Five Hold Up Fast Mail. Cash Loot Likely $700
Five masked men held up the Southern railway fast mail No. 36 from New Orleans to New York at White Sulphur Springs near Gainesville on February 18. They dynamited the express car, escaped by automobile, and looted about $700 after binding the night agent and signaling the train to stop. A posse with bloodhounds pursues the robbers.
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Gainesville
Southern Railway
United States Fast Mail
New Orleans
New York
White Sulphur Springs
Here
Lula
Real estate dealer jumps to death from eleventh floor
Chicago reports W. J. Plummer plunging from the Chamber of Commerce building. He climbed over the railing on the eleventh floor and fell into the rotunda, dying instantly as his brains were dashed out. The impact knocked down two salesmen. A. O. Mortimer was knocked unconscious.
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Chicago
W. J. Plummer
Chamber of Commerce
Plummer
Areaway
A. O. Mortimer
Can't Identify Son, so Buried 16 With Him
Six teen foreigners share the grave of Hugh McGuire in Calvary cemetery after bodies from the Devil's Slide powder explosion proved unidentifiable. The mother secured Morgan county permission to inter all remains, and a costly monument will mark the resting place.
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Half Lake City
Utah
Hugh McGuire
Calvary Cemetery
Devil's Slide
Morgan
McGuire
Morgan County
Mississippi River rises and falls near Clinton and Dubuque
The Mississippi River at Clinton near nine feet above low water stood this morning while Dubuque reported a four inch drop in the past 24 hours. Officials caution that heavier rains north could alter the situation, but the worst may be over.
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Clinton
Dubuque
Mississippi River
Plague Victims Hair Sold Report From St Petersburg
London reports that German agents in Manchuria ship plague victims hair to Europe. Dead bodies found in streets lack queues, said to be cut to supply fake hair. Britain believes germs only spread by living persons and does not intend to block imports.
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London
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Europe
British
United Kingdom
Chinese Likely to Yield Demands and Resent Treaties
Chinese national sentiment grows against treaties granting foreign privileges, including the 1881 Russo-Chinese accord. Beijing signals possible renunciation after Feb. 25 as Russia presses claims for border delimitation and renewed interpretation disputes arise over treaty terms.
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Peking
Chinese Foreign Board
Russia
Chinese Turkestan
M. Korotovitz
China
Missionary Alice Duryea Leaps Overboard and Drowns
San Francisco reports Miss Alice Duryea a Dutch Reformed missionary known for China work leaped overboard from the steamer Manchuria during the Orient voyage and drowned. The Manchuria brought the news on arrival last night.
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San Francisco
Alice Duryea
China
Manchuria
Orient
Swollen Iowa Rivers Cause Widespread Flood Damage
Reports from across Iowa describe damage to lowlands as rivers run high. The Wapsie and Maquoketa in the northeast are at flood stage while the Cedar and Iowa rivers run very high. The Des Moines river remains ten feet below danger in Des Moines and the Mississippi at Burlington rose over two feet yesterday and last night.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wapsie
Maquoketa
Cedar
Burlington
Mississippi
Holstein Takes Poison Then Bids Wife Farewell
Monticello Iowa February 18 Special Yesterday at noon Holstein of Olin took poison and died before medical aid. He had been ill two weeks, recovered enough to travel to Chicago, then fell seriously ill again and returned home. He drank poison as he claimed to take medicine, waved to his wife Mary and died. No motive was given.
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Monticello
Holstein of
Olin
Holstein
Chicago
Mary
Author of Wool Schedule Dies in Hermit Life
Newark says James Shakelton retired wool expert who framed the wool schedule for the McKinley tariff act dies at his Millbury New Jersey home. He was burned in his bedroom after a student lamp exploded as he read late at night. The hermit lived a quiet life and pursued scientific poultry raising, drafting his third book on the subject. He was born in London and began as a newspaper reporter.
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Newark
N. J
James Shakelton
Millbury
Shakalton
London
Hammond Named Special Ambassador for George V Coronation
Washington reports surprise in political circles at the appointment of John Hays Hammond mining engineer as special ambassador to England for King George V's coronation next June. Hammond, linked to the Jameson raid, once faced Boer death sentence later commuted to a fine. A Yale man, he has long been a Taft friend and once sought the vice presidency in 1908.
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John Hays Hammond
England
Washington
George V
Hammond
South Africa
Yale
Taft
Leander
Jameson
Edward
Botha
Union of South Africa
Train wreck at Embankment Station in Pamaqua Pa
A dangerous and successful attempt at train wrecking occurred near Lofty station on the Philadelphia & Reading line. An obstruction in a switch sent a ton passenger train off the track onto a steep embankment. Engineer Samuel Giltner, 60, was crushed beneath the locomotive and killed.
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Pamaqua
Philadelphia & Reading
Samuel Giltner
May Music Festival at Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids will host a three day May Music Festival featuring the New York Symphony Orchestra of fifty, conducted by Walter Mamroach, with eight soloists including Bernice Di Pasquall Christine Miller Albert Quesnel Arthur Middleton Alexander Saslavsky Dr. Carver Williams and William Beard. The Coe College Conservatory Choral Union, 150 voices under Earle G. Killeen, will perform Bruch Fatr Ellen and Verdi Aida.
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Cedar Rapids
New York Symphony Orchestra
Walter Mamroach
Bernice di Pasquall
Christine Miller
Albert Quesnel
Arthur Middleton
Alexander Saslavsky
Carver Williams
William Beard
Great Choral Union
Coe College Conservatory
Earle G. Killeen
Conservatory
Max Bruch
Fatr Ellen
Verdl
Aida
Curator of ARTS in Capitol Dies in DC
William H. Duckstein, curator of arts in the Capitol and a well known Washington figure, died last night at age 69. He had long served in curatorial duties and was widely respected in cultural circles. He passed away in Washington, D. C., February 18.
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ARFS
Washington, D. C
Wm. H. Duckstein
Arta
Capitol
Republicans Sign Call for Iowa Senate Caucus
Des Moines Iowa February 18 special report says a general Republican caucus on the U S senatorial situation will be held at 4 o clock Wednesday only if eighty Republicans sign the call. The move follows a second effort and includes some standpatters and Garst supporters.
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Des Moines
U. S
Garst
Iowa Soy: Shanghaied to Sea in New York Ship Trap
Charles B Lowles 18 son of a local physician was shanghaied from Seattle last May aboard a four masted German frigate Elisa Linn. He woke in a bank at sea with a Canadian companion and was paid 25 at the first port. He reached New York on the Panama and plans to return home to Town to seek arrest of the shipping master.
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Joyce, Ta
New York
Charles B. Lowles
Seattle
Wash
Elisa Linn
Panama
Mississippi River Rises Threatening Flood in Burlington
The Mississippi at Burlington is 8 feet 7 inches above low water, up 2 feet 3 inches in 24 hours, creating dangerous conditions and threatening low towns with flooding.
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Burlington
Mississippi
Coal Miner Dies After 135 Foot Fall in Iowa Shaft
Des Moines reports coal miner John Birmingham aged 55 died after stepping into an open mine shaft near Valley Junction and plunging 135 feet. The accident occurred last night at the Iowa coal mine, leaving Birmingham with every bone broken.
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Des Moines
John Birmingham
Iowa
Valley Junction
Eyewitnessed assault leaves woman with eye gouged out
Mason City Iowa reports a family dispute ended with Mrs. John Rocko suffering a lost eye after an altercation with her husband. The victim was hospitalized while Rocko fled town.
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Mason City
John Rocko
Rocko
Burglars Hit Local Post Office and Stores
Preston Indiana reports burglars entered the post office and three stores last night but only netted four dollars in cash and a small amount of goods. Architect Frederick G. Brown of Ceaar Rapide Indiana died that night of pneumonia.
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Preston
Ceaar Rapide
Frederick G. Brown
Offended Wife Fires at Husband in Des Moines Hotel
In Des Moines Iowa on February 18 Mrs Belle Blanukenhit followed her husband and another woman to a hotel room and fired five shots through the door at 2 am. No one was hit as police were alerted.
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Des Moines
Belle Blanukenhit
Nothing done to aid insane man in quarantine
Ottawa reports a Russian detainee Gotleiv at Gross Isle quarantine station in November as a cholera suspect remains in isolation without any approved measures to improve his condition. Authorities state no action will be taken to aid his mental state and the situation is described as driving him insane.
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Ottawa
Supposedly Dead Mother Speaks in Iowa Town
Corydon Iowa February 18 Mrs Benjamin Anderson near this city was pronounced dead and laid in her coffin with burial arrangements made. A son from a distant city was about to view his mother's face when she suddenly opened her eyes and attempted to speak. Physicians believe she will likely recover.
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Corydon
Benjamin Anderson
Secret Ballot for Saloons in Des Moines Bill
In Des Moines Iowa Representative Shankland of Polk introduces a bill allowing a secret ballot on saloon consent after a petition of twenty percent of voters and a biennial limit. Eighty percent of votes cast would be needed for approval. A Clinton bill proposes a thousand dollar fine and five years for bribing a legislator or for a legislator failing to report such attempts. The house also passes a measure to divert county peddlers taxes into a road fund.
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Desa Moines
Iowa
Sipe
Shankland
Polk
Greengny Clinton
Assembly
House
Penn College Wins Debate in Triangular Meet
Oskaloosa Iowa February 18 Penn College of Oskaloosa won a triangular debate with Leander Clark college of Toledo and Parsons College of Fairfield Each college presented two teams debating both sides in three towns Penn College won both sides Parsons College won the debate and Leander Clark won one of two for the other side The question was That the federal government should be Paramount to that of the state In conservation Dubuque Iowa February meeting of the Dubuque Ministerial association adopted resolutions favoring the five mile limit law early closing of saloons and closing post offices on Sunday
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Oskalapsa
Penn College of
Dubuque, Ja
Weather Temperatures Recorded February 2
Temperature readings show 12 30 3 29 6 28 7 28 10 29 31 with markings provided by Burhanan Optical Co. Syndicate Block. Data reflects periodic measurements across the date.
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Burhanan Optical Co
Syndicate Block
Rockefeller Wins In Attempt To Oust Gould
New York February 18 George J Gould president of the Missouri Pacific Railway says he will retire from the presidency to become chairman of the board. The fight for control is tied to Rockefeller Kuhn Loeb interests seeking to replace Gould who owns about 25 percent of MP stock. The Missouri Pacific proper runs 3883 miles with St Louis and Denver as termini and controls other lines totaling 10,696 miles of road plus stakes in Denver and Rio Grande and Western Pacific.
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New York
George J. Gould
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Missouri Pacific
Raad
Rockefeller-Kuhn-Loeb
G. J. Gould
Stock Exchange
Goulds
Rockefeller
Gould
St. Louis
Denver
Iron Mountain & Southern
el Paso
Galveston
New Orleans
Denver and Rio Grande
Western Pacific
Union Pacific
Bill to Pay Tax Dodgers Probed in New Iowa Measure
Des Moines Iowa February 18 special senator Fitch Patrick introduced a bill to pay county treasurers a percentage of taxes collected as compensation the scheme starts at 2 percent on the first fifty thousand then 1 percent on the next hundred thousand with diminishing rates for larger amounts a state board of examiners would be appointed by the state auditor with a salary of 1800 dollars to audit treasury records at least four times yearly
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Des Moines
Fitchpatrick
Eulogies in Senate for Dead Senators Dolliver and Clary
Washington D C Feb 18 Tributes to the memory of Jonathan P Dolliver of Iowa and Alexander Clary of Georgia were paid today in the senate. Senators Cummins Callom Tillman Clapp Beveridge Lafollette Gore Chamberlain and Young spoke of Dolliver. Mr Clay was eulogized by Senators Bacon Scott Talliaferro Lodge Overman Carter and Bailey.
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Washington, D. C
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Iowa
Alexander
Clary
Georgia
Senate of the
United States
Cummins
Callom
Tillman
Clapp
Beveridge
Lafollette
Gore
Chamberlain
Young
Dolliver
Mr. Clay
Reciproc ity debate stalls in Senate over Canada trade pact
Washington Feb 18 The finance committee for the Senate convened to consider the McCall bill to implement the reciprocal trade agreement with Canada. Supporters include Senator Cullom and Senators Money and Stone while opponents from agricultural states push for delays. Hearings run through Monday and Tuesday with Iowa and Illinois farmers pushing for action.
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Washingt
D. C
Senate
Rquesta
North Dakota
Iowa
Washington, D. C
Finance Committee
Canada
Fish
Cullom
Illinois
Money and
Stone
Missouri
Gloucester
Maoz
Lodge
Bailey
Taliaferro
Zimmers
Iowa Senate Defers Protest to Roosevelts Wage Order
Des Moines Feb 18 The joint ballot shows Deemer as high man but short of a majority 28 abstentions prevent election The Iowa senate indefinitely postpones the house concurrent resolution protesting President Roosevelts 1902 wage order for federal employees No pension for school maams Ellis withdraws pension bill Glenwood Malvern county seat changes pass to require two thirds vote Dolliver memorial set for March 16 Mining laws revised by Clarkson and White income tax resolution becomes senate special order for Wednesday
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Deemer
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
House
Roosevelt
Iowa
Ellis
Glenwood
Malvern
Kull
Howard County
Genwood
Dolliver
Clarkson
Monroe
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
Congress
Senate
Rebels Capture Town in Teutope Action
Report from San Juan del Sur dated February 18 states government forces repelled revolutionaries who briefly seized Teutope, a town north of Lakjahout about forty miles east of the capital. Government troops then reestablished control.
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San Juan del Sur
Teutope
Lak Jahout
Capital
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Buriel
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Mississippl
Hubby
Martin Standard
Bill
Penn College
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