Crib Death Toll At Seventy-First Street Fire
Chicago officials report 70 dead and 25 missing from the lake crib fire disaster off Seventy-first street. Coroner Hoff man directs a thorough inquest with a jury of six men and experts to determine cause and assign blame. Survivors recount miraculous escapes while speculation ranges from vermin and gasoline to electrical faults as possible ignition sources.
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Chicago
Lake Crib
Seventy-first
Hoffman
George W. Jackson Inc
New Southwest Land Tunnel
Cal. Hartney
Wayman
City Law Department
Scheuttler
Arizona Demands Statehood Move Adopted in Phoenix
Phoenix January 22 The house of representatives adopted a memorial to Congress requesting immediate statehood for Arizona, signaling renewed push for full state status.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
House of Representatives
Congress
Tennessee Prohibition Passes Over Gov Patterson Veto
Nashville Tenn Jan 22 Both houses approved a state wide prohibition bill despite Gov Patterson veto The act bans sale of intoxicants within four miles of any school in Tennessee and takes effect July 1 1909 The senate vote 20 to 13 and the house 61 to 36 reflect bipartisan support amid bitter debates The legislature also moved a bill to prohibit manufacture of intoxicating liquor after Jan 1 1910 expected to pass over the governor's veto by similar margins
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Nashville
Tenn
Patterson
Tennessee
Senate
House
B. W. Carmack
Plot to Kill a Detective in Chicago Heights Sting
Italian woman reports a plot to assassinate Detective Gabriel Longobardi of the police staff due to anti Black Hand activity. Bruno Nardi and Joseph Bertucci arrested after Vitro Umbrello's murder near Clark Street and the C R I P tracks. The informant says Italians met in Chicago Heights to plan a stabbing at the first opportunity with two men assigned to shadow the officer.
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Chicago
Gabriel Longobardi
Schnettler
Black Hand
Bruno Nardi
Butler Street
Joseph Bertucci
Clark Street
Vitro Umbrello
Twenty-third Street
Schuettler
Chicago Heights
Nardi
Flood in West Kilo Eruption on Philippine Island
A syndicated dispatch describes a West Kilo cloudburst washing out nine homes in Angels Camp, California, killing one Chinese resident, with Farmington and Linden also inundated as the San Joaquin rises. It notes volcanic disturbances in Tayabas province Philippines near Lagnas, and a deadly earthquake near Smyrna with hundreds of houses destroyed.
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Stockton
Cal
Angels Camp
Farmington
Linden
San Joaquin
Manila
Iucena
Tayabas
Sariaya
Lagnas
Castro flight frame up denial from Hague affair
In The Hague January 22 a Paris rumor of a secret understanding between Venezuela’s Juan Vicente Gomez and Cipriano Castro was met with a formal denial by Jose de Jesus Paul Gomez’s special commissioner to Europe. He said Caracas developments under Gomez show the story’s absurdity.
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The
Hague
Paris
Juan Vicente Gomez
Venezuela
Cipriano Castro
Berlin
Jose de Jesus Paul
Gomez
Europe
Caracas
Memorial to Rabbi I M Wise in Philadelphia
Members of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations dedicated a memorial window to Rabbi Isaac M Wise at Temple Keneseth Israel. Oscar S Straus secretary of commerce and labor gave the principal address and praised Wise’s influence on American Judaism, while Jacob H Schiff of New York highlighted his impact on Hebrew scholastic development.
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Philadelphia
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Isaac M. Wise
Temple Keneseth Israel
Oscar S. Straus
Commerce and Labor
Isaac White
Jacob H. Schiff
New York
Rabbi Wise
Comer Awarded One Cent Libel Damages
In Birmingham on January 22 the city court awarded Gov. B B Comer one cent damages after a week long trial against the Montgomery Advertiser. Comer sought twenty five thousand dollars for a 1904 advertisement during his railroad commissioner candidacy alleging he offered Dikert payment for mill work via the Louisville and Nashville Railway.
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Birmingham
Ala
B. B. Comer
Montgomery
E. A. Dikert
Woman and four children die in Saskatchewan farmhouse fire
Winnipeg reports a blaze at a Lang area farmhouse 12 miles from Lang Sask where Mrs Ingles and four of her children perished. The mother and one child escaped initially but she returned to save the others and died in the flames.
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Winnipeg
Man
Ingles
Lang, Sask
Mothe
Millionaire Miner Charles L Tutt Dies in New York
Colorado Springs reports the death of Charles L Tutt a millionaire mining man and smelter magnate of the city The private message says Tutt died in New York City from heart trouble He was a pioneer in the Cripple Creek development and mining scene of Colorado Springs June
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Charles L. Tutt
New York City
Tutt
Cripple Creek
McCracken Fire Destroys Town Business District
A major blaze in McCracken Kansas yesterday wiped out the town’s business section. Ten buildings burned including the Jesse hotel, with guests escaping unharmed. Loss amount not yet determined.
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McCracken
Kan
Jan
Jesse
Woman Shoots Husband After Family Quarrel in Ironton
Ironton Missouri January 22. During a family quarrel yesterday James Taylor was shot and instantly killed by his wife. It is said he hacked her with a butcher knife because she refused to give him the revolver with which the shooting was done.
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Ironton,c
James Taylor
Bunt
Leaps to His Death at Grace Hospital
John Olfshaft, 21, of 10 Bunker Street, fought three weak patients and jumped from a third floor window at Grace Hospital, 167 Sangamon Street. He died soon after from his injuries.
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Chicago
John Olfshaft
Bunker Street
Grace Hospital
Sangamon Street
Six Die in Village Deep Riot at Johannesburg Mine
Six Chinamen killed and about twenty injured in a fierce riot at the Village Deep mine yesterday in Johannesburg Transvaal. Dozens were involved as clashes erupted during the unrest prompting medical evacuations to nearby hospitals.
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Johannesburg
Transvaal
Fight for toga has Hopkins leads in voting in illinois senate
Springfield reports the sixth to twelfth ballots show Hopkins with a growing combined total of 87 votes but no majority. Shurtleff and Stringer gain small increments as outsiders are cleared from the floor amid a continuing deadlock in the Illinois US Senate election by the General Assembly.
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Springfield
Ill
General Assembly
United States
Hopking
Senate
House
Shurtleff
Foss
Lawrence B. Stringer
Shanahan
Chipperfield
Harlan
Hopkins
Highth
Stringers
Mason
McKinley
Lowden
Stringer
MccKinley
Lee O'Neill Browne
Browne
Cheorge W. Alschuler
W. J. Calhourg
Gaihoune
T. J. Quinn
Meyer Favors Postal Banks
Postmaster General George von Kl Meyer urged in favor of postal savings banks during an address to the National Board of Trade in Washington as the group met in session.
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Meyer
Washington
George von Kl. Meyer
National Board of Trade
Wallis Nomination as Insurance Superintendent
Governor Hughes sent to the senate the nomination of Frederick Wallis of New York to be superintendent of insurance in Albany on January 22.
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Wallis
Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Senate
Frederick Wallis
New York
Magazine Writers At Canal Inquiry
New York and Washington reports describe a federal grand jury probe into criminal libel tied to the New York World’s Panama canal purchase coverage. Witnesses included James Cragin and A C Ryan, with Ryan using the alias Rowsey. Charles P Taft may appear as a witness as New York County prepares further inquiries.
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James Cragin
A. C. Ryan
Grand Jury
Cc. P. Taft
Gotham Probe
New York
Federal Grand Jury
New York World
Boston American
Ryan
Rowsey
Charles P. Taft
New York County
Jerome
Washington
Baker
Department of Justice
Panama Canal Purchase
Oklahoma City Conspiracy Charge Involving Gov Haskell Figure
A new conspiracy charge from Pawnee Oklahoma names Scott MacReynolds and Hearst lawman Hester as attempting to conspire with R L Lunsford of Cleveland to procure defamatory information on Governor Haskell. Warrants issued for MacReynolds and Hester after Lunsford said he was approached in November with a plan to sign a false oil transaction statement for $5,000 which he refused.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Scott MacReynolds
Hearst Law Firm
Hester
R. L. Lunsford
Cleveland
Haskell
Pawnee
MacReynolds
Lunsford
Four Men Killed by Lake Hopatcone Powder Blast
Four men died and ten were injured when several tons of dynamite exploded at the Forcite Powder works at Lake Hopatcong. The blast toppled the building, shattered the plant, and shook the region for miles. All fourteen workers in the building were killed or injured.
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Newark
N. J
Forcite
Lake Hopatcone
Train derail attempt thwarted between Antonito and Romeo
An attempt was made to derail a Denver and Rio Grande passenger train between Antonito and Romeo by driving spikes into rail joints. The obstructions were discovered in time to prevent damage.
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Alamosa
Cal
Denver & Rio Grande
Antonito and
Romeo
Millionaire Merchant Robbed in Chicago
Chicago January 22 Franklin Mace Veagh head of the Veagh wholesale grocery firm was robbed of 70 dollars in gold by pickpockets as he walked toward his home at 108 Lake Shore Drive.
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Chicago
Franklin Mace
Veagh
Hig Home
Lake Shore Drive
Read declared sane after dynamite attempt
Denver experts report Mrs. Allen I. Read is sane and has never been insane following her attempt to dynamite Mrs. Genevieve Chandler Phipps. The January 22 dispatch notes alienists’ conclusions in the case.
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Read
Denver
Col
Allen I. Read
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Equal Suffrage Plan Passes in Pierre Senate
Pierre South Dakota January 22 The equal suffrage amendment passed the senate yesterday without debate and without two dissenting votes.
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Pierre, S. D
Senate
Western Union Defends Status as Government Agent in Iowa Suit
Des Moines reports Western Union Telegraph Co through Hewitt and Wright filed an answer in district court to Attorney General H. W. Byers suit for 898800 dollars alleging violation of Iowa foreign corporation laws. Company claims it is a federal government agent not subject to Iowa law and that articles of incorporation filing and related fees were not required.
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Des Moines
Western Union Telegraph Company
Hewitt & Wright
H. W. Byers
State of
Iowa
Western Union
New York
Civil War Officers to Get 50 Dollar Monthly Retired Pay
Washington January 22 The house military committee chaired by Captain Hull favors a bill to place all Civil War officers over 70 on the retired list at 50 dollars a month if they do not receive equal public official compensation. The panel also aims to grant 25 dollars a month to enlisted men over 70. The plan requires over ten million dollars yearly.
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Washington, D. C
House Military Committee
Hull
Association
Iowans Oppose President Senate Salary Increase
Indications show the Iowa delegation will defeat a Senate approved pay raise for the president, vice president, speaker, and federal judges. Nearly all Iowa members including Kennedy Birdsall Hull Smith and Haugen oppose the move citing a treasury deficit near 120 million dollars this year.
Judges Salaries Raised By Senate Debate
Washington January 22 Senate debate on federal judge pay ended with a raise for circuit judges from seven thousand to nine thousand dollars and for district judges from six thousand to nine thousand dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Allison Portrait Hangs in Senate President's Room
Washington January 22 The portrait of Senator William B Allison by W A Reaser of New York has been hung in the president's room in the senate where it is being inspected and admired by his former colleagues. Reaser is from Iowa and the painting is noted as lifelike.
Senate panel weighs ban on interstate race betting messages
Washington D C Jan 22 a senate judiciary sub committee heard Senator Burkett former Senator Blair and others in support of Burkett bill prohibiting sending interstate race track gambling messages they argued the measure is constitutional and warranted.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Burkett
Blair
Seventy five Babies Given Away In New Orleans
A car load of seventy five babies was distributed in New Orleans. The precious freight came from the New York foundling and orphan asylums. Scores of foster parents were waiting at the station to lay claim to the little ones for whom they had previously applied.
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New Orleans
New York
Foundling and Orphan Asylums
Rioting at Johannesburg Mines Kills Six Chinese
In Johannesburg Transvaal on January 22 a fierce outbreak of rioting at the mines left six Chinese dead and many more injured. Several were taken to hospitals for treatment.
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Johannesburg
Transvaal
Six Killed in Lone Canyon Coal Mine Explosion
Six men died in a coal mine blast at Lone Canyon near Chan cellor in Salinas County. Details are incomplete due to missing text but the incident is confirmed as a fatal explosion with multiple workers reported dead. Local authorities investigated and pledged further updates as information becomes available.
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Salinas
Cal
Lone Canyon
Chancellor
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