Nantucket Monroe Collision Sinks After Fog Veil
Norfolk Va January 31 The sinking of the Monroe after a collision with the Nantucket is blamed on command negligence. Captain E E Johnson faces a 1,000,000 libel. 19 passengers and 22 seamen perish. Fire and rescue details describe lifeboat actions and saving 28 lives. Local inspectors complete a report expected next week. testimony suggests Monroe stopped engines, Nantucket in motion, fog and whistle exchanges preceding the crash near Winter Quarter Lightship.
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Nantucket
E E Johnson
Monroe
Reguel
United States District Court
Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company
Baltimore
Johnson
Tullapead
Merchanta
E L. Etheeredge
United States
R BL Tapley
Thomas J Hanlon
Tapley
Hamion
Morsoe
Berry
Monros
Winter Quarter
Foss
Capes
Chia
Hot Springs Liver Buttons Advertised in 19th Century Notice
Pungent promotional copy hails Hot Springs Liver Buttons as a universal remedy. Claims include quick relief from constipation headaches biliary issues and skin blemishes with a chocolate coated tablet. Promises renewed appetite, improved digestion and blood cleansing. urges readers to buy at Hot Springs Ark from Hot Springs Chemists Co.
Vain fight of husband to save wife on steamer disaster
Survivors arriving in New York recount Thomas Harrington of Bridgeport Connecticut carrying his dying wife Margaret by hair to keep her alive. He describes their battle during the Monroe Monroe wreck aboard the Nantucket and how he ferried her through water and life belts before she died. He blames delayed rescue and misapplied aid for her death.
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New York
Monroe
Pennsy
Norfolk
Amonthem
Thomas Harrington
C. Bridgeport
Conn
Nantucket
Harrington
Margaret
Macgaret
Kuehn Chose Death That Woman Might Live
New York report details Ferdinand Kuehn a 20 year old wireless operator on the liner Monroe who gave his life preserver to three women as the steamer began to sink then ended his own life to save others. He lived with his Bronx parents Mr and Mrs Abraham Kuehn and sister Victoria. Friends described his early fascination with electro mechanical work and wireless experiments at home. The family mourns while authorities investigate the tragedy aboard the ship.
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New York
Perdinana Kuehn
Monroe
Bronx
Mire Abraham Kuehn
Victoria
Kuehn
Ferdinand
Democratic Speaker Praises Pledges and Lane Removal
Campaign remarks by Speaker Champ Clark defend congressional gains under the Democratic program. He cites the currency bill, income tax, and pending trusts and farmers banks legislation. In Washington Senator Lane is removed from the Senate floor after disputing a committee report on rebates to the steel Trust.
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Congress
Sater Clark
Mexico
Ameica
United States
Guiden
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Lane
Oregon
Senate
Marshall
Benetor Lane
Interstate Commerce Committees
Ateel Corporation
Jane
Hoke Smith
Lodge
Newlands
Oregonian
Morgan
David Tamer
J P Morgan
New Haven
Cumming
Root
Dinner for President Peyton at Capital City Club
Colonel Robert J Lowry hosts an informal dinner for Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis railroad president John Howe Peyton at the Capital City club Monday at 6 pm. Peyton, arriving from Nashville, will tour Atlanta railroad terminals and assess local facilities amid his rise in the rail industry. Also present are Gov John M Slaton and other prominent business and civic leaders.
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Robert J Lowry
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis Railroad
John Howe Peyton
Capital City Club
Peyton
Atlanta
Nashville
Cty
JW. Thomas, Jr
Follsville & Nashville
Louisville
Virginia
Willam Preston Peyton
Todman
Richmond & Louisville
DB Carson
Atlante
Colonel Lowry
John M Slaton
Clark Howell
Constitution For Gray
the Journal
Aga & Carder
Mell FR Wilkinson
Chamber of Commerce
Dann'l Tye
Sai OD Jones
Cardinal Gennari Dies in Rome at 1889 Birth
Cardinal Casimir Gennari prefect of the congregation of the council died today in Rome of heart disease. He was born in Maratea in 1889 and created in 1901. His death leaves sixteen vacancies in the sacred college and a consistory may be held soon. Reports of a delayed consistory due to the pope’s ill health are denied.
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Rome
Casimir Gennari
Congregation of the Council
Oreglla
Rampolla
Gennari
Maratea
Sacred College
Vatican
Leahy Busy Shopping Trips For Many People
Extracts from letters to W H Leahy secretary of the industrial and statistical bureau of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce suggest he runs a department store in effect. Letters request medicines and phonograph needles with missing items noting his willingness to fill these orders.
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Leahy
W H. Leahy
Industrial and Statistical Bureau
Atlanta Chamber of Caramerce
Haiti Crisis in Port au Prince Raises U S Anxiety
Washington reports anxiety as Haitian general Davilmar Theodore enters Port au Prince after overthrowing the government. A multinational naval force stabilizes the area while U S officials await developments and call for a constitutional election under a republican framework.
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Washington
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Davilmar Theodore
State Department
Robert L Russell
South Carolina
Russell
Gay
Davilmar Theodora
Eady
Theodora
Judge Walter Clark Urges Woman Suffrage in Roanoke
Judge Walter Clark of the North Carolina Supreme Court spoke on woman suffrage before about a hundred attendees in Roanoke. He argued for an equal ballot, noted some may not desire it but should have a voice, and urged women to enter politics to improve governance. The two hour address covered constitutional bases and the ongoing progress of the suffrage cause.
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Roanoke
Walter Clark
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Clark
United States
Ite
Man From Monroe Undergoes Emergency Liver Operation
Memphis Tenn January 31 special C W Sheats formerly of Monroe Ga cashier at the Cudahy Packing plant underwent a heroic operation at the city hospital tonight in an effort to save his life Heats swallowed several tickle ride tablets Monday and a large portion of the liver was removed to halt the poison Doctors fear the poison has atrophied the organ and may have reached the kidneys His mother Mrs WA Sheats of Monroe Ga kept vigil in prayer while physicians hold little hope for recovery since Monday Heats subsisted on a buttermil det
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Memphis, Tenn
W Sheats
Monroe
Cudahy Packing Company
City Hospital
WA. Bheate
Sheats
Taft warns Canadians on reforms and democracy
Ottawa January 21 former President William H Taft told the Canadian Club that reforms provoke radical action and threaten democratic stability He warned against corporate interference in politics both in the United States and Canada and questioned exemptions on foreign shipping under the Panama Canal treaty causing a rift with Knox Choate and Root over the issue He suggested Congress may reverse its stance or be required to arbitrate.
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Ottawa
United States
William T. Taft
Canadian Club
Taft
Dominion
Panama Canal
Gaid
Knox
Choate
Root
Congress
Race for Clerk contested by B H Goleman in Claston county
Jonusborown reports that B H Goleman current tax receiver for Claston county announced his candidacy for clerk of the superior court. The entry notes the January 1 special designation and frames the race as a local county election for the clerk position.
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Jonusborown
B H' Goleman
Claston County
Superior Court
Le Duc Pleads Guilty To 2500 Shortage At Court Martial
Le Duc a former commissary sergeant with the Seventeenth Infantry pled guilty Saturday at a Bene mal court martial to misappropriating 2500 dollars from his department. Lieutenant Musgrave argued the case and the judge adjourned the trial to next Saturday. Musgrave said relatives may replace the funds, potentially sparing senior officers from direct loss. The offense carries up to six years in federal prison, though a maximum sentence is not anticipated. Major Robert Alexander presided as president of the court.
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Ho LeDuc
Seventeenth Infantry
Bene
TC Musgrave
LeTc
Musgrave
LeDuc
Leo
Shur
Mijor Robertlexander
Boston Globe Raises Price Amid Anniversary Note
Boston Globe announces price change to seven and ten cents while celebrating the forty-first anniversary of its management. Editor Charles H. Taylor cites cheaper pulp paper and broader costs as factors. the waning price will stay at one cent.
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Monarch
Manhattan and Cluett
Manhattan
Vassar
Mentor-Munsing Union
Boston
Globe
Giperil Charles HW Taylor
Feud Leader Found Dead in Wisconsin Forty Years Ago
A feud leader tied to the Turner feud era was found dead at Stony Forks Mine in Wis. He was 66 years old. Authorities report a broken neck and believe foul play occurred. The Turner feud had been expected to end twenty five years ago.
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Ile Tun Soidera
Wien
Wis
Stony
Forks
Tineu
Hyomei Hemorrhage of Catarrh Remedy Adverts
Hyomei promises to soothe purify and heal catarrh by inhaling a germicidal antiseptic blend. The ad touts immediate relief from nasal throat and chest discomfort, and offers a money back guarantee with a complete remedy kit sold by druggists.
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