Jewelry Thieves Arrested in New Orleans Case
George J. Kline of St. Louis and Robert T. West of Cincinnati were arrested across the river on charges of robbing a Chicago trunk’s jewelry worth about 2500 dollars. They allegedly posed as Manners and a guest at the St. Charles hotel, aiding a theft that may connect to the New York jewel thief Korn, with fifty diamond pins a gold watch a diamond brooch and pearls among the stolen items. A Chicago dispatch notes no Manners pawn broker exists there. In a separate report, a major fire destroyed most of the Bees and Wirsching block on Los Angeles street with Hayden Lewis saddlery and Newmark Bros coffee house. losses around 150000 dollars.
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George J. Kline
St. Louis
Robert T. West
Cincinnati
T. BE. Manners
Chicago
Manners
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Titus
Korn
Los Angeles
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Hayden & Lewis company
Newmark Bros
American Beauties and the Golden Medical Discovery
The piece extols American women as fair and energetic, noting health failure risks from ambition. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for stomach and digestion related diseases, claiming it restores health, increases blood, eliminates impurities, and ensures proper nourishment.
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Dr. Pierce
Mary E. Lewis
Tanner, Gilmer Co
W. Varites
Condor Warship May Have Sunk in Typhoon
Victoria B C Jan 16 Hope for the safety of the British warship Condor is nearly gone. Naval men believe she foundered in the recent typhoon while en route from here to Honolulu. The Admiralty will dispatch the Phaeton to search Saturday. The Condor sailed December 2 and was 31 days out January 3 with 130 crew aboard.
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herr
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Mattewan
San Francisco
Sheerness
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Clinton
Slater
James B. Mason
Hay Winthrop
Henry V T. Proctor
Thomas Ss
Gold Discovered In West Virginia Farm Excites Area
Excitement grips Elkins amid rising land values after ore containing gold silver and lead is found on Isaiah Isner’s farm during excavation for the West Virginia Central railroad extension. Washington experts call the ore valuable.
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WEST VIRGINIA
Elkins
W. Va
Isaiah Isner
West Virginia Central railroad
Washington
Dynamited Safe in Canal Dover Robbed of Small Sum
In Canal Dover Ohio yesterday morning Toscatawa's Electric Co. suffered a safe dynamiting. Three masked armed men bound the night watchman and dynamited the safe taking less than three dollars.
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Canal Dover
Toscatawa’'s Electric company
Prince Henry Visit Plans for US Trip and Social Events
Berlin reports elaborate preparations for Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia to travel to the United States aboard the Hohenzollern. The voyage includes a stop at Newport News, a Potomac River visit, and a potential meeting with President Roosevelt, with noble officers seeking seats aboard the voyage. The Kaiser hopes to visit the U.S. someday, though state duties prevent it.
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Berlin
Prince Henry
Prussia
United States
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Hohenvollern
Hampton Roads
New York
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Schloss
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Newport News
Hoboken
Potomac river
Washington
Roosevelt
Kaiser
America
Germany
Workmen Suffocated in Chester Blast Furnace Tragedy
Chester Pa Jan 16 Michael and John Fisher brothers were suffocated by gas yesterday at Tidewater Steel blast furnace. John Bellam rescued in time to live, others died soon after removal from the pit. Furnace preparations to blast underway. gas in pipes remains a mystery. Both dead leave families.
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Chester
Michael
John Fisher
Tidewater Steel company
John Bellam
Miners Seek Eight Hour Day in Anthracite Region
Wilkesbarre Jan 16 United Mine Workers district No 1 held sessions approving resolutions to urge national convention in Indianapolis to demand written notices to operators for a joint conference on grievances. Key issues include eight hour day tonnage mining, union recognition, and sanctions against unsanctioned local strikes. The district employs about 75,739 miners with 66,000 in the union. treasurer reported prosperity.
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Wilkesbarre
United the Workers’ convention
national convention of news
Indianapolis
Hazleton
United Mine Workers
No Hope For Mine Victims In River Flooded Mines
In Bronx Australia on January 16 the Jupiter mine flood persists after 43 men including the mine manager and two super intendents were cut off when river Bila overflowed. Precautions came too late. One engineer was saved. Nine men entered the mine a second time and did not return. Thirty-one victims were married.
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Bronx
Australia
Jupiter
Bila
Edinboro Fire Swept Through Town Destroys Many Buildings
A large fire in Edinboro near Erie destroyed numerous business houses and residences. The blaze began in an oil room of B. Proudfit’s grocery and is suspected incendiary. Erie police sent a steamer for aid due to Edinboro lacking fire protection.
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Edinboro
Erie
Erie and
Edinboro Traction company
B. Proudfit
Oklahoma Sheriff and Deputy Killed by Highwaymen
Guthrie OK Jan 16 Sheriff Frank Siwith and Deputy George Beck were killed in a gunfight with highwaymen eight miles west of Anadarko after a church robbery. A posse of 100 pursued the gang led by Bob McClune Ben Cravens and Bob Sims. Briggs survived.
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Guthrie
Frank Siwith
George Beck
Auadarko
wen
Bob McClune
Ben Cravens
Bob Sims
Smith
Beck
Briggs
Pension Bill Passed After Lively Debate in House
Washington January 16. In a lively session the pension bill passed the house with no dissent though Representative Norton of Ohio attacked Republican rules governing pension claims. Vandiver of Mississippi denounced the critique as cowardly, while Norton pledged to seek rule changes to give veterans the benefit of the doubt on key claim points. Pope death expected soon as Rome reports indicate the pontiff is barely alive and largely unconscious. Incorporated at Trenton New companies listed include Sprague Mercantile Agency and Cuba Planters Company. Colombia buys steamer Chucuité with its gunboat Pinzon to mount artillery, enlarging naval assets.
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house
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Ohio
pension bureau
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iteo
Dimois
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POPE
Rome
Pontiff
Jondon
Vanity Fair
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X. J
Sprague International Mercantile Agency
capital
Cuba Planters’ company
Cuba
Tragic double murder and mass stabbing in Pittsburg home
Neighbors discovered Rosa Lak dead after a violent assault by Visalek, who lay near dead from wounds after a brutal attack on his wife and three sleeping children. Three Poles in the house were under arrest as police hunted John Okenski. A found $1200 on the victim remains unaccounted.
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Vincent Visaibh
Spring alley
Visolek
Rosa Lak
John Okenski
miss fog
Scranton Republicans Adopt Resolutions Condemning Legislature
Scranton city Republicans at a Jan 16 convention denounced the last Pennsylvania Legislature. They decried the acandala and the trolley grab bills, calling them vicious and aimed at enriching the few. Some view the move as uprising against the stalwart regime in Lackawanna.
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Scranton
James Moir
Lackawanna
Superintendent fatally injured after railroad accident
NeKeesport January 16. County Superintendent Samuel W. Hamilton fell beneath a Baltimore and Ohio train at Mis, a Braddock suburb, yesterday and was probably fatally injured. Both legs were cut off.
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County Superintendent of Public Instruction
Samuel W. Hamilton
Baltimore and Ohio railroad
Mis
Braddock
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