Famine and civil war fears sweep Moscow and St Petersburg
Reports from Moscow and St Petersburg describe revolutionary violence and a looming civil war as the strike degenerates into armed rebellion. Editors warn of famine and economic collapse, while artillery battles, casualties, and troop loyalty are tracked amid warnings of a broader crisis. In New York a fire erupts on Fifty eighth Street causing extensive damage and a dramatic window rescue. a Paterson locomotive boiler explosion injures two.
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New York
St. Petersburg
London Telegraph
Moscow
Adjourn Hearings With Picks In Air In New York
New York December 25 Public hearings will adjourn on Saturday December 30. Chairman Armstrong of the legislative insurance investigating committee says the next four days will be busy with four full sessions between Christmas and New Year. The committee seeks to conclude its work and plans further records.
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New York
Sena Itop Armstrong
Legislave Insurance
Burlington Woman Kills Herself After Revival Meetings
Burlington Iowa December 25 Mrs Herman Wesce 545 Bedeman Street killed herself by cutting her throat yesterday while in a trance of religious fervor linked to revivals held in Burlington by Evangel Sunday. The death is reported as self inflicted amid emotional exposure to revival meetings.
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Burlington
Iowa
Herman Wesce
Bedemantreet
Evange
Let
Five Firemen Injured As Broadway Annex Fire Rages
One hundred ten guests barely escaped from the burning Broadway annex of the Van Nuys hotel in Los Angeles after a Christmas morning blaze. A rear floor collapse sent five firemen into the basement as guests fled in night attire losing baggage and valuables. Nebraskan ex-state auditor T. H. Benton and family escaped with losses. Mrs. P. Hanisch of Chicago valued at $4,000. Earlier New York reports say Mayor McClellan’s plurality was trimmed by about 200 votes, with about $1.5 million in election bets tied up awaiting final results and a possible quo warranto challenge.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Broadway
van Nuys
T. H. Benton
Nebraska
P. Hanisch
Chicago
New York
McClellan
William R. Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Hearst
Pope to send wedding gift to Alice Roosevelt
New York December 25 Pope Pius X has signaled via cable that he will send a wedding present to Miss Alice Roosevelt for her February wedding. The gift is expected to be an ornate mosaic from the Vatican factory, likely a replica of a prized Vatican painting. A separate report notes a child’s death linked to a Christmas candy containing arsenic.
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New York
Pius X
Alice Roosevelt
Vatican
Pana
William Coleman
Washington, D.C
Admiral Dewey
Fights star Fitzsimmons sued over shooting threat
San Francisco dispatch reports Robert Fitzsimmons plans to sue Maj. Charles J S Miller of Franklin Pa for 100000 damages charging alienation of his wife. Miller warned he would shoot Fitzsimmons on sight prompting counter threats and speculation of pursuit to New York and Europe.
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San Francisco
Cal
Robert Fitzsimmons
Charles Joseph Sibley Miller
Franklin
Leon Friedman
New York
East
Maj. Miller
Fitzsimmons
Friedman
Miller
Trade with China and Japan Shows Marked 1905 Growth
Washington December 25 exports to China through October reached 50 million dollars, up from 20 million in the same months of 1904 and 13.4 million in 1903. Exports to Japan totaled 46.5 million, well above about 22 million in 1904 and 16 million in 1903, reflecting a notable rise in American outward trade with the two nations.
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China
Japan
Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commercs and Labor
Burlington Adheres to Sunday Closing Quietly
Burlington Iowa observed the lid yesterday with no disturbances or arrests. Downtown crowds remained orderly as all saloons were closed for the first time on Sunday in the city.
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Iowa City
Burlington
Iowa
Girl Clerk Robs Mails to Help Man Bet Races
Oakland Cal Dee 2 Miss Luin Bowen a post office clerk for seven years is arrested for embezzling 7110 of government funds. She confessed to secret service officers after evidence showed she gave money to a married man who bets on races and loses large sums. She had supplied funds by decoy registered letters and money orders. A leader in the Baptist church she supported her widowed mother and younger sister.
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Oakland
Cal
Dee
Luin Bowen
Secret Service
Baptist Church
Engagements Clash With Taft Philippine Trip Romance
Washington D C Dee Secre tary Taft s Philippine trip developed a second romance as Representative Swagar Sherley of Louisville announced engagement to Mignon Critten of Staten Island New York Miss Critten is a friend of Miss Roosevelt and was in the Roosevelt touring party when Nicholas Longworth showed interest in the president s daughter Taft is pleased over the engagements resulting from this trip.
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Washington, D. C
Dee
Taft
Swagar Sherley
Louisville
Mignon Critten
Staten Island
N. Y
Miss Critten
Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Kentucky
Mayor halts immoral play in Columbus theater
The Columbus mayor on order of Mayor Jeffries stopped the show Why Girls leave Home at the High Street theater after a week run for immorality. The roadhouse scene with an interior showing men and women drinking drew the objection. Manager Greenburg noted others haven’t halted it, except Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Obie
Dee
Jeffries
High Street
Greenburg
Springfield
Mass
Three Lumbermen Die in Suspected Pact in New Orleans
In New Orleans on December 25, John C McCall J H Wells and Jim Bafter lumbermen from Lamberton Mississippi died together in a cheap St Charles Street lodging. They were asphyxiated by escaping gas in an apparent personal crisis pact. Each tried to conceal his identity as authorities investigate the incident.
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New Orleans
John C McCall
J. H. Wells
Jim Bafter
Jal
Lamberton
Miss
St. Charles Street
Governor blamed for unprecedented acts on Christmas Day
New York on December 25 a statement by E A Merritt Jr, candidate for speaker of the New York state assembly, assails the governor for pressuring Francis Hendricks, Frederick Kilburn, and George W Aldridge, arguing presidential interference harms the Republican party and alleging the governor bears responsibility for the ensuing political disaster.
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New York
E. A. Merritt, Jr
New York State Assembly
Francis Hendricks
Frederick Kilburn
George W. Aldridge
Merritt
Wadsworth
Assembly
Theater Girls Fight Back At Rich Men's Scorn
Paris dispatch notes Miss Mabelle Gilman defending theater girls against scapegoat blame for millionaire wife troubles. She argues artists work hard, are rarely home wreckers, and calls for a league to protect respectable artists. The piece also references American figures and social dynamics in Europe.
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America
W. E. Corey
Wreck Victims Suffer in Cold at Durango
An east bound Denver and Rio Grande passenger train from Silverton wrecked three miles from Durango as cars plunged down an embankment. A large number of passengers were injured, with 12 seriously hurt, but no fatalities reported. The crash is blamed on a defective rail and the extreme cold worsened the sufferers.
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Rio Grande
Durango
Colo
Denver
Soaring Air Travel Proved Easier by Holland Says Early 1900s
James E Martin of 803 Fifth Avenue died in a Flushing auto crash yesterday. Mrs Martin and several others were injured as the driver tried to pass a vehicle and hit a mud-filled ditch near a new gas main. In New York John P Holland, the submarine inventor, argues soaring flight will soon be the safest, simplest form of locomotion and forecasts widespread air travel within a year. He says he began building airships 12 years ago and has repeatedly improved his designs to overcome failures.
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James E. Martin
New York
Fifth Avenue
Stantly
Flushing
William Manice
Daniel Bacon
Bacon
J. Allen Townsend
Martin
James ©. Martin. Jr
Townsend
Dee
John P. Holland
Mr. Holland
Jekcsees
BIG COAST LINER ASHORE STEAMER PORTLAND AGROUND
A steamship Portland ran aground on Spire Island eight miles north of Ketchikan Alaska on December 21. Captain Lindquist reports the vessel leaking badly and likely to be a total loss. Passengers were moved to Ketchikan. Rough sea conditions and ore cargo may have caused the misnavigation.
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Portland
Seattle
Wash
Spire Island
Ketchikan
Alaska
Lindquist
Death in friendly scuffle over meat chopper in Burlington
In Burlington Iowa December 25 George Freltag 15 was killed by Otto Shaumberg 26 during a playful store incident Shaumberg threatened Freltag with a meat chopper slipped and stabbed him Shaumberg was arrested describing the case as a friendly scare.
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Burlington
Iowa
George Freltag
Otto Shaumberg
Shaumberg
Freitag
Shaumberg Wee
Falling Iron Ore Kills Eight Men in Newport Mine
Eight men die when 100 tons of ore collapse from a slip at the Newport mine iron ore level in Ironwood Michigan. Rescue teams expect delays due to drifting ore and broken timbers, with recovery likely taking several days.
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Ironwood
Mich
Dee
Newkport
Yates Expected to Start Senate Campaign Early January
Springfield WL Dec 25 Richard Yates plans a speechmaking campaign for the United States senatorship early in January likely the first week. The improved condition of Mrs Yates after an illness allows hope for a rapid recovery and her ability to walk downstairs signals the critical point passing.
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Springfield
Richard Yates
United States
Mra
Yates
District Attorney Baxter Fired After Refusal to Resign
Omaha report states United States District Attorney Baxter was dismissed for refusing to resign amid accusations of perfunctory prosecution of cattlemen charged with illegally fencing government land. Also noted is Northampton death of Janda, Daughter of 1776, and obituary of Mrs. Drusilla Hall Johnson, aged 100, heiress linked to Aaron Hall’s Revolutionary War history.
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Northampton
Mass
Dee
Drusilla Hall Johnson
Aaron Hall
England
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