Ship SunK Forty Five Missing at Sea Off California Coast
A collision off Cape Mendocino between the steamship Walla Walla and an unknown sailing vessel sank the Walla Walla early Thursday. At least 20 lives lost with 27 accounted for. one boat and two life rafts missing. The Walla Walla carried 36 first class passengers, 28 second class, and a crew of 80. Captain Hall helped evacuate, with families trapped by debris. Survivors reported horrific conditions. 13 lost from a boat that capsized in rough seas. A Eureka citizens committee organized a 45 mile patrol to aid shore survivors.
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California Coast
Walla Walla
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Cape Mendocino
California
Hall
Trinidad
Citizens’ Committee
Eureka
Death Ends Will Contest In New York
Mrs Edna Coleman Muir daughter of the late Senator McPherson of New Jersey died in New York on Monday from pneumonia and measles. Her husband Dr Joseph Muir is the United States Consul at Stockholm. The $5,000,000 estate from Senator McPherson to Yale University via Aaron Baldwin and Mrs Muir faces dispute as Mrs Muir began to break the will and papers awaited her signature before illness postponed action.
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Edna Coleman Muir
McPherson
New Jersey
New York
Muir
Joseph Muir
United States
Stockholm
Sweden
Aaron S. Baldwin
Hoboken
Yale University
New York Legislature Re-elects Nixon Speaker of the House
The general assembly opened its annual session on Wednesday with S. Fred Nixon re-elected Speaker and other House and Senate officers chosen. Governor Odell Jr delivered the annual message to the Legislature.
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General Assembly
S. Fred Nixon
House
Senate
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
Plague Report Near Altoona Pa Causes Alarm
Smallpox like disease found in Logan township near Altoona with three of Imer Allen's family afflicted and two others showing symptoms. Local authorities monitor spread while residents urge caution and vaccination in surrounding areas.
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Logan Township
Altoona
Imer Allen
National Capitol Notes and White House Events
Governor Shaw assumes charge of the Treasury on January 25 as Mrs. Knox hosts her first informal reception at the Capitol. Anne Roosevelt, newly titled Miss Anne Roosevelt, attends a New Year’s Day reception at the White House. Chauncey M. Teague sails from Southampton to New York on the St Louis. The President and Cabinet discuss needs for new departmental quarters. A Brooklyn boiler-room explosion kills Thomas Reaney and Thomas Moran as a Bealey Howard residence is damaged. Senate contests in several states draw attention, especially in New Jersey and Kentucky. Rev Henry G Ganss named financial agent for the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions in Washington. Secretary Gage has not fixed future plans and declines a post with National City Bank. Rear Admiral Sampson shows signs of improvement after a brief walk.
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Shaw
Iowa
Treasury Department
Knox
Anne Roosevelt
White House
Chauncey M. Tepew
Southampton
England
New York
St. Louis
Thomas Reaney
Thomas Moran
Brooklyn
Bealey
Howard
New Jersey
Kentucky
Henry G. Ganss
Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions
Washington
Gagehug
National City Bank of New York
Sampson
Increase in wages for Pennsylvania Railroad trainmen
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans a wage rise of 4 to 12 percent affecting about 45,000 trainmen starting January 1. The adjustment aims to standardize pay across all lines owned or operated by the company, though clerical staff are excluded for now. Officials have kept silent, suggesting the change is an adjustment rather than a new policy.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Brooke Visits Harrisburg Arsenal During Secretaries Tour
Major General John R. Brooke U S A Friday visited the State arsenal at Harrisburg Pennsylvania by invitation of Colonel William F Richardson Superintendent of the arsenal. He spent two hours inspecting departments and the system of manufacturing and distributing supplies to the National Guard. He called the arsenal one of the most complete institutions of its kind and noted the three camp sites he visited were well located.
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John R. Brooke
State Arsenal
Harrisburg
William F. Richardson
National Guard
Pension plan launched at American Steel and Wire
Beginning with the new year the American Steel and Wire Company has created a pension department affecting about 20 000 employes. A fund has been set aside for pensions for workers reaching an age requiring relief from duty. W W Herrick, based in Cleveland, is the manager of the new department.
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American Steel & Wire Company
W. W. Herrick
Cleveland, O
McKinley Memorial Day Proclaimed For Ohio
Gov Nash proclaims two day drive for the McKinley memorial fund to raise 100000. January 29 marks McKinley’s birth anniversary with schools to observe McKinley day and children to give their mite. Churches to hold memorial exercises the prior Sunday for fund contributions.
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Nash
McKinley Memorials
Ohio
William McKinley
McKinley
Three Men Die in Oil Station Boiler Explosion
A boiler at the South Penn Oil pumping station near Harry Rhoden's in Doddridge County exploded killing three men. The dead were Harry Rhoden Merrick Frick and PD Ash. They were in the boiler house warming themselves when the blast occurred. Locked doors trapped them as they tried to escape to a nearby house a mile away. All were severely scalded and collapsed later that day.
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South Penn Oil Company
Harry Rhoden
Doddridge County
Merrick Frick
PD. Ash
Deni
Incident in Barnesville Involves Assault On Miss Nellie Lewis
Excitement rose in Barnesville Ohio on Wednesday as a Black assailant seized and threw Nellie Lewis a respected young white woman. She was left unconscious for hours before the suspect was searched and jailed in St Clairsville on county charges.
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Barnesville
Nellie Lewis
Shanegro
Nomi Miss Lewis
Neste
Counuty
Ste Clairsville
5400 FOR A DOG BITE
A lower court decision affirms a judgment awarding Mrs. Arlaide Smith of Mremont damages for injuries from a dog bite. The dog belonged to the late President Tr. 3s. Slayes, with the ruling upheld by the circuit court.
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Canine
Ayes
Mrs. Smith
Dale
Hancey
Artlaide Smith
Mremont
Wreck Follows Fire Fatal on East Bound B and O Train 6
Fire and wreck followed the east bound Baltimore and Ohio No 6 near Glencoe Pennsylvania at 2 15 Wednesday afternoon. Engineer John Collins and fireman John F McCue were killed. Among 15 seriously injured were D J Partella R H Souser Charles A Young and others. A mail car and baggage car derailed with a fire in a postal car. a special train transported the wounded to Cumberland Maryland for treatment.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Glencoe
Mall Adlerk
John Collins
Connellsville
John F. McCue
Frank W. Brenner
William Avery
Cumberland
G. W. Ryan
Baltimore
Charles Henry
Philadelphia
G. B. Smith
Allegheny
J. S. Matthews
Cheyenne
Wyo
J. R. Walters
Huttonsville
W. Va
W. R. McKinley
Rock Island
Ill
J. Jones
Yale Summit
Meyersdale
Bloodhounds Used in Fatal Uhrichsville Stabbing
Will Spiker was fatally stabbed Sunday in Uhrichsville Ohio during a skating party. Horace Hancock lunged with a knife striking Spiker in the breast, as onlookers teased him. Bloodhounds tracked Hancock to his grandmother’s Dennison home where he was captured and jailed for transfer to New Philadelphia for the injury outcome.
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Will Spiker
Uhrichsville
Horace Hancock
Hancock
Spiker
Adam Parks
Chief Goodwin
Dennison
New Philadelphia
Spilter
Wildcats in the Mountains Terrorize Farmers and Livestock
William Slider, a farmer near Cumparland Maryland, reports wild cats roaming Polish mountain terrorizing residents. Cats kill pigs, sheep, and poultry by the wholesale, children fear going to school, and an armed posse forms to roundup the animals. Farmers seek origin of the cats.
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William Slider
Polish Mountain
Cumparland
Explosion at Roystone pumping station kills engineer
An explosion at the Pennsylvania Gas Company pumping station in Roystone near Oil City Pa Saturday killed A B Lesher of Oil City an engineer. Frank Goff and another man were seriously injured as the building was wrecked and caught fire. Lesher was repairing a pump when the blast occurred.
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Roystone
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Oil City
A. B. Lesher
Law
Frank Goff
Lesher
Theuilding
Enroachment forges into harbor in Wheeling West Virginia
Government engineers report slag from the Top Mill blast furnaces, dumped over the river bank for years, has advanced up to seventy feet into harbor lines along the northern Wheeling harbor. A line was set, and orders were issued to cut away the bank as a large labor gang works to restore the shoreline.
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W. Va
Benk
Celebrated 19th Anniversary for Aunt Hannah in PA
Hannah Yours known as Aunt Hannah of Springfield township near Sharon Pennsylvania reached 104 years Wednesday. A birthday anniversary was held with about 50 attendees as she remains in good health and retains all faculties.
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Irs
Hannah Yours
Hannah
Springfield Township
Sharon
Maryland Legislature Organized at Annapolis
The General Assembly of Maryland opened its session in Annapolis on a Wednesday, marking the start of the legislature's desicions and work for the term.
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Maryland
General Assembly of Maryland
Annapolis
Palma a Victor Dominates Cuba Presidency Vote
Indications from Ba yan on Wednesday show the entire Palma ticket elected and Nationalist candidate Thomas Estrada Palma poised to receive the unanimous vote of Cuba's electoral college.
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Bayan
Palma
Thomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Captain Hobson to resign from navy and enter politics
Captain Richmond P. Hobson will soon resign his naval post and launch a political career. Details on timing and office remain to be announced as he transitions from military service to public life.
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Richmond P. Hobson
Navy
Series of early 20th century casualties and policy moves
A roundup of incidents and developments includes Jacob Ogden and son killed by a train in New Jersey, Joseph Hughes murdered in Newport News, and a Baptist minister in Potts town dying after years of one meal daily. Also noted are a Pennsylvania National Guard marksmen Decoration, mine disasters, anti trust suits in Texas, a $5 million railroad charter dispute, coal labor deals, and various corporate and political actions.
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Jacob Ogden
Chatham
N. J
Joseph Hughes
Frank Bally
Newport .News
Sibley Opposes Government Irrigation Plan in West
Representative Sibley leads opposition to a bill for irrigating the arid western lands with government aid. He argues existing farms meet national needs and warns irrigation would revive farmer competition, delaying western irrigation until population reaches 150 million. He cites good prices, lifted mortgages, and improved farmer life as proof of current prosperity.
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Sibley
Desert West
Washington
Europe
Sale of Children Protest at Park Theater
Tod Post of the G A R in Youngstown Ohio reports a plan by Captain F A McDiarmid of the Salvation Army to stage a sale of 10 children at the Park Theater next Sunday night. Attendees warned the event would be mobbed and called it slavery, urging action by the Humane Society to prevent the sale.
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Tod Post
Youngstown
F. A. McDiarmid
Salvation Army
Park Theater
Humane Society
Beaten Passengers On Train By Disturbed Rider
E. Painter of Washington Pa on a New Orleans and Northeastern train from Beaumont Texas to Lexington Kentucky suddenly deranged entering Meridian Mississippi. He assaulted several passengers until subdued by conductor and crew. Police took him to headquarters then to the insane hospital. He is unmarried with no known relatives and carried $2.15 cash and a $1,250 bank check.
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QO. E. Painter
Washington
E. Painter
Beaumont
Tex
Lexington
New Orleans
Meridian
Miss
Union Depot
Painter
New York
Gompers Reports on Labor Power and Goals
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor sent a report to the Central Federated Union of New York after attending a National Civic Federation meeting. He states there is no question organized labor can inflict universal injury on capital and there is a strong desire among employers to avoid this. The report notes labor’s historic aim to bring its grievances to employers and that the new movement supports and commits to this objective.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
National Civic Federation
Central Federated Union
New York
Organized Labor
Estate suit seeks entire Johnson estate in Tennessee
Martha Patterson Landstreet, 14, heir of Captain John Landstreet, sues in Tennessee courts for the entire $70,000 estate of the late President Andrew Johnson. Her grandfather was a Johnson descendant, and Martha J. Patterson left two heirs, Andrew J. Patterson and Martha Landstreet, after her July death. The claimant’s father is vice president of United States Tobacco Co.
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Martha Patterson Landstreet
John Landstreet
Tennessee
Andrew Jonson
United States Tobacco Company
Johnson
Martha J. Patterson
Andrew J. Patterson
Martha l Landstreet
Teachers Strike for Higher Pay in Claysville Pa
Teachers in Claysville Pennsylvania strike for higher wages after $30 to $25 monthly pay. They demand $49. About 10 or 12 schools operate in Donegal township amid the dispute.
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Claysville
Donegal Township
Boy Blown to Atoms by Explosion of Dynamite
A 16 year old named George Weaver is killed when dynamite explodes destroying him and injuring others nearby. The incident details indicate a deadly blast in a rural area with authorities investigating the cause and securing the scene.
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George Weaver
General Bell Urges Rigorous Warfare in Batangas Campaign
General J Franklin Bell leads a vigorous assault in Batangas with Cols Wint and Dougherty driving operations across the Philippines. Some insurgents flee toward Tayabas while natives aid in capturing men and rifles. Bell rebukes peace advocates and cites passes through American lines as aiding insurrection. Arrests of Lopez family members and religious agitators yield positive native reaction. Samar remains unsettled as insurgents evade search. Captain Schoeffel of the Ninth Infantry, wounded at Dapdap, Samar, has largely recovered and is credited with killing three attackers during the hand to hand fight before his injury.
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J. Franklin Bell
Batangas
Wint
Dougherty
Philippines
Tayabas
Manila
Bell
Lopez
Island of
Samar
Schoeffel
Ninth Infantry
Dapdap
Samar Island
Liquor Men Retaliate In Zanesville Sunday Shutdown
On January 5 Zanesville enforced strict Sunday observance after Judge Frazier of the Common Pleas Court bonded leading saloonkeepers for a year to close on Sundays. Mayor Holden and Chief Tracy backed measures stopping street cars milk wagons and outside newspaper sales next Sunday.
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Zanesville
Frazier
Holden
Tracy
Woman Leaps from High Trestle to Escape Train
Miss Anna Clark a Cincinnati domestic died from injuries after jumping from a 50 foot high Duck Creek trestle in a frenzied effort to escape a locomotive. The incident occurred Saturday and ties to a deadly train collision.
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Anna Clark
Cincinnati
Duck Creek
Germany Presses Venezuela Claims and Global Alerts
Cable dispatches report Germany demanding settlement of German claims from Venezuela. New Zealand to buy future steel bridges only from the United States. Portugal’s Pares House adopts condolence on President McKinley’s death. Sofia reports on Miss Stone and companion Stone’s release unconfirmed. France’s La Liberte notes Rockefellers seeking gas concession for Paris. Bulgarian Parliament dissolves after rejecting cabinet demand for two months’ supplies. Barcelona strike grows with 20,000 troops deployed. London rumor claims attempt on Lord Milner. British casualties: 6 killed, 13 wounded near Bronkhorat. Spain-U.S. friendship treaty to be reviewed by Supreme Council. Reports of Hebrews killed in Galicia proven to be mob violence. Great powers accuse U.S. arms exports to China of protocol violation. Calcutta gauge standardization discussed for Indian railways. John Murray surrenders in Ohio murder case and awaits extradition. Constantinople legation says Stone release rumors are false.
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Germany
Venezuela
New Zealand
United States
House of Paers
Portugal
McKinley
Sofia
Bulgaria
Enen M. Stone
Madame Tsilka
la Liberte
France
Rockefellers
Paris
National Assembly
Ferdinand
Barcelona
Spain
Stikers
London
England
Lord Milner
South Africa
Scots Grays
Bronkhorat
Pretoria
Supreme Council of State
Zaweisna
Galicia
China
Calcutta
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Litchfield
Minn
Shamokin
John Witt
Stanislaus Yesmuth
Charleston
Drexel & Co
Everett-Moore
Cleveland
J. Pierpont Morgan
Raphael
Padua
Sedelmeyer
Board of Pardons of Pennsylvania
William Fairfax
Fayette
Eighth Avenue Theater
New York City
James C. Curtis & Co
Chicago
Wood
State Board of Revenue Commissioners
Wabash Railroad
Waynesburg
Monongahela
Andrew Carnegie
Parkersburg
Peter Hallenbeck
Greenport
N. Y
Emperor William
Roosevelt
Alice
Czolgosz
Pope Leo
John D. Crimmins
Order of St. Gregory
Nashville
Tenn
FL K. Onil
Guy Odil
Grover Cleveland
Edward VII
Independent
Window Glass Company
Salem
Glenns Falls
N. C
Canada
Earth
Walt
Grand Army Post
Project of Salvation Army
Gompers
Andrew Johnson
Bell Scoumrs
Warttke
Mander
John Murray
Jefferson, O
Constantinople
M. Garguilo
Legation
Interior
Miss Stone
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