Destructive Christmas Earthquake Hits San Jacinto Town
San Jacinto California endures a severe Christmas quake that leveled every brick building. Widespread damage includes collapsed walls, downed electric lines, and many injuries and deaths among Saboba reservation residents. Estimates list extensive losses to stores, hotels, and public buildings with rebuilding underway.
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San Jacinto
Cal
Saboba Indian Reservation
Main Street
County Hospital
Hards & Daggetts
Dallas
Jones
Vawter
McBeath
Daggetts
Pigous
Indian Agency
McKinney & Chambers
Eries
Bank
J. W. Bean
Dominigini
Bingham
Webber
Frank Johnson
Johnson Block
Hotel Mills
Bank loss tallies rise as auditor quotes larger deficit
Middletown New York December bank examiner upgrades the Port Jervis National Bank shortfall from 25000 to 101987 dollars after audit shows funds moved through draft accounts and ledger manipulation. Washington urges stock assessment to restore operations.
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Middletown
N. Y
Louis E. Goldsmith
Port Jervis National Bank
General Ledger
Washington
Alive Man Proves Identity After Life Policy Payout
Aaron Wolfsohn, once believed dead, appeared alive in Chicago after the New York Life Insurance Co. paid $10,000 to the administrator of his estate. Attorney Edward O'Bryan said identification is complete backed by affidavits from 20 people including his brother in law and cousin. Wolfsohn signed an affidavit confirming his identity and potential future recovery of funds.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Cal
Aaron Wolfsohn
New York Life Insurance Co
Edward O'Bryan
Michael Hesselberg
St. Louis
Rose Blumenthal
Wolfsohn
German stance on Danish West Indies ends Danish sale talks
Berlin reports the German government has abandoned plans to acquire the Danish West Indies. An authoritative source says any sale would violate the Monroe Doctrine, and Denmark-US negotiations are deemed premature or unfounded. In Pennsylvania a mine disaster yields three dead, with one missing, after an explosion at the Brazwell mine.
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Berlin
Danish West Indies
Denmark
Washington
United States
Condemned Man Escapes in Norfolk Jail Break
Walter Cotton, condemned murderer due to hang January 22, slipped from Norfolk county jail at 5 AM despite night watchman J Saunders present. The escape occurred Tuesday morning in Norfolk Virginia.
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Norfolk
Walter Cotton
J. Saunders
Boers Aid Company Formed in Arkansas for South Africa
Little Rock Ark Dec 27 J BR towan an electrician from Buffalo NY and J C Sellers of New Orleans plan to form a 48 man company to go to South Africa to aid the Boers. Twelve men have already enlisted and the full number can be procured.
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Little Rock
Ark
J. BR. Towan
Buffalo
N. Y
J. C. Sellers
New Orleans
South Africa
Missouri man shoots night watchman after quarrel
In Vandalia near Mexico Edward Spencer approached night watchman Benjamin Eddleman with one arm around him and fired a fatal shot. Spencer was arrested following the killing on December 27.
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Mexico
Vandalia
Edward Spencer
Benjamin Eddleman
Spencer
Yardmaster crushed by switch engine in Chicago
Michael Kenney, yardmaster for the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad yards at Sixteenth street, was ground to death by a switch engine Tuesday night within a block of the site where his brother died 14 years earlier.
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Chicago
Michael Kenney
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago
Sixteenth Street
Fire Burns Perkins Mills In Augusta Loss Tops 175000
Augusia Ga Dec 27 The sawmill of the Perkins Manufacturing Co and the Georgia iron works owned by the same company were destroyed by fire Tuesday night The total loss is estimated at 175000 dollars.
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Augusta
Perkins Manufacturing Co
Georgia Iron Works
Four Negroes and two whites wounded in Collins clash
In Collins near Reidsville Georgia on December 27 a street fight wounded four Black men and two white men after a group of Negroes insulted white residents, authorities said.
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Reidsville
Collins
Here
Keating Denies Irish Invasion Plan From Canada
Chicago on December 27 John T Keating national president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians said he knew nothing of a rumored armed invasion of Canada by four columns of Irishmen.
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Chicago
John T. Keating
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Canada
Two Miners Die in Carterville Phoenix Mine Accident
Webb City Missouri December 27 1906 news reports that Joe Fry and Edward Overton miners were killed on Tuesday at the Phoenix mine near Carterville their heads crushed against a wheel of the hoisting apparatus.
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Webb City
Joe Fry
Edward Overton
Phoenix Mine
Carterville
Bank of Montreal Gives $10,000 to South Africa Relief Fund
The Bank of Montreal subscribed $10,000 Tuesday to the relief fund for British soldiers in South Africa. Directors added $7,500 in personal subscriptions, boosting the total. An unknown ship with 15 crew members sank at sea during a fierce storm Saturday night near Norfolk, Virginia.
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Montreal
Bank of Montreal
South Africa
Norfolk
Censor Relaxing No Great Change in the Situation
Dispatches from South Africa show lighter censorship but no major shift in the campaign. Gen Joubert arrives at Ladysmith to a hearty Boer reception as bombardment of the town and Colenso continues. British prisoners reported sent to Pretoria.
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London
South Africa
Lourenzo Marques
Colenso
Luther Bridge
Tugela River
Ladysmith
Joubert
Pretoria
Col
Buller
Walters
Railwark
Foster
Nortern
Fitzherbert
Ford
Hutchinson
Bonham
Smythers
Thourne
O'Conneghy
Conbauld
Christian
Briggs
Birch
Halford
Tarbull
Jones
Daily News
Heliograph
Hunter
Tugela Bridge
Lord Roberts
The
Daily Chronicle
United States
Lord Kitchener
Atbara Bridge
the Times
War Office
Cape Town
Lord Somerset
Tanallon Castle
Invasion of Canada Rumor Grips Irish Boston Leaders
Boston reports movement among Fenian and advanced Irish nationalists to invade Canada. Col Roger Scannell cites Philadelphia talks with Boston delegates to relay plans. British war news and transport shortages also draw comment amid Boer and Philippine campaigns.
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Boston
Canada
Roger F. Scannell
Philadelphia
Col. Scannell
Scannell
United States
Telegraphic Brevities From Across the Nation
A roundup of brief notices, including the death of William B. Gate in Boston, bankruptcy filings by James and Allan MacNaughton and Susil A. Isaacson, a New York attachment against Siegel-Hillman Dry Goods Co. assets, wage increases for coal workers, and formation of Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co. Other items report Meade transport reaching Manila area, Lawton widow fund drive in Pittsburgh, pardons considered for oleo margarine violators, Boer sympathy debate in New York, Packard conviction, Gen Brooke travel plans, Da Fratelli ship abandonment, a Sugarland mill fire, and an Indian canoe tragedy near Ashcroft.
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William B. Gate
Boston
James and
Allan MacNaughton
Tradesmens National Bank
The
Wool Exchange
New York
Susil A. Isaacson
New York Supreme Court
Siegel-Hillman Dry Goods Co
St. Louis
Corn Exchange Bank
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co
Silver Brook Coal Co
Sanitary
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co
Clyde XN. Wallace
United States Sub-Treasury
Chicago
Secret Service
War Department
Meade
Col. Murray
431
Singapore
Manila
Corp. Kerrigan
City Hall
Pittsburgh
Lawton
H. C. Frick
J. J. Vandergrift
Joseph Wilkins
Howard Butler
Moyamensing
Philadelphia
McKinley
Great Britain
Board of Aldermen
New York City
Hillman
Subscriptions Top Lawton Home Fund Reach 15000
Adjt. Gen. Corbin reports the Lawton home fund totals to 15000 by noon Tuesday. The committee keeps accepting pledges until January 5, when funds will be banked to Mrs. Lawton's credit. Officials say current sum is likely under half of actual subscriptions pending.
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Lawton Fund
Memphis, Tenn
Adjt
Corbin
Reoe
Nphia
Washington
Lafayette memorial coins distributed after theft in Chicago
The Lafayette souvenir dollars collected in Chicago were stolen from the government keys at the American Trust and Savings bank treasurer's office on Christmas, with 15000 coins already subscribed and to be delivered. In Binghamton a fire and water disaster damaged the Jones scale works, the fourth floor ruined and the rest flooded, with losses likely around 50000 dollars.
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Chicago
Lafayette
Lafayette Memorial Commission
American Trust and Savings Bank
Market Report from Cincinnati Prices and Sales Mixed
Market report from Cincinnati dated December 26 lists various grain and livestock prices and categories. It includes values for Fuour-Spring fancy and winter varieties, spring family and patent grades, and Northwestern rye, alongside meat trade terms such as shippers, packers, butchers, and different quality ranges.
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Cincinnati
Relecs
Carris
Chicago Lawyer Urges Morality Teaching In Public Schools
A prominent Chicago lawyer argues for a compulsory moral education in city public schools. He illustrates with a tale of a liar and a cotton trade, saying morality is essential for intelligent self government and national success. He proposes a simple ethics course starting in early grades and expanding through grammar school.
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Chicago
Chicago Schools Lacking Morality Instruction Says Lawyer
A Chicago lawyer argues public schools fail to teach practical morality, noting that many teachers in poorer districts are young and underprepared. He cites a teacher who does discuss right and wrong, but says broader effort is minimal and inconsistent across districts.
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Chicago
Board of Education
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