Blizzard Strikes Eastern City Finds Unprepared Poor
Severe storm hits the East with sudden cold and heavy snow. Homeless and unemployed flood lodging houses and charity stations seeking shelter while city crews clear streets and provide work. A man named James Smith died freezing after seeking shelter on East Twenty third Street. Marine observers note a severe storm offshore and a northwest gale at Sandy Hook.
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Eeska
Charities Department
East Twenty Sixth Street
James Smith
East Twenty-third Street
Sandy Hook
Snowstorm Disrupts Rail Traffic Across Delaware Valley
A heavy snowstorm across Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware leaves up to six inches on the ground with high winds and heavy drifts. Rail traffic is badly crippled especially in New Jersey where services are severely disrupted.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Northeastern snow storm delays Boston rail and street traffic
Boston reports a northeast snow storm the first since December 14. The heavy snow slowed railroad and streetcar traffic across Southeastern New England, disrupting travel and daily routines.
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Boston
New England
Put Out of the Hall by Order of Congress Leader
Mayor James C. Dahlman of Omaha was led from the waterways congress hall by the sergeant at arms at Governor Burke’s request. He rose to speak on a motion to adopt the report and faced cries of disorder from those who claimed he injected politics into the session.
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Sioux City
James C. Dahlman
Omaha
Waterways Congress
Burke
North Dakota
Congress
Committee On Organization
Dahiman
Washington
Joe Cannon
Allison
Rebels Take Port de Paix As Forces Advance
Port au Prince January 26. Revolutionists seize Port de Paix thirty five miles west of Cape Haytien. An English and a French cruiser are seen on the coast to protect British and French interests. Charles Miot American consular agent at St Marc removed by the American legation for complicity with rebels. Moit is a Haitian.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
Port de Paix
Cape Haytien
Charles Miot
St. Marc
Legation
Moit
Pittsburg Railway Adopts Job Goal For Unemployed
In Pittsburg a new rule aims to provide work for the unemployed by stations for region motormen and conductors. At Castle, Pa, over 400 glass workers are considering a plan to run a factory on a cooperative basis.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Railway Company
Castle
Unknown Schooner Ashore in Black Rock Channel
A vessel believed to be a three masted schooner was found ashore in Black Rock channel near the Lowell Island side. The sighting occurred in late January with limited details available on the vessel’s nationality or condition.
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Hull
Maess
Black Rock
Lowell Island
Most Drastic Reform Suggested by Harvard Professor
Chicago January 25. Professor Hugo Muensterberg of Harvard University argued to the Germanistic society that American universities would be better off if most professors were eliminated. He condemned rising salaries for assistants and urged large reductions at the top rather than modest raises. He claimed American universities suffer from an excess of faculty and proposed killing two thirds of instructors and professors to restore the ideal.
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Harvard
Chicago
Germanistic Society of Chicago
Hugo Muensterberg
Harvard University
Campaign Opened by Prouty in Cummins Race
Des Moines January 25 Judge F Prouty opened the campaign for Governor Albert B Cummins to challenge Senator William F Allison, who has served Iowa in Washington for over thirty years. He attacked railroad power and alleged political and business harm caused by railroad interests. He devoted time to Senator Allison and criticized his three decades of legislative record.
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Des Moines
F. Prouty
Albert B. Cummins
United States
William F. Allison
Towa
Washington
Judge Prouty
Iowa
Allison
Wages War on Terrorists Odessa Names New Governor General
Odessa January 25 General Tomal cheff appointed governor general succeeding Bouffal vows vigorous action against revolutionists. A bomb found in a public tea room was exploded on site destroying a nearby horse. Tomalcheff says this method will continue. He previously governed in the Caucasus.
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Odessa
Tomalcheff
Bouffal
Tomaltchef
Caucasus
Locomotive Rampage Kills Six in Baku Crowd
In Baku, Transcaucasia on January 26 a riot by workers surrounded a locomotive after an accident killed several laborers. The engineer, to escape, throttled the engine and drove into the crowd, killing six and wounding many.
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Grives
Baku
Transcaucasia
Great Lockout Averted in Manchester Mills
Lengthy negotiations between cotton mill workers and employers led to capitulation by the workers at the eleventh hour. The understanding preserves peace and ends the looming lockout in Manchester.
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Manchester
Eng
Statewide Prohibition Bill Passed by Senate Unanimously
Raleigh January 25 The senate votes unanimously to advance the prohibition act proposing a state election on the measure if it becomes effective causing a statewide vote on prohibition.
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Raleigh
N. C
Senate
Fire Sweeps Regester Building Killing Firefighters
A severe blaze on the third floor of the Holliday and Saratoga street building housing J Regester Sons plumbers supplies caused rapid wall collapse injuring and killing firefighters. Winds and low temperatures hampered efforts as damage spread to nearby plants including E B Read & Sons and Flynn Emrich.
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Holliday and
Saratoga Streets
J. Regester Sons Company
Baltimore Bell and Brass Company
William L. Hollingsworth Company
Saratoga Street
Regester
Gay Street
E. B. Read & Sons Company
Flynn & Emrich Company
Thaw Trial Delayed By Defense Request And Snow
Sessions were abandoned at the defense request and adjourned until Monday. A heavy snow storm delayed the Adriatic steamer carrying three European physicians and a nurse to testify on Thaw’s alleged irrational conduct. Dr Bingaman of Pittsburgh will reach New York by Monday, and District Attorney Jerome may present objections during the delay.
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New York
Thaw
Adriatic
Europe
Harry Thaw
Monte Carlo
Paris
London
Bingaman
Pittsburg
Littleton
Jerome
Banish Music and Slot Machines From Chicago Saloons
Chicago officials of the Saloonkeepers Protective Association order ban on music and slot machines in about 5000 saloons next week. They also mandate stricter Sunday closing enforcement and advise windows be kept dark on Sundays to avoid disturbances. The move follows a meeting of the Chicago Liquor Dealers Association directors.
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Chicago
Chicago Liquor Dealers’ Protective Association
al and Order
Alleged Conspirator Escapes From Lisbon Prison
A Lisbon dispatch reports Dr Farmano Lopez connected with the plot to blow up Premier Francs escaped from San Julia prison at the Tagus river mouth. The escape follows his detention after the alleged conspiracy.
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London
Lisbon
Farmano Lopez
Co Y
San Julia
Tagus River
Public Schools to Be Closed Over Measles Epidemic
Pittsburg January 26 four public schools will close due to a measles epidemic with 1033 cases reported this month across the region.
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Pittsburg
Delcasse speech stirs French Morocco policy
Paris wide reaction to M Delcasse remarks in the chamber as he defended foreign policy and credited himself with alliance efforts. The speech is seen as a call to France not to retreat in the Moroccan crisis and to push for stronger action, with mixed press reaction urging prudence.
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Paris
Chamber
Deputies
France
Algeciras
Germany
M. Delcasse
Great Britain
Russia
Morocco
Japan delays emission policy speech as emigration tempers
Tokyo reports the Diet session notes postponed to January 30 to allow Viscount Hayashi to present concrete plans for restricting emigration to America and Canada. Japan issues strict orders to governors to curb future labor emigration, with permits possible only under mutually satisfactory conditions. emigration to Mexico allowed for workers. An official order also bans emigration to the Hawaiian islands except for relatives of residents.
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Tokio
Viscount Hayashi
America
Canada
Japan
Foreign Office
Mexico
Hawaiian Islands
Taft Declines Comment On New York Delegation Fight
Albany reports Governor Hughes will not comment either publicly or privately on Secretary Taft s letter to Representative Parsons. Taft deprecated any effort to secure New York state delegation for his interests against Hughes. The prevailing belief is there will be no further moves to secure the choice of delegates at large.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Taft
Herbert, Parsons
Republican General Committee
New York County
New York State
New Waterway Open Through Sabine Lake Canal
Houston January 27 The first shipment via Sabine Lake canal completed by government last Friday carries export lumber bound for England. The opening marks a milestone in the inland waterway project and underscores federal support for coastal commerce.
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Sabine Lake
Texas
Houston, Tex
England
Roosevelt to Blame Declares Retrenchment and Economy
Omaha January 27 The Union Pacific plans to trim work days from six to five weekly and to reduce the mechanical force across the line affecting thousands of workers Meanwhile Vice President Mobler blames Roosevelt for reform mania saying cuts are necessary as long as the administration pushes reforms and that public travel and comforts will remain intact.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
the World-Herald
Mobler
Night riders seize Arcadia Hotel in Dawson Springs Kentucky
A band of about fifty masked riders terrorized guests at the Arcadia hotel. They forced John Heath, an independent tobacco dealer, from the hotel to a river with threats of a ducking unless he stopped selling tobacco. Heath was chased through the halls, seized in his nightshirt, and coerced to promise not to sell tobacco again before the riders fled.
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Dawson Springs
Arcadia
John Heath
Mr. Heath
Druce Case Heir Claim Seeks Letters Through Public Prosecutor
London January 27 The Druce case reports another twist as George Hollamby Druce's solicitor reveals effort to locate letters offered by Miss Mary Patterson said to contain references by T. Druce to the Duke of Portland. A man claiming to be Druce's agent reportedly obtained the letters from Patterson and the solicitor seeks them for Miss Robinson who is described as an alleged uncanon daughter.
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London
Druce
George Hollamby Druce
Duke of Portland
Thomas Charles Cruce
Mary Patterson
New York
Robinson
Y Robinson
Church Members Deliberate on H P Einsen Integrity
Superior Wis Jan 28 Church members of the First Baptist were summoned by Rev G H Young to decide if they believed in the integrity of H P Einsen in the Wood. The pastor urged a clear record on the matter during an urgent church meeting.
President Eliot’s idea on training children for trades
The speaker argues that democracy is imperfect since men are not equal and children even less so. He cites heredity and environment causing wide social gaps and claims nature often conflicts with democracy’s ideals, implying training children for trades as a response.
Wars Rumors Stir in St Petersburg on US Japan Ties
Local papers publish several articles predicting war between the United States and Japan. Critics say US Japan negotiations edge toward a settlement, while a Russ source hints at a Nakhotka Bay base plan and Nicholas II’s naval drive as obstacles. Ambassador Riddle counters rumors, noting progress toward an agreement.
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St. Petersburg
United States
Japan
Nakhotka Bay
Siberian
Passengers Safe After Amsterdam Sinks Collision
Hieck of Holland reports all missing aboard the steamer Amsterdam have been rescued. The Amsterdam, of the Great Eastern Railway, left Harwich Jan 21 for Rotterdam with 56 on board and collided with the British steamer Armin that night. All but one lifeboat were cast away. survivors were picked up by the Norwegian ship Songa a day later. No hardships faced by the rescued.
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Hieck
Holland
Amsterdam
Great Eastern Railway Company
Harwich
Rotterdam
Armin
Sherman Smith Found Guilty of Contempt in Court
Sherman Smith a Minneapolis politician and former state legislator was found guilty of contempt of court in federal district court by Judge Page Morris. The case concerns his conduct related to the Grain and Stock Lake trek and related matters involving U.S. mails.
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St. Paul
Sherman
Suspected Murderer Surrenders in Chicago
Edward McGee, suspected of murdering his wife Katherine Cartwright McGee, surrendered to police in Chicago. He refused to discuss the death and would not confess.
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Chicago
Edward McGee
Katherine Cartwright McGee
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