MASSACHUSETTS POWDER EXPLOSION KILLS SIX CREW
The battleship Massachusetts suffers a powder charge explosion during target practice off Culebra Island. Six men die and four are wounded. Ensign Wortman survives. Navy officials order a board of inquiry as crews flood the turret and protect other charges.
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Washington
Admiral Higginson
San Juan
Porto Rico
Massachusetts
F. H. Lesser
S. F. Malinowski
K. J. Platt
Robert Rule
A.S. Tacke
P. R
United States
Culebra Island
Ward K. Wortman
Harry Lee
Marine Guard
Clarence Abele
Charles F. Hughes
Kuhlwein
William C. Cole
Loneman
Coal Firms Indicted by Illinois Grand Jury for Price Collusion
Chicago January 19 thirty nine indictments against coal corporations and officers were voted by a special grand jury investigating the fuel famine and price rises The indictments charge conspiracy to restrain trade and fix prices involving retailers in Illinois Wisconsin and mine operators in Indiana and Illinois The action marks a rare use of anti trust laws against corporations in Illinois with bills prepared awaiting juror approval
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Chicago
State of
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
China hard pressed as indemnity remains unpaid
Peking reports no reply from China to a joint note signed by all foreign ministers except U S Minister Conger. The message warned that failure to pay the gold based war indemnity would bring grave consequences. Officials face money difficulties though honest provincial revenues could cover the sum.
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Peking
China
United States
Conger
Fire at Boston Excelsior Company Causes Heavy Loss
A blaze at the Boston Excelsior company premises damaged hundreds of bales of excelsior and jute causing about 50000 dollars in losses. The fire occurred Sunday and losses were shared by several firms in the building.
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New York
Excelsior
Boston Excelsior Company
Railway Disaster Rocks Sycamore Illinois Line
The Minneapolis express on the Great Western railroad derailed after a broken rail near Sycamore Illinois, tumbling down a 20 foot embankment. Engineer J D Heady was killed and 30 people were injured.
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Sycamore
Ill
Minneapolis Express
Great Western Railroad
J. D. Heady
Hewitt Former New York Mayor Dies at 81
Abram S. Hewitt longtime New York mayor and congressman died at six Sunday morning in his eighty first year. He leaves a wife three sons and three daughters. Funeral at Calvary Church with Bishop Potter presiding. Hewitt born July 31 1822 in Rockland County New York. He partnered with Edward Cooper and married Peter Cooper's daughter. He chaired the 1876 Democratic National Committee and contributed to the Paris exposition iron study. He served in Congress 1875 until 1887 before becoming mayor, later active at Cooper Union.
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New York
Abram S. Hewitt
Congress
Potter
Calvary Church
Hewitt
Heverstraw
Rockland County
N. Y
America
United States
Columbia College
Edward Cooper
Peter Cooper
A. S. Hewitt
Europe
New York City
Henry George
National Democratic Committee
Cooper Union
Dedication of von Ketteler Arch in Pekin Honors German Minister
The von Ketteler memorial arch in Pekin was dedicated in a grand ceremony attended by diplomats Chinese officials German officers and civilians. Baron von Der Goltz officiated for Germany and Prince Chun represented China. Speeches were given in German and Chinese.
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Pekin
von Ketteler
China
Baron von Ketteler
Tientsin
Baron von der Goltz
Legation
Germany
Prince Chun
Boil ers Explode at Ranney Factory Killing Two
In Greenville Michigan on Saturday two boilers exploded at the Ranney refrigerator plant. The blast killed engineer Charles Price and fireman R A Stanton and injured more than a dozen workers. The three story brick factory measures about 300 by 140 feet with the boiler room adjoining the main building.
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Greenville
Mich
Ranney Refrigerator
Charles Price
R. A. Stanton
Copper Era Editor Fred Mackenzie Dies at 72
Calumet Michigan January 19 Fred Mackenzie editor of the Copper Evening News and 30 year township clerk died at his home from heart trouble He was born in London and came to America in 1865 He leaves a widow and grown children.
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Calumet, Mich
Fred Mackenzie
Copper Evening News
Calumet Township
London
America
German Cruiser Panther Shells Fort San Carlos at Maracaibo
Reports from Maracaibo and Caracas describe the German cruiser Panther shelling Fort San Carlos for an hour with a brief fort-fire exchange. The Panther reportedly suffered two explosions and withdrew toward Curacao, with casualties claimed among its crew. Caracas notes Venezuelan garrison fire damaged the ship and feared seizure of the gun boat Miranda. Public demonstrations followed.
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San Carelos
Lake Maracaibo
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Panther
Fort San Carlos
Curacao
Bello
Caracas
Torres Cardenas
Castro
Ballo
San Carlos
Curacoa
Miranda
House Passes Commerce and Labor Bill in A Few Paragraphs
The House approved the department of commerce and labor by a 13 to 40 vote with Republicans and 29 Democrats backing it. The measure unites bureaus for statistics and science under the president, while retaining several services under the Treasury. It creates the bureau of manufactures and corporations and includes immigration oversight with Chinese quota provisions.
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Washington
House
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department
Commerce
Labor
Mann
Chicago
Senate
Life-Saving Service
Marine Hospital Service
Steamboat Inspection Service
Bureau of Navigation
Shipping Commissioners
Treasury Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Bureau of Standards
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Bureau of Statistics
Census Bureau
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Bureau of Immigration
Bureau of Manufactures and Corporations
Supreme Court Rules Divorces Granted to Nonresidents Invalid
The Supreme Court holds that divorces granted in South Dakota to a temporary resident do not confer legitimacy. Annie Andrews vs Kate H. Andrews centered on which spouse could administer Charles S. Andrews' estate. Massachusetts courts had jurisdiction. South Dakota residency did not establish domicile, so the South Dakota divorce is void.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
South Dakota
Annie Andrews
Kate H. Andrews
Charles S. Andrews
Kate Andrews
Massachusetts
Andrews
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Justice White
Congress
Three Killed in Monongahela Furnace Blast
In McKeesport Pennsylvania an explosion in the Monongahela furnace department of National Tube Works killed three men and seriously injured seven others, four of whom are expected to die. Bodies were blown from the furnace to the ground eighty feet. fragments were found up to one hundred yards away. The dead include Michael Litching with a head blown off and Josef Fleming torn in two.
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McKeesport
Monongahela
National Tube Works
Michael Litching
Josef Fleming
Trio sentenced for watchman killing in Lake Michigan district
Chicago January 19 Capt Streeter William McManners and Henry Hoeldtke were sentenced to Joliet prison for killing Watchman Kirk in the District of Lake Michigan. The defendants wept in court but received a 40 day stay of execution.
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Chicago
Streeter
William McManners
Henry Hoeldtke
Joliet Prison
Watchman Kirk
Lake Michigan
Kansas Bank Fails in Toronto Kansas
The State Bank of Toronto closed its doors Saturday with liabilities estimated around 35000 dollars. Only a small portion of the 15000 dollars in deposits is expected to be paid. The bank was among Woodson county’s oldest institutions.
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Kansas Bank
Toronto
Kan
State Bank of
Woodson County
Locomotive Explodes Killing Two in Maryland
Baltimore January 19 two men are dead and two others seriously injured after a freight locomotive exploded on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad near Monrovia Sunday.
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Baltimore, Md
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Monrovia
Plague Convenes to Probe California Negligence
Surgeon General Wyman leads a conference with health officials from 19 states Indian Territory and the District of Columbia to address bubonic plague in the United States. Resolutions credit California investigations but condemn state officials and San Francisco city authorities for neglect and obstruction of federal health efforts.
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Washington
California
Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Indian Territory
District of Columbia
United States
Drs. Kellogg
San Francisco Board of Health
Ryefogel
California Board of Health
Kinyon
United States Marine Hospital Service
Dr. Pillsbury
State Board of Health
J. White
M White
Flint
Currie
Carmichael
Blue
Glennan
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Ann Arbor
Chinatown
State Board of Health of
City Board of Health
United States Public Health Service
Board of Health
Reading Railway Chief Denies Coal Shipment Holdups
George F. Baer president of the Reading Railroad states there are no large coal stocks trapped on lines. He says traffic moves freely with ample coal cars, cites 3018 anthracite cars moved over the Reading Division Saturday and Sunday and explains six collieries were drowned out by union pumping strikes, two ruined and abandoned, four being pumped out and later usable.
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Baer
Reading Railway Co
New York
George F. Baer
The
Reading Railroad Co
Reading
Philadelphia & Reading Co
Philadelphia
Port Richmond
Editor Gonzales Dies After Four Day Battle
Columbia reports Editor N C Gonzales dies at 1 p m after four days of life threatening injuries from a shooting by Lieut Gov J H Tillman. Mrs Gonzales was at his bedside as crowds gathered and discussed the tragedy while Tillman remained confined in his cell and heard the news with emotion.
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Tillman
Columbia
S. C
N. C. Gonzales
J. H. Tillman
Gov
Department Stores Burned in Scranton Fire
A large fire in Scranton Pennsylvania destroyed the Ambrose Mulley estate department store and the adjoining William Chappell store on Monday. The blaze began in the Mulley basement and spread to the neighboring building, causing losses estimated at over 200000 dollars.
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Scranton
Ambrose Mulley
William Chappell
Mulley
Chappell
renowned Paris correspondent M de Blowitz dies at 83
Henry Georges Stephene Adolphe Opper de Blowitz longtime London Times Paris correspondent died Sunday evening after apoplexy. He was born in 1832 and lived in Paris.
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M. de Blowitz
Paris
Henry Georges Stephene Adolphe Opper de Blowitz
London Times
M.de Blowitz
Platt Nominated for Senate in New York Caucus
Albany January 20 108 to 1 nominating Thomas C Platt to succeed himself as United States senator Elihu Root would have received the vote except for Assemblyman William A Dennison of Jefferson who cast the lone vote.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas C. Platt
United States
Elihu Root
William A. Dennison
Jefferson
Remarkable Surgical Operation Saves Young Man lives
A 19 year old Edward Spilker attempted suicide by shooting himself in the left breast. At City Hospital surgeons opened the chest and closed the heart wound with three stitches. The bullet pierced the left lung apex and a portion of lung tissue was removed before the chest was closed. Doctors believe the patient will recover.
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St. Louis
City Hospital
Edward Spilker
Coal Dealers Indicted in Illinois and Indiana Conspiracy
A true bill was returned against 45 coal operators and retailers for conspiracy to commit an illegal act injurious to public trade. Indictments target corporations and individuals doing business in Illinois and Indiana. Bail set at $1500 per case.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Dominican Government Pays Sala Claim in Full
The Dominican government has paid Minister Powell the final $50,000 on the Sala claims. Sala, a French financier, loaned money and supplied munitions to former Santo Domingo president Hereaux. The claim was recognized after Hereaux’s death but had been resisted, and Sala’s American widow in New York inherited it. The state department pursued the claim through Minister Powell.
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San Domingo
Powell
Sala
Hereaux
Santo Domingo
New York
State Department
When Pa Says Grace Poem and Imagery from Olcott
A poem from Boston Courier with lines on Pa saying grace and family scenes. The narrator notes Pa’s angelic eyes and forgiving smile as he sits to eat while barking at the cat and snapping at others. The piece blends domestic grace with ship imagery and time’s passage.
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Grace
Boston Courier
Old Frayed Item Finds New Use Amid Busy Lives
A nostalgic quatrain recalls a worn object shunned by a bustling world yet deemed useful like an old man. The speaker laments fading charm and lost joy, while noting that children still find playful value in the once cherished thing, now resting forgotten.
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E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Leopard and Kangaroo clash over polka dots on Timbuctoo plains
A growly spotted Leopard meets a sunny Kangaroo and debates polka dot fashion. The Kangaroo criticizes the Leopard suit as not fast color, prompting a sudden interruption that changes the leopard’s mood as he contemplates the Kangaroo's good taste.
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Timbuctoo
Samuel Scoville, Jr
St. Nicholas
Silent Farewell in Love and Death
Poem fragment recalls lovers parting as one may die. The speaker imagines grief and separation, while a hopeful whisper promises remaining devotion. The piece cites William Struthers from the Boston Transcript, reflecting on enduring connection beyond mortality.
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William Struthers
Boston Transcript
Keep on Singing Amid Hard Days in Houston Post
A poemish note from J. M. Lewis in the Houston Post urges resilience through hardship. It encourages continuing to sing despite brambles, dark clouds, and aging, touting persistence and steady effort.
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J. M. Lewis
Houston Post
Habit once called me Love in a threadbare town
The speaker encounters a gaunt waif with sad eyes and a dusty coat. Roses once trimmed his throat and pebbles became kisses as he drinks wine with no joy. When asked his name he replies Habit once they called me Love, a stark portrait of loss.
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Love
Agnes Lee
The
Atlantic
Woman on Time in Gentle Verse by Emma C Dowd
A light poem praising a punctual woman described as a beautiful Grecian maiden who has posed on the speaker's clock for years. The speaker contrasts common claims about women's tardiness with this exemplary figure noted in Ladies' Home Journal.
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Emma C. Dowd
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Foolish Big Word
A poem arguing against the overuse of grand language. It contrasts the foolish with the wise, praising simple words like do love and hope and warning that long terms dilute meaning. The piece reflects a Chicago Record-Herald voice and promotes clarity over verbosity.
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S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
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A. J. Gonzales
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