Wreck on Rio Grande Near Dotsero Kills up to Fifty
At Dotsero Colorado a westbound passenger and an eastbound freight collided. Twenty dead have been removed with up to fifty more feared dead. Rescue efforts hampered by telegraph failure and treacherous terrain. Officials blame both engine and freight crews as the death toll grows.
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Dotsero
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Gus Olsen
Salida
Sigmund Olsen
Elaboration marks Lena Hemenway GatesWedding in Willard Ballroom
Miss Lena Hemenway daughter of the Indiana senator wed A Bennett Gates of Indianapolis in a noon ceremony at the Willard Hotel Washington D C Rev C Ernest Smith officiated in the ballroom senators and social and official figures attended nearly the entire senate paused their session Richard Fairbanks served as best man and several attendants from New York Martha Gray LY attended as well A wedding breakfast for about 200 guests followed the ceremony
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Lena Hemenway
Senator Hemenway
Indiana
A. Bennett Gates
Tor
Blage
Senate
Richard Fairbanks
Eleanor Woodward
New Yor
Martha Om
Klaw hints at motive of rich theater backers
New York millionaires backing the New Theatre are angered by Marc Klaw of Klaw and Erlinger at a banquet. He warned that if the green room scenes of old times reoccur there will be trouble, urging a strong armed guard at the stage door and in the green room.
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New York
New Theatre
Marc Klew
Klaw and Erlanger
Association of Theatrical Managers
Green Room
Charles IT
Nell Gynn
Son or Daughter in Lawless Murder of Mrs Coufal
Baltimore report: 81 year old Mrs Sophy Coufal was found murdered in her cellar with a bloody ax nearby. Daughter Sophy Barlusek, wife and two children living in the house, is accused while son John Coufal denies involvement and claims he was barred then admitted. sister claims he killed mother.
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Baltimore
Sophy Coufal
Bradford Street
Sophy Barlusek
Barlusek
John
John Coufal
President Prefers Secrecy Over War Funds Disclosure
The President and Senator Hale met at the White House about withholding material from the 1898 emergency fund used by the War Department. The White House argues much of the data is secret and cannot be made public, but leaders may review the disbursement list to avert criticism. If needed for Senator Foraker, a detailed statement on Brownsville fund payments could be sent to the Senate.
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Hale
White House
Foraker
War Department
Congress
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Brownsville
Robinson Crusoe incident found on a Pacific island
A bottle found on a Samoan beach carries a 1908 message asking to notify the United States revenue service that a party named Peter Johnson Nels Petersen Jon Isackson are stranded on an unknown Pacific island near Hawaii.
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Eureka
Cal
Samoa
United States Revenue Service
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii Islands
Peter Johnson
Nels Petersen
Jonn Isackson
Men of Eau Claire Must Stand Trial in Idaho
Federal Judge K. M. Landis ruled that Samuel G. Moon and Charles Barber, Eau Claire residents, must return to Idaho to face conspiracy charges tied to government land frauds. Both were released on $10,000 bonds and will be tried in March. The ruling concerns jurisdiction, not the case merits, and follows Borah’s indictments.
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Madison
Wis
K. M. Landis
United States
Samuel G. Moon
Charles Barber
Idaho
Eau Claire
Moon
Barber
Borah
Wisconsin
Landis
Judge voids marriage in Cleveland case tied to Indiana plot
Judge Mason ruled the marriage between Rhodius and Elma Dare invalid due to Rhodius’s unsound mind and lack of free will. Elma Dare faces kidnapping charges while Rhodius, former house owner Geo. Shame, is in a sanitarium. Pinkerton detectives pursued the couple amid an Indianapolis plot to split a fortune on Rhodius’s death.
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Greenfield
Ind
Geo
Indianapolis
Illionare
Cleveland
Louisville
Pinkerton
Mason
Rhodius
Elma Dare
Mysterious note lures Helena man to death
The unconscious body of John Hancock was found between St. John’s hospital and Bishop Carroll’s residence with a clubbed head. He had been decoyed to the hospital by a note claiming to come from James Sutherland of the miners’ union, who denies any involvement or knowledge of the signing. The secretary is not at the hospital and the boy delivering the note is still missing.
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Hancock
Jeffries Arrives in San Francisco for Exhibition
James J. Jeffries reached San Francisco to begin theatrical engagements. He plans a sparring exhibition at a matinee tomorrow and again stated he will never fight again despite public demand. Sam Berger will be his sparring partner.
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San Francisco
James J. Jeffries
Jeffries
Sam Berger
Rescuers Race to Reach Fifty Believed Entombed in Mine
At the Auka coal mine in Veszprem Hungary rescuers redoubled efforts on Jan 16 to reach fifty men believed trapped. So far 130 rescued and 61 bodies recovered, leaving at least fifty unaccounted for with slim chances of survival.
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Vesseprim
Hungary
Auka
Brutal shooting ends in death of town terror
Ex mayor R M Adduddell shoots Night Marshal Z T Shipley after a long feud. Shipley dies from neck and chest wound and Adduddell surrenders at home. The incident follows his history of trouble and an active bootlegging indictment. Illinois crew sent to recover Corpse of Cheney and his wife in Messina.
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R. M. Adduddell
Z. T. Shipley
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West North Avenue
Shipley
Addaddell
Washington, D. C
A. Rapesetsw
Bureau of Navigation
Cheney
Legation
Messina
Admiral Sperry
Illinois
Culgoa
Naples
Malta
Tatro Case Is Brought To Trial In Ken dall
The Wm. Tatro case went to trial in Kendall with defendant bound over to circuit court after a dismissal motion failed. Geo Thompson accuses Tatro of beating his father Isaac, while Thompson's siblings faced accusations, but the brother did not appear and the case was dismissed. In separate action, Sparta High defeated Tomah High 60 to 22 in Assembly Hall.
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Sparta
Wis
Wm. Tatro
Kendall
Girl thief warns parents of suicide after theft
Florence Leducer, daughter of a Spokane family, told police she would kill herself if her parents were told of the trouble. She was arrested in It, Paul, Minn., on a theft complaint by Alicia Deutsch of the Raymond Hotel. Judge Hugo O Hanft ordered the probation officer to contact the girl’s Spokane parents.
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Paul, Minn
Florence Leducer
Spokane
Patrick Smith
Alicia Deutsch
Raymond Hotel
Hugo O. Hanft
Death of land promoter in Denver hotel bath
Captain John C. Beatty of Mt. Vernon New York, a prominent land buyer and irrigation promoter, was found dead in the Brown Palace hotel bath. He reportedly suffered a heart attack while bathing and boiling water in the tub cooked the body, causing flesh to fall away from the bones.
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Denver
John C. Beatty
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Brown Palace
Wrights Survive Bayonne Express Wreck Near Mission Habes
Orville Wright and his sister Catherine Wright escaped a fatal collision between the Bayonne express and a local train near Mission Habes tunnel. The crash left two dead and ten injured, but the Wrights were unhurt.
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Paris
Orville
Wright
Catherine Wright
Bayonne
Mission Habes_ tunnel
Wrights
Convicted man accused in assault on 15 year old girl
In Chicago on January 16 Clara Kirchner aged 15 lay injured after an ex convict lured her into a dark basement. A vigilant passerby heard screams, a crowd pursued the assailant for two blocks and the angry crowd was about to lynch him before police arrived.
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Chicago
Clara Kirchner
Film theater men plan action against film trust in Chicago
Five cent theater owners meet to devise meals for fighting the motion picture exchange trust. They consider a consolidation of local exchanges and accuse the Picture Patents Company of New York of Sherman anti trust violations.
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Chicago
Film Exchange Trust
The
Picture Patents Company of
New York
Thaw granted new trial on insanity in Matteawan case
New York Supreme Court Justice Tompkins ruled Harry K. Thaw shall have a new trial on insanity grounds. The hearing moves to New York County where the shooting occurred, with no date set. The judge declined a jury trial, citing prior decisions, and transferred the case back to New York County for fair determination of Thaw's mental condition.
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Nyack
N. J
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Supreme Court
Tompkins
Stanford White
New York County
Thaw
Jerome
Trial cost to be borne by county of murder case
Justice Tompkins rules the upcoming murder trial should be conducted by the court or a judge with or without a referee, noting the heavy cost should be borne by the county where the trial is held.
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Tompkins
Coldest spots in US and midwest forecast
Weather forecast notes a cold spell with La Crosse at 12 and Bismarck at 8 as the coldest readings. Wisconsin expects snow tonight then fair and colder Sunday. Minnesota sees snow flurries and warmer tonight with fair, colder Sunday. Iowa runs fair in the west and possible snow or rain in the east tonight, with Sunday fair and colder west.
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