Kingston Devastated by Strong Jamaica Earthquake
New York dispatch reports Kingston Jamaica was struck by a violent quake that toppled buildings and sparked fires. Mortality cited below 100 with hospitals crowded. tourists and prominent visitors, including English statesmen and novelist Hall Caine, were in the area. Fire and destruction followed the quake as communications were disrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kingston
Jamaica
America
England
Sir Alfred Jones
Hall Caine
Viscount Montmorres
H. O. Arnold-Forster
M. P
Thomas Hughes
Thomas Shann
Earl and Countess of Dudley
Jones
San Francisco
Valparaiso
Myrtle Bank
Great Military Hospital
James Fergusson
London
West Indies
Boston
Kingston Harbor
Charge Against Peirce Stirs House Inquiry
Washington reports sensational charges against Herbert H. D. Peirce United States Minister to Norway and former third assistant secretary of state. Professor H W Elliott testified before the Ways and Means Committee alleging Peirce acted to secure a fee from the J Hamilton Lewis sealing vessel owners and questioned government representation before the Hague tribunal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert H. D. Peirce
United States
Norway
House Committee On Ways and Means
H. W. Elliott
Cleveland
Elliott
Peirce
Hague Tribunal
J. Hamilton Lewis
United States District Court For
District of Columbia
Champ Clark
John Sharp Williams
Pribilof Island
North American Commercial Company
Alexander McClain
Mr. Pierce
Benton Harbor Shooting Endangers Deputy and Wife
In Benton Harbor Michigan Deputy Sheriff Rodney Pearl and Mrs Mary Moore are hospitalized in critical condition after a confrontation at the Moore home. L T Moore wounded himself after firing on the deputy and Mrs Moore, then set fire to the barn before neighbors rescued him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Harbor
Mich
Rodney Pearl
Mary Moore
L. T. Moore
Moore
Missouri House adopts stock yards inquiry in Kansas City and St Joseph
Jefferson City Jan 15 The Missouri House of Representatives adopts a resolution to probe the stock yards in Kansas City and St Joseph amid charges that unloading and care tariffs are excessive. A Senate bill proposes a $100 to $1,000 fine for printing horse race results in state newspapers. It also limits an insurance company president’s salary to 50 000 under charter revocation penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
House of Representatives
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Senate
Missouri
Spooner
Tillman
Senator Tillman
Brownsville
Roosevelt
South Carolina
Messrs. Cortelyou
Garfield
George von L. Meyer
Herbert Knox Smith
Mr. Smith
Washington
Purdy
Maj. Blocksom
Texas
Fort Brown
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Legislature orders probe of Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
The Minnesota house adopted a resolution directing the speaker to appoint a five member committee to investigate the Minneapolis chamber of commerce and the Duluth board of trade. Senate meanwhile introduces a bill boosting iron ore bounty from 25 to 50 cents per ton with a four cent annual add on royalty after 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Duluth Board of Trade
Senate
Distinguished Ohio Orator Samuel F Hunt Dies
Samuel F Hunt of Cincinnati died at Glendale after a lingering illness. A Hamilton county bar member and noted orator, he served in the Ohio constitutional convention at age 26, later became a state senator and then judge of the Cincinnati superior court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cincinnati
Samuel F. Hunt
Glendale
Hamilton County
Superior Court of
Transvaal Gold Output Rise in 1906 Totals
London reports 1906 gold output in the Transvaal reached 24,579,987 pounds sterling valued at 122,899,935 dollars, up almost four million pounds or twenty million dollars from the previous year.
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Transvaal
London
Illinois Sues Illinois Central Over Multi Million Revenues
The state of Illinois filed suit in the Supreme Court seeking several million dollars it alleges the Illinois Central Railroad withheld from the state's share of gross earnings. The 60 page petition cites improper bookkeeping and branch line allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Illinois Central Railroad
State Supreme Court
Stead
N. J. Neer
Illinois Central
Harahan
Supreme Court
Deneen
Circuit Court
Cairo
Dubuque
Gen
Standard Oil Indictments Spark Large Ohio Case Buildup
Findlay Ohio January 16 The Standard Oil Company faces demurrers to Ohio anti trust indictments totaling 939 counts with potential fines and costs exceeding 60 million dollars. Named defendants include John D Rockefeller and officers of several affiliated firms as members of a trade conspiracy. The vast indictments span 452 975 words across 525 words each and will be docketed separately as county officials brace for months of workload.
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Manhattan Oil Company
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
Henry H. Rogers
John D. Archbold
Wesley H. Tilford
Frank Q. Barstow
F. T. Cuthbert
David
M. G. Viias
J. M. Robertson
H. P. McIntosh
Senators Elected Across States In 1914 Assembly Ballots
In Dover Delaware on January 16 Harry A Richardson Republican was elected U S senator succeeding J Frank Allee after separate senate and house votes. In Denver Simon Guggenheim Republican was elected to succeed Thomas M Patterson. In Boise Idaho William E Borah won the seat to replace Dubois after separate votes. In Boston state legislature retained W Murray Crane in the U S senate appointed after George F Hoar's death.
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Dover
Del
Harry A. Richardson
United States
J. Frank Allee
Senate
Richardson
Willard Saulsbury
House
Saulsbury
Denver
Col
Simon Guggenheim
Thomas M. Patterson
Boise
Idaho
William E. Borah
Dubois
Mr. Borah
Boston
W. Murray Crane
United States Senate
George F. Hoar
Emma Goldman Set Free After Arrest in New York
Emma Goldman, arrested January 6 on a charge of delivering an incendiary speech in New York, was discharged from custody Tuesday. Alexander Berkman and John R. Coryell, arrested at the same time, were also released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Goldman
New York
Alexander Berkman
John R. Coryell
Big Gift for Poor Children Memorial Fund Set in Farrington Will
The will of Charles F. Farrington leaves 200000 to create a memorial for his parents and to aid children of all classes. The fund will provide harbor trips for Boston’s poor children in summer and free country trips and diversions for needy youngsters.
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Boston
Charles F. Farrington
Tafts Entertain Roosevelts in Washington
Secretary of War and Mrs Taft entertained Tuesday night in honor of President and Mrs Roosevelt in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of War
Taft
Roosevelt
Ship subsidy bill adopted for seven mail lines
Washington January 16 The house committee approved a Littauer ship subsidy bill by an 8 to 7 vote to substitute for the Grosvenor plan. It provides annual subventions about 3.75 million for seven subsidized lines. Lines run Atlantic to South America and Pacific to the orient and South America.
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Latin America
Orient
Spooner
Tillman
Washington
House
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Littauer
New York
Grosvenor
Messrs
Miner
Littlefield
Fordney
Wachter
Humphrey
Watson
Birdsall
Wilson
Hinshaw
Goulden
Maynard
Shirley
Patterson
Atlantic
South America
Gulf of Mexico
Colon
Pacific
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Japan
China
Philippines
Cape Mendocino
Numerous 1906 U.S. and world events noted in brief
Severe northwest snowstorms and gales persist. Notable deaths include Henry Squires once America's leading tenor in Burlington Iowa aged 82 and Jesse R. Straughan former Pittsburg Fort Wayne Chicago superintendent. Congressional nominations, mine accidents, and international affairs update the day. World events report eclipse in central Asia and Aga Khan’s San Francisco visit.
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Northwest
Henry Squires
America
Burlington
Towa
Howard W. Hoch
Topeka
Kan
Clinton
Ind
Venezuela
Ernst Stiller
Lubeck
Germany
Stephen B. Elkins
Republican Caucus
West Virginia
King Alfonso
Spain
Honduras
Nicaragua
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Mitchell
F. C. Fairbanks
Steubenville
Jesse R. Straughan
Fort Wayne
Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Chicago
Western Implement and Vehicle Dealers’ Association
Kansas City
William Smith
John Jones
Mike Belinsky
San Francisco
C. A. Carlson
Des Moines
Central Asia
H. W. Foster
Oliver Dyer
United States Senate
Boston
Prince Aga Khan
India
Bombay
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
New York
Cleveland Electric Railway
Peter
Archdiocese of
Rome
Quigley
Lake Front
New Buffalo
Meyer Rubin
Rose
Rosa
Phillip
Brooklyn
Rudolph Korach
Philadelphia
Mr. Koradi
Locomotive Shops Chosen for Scranton Site
Elmira January 16 announcement that the Lackawanna railroad selects Scranton Pennsylvania as the site for its 2,900,000 locomotive shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Elmira
N. Y
the Lackawanna Railroad
Scranton, Pa
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City OF
Holland Bay
St. Thomas
Hague
Boards OF Trade
Minnesota House
Minneapolis
Duluth
T. R
J. C. Railroad
Standard Oil Company
Richardson, Guggenheim, Borah and
Crane
Tafts
Rooseveltts
House Committee
York
Milwaukee
ST. Louis
Omaha
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