Record jam on bridge friction in new service
Friction and panic marked the first day of the through train service across the Brooklyn Bridge during rush hours. Crowds surged onto mezzanine and street levels, injuring two women and injuring others, as gates failed and trains stalled for up to an hour. Officials blamed motormen inexperience and guard spacing, while police and bridge staff worked to restore order and speed, with optimism that improvements would follow.
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Richmond Street
Laura Weinbers
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Bridge Department
Railroad Commission
Lexington Avenue
Fraoklin Rapid Transit
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M. Ingersoll
Edward M. Bassett
Public Service
Tve
Miss Callahan
WS. Minden
Brooklyn
Park Row
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Butes
Path
Bay Ridge
Coney Island
Funeral of Ouida Follows by Maid and Dogs
Florence mourns with Ouida buried in poverty. Her body, laid in Bagni di Licca’s English cemetery, is accompanied only by a single maid and a dozen starving dogs she fed. Her last manuscripts go to the maid.
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Florence
Buenos Ayres Guards Congress After Decree Closure
Police occupy the Congress building to bar Senators and Deputies from taking possession after the executive decree closes Congress. Troops remain in barracks as a precaution with no disturbances reported.
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Buenos Ayres
Congress
Three Die In Open Boat After Eclipse Sinks
The American coal ship Eclipse under Captain C B Larsen foundered January 11 in the Pacific north of Hana Maui. Of the crew only Captain Larsen the mate and eleven men survived reaching land at Hana. The 1595 ton wooden vessel built in 1878 by Gross and Sawyer of Bath Maine carried coal from Newcastle Australia to San Francisco.
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Eclipse
C. B. Larsen
Newcastle
Australia
San Francisco
Larsen
Hana
Maui
Gross & Sawyer
Bath
Rebellion Rumors Stir Honduras Ahead of Election
Uproar rumors reach the State Department about an uprising or invasion in Honduras. Leaders reportedly fled to Guatemala during the last revolt, with the revival tied to presidential elections set for tomorrow.
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Washington
Honduras
State Department
Guatemala
Americans attacked in Congo expedition led by Mohun
Brussels reports say the American Congo Company expedition under R Dorsey Mohun was attacked by natives and forced to withdraw from the Congo Free State interior after months of travel. The party also included S P B Verner A Chester Beatty and W Ball seeking concessions and investments for Ryan Guggenheims and other capitalists in rubber mining and railroads.
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R. Dorsey Mohun
Congo Free State
American Congo Company
Mr. Mohun
Boma
S. PB. Verner
A. Chester Beatty
5. W. Ball
Thomas F. Ryan
Guggenheims
Belgium
Second receivership for Chicago and Milwaukee Electric
In Chicago on January 27 judges appointed a second receiver for the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company within a month, on the petition of interests favorable to current management. A receiver was also named for A. C. Frost & Co., the banking firm that financed the road’s bond issues, with Mr Frost serving as president of the railroad company.
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Chicago
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company
Grosscup
United States Court
Hindu Fakir Arrested in Silk Theft Case
Sahit N Budakji described as Hindu fakir was arrested in St Louis on information from Prince Hanji Smile. He is held while police investigate the theft of 23500 worth Oriental silks from the V F P Bhumegara Company of India, for which he worked at Jamestown during the exposition.
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St. Louis
Jan
Ameer
Beluchistan
Bhumgara Company
Atlantic City
Sailor Dies by Suicide at St Gregorys Hospital
A homeless sailor named Andrew Swenson died after harming himself at St. Gregorys Hospital on Gold Street. Found by Catharine and South streets, he was admitted suffering from alcoholism and died within an hour despite three quarters of an hour of surgery.
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St. Gregory's Hospital
Gold Street
Andrew Swenson
Catharine
South Streets
Palmer
Wagner’s Ring in English at Covent Garden
Covent Garden presented Des Reingold in English under conductor Dr. Hans Richter with a multinational cast. American tenor Mr Whitehall sang Wotan as Die Walkure Siegfried and Götterdämmerung were scheduled for the week with repeats planned the following week.
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London
Des Reingold
Hans Richter
Covent Garden
Whitehall
Wotan
Siegfried
Indemnity Hold Up Sounds In Boxer Damages Bill
Washington January 27 The Lodge bill to remit about 13 million dollars of Boxer indemnity due from China is delayed in the House as claimants seek to block passage until their claims are settled The China and Japan Trading Company has pressed for interest on a prior claim contested by the State Department and the commission that adjudicated damages The Foreign Affairs Committee has a sub committee to hear the companys attorney Friday and the episode follows a raid on the State Department after a 24 million distribution for Boxers damages was announced with a missionary womans jewelry claim noted.
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Washington
United States
China
Department of State
China and Japan Trading Company
China and Japan
State Department
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Congress
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Perkins, Denby
Gill
China and Japan Company
Department
Miniatures Recovered After London Theft
Three royal miniatures the Duchess of Fife the Queen of Norway and Princess Victoria belonging to Queen Alexandra have been returned to the studio in London after a theft. There is no clue to the thief.
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London
Duchess of Fife
Queen of
Norway
Princess Victoria
Queen Alexandra
Palmer held on charge of depriving guard member of employment
Syracuse January 27 George A Palmer is arrested on an indictment alleging he discharged a member of the 41st Separate Company for attending the state camp. Palmer furnished bail.
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Syracuse
George A. Palmer
National Guard
41St Separate
Palmer
Cabman Bischoff crashes into tunnel injuring horses
Fred Bischoff of 4318 Fifth Avenue Brooklyn drove into a tunnel at Church avenue and Orean Boulevard with his carriage killing both of his horses and injuring himself. A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals official shot the animals and traffic was halted while workers removed them. Doctor Cahill of Kings County Hospital attended the driver.
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Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Church Avenue
Orean Boulevard
Bischoff
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Taffic
Cahill
Kings County Hospital
Taft Dinner Blocked by Yale Officials in Yale Hall
The Taft Club of Connecticut is barred from hosting a dinner for Secretary William H. Taft in Yale dining hall as Yale officials refuse political use of university facilities. Taft plans to visit New Haven February 19 to address the Young Men's Republican Club and attend a Yale Corporation meeting, with Frank Butterworth heading the club’s thousand member organization.
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New Haven
Taft Club
Connecticut
William H. Taft
Yale
Frank Butterworth
Taft
Stokes
Deney
Ton
Taft Will Come Here On February 19 To Address the Young Men's Republican Club
Yale Corporation
Hindus Driven From Marysville by Local Mob
Twenty residents of Live Oak attacked two houses housing seventy Hindus discharged by the Southern Pacific company. The mob forced the Indians to leave town, driving them to the town edge. One Hindu reported theft of 1559 dollars to the British Consul in San Francisco after fleeing to Yuba City.
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Cal
Cqub
Southern Pacific Company
Yuba City
San Francisco
Resignation of Sir Antony MacDonnell Reported
Dublin January 27 reports that Sir Antony Patrick MacDonnell, Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has resigned from his post.
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A. Macdonnell
Dublin
Antony Patrick MacDonnell
Ireland
Telegraphic News Notes From Across The Nation
A collection of brief dispatches: New Richmond reports 14 below zero as the coldest day of winter. in Kentucky no quorum halted the Legislature and no ballot was taken for a US Senator. San Francisco announces the cruiser South Dakota is in commission at Mare Island under Captain C E Fox. Taft leaves for Cleveland to address the Tippecanoe Club. In Chicago Dr Franz Dobija, famed in Austria, found near death from apparent gas exposure. New Orleans recounts a clash between reporters and Whitaker supporters leaving several injured and one under arrest after a photo attempt following the case delay. Leveque, editor, observes the scene.
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Ee Frankfort
United States
San Francisco
South Dakota
Union Iron Works
Mare Island Navy Yard
C. E. Fox
Washington
Taft
Cleveland
Tippecanoe Club
Chicago
Franz Dobila
Austria
Dobija
New Orleans
Edward S. Whitaker
Whitaker
Joseph Ek. Leveque
Million to Museum Bequest by Mr Jesup
The will of Morris K Jesup who died at his Madison Avenue home leaves 1 million dollars to the American Museum of Natural History to be a permanent fund. He also bequeaths 8000 to the Westport Congregational Church and a portrait of General Washington to the New York Chamber of Commerce. His widow receives the residuary estate. Executrices include Mrs Jesup and Thomas De Witt Jesup.
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Madison Avenue
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American Museum of Natural History
Brick Presbyterian Church
27Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Ars. W. R. Richards
Thomas de Witt Jesup
Joan FE. Parsons
City of
New York
Congregational Church
Westport
Conn
Westport Cemetery
New York Chamber of Commerce
General Washington
Gilbert Stuart
Lenox
Mass
Pennsylvania Railroad Shops to Close Delays
Telegraph from Wilmington Delaware reports shops to close from tomorrow through Saturday affecting eight hundred workers as part of a reduced schedule. In Altoona Pennsylvania five thousand locomotive repair shop workers were told closures would continue until next Monday after weeks of thirty two hour weeks.
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Tribune
Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Fpenn
Cleveland Unemployed Parade Demands City Work
About two thousand unemployed men gathered in the public square of Cleveland to petition for city work with red ribbon armbands. Processions formed from across the city. police maintained order while petitions to the City Council urged public improvements to proceed regardless of bond issues. Most speakers used non English languages. no arrests were reported.
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Cleveland
Pittsburg Council Approves $2,523 Bond for City Improvements
The Pittsburg council passed an ordinance authorizing a bond issue of 2,523 for improvements. Of the funds 1,200,000 will extend the Allegheny filtration plant, 55,000 for street repaving, and 658,000 to extend water mains, with contracts awarded to Pittsburg firms and workmen to be employed locally unless insufficient.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Allegheny
New Yorkers Hunt Wolves in Colorado Plains
E D Taylor and P Rothschilds of New York brought two full grown gray wolves while hunting coyotes near Colorado Springs. J S Kenyon of Colorado Springs rode with hounds once used by President Roosevelt. Two wolves were driven to bay at One Half ranch but escaped after a missed shot. dogs were not hit.
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Tribune
Colorado Springs
E. D. Taylor
P. Rothschilds
New York
J. S. Kenyon
Kenynen
Roosevelt
Taylor
General Charles H. Howard Dead
General Charles H. Howard, brother of General O. O. Howard, died at his Glencoe home. Born in Leeds Maine in 1838, he leaves seven children.
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Chicago
Charles H. Howard
O. O. Howard
Glencoe
General Howard
Leeds
Legion of Honor awarded to Eugene Meyer in Paris
Eugene Meyer the New York banker receives the Legion of Honor honor in Paris. The notice, filed under Atlantic Coast Line rail ad heading, references arrival and departure times in Florida and lists the advertiser lines with station corner details.
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Eugene Meyer
New York
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line
R. B
N.Y
Pia
B Way
Cor
30Th St
Rockefeller Aid Sought As Workers Besiege Pocantico Hills
Westchester crowds from across the county and New York gathered at Pocantico Hills seeking work on John D. Rockefeller’s estate. Co V Heminway, superintendent, said the estate cannot absorb all applicants and must prioritize its own workers. He noted outsiders were unsuitable for the work and that he would continue to employ local staff first.
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John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Westchester County
New York
Co. V
Mrs Eddy Kidnapped Claim Shocks Boston Church Split
Report circulates that Mary Baker Eddy’s Concord home Pleasant View will become a Christian Science Institute funded by a 1 million dollar bequest and that Eddy was moved to Boston under disputed circumstances. factions dispute whether the move was voluntary or forced amid church tensions.
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the Tribune
Boston
Pleasant View
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Concord
Christian Science Institute
Eddy
Augusta E. Stetson
Manhattan
Fight Over Alleged Kidnapper In Dorchester
Boston January 7. The arrest of Mrs. Maude G Clarke in Dorchester to aid New York police over a kidnapping charge drew a clash at the front and back doors as sergeant Wait was attacked by her father and two brothers. Mrs Clarke was sent to the Tombs, her son Carleton placed at a city home.
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Maude G. Clarke
Dorchester
New York
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Wait
Clarke
Cameron
Chardon Street
Camden Iron Case Dismissed on Tariff Filing Question
Philadelphia report states Camden Iron Works had been convicted and fined $3900 for unlawful rebating in 1919. The U.S. Court of Appeals, in a decision by Judge Dallas, dismissed the case because no published tariff or rate was filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, negating rebating guilt.
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Camden Iron Works
Dallas
United States Appellate Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Camden Company
Explosion Destroyed Oil Tank at Redondo Plant
An explosion tonight wrecked the oil tank and engine room at the Pacific Light and Power Company plant in Redondo. A large oil fire spread near the recently completed facility valued at over 1.7 million dollars. Five people were injured in the blast.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Light and Power Company
Redondo
Alleged Swiss Absconder Returned With Family
San Antonio detective John D. Womack escorted Henry Kagi and his wife and daughter from Beaumont to Galveston and then to Switzerland. Kagi, arrested in San Antonio, allegedly absconded with 190,900 francs in public funds as a Swiss land commissioner.
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eBeaumont
Tex
John D. Womack
San Antonio
Henry Kaei
Beaumont
Galveston
Switzerland
Kagi
Violin Built From Duke of Kent Table Presented
Archibald McIntosh of Brookville has completed a violin for King Edward using curry maple from a table once owned by the Duke of Kent.
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Tribune
Brockton, Mass
Archibald McIntosh
Brookville
King Edward
Duke of Kent
Ice bridge forms in Niagara Gorge below falls
A rough mountainous ice bridge spans from above the American falls to below the upper steel arch bridge. Its thick surface suggests it may endure for some time, forming in the gorge below Niagara Falls on January 27.
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the Tribune
Niagara Falls
N. Y
American Falls
Patrolman John Loughman Dies After Shootings
Patrolman John Loughman died last night from peritonitis after six bullet wounds in January 6 officers’ arrest attempt. His uncle Charles Loughman was present and Father Doran administered last rites at St. Mark's. Conway, the suspect, remained in custody awaiting examination.
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President McKinley
Charles Loughman
Father Doran
St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church
Conway
Tippecanoe Club McKinney Day Dinner Update
Chairman Haserot reports letters from Senators Dick and Woraker say they cannot attend the upcoming McKinney Day dinner. Secretary Taft remains slated as principal speaker for the Wednesday evening event.
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Cleveland
Jane
Haserot
Tippecanoe Club
Charlies Dick
Woraker
Taft
Bryan backs himself as Democratic nominee in Washington
William Jennings Bryan asserts he is the party’s clear favorite and refuses to step aside. He drills opponents, says no formal talks on candidacy, and predicts Denver will confirm his leadership amid U S currency and bank-deposit guaranty proposals. He hosts and attends dinners with Democratic leaders and plans more discussions with Senators.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Messrs
Sheehan
Smith
Congress
Bryan
Simon Pure
Wall Street
Denver
William Jennings
Bryan Story Denied by Ex Senator Smith Jr Newark
Ex Senator James Smith Jr denied in his Newark office yesterday knowledge of a Washington report that James K. Jones former national Democratic chairman held a long conference with William J Bryan about withdrawing as a candidate. The visit aimed to persuade Jones and allies that Bryan’s nomination would lead to a decisive defeat.
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Bryan
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Washington
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Nevada
Democra
Roanoke
James Smith, Jr
Newark
National Democratic
William J. Bryan
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Smith
Accused Thief Snatches Glass Eye in Boston Hotel
Walter E. Glassett was arrested after J. W. Higgins, a traveling man, said his glass eye was stolen while Higgins slept on a hotel couch. Higgins alleges Glassett picked up the eye and sold it.
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Boston
Walter FE. Glassett
J. W. Higgins
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