Disaster Aboard Lindhelm Mail Steamer in Snowstorm
Reports reach Chicago of the Lindhelm on a Bergen run catching fire amid a blinding snowstorm. Thirty passengers fled to decks. four suffocated, others jumped overboard as boats were crushed. Survivors rescued as the burning ship ran ashore and crews fought flames.
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Wis
Lindhelman
Bergen
Parsund
Antvons
Gas and Wood Shortage Strangles Los Angeles in Deep Winter
Los Angeles endures a severe fuel famine amid an unusual cold spell lasting since New Year. Gas and coal supplies are nearly exhausted and wood is scarce with dealers reporting under twenty five tons of coal remaining. Prices surge with coal at 13 to 15 dollars per ton and wood at 16 to 17 dollars per cord.
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Morning Journal
Los Angeles
Fuel famine hits Jett Oklahoma amid scarce coal
Intense suffering described in Guthrie dispatch as Jett residents face long fuel famine. Wood unobtainable and corn cabs priced out of reach. Farmers haul coal from Enid forty miles away. last coal cut reached Jett weeks ago, lasting fifty five peneties.
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Okla
Jat
Jett
Enid
Pene Tees
Commerce Commission Probes Rail Disasters
Washington probes into rail accidents on the Baltimore and Ohio and Southern Pacific lines citing signal system failures and faulty equipment. Investigators question operators and engineers about wrecks at Terra Cotta and Lawyers, with focus on dead equipment and safety procedures.
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Ayer
Southern Railway
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Terra Cotta
D.C
Combestan
Hilderbrand
Terra Cotte
Pakoma
Atu Welock
Wight Haven
Mithe Tie
Clements
Willers
Ivetaner
Riots Over Officers Negligence Lead to Military Charge
Reports from Fort Houston dated February 4 describe Major Charles W. Taylor and others facing court martial for alleged negligence that failed to prevent rioting at Browneville. The case concerns conduct unbecoming and maintaining good order amid disturbances linked to December events.
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Sheath
Bart Mill
Wight
McCaskes
Department of ‘Texas
Charice W. Penrose
Muphaig
Videgor i Mackin
Fortain Houston
Mackin
Port Lene
Topoe
Browneville
Quarrel Over Dog Ends in Killing in Pasay
A heated quarrel over a dog in Pasay led to a fatal shooting in a saloon on New Avenue. J. Wa Foster, a railroad foreman from Ratón, was killed by Boh denn, a saloon keeper, after the dispute escalated. The two men had been friends until the dog incident sparked the violence.
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Raton
Boh Denn
Mew
Henn
Fuel famine hits Chihuahua as coal and wood soar
El Puasa Texas January 4 reports that the people of Chihuahua Mexico face a fuel shortage with coal selling for 25 to 40 dollars per ton and wood at 274 dollars per cord. The hardship affects the poor who struggle for both fuel and food.
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el Puasa
Tex
Chihuahua
Mexico
North Dakota Coal Shortage Triggers Rural Hardship
Reports describe a fuel famine causing suffering across North Dakota with farmers abandoning homes and moving families to hotels in nearby towns. Great Northern freight officials say they are exerting all efforts to deliver coal to the needy as a severe cold spell continues and an abatement is forecast.
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North Dakota
Great Northern Freight
hevtoRot Pew
Rock Island Wreck Blame Shift In Formal Inquiry
A Kansas inquiry into the Rock Island wreck at Volland shifts blame away from telegraph operator Shumate and clears dispatcher Shoemate. Superintendent Rourke and Tineman hold hearings noting Shumate did his duty while Lanes faces U.S. Santa Fe age discrepancies and possible hearing with the county attorney.
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Tineman
GO W. Rourke
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Veiland
Tinsman
J. HB. Shoemate
Velland
Maine
Mir
Tinsmar
Santa Be
Santa Fe
Tinemas
Stock Island
Leynes
Topels Toray
Alma
Oencil
Noah
Vollund
Stutteon
Uiry
Commissioners to Test Signal Systems Nationwide
Washington dispatch notes commissioners propose experiments to test block signal devices after recent wrecks and failures. They forward to Congress a plan to enable experimental tests and potential legislation guiding government control of new safety devices.
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Dan
Congress
Bolo
Myers case appeal seeks delay in death penalty
Attorneys for Mrs. Aggie Myers announce an appeal to the United States Supreme Court to delay execution of her husband Frank Hotman and the other man sentenced to death. The death row inmates in Liberty and Kansas City are awaiting governor action as the courts consider post conviction relief. The telegraph notes Harriman lines prepare for possible strike as Portland dispatch reports firemen at risk of job action.
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Liberty
Frank Hotman
Kansas
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Myers
Supreme Court
Unclear OCR Item Involving Louis Lopes and Extradition Probe
An incomplete report mentions Louis Jane Auten Lopes Munsune a former member linked to Mt Louis and a Mexican junta. A charge of rifling registered letters was brought as a pretext to extradite him to Mexico but was not substantiated. a federal grand jury returned nothing substantial.
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Ot Louis
Jane Auten Lopes Munsune
Mt. Louis
Wits
Finkelbere
Mexico
Federal Grand Jury
Fier Pill
Employers Liability Law Reaches Supreme Court
Washington January 4 The department of justice stated that appeal will be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States in two cases under the Employers Liability Act. The act was ruled unconstitutional by Judge Myrane in Louisville and large Metal in Memphis. The attorney general may seek leave to appear to support the constitutionality before the courts.
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Department of Justice
Ube
Statler
Myrane
Louleville
Farge Metal
Memphis
Public land fences to be removed by April first under new order
President approves a Hitchcock directive enforcing the 1905 act to clear unlawful enclosures on public lands. Special agents and land officers must act on complaints and remove or prosecute fences seen as encroaching on federal property, with a peremptory deadline of April 1, 1907.
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Hoosewelt
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Land Office
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Philp Ib. Stewart
Colorado
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Eeneral
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Hleharis
Mstewart
Eight hurt as Santa Fe collision near Gallup New Mexico
Eight persons were injured when westbound Santa Fe passenger train No. 1 collided with freight No. 882 near Gongales New Mexico, five hours late, injuring several in the smoking car. Two engines were demolished and cars damaged. cause under investigation. Train traffic delayed but expected to resume by 8 o clock.
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Gongates
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Franklin
Genett
Philip
Jazo
Rusy
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Esther
Trace
Sowers
Gongales
At & O'Clock
Chandler
Dub
City of Panama wreckage washes ashore near Wardell Beach
A heavy southwestern gale drives wreckage from the liner City of Panama ashore at Wardell Beach, Santa Rita County, with life rafts and passengers including Dr Henry Walde Coe of Portland and Mrs Coe. The ship sailed from San Francisco December 31 bound for the isthmus and Central American ports.
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Panama
Wardell Beach
Henry Walde Coe
Portland
New York
Medical Editors’ Association
Roosevelt Mre. Coe
James Bowbry
Wi G McPherson
J. G. McPherson
Featherford
H. W. Coe
T. E. Prince
Frank G. Giuvas
Thomas Chark
Charles Spafford
J. EF. Coones
Harry Cooper
Santa Rita County
Santa Cruz City
Pescaidera Tendeht
Pescadero
Wardell Beash
Panana
Mystery surrounds Indian woman's death in El Paso hut
In El Paso on January 4 a puzzling death is linked to an Indian woman found in a squalid adobe hut on Mtatten. She used the name Pearl Cornelius but divorce papers from Benjamin Holmes show a Wichita, Kansas connection. Her belongings include diamonds, jewelry, coins, glassware, silver, a wardrobe with many colored shoes, and other valuables. The case remains unsolved at the morgue.
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Vwains
Catalina Stage Coach Tumbles From Precipice
Avalon on Catalina Island reports a stage coach toppled over a precipice injuring several passengers. Names include Cartiette of Cerand Rapide Mich and J. Vv. Alle firamt Koapids Mich with varying injuries to arms and shoulders.
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Perione
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Mich
Parilene
J. Vv
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Mente
Dames Ciel
J. Me
Filibert
Tonapah
Eden. Macamb
Bank Looters Confession Solves Torrecan Bank Robbery
In Torrecan Mexico the Porreeon branch robbery involving 831000 is solved by the confession of Auazeneto Permundess, a bank employee who knew the safe combination. Aided by the suspect the entry was made on Sunday, the loot hidden, and about 2000 recovered. Fernandes is jailed.
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Porreon
Torrecan
Mexico
Auazeneto Permundess
Terceun Sielios
Uemeres
Fernandes
Three Die After Eating Canned Beans Camping Mishap
Three people die after consuming canned beans during a camping trip near Ontario. Henry Carter and Mabel Carter are named residents or relatives, with Charles K. Abbott noted as a relative or sponsor figure. The event appears linked to a luncheon incident and a fatal outcome reported yesterday.
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Ontario
Cal
Mabel Carter
Charles K. Abbott
Japanese labor ban debate stirs local council
Fragmentary OCR notes show a discussion of a policy against employing Japanese labor or patronizing Japanese merchants. The item references fines for violators and mentions civic or educational officials urging adherence to the measure.
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Iecal Carpenter
Imuday
Dapaness
Wreck Clearing Restores Santa Fe Route Near Albuquerque
A derailment near Winslow involved Mexican laborers injured and taken to Santa Fe hospital. The crash occurred after a lap order from Winslow dispatchers. freight and passenger trains faced delays as crews worked to clear the site near Gonzales. Franklin and Bowers were reported safe with minor injuries. passengers sheltered at Thoreau during clearance.
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Noo
Banta Fe Hospital
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Ieward
Santa Fe
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Bowers
Woman Ground to Pieces Under Train Near El Paso
A woman identified as Mrs George Pendell wife of a Yeleta area farmer was struck by a train twelve miles east of El Paso Texas. She was driving a horse that panicked and dragged the mare under the locomotive causing fatal injuries.
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George Pendell
Yeleta
Directors ratify acts of chief Harriman railroad holding
New York January report details Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into the Harriman lines. It shows Union Pacific Southern Pacific Oregon Short Line and Oregon Navigation controlled by Harriman with stock holdings in multiple rail and steamship firms.
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