Three trains pile up in Pennsylvanian wreck near Johnstown
At Nineveh Tower a wrong signal caused Pennsylvania mail and express No 24 to hit a slow freight. Eastbound and westbound wrecks followed, with four dead and at least five injured. Victims include engineer James G Black and fireman William Paul. other injured listed. Fire and caboose wreckage spilled into the river.
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JOHNSTOWN
extra freight
Weastpound No
JAMES G BLACK
No. 93
rawned
WM. PAUL
Pitcairn
ROBERT S NOLAN
JAMES WINTERS
atittsburg
No. M4
Win Stevie
Fawart Gallagher
Gey smith
John Fogarty
Jesse IE Butler
Venezuelan revolution stalls as ships spoil and bands arm
From Willemstad Ishind af Murat Jan 14 a revolutionary flotilla arrives to back Ri za in Venezuela as ships lack coal and engines. Ri za and Mendoza factions prepare near Coro while government struggles to pay troops and buy war materiel amid rising unrest. In Berkeley four men rob a bank, blowing the safe and escaping with funds before a gunfight ends the incident. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria tasks Dr Dancif to form a new cabinet.
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Gazette
WILLEMSTAD
Ishind
af Murat
Haytian Calette
Labertador
Ran Righ
teae Battlema
Venezuela
Activicg
Cracos
Libertadas
Cuintro
Oibertador
Riza
Cora
Riera
Frionandes Mendoza
Caracas
New York
Tt bs
Venezue
Castro
Panama Canal Company Offers To Sell To United States
Paris January 4 The Panama Canal Company directors in session decide to offer to sell the canal property to the United States for 40 million dollars covering excavations canal railroad machinery and all associated concessions The offer is to be submitted to the President in Washington and Admiral Walker is informed by cable The State Department will receive the proposition for consideration includes all rights and concessions tied to the Panama route across the Isthmus.
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PARIS
Panama Canal Company
WASHINGTON
M Hiocusse
Admiral Walker
Isthmian Canal Commission
United States
Panama
Isthmus
Walker
State Department
Fire destroys Methodist minister home in Bethany Conn
Edmund Peck, 80, and daughter Mary, 35, perished in an early morning blaze that gutted their Bethany turnpike home. Edmund Peck of Waterbury, son of Edmund, was seriously injured by leaping from a second story window. The cause remains unknown as officials investigate the blaze.
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Gazette
BETHANK
Conn
Janary
Edmund Peck
Mary Pek
Bethany
hades Peck
Waterbury
Edmund
Proclamation Urging U S Soldiers to Desert Publishes Philippines Prodding
The War Department received from the Philippines a call signed by nine Americans urging U S soldiers to desert and join Filipino forces. The document lists names and urges men to present themselves to Filipino authorities, alleging the war is unjust and that Americans profit from it. It notes one signer, J. T. Kreider, faced a treason trial, with court records detailing the commission's proceedings.
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England
Hberator
George Washington
Washington
PresidentcKinley
Mark Hanne
America
Fillpina froona
HARRY VIORAL ALMAN
TOHN BLAKE trufeneter
PRANK L CLARK
21st
United States Infantry
THOMAS KRETDER
United States Volunteers
HARRY RICHTER
6th
United States Artillery
CHARLES WRIGHT
FITZHUGH SMITH
JOHN RYAN
J. T. Kreider
Philippines
War Department
Chaffee
Insurgenta
United
Walla Walla Life Boats Reported Reaching Trinidad
Eyewitness notes from Eureka Cali January 4 describe survivors of the ill fated Walla Walla being taken to Trinidad and Fresh Water Lagoon. Details include lifeboat arrivals, names of survivors, and transport plans to San Francisco aboard the Pomona.
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EUREKA
Calif
Walla Walla
United States
McCulloch
San Francisco
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
rly
Big Fresh Water Lagoon
Trinidad
Big Lagoon
Lupp
lfe
Wala Walla
Kotaschunur
Tacoma
Fresh Water Lagoon
Hureka
Panama
Holmes
boatsewain
E. Johnson
P. Nausett
Arthur Tohnson
J. O. Johnson
G. M. Morrison
Walter
Rudolh Nelgon
Turmoil in Alturas as Lookout lynching case unfolds
In Alturas a warlike mood grows after a warrant for thirteen men connected to the Calvin Hall and others hanging case. Ten men are jailed, three pursued, a writ of habeas corpus set for Monday, and militia reportedly being called to prevent violence. A tense hotel confrontation escalates fears of bloodshed.
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ALTURAS
Calvin Hall
Frank
Jim Hall
Martin Wilson
Dan Yantis
Trowbridge
Frederick Roberts
J. J. Potter
J. R. Myers
A. L. Colburn
Willam McDaniels
Henry Knox
Claude Marcus
W. Claude Brown
Jerve Kregoe
Louis Polmanteer
irin Trowbridge
Joseph W. Leventon
Jjall
John Huston
Claude Morrie
Delose G. Brownell
Grana Central Hotel
Judge Post
Holcombe
Durfee
Post
Daniel Miller
Brownell
Payne
Miller
Murder of a Winnemucca Carpenter
A report from Winnemucca details the murder of J. A. Aggle, 67, a local carpenter. Police investigate the killing as a violent incident in the town.
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WINNEMUCCA
Republican caucuses shape Ohio Legislature organization
In Columbus Ohio on January 4 Republicans held factional caucuses for the Ohio Legislature. Foraker and Hanna factions formed separate senatorial caucuses while representatives also met. Hanna backers posted bets on McKinnon for Speaker and McElroy for Clerk as Hanna influence surged. Separate tickets expected in the afternoon Senate caucus.
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Gaxette
COLUMBUS
organization of Ohio
Foraker
Hanna
McKinnon
McElroy
House
Senate
tiro
Shaw Named to Lead Treasury January 25
Governor Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa will take charge of the Treasury Department on January 25 after a two hour conference with Secretary Gage. Shaw, leaving the White House, said no changes in the force were decided and he regrets Gage's departure.
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Gazette
WASHINGTON
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
Gage
Treasury Department
White House
Shaw
Four section men killed by Burlington train near Monmouth
Four section men, James McGrath Joseph Brow Samuel Mettler and Mike Anderson, were instantly killed when a Burlington passenger train struck their hand car crew near Monmouth Illinois. The accident occurred as the train was hidden by steam from a freight on sidings. Martial law to be proclaimed in Barcelona amid street clashes with civil guards as a general strike spreads, with injuries and arrests reported.
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Gazette
MONMOUTH
Burlington
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