Deadly blast at New York Central power house
A gas and dynamite explosion at the New York Central sub station on Lexington avenue near Fifty-first street hurled a trolley car into an auto, killing four passengers and injuring many. Fire house damaged, 125 people thrown to floors, with extensive damage and a projected bill above 500000. Police expect several more deaths as investigations continue.
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New York
Fiftieth Street
Lexington Avenue
Grand Central Station
Polk
Mary D
East
Fortieth Street
Vere
Fifty-first Street
M Battalion
Duffy
New York Central
Bible Teachers’ Training School
Madison Avenue
New York Central Railroad
M. E. Church Treasurer Johnson Dies In Cincinnati
Cincinnati December 20 General Treasurer Johnson of the Methodist church nationwide is dead here. Funeral plans were not yet announced. Johnson served as national treasurer for the church.
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M. E. Church
Cincinnati
Johnson
The
Methodist Church
Senator Frazier Claims Lorimer Votes Were Bought
Chattanooga report from December 26 shows Senator John B. Frazier disputing Washington dispatches on the Lorimer investigation. He cites a minority view alleging bribery influenced seven Lorimer votes and asserts four Union members confessed to bribery, with three more tainted votes among the legislature.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
John B. Frazier
Washington
Lorimer
Semaier Frasier
Senacom O
Ehsaries
Coron
Wrarier
Uniots Lesistatute
Mr. Lorimer
Chilean minister to United States dies in Washington
Senor Anibal Cruz envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from Chile to the United States died of heart failure ten minutes after the onset. He was 45 and had returned a month ago from Chile after attending the Pan American Congress in Buenos Aires last summer. Cruz had served as Chilean minister to the United States for three years.
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Senor Anibal Cruz
Washington
Chile
United States
Senor Cruz
Buenos Aires
Portugal to elect a chief and form new assembly
Lisbon reports plans for a constituent assembly in April to create a single 200 member chamber that will elect a five year president. A provisional naval commission urges building battleships cruisers destroyers and submarines with American instructors invited to bid on the vessels.
Peary Donates Medals and Flags to National Museum
Commander Robert E. Peary has turned over 16 gold medals and two silver medals awarded to him to the United States National Museum. He also deposited the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity flag and the peace flag from the Daughters of the American Revolution, which he carried to the north pole.
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Washington
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
United States National Museum
Peary
National Museum
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Church Fire Destroys Macon Methodist Building
In Macon Missouri on December 20 a fire swept through the Methodist church during a prayer service. Dr FL Thornburg warned Brother Crothers that the building was on fire. The congregation rose and exited as the eight thousand dollar church burned to ruins in ten minutes.
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Macon
Brother Crothers
FL. C. Thornburg
Methodist Church
S. Crothers
Landslide in Italy kills four in Salerno province
A landslide at Piselotta in Salerno province killed four people and seriously injured several others. One house collapsed and nine more were damaged in Naples area action reported December 20.
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Italy
Naples
Piselotta
Salerno
Fight to start scrimmage for direct vote of senators
Washington December reports a push to amend the constitution to elect U S senators by popular vote. Senator Borah presented the subcommittee report and urged immediate favorable action so the measure can reach the senate before holiday recess. Opposition led by Root and Hale plans a strong fight with Penrose and others assisting. The article notes Taft has no plan for an extra session and outlines ongoing tariff and militia reserve discussions amid anticipated battles over army and navy bills.
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Taft
Washington
United States
Borah
Idaho
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Senate
Congress
Root
Hale
Penrose
Tariff Board
House
Permanent
Tariff Commission
Aldrich
Cummins
Private bank closes after assignment in Watkins NY
Farmers and Merchants Bank, a private institution in Watkins New York, failed to open today as a general assignment for the benefit of creditors was executed.
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Farmers’ and Merchants’ of
Watkins, N. Y
Watkins
N. Y
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Twelve Sink Swedish Ship Cedric Wreck Near Gefle
A storm wrecked the Swedish freighter Cedric near Gefle on the Swedish coast. Twelve lives were lost, with all officers drowned except the captain.
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London
Cedric
Gefle
Fifth Off On Uppers New Pullman Rate Soon
The Interstate Commerce Commission tentatively approves a fixed charge for upper berths at zero percent of the lower berth rate. The new rate will take effect by January 20, 1911, reducing long distance lower and all upper berth rates. Estimated national annual savings approach $1.5 million, with lower berths set at $2 for a 12 hour run on most lines, upper berths 20 percent lower.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Lane
Pullman Company
Commission
Loftus
New Haven Road
Great Northern
Milwaukee
Portugal plans big navy and new constitutional assembly
Portugal proposes convening a constitutional assembly in April to create a single chamber legislature of 200 members that will elect the republics president for five years. The plan calls for a fleet including three 19,000 ton battleships with guns, three 3,000 ton cruisers, 12 torpedo boat destroyers and six submarines with American constructors invited to bid.
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Lisbon
Repubiic
Special Naval Commission
Republic
Truce Declared in Chinatown Feud Between On Leongs and Tour Brothers
A temporary truce ends Chinatown warfare between the On Leongs and the Tour Brothers. Both sides will lay down arms until next Saturday night with a permanent peace hoped to follow. The feud has caused numerous deaths and hurt business for local merchants and Hong Kong importers.
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New York
Chinatown
Waring On Leongs
Tour Brothers
Hongkong
Iowa Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers meet at Ottumwa
The Iowa Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers association opened its annual meeting in Ottumwa at the Commercial club. Mortin Williams welcomed members and President C W Moore delivered the yearly address. Several papers on sheep raising were read, with more to come at tonight's closing session.
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Iowa
Ottumwa
Iowa Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers’ Association
Commercial Club
Mortin Willams
C. W. Moore
White elevated to Chief Justice in historic Senate cross party honor
Edward D White was sworn in as the ninth chief justice of the United States after 16 years as an associate justice. The ceremony in the Supreme Court was attended by justices and prominent figures, with Associate Justice Harlan administering the oath and White smiling toward his wife. For the first time a chief justice was appointed by a president and Senate from the rival party, marking a landmark cross party honor.
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Washington
Edward D. White
Supreme Court of the United States
Harlan
James White
Fuller
Justice White
United States
McKenney
Senate
Man slain in his Detroit home
Francia Kniffen was found dead in his bed with his head split open at 375 Le May Avenue Detroit. His widow Nellie Kniffen reported the groans and found him dying. A bloody ax was found in the wood shed and she denied knowledge of the murder beyond her neighbors' account.
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Detroit
Mich
Francia Kniffen
le May Avenue
Nellie Kniffen
Island Sinks Near Salvadore Killing 170 Inhabitants
A Salvadore message reports 70 families about 170 people drowned when an island in the center of the Tlopango lagoon sank after a sequence of earthquakes. Homes were set on the island and disappeared as the islands slid into the lagoon depths, taking nearly all residents.
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Port Limon
Costa Rica
Salvadore
Tlopango Lagoon
Republic
British vote is a draw in detailed House seat tally
London reports the newly elected parliament nearly complete with three seats still contested. Only Wick Burghs in Scotland shows potential change as Liberal R Munro defends, leaving the house composed of 272 or 279 unionists and 270 or 271 liberals, 84 Irish nationalists and 43 labor members, creating a coalition majority of 124 or 126, similar to the previous term.
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London
Wick Burghs
Scotland
R. Munro
House of Commons
To Quell Cholera Riots in Madeira Dispatch
Lisbon reports the cruiser Almirante Rale left for Madeira with marines and a corps of physicians to curb cholera outbreaks. Medicines and food accompany the force as rioting has erupted after stringent measures aimed at stopping the epidemic.
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Lisbon
Almirante Rela
Madeira
Graves Follows Pinchot Path in Forest Reserve Fight
Washington dispatch reports Henry Gr aves chief forester backs Appalachian and White Mountain forest reserves amid Senate House clashes. The measure, aided by Pinchot’s legacy, faces possible defeat or revision this session as opposition cites climatic and water-flow claims.
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George Clinton
Washingtorn
Henry 9. Graves
United States
Gifford Pinchot
Congress
Pinchot
Appalachian Mountains
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Senate
House
House Committee On Agriculture
Itme
Mentof
Graven
Mr. Pinchot
Asd
Raphael Zon
Graves
Appalachians
Committee On Agriculture
Sesson
Adam Bede
National Press Club
Forbes Robertson
Washington
Robertson
Great Britain
Adam Beda
Minnesota
United
Busy All the Time Little Howard Complains of Bumps
A fragment from The Delineator describes a child named Howard receiving multiple bumps from a series of buttocks by a pal in a sheep setting. Howard responds he did nothing, only getting up repeatedly as the sheep knocked him down.
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Howard Camun
Howard
Fcauntie
Reed Birds Question From Walter's Tip
A Walter's Tip cartoon asks how the reed birds are today, with a humorous reply that the speaker has not seen any finers and porrows in his oil. The gag centers on rural or dialect humor and a play on bird names.
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Walter
Watter
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