Chinese Rebels Seek Foreign Loan Amid War Resumes
Dispatch from Shanghai reports Chinese revolutionaries seeking a 21 million dollar loan secured by seized government property. Premier Yuan Shi Kai fears republican gains as imperial forces push from Hankow and Lanchow while armistice terms dampen. Wu Tingfang named minister of justice in the new republic.
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London
The
Times
Shanghai
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Lanchow
Chinwangtao
Hankow
Szechena
China
Sun Yat Sen
Wu Ting Fang
Sun
Yuan
New Republic
San Francisco
Cal
United States
New Republican
Nanking
Chinese Free Press
Wong Chung Wai
Ars
Vanderoef Indicted in $140,000 Larceny Case
New York January 5 two indictments charge Percy G Vanderoef treasurer of Vankuren and Thornton company with grand larceny first and second degree. He admitted stealing 140000 of the firm's funds.
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New York
Percy G. Vanderoef
Vankuren & Thornton Company
Thomas Street
Vanderoef
Famous Trappist monastery destroyed by fire
The Trappist monastery at St Norbert Manitoba burned destroying the building. Sixty monks who live a vegetable diet lost their home and possessions. The loss is estimated at 100000 dollars.
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St. Norbert
Man
Evans Funeral Held With Taft Attending Navy Hero
Washington reports show President Taft attended funeral services for Rear Admiral Robly D. Evans known as Fighting Bob. Notables including senior officers served as pallbearers at All Souls Unitarian Church and Arlington Cemetery after services conducted by Dr. A G B Pierce and Rev Mr Willburn of Baltimore. Denver notes Nina Zeveley, Evans sister, did not attend due to age and travel concerns.
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Washington
Robly D. Evans
Bob
America
All Souls’ Unitarian Church
Taft
Brownson
Schroeder
Stockton
Pillsbury
Nicholson
Swift
Sanger
McCook
A. G. B. Pierce
Willburn
Baltimore
Arlington Cemetery
Denver
Colo
Nina EB. Zeveley
Robly Evans
Zeveley
WILL WAR ON HOME RULE IN IRELAND
Reports that Orangemen prepare to resist home rule by armed force in Ulster stir tension after Unionists declare they would establish an independent government if the home rule bill passes.
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Orangemen
London
Ulster
Gould Out as D. & R. G. Lead Succeeds
New York January 5 B F Bush president of the Missouri Pacific railway was elected president of the Denver and Rio Grande and joined its board George J Gould resigned as chairman and EK T Jeffery former president was elected to succeed him in the top post and to join the board.
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New York
Jeffery In
B. F. Bush
Missouri Pacific Railway
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
George J. Gould
EK. T. Jeffery
Farley Sails Homeward from Naples on Berlin
Cardinal Farley boarded the steamship Berlin at Naples today at three o clock for his return voyage. A papal pennant was hoisted as he boarded and the papal flag will fly beyond territorial waters. In Sterling Illinois excitement rose after six gold nuggets were found in wild-duck crops on D J Fieldings farm three miles north valued at ten dollars.
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Naples
Cardinal Farley
Berlin
Sterling, Ll
Morrison
D. J. Fielding
Jap Missionaries Meet in Tokyo Annual Conference
The eleventh annual conference of the federated missions of Japan met in Tokio with forty members from twenty-five religious bodies. A significant action was the consent to organize a Christian literary society.
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Tokio
Japan
The
Federated Missions of Japan
Eckhoff Bares Plot in Federal Grand Jury Case
Frank Eckhoff of Cincinnati, ally of John J. McNamara, testified before a federal grand jury in Indianapolis. R H Johnson of Peoria appeared under subpoena as part of inquiries into dynamite explosions tied to nonunion iron workers. Eckhoff, guarded for weeks, is a key government witness. Ortie McManigal’s trip to Los Angeles is to be corroborated.
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Indianapolis
Frank K Eckhoff
Cincinnati
John J. McNamara
Federal Grand Jury Chamber
R. H. Johnson
Peoria
Eckhoff
McNamara
Willam J. Burns
John D. Fredericks
Los Angeles County
California
Ortie Ek. McManigal
Los Angeles
Cal
Llewellyn Ironworks
McManigal
Four Die in Sycamore Tragedy on Cold Day
Sycamore Illinois reports a grim day with four deaths. John Lilla died after slipping on an icy sidewalk. Twelve year old Alfred Godel was struck by a train backing on the railroad crossing. Daniel Freed and L. D. Evans, longtime De Kalb county farmers, died suddenly.
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Sycamore
John Lillia
Alfred Godel
Daniel Freed
L. D. Evans
de Kalb County
Brewers' Trust Quits in Milwaukee Dissolution Report
The Western Brewers' Shipping association, a leading U S trade group, dissolves amid claims it violated the Sherman anti trust law. In Sterling Illinois Ben Gilbert, a farmer, suffers serious injuries from a hog attack after defending himself with a pitchfork.
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Milwaukee
Wis
the Journal Today
Western Brewers’ Shipping Association
United States
Bankrupt with 160000 a year former millionaire banker star
Edward Russell Thomas once tied to Morse Heinze Leiter and Blaine confessed to 1 234 487 in debts in New York. An order garnisheed his 160 000 yearly income from his late father General Samuel Thomas estate to pay Bowling Green Trust Company 59 100 debt, 16 000 yearly allocation.
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New York
Edward Russell Thomas
Supreme Court
Giegrich
Thomas
Samuel Thomas
Bowling Green Trust Company
Paris
Linda Lee Thomas
Newport
St. Regis
Charles W. Morse
Augustus Heinze
RE. R. Thomas
Chicago
Joe” Leiter
James G. Blaine, Jr
Seventh National Bank
General Thomas
E. R. Thomas
Young Thomas
Miss Lee
Thomas's split with creditors leads to liquidation plan
An agreement defines that Thomas will surrender all annual income to creditors except 50 000 for his own use. A Thomas Liquidation trustees group is formed to settle the claims and supervise payment to creditors from the sums collected under the arrangement.
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Thomas
Paris Denies Rift With Taft Over Jusserand Report
A Paris semi official statement refutes claims of strained relations after a newspaper hinted the French ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand was snubbed by President Taft and left Washington. The note asserts cordial ties and credits Jusserand with initiating and supporting the Franco American treaty process.
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Paris
France
Washington
Jean Jules Jusserand
Taft
Panama
White House
Roosevelt
Jusserand
M. Jusserand
France and
America
Russian diplomat ousted over Chinese abduction case
In St. Petersburg on January S.A. new Russian minister to Peking will replace M. Korostovets who retires after the abduction of the sixteen year old daughter of M. Perrier director of French posts in China. Korostovets and the girl fled to Mukden where they were traced by Perrier. The former minister is married with a family.
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St. Petersburg
Jan. S
Peking
M. Korostovets
M. Perrier
China
Mukden
Fire at Joliet Acetylene Plant Causes Explosions
A Joliet Illinois fire at the Commercial Acetylene Gas plant is blasting the neighborhood with small can explosions. Hundreds have already exploded and large tanks have blown. Firefighters say the flames cannot be stopped and residents are advised to stay away. the loss is estimated not less than $25,000.
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Joliet, IL
Joliet
Acetylene Gas Company
Wisconsin Senator La Follette Narrowly Escapes Injury
Morris Alabama January 5 report says Senator La Follette of Wisconsin leaped from a moving car in a Joliet to Morris trip. He slipped on the platform as the car stopped, fell hard but was helped up and quickly recovered.
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Morris, AL
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Joliet
Ruef to testify against former mayor Schmitz in bribery trial
Abe Ruef, once San Francisco boss, arrives from San Quentin to testify in the Schmitz bribery case. Schmitz faces sixteen indictments but trial centers on a bribe offer to Supervisor Rea for a gas ordinance vote. The crowded courtroom marks Ruef's first public appearance since his conviction and sentence.
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Eugene E. Schmitz
San Francisco
Abe Ruef
Cal
San Quentin
Eugene U E. Schmitz
Schmitz
Rea
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Ruef
Woman jailed for contempt over refusal to testify in robbery case
Hazel Hogan, a complaining witness in a trial against Dr Irving Sisinger James Hogan Jerry Mack and Curtin R Young for robbing her of 1706 dollars, was sent to jail by Judge Lockwood Honore after refusing to be sworn. The judge ordered confinement until she agrees to testify.
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Chicago
Lockwood Honore
Hazel Hogan
Irving Sisinger
James Hogan
Jerry Mack
Curtin R. Young
Herve
Honore
Lionore
Miss Hogan
Chinese Burns Ear Off On Shipboard Opium Incident
A one-eared Chinese passenger Ah Fung Fung aboard the tramp steamer Muncaster Castle from the Philippines, after smoking opium found for medical use, burned his left ear on a red hot stove. He toppled over, yelled, and tumbled to the deck as the ship’s captain, W J Donohue, treated him in the ship’s hospital.
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New York
Muncaster Castle
Philippines
Ah Fung Fung
W. J. Donohue
Civil Service Reform Aims at Post Office Staff
Congressman Norris of Wisconsin introduces a bill to place every Post Office employee under civil service and to rebalance postmaster salaries. The measure would transfer staff, create a promotion based scale, and reduce salaries in major cities to save about 7.6 million dollars annually.
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Post Office Department
Civil Service
Washington
Rayner
Maryland
Hitclcock
Nebraska
United States
Great Britain
France
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Simpreme
Hitchchcock
Hitchcock
Nority
Ar Arte Phecenate Commission
Ae Canta Senate
Britain
Norris
New York
Chicago
Reston
Philaphia
First Gettysburg shot fired by Col Hi Calef memory
In St Louis January 5 Colonel Hi Calef United States Army who fired the first shot at Gettysburg in the Civil War died of pneumonia at seventy one. He was a longtime instructor and had 12 years at Fort Monroe. He commanded the Second United States Artillery at Gettysburg and the gun remains on the battlefield.
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St. Louis
Hi. Calef
United States Army
Retis
Gettysburg
Fort Monroe
Gebarg
Calef
United States
Rail Engineers Threaten Strike Amid Wage Dispute
Buenos Ayres reports railway engineers served notice to strike, signaling action before week’s end as companies reject every demand. Intermediary mediation was refused by the men and officials.
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Buenos Ayres
Cuba Feels Earthquake Shock Reported
A tremor was felt in Havana and Santiago de Cuba with damage reported. Officials cite no injuries but describe structural impacts and calls for inspection.
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Cuba
Havana
Santiago
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