Warm spell grips the East and Midwest
The United States reports a major warm spell with New York reaching 55 degrees in the afternoon and Boston at 67.8 degrees. Philadelphia sees 59 degrees as Vermont and New England enjoy unusually mild conditions. Kentucky and Indiana also post record warmth while a blizzard roars through Kansas City and surrounding areas with sharp temperature drops overnight.
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New England
Ohio
Kentucky
Middle West
New York
Weather Bureau
Central Park
Riverside Drive
Robbery of Lady Parker Revealed in Palm Beach Trip
London police investigated in New York after Lady Parker wife of Dr Gilbert Parker was robbed of about 75000 pounds at the Carlton hotel in London. The Scotland Yard rep had visited Palm Beach Florida after departing for further inquiries.
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New York
the Herald
Lady Parker
Gilbert Parker
Carlton Hotel
London
Scotland Yard
Palm Beach
Fla
Central Office
Millionaire Marries Servant in Boston Society Shock
Boston clubman Leroy Fay, age 32 and worth about 6 million, has married Jennie Murphy from Nova Scotia now residing in Boston. She rose from servant to life in the city, drawing notice for her beauty. The marriage surprised society as Fay pursued love despite her servant background.
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Boston
Leroy Fay
Jennie Murphy
Fay
Nova Scotia
Gibson
Berghan
Weston
Brigadier General Williams Recalled from Manila Assignment
War department orders relieving Brigadier General Williams from the Department of the Columbia and sending him to Manila have been revoked. Brigadier General Lee, commanding the Department of Texas, is ordered to Manila in his stead for duty at a brigade post in the military division.
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War Department
Williams
Department of the Columbia
Manila
Lee
Department of Texas
Ambassador Meyer Returns from Hunt with Three Bears
American ambassador Mr Meyer returned from a hunting trip near Moscow with three bears as trophies. The expedition focused on preserves and showcased a hunting achievement.
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St. Petersburg
Mr. Meyer
Moscow
Ireland Parliament Feasibility Foreshadowed by Liberal Victory
Prominent English politician predicts a Dublin parliament within two years after a Liberal landslide. He notes John Redmond and Prime Minister Campbell-Bannerman have a working agreement and argues the plan could restore Irish affairs under imperial oversight without immediate separation.
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Britain
England
Liberal Party
Associated Press
Dublin
John Redmond
Nationalist Party
Campbell Bannerman
Redmond
United Kingdom
Campbell-Bannerman
World Wheat Crops Report For December
The December foreign crop report notes unseasonably warm, humid European weather. Early sown crops germinated well and wintered strongly, while late sowings in Europe raise anxiety. Britain reports extended winter wheat area but reduced overall acreage. France shows average wheat area. Germany cites unfavorable weather. Romania's wheat area is about 15 percent below last year. 1905 crop estimated at 50 to 55 million bushels with most stock out of condition and limited export prospects until spring. No major news on winter sown cereals in Russia yet reaching the outside world.
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Europe
Great Britain
France
Germany
Roumania
Russia
Grimes waives suit over Kansas treasury shortage
Ex state treasurer E E Grimes informed Governor Hoch that no suit is needed to recover any shortage found during his administration He offered to waive the statute of limitations and even the right to take a home from his wife and children The governor says Grimes is not believed dishonest and did not benefit from the 7215 unexplained shortage
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Grimes
Topeka
E. E. Grimes
Hoch
Seven Die In Snowslide At Alta Utah Mining Camp
Seven men were killed by a snowslide at Alta mining camp in Utah. Communication to the outside is impossible due to deep snow and damaged wires. The nearest aid three miles away. Alta lies about twenty miles from Salt Lake City.
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Utah
Alta
Salt Lake
United Mineworkers oppose open door immigration policy
The United Mine Workers convention declared against Japanese and Korean labor immigration and backed a plan for Congress to build roads across the continent. National Secretary Wilson was told to coordinate with trade union, farmers, and good roads groups to draft bills for state and national legislatures carrying the resolution.
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United Mineworkers of America Convention
Congress
Wilson
Farmers’ Committees
Good Roads Associations
Mail car fire on Ostend to Herbestale train destroys valuables
The Ostend to Herbestale mail train car burned in an accident near Brussels. The car carried the Indian mail and $1,000,000 worth of valuables, all destroyed. The valuables were insured.
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Brussels
the Patriot
Ostend-Herbesthale
Brewing Combine Plans and Global Tension Highlight World Briefs
A plan to form a big New York city brewery combine with a $10,000,000 capital is reported by the Journal of Commerce. Other notes cover McReynolds & Co. suspending grain trading, Miss Helen Gould's mail analysis totaling $1,500,000, British Columbia secession whispers, a monopoly on window glass, and several violent incidents across the U S and abroad.
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New York City
Journal of Commerce
McReynolds & Co
Chicago
Board of Trade
Helen Gould
British Columbia
Canada
Dominion
American Window Glass Company
West Farmington
Ohio
R.K. Lewis
Marysville
Cal
Massachusetts
Annapolis
Lindsay Cooper
Tuarlinda
Wolfe City
Texas
William S. Schrieber
Bridgeport
Conn
Walter Carcziatya
Steamer Aquidaban Sunk Off Rio. 300 Feared Dead
The Brazilian turret ship Aquidaban exploded in the powder magazine near Fort Jacarepagua south of Rio de Janeiro and sank in three minutes. About 300 crewmen are feared dead with only one officer saved. four rear admirals perished. The Barroso, escorting ships including the minister of marine, witnessed the disaster. The ship, built in England in 1885, displaced 4950 tons with 6200 horsepower and carried five torpedo tubes.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Fort Jacarepagua
England
Barroso
Minister of Marine
Wondrous Changes in 10 Years at the Northern Pacific
The Northern Pacific shows major earnings growth over a decade. Last year the system earned about $18 million across Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. In Washington state alone it netted over $14 million, while overall interest shortfalls hit about $3 million.
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Northern Pacific Company
Olympia
Washington State
Minnesota
Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
State Railroad ,Commission
Funeral of Marshall Field Shuts Chicago Streets and Business
Funeral services for Marshall Field were held at his Prairie avenue home and the First Presbyterian church with private attendance by family and friends. In the afternoon a memorial service at the Auditorium drew vast crowds from Field & Co. employees as Chicago businesses closed in tribute.
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Chicago
Marshall Field
Prairie Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
Field
Marshal Field & Co
John A. Morrison
Graceland Cemetery
Mr. Field
State Street
Chicago Commercial Club
Board of Trade
Boise Miner Kills Four Then Ends Own Life in Tragedy
Henry Neuebaumer, a Klondike miner with 150 000 to 500 000 dollars, shot and mortally wounded Ollie Powell his former fiancée Lafayette Gray and his mother Mrs Gray and sister Lillian then killed himself in front of the Gray home in Boise Idaho on Monday Powell had rejected him and planned marriage last November before she allegedly ran away with Gray Enraged, Neuebaumer fled to Alaska but returned to Boise last week and was quickly surrounded by officers and townspeople after the shootings
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Boise
Idaho
Henry Neuebaumer
Alaska
Ollie Powell
Lafayette Gray
Robert Gray
Lillian Gray
Lafayette
Gray
Neuebaumer
Gary
Caldwell
Klondike
Fierce storm isolates Chicago from outside world
Chicago reports one of its worst snow and sleet storms in years. Telegraph service is largely destroyed and transportation by electric lines, elevated trains, and railroads is severely disrupted. A heavy gale blows as snow and sleet fall without ceasing.
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Chicago
Interior withdraws public lands from disposal across several reserves
The secretary of the interior withdraws all forms of disposal of public lands. Proposed additions include Priest River forest reserve in Idaho with 450 000 acres, Cascade Range forest reserve in Oregon with 15 360 acres, Bull Run forest reserve in Oregon with 13 760 acres, and Long Pine forest reserve in Montana with 110 720 acres. An additional withdrawal covers 46 080 acres in New Mexico for the San Carlos irrigation project.
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Secretary of the Interior
Priest River
Idaho
Cascade Range
Oregon
Bull Run
Long Pine
Montana
New Mexico
San Carlos
Rail Strike Paralyzes Cuban Central Route Traffic
A strike on the Cuban Central railway cripples traffic between Sagua la Grande and Cienfuegos and also hampers the Esperanza to Santa Clara line, core to the Havana-Santiago through system.
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Cuban Central Railway
Sague la Grande
Cienfuegos
Esperanza
Santa Clara
Havana
American Writer Robert Neilson Stephens Dies in England
The American playwright and short story writer Robert Neilson Stephens died in Bournemouth England at age forty. He left New York in 1893 to work as a theatrical agent and dramatist, contributing numerous magazine stories over his career.
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Robert Neilson Stephens
Bournemouth
England
New York
Army chapels proposed for posts without worship facilities
The Chief of Staff approves plans to build chapels at posts lacking places of worship and urges the War Department to endorse the project for religious facilities.
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Army Chaplains
Iwar Department
Panic at Philadelphia church seals 18 lives in stampede
A loud shriek of fire at St. Paul’s Baptist Church on Eighth Street sparked a fatal rush during a Sunday collection. Eighteen Black worshippers died from suffocation or trampling as people crowded stairs and exits. Police and volunteers rushed to rescue the injured.
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Philadelphia
St. Paul’s Baptist Church
Eighth Street
Poplar Street
Girard Avenue
Mr. Johnson
Sarah Rufing
Lawrence
Patton
Ruth Framer
John Berry
Anna Alexander
Mamie, McKenney
Susie Holmes
Mary Weblock
Charles Gardiner
Mamie McCall
Ambrose Slaughter
Cathrine Sewell
Ruth Trainor
Hamm
Smoke Pushes Through Crevices Second Floor
Smoke issues through crevices on the second floor as firefighters work. It is unclear if four occupants escaped unburned or perished, but at the start of the response there was no active fire in the building.
Market Prices and Rural Trade Listings
A long list of wholesale prices for vegetables, fruits, flour, dairy, feed, and livestock across multiple U S locations including Spokane Lewiston Walla Walla Portland Ritzville and Tacoma. Prices cover potatoes beets turnips cabbage apples carrots oranges and more with unit quotes and case or cwt amounts along with several notes on eggs and butter. A brief fictitious dialogue at the end shows a couple admiring the moon and joking about its appearance.
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Baldwins
Ben Davis
Wallbridge
Wageners
le Fancy
Minnesota
Bystander Quip Reflects Loneliness and Silence
A visiting clergyman consoles a man who recently lost his wife and is described as a great talker. After a moment the man, favoring quiet, asserts that loneliness is present but prefers quiet over words, delivering a wry endnote on solace.
General Wood to Command Philippine Military Division
General Leo Wood will take over the Philippine military division from Major General Corbin on February 1. Corbin departs January 2 for Hong Kong and will sail to San Francisco February 9 aboard the steamship Korea.
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Manila
Leo Wood
Corbin
Mili
Philippines
Hongkong
San Francisco
Korea
Our Trade with France Shows Deficit Narrow but Notable
The article notes that during the fiscal year one only 8.06 percent of U S total imports came from France while 5.01 percent of U S exports went to France. It compares France with other major countries and highlights the imbalance between imports from the United States and exports to France.
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France
United States
US States
Saloons Shot Sequel to Omaha Robbery Killing
In Omaha on January 22 two men entered Nels Lausten’s saloon and shot him in the head killing him. They rifled the till and escaped. The killers’ identities are unknown. Elsewhere in Paris milks sell at 33.8 cents a gallon.
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Rob Till
Omaha, Neb
Nels Lausten
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