Mine 15 Fatal to Eight Workmen at Illinois Coal Mine
A blast in Mine 1A of the Chicago and Carterville Coal Company near Ebberling Illinois killed eight workers including three mine officials. Rescue teams entered the mine but fell back as after damp and fire damp banks blocked further recovery. The dead included engineer Wm Pierce manager James Guinney and several workers.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Cartersyttle Cra
Ebergin
Seieniers
W. Tf. Ploree
Wugene Varriett
Assistanhope Xineer
Thomas Williatos
Sis NM
Hoy
George Snyder
Salvator Greeceo
Pierro Tonia
Thomas Harker
James Guinney
Robert Muesion
Pierce
Snyder
Greece
Romeo
Grafters Financed in Youngstown Case Dispositions
Judge George S. Robinson fined self confessed grafters in Youngstown with $500 per indictment and disfranchisement. custody to Sheriff until fines paid. Ten contractors named, including Kale, North Newton, Joh Thanns, W W Kelly, Wal Deck, O C Starr, Samuel Brumstetter, James Price, George Wetzel, N N Milligan to repay $1,200 and face $1,000 fines.
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Youngstown
Therm
Youngsland
Judeo George S. Robinson
W. S. Kale
North Newton
Joh Thanns
W. W. Kelly
Pittsburg
Waldeck
Warren
0. C. Starr
Columbus
Samuel Brumstetter
James Price
George Wetzel
N. N. Milligan
Harriman Fortune Surges. Estate Valued at About 220 Million
New York reports Radwaet HW notes Harriman assets at over 200 million at death, yet appraisals set the estate around 145 million. Discrepancy linked to transfers to wife and eldest son just before death, securities valued above 80 million. Since his death, rising markets lift wealth of Mrs Harriman toward 220 million, possibly the highest for a woman.
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New York
Radwaet HW
Marringsin
Netiaat
Te Turiman
Vierriman
Harriitian
No Money for Monument in Washington Fund
Congress must pass new legislation to use the 1904 5000 appropriation for a site and plans for the Thoras Jefferson memorial. Augustus St Gaudens offered designs in 1906 but died before completion. The treasury declines to roll over unspent balances.
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Washington
Congress
Thoras Jefferson
Augustus St. Gaudens
Treasury
Tha Somptrailer
The
Commission
Hoosier White-Caped Neighbor Beats Man With Switches
In Petersburg Indiana near Winslow Lafe Dedman was dragged from his home by white-capped assailants beaten with switches and pickets and ordered to leave the neighborhood. Dedman, badly injured, plans to present names of several white-caps to a grand jury, claiming no reason for the attack beyond neighborly dislike.
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Petersburg
Ind
White Corps
Lafe Dedman
Winslow
Hena
Dedman
Grand Jury
Christmas Lottery Draw Fails in Wayana
The national lottery drawing held December 22 failed to meet expectations with only 18,000 of 30,000 tickets sold. The $800,000 government profit target was not reached as the capital prize was won by a group of 14 bricklayers and masons employed on a Havana building under construction. The result likely hurts government revenue.
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Wayana
Havana
Boston Tide Strikes New England Coast In Deadly Flood
A historic January storm caused a massive tidal surge from Boston to Chelsea and Chelsea Beach draining cellars and destroying property. Over a million dollars in damage reported as wires fail and the coast suffers widespread ruin. Coroner reports list fatalities including a infant in Chelsea and a couple in bed as floodwaters overwhelmed homes.
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Cornelius Harkin
Chelsea
New Turtind
Wyiiny Yedys
Trains Delayed by Heavy Snow Across Eastern Division
Heavy snow plus strong winds crippled rail service from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and west. The 16 inch storm created 10 foot drifts, delaying the crack 15 hour New York Chicago special at Frazer near Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Railroad suffered the hardest hits while the Reading line faced washouts between Bethlehem and Allentown.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Yen
New York
Chicago
Frazer
Manhattan
Reading
Distrass
Hethlehem
Alentowd
WHISKY LABELS Defined by Taft on Neutral Spirit Brands
Washington Db. C. The highest American executive authority defines whisky under the pure food law labeling. Taft says whisky made from neutral spirits is whisky when potable. Rules assign branding for blends and straight whiskies with aged in wood optional. Manufacturers may use Bourbon or rye where warranted.
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Washington
Db. C
Ameerican
Taft
Fair Buildings Burn in Trenton Mall Complex Fire
Fire destroyed the grand stand clubhouse and office building at the Interstate Mall in Trenton New Jersey. Loss estimated around 10000 with part coverage by insurance. The Waly Association plans to rebuild and likely erect a concrete granite stand.
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Trenton
N. J
Interstate Mall
Waly Association
Morgan pays 40000 for two ornate soup tureens
News from New York reports J Pierpont Morgan paid 40000 plus commissions for two soup tureens imported from Paris. The pieces, crafted by a water artificer D A Meissonier and engraved by Linquiet, are en route to the United States. In Sweden, Pontus Holmstrom plans a spinning mill to make yarn from pauper fibers.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Paris
D. A. Meissonier
Linquiet
Wialurstad
Sweden
Pontus Holmstrom
New $1 250 000 Furnace for Cleveland Central Group
American Steel and Wire Company will immediately erect a $1 250 000 blast furnace in Cleveland. The addition expands the central group's capacity to 510 000 tons annually. President W J Carey of United States Steel Corporation discussed the plan with local officials a month ago.
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Central Group
Cleveland
American Steel and Wire Company
W. J. Carey
United States Steel Corporation
Zelaya Army Routed in Nicaragua Campaign
Dispatches report Zelayan forces routed after hours of combat with Gen. Estraday’s troops. Captured: Gen. Gonzales and Castilo with 1900 men as 1400 rifles, four field pieces, and 1,000,000 rounds—over 2000 casualties total including dead wounded and captured. American hospital unit from Tacoma and Des Moines set up on shore to treat wounded on both sides.
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Wastinston
Mstrada
Nicaragua
Navy Department
Alty
Shipley
Des Moines
Geng
Gonzales
Castillo
Blucheldy
T Faye
Ghore
Tacoma
Eagle
Managua
Pacific
Estraday
Madrid
Four Officials Assassinated Worldwide Shock Rises
A series of political assassinations strikes Korea St. Petersburg Bombay and Roumania. Seoul prime minister stabbed to death while in St. Petersburg Col Karpoff head of secret police blown to pieces. Bombay Nasik chief magistrate Arthur M T Jackson shot. Roumanian premier wounded by an anarchist as dangerous movement targets regimes.
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Seoul
Korea
St. Petersburg
Col
Karpoff
Bombay
British India
Nasik
Arthur M. T. Jackson
Roumania
Roumanin
Warriner Sentenced in $643,000 Big Four embezzlement case
Charles L. Warriner, former treasurer of the Big Four railroad, pleaded guilty to embezzlement and received six years hard labor. The case links to a theft totaling $643,000 and involves years of blackmail with a woman named as a principal figure.
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Cincinmati
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four Railroad
Zelaya Aboard Mexican Gunboat Anchors Off Salina Cruz
Mexican gunboat General Guerrero anchored offshore at Salina Cruz with former Nicaragua president Jon Zelaya aboard. The vessel did not enter the harbor. Zelaya escaped Nicaragua on a gunboat on the same night as U S warships, and was not disturbed.
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Salina Cruz
Mexico City
General Guerrero
Jon Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Mexico
Zelaya
Nicara Bila
Chicago man dies after wrong town mix up
Joseph Zimmerman of Chicago was en route to Russia for holidays. He exited a Baltimore and Ohio train at North Baltimore Ohio, thinking it was Baltimore Maryland. After learning the mistake he collapsed, later jumped from a third story window of a hotel and died from his injuries. He carried $440 sewn in a belt.
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Findlanly
Joseph Zimmerman
Chicago
Russia
Baltimore & Oho
Baltimore
Ohio
Big Cincinnati Banks Merge
Cincinnati banks consolidate as Merchants National Bank is absorbed by First National Bank. First National shows surplus and undivided profits of 2,110,000 with deposits of 26,000,000. W. S. Rowe remains president. M. J. Ingalls retires. The rest is filler text.
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Cincinnati
Merchants National Bank
First National Bank
W. 8. Rowe
Wrst National
M. J. Ingalls
Merchcants National
Enumerators Test Open For Census Jobs In March Prep
Washington D D G applicants for census enumerator posts can pass a straightforward test set by United States Census Director Durand on February 8. Requirements include US citizenship, district residence, age 18 to 70, good education, honesty, and writing ability. About 68 000 positions will be filled by mid March, with tests and application details through supervisors. applications must be filed by January 25.
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Washington, D
Durand
Census Bureau
United States
Couple in Jail After Honeymoon Elopement
Mollie Cremeans 60 and Charles Cremeans 18 were jailed in Bluefield WV after returning from a short east honeymoon. Mollie is charged with bigamy and Charles with perjury. She had four prior marriages, two husbands died early, a third was executed for murder. Her fourth husband Tom Arlington left after learning of the elopement. He claimed he was 21 at license time. The former schoolteacher was described as very beautiful. they will be represented by attorneys and fight the case.
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Bluefield
W. Va
East
Trotley Crew Held Up Near Lincoln Avenue
In Pittsburg two masked bandits armed with big revolvers held up a night car on the Millvale and FEilna line near Lincoln avenue and Emma street Millvale. They bound the motorman and conductor, took the conductor’s money, controlled the car to Walkers bridge, and fled. Loot estimated at $25.
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Pittsburg
Millvale
Feilna
Lincoln Avenue
Emma Street
Walkers Bridge
Illinois Supreme Court Sets Bread Loaf Size Rules
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a city council may enact an ordinance specifying loaf size and weight and required bakers to provide scales for customers. The decision followed an appeal from Chicago where a similar ordinance was struck down.
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Springfield
Illlinois Supreme Court
Chicago
Five Die in Yonkers House Fire Family Destroys Home
In Yonkers at Sherwood Park a frame dwelling burned to the ground killing five members of the Theodore Fredericks family. The victim list includes Theodore Fredericks his wife and their three children, all perishing in the blaze.
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New York
Sherwood Park
Yonkers
Theodore Fredericks
Senator McLaurin Dies in Mississippi at 61
United States Senator Anselm Joseph McLaurin died suddenly at his Brandon Mississippi home from a fatal heart attack aged 61. He collapsed while seated in a rocking chair before the fireplace in his library, and died before family could reach him.
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Senator McLaurin
Jackson
Miss
United States
Anselm Joseph McLaurin
Brandon
American Boats Reach Colon Harbor With Troops and Ammo
The United States auxiliary cruiser Prairie arrived December 22 carrying 700 marines and 500000 rounds of ammunition under Colonel William P. Biddle. The dispatch boat Dolphin also entered the harbor.
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Colon
United States
Prairie
William P. Biddle
Dolphin
Peary Ready for South Pole Expedition
Commander Robert E. Peary expresses willingness to undertake an expedition to reach the South Pole, detailing plans and motivations for the perilous journey.
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Robert E. Peary
South Pols
Danish scientists reject Cook claim North Pole verdict
The University of Copenhagen rejected Dr. Frederick A. Cook’s claim to have reached the North Pole. The university panel found Cook’s notebooks lacking original observations and conclusions, deeming evidence insufficient. New York scientists anticipated the result as Cook travels in Christiansand, Norway, with his brother reporting his location.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
University of Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Cook
North Pale
Stroemgren
New York Herald
Trig
Elis Stroemgren
Gustav Holm
Hydrographic Bureau
Jensen
New York
Dr. Cook
Christiansand
Norway
William L. Cook
Deal In Coal Lands In West Virginia Reported
Baltimore financial circles report a large deal in coal lands in West Virginia valued at over 2.5 million dollars. The Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company holds 7 500 acres near Farmington, adjacent to the Barrettsville tract of 30 000 acres. Jamison Coal and Coke Company of Philadelphia is named as the prospective buyer.
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Baltimore
West Virginia
Georges Creekkt Coal and Iron Company
Jamison Coal and Coke Company
Philadelphia
Georges Creek Company
Farmington
Fairmont
Barrettsville
Fire destroys Metropole hotel in Winnipeg death toll rises
Fire at the Metropole hotel in Winnipeg Manitoba killed John Allcock a railway freight checker and fatally injured Hilda Brown a waitress and George Baxter a painter. Brown and Baxter were hurt jumping from third floor windows while Allcock died in a heroic bid to save his wife.
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Winnipeg
Man
Metropole
John Allcock
Hilda Brown
George Baxter
Alcock
Last Days of Mrs. Astor Revealed in Appraisers' Report
New York society icon Mrs. William Astor lived in declining splendor as appraisers disclosed a Fifth Avenue mansion in disrepair. Soiled reception room hangings, a worn hall carpet, and cheaply painted winery chairs contrasted with a misnamed art collection and largely fake pearls from her famous jewelry hoard. The report labels many items as worth far less than their presumed stature.
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New York
William Astor
Boucher
Round-Up of Milliners in Sleeper Trunk Smuggling Case
New York twenty seven modistes were indicted by a federal grand jury in a large sleeper trunk smuggling and customs fraud roundup. Nine women and four men were arrested and held for trial. Caroline Windmuller posted 5000 bail, others provided smaller sureties. The government plans to retry its first big fraud case anew as the jury in the Joseph McMahon matter reported a disagreement.
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New York
Caroline Windmuller
Joseph McMahon
Schley Urges Peary Proofs Be Sent to Danish Scientists
Rear Admiral W. S. Schley, retired, calls on Commander Peary to submit his North Pole proofs to a scientific body other than the National Geographic Society. He urges immediate submission to ensure justice and to firmly establish Peary's claims, suggesting the same body that dismissed Cook's data should review Peary's evidence.
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Washington
Cook
Schley
Peary
North Pole
National Geographic Society
The
Geographic Society
Thaw Denied Writ of Error by U S Supreme Court
Justice McKenna denied Harry K Thaw a petition for a writ of error to review the Matteawan asylum case. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied earlier and the Court of Appeals ruling stands.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
Justice McKenna
Supreme Court of the United States
Harry K. Thaw
Court of Appeals of
New York
Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
McKenna
Court of Appeals
Steel Stocks for Employes in U S Steel Corp
The finance committee of United States Steel voted to offer employees the chance to subscribe to preferred stock at 1.26 a share. A $1,000,000 bonus in common and preferred stock will be divided among employees. Each worker may take the bonus in common stock at 90 or in the preferred at 124, or a mix of both.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Bank Robbers Fail to Reach Safe in Centersville Heist
In Mound City Kane, robbers tried to blow the safe at the State Bank of Centersville near here and escaped with 1500 dollars. The last robber to leave was fired upon by bank president C. H. Brown who returned fire. both sides exchanged shots but no one was wounded.
Servant’s Secret Hoard Found After Death in Kansas City
Miss Margaret Sullivan died recently after 27 years as a downtown hotel servant. In her trunk investigators found more than $5,000 she had saved. The money likely goes to her sisters Miss M Sullivan of Ogdensburg New York and Mrs GC A Helbing of Grand Crossing Chicago.
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Kansas City
Margaret Sullivan
M. Sullivan
Ogdenburg
N. Y
GC. A. Helbing
Grand Crossing
Chicago
Alleged Mining Frauds Target English Families
Postal authorities arrest Charles Adams an elderly man tied to a successful mining swindle ring that has fleeced wealthy English families of 250000 in recent years.
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New York
Charles Adams
Adams
Senate Confirms Robert Bacon as Ambassador to France
The senate in executive session confirmed the nomination of Robert Bacon as ambassador to France and 26 other diplomatic nominations sent by the President.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Robert Bacon
France
Canton Plant Destroyed in Stark Lumber Fire
Canton Ohio The plant of Stark Lumber Company maker of antique furniture stairways and woodwork for Booher Dibbs Plow Company products burned The company is capitalized at 25000 dollars
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Canton
Stark Lumber Company
Booher- Dibbs
Bomb KIHs Two at St. Petersburg Lodging House
A bomb exploded at a terrorist lodging house in St. Petersburg killing two people. Police captured a man fleeing the building as investigators mid search for suspects and motive.
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St. Petersburg
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