Governor Glenn Asks Congress to Block Bond Sale
Raleigh Feb 16 Gov Glenn writes Senators Simmons and Overman alleging South Dakota plans to buy more North Carolina repudiated bonds. He urges Congress to prevent a cross state devaluation scheme, demands fair settlement of about 27 000 and 242 000 bonds, and seeks investigation into rumors to protect creditors and uphold comity between states.
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Simmons
Overman
Glenn
Washington Post
Raleigh
NS. C
Glen
South Dakota
North Carolina
South Linkota
Western North Carolina Railway
Poisoned by Morphine Death of New York Lawyer
Harrison F Johnson a Hartford insurer lawyer died in New York Hospital from morphine poisoning after being administered morphine at a hotel. Dottie Everhard and Lottie Rey were detained as police investigate the case. Johnson, thirty, moved to New York from Buffalo years ago and left a wife and child. His father W. H. Johnson is believed to be Guardian of his family. Son of Buffalo is en route to claim the body.
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New York
Harrison F. Johnson
Frank Weiner Johnson
Ufo iNewrance Company
Hartford
Lottie Rey
Everhy
Johnson
Buffalo Mine
Fia
W. H. John
A. John
Buffalo
Double Murder Alleged In Shiner Texas Feud
Shiner Texas February 16 Joseph Stetka a young farmer was arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife and child. He claimed to have found them mutilated on returning from work and was questioned at length before custody. In Michigan a steamer Pere Marquette No 4 is trapped on a Lake Michigan ice floe five miles off Pentwater with crew of five provisioned for a week and able to walk ashore to report conditions.
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Shiner
Tex
Joseph Stetka
Stetka
Mich
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Duluth
Minn
Claude S. Snively
Washburn, Mitchell & Bailey
Lonsdale
Mr. Snively
Wooten
Moses Remodeling Sale Lowers All Goods Significantly
Moses remodeling sale offers 10 percent reductions on all goods as advertised in the newspaper. Local shoppers are urged to visit the Hachive listing for details and available items.
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Moses
Virginia equestrienne seeks divorce from missing husband
Mrs. Dorothy Henry Henderson, famed Virginia equestrienne, filed for divorce against George G. Henderson, who vanished from their Clarke County home months ago. The Circuit Court of Clarke County issued an order naming attorneys to seek a decree of divorce a mensa et there, alimony, and to prevent the Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester from delivering funds or property to the defendant. The couple wed in September 1900 at Millwood. Henderson left for parts unknown, not intending to return.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Dorothy Henry Henderson
Virginia
George G. Henderson
Clarke County
Circuit Court
Wiliam M. Atkinson
A. Moore, Jr
Berryville
Millwood
Maj
Henry
Henderson
PRESS WAR ON TRUSTS LACKS POWER IN KANSAS LEGISLATURE
Topeka Kans February 16 constitutional convention may be called to broaden the powers of the Kansas legislature to fight the oil trust in Kansas. A resolution submitting the question to voters in 1906 has been prepared for the state senate. House passed Holdren bill to regulate natural gas procurement and transport aimed at keeping gas for Kansas use.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Hills
State Senate
Hoch
House
Holdren
Oil Trust
Roosevelt orders rapid Standard Oil investigation start
President Roosevelt directs James R. Garfield to begin a comprehensive oil inquiry. Representative Campbell of Kansas pressed for a probe into the Kansas field with possible extension to Beaumont Texas and other fields. The investigation will be as rapid and thorough as possible, with time span not yet indicated.
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Roosevelt
James R. Garfield
Department of Commerce and Labor
House of Representatives
Garfield
Campbell
Kansas
House
Kansas Field
Standard Oil Company
Beaumont Field
Texas
Prairie Oil and Gas President Denies Charges
Pittsburg Pa February 16 William J Young president of Prairie Oil and Gas Company of Kansas says charges in Congress against the firm are unfounded and that the company will aid investigators to end the controversy quickly.
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Kansas Oil Company
Pittsburg
William J. Young
Prairie Oil and Gas Company of Kansas
International Bigamist Hoch Says Wives in Paris and Prussia
In a Chicago interview detective Michael Loftus reports Johann Hoch confessed to matrimonial entanglements in Paris before arriving in America. He allegedly left a wife and four children in Herrweiler, Prussia, in addition to Parisian marriages.
Hugh Cecil Leads Conservative Free Traders in Election Standoff
Lord Hugh Cecil delivers a brilliant House of Commons speech that shifts Conservative leadership hopes while Asquith's government resists dissolution. Joseph Chamberlain argues for reform rather than immediate dissolution, warning against abandoning government for office. The vote against Asquith's amendment solidifies government position and signals ongoing fiscal policy debates amid party divisions.
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Lord Hugh Cecil
London
H. F. Asquith
House of Commons
Hugh Cecil
Balfour
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Mr. Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
American Tariff Ruling and British Brand y Favoritism
In the House of Commons question on the May 2 1904 US Treasury decision excluding British brandy from favored treatment the under secretary Lord Percy said Britain had often dissented from the US view of the most favored nation clause in the 1815 treaty. He noted the brandy treatment would not extend to all other British imports as proposed.
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House of Commons
United States Treasury
Lord Percy
United States
America
House
Senate
Payne
Dajas and Volstead
Minnesota
Adams
Wisconsin
Marshall
North Dalasota
Jones
Washington
Mutineers Sentenced in Buenos Ayres Council of War
Buenos Ayres Fet. 16 A council of War tonight sentenced Maj Villamuy er a leading spirit in the recent mutiny to eight years imprisonment and two other officers to three and five years respectively. The council will be in session until all the military prisoners are dealt with. Great satisfaction is expressed at the promptness of the trial and the impartiality of the decision, thought to prevent similar movements in future.
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Buenos Ayres
Fet
Villamuayer
Siege guns in action on Hun River front
Reports from Manchuria detail Russian General Stackelberg and three infantry colonels wounded near the Hun River. Japanese siege guns and bombardments press the Russian center as weather improves, with cavalry actions and prisoner mistreatment reports emerging from various fronts.
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Heiyukou
Stackelberg
Hun River
Grippenberg
London
Daily Telegraph
Shanghai
Mukden
Putilof Hill
Port Arthur
Posiion
Sandepas
Sinchinpu
Refugees arrive at Chefoo amid Russian relief concerns
A steamer brings 117 non combatants from Port Arthur to Chefoo as convalescents of 2500 are set to arrive by Feb 20. Russians protest they cannot care for the healthy or invalids while the Japanese lack transport to move the invalids to Shanghai. Separate reports note Danish torpedo boats at Grødesby to escort the Russian Pacific squadron and a fatal clash between Russians and Chinese near Sashetun.
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Huan Mountain
Manchuria
Mukden
Harbin
Tsinkhetchen
Vouunteer
Taftse River
Chefoo
Port Arthur
Shangai
Copenhagen
Gredesby
St. Petersburg
Sashetun
Ruaslanes
Saehetun
Rumor of Washington as Peace Seat in Russo Japanese Talks
Reports in Washington say the talks to end the war may be held in Washington with Count Cassini and Japanese ministers discussing terms. A belief persists that Russia would welcome Washington as the venue due to Cassini's Eastern expertise and Hay’s close rapport with Japan. The volatility of peace rumors continues after a clash in which villagers killed a Chinese interpreter amid foraging hostilities.
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Washington
Takahira
State Department
Hay
Count Cassini
Russia
Japan
Foreign mail changes on sea parcels post plan
New York february 1 second assistant postmaster general W S Shallenberger and J M Maston return from London and Paris where they set up a parcels post system with Great Britain and France and arranged for sea mail sorting on three lines a tentative sea post deal with Britain on White Star and American lines may extend to Cunard subject to ship company terms also aboard was W S Champ of the Fiala Ziegler polar expedition
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New York
W. S. Shallenberger
J. M. Maston
United States Post-office Department
Majestic
London
Paris
Great Britain
France
Shalienberger
Sea Post
White Star
Cunard Line
W. S. Champ
Fiala-Ziegler Polar Expedition
Blown Up in Sulphur Fire at Brooklyn Works
Eight workmen were injured by a sulphur explosion at the Brook lyn Sulphur Works in Brooklyn. Four are believed fatally hurt, with many suffering burns and toxic fumes. A second blast followed by a large blaze trapped workers. several jumped from windows as firemen and police were overwhelmed by fumes. Estimated loss around $20,000.
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New York
Brooklyn
Michael Cleary
Patrick Sweeney
William McCullogh
Michael Wiahan
Memphis broker accosted in theater supper robbery
John Baxter of Memphis lost $1000 in cash after meeting a man and a woman at a theater and taking them to supper. Police arrested a man named A H Colden and a woman named Helen Geddes, but no money was recovered. Baxter had arrived in Washington the day before and stayed at the Riggs House. The suspects await further inquiry.
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John Baxter
Memphis
Tenn
First Precinct
Baxter
A. H. Colden
Helen Geddes
Indicted for Felony in Loudoun County Circuit Court
Special to The Washington Post Leesburg Va Feb 16 Edwin J Carter of Illinois faced a Loudoun County Circuit Court indictment for obtaining money under false pretenses He claimed as sole heir and distributee of a wealthy estate and sold large tracts of land to Robert Costello later ordered to refund heirs interests Several Washington based heirs contested his claim and Carter’s whereabouts are currently unknown Also notes a rail fare advertisement for Baltimore and return train 1 25 and 1 25 Pennsylvania Railroad valid on Saturdays Sundays
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Washington Post
Leesburg
Loudoun County
Edwin J. Carter
Illinois
Travis Carter
Robert Costello
Lower Loudoun
Washington
Carter
Costello
ExMtwin J. Carter
Marora
Explosion on British submarine A-5 kills four at Queenstown
The A-5 submarine exploded twice while filling gasoline tanks in Queenstown harbor. Four men died and fourteen were injured as rescuers struggled through fumes to reach the wreck. Lieutenant H G Good blinded and Lieutenant Skinner died later. The danger prompted a later inspection and a formal inquiry. King Edward expressed regret for the victims.
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Queenstown
Artificer
Chaffe
H. G. Good
Lieut. Skinner
Hazard
Lieut
Skinner
Bluejackets
Edward
Portsmouth
Manslergh
Isle of Wight
Berwick Castle
London
South Africa
Deadlocks Unbroken in Missouri and Delaware Ballots
In Missouri at Jefferson City the joint session cast its twenty-fifth U.S. Senate ballot with Niedringhaus 68 Cockrell 76 Kerens 12 McKinley 4 Reichman 1. In Dover Delaware Addicks 22 Henry A Dupont and Saulsbury 2% total 50, 26 needed. assembly adjourned until tomorrow.
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Missour
Delaware
Jefferson City
United States
Niedringhaus
Cockrell
Kerens
McKainley
Reichman
Dover
Del
Addicks
Henry A. Dupont
Saulsbury
Joint Assembly
Florida hotel burned injures tourists and property loss
The Oscilla House in Crystal Homosassa burned this morning trapping guests away on fishing trips. The hotel run by Maj Meeker housed many tourists whose trunks valises and other belongings were lost. One guest valued at about 900 dollars. Maj Meeker's furniture and household effects were destroyed. Public speakers use Piso's Cure to strengthen voice and prevent hoarseness.
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Crystal
Fla
Homosassa
Smyohe
Maj. Meeker
Protest from North Carolina to Manchuria Headlines
From North Carolina to Manchuria the issue catalog lists protests and battles. Victory for Premier Balfour and fighting in Manchuria headline a broad international patchwork.
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North Carolina
Balfour
Manchuria
House
Senate
Princeton
Maxim Gorky
West Virginia
White House
Congress
Santo Domingo
Castro Forges Crisis Force May Prove Necessary
A semi official Caracas dispatch reports President Castro's pressure leading the Venezuelan court to sequester the American Asphalt Company property. The move heightens tension with the American colony in Caracas as the case nears a critical point with possible U S action if demands fail. Minister Bowen confirms the court order and awaits State Department guidance after a Justice Department opinion questions fair treatment under English and Venezuelan law.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
American Asphalt Company
State Department
Bowen
Paris
Supreme Court
Anhalt Company
Asphalt Company
Moody
Department of Justice
Russel
Fire claims children in Michigan and burns father
Three Pearson children aged 13, 11, and 7 perished in a Springdale house fire blamed on a defective flue. Father Frank Pearson was severely burned and frozen while trying to rescue them and likely to die. The blaze followed by other reports of a Harris child fire and a murder conviction in Bigler Johnson case. Francis E Leupp dinner noted in New York. Seaboard Florida Limited schedule listed with other trains.
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Boyne City
Mich
Springdale
Frank Pearson
Lila Pearsons
Esteler Pearsons
Lesle Pearsons
Fawares
Manning Harris
Harris
Hacing
Francis E. Leupp
New York
Indian Affairs
New York Evening Post
Washington
Leupp
Agricultural Bill Returns to Senate Over Revenue Clash
The House voted 261 to 5 to send back the agricultural appropriation bill amendment to the Senate, asserting that the Dingley act change violates the Constitution and intrudes on House privileges. Speaker Payne led the bid, with Williams condemning Senate aggression and pledging to defend House origin of revenue measures. Navy debate followed on torpedo purchases as funds for reserve items were discussed.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Payne
Republian
United States
House
Chamber
Mr. Williams
Adams
Wisconsin
Wiliams
Spalding
North Dakota
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Dae Lhota
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Standard Oil
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Treasury
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