American aid plans for Italian earthquake relief expand
Ambassador Griscom leads a new American relief committee with 150000 funding to charter a steamer, transport doctors and supplies to shore up wartime relief. The Italian Red Cross praises the effort as a noble display of American charity as the king and queen return to Rome amid ongoing aftershocks and looting.
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Rome
Griscom
Mc. Griscom
Couttitiee
George Ce
Nelson Gay
Samuel Parrish
New York
William Hooper
Hoston
Liew
Reginald R. Selknap
Bastlewells
Royal Household
Griseom
Griacom
Talfags
Count Taveran
Ttnlin Red Cross Society
Amobassador Griscam
American Red Cross
America
Americas
Unitesd Stacos
Ambassador Griseum
Staunch
Civita Vecchta
Lula
Inter
Messina
Cutting
Bay
Clerl
Naples
Mia. Griscom
Italy
Siclla
Calabria
Lloyd C. Griscotti
United States
Old Kiowa Woman Linked To Sam Houston Wife
The sad Fate of Melissa Houston a Kiowa widow once famed as Gen Sam Houston’s Indian wife reportedly aged 114 lives alone along the Washita river at the agency three miles from Cron. She is blind and partially paralyzed and shunned by neighbors who fear offending the tribe.
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Anadarko
Okla
Jane
Melissa
Houston
Sam Houston
Texas
Tribe of Warriors
Washita River
Cron
Port Townsend Chinese Hail Brutal Soldier Attacks
Port Townsend Washington report alleges unprovoked assaults by artillery forts soldiers on Chinese merchants and prominent residents. Petitioners at San Francisco to the Chinese census general warn of a serious situation and possible murder, citing four recent attacks with one grave injury.
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Port
Townsend
Wash
Shel
Report Supports Keeping Opium Shops Open in Straits and Malay States
London Jan 4 The 1907 commission investigating opium traffic in the Straits settlements and Malay states has reported against closing opium shops. It argues evils from opium use are seriously exaggerated and worse problems have grown less in the past decade.
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London
Strats
Venezuelan Ex-President Senor Astra Undergoes Kidney Operation
London Jan 4 The Daily Mail reports Senor Astra, former president of Venezuela, has grown worse and is moved to Dr Israel's hospital for a planned operation in a few days for a kidney region illness.
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Senor Castro
London
The
Daily Mail
Berlin
Senorastra
Venezuela
Israel's
Peace Endangered by Yuan Shi Kai Dismissal Sparks Diplomats
News from Peking reports Yuan Shi Kai, grand councillor and commander, dismissed from office. Li Chiang Tung and Liang Tung Yen fill vacancies on the foreign board as British American German and Japanese ministers seek a united protest. Diplomats clash over whether foreign welfare is at stake while predicting instability and possible dynastic plots.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Na Tung
Liang-Tun-Yen
Yuan Shi Hai
United States
Germany
Japan
China
Kane-Yo- Wei
Twenty Arrests For Terror Plot At Tsarskoe Selo
St. Petersburg reports twenty arrests tied to a bomb at Cafe Central. Among those held are several at the emperor’s palace in Tsarskoe Selo. A waiter died and the cafe was damaged. The incident is linked to a broader terrorist plot against the Imperial family.
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Drenden
Daily Mail
St. Petersburg
Epperor
Tsarstoye-Selo
Central
Imperial
Transport Thomas Damage in Collision Near San Francisco
The United States army transport Thomas was seriously damaged in a collision with the collier Brunswick yesterday afternoon off San Francisco and may be unable to sail for the Philippine Islands next Tuesday until repairs are completed.
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San Francisco
Cal
Dan
United States Army
Phiippine Islands
Coastig
Brunswick
Night Rider juror taken ill in Union City trials
J Rosson, a juror in the eight night riders murder trial of Capt Quentin Ranken, was stricken ill during Sunday afternoon sessions in Union City Tennessee and the trials may be postponed.
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Durer
Union City
Tenn
J. Rosson
Quentin Ranken
Hadley Eyes Federal Bench Amid Missouri Senate Race
Semerson City Mo Jan 4 Gov Hadley seeks a U S Supreme Court berth if the legislature settles the lieutenant governor contest to suit him The session also must elect a senator and party control could shift outcomes A Republican or Democrat result could end Hadley's term or alter Stone's reelection prospects Boise Idaho Jan 9 The Idaho legislature convened to elect a U S senator Republican W B Heyburn faces insurgent moves and may be challenged by Hastenite opposition from Washington avenues for the position.
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Semerson City
Govsleet Hadley
United States Supreme Court
Goverlear Hadley
Jacob F. Gmelich
Hadley
Stone
Boise
Idaho
Jan
United States
W. B. Heyburn
Numa
Heyburn
Washington
Boiseo
HITS DISHONEST LAWYERS IN INTERIOR REPORT
Washington reports continued war on dishonest attorneys whose unprofessional methods harm the Interior Department. Secretary Garfield’s release cites debarments and plans to pursue imprisonment for fraudulent practices. The Frais patent case is noted as a historic example. the patents office vows tighter safeguards on filings.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Garfield
Department
Ave
Anutler
Patent Office
Commissioner of Patents
Beloved Priest Father John of Cronstadt Recalled
The body of Father John of Cronstadt was moved to Saint Andrews Cathedral in Cronstadt with mourners lining the streets. Thousands wept and waited in the cold after traveling long distances for the funeral rites. Interment will occur in Saint Petersburg with delegations from Archangel areas. canonization is widely anticipated.
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St. Petersburg
Archangel
Father John
Burbank thornless cactus shows promise as cattle fodder
The official reports from the Nrat summer's field cultivation in Burbank announce successful results. Early fears that thornless cactus would develop thorns again are dispelled, and the plant is presented as suitable fodder for cattle in Los Angeles.
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Burbank
Los Angeles
Cal
Vatican names auxiliary bishop for San Francisco
Rome reported that Monsignor Verris O Connell rector of the Catholic University in Washington was appointed yesterday as auxiliary bishop of San Francisco. The Vatican made the appointment intending the position later to become a coadjutorship with right of succession, rather than by archbishop Riordan of San Francisco.
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Rome
Monsig
Verris O'Connell
Catholic University At
Washington, Wa
San Francisco
Riordan
Vatican
Father shot to save mother ends in police custody
In Larsisg Michigan a man shot five times to defend his wife. His son Reggie, 17, is detained by police. The youth says he acted to protect his mother and shows no remorse.
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Larsisg Mich
John Clifford
Oval
Reggie
Fleet in the canal as relief ships sail to Messina
The American Atlantic battleship fleet advanced through the Suez Canal from Colombo two days ahead of schedule and prepared to pass through to Port Said. Rear Admiral Sperry welcomed the visit but noted a brief stay, while Yankton and Culgoa carried doctors and supplies for the Italian earthquake victims.
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Ag Onue
Subgmtes
Connecticut
Sperry
Egypt
Gales
Hest
Cairo
Italy
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Messina
Port Said
Vermont
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Minnesota
Canal
Tan Oclock
Louisiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Migson
Virginly
Wisconsin
Kearsarge
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Georgia
Nebraska
Sicily
Navy Department
Culgoa
Yankton
Tannaty
Rioters in India slain as Calcutta riots flare
Troops were summoned from Barrack Pur to quell the trouble after police prohibited Mohammedan sacrifices. Rioters were fired upon. several killed and 60 seriously injured. Two hundred arrests were made. In California, Senator George C Perkins is nearly certain to be reelected by the state legislature amid moves to curb bookmaking and pool selling.
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Tan
Titteghun
Calcutta
Perkins
Sacramento
Cal
United States
George C. Perkins
California
Resignation of Rev. Charles Windigler Accepted
Washington church reveals the First Baptist pastor Rev Charles F Windigler resigned due to advanced deal of religion and therapeutics after an animated congregational discussion yesterday.
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Washington
Charles F. Windigler
First Baptist Church
Anson R Flower Dies at Watertown Home
Anson R Flower 65 special partner of Flower Co bankers New York died suddenly at his Watertown home after eight weeks of ill health. Born Theresa 1843 he moved to New York in 1877 to bank. He retired in 1899 after his brother Gov Roswell P Flower died and supported charities including New York Homeopathic Medical College Flower Hospital Stony Wold sanitarium Watertown City Hospital and others.
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N.Y
Anson R. Flower
Ties of Flower & Co
Bankers of
New York
Flower
New York Financial Cireles
Theresa
Jefferson County
New York City
Flower & Co
Roswell P. Flower
Plower
New York Homeopathic Medical College
Flower Hospital
Stony Wold Sanitarium
Watertown City Hospital
Central American unrest eyed by U S government
The Times-Democrat reports Nicaragua moves on Cholu teca Honduras as it seeks to topple Miguel Davila and notes arms shipments to Arrias from Zelaya. Guatemalan aid alleged. Nicaraguan rumors prompt navy watches from Havana to Bluefields, with Dubuque en route for fuel and supplies. Senor Corea says friction possible but no solid revolution.
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New Orleans
Jen
Timee Democrat
Central America
Nicaragua
Choluteca
Honduras
Miguel Davila
Dy. Arrias
Zelaya
Times-Democrat
Fonduran
Salvador
Washington
Navy Department
Rercuer
Root
Dubuque
Havana
Bluebelds
Key West
Senor Corea
Jackson Miss. Man Captured After Post Office Shooting
William Sorsby who killed Post Office inspector Charles Witzgerald at Clinton Mississippi on September 25 was captured near the scene of the crime. He had been in hiding in an attic and says he killed for weeks. The shooting followed a Clinton post office books check showing a $750 discrepancy in Sorsby’s deputy postmaster accounts. Witzgerald was shot as he prepared to board a train in Jackson.
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Jackson
Miss
Wiliam Sorsby
Charles Witzgerald
Clinton
Sorsby
Fitzgerald
Ceperiaicuh Tals Flesgerald
Police Arrest Vaudeville Cast At Sunday Concerts
In New York police acting on a policy of watching Sunday performances arrested several vaudeville actors at Hammerstein Victoria and Thalia theaters. Four men were detained after a schoolroom sketch, Aaron Kessler the theater’s managing director was arrested, and two actresses in costume at the Thalia were taken into custody.
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New York
Hammerstein
Victoria Theater
Schoglroom
Aaron Kessler
Thau Theater
Nearly Decapitater Himself in St Joseph
William J. Richardson a St Joseph barware merchant killed himself with a pig razor after a speech prompted sleep and a single slash nearly severed his head. His wife witnessed the act. Health issues were cited as prompting the deed. In Cleveland 1800 youths pledged to live as Christ would during two weeks.
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St. Joseph
Williamt J. Richardson
Christ
Cleveland
Chilat
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