World News Notes From Congress to Bank Heists
Diverse items report congressional actions on statehood and remigration bills, a wage surge for railroad workers, and various arrests and disasters. Notable items include a bank robbery thwarted in Irwin Pa, a deadly mill explosion in Ontonagon County Michigan, and Florence Indiana erased for a new large industry. The piece mentions royalty figures, a New Jersey founder’s death, and a Cleveland area rail expansion plan. The tone mirrors a late era compact briefing of world and domestic updates.
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Seth Willian
Brooklyn
Manhattain
First National Bank
Irwin
Perry Trumbull
United States
Lymen Trumbull
Chicago
Clarksburg
W. Va
Gott
Otter Creek Coal and Lumber Co
Tucker County
Indiana
Ohio
Charles B. Peet
Rogers, Peet & Co
Plainfield
N. J
United States Casualty Co
New York
Jane Stanford
Leland Stanford
Florence
May
St. Joseph
Newfoundland
Detroit
Lake St. Clair
A. H. Glennan
Wyman
Washington
California
Glennon
Dumplon
Mexico
Bank robbery near Alvord ends in blaze of gunfire
Three white men attempted to rob the First National Bank of Alvord Texas on a Monday night. McFall was fatally shot by Deputy Yeary as he moved to fire. Frank Martin was killed as he tried to escape. Claude Golden surrendered after the exchange. The bank staff had been warned by Constable Dobbs and guards positioned around the building.
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Peale Wright
Grand Wapits
Indiana
Kalamecco
Mich
Hime
Kalamazoo
Nellie Snyder
Cripple Creek
Col
Teller County
Typhy
Alesandra
Christmans
Tondon
Howd
Tralia
Banta Fe
Mitre
Kingman
Arie
Thonina Martin
George Vanatin
Chicago, Peoria & St. Louise Road
Chesterfield
Medora
Farry
Nagest
Chester
Willem Chapman
England
Sir John Anvie
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem
Southern Railway
Lowie Smith
New York City
Sones
Edmund O'Neill
Univversity
California
Salvador
Arbitration Board
Washington
Salvador Commercial Co
Saginaw, Mich
Frances Wirth
Ete
Chicago
Pasteur
He Hire
Alvari
Tex
First National Bank
Alvord
Frank Martin
Johm McFil
Claude Golden
Dobna
Thica
Ma Prior
Martin
McFall
Golden
McPall
Yeary
Debby
Dobbs
Prior
Colombia Poised to Attack Nicaragua, Says Dispatch
Washington reports indicate Colombia plans an invasion of Nicaragua via Panama and Coron, aiming to seize the Mosquito strip to control isthmian routes and provide an outlet for veteran soldiers after years of fighting rebels, with a second motive to suppress unrest.
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Colombia
Nicarmean
Washington
Nicaragua
Panama
Coron
Mosquito Strip
Southern Floods Cause Widespread Valley Damage
Heavy rains in the Mississippi valley have burst streams from banks causing rail and property damage from Kentucky to Illinois. No loss of life reported. Washouts on the Illinois Central near Memphis and near Paducah. Gracey Kentucky submerged with four feet of floodwater in the main street. Poducati and Hopkinsville to Nortonville collapsed tracks with bed intact in places. Memphis traffic disrupted by washouts and floods. Dec 16 Memphis report notes railway disruption across regions.
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Louisville
Mississippi
Ilinois Central
Memphis
Kentucky
Dadducah
Nashville, Chattameta
St. Louie
Paducah
Loninville
Nashville
Hopkinsville
Nortonville
Gracey
Poducati
Memphis Tenn
Trafic
Banks Pool Forms 50 Million to Aid Money Market
Banks in Neersaurg New York and J P Morgan Co form a pool of 50 000 000 to flood the money market in emergencies. Leaders include George Taker and Pierpont Morgan with major subscriptions from First National Bank J P Morgan Co National Bank of Commerce Hanover National Bank Fourth National Bank and Western National Bank.
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Neersaurg
New York
J.P. Morgan & Co
George Taker
First Narional Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Hanover National Bank
Fourth National Bank
Western National Bank
Corn Exchange Bank
Chemical National
Bank of New York
D. Pierpont Morgan
George F. Baker
First National Bank
James Stillman
National City Bank
Venezuela Crisis Deepens Over Arbitration and Blockade
Amid tensions in Caracas a move seeks arbitration of damages to British and German subjects from the civil war. Britain and Germany press for action as Charybdis and Vineta bombard the fortress at Puerto Cabello, while Italy joins the blockade plans. Washington and Berlin grapple with potential tripartite actions and domestic political instability looms as calls for Castro’s resignation grow.
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Washington
State Department
Bowen
Caracas
Great Britain
Germany
Difiilien
Hay
Hig Gond
United States
Venezuela
Puerto Cabello
Charybdis
Vineta
la Guaira
W. W. Russell
Berlin
Castrow
Foreign Office
Italy
Tripartite
Rome
Doputies
Prinetti
Aot Cariens
London
Venechelen
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
Castro
Ayala
Ruuumon Congress
Antwerp
Dis
New York to Adopt Biometric ID for City Workers
A city committee backs a biometric system to identify laborers in New York Street Cleaning and civil service, aiming to curb fraud from impersonations. About 20 cases in three months showed workers using others’ cards. new ID checks will note hair color eyes size and other marks. Violations lead to removal from service for a year for both impersonator and card owner.
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New York
Civil Service Commission
Police and Fire Departments
Mtie
Northwestern coeds urged to curb profanity in class
Professor J Scott Clark of Northwestern University warned coeds in a sophomore composition class that saying great heavens is profane and on a par with damn. He urged them to drop the phrase, promising a lighter substitute like Ob, fudger, as the women protested the accusation.
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Enstead
Northwestern University
Evanston
Fll
Soeys
J. Scott Clark
Clark
Prof. Clark
Beavena
Incoherent sports snippet with players and exchange chatter
Fragmentary text from a newspaper item describes a player performing drills and jumping, with a partner mentioning medical or chemical terms and casual talk about a syndicate or medicine. Limited readable names and actions prevent clear reporting.
Filleted by installments at Royal National Hospital Ventnor
A patient at the Royal National Hospital in Ventnor reported bone fragments cut through the skin after an incident. A doctor examined the tiny bone piece handed over by a patient in the consulting room, while amused bystanders discussed the event and potential implications.
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Royal National Hospital, Ventnor
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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