Vessels Sink After collision off Nantucket Coast
Three passengers die as Italian liner Florida rescues hundreds from the Republic after a collision with the Italian liner off Nantucket. The Baltic and other ships aided, while the Republic sank near No Man's Land. The Florida then arrived in New York with survivors aboard.
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Ocean
Atesraship Reblic
White Stars Line
Dtalian Lner
Nantucket
Mass
New York
Florida
Maas
Baltic
Republic
Leas
Eugene Joston
Waa
I. Ere
Land
Iner
Iuéania
Revenue Revenue
Gresham
Seneca
York
Scalby
Saulby
No Man's Land
Manthan Vineyard Island
Massachusetts
Taft Sails for Panama Canal Zone Visit
President elect Taft sailed from Charleston aboard the North Corona with the Montana convoy to inspect the Panama Canal project. He is accompanied by experts including Arthur P. Davis and other engineers to report Roosevelt era work and offer opinions on the canal's progress and methods.
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Ganal
North Corona
Montana
Taft
Charleston
8. C
Panama Canal ‘Zone
Tatt
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Arthur P. Davis
United Biatea
Reclamation. Service
Dona’ R, Freeman
Providence
Alien
Hagen
New York
Joham Randaph
Chicago
James Dix Schuyter
Los Angeles
Cal
Frederic P. Grearag
Boston
Secretaries seek funds to recover land fraud losses
Acree of Publié Latde id pothé public landa fas come rite the postlaszion of Secretary of the Interior Garrett borough appoints a special agent. The allegation says about 11,000,400 acres west of the Mississippi River were fraudulently acquired by corporations and individuals. To recover these funds, Secretary Garrett sent letters to Senate Chair Hales and House Chair Tawney requesting an additional appropriation of 500,000 dollars, which, with prior requests, would total 1,000,000 dollars.
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Intérior
Garretd
Mississipipi
Gaitield
Hales
Tawney
Senate
House
Multtéas
Pein
Department
Bitter Attacks by Willett in House on Roosevelt
A dramatic denunciation of President Roosevelt by Rep. Willett of New York dominated a general pension debate in the U.S. House. His remarks labeled the president a gargoyle and tyrant, among other epithets, until a motion allowed him to resume only briefly. The exchange highlighted heated partisan rhetoric of the era.
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Roosevelt
House of Representatttves
Willett
New York
House
Billings Gate
Candler
Mississippi
Senators Elected in Joint Session by State Legislatures
United States senators were formally chosen by the legislatures in fifteen states in a joint session. The lists show selections including Elfin Root for New York Pennsylvan ia Boles Penrose and others across Connecticut South Dakota North Carolina Colorado Oklahoma North Dakota New Hampshire Missouri Oregon Washington Indiana Utah and more with party designations Rep Republican Dem Democrat.
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United States
New York
Elfin Root
Pennnsylvania
Boles Penrose
Connecticut
Frank B. Brandegee
South -Dakota
Cog I Crawford
North Carolina
S. Overman
Colorado
Charles “J. Hughes, Jr
Oklahoma
Thomas P. Gore
North Dakota
M. N.johnson
A. B. Cummins
New, Hampshire
Jacob H. Gallinger
Missouri
William J. Stone
Oregon
George H. Chamberlain
Washington
Wesley L. Jones
Indiana
Benjamin F. Shively
Utah
Reed ‘Smoot
Rep
Body found in oil tank clears disappearance case
William Roberts an oil operator vanished January 9 near Sandusky eight miles from New Martinsville West Virginia. Roberts body was recovered from a oil tank on the Flaharty farm. John Holpp is jailed in Tyler county on suspicion of involvement. Roberts had married Holpp's sister but relations soured. The two men had left on the night of January 9 to hunt. their dogs returned solo next morning.
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William
Roberts
Roberta
Woit Penn
Flaharty
Sandusky
New Martinsville
W. Va
John Holpp
Tyler County
Holpp
Guard kills convict at Western Penitentiary
John Bulloch an insane Italian convict at Western Penitentiary Pittsburg attacked a guard with a concealed knife. The guard Walter Heall was shot and stabbed possibly fatally in the abdomen. A convict nurse was badly but not dangerously injured.
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Western Penitentiary
John Bulloch
Pittsburg
Walter Heall
Nebraska to adopt Oregon plan for choosing senators
Nebraska lawmakers approve the Humphreys bill to elect a U S senator by the Oregon plan. The measure aims to give Bryan a path to the Senate, and is expected to pass both houses. Separately, a blast in Cyclone Canyon coal mine near Balinas, Cal killed six miners.
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Nebraska
Oregon
Nebraska House
Committee of the
Whea
Humphreys
W. Je Bryan
Cyclone Canyon
Geer Chancellor
Balinas
Cal
Gompers Mitchell and Morrison defend press rights in court
The American Federationist prints statements by Samuel Gompers, William Mitchell and Morris Morrison protesting Judge Wrights sentence for contempt in the Bucks Stove and Range case. They insist on liberty and refuse to petition for clemency, arguing disobedience to tyrannical injunctions defends constitutional rights.
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Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federationist
Justice Wright
Samuel Gompers
Wright
Messrs
Bucks Store and Range
Fog causes wreck near Johnstown killing three
A fog bound collision on the Pennsylvania railroad near Summerhill ten miles east of Johnstown killed three people and injured sixteen. M. J. Kelly a Pullman car conductor, Charles Coleman a Philadelphia Pullman porter, and B. L. Taylor of Brooklyn died. The first section halted for an obstruction. the second, unable to see due to fog, struck it.
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Summerhill
Johnstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louis Express
M. J. Kelly
Pullman
Charles Coleman
Philadelphia
Pullman Porter
L. Taylor
Brooklyn
Fiest
Whisky in oranges in Kenton dry town tale
A Bellefontaine visitor reports a Kenton Ohio dry town sale of whisky hidden in oranges for two for a dollar. The act featured a wink from the dealer as the oranges were handed over and examined for the miniature whisky flanks.
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Kenton
Bellefontaine
Sole Survivor Leads Grays Feast in Memory of Comrades
Philadelphia January 23. Sergt Harry L Briggs sole survivor of the Philadelphia Grays artillery recalls pages of Civil War memory at a 42 cover, 41 chair feast. He reads the minutes of the last meeting and offers a prayer blessing widows and orphans, pledging to aid them.
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Philadephia Grays
Philadelphia
Sergi
Harry Ll. Briggs
Philadelphia Grays
Eivil
Philadephia Graya
Lincoln
Waltern
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