Earthquakes, battleships, and a murder mystery headline the week
Sunday reports note the death of Misa Julia Coleman in Brooklyn by gas. Four U S battleships under Rear Admiral Sperry arrive at Naples to aid in relief after the Trnllan earthquake. An explosion in the Delter coal mine in Zrighy kills twenty four. six weeks after a previous shaft fire. Earthquake shocks hit six Washington cities. The guillotine in France is celebrated by a mob after four murderers are executed.
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Misa Julia Coleman
National
Delter
Zrighy
Washington
France
Committee On Naval Affairs
Congress
Internatural
Worvester Company
Michhy Tas Reform Association
John T. Garmichael
Tattle
Michgan
Carthage
Tillman
Roosevelt
Oregon
Marshall
Indiana
Hadley
Missouri
London to build national theater memorial to Shakespeare
Notes of current events report London plans a national theater as a memorial to Shakespeare presenting the poet’s works and other dramas. Also noted is the bankruptcy adjudication of Janes Treadwell, former promoter of the Treadwell mines in Alaska, in San Francisco. A New York Tenderloin scene states seven of the district’s largest policemen must arrest Studslaux Bills, a noted Spaniard.
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London
Shakspeare
Janes Treadwell
Swalionaire
Treadwell
Alaska
San Francisco
Tenderloin
New York
Studslaux Bills
Mine Blast Kills 150 In Bluefield Shaft Disaster
A catastrophic explosion at the Lick Branch mine near Bluefield West Virginia traps and kills over 150 workers two weeks after a prior fatal blast in the same shaft. Rescue efforts fail amid deadly fumes and aftergases as officials say the mine was considered safe just days earlier.
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Lick Bunnel
Bluefell
W. VI
Tal
Bowers
Robert Smith
Holliday
South West Virginia Improvement Company
Uesday
Pocahontas Consolidated Gulleries Company
Volunteers Join Crusade Of Ten Thousand Cleveland Residents
A Sunday movement began by 1,800 Cleveland youths to imitate Christ for two weeks has grown citywide with about 10,000 volunteers unofficially joining. City officials and churches show interest, sharing varied experiences from the first week of the test amid praise and criticism.
Rich Woman Dies In Fire At New Haven
The fire that destroyed the residence of Samuel Liggins, a millionaire general manager of the New York, Needtiven and Dartford railroad, fatally injured Mrs Corbin, mother-in-law to MM Monrve. Liggins, his wife, daughter Isabel, and a young son escaped by leaping from upper windows. two police officers shielded another jumper. The blaze, caused by an overheated furnace, wrecked the home.
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MM Monrve
New Haven
Conn
Famuel Lliggins
New York
Needtiven
Dartford Esilwoad
Tier Ute
Mo. Corbin
Isabell
Higgins
Tillman Rejects Roosevelt Charge In Land Deal Defense
Senator Ben Tillman of South Carolina defends his honor in Washington against President Roosevelt's accusation that he used office for private gain. He charges malice and misrepresentation, accuses the President of contempt of the Senate, and claims important papers were stolen from his desk, possibly by secret service personnel.
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Roosevelt
Benator Tillman
Oregon
House
Fort Suton
Mich
Gideon Browning
J. N. Carmichael
Tillman
United States
Washington
Benjasmin I.tilman
South Carolina
Iis
BR. Tillman
South Carolla
Senate
Secret Service
Capitol
Gotham Has Ten Millionaires in Tax List
Tax rolls for 190 reveal four male mega earners in New York City and six wealthy women. Names include Andrew Carnegie, William Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, and Collis P. Huntington among men. Ida Flagler, Alice Vanderbilt, and Florence Tatterwhite among women, with several others listed at lower sums.
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Collard V. Brotaw
Ida Flagler
Lilla Gilbert
Margaret O. Sage
Florence G. Tatterwhite
Alice G. Vanderbilt
Hadys Vanderbilt
Mary Adelaide Yerkes
J. Pierpont Morrow
John Tacob Astor
Arabella Hennington
Archer M. Wumtington
Charles F. Murphy
Murder at church play shocks town in March
Prosecutor says the death of young undertaker Charles Lesley Pippin was caused by poisoned wine at a Methodist church entertainment in Marshel Mad. He alleges a planned murder plot and references testing ost criminal plots. A jury returned an open verdict 7 to 4 and postmortem exam was refused.
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Charles Lesley Pippin
Ehurch
Marshel
Mad
Prison sentence for Ensigns over bank failure at Northeast
Wil finn Ay Ensign and his son Charles Ensign were sentenced to one year in the penitentiary with a $4000 fine or its value for embezzlement and for receiving deposits while knowing the bank at Northeast Virginia was about to fail. The elder Ensign was about 50 years old.
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Ruther Tod Son
Wilfinn Ay. Ensign
Charles Ensign
Fade Ovoaml Son
Northeast
Ensignia
Count Wias Wealthy Widow Engaged to San Francisco Publisher's Widow
Count Wias Wealthy Widow and intimate friend Cont Saechenyi arrange a match with Nushand of Mirs Gidya Vanderbilt. The engagement unites Mrs Mate Loward Bryan widow of Montgomery Bryan a wealthy San Francisco publisher with Count Craky aged 82.
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Count Wias
Conmit Kahbmu J. Csaks
Cont Saechenyi
Nushand
Mirs Gidya Vanderbilt
Laws
Mate Loward Bryan
Montgomery Bryan
San Moaneisco
Annamced
Count Craky
Kills His Four Children Then Hangs Self Near Mankato
Tamer York a quarry worker near Bradley's Crossing Minnesota killed his four children Enel 14 Nina 12 Vera 6 and baby Zain with a knife in their home before hanging himself in a woodshed. Eldest daughter Ida discovered the scene and fled to warn others. Neighbors described York as acting strangely and insane.
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Elfeat
Hume
Mankato
Minn
York
Nea Bradley's Crossing
Ida
Ile
Poly
Enel
Nina
Vera
Zain
Min
Binwelf
Woman Held as Embezzler Employed at Packing Firm
Nellie ODonnell a 50 year old former cashier and bookkeeper for Schwarnschild and Sulaberger Beef and Provision Co was arrested in Kansas City for embezzling 4000 in July 1903. Police say she confessed and said she did not know why she stole the money. Frank O Dowd another former bookkeeper was later arrested and allegedly admitted receiving 500 from ODonnell.
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Nellie O'Donnell
Schwarnschild and Sulaberger Beef and Provision Company
Kansas City
Miss O'Donnell
Frank O'Dowd
O'Dowd
Cheiro Accused of Large Scale Fraud En Route from Paris
Palmist Cheiro, also known as Count Hanson, is charged in Paris with misappropriating about 4506,000 in stock and bonds. He vanished after accusations by American women Mrs. George Baldwin Nowell and Misa Josephine Pomeroy, and is believed to be in London, avoiding French jurisdiction.
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Paris
Cheiro
Crystal Reader
New York
Newport
Chicago
London
Tavis
George Baldwin Nowell
Misa Josephine Pomeroy
St. Louis
Count Hanson
John Warner
QODS BENDS Marathon and Boxing News from North America
Reports from Madison Square Garden and St. Louis detail Rich McCoy retiring from fighting to race cars, Verey Smallwood defeating Robert Tallon and Michiel Boring in a ten mile relay, Jack Johnson beating Tommy Kuru in Sydney with police halting in round fourteen, Dorando Dietri winning a twelve mile relay in Fall River, and Wild Joy Collins agreeing to a middleweight title match with George Baptiste after a Cairo bout with bets settled.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Rich" McCoy
Verey Smallwood
Dorando
St. Louis
Robert Tallon
Michiel Boring
Brooklyn
Sydney
Jack Johnson
Tommy Kuru
Athletic Grounds
Fall River
Mass
Dorando Dietri
Floyd Doughty
Provitence
Samupel Myers
Cambridge
Doranio
Dors
Doughty-Myers
Six to Gallows for Reel Foot Lake Murder Leaders
Six men from Reelfoot Lake were sentenced to death by hanging in Union City, Virginia, for the murder of Captain Quentin Ranken at Walnut Log. The condemned leaders Garret Johnson Sim Applewhite Ed Burton Roy Ransom Arthur Cloar and Fred Pinton faced Judge Jones as the date of execution was set for Friday February 19.
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Reelfoot Lake
Union City
Venn
Pty
Quentin Ranken
Walnut Log
Linux
Reelfoot
Jones
Garret Johson
Sim Applewhite
Burton
Roy Ransum
Arthur Cloar
Fred Pinton
Fiat
Woman Dead in Shark River Shore Home Murder Probe
Police say Mrs. Sarah Costerlin was found dead from burns and injuries at her Shark River shore home near Asbury Park New Jersey. County authorities investigate a possible murder as her daughters Rose Vaughn Layton Mamie Gunson and James Layton plus Ervin Hoffman are held without bail.
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Skall
Sarah Costerlin
Buruk
Shark River
Axbury Dark
N.J
Coserlin
Rose Vaughn Layton
Mamie Gunson
James Layton
Ervin Hoffman
Turkey Accepts 10.8 Million Indemnity to settle Bosnia
The Turkish council of ministers reversed a rejection and accepted Austria’s indemnity offer of 10.8 million dollars. The Austrian minister clarified all funds become due the moment of acceptance, ending the dispute over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Anatela
Constantinople
Council of Ministers
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Life for wife murderer in Gallipolis Ohio
In Gallipolis Ohio Judge Branbury sentenced Fred Van Meter 27 to life imprisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary for the murder of his young wife. She died after drinking coffee poisoned as charged his mother in law barely escaped death but recovered. Jury favored electrocution but a compromise was reached.
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Orloan
Wolson
Gallipolis
Ohio
Branbury
Fred van Meter
van Meter
Wits
Ning
Bandits Bind and Rob Aged Trio in Remote FarmAttack
Six masked thieves bound gagged and robbed Solomon Loughner 80 and two sisters aged seven and 80 at an isolated farm between Teannetee and Harrison City Iowa They stole about 10600 in cash ate supper and fled The elderly man wandered two days in a blizzard afterward found by Powers Complain to China diplomatic corps urge protection over Pekin telegraph office control by foreign supervision.
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Parm
Solomon Loughner
Ratisucker
Teannetee
Harrison City
I’a
China
Diplomatic Corps
Commercial prosperity edges up as banks rise in payments
The article notes diminished defamite od, rising bank payments, and better business conditions with increased production efforts. It highlights factory inventories, leather and shoe industries moving forward, and improving investment. Winter retail and fuel demand remains strong, with wholesale orders for dry goods and clothing and prospects for spring trade.
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Wikiidion
Janay
Dave
Western Points
Chicago
Dai
New York Trade Remains Mixed After Holidays
Post-holiday activity shows cautious spring preparations by jobbers as retailers move to clear winter stocks with sales. Weather delays and cold snaps from Canada to Texas affect trade, while West reports improving arrivals. Wholesale inventories are filling and travelers report early results. collections stay slow in the South but improve in parts of the West. Overall mood remains cautious amid expanding trade despite storms and varying regional conditions.
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Texas
Alleghanies
United States
Crada
Bradstreet’s
Chicago and U.S. Grain and Livestock Price Digest
A scanned Chicago market listing provides mixed bid ranges for cattle hogs sheep and various grains across multiple U.S. cities including St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Prices show No 2 wheat corn rye and oats with varied bid ranges and special notes on delivery and quality.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Detroit
Caille
FAW
RAO
Milwaukee
Wurtoy
New York
Toledo
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