Senator Jeff Davis Dies of Apoplexy at 1 A.M.
United States Senator Jeff Davis died at his Little Rock home at 1 o clock this morning from apoplexy. Born in Little River County Arkansas in 1862 he was educated at Russellville and Vanderbilt and had served three terms as Arkansas governor before his 1907 senate term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Jan
United States
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Senate
Stephen Brundige
Mr Davis
Little River County
Russellville
Vanderbilt University
Davis
Senator Davis
New Year’s death by own action in Epernay France
Gae tan Valencin a 26 year old workman, after a failed romance, attempted suicide by dynamite. He exploded a cartridge on his chest and burned badly, then stabbed himself twice, and finally placed another cartridge in his mouth and detonated it, tearing his head apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epernay
France
Gaetan Valencin
Valencin
Two Die in Fire at Newport R I
A Newport R I blaze killed Mr and Mrs Frank S Heath and wounded thirteen buildings. Heath an invalid and his wife likely tried to carry him from their burning home before both were overcome by smoke. The fire destroyed the McCormick planing mill the Weaver Company store and several dwellings with total losses around 200000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. L
Frank S. Heath
Heath
M. A. McCormick
Weaver Company
Train Kills Father and Son Near Pleasant Ridge
Eugene W. Dahl traveling freight agent for Grand Trunk Railroad and his young son were fatally struck by a train on the Cincinnati Lebanon and Northern tracks at Pleasant Ridge, Cincinnati, O. on January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati, O
Eugene W. Dahl
Grand Trunk Railroad
Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern
Pleasant Ridge
Eight Rescued Alive From East Lehigh Mine
Eight of nine men entombed Tuesday at the East Lehigh Coal Company colliery near Tamaqua Pennsylvania were rescued alive last night after being trapped behind a fall of coal rock and refuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamaqua
East Lehigh Coal Company
Here
Driver Shain Killed Three Hurt
Hal Shain, a well known automobile racer, died within half an hour from injuries suffered on the Venice concession pier. Three others were seriously hurt and several people slightly cut or bruised. The accident occurred yesterday in Los Angeles California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shain
Los Angeles
Cal
Hal Shain
Venice
Admiral Cooper Dies at Morristown Home
Morristown New Jersey December 30 Rear Admiral Philip Henry Cooper United States Navy retired died from heart trouble at his home yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Morristown
N. J
Philip Henry Cooper
United States Navy
Yeaterday
Banana choking claims life of Clinton woman
In Clinton Indiana on January 8 Mrs. Thomas Albright aged 50 died after choking on bananas during a meal. Doctor's report listed the cause as accidental aspiration of food with no other injuries noted. The incident ended a quiet day at the Albright residence on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Ind
Thomas Albright
Earthquake Shocks South Carolina City
A violent earthquake was felt in the city at 1 28 yesterday afternoon. Chimneys were toppled and a large crack appeared in the county jail wall. The jail, a stone structure built in 1823, suffered damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Union
D. C
Labor Leaders Sentenced in National Dynamite Conspiracy
In Indianapolis Judge A B Anderson imposes 113 years in federal court on 38 labor leaders convicted Saturday of the dynamite conspiracy. The heavy sentence goes to Frank M Ryan, while six defendants receive suspended terms and others receive sentences from one to seven years. Several key figures are named including Clark Murphy Cooney Coughlin Farrell and Cline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Murphy
Cooney
Coughlin
Farrell
Cline
Indianapolis
A. B. Anderson
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Anderson
Leavenworth
Edward Clark
Frank J. Murphy
Detroit
James Cooney
Chicago
James A. Coughlin
P. F. Farrell
Nework
Hiram Cline
Muncie
Ind
Brotherhood of Carpenter
Wireless reaches from Paris to Arlington in four thousand miles
Washington reports that wireless communication between Paris and Arlington stations spans four thousand miles. Commander C. H. Aullard informs Secretary of the Navy Major Jo ny that this is the most significant wireless milestone since its invention. Time signals from the Eiffel tower were received at Arlington in the early morning hours every fifteen minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Arlington
C. H. Aullard
Jony
Earthquake Shakes Several North Carolina Towns
Earthquake shocks were felt in multiple sections of North Carolina. No deaths reported and damage was small. Union County chimneys toppled and jail walls torn, while Spartanburg saw buildings tremble from top to bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Charlotte
N.C
Union
Spartanburg
Negro Shoots Employer In Monterey Contract Row
Laporte Ind Jan 3 Paul Martin railroad contractor in Monterey Ind refused wage demands of two Negro workers. He was shot Wednesday and probably fatally wounded, police report says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Paul Martin
Monterey
Keokuk High Defeats Canton High in Fast Basketball Game
Keokuk Iowa January 3 Keokuk High defeated Canton Missouri High in one of the era fastest basketball games by a score of 21 to something. Ferknk was outweighed but played better in the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk High
Keokuk, Ja
Canton
Happenings in 1912 year in review
A year in review highlights Balkan war sultanate collapse and the Titanic disaster with 1500 lives lost. President Taft vetoes tariff bills while Taft era ends. Woodrow Wilson elected. Roosevelt founds the Progressive party. Supreme Court breaks up the Union Pacific merger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Balkan States
Europe
America
China
Dr. Sun
Harvard
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Woodrow Wilson
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Democratic House
Farmers' Free List
Taft
Canada
United States Supreme Court
Union Pacific
Great Railroad
E. H. Harriman
TreasuryShows Large June Surplus as Year Ends
Washington reports a strong 1912 year end for the U S Treasury with Secretary MacVeagh projecting a $40 million surplus in ordinary receipts by June 30, marking the close of the first half of the 1918 fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Treasury
MacVeagh
Bryce named British ambassador to receive peerage
London reports the king will honor James Bryce with a peerage in the New Year list. Bryce currently serves as the British ambassador to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryce
London
James Bryce
United States
Grand Duke Michael Relieved of Guard Command
Grand Duke Michael, retired in St. Petersburg, was relieved of the command of the Chevalier Guards regiment on Wednesday and granted 11 months leave of absence, to be taken in Russia or abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Duke
Michael
St. Petersburg
Chevalier Guards Regiment
Russia
Stray bullet kills Gary man at home on Connecticut Street
Mathew Strailez, 22, died from a bullet wound received while standing in front of his home at 1805 Connecticut Street, Gary Indiana. Police say the death was caused by a stray bullet fired Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Mathew Strailez
Connecticut Street
Strailez
Bulgarian in rage Turkey offers Salonika to Bulgaria
London January 3 Peace delegates near rupture adjourned to Friday. Bulgarian minister M Madjaroff stormed out to warn allies would resume war. Greece’s Venizelos presided as Turkey offered to cede Salonika to Bulgaria not Adrianople. Delegates protested. talks paused for Turkey to formalize proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
M. Madjaroff
Great Britain
Foreign Office
M. Venizelos
Rechid Pasha
Turkey
Bulgaria
Salonika
Adrianople
Greece
Balkan
M. Madijaroff
Hulgaria
Mighty Kaiser Said to Have Killed Thousands in Hunt
Telegraphic notes report Emperor William hunted as many as 67,225 animals in a career, including pheasants, hares, boar, stags, partridges, turkeys and a whale. Other items note a Kingston plot, a new Madrid cabinet, a London taxi strike over gasoline, and famine in Acambay after last month’s quake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertin
Kaiser
William
Havana
Cuba
Kingston
Jamaica
Madrid
Canalejas
Romanones
London
Mexico City
Acambay
State of Mexico
Kilbane Beats Kirk in Ring Trash Talk St Louis Fight
Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland, featherweight champion, defeated Oliver Kirk of St Louis in two rounds here on a Wednesday card. Kilbane dominated the opening round and finished Kirk in the second, leaving him helpless. A separate fire report notes Alexander Hall at the Princeton Theological Seminary partially destroyed by a blaze that began on the fourth floor of the main building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilbane
Oliver Kirk
St. Louis
Johnny Kilbane
Cleveland
St. Louie
Princeton
N. J
Alexander Hall
Princeton Theoogical Seminary
Prison sentences for listed Iron Workers officials
A lengthy roster of names linked to the Iron Workers union and related councils is presented as sentenced figures or officials. The list includes Frank M. Ryan Boston Michael J. Young Buffalo John T. Butler Detroit Herbert S. Hockin California Olaf A. Tveitmor Salt Lake City J. E. Munsey Salt Lake City Eugene A. Clancy San Francisco Philip A. Cooley New Orleans Frank C. Webb New York John H. Barry St. Louis Murray L. Pennell Springfield Wilford Bert Brown Kansas City Paul J. Morrin St. Louis Henry W. Legleitner Denver Charles N. Beame Indianapolis Michael J. Cunnane Philadelphia Edward Smythe Peoria George Anderson Cleveland Michael J. Hannon Scranton Ernest G. W. Basel William J. McCain Kansas City William E. Reddin Milwaukee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael J. Young
Boston
John T. Butler
Buffalo
Iron Workers’ Union
Herbert S. Hockin
Detroit
Olaf A. Tveitmor
California Building Trades Council
J. E. Munsey
Salt Lake City
Utah
Eugene A. Clancy
San Francisco
Philip A. Cooley
New Orleans
Frank C. Webb
New York
Murray L. Pennell
Springfield
Wilford Bert Brown
Kansas Citty
Pail J. Morrin
St. Louis
Henry W. Legleitner
Denver
Charles N. Beam
Indianapolis
Michael J. Cunnane
Philadelphia
Edward Smythe
Peoria
George Anderson
Cleveland
Michael J. Hannon
Scranton
List of Names From The Chicago Boston Omaha and More
Richard H. Houlihan Chicago Frank J. Higgins Boston Frank K. Painter Omaha Fred Sherman Indianapolis William S. Shupe Chicago James E. Ray Peoria William C. Bernhardt Cincinnati Frank Fe. Phillips Syracuse N Y Charles Wachtmeister Detroit Fred J. Mooney Duluth
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Houlihan
Chicago
Frank J. Higgins
Boston
Frank K. Painter
Omaha
Fred Sherman
Indianapolis
William S. Shupe
James E. Ray
Peoria
William C. Bernhardt
Cincinnati
Frank FE. Phillips
Syracuse
N.Y
Charles Wachtmeister
Detroit
Fred J. Mooney
Duluth
Court Dismissal Notes Involved Chicago and New York Figures
Names James Cooney Patrick Farrell and others are listed with locations Chicago New York Muncie Ind Detroit Cincinnati. Edward Clark testifies for the prosecution as judgment is deferred at government request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cooney
Chicago
James Cougilin
Patrick F. Farrell
New York
Hiram R. Kline
Muncie
Ind
Frank J. Murphy
Detroit
Edward Clark
Cincinnati
Seven Die As C&O Freight Plunges Through Bridge
Huntington West Virginia January 3 The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad's west bound freight No 99 plunged through a temporary bridge over the Guyan river at Guyandotte killing seven men and injuring six. The dead include F B Weber engineer Russell and six bridge workers from Talcott Teays Milton St Albans. Financial loss put at 500000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Guyan River
Guyandotte
F. B. Weber
Russell
Henry White
Charles Maddie
Talecott
Emett Wood
Talcott
James Crawford
St. Albans
Charles Coyne
Teays
James G. Wheeler
Milton
Foreman Frank Dare Receives Death Threat Over Jury
Frank Dare, foreman of the so called dynamite jury that convicted 38 of 40 defendants, received an unsigned letter threatening his life within three weeks. The notice will be sent to federal authorities and Secret Service agents in Indianapolis. Dare is greatly disturbed by the warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Ind
Frank Dare
Secret Service
Indianapolis
Dare
Woman Becomes City Comptroller in Atlantic City
Atlantic City residents hailed a milestone as Miss Bessie Townsend, 24, was appointed city comptroller with a yearly salary of 1500 dollars. She will manage over 3 million dollars in city finances and is seen as establishing a notable precedent in municipal affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Bessie Townsend
Anna Held Seeks Final Divorce Decree in New York
Anna Held Ziegfeld applied to Supreme Court Justice Amend for a final decree of divorce from Florence Ziegfeld amid prior separation rumors. In Wisconsin, La Crosse Fur and Hide Co. reports the theft of over $10,600 in furs with no suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
New York
Ziegfeld
Florence Ziegfeld
Supreme Court
la Crosse
Wis
la Crosse Fur and Hide Company
Capitalist in France Lessons and American Paternalism
A financial promoter recounts a failed French capitalization scheme to a back home audience. He details Paris hotel spend, a 20 million dollar capitalization, and French laws prohibiting inflating value, ending with plans to merge Oil City and Carbondale for a 26 million profit in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap
Paris
Bristol
Place Vendome
Hotel of Kings
France
Land of the
Oil City
Carbondale
Los Angeles Times
Orchid salad blends with gowns and costs two dollars
A note from the New York Evening Sun reports orchid salad, a menu item matching gowns of green or yellow, priced at $2 a pound. The dish, named for leaf shape, is supplied by two Long Island fruiters. the plant is native to Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M'Slen
How to Avoid Lightning
Prof John Zeleny of Minnesota University presents rules to reduce lightning deaths and property damage. Avoid metal pipes open fireplaces and standing near buildings or telegraph poles. Do not stand near isolated trees and stay away from elm oak poplar and ash trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John Zeleny
Minnesota University
Yale President Hadley Critics Charge Over Cigar Anecdote
At a Carnegie Foundation lunch in New York President Hadley of Yale dismissed a charge as ignorant and ludicrous. He recounted a humorous tale of a young lady shopping for cigars for her fiancé, describing a fashionable tobacconist encounter on Fifth Avenue and cigars matching a slender blue-eyed fiancé.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Yale
Carnegie Foundation
New York
Fifth Avenue
George
Seismological Observatory Planned for Victoria BC
The government has allocated 3000 dollars to build a seismological observatory at Victoria in British Columbia to study earthquakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
British Columbia
Theate
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Tribune
DR. McCallum
Batesville
Indiana
APO
Mr. Davis Was
Little River
Olaf Tveitmoe
H. S. Hockin
F. M. Ryan, A. D. Anderson
Ryan
U. S
Keene
James R. Keene
Waldorf-Astoria
Parley
Albania
The
John H. Barry
Peter J. Smith
Ernest G. W. Basel
William J. M'Cain
Kansas City
William E. Reddin
Milwaukes
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!