Ocean Rail Will Carry Travelers From Key West to Cuba
The Florida East Coast Line extension opens this week enabling rail travelers to reach Cuba by a combined rail and steamer route. Passengers ride through coral keys and palm groves to Knight's Key before a six hour steamer trip to Cuba, cutting New York to Havana travel time by about a third.
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the Tribune
Key West
Fla
Florida East Coast Line
Atlantic
Gulf of Florida
Voyager By Ocean
Knight's Key
United States
Cuba
Antilles
New York
Chicago
Florida Keys Rail Road: Flagler’s Sea Rail Near Key West
A two mile section of the concrete viaduct extends over the sea as Henry M Flagler’s Florida Keys railway advances toward Key West. Four thousand workers have pushed the project two years ahead of schedule, with Knights Key serving as a temporary terminus and plans to continue toward Havana 115 miles away. Flagler’s expenditure nears twenty million dollars to link Cuba and the United States by a steel highway.
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Henry M. Flagler
Coral Reef
Florida
Miami
Key West
Florida Keys
Long Key
Knights Key
Knight's Key
Havana
Flagler
Cuba
United States
Hughes Appeals to Farmers Over Gambling Ban
Albany dispatch reports Governor Hughes urging support for abolishing racetrack gambling. Farmers groups including Union Town and County Agricultural Associations debate changes, with the unions resisting unless a permanent $250,000 yearly appropriation is guaranteed. The governor met with farmers, pressed legal enforcement, and warned against ignoring constitutional provisions.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Union Town Agricultural Societies
Agricultural Associations
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Honduran Legation Secretary Taken to Bellevue for Mental Evaluation
Manuel H. Ugarte twenty four year old secretary of the Honduran legation in Washington was brought to Bellevue Hospital from the Plaza Hotel accompanied by his uncle Urkano Ugarte. He resisted admission to the psychopathic ward and was placed under arrest by Patrolman Hatchmaker. His uncle Dr Angel Ugarte a Honduran minister said the youth had escaped from a Washington sanatorium and had jewelry purchased with no means to pay. He talked of an impending marriage and will stay at Bellevue for assessment.
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Manuel H. Ugarte
Legation
Washington
Bellevue Hospital
Plaza Hotel
Urkano Ugarte
Hatchmaker
Angel Ugarte
Honduras
Fleming
Gregory
New York
Tiffany’s
Plaza
Legation of
Bellevue
Honduran Legation Secretary Dr Manuel Ugarte Missing
Dr Manuel H Ugarte secretary to the Honduran Legation and nephew of Minister Dr Angel Ugarte left the Willard Hotel Tuesday night and may have gone to New York. A physician graduate and Central American peace conference supporter he previously sought hospital treatment for a nervous disorder. His uncle sailed to New York to arrange support.
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Tribune
Washington
Manuel H. Ugarte
Angel Ugarte
Honduras
United States
George Washington Hospital
Willard Hotel
Legation
New York
Crane Hughes Meeting Rumors Stir Political Winds
Washington dispatch reports Senator Winthrop Murray Crane plans no management of any Hughes presidential campaign. Albany notes Governor Hughes heads to New York for speaking engagements incl Carnegie Hall for Booker T. Washington and events at Hotel Astor and the Pennsylvania Alumni Association.
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Washington
Winthrop Murray Crane
Massachusetts
New York
Congressional Limited
Crane
Hughes
Albany
Taft
Senate
H Hughes
J Unis
Ren
Carnegie Hall
Booker TV
Tuskegee Institute
West Side
Republican Clu
Hotel Astor
Pennsylvania
Richards receivers appointed in Boston on Richards firms
Judge Lowell appointed Francis W. Hunnewell II as receiver for the George Livingston Richards Company and the Agnew Auto Mailing Machine Company after investors complained of mismanagement and fraud. The petition cited large liabilities, assets cited, and ongoing litigation involving Richards and his ventures.
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Boston
George Livingston Richards
Europe
Richards
Francis W. Hunnewell
Lowell
United States Circuit Court
Agnew Auto-mailing Machine Company
Leander J. Cavanaugh
Richards Publishing Company, Limited
Brookline
Bernard Richards
Richards Syndicate
Agnew Auto
Richmond
George Livingston ‘Richards Company
Goodwin
Arthur D. Hill
Richard
Walter Buie
Secretary of the CommonWealth
Senate Finance Committee Backs Aldrich Emergency Currency Increase
The Senate Finance Committee met twice on the Aldrich bill and tentatively agreed to raise emergency currency from 250 million to 500 million, widen eligible counties and towns, and grant reserve privileges to mid sized cities where no large city exists. They expect to report the measure unanimously next week and adjourn to reconvene Monday. Democratic caucus opposition faltered as Teller and Bailey warned unified action was unlikely.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Culberson
Bride Robbed of Husband in Jealous Suit
Fall River Massachusetts January 16 After a church ceremony Antone Kluss married Alexandra Kietkow then two policemen arrested him on a civil warrant for breach of promise sworn by Mary Suelty She claimed Kluss promised to marry her and planned to leave the state to dodge the suit.
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Fall River
Antone Kluss
Alexandra Kietkow
Mary Suelty
Kluss
Torpedoes Show Speed in Naval Tests at Newport
Newport R I January 16 A speed of thirty one knots for a range of 3896 yards and a speed of thirty two knots for a greater range are the records of the new Whitehead torpedoes tested by Commander Albert Gleaves at the naval torpedo station. The weapons form part of the governments contract from abroad received recently and are undergoing official acceptance trials from stationary tubes and the torpedo boat Morris.
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Newport, R. L
Albert Gleaves
Naval Torpedo Station
Morris
Doctor collapses in tunnel air pressure incident in Brooklyn
Dr C Daley assistant manager of the New York Bill Posting Company fainted from air pressure in the East River tunnel and was unconscious on Borough Hall station steps. Dr Anderson of Brooklyn Hospital treated him for nearly two hours before he was taken home.
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New York
Bill Posting Company
East River
Borough Hall
Anderson
Brooklyn Hospital
Mr. Daley
Municipaluilding
Brooklyn
Eastth Street
Gallagher
Adams Street
Central Engine Seized for Taxes in Rochester Yard
William Smith city tax collector seized a New York Central locomotive at East Rochester yards after serving a warrant for back taxes owed to Rochester. The railroad owes $6,699.29 plus interest for taxes due July 1, 1907. The engine was taken to the roundhouse and will be advertised for sale after six days unless blocked.
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Rochester
William Smith
East Rochester
New York Central Railroad
Smith
New York Central Railroad Company
Nearly Two Hundred Cicero Codices Lost From Library
In Perugia on January 16 a theft has erased about two hundred second century codices by Cicero from the Municipal Library. The missing works are among the rarest specimens and their loss causes a public sensation.
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Perugia
Cicero
FINDs BROTHER AFTER MANY YEARS
Springfield mass January 16 a victim of gold fever Thomas Bates then seventeen ran away from home in 1832. His brother Charles now of Webster learned of his fate through Civil War volunteer lists and a Tennessee Soldiers Home map. Charles left to meet his long lost brother and offer a home and a share of his fortune.
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Springfield
Mass
Thomas Bates
Kim
Charles
Webster
California
Tennessee
Charles Bates
George Ade Dies as Indiana Delegation Turmoil Emerges
A note from Indianapolis reports George Ade’s death and his friends rally to replace him as a Republican National Convention delegate, signaling ongoing party maneuvering and reorganization in Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Jan
George Ade
Haitian Revolution Advances From Gonaives Toward Port au Prince
Juneau landed near Gonaives sixty five miles northwest and occupied that town as revolutionaries move on Port au Prince. The government rushes troops to Archahaie to halt the insurgents while Port au Prince remains calm and Nord vows strong measures. Reports say Jadette may have been shot, but confirmation is lacking.
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Gonaives
Port-au-Prince
Archahaie
Celestin Cyriaque
Nord
Jadette
President to appoint new Plattsburg customs chief
The President will replace Walter Witherbee as collector of customs at Plattsburg. The successor will be named around the first of the month. Witherbee, a local millionaire and former Essex County Republican leader, has fallen out with party organizers and his reappointment is questioned as he is considered a Hughes man by some.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Walter Witherbee
Plattsburg
Essex County
Witherbee
Certelyou
Mr. Witherbee
Hughes
Taftman
White House
Governor Faction Fights for Open Vote in County Committee
In Lyric Hall New York the Parsons Taft camp defeats Hughes alignment on a key point of order before adjourning the meeting without endorsing Governor Hughes. Senator Page pressed for an open vote while Odell allies argued, with Henry Mack and Frank Raymon among others switching sides in a tense procedural clash. The roll call shows 222 against 202 in favor of Hughes indorsement defeat.
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Taft
Republican County Committee of
New York
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Mack
Halpin
Saratoga
Odell
Senator Page
William Halpin
Bennet
Odell- Hughes
Abraham Gruber
Charles E.i Hughes
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Harry Mack
Stewart L. Woodford
Prentice
Frank Raymon
Frank Brookfield
Sharps
Page
Roberts
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