Rear End Collision At Park Avenue Tunnel NYC
A New York Central tunnel crash near Park Avenue left fifteen dead and about thirty injured when a White Plains local locomotive plowed into the rear of a stopped South Norwalk local. Dozens suffered serious burns from steam as rescue operations spanned tunnels and streets.
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South Norwalk
White Plains
New York
New York Central
Park Avenue
Albert M. Perrin
Chicago
Union Bag and Paper Company
New Rochelle
N. Y
B. D
William Leys
B. Altman & Co
Theodore Forgardo
William Fisher
Forbes
William Howard
Oscar Meyrowitz
Optician
Cee Eee Crosby
Walton
H. G. Diamond
American Bridge Company
Charles B. Mars
New York Custom House
A. E. M'Ckay
George D. Winters
Henry Keene
Siegel Cooper & Co
This City
Minnie Rice
Mabel Newman
Sadie Scott
Richard Molineux
Peter A. Murphy
Albert Wadley
William 8. Brooks
George J. Carter
Mollie Landden
Albert W. Adams
New York City
Norwalk
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Hariem
Reseue
Manhattan
Father Smith
Walkley
Fire Department
Clark
Miss Rice
Miss Scott
T_ ‘M. Murphy
Mrs. Howard
Marge
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Harlem
New Haven
Eugene Herold
Eugene Park
Danbury
Fifty-seventh Street
Interstate Commerce Postpones Merger Inquiry in Chicago
The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed its probe into railroad community of interests due to missing witnesses including E H Harriman. J J Hill and Darius Miller attended while others were absent. A Jan 24 resumption date was set with possible subpoenas if needed. Kansas City hearing to follow on grain freight rates. Several agents awaited guidance after Chicago testimony shifted the narrative.
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Chicago
Interstate-commerce Commission
Harris
Burlington
Darius Miller
Northwestern
J. J. Hill
Great Northern
Mellen
Northern Pacific
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific
J. C. Stubbs
Southern Pacific Union Pacific System
Knapp
Commission
Hill
Harriman
Stubbs
Kansas City
Interstatecommerce Commission
Atlantic Seaboard
Transportation Committee
Kansas City Board of Trade
St. Louis
Deadly New Year s Gift Delivers Infernal Machine
Milwaukee January 8 Detectives of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad search for the would be bomber of the West Milwaukee master mechanic J C Miller office A New Year s Day parcel believed to be an infernal machine contained powder and grating noise nearly destroying Miller and the shop if it had exploded Miller suspects a former employee he had discharged as the likely culprit
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Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
J.C. Miller
West Milwaukee
New York
Miller
Alibi claim hinges on phonograph record in murder case
Chicago report says Lewis Thom s claims he left the night boat Peerless after Minnie Tarson's death on Dec 30. He says a phonographic record of his story, made with friends including Albert Restau, may prove he was with them, not aboard the steamer. Restau confirms parts of the tale and records may be patched to reveal truth.
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Chicago
Jan
Lewis Toms
Minnie Tarson
Peerless
Albert Restau
Frestau
Thom
Thoms
River ice rescue and rail wreck report from Indiana
A county news roundup reports a near drowning rescue as three boys crossing a river break through thin ice near Cambridge City. George Drischel pulls them from six feet deep water. Also covered are a derailed mail train, injured railroad workers, and Judge Vaughn ruling that corporations are not criminally liable for gas wasted into the open air in Blackford County.
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Indianapolis Journal
Cambridge City
Ind
Schoo
Ivan Ohmitt
Clayton
Prentiss Harvey
George Drischel
Hartford City
Vaughn
Blackford
American Window Glass Company
Hindman Oil Company
President Names Shaw Payne for Cabinet Posts
The president sends nominations to the Senate for Leslie M. Shaw and Henry C. Payne to join his cabinet. The bestowal of offices includes seven Indians in postmas terships as part of the broader reorganization.
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Leslie M. Shaw
Henry C. Payne
Senate
Battle Over Mitchell Postmaster Appointment Sparks Capitol Talk
The President nominated Joseph W. Dale for Mitchell postmaster amid a feud with Kansas Senator Burton over Burton's sister. Other nominations include Leslie M. Shaw as Secretary of the Treasury and Henry C. Payne as Postmaster General. Indiana posts list Elkhart William H. Anderson Jeffersonville Newton H. Myers Linton Walter W. Wills Sullivan Arthur A. Holmes Nappanee Charles J. Sweezy. Additional appointees span diplomats, collectors, and engineers across several states.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Jan
Senate
Indiana
Elkhart
William H. Anderson
Jeffersonville
Newton H. Myers
Linton
Walter W. Wills
Mitchell
Joseph W. Dale
Nappanee
Charles J. Sweezy
Sullivan
Arthur A. Holmes
Frank I. Sefrit
Dale
Burton
Kansas
Fairbanks
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Henry C. Payne
John R. A. Crossland
Missouri
Liberia
Alphonso J. Lespinasso
New York
Turpan
Mexico
Conrad
District of Columbia
Elmer J. Miller
Port of Columbus
Alfred E. Holton
United States
North Carolina
Henry c. Dockery
Eastern District of
Storm Bound A Week Imprisoned On A Light Ship
Captain Jorgensen of a Nantucket lightship endured seven days afloat amid raging seas while wireless bulletins conveyed news of his daughter’s illness and death. He finally reached shore on a moving steamship after near-hurricane conditions, as the Marconi system relayed grim updates from Brain tree Massachusetts about her decline. The Bristol wreck near Vancouver leaves a captain and three crewmen dead with seven survivors.
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New York
Herald
Nantucket
Massachusetts
Jorgensen
Astoria
Braintree
Mass
Marcon
Azalea
Evansville Murder Trial Opens With Strong Evidence
Patrick Neaphen of Henderson Kentucky faces a first day in court for the September killing of his wife in Evansville Indiana. Police Chief Henke testifies to a post arrest confession showing planned crime and revenge. The defendant’s sanity is challenged by the defense while Neaphen’s daughter labels him a brute.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Patrick Neaphen
Henderson
Neaphen
Henke
Indicted men plead not guilty in Davidson murder case
Valparaiso Indiana January 8 Michael Curtin Bob Fleming and Roy Sowards under indictment for the murder of Edward Davidson entered a plea of not guilty in court today and requested a venue change from the county.
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Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Michael Curtin
Bob Fleming
Roy Sowards
Edward Davidson
Wabash Limited Narrowly Avoids Wreck at Lagro
Passengers on the Wabash east bound limited No. 2 escaped a bad wreck after colliding with an extra freight at Lagro twenty miles east in the early hours. The freight was moving onto the siding when the fast moving limited plowed into it, tearing into the cars and scattering debris.
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Peru
Ind
Wabash
Lagro
Lmited
Navy Promotions and Washington Appointments Highlight Roosevelts Day
The President sent a slate of Navy promotions and discussed offices with Perry S Heath and Senator Kearns. George N Wiswell of Milwaukee dies, linked to Henry C Payne who may become postmaster general. West Point building plans noted as Representative George W Steele to inspect. Long detaches Rear Admiral Frank Wildes to relieve Kempff, with Whittles sailing Feb 7 to assume Asiatic station command.
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William R. Kendrick
Arkansas
A. F. W. MacManus
Albert S. Williams
James P. Castleman
Kentucky
Samuel T. Talbott
George ©. Marshall, Jr
Edwin M. Stanton
Alexander MacMillan Hall
Tennessee
Senate
George N. Wiswell
Milwaukee
Republian National Committee
Henry C. Payne
Payne
Washington
Perry
Heath
Kearns
Utah
Roosevelt
A. O. Marsh
Winchester
Indiana
Will G. Beech
Indianapolis
Internal Revenue Department
George W
Washington, Jan
Long
Frank Wildes
Fensacola Navy Yard
Louis Kempff
Asiatic
Whittles
San Francisco
China
Robley D. Evans
Nine Miners Entombed After Negaunee Quarry Cave-In
Negaunee Mich January reports list nine dead from yesterday cave-in at Oliver Mining Company quarry. Rescue efforts continue amid water and quicksand as officials from Duluth oversee work. Names of victims include William Williams John Sullivan John Pearce John Pascoe Jacob Mattson Erick Lofy Jacob Hanala William Hokanen Louis Mattson.
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Negaunee
Mich
Cole
Oliver Mining Company
Duluth
William Williams
John Sullivan
Ohn Pearce
John Pascoe
Jacob Mattson
Erick Lofy
Jacob Hanala
William Hokanen
Louis Mattson
James Piper
William H. Johnston
Desperate Sword Fight Across Border at Villa Garcia
Laredo dispatch reports Jose Garcia a hide merchant injured seven policemen in a Villa Garcia melee while resisting arrest. Garcia struck a police officer a fatal skull fracture with a sword, barricaded inside, escaped through a rear entrance, and remains at large.
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Laredo
Tex
Jose Garcia
Villa Garcia
Mex
Garcia
Cantrill Denies Continuance in How ard Goebel Case
Frankfort Ky Judge Cantrill overruled a motion for a continuance in the Jim Howard Goebel murder case and ordered jury selection to begin tomorrow. Howard's attorneys sought a new trial based on missing witnesses and the court issued attachments for absent witnesses.
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Frankfort
Jan
Cantrill
Jim Howard
Goebel
Howard
Child Smothers Opening Safety Pin After Long Illness
In Volga Iowa Jan a child of John Woodward coughed up an open safety pin swallowed nearly two months ago. The pin was lodged in the stomach or throat and the child had weakened from lack of nourishment. Doctors anticipated the worst, but the pin’s expulsion revealed the source of the illness.
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Huron
John Woodward
Volga
Beets and Cuba Tariff Fight Split House Beers
Beetsugar states Michigan California oppose Cuban tariff reductions as Ways and Means plans hearings from Jan 15 to Feb 1. lawmakers from Wisconsin Nebraska also caucus against concessions while President presses for Cuban relief and Palma White House visit.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Michigan
California
Cuba
Congress
Ways and Means
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Tomas Estrada Palma
Palma
Associated Press
Payne
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Holliday backs monthly pensions and war claims action
Representative Holliday of Indiana helped push a favorable report on the Indiana war claim adjustment and said the resolution will pass. He introduced a bill to pay pensions on the first of each month. Senator Fairbanks proposed a bill to declare the St Joseph river non navigable to ease private dam construction. Sulzer floated a joint resolution urging deposits of surplus funds in small banks without U S bonds as security.
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Indianapolia Journal
Washington
Representative Holliday
Indiana
Commission On War Claims
Holliday
Fairbanks
St. Joseph River
War Department
Michigan
United States Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
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Third Cavalry
James B. Henry
J. K. Hume
Fourth Cavalry
Anton Jurich
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