Explosion on Aquidaban Sinks Brazilian Turret Ship
Rio Janeiro reports the Brazilian turret ship Aquidaban exploded in its powder magazine Sunday night, killing 196 and wounding 26. The Barroso brought injured survivors and the minister of marine and staff. several rear admirals and officers drowned. The ship, of 4950 tons, built 1885 in England, cost 1.725 million dollars.
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Rio Janeiro
Port Jacarapagua
Minister of Marine
Aquidaban
Red Sunday Anniversary Passes Quietly in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg the Red Sunday anniversary passed with no disorders as patrols appeared on streets and life returned to normal. Reports from interior areas suggested no serious trouble, while in Warsaw a factory workers strike led to clashes as infantry fired on protesters near the Withoski market, forcing shops to close.
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St. Petersburg
Wersaw
Withoski
Battle near Tonquin In Indo China Ends in French Victory
A Chinese force of regular troops attacked French troops in Tonquin, French Indo China. The clash lasted three hours, leaving 300 Chinese killed and 300 wounded, while French losses were fifteen Foreign Legionnaires and twenty Annamites killed. The defending French force totaled about 400, including 150 Europeans.
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Marseilles
France
Tonquin
Indo-China
Foreign Legion
Quiet Surrender Report From Guayaquil
A brief cable from Guayaquil Ecuador announces the surrender of Guayaquil and reports the situation as quiet with no further details. The note arrives as other unrelated items include a Denver contempt fine, a New York art sale record, and a Massachusetts petition regarding the Constitution.
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Guayaquil
Washington
State Department
Eceuador
Johnson
Denver
Stidger
H. R. Bishop
New York
Massachusetts
Umana
Bermudez
Venezuela
Germany
Tield
Illinois
Cook County
McReynolds & Co
Chicago Board of Trade
Father and Son Convicted in Noted Local Murder Trial
Golconda Illinois January 2. The most noted murder trial in the county ended in circuit court before Judge WoW Punean. William J. Cullom and Walter Cullom father and son were found guilty of killing Roy Chamberlain, a neighbor boy, on June 5. The jur y imposed fourteen years in the penitentiary on each.
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Golconda
Hope for Cigarette Habit Cure Found in Antitoxin
Hancock Mich Jan 28 A Houghton businessman claims a diphtheria antitoxin course cured his cigarette habit. Once a heavy smoker he says after the treatment he no longer desires tobacco in any form citing personal immune experience during a prior diphtheria scare.
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Hancock, Mich
Houghton
Nominations sent to Senate for ambassadors and officials
Washington on January 23 reports the president sent nominations to the Senate for ambassador posts in Japan and Mexico, Brazil, plus governor general of the Philippines, and a vice governor position. Nominees include Luke B. Wright of Tennessee David E. Thompson of Nebraska Lloyd C. Grisecom of Pennsylvania Henry Clay Ide of Vermont and James A. Smith of California.
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Washington
Senate
Japan
Luke B. Wright
Tennessee
David E. Thompson
Nebraska
Mexico
Lloyd C. Grisecom
Pennsylvania
Brazil
Philippines
Henry Clay Ide
Vermont
James A. Smith
California
Representative Cummings Frames Gerrymander Plan in Iowa
Des Moines Iowa January 25 Representative Cummings introduces a gerrymandering bill to remake the Second district. It moves Johnson and Iowa counties to the Fifth district and swaps in Jones and Cedar counties, potentially pitting Cousins against renomination. Senator Gale adds a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage.
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Des Moines
Cummings
Johnson
Iowa
Jones
Cedar
Cousins
Gale
New State House Plan Initiated for Wisconsin Capitol
The capitol building commission of Wisconsin has begun a new state house project budgeted at 5 million dollars. Madison architect L F Porter was hired to prepare plans as an entirely new proposition. Work will be gradual starting with a wing not exceeding 600000 dollars.
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Wisconsin
Manson
Wis
Capitol Building Commission
L. F. Porter
Madison
Kentucky Mob Drags Prisoner From Jail in Cadiz After Assault
In Hopkinsville Kentucky on January 23 a mob of about 300 men seized Ernest Baker a Black man from the Trigg County jail and killed him in Cadiz Following a Saturday night assault on an 18 year old girl Baker faced accusations of a mile long assault attempt and the mob acted before legal proceedings could occur.
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Kentucky
Hopkinsville
Ernest Baker
Trigg County
Cadiz
Baker
Diverse 19th Century News Briefs Span Politics Science and Society
Chief Justice Fuller orders a three week recess of the United States Supreme Court beginning next Monday. Army chaplain John Singer Wallace, appointed by Lincoln in 1863, dies in Alameda aged 74. John D Rockefeller Jr tells a New York Bible class a doctor must risk the life of a patient. Mrs John Drew lies critically ill in a Denver hospital. Aeronaut Charles Hamilton falls 300 feet at Ormond Beach but escapes serious injury. Harvard President Eliot foresees the US as the most democratic nation in a century. Lois Feart, a Seattle contralto, sings for Mme Calve and may receive musical training. Dr Isaac Funk hopes to commune with the spirit of Dr Richard Hodgson. Jersey City Mayor Mark Fagan and Senator Everett Colby urge New York Y election participants into politics.
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Fuller
United Stttes Supreme Court
John Singer Wallace
Lincoln
Alameda
Cal
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York
John Drew
Denver
Charles Hamilton
Ormond
Hla
Eliot
Harvard
United States
Lois Feart
Seattle
Wash
Mme. Calve
Isaac K. Funk
Richard Hodgson
Boston
Mark Fagan
Jersey City
Everett Colby
New Jersey
Armored Cruiser Pennsylvania and Battleship Maine Unveiled
The Pennsylvania, over 500 feet long with 13,800 tons displacement, speeds of 22 knots and a crew of 820. The Maine, a 15,500 ton battleship at 392 feet length carries coal for 5,500 miles at 10 knots and reaches 18.9 knots with 700 officers and men aboard.
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Pennsylvania
Maine
Uncle Sam
Blizzard Locks Chicago Transit After Severe Sleet Storm
Sixteen members of a Thursday Evening club were stranded overnight on a Wheaton to Chicago electric train, rescued at Sacremento Avenue. The sleet and ice crippled transportation citywide, injuring ten people in a Thirty third Street train crash and causing widespread delays on cables, phones, and telegraphs.
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Chicago
Thursday Evening Club
Wheaton
Sacramento Avenue
Metropolitan
Chicago and Western Indiana
Thirty-third Street
Rose Henkins
Emerald Avenue
Electric
Jack Frost
Chicago Is Cut Off As Wires Fail Across the East
The city faces a communications blackout as telegraph and telephone lines to the east and south fail after midnight. The Associated Press wires quit working at 9:92 a.m., leaving long distance calls the only reports for hours. Elevated roads remain active as the city struggles to restore links.
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Chicago
Here
Associated Press
Flooding from old Brooks mill dyke in Beloit
In Beloit Wisconsin on Sunday the dyke at the old Brooks mill broke flooding eastern Beloit and parts of Broad street and Athletic park. Many homes were submerged forcing evacuations and leaving cellars waterlogged and furnaces out. The Rock river stage is falling and danger easing. In Nashville Tennessee heavy rain also flooded Huntsville Alabama with damaged bridges and halted electric rail service.
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Beloit
Wis
Brooks Mill
Broad Street
Athletic Park
Chicago
Rock River
Nashville, Tenn
Huntsville
Ala
Great Sleet Belt Delays Chicago Area and Transport
A massive sleet belt extended 200 miles from Chicago SW and W with a 70 mile ice radius elsewhere. Electrical lines and rail traffic were hampered as New York attempted to reach Chicago via multi city routes. A two inch sleet layer blanketed St Louis with 10 degree temperatures.
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St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Duluth
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Des Moines
Iowa
The
Mercury
Weather and turmoil sweep northern territory borders
Fragmentary OCR reports a border area under severe weather with zero temperatures and high winds. Maps mention Muskowhee Arlington and Kansas City with unclear events from Sunday to January 28. The text references a blizzard condition and widespread disruption across the region.
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VT. Dan
Yenra
Muskhowee
Phe
Arlington
Town
Blix Yard
Kansas City
Arrest Report On Barnes Murder Letter Affair
Indianapolis reports William Barnes arrested in Denver on a letter alleged to be written by Mrs Anadell claiming Barnes killed Sarah Shaefer. Police say the letter postmarked Indianapolis. Mrs Anadell denies authorship. Detectives remain skeptical about further charges.
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Sarah Shaefer
Indianapolis
William Barnes
Denver
Poller
Willian Anadelt
Clarence Jobs
Marion County
Mes
Anadell
Joln
Toe Police
Tarnes
Fromm
Wwe
Prosecutor Treated To Fifteen Minute Mock Jail Sentence
Mason Michigan January 28 Prosecuting Attorney L B McArthur was tried in a mock jail sentence at a social for wearing his Sunday best He was locked up for fifteen minutes but remained inside three hours before release Sheriff Steele freed him after being alerted by his wife The group sang Throw Out the Life Line as the prosecutor fumbled to rise and conceal his embarrassment
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Mason, Mich
L. B. McArthur
Steele
Strike Suspends Battle Creek Street Railway Service
In Battle Creek Michigan on January 22 street railway service was halted after the discharge of six conductors on the Michigan United railway led to a mass quitting by all conductors and some motormen. Several crews abandoned their cars on the streets and did not return to the barn.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Michigan United Railway
Stamping Out an Epidemic in Port Huron
The health board has closed the public library and all schoolhouses in Port Huron except two to stamp out diphtheria and typhoid fever. Children of school age will be barred from theaters, skating rinks, and other places of amusement.
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Port Huron
Mich
Health Board
Stabbed to Death in Evansville Over Money quarrel
Evansville Indiana January 23 Robert Braker a business man was stabbed to death by Robert Hill a negro during a money dispute Hill was captured after the assault authorities report it as a fatal stabbing with Hill in custody for investigation and charges
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Evansville
Ind
Robert Braker
Robert Hill
Hill
Farmer Charles Wildt Dies After Barn Loft Fall
Belleville Illinois January 23 A prominent farmer near Waterloo Charles Wildt fell from a barn loft and died from a broken neck. He was known in local agricultural circles and his death shocked the community. The accident occurred at his farm as he descended from the loft.
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Belleville, I
Charles Wildt
Wierloo
Why are you yawning in hunger room
Dialogue turns on a quick exchange between a landlady and Johnny at the table. Johnny explains his yawns stem from hunger and his solution for sleep is simply going to bed.
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Little Johnny
Tillman to Open New York Democratic Campaign Night
Senator Tillman will launch the New York Democratic state campaign at a Democratic club in New York City in January. The event signals the party’s early push for state races and gathers local party leaders and supporters in a formal opening.
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Tillman
New York
Democratic Club
New York City
Jan
Markets Telegraph Wires Fail. No Closing Market Today
The Markets Telegraph wires were in bad condition and no closing market was received today. There was no grain market either for the same reason.
Gold Brick Reminiscence in Beef Case Attorney Declares Immunity Law Flawed
In Chicago January 2, Edward A. Cudahy of the Cudahy Packing Co. testifies in federal court that Commissioner Garfield offered immunity to obtain information, while lawyer Cowin argues the Sherman antitrust rule is self repealing under compulsion. The exchange recalls school days with Garfield and features lawyer Hynes labeling Garfield’s actions as a gold brick.
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Chicago
Jan
Edward A. Cudahy
The
Cudahy Mocking Company
J. Otis Blume Plrey
Corporations
Garfield
Sonuhe
Tottorney
John C. Cowin
Winder
Edward Cudahy
Otiala
Nen
Aaid
Cowln
James A. Garfield
William J. Hynes
Cowin
Morrison
Ile
Trust Idea Invades Japan
Shizuo Kondo, a Japanese capitalist, arrived in San Francisco from London en route to Japan. The Chronicle reports he has secured seven million dollars in paid-up English capital to fund mills and machinery under an Anglo Japanese corporation. The plan aims to combine Steel and Iron works in Japan and later expand to celluloid and silk manufacture, with actual production shifting to Japan where costs are lower.
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San Francisco
Shizuo Kondo
London
Japan
Kondo
England
Steel and Iron Works
International Corporation
Premonition Grief as Bride Miss Anna Frazer Dies Burned
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on January 23 a quartet at the Berwick woman Anna Frazer’s graveside sang hymns she had chosen weeks earlier fearing a violent death. Her premonition, she believed, came true as she was burned to death, the hymns sung as she directed.
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Wilkes-Barre
Anna Frazer
Berwick
Governor Luke Wright to be first ambassador to Japan
Tokio reports a cordial welcome for Governor Luke E. Wright despite disappointment that Lloyd C. Griscom was not named ambassador. Wright's Philippine record and Oriental affairs experience justify the high appointment.
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Will
Wright
Tokio
Lloyd C. Griscom
Japan
Luke E. Wright
Philippines
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Ab Sin
Russia
Warsaw
Marth
Alabama
Barnes
Farmer
Stynes
Wee
Packer Cudahy
Cowin Tellaot
Trust Idea
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