Predatory Wealth and Finance Buccaneers Criticized
Dr John F Crowell of New York warned the public before the American Association for the Advancement of Science that the captains of finance threaten national progress. He said rising prices and speculation reflect an economic lie fueled by greed and urged leaders like Harriman and Gould to reform. A separate obituary notes Bishop Edward G Andrews of the Methodist Episcopal Church died at age eighty two in Brooklyn after a long ministry and a San Francisco conference season.
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Chicago
Harrimann and Goulds
John F. Crowell
New York
The
Wall Street Journal
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Dr. Crowell
San Francisco
Edward G. Andrews
Methodist Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Home and Foreign Mission Boards
Bishop Andrews
Wesleyan College
Cazenovia Academy
Corporate Greed Attacked in Economic Conference Address
Dr. Crowell denounces corporate greed as a danger to American society urging restraint to curb bandit-like swindling. He warns over-speculation distorts markets and harms labor and capital, calling for mindful limits to protect public welfare at perilous levels.
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Dr. Crowell
Charles A. Conant
New York
Frederic C. Howe
Cleveland
Government vows to push reapproval of coal lands ruling
General Bonaparte states the government will use all means to seek higher court approval of Judge Lewis's Colorado decision. The ruling says there is no law prohibiting citizens from agreeing in advance to purchase coal or other public lands that others may acquire under the dummy entryman system.
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General Bonaparte
Colorado
Lewis
Syste
Customs Income Report Shows Net Loss for Year
The government will report for December that receipts fall $8,929,152 below last year while expenditures rise $9,381,414, yielding a net yearly loss of $17,910,566. Major declines come from customs duties with a $6,895,950 drop, offset by miscellaneous receipts up $1,135,452. Expenditures rise in civil and miscellaneous, military, and pensions, with public works nearly doubling from $4,843,711 to $8,899,000. No material improvement is seen in the last days of the month.
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Washington
Children Leap From Burning Home to Save Lives
Bay City Michigan January 1 three young children of William Sanback leap from the second floor of a burning house as exits are blocked. Seven year old Bessie leads her siblings aged four and eleven to safety night clothes protect them while the father follows after.
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Bay City
Mich
William Sanback
Bessie
Scratch of a Pin Is Fatal in Indiana Woman
Mrs. William Barrett, who moved from Lima Ohio to live with her daughter Mrs. Anna Nugent in Frankfort Indiana, scratched her finger with a pin. The small wound became inflamed, blood poisoning developed, and she died days later.
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Frankfort
Ind
William Barrett
Lima
Anna Nugent
Supreme court voids pure food law patent medicine formula rule
Pierre January 1 The supreme court has declared void the provisions of the state pure food law requiring patent medicines to bear the formula telling the composition of the medicines.
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Pierre
Supreme Court
Joliet Steel Plant Reopens After Shutdown
After a shutdown since December 22 the Joliet Illinois Steel plant resumes operations in almost all departments. Mrs. Anson Jones widow of Dr. C Anson Jones last president of the republic of Texas dies in Houston at eighty six.
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Joliet
Ill
Illnois Steel Company
Anson Jones
C. Anson Jones
Republic of Texas
Houston
Tex
Fitzsimmons Plans New Jersey Health Retreat After Ring Career
Former boxing great Bob Fitzsimmons, now at home, intends to launch a health retreat in New Jersey under Billy Muldoon’s guidance. He touts his three robust children as proof of the program’s vitality and remains active with his family, friends, and a trained monkey in playful downtime.
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Bob Witzeimmons
Billy Muldoon
Old Warhorse
New Jersey
Fitzes
Fitzsimmons
Explosion at Rome Stock Exchange Kills Nine
Rome reports a gas blast at Hadrian’s Temple of Neptune exchange causes roof collapse. Nine men die, twenty hurt mainly clerks, as police and fire units rush to the scene and crowds panic amid warnings of further blasts. Brokers regroup as money and securities change hands.
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Rome
Neptune
Hadrian
Agrippa
Stock Exchange
St. Peters
Frightful injuries prompt city-wide hospital rush
A surge of injured people filled open cabs and ambulances racing through crowded streets amid distressing scenes as responders moved victims to hospitals.
Nine Coal Miners Die in Carthage Mine Blast
An explosion of gas and coal dust in the Bernal mine at Carthage Socorro county New Mexico killed at least nine miners and left three fatally injured and two seriously hurt. The dead include mine boss C L Wilcox and several Mexican natives. The blast occurred at noon and many bodies were thrown from the mine entrance.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Bernal
Carthage
Soccorro County
Carthage Fuel Company
C. L. Wilcox
Juan Archuleta
Ignacio
Thieves Are Betrayed in Sky-Blue Bath Water Probe
In Atlantic City on January 1 the local hot water heating company found hundreds of gallons stolen via tapped pipes. Attempts to trace the unauthorized users failed until a harmless dye was added to the water, coloring several tapper-identities sky blue during morning baths.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Bedwin to Assist Bell on Airship Experiments in New York
W F Bedwin superintendent at Dr Alexander Graham Bell laboratories in Baddeck will leave Sydney for Hammondport New York to assist Bell during winter air ship experiments. Experiments will use a flat aeroplane and a tetrahedral kite with plans to set up an experimental station in the northern tier states for year round testing.
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Sydney
W. F. Bedwin
Alexander Graham Bell
Baddeck
Hammondsport
N. Y
Dr. Bell
Bomb factory found near Sevastopol with 27 live bombs
Sevastopol investigators uncovered a farm house plant for high explosive manufacture. The raid seized twenty seven loaded bombs and one hundred twenty related implements in unfinished form. Three men were arrested at the site.
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Sevastopol
Russia
No Hope for the Negro Delivers Racial View in Georgia
Savannah recalls ex congressman and ex senator Thomas N Norwood delivering a retirement address from the city court bench after twelve years. He declares the black is incapable of education beyond rudiments and laments alleged savagery of the current generation. He calls illicit miscegenation a capital offense and urges harsh penalties.
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Savannah
Thomas N. Norwood
United States
Georgia
South
Norwood
Pettibone Trial Moves Toward Jury Submission
Boise Idaho January 1 The Pettibone trial adjourned after the defense moved to submit the case to the jury without argument. The prosecution said it could not decide until the judge’s instructions are known. The judge planned to instruct the jury Thursday morning. The case centers on conspiracy to kill Steunenberg as part of action against enemies of the Western Federation of Miners.
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Boise
Ida
Pettibone
Steunenberg
Western Federation of Miners
Stennenberg
Market Prices for Hogs Cattle and Sheep in Chicago
Chicago markets show mixed hogs and cattle with receipts and shipments tallied. Prices range from light hogs 4 15 to 4 50, heavy grades 4 20 to 4 60, cattle 12 000 and sheep 16 000 with gains up to 10 higher in spots. Officials report yesterday's totals and tomorrow's estimates, with market sentiment described as slow and weak at times.
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Texas
Ave
John A. Babcock Grigago ILI Ill Imitates a Square Deal
Fragmentary OCR text mentions John A. Babcock and phrases about a square deal. No clear event, date, or organization is readable to confirm a full news item or outcome.
Identity of Victim in Harrison NJ Murder Still Unknown
Newark Jan 1 The identity of the woman whose dead body was found in Harrison New Jersey last Friday remains a mystery. Mrs Agnes Young who previously claimed to be the victim now says she was alive in New York City and denies knowing anyone named Meyers. She told police that Mrs Hull had pressured her to link to the case and said Miss Minnie Gaston of Servilla Tennessee is her half sister. Hull's story changed after Young’s reappearance and she faced a police escort out of New Jersey.
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Newark
N. J
Harrison
Agnes Young
Meyers
Maston
Hull
Young
Miss Gast
Gaston
Servilia
New Jersey
Mystery Funeral Delayed in Janesville Death Case
The funeral for Mrs Madelyn Odell Cla has been postponed as her husband cannot pay burial costs. Police pursue theories of insanity and possible bigamy by Clayton while Beloit College analyzes the stomach contents. A Chicago letter from Ola to his wife surfaced, hinting at their estrangement and search for her.
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Janesville
Wis
Madelyn Odell Cla
California
Clayton
St. Joe
Mich
Ola
Revere
Chicago
Clark Street
Frederick Clayton
Wireless Messages Link Sitka and California Coast Posts
Five wireless telegraph messages were received at Mare Island and Point Loma from Sitka Alaska establishing a direct link with all stations and ships off the southern California coast. The Island navy yard oversees wireless work along this coast.
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Alaska
Vallejo
Cal
Mare Island
Point Loma
Sitka
California
Island Navy Yard
Paderewski Named Director of Warsaw Conservatory
A cablegram from Ignace Paderewski, then in the United States, announces his acceptance as director of the Warsaw Conservatory of Music, a major post for the renowned pianist.
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Paderewski
Warsaw
Ignace Paderewski
United States
Warsaw Servatory of Music
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EDWARD @. ANDREWS
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Bob Fitzsimmons
New Mexico
Bell
John A. Babcock
North American Commissions Company
Grigago
ILI
Ali
Janesville, Wis
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