Hohenschoen. none of the injuries were life threatening.
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Berlin
Continus
Moabke
Luietim
Wirman
Hohenschoen
World markets closing quotes steady after resumed trading
New York Feb 15 Prices rose as trading reopened after a three day interval. Erie stock activity included 7,000 shares trading around 32 6 8 to 32 1 4 while last sale was 31 3 8. Other gains appeared in Oral and second preferred, convertible bonds, People's Gas, Atlantic Coast Line, Union Pacific, Reading, Louisville and Nashville. Early strength faded slightly after 11 o'clock though bonds remained firm.
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New York
Erie
Atlantic Coast Line
Union Pacific
Reading
Loulaville & Nashville
Southern
Uneion Pacific
Louisville & Nashville
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Atchison
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Paul
American
New York Stocks Mixed Across Industrial Issues
Amalgamated Copper 76 and 74. American Car and Foundry 61 1 4. American Locomotive 67. American Smelting 87 7 3. American Sugar Refining 132 4. Mining Co 46 1 4. Chesapeake and Ohio 68. Chicago Northwestern 178 75. Brooklyn Rapid Transit 72 38. Canadian Pacific 174 1 4. Great Northern 1 1 2 percent. Halimore and Ohio 109. Denver and Rio Grande 7 1 2. Denver and Rio Grande pid 89 1 8. Erie Railroad 26 3 8. Total reads as a list of stock prices with varied figures.
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Amalgamated Copper
American Car and Foundry
American Locomotive
American Smelting
American Sugar ReOning
Mining Co
Ohison Railway
Pidi
Atehiaon Railway
Haltmore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago Northwestern
Chicago
Mil
St Paul
Colorado Fuel and Tron
Colorado and Southern
Delaware and Hudson
Denver and
Rio Grande
Denver
Erle Rahway
Great Northern
Pla
Special Strikes Rock on Penny Alvania Flyer
The eighteen hour Penny Alvania express from Chicago to New York struck a rock at Newton Hamilton 54 miles east of Harrishire after 6 am today wrecking the train. One severe injury reported and several passengers thrown from berths as fog obscured the track. The Pullman, smoker, baggage car and three sleepers derailed. engine and two cars derailed while the last car stayed on track.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
Newton Hamilton
Harrishire
Thatr
Marsh Bridge Company Files Bankruptcy Petition
Des Moines February 15 Barney Maraty president of the Marsh Bridge company filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States court here today. Scheduling creditors at about 304 000 dollars while assets were placed a week ago the company was turned over to a receiver.
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Des Moines
Barney Maraty
Marsh Bridge Company
United States
Visses
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Admiral Sigsbee
Waters-Pierce Oil CO
Henry S. Priest and
H. Clay Pierce
Act For Missouri Corporation
Standard Oil Company of New York
Waters-Pierce Company
Oklahoma Bank
California
Congress
Northern Ore Ctss
Wiinels Central
New York Central
Reailing Railway
Rock Island Co
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
United States Steel
Wabash Railway
Western Union
Chicago Livestock
Western
Kansas City Livestock
Ribs—Maay
Rye—Cash
Harley
Clover—Marel
Timothy
Metal Market
Ripper
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