Collision at Sea In Fog Involving Republic and Florida
A fog bound collision off Nantucket between the White Star liner Republic and the Italian steamship Florida sparked a dramatic rescue. The Baltic, La Lorraine, Lucania and others aided in transferring 1650 passengers from the sinking Republic and the stricken Florida, with seven lives lost including Mrs. Lynch and W. J. Mooney among the victims. The Florida's passengers were saved and towed to New York, while the Republic’s passengers faced a perilous, uncertain fate as the ship disappeared beneath the waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Republic
Florida
Baltic
Sandy Hook
Naxitucket
R. I
Gresham
New York
Furnessia
la Lorraine
Lucania
The
Mediterranean
White Star
Mooneys
Tournier
la Lor
Raine
Mlat
Dise Trest
Slasconsett
Maer
Young girl murdered in shed near Dayton Ohio
Fifteen year old Forshoer was assaulted and killed late at night on the Grafton Kennedy estate near Dayton. Found by her stepfather in a barn after being sent to the savings tank with $9 and a passbook. her lengthy absence triggered a search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Forshoer
Grafton Kennedy
Gephart
London Bandits Kill Policeman and Boy in City Chase
In London England a police officer and a ten year old boy were killed during a pursuit of two Russian highway robbers who stole a money bag en route to a Walthamstow factory. The robbers forced a surface tram and a milk wagon to speed them through the city while firing on bystanders. Cornered in a marsh by police and duck hunters one robber killed himself. the other took shelter in a cottage and attempted suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Walthamstow
Student killed by live wire during Cornell junior week
Ithaca reports the death of Park Mann Leavitt of East Orange New Jersey after he touched a live guy wire and received an electric shock while walking with Walter Otto of Milwaukee. Leavitt, a 1912 mechanical engineering student, died during the junior week festivities. a prior Alpha Phi Omega fire had burned another student last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Jersey Boy
Ithaca
N. J
Cornell University
Park Mann Leavitt
East Orange
Walter
Otto
Milwaukee
Leavitt
Alpha Toy Omega
Harvard University nominates Abbott Lawrence Lowell as president
The board of overseers at Harvard College Cambridge Mass confirms Professor Abbott Lawrence Lowell as president to succeed Charley W Eliot.
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Lowell
Harvard College
Cambridge
Mass
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Charley W. Eliot
Falters and Hammerstein Fight at Manhattan Opera House
Employees of the New York Press and Oscar Hammerstein of the Manhattan Opera House in New York City and his sons engaged in two fist fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammerstein
New York Press
Oscar Hammerstein
Manhattan Opera House
New York City
Galveston unions and mining reform drive labor talk
A Galveston Texas teamsters union forms amid broader labor themes. Northumberland miners push mine reform. Samuel Gompers defends conduct in a letter to the Central Federated Union. Bohemia, Prague workers employ women in construction. The Order of Railroad Conductors plans a Boston meeting in May. Scottish coal masters seek further wage cuts of about six and a quarter percent. San Francisco hosts efforts to unify trades protesting Asiatics. Austria and France mandate mine rescue equipment. Germany adopts optional safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Northumberland
England
Hecework
Samuel Gompera
Central Federated Union
Hig
Prague
Boston
San Francisco
Austria
France
Germany
Baltic Brings 1650 Survivors From Twin Ship Disaster
The White Star steamship Baltic docked in New York with 1650 survivors from the Republic and Florida collision off Nantucket. Accounts praise courage, note cowardice of two Republic men forcing to boats, and highlight heroics of wireless operator J R Binns and Tattersall aboard the Battle. Captain Sealby and Captain Voltolin receive praise for aiding survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
White Star
Baltic
Republic
Florida
Nantucket
R. I
Ifeboats
Binns
Tattergall
Sealby
Gresham
Voltolin
Florida Soto
Baltie
West Eleventh Street
J. R. Binns
Marconi Company
Kingston
Jamaica
Genoa
Healy
Nttle
Waters-Pierce Company to pay in silver to Texas clerks
Waters-Pierce representatives announce the State judgment will be paid in silver dollars at the State Treasury with nearly 2,000,000 in principal and interest. The process requires extensive counting and six extra clerks will be employed to handle the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woaters-Pierce Company
Texas
Dallas
Waters-Pierce Company
Teras
Federal Supreme Court
Man Killed Wife Shot in Dutchess County Restaurant
John Kilt aged 57 was found dead behind the counter of his Hopewell Junction restaurant after a rail bar blow. His wife, 39, was found unconscious with a crushed skull. she died later at Vassar Brothers Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutchess County
Poughkeeps
John Kilt
Hopewell Junction
Vassar Brothers’ Hospital
Maine in Havana Harbor visit marks anniversary
Yavana Cuba on the eleventh anniversary of the Maine’s arrival, the new Maine and the Mississippi followed into Havana harbor. The visit, naming the wrecked warship, aroused great interest among residents across classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yavana
Cuba
Maine
Cuban
Mississiip
Havana Harbor
Opossum Toy Rival Emerges In Georgia State
The dispatch notes that the toy opossum named Billy Possum is challenging Teddy Bear status in Georgia and neighboring areas. With Taft’s impending inauguration, Atlanta hosts a Taft visit spurring Southern industry as a local factory begins producing opossums of sizes matching Teddy Bears, signaling a shift in popular infantile and adult affection. The new opossum craze uses the term opossum prime and parallels the Taft smile in regional culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Atlanta
Geors Gia
Commonwealths
William H. Taft
Secret Doctor Fraternity Revealed In Chicago Cremation Pact
A thirty one year secret, the Astlon Fraternity, described as a national medical society, admits Chicago physicians to rituals ending in autopsy and cremation. Its Prime Vertebra Chicago chapter, headed by the supreme encephalon, requires four years study, three degrees, and an oath of silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Astlon Fraternity
Scone
Lake Park Avenue
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
P. M. Oliver
The
Astronians
Hahnemann College
Fred W. Wood
Supreme Encephalon
Dr. Wood
Phillies Pick Southern Pines For Spring Training
Manager Billy Murray of Philadelphia announces the Phillies will conduct spring training in Southern Pines, North Carolina marking the base location for all National League clubs. Other teams listed include New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, and more with various reported sites across the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Billy Murray
Philadelphia
Phillies
Southern Pines
N. C
New York
Tex
Chicago
Shrevepaut
Cinemonti
Waguata
Pittaburg
Hot Springs
Ark
St. Louis
Training camps for the major leagues listed by city
The national and American League teams will prepare for the championship season with training camps noted across cities such as Macon Georgia San Antonio Texas Philadelphia New Orleans Washington Galveston Chicago California Detroit Hot Springs St Louis Houston Cleveland and New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Macon
Galaston
San Antonio
Tex
Tintadelphia
New Orleans
la Washington
Galveston
Chicago
Californis
Detroit
Hot Springs St. Loum
Houston
Cleveland
Morale and
Suffrage Snapshot Across States and Nations
A survey of women’s voting rights shows Wyoming Colorado Utah Idaho grant equal suffrage while Rhode Island Oregon Kansas Montana Iowa and others expand municipal or taxpayer voting. England Australia Iceland and Nordic regions extend varying rights, with the National American Woman Suffrage Association led by Rev. Anna Z. Shaw in Warren Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Rhode Island
Oregon
Kansas
Montana
Iowa
Louisiana
New York
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Isle of Man
Iceland
Finland
Cape Colony
Canada
Sweden
India
House of Commons
American Woman Suffrage Association
Warren, O
Anna Z. Shaw
New York Annual Spending On Carfare Gas And Electricity
A historical tally shows New Yorkers spend about 65 million annually on streetcar fares and 32 million on gas, with 20 million on electricity. It notes per capita outlays and total rides, alongside national rail and steam road figures for context. It also lists notables in public life and political matters from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
New York City
Tennessee Legislature Prohibits Liquor in Statewide Bill
Tennessee's House votes sixty to thirty six to ban the manufacture of intoxicants, with Senate approval and possible veto, creating a manufacturing ban effective January 1 1910 while a statewide saloon law already takes effect July 1 1905. Debate features Speaker Hileman Taylor defending democracy and criticism of prohibition foes, amendments defeated, and attendance noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
House
Senate
Patterson
Frank S. Carden
W. B. Cleage
Hamilton County
Mr. Carden
Taylor
Cirden
Carden
Wisemen
Wass Alao
Worley
Horne
Hoonah
Roosevelt Warns of Danger with Japan Over Senate Measures
President Roosevelt in the White House told Senator Flint that killing anti Japanese measures in California is crucial to avoid open rupture with Japan. He met with Flint Fulton and lawmakers from California and Oregon to discuss tensions and not provoke Japanese resentment. The president reportedly regrets moving the battleship fleet back to the Atlantic and leaving the Pacific with only cruisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Japan
Roosevelt
White House
Flint
California
Root
Fulton
Oregon
Congress
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Murder Jury Hangs Fire In Brooklyn Police Case
In New York City a six hour jury deadlock in the Shellard murder case ends with a mistrial. David H. Shellard a former Brooklyn policeman charged with killing Barbara Reig is discharged to reappear for another trial. Prosecution failed to prove premeditation preventing first degree murder conviction. jury told they could convict only of second degree murder or manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
David H. Shellard
Brooklyn
Barbara Reig
Fea
Shellard
Carload of Babies Distributed in New Orleans
A carload of seventy five babies was distributed in New Orleans. The infants came from the New York City Foundling and Orphan Asylum. Foster parents awaited at the station to receive the children for whom they had previously arranged placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
New York City
Foundling and Orphan Asylum
Washington Not to Go Dry Bill Laid on Table
The Sims bill prohibiting liquor traffic in Washington D C was laid on the table by the House Committee on the District of Columbia. By an 11 to 5 vote the committee decided to give prohibition no further consideration at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Capital
Washington, D. C
House Committee On
District of Columbia
Earthquake Hits Phocava Turkey Killing Eight
An earthquake jolted Phocava Turkey and nearby towns killing eight people and causing extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure. Rescue efforts were underway as aftershocks rattled the region and authorities assessed losses.
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Turkey
Phocava
Austria Turkey agreement signed at once
A broad set of era defining items appears: an immediate signing of a pact between Austria and Turkey, a sharp rise in cholera cases in St. Petersburg, a new airship trust planning to market airship designs to governments, and Allied naval movements greeting ships at Malta Villefranche and Marseilles.
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Austria
Turkey
St. Petersburg
Malta
Villefranche
Marseilles
Hill
Harrimanines
Colorado
Servian
Peter
London
Engilahmen
Oxford
Cambridge
China
New York
Cost Of President Budget Reveals Hidden Expense Totals
The Senate debates on executive salaries spotlight the actual costs of the President’s personal staff and office. For the year ending June 30, 1909 Congress allotted 229000 for the President and attendants, with 50000 salary, 69920 for office staff, 25000 for discretionary items, and 35000 for White House upkeep including horses. Additional funds cover fuel, greenhouses, traveling expenses, arc lighting, and printing, all subject to the President's discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Senate
Congress
Senator Borah
Bailey
House
Borah
Representative Madden
White House
James Tawney
Lilley Leaves Congress Under House Decision
The House Judiciary Committee found Lilley’s service as a representative ended January 6, the day after he was inaugurated Connecticut governor. He had not resigned but drew mileage and salary. If he had stayed, he would have earned two months of salary and a clerk’s fee totaling about $1,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington, D. C
George L. Lilley
House of Representatives
Connecticut
House Judiciary Committee
Illey
California to curb race track gambling with Otis act
Sacramento report says the Otis bill, rooted in New York law, aims to abolish race track gambling in California. It passed the Assembly by 61 to 10 and is expected to move easily through the Senate amid stiff opposition from track interests and Public Morals committee debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
New York
California
Assembly
Senate
Committee On Public Morals
Sultan Partindy's Death Alters Ottoman Line of Succession
The third and favorite wife of the Sultan of Turkey died in Constantinople. She was the mother of Burhan-ed-Din Effendi, the Sultan's third and favorite son, whom it is believed Abdul Hamid intended as his heir as an autocrat.
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Sultan Partindy
Turkey
Constantinople
Burhan-ed-Din Effendi
Abdul Hamid
Oldest Yuma Resident Rosa Silvas Dies at 106
Rosa Silvas, famed as Yuma Arizona’s oldest resident and the first woman to settle in the area, has died at age 106. Her long life marks a notable chapter in the city’s early settlement history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Silvas
Yuma
Arizona
Frominent People and Global Moves of Notables
Joseph Pulitzer and son arrive in Havana aboard the Liberty. Baron Rosen to replace the late Count Muravieff as Rome ambassador. Orville Wright and sister escape a train wreck near Helas with no injuries. Sir Robert Perks supports a sea level Panama canal. Governor Hughes joins the Mystle Krewe in Syracuse. Greek king and queen greet US battleship officers at Athens ball. Bernstorff to replace Speck von Brernburg as US ambassador. Pinkerton and wife travel from Paris toward China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Pulitzer
Havana
Cuba
Baron Rosen
United States
Count Muravieff
Rome
Orville Wright
Helas
France
Robert Perks
Paris
Panama
Hughes
Mystle Krewe
Woklelza Mutza
War Lion
Syracuse
N.Y
Greece
Athene
Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
Germany
Baron Speck von Brernburg
Ameren
Alin Pinkerton
America
Pinkerton
China
Tiny Scratch Causes Girl's Fatal Blood Poisoning
New Jersey state brief reports that Anna Hand fourteen died from blood poisoning after a minor sledding accident on Glenside Avenue Summit. A small knee scratch worsened as fever set in. home remedies failed and Overlook Hospital treated her without success.
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Anna Hand
William Hand
Glenside Avenue
Summit
R. W. Meister
Overlook Hospital
Will iamstown station agent killed by express train
Harry Stover, 48, station agent for the Atlantic City Railroad at Will iamstown Junction, was hurled to death by a southbound Cape May express. Coroner Litchfeld of Camden viewed the remains and ruled accidental death. Stover lived at Egg Harbor City.
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Train Hills
Williamstown Junction
Atlantic City Railroad Company
Harry Stover
Cape May
Litchfeld
Camden
Stover
Egg Harbor City
Doctor Refuses Parole Pardon After Trenton Parole
Dr. Reuben Thompson, paroled from the State Prison at Trenton last month, refused to leave the institution. Sentenced from Monmouth County in 1901 to eighteen years, he sought a full pardon but the board denied it, granting only a parole. Thompson states the parole will not let him resume his profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Thompson
Trenton
Monmouth County
Thompson
Dr Gray War Veteran Dies at Summit Home
Dr John Walter Gray, a war veteran injured by tuberculosis and heart disease, died at his sister’s residence at 10 De Forest Avenue Summit. He served in the Spanish American War with the Third and Fourth Regiments N G X J and was unmarried. Also reported, a woman passenger near Summit on the Lackawanna railroad was found dead in her seat, identified as Mrs Mary Carofano of Bernardsville.
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Gray
John Walter Gray
Mra
Chester N. Jones
de Forest Avenue
Summit
Passaic and Delaware
Lackawanna Railroad
Jacob Thompson
Mary Carofano
Bernardsville
Dr Chamberlain to leave Rutgers College
The Rev Dr William L Chamberlain president of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America and professor of logic and mental philosophy at Rutgers College New Brunswick has resigned his professorship effective July 1 to become secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church. Lester Philhower twelve years old son of Peter Philhower of High Bridge was killed instantly while roasting on Academy Hill. A collision occurred as another boy rode down a road in the opposite direction at high speed. the boy escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Philhower
Peter Philhower
High Bridge
Academy Tull
Six Years For Attack on Girl at Mount Holly
Judge Horner sentences William and Benjamin Clark of Moorestown to six years each in state prison for indecent assault upon Anna Egbert a Masonyilic girl The conviction faced a challenge alleging it rested on farce testimony but the claim was unsupported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horner
Mount Holly
Wiliam
Benjamin Clark
Moorestown
Jn State
Anna Egbert
Diverse State Notes Bring Local Ventures and Trials
In all parts of the state Jessie Crane trapped a muskrat on the A and Hires farm near Quinton. Produce dealer John Elwell of Salem buys the Fenwick Inn the sole temperate hotel in Salem from former Congressman Geo ethrea. Cement piers rise and lumber lies ready at Mizpah for Union Safe and Lock plant in Philadelphia to hire over fifty workers. Former Surrogate and Mrs Chas Alpaugh celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary at Flemington. Lewis Will and Emily Van Camp of Camden trap six skunks and three coons netting 14.82 dollars. Richard Wayland Sr of High Bridge injures an arm after slipping on ice while aiding his wife. Ship fitter John Keating jailed two months in Camden. Mrs Mary Kirkbride of Paulsboro released after a week in Woodbury jail as a Cole murder witness. Samuel Bailey, a negro, pleads guilty to stealing materials from a plumbers cart, three months in county jail. In Cann on, the Court of Pardons dismisses parole pleas for William H Belcher and George J Kerr of Paterson. Belcher once Paterson mayor serves twelve years for embezzlement. Kerr tied to the Jennule Besschicter death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Crane
Quinton
John Elwell
Salem
Fenwick Inn
Geo. Ethrea
Mizpah
Union Safe and Lock Company
Philadelphia
Yormer
Chas. Alpaugh
Flemington
Lewis Will
Emily van Camp
Camden
Richard Wayland
High Bridge
John Keating
Mary Kirkbride
Paulsboro
Woodbury
Cole
Samuel Bailey
Recorder Stackhouse
Cannon
Court of Pardons
William H. Belcher
George J. Kerr
Paterson
Belcher
Kerr
Jennule Besschicter
Arsenal orders 5 million rifle cartridges for Frankford Arsenal
Orders received at the Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia for the manufacture of five million rifle cartridges. The work will keep the arsenal busy day and night through to the end of the fiscal year in June, with operations ongoing since September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Hannd
Russian Loan Oversubscribed in London Subscription
The London portion of the new Russian loan of 280 million dollars has been oversubscribed four to five times, reflecting strong investor demand and market confidence. The issue draws attention to overall funding and international interest in Russia’s financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wages Rise One Quarter Cent a Yard at Pawtucket Mill
Pawtucket Rhode Island reports wage increases for 1300 workers at the Royal Weaving Company effective February 1, adding a quarter-cent per yard across all goods. Other notes include a Quebec engagement, a fatal shooting in Kentucky, a Chicago wedding with a father as best man, Lincoln centenary stamps, a court dispute over company books, and a divorce suit in Lincoln Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawtucket
R. I
Royal Weaving Company
Austrian Boycott Lifted and Global Notes
A roundup of brief items: Austria and Bulgaria boycott instructions from Constantinople. Shaw's health update and death joke from London. Swiss minister Rit ter named to replace Vogel. U S mine planters depart Rio for Montevideo. Queen Margherita heads to Japan for a three month visit. mining flood at Witwatersrand halts work and kills many. Korean Emperor to tour northern Korea. Belgrade fails to form new cabinet. Indicted Russian Major General for peculation. Carrie Nation arrested in Newcastle. Ernst von Wildenbruch dead. Queen Helena of Italy honored. Pope Islo reprieved in Manila.
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Republic Sun
Spurs
Lafayette College
Clark GriMth
Inka Stoh
Cincinnati Reds
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard
William F. Gracelon
N. Y. U.-St. Stephen
Wisconsin
Tenford
Wal- Tabjes
Live Wink
Omcer
Ehello
Tattersall
Alice Morse Earle
W. A. Rogera
Newy York Herald
Billy Possum
Sues
Halls of Congress
Diking
Hepburn
William Pinkney "Whyte
Maryland
Mr. Foraker
Brownsville
Lodge
Missouri
Robert M. O'Reilly
Army
James River
Stayner
Clarence W.mackay
Ethel Dickens
Charlies Dickens
Union
Giovanni Minessale
Messina
Italy
Violet Gordon Charlesworth
Wales
Scotlond
Michigan
Alma Suifferty
Denver
Colorado House of Representatives
Senator Flint
Lilley
New Jersey
Princeton
Fremen
Nassau Street
James Fish
Beverly
Quebec
Hugo Ferratti Tortonia
Prince Augustus Tortonia
Crystella Cesi
Mise Margaret Duchesnay
Kentucky
Harlan, Ky
Sherman Stnoley
Hatfeather
Oklahoma
Insley
Misa Kathryn Chariton
Oak Park
Lloyd R. Steers
George
Steers
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Noyes
United States Court
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Surrey
Lincoln Way
Knox
Gettysburg
Fall River
George N. Maynard
Elphee Cardin
Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
Ruth Bryan Weavitt
CABLE
Srian
George Bernard Shaw
Fabian Society
Shaw
Berne
Switzerland
P. Ritter
Leo Vogel
Rio Janeiro
Mine Planters
Armistead
Ferguson
Ringgold
C. F. Corbin
Governor’s Island
Strait of Magellan
Montevideo
Margherita
Victor Emmanuel
Islands
Tokyo
Johannesberg
Transvaal
Witwatersrand Pold
Knight's Dam
Elsburg
Seoul
Korea
Belgrade
Servia
Anl
Alexie Indjeted
Russia
Alexies
Marine Dihoft
Carrie Nation
Newcastle -On- Tyne
Ernst. von Wildenbruch
Berlin
Ernst von Wildenbruch
Spain
Madrid
Alfonso
Helena
Order of
Inborg
Pope Islo
Manila
Geny Pra Smith
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