Train Wreck Kills Seventeen In Park Avenue Tunnel
A collision inside the smoky Park Avenue tunnel near Grand Central in New York killed seventeen and injured forty as two South Norwalk and White Plains trains bound for the city crashed. Investigators will lead an inquiry into the disaster and ventilation failures are cited as a contributing factor.
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Sugar tariff urged to aid free trade by sugar trust
At the American Sugar Refining Company annual meeting in Jersey City President Tavetreyer urged ending the high tariff on raw sugar. He argued the duty costs consumers 32 cents a pound, totaling about 85? million in annual savings, while part goes to planters.
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Young Morris on the Stand in Alturas Murder Trial
Special to Gazette reports at Alturas on January 1 as Deputy Attorney General Post delays until 1 20 pm for two witnesses Claude Morris and John Hutton who confess involvement in the crime. Morris testifies about coercion and protection promises by Post and Miller, detailing abduction from a stage, confinement at the Grand Central Hotel, and pressure to confess. He says he believed he would be jailed or hanged if he did not cooperate, while his mother was present part of the time.
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Mayor Schmitz Takes Control In San Francisco
The Gazette reports the newly elected officials assume office in San Francisco with Mayor Schmitz replacing Phelan. Appointments include Michael Casey as Commissioner of Public Works, J S Parry as Fire Commissioner, and H W Hutton as Police Commissioner, all tied to Union Labor affiliations.
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Presidential Appointments Noted by Gazette Wire
The president sent numerous Senate appointments today including Leslie M. Shaw as Treasury Secretary Henry Payne postmaster general and John R A Crosgland as minister resident to Liberia. Also named were consuls surveyors postmasters and Army Navy officers with Frederick W. Kealter consecrated missionary bishop of Olympia.
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No Clue To Robbers Of Stock Yards Bank
National Stock Yards Bank president says robbers have not yet been identified. Officials believe the safe was blown open by experts. No tips or clues left. all records intact and only 3500 dollars stolen.
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Boer Laager Guarded Wholly By Women Near Makwani
Cape Town dispatch reports the Kimberly Column locating a Boer laager near Makwani with many cattle guarded entirely by women led by the wife of Commandant DeBeers. About 150 women act as cowboys and only six men are said to be at the camp. A rich gold strike is reported just north of the Uylatt ranch, as prospecting by Southern Pacific workers uncovers a vein of gold bearing quartz near the mouth of the canyon.
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