Stormy voyage ends in disaster with fires and deaths
Ludington Michigan report details No. 16 car ferry strike on a bar during a gale leading to a fatal scalding of Mike Taft and multiple burn injuries. Rescue by life savers used breeches buoy as the vessel settled in sixteen feet of water. Four more tragedies unfold in Dubois and Green Bay with deaths from a fire and a wreck.
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Ludington
Mich
Ludington Harbor
Pere Marquette Car Ferry No. 16
Mike Taft
Chicago
Marine Hospital
Lfe
No. 16
Milwaukee
Charles Thompson
Thompson
Taft
Irish M. P. Sentenced for Boycott Incitement
Dublin December 24 John P. Hayden MP for South Roscommon was jailed for twenty one days for inciting boycott and rent nonpayment. Six other individuals received sentences from a fortnight to one month for the same charge.
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John P. Hayden
Dublin
South Roscominion
Date released on bail in Emeline Date death case
Mrs Elizabeth Date charged with causing the death of her 5 year old daughter Emeline was released on five thousand dollars cash bail in New York.
Potocki Loses Large Sum at Vienna Card Games
Vienna report says Count Potocki lost 100000 pounds in three hours at the Vienna Jockey Club during a card session. Count Pallavincini won most of the money.
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London
Vienna
Jockey Club
Count Potocki
Count Pallavincini
Rev. O. P. Peterson Dies in Brooklyn at 80
Racine Wisconsin December 21 word reached relatives here of Rev O P Peterson founder of the Norwegian Danish M Ski churches in Norway and America. He was a best known Scandinavian preacher in the northwest and died in Brooklyn last night of apoplexy at age 80.
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O. P. Peterson
Racine
Wis
M. Ski
Norway
America
Northwest
Brooklyn
Medical discovery at Michigan lab on antiseptic
Interest grows in Ann Arbor as Dr. Frederick G. Novy and Prof. Paul C. Freer report a potential antiseptic for cholera typhoid and dysentery. Experiments on animals and students show destruction of intestinal poisons while subjects were on sterilized milk. The researchers refuse to discuss publication of their findings.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Frederick G. Novy
Paul C. Freer
Nogy
Turkey Orders Americans to Renounce Naturalization
Beyrout authorities in Syria notify naturalized American citizens to renounce their naturalization within fifteen days or face expulsion from Turkey. First Secretary Spencer Eddy protests to the Turkish authorities demanding withdrawal of the order. The case may escalate due to the lack of a naturalization treaty.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Beyrout
Syria
Spencer Eddy
Legation
Worthless 1864 New Brunswick bank notes flood Webster City
Webster City, Iowa, discovers a cache of worthless 1864 New Brunswick bank notes in denominations of 1 and 2 dollars. The bills, taxed out of existence after the war, closely resemble Canadian paper and are now found circulating among local businesses and banks.
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Webster City
New Brunswick
N. J
Rayner denounces decision as arbitrary and tyrannical
Isidor Rayner Maryland attorney general and Schley’s counsel criticizes Long's ruling on Santiago command. He says the court ignored Schley’s testimony and denied a chance to reply to the Sampson protest. He questions free institutions under such actions and notes possible next steps pending presidential intervention.
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Baltimore
Isidor Rayner
Maryland
Schley
Long
Sampson
Washington
Dewey
Santiago
Prison for Attorney Wright in South Dakota Penitentiary
Sioux Falls reports attorney H S Wright of Centerville was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary by Judge Gaffey. Wright, a prominent state lawyer, used $282 entrusted to him for his personal benefit. Melvin Griggs seeks writ of error to appeal.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
H. Wright
Centerville
Gaffey
Melvin Grigsbs
Wright
Pierre
Supreme Court
Cleveland
South
Jamaica
Chamberlain
Brule County
Democratic State Central Committee
Fusion
CC. C. Morrow
Jeannette Morrow
Morrow
Gift to Kruger 10000 Marks for Boer Children
Protestant clergyman Rev. Mr. Schaeffer of Remscheid presents Kruger with a purse of 10000 marks as a Christmas gift to Boer children and to the Rhine and Westphalia regions' youngsters.
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Utrecht
Schaeffer
Remscheid
Rhenish
Prussia
Kruger
Rhine
Westphalia
Long Upholds Majority Verdict In Schley Case
Secretary Long approves the court of inquiry findings and opinion in the Schley matter, accepts that the command question was not for the court and orders no further proceedings. He declines Sampson counsel’s request to probe command and informs Schley’s counsel of the decision.
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Washington
Long
Schley
Navy Department
Santiago
Sampson
Lemly
Dewey
Joan D. Long
Secretary of the Navy
Department
Court of Inquiry
John D. Long
Stayton, Campbell & Theall
New York
Stayton
Campbell
Theall
Winfield S. Schley
Suspected gas asphyxiation in Bull home murder case
Residents in Parsons Kansas dispute an inquest verdict on the deaths of Cola HH Gull and his wife found in their home. Evidence suggested natural gas asphyxiation with no violence marks, doors open, a pet parrot unharmed, and a pocketknife near Mrs Bull. Police hold the bodies pending further investigation.
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Parsons
Kan
Bulli Cacs
Ian
Cola
Gull Ant
J J Valentine Dead Wells Fargo Chief Dies in Oakland
John J Valentine president of the Wells Fargo Express Company dies in Oakland California this morning after a period of illness his death had been anticipated for several days and is announced from the city.
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Wells-Fargo Company
Oakland
Cal
John J. Valentine
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Telegraphic network in Britain crippled by storms
London reports a severe breakdown in England's telegraphic service caused by recent storms. London alone faces an estimated £200,000 loss, railways £40,000, with communication between London and the provinces still incomplete or not restored in many cases.
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Great Britain
London
England
Sullivan Convicted of Jury Bribing in Chicago Case
Lawyer Alexander Sullivan found guilty of conspiracy to assist a fugitive from justice after a four week trial before Judge Abner Smith. Jury fines Sullivan $2000. no prison sentence imposed. State's Attorney sought jail, but judge released him. A new trial motion may alter judgment. Sullivan aided by West Chicago Street Railway Company ties.
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Chicago
Alexander Sullivan
Abner Smith
Barnes
Sullivan
Smith
James J. Lynch
West Chicago Street Railway Company
Lynch
Canada
Grand Jury
Frederick St. John
Edward Maher
Frank P. Murray
Maher
Secretary Root orders Miles explanation over Dewey praise
Secretary Root demanded an explanation from Lieutenant General Miles after a Cincinnati paper printed his interview praising Admiral Dewey in the Schley case. A White House conference with the president followed, with plans for action to be announced later. The administration warns against any comments that reopen the Sampson-Schley dispute, and E. 58. Maclay faces action for his naval history work.
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Washington
Root
Miles
Army
Cincinnati
Dewey
Schley
Sampson-Schley
Navy
Maclay
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Maclay Resigns From Navy Yard Post
Washington. The War Secretary released the presidents directive ordering Edgard S. Maclay, a special laborer in the navy yard New York storekeeper’s office, to submit his resignation. The order cites Rear Admiral A B Barker of the New York Navy Yard as the recipient of the message from Secretary John D. Long.
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Washington
Root
A. 8. Barker
Navy Yard
New York
Edgard S. Maclay
John D. Long
Gage to retire from Treasury roiling in Boston rumor
A Washington report says Secretary of the Treasury Gorge Gage will resign and Roosevelt seeks a successor. President Roosevelt discouraged retirement but Gage wants private life, with family and business reasons delaying decision until next Monday. The talks followed a cabinet meeting after Wakeman’s resignation request.
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Boston
W. Murray Crane
Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Gage
New York
Bankers’ Association
Wakeman
Hill Defends North Western Interests in Press Statement
President James J. Hill of the Great Northern railway and Northern Securities company said in a statement to the Associated Press that the new company’s organization was to protect the northwestern railroad situation and defend Northwestern interests against other attacks. A second dispatch notes a Melegnano collision near Milan, Italy, killing six and injuring fifteen.
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St. Paul, Minn
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway and Northern Securities Company
Associated Press
Northwestern
New York
Rome
Melegnano
Milan
Impressive funeral in Tung Chow for massacred Christians
In Tung Chow a two hour funeral procession honored natives killed last year. Officials and missionaries arranged a public atonement with vows of protection for returning converts. The ceremony drew Chinese troops, police, and hundreds of mourners, with officials from fifty villages attending. Similar funerals planned in other towns.
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Peking
Tung Chow
President Removes Wakeman Appraiser in New York
The White House announced this afternoon that the president has removed Appraiser Wakeman of New York on Secretary Gage’s recommendation. Wakeman reportedly wrote a letter attacking Gage, and the president would not entertain charges or overlook the offensive character of the letter.
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Washington
White House
Wakeman
New York
Gage
Four Boilers Explode at Pittsburg Steel Mill Tragedy
A quadruple explosion at Black Diamond Steel works in Pittsburg injured twelve and killed at least five as four boilers in the ten inch bar mill blew apart. Debris towered fifty to seventy five feet with the McNeil boiler works adjoining destroyed and homes along Thirtieth street wrecked. Bodies lay at the morgue and injured were sent to West Pennsylvania hospital as investigators assess the blast and losses ranging from twenty five thousand to one hundred thousand dollars.
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Pittsburg
Black Diamond Steel Works
James McNeil
West Pennsylvania Hospital
Bark Brothers
Mc' S
McNeil's
Bar Mill
Thirtieth Street
Stobert Price
Price
Center ville Attorney Found Guilty in Embezzlement Case
The jury returned a guilty verdict against S. P. Wright, a Center ville attorney, after sixteen hours deliberation. Sentencing set for 10 o clock Saturday morning. Wright plans to seek a new trial and then appeal to the supreme court if denied.
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S. P. Wright
Sioux Falls
8. D
P. Wright
Centerville
Supreme Court
Fatal Gas Explosion at Pittsburg Furnace
A gas explosion at the Soho furnace of Jones & McLaughlin in Pittsburg on December 20 killed nine workers and injured five. The victims, mostly Slavs and Poles, were atop the furnace when molten metal and flame exploded, blowing several men 120 feet to the mill roof. Five injured may die. five identified victims include Joseph Frankovitch Joseph Sibul Michael Gasdovitch Andrew Suss and Michael Mezo. Eyewitnesses described a terrifying blaze and falling debris as pedestrians faced narrow escapes along Second Avenue.
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Pittsburg
Jones & McLaughlin
Joseph Frankovitch
Joseph Sibul
Michael Gasdovitch
Andrew Suss
Michael Mezo
Second Avenue
Ban on a Nobleman Lord Alfred Douglas Feted in Washington
Washington reports that the Metropolitan club cut off Lord Alfred Douglas after ten days of hospitality from gay society leaders. He was known as the friend of Oscar Wilde, and the invitation list vanished amid widespread denials of prior entertainment.
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Lord Alfred Douglas
Washington
Lord Douglas
Oscar Wilde
Metropolitan Club
Union Pacific Plows Gate Passenger Train Wreck Destroyed Cars
In Wyoming a Union Pacific rotary plow smashed into a head end tourist sleeper train near Sherman, destroying the caboose and nine cars as snowbound tracks delay northbound service. Officials report relief for trains at Sherman and Solon, with many freights still sidetracked today.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Colorado
Southern
Burlington
Wyoming
Nebraska
Sherman
Omaha
Solon
Wreck In California Involves Military Passengers
A collision near San Aldo Monterey county between Southern Pacific trains Nos 9 and 10 wrecked both trains and set Nos 9 and 10 alight. The southbound train carried eighty discharged soldiers and the All-American baseball team en route to Los Angeles. The line is blocked and no service is available today.
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Salinas
Cal
Southern Pacific
San Aldo
Monterey County
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Uplands
Associated Press
San Lucas
Lost in copper death of metal trader Hugh Kekewich
Hugh Kekewich of Morrison Kekewich and Co a leading metal exchange figure died suddenly this morning in London. authorities believe he took his own life after reports of heavy copper losses this past period.
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Hugh Kekewich
London
Morrison, Kekewich & Co
Metal Exchange
Kekewich
Government Telegraph Plans Buy Western Union Lines
A report from New York on December 20 says a bill may be introduced in Congress to purchase the Western Union and Postal Telegraph lines. It is said the administration backs the measure, proposing government bonds at 2 percent to buy stock at par.
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Rooievers
New York
Congress
Western Union
Federal
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Herman Ashbaugh
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Napoleon Delaria
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Green Bay
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Crucible Steel Company of America
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Alvin K. Pershingen
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