President Roosevelt linked to Pittsburg graft arrest
A sweeping Pittsburg graft case ends with the arrest of nine officials and bankers after a sets up sting with a detective partner. The inquiry traces back to a 1906 payment to gain a city depository contract, with Major Guthrie and Director Lang overseeing hearings and possible further arrests.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Finance Committee of Councils
Fourth Avenue
Fort Pitt
Mowey
Major Guthrie
German National Bank
Guthrie
Scranton
Robert Wilson
Municipal League of
Penn
Wilson
Foy
Lang
McQuaide
Voters’ League
Director Lang
Public Sefety Department
Cay
Stiff Storm Paralyzes City Traffic Across Manhattan
A heavy snowstorm after 7 PM halted almost all transport from elevated trains to taxi cabs. Snow coated roads and tracks, causing widespread delays, stranded drivers, and crowded shelters as temperatures dropped from 35 to 24 degrees. Several liners and ferry pilots navigated slowly while street crews mobilized to clear four inches of snowfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
Weather Bureau
New York
Bowery Mission
Municipal Lodging House
Ousted Venezuelan President and Wife Targeted in Home Section
The ousted president Cipriano Castro and his wife Mme Castro are reported in the capital city with a section of their home affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Castro
Berlin
Tri State Snowstorm Closes City in White Blanket
Philadelphia reports the first severe snowstorm of the season beginning around 2 PM and continuing through the night. Snow depth reaches three and a half inches by midnight with widespread impact across Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Philadelphia
Christmas Mail Thefts And Train Collision Reported
A Kansas City mail pouch with sixty pounds of registered Christmas packages was stolen from Belt Line station. In Chicago a mail coach with presents was burned after a collision between trains, injuring a clerk who leaped to safety and overturning an engine. An explosion and fire followed the crash as gas tanks ignited amid Christmas piles. Advertisements tout Florida trains and services conclude the clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Belt Line
Chicago
Ave
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago & Alton
Morgan pays 120000 for fifteen Caxtons at auction
A Manchester paper reports J. P. Morgan paid 120000 dollars for fifteen Caxtons from the library of Lord Amherst of Hackney, recently sold at auction in Manchester England on December 23.
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Manchester
England
J. P. Morgan
Lord Amherst
Hackney
Dash Through Flames at Ohio School Fire
In Circleville Ohio on December 22 a blaze trapped forty two district school 5 students inside as windows were barred. Teacher Luther Compton ordered each child to run through the flames to the doorway the only escape route and all were saved with the teacher last to exit.
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Circleville
Ohio
Luther Compton
Vessel Artere Lost With Seventeen Sailors Believed
A St. Pierre dispatch reports the French bark Artere, sailing from France November 8 with salt for Gaston Menter, probably lost with seventeen crew. Life bells bearing the vessel’s name were found on the English coast, ending hopes of survival.
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North Sydney
N. S
St. Pierre
Artere
France
Gaston Menter
Death on Williamsburg Bridge Averted R e a c h e s
Mr and Mrs John Carney of Brooklyn and Mr and Mrs Thomas Carney of Tarrytown narrowly escaped death when a runaway coach on the Williamsburg Bridge swerved and tangled with ironwork. Driver Michael Branchi kept control as a runaway gate halted the crisis and the passengers survived uninjured.
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John Carney
Adelphi Street
Brooklyn
Thomas Carney
North Frances Street
Tarrytown
Williamsburg Bridge
Michael Brancli
East 74Th Street
Brands
Roosevelt Names Lincoln as Ideal Great Heart of Public Life
Chicago date reports President Theodore Roosevelt endorses Abraham Lincoln as the ideal Great Heart of public life and calls Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress one of the greatest books. A letter to Rev. Duncan C. Milner confirms the attribution and Roosevelt's view.
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Chicago
John Bunyan
President Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Duncan C. Milner
Roosevelt
Dr. Milnner
Bunyan
Theodore Roosevelt
Fire at Herald Square Theatre forces evacuation and damages
A fire broke out near the end of The Three Twins at Herald Square Theatre as flames burst from the balcony. About fourteen hundred spectators fled calmly while De Witt Copworth and police officers averted panic. The front roof, balcony, and Shubert offices were damaged, with estimated losses up to 360,000.
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Dred Persons
Herald Square Theatre
Three Twins
Herald Square
Clifton Crawford
Copworth
The
Shuberts
Lee Shubert
Inspector McCluskey
Kirwan
Walden
Broadway
Reginald Vanderbilt
Carrol D. Winslow
Murray W. Stewart
Atlanta
Lew Fields
Sam S
Aquarium
John Stetson
New Park Theatre
Theatre Comique
Edward Harrigan
Harrigan
McAlister
Will
Castro's Rule Ended New Era in Venezuela
Caracas dispatch reports Cipriano Castro ousted as Gomez takes leadership amid student protests and elite defections. Arrests of conspirators including Torres Cardenas thwart a plot to seize power, while Gomez forms a new cabinet and seeks stable ties with Holland and Germany to ease Venezuela's international conflicts.
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Castro
Venezuela
Gomez
Sancho Panza
Caracas
Don Quixote
Federal District
General Cardenas
Carlos Leon
New York
Bolivar
Alcantara
Gomistas
Willemstad
Curacao
Cipriano Castro
Republic
Yellow House
Torres-Cardenas
Gomes
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Law
Inquiry
Captain Ousted
Award McGough
Lange
McGought
Public Safety Department
McGough
John S. Hershey
Phila-delphia
Frankstown Avenue
Penn Township
Hebron
Hershey
Hebron Street Railway
Messrs
Wasson
Ferguson
Brand
Klein
Melaney
G. A. Hoge
G A. Hogg Machine Works
Joseph B. Shea
National Bank of Western Pennsylvania
Soffel
Peter Soffel
Edward Davison
Charlies P. Naser
Atkinson
Samuel Wainwright
Frank McCann
Inter- Stec i. Traction
Attorders
Ne More
Fire Island
Hamburg
Lloyd
Nevordam
Red Star
Kroonland
Mme. Castro
Tri-State
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line
Florida Information Bureau
Bway
Cor
Caxtons
Lincoln
Herald SQ. Theatre
Old Playhouse
of de Witt
C. Copworth
Hansen
McClusky
Inspector McClusky
Charles Fitz
Charles Hyams
Sackett
Croker
Ideal Florida
Seaboard Air Line
Florida Fast Mail
Seaboard Florida Limited
Popular Rising
Dr. Paul
Plaza Bolivar
Juan Vicente Gomez
Europe
Pedro Maria Cardenas
Cardenas
Simon Bolivar
Augusta
Aiken
South Southern Ry
Thweatt
E P
Ven
Ezuela
la Guayra
Bank of Venezuela
Cable Fits
Paris
Europa
Baron von
Holland
M. de Reus
High Federal Court
Garbiras Guzmam
Germany
José de Jesus Paul
Ister
Leopoldo Baptista
Ous
Dewey's
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
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