Walla Walla Sinks After Night Collision Off Eureka
Eureka Cal Jan 3 The steamer Walla Walla sank after a collision with an unknown iron sailing vessel near Eureka. About 40 lives were lost while as many as 60 crew and passengers were saved. The wreck happened at 4 a m and the French bark involved had no lights. Lifeboats remain missing and tugs were sent to search.
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Eureka
Cal
Walla Walla
Trinidad
Dispatch
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Here
Hall
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
New Embalming Fluid in Memphis College Study
Memphis Medical College researchers report a new embalming fluid with great potential superior to ancient Egyptian methods. In tests on a dog, thirty days after treatment the body remains rigid yet lifelike with no odor and no decay. The demonstrator plans to use it for cavaciers, noting the fluid petrifies the body without arsenic or strychnine.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Medical College
Memphis College
Treaty Examined as Spain Votes Next Step
Madrid reports the friendship treaty with the United States has been examined by the cabinet and will be submitted to the supreme council on the date. Barcelona notes an alarming strike situation with reinforcements sent to the area and about 20,000 strikers.
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Frindship
Madrid
Spain
United States
Supreme Council
Barcelona
Everett Moore syndicate put under banker committee control
The Everett-Moore syndicate which operates urban and interurban electric railways and local long distance lines in Ohio and Michigan is placed under a seven banker committee in Cleveland due to temporary financial distress. The panel scrutinizes assets while asserting solvency. a bank run on Dime Savings caused by the news was quickly contained as the bank reported ample reserves.
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Cleveland
Everett-Moore
Ohio
Michigan
Everett-Moore Syndicate
Dime Savings and Banking Company
Messrs. Everett and Moore
Watterson
Death of Captain W. C. M. Jones linked to Guadalupe mines
Word reaches Laredo of the death from pneumonia at Villardama Mexico of Captain W C M Jones about 75 years old and unmarried. For 15 years he was connected with the Guadalupe mines. He leaves two wealthy sisters in Colorado and was related by marriage to United States ambassador to Mexico General Powell Clayton. The remains will be shipped to Camden New Jersey for interment.
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Laredo
Tex
Villardama
Mex
W. C. M. Jones
Guadalupe
U S Coinage for December 1901 and Year Totals
The United States mints coined 14,649,321 dollars in December 1901, with yearly totals for 1901 at 134,693,770 dollars. Gold comprised 101,735,187, silver 30,838,460, and minor coins 2,120,122. Anna Maria Pierrepont, widow of Henry Pierrepont and a granddaughter of John Jay, dies at Brookyln home at age 82.
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Washington
United States
New York
Anna Maria Peirrepont
Henry 8. Peirrepont
John Jay
Brooklyn
Peirrepont
Livingston
New Jersey
Broadway
Walker Street
Policeman Declared Insane After McKinley Remark
Cincinnati January 3. George Hues man the officer dismissed last fall for disrespectful remarks about President McKinley after the shooting has been declared insane and sent to an asylum.
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Cincinnati
George Huesman
McKinley
Ark Man Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Kit Hel ton was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree for killing his wife on October 2 and faces the death penalty after a sanity defense. The case came from Van Buren, Arkansas, on December 3.
Cuba election returns show Estrada Palma leading
Havana reports the central board of scrutiny tallies for the December 31 votes. Tomas Estrada Palma, Nationalist candidate, receives 55 electors while Bartolome Maso, Democratic challenger, earns eight. Palma unites provinces Havana Pinard del Rio Matanzas Santa Clara with Electors. Maso picks up Puerto Principe and Santiago electors. Civil governors named Perez Pinar del Rio Nunez Havana Lecouna Matanzas Gomez Santa Clara Recio Puerto Principe Echavarria Santiago.
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Havana
Central Board of Scrutiny
Cuba
Tomas Estrada Palma
New
Bartolome Maso
Eratic
le Palma
Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Santa Clara
Puerto Principe
Santiago
General Masso
Perez
Nunez
Lecunoa
Gomez
Recio
Echavarria
Nor
Still in doubt over Ohio legislature speaker race
Columbus January 3 The Republican factions struggle to organize the Ohio house with Price or McKinnon as possible speaker. Six unpledged lawmakers Crist Pool McNiel Nihart Foster Lochery hold the balance of power with others reportedly backing both sides.
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Columbus
House
Price
McKinnon
Crist
Pool
McNiel
Nihart
Foster
Lochery
Largest Lumber Deal Shakes Beaumont Firms
Beaumont Tex Jan 3 One of the biggest lumber deals in memory saw Kirby Lumber company with capital of 10 000 000 take over Reliance Lumber Texas Tram and Lumber including Village Mills Beaumont Lumber Adams Mills at Call. Over the past 48 hours Beaumont banks saw deposits swell by about 3 500 000 as new funds moved to settle the purchases and reorganize the holdings under Kirby Lumber.
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Beaumont
Tex
Kirby Lumber Company
Reliance Lumber
Texas Tram
Beaumont Lumber
Adams Mills
Call
Pany, Company, Company
Pany
Eres Chase
Nicaragua Congress Meets in Managua on Canal Lease
Managua January 3 The Nicaraguan congress gathered as President Zelaya delivered a message announcing the signing of a protocol that leases the proposed canal route to the United States He said canal prospects were brighter and the United States guaranteed Nicaragua's sovereignty He also announced U S Senate approval of the Hay Pauncefete treaty
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Managua
Nic
Congress of
Nicaragua
Zelaya
United States
United States Senate
Rumor of Stone and Mme Tzilka Release Cables In Turkey
Sofia correspondent of the Daily Telegraph reports an unconfirmed rumor that Miss Stone and Mme Tzilka were released in Turkey on January 1. The Americans who negotiated the release allegedly agreed in the captives' presence to keep the identities of their captors strictly confidential.
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London
Sofia
Daily Telegraph
Miss Stone
Mme. Tzilka
Turkey
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Reach Bryan Texas Ad
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets offer relief for indigestion sour stomach and heartburn. Druggists authorize refunds if the cure fails. Price 50 cents a package. M H James Bryan Texas, leading druggist, urges readers to remember the Rex name.
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M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
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Palma
Maso Hight
Ohio House
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Opera Hou
Knowles
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OOD
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