Korean tensions spark imminent American risk in Seoul
United States reports danger to American interests in Seoul as labor unrest and Korean troops threaten riot. President orders gunboat Vicksburg to Chemulpo and dispatches marines with a field gun. Russian forces also move to Korea to safeguard interests amid Korea Japan tensions.
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Washington
United States
Seoul
Korea
Japan
Vicksburg
China Station
Chemulpo
St. Petersburg
Japan Ready to Land Forces at Masampho
The Signal for War reports Russia signaling conciliatory moves to Japan in reply to their proposals. Viceroy Alexeiff to act on a drawn up answer with some concessions. 8000 Japanese troops ready to land at Masampho and a possible occupation could trigger a crisis as Port Arthur and Vladivostok remain under threat.
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ST. Petersburg
Japa
Russia
Japan
Foreign Office
Alexieff
Pingyang
Korea
China
Port Arthur
Vladivostok
Chef
Masampho
Blagavestchensk
Tsitishar
Manchuria
Masamoho
Alexies
Chicago Car Strike Fights On As Leaders Demand 2 Dollar Scale
INDIANAPOLIS Ind Jan 6 Within ten days Chicago will see no cab wheel turning unless the Liverymen's association yields to the drivers demands said C P Shea president of the International Union of Teamsters The ten days truce expires and the union vows no compromise demanding a two dollar four day scale be accepted
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Chicago
Indernapolin
Ind
Liverymion’s Association
C. P. Shea
International Union of Teamsters
Liverymen’s Association
Murder of cigar factory foreman shocks port area
Sim plico Dia, foreman at a large cigar factory in Aguas, Duenas, Porto Rico, was murdered in front of a crowd. Lasilio Forestier, a labor leader, killed Dia after failing to stir a strike of cigar makers. He died from a shot to the heart and brain.
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Linbor Treable
van Juan
Porto Rico
Simplico Dia
Aguas
Duenas
Lasilio Forestier
Ding
Ex-Senator Watts Dies In Roanoke At 48
Allen Watts former state senator and consulting attorney for the Norfolk and Western Railway company died in Roanoke Virginia at age forty eight He was regarded as one of Virginia's most prominent lawyers.
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Roanoke
D. Allen Watts
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Virginia
Lodge Speaks on Panama Isthmus Policy in Senate
In Washington on January 6 the Senate focused largely on Senator Lodge’s speech about the Panama situation. He argued presidential recognition is a presidential prerogative, endorsed U.S. intervention for peace, and linked the matter to ongoing debates between Republicans and Democrats, including remarks referencing a New York Democratic banquet and President Cleveland’s policies.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
Panama
Panamesia
Hay-Herran
Colombia
United States
Fleet for Panama Sails for Guantanamo Saturday
The Atlantic Training Squadron comprising the Minneapolis Columbia Yankee and Hartford receives urgent orders from Washington to proceed at once to Guantanamo where further orders will await. The fleet will depart from Pensacola Saturday at daylight after the Columbia loads 1000 tons of coal and Minneapolis repairs finish Friday night.
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Pensacola
Fla
Atlantic Training Squadron
Minneapolis
Columbia
Yankee
Hartford
Washington
Guantanamo
Navy Yard
New York
Admiral Wise
Panama
Be ware of the gentlemanly book agent
Speaker Cannon recalls a memo from 60 years ago when a bank check bore Uncle Joe Cannons motto and a biting endorsement about a history set. The indorsement scorns the agent and notes the agent’s conduct as lesson for future dealings.
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Washington
Uncle Joe Cannon
Uncle Joe
Joseph
Bryan hoax wireless message proves not genuine
A supposed wireless message signed William Jennings Bryan sent to Democratic leaders at a banquet honoring Mayor George B. McClellan was revealed as a hoax after David A. DeArmond verified the ship Celtic lacked wireless gear.
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Bryan
New York
William Jennings Bryan
George B. McClellan
David A. DeArmond
Celtic
Root Entertains President
Secretary of War and Mrs. Root entertained at dinner in Washington in honor of the president and cabinet. Guests included President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Hay, Attorney General and Mrs. Knox, Postmaster General and Mrs. Payne, Secretary Moody, Miss Carew, Secretary and Mrs. Hitchcock, Secretary and Miss Wilson, Secretary and Mrs. Cortelyou and Lieutenant General Young.
Berlin singer boycott rocks Parsifal staging at Met
Frau Warner boycotts Parsifal participants in Herr Cenried's production at the Metropolitan Opera House New York. Fritz Remond of Carlsruhe Court Theatre is slated to sing Parsifal replacing Burgstaller Sir Chen Tung Liano Cheng visits Congress and Supreme Court in Washington. Wood nomination held over in Senate without debate due to absence of several senators.
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Frau Warner Boycous Sinvers
Berlin
Jan.i
Fran Cosima Wagner
Herr Cenried
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Fritz Remond
Court Theater
Carlsruhe
Herr Burgstaller
Chen Tung Liano Cheng
Washington
Jan
Sir Chen Tung Liano Cheng
United States
Congress
Supreme Court of
Senate
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Wood
General Wood
Fire Ravages Corbin Ky Destruction of Four Buildings
A large fire struck Corbin Kentucky causing four buildings to be destroyed as flames spread rapidly through the town. Firefighters battled the blaze as the situation developed with no further details on casualties or damages available.
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Knoxville
Tern
Corbin
Tive
Very Cold at Death in Bath As Temp Hits Record Lows
Jan 8 Bath records an extreme cold snap with the mercury at 42 degrees below zero the lowest point documented. Local deaths are noted amid the severe conditions. The frigid weather impacts daily life and cooling records in the area.
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Bath
Jager Brothers Arrested In National Mining Stockfraud
Chicago reports Frank Jager and John Jager prominent mining stockbrokers were arrested on mail fraud charges linked to the Model Gold Mining and Jager Oil companies. Authorities allege widespread misrepresentation of mining assets and profits, with an $87,327 capital impairment and $180,800 in alleged losses. The case centers on advertising circulars and stock sales tied to Prescott Arizona mines and other properties.
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Chicago
Frank Jager
John Jager
United States
Fostoffice
William Ketcham
Model Gold Mining Company
Jager Oi Company
Foote
Prescott
Ariz
McCabe
Wolstone
American Gold
Comper
Jessie Helen
Gold Bug
North Model
Alta
McKinley
Copper Queen
Liberty Hell
Bruce
Monopolis
Herron
Pachelor
Tom Reed
Copper Crown
Belmont
Jager Oil Company
Model OU Company
Smokeless Briquette Company
Standard Briquette Company
Ketcham
Weiclargee
Mode Gok Mining Company
Charles G. Schreiber
Elmhurst
John Yager
Klaus H. Loptien
Sycamore
Bunau Varilla To Resign As Panama Minister
M Philippe Bunau Varilla, Panama's minister and co signer of the Hay Bunau Varilla treaty, will resign after ratification exchanges between Washington and Panama. His successor is expected to be Arosemena, a Panama lawyer, whose son is secretary of legation in Washington. Varilla may move to Paris after resigning.
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Bansu-Varillan
Washington
M. Philippe Bunau-Varilla
Panama
Hay
Still Want Home Rule in Ireland Leader’s Address
Redmond, leader of the Irish parliamentary party, told constituents that the party remains united and will defend home rule when Parliament reassembles. He argued the demand for home rule was not suppressed by the land purchase measure.
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Wateaford
Ireland
Redmond
Irish Parliamentary Party
The
United
Irish League
Irish Party
House of Commons
Wire Fence War Boundary Between Canada and Lake of the Woods
Representative Dixon of Montana introduces a resolution to build a wire fence along the Canadian boundary between Lake of the Woods and Point Roberts. The fence aims to deter Chinese immigration and will include signaling upon climbing.
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Washington
Dixon
Montana
Lake of the Woods
Point Roberts
May Freers to Death
Daniel Finch a Matteawan State hospital patient escaped from a keeper en route to Fishkill Landing to buy clothing. With the thermometer at 16 degrees below zero a large group of keepers scour the countryside for the fugitive.
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Fishkill Landing N. Y
Daniel Finch
Matteawan State Hospital
Hart Gardner Boxed Fifteen Rounds In Boston Draw
Hart of Louisville and George Gardner of Lowell fought to a fifteen round draw at the Criterion Athletic Club in Boston before a crowd of over 5,000. The bout featured shifts in momentum with Gardner scoring knockdowns in round two and strong showing in rounds six and thirteen, while Hart dominated early and late, and the referee ruled no decision as the final bell ended the contest.
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Boston
Marvin’ Hart
Louisville
George Gardner
Lowell
Criterion “Athletic Club
Hart
Gardner
Buckley
Oakland racing shocks with Kenilworth upset
At Oakland Kenilworth, the heavy favorite in the six furlongs handicap, faded on a heavy track. Arcade edged Martinmas by a neck in a rail-riding finish. Namtor won the last race as Stuyge led from the start, with Hildebrand riding three winners. Dr. A L Sharpe stays at Penn Charter School after declining Cornell’s offer to be athletic director.
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Oakland
San Francisco
Kenilworth
Arcade
Martinmas
Namtor
Stuyge
Hildebrand
Sharpe
Penn School
New Haven
Conn
A. L. Sharpe
Yale
Cornell University
Penn Charter School
Philadelphia
Yale Hockey Match Abandoned by Yale Graduates 4-2
Yale University hockey team was defeated by Yale graduates 4-2 at the St. Nicholas rink. In the first half the Graduates led 2-0, the second half finishing 2-2 for a 4-2 final.
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Yale
Ren Y Orr
Yale University
St. Nicholas
United States Steel Declares Dividend Details
The New York quarterly meeting of United States Steel directors declared no dividend on common stock while the preferred stock received a 1 percent dividend. Wall Street had anticipated this outcome, following a cut in the common dividend from 4 percent to 2 percent at the previous meeting.
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United States Steel
New York
United States Steel Common
Wall Street
Swaney Murder Parolee Fails to Surrender in Uniontown
James Swaney, convicted of murder on December 23, was paroled for Christmas at home but has not surrendered. Authorities doubt he will honor his word, fearing he may choose to break the pledge over life.
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Uniontown
James Swaney
Second Charge Again at Paltzer in Vienna
Mark Paltzer, a Belgian detained in Vienna, previously held for forging a $10,000 letter of credit on the Darmstadt Bank of Commerce and Industry, now faces a new suspicion of forging a $5,000 bill on the Credit-Anstalt of Vienna.
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Paltzer
Vienna
Mark Paltzer
Darmstadt Bank of Commerce and Industry
Credit-Anstalt
Root Murder Trial Opens in Windsor County Court
The trial of Joseph Bean for the murder of Ephraim Root at Rochester began in Windsor County court. Root was found dying in a barn after a quarrel over two women, according to the charge.
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Root
Woodstock
Joseph Bean
Ephraim Root
Rochester
Windsor c
Root Wa
Bean
Former Supreme Court Judge Dykman Dies Ill at Home
Judge Jackson O. Dykman of New Jersey is dangerously ill at his White Plains home after several days with pneumonia. Doctors fear he may not recover.
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Dykmau Very II
White Plains
N. J
Supreme Court
Jackson O. Dykman
Bert Did Not
Omaha January 1 President Burt denied having official information that Mr Harriman would succeed him as president of the Union Pacific Railroad, saying no such change was confirmed.
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Bert
Omaha
Neb
Burt
Harriman
Union Pacific
Plans for White House fire protection completed
Dispatches report a thorough plan to safeguard the White House from fire. Other items note German eastern squadron orders to concentrate at Talabou, a Brazilian frontier link to Uruguay unrest, Singer company workers nearly dying in an Elizabethport railroad wreck, a sympathy resolution for Chicago theater victims, and the pope’s step toward resuming relations amid Boly see and Mexico tensions.
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White House
Talabou
Uruguay
Singer Company
Elizabethport
Mexico
Schwab examination tied to Carnegie steel armor contracts
Records and evidence in Washington have been overhauled to aid the coming examination of Charles M. Schwab in the shipyard investigation related to Carnegie Steel armor plate contracts.
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Schwab
Washington
Carnegie Steel Company
Charles M. Schwab
Not Killing So Many Foxes Near Chatsworth This Winter
Reports describe an unusual fox slaughter around Chatsworth Burlington County tied to a $3 state bounty. The fox population has dwindled this winter, with only a few animals killed since the bounty program began.
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Travis
Chatsworth
Burlington County
Atlantic City Grants Second Trolley Franchise
The City Council grants a second trolley line franchise to the Central Railway Company for Virginia South Carolina and Adriatic avenues to the boardwalk. Construction must start within a year and cars run 6 a.m. to midnight. The first franchise was set aside for a technical error amid protest from The People's Passenger Railway and hotel owners claiming prior rights.
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Beach Ina
City Council of
Atlantic City
Virginia
South
Carolina and
Adriatic Avenues
Central Railway Company
People’s Passenger
Railway Company
Virginia Avenue
Seventeen-year-old rescued after ice rescue at Compton
Frederick Manning of Centreville, seventeen, sank through thin ice at Compton. Charles Delaney extended his fur tippet as Manning reappeared and sank again. A chain formed by skaters including several women pulled Manning from the hole. he was weighed about 200 pounds and resuscitated on strong ice.
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Frederick Manning
Centreville
Compton
Charles Delaney
Manning
Delaney
Baker Peter Pickell Killed Crossing NJ Rail Lines
Peter Pickell a White House Station baker was found near the New Jersey Central tracks with his right hand severed and deep head and body wounds. He died en route to the Central Railroad station while about to explain how he was injured. He was the sole support of his widowed mother and sister.
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Peter Pickell
White House Station
New Jersey ‘Central
Central Railroad
Rockaway Valley
Central
Easton
Pickell
Jail for Tax Dodgers in Borough Levy
Delinquent taxpayers received notices from Collector D H Wheaton demanding payment or risk jail. The revision of tax laws allows collectors to attach personal property for delinquent taxes and have unpaid accounts turned over to the Sheriff for imprisonment or correction.
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D.H. Wheaton
Three Die In December Fire At Godlatte Stand Storeroom
A fragmentary report describes a December fire that destroyed the Godlatte Stand storeroom, fatally injuring three men including John Deal and Pat e hurled. It mentions burned goods valued around 150000 dollars and a loss estimate of 000 dollars, with workers escaping as flames spread.
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Godlatte
John Deal
Pate
Ato
Liverpool Cathedral to Be Built of Red Sandstone
A fragmentary report notes a decision that the Liverpool cathedral will be constructed from red sandstone. Details on dates or parties involved are not provided in the readable text.
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Liverpool Cathedral
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