Earthquake Relief Efforts and Shocks Worldwide
The Red Cross steamer Bayern carried supplies and medical staff from Civita Vecchia to Messina. Relief stations were set by the U S gunboat Scorpion as Giolitti praised international aid. Earthquakes shook Zermatt and several Italian towns with 1300 buried in a single grave at Messina and aid arriving to Villa San Giovanni. Funds were raised in New York and Chicago. Seattle Vancouver and Bellingham also felt tremors in the northwest.
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Red Cross
Civita Vecchia
Messina
Rome
Zermatt
Switzerland
Villa San Giovanni
Giolitti
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Scorpion
New York
Chicago
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Seattle
Vancouver
Bellingham
Northwest
Venezuelans greet Venezuelan envoy in Paris arrival
Personal note reports Dr. Jose de Jesus Paul special envoy from Venezuela arriving in Paris from Bordeaux greeted warmly by residents. Other items cover Fred W. Richardson arrested in Chicago for alleged larceny in Elmira and Buffalo, Frederick Corby Pole surrendering in Cincinnati, Fred Van Meter sentenced for murder, James Treadwell bankruptcy in San Francisco, Edward D. Shurtleff elected Illinois House speaker, and Walter Zeller found guilty of murdering his grandfather.
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Paris
Jose de Jesus Paul
Venezuela
Bordeaux
Fred W. Richardson
Elmira
N. Y
Chicago
Buffalo
Frederick Corby Pole
Montreal
Cincinnati
Fred van Meter
Galliopolis
James Treadwell
Treadwell
Alaska
San Francisco
Edward D. Shurtleff
Marengo
Illinois
House of Representatives
Walter Zeller
Vineland
N. J
Self defense murder and suicide linked in two incidents
Rev John H Carmichael in Battle Run Michigan killed Gideon Browning and burned the body then killed himself in Carthage NL with a pocket knife. He left a confession claiming Browning attacked him with knives and hypo tized him. Bert M Taylor surrendered in San Bernardino after allegedly assaulting two sisters in law at Minden Nebraska.
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John H. Carmichael
Battle Run
Mich
Gideon Browning
Carthage
Browning
Bert M. Taylor
Minden
Neb
San Bernardino
Cal
Joseph Leiter
Stoessel
Nebogatoff
Fortress of
St. Peter and St. Paul
Marshall Field
Rinaher
Chicago
Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Central Valley
Orange County
N. Y
International Association of Aeronauts
London
Helvetia
Germany
Roosevelt drives clashes over land grab and steel deal
Washington notes describe Senate rebukes to the president for remarks about Congress and secret service, Culberson approving a Tennessee Coal and Iron inquiry, and Roosevelt publicizing an investigation into Tillman. The waterway treaty with Britain on US Canada disputes was signed by Root and Bryce. Roosevelt declares support for the steel corporation absorbtion and directs no prosecution explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coos Bay
Wiliman
South Carolina
Senate
Root
Bryce
Great Britain
United States
Canada
House of Representatives
Congress
Secret Service
House
Culberson
Committee of the Judiciary
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Roosevelt
Senator Tillman
Bonaparte
Emperor visit sparks smuggling rumors and warship plan
Reports tie the Korean emperor's visit to Fusan with alleged efforts by Ito to smuggle him aboard a warship to Japan. Other items note a 12 year old sermon, a fatal Zeigler mine explosion, naval arrivals in Naples, a church collapse in Sion, governor inaugurations, and a bank robbery confession.
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Korea
Ito
Fusan
Japan
Michael Rucci
East Side
New York
Joseph Leiter
Zeigler
Ill
Sperry
Connecticut
Naples
Vermont
Kansas
Minnesota
Villefranche
Sion
Switzerland
Herbert
Hadley
Missouri
Andrew L. Harris
Ohio
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Oliver P. Billings
Noel
Clark Tanby
Lawrenceville
N. J
Superior Court
Cook County
Kirke Stanley
Jeannette Deere Chapman
Moline
Pasadena
Cal
Chapman
Omaha
E. H. Harriman
New York Central
Kansas Supreme Court
Shawnee County
International Harvester Company
Tennessee
Kang Yu Wei
Pekin
Yuan Shi Kai
Grand Council
Melvin W. Sheppard
Fred Bellares
George V. Bonhag
Charles J. Bacon
Harry Porter
John Lee
Allam
Wage
Bribery Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for Cameron
Pittsburg tube magnate Cameron is found guilty on conspiracy and misdemeanor charges for attempting to bribe former City Councilman William A. Martin in a bid to secure a franchise for Tube City Railroad. Bail set at 20000. Cameron seeks a new trial. Martin and broker C. R. Richardson testified, with Martin insisting no names would be given.
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Pittsburg
Pat Charles S. Cameron
Tube City Railroad Company
William A. Martin
Tube City Railroad
Cameron
W. A. Martin
Western Penitentiary
C. R. Richardson
Martin
Hames
Voters’ League
Richardson
Publishers Convicted in Rockefeller Libel Case
New York magistrate found 8. Carvalho and colleagues guilty of criminal libel for publishing the Star Publishing Company material about John D. Rockefeller Jr. They were ordered jailed at Tombs but, after seeking habeas corpus, were paroled into their lawyer’s custody following a successful writ.
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New York
Star Publishing Company
William R. Hearst
New York American
Mass Tuesday
Ss. 8
Carvalho
Bradford Merrill
Edward S. Clark
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Tombs Prison
Clarence J. Shearn
Justice Davis
Supreme Court
Messrs. Carvalho, Merrill and Clark
Denver attorney cleared of hypnotic juror influence
Bery Benjamin Laska, a Denver attorney, was found not guilty in Federal Judge Lewis's court of using a so called hypnotic eye to sway jurors toward favorable verdicts. A university of Michigan palmist past was cited, but he reportedly abandoned those practices after joining the bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Turkey Accepts Austria Offer on Bosnia indemnity
Constantinople reports that by suggestion of Sultan Abdul Hamid II the Turkish government accepts Austria Hungary's offer of 2.5 million pounds indemnity for the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, removing any chance of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Austria
Constantinople
Sultan Abdul Namid I
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lawyers Charged in Witness Bribery Case
New York attorneys Carl Fischer Hansen and Alexander Michaelson were arrested at the district attorney’s office Tuesday and held for examination on bribery charges related to witnesses. Bail was set at $15,000 and $10,000 respectively, with bail furnished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carl Fischer-Hansen
Alexander Michaelson
More Than 100 Dead In West Virginia Mine Disaster
An explosion at the Lick Branch colliery in Ihefield West Virginia traps more than 100 miners. Only three escaped including the motor man and bank boss Bowers. Rescue teams from state inspectors Phillips and Nicholson lead efforts amid toxic after gases and heavy debris.
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Ihefield
W. Va
Lick Branch
Bowers
West Virginia
Phillips and
Nicholson
Robert Smith
Holliday
Tug River
Southwest Virginia Improvement Company
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company
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General News
Washington Notes
G. &. Cameron
Hearst
J. DB. Rockefeller, Jr
Lick Branch Colliery
California
Fic Syrup Co
Sige
Carters
Western
Ottawa
C.J. Raotehton
Merchants’ Loan & Trust
W. H. Rogers
Traction Terminal
Indianapolis
Ind
T. QO. Currie
3Rd Street
Milwaukee
Wis
Lane
Salzer
Salzer Seed CO
Box W
la Crosse
Faw. A. Ellsworth
Virginia Farms and Homes
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