Terrific Crash Kills Four on Knoxville and Ohio Line
A double header freight crashed into a mixed local passenger train Sunday near Elk Valley Knoxville causing four deaths Engineer J D Maxey Fireman Frank Readdy Brakeman Sonza Hoover Flagman W A Dillon. Two others injured including Engineer Goff and Fireman George Huskisson. Fire destroyed wreckage delaying response as passengers escaped uninjured.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Knoxville and Ohio
Elk Valley
J. D. Maxey
Frank Readdy
Sonza Hoover
W. A. Dillon
Goff
George Huskisson
Maxey
Readdy
Hoover
Dillon
Moniday
Hotel Fire in Pittsburgh Kills Three Guests
A fire at the Hotel Richelieu in Pittsburgh early Sunday morning caused about 15000 dollars in property loss but claimed three lives and left five injured. Victims were Amos Lanflis of Grapeville and George Waters of Camden plus Mrs Katherine Boyle of Pittsburgh. Fire began on the second floor due to a gas explosion, with heroic rescue efforts by Robert N Thompson of Kalaska who saved at least six people. William Mills owner and his daughter were among the injured. Beverly Mass rites report the centenarian William Endicott, eyewitness to the 1813 Chesapeake Shannon engagement.
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Hotel
Richelieu
Amos S. Lanflis
Grapeville
George A. Waters
Camden
N.J
Katherine Boyle
Pittsburgh
Robert Blacksley
Plymouth
Henry Painter
Capeville
John L. Mills
Miss Mills
William Garretson
Clearfield
Robert N. Thompson
Kalaska
Mich
Cadillac Lumber Co
Thompson
Ex-Congressman Stockdale Dies at 71 in Summit Mississippi
Summit Mississippi January 9 Ex Congress man Thomas R Stockdale formerly a Mississippi supreme court judge and a prominent Confederate officer died Sunday at age 71 Notes indicate he served in public life and held high ranking roles in law and military service.
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Summit
Miss
Thomas R. Stockdale
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Pope Leo XIII backs U S control of Philippines
Rome reports the Vatican will push church leaders in the United States to support ratification of the peace treaty. The accord grants free religious practice in the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico and guarantees church property there shall not be seized by the U S government.
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Washington
Leo XIII
Philippines
United States
Vatican
Rome
Cuba
Puerto Rico
White House Dinner Honors Paris Peace Commission Guests
President and Mrs. McKinley hosted an elaborate White House dinner on Monday night with the Paris peace commission as the guests of honor. Cabinet members, senators, representatives, and senior military officers including Maj. Gen. Shafter Wheeler, and Admirals Sampson Schley Robley D Evans attended. The decor featured green orchid centerpieces and pink and yellow candle arrangements in the main corridor and rooms.
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Washington
McKinley
White House
Paris Peace Commission
Congress
Army
Navy
Shafter
Wheeler
Adms
Sampson
Schley
Robley D. Evans
Rioters at Pana on Trial for Riot Incitement
Rioters at Pana faced arraignment Monday as 59 cases noted by States Attorney Humphreys. Eleven pleaded guilty with sentences. Mine operators Orville and Maxwell Penwell stand trial Tuesday for inciting riot with over 50 summoned witnesses. Pneumonia ravages the colored non union miners with daily deaths as a heavy provost guard maintains order in the Negro and union districts amid frequent concealed weapon arrests.
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Humphreys
Orville
Maxwell Penwell
Week of congressional activity aims to push key bills
An active week in the House centers on advancing appropriation measures and major bills. Debate focuses on canals, naval personnel, and the Alaska codification bill. Delays due to illness and opposition shape the schedule as committees press for timely votes and further consideration.
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Hull
Friends of the Navy
Rules Committee
House
Alaska
Congressmen James Hamilton Lewis Might Lose Seat Over War Service
Washington January 10 Representative James Hamilton Lewis may lose his seat in Congress due to military service during the Spanish American War. He sought to serve but avoided a volunteers commission, aiming to be detailed from the Washington National Guard where he is a colonel to keep his congressional seat.
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Washington
James Hamilton Lewis
Congress
Spain
House
Lewis
Volunteers
National Guard of
John R. McLeanDiaries Illness Report From Washington
John R McLean owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer is dangerously ill at his palatial Washington home on Fifteenth Street. He suffers persistent hiccoughs following a week of distress that subsided Friday. Doctors and nurses remain in constant attendance as gout and stomach troubles are believed to aggravate the condition.
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John R. McLean
Amendment to Naval Appropriation Bill Proposed
Senator Gal linger offered a amendment to the naval appropriation bill proposing 2,000,000 dollars to pay navy and marine corps officers and men the bounty or allowances due them under Section 4 635 of the Revised Statutes for capture or destruction of ships during the war with Spain.
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Washington
Gallinger
Navy
Marine Corps
Spain
Mother Superior Dies After Window Fall in St Louis
Sister Margaret Newman mother superior of the Ursuline convent at Twelfth street and Russell avenue died from a fall from a third story window onto stone pavement. Her skull was fractured. She was 35 years old.
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St. Louis
Margaret Newman
Ursuline Convent
Twelfth Street
Russell Avenue
Fire destroys block of West Branco business district
West Branco Michigan reports a full block of the downtown business area burned down on Monday after a fire started in a central grocery store. The incident removes multiple shops and leaves significant property damage in the town.
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West Branco
Mich
Telegraphing Fire Threats in Manila Ambush Scene
Mania Jan 9 Col Potter sent from Manila to Iloilo with dispatches. Barricaded streets and reports that principal buildings had been kerosened. Insurgents threaten to burn the business district at bombardment start. Banks ship treasure to Newport and other vessels. American vice consul family boards Newport.
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Otis
Manila
Iloilo
United States
Newport
Headless man found near lime kiln in Williams burg
New York Jan 9 report says John Ferris, a watchman at a Williams burg lime kiln, found a man asleep by the edge. The victim had been decapitated by the gas furnace as he warmed himself, likely dead before the fire burned his head.
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New York
John Ferris
Williamsburg
Ferris
Eighteen Killed In Lehigh Valley Collision at Boundbrook
A head on wreck on the Lehigh Valley line near Bound Brook New Jersey left at least eighteen dead and over twenty five injured. Train No thirty heavy with passengers from Shamokin and nearby towns collided with a local bound for Bound Brook after a slow down on a curve. The wreckage and twisted cars filled with injured passengers described as blood stained and panicked, as officials labeled it one of the worst recent rail crashes. Tenor of the panic and the deaths were focused in the first car of the excursion train and the tender end of the local, with several wounded carried away as rescuers worked through the night.
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Pottsville
Boundsbrook
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Marti Brennan
Gass
George Cheshire
The
Herald
Dunellen
Traction Car Goes Over Embankment Near Rankin
A Monongahela traction car ran out of control near Duquesnoy Pennsylvania and toppled down a 25 foot embankment by Rankin bridge. The stove upset causing burns to several passengers. Seriously injured were conductor Charles McCullough and passengers W. J. Dailey Mrs W J Dailey Peter Ludi and Anton Ludi.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesnoy
Rankin Bridge
Charles McCullough
W. J. Dailey
Peter Ludi
Anton Ludi
Navy Acts to Equip Guam Naval Station Band
The Navy Department approves a full brass band for the Guam naval station and the equipment bureau is authorized to procure instruments and ship them on the Yosemite for the voyage to the islands.
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Washington
Jan
Navy Department
Naval Station
Guam
Yosemite
Ice Bridge Forms at Niagara Falls Draws Thousands
A beautiful ice bridge has formed at Niagara Falls and thousands have viewed the formation as it rapidly gains strength and solidity through January in Niagara Falls New York.
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Niagara Fall
N. Y
Senate Deliberations On Paris Treaty Open Executives
The January sessions show the peace treaty on the floor with peace commission members greeted by the chamber. In the Senate, a formal message from the president introducing the Paris treaty was read as executive session began. The House pursued Alaska crime codification and adjourned in Morrill’s memory.
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Davis
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Brown
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Caffrey
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Cornell Students Injured in Coasting Accident
Ithaca N Y Jan 10 A coasting accident on University hill injured three Cornell students R Trautschold of Montclair NJ E G Starr of San Francisco and E D Ray of Chicago They are in Cornell infirmary Trautschold has a concussion and his recovery is not certain The others are reported in favorable condition.
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N. Y
University Hill
R. Trautschold
Mont Clair
N. J
E. G. Starr
San Francisco
E. D. Ray
Chicago
Cornell
Trautschold
Bank Robbery Strikes Inwood Iowa
The Farmers' Bank of Inwood was robbed of 2000 dollars. The vault was blown open with explosives and entered by professionals who left town on a handcar, the incident reported from Rock Rapids Iowa on January 10.
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Rock Rapids
Farmers’ Bank of Inwood
Four Die in Union Pacific Wreck Near Sinal Neb
A Union Pacific wreck near Sinal Nebraska, fifteen miles east of SmonEy, left four dead and seven injured when a collision occurred Monday morning.
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Neb
Union Pacific
Sunal
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