Bank to Liquidate as Worth America Closes
The National Bank of North America will not open this morning and will enter voluntary liquidation. Charles A. Hanna, national bank examiner, appointed receiver to liquidate at once. Depositors are expected to be paid in full after heavy withdrawals last week.
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National Bank of North America
Ridgely
Charles A. Hanna
National Bank Examiner
William ¥. Havemeyer
Charles W. Morse
New York
Clearing House Committee
Clearing House Loan Committee
Heinze-Morse-Thomas Nations
Intersts
Mercantile National Bank
New Amsterdam National Bank
Clearing House
Promment Financiers
Matanzas Tow Crew Rescued After Gale Separates Barges
In a deep Atlantic gale, the coal barge Matanzas and two others broke tow from the tug Concord. Capt. Morse and four crewmen were saved by the Italian liner San Giovanni after signaling for help eighty eight miles east of Sandy Hook. The Concord and trailing barges Grafton and Fall River were lost. the San Giovanni arrived to rescue, taking the Matanzas crew to Jersey City.
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Naples
Matanzas
Concord
Point Judith
Fall River
Mauretania
Taylor
Liverpool
Grafton
H. V. Morse
Morse
Philadelphia
Staples
Oa! Company
Taunton
Mass
Newport
Boston
Sandy Hook
William
Frank J. Vargas
Pier C
Jersey City
Plymouth
Williamson
Ship's Commander Dies While On Duty Aboard Georgic
The White Star freighter Georgic arrived after a stormy voyage from Liverpool led by chief officer William Hug while Captain Thomas Kidwell died of pneumonia on January 29. The ship, delayed by heavy gales, had left Liverpool January 11 and Captain Kidwell pressed on despite pleurisy before succumbing. He previously commanded the Tropic in the Liverpool Australia service.
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Georgic
Liverpool
William Hug
Thomas Kidwell
Kidwell
Storm with lightning and sheets of rain hits Pittsburg
A violent winter storm swept Pittsburg, bringing vivid lightning, heavy thunder, and rain in sheets. Winds blew at terrific velocity as barometric pressure dropped to 29.12 inches, indicating the storm center near the city.
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Pittsburg
California orange harvest forecast to break records
San Francisco reports the orange crop harvest in full season and state fruit exchanges estimate a total output of 20,000 carloads or about 9,000,000 boxes and 1,354,000,008 oranges. The harvest will continue through July as advertising notes HAAN'S Restaurant in Park Row Building offering refined cuisine and precise service with music.
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San Francisco
California
Mrs Eddy Moves to Brookline in Secret Transfer
Boston dispatch reports Mary Baker G Eddy founder of Christian Science moved from Pleasant View Concord New Hampshire to a private estate in Brookline Massachusetts. The journey was secret with strict guard and a pilot engine clearing the route. Mrs Eddy arrived at 520 pm settled in a private room as crowds watched and six guards kept watch through the night.
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Boston
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Pleasant View
Concord
N. H
Chestnut Hill
Brookline
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Albany
R. Ashton
Lawrence
Mrs. Eddy
Commonwealth Avenue
Secon
Calvin A. Frye
Eddy
John Lathrop
Arthur Bosburgh
John Salchow
Sarah Sargent
Sarah Clark
Mary Scott
American Torpedo Flotilla Arrives in Buenos Aires Harbor
The American torpedo flotilla reached Buenos Aires on January 26 escorted by Argentine torpedo boats. Commander Cone praised the reception as marines and guards lined the docks while a warm exchange of greetings occurred with the Argentine fleet off Flores Island. The ships will stay until Thursday then proceed toward Sandy Point in the Strait of Magellan.
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Buenos Ayres
Rio de Janeiro
Moreno
Ministry of Marine
Enriqueta
Cone
Flores Island
Sandy Point
Strait of Magellan
Buenos Ayres Enacts Budget Decree Shuts Congress
Buenos Ayres reports an executive decree dissolving extraordinary sessions and enacting the 1907 budget amid Senate obstruction. President Alcorta defends the move and warns of force to quell opposition while expecting no serious trouble. Montevideo notes rumors of exile for ex President Roca and possible revolution with ships heading to Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Ayres
Congress
Senate
Alcorta
Montevideo
Julio Roca
Woman Who Rejected Lincoln Dies at 85
Mrs Mary Frances Reiley aged eighty five who in 1839 rejected Abraham Lincoln's proposal of marriage has died in Sioux City Iowa on January 26. The obituary notes her long life and the famous rejection linked to the future president.
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Tribune
Sioux City
Iowa
Mary Frances Reiley
Abraham Lincoln
Death in Tunnel Blast Kills Three in Hudson Tunnel
Early yesterday morning a premature dynamite blast in the North Bergen end of the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel under the Hudson killed three men and badly injured five others. Coroner Schlemm will conduct an inquest. the nearest workers died instantly, with others injured but the tunnel sustaining little damage.
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North Bergen
Hudson
Richard Schlemm
Fire destroys wholesale block on Middle Street in Portland
A major blaze at 154 to 166 Middle Street in Portland wipes out the brick block housing Milliken, Cousens & Co. and A. E. Cox & Son. Stock losses total $840,000 with substantial insurance, and fire crews from Lewiston are aiding as the downtown wholesale district faces danger near the city’s bank buildings. The mill town building ownership ties to Seth M. Milliken and the Deering estate. The City Hall burned last week.
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Portland
Middle Street
Milliken, Cousens & Co
A. E. Cox & Son
A. F. Cox & Son
Sloop Pittsburg Sails Home After Icy Gale and Fire
The sloop Pittsburg with eight crew under Captain George Jeffries battled snow rain and gales off the Long Island coast. Cables snapped lifeboats smashed. A fire broke out but was quenched. Crew members have frostbite and exhaustion but reached Atlantic City port after nearly a week at sea with a jury mast and small sail.
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The
Tribune
Atlantic City
Pittsburg
George Jeffries
Long Island
New York
French Repulse Moors Near Tangier Battle
At Tangier on January 23 Zenataia and Ouled Ali tribes attacked French troops as the Littoral and Medioina columns joined. The tribes formed a crescent across four miles but were repulsed after four hours of fighting. One French officer and five privates were wounded nosed during the clash.
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Tangier
Yarmouth Fight Over Thaw Cash In Court
Pittsburg Jan 26 Attorneys for the Thaw estate report the Earl of Yarmouth will contest claims to Miss Alice Thaw’s fortune arguing a signed agreement before her marriage would pass her assets to the House of Hertford if she died childless. London lawyers deem the document genuine and say the fortune should stay with the earl’s family.
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the Tribune
Pittsburg
Thaw
Earl of Yarmouth
Countess of Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Countess of
Yarmouth
House of Hertford
London
Nantucket Lightship Drifts Five Miles in Storm
Newport R I Jan during the fierce storm last Friday Lightship 66 guarding Nantucket shoals was carried five miles from her position and steamed back again unassisted according to information received tonight at the naval torpedo station here.
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Newport
R. 1
Nantucket Shoals
Naval Torpedo Station
Death of Lady Ichijo Mother of the Empress
An official notice reports the death yesterday of Lady Ichijo mother of the Empress Haruko. She died at eighty. Empress Haruko is the daughter of Prince Ichijo Tadaka and was married to the Mikado on February 9, 1869. She had one brother and several sisters. The Pennsylvania Special train to Chicago runs from New York at 11:55 PM, arriving Chicago at 8:55 AM.
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Tokio
Ichijo
Haruko
Japan
Ichijo Tadaka
Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
Taft on Progress in the Philippines
President transmits Secretary Taft's nine year report on American rule in the Philippines to Congress. He endorses Taft's findings, notes stability, development, and a path toward self-government for Filipinos, with cautions on timing and sugar tobacco policy. Also includes Taft recommendations on trade rules and land and mining laws.
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Washington
Manila Bay
Taft
Archipelago
Congress
Philippines
William McKinley
United States of
Benguet
United States
Philippine Islands
Senate
House of Representatives
Smith
Cuba
International
Philippine Assembly
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
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