Corpse strewn shores as gale wrecks ships near Long Island
A brutal Atlantic gale left multiple ships wrecked off Long Island and Block Island, with sailors missing or dead. Rescue attempts failed aboard the Schepp and two tugs, later rescued by the German barque Barcelona before sinking, as crews endured freezing conditions and near-certain death.
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Richmond
Block Island
New Fork
Newport
River
Cuba
New London
John F. Berwynd
E.S. Atwood
Barcelona
Cavour
Long Beach
Long Island
Claus Bohn
South Central Pier
New York Life Saving Association
Atlantic
New York
Grand Central Station
New York and
New England Express
Chicago Express
Southwestern Lmited
Daniels
Gompers Attacks Wu Tingfang Before Foreign Affairs
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor testifies before the hall committee on foreign affairs and denounces Chinese Minister Wu Tingfang. He resents a foreign diplomat criticizing American citizens and defends labor who oppose Chinese exclusion laws.
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Ashington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Hall Committee On Foreign Affairs
Gompers
Gumpers
Evert
Federation of Labor
Four Freight Trains Crash Near Belt Junction Injures Four
A northbound freight collided with a southbound train at Belt Junction after 11 pm. Four men were injured including engineer William West who stayed at his post. Scott Johnson suffered severe injuries and may die. Injured were transported to Grady hospital. officials had no official report yet.
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Belt Junction
Orelock
William West
Scott Johnson
Willie
Hing ‘Verrell
Walter Limpscomb
West
James Stanford
Ken
Boulevard
Grady Hospital
Engineer West
South Pryor Street
Harbor Storm Wrecks and Anchorage Chaos at Newport News
Wind hit Newport News with 70 mph force dragging anchors and tearing a cable. Lancaster cut Bell telephone line, delaying shipping and ferry service between Old Point Comfort and Sewells Point. New England gale wrecked schooners and damaged vessels in Boston harbor, including Jenna Hughes. Dynamite fears rise aboard the steamer Daggery at Norfolk harbor after raising from the beach. Continued on Third Page.
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Owlshead
Loon Lake
Newport Newport News
United States
Lancaster
Bell Telephone
Hfe Ig
Old Point Comfort
Newport News
Sewells Point
New England
Boston
New Fingland
Jenna H Hughes
Spectacle Island
Baker
Palmer
Jenna Hughes
Trigg Ship Building Company
Richmond
Norfolk, Va
Daggery
Carolina Beach
Western syndicate plans large Atlanta packing house
A Norfolk style notice reports that a Northwestern syndicate plans to build the South’s largest packing house and cold storage plant outside Atlanta. Capitalized at 650000, the venture involves ten acres, rail access, a slaughter operation, and extensive cold storage to supply Atlanta and nearby markets with meats and vegetables, with operation expected by mid summer.
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BIG Packing House
Atlanta
Western Syndicate
Northwestern
West
Fee
Peters Street Viaduct Plan Moves Forward In Atlanta
Atlanta council adopts Woodward resolution to build a Peters Street bridge over Southern Railway and Central of Georgia tracks. A three member committee will confer with railroads to secure cost sharing, using 25 000 of 50 000 Whitehall viaduct funds for the project and urging railroad payment of remaining costs.
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Puters Street
James
Kegami
Southern Railroad
Central of Georgia Railway
Petora
Woodward
Whitehall Street
Consolidated Street Railway
Peters Street
Key
Oyer End
City of
Atlanta
Souther Railway Company
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Peters Steet
Rnitroyd
Eaid Street
Agil Southern Railway Company
Said Central
Gegrata Farr Company
Crosa
Cald
Cald Railroad Companies
Councilman Key
Consolidated Street Railways
Councilman
Alferman Woodward
Howell
Kontz
Courcil
Johnson
Tragic death of University of Michigan student Agnes Inglis
Miss Agnes Inglis a sophomore in the university of Michigan metie department committed suicide in Ann Arbor on February 3. Daughter of Detroit physician Dr David Inglis she was known to suffer severe mental depression and had repeatedly threatened self harm with no motive yet established.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Agnes Inglis
Sophmore
Ttg University of Michigan
David Inglis
Detroit
Save Perishing Cuba Cites General Wood Urging Relief
A February 3 Washington dispatch reports General Wood urging immediate liberal relief for Cuba to keep sugar and tobacco from collapse. He warns delay breeds idle, hungry citizens and risks U.S. occupation costs unless Cuba can sell at fair profits. Lawmakers discuss countervailing duties to aid Cuban sugar amid tariff debates.
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Ashington
Senate
General Wood
Cuba
United ‘States
Payne and
Grosvenor
Ways and Means Committee
United States
House
Germany
Austria
Treasury
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Attorney General
Mueller
Nother Eddy
Berlin
Pat
Wood
GENERAL MILES THROWN FROM SLEIGH IN WASHINGON INCIDENT
General Nelson Miles, while driving his trotter Gold Pebble on the White Lot, collided with William Rackey’s sleigh. He was thrown to the ground but held the reins, dragged about 40 yards over ice. The cutter was righted and Miles drove on, reporting no injuries that night.
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Nelson Miles
William Rackey
Knife Used on Funston in Minor Operation
General Fred Funston underwent a knife operation at Scarritt's hospital in Kansas City. The surgeon called it a minor affair before the procedure and later said Funston endured the ordeal satisfactorily. He will remain in hospital for about two weeks.
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Sureon
Kensas City
Fred Funston
Kenife
Scarritt's Hospital
Weather and local notes from the era
Summary of forecast and city items including a freight wreck at Bell junction injuring four men on the Southern, a proposed packing plant in Atlanta costing sixty thousand dollars, council actions in Adel and Rome elections, a major fire in Adel with insurance coverage, Admiral Sampson's Nashville visit, violence against Negro workers in a Tennessee mine, a north Atlantic gale with shipwrecks, a Republican caucus on reducing Southern representation, and discussions on US policy in Cuba under General Wood.
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LOGAL
Southern
Bell Junction
Atlanta
Police Department
Peters Street
Congress caucus debates southern representation plans
A Washington caucus of about 125 Republicans discussed limiting southern representation and federal election laws. Crumpacker proposed a select eleven member committee to study voting rights and remedies. Southern Republicans opposed reducing southern membership. The caucus adjourned for a week with plans to review Crumpacker's resolution and possible election-law moves. Also noted, the cruiser Kearsarge reported a burst gun during target practice with no injuries.
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Jos. Ohl
Washington
House
Congress
Crumpacker
Indiana
Barthold
Missouri
Henderson
Payne
New York
Republican Fair
Representative Cannon
Winds
Toudenschiager
New Jersey
United States
House of Representatives
Taylor
Ohio
Dayton
West Virginia
Moody
Massachusetts
Olmsted
Pennsylvania
Harris
Minnesota
Shattue
South
Blackburn
North Carolina
Gibson
Tennessee
Messrs. BarthoTit
Rodey
New Mexico
Cannon
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WU Ting-Fang
Fie
Jos
PAC
Takae
Sia
Woop
Orsa
General Miles
Piction
Georgia
Rome
Warner Hill
W. F. Blue
Dupont Guerry
Adel
Carroll County
Seeney
Nashville
Labele
Santiago
North Atlantic
House Republicans
Wiliam Fleming
Buss
Pink” Morton
Athens
Eueipee
Navy Department
Higginean
North Atlantic Squadron
Porto Rico
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