Mrs Mizner Confirms Secret Marriage Amid Media Frenzy
Mrs Mary Adelaide Yerkes Mizner publicly confirmed her marriage to Wil son Mizner after a staged bridal scene at the Yerkes mansion on Fifth Avenue drew reporters. Mizner defended the union against a Denver breach of promise tale and said the ceremony, performed by Rev Andrew Gillies, was regular and kept secret for a time.
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Washington Post
New York
Mary Adelaide Yerkes-Mizner
Fifth Avenue
Young
Wilson Mizner
California
Alaska
Mfr
Mizier
Fiotel Astor
Mizner
Hotel Astor
Manhattan
Mr. Migner
Minner
Yerkes
Lam Galing
Young Mizner
Laaty
Crater
Denver
Chicago
Andrew Gillies
St Andrew’s Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Health
Frank K. ‘Walter
Charles T. Yeres
Mad Dog Bites Six Men in Battle Creek
Six workers bitten by a dog deemed mad were hurried to a train for Ann Arbor to receive Pasteur treatment. Victims Earl Sage George Talbot George Allen Charles Murdenhall Guy Simmons and James Matthews had injuries that refused to heal. Authorities ordered transport to University Hospital amid grave fears over stubborn wounds and probable hydrocephalus.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Ann Arbor
Pasteur
Earl Sage
George Talbot
George Allen
Charles Murdenhall
Guy Simmons
James Matthews
University
Insurance report drastic renews demand for resignations
New York Life examination report completed and re drawn. Authorities demand resignations of several connected with the company and threaten expulsion from states involved in the examination. States represented include Tennessee Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin and Kentucky.
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Washington Post
New York
New
Rk Life
Iit
New York Life
Tennessee
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Powder Mill Explosion Shakes Wilmington Area
About two tons of powder exploded at the Flathey yard of the Dunant Powder Company in Wilmington on February 2. Workman Samuel Buchanan, 42, was killed when the mill roof, designed to vent blasts, was blown across Brandywine Creek. The blast shook houses and was felt miles away.
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Wilmington
Del
Flathey
Dunant Powder Company
Samuel Buchanan
Brandywine Creek
Mayor of Santiago Proposes San Juan Hill as Wedding Gift
The Santiago mayor telegraphed a proposal to buy the San Juan Hill plantation as a wedding gift for Miss Alice Roosevelt. The matter was referred to the Paris minister, with assurances from Washington that President Roosevelt will not decline Cuba’s gift for his daughter.
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Santiago
Havana
Pen
San Juan Hill
Misa Alice Roosevelt
Paris
O’farrill
Washington
Roosevelt
Cuba
Killing ruled justified in Moultrie coroner’s inquest
In Moultrie Georgia on February 2 the coroner’s jury returned a verdict ruling the killing justified. The statement names Poul Williams and Dr Lindsey in connection with the incident and notes the coroner’s findings.
Transeau Home Fire Claims Two Children in Williamsport
In Williamsport Pennsylvania on February 2 a fire destroyed the home of Mr and Mrs George Transeau in South Williamsport. Their two children were burned to death in the blaze.
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Williamsport
Strike Final Word Delivers Push to Raise Defense Fund
Indianapolis Feb 2 With prospects of a nationwide coal strike looming 650 000 miners face a possible walkout when contracts expire March 31 The United Mine Workers adjourned without a wage settlement President John Mitchell urged delegates to return home and build a defense fund while warning of broad disruption if talks fail The plan likeliest to trigger action covers 160 000 nonunion miners and 450 000 union miners across key states including West Virginia Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois and Kansas Missouri Texas and Arkansas The article notes the massive impact on dependents and the wider economy while detailing figures on losses from past strikes and the current market conditions and price trends for coal The piece also references potential federal involvement and differing views within the union on wage adjustments and negotiations
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
John Mitchell
Miners’ Union
Neiler
United Mine Workers
United States
National Civic Federation
John “Mitchel
Miners’ Organization
West Virginia
Pennsylvahia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Tinois
Iowa
Michigan
Kansas
Missouri
Teans
Indian Territory
Arkansas
Mitchell
Artful Mrs Poillon Probed In Breach Case Settlement
Kathryn Poillon lingered on supplementary proceedings regarding her alleged settlement in the W Gould Brokaw breach of promise suit. The examination sought to reveal settlement funds, but she dodged direct answers, repeatedly saying she was thinking, as officials pressed for yes or no responses. The session adjourned to February.
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Brokaw
Washington Post
New York
Kathryn Poilson
W. Gould Brokaw
Regenthal
William
Gould
Justice Seabury
Centerville Woman Undergoes Surgical Neck Repair
A Centerville resident, described as delicate and undergoing a surgical operation, is reported to be recovering after a neck injury. The brief item notes the procedure was performed and references the patient’s condition, with limited details available.
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A. Proken Nee Satie Seen
Heciéte
Centerville -Stadten
No Reward for Triplets in President Roosevelts Letter
Hartford City Indiana mother hopes for a premium for triplets after receiving a letter from White House secretary William Loeb stating no such offer had been made. The 1906 exchange notes that the president did not promise rewards to parents of multiple births. The story reflects early 20th century parental advocacy and official responses.
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Velal
Washington Post
Hartford ‘City
Ind
James F. Hunt
Sand
Roosevelt
United States
Washington, D. C
William Loeb
James #. Hunt
Hartford City
Ohio River tragedy driven by grief prompts leap
Cincinnati reports Hyelyn Montgomery killed herself by jumping from the great central bridge after sending a letter to her friends explaining she wished to join her sister Olle killed by a street car in St. Louis three months earlier. The message arrived to Mr and Mrs Brenner of St Leger flats explaining the motive and plan.
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Ohio River Bridge
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jdeatt
Olle
St. Louis
Hyelyn Montgomery
Great Central Bridge
Ohio River
P. ‘Brenner
St. Leger
Alife
Bank Directors Win Point in Bank Failure Case
Ohio Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that bank directors are liable only as stockholders for failing to know a bank’s true condition after a cashier’s default. Case Mason vs MecVicar et al involved First National Bank of Lisghoo in Columbiana County. Mason claimed he bought stock relying on directors’ report before the bank’s collapse. The decision aligns with Nebraska precedent in similar cases.
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Lisbon
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Common Plans and Circuit
Columbiana County
Charles
Mason
John MecVicar
James K. Frew
William Moore
First National Bank of
Professor in a Fight Over Autos at Arcade
New York February 2 Professor Joan D Prince of Columbia University and New Jersey State Legislature from Passaic County filed a complaint in West Side Court against Hdwani C Griffith manager of the Arcade Auto Stage at FordyNingh Street Breye. Prince, who keeps several autos at the Arcade, went to view repairs when Griffith allegedly handed him a bill and a fight broke out leaving Prince with facial injuries and a sprained hand. Victoria British Columbia February lett Banifield reports seven victims in an incident today.
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Washington Post
New York
Joan D. Princa
Columbad University
New Jersey
Pasaic
Grimb
Fire Destroys Rich & Co Knit Goods Plant Cleveland
A sixth floor fire at the N J Rich & Co knit goods factory on Payne avenue and Seventeenth street, Cleveland, caused a rapid blaze that gutted the building and spread to adjacent dwellings. About 200 female workers faced panic, many fleeing without street clothes as flames damaged nearby apartments, wires, and poles. Loss estimated near 125000 with insurance likely only partial.
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Cleveland
Ohio
N. J.rich & Co
Payne Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Awellings
George Dodge
Pagt
Cary
Payre Avenue
Three Injured In California Train Wreck in February
A Salt Lake route collision near Row Jena leaves three injured, two seriously, as passenger trains crash head on in California. Reports note the wreck followed by mentions of travelers and ongoing investigations into insurance and funding.
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California
Los Angeles
Cal
Salt Lake
Gether
Jena
Buigin
Ayer
Miser Strike Seems Assured and Fire Panic In Girls
The issue outlines a looming strike by miners described as likely to proceed. It reports a fire panic involving girls, with ongoing unrest and associated societal concerns. Other items note riots in a Paris church and a crackdown on usury, alongside international and domestic developments.
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Yerkes
Minera
Paris
Congress
Holland
Washington
Venezuela
Maryland
Paarr
Philippines
New York
Thousand Lashes Reveal Chinese Hostility to Foreigners
In Tientsin on Emperor William’s birthday a British police outrider is struck by a Chinese officer enforcing road rules. Yuan Shi Kai demands the policeman’s surrender. The viceroy’s magistrate orders 1000 bamboo strokes and three months’ penal servitude. The incident fuels foreign calls of British surrender and Chinese authority.
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Peking
Tientsin
Emperor Wiliam
Yuan Shi Kai
Chi li
Treaty of Chinatown Ends Peace Pact in New York
The on Leong Tong and Hip Sing Tong in Greater New York form a ten article peace treaty mediated by Justice Warren W. Foster of the Court of Special Sessions. Signed to curb weekly crimes and killings in Chinatown, the accord bans gambling and deadly weapons and requires bonds of $1,000 from each society for violence. The pact and its pledge are to be finalized with a formal signing next Tuesday.
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New York
Chinattown
Greater
Warren W. Foster
Court of Special Sessions
Chinatown
Farmers charged in Ulmer lynching case in Barnwell county
W J Myrick Wade Sanders C W Hogg and Tom Huggins prominent local farmers, along with Ulmer Postmaster Joseph Halford and Constables W J Harter and Milledge Lee, were jailed charged with aiding the lynching of Frank and John Deloch, father and son, at Ulmer on December 22. The younger Deloch was accused of killing Haynes Craddock.
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Barnwell
D. c
W. J. Myrick
Wade. Sanders
C. W. Hogg
Tom Huggins
Joseph Halford
Ulmer
W. J. Harter
Milledge Lee
Frank
John Deloch
Haynes Craddock
Merchandise broker arrested in mail fraud case
Pittsburg February 2 David Lowenstein a merchandise broker in the Lewis Block Sixth avenue and Smithfield street was arrested today by Deputy United States Marshal Joseph Irons on a charge of using the mails to defraud He operated under firm names including the Jackson Supply Company United Produce Company United Supply Company and the Grocers Marketing Company to obtain commissions from producers across the United States Western commission men were largely the complainants in the case
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Pittsburg
David Lowenstein
Lewis Block
Sixth Avenue
Smithfield Street
United States
Joseph Irons
Lowenstein
Jackson Supply Company
United Produce Company
United Supply Company
Grocers’ Marketing Company
Western Commission
Bill to abolish dispensary in South Carolina legislature
The South Carolina House passed the Morgan dispensary bill by 68 to 47, a landmark move toward state or county dispensaries and prohibition options. The measure envisions county control and potential local dispensaries as an alternative to a statewide system.
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South Carolina
Columbia, & C
Fec
House of Representatives
Militant Catholics Defend Church in Paris Riot
In Paris on February 2, a 40 day riot led to a mass inventory at St. Pierre Grosgaillou. Police and firemen were attacked with cayenne pepper, 50+ injured, 50 arrested, and the scene resembled a besieged city as authorities tried to enter the church. Lead figures include Prefect M. Lepine and various officials denouncing the violence while vowing to enforce the separation law.
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St. Pierre-Groscaillou
Paris
St. Pierre-Grosgaillou
Aris
M. Louis Lepine
Paria
France
Socialista
St. Pierre- Grose Ai Hou
ML Lepine
Revolutionary Sons
M. Lepine
Chapel of the Virgin
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Mitchel
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