Final Russian Victory Belief Dims Peace Hopes
From St. Petersburg dated January 16 Emperor Nicholas urges troops at Port Arthur to endure, promising honor to the living and a belief in eventual victory. London reports the note ends hopes for mediation while warning of possible Kuropatkin offensive resumption. Washington notes China neutrality urged to aid world peace and avoid wider hostilities. London also cites Stoessel on capitulation timing and battlefield losses.
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Stoessel
Burton Gets New Trial in U S Supreme Court Reversal
The U S Supreme Court on January 17 dismissed the writ of certiorari and reversed the Missouri district court verdict in the Burton case. Senator J R Burton of Kansas had faced charges of taking a fee as counsel for Rialto Grain Co of St Louis to restate a post office fraud order. He is remanded for a new trial.官
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Six Miners Die in Decatur Coal Mine Fire
In Decatur Illinois on January 18 a disastrous underground fire at Decatur Coal Company killed six miners and fatally injured another who died later in hospital. All dead were recovered. The injured include August Rex. About 20 imprisoned miners were rescued from 600 feet underground after a hose was lowered to extinguish the blaze. Escaped workers crawled through a rear escapement into a new shaft. one body was recovered this way.
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Emil Knorr
August Jagusch
Charles Laschinski
Will Fagan
William Gallan
August Rex
NEW SHERIFF CONVICTED IN DETROIT POLITICS
Ex coroner John T Hoffmann a leading Detroit politician was jailed after a recorder court jury found him guilty of collecting fraudulent inquest fees from the state. On Monday Judge Murphy sentenced Hoffmann to four years in Jackson prison for obtaining money by false pretenses.
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Wayne County
Recorder's Court
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Deadly avalanche rocks Neesdal Norway. 69 feared dead
A rock avalanche into Loenvand lake near Neesdal north of Bergen produced a 20 foot high wave sweeping shores. Fifty nine are reported dead with only four bodies recovered. expected toll may rise as rescue continues. Other brief items note a Chicago mother’s double tragedy from gas and a 107 year old Milwaukee survivor. Earthquake, resignations, and a large Aurora, Illinois fire are also reported in terse briefs.
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Norway
Neesdal
Bergen
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Tragic Barber Shop Death Tied to Lodge Irregularities
Veedersburg Indiana January 16 John Brant of the Veedersburg News and barber Charles Eckburg were found dead in a barber shop where they balanced the odd fellows lodge books. Brant shot Brant and Eckburg then killed himself in a motive tied to alleged financial irregularities and a pending audit by Brant and others. Eckburg had been financial secretary of the lodge for years.
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The
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Charles Eckburg
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
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Eckburg
Wertz
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Charles Pugh
Deadly dynamite blast kills two in Bedford area
A dynamite explosion east of Bedford, Indiana, Tuesday evening killed William Jenkins of Bedford and William Garrett of Colitie and injured four others including H C Meredith and O E Lukenwill. The workers for the Central Union Telephone Co. were returning to town in a wagon when caps exploded. In Chicago a fire followed an explosion in a county building paint shop injuring several. in Wisconsin Daniel Jones, longtime bank organizer, dies at 89. Arlington man commits suicide with a bullet.
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Bedford
Ind
William Jenkins
William Garrett
Colitie
H. C. Meredith
Westbury
T. C. Brighton
Gosport
O. E. Lukenwill
Moses Bass
Central Union Telephone Company
Court House
Chicago
Congressional Actions and Impeachment Debates in Jan
In January reports indicate the House concurred with Senate amendments to the Philippine government bill and sent it to conference. Judges Swayne impeachment charges were debated as the Senate passed the legislative and judiciary appropriation bill and private pension bills. A record pace for pension legislation and questions on citizenship for women wed to foreigners also featured in the week. Senate discussions covered statehood and Arizona’s status, Mitchell’s Oregon land fraud indictment drew response, and the House debated Swayne for five hours while the post offices committee reported a $180,781,993 appropriation bill.
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Mitchell
Oregon
Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
Post Office
Senators Chosen by State Legislatures in Midwest and Northeast
Chicago Jan 18 United States senators were chosen by state legislatures. Missouri Thomas K Niedringhaus Beveridge Indiana James A Hemenway to fill Fairbanks vacancy Pennsylvan ia Philander Q Knox New York Chauncey M Depew Minnesota Moses Clapp Nebraska Elmer J Burkett Rhode Island Nelson W Aldrich Connecticut Morgan G Bulkeley Maine Eugene Hale Massachusetts Henry Cabot Lodge reelected and W Murray Crane to complete term.
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Thomas K. Niedringhaus
Indiana
Albert J. Beveridge
James A. Hemenway
Fairbanks
Pennsylvania
Philander Q. Knox
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Minnesota
Moses Clapp
Nebraska
Elmer J. Burkett
Rhode Island
Nelson W. Aldrich
Connecticut
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Maine
Eugene Hale
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
W. Murray Crane
Temein
Blow Of His Head In Ohio Jail Suicide
J Ben Peoples a former contractor in Zanesville Ohio killed himself Monday afternoon as officers moved to arrest him for failing to return to prison after temporary release. The event followed a confrontation with the sheriff and a state detective.
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Peoples
Bite Bouse
Plainfield
High Honor for an Illinois Man
Washington notes two major federal moves in January. Vespasian Warner, Illinois congressman from the Ninth district, is named commissioner of pensions and later confirmed by the Senate. Joseph L. Bristow, fourth assistant postmaster general, resigns to serve as special commissioner investigating trade conditions and freight rates for potential isthmian canal plans and Panama railroad policy.
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Taft
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Kansas
White House
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Post Office Department
Family Perishes in Fire at West 130th Street Residence
New York reports William T. Mason a lawyer, his wife and two children Ellen aged four and Marion six months, plus a servant Annie Wells, all died in a house fire at 133 West One Hundred thirtieth street. Bodies found in closet and bedroom. likely suffocated. Police found no signs of burglary. neighbors heard cries of murder.
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Ellen
Marion
Annie Wells
West One Hundred and Thirtieth Street
Inaugurations and various notable events of the era
In the week ending Jan 16 Preston Lea inaugurated Delaware governor Edward Casper Stokes became New Jersey's governor. Died: landscape painter Robert Swain Gifford in New York. Fires destroyed business districts in Arispe and a drugstore in Caney. Ex-Gov Silas Garber died in Red Cloud Nebraska. Thefts and burglaries reported including jewels in Chicago and a large cash theft. Customs officers claim substantial jewel imports by Mrs Cassie L Chadwick. Severe winter weather affected central Texas produce and Italy. Banks in Chicago report higher deposits. UK coastal wrecks from a gale. Deaths include Daniel Mahanna Batavia Iowa and A C Wallin Arlington Minnesota. Fire claimed the residence of George Troxell. two children perished. Henry Phipps pledges $1 million for New York tenements. A misadventure in Belleville Illinois caused a grocer to die from sewer gas explosion. Summer hotel fires at Rockaway Beach. Poison death from medical misadventure in Chicago exonerated by coroner. Cleveland notable Henry White dies. United Mine Workers convention opens with President Mitchell. Riviera snow and severe weather. San Remo flowers valued at $1.2 million. Sheriff shootings near Tuscarawas. U S secret service exposes counterfeit two-dollar certificate.
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Delaware
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New Jersey
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New York
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Caney
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Silas Garber
Nebraska
Red Cloud
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Cleveland
Cassie L. Chadwick
Texas
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Batavia
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Emma M. Schuele
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Cuyahoga County
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Dames Mcbride
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Wilkie
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