Topography of Kingston altered by Jamaica disaster
Across Jamaica a massive earthquake and tidal wave devastate Kingston killing hundreds and leaving the city in ruins. Ships in the harbor remain afloat as rescue and medical supply efforts begin. Reports from Admiral Evans describe shifting channels and widespread damage to Kingston and surrounding coastlines.
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Guantanar
Evane
Admiral Davis
Whipple
Missouri
Indiana
Guantanamo
Associated Pres Fom
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San Franciss
Valparaiso
Kingston Harbor
Sir James
Fergusson
Jamaica
Havana
Evans
Columbia
Most Serious Earthquake in Jamaica's History
A Kingston dispatch dated January 17 reports the recent Jamaica quake as the most serious event of its kind in the island's recorded history, indicating widespread damage and heightened alarm across communities.
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Jamaica
London
Kingston
Walsh, Late Chicago Bank President Indicted
John B. Walsh former president of the Chicago National Bank, which closed in December 1905, was indicted by the federal grand jury. The 182 counts arise from 92 transactions alleging unlawful use of bank funds in financial management.
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Chicago
John BR. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Federal Grand Jury
Finscial
Walsh
Arkansas seeks large penalties in anti trust suit
Littl Rock Jan 18 suits for alleged state anti trust law violations were filed by the district attorney against Armour and Company Waters-Pierce Oil Hammond Packing Morris and Company and the Cudahy Packing Company The action seeks penalties totaling 1 855 000 and follows a prior suit from last October The supreme court decision last week upheld the law in the Hammond Packing case leading to this new action
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Littlerock
Jan
Armour & C
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Hammond Packing Company
Morris & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Jdgement
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Supreme Court
Hammond Packig Company
Kentucky Appeals Court Denies Prohibition Bid in Hargis Case
In Frankfort on January 18 the Kentucky Court of Appeals denied the petition for a writ of prohibition to bar Special Judge Carnes from presiding over the trial of Judas James Hargis charged with the murder of Doctor H D Cox. The ruling ends the bid to block Judge Carnes.
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Frankfort
Carnes
Judas James Hargis
H. D. Cox
Union Official Charged With Embezzling Union Funds
William Stinson vice president of the United Mine Workers was charged in Terre Haute Indiana with misappropriating union funds. He was arrested in Mount Vernon New York and extradited by Governor Hughes. Stinson says the charges are a misunderstanding and can be explained.
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William Stinson
United Mine Workers
Nila
Mount Vernon
New York State
Hughes
Stinson
Havana merchants plan to refuse loans amid troop withdrawal
In Havana a meeting of principal merchants and bankers discussed the possible withdrawal of American troops. If the U S government adopts the threatened attitude the attendees vow to refuse loans on crops to avoid risk after withdrawal.
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Havana
Beating the farmer out of his price at the grain market
Washington reports that the Interstate Commerce Commission will publish a sweeping study on grain buying monopolies. The draft cites elevator and railway alliances across Minnesota Dakota Illinois Iowa and Nebraska, pooling and price suppression schemes that curb independent dealers and farmers. It notes Armour dominance in Chicago and legal barriers to elevator ownership, urging federal rules to regulate interstate grain trade.
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Railroad work halted on prairies due to labor shortage
Montreal January report notes all new rail construction on the prairies is suspended because of a severe labor shortage. Grand Trunk Pacific General Manager Morse says resumption plans are being refined, potentially importing foreign labor including Japanese workers to meet demand and advance national improvements.
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Montreal
Prairies
Morse
Grand Trunk Pacific
Montreal Names Chinese Policeman for Special Constable
In Montreal on January 1, Lee Johnson Chinaman was sworn in as a special constable assigned to the Chinese quarter. He will carry a revolver and badge and focus on gambling dens and opium resorts, aiding the police chief in cleaning up the district.
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Montreal
Canada
Lee Johnson Chinaman
Hin
Bryce to Reach Washington Ambassador Starts Transit
London dated report says Mr Bryce the new ambassador to Washington returned from Ireland and met the king in a ceremonious visit. It notes Harcourt's son may take his Ireland post, with Churchill and McDonnell also cited as cabinet contenders. Mrs Bryce held her final Portland Place reception.
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Washington
London
Bryce
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Anthony McDonnell
Portland Place
Northern Forests Are Disappearing
Washington report by the U A geological survey states Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota forests are being cut down rapidly. The supply has been halved with little timber left in Michigan and Wisconsin and remaining timber concentrated in the hands of a few corporations in Minnesota for the next fifteen years.
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Geological Survey
Wisconsin
Michitgan
Minnesota
Michigan
New Mexico's expense bill passes House
Special to The Evening Citizen reports that in the urgent deficiency bill passed by the House unanimously, government in territories is granted up to 15000 to cover contingent expenses in New Mexico. The legislature meets January 21. Andrews also seeks a pension for John Wo Young at 24 and increases Sylvia A. Sturgess' pension to 24.
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Sylvia A. Sturgess
United States sues California over Japanese school rights
The United States begins two suits in San Francisco to enforce the Japan treaty school provisions. One suit seeks a writ of mandamus to admit a Japanese child to a public school excluded by the board of education. The other is a federal equity suit against board members, the superintendent of schools, and school officials across San Francisco.
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Washington
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San Francisco
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Supreme Court of California
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al Peinellaos
Salary raise and political moves dominate early session
The House voted to increase salaries to seven thousand five hundred dollars a year, while leadership pay was set at twelve thousand. The Senate passed Jamaica relief and postponed Brownaville until next week. President nominated Richard Ballinger to head the land office. A court martial winds through a case against Abbott over selling signal books to a foreign agent.
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Germany
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Oban and Tolmanze
Multiple tremors reported across Oban Scotland Tolmanze Udine Italy and Kaba in Baluk region near St Petersburg Russia. No deaths but residents alarmed at the quakes with Tolmanze residents fleeing homes and no loss of life confirmed.
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Russia
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Kaba
Balu
Udine
Italy
Tolmanze
Tolmento
Carnto
Alps
Tagtlamento
Boy Kills Official Then Is Shot Dead
Jan 18 Smolinsk report that M. Krollau chief of rural administration was shot five times by a school boy named Boriokof as he left a concert hall. The boy was immediately killed by nearby officers.
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Smolinsk
M. Krollau
Boriokof
Krollau
Irish Liberty Author Costelloe Hailed At New Jersey Banquet
Captain Augustine E Costelloe author of Footprints of Irish Liberty will be honored tonight by the ancient Order of Hibernians in Patterson New Jersey with about 2600 attendees. His career includes aiding the Fenian rising of 1867 aboard a brigantine carrying arms and cartridges and a twelve year English prison sentence later overturned by U S intervention.
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Patterson
N. J
Augustine E. Costelloe
Ria Pariot
Order of
Hibernian
Costelloe
Ireland
Sligo Bay
Ameria
England
United States
New York
New York Herald
Shawneetown in Danger of Being Washed Out
Flood conditions worsen across Crielot Ohio as water rises to 69.6 feet and climbs one tenth foot per hour. In Pittsburg area high water halts operations at Unplats Works, idling thousands. National Tube mills may close. California and Roscoe submerged. Black Diamond flooded. coal mines shut and about 10,000 miners unemployed.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Pittsburg
McKeeoport
Unplats
National Tube Works
Fayette City
Ie Ue
California
Roscoe
Black Diamond
Floods threaten towns as rivers rise and dykes break
Readable fragments show Allegheny and Monongahela flooding in western Pennsylvania with West Brownsville submerged while Springfield Ohio notes Offa river crest risk at Shawneetown. Kentucky river rises eighteen feet over two days affecting Jackson and Frankfort area near Carrollton.
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Allegheny
Springdale
Monongahela
West Brownsville
Kentucky
Jackson
Frankfort
Ohio
Carrollton
Louisville
Typhoid Death Toll Rises in Scranton
The Typhoid total in Scranton on January 18 shows continuing fatalities despite sanitary precautions by authorities and medical staff. The latest reports indicate the disease is making headway with several deaths recorded to date.
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Nsylvanea
Scranton
City directory canvassers to begin work Monday in Albuquerque
The Evening Citizen announces that canvassing for a new Albuquerque city directory will start Monday January 21. Willam Koleher C Matson Russell Foster and Wade Thine will supervise one ward each. Citizens are urged to provide accurate information to produce the best directory yet.
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Albuquerque
Willam Koleher
C. ©. Matson
Russell Foster
Wade
Citzen
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