Ice jam and bridge collapse endanger workers at McKinley bridge
A ruptured ice jam knocked out 300 feet of the McKinley bridge falsework over the Mississippi River in St Louis. Seventy men fell into the river as the jam moved, with Captain John Short rescuing 40 from the ice during a two hour effort. One hundred thirty men were on site. six feet high ice floes hindered rescue. Damage estimated at 250000 dollars. lives not yet confirmed.
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ST. Louis
Deco
McKinley Bridge
Mississippi River
John Short
New Criminal Code Expands Felonies in Federal Courts
A new federal criminal code takes effect, broadening felonies to include any offense punishable by over one year in prison. It also adds two additional murder degrees, allowing juries to render first degree verdicts with the option “without capital punishment,” carrying life imprisonment.
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Congress
United States
Department of Justice
Spencer Trask Dies in Wreck Victim at Croton on Montreal Express
Spencer Trask head of a banking firm and Wall Street figure died in a rear sleeper car wreck near Croton New York while returning from his country place at Saratoga. Three others also perished. Trask built a fortune of nearly 50 million dollars and left a widow noted for fiction and plays.
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Saratoga
Trask
Croton
N. Y
Henry G. Marquand
The
Stock Exchange
Trask & Stone
Spencer Trask & Co
Albany
Boston
Providence
Nantucket Fears Harbor May Freeze Cutting Island Off
Nantucket residents, already grieving a turkeyless Thanksgiving and Christmas due to scarlet fever, fear the harbor may freeze solid with floating ice. Scallop fishing stalls as boats remain frozen at the wharves, cutting the island off from the mainland for the winter.
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Nantucket
New Martian canals claimed by Percival Lowell
Professor Percival Lowell announced at an American Association meeting in Huntington Hall that fresh Martian canals have appeared within months. He cited recent observatory reviews noting new canal series not present in maps since 1894 and argued the feature implies nonhuman beings on Mars.
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Percival Lowell
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Huntington Hall
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Flagstaff
President Lowell's Chauffeur Fined for Overspeeding
Orrin F. Carson, chauffeur for Harvard president A. Lawrence Lowell, was fined $5 by Judge Murray yesterday for overspeeding.
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Orrin F. Carson
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Murray
Fear outbreak in Chinatown stirs police watch
Boston's Chinatown is closely watched by police amid fear of hostilities following Tong feuds in New York. The city prepares for possible unrest and monitors for signs of violence.
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Boston
New York
Draper Names New Secretary William A Murphy of Boston
Governor Draper selects William A Murphy of Boston as private secretary to succeed Frank L Dean of Worcester who retires. Murphy born 1872 in Boston. educated at public schools Boston College 1891 Georgetown MA 1892 MA. Joined Boston Globe editorial staff about 1896 and has served at the State House since. Resides 2 Ainsley Street Ashmont. married with five children.
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Boston
Draper
Murphy
Frank L
Worcester
Mr. Murphy
Boston College
Georgetown University
Boston Globe
State House
Ainsley Street
Ashmont
Farman Sets Cross Country Flight Record
Paris reports Maurice Farman piloting a biplane from Char tres to Orleans 70 kilometres or 43 miles in one hour. He kept about 180 feet altitude along the route setting a new cross country record. The previous mark was held by Captain S. F. Cody, once American, now head of the balloon department at the British War Office, whose 49 mile flight took 63 minutes.
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Maurice Farman
Chartres
Orleans
F. Cody
British War Office
Cody
Lloyd George Defends Free Trade Against Unemployment Claim
David Lloyd George argues unemployment is higher in protectionist countries citing the United States as an example. He says customs officers keep foreign goods out but hunger and unemployment persist once inside the economy.
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David Lloyd-George
Queens Hell
England
United States
Paradise
Garden of Eden
Son Indicted for Murder of Father in Canaan
Ivory Buzzell of Canaan indicted for murder in the fatal shooting of his father on December 1. He is jailed without bail and his counsel plans a motion to commit him to the State Insane Asylum for observation of his sanity.
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Ivory Buzzell
Canaan
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
Buzzell
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