Roosevelt Defends Secret Service in House Message
President Roosevelt blasts lawmakers including Tawney Smith and Sherley over secret service use. He cites Congressional Record debates and asserts no charges against any member and insists on proper law enforcement rather than mass condemnation. He cites land fraud investigations in Colorado and Nebraska and notes prior prosecutions of Mitchell Williamson among others.
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Roosevelt Calls for Secret Service Reform and Pay Rise
President urges reversing last year's House action on a federal bill and expands the secret service's role. He advocates raising the chief's salary to 6000 dollars and placing the service as a bureau in the department of justice, to ensure crime detection and punishment nationwide.
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Dismissal of Yuan Shi Kai Sparks Diplomatic Debate
Pekin report says Yuan Shi Kai was dismissed and Na Tung named grand councilor. Foreign ministers from Britain United States Germany and Japan clash over whether foreign interests are endangered while agreeing peace is at risk. Dissenting views cite lack of unanimity and potential international injury.
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Great Britain
United States
Germany
Yuan Shi Kai
Japan
China
Yuan Sai Kai
Kang Yu Wei
Atlantic Fleet Arrives in Suez After World-Girdling Cruise
The United States Atlantic battleship fleet arrived in Suez Sunday from Colombo after a two day early completion of its cruise, covering 3440 knots. One sailor drowned after going overboard from the Illinois. the Illinois aided the search while the fleet anchored. Admiral Sperry met Egyptian and canal officials on the flagship Connecticut and praised the voyage, noting plans for a future Cairo visit.
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Colombo
Illinois
Connecticut
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Egypt
Cairo
Memphis Italians raise aid for Steily earthquake survivors
Memphis Tennessee on Sunday a mass meeting of Italians collected 1083 dollars for earthquake survivors of Steily. Committees were formed to secure further contributions.
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Memphis
Tenn
Thieves Loot Crow Home In Diamond Jewelry Heist
White family members fled through upper rooms after entering Harry B. Crow's house on Jan 4 in Chicago II. They escaped with diamonds and jewelry valued at $4,200.
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Chicago
Harry B. Crow
Burning crater near Greenbank West Virginia alarms residents
In Greenbank West Virginia near the border with Virginia a burning crater of seemingly volcanic nature grows on a bluff overlooking a creek. Flames and a rumbling are reported with sulfur fumes. The area covers about 50 square yards and draws visitors gathering charred stones. Local officials and residents fear possible danger and consider evacuating if conditions worsen.
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Richmond
Greenbank
Boundary Line
West Virginia
Alleghenies
Little Mountain
C. Chapman
New Freight Ship Texas Battles Fire in Savannah River
In Savannah Georgia the steamship Texas on her maiden voyage from Christiania to Havana was driven to the Savannah River by a blaze consuming cargo of paper and carbides. Fire crews battled eight hours to save the 5500 ton vessel as crew and five women and three children were transferred to the Tybee harbor cutter.
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Brave Negro Lad Saves 26 Mates in Fire Rescue
In Philadelphia on January 2 eight year old Joseph Smith a colored boy safely lowered a fire escape ladder from the third floor guiding 26 orphans to safety. Nurse Phoebe Henry 27 died from injuries after a gas stove fire started the blaze at the House of the Holy Child.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Smith
Phoebe Henry
Couple Die in Gas Jet Explosion at Courtland Street
In Chicago on January 2, Albert Fortunato and his wife Alice died from a gas explosion caused by a jet in their room. Their son, returning with a New Year greeting, knocked to the floor by the blast, found his parents dead and was later overcome with grief.
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Chicago
Albert Fortunato
Alice
Courtland Street
Professor of Music Drops Dead Before New Year Event
In Bolivar Tennessee on July 2, professor T H Frost of St Katharine's school attempted to cure insomnia with chloral. He woke from a deep sleep and died as he was about to perform at a New Year's function. His home was Westford Massachusetts.
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Bolivar
Tenn
T. H. Frost
St. Katherine’s School
Westford
Mass
Mass death sentences in Yekaterinoslav strike crackdown
In Yekaterinoslav Russia on January 3 a military court sentenced 41 men to death. Nine of the executions were for recent crimes while 32 condemned workers were among those involved in the railroad strikes of October 1905.
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Yekaterinoslav
Russia
Involuntary Bankruptcy Filed Against Landis Baking Co
Nashville authorities report an involuntary bankruptcy suit filed against Landis Baking Co of Nashville by Tennessee and Kentucky parties. The petition lists debts totaling 100000 dollars.
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Nashville, Tenn
Landis Baking Co
Tennessee
Kentucky
Gardner's Fast Divorce Sought in Millionaire Suit
Russell E Gardner acknowledged service in his wife Mrs. Gardner's divorce petition filed in St. Louis. She accuses him of constructive desertion while they share the Pine Boulevard home. The couple's only child Rodger, 7, is a key custody request. The filing aims for a swift decree, potentially breaking local records.
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St. Louis
Russell BE. Gardner
Banner Buggy Manufacturing King
Gardner
Annie Russell
Walter J. Holbrook
R. M. Foster
Charles J. Johnson
Foster
Russell E. Gardner
T. L. Bland
Boy in Attic Kills Father After Return Home
Frank Terrell aged 15 killed his father known as Black Joe Terrell with a Winchester rifle when the father entered the house and found the boy hiding in the attic. The incident followed the boy's concealment after reform school status and years of forbidden return.
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Wakefield, Mich
Frank Terrell
Reform School
Joe” Terrell
Joe
Frank
Man Fatally Attacks Mother With Ax in New York
Arthur Trotter, 33, hacked his mother Mrs Ann Trotter to death in her West Eighteenth Street apartment before leaping from a second story window. Police captured him outside, he offered no resistance and claimed divine inspiration as the world ends.
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New York
Arthur Trotter
Ann Trotter
West Eighteenth Street
Trotter
Big Fire in Georgia Destroys Multiple Stores
Rome Ga December 31 Fire Tuesday night destroyed W N Cokes Co J K Holloways ten cent store and W M Gammon and Sons Loss estimated at 100000 with partial insurance coverage
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Rome
W. N. Cokes & Co
J. K
Bank Dynamited at Wellston Oklahoma
Five robbers dynamited the bank at Wellston Oklahoma early Wednesday and after exchanging shots with authorities escaped with 5000 dollars. No one was hurt.
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Okla
Wellston
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Citixing
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