Russia Faces Financial Crisis and Holiday Shutdowns
St Petersburg reports a citywide factory closure for holidays with many works not reopening until after Red Sunday on January 22. Siberian rail stations are under martial law as Russia teeters on possible bankruptcy amid failed loan talks and French lenders withholding funds. Minister to Japan to visit Tokyo and Roosevelt en route to bolster Russo Japanese ties.
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Scripps News Association
St. Petersburg
Etgledlerk
Siberian
Roosh
Elt
Gypbakbamteiff
Japan
Tokio
United
Attempted Train Wreck Near Marysville Sparks Investigation
Southern Pacific Oroville local passenger train derailed eight miles east of Marysville at ten last night. Engine and baggage car left tracks but no injuries. Wreck blamed on malicious individuals who battered a switch with a hammer.
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Sacramento
Cal
Southern Pacific
Oroville
Marysville
Congressman Proposes Balboa 400th Anniversary Exposition
Representative Kahn of California introduces a bill to spend a million dollars for a 1913 San Francisco international exposition marking Balboa's discovery of the Pacific and to stage a worldwide naval review on September 25 in the bay. In Illinois, a quarry explosion near Carryallville Killss dozens. reports vary from three to fifteen deaths and several injuries as dynamite heating is suspected.
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Scripps News Association
Washington
Kahn
California Today
Pacific Ocean
Vasco Nunez Balboa
San Francisco
Bay
Balboa
Pacific
Chicago
Dolesea, Shepard
Carryhille
Notre Dame Establishes Japanese History Course
A new Japanese history course opened today at Notre Dame university in South Bend Ind with Fran cis Sugita a graduate of Tokyo University appointed chair.
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Boripps News Association
South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame University
Francis Sugita
Tokio
Grain Markets Crackers Open Mixed in Chicago Trade
Chicago grain markets show wheat opening at 88 and closing at 85. Corn starts 44 and ends 44 4. Oats begin 52 44 and settle at 32 .
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Chicago
Barrel of Rats Sent to National Museum from Manila
Word has reached the national museum that a barrel of rats has been shipped from Manila. They were caught as cholera and other diseases afflicted Luzon. Major Edgar A. Mearns, U.S. Army surgeon and collector, noted many rats were scientifically valuable. Some belong to species unknown to naturalists.
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Washington, D.C
National Museum
Manila
Luzon
Edgar A. Mearns
United States Army
the Nations Museum
Murder suspect Harry Orchard tightens link chain in Steunenberg case
Oldwell Tane notes the growing evidence against Harry Orchard alias Thomas Hogan in the Frank Steunenberg murder inquiry. Detectives press to close any loop holes with more conclusive proof while analysts prepare chemical examinations and preliminary hearing plans.
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Oldwell Tane
Harry Orchard
Thomas Hogan
Frank Steunenberg
Slauths
Swain
the Statesman
Orchard
The Ice Man Dead
Jacob Rustman president of the Jefferson Ice Co was found dead in the office with a revolver nearby Police cannot confirm murder or suicide Rustman aged forty was wealthy and faced substantial losses from alleged ice trust prosecutions per his physician he had been nearly insane for two weeks The report notes suspected pressure from the ice trust and Rustmans claimed inability to endure the stain.
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Ecripps News Association
Chicago
Jacob Rustman
Jefferson Ice Co
Corporation
Rustman
Charles Genn
Rustmans
Alledged Ie Trust
Midshipman Decatuer Acquitted by Court Martial
Annapolis, Jan 6 The midshipman Decatuer was tried by court martial for hazing McGrary of Texas and Church of Indiana and was acquitted this afternoon.
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Scripps News Association
Annapolis
Midshipman
Decatuer
Exposition Scandal Hints of National Inquiry
Washington January 6 The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company may face federal scrutiny as Senator Carter of Montana and the National Commission consider requesting government investigation. Indignant officials vow to push charges of incompetency illegal dealings and improper post fair disposition of funds. The Exposition will likely be revisited in Congress.
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Scrippa News Association
Washington
Senator Garter
Montana
National Commiension
Carter
New York Woman Murdered: Gentry Wife Slain in Apartment
Mrs. Gentry, wife of Universal Trading and Supply Company president, was found dead in her New York apartment with throat cut from ear to ear. The killer or motive remain unknown. a blood stained razor was found nearby. Police search for Frank J. Constantine as potential suspect amid related late night deaths in the same district.
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Scripps News Association
New York
Gentry
Cari
Frank J. Constantine
Constantine Ias
Mail Train No 9 Derailed Injuring Clerks Near Nevada Desert
Mail train No 9 derailed at Horney Nevada at 1 o clock am while racing to recover lost time. Four mail clerks were seriously injured including Chris Denzing T Powall Omaha and J J Burke Geo Scott Sacramento. Fourteen clerks aboard sustained injuries to varying degrees. Traffic halted until late morning.
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Scripps News
Horney
Nevada Desert
Chris Denzing
T. & Powall
Omaha
J. J. Burke
Geo. Scott
Sacramento
Bank of Commerce Reopens After Night Fire
Kansas City reports the Bank of Commerce opened at the usual hour despite a fire that caused extensive damage to the building overnight. Bank officials say operations resumed and customers were seated to transact business.
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Scripps News Association
Kansas City
Bank of Commerce
Antlers Hotel Fire in Portland Sends Guests Fleeing
A blaze started in a sewing machine shop storeroom near the Antlers hotel at 1 am in Portland Oregon. The fire caused dense smoke but all guests escaped via fire escapes as the department took control quickly. One visitor, N R Wilson, returned home to Spokane after the scare.
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Portland
Ore
Fira
Antlers
Tenth
Washington Streets
N. R. Wilson
Our City
Spokane
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Fred Miller
Robertson, Rosenhaup & Miller
Walla Walla
Hogan
GC. F. Jones
State University At
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Jack Simpkins
Caldwell
Pacific Hotel
Simpkins
Charles Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Denver
Moyer
Silver City
Nampa
Steunenberg
Ice Man
Sale
ST. Louis Exposition
Prescription Security
Newlin Drug Company
la Grande
Oregon
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