Sinking of the Columbia After Collision Off California
The steamer Columbia with about 150 aboard sank Saturday off the California coast after being rammed by the lumber schooner San Pedro. About 10 survivors are confirmed and the fate of others remains uncertain as the San Pedro remains afloat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Tishop
Texas
E. M. Holbrook
Telfe. Lonabaugh
Hubert McParlaiser
Sheridan
Cheyenne
Wio
United States
Sheridan County
Lorain
Ohio
Nickel Plate
Brooke
Holmson
Willistee
Holmes
Hinson
Fragmented War era notes mix fire losses and trials
A garbled collection of events reports a Kirn Yall building fire with $250 damage in Portsmouth, mentions protests in Paris, a German murder trial, a Moscow airship accident, a Manila injury, a Shah plot, and a Tennessee street scuffle leading to a shooting and arrest.
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Kirn Yall
Tsmouth
Karl Iau
Washington University
Juhe
Germany
Art House
Fer Clemenceau
Goonval Pie
Paris
Patrietier
Eugene Cofin
Manila
Coffin
Old Missinley Regiment
Ilionaire Armenian
New York
Enian
Shah of Dorsin
Pritchard
Asheville
Jared
Carolina
Southern Railway
Guoyon
Ying
Knoxville
Oglesby
Jenks
Intrigues In Korean Capital Stir Severe Crisis
Telegrams from Seoul report vast intrigues in progress as the palace faces conspiracies surrounding the new Emperor. Rivalries between royal mothers fuel disaffection, while Japanese troops guard arsenals and plans to extend the resident-general’s control threaten Korea’s internal government.
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Seoul
Korea
Princess Ming
Prince Ying
Hasegawa
Hayashi
Japan
Wold
Marquis Ito
Wisconsin and federal rulings touch road fees and rail safety
Wisconsin Supreme Court voids license fee collections for roads due before Feb 1 1890. ICC forms expert board to test block signal safety devices. Southern Railway appeals rate cut case to federal courts seeking injunctions. Interstate rail segregation rulings upheld with equal treatment required. Monorail plans and NYC Newark transit project discussed. Rayes of prose and deaths in a family poisoning case linked to Billek and Vrzal narrated with old city context.
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Northwestern
St. Paul
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Southern Railway
United States Circuit Court
North Carolina
Vant State
Virginia
Cnmission
Whigh
Supreme Court
John JE. Stalin
Rapid Transit Board of
New York City
Newark
Toward Hy
Tunis
Daltimore
Onest Bilion
Americn
Interstate Commerce Commmission
Department of Pastice
Chicago
Billek To Hang In Chicago Murder Trial Verdict
A Chicago jury in Judge Barnes's court found Dibek Billek guilty of murdering Maury Vizal by arsenical poisoning. Billek faces legal execution as the first in a series of cases, with Vizal family members failing under the attack. Edna Billek, 9, cried as the verdict was read and Mrs. Billek fainted.
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West 19Th Street
Billek
Vizal
Vrzal
Donosky
Mary Vrzal
Herman Dillek
Wieder
Migsic Plebs Puriours
Maury Vizal
Rilek
Spelar
Jed
Edna Bllek
Cof
Ler Sons
Frank and
Terman
Enana Vrea Niemann
Vervadb
Steed
Derey Acral Bertha Vrzal
Verdier
Emperor of Korea Abdicates After Elder Statesmen Talk
The Emperor of Korea formally abdicates following a long conference with elder statesmen. After an all night meeting the cabinet urged an emperor regent be named and the emperor to travel to Tokio to apologize in person to the Japanese emperor for sending a delegation to the Hague peace conference.
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Korea
Tokio
Japan
Hague
Protest Urged as Only Way to Prevent Emperor Dethronement
The program was urged as the sole solution to avert the forcible dethronement of the Emperor and to protest against Japan’s attitude.
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Japan
William January Granted Pardon After Prison Release
Missouri man William January also known as Charles W. Anderson is freed from a Kansas prison after a pardon petition with 50 000 signatures was presented to President Roosevelt three months ago.
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Willian January
Charles W. Anderson
Roosevelt
Bankers Target Express Firms Before Commerce Commission
The American Bankers' Association accuses express companies of unjust and illegal encroachment on banking territory and of using their common carrier influence to discriminate against bankers members. The bankers claim this departs from the express firms chartered purposes.
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Express Companies
United States
Commerce Commission
American Bankers’ Association
Bankers’ Association
Record Shipbuilding Year in United States
Government reports show 1,468 vessels built in the United States last fiscal year totaling 510 865 gross tons. It marks the highest vessel count and tonnage in fifty years with schooners steadily declining while steamers rise and many schooners gain auxiliary motor power.
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United States
Convicted Ex-Con January Wins Pardon At Leavenworth
January, an ex convict once jailed for Oklahoma post office robbery, was pardoned by President Roosevelt after a large petition and AG Bonaparte recommendation. Returning to Kansas City, he plans to pursue business and seek citizenship restoration, then possibly revert his name to Anderson.
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Anderson
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Washington
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Icehouse Fire at Southwick Brings Huge Loss
The largest icehouse in New England at Southwick Massachusetts burned, holding 75 000 tons of ice and equipment plus forty box cars. Loss is estimated at 200 000 dollars. In Madrid the Spanish chamber approved electoral reform law despite government opposition causing Liberal deputies to withdraw earlier.
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New England
Southwick
Mass
Chamber of Deputies
Thirty Die as Pere Marquette Train Collides in Michigan
A Pere Marquette passenger excursion bound for Detroit from Teafa crashes into a westbound freight near Salem Michigan. The disaster leaves thirty dead and over seventy injured with rescue teams from Saginaw Detroit and Grand Rapids aiding the injured. Freight crew blamed for encroaching on the excursion's running time and vanishing after investigators questioned them.
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Mtny
Sere Easivy
Teafa
Detroit
Algut
Pere Marquette
Teica
Michigan Metropolis
TL. B. Avard
Knowles
Alvord
Saginaw
Grand Rapids
Tonia
Fa Corwan
Way
Salem
Plymouth
Rai
Population by ancestry in New York City and Catholic education note
New York City census shows 783000 German, 735000 Irish, 250000 Russian and 223000 Italian residents. The Catholic Educational Association names Cardinal Gibbons honorary president and calls for more colleges. California fruit field workers win an eight hour day, replacing sunrise to sunset shifts.
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New York City
Catholic Educational Association of the
United States
Cardinal Gibbons
California
Awful Eczema Cure Leads to Clear Skin
Mrs. Frank Abbott of Fulton Oswego County New York recounts an eight month eczema ordeal in her one and a half year old daughter. After visiting three doctors and losing eyesight, she used Cuticura Remedies at a cost of one dollar and reports three days of improvement and a week of complete sore disappearance.
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Oswego
Frank Abbott
Fulton, Oswego Co
N. Y
Governor Stuart Critiques Bill With Fable About Promising Youth
In Harrisburg Governor Stuart of Pennsylvania denounced a new bill calling it naive though full of promise. He likened it to a Kensington youth seeking a millionaire's daughter, asking for prospects and promotion as he admits employing 200 workers and holding a near-low job in the firm.
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Gov. Stuart
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Mag
Kensington
Mam
Frank Statement Endorses Kilner Pills by Rolla Official
A Frank Statement from Rolla Missouri Justice of the Peace A M Light endorses Kilner Pills as a meritorious remedy. The letter praises the product and urges its use, noting a personal endorsement and recommending the pills for general sale. Sold by all dealers at 30 cents a box Foster Millburn Co. New York.
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Justice of the Peace
A. M. Light
Rolla
Knights of
Vythias
Cen
Restonenut
Missouri
Bregade
Oguel Au
Foster-Milluirn Co
N.Y
Dukes Perform Regal Duties and Grants Noted
The piece lists duties of English dukes during royal events including the Duke of Weldington sealing miniature reproductions for the king and the Duke of Marlborough presenting a wunnel to Edward on a battle day. It also notes the Duke of Tanilton sending a fat buck for the Guard of Honor and mentions government allowances for peers like the Nelson eirider and the barony of Rodney.
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Weildngten
Waterss
Duke of Marlborough
Edward
Dienheimis
Tanilton
Lyrood Palace
Nelson Eirider
Rodney
Rezlan
Napeewr
Maedala
Riis On Witty Headlines And A San Francisco Tale
Riis recalls a witty headline drafted in a San Francisco newsroom about a bill restricting alcohol near the University of California. The title used a clever misreading: Fan Aet to Promote Pedestrianism Among Our Students.
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Jacob A. Riis
San Francisco
University of California
Meat or cereals argument on diet and Grape-Nuts claims
The piece argues that vegetarianism avoids life loss but warns against heavy starches like white bread and pastries causing digestive issues. It extols Grape-Nuts as a pre digested starch source that supports blood and tissue growth, linking phosphorus from grains to brain function. It also touts ten days of use as proof and notes The Road to Wellville.
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Wellville
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Lone
Midy
Georgia Edwards
Nashville, Chattanooga
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Martin Vrzal
Liv
Emperor
Emperor OF
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Jean Valjean
Kansas
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Fort Letgenoworth
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Victor Hugo
Jean Vajean
Pere Marquette Railway
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