Tragic Niagara Falls Ice Rescue Ends In Double Loss
A man loses his life while halting to help a husband and wife who perish in icy waters at Niagara Falls. Fire crews from Canada and the United States rush to assist as a rescue attempt ends with all three victims claimed by the river. The incident unfolds near Eastwood street with bystanders witnessing the tragedy from both shores.
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Lablond
Tom Cook
Supt Harring
Ontario Power Company
Eastwood Street
Niagara Falla
Ontario
Roth
Niagara Avenue
Eldridge Stanton
Self
Badge
Bridge Disaster on Whirlpool River Claims Two Lives
Reports from Niagara Falls detail a collapse of the gratti bridge over the whirlpool river near the cataract and upper steel arch. A man and a woman drowned after the bridge failed during a stormy night. Burrell Teach and others saved, while a Canadian riverman and a U S man attempted rescue. Injured and unsafe shoreline, with extensive current and ice, hinder rescue efforts as a large search continues.
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Old Maid of the Mat
Heacock
Hoy
Burrell Teach
Sam
Anastaure
May Invasion of Mexico Threatens U S Border Action
State Department warns Madero cannot control disorder along the frontier and bands of bandits, including the abduction of G P Robinson. The U S considers force if American lives or property are jeopardized. Military commands ready along the border with orders to move if needed.
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Taft
Mexico
Leonard AL Woul
United States Army
Duncan
Department of Texas
Tim
Wood
War Department
Mexican Republic
Gov. Sloan
Arizona
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Kang
Col Damel Vornman
Fort Leavenworth
Seventh Infantry
Fifteenth Cavalry
Wiliam T Littebrandt
el Paso
Tex
Knox
Clayton
Chamber of Commerce
United States
P.c. Knox
Mining Engineer John Hays Hammond Safe in Mexico
Notes from Mrs Hammond and consular agents confirm that John Hays Hammond the noted mining engineer is safe in a remote area of Mexico amid the insurrection. He was two days from Hermosillo Sonora and on track to reach Los Angeles in a few days with his party after authorities reported their welfare.
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Mexico
Poara
John Hays Hammond
State Department
Hammond
United States
Hermosillo
Sonora
Ite
Hiemmond
Los Angeles
Winter Storm Grips England and Germany
A severe Arctic wave bakes England with heavy snow and wild weather across the Midlands freezing water supplies and starving livestock. Germany endures a brutal storm with two feet of snow in parts, record low temperatures, and ice blocking Elbe shipping leaving several ships trapped. The British fruit steamer Sultan remains ice-locked in the Baltic near Kolberg.
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London
Lane
He Tate
England
Midlands
Berlin
Germany
Hoodoo Follows Train 13 After Being Staked in Snow
Omaha February 4 Rock Island passenger train No 13, due in this city early Saturday morning, was released this afternoon from a snowdrift near Shelby and resumed its journey. No 12 was crashed into by the relief train engine from Minden, injuring one crew member.
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Cara
Omaha Nebi
Rock Island
Shelby
Minden
Tran
Murder, suicide follow labor foreman shooting in North Adams
Andrew Cullen a 42 year old section foreman leading Hoosac tunnel workers shot and killed crew members John Balzerini 25 and Ea wand Wiliama 63 during the night and then killed himself. Panama report notes confusion over a possible special session and political notes amid varied names and events.
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North Adams
Sess
Ren
Andrew Cullen
Hoosac Tunnel
John Balzerini
Eawand Wiliama
Sponge Sewed In Wound Case Reaches Supreme Court
Carrie A Smith sues Dr Ernest Mammen of McLean County alleging medical malpractice after a sponge was sewn inside her during surgery. A petition for a writ of certiorari to bring the case from an appeals court has been filed in the U S Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court
Carrie A Smuth
Ernest Mammen
McLean County
Mra Smith
Mammen & Physicians
SONS APPROVE MATCH AT 70 SHE IS ONE QUEEN
Special to The Washington Port Cambridge Massa Feb Ilal and Ned Alsop Warward Sludentx whose 2 year old father Edward B Alsop Pittshursh Immonatre has announced that he is to wed Miss Effie Pone III aged 2. 1p prove of the match She is bone queen says Edward Alsop of the freshman class We could be kind to death to have her sir hear our own age and beautiful rather than a woman 6 years old and taled I hope she isn isnt bossy A fellow would fel 2 bit foolish to have to step around at the bidding of a girl of 20 Mr Alsop and Miss Hill are in New York.
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Edward Alsop
Washington Port
Cambridge
Masa
Ned Alsop
Warward Sludentx
Edward B Alsop
Pittshursh
Alson
Mise Hill
New York
Roosevelt Signals He Will Not Run If Taft Is Nominated
Washington reports quote Col Theodore Roosevelt stating he would not seek or accept the nomination if it follows Taft's likely renomination. He says he would only run if the people unanimously demand it and pledges to avoid actions that hinder public service. Roosevelt also notes no attack on Taft and indicates his own candor about duties amid party dynamics.
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Jonghund
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Sheridan
Washington Post
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New York Times
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West
Taft
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M. la Jollette
Atp Fon Uueuy
Cook County
Oyater Bay
New York World
Senator la Follette
Roosevelt
Mia Roosevelt
West Roosevelt
Delegates to Taft National Convention Elected in Manila
Manila Feb 5 Delegates to the national Republican convention were elected and instructed to vote for President Taft. The platform endorsed Taft administration and Governor Forbes, backed insular affairs, and favored free trade between the United States and the Philippines. Roosevelt’s name was briefly proposed but opposed.
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Manila
Republican Territorial
Taft
La Follette Denies Aid Request as Health Sours Campaign
Wisconsin senator La Follette, in fragile health after a Philadelphia banquet, defends his speech and says nothing unusual occurred. He plans a long Mediterranean sea voyage per doctor’s orders while progressives seek substitutes for upcoming Wisconsin and Senate campaigns.
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Lorimer
la Vollette
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Bristow
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Hauser
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Trenton
Campaigm
la Follettes
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Blaze at Hull House Destroys Two Doors in West Ride
More than 100 Hull House residents were awakened by a February fire that damaged Bowen Hall, a three story building donated by Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen. The blaze destroyed two doors and disrupted the Hull House settlement in Chicago.
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Chicago
Hull House
Bowen Hell
Joseph,t. Bowen
Chicago Society
Three Perish in Niagara
A Niagara incident leaves three dead as investigators probe the scene. Details are scarce, but authorities pursue leads and note possible connections to ongoing security concerns.
Bomb case twists as Dickinson linked companion questioned
New York detectives pursue a possible second man in the Helen Taylor case. Coroner Feinberg will hear Charles M Dickinson as police seek motive and the messenger behind the fatal bomb found in West Seventy-seventh Street. A card bearing American Electric Fuze Company details ties to J H Taylor as Muskegon officials deny ties to Dickinson.
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Grace Walker
West Seventy-seventh Street
Charles M Dickinson
Portland
Oreg
Mew Walker
Feinberg
Hamielde
Thomas H Tickinson
Champlain
Ihs
Muskegon
American Electric Fuze Company
JH Taylor
Taylor
Hus Tantary
ELOPERS DEAD IN DEATH BY OWN ACTION
Millionaire who divorced the bride and had lived at her home since marriage to Frederick Noble declares himself unable to explain the tragedy. He had drawn $110 from her account and blocked doors with furniture then turned on gas jets Jeweled by the gas range. A suicide note or remorse motive figures in the case as the couple died in an apparent self inflicted fate.
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Winstor
Frederick Noble
Lucides
Suydam
Tragic Double Gas Death Ends a Long Romance
New York reports a fatal gas asphyxiation at 82 West Twelfth Street ending the romance of Frederick William Noble and Louise White Suydam Noble. The couple, found in the dining room with doors barred, had no farewell note. Noble knew Louise never loved him, she had run away from Walter Lispenard Suydam, and the marriage was a public act of status. Mrs White discovered the bodies and called for help.
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Joe
Louise Lawrence White
Suydam
Frederick W. Noble
Blue Point
Long Island
Jersey City
New York
Frederick William Noble
Louse White Suydam Noble
West Twelfth Street
Walter Lispenard Suydam
Fred Noble
Wiliwe
White
Hunter Vea
Noble
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