Stuck to his post amid raging flames at Cowperthwait store
Fire swept through the Cowperthwait & Sons wholesale furniture building at 121st Street and Third Avenue. Battalion Chief Sloan and driver John Duffy were among responders. Duffy clung to a telephone while flames forced rescuers to pull him from the blaze. The five story store, housing stock valued around $209,000 with the building at $200,000, burned rapidly as police, fire crews, and residents watched.
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Plaza
Croker
John Duffy
Sloan
Cowperthwait & Sons
121St Street
Third Avenue
Duffy
Chief Stone
Central
Weiss
Engine Company 14
Fitzpatrick
Earth
Hades
Harlem
Cowperthwaits
J. H. Cowperthwait
Binns
Ohn J. Clark
James Craven
Ene Company 60
John Heinz
Rench Church of
Lantry
Bugher
James J. Brannan
Lexington Avenue
Robert Evans
Evans
Patrick Flanagan
Flanagan
Minnie Morris
Florida Information Bureau Broadway Ad
Classified note from the Florida Information Bureau at Broadway corners 36th Street promotes two Atlantic Coast Line trains heading south as a basic travel advert.
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Florida Information Bureau
Broadway, Cor
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Morny Niece Debuts at Moulin Rouge in Egypt Scene
Paris reports a remarkable Moulin Rouge premiere by Marquise de Morny niece of Napoleon III. Her act titled A Dream of Egypt drawn with Mme Gauthier-Villars sparked protests and a violent demonstration. Audience threw objects and blocked exits as the two women left the box.
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Paris
Moulin Rouge
Marquise de Morny
Duc de Morny
Napoleon III
Egypt
Mme. Gauthier-Villars
Claudine
Marquise de Belbeuf
Marquise
Prince de Broglie
New York
Mme
Willy
Mlle. Polaire
Union Pacific Fliers Crash In Brule Neb
A rear end collision in Brule Nebraska between the Union Pacific Overland Limited and the Los Angeles Limited killed E W Hastings of New York and injured eleven others. Eleven cars and one locomotive were wrecked. Hastings, actor and Lambs Club member, was riding to New York from Portland Oregon.
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New York Times
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
Brule
E. W. Hastings
New York
Overland
Los Angeles
Ww. H. Thacher
Dubuque
Iowa
W. Hastings
Union Pacific Overland Limited
Portland
Ore
Hastings
Lambs’ Club
The
Players Club
Actors’ Society of America
Cuyler Hastings
Assassination of St. Petersburg Police Chief Von der Launitz
Major General Von der Launitz, famed Prefect of Police, was shot dead during a private chapel ceremony at the Institute of Experimental Medecin in St. Petersburg. An armed youth, in evening dress, fired, then killed himself after a struggle with guards. The attack, linked to the Social Revolutionists, follows an earlier attempt on Dr. Dubrovin and ties to anti-government violence across Russia.
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ST. Petersburg
von der Launitz
Institute of Experimental Medecin
Peter Alexandrovitch
Oldenburg
Olga
Nicholas
Eugenia Emilianova
Gen. von der Launitz
Duke of
Social Revolutionists
Alexis Ignatieff
Dubrovin
League of the Russian People
League
Constitutional Democratic Party
Terioki
Finland
Hertzenstein
Tsarskoe-Selo
Czar’s Palace
Secret Police
Doubasseff
Moscow
Ignatieff
M. Karavaeff
Russia
Tamboff
Maria Spiridonova
Joan of Arc
Luzhenoffsky
Vladimir von der Launitz
Baltic
Richard Eberhard Launitz
Riga
New York
Seventh Regiment
President Orders Appeal On Employers' Liability Ruling
Washington January 3 The White House announced the President will direct an appeal of the Louisville and Memphis Federal Court rulings that the Employers' Liability Act is unconstitutional. Attorney General Bonaparte plans to bring the cases to the Supreme Court promptly with government intervention. Hart said the Louisville plaintiff will appeal immediately. Final adjudication in the Supreme Court will take time.
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Washington
Evans
Louisville
McCall
Memphis
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Bonaparte
Supreme Court of the United States
Harr
Hart
Supreme Court
Rock Island Wreck Toll Now Seen At Thirty-Two
In Volland Kansas an inquest into the Rock Island wreck victims has been postponed to Monday. Officials say the total death toll will not exceed thirty-two.
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Rock Island
Topeka
Kan
Volland
Seaboard Florida Limited Leaves New York Arrival at St Augustine
Train poster notes Seaboard Florida Limited departs New York for St Augustine with arrival at 2 50 PM on January 3. Fastest service advertised and shortest route via B’way or PRR offices. Advertisement.
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Seaboard Florida Limited
N. Y
New York Central Fast Train to Chicago in 18 Hours
The 20th Century Limited leaves New York at 3 30 PM and reaches Chicago at 8 39 AM the next morning. It promotes America’s Greatest Railred with a dozen other fast trains to Chicago, St. Louis and the West.
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20Th Century Limited
Chicago
New York
Central LS
St. Louis
Josiah Quincy Declares Bankruptcy After Losses
Boston news reports ex mayor and ex assistant secretary of state Josiah Quincy has filed for bankruptcy. He cites misplaced confidence and mining losses, with liabilities around 150000 dollars and limited assets. He plans to focus on law practice and hopes to pay debts over time.
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New York Times
Boston
Josiah Quincy
Quincy
Europe
New York
Seventh National Bank
Colorado River Dam Leaks Threaten Imperial Valley
Washington reports a second Colorado River dam leak with estimates of 500000 dollars needed for repairs. Harriman opposes extensive repairs, while President pressures action. California legislators discuss U S annexation of a Mexico border strip to gain influence over the dam.
Corey to retire amid steel power shift
Pittsburg reports indicate Alva Dinkey, president of Carnegie Steel, is poised to take over as head of United States Steel at the next annual meeting. The note suggests Corey is already out of control and may be replaced aided by allies like Schwartz. Corey had told a Pittsburg friend that 192? would be his last year in public life.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Iron and Steel
Alva Dinkey
Carnegie Steel Company
Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Dinkey
Schwartz
Europe
Typhoid Spreads More in Scranton
Scranton Pennsylvania reports 31 new typhoid cases raising total to 950 with five official and three unofficial deaths to 67. Four large hospitals are full and private sanitariums crowded while the Thirteenth Regiment Armory becomes an emergency hospital.
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New York Times
Scranton
Penn
Bureau of Health
Thirteenth Regiment
Harvard Architect Walter Swan Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
Walter Dana Swan an architecture instructor at Harvard died after shooting himself in Belmont Cambridge on January 3 He was 30 and had been an assistant in architecture since 1897 and an instructor since 1901 He left a widow and two children and was related to the Goulds of New York.
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Cambridge
Mass
Walter Dana Swan
Harvard University
Belmont
Swan
Harvard
Goulds
New York
Liebler & Co. Robbed of $1145 in Costumes
The storeroom of Liebler & Co theatrical managers at 6 Sixth Avenue was robbed of costumes worth 1145. Mrs Laura Folwell, who managed the premises, was away when thieves struck. She returned half an hour later to find three gowns missing and notified Liebler & Co and the Tenderloin Station.
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Liebler & Co
Sixth Avenue
Laura Folwell
Murphy denounces Mayor McClellan over Voorhis rejection
Charles F. Murphy charges Mayor McClellan with hypocrisy and falsehood after Voorhis was not reappointed as Election Commissioner. Murphy claims the mayor refused Voorhis for not bowing to his press and newspaper ties and urges public disclosure of any unworthy acts by Murphy. The dispute centers on election notices and Tammany Hall leadership with court action possible.
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Charles F. Murphy
McClellan
Voorhis
Murphy
Tammany
McCarren
John H. O'Brien
Mr. Murphy
County of
New York
Tammany. Hall
Tamman Hall
Democratic Organization
Tammany Hall
O’brien
John T. Dooling
Board of Elections
Democratic County Committee
Low
Whic
Clue to Guilty Negroes in Brownsville Raid
Report from San Antonio and Brownsville says Assistant Attorney General Purdy found a clue leading to the arrest and probable conviction of every negro soldier in the Brownsville raid. Lem Reeves testified naming two missing men and damaged Major Penrose and Capt. Macklin, with Reeves to witness the February court martial. Thirteen arrestees now at liberty prompt a inquiry into Gen. McCaskey’s release decision.
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New York Times
San Antonio
Texas
Purdy
Brownsville
Lem Reeves
Fort Brown
Reeves
Penrose
Macklin
McCaskey
City Expenditures Rise To 1906 Payroll Total
Controller Metz released the City Paymaster’s 1906 transactions showing salaries and wages paid to employees at 69,575,359 dollars, an increase of 5,310,311 dollars from 1905.
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Metz
Prisicide hanged as commutation arrives three minutes late
Will Starvey, a Black man, was hanged at Mayorsville Mississippi three minutes before word reached Issaquena County Sheriff that his sentence had been commuted to life imprisonment. Governor Vardaman had informed Harvey's attorney of the reprieve prior to the execution. The murder victim was Pete Bromo in March tast.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Will Starvey
Mayorsville
Issaquena County
Harvey
Vardaman
Issaqguena County
Pete Bromo
Marcn Tast
Briand Law Signed Amid Church State Separation Move
Paris reports the Briand law amending the 1905 church state separation act was signed by the President and proclaimed today. In Nancy, Abbé Jerome reopens the Catholic Seminary as a public education institution under the same law, with classes to resume next week.
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Paris
Nancy
France
Abbé Jerome
Queen Helena Hurt in Motor Car Accident Near Naples
A report in the Galetta Emilia claims Queen Helena, while riding with the King at Capo Di Monte near Naples, jumped from a car fearing a rollover. She injured her leg and spent two months recovering, with the episode kept secret at the time.
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Rome
Gazetta Emilia
Helena
Capo di Monte
Naples
Britain’s treaty with Japan analyzed in crisis clash
The Standard editorial says Britain’s stance in a US Japan quarrel hinges on who provokes. If the US invades Korea Britain would help Japan, but if Japan invades the Philippines it would be a private adventure. Exclusion of Japanese workers from the US not a treaty breach.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Standard
Korea
Philippines
Admiralty Orders Four 800-Ton Submarine Cruisers
The Admiralty orders construction of four submarine cruisers of 800 tons with 15 knot surface speed and 10 knot submerged speed. They will have a 2,500 mile radius of action. France has laid down twenty submarine boats in the past year.
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Paris
Admiralty
$20,000,000 Bullfrog Mines Awarded to Montgomery
Judge Seawell ruled in favor of E. A. Montgomery over C. B. Fleming in a Nevada Bullfrog region mining dispute valued at $20,000,000. The Shoshone, India Johnny, Polaris, and Beatty Townsite groups were involved with anticipated transfer to Charles M. Schwab after title issues were resolved.
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San Francisco
Bullfrog
Nevada
E. A. Montgomery
Z. Seawell
C. B. Fleming
Charles M. Schwab
Polaris
Beatty
Seawell
Fleming
Montgomery
Death Valley
Pugwash Hotel Burns in January Blaze
Pugwash N S leading hotel Central House was destroyed by fire today. Guests escaped without injury. The fire gut the building leaving no chance for salvage. Local firefighters battled the blaze and no casualties were reported.
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Pugwash
Pugwash, N
Actress Eleonora Duse Ill With Pneumonia in Genoa
Genoa reports actress Eleonora Duse is ill with pneumonia. The item briefly notes illness and cites a local update from the city. A stray line refers to a product, Omega Oil for All Aches and Pains, and a trial price of 16 cents.
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Eleonora Duse
Genoa
Omega
Rio
Legality of President's Action Stirred in Brownsville Row
Senator Lodge proposes an amendment testing whether the President acted within legal and constitutional authority when discharging soldiers. Senator Culberson defends the President, arguing the Brownsville shooting involved soldiers, not a citizen conspiracy, and cites Judge Advocate General Davis. The debate centers on impeachment risk and Senate's must pass judgment before further action.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Brownsville
Lodge
Foraker
Senate Committee On
Mr. Foraker
Culberson
Texas
Senator Foraker
Senator Culberson
Mr. Culberson
Major Blocksom
Capt. McDonald
Texas Rangers
Blocksom
Davis
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Southern Pacific
F. H. Newell
Irrigation Service
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Spain
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