Death of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans Shocks Washington
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans died suddenly from acute indigestion in Washington. Funeral arrangements were advanced with services at All Souls Unitarian Church attended by President Taft. The funeral cortege will include Marines, bluejackets, artillery, and midshipmen, with interment at Arlington National Cemetery. His son Lieutenant Commander Frank T. Evans was delayed in Boston by telegrams of condolence.
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West Indies
Monaghan
Boston
Marsh
Admiral Evans
Michigan
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Taft
Washington Navy Yard
Washington Navy Yards
Naval Academy At
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Arlington National Cemetery
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Adams
San Francisco
Hi. S. Sewall
Twenty Trapped But Escape In Chicago Thaw Fire
Fire in a four story brick building in Chicago on January 4 trapped twenty men women and children as crews fought the blaze started during attempts to thaw frozen pipes. Firemen rescued women and children with no serious injuries reported.
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Chicago
Taft forbids slaps at Roosevelt in public note
Washington dispatch says President Taft will not countenance any attacks on Col. Theodore Roosevelt from any side regardless of Roosevelt's intentions about the nomination. Taft expressed confusion over reports of strained relations and has now answered Roosevelt's recent remarks without further escalation.
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Washington
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Col
Ptomaine Poison Saps La Follette Crowd Hears Senator
Joliet Wisconsin January 4 Senator Robert M. La Follette, still recovering from ptomaine poisoning, spoke for about thirty minutes in a crowded theatre after arriving under physician care. The illness forced a medical check before he could begin his address. Smoke Martin's Standard 5c cigar.
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Joliet
Robert M. la Follete
Man in Hospital Mourns Longtime Pard Dead
Minneapolis January fourth. John Hanson, 18 years in hospital, mourns the death of his friend Don Sullivan who lay beside him seven years. The two shared beds before Sullivan moved to the Marcy annex. Hanson unable to attend the funeral, hopes to send flowers. Doctors recall Hanson's cheerful spirit and Sullivan's shy reserve, noting Hanson was Sullivan’s closest comrade in the ward.
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John Hansson
Hanson
Con Sullivan
Con
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Sul Uvan
Sullivan
H.C. Collins
Cold Fatal on Plains of West
Ness City Kansas reports the death of BE Taylor frozen beside his wagon on a roadside while en route to market. A search party found his frozen body near his horse and wagon. four others have died from the cold in the region since the heavy snowstorm began a week ago. Train service on branch lines remains blocked with 300 workers attempting to rescue stranded freight trains and reopen lines. Temperatures across Oklahoma Texas Nebraska and Iowa fall further with Des Moines at 6 below and La Crosse at 23 below zero. Cedar Rapids Marshalltown and other lower cities report deep cold.
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Ness City
Kan
Taylor
Kansas City
Kansas
Great Bend
Hines
Oklahoma
Texas
Fort Worth
Nebraska
Owa
Des Moines
Omaha
Millionaire in a Laborer
Lawrence Brown, son of Denver mine owner J J Brown, works in a Victor mine to support his wife Aileene Horton and five week old son. He left his father after a quarrel over the marriage and now earns his living underground, insisting he can provide without paternal aid.
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Denver
Colo
Dan
Lawrence Brown
J. J. Brown
Victor
I Cato
Brown
Aileene Horton
Kansas City
Leadville
Young Brown
Actress Mojlie Torramine Found Dead in New York
New York January 4 an actress Mojlie Torramine residing on Central Park West was found dead in her apartment today after a recent illness. An autopsy was scheduled for today with officials stating the cause of death pending.
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New York
Mojlie Torraine
Central Park West
Holden Resigns Place at Ames
Perry G. Holden resigns as head of the agricultural extension department at Iowa State College in Ames to pursue candidacy for governor. The Des Moines board of education accepted his resignation, effective after successor arrangements, with thanks for his pioneering work in corn education and farm improvement.
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Jan
Perry G. Holden
State Board of Educating
State House
Iowa State College
Ames
Holden
Educational ‘Board
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Mr. Holden
Iowa
James H. Trowin
State Board of Education
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Towa
P. G. Holden
Supt. Agriculural Extension Dept
Board
State College
Troops Ordered to Resume War on January 4 in Peking
Shanghai reports the imperial government in Peking ordered all imperial generals to resume hostilities at a specified afternoon hour on January 4 if no renewed armistice is received. The move follows revolutionaries’ rejection of telegraphic talks demanded by Premier Yuan Shi Kai, with negotiations deemed unsatisfactory.
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Shanghai
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Taft Accused of Blunder Over Senate Control in Treaty Debate
Senator Hitchcock cited Sir Edward Grey to warn that a proposed arbitration treaty with Great Britain would let three presidential appointees decide U S disputes without Senate consent. He argued the joint high commission traps the United States in Britain’s foreign policy and could entangle the nation.
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United States
Joint High Commission
Senate
Great Britain
Taft
Hitchcock
Edward Grey
House of Commons
Prosecution Penury in Beef Trial Amid Testimony Discrepancies
Witnesses for the government in the Chicago Packers Sherman Act case testified on the stand. William J. Miles, former Armour Packing Company manager in Kansas City, gave testimony viewed as unsatisfactory by prosecutors. Several other former officers and firms’ officials who testified before the grand jury are expected to be called. The government plans a detailed comparison of Miles’ trial testimony with his grand jury statements, seeking discrepancies for possible judicial action.
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Mhis
William J
Miles
Armour Packing Company At
Kansas
Ity
Pamp O
Ateast
Alr. Miles
Jistee Carpenter
Grand Jury Sees New Witnesses In McNamara Case
Indianapolis and Cincinnati figures figure in a federal grand jury session as Frank Eckhoff, longtime associate of John Z. McNamara, testified alongside other witnesses in the ongoing case with fresh testimony expected in the proceedings.
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Indianapolis
Tan
Frank Eckhoff
Cincinnati
John Z. McNamara
Federal Grand Jury Chamber
Waterloo Courier Publishes 64-Page Annual Improvement Edition
The Waterloo Courier released a complete sixty four page improvement edition highlighting Waterlaga growth and local enterprise. Cedar Rapids Gazette and Cedar Falls Record praise the issue for its thorough coverage, ads, and images showing the city’s progress and civic pride.
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Cedar Rapida Ganette
Waterloo Courier
Courier
Iowa
McNamara Conspiracy Ties Probed Across States
Day Ti J Johnson of Peoria Illinois and others linked to dynamite explosions investigated by the government. District Attorney John D Fredericks says California evidence on the McNamara case and the Indianapolis to Los Angeles blast plan is to arrive. BeeManigal expected to arrive tomorrow as Fredericks declines involvement in reward disputes over the arrests.
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Tlwellyn Iron Works
Mr. Fredericks
Los Angeles
Samuel Brown
Wm. J. Burns
McNamaras
Progressives of North Celebrate Anniversary and Campaign Opening
Minneapolis Minn Jan 4 Louis D Brandeis of Boston was the chief speaker as the Minnesota Progressive Republican league marked its first anniversary. The event also served as the opening of Senator La Follette’s presidential campaign in Minnesota. Three meetings are planned with Brandeis slated to speak at all.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Louis TD. Brandeis
Boston
Minnesota Progressive Republican League
Minnesota
Senator la Follette
Brandeis
Secret Fifty Year Wedding Revealed in Connecticut
Thompsonville Connecticut January 4 after keeping their marriage secret for half a century Samuel S McEvoy aged 60 and Miss Jane Plimpton aged 63 announced they wed February 12 1862 The ceremony was by a minister now dead on the eve of McEvoy's departure for the south with Union arms They returned two years later and lived on the same street They had been sweethearts but quarrelled and were never seen together again A terse note gives no reason for their conduct
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Thompsonville
Conn
Samuel
MrEvoy
Jane Plimpton
McEvoy
No Hope for Depositors in Albion Bank Failure
H M Dear ing and his son Palmer M Dearing, Albion bankers, confessed forgeries totaling 165000 dollars leading to Albion National Bank’s closure. They were bound over to a federal grand jury in Detroit under 25000 dollar bonds each and sent to Wayne County Jail as federal prisoners. The elder Dearing, a prominent Michigan banker, expressed final hopelessness for depositors.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Leavenworth
H. M. Dearing
Albion
Detroit
Palmer M. Dearing
United States
Berles
Albion National Bank
Clark
Federal Grand Jury
Commissioner
Dearing
Michigan
H. Mc Dearing
Wayna County
Lunar Lights Enchant Early Morning Sky
Magnificent prismatic lights circled the moon before dawn with bright moon dogs and a complete halo. Scientists debate causes, suggesting ice particles reflect and refract light, while foretelling unusually cold weather from similar surrounding illumination.
Remarkable Case of Dual Personality in Ottumwa Merchant
Ottumwa Iowa January four. Jacob Marsh a Richland merchant underwent tumor removal caused by a blow 22 years ago. He recalls only the first 18 years of his life before injury, cannot remember the 22 years after, and after awakening calls a man who assaulted him by a nickname. He recognizes his wife and children but not events of family life since marriage. Local physicians study his case with interest.
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Ottumwa, Ta
Jacob Marsh
Richland
Marsh
John Yohek
Iowa City
Selma
Davis
County
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