Deadly Tunnel Crash on Harlem Line in New York
A White Plains local collided with a Norwalk accommodation train in a central tunnel at Fifty-seventh Street and Park Avenue, causing a fatal wreck. The collision caused scalding steam and a fire haze, with at least forty dead or injured and two dozen seriously hurt as an investigation begins. Authorities arrested the engineer and fireman, and a towerman.
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New York
White Plains
Harlem
New York Central Road
Norwalk
Central Tunnel
Fifty-seventh Street
Park Avenue
Fifty-sixth Street
Twain
A. G. Walton
H. G. Diamond
George Potter
Albert M. Perrin
B. C. D. Foskette
H. Crosby
Theodore Forgardo
Willam Fisher
A. F. Howard
William Howard
E. C. Hinsdale
Charles Mars
George W. S. Ring
F. Washburn
New Rochelle
W. B. Lees
Oscar W. Meyrowitz
H. G. Thomas
New York City
Cut Rates the Rule Chicago Jan
Startling admissions of open violations of the interstate commerce law were made by freight traffic managers of several big railroads. They testified to rate cuts on packing-house products from East St. Louis to New York dropping 35 cents to 20 cents in 1901, with export provisions eliminated for 3 cents after early January. The inquiry into the community interests plan was postponed due to absent witnesses until Jan 24.
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Chicago
Commission
Congress
W. Whitney
East St. Louis
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
President nominates new cabinet members and top officials
President names Leslie Maw to secretary of the treasury Henry C Payne to postmaster general John RK Crossland to consul general to Liberia Conrad N Jordan as assistant treasurer in New York and Robert G Pearce as surveyor of customs at Rock Island The nominations were sent to the senate from Washington on January 8.
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K. G. Pearce
Rock Island
Washington
Senate
Leslie Maw
Treasury
Henry C. Payne
Wisconsin
John RK. A. Crossland
Missouri
Liberia
Conrad N. Jordan
United States
New York
Robert G. Pearce
Miners Trapped After Severe Mine Cave-In at Negaunee
A disastrous cave-in at the Negaunee mine in Michigan leaves thirteen to seventeen miners dead or missing. Five names are reported, with two bodies recovered, including Hunolalla and Dominic Basso who survives recounting the chaos as rescuers work. Hundreds gather as a rescue runs through a twisted lower shaft and crowded drift.
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Milwaukee
Sentinel
Negaunee
Mich
William Williams
John Sullivan
John Pascoe
John Pearce
Jacob Huolalia
Hunolalla
Dominic Basso
Besso
Beret
Lake Superior District
Child Nearly Buried Alive After Funeral Preparations
In St Joseph Michigan Camille Chamberlain a year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Chamberlain survived burial after waking in her coffin during funeral preparations. Declared dead the previous Saturday from Brights disease the child revived just as mourners gathered and was taken to doctors who restored full consciousness.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Jan
Camille Chamberlain
George Chamberlain
Hartford
Littl
Bright
LaCrosse
Wis
Silas Boareman
Mississippi
Juliet
Julius Ritter
Ritter
Mokena
Ritters
Review of Case Congress May Hold Aloof From Schley Controversy
Washington coverage notes mixed sentiment on the Schley controversy as Congress prepares to defer to the president if he seeks to resolve the matter. Analysts expect Roosevelt may veto any congressional action and push to end the dispute, while Senate rituals honor Senator Foraker on his wife’s wedding day. A Michigan representative introduces a bill to repeal stamp taxes on certain war revenue documents.
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Washington, Jan
Committee On Naval Affairs
House
Schley
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Ashington
Jan. S
Smith
Michigan
Tukrod
Fights for His Share in Miles Will Case
Samuel Miles seeks to reopen the long running will dispute over a 4 million dollar estate. He claims an earlier will drawn by Paul T. Gadsden granted him an equal share with Joseph. Gadsden and the former stenographer testified in Lincoln as the case moves to reopen before Judge Thampson. The hearing will stretch for several days.
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Lincoin
Jzn
Miles
Samuel Miles
Samuel
Paul T. Gadsden
St. Louis
Gadsden
Mexico
Joseph
Lincoln
Thampson
Will Go In Style Charleston Exposition Visit Planned
Miller the Cook County Democracy secretary arrives in Charleston to arrange a Cook County rally at the exposition. About 200 members expected Feb 10, with Mayor Carter Harrison and other leaders joining. Milwaukee Mayor Rose to guest. Parade dress code includes Prince Albert coats and silk umbrellas. Also notes legacy tax paid in Kenosha and creditors meeting for Mrs Coffin in Racine with Chicago attorneys present.
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Charleston
8. C
C. FB. Miller
Robert FP. Burke
Cook County Democracy of
Chicago
Cook County Democracy
Roosevelt
Carter Harrison
John Powers
Cook County
Democrac
J. H. Brunjes
James N. Gray
T. E. Bryan
Rose
Milwaukee
Gloomy View Measures Against Agitation in Polish Districts
Berlin January 8 1900s opening speech to the Prussian diet warned of a bleak economic outlook and stressed suppressing agitation in eastern Prussia Polish districts. The speech urged maintaining the German political economic position as essential to Prussia’s self preservation.
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Berlin
Prussia
Mastiff Masters Bull in Brutish Battle at Madisoa
A crowd gathered as John Goller’s full-blooded German mastiff fought a large dangerous bull in a pen for about half an hour. The mastiff persisted while the bull weakened from blood loss and was finally shot dead after the prolonged encounter.
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Madiosa
Ind
Jan. S
John Goller
North Madison
Goller
Canal Canalage Debate Highlights Nicaragua Route Choice
Washington dispatch reports the House debate on the Nicaragua canal bill led by Shackleford with Hepburn defending the Nicaragua route and fortification authority. Morgan’s resolution probes interoceanic rail and canal ties, while Cannon and others press questions on protocol terms and timing.
Judge Tuley Ruling Limits Telephone Rates in Chicago
Chicago case bounds Illinois Manufacturing Association against Chicago Telephone Co. to a fixed annual rate of 125 dollars, defining telephone as a general institution and upholding municipal ordinance. Tribunal bars higher charges for improvements, cites quasipublic status, and enjoins rate pending appeal. notes definition of telephone and non divisibility of services. Also reports a violent assault on a boy near Waukegan and financial trouble for Everett Moore syndicate with receivers appointed for Toledo and Detroit railroad.
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Chicago
Tuley
Tlinois Manufacturing Association
Chicago Telephone Company
Supreme Court
Indiana
Telephone Company
Oie
Jackson
Illinois
River Forest
Street Railway
Cicero
Everett-Moore
Toledo, O
Dun
Toledo and Detroit Railroad
Not a Regular Thug Says John Ryan About Chicago Holdup Man
A Chicago hold up man shot and killed by Eugene Hector is identified by a nameless man claiming to be John Ryan son of a New York City resident. Ryan says the killer was not a habitual thug but desperate from unemployment. Terry McGovern and Dave Sullivan plan a 25 round bout at the Southern Athletic Club in Kentucky on February afternoon.
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Milwaukee
Jan. S
Rose
George H. Chase
John S. Wolf
County Hospital
Chicago
Jan
Eugene Hector
John Ryan
Broome Street
New York City
Ryan
Terry McGovern
Dave Sullivan
New York
Southern Athletic Club
Ee Ky
Michigan City
Ind
Herman Myer
Myer
Rev Keator Consecrated Bishop in Dubuque Ceremony
Rev. Frederick William Keator, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, was consecrated missionary bishop of Olympia in a formal service at St. John's Church Dubuque. It marked the first bishopric consecration in Iowa with a large assembly of visiting clergy.
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Dubuque, Jan. S
Frederick William Keator
St. John's Episcopal Church
Olympia
St. John’s Church
Iowa
Episcopal Church In
Miss Foraker Weds Francis King Wainwright in Washington
Miss Julia Foraker youngest daughter of Senator and Mrs Foraker married Francis King Wainwright of Philadelphia at her parents residence in Washington. The ceremony was followed by a reception with senatorial diplomatic and social circles represented.
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Washington
Julia Foraker
Foraker
Francis King Wainwright
Philadelphia
Billy Cealson Named to Treasury Secretary Post
Des Moines report says Billy Cealson, a trusted aide to Gov. Shaw’s wife, has been promised the first appointment as secretary of the treasury. His exact Washington role is unspecified but likely allows continued private service to Mrs. Shaw. The piece notes the influence of social duties on early career placement.
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Des Moines
Billy" Cealson
Shaw
State House
Treasury
Her Pet Fad
Dialogue fragment from Boston Transcript where Mrs Jones and Mrs Robinson debate a long lasting admiration for a husband over twenty years. Mrs Brown dismisses the remark while Mrs Jones defends the enduring fixation as a social fad.
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Interstate Commerce Board
St. Paul
Minn
Cole
Jin Younger
State Board of Pardons
WU Indorse
Freeport
Mrs
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Joseph Newman
Elgin
Bell Company
Logansport
Miss Foraker
Kenosha
Frederick S. Newell
Bain Wagon Works
William II Salts
Waverly
Louis Busse
Butler County
Busse
Clyde
Bremer County
Lafayette
Leland Biges
Hepburn
Panama
Shackleford
Nicaragua
Morgan
Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Trans-Continental Railroad
Canada
Panama Canal Company
Pacific Coast
Panama Railroad Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Shafroth
Uniteds
Fowler
New Jersey
Ameri
Panama Canal
New Orleans
San Francisco
France
United State
Sims
Tennessee
Cannon
Phone Corporation
Waukegan
Leber
Fred Weidhoff
State Line
Frederic William Keator
Dubuque
Billy
Gov. Shaw
Treasury Department
Northwestern Medical College
Valparaiso (Lyd.) Normal School
Chicago Eclectic Medical College
Germany
Hamburg
Denmark
al Daggett
Kings County
N. Y
Seth Low
Brooklyn
Mr. Daggett
Charles Henry Cotton
C. H. Cotton
C. Henry Cotton
Cotton
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