Record Cold Sweeps New York and Rail Network
Dispatches report a historic cold wave across New York state with 40 below zero at Saranac Lake and 41 below at Lake Placid. Central and western areas average 38 below. railroads abandon schedules. 25 locomotives dead on Mohawk division. Ice and drift hinder harbor traffic as ferries struggle and a cutting mill fire near Philadelphia rescues hundreds of workers. The Crucible Steel Company seeks a receiver in Pittsburgh. Taunton insane hospital fire rescues 500 inmates. The Coptic liner brings valuable cargo to San Francisco. Mill resumptions in Pittsburgh create 40,600 new jobs.
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New York State
New York
Adirondack
Saranac Lake
Lake Placid
Ullcn
New York Central
New Jersey
Delaware
New England
Pennsylvania
Ohio
North
Harlem
Panig
Cruicible Steel Company
Crucible Steel Company of America
United States
Pittsburg
Clairton Steel Company
Buffington
William, G.park
Union Trust Company of
Insane Hospital
State Insane
Taunton
Mags
New Victim in Iroquois Theater Fire Brings Death Toll to 591
Miss Josephine Spence died Tuesday from injuries suffered in the Iroquois theater fire in Chicago. The disaster has claimed 591 lives to date.
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Chicaga
Josephine Spence
Fire at VerPlank Hospital on Ward's Island
A fire broke out at VerPlank hospital on Ward's Island New York Tuesday afternoon. All patients were safely removed and damage was extensive though no injuries were reported.
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New York Hospital
VerPlank Hospital
Ward's Island
New York
Iowa Capitol Saved Fire in Structure Distinguished After Hard Fight
A Des Moines dispatch says the northwest wing of the Iowa state capitol burned for over seven hours before being brought under control. Loss estimates range from 500000 to 800000 dollars with the chamber of the house ruined and the building deemed a total loss. The fire, believed to have started from a carelessly left cigarette or an electric wire, left ice on marble stairs and flooded offices while investigators begin work. The legislature will convene as planned, and efforts shifted to salvaging state contents and assessing damage.
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Des Moines. In
State Capitol
Cummings
Chamber
House of Representatives
Crimming
Tary c
Martin
Carroll
Gilbertson
Lown
Capitol
State
Guv
Cumming
Wages Pruned As Steel Trust Cuts Pay Across Industries
New York dispatch reports pay cuts across steel manufacturing and affiliated mines and industries. About 132000 steel workers and 200000 affiliated workers are affected, with 50000 thrown out of work and 5 to 20 percent wage reductions noted as the year begins.
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New York Dispatch
Steel Trust
Trust
The
Ten Thousand Dollar Reward For Missing Banker Body
A $10000 reward is offered for the recovery of Granville W. Garth president of the Mechanics National Bank of New York who disappeared from the steamship Denver on Christmas night and is believed to have jumped into the Gulf of Mexico amid personal distress. Horace I. Garth father of the missing man has telegraphed the offer to southern coast ports while confined to his home with spinal ataxia. Wrecking crews along the coast are expected to become active due to the reward.
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Granville W. Garth
Mechanics National Bank of New York
Denver
Gulf of Mexico
Horace I. Garth
Wreck near Newville injures many and claims life
A Cumberland Valley Railroad passenger train derailed near Newville Pennsylvania after an open switch. Fourteen passengers were hurt and one died shortly after. Reported fatally injured include Miss Rosie Middleton of Mindon, Miss Emily Fuller of Shippensburg, and Harry Tahorsstock of Chambersburg along with an unnamed 50 year old woman.
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Jared
Cumberland Villey Railroad
Newville
Emily Fuller
Shippensburg
Rosie Middleton
Phoenix
Ale
Harry Tahorsstock
Chambersburg, Fir
Mr. Myer
Tyronne
Many Made Homeless After Chicago Fire
A major blaze in the Delaware apartment building in Chicago left about 150 residents homeless with several narrowly escaping death. The building dates from the city’s early growth period and was reportedly ignited by a spark or match.
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Delaware
Chicago
May Mirrow
Derailment in Maryleng Maryland After Broken Rail
A broken rail derailed an eastbound Western Mary train fifteen miles east of Hagerstown. Two men KOI and Mauber Tart were among the injured. a woman, Antverine Sener, age near death, died after extraction. The coach rolled eighty feet down the mountain side, ending bottom upward. An unidentified woman was wedged in wreckage, presumed to be Atvs. TH. Tray or Foy of Philadelphia.
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Maryleng
Baltimore
Mary
Thales
Uulay
Tagerstown, Rd
Axntervine Sener
Tray, Or
Foy
Philadelphia
Rowdy New Year Ball Dignitaries Tied to Charity Event
A London New Year’s Eve ball hosted by the duchess of Porthind and marchioness Denegal drew sharp social condemnation as attire and behavior turned rowdy. Rita and other critics denounced the crowd while noble guests attempted to restore decorum amid disorder among dancing attendees.
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London
Rita
Duchess of
Donegal
Seop
Hotel Explosion Wrecks New Jersey Hall Injures Thirty
An explosion destroyed a hotel and hall in Karsley four miles from Woollridge New Jersey during a St John’s Benevolent Society anniversary dance. About 500 attended. one exit blocked by wreckage caused panic and trampling. Thirty injured, some gravely, as walls blew out and collapse loomed. Authorities suspect dynamite used due to grievance against Claidin or Line rarity.
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New Jersey
Joseph Gadaiila
Karsley
Woollridge
X. d
St. John's Benevolent Society
Claidn
Panic in New York theater echoes Chicago fire scare
A large audience at the Thalia theater in New York endured a false alarm of fire during a Saturday matinee, mirroring Chicago theater disaster scenes. Police in the lobby contained the rush, using firm measures as chaos briefly surged toward exits.
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Chicago
Bowery
New York
Accused of Murder James Reinsmith Linked to Illinoi Killing
James Reinsmith, reportedly in Oxford Kansas for three weeks, was named by a coroner's jury in Mt Carmel Illinois as the suspect in the killing of Elizabeth Lacey, an elderly woman shot through a window Sunday night. Reinsmith is the divorced husband of Lacey’s daughter. evidence cited is circumstantial.
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James Reinsmith
Illnois
Oxford
Kan
Elizabeth Lacey
Mt.Carmel
Ill
Steinsmith
Martial Law Declared in Telluride under Cripple Creek Restrictions
Gov. Peabody declared a modified martial rule in Telluride Colorado to curb entry of men arrested and expelled from the district. The measure mirrors Cripple Creek restrictions to prevent their return, aiming to maintain order and control.
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Gov
Peabody
Telluride
Colo
Cripple Creek
Boys Frozen to Death on Bay Port Ice in Storm
Three boys about 100 years old, two named Loundice and Dutcher, froze to death on the bay at Bay Port Michigan during a Saturday night storm. The fishermen's sons had gone to their parents' shanties on the ice and became lost in the blinding snow.
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Loundice
Dutcher
Bay Port
Mich
Belle Plaine autopsy clears death of Mrs Moyers
The body of Mrs William Moyers was found near Belle Plaine. Iowa City chemists report carbolic acid in her stomach and throat, with wine nearby, indicating death by her own action. Authorities will drop the case. prior suspicions of murder were based on quarrels with her husband and disordered neck bones.
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Belle Plaine
William Meyers
Rule Plaine
Mike Bence
Youell
Iowa City
Berly
Aspo
Fight for Crook's Gold and Sherman Return to Prosecute
Mrs. Moses Sherman and family plan to leave Lake City for Los Angeles to pursue Aly Sherman’s claims to an estate left by Charles Hill. Hill, a California pioneer, was thought poor but investigations reveal property worth 142000 dollars. Sherman alleges Hill was his brother who fled Cayuga County after counterfeiting. US treasury detectives pursued him.
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Moses Sherman
and M Smith
Lake City
Los Angeles
Cal
Aly. Sherman
Mr. Sherman
X Man
Charles Hill
California
Hill
Sherman
Cayuga County
United States Treasury
Abandoned Babe Found On Clinton Porch In Cold
A nine month old baby left in a basket on a Clinton residence porch, exposed to freezing weather for hours, is gravely ill with pneumonia. The unknown mother and a nurse who tended the child are implicated as the child’s caretakers faced with possible death. The case centers on abandonment amid the caregiver’s desire to leave the city.
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Beth
Clinton
William Brown
Minois
Train Kills Boy at Dubtyiue Crossing
A Chicago Great Western passenger train struck a grocer's delivery sleigh at the Dubtyiue crossing Monday evening, fatally killing 11 year old Clifford Dunkley and injuring driver Edward Koch and James Dunkley. Mrs Dunkley witnessed the tragedy from her window as the boys returned from school.
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Chicago Great Western
Dubtyiue
Killig
Clifford Dunkley
Edward Koch
James Dunkley
Fight Short Weights: Coat Dealers Meet in Waterloo
A special session of the Coat Dealers Association of Iowa and Nebraska met in Waterloo to act on grievances against railroads and mine operators including short weights. A fire at Muscatine’s S. I. Cohen clothing store caused about $20,000 in damage and injured three firemen when they fell an elevator shaft.
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Coat Dealers’ Association of
Iowa
Nebraska
Waterloo
Muscatine
S. & I. Cohen Clothing
Tragedy and accident strike two towns in separate incidents
A farmer at Waterloo left a gun in a dry goods store. it exploded when handled, shattering a large plate glass window and narrowly injuring bystanders. In Burlington, Benedict fatally shot his wife and wounded Stephen Erwin before taking his own life, reportedly over marital separation.
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Tumes Trnck
Waterloo
Burlington
Benedict
Stephen Erwin
Lecause
Erwin
Iowa Victims of Fire Across Cities Reported
Gov Cummins sent Chicago mayor a condolence telegram on behalf of Iowans after a Chicago theater catastrophe. Five Des Moines residents died including J L Holland a wall paper dealer and his daughter Mrs Lynn, plus several society figures. Four Dubuque residents perished in the Quois theater disaster. among them Mrs Larry Wunderlich and two Becker sisters.
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Des Moines
Gov. Cummins
Chicago
Iowa
Alayoar Hrenton
J. L. Holland
Lynn
Mia. Tuttle Sulers
OM. Stork
Mis
Enrollment Near One Thousand At State Teachers Meeting
The Des Moines State Teachers Association sessions proceeded as planned with about 1000 attendees. State Superintendent Barrett delivered the annual address as Dr. Storms of Iowa State College gave a notable oration. Prof. Nicholas Butler presented a paper. a concert closed the evening. A faction seeking to control offices failed to secure the nominating committee's support, with Wright of the state normal school favored for president over Wells by some members.
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State Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Barrett
Storms
Iowa State College
Nicholas Butler
Trot. Wright
State Normal School
Wells
Goes to the Wall First National Bank Storm Lake Closed
The First National Bank of Storm Lake closed its doors and suspended operations on an order from the comptroller of the currency. A bank examiner cited insolvency as the reason for the action, allowing time for readjustment of the bank’s affairs amid recent local banking failures.
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National Bank
Storm Lake
First National Bank of
Washington
National Bank Examiner
First National Bank
H. W. Mayne
Linn Grove
Farmers’ and Merchants
Brown
Storm Lake Bank
Denison Farmer Attempts Family Poisoning Tragedy
German farmer Evers near Denison tried to kill his wife and 18 month old child with carbolic acid. The child died, the wife was burned and injured, and Evers drank the poison. He is jailed awaiting inquiry into his sanity. Family trouble cited as motive.
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Denison
Evers
Bangor farmer Grant Drury charged with wife murder
Grant Drury a well known Bangor Township farmer sits in Marshalltown jail held to the grand jury without bail on a charge of murdering his wife. She was found dead in bed on the morning of December 53 by her husband returning from chores, two bullet holes in her head. Coroner's jury impaneled but no inquest held. officials conducted a quiet investigation and report strong circumstantial evidence against Drury.
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Keokuk County
Yelle Lewis
Grant Drury
Bangor Township
Marshalltown
Drury
Miner Dies After Gin Pin Breaks at Tom Johnson Mines
Charles Villers a 25 year old miner at the Tom Johnson coal mines two miles from Clarinda fell to his death when a gin pin broke and caused a cage to plunge about sixty feet. Two others escaped with minor injuries. He leaves a wife and a two year old child.
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Charles Villers
Tom Johnson
Clarinda
Dent
Vite
Child Hurled by Bonfire Undergoes Skin Graft Ordeal
Elsie Campbell aged 7 daughter of A P Campbell a dentist of Clinton endured a brutal medical trial after a bonfire injury. White physicians performed sixty hours of skin grafting to seal a large wound. The ordeal highlights grim treatment during a painful early era of burns care.
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Elsie Campbell
A.P. Campbell
Clinton
Elsie
Stricken Mother May Die After Iroquois Theater Fire
Grief may claim Mrs. Sullivan of Knoxville as her daughters Bill Sullivan of Knoxville and Mrs. Stewart of Chicago, both victims of the Iroquois Theater fire, are mourned by a stricken mother.
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Sullivan
Knoxville
Bill Sullivan
Stewart
Chicago
Sensational Tale Dented In Grunndy Center Dispatch
A Waterloo Daily Reporter dispatch from Grunndy Center says a sister of Lizzie Lynch is deaf from grief over Lizzie's death by her own hand is false. The girl's mother is not insane, contrary to reports.
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Waterloo Daily Reporter
Grunndy Center
Lizzie Lynch
Runaway Apprentice Reward Sought in Washington 1820s
One hundred years ago a Washington builder advertised a thirty cent reward for the recapture of a runaway white apprentice. The Pennsylvania Legislature delayed a constitutional amendment on presidential election method to secure Thomas Jefferson's reelection. Admiral Nelson was celebrated in London for victories in the Mediterranean. Guai t ing was first attempted in London with experiments at the Lyceum Theater. Mungo Tark began preparations for an African expedition that later cost him his life.
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D. C
Pennnsylvania
United States
Thomas Jefferson
Admiral Nelson
London
Mediterranean
Lyceum Theater
Mungo Tark
Africa
Seventy Five Years Ago in Briefs and Notices
Seventy five years ago figures showed the U S population tripling with major growth in cars across New York Ohio and Pennsylvania. Rowland Stephenson a British financier and banker was found to have embezzled one million dollars. A voyage of emancipated African Americans sailed from Norfolk Virginia to Liberia under the American Colonization Society. France prepared to evacuate Cadiz which they had held since 1823. Abdul Hahman an African prince led celebrations in Philadelphia Pennsylvania at the start of his trip to Liberia.
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United States
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rowland Stephenson
Norfolk
Liberia
American Colonization Society
Cadiz
Abduhl Hahman
Philadelphia
Fifty Years Ago Chronicle of World Events
A summary of historical notes notes various 19th century affairs including US merchant marine surpassing Britain, New York City tonnage matching Liverpool and London, boundary survey urged between Washington and British Columbia, 138 railroad accidents with 234 deaths and 496 injuries, the clipper Great Republic burned in New York, 6400 workers on London Crystal Palace, Confederate officials refusing prisoner exchanges, House Ways and Means split on petroleum duties, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston chosen to replace Bragg, and a Chicago mass meeting supporting a New York general strike with John Wentworth as speaker.
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United States
Great Britain
New York City
Liverpool
London
Franklin Pierea
Washington
British Columbia
Great Republic
New York
New Crystal Palace
Benjamin F. Butler
Fortress Monroe
Ways and Means Committee of the House
Joseph BD. Johnston
Bragg
Chicago
John Wentworth
Virginia steamer Virginius survivors reach New York
Thirty years ago survivors released from Cuban imprisonment arrived in New York aboard the United States sloop of war Inmate. Johns Hopkins a Baltimore grocer died at 79 leaving 2 million for a Kamaine university. Virginius sunk off Cape Pear while being towed to New York. Indiana Governor Hendricks ordered militia to quell rioting locomotive engineers in Indianapolis.
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Virginius
Cubs
New York
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Kamaine
Guba
United States
Spain
Cape Pear
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indiana
Indianapo
Judge Thomnas Mel Cooley Speech Amazes Chicago Crowd
Twenty years ago Judge Thomnas Mel Cooley of Michigan, a famed constitutional lawyer, argued that government’s great problem lies in maximum protection with minimum interference. The Khedive of Egypt offered to sell Suez Canal concessions to fund his campaign against the Mahdi. De Lesseps urged that France retain canal control while he lives. A Congress bill aimed to halt silver dollar coinage to avoid pressuring Europe to accept silver as money.
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Michigan
Chicago
Egypt
BH Mahdi
M. de Lesseps
Suez Canal
France
Congress
Europe
Ten Years Ago In Milwaukee Knights Of Lalor Clash
Ten years ago Grand Master Workin John Sove reign of the Knights of Lalor was enjoined at Milwaukee Wisconsin from ordering a strike of Northern Pacific railroad workers or expressing an opinion on such a strike. Foreign powers at Tio Junciro avoided Brazilian insurgent. The Carne Steel Company cut wages of its employees by 40 percent due to hard times.
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John Sovereign
Knights of Lalor
Milwaukee
Wis
Northern Pacific
Tio Junciro
Carne Steel Company
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