Wreck in Scotland Kills Sixteen in Snowbound Crash
Dundee Scotland December 29 A railroad collision near Arbroath on the North British line between Dunbargh and Aberdeen killed sixteen people and wounded more than thirty as heavy snowstorms delayed London to Aberdeen trains. Among the injured is MP Alexander William Black of Banffshire. The express rear-ended a waiting train after signals were obscured by snow.
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Scotland
Eixteen
Arbroath
Dinburgh
Aberdeen
Here
Alexander William Black
House of Commons
Banffshire
Becotland
London
Dunder
Elliot Jonetson
Midland Railway
Edinburgh
England
Holyhead
Rhoscelyn Point
Wales
Loc
Roosevelt not planning Philippines visit source says
A White House statement says President Roosevelt does not plan to visit the Philippine Islands. The report notes a photographer will take group pictures of the president and party for an exhibit in Albemarle County Jamestown exploration.
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Reste
William Wilmer
New York
Kermit Roosevelt
Pine Knot
Albemarle County
Jamestown
Washington
White House
Rloosevelt
Philippine Islands
Wounded by a Negro in London and Oklahoma
A UK dispatch reports severe Arctic winter disruptions across Central Europe with heavy snow blocking railroads and telegraph service. Parallel US coverage notes an attempted holdup in El Reno by a man in US Army uniform, wounding Lee Sung the Chinaman, as racial tension rises over discharged soldiers and recent assaults.
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Europe
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Belgium
Switzerland
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Great
Nundea
Perth
el Reno
Okla
Lee Sung
United States Army
Fort Reno
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Penrose
Po. Reno
Clifford
Edgar B. Macklin
President of Pennsylvania Railroad Dies of Heart Disease
The president of the Pennsylvania Railroad is reported to have died from heart disease. Details on the time and place of the death are limited in the available report.
Cassatt Death Shocks Pennsylvanian Railroad World
Alenende Cassatt president of the Pennsylvania Railroad dies suddenly at his home at sixty seven. He suffered a heart attack after a bout of illness and a bout of whooping cough spread by grandchildren. He had been ill for a year but remained active until shortly before his death. Green to assume charge. Cassatt’s death sends shock through offices and stock market.
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Johnsion Cacett
Ponsteset Raiilroad Company
Forenmat
Mr. Cassatt
Broad Street
Caeagrt
Cassatt
W. Plunkett Stewart
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Green
Farope
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bar Harbor
Fire Reaches Dover Brick Plant in Nighttime Robbery Loss
Dover New Hampshire December 20 robbers set fire to the Fiske brick plant causing two hundred fifty thousand dollars in damage. The cashier Charles Goldwaite was knocked unconscious in the office and left for dead but was rescued by police officers.
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Dover
N. H
Fiske
Charles Goldwaite
Roosevelt fails to shoot a turkey on hunting trip
President Roosevelt’s hunt along the Hardware river near his lodge proved fruitless as he failed to land a turkey during the outing outside Charlottesville Virginia on December 29.
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President Roosevelt
Charlottesville, Va
Roosevelt
Hardware River
Roosevelt Hunting Lodge
Governor Won't Act on Manahan Charges Against Board
Governor Johnson notified C P Hubbard and James Manahan of the Shippers' Association that he will take no action on the charges filed against the state board of railroad and warehouse commissioners. He says after consulting with the attorney general he concludes the attorney general is the legal adviser.
Commission Cites Right to Refuse Manahan at Exam Hearings
The commission refused Manahan permission to conduct exams alone at the rate hearing amid accusations of railroad bias and malfeasance. In Houston, reports note United States Labor Commissioner H. Sells has failed to settle the Southern Pacific runway firemen strike after several conferences.
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Mr. Manahan
Manahan
Houston
Tex
United States Commissioner of Labor
H. Sells
Southern Pacific
Man Planned Gas Attack to Hide Family Crime
A father allegedly used gas in his home to suffocate two children Ela and Bertha while a boy testified the father instructed Mrs Vzral on the act. The courtroom case presents a grisly family crime with authorities pursuing charges and details of the supposed intent.
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Bertha
Mra. Vzral
Dust the Newsboy Hurdles Deathless Title Claim
In St Louis on December 29 Joseph E Dust a 91 year old newspaper vendor fell on the street while selling papers and suffered serious injuries He says he is the oldest newsboy in the world and may pursue a claim for damages or assistance.
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St. Louis
Joseph E. Dust
Peace pact reportedly signed with Hereros in Damaraland
From the German frontier comes word that a peace agreement has been signed between German forces and the Herero at Damaraland. The report notes the accord aims to end hostilities in the region and restore order amid ongoing conflict.
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Cape Town
Damaraland
Varal family case linked by son's statement
Chicago reports Herman Billick Jr son of the man under arrest in the Varal family killings says he saw Mrs Varal turn on. The fragmentary note points to new lines in a complex murder inquiry surrounding the Varal family.
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Chicago
Herman Billick, Jr
Varal
Puice
Durand Leaves Washington After Farewell Diplomatic Sendoff
Sir Mortimer Durand and his wife departed Washington amid an unprecedented diplomatic farewell. Secretary Root Taft and Moody joined with over 100 diplomats including the German Austro Hungarian Italian Russian and Brazilian ambassadors to bid them farewell, along with prominent American social figures.
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Washington
Mortimer Durand
Root
Taft
Navy
Mercerf
Moody
Mortimer
Diplomatic Corps
Baroness von Sternburg Rhe Preich
Race Riot Reports Reveal Toll and Atrocities
The Atlanta committee report from the September riots records twelve killed and seventy wounded. It details whites and blacks among the dead and wounded and accuses the mob of robbery and brutal treatment, with property destruction across the city.
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Atlanta
Sage Widow Refuses Immediate Distribution of Wealth
Mrs. Russel Sage says she will not instantly distribute her late husband’s fortune and will focus on needy cases at her doorstep in New York. She notes closer claims exist locally and that estate closure cannot occur for at least a year, making current applications premature.
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New York
Russel Sage
New York City
Cattle Hog and Sheep Market Prices Reported
Chicago market quotes show cattle and calves at varied bid ranges with weekly figures. Cows and heifers trade from 1.60 to 5.15 per hundredweight, stockers and feeders around 2.50 to 4.60, Texans 3.75 to 4.50, Westerns 2.90 to 5.40, calves 6.00 to 8.75. Hogs mix and butchers 6.00 to 6.30, good heavy 6.00 to 5.26, rough heavy 5.90 to 6.10, lights 5.90 to 6.30, pigs 5.50 to 6.15. Sheep and lambs range 5.80 to 7.80 and 6.65 to 7.80 respectively.
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Chicago
Former President Grover Cleveland Slated for Home Rest
Dec 99 report states Grover Cleveland, former president, is confined to his home suffering from acute indigestion attributed to lack of exercise. Cleveland's physician says the illness is not serious and the patient is resting at home in Princeton, N.
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Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Indictments in Prussian loan case target Perkins and Fairchilds
New York grand jury returns six forgery indictments against George W. Perkins former NY Life vice president and Charles S. Fairchilds former treasury secretary and NY Security and Trust president. Both charged over alleged transfer of railway stocks to meet Prussian loan terms. Jury says acts were aimed at benefiting policyholders. case tied to one transaction and may extend beyond December.
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New York Life Insurance Company
George W. Perkins
New York Life
3. P. Morgan & Co
Charles 8. Fairchilds
the Treasury
New York Security and Trust Company
Perkins
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr
Cleveland H. Dodge
Fairchild
Europe
Insurance
Security and Trust Company
Grand
Acta
Messrs
Perkins and
Jerome
Armstrong
Perjury Acquittal in Town Topics Case and World Middleweight Bout
In New York on December 29 the jury acquitted Colonel William D. Mann of perjury related to the Hapgaed libel suit and letters on a Ward correspondence. Chicago reports Tommy Ryan and Hugo Kelly have agreed to a world middleweight title bout within four weeks, minimum ten rounds at 158 pounds ringside.
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William D. Mann
Town
Colonel Mann
Hapgaed
Chicago
Tommy Ryan
Hugo Kelly
Illness halts Adolphus Busch in St Louis home
Adolphus Busch millionaire brewer lies seriously ill at his St Louis residence with pneumonia. The era’s news notes his grave condition while the city and business circles await word on his health.
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Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Ashtabula
Lake Erie
Port Burwell
Developments of next year from Bradstreet review
Bradstreet notes an unprecedented 1906 business volume with strong holiday sales and many orders for 1907. Mills closed briefly for year end show short suspensions, demand remains solid, money firm but likely to ease after New Year. Car shortages persist, though conditions improve in the Northwest and parts of the South. Eastern furnaces are sold into the third quarter of 1907.
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New York
Bradatreet
Jeffries to Fight Squires for World Heavyweight Title
San Francisco December 29 Articles signed by William Delaney for James J Jeffries and B F Tainor for the Rhyolite Athletic club set a heavyweight bout for the world title with a $20000 purse at Rhyolite Nevada next April The match will use five ounce gloves under Marquis of Queensberry rules The winner receives 60 percent of the purse while the loser gets 40 percent Taylor has received a cablegram from Squires stating readiness to travel to America.
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William Delaney
James J. Jeffries
B. F. Tainor
Rhyolite Athletic Club
Rhyolite
Nev
Jeffries
William Squires
Australia
Marquis of Queensbery
Taylor
Squires
America
Provisional Governor Slain in Akmolinsk Street Attack
In Asiatic Russia on December 29, General Litvinoff governor of Akmolinsk province was assassinated in the street near his office by two unknown assailants.
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Omsk
Asiatic
Russia
Litvinoff
Akmolinsk
Ottawa youth dies in accidental shooting incident
Ottawa Ontario December 29 A Russell Cameron son of John Cameron of Strathcoma Hall accidentally shot and killed himself aged twenty six A football player of note and former Canadian contingent in South Africa The report also notes Sergeant Griffin of the Ninth regular cavalry is held to Chicago federal grand jury for murder of Corporal William Taylor on Christmas day and obituary notice of Simon A Sherman eighty three a Wisconsin historian and pioneer lumberman at Stevens Point Wisconsin.
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Ont
A. Russell Cameron
John Cameron
Strathcoma Hall
South Africa
Griffin
Ninth Regular Cavalry
Chicago Federal Grand Jury
William Taylor
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