Rail Yard Fatalities and Diplomatic Tensions in Asia
Reports record two Houston yard deaths as John Powers and Joseph Paskey were run down by a Southern Pacific train. In China, New Chwang tensions rise after American, British and Russian forces clash over arrests of sailors, with officials seeking to ease friction amid disputed actions and telegraph bans.
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Southern Railroad
Decatur
Ala
Sayers
Texas
EB. F. McLendon
Smithville
Galveston
J. C. Mayfield
John Powers
Joseph Paskey
Southern Pacific
Houston
Tex
New Chwang
New Chiang
United States
Vicksburg
E. B. Barry
Conger
H. B. Miller
Schiff buys land for Jewish seminary home near Columbia
New York January 9 Jacob H Schiff buys land beside Columbia University campus to construct a six story dormitory style seminary hall for aged Jewish theology graduates. The seminary, founded in 1886, now has 50 students and plans cost 250000 dollars.
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New York
Jacob H. Schiff
Columbia University
Jewish Theological Seminary
Columbia
Smallpox Reports in Frogville Area Territory
Ardmore January 9 reports indicate several smallpox cases among Black residents near Frogville Oklahoma Territory. Authorities monitor the outbreak and urge vaccination and quarantine measures to prevent further spread.
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Ardmore
I. T
Frogville
Multiple Tragedies and Robbery Reported Across States
Otto Koehr, a Philippine War veteran, died by own act in Yankton, South Dakota. A gas lamp explosion at Weber & Co in Windsor, Illinois fatally burned clerk Albert Foster. Rolla Williams, a young married man from Rombaur, Missouri, crushed by a rolling log. Damon, Texas post office robbed of 250 dollars in cash and stamps and goods taken.
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Otto Koehr
Yankton, SD
Weber & Co
Windsor
Ill
Albert Foster
Rolla Williams
Rombaur
Damon
Tex
France weighs coercive stance on Venezuela claims
A Paris AP inquiry reports France considering independent action to secure material injury claims against Venezuela. The government delays, awaiting civil war turns, and will act without German cooperation, focusing on nonpolitical remedies and protecting French citizens' interests.
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Venezuela
Paris
Associated Press
France
Washington
United States
Germany
Wu Ting Fang on Exclusion Act Views at Passaic
Chinese minister to Washington Wu Ting Fang says the exclusion act poses no danger of Chinese laborers supplanting Americans. He argues Chinese are home bound and scarce where they have free access, citing authorities to support his stance.
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New York
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
Passaic
N. J
Mineral output in 1900 tops billion dollars in US
The Geological Survey reports US mineral production in 1900 surpassed one billion dollars for the first time, totaling about 1.0876 billion dollars. The landmark figure highlights gains in mining sectors across the nation.
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Washington
United States
Geological Survey On Mineral Resources
Revenue Gain Noted in 1899 Area Measure
In 1899 the area reported 397 900 894 with a gain of 95 702 712 dollars, an increase of 9.85 percent.
Chicago Limited carries 175 toward rice and oil fields
The Chicago limited arriving at New Orleans over the Tillonois Central on Wednesday carried 175 passengers bound for points on the Southern Pacific in western Louisiana and eastern Texas rice and oil fields. The train marked a record in fortunes for fortune hunters.
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New Orleans
Chicago Limited
Tillonois Central
Southern Pacific
Louisiana
Texas
Zelaya Re-Elected President of Nicaragua
Managua Nicaragua January 9 The presidential electoral vote was counted in the congress and General Santos A Zelaya was declared reelected unanimously for a four year term. Congress congratulated him in a body called to the chair.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Congress
General Santos A. Zelaya
Zelaya
Nashville man dies by poison at Chickasha
Ardmore January 9. R D Hickman of Nashville Tennessee committed suicide at Chickasha by taking poison.
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Chickasha
Ardmore
I. T
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