Seneca Sets Out to Destroy Derelicts at Sea
The Seneca, first derelict-destroying vessel built for the Revenue Cutter Service, is commissioned to seek and blow up abandoned ships in the Atlantic corridor from Portland to Charleston and the Bermudas. Masters are urged to report derelicts with precise location and wind data. the crew will use wireless and explosives to remove hazards. A separate note condemns tipping as an outdated practice, urging readers to curb it through personal habit rather than law.
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United States Revenue Cutter Service
Portland
Charleston
S. C
Bermudas
Sable Island
Maritime Exchange
New York
Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Baltimore
Furs and steamers mark shift in northwest trade
A Winnipeg report says a Hudson Bay Company steamer wrecked in Hudson Bay resulting in a loss of furs valued at 1.5 million. The disaster highlights the modern scale of fur trade shipping and the transition from human and day-team transport to steamboat logistics.
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Great Northwest
Winnipeg
Hudson Bay Company
Sugar Creek Disappears From Map Cautionary Tale
A Youth's Companion story recalls a surveyor warning a map publisher that Sugar creek has vanished and may be erased from the map. A prospector notes springs may vanish in arid lands and tells of two men who died in Death Valley because a map had not been corrected and Sugar creek appeared on it.
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Washington Post
Hackman
Sugar Creek
Death Valley
Ferrero Sees American Republic Heritage in Rome Lectures
Italian historian Ferrero argues in Boston lectures that America is a truer heir to the Roman republic than any European nation. He says Rome taught large scale commonwealth principles, a scope only the United States can realize, with echoes in American imperialism wealth and powerful women.
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Ferrero
Rome
Boston
America
United States
Woman in Chicago Urges Sisters Not to Marry
A Chicago woman, thrice divorced, tells her sisters not to marry, deeming tying to men ridiculous. She argues each person should have her own experience of the absurdity, rejecting a single measured view after her own energised denunciations.
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Chicago
France May Face Straits Adopting World Orphans
In a stark assessment the voice warns that France could be driven to drastic measures in self defense, suggesting it may be compelled to take in orphans from around the world if pressures intensify.
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France
Dramatic Sea Disaster Ends With Collision Deaths
New York telegraph reports the White Star Republic sank after a collision with the Florida of the Lloyds Habana line. Six lives lost and four injured, including Mrs. Eugene Lynch of Boston and W. J. Mooney of Langton, with 1,600 passengers rescued by the Baltic. A later account notes a possible crew miscue at the wheel and a perilous transfer of passengers in darkness.
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New York
White Star
Hner
Republic
Florida
Lloyds Habana Line
Daltic
White Star Line
Moyida
Baltic
Forida
Eugene Lynch
Roston
W. J. Mooney
Langton
N. N
Wis Jer
M. J. Murphy
Grand Parks
N. C
Woodward
Griggs
Hfe
Frances C. Morse
Worcester
Mass
Alice Marge Harla
Brooklyn
President Elect Taft Sails for Canal Zone
President elect Taft and Mrs Taft sailed from Charleston aboard the North Carolina to reach the Isthmus of Panama. The party includes Wendell Mischler and engineers. Secret service agents accompany the group as ships proceed toward the Atlantic fleet reception in New Orleans. Aboard the Montana were correspondents. a foggy sea, lifeboats readied, and a dramatic Florida Baltic transfer followed.
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Charleston
Taft
Wendall Mischler
L. C. Wheeler
Secret Service
Frederick P. Stearns
Boston
John R. Freeman
Providence
Montana
Richard Jarvin
P. C. Knox
Frank HH. Hitchcock
Mr. Taft
Unitarian Church
North Carolina
Augusta
Wendell Mischler
Carpenter
California
Party of Engineers
Richard Jarvis
Wil
Land Fraud Probe Seeks $1 Million to Uncover Graft
Secretary Garfield asks Congress for a $1,000,000 appropriation to fund more detectives and empower existing agents to reveal alleged frauds in public lands. Commissioner Dennett says vast frauds justify the need as he defends agents against claims of misconduct and insists investigations will target extensive corporate and individual abuses in land acquisitions.
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Washington
Congress
Garfield
Interior Department
Dennett
General Land Office
T Ds
Schwartz
Farmer Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life Near Chariton
In Painesville Ohio on January 26, R. L. a well-to-do farmer living near Chariton fatally shoots his wife amid financial troubles and then shoots himself. The couple's son Sidney found the bodies.
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Painesville, O
R. Iu
Chariton
Sidney
New York Woman Wins 35000 After Salisbury Rain Wreck
Mrs Bradt of New York obtained a verdict of 35000 against the London and Southwestern Railway Company for injuries from the Salisbury rain wreck dated July 1, 1906. The case was tried in London on January 26.
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London
Bradt
New York
London & Southwestern Railway Company
Salisbury
Mine Accident Fatal to Six at Piedmont WV Coal Mine
Cumberland Md Jan 26 Three men were killed and ten injured in a collision on the inclined railway to Piedmont and Georges Creek Coal Co near Piedmont W Va. Victims include James Condry William Hamilton and an unnamed Italian. Charles Night and two Italians may die. Others severely bruised. Cars collided head on at a midway meeting point on the half mile long slope.
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Cumberland
Piedmont & Georges Creek Coal Co
Piedmont
W. Va
James Condry
William Hamilton
Charles Night
Shaw led voluntary bankruptcy filing in Newburyport
Boston Jan 26 Former State Treasurer J P Shaw of Newburyport a railroad financier led a voluntary petition in bankruptcy yesterday with liabilities of 1 023 305 and assets of 275 765 The principal liabilities are indorsed paper for the James Shaw Company amounting to 61 788 held by 60 creditors The assets consist of real estate 55 820 and stocks and bonds valued at 216 370
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Boston
J. P. Shaw
Newburyport
James Shaw Company
Assault Threat Prompts Lynching Fears in Hobart
Mrs. J. R. Faulkner wife of State Representative Faulkner was assaulted at their Hobart home by J. R. Bowden a white employee. Bowden escaped and a posse pursued him as the community feared possible lynching.
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Guthrie
Okla
Jan
J. R. Faulkner
Faulkner
Hobart
J. R. Bowden
Bowden
Young Vineland man sentenced to death in Read murder
Walter Zeller an 18 year old Vineland resident was convicted of first degree murder for complicity in the killing of his grandfather William Read on November 13. He was sentenced yesterday to be executed in the electric chair in Trenton during the week beginning March 8.
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Smidgeton
N. J
Walter Zeller
Vineland
William Read
Trenton
Judge denies bid to close Washoe smelter in smoke case
Helena Mont Jan 26 Judge Hunt of the United States district court denied the farmers petition to close the Washoe smelter at Anaconda in the so called smoke case. The ruling rejects the request for immediate shutdown and leaves the plant operating pending further proceedings.
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Helena
Mont
Hunt
United States District Court
Anaconda
Milwaukee Banker Dies After Yearlong Illness
Milwaukee National Bank vice president John J Murphy died yesterday after about a year of illness. He was 59 years old.
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Milwaukee
John J. Murphy
Milwaukee National Bank
Lynching Denounced In Mobile Mass Meeting
In Mobile Alabama on Saturday morning the lynching of Douglas Roberson drew denunciations from nearly every pulpit and a large mass meeting at the office of former mayor Joseph C. Rich. Resolutions were adopted urging Governor Comer to order a thorough investigation.
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Mobile
Ala
Douglas Roberson
Joseph C. Rich
Comer
Bubonic Plague In Caracas Reported Four Cases
Caracas reports four bubonic plague cases on January 26 as authorities track the outbreak on Willemstad and the island of Curacao, with health officials outlining preliminary responses and containment measures.
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Caracas
Willemstad
Island of
Caracao
Root Resigns as Secretary After Newfoundland Treaty Deal
Secretary of State Robert Root tendered his resignation effective upon successor qualification after an agreement with British Canadian and Newfoundland representatives on the Newfoundland fisheries dispute to be submitted to The Hague for arbitration. The pact followed long diplomacy with Senator elect Root aiming to explain terms to the Senate.
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Washington
Jan
Root
Newfoundland
Bryce
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Robert Bacon
J.C. O'Loughlin
Bacon
Senate
White House
United States
New York
United States Senate
Canada
Hague
California
Student Electrocuted During Cornell Junior Week
Ithaca N Y Jan 26 a cloud hung over Cornell University Junior week as Parkman Leavitt of Hast Orange New Jersey was electrocuted last night. He struck a guy wire by the Cascadilla school building and died from the shock.
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Ithaca
N. J
Cornell University
Parkman Leavitt
Hast Orange
Cascadilla
Russians Mark Red Sunday Parade in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on January 26, about 200 Russians marched through the business district waving red flags to commemorate the fourth anniversary of Red Sunday amid apprehension of possible trouble.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Lid Club Surrenders After 16-Hour Standoff in St Louis
Thirteen members of the Belmont Pleasure club at 622 Marion surrendered after a 16 hour standoff as police raided the lid organization. The long siege ended with arrests and the club facing disruption.
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Lid Club
St. Louis
Belmont Pleasure Club
Lid
Marion
Lincoln County Goes Dry in Kentucky Vote
In LaRue County Hodgenville Kentucky Abraham Lincoln’s native county held a dry election Saturday by a majority of 1086 to 1 against liquor. The county voted over four to one against Jeenge notation of the time.
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Lincoln
Hodgenville
LaRue
Abraham Lincoln
Jeenge
Earthquake May Be In Russian Turkestan
St. Petersburg reports a violent quake likely occurred in Russian Turkestan beyond the Pamirs but exact location not yet confirmed. Borzhom instruments noted distant shocks while Karatagh’s 1907 quake killed about 15 000. Yekaterinburg and Smyrna also logged seismic disturbance and minor shocks.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Russian Turkestan
Pamirs
Borzhom
Transcaucasia
Karatagh
Yekaterinburg
Magneto-Meteorological Observatory
Smyrna
Primate of Canada Arthur Sweatman Dies in Toronto
Most Rev. Arthur Sweatman archbishop of Toronto and prime minister of Canada’s Anglican church province died yesterday afternoon at the see house from bronchial pneumonia. Born in England in 1834 he studied at Cambridge and arrived in Canada in 1808 to lead Shalmouth School for Boys. He later headed Upper Canada College and Woodstock and Brantford churches before becoming bishop of Toronto in 1879 and archbishop two years ago after Archbishop Bond’s death.
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Toronto
Ont
Arthur Sweatman
Eastern Canada
All Canada
England
Cambridge University
Canada
Sbalmuth School
Tandon
Upper Canada College
Woodstock
Brantford Church
Archbishop Bond
Montreal
Prison for alleged bookies in New Orleans case
Placide I ri gerio and R M Sheffield were sentenced to seven months in parish prison and fined 150 each by Judge Chretein after testimony on the Locke anti racing law at City Park. A motion for a new trial was overruled and an appeal to the supreme court will be pursued.
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New Orleans
Placide -I'rigerio
R. M. Sheffield
Locke
City Park Track
Chretein
Criminal District Court
Supreme Court
Benzoate of soda deemed safe as food preservative
Washington reports the referee board of consulting experts led by Dr Ira Remsen finds benzoate of soda used as a food preservative not injurious to health. Secretary Wilson approves the conclusion, reversing Dr H W Wiley’s prior findings. Three investigations reportedly agree closely on essential features.
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Washington
Ira Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
Wilson
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Coast Storm Deluges California After Week of Winds
A new Pacific storm hits the coast including San Francisco on January 26 bringing high winds and heavy rains across California. Weather bureau stations issue storm warnings and continue tracking the system�s approach and impact.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Weather Bureau
Earl of Lalcester Dies at Holkham Hall Norfolk
England confirms the death of the Earl of Lalcester at Holkham Hall Walls Norfolk. The aging peer, described as the patriarch of the peerage, had long held estates and title. News notes his passing on a recent day, marking the end of an era for the noble line.
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England
London
Earl of Lalcester
Hrom Holkham
Walls
Norfo Ve Day
Sh Peerage
Ba Vasale
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