Pastor Carmichael Slain in Michigan Church Crime Shocks Community
The Rev. John J. Carmichael a sixty year old Methodist pastor who led three churches in Columbus Adair and China Michigan was found murdered and dismembered in a church stove with hatchet and dirk remains. Evidence including coins in clothing argues against robbery and police suspect multiple assailants in a village near Pine River from where the preacher’s horse was recovered.
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Detroit
John J. Carmichael
Columbus
St. Clair County
Orville Lindsay
Michigan
Adair
China
Pine River
Thornton
Grand Trunk Railroad
E.LS DOWN HIS FLAG Goodrich Retires From Active Service
New York January 7 Rear Admiral Caspar F Goodrich commandant of the New York navy yard and the ranking rear admiral on the active list was placed on the retired list today under the age limit He served nearly forty years and led the Pacific fleet aiding San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake He will likely command the navy yard through Roosevelt's term.
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Evans
Admiral Goodrich
Pacific Fleet
San Francisco
Navy Yard
Roosevelt
Battleships Sail for Naples to Aid Earthquake Refugees
The battleships Connecticut Kansas Minnesota and Vermont, part of the Atlantic fleet detachment, departed Port Said Egypt on January 7 for Naples to support Italian earthquake refugees. Admiral Sperry will assign the ships to local authorities upon arrival.
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Naples
Port Said
Egypt
Connecticut
Kansas
Minnesota
Vermont
Atlantic Fleet
Dinner at White House for foreign embassies and legations
President and Mrs Roosevelt host the annual White House dinner tonight for the chiefs of foreign embassies and legations and their wives. Two weeks hence the Supreme Court chief justice and associate justices will dine at the White House with the president.
Gift from Carnegie funds Koch Institute tuberculosis work
Berlin January 7 American ambassador David Jayne Hill paid into the Seehandlung bank Andrew Carnegie’s gift of 125000 dollars to the Koch Institute for Tuberculosis Research. Hill also notified the institute president of Carnegie’s cordial acknowledgement and best wishes for its beneficent effort.
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Berlin
David Jayne Hill
Seehandlung Bank
Andrew Carnegie
Koch Institute For Tuberculosis
Hill
Institute
Carnegie
Plan new Lincoln stamp issue to mark Lincoln birth centennial
Washington plans a 2 cent postage stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. A joint resolution introduced by Rep. Dawson Iowa authorizes the postmaster general to design and issue the stamp if adopted.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Dawson
Iowa
Heiress and Athlete Wed in Pittsburg
John F. Mulcahy alderman and New York oarsman married Pittsburg heiress Catherine Vilsack worth two million dollars in St Pauls Cathedral. Bishop Canevin conducted the ceremony. The couple will reside in New York. Vilsack family friendship and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition linked their meeting as Mulcahy gained international rowing fame.
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Pittsburg
John F. Mulcahy
New York City
Catherine Vilsack
Vilsack
St. Paul's Cathedral
Canevin
New York
Miss Vilsack
Mr. Mulcahy
St. Louis
Strength and Power
Fordham University
President approves steel merger and moves to quell panic
Roosevelt informs the Senate he authorized the Tennessee Coal and Iron absorption by United States Steel and instructed the attorney general not to explain delays in prosecution. He says the action aims to avert a broader industrial smashup with backing from New York bankers and justified as preventing a panic.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Washington
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
K E. H. Gary
H. Crick
Steel Corporation
New York
Tennessee Coal Company
Gary
Frick
Count Hamon the Palmist Busted After Investment Scam
Paris reports the fugitive known as Count Hamon or Cheiro, the Palmist, collapsed his scheme after women sent him about $30,000 for investments. The suspect’s Paris career ends amid charges and flight rumors.
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Paris
Hamon
London
United States
Cheiro
Miss Gould Debuts in Society Tonight at Plaza
Mrs George Jay Gould hosts a dinner dance at the Hotel Plaza to introduce her eldest daughter Miss Marjorie Gwynne Gould in New York society.
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Railroad Man
Society
New York
Hotel Plaza
George Jay Gould
Mark
Marjorie Gwynne Gould
Miss Gould
Marjorie Waltz
Nathany Janko
Georgia involved in Suez grounding report
Washington reports no surprise at the navy department over the Georgia going ashore while passing through the Suez canal. The Atlantic fleet battleships including the Drydock Dewey are among the largest to pass the waterway. An accident could result from a slight course deviation or water swirl from propeller revolutions.
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Washington
Navy Department
Georgia
Suez Canal
Negro Lynched Near Lexington After Attack
An unknown black man allegedly attacked the wife of a prominent farmer four miles outside Lexington South Carolina. The man fled as a posse pursued him with Sheriff P H Corley and bloodhounds. Returning to town a posse member said the suspect appeared motionless.
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Lexington
S. C
P. H. Corley
Educators Meet Today at Cornell Convention
The Association of American Universities opens a two day session at Cornell University Ithaca New York with President Jacob Gould Schurman giving the welcome address. Papers will explore educational problems currently facing colleges and universities.
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Cornell
Ithica
M. Y
Association of American Universities
Jieading
United States
Sion
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell University
Association
Chicago Livestock Market Summary January Seventh Nineteen O Nine
Official receipts and shipments reported with estimated arrivals for hogs cattle and sheep. Prices show steady to strong activity across light mixed heavy and rough grades with notable gains for cattle and sheep. Beach-Wickham Grain Company provided figures via Postal Telegraph Bid g. Chicago.
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Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Bid’g
Chicago
John A Babcock at Chicago calls for timely work
John A. Babcock writes from Chicago Illinois urging prompt service and a fair square deal in all dealings. The message promises reliable response and emphasizes a straightforward business approach.
Ambassadors Resolve Sympathy After Messina Relief Aid
Ambassador Griscom presented to Italy a resolution of sympathy from Washington as Foreign Minister Tittoni praised the gesture. Griscom announced $100,000 from the American Red Cross for relief to Messina aboard the Bayern, with a $60,000 two week fitting bill and daily $1200 charter costs. Admirals and royal staff lauded the rapid Bayern setup, while a telepathy story from the Regina Elena recounts a dreamed rescue of a fiancée.
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Rome
Italy
Griscom
House of Representatives
Washington
Tittoni
Count Taverna
Italian Red Cross
American Red Cross Society
Strait of Messina
Red Cross
Mr. Griscom
Victor Emmanuel
Messina
Sam
Surgeon General Wyman speaks on earthquakes and disease
Washington January 7 Surgeon General Wyman stated that modern events make a major epidemic unlikely after Italian earthquakes. He noted no epidemic spread after fires in major cities nor after Johnstown or Mt Pelee disasters, and cited San Francisco as not producing a widespread outbreak though typhoid and rats carried plague before eventual containment.
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Wyman
Washington
Italy
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Boston
Chicago
United States
Johnstown
St. Pierre
Martinique
Mt. Pelee
Dogs Attack Refugees in Messina After Earthquake
In Messina, refugees face new perils from starving, rabid dogs that gnaw at the injured and attack survivors. A wounded youth with a mutilated face was buried to his neck in debris and attacked by three dogs until help arrived. People are shooting stray dogs as bullets risk harming others.
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Messina
Palermo
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Count Hamon
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Marjorie Gould
Jacob G, Schurman
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