Rebels seize Mexicali as border insurrection widens
Mexicali, Lower California, site of a rebel capture with little resistance. The jailer was killed when he refused to free prisoners. Rebels seized the Custom House and border barracks. Leyva and Barthold lead about eight men smuggling arms from California to fuel a planned broader uprising across northwestern Mexico.
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Mexicali
Lower
California
Mexico
Catexico
Cal
Imperial Valley
Southern Pacific Railway
Imperial Junction
Siyeing
Leyva
Simon Barthold
Los Angeles
Barthold
Hoitville
Adobe
International Line
Erratas
Bitton
Rome
Bar*hold
Swing
Imperial County
Meadows
Calexico
Barthola
Qrainland
Gulf of California
Ensenada
Poser as Heir of France Holds Court in Paris
The self styled Prince of Bourbon, backed by a Senate commission claiming his France by descent, hosted a private reception at a Gare Saint Lazare apartment. He greets guests as Monseigneur and asserts his aim to gain citizenship while denying plans to oppose the republic.
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New York
Tryzs
France
Republic
Louis XVI
Blue Laws in Plainfield Herald Reform Drive
Special to The Nee York Times from Plainfield New Jersey reports Mayor George W V May enforcing strict Sabbath observance his Sunday selling crackdown mirrors Pilgrim era life. Stores closed food medicine limited and vendors must observe Saturday worship or face arrest by police court action.
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Nee York Times
Plainfield
New England
Pilgrim Fathers
George W. V. May
New York
May
North Ned
North Plainfield
Somerset County
Police Board
Fire aboard steamship Wildenfells near Tompkinsville
The freight steamship Wildenfells bound from Calcutta caught fire in her hold off Fire Island while under tow by United States revenue cutter Seneca. Crew fought the blaze as fireboats and daylight aided in the response. damage appears limited to cargo, vessel undamaged, Captain Kurkens and crew acted quickly.
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Wildenfells
Kurkens
Tompkinsville
United States Revenue
Seneca
Fire Island
Ambrose Channel
Calcutta
Boy With Rifle Kills Girl in Accidental Shooting
In New York, 13 year old Vincent O Toole was cleaning a rifle in the parlor when it fired, killing 23 year old Rose Zillmerman, a servant for Timothy O Toole, at 210 East Wighty seventh Street. The shot struck the left eye and she died at Presbyterian Hospital. Investigators say the incident was accidental as the boy prepared for a trip to Stamford, Conn., to shoot rabbits.
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Rose Zillmerman
Timothy O'Toole
East Wighty-seventh Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Vincent O'Toole
Young O'Toole
Stamford
Conn
Rabbite
Zimmerman
Wes
Hamburg Duel Ends in Bloodshed and Town Turmoil
In Hamburg Mississippi a duel on a railway car led to the death of Charles Stewart, a flagman, after which Andrew Heron, owner of a local hotel, unleashed a terror spree. Bloodhounds tracked him to Natchez as panic gripped the town. a larger posse pursued.
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New York Times
Hamburg
Miss
Andrew Heron
Charles Stewart
Heron
Stewart
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
McNair
Héron
German Explorer Claims Atlantis in Africa Near Gulf of Guinea
Berlin reports Leorobenius, leader of a German inner Africa expedition, says he has found proofs of Plato’s Atlantis in northwestern Africa near the equator. He cites a bronze head bearing Poseidon’s insignia and links to Athenians, proposing a nine thousand year old lost continent.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Leorobenius
Togo
New York Tes
Atlantis
Africa
Pally
Solon
Poseidon
Neptune
Feeidan
Hermann
Theogor Im Deere
Aes
Platofé
Athenia
Vine Island
Asia Minor
Agiatti
Rae Saas
Impending Doom of Our Wild Life
William T. Hornaday discusses in a Times feature the threat to wildlife and the idea of transmitting a gameless continent to posterity in next Sunday's issue.
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William
Armed Reserves Called as Anarchist Parade Clashes with Police
About 2,000 anarchists march down Broadway in a protest linked to Japan's executions. Samuel Friedman leads with a red banner from East Ninety-eighth Street, clashing with Officer Reilly on Leonard Street who confiscates the banner. The march fragments after confrontations, one man severely injured.
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Broadway
Marseillaise
Samuel Friedman
East Ninety-eighth Street
Webbster Hall
East Eleventh Street
Japan
Alexander Berkman
Baystol Boyeson
Leonard B. Abbott
Friedman
Leonard Street
Po- Heeman
Reilly
Seaman
Wiigebeth
Ates Valentine
East Tw
Kisman
Avel
Earth
New York Press Agent A J Shortell Injured in Seattle
In Seattle near the hotel district last night at midnight A J Shortell of New York, press agent for the Mary Mannering company, was badly beaten in an incident on Occidental Avenue near the Seattle Hotel. The assault occurred in the heart of the business district with injuries reported but details scarce. Shortell, traveling on assignment, is connected to publicity efforts for the Mary Mannering troupe.
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New York Times
Seattle
Wash
Occidental Avenue
A.j.shortell
New York
Mary. Mannering 1 Company
Irish Party appeals for funds after costly elections
Dublin reports the Irish Party's annual appeal notes that recent elections taxed finances as it fought Unionists and Irish factionists. It says Americans funded most of the cost, with victory within reach and a call for continued support from Ireland’s friends.
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Dublin
Irish Party
Unionist
America
Friends of Ireland
Five youths escape from St. Joseph's Asylum by rope
Five youngsters slipped from the second floor of St. Joseph's Asylum for Destitute Children at Avenue A and Eighty-ninth Street before dawn. Patrolman Martin found them near Third Avenue and Eighty-ninth Street, shivering. Captain Martens provided breakfast, and Captain Strassburger notified the asylum about the disappearance. The boys were sent to the Children's Society and will be arraigned in the Children's Court.
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St. Joseph's Asylum
Avenue A
Eighty-ninth Street
Third Avenue
Hightyninth Street
Martin
Hest Highty-eighth Street
Martens
Pierre Strassburger
Children’s Society
City Counsel William Lord Quarantined With Scarlet Fever
Orange New Jersey January 29 City Counsel William A Lord is confined to bed at his Park Avenue home with scarlet fever. Not a severe case but he must stay in bed for four weeks and conduct only telephone business. He plans to appear before the Public Utilities Commission on February 7 as his legislative program proceeds. He has telephone access at his bedside to stay connected.
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New York Times
Orange
N. J
William A. Lord
Park Avenue
Public Utilities Commission
Lord
Village Fire Leaves Hall and Ald Battered
Fire devastates Creighton's Hall and adjacent buildings including the Opera House and banquet hall. A bucket brigade fought the blaze while authorities reported four automobiles burned and several shops damaged. Firemen regained control as crews assessed damage.
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Ald
Osderishark
Creighton
Justice of the Office
Co Gational Church Pathe
Murphy's Tige Strayed from Good Ground Home
Charles F Murphy reports his ferocious dog Tige missing from the Good Ground home. The dog, named after Tammany's tiger symbol, caused concern as Murphy left for Albany and the incident is viewed as possibly signaling an omen or political suspense.
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Charles. F. Murphy
Tige
Tammany
Good Ground
L. L
Boy Inventor Blinded Trying to Warn Rail Engineers
Floyd B. Merrill a seventeen year old department store wrapper was blinded when testing an electric safety device for defective track. The Pennsylvania Railroad offered him 48000 or life annuity. Merrill says he perfected the invention and will sell it to provide for his family though he cannot work.
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New York Times
Seattle
Wash
Pennsylvania Railroad
Floyd B. Merrill
Merrill
Whipped by a Countess in Alaska and Missing Daughter Case
In Shattle Washington A F Ruser Nome City Bank cashier is flogged by two men in Hotel Archibald at the pretext of meeting an old Alaskan friend. Meanwhile Francis Arnold seeks clues to daughter Dorothy’s disappearance, detailing efforts by lawyers and detectives to locate her through friends, hospitals, and Griscom in Italy.
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New York
Shattle
Wash
Archibald
Nome
Alaska
A. B
Northwest
Peek
Francis R. Arnold
F. R. Art Co
Dorothy
East & Ty-Ninth Street
S. Keith
Armstrong
Wall Street
Nold
Keith
Lloyd C. Com
Italy
George S. Griscom, Jr
Miss Arnold
el T
Griscom
Arnold
Nold’s
Brentano’s
Miss Dorothy
Mr. Griscom
Pittsburg
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