Famine in Northern Sweden Threatens 70000 People
Telegrams from Stockholm confirm dire famine in Northern Sweden affecting about 70,000. Starving residents subsist on pine bark and Iceland moss bread as crops fail and fish scarce. About $6.3 million needed to avert decimation. only $200,000 raised so far, with Swedes in the United States contributing over $12,500. Funds partly cover cattle and spring seed needs.
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Sweden
Iceland
London
Stockholm
ptarmagan
United States
Roosevelt Dinner With Diplomatic Corps at White House
President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted a White House dinner for the diplomatic corps in Washington on January 15. Over 70 guests attended, with Belgium absent in mourning. Count Cassini led the Russian embassy party escorting Mrs Roosevelt, while the president rode with Mme Aguiroz as they sat in the state dining room among red and white decorations and the new red and white china service.
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Roosevelt
Washington
White House
diplomatic corps
Belgium
Count Cassini
Dr. Von Holleben
Mre. Roosevelt
Mme. Aguiroz
china service
Icc to Probe Secret Violations by Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission will investigate alleged secret violations of the interstate commerce law by railroads entering Chicago. President Roosevelt commuted Henry Starr's 15 year manslaughter sentence and he was released from prison. Mrs. Kate Edwards of Berks County was granted a rebearing after death sentence for murder.
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interstate commerce commission
Chicago
Roosevelt
Henry Starr
Indian territory
Pennsylvania board of pardons
Kate Edwards
Berks county
Tillman fires at editor in South Carolina capital clash
Lieutenant-Governor James H Tillman shot Narcisse Gonzales founder and editor of The State in Columbia near the State House. Gonzales wounded fatally or near fatal, Tillman arrested and jailed. The attack followed Gonzales editorial assaults during the 1902 gubernatorial race, with the editor's operation and critical condition reported.
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S. C
South Carolina State House
James H. Tillman
Narcisse Gener Gonzales
Columbia State
Tillman
South Carolina
Main street
Gervais
state capitol
Jim Tillman
N. G. Gonzales
Mr. Gonzales
Boland
police
Gonzales
Tilman
The State
United States
Benjamin Tillman
Gonzales in critical condition amid uncertain prognosis
Special Dispatch to The News reports editor Gonzales remains in very precarious health with chances of recovery greatly against him. In Philadelphia, Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburgh secured an option to purchase the Philadelphia National League Baseball Club. the option expires Sunday after discussions with treasurer John L. Rogers and other interested parties.
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Corman
Gonzales
Dreyfuss
Phillies
Philadelphia
Barney Dreyfuss
Pittsburg
Sultan of Morocco Faces Unrest With Modern Reforms
Mula Abdul Aziz governs the rugged tribes in the northwest corner of Africa but faces trouble as his subjects deem his ideas too modern. He has used a bicycle rod and an automobile, seen by fanatical tribes as unholy machines, stirring discontent.
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Mula Abdul Aziz
Africa
German cruiser fires at Venezuelan fort La Vigil
Puerto Cabello January 16 the German cruiser Vineta fired a shell at Fort La Vigil crowning the hills behind the port because unauthorized persons were observed there, believed to be soldiers. Commodore Schedere sent a note to Venezuelan authorities via acting American consul Volkmar explaining the incident. Authorities deny the presence of unauthorized persons in the fort.
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Puerto Cabello
Vineta
La Vigil
Schedere
William H
Government Inspector Fined for Cruelty to Animals
Washington January 16 A federal inspector named Thompson was fined 15 by a local court for alleged cruelty to animals during the Massachusetts foot-and-mouth disease campaign. The Agriculture Department reports cows were killed after being struck more than once, sparking fear that if federal experts are prosecuted Massachusetts may quarantine and act to eradicate the disease itself. The case will be appealed.
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Washington
bureau of animal industry
Massachusetts
department of agriculture
Thompson
Wilson
Overdue St Louis Not Sighted Crowds at New York Offices
New York January 16 crowds gathered at the American Line offices seeking news of the steamship St Louis. Officials said there is no cause for alarm, noting the ship left Cherbourg late Sunday afternoon and was not due until Tuesday by her recent speed. They cited reported boiler issues and planned repairs at voyage’s end, and said no mishap such as a shaft or propeller loss is believed to have occurred.
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New York
Company
American line
St. Louis
Clement A. Griscom
Cherbourg
Roosevelt signs free coal bill amid praise
President Roosevelt signed the free coal bill after Representatives Wachter of Maryland and Allen of Maine delivered the engrossed copy to the executive offices. He expressed satisfaction that Congress acted promptly and thanked its members for the swift action.
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Washington
Fan
Representative Wachter
Maryland
house committee
Allen
Maine
congress
Roosevelt
Antitrust Bill Delayed as Committee Reconsiders
Washington Jan 16 A sub-committee of the house judiciary committee tasked with drafting an anti-trust bill says no definite action has been taken yet and it will not report to the full committee before early next week after a conference with the attorney general. The aim is to perfect the bill so it stands the test of the courts.
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House
Washington
house judiciary committee
Knox for chief justice head of supreme court
It is reported here that Philander C. Knox the attorney general of Pittsburgh is to be the next chief justice of the United States Supreme Court after Chief Justice Fuller retires. The selection firm upsets Pennsylvania claims as Judge Day of Ohio may succeed Justice Shiras.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Philander C. Knox
Pittsburg
United States supreme court
Fuller
Shiras
Pennsylvania
Judge Day
Ohio
Cleveland i
Five Coasters Die In Train Collision At Point Of Death
Five boys aged 13 to 15 were killed and another mortally injured when coasting on a hill and struck by a train at a crossing in South Bethlehem Pennsylvania. The engineer only learned of the tragedy after reaching the station a mile away, discovering blood and bones on the engine pilot. A second, separate incident in Scranton on Mulberry street left three youths injured after their sled hit a telegraph pole. one escaped with minor injuries.
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Bethlehem
Philadelphia
Reading
Dennis McGinley
John Coyle
Owen Cahill
Patrick Cahill
John Weubner
oald
Scranton
Mulberry street
Esther Casterline
Jennie Seamans
William Van Bergan
Christopher Peiffer
Tillman Attacks Trusts and Morgan in Senate
In Washington on January 16 Senator Tillman continued his broadside against trusts and monopolies accusing attorney general Knox of inaction and naming J Pierpont Morgan as a central force behind collusion with strikers. He argued railroads control coal prices and mocked independents while demanding accountability for the poor harmed by the system.
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Pierpont Morgan
Washington
senate
Tillman
addeed
J. Pierpont Morgan
courts of justice
Debs
Morgan
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