Tremors Hit Northern Italy and Genoa Quake Sees Fleeing Crowds
An earthquake struck Tuscany and northern Italy with Genoa as the epicenter. Cities like Milan Venice Padua Florence Bologna felt the tremor while Treviso reported the strongest ground motion. Early midnight reports warned of disaster but telegraph updates confirmed no damage or fatalities.
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Rome
Tuscany
Italy
Genoa
Milan
Lombardy
Venice
Padua
Venecia
Florence
Bologna
Emilia
Sicily
Calabria
Treviso
Riese
Refugees Reach New York From Messina Earthquake
First evacuees arrive in Jersey City aboard the Reda Italia from Palermo on January 1. The ship carries 1 800 steerage and 23 cabin passengers, many from Messina and Calabria. Passengers face immigration rulings by a special board, with possible appeals to Washington.
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New York
Jersey City
Reda@Italia
Lloyd-Saubado Line
Memory clashes in Roosevelt controversies in Washington
The 24 hour exchange centers on Attorney General Bonaparte and Senator Tillman over Oregon land grants and memory. Tillman defends himself and questions Bonaparte while Bonaparte denies any direct dealings with Tillman on land arrangements. Tillman calls the matter memory not veracity and invites affidavits for public judgment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Tillman
Hoosevelt
New York
Towne
Tillmaan
Senate
Oregon
Harriman
Tilman
Leaps From Third Floor Hotel Window In Tragic Act
Mrs Clar Shearmann aged 32 leaped from a Marquette hotel third story in night attire as onlookers watched. She died en route to a hospital. Officials cite hysteria after surrendering her child to a public institution as the motive for the act.
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Chicago
Clar
Shearmann
Marquette
Hyseria
Bowles Suicide Near Browns Station Reported
Robert W. Bowles of Kents Store Virginia took his own life by shooting himself in Browns station Tuesday night. He had previously lived in San Francisco where illness from typhoid fever lingered after residence there.
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Kingston
N. Y
Robert W. Bowles
Kents Store
Christopher Perkins
Browns Station
San Francisco
Despondent Farmer Dies by Own Action in Knoxville
Ross Cecil a wealthy farmer of Des Moines Iowa killed himself at his Knoxville home after selling his farm and becoming despondent over the deal. He had recently disposed of his property and faced dissatisfaction with the sale.
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Tes Moines
Ross Cecil
Knoxvile
Judge Jones Rules Carmichael Prohibition Act Constitutional
U S District Judge Thomas G. Jones of the Middle District of Alabama issues an elaborate opinion upholding the Carmichael prohibition act as constitutional, preserving the state’s enforcement framework.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas G. Jones
United States Court Foir
Middle District
Tillman Denies Roosevelt Charge on Private Benefit
Senator Tillman in Washington denies the president's accusation that he used his office for private gain and questioned a false statement on western land deals. He accuses Roosevelt of malice and falsification while Congress forms a committee to probe secret service expenditures across departments amid his remarks.
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Washington, D. C
Benjamin R. Tillman
Roosevelt
Cannon
House
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Curri
Tillman Defends Conduct in Lands Purchase Aide by Senate Inquiry
The senator defended his actions from his Capitol desk amid calls for a thorough probe into his conduct. He compared his private life to Roosevelt, argued he neither paid nor received receipts, and claimed no immoral conduct. He said he sought to purchase land only as a private citizen and to allow others the chance to do so. He dismissed the president’s accusations as baseless and personally hostile.
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Capitol
Secret Service
Theodore Roosevelt
Tillman
Senate
Judge rules in Paducah treasurership dispute
McCracken circuit court on Monday ruled Walter s Democrat and John G Dorian Republican in a city treasurership fight. The Judge cited section 160 of the Constitution barring any official handling public funds from succeeding themselves. Dorian who was elected 14 months ago to succeed himself must appeal Walters won last November and will contest the decision.
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Paducah
McCracken
W. M. Reed
George Walters
John G. Dorian
Dorian
Walters
Negroes Granted Respites in Paducah Murder Case
In Paducah Kentucky George Freeman and Jonas Smith two Black men convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to hang February 16 were granted respites.
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Paducah, Ky
George ‘Freeman
Jonas Smith
Ohio to Be Prominent at Taft Inauguration
Ohio will take a conspicuous part in the inauguration of William H. Taft. Party lines will be set aside for the event and Ohio figures will play a major role.
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Ohio
Inauguration
Washington
William H. Taft
Not Guilty Verdict in First Degree Murder Trial
Thornton Jenkins Hains was acquitted of first degree murder in the shooting of W. E. Annis. The jury deliberated all night, and Hains was escorted by friends to the Long Island City jail to relay the news to his brother. The incident occurred about five months ago on a Friday in August 1908.
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Flushing
WN. Y
Thornton Jenkins Hains
W. E. Annis
Long Island City
William E. An
Tierney
Clark
McBride
Hains
New York
Thomas Walsh
Patrick Ahearn
Crane
Supreme Court
Hicks
Walsh
Ahearn
Hungry men seize estate in bid to farm unemployment relief
About 500 unemployed men stormed the Marquis of Bute’s hunting preserves near Cardiff to dig up land and plant crops. The steward condemned the act as trespass. a court order was sought for eviction, troops were threatened, and the mob vowed to resist starvation-driven action.
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Cardiff
Wales
Marquis Bute
Once Famous Russian Admiral Passes Away
St. Petersburg mourns Vice Admiral Rojestvensky who commanded Russia's Baltic fleet in the war with Japan and surrendered at Tsushima. He faced charges of cowardice, pleaded guilty to save others, and was later deemed not guilty.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Sinovi Petrovitcch Rojestvensky
Japan
Togo
Rojestvensky
Vladivostok
Kniaz Souvaroff
Rojestzensky
Biedovy
Ten Stand for Acquittal in Hains Murder Trial
The Bayside Yacht Club killing case unfolds with Capt. Peter C. Hains accused of firing the fatal shots while brother T. Jenkins Hains is alleged to have helped misdirect the mob. Jurors request readings as Justice Crane stays in court overnight due to juror illness and complex instructions loom.
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Nis
Bayside Yacht Club
Peter C. Hains
T. Jenkins Hains
Annis
John F. McIntyre
White
McIntyre
Denham
Roosevelt at Work After 100 Mile Ride
President Roosevelt reported to his office Thursday with no apparent ill effects from a 100 mile horseback trek completed in 17 hours over four relays. Admiral Rixey and Dr Grayson joined at the navy department, while Capt Butt felt some calf soreness but otherwise well. Roosevelt calls the ride a strong argument for the 90 mile three day army and navy test.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Admiral Rixey
Navy
Grayson
Navy Department
Archibald Butt
Army
Roosevelt invites Omaha man on African hunting trip
President Roosevelt invited Conrad H. Young of Omaha, an expert tennis player, to accompany him on the African hunting expedition. Young has not yet accepted and may decline. He has joined the president on several prior hunting trips in the West.
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T. R
Omaha
Roosevelt
Conrad H. Young
Young
Railway clerks await bill for travel expense payments
Nationwide railway mail clerks expect a pending congressional bill to reimburse their travel expenses while on the job, arguing for government coverage of costs incurred during official duties.
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United States
Congress
Mother's Body Shields Girl in Doizero Train Crash Toll
Doizero Colorado wreck between a Denver Rio Grande passenger train and an eastbound freight leaves at least 20 dead with estimates rising to 50 as debris and bodies blanket the scene. A four year old girl, Alice Williams of Iowa, survives in the day coach. Engineer Gus Olson misread his watch causing the fatal collision and a fire that followed immobilized cars and prompted relief trains as authorities sort injured and dead.
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Alice Williams
Glenwood
Springs
Colo
Doizero
Denver & Rio Grande
Gus Olson
Olson
Dorzero
Dotzero
Edward McCurdy
Iowa
Eigh
Salida
Sigmund Olson
J. T. Jeffrey
Rescue of Savona Crew by Dominion Near Fastnet
The Dominion reports rescuing Captain Crossley and the crew of the British ship Savona about four miles off Fastnet. The Savona was labor laden and abandoned in a waterlogged condition.
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Queenstown
Dominion
Crossley
Fastnet
Savona
Rumor: Bachmetieff to Succeed Rosen as U.S. Ambassador
Diplomatic circles in St. Petersburg discuss a rumor that M. Bachmetieff may be appointed ambassador to the United States, replacing Baron Rosen. No official confirmation is provided in the report.
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St. Petersburg
M. Bachmetieff
United States
Baron Rosen
150 IN MINE DISASTER Welch West Virginia
An explosion at the Lick branch colliery near Switchback McDowell County traps about 250 miners on duty, following a prior blast two weeks earlier. Official reports give few exact fatalities as responders from Bluefield treat the scene. State Mine Inspector Laing and assistants had toured the mine before the first blast and found it among the safest in the area.
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Welch
Lick Branch
Elkhorn
Bluefield
John A. Laing
New River
Frisco Graft Trial Opens Against Patrick Calhoun
Patrick Calhoun of New York and San Francisco, head of the United Railways, faced Judge Lawler as his trial began on charges of offering a bribe to Fred Nicolas, a San Francisco supervisor. The indictment stems from a 1906 municipal scandal in which numerous supervisors confessed to bribery for public service favors.
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San Francisco
Cal
Patrick Calhoun
New York
United Railways
Lawler
Department of the Superior Court
Fred Nicolas
Forney
Board of Supervisors
Afayor Schmitz
Tremor Rocks Port Townsend Area With Multiple Shocks
An earthquake at 3 50 PM Monday caused structural damage in Port Townsend Washington. The tremor lasted ten to fifteen seconds with swaying buildings and broken windows and roofs. Reports from nearby locales indicate a quake zone of at least fifty square miles and two distinct shocks separated by over a minute in severe districts.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Medical Inspector in New York Commits Suicide
Dr. Henry L. Goodwin, medical inspector for the board of health, killed himself Tuesday at his Brunswick apartment by swallowing carbolic acid. He had been beset by acute heart trouble and faced a $25,000 lawsuit from a deaf and dumb man whom he ran over with his car.
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New York
N. Y
Henry L. Goodwin
Board of Health
Brunswick
Oklahoma Miners Strike Over Powder Carrying Rule
About 1,000 coal miners in and around Coal Gate Oklahoma walk out of the mines in protest of a state law restricting blasting powder to a day's supply. They claim the law is violated and strike from the mines near Fort Smith Arkansas.
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Oklahoma
Fort Smith
Ark
Coalgate
Okla
Mahmout Defeats Olson in Two Falls at Coliseum
Yussif Mahmout from the Balkans topped Charley Olson of St. Louis with superior strength in two straight falls at the Coliseum on Monday night. Olson put up a creditable performance before losing to the muscle and brawn of Mahmout.
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Chicago
Yussif Mahmout
Charley Olson
St. Louis
Olson
Balkans
Man Slashes Self After Killing Wife in Oxford
Frank Donnelly, 56, of Oxford, Ohio, killed his wife using a public safety item, then attempted suicide by slashing his throat and wrists. He walked 16 miles through a snowstorm to Hamilton, where he is dying at Mercy Hospital.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Frank Donnelly
Oxford
Mercy Hospital
Mankato Quarryman Kills Four Children
James York a quarryman in Mankato Minnesota murdered his four children one by one as they descended the stairs Tuesday morning.
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Mankato, Minn
James York
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