Jam on Bridge Friction Delays New Through Train System
Yesterday the Brooklyn Bridge new through service caused a severe rush hour crush with women crying out as passengers jammed platforms and cars. Two women were injured while others were knocked and some train doors could not be cleared delaying trains by minutes. Officials blamed inexperienced motormen and guard issues but expected improvement. police were to increase presence and a larger reader/tolicy approach was planned.
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Richmond Street
Laura Weinbers
Palisade Park
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Bridge Department of- Service Commission
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Imen
Uiis
Minden
Brooklyn
Park Row
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Stevenson
Bay Ridge
Coney Island
Funeral of Ouida Follows Death in Poverty
In Florence on January 27, Ouida Louise de la Ramée is laid to rest at Bagni di Lucca English cemetery. Her sole mourners are a dozen dogs she fed from poverty and her devoted maid to whom she left her last manuscripts. The grave is marked by a simple wooden cross.
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Florence
Buenos Aires Guards Congress After Decree Closure
After the executive decree closed Congress police forces occupied the Congress building to keep Senators and Deputies from seizing the chamber. Troops remained in barracks as a precaution with no disturbances reported.
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Buenos Ayres
Congress
Three Die In Open Boat In Pacific Wreck
The American coal ship Eclipse bound from Newcastle to San Francisco foundered January 11 about 36 N 155 W. Crew of 14 reached Hana, Maui. three died from exhaustion. Eclipse, 1595 tons, built 1878 by Gross & Sawyer Bath Maine. Captain C B Larsen.
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Newcastle
Australia
San Francisco
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Maui
Gross & Sawyer
Bath
Rebellion Rumors Rise in Honduras Ahead of Election
U S State Department reports rumors of an uprising or invasion in Honduras. Leaders believed to be exiled figures from prior revolution. movement tied to forthcoming presidential elections. Details incomplete as officials monitor possible revival of efforts to topple the government.
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Honduras
State Department
Guatemala
Americans Attack in Congo Venture Ends in Retreat
Brussels reports that an American expedition led by R Dorsey Mohun, once American consul at Boma, was forced to withdraw after natives attacked the party. The mission, backed by the American Congo Company and figures like Verner Beatty and Kall, aimed to pave the way for U S investments by Ryan and the Guggenheims in Congo rubber, mining, and rail concessions granted by Belgium.
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Congo Free State
American Congo Company
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A. Chester Beatty
W. Kall
Thomas F. Ryan
Guggenheims
Helgium
Second Receivership For Chicago & Milwaukee Electric
Chicago January 27 receivers have been appointed for the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company for the second time in a month Judge Grosscup granted the request of interests favorable to the current management A receiver was named for A Frost & Co banking firm connected to the road's bond issues Mr Frost serves as president of the railroad company
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Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company
Grosscup
United States Court
Hindu Fakir Arrested in Silk Theft Case
Sahi N. Bucakji described as a Hindu fakir was arrested in St. Louis on information from Prince Hanji Smile. He is held for questioning over $2,500 in Oriental silks stolen from V. F. P. Bhumgara Company of India in Jamestown during the exposition. The prince, brother of the Ameer of Beluchistan, had noted Bucakji’s hoard of gold-embroidered veils.
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Sahi N. Bucakji
Hanji Smile
Buchakji
V. F. P. Bhumgara Company
India
Jamestown
Hanji
Ameer
Beluchistan
Bhumgara Company
Atlantic Ivy
Sailor Dies By Suicide At City Hospital
A homeless sailor, Andrew Swenson, died at St. Gregory's Hospital on Gold Street after he cut his throat with a jack knife. He was found unconscious at Catharine and South streets and had been brought in by Dr. Palmer, who reported alcoholism as a contributing factor.
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Gold Street
Andrew Swenson
Catharine
South Streets
Palmer
Wagner’s Ring in English at Covent Garden
Des Rheingold conducted by Dr. Hans Richter was staged at Covent Garden with a multinational cast some learning English for the occasion. American singer Mr. Whitehall sang Wotan in Die Walküre Siegfried and Gotterdammerung, with further performances and repeats planned through the week.
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Hans Richter
Covent Garden
Whitehall
Wotan
Siegfried
Indemnity Delayed by Boxer Claims in Congress
Washington reports delay on the Lodge bill to remit about 13 million dollars of Boxer indemnity to the United States due to China. The China and Japan Trading Company seeks further damages, after prior claims were scaled and mostly settled six years ago. The House Foreign Affairs subcommittee will hear the company’s attorneys Friday as part of the dispute over additional indemnity.
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Washington
United States
China
Department of State
China and Japan Trading Company
China and Japan
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Committee On Foreign Affairs
Perkins, Denby
Gill
China and Japan Company
Miniatures Recovered In London Theft
Three royal miniatures belonging to Queen Alexandra the Duchess of Fife and Princess Victoria were stolen from a London studio during reproduction work and have now been returned with no clue leading to the thief.
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London
Duchess of Fife
Queen of
Norway
Princess Victoria
Queen Alexandra
Palmer Indicted for Firing Guard Member for Camp Attendance
Syracuse Jan 27 George A Palmer arrested on an indictment charging him with depriving a national guard member of employment He allegedly discharged a member of the 41st Separate Company for attending the state camp Palmer gave bail.
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Syracuse
George A. Palmer
National Guard
41St Separate
Palmer
Cab Driver Crashes Into Tunnel Injuring Horses
Fred Bischoff of 4318 Fifth Avenue Brooklyn was jailed for intoxication after driving into a Church avenue and Orean Boulevard tunnel wrecking his carriage and killing both horses. A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals agent shot the horses. church avenue line traffic was halted until rescue crews cleared the wreck. Dr Cahill of Kings County Hospital treated Bischoff.
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Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Church Avenue
Orean Boulevard
Bischoff
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Cahill
Kings County Hospital
No Dinner To Taft In Yale Hall
The Taft Club of Connecticut will be blocked from holding its dinner for Secretary Taft in Yale dining hall. Yale officials oppose leasing a Yale building for political purposes. Taft will speak in New Haven on February 15 and be escorted by the Taft club, which has about one thousand members.
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Hindus Run From Marvesville In Racial Attack
Twenty Live Oak residents assaulted two houses occupied by seventy Hindus discharged from the Southern Pacific. The mob forced the Indians to leave town, driving them to the edge. A Hindu swore to complaints in Yuba City charging mob members with stealing 1559 dollars. The case was taken to the British Consul in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Resignation Reported of Irish Under Secretary
Dublin authorities report that Sir Antony Patrick MacDonnell, Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has resigned from his post effective immediately.
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Antony Patrick MacDonnell
Ireland
Telegraphic News Notes From Across the Nation
Several brief items from January 27 report extreme cold in New Richmond with 14 below zero, a Ky legislature session lacking a quorum and no U S Senator ballot, the cruiser South Dakota commissioned at Mare Island under Captain C C Fox, Taft set to address Cleveland Tippecanoe Club, Austr physician Dr Frenz Doblia in critical condition after possible gas exposure, a New Orleans clash between reporters and Whitaker supporters injuring several and arresting one, and a Whitaker photo incident following a court postponement at Levequs.
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Dobija
New Orleans
Edward S. Whitaker
Whitaker
Cary
Joseph KK. Levequs
Million to Museum Bequest by Mr. Jesup
The late Morris K. Jesup left 3 1/0000 000 to the American Museum of Natural History as a permanent fund. He also left 100 000 to Brick Presbyterian Church and 8 000 to Westport Congregational Church. Executors include Mrs Jesup and Thomas De Witt Jesup.
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Madison Avenue
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American Museum of Natural History
Issz
Brick Presbyterian Church
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W. R. Richards
Thomas de Witt Jesup
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Benjamin Strong
City of
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Westport
Conn
Westport Cemetery
New York Chamber of Commerce
General Washington
Gilbert Stuart
Lenox
Mass
Pennsylvania Railroad shops shut down after orders
The Pennsylvania Railroad in Wilmington Will close shops from tomorrow to Saturday affecting eight hundred workers. The Altoona locomotive repair shops with five thousand employees also face a closure until next Monday after a period of reduced hours of thirty two per week.
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Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Penn
Altoona Machine Shops
Cleveland Unemployed Parade Demands City Work
Two thousand men marched in Cleveland’s public square with red ribbons, many immigrants, to petition the City Council. Petitions urged the Mayor to proceed with public improvements regardless of bond issues. A police squad kept order and no arrests were reported.
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Pittsburg Council Approves $2,520 Bond for City Improvements
To aid Pittsburg's unemployed the city council passed an ordinance authorizing a bond issue of 2520.08 dollars for improvements. Funds allocate 1200 for extending the Allegheny filtration plant 2905 for repaving streets and 438000 for extending water mains. Contracts reserved for Pittsburg firms. only Pittsburg workers to be employed unless insufficient.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Allegheny
New Yorkers Hunt Wolves on Colorado Plains
E B D Taylor and Pp Rothschilds of New York brought two full grown gray wolves while hunting coyotes near Colorado Springs. J S Kenyon and his hounds pursued the wolves on the One Half ranch as they bayed and charged after a shot that clipped an ear, but the wolves escaped to continue the chase.
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Tribune
Colorado Springs
E. BD. Taylor
Pp. Rothschilds
New York
J. S. Kenyon
Kenynen
Roosevelt
Taylor
General Charles H. Howard Dead
General Charles H. Howard, brother of General O. O. Howard, U S A retired, died at his Glencoe home today. Born in Leeds Maine in 1838 he leaves seven children.
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Chicago
Charles H. Howard
O. O. Howard
S. A
Glencoe
General Howard
Leeds
Legion of Honor Awarded to Eugene Meyer in Florida
Paris announces Eugene Meyer, New York banker, has been conferred the Legion of Honor. The report notes his arrival and departure timing with reference to the Atlantic Coast Line special train and Bay Street location near 30th Street.
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Eugene Meyer
New York
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line R. B
N.Y. & Fla
Bay, Cor
30Th St
Seek Rockefeller Aid At Pocantico Hills
John D. Rockefeller's Pocantico Hills estate faced a surge of job seekers from Westchester and New York. Superintendent V. Heminway said the estate cannot absorb all applicants, prioritizing local workers and noting outsiders are not suitable for the work. He described workers chopping wood in the woods as a result of the outreach.
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John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Westchester County
New York
C¢. V. Heminway
Heminway
Mrs Eddy Reported Kidnapped Spark in Boston Church Divisions
Boston reports say Mary Baker Eddy’s Pleasant View home will become the Christian Science Institute with a $1.1 million endowment. The move, seen as aimed at reducing Frye faction influence, prompted claims of kidnapping and planned legal actions by Augusta Stetson and anti Frye allies in Concord and Manhattan.
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Boston
Pleasant View
Mary Baker GC. Eddy
Concord
Christian Science Institute
Fight Over Alleged Kidnapping Suspect Arrested in Dorchester
Boston police arrested Mrs. Maude G. Clarke in Dorchester on a New York kidnapping warrant for her son Carleton. During the arrest a scuffle occurred as her father Mr. Buchanan and two brothers allegedly attacked Sergeant Wait until another officer intervened. Clarke was taken to the Tombs and her son Cameron to the Chardon Street Home.
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Boston
Maude G. Clarke
Dorchester
New York
Carleton
Wait
Clarke
Cameron
Chardon Street
Camden Iron Case Dismissed by Appellate Court
In Philadelphia on January 27 a federal appeals court vacated the Camden Iron Works conviction for unlawful rebating, reducing a $2.90 fine from September 196. The dismissal rests on no published tariff or rate being filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, so the Camden company could not have rebated.
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Camden Irom Works
Dallas
United States Appellate Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Camden Company
Explosion Destroys Redondo Oil Plant injuring Five
An explosion at the Pacific Light and Power Company plant in Redondo destroyed the oil tank and adjoining engine room. A large oil fire threatened the recently completed plant worth over 310,000 dollars and five people were injured.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Light and Power Company
Redondo
Alleged Swiss Absconder Returned
San Antonio detective John D. Womack moved Henry Kazi with his wife and daughter from Beaumont to Galveston then to Switzerland. Kazi, once titled land commissioner in Switzerland, allegedly absconded with 100000 francs public funds.
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Beaumont
Tex
John D. Womack
San Antonio
Henry Kazi
Galveston
Switzerland
Kagi
Violin Built From Duke of Kent Table Highlights Local Craft
Archibald McIntosh of Brookville completes a violin for King Edward using curly maple from a table once owned by the Duke of Kent in Brockton Massachusetts.
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the Tribune
Brockton
Mass
Archibald McIntosh
Brookville
King Edward
Duke of Kent
Ice Bridge Forms In Niagara Gorge Below Falls
An ice bridge formed in the gorge below Niagara Falls reaching from above the American falls to below the upper steel arch bridge. Its surface is rough and mountainous and the bridge appears thick, so it may last some time.
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Tribune
Niagara Falls
N. Y
American Falls
Patrolman John Loughman Dies After Shooting
Patrolman John Loughman died from peritonitis after six abdominal wounds sustained while aiding a detective in a January 16 arrest attempt. His uncle Charles Loughman was present. Father Doran of St Mark's administered last rites. Suspect Conway remained in custody for examination.
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President McKinley
Charles Loughman
Father Doran
St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church
Conway
McKinley Day Dinner Loses Senators Attendees
A letter to Chairman Haserot from Senator Charles Dick says he cannot attend the Me Tippecanoe Club dinner on Wednesday evening. A prior note from Senator Paraker is noted. Secretary Taft remains the principal speaker.
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Cleveland
Jane
Haserot
Charles Dick
Paraker
Taft
Bryan Stones Down Opposition in Washington Standoff
William Jennings Bryan bluntly rejects any bid to sideline him for Denver. He warns fellow Democrats he will expose any plan to replace him and defends his leadership while outlining views on bank guaranties and elastic currency. Bryan held a Capitol reception and planned talks with Senators Newlands and Cannon before roanoke trip.
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Washington
William Jennings Brram
Messrs
Sheehan
Smith
Metivere
Congress
Bryan
Simon Pure
Wall Street
Brian
Denver
Convention City
William Jennings
Committee On Ways and Means
Bryan story denied by ex senator in Newark office
Ex Senator James Smith Jr. of Newark denies knowledge of a Washington report that James K. Jones former national Democratic chairman held a long Sunday conference with William J. Bryan. The meeting allegedly aimed to persuade Jones and allies that Bryan’s nomination would lead to a strong defeat due to a Washington visit by William F Stheehan and Smith.
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Bryan
Jones
Washington
Newlands
Nevada
Roanoke
James Smith Jr
Newark
National Democratic
Wiliam J. Bryan
William F Stheehan
Smith
Accused of stealing glass eye arrest reported
Walter FE Glassett was arrested today on complaint by J. W. Higgins a traveling man who says his glass eye rolled from a couch while Higgins slept in a hotel room. Glassett allegedly picked up the eye and sold it.
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Boston
Walter FE. Glassett
J. W. Higgins
Higgins
Glassett
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