Illinois Rivers Rampage Flood Deluges Central Illinois
Desplaines Illinois reports widespread flooding as Pecatonica Rock and Desplaines rivers burst banks. Homes flooded forces residents to rooftops, dyke breaks cut rail service and power. Freeport and Rockford areas hardest hit with bridges at risk and ongoing rising waters. Authorities warn more showers to come and railroad work delayed.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
A. F. Meedes
Scioto Mills
Pecatoniva
Rock River
Freeport
Rockford and Interurban Railway Company
Rideout
Rockford
Desplaines
Chicago and Northwestern
B Lagerhausen
President Teft Resolves Minnesota Liquor Controversy
President Teft issues a special message and four executive orders ending federal interference in Minnesota liquor sales on lands once Indian but now settled by whites. The actions disapply Indian treaties of 1848 1851 1904 and 1863 and urge Congress to allow whites to regulate liquor in non Indian areas.
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Washington
Teft
Minnesota
Ballinger
Minneapolis
Congress
University of Illinois seeks $1 million for new buildings
Urbana Feb 18 The University of Illinois presented needs to more than 100 visiting legislators from Springfield. Officials showed cramped facilities and asked for $1,000,000 for new construction as Chairman Shanahan of the appropriations committee pledged to do his best.
Weather Forecast for Indiana Wisconsin
Indiana and Illinois expect rain today with a fair and colder trend tomorrow. Wisconsin reports fair weather today and a colder but fair day ahead.
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Indiana
Hiinoie
Wisconsin
Trappers Rescued After 36 Hours Afloat In Flood
Harold Tyron and Charles Rice, two trappers on an island in the Wapsie river, cling to a tree as floodwaters surge. After 36 hours they are rescued by Fred Schocker who braved ice to bring a skiff to Wheatland. Both men are chilled and exhausted but alive.
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Wheatland
Harold Tyron
Charles Rice
Wapsie River
Tyron
Rice
Fred Schocker
Floods Hit Three States Rearing Flood Stage Across Region
Northeastern Iowa southwestern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois report flood stage as melting snow and heavy rain cause stock losses and railroad disruption. Four Northwestern trains are marooned at Cuba City Wisconsin.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Northwestern
Cuba City
Wis
Senate debates amendment for popular election of senators
Washington February 18 the senate debated a constitutional amendment for popular election of senators. Senators Carter and Heyburn opposed the reported form while Senator Rayner supported it. A 44 to 236 vote ended a planned adjournment, and a later executive session vote 45 to 34 stalled further action. The measure likely faces defeat and possible displacement next week.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
Montana
Heyburn
Idaho
Rayner
Maryland
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Miners in Distress Over Winter Unemployment in Indiana
Indianapolis reports from the Indiana coal fields indicate real distress among about 10 000 miners as winter demand for coal remains low. Officials plan relief measures to share available work so every miner may have a portion of it and support miner families.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Coal Fields
Miners’ Organization
Premier Asquith Weighed On Bennet Annexation Issue
London officials report Premier Asquith will be asked in the House of Commons February 21 whether he plans to send any communication to the United States about Congressman Bennet of New York and the Canadian annexation resolution. The question has unsettled imperial preference supporters and revived opposition to reciprocity with Canada.
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London
Bennet
New York
House of Representatives
House of Commons
Agquith
United States
Clark
Mr. Bennet
Canada
Proposal Defeated in Canada Annexation Talks
Weehington Feb 18 The house committee on foreign affairs reports adversely on Bennet of New York resolution to open negotiations with Great Britain for Canada's annexation by 9 to 1. Bennet was the sole supporter.
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Canada
Weehington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Bennet
New York
Great Britain
Bennett
Mental influence and faith in natural laws guide healing
Dr. T. Allen explains that mental suggestion can stimulate digestion and nutrition to aid recovery but cannot repair broken bones. He emphasizes recognizing physical conditions, faith in natural laws, and using scientifically applied suggestion over cultist approaches to support bone healing through proper digestion of nutrients.
General Orozco Who Is Said to Have Led Federal Troops Into a Trap
The article discusses allegations that General Pascual Orozco commanded the federal forces that ambushed or ensnared opposing troops, prompting inquiries into his actions and responsibility for the trap. It notes sources dispute and possible strategic missteps attributed to Orozco.
Court holds Brownsville irrigation firm in financial dispute
Houston, February 18. In district court, the Brownsville Irrigation Company sues for overdue water rent totaling $1,290 and a $200 claim. P. Bo Blalock of Courtney, Texas has been appointed receiver for the Olio and Texas Sugar Company, assets estimated at $1,800,000. The complaint alleges deceptive finances to mislead creditors.
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Houston, Tex
Brownsville” Irrigation Company
Brownsville
Tex
P. Bo Blalock
Courtney, Tex
Olio and
Texas Sugar Company
Asteta
Murder Suicide Tragedy in Providence Household
Ernest St Laurent killed wife Annie and their six year old daughter at 204 Cranston Street before joining them in death. Bodies were found by the father in bed. authorities suspect he used gas after a prolonged illness may have affected his mind.
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Providence
R. L
Ernest St Laurent
Annie
Cranston Street
St. Laurent
St. Lauren
Blanche
California to Probe State Supreme Court Over Ruef Rehearing
San Francisco reports a seven member joint legislative committee will investigate the state supreme court. The inquiry follows Attorney General Webb’s attack after the court granted Abe Ruef a rehearing on technical points. Ruef was convicted of bribery in a graft case and sentenced to fourteen years.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
Webb
Abe Reef
California
Supreme Court
Reuf
Ruef
Fifty Years Ago Today Missions and Inaugurations
Fifty years ago today on February 18 the Confederacy gained Texas posts after surrender to General Dl. bk Twiges. Jefferson Davis and Alexander H. Stephens were inaugurated president and vice president of the Confederacy. Davis called separation a necessity as salutes rang in Charleston and Mobile. The Italian parliament opened in Turin.
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Texas
Dl. Bk. Twiges
Montgomery
Jefferson Davie
Alexander T. Stephens
Confederate States of America
Davia
Macon Attacks Peary in House Naval Debate
Representative Macon of Arkansas denounces Captain Robert Peary as a faker and says he should be driven from the naval service during discussion of the naval appropriation bill. He accuses the Arctic club of lobbying and singles out editors of the New York Times and New York Post for sharp criticism.
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Washington
Peary
New York Times
The
New York Post
Macon
Bombplot suspects cuffed after West Twenty Third blast
Chicago officials plan to question Peter Cipas and A Cobreo who fled the scene of a dynamite explosion at 257 West Twenty Third Street. Forty other Italians in the neighborhood were to be questioned. Naradito received three ransom letters demanding 3000 dollars.
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Chicago
Twenty Second Street
Peter Cipas
A. Cobreo
West Twenty-Third Street
Charles Naradito
Lake
State
Naradito
Man shoots wife in Chicago home then is captured
Mrs Pearl Keeley was shot four times by her husband William T Keeley at 3963 Drexel Boulevard Chicago. She was taken to Lakeside hospital with slight chance of recovery. Keeley fled south in Drexel Boulevard before being cornered by Hyde Park patrol and taken to a cell. He offered no statement.
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Chicago
Pearl Keeley
William T. Keeley
Drexel Boulevard
Keeley
Lakeside Hospital
Eest Forty-Third Street
Hyde Park Station
Orozco Marches Southward To Reinforce Insurrectos
Gunetavo Madero, confidant of the provisional government, asserts Orozco’s forces grow stronger as he moves toward Chihuahua. He claims Orozco’s plan drew federal troops away from Juarez, enabling a southern advance with 900 cavalry under Orozco and additional forces to the west and north.
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Washington
Juarez
Navarro
Gunetavo Madero
Provisional Government
Wasshington
Orosco
Virginia
Mexico
Orozco
Juares
Medero
Chihuahua
Juareg
Rabago
Custom House
Navarre
Insurrecto Leaders Form Junction Near Áncencion
Officials say Orozco and Blanco have joined forces near Acencion about sixty miles southwest of Juarez. The insurrectos cut telegraph wires on the Mexican Northwestern between Cuauhtam and Casas Grandes. Brigadier General Joseph W. Duncan arrives to inspect U S patrols on the river.
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HI Paso
Tex
Mexican Northwestern Railway
Biplane Flies into River Near Central Park
New York report says George attempted a flight from tenberg to Central Park when his biplane plunged into the river opposite Seventy Seventh Street about 100 yards from the Jersey shore. He was rescued by two men in a launch and plans to raise the craft. A separate crash near the track involved Morok, a former trick cyclist.
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New York
George
Fromtenberg
Central Park
ty-Seventh
Jersey Shore
Morok
Xin
Cyelist
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St. Louie
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Gotham Church
Charles Aked
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church of
John D. Rockefeller
Aked
America
Hoes
First Congregational Church
San Mraneisco
Pitth Avenue Baptist Church
Mr. Rockefeller
GALL
England
Commons
Asquith
Beftnet
DR. T. 2
Allen Feod
Roya
Roa
General Orozco
American Press Association
Providence, R
Ernest St. Laur
Maozgo
Arkansas
Naval Service
Senor Madero
Sanches
Zears
Northern
Blanco
George Morok
Guttenberg
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