Seventy One Die In Rio Grande Wreck Near Dotsero
Denver reports a catastrophic collision between Denver and Rio Grande passenger No. 5 and a freight train near Dotsero Colorado. Seventy one killed and fifty injured with many unidentified, including eight decapitations, as relief trains arrive from Glenwood Springs. The crash is blamed on a misread time by engineer Gus Olsen, with a chaotic wreckage scene and fires averted by passengers and crew using snow to fight the blaze.
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Denver
Deai
Denver & Rio Grande
Dotsern
Glenwood Springs
Glenwood
Dia
Alice
W.G. Masly
Weelnut St
Los Angeles
Thomas Elliott
Pendleton
Iowa
W. Adair
Ravenna
Olde
T. B. Miller
G. Blanke
Wapolla
Charles P Mance
Charles P. Mance
J. B. Thompson
Rookens
S. D
Gus Olsen
Doteero
Olsen
Dotsero
Edward McCurdy
Eggehell
Alice Williams
Paasenern
Crain
Jan
Laken
Gus Qolpen
Saken
Dat- Foro
Chatr
Shoshone
Two Serious Wrecks Reported In Canada And Illinois
Vancouver reports a severe Northern Pacific accident near Spuzzum with two locomotives and four coaches missing. Vancouver engineers Foster and Kinneaden feared dead. A separate Chicago and Northwestern collision near Peoria killed three trainmen, with one missing and others injured.
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Vancouver
Northern Pacific
Spuzzum
Foster and Kinneaden
Medicine Hat
Peoria
Chicago and Northwestern
Joe Curtain
Sterling
Ilb
M. Mettler
J. A. Russell
No Intervention in Chinese Affairs Denied by Officials
Washington denies any contemplated intervention in Chinese affairs. Minister Rockalll has discussed China with the British minister amid changing political conditions, but responsible quarters state no action indicates intervention.
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Washington, Jan
Rockalll
China
Gulf Texas and Western Railroad Incorporated in Texas
New Jersey law governs the newly formed Gulf Texas and Western Railroad Company with a capital of 12,500,000 dollars in common stock. Incorporators include Joseph Jermyn and George B. (full names and details incomplete in the source).
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Jermyn
Scranton, Pa
Samuel S. Morse
Gulf, Texas & Western Railroad Company of
Texas
Burro Fery
Benjamin
Westerm
New York
Gulf, Texas & Western Railroad Company
Lins of
New Jersey
Jos, J
George B
Taft Delivers South Policy and New Toy Posum
In Atlanta Taft addresses the South promising equal justice and qualified appointees to curb alienism. A novelty toy possum replaces the Teddy Bear as a banquet centerpiece, while Taft jokes about a Chicago warning and cites proverb and Bible as he responds to the reception.
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Atlanta
New South
Taft
Chamber of Commerce
the Moth
Mason and Dixon
Cartodist
Gregg
Atlanta Constitution
America
Roosevelt
Chandler
Afi
Chicago
Lowell
Bigelow
Seay
Readland
Taft Banquet Lights Up With Entertainment For President-elect
The event featured prominent ministers and jurists, songs and sermons recalling ante bellum days, and a rousing rendition of America led by Judge Taft. Taft planned an automobile tour of the city, speeches to tech students, and a visit to a church before a special train to Athens for the University of Georgia address.
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Judea
Taft
Digrides
America
Judge Taft
Father Gunn Wins Dispensation to Eat Possum at Banquet
Atlenta Ga Jan 16 Father G of the Sacred Heart church was a distinguished guest at a Tall banquet. Friday meat was banned for Catholics but he secured a dispensation from Bishop Kelley of Savannah to eat possum, the dish of the banquet, in the presence of more than 500 attendees.
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Atlenta
Catania Town Hails St Agatha Apparition Report
Catania residents for two days have waited atop Mount Etna as witnesses claim an apparition of St Agatha appeared in clouded vapor with rays of light. Crowds assemble in squares and on rooftops praying and attributing the quake’s end to her intercession. The Duke of Genoa visited hospitals with words of comfort.
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Catania
St. Agatha
Mount Etna
Duke of Genoa
Flood Conditions Improve in California Levees Higher
Reports from Northern California show rivers above flood stage but levees six to eight feet above feed level with no immediate fear of inundation. Weather bureau predicts clearing soon though one more day needed for flood risk to ease as railroad service improves and Sacramento bridges slowly replaced after recent damage.
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Sacramento
San Francisco
Pacife
Sacramento City
Aero Club President Donates 1 Million for Prizes
New York January 16 President Cortland Field Wehop of the Aero Club of Avneles presents 1 million dollars to the club. The sum will be divided into four equal prizes for pilots of four aeroplanes achieving four continuous wins of at least one kilometer during the current year.
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New York
Cortland Field @Wehop
Aero, Club of Avenles
Bodies of Cheneys Found in Messina Ruins
After eighteen days buried in the Messina consulate, the bodies of American consul Arthur Cheney and his wife were recovered by sailors from the battleship Illinois. They lay side by side in the Cheneys’ bedroom and were identified by a locket, wedding ring, and deformity. The Illinois ferried the coffins to Naples aboard the supply ship Colgoa, with plans to ship them to the United States.
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Messina
Arthur S Cheney
Batteship Hilnels
Cheneys
Cheney
Washington
Jan
Arthur & Cheney
Ssilors
Suez
Bowyer
Admiral Sperry
Malta
Maessina
Colgoa
Naples
United States
Illinois
Impossible To Estimate Dead In Messina After Earthquake
Jan 16 Messina report cites Stuart K Lipton American vice consul estimate of 90000 dead and 10000 still in the city. Many others scattered across Sicily and the peninsula, with people camping outside Messina preventing census. Lipton heads to Catania to set up an American consulate there.
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Messina
Stuart K. Lipton
Rome
Lipton
Too City
Sicily
Peninsula
Lupton
Catania
Ninety Two Arrested in Messina After Earthquake
Eighty two persons have been arrested up to the present time for stealing during the confusion incident to the earthquake disaster. They will be tried by martial law.
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Messina
Acquitted Man Promises Unwritten Law Novel Plan
Thornton Jenkin Hains, found not guilty in the William Annis murder, will rest with his parents after trial. He says the jury's verdict elevates the unwritten law above state statutes and plans to write a novel and a series of satire articles about the idea once recovered.
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New York
Thornton Jenkin Hains
William FE. Annis
Peter C. Jiavis
Hanry
Annis
Juror’s View on Unwritten Law Cited in Verdict
The speaker asserts the jury vindicated the unwritten law by finding not guilty and argues the verdict reflects the testified significance. He states that if Tam is guiltless, his brother is guiltless and predicts an acquittal if Tam is tried again.
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Olona
Corelaon
Tam
Nickel theaters may be closed in Windy City
Chicago authorities plan to shut nearly 105 nickel theaters within a few days due to operators failing to obtain licenses for moving picture machines. The license deadline has passed but a brief grace period may be allowed for those who missed exams.
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Windy City
Chicago
Chicago graft exposed in city street work contracts
Chicago reports a graft case where the city paid 416 11 for street repairs instead of 218 610 had a second bid been accepted. The scheme used a composite bid with low payments on some items and high on others, leaving the city out 96 001. The law department offers no remedy, noting the city must pay per contract terms.
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Chicago
Public Works
Hanverm
Busse
Law Department
Thaw to Face Trial For Sanity in New York City
In Nyack New York Jan 16 Justice A S Tompkins orders Harry K Thaw to be tried in New York City to decide if he is sane or insane He will not face a jury trial under the judge’s order Mrs Thaws petition for a jury hearing was denied and the case will be heard before a court or judge with or without a referee The proceedings cover Thaws mental condition and safety of release with appeals pending on the validity question.
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Nyack
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
New York City
A. 5
Tompkins
Wm. Thaw
Clerry
Justice Tompkins
Thaw
Morschanser
Mills
Vision
Tompking
Condemned Man Plans Posthumous Tooth Gift
Sabano Mallilo, condemned to die in the electric chair next week in Trenton, arranged to have two gold teeth extracted after death and sent to friends in Hal y. He feared the dentist’s chair and asked for the extraction to occur after death.
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Trenton
N. J
Senate Objections Hold Up O'Keefe Confirmation
In Washington on January 16 opposition to the confirmation of Daniel O'Keefe of Michigan to succeed the late Sarent as immigration commissioner general grew in the Senate led by Senator Gore. Objections center on reports that O'Keefe was rewarded for breaking with AFL leader Gompers, with letters labeling him a traitor to labor. Senator Dillingham has pressed for action, while Gore plans to testify against the nomination.
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Washington
Daniel O'Keefe
Michigan
Frank Sareent
Senate
Gore
Okahoma
Inber
O'Keefa
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Congress
O'Keefe
Dillingham
Committee On Immigration
Immigration Committee
Statehood bill may not be considered this session
Senate leaders indicate the statehood bill for New Mexico and Arizona will not pass this session. Informal talks cited insufficient time and divisions over population, with the decennial census upcoming likely to delay action. Some lawmakers, including Senator Foraker, support separate statehood despite party platforms.
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Washington
New Mexico
Artgone
Senate
Uncertain Market Halts Speculation in New York
The erratic weekly stock market shows doubt about the pace of industrial revival. Freight slowdowns, weak demand for finished steel, and rising copper stocks weigh on sentiment. Investors fear further government action against corporations and await the Russian loan issue to guide gold policy.
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New York
Bank of France
Too Much Piety Not Good for Children
Chicago January 16 Herbert W Gates told Evanston mothers that turning religion into a fifty year old habit for a ten year old is wrong. She warned that excessive piety wastes time children should spend with parents.
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Chicago
Herbert W. Gates
Evanston
Chidren
World stock market closing quotations show mixed gains
New York reports small, mixed changes. Wisconsin Central advances on absorption by Canadian Pacific. Dutch South Shore and American Cotton Oil also rise. Norfolk & Western and Chesapeake & Ohio see gains while Union Pacific and St Louis Southwestern preferred fall. many low priced stocks advance with broader demand.
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New York
Wisconsin Central
Canadian Pacific
South Shore
Atlantic
Teuneonner
St Louis Southwestern
Union Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
New York Stocks Drift Amid Mixed Load of Copper and Rail Names
Amalgamated Copper leads a list of mixed shares with values shown for American Car and Foundry, American Locomotive, American Sugar refining, Pennsylvania and others. Rail stocks like Atchison, Denver and Rio Grande, Erie, and New York Central appear with varied quotable figures.
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Amalgamated Copper
American Car
American Smelling
Americaun
American Sugar Refining
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison Railway
Tallimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago Northwestern
Chicago
Mil
St Pan
Colorado Fuel and Tron
Colorado and Southern
Delaware and Hudson
Denver and Rio Grande
Denver and
Rio Grande
Erie Railway
Great Northern
Great Northern Ore Ctts
Ilinois Central
New York Central
Readine Railway
Rock Island Mo
Rock Island Co
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Tinion Pacific
United States Steel
Tnited States Steel
Wabash Railway
Western Union
Standard Oil Company
Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices in Chicago Market
Chicago market overview shows cattle receipts around 200 with steady trend and varied classes: beeves about 4.00 to 4.25, Texans 4.15 to 4.55, westerns 4.00 to 4.60, stockers and feeders 2.25 to 5.00, cows and heifers 1.76 to 6.50, calves 7.50 to 9.50. Hogs receipts near 22,000 with strong demand. weights and grade ranges cited from 5.40 to 8.85, plus extras around 6.40. Sheep receipts about 1,500 with steady market. natives around 4.25 to 5.76, westerns 5.25 to 5.75, yearlings 5.15 to 8.75.
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Chicago
Jan
Gales
Kansas City cattle and hog receipts mixed with steady to strong
Cattle receipts totaled about 800 with steady trade. Stockers and feeders priced $3.40 to $5.40, bulls $3.50 to $6.60, calves $8.70 to $8.25, Western stocks $4.00 to $6.25, Western cows $3.00 to $?. hog receipts around 7,000 with sales $5.40 to $6.19, heavy hogs $6.00 to $5.15, packers and butchers $4.90 to $6.10, pigs $4.25 to $5.25. Sheep receipts none. nominally steady.
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Kansas City
New York and St Louis Market Notes January 16
Market briefes show dull trading with copper quotations around four and a half, wool prices steady in western and territory markets. Quotations list miscellaneous identifiers and prices such as 143 8ab2 and 6258, reflecting mixed commodity values and minor activity across wool and metals.
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New York
St. Louis
Territory
Saloonkeeper Robbed by Porter at Chicago Bar
Chicago, Jan. 16. P Bertsche, a saloonkeeper, was robbed of 1880 by a porter. The cash lay in a drawer behind the cedar case as about six detectives watched the saloon. The porter left saying he was going out to get a pork chop sandwich. Bertsche later found the theft and vowed to catch him.
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Chicago
P. Bertsche
Rel
Bertsche
Herteche
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FP. Wallace
Grand Junction
Sarah McClean
D. B. Cannon
Twin Falls, Idaho
Hammond
Fraziey
No. 5
Pueblo
Pablo
Sir Olsen
J. Jeffray
NEW Railroad
Billy Possum
Teddy Bear
Father Gunn
California
Weather Bureau
Aero Club
Thornton Hains
CITY
Justice Tompking
Chicago Livestock
Kansas City Livestock
Metal Market
Tts
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