Fire at Equitable Building Kills Four as NYC Burns
Immense Equitable Life Assurance building on lower Broadway destroyed by fire. Six lives lost and about six million dollars of property destroyed. Fire damages include priceless libraries and many securities vaults likely saved. Rescue efforts continue with several missing.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Broadway
Equitable
Mercantile Trust Company
Equitable Trust Company
Kountze Brothers
August Belmont and Company
Harriman Lines
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
Lawyers Club
Equitable Society
Lawyer's Club
EB. H W. Harriman
Fauttable
President Day
Albany Street
Society
Chase National Bank
Pine Street
Fourth National Bank
Nassau Street
Manigal Tells How He Used Clock In Bomb Plots
Ortie McManigal testified before a grand jury inquiry in Indianapolis detailing how an alarm clock attachment spurred bombings starting with Mount Vernon Illinois on April 18 1910 and later the Los Angeles Times and other targets. He said McNamara called the device a new invention and described alibi tactics and travel plans to evade detection. He mentioned $125 payment for the Mount Vernon job and his Chicago residence.
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Ind
Ortie McManigal
Mount Vernon
Ilinois
Grand
McManigal
Los Angeles Times
Salt Lake
John J. McNamara
McNamara
Chicago
Reverend Richeson Sentenced to Death by Electric Chair
In Boston on January 9 1919 Reverend Clarence T Richeson pleaded guilty to the premeditated murder of his former sweetheart Avis Linnell and was sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week beginning May 19 1919. Judge Sanderson imposed the sentence and expressed hope for mercy from the governor and the Massachusetts pardon board.
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Masc
Clarence ¥. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Sanderson
Richeson
Dourt
Purdue
Oregon
Harry Eigin Webster
Chicago
Beastie Webster
Farrand
Ogle County
Carnegie to Appear in Steel Trust Probe
Andrew Carnegie will testify before the House steel trust investigating committee next Wednesday morning after sending a telegram agreeing to appear. Chairman Stanley said Carnegie had been subpoenaed as a witness though he had earlier declined, citing counsel advice since being named a defendant in the government suit against the steel corporation.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
House “Steel Trust
Stanley
Mr. Carnegie
New York
Carnegie
Neeley Elected in Seventh Kansas District
Hutchinson Kans Jan Geo A Neeley Democrat was today elected to Congress in the Seventh Kansas district to succeed the late B H Madison Republican He defeated Frank J Martin Republican by twelve hundred votes.
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Hutchinson, Kans
Geo. A. Neeley
Kansas
B. H. Madison
Frank J. Martin
New Mexico Machinery All Ready
United Democrats prepare to take key state offices on January 15 as First State officers are inaugurated. Republicans reportedly prepare for orderly transfer of power amid ceremonial events.
New Mexico to Inaugurate Gov Williams McDonald Appoints Officials
Taft proclaims statehood on January 6 as the government prepares for the January 15 inauguration at Santa Fe. Governor McDonald plans two pre legislative appointments including penitentiary superintendent and traveling auditor and bank examiner. Captain Fred Fornoff tipped for penitentiary wardenship. traveling auditor role carries duties over county treasury checks and state banks.
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N. M
Taft
New Mexico
Williams. McDonald
Santa Fe
McDonald
Fred Fornoff
Territorial Rangers
County
Treasuries
Keanly
Millionaire's Advice on Wealth and Work From Frederick Weyerhauser
Frederick Weyerhauser, a St Paul millionaire visiting Pasadena for an interview, shares guidance on wealth. He emphasizes using existing resources, avoiding fear of long efforts, and finding joy in purposeful work. He says young people can succeed by saving, having a clear plan, and treating work as a privilege rather than hardship.
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Buminata
Finishing of Sixty Miles More Track Advances Coast to Gulf Route
Dispatches from Willings Montana report completion of sixty-six miles of track from Thermopolis Wyoming to Powder River linking Chicago and North Western lines with Burlington. The Wall Street Journal says Hill interests will offer through Seattle to Galveston service via Denver by August 1 1912, with Thermopolis line ready for operation.
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Powder River
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Wall Street Journal
Hill Interests
Seattle
Calveston
Denver
Thermopolis Onder River
Cheyenne O
Gulf
Beetle
Billings
Mont
Great Northern
Hurlington
Harvard Professor Proposes Dramatic League Censor Plan
Prof Geo D Baker of Harvard heads the Drama League of How ton proposes using a special committee to monitor and critique plays during five-night runs. The plan would create a bulletin highlighting worthy productions and omitting others from publicity to steer public notice.
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Philadelphia
Jan
Geo D. Baker
Harvard University
Drama League of
Howton
Orchentra
Atendante
Pletire
Baker
Democrats 10 Meet in Baltimore June 25 Convention Date
The National Democratic committee selected Baltimore as the convention city and June 20 as the date to select presidential and vice presidential candidates. Delegates number 1074 with harmony noted as Bryan did not attend the meeting, delivering a Jackson Day speech in Washington.
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Baltimore
Washington
National Democratic Committee
Chicago
Bryan
Mack
St. Louis
Penver
New York
William J. Bryan
Bad Bandit in Hands of the Police
Frank Holloway, arrested as a pickpocket in Chicago, confessed to multiple murders and robberies across the United States Canada and South America. Police doubt parts of the tale while continuing to question him about a Fort Worth Texas bank robbery and a Vernon Texas home background.
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Chicago
Frank Holloway
United Sates
Canada
South America
Holloway
Vernon
Texas
Fort Worth
Harrold
WIFE BEATER TREATED BY MASKED MEN IN BENKELMAN
In Henkelman Nebraska Jan seven masked men armed with revolvers abducted Lawrence Shaw from his bed. They stripped him naked and whipped him with blacksnakes near the depot, witnessed by a large crowd. Shaw promised to face punishment and return to Denver, amid reports he had abused his wife and burned a baby’s feet.
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Benkelman
Lawrence Shaw
Henkleman Depot
Denver
Shaw Ta
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