Fire kills four in Lorain theater blaze
A blaze at the Verbeck theater in Lorain Ohio traps occupants on the third floor. Four perished: James Dwyer 28 Mrs William Marsh 24 Grace Marsh 3 Clifford Marsh 7. The Marsh family resided above the theater and were suffocated by smoke on a narrow stair. The theater owner was Verbeck Amusement Co of Pittsburgh leased to H H Dykman Elyria. Debris and losses totaled 50 000 with 35 000 to the theater. Firemen lacked a long ladder. by improvised rescue William Shultz held ladders and nine others escaped. The mother and infant died hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
James Dwyer
Wiliam Marsh
Grace Marsh
Clifford Marsh
Marsh
William Marsh
Dwyer
Verbeck Amusement Company
Oi City
H. H. Dykman
Elyria
Detroit
William Shulty
Shultz
Wight
Two Die In Rear End Freight Wreck Near New Castle
A rear end collision on the Pennsylvania railroad at Covers station near New Castle Pennsylvania killed two men. Engineer J J Welch of New Castle aged 48 died crushed and scalded under his engine and Brakeman J A Harris of Cleveland riding on Welch's engine was killed instantly. Four eastbound freight trains were on the block between Edenburg and Lawrence Junction when Welch received a signal of a train ahead then collided with the rear end of freight train TOG. The engine overturned and rolled down the embankment with Welch’s engine damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Covers Station
New Castle
J. J. Welch
J. A. Harris
Cleveland
Welch
Edenburg
Lawrence Junction
Canton
Senate Passes Canal Bill with Emergency Appropriation
The Senate approved the Panama canal emergency appropriation bill. A substitute for A. O. Bacon's amendment, offered by Eugene Hale, was accepted. It requires regular estimates of all galaties except those paid to laborers. The bill passed as reported from committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
A. O. Bacon
Eugene Hale
Aft
Maine
Congress
Revolt at Batoum prompts Turkish refugee relief
A Batoum dispatch reports a revolution in the Kutais government with barricaded streets and heavy fighting. Artillery fire kills many including Ottoman subjects. In response, the Porte considers sending ships to Batoum to evacuate refugees, with a similar crisis noted in Potem and Kutais region towns.
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Porte
Batoum
Kutais
Transcaucasia
Poth
Brohe
Kutals
Woman’s suit over belt ends with penny verdict
Mrs May 5 Brailey, 48, daughter of Rear Admiral Stevens, sued in Norfolk Va for 50000 claiming theft from an apartment store. She was accused of stealing a belt valued at 16 cents and received a verdict of one cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Brailey
Stevens
Navy
Norfolk
Republicans Endorse Joint Statehood for Four Territories
In a House caucus the Republican members voted unanimously for admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state and approved Arizona and New Mexico as a single state by 110 to 65, with opposition focused on the Arizona and New Mexico plan. The family bill already introduced will be the measure reported by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Iing
Com
Navy to end hazing at Annapolis with dismissals
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte orders a crackdown on hazing at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Two midshipmen Coffin and Van Derveer will be dismissed for hazing and failing to report it. Admiral Sands summoned to Washington as part of a broader campaign, with congressional inquiry possible.
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Bonaparte
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Coffin
van Derveer
Secretary of the Navy
Reyorts
James&. Sands
Academy
Washington
Sands
Navy Department
Lonaparte
House
Representative Loud
Michigan
Indictments Drawn Against Shippers and Railroads
Federal grand jury at Philadelphia returns 18 indictments after probe into rebates and discrimination in railroad freight. Great Northern Railway Company accused of offering a rebate in the R D Wood Company case. Mutiual Transit Company agents named for rebates. Individuals including C E Campbell L W Lake Walter George Stewart and Richard Wood cited for receiving or offering rebates in multiple shipments and counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal & Rand.umy
Philadelphia
Great Northern Railway Company
R. D. Wood Company
C. el. Campbell
Great Northern Railroad Company
L. W. Lake
New York
Mutual Transit Company
Walter, George, Stewart
Richard Wood
R. D. Wood & Co
Paul J. Diver
National Essence
The
Coffee Company
Safety appliances increase as ICC reports progress
The Inter-State Commerce Commission released its annual report showing 568 complaints filed, 65 formal investigations into rates and practices of 321 carriers, 79 hearings, 45 formal decisions, 22 case discontinuations, and six carrier concessions. Improvement in safety appliances is noted, with air brakes progressing while hand brakes deteriorate and retaining valves require better maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-State Commerce Commission
President Roosevelt replies to Delegation of Shakers
Roosevelt told a Shaker delegation he did not expect universal disarmament soon and upheld war as proper to defend national honor when provoked. He said arbitration could settle most international disputes if extended, and he planned to appoint delegates to the second peace conference in The Hague to push for broader arbitration of wars. The delegation from Mount Lebanon presented resolutions adopted at the Shakers peace convention.
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Shakers
Roosevelt
Frague
Aldresp Anna White
Sarah Baeger
Kate Wailer Barrett
John DB. Henderson
Washington
Mount Lebanon
Maniac Shoots Relatives in Cleveland. Man Arrested
William Guy, recently discharged from Newburg insane asylum in Cleveland, shot and killed his brother-in-law Harry Flint aged 13 and an 18 month old at 280 Brownell Street, then fired on Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett at 314 Central Avenue. He, a 29-year-old wire-drawer, had been in the asylum three years and stated upon return that his wife was unfaithful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maniac
William Guy
Newburg
Cleveland
Harry Flint
Rioting in Riga and peasant uprisings widen crisis
Reports describe bloody clashes between troops and united peasantry and workmen in Riga with machine guns. The countryside is devoted to revolutionary bands as landlords defend estates. Baron von Loewis estate s garrison surrendered after heavy fighting. survivors jailed. Mutinous Manchurian troops blamed on pay and feed failures amid railroad paralysis. Tension rises province wide, especially in the Caucasus with Tartars and Armenians clashing at Elizabethpol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
Baron von Loewis
Russia
Siberia
Qaucasus
Elizabethpol
Attorney General Directs DA to Enforce Rebates Law
Attorney General Moody sent a circular letter to all 85 United States district attorneys directing vigilant enforcement of the Hikins act against rebates and carrier discrimination. Indictment is suggested as the method of proceeding, with prompt investigations of all complaints and indictments where evidence warrants.
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Moody
United States
Capital Briefs Nominations and Confirmations Across Departments
The President nominates Charles D. Elliott for Marshal of the Northern district of West Virginia and David H. Moore for Collector of Internal Revenue in the Eleventh Ohio district. William H. Glasscock named West Virginia district Collector. House considers a joint resolution for a holiday recess from December 21 to January 4. Senate executive session confirms Charles A. Stillings public printer. Henry W. Furniss envoy to Haiti. William C. Dearing surveyor of customs. Postmasters listed for Ohio and Mississippi districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Elliott
West Virginia
Senate
David H. Moore
Internal Revenue
Ohio
William H. Glasscock
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
House
Puerto Rico
William 3. Willoughby
District of Columbia
Frederick W. Collins
Mississippi
Pearl River
Erastus J. Parsons
Alabama
Middle District
Charles A. Stillings
Massachusetts
Henry W. Furniss
Indiana
Haiti
William C. Dearing
Port of Louisville
Grant Coats
Rockford
Fred D. Pierce
Wakeman
John Finsterwald
Athens
The Foreign Mission Work Summary
A report by Rev. Dr. EB Strong shows 6,003 male and 5,154 female missionaries, 65,280 native laborers, and 2,325,825 communicants at 20,041 stations, with 10,163 more communicants than last year. Total income of all societies in the US, Canada, Britain, and Europe is 14,151,868 dollars, with US contributions totaling 7,060,700.
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Protestant Foreign Missions
EB. B. Strong
American Board
United States
Canada
Great Britian
Europe
Will Advance Wages in New England Mills
Independent woolen manufacturers in Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut employing about 5000 operatives announce they will follow the American Woolen company which recently advanced wages 10 percent for 30000 employees on January 1. Other manufacturers likely to adopt the new scale on New Year’s Day.
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
American _Woolen company
Woman Chloroformed to Death in New Jersey Apt
Physicians determined chloroform was used to kill Mrs. Morris Nattal, an elderly resident of As bury Park New Jersey, where she was murdered and robbed. Her husband announced $1,000 in cash was taken from her.
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Morris Nattal
Asbury Park
N. J
Nattal
Uniform Insurance Law Move Backed by Governors Aid
Insurance Commissioner Thomas Drake of the District of Columbia B F Carroll of Iowa and Thomas D OBrien of Minnesota conferred with President Roosevelt on a plan for a uniform insurance law across states. They urged a February 1 Chicago meeting of governors attorney generals and Augusta surgeons to seek concerted action in enacting the measure. The President voiced strong support for the movement.
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Thomas
How Harbin Was Sacked by Mutinous Russians
Refugees from Harbin recount a Russian mutiny in Manchuria as the city was set ablaze and pillaged. The Chinese quarter suffered ruin with hundreds of dead or wounded as dawn revealed the devastation. Authorities allegedly aided the raiders while feigning suppression efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London “Daily Telegraph
Moji
Japan
Harbin
Manchuria
Czar Reverses On Suffrage Change Amid Political Upheaval
Rumors from high authority indicate the government may abandon universal suffrage and return to the 21 workmen representatives system with limited ballot access for rent payers merchants and educated classes. Approval by the council and emperor remains uncertain, raising fears for reformists and signaling a potential government crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of the Empire
Witte
Ali
Dynamite Attack Hits Elkton Tobacco Factory
A factory owned by Mrs. M. B. Penyck and run by American Stuff Company in Elkton Kentucky was blown up with dynamite. Suspected to be the work of Dark Tobacco Growers supporters, though the group denounced the act. A masked gang of 150 boarded a late night Elkton & Guthrie train, claiming they were seeking tobacco buyers.
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Elkton
M. B. Penyck
American Stuff Company
Tobacco Combine
Dark Tobacco Growers’ Association
Elkton & Guthrie
Bradshaw's
Andrews Vanderbilt Interests Buy Rochester Electric and Gas Plant
The Andrews Vanderbilt traction syndicate purchases the Rochester Railway and Light Company property in Rochester New York for about 10 million dollars. The deal gives the syndicate control of traction lines gas works and electric lighting plants in Rochester as it expands toward a trans state traction line from Buffalo to New York City.
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Andrews-Vanderbilt
Rochester
Governor names Gearin to succeed late Senator Mitchell
Governor Chamberlain announces John M. Gearin of Portland as United States Senator from Oregon to fill the late John H. Mitchell’s seat. Gearin, a Democrat, carries cross party support and will serve until March 4, 1907 unless the Legislature calls an earlier end in January 1907. Also reported is the arrest of M. J. Letts in Panama on charges of stealing $70,000 in railroad tickets in 1903 and burning a depot to conceal the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Chamberlain
John M. Gearin
Portland
George EB. Chamberlain
John H. Mitchell
United States
Oregon
Gearin
Democratc
Congress
M. J. Letts
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Princeton
Kan
Panama
Canal Commission
Mutual Life elects Peabody president as Perkins resigns
George W. Perkins resigns from the New York Life Insurance Company while Charles A. Peabody is elected president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company reflecting leadership changes in major firms.
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George W. Perkins
The
New York Life Insurance Company
Charles A. Peabody
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Pope Counsels Polish Catholics and Praises Czar Edict
Pope Pius issues an encyclical urging Polish Catholics to moderate action and praising the czar for his ukase granting religious freedom. He denounces killings and ill treatment of Jews and calls for respectful conduct toward all faiths.
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Pius
Poland
Japanese Baptist pastor plans immigrant colony in Beattie
Rev. Frank Okazaki of the Japanese Baptist mission at Beattie Washington, supported by leading Japanese residents, leads 15 men planning a colony for immigrants from his country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Okazaki
Beattie
Wash
Meadvill e Cambridge Springs Collision Kills Three
A head on crash on the Meadville Cambridge Springs line near Allegheny College caused a runaway passenger car to slam into a second train. Several people were killed or badly injured including Mrs. Breed and Mr. Beckman. witnesses described cars racing down College hill before colliding near Randolph Street.
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Meadvillé
Cambridge Springs
College Hill
Meadville
Cambridge
Randolph Street
Robert P. Breed
Allegheny
John Beckman
North East
Dwight Birchard
Campridge Springs
Samuel Grey
Pitman Davis
Saegerstown
Mary Hickernall
Ethel Case
Andrew Case
Moyer
Woodcock
M. B. Roudebush
Terific
Cambridge Line
Odd Fellows
John van Worn
Allegheny College
North Main Street
Baldwin Street
Meriwether Sentence for Naval Academy Midshipman
Midshipman Minor Meriwether Jr. is sentenced by court martial at Annapolis to one year confinement within the Naval Academy and a public reprimand by the secretary of the navy. The verdict follows a fist fight with Midshipman James A Branch Jr on November 4 and Branch’s death two days later. Meriwether was acquitted of manslaughter but found guilty of conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline.
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Naval Academy
Secretary of the Navy
Meriwether, Jr
Annapolis
James A. Branch, Jr
Branch
Powder Plant Explosion Kills Five At Dupont Works
An accidental blast at the Dupont Powder company mixing house near Boyles Alabama killed five workers instantly. Bodies were blown apart, with fragments found high in trees miles from the scene.
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Dupont Powder Company
Boyles
Ala
Miss Roosevelt Engaged to Congressman Longsworth
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Alice Lee Roosevelt to Nicholas Longworth a Cincinnati congressman. The couple plans a wedding about mid February likely at the White House, with arrangements not yet set.
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Congressman Longsworth
Roosevelt
Alice Lee Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Congress
Cincinnati
White House
Senate confirms five diplomatic and legal nominees
The Senate confirmed Thomas B. Vanlorn of Ohio to be consul at Rosario Argentina Joseph A Howells of Ohio to Turks Island West Indies Alexander Heingartner of Canton Ohio to Guelph Ontario Elliott Northcott to United States attorney for the Southern district of West Virginia John L Lett of Ohio to be commissioner to revise the laws of the United States
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Senate
Thomas B. Vanlorn
Ohio
Rosario
Argentine Republic
Joseph A. Howells
Turks Island
West Indies
Alexander Heingartner
Canton
Cons
Guelph
Ont
Blliott Northcott
United States
West Virginia
John L. Lett
Petition by ex Queen Liliuokalani on $16 million claim
A petition from ex Queen Liliuokalani demanding payment of 16 million dollars was presented to the Senate by Vice President Fairbanks. The document included an autograph letter urging early and favorable Senate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liliuokalani
Senate
Fairbanks
Pittsburg Contractor Sues Wabash for 25000 in Extras
George W. Lewis a Pittsburg contractor sues the Wabash Railroad for 25000 alleging payment due for extras ordered in the Taggart tunnel construction in Washington County Pennsylvania.
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George W. Lewis
Pittsburg
Wabash Railroad Company
Taggart Tunnel
Washington County
Provisional Government Set Up in Livonia Report
Two messengers arriving in St. Petersburg from Riga claim a provisional government exists in Livonia and parts of Courland. They report many soldiers joined the insurrection, Riga Fort Duina and officials are prisoners, and the new regime claims authority across Livonia. It declares Lithuanian separation from Russia and orders closures of spirit shops and breweries. Peasant uprisings rise as armed bands attack estates and threaten owners.
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Rigas
St. Peteraburg
Riga
Livonia
Duina Fort
Courland
Russian Empire
News Briefs from Around the World and Nation
Reported this year include forty two starvation deaths in London. Four drownings occur while skating at Amsterdam New York. New York Court of Appeals limits Hearst ballot box challenge. Grace Taggart disappears with two children from Wooster Ohio. Samuel J M McCarroll named US Attorney for Middle District of Pennsylvania. Eighty thousand Woolen Company workers to receive ten percent wage increase starting Jan 1 1880. Japan rejects Russia push to raise missions to embassies in Tokio and St Petersburg. Fossil remains found near Danger Point near Cape Town. Columbia sails from League Island to relieve Panama duty with 200 marines aboard. East of Mississippi railroads move toward end of free transportation. Monze J Whiteman jailed for Fidelity Trust fraud. Hearst seeks first steps to open 114 more ballot boxes in NYC mayoral dispute. Southern California railway bought by Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe. 478.07 miles, $17,812,400. Two US army lieutenants jailed in Philippines for conduct unbecoming officers. Saskatchewan election sees Dr Shand, a Black man, enter Canadian legislature. Nellie Ainsworth and Bert Stewart drown skating near Bishop’s Lake Michigan. Insular Affairs calls for Manila steel wharf bids around $500,000. Kansas City grand jury indicts 11 on rebates and conspiracy charges.
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London
Amsterdam
N. Y
New York Court of Appeals
W. R. Hearst
Grace Taggart
Wooster
Samuel J. M. McCarroll
United States
Middle District
Pennsylvania
American Woolen Company of
New York
Japan
Trussia
Tokio
St. Petersburg
Danger Point
Cape Town
Panama
Columbia
League Island Navy Yard
Colon
Mississippi
Monze J. Whiteman
Fidelity Trust Company
Buffalo
Auburn State Prison
New York City
Southern California Railway
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Sydney S. Burbank
David A. Sny’ der
Sixth Infantry
Phillippines
United States Army
Saskatchewan
Shhadd
Kinistino
Shand
Nellie Ainsworth
Madison
Wis
Bert Stewart
Bishops Lake
Brighton
Mich
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Manila
Federal Grand Jury
Kansas City
Emperor Stubborn Declares Korea Won't Sign 1917 Pact
Homer B. Hulbert, the emperor of Korea's special messenger, reports a cablegram stating Korea's treaty with Japan is null and void due to force. The emperor vows not to sign the agreement in its current form and warns disturbances tied to the November 1917 incident may recur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Homer B. Hulbert
Korea
Boston Wool Market Weekly Prices Report
The Boston wool market saw stronger sales in the past week with active bidding. Leading quotes include Ohio and Pennsylvania grades from 35 to 44 cents for various qualities and weights, alongside Michigan fine unwashed at 26 to 27 cents and quarter-blood unwashed around 33 to 34 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaine
Michigan
Fitzgerald Wins Boston Mayoral Race in Victory for Democrats
Former Congressman John F. Fitzgerald defeats three rivals to become mayor as Louis A. Frothingham, Republican and Massachusetts House speaker, trails by 8,380 votes. The President approves reducing the Dominican naval presence from four protected cruisers to a Mosquito fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Louis A. Frothingham
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Dominican
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Capital Briefs
Czar
Mitchell
Alfa Square
Meriwether
Miss Roosevelt
Queen Lil
Boston Wool Market
Boston
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