Wrecks and Disasters Span Transatlantic Routes
A New York Central Buffalo Local wreck near Palmyra results in the engineer's death and a burned train save one Pullman. The Hamburg Atlantic steamer Prinzess in Victoria Luise ran ashore near Port Royal. passengers landed safely. Captain Brnuinswig died by suicide aboard. An Anglo-French tunnel plan for the British channel faces Parliament, with an estimated cost of 80 million dollars for two 24 mile tunnels. The British steamer Arlington sank the Cap Juby in fog off Dungeness, with twelve lost and five saved.
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New York Central
Buffalo
New York
Palmyra
N. Y
Hamburg-American Line
Prinzess
Victoria Luise
Kingston
Jamaica
Port Royal
Brnuinswig
Victoria Luke
London
Arlington
Antwerp
Newport
Dungeness
Conrad Tuppen Found Guilty in Bank Funds Trial at Peoria
Conrad Tuppen was found guilty by a jury in Peoria on a charge of accepting funds after Tess Smith Bank became insolvent. The bank failed for half a million dollars, and the trial centered on embezzling bank funds.
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Conrad Tuppen
Tess Smith Bank
Peoria
Tuppen
Yardmaster Andres Shot in Saloon Altercation
A. G. Andres, yardmaster for the Pennsylvania Railroad at South Chicago, was killed by John Cody, a wealthy retired stockman, after a dispute over a card game in a Chicago saloon.
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A. G. Andres
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
South
Chicago
John Cody
Insurance Man Sentenced to Prison in Brand Larceny Case
George Burnham Jr vice president and general counsel for Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company was convicted in New York of Brand larceny in the first degree and sentenced to two years in Sing Sing.
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George Burnham, Jr
The
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
New York
Landmark Fire Destroys Police Gazette Building
The Police Gazette building in New York's old downtown district burned, housing several manufacturing firms and Trem newspaper operations. A landslide in Cozeus, Mites Pyrnuese, buried eleven workers with hopes for rescue.
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Gotham
Police Gazette
New York
Bilding
Trem
Villacse
Cozeus
Pranece
Fremont burglary targets delivery manager at Duralore
Burglars entered the Fremont Central Delivery Company residence of Ed Harygoon in Fremont Ohio and secured jewelry money two revolvers and clothing valued at 500 dollars. Chicago and Alton shops burned destroying the planing mill of the railroad shops at Bloomington Tl with a loss of 150000 dollars. Robbers wrecked the Interstate Bank safe at Drexel Missouri and escaped with about 5000 dollars in currency.
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Duralore
Fremont
Ed. Harygoon
Fremont Central Delivery Company
Ohio
Chicago & Alton
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Bloomington
Drexel, Mo
Roosevelt Praises Isthmus Work Sanitation and Labor Plans
President Roosevelt recounts a November inspection of the Panama Canal Zone, lauding sanitation by Dr. Gorgas, housing for workers, and progress at Culebra Cut. He notes labor mix, contractor plans, and the need for recreation, while defending management against critics and urging support for the project.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Colon
United States
Cosa
Ancon
Culebra
Whiel
al Cere
Aseen
Pry
Ie Esha Canal
Shents
Soevers
Giotaas
Mr Bishop
Mar Hipley
Jackson Smith
Wir
Bierd
Gener
Vathway
Moers
Cdmission
Gorgas
Marine
la Bora
Gatun
Taft
Mesare
Noble, Stearns
Hupley
Locky
Dama
Iite
L’ananm
Thomases
Coubting Thomasey
Commission
Epolle Politiea
Amort
Towboats Carry 2.5 Million Bushels of Coal From Pittsburg
Towboats left Pittsburg harbor with 2.5 million bushels of coal bound for southern points. A total of about 3.0 million bushels were sent south in two days, reflecting a brisk inland trade push.
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Pittsburg
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Sulcsiden
Colliire
Britssh Challanel
Andres
CANAL
Wisdar
Congress
Lane Tate
Jamaloa
Barbados
St. Lucia
Gale
Tanor
Ian Wattson
Sam
Walter Stes
Valini
Viarous
Caanal
West India
Au Nmbers
West Indies
Young Men's Christian Association
Isthmus
Hemisphere
Tropics
America
Army
Theodore Roosevelt
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