Race War Flares Near Scooba and Wahalak Mississippi
Rail traffic halted as Gov. Vardaman orders troops to Scooba after reports of clashes between white residents and armed black communities. Reports say several killed, bodies found, and militiamen deployed. later all quiet at Wahalak as authorities assess ongoing danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Miss
Scooba
Wahalak
Sheriff Trout
Kemper County
Columbus
Tom
Jim Simpson
Strathcona Steamship Burned After Coast Rescue
The passenger steamer Strathcona bound for Canso and Guysborough burned to the waterline after a Port Dufferin harboring attempt. All 380 passengers were saved by engineers and firemen who stayed at their posts to beach the vessel before the flames spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
Port Dufferin
Strathcona
Halifax & Canso Steamship Company
Canso
Guysborough
Reid
Bay City Hotel Burns in Destructive Fire
The Fraser House in Bay City Michigan the oldest and largest hotel was destroyed by fire early Sunday. Firemen rescued guests and two injured individuals including a hotel fireman likely fatally overcome by smoke and a guest who escaped via a window ledge. The 1864 building suffered over 90000 in losses with adjoining G B Sampliner clothing store damaged by 18000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
Fraser
G. B. Sampliner
Entombed miner Hicks rescued after 15 days burial
Bakersfield California December 24 A. B. Hicks the miner buried 15 days in the Edison mine was rescued at 11 45 pm Saturday night The crowd camped at the shaft witnessed his return on a stretcher to the hospital Hicks is weakened by confinement yet virtually uninjured and shows signs of a quick recovery The rescue is described as a triumph of effort and endurance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Cal
A. B. Hicks
Edison
Hicks
Count Ignatieff Slain in Tver Nobles Assembly
Count Alexis Ingatieff a council of the empire member and former governor general of Kiev Volhynia and Podolia was fatally shot in the refreshment room of the nobles' assembly hall by an unknown assailant. The killer fired six shots then attempted suicide but was captured and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tver
Russian
Alexis Ingatieff
Council of the Empire
Kiev
Volhynia
Podolia
Nobles’ Assembly
Two Men Roasted Alive in Rock Island Yard Fire
In St Joseph Missouri two men J S Gilliland and an unknown companion were burned to death in a car in Rock Island yards as an oil stove tipped over setting household goods ablaze. Gilliland was moving from Northboro Iowa to Marlin Indian Territory when the tragedy occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
J. S. Gilliland
Rock Island
Gilliland
Northboro
Marlin
I. T
Christmas Mail Car Burned Near Muskogee
A carload of mail from Texas points mainly Christmas packages was destroyed when a mail car burned south of Muskogee Oklahoma Territory on the northbound Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
I. T
Texas Points
Here
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Two Skaters Drown Near Escanaba
In Escanaba Michigan on December 24 Oscar P Westman age 24 of Negaunee and John Blashe 21 of Kewaunee who worked in the I Stephenson company offices at Wells broke through the ice while skating Sunday afternoon and both were drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escanaba, Mich
Oscar P. Westman
Negaunee
John Blashe
Kewaunee
I. Stephenson Company
Wells
Train Wreck Kills Nine on Enderlin Route
A Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie east bound passenger train derailed near Enderlin North Dakota after colliding with a switch engine. Nine dead, six fatally injured, at least 25 hurt as passengers escape flames. Rescue teams rushed aid amid chaos. One identified victim is Henry J. Volkering of Anamoose.
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St. Paul, Minn
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
Enderlin
N. D
Moosejaw
Sask
St. Paul
Henry J. Volkering
Anamoose
Osceola
Wis
Colored Couple Die in New Orleans Home Fire
In New Orleans on Tuesday, the charred bodies of Lewis Phillips, 80, and his wife, 69, were recovered from their burning house. Authorities believe the woman may have been smoking a pipe in bed, the pipe dropping and igniting the bedding.
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New Orleans
Lewis Phillips
Lewis
Woman and Neighbor Die After Distress at Death Scene
In Kingston Tennessee on December 24 Mrs Martha Jackson visited a neighbor’s house and found the dead body of Charles Hood, a youth. She fainted at the scene and died moments later.
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Kingston, Tenn
Martha Jackson
Charles Hood
Standard Oil Victory in Ohio Probate Court Ruling
Findlay Ohio December 25 The Standard Oil Co won a common pleas court victory when Judge W S Duncan ruled the probate court lacked jurisdiction to try a Valentine anti trust case and threw out the probate verdict The decision preserves indictments against Rockefeller and other Standard officials in common pleas court and signals an appeal by the prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Standard
Probate Court
Duncan
Common Pleas
Grand
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Court of Common Pleas
Probate
Common Pleas Criminal Code
Death sentences for Nebogatoff and several Russian admirals
A Russian court martial at St. Petersburg convicts Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and four other officers of surrendering in the 1905 Sea of Japan battle. They face death, but the court petitions the emperor to commute sentences to ten years in fortress captivity. others receive shorter terms or acquittal.
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St. Petersburg
Sea of Japan
Nebogatoff
Lichino
Apraine
Gregorieff
Seniavin
Linet. Smirnoff
Nicolai I
Nebogatoi
Life Saving Service Reports Record Year of Rescue and Innovation
The Life Saving Service reports thousands of lives and millions in property saved in the past year. It notes 49 marine disasters with 29 deaths and 811 rescues, plus 5,320 imperiled lives. 279 stations operated nationwide, seven new gas powered lifeboats boost range.
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Washington
Kimball
Life Saving Service
United States
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Falls of
Ohio River
Nome
Alaska
San Francisco
Notable Divorces and Deaths Highlight Early News Briefs
Mrs James G Blaine Jr wins a divorce from Blaine Sr s son. David C Webb Kansas City mercantile president dies at 72. John Wilkie Albia farmer dies after drinking carbolic acid. Lord Kitchener to wed Mrs Chauncey in New York reports London. Roosevelt appeals for China famine aid. Arbitration averts NY rail strike. Thomas Cardin Philadelphia dies after presenting gift. Bishop Cosgrove Davenport dies of kidney cancer. Two men fail to rob Buss Milling safe in St Louis after cashier shot. Rev T K Crowley Denison dies in vesting. Prominent St Paul deaths Edward Judson Emanuel Hess Cochran Babcock. Corn Products Refining to build a $5,000,000 plant at Summit. Superb battleship contract awarded to Armstrongs. Waseda Iso Abe accepts baseball challenge from Stanford for Tokyo May. Mrs Susan Kelly burns to death in NYC fire. Three dead, four wounded in West Kentucky Coal clash at Sturgis. Four robbers driven off by police in Chicago. Recall of Sir Mortimer Durand linked to class jealousy gossip. Yale to receive $100,000 Belden estate. Leiter touring car kills 14-year-old Samuel West in Washington. $110,000 gift for Marquette College Milwaukee home project announced.
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James G. Blaine, Jr
David C. Webb
Kansas City
John Wilkie
Albia
London
Lord Kitchener
Samuel Sloane Chauncey
New York
Roosevelt
China
Thomas Cardin
Philadelphia
T. K. Crowley
St. Patrick’s Church
Denison
Tex
Edward H. Judson
Emanuel L. Hess
Thomas Cochran
L. W. Babcock
St. Paul
Minn
Corn Products Refining Company
Summit
Chicago Drainage Canal
Armstrongs
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Iso Abe
Waseda University
Japan
Stanford University
Tokio
Susan Kelly
West Sixtieth Street
West Kentucky Coal Company
Sturgis
Union County
Wentworth Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Chicago
Mortimer Durand
Washington
Gosslp
Yale University
Ebenezer B. Belden
New York City
Joseph Leiter
Leiter
Commission to Revise Cuba Laws Formed by Magoon
Governor Magoon signed a decree creating a commission to revise Cuba's laws. The panel will draft electoral, provincial and municipal laws, judiciary organization, and civil service law. Members include Cole Crowder Jose Miguel Gomez Erasmo Boudet and others. first meeting January 3.
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Havana
Magoon
Cuba
Cole H. Crowder
Judge Advocate General’s Department
American Army
Jose Miguel Gomez
Erasmo G. Boudet
Francisco C. Justiz
Manuel M. Coronado
Mario G. Kohly
Felipe G. Larrain
Otto Schoemrich
Miguel F. Viendi
Alferdo Zayas
Blanton C. Winship
United States
New York Letter Pleads Congo Abuses to Secretary Root
A letter signed by J Pierpont Morgan and Dr Lyman Abbott plus other prominent New Yorkers asks Secretary Root to use moral influence of the United States to press Congo Free State authorities over alleged flagrant inhumanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lyman Abbott
Elihu Root
Congo Free State
United States
Congo
Common Law Marriage Not Valid in Ohio Circuit Decision
Lima Ohio December 24 The circuit court held that common law marriages cannot be recognized under Ohio law. David H Bates lived with a woman as his wife for two years and later married another woman in Allen county. He was convicted of bigamy but will be released from jail following the ruling.
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Lima, O
Ohio
David H. Bates
Bates
Allen County
Train Crash Kills Two on North Coast Limited
In Spokane on Christmas Eve a northbound North Coast limited derailed after striking an open switch. The engine and baggage car derailed. Fireman G B Smith and traveling engineer Duncan Mathewson were fatally injured while passengers escaped serious harm.
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Spokane
Wash
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
G. B. Smith
Limited
Duncan Mathewson
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Robert Harrison
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Finnegro
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Count Ignatieff
McCutcheon
Chicago Daily Tribune
Enderlin, N. D
Standard Oil Victory
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Henry Cosgrove
Davenport
Buss Milling Company
St. Louis
Root
Milwaukee
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Sean Seeses
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