Valencia Disaster Survivors Reveal Captain’s Inaction
Seventeen survivors in Seattle report Valencia captain O M Johnson refused life belts as passengers clung to rigging. The Topeka and City of Topeka recovered liferafts, with sixty still aboard at dawn. Women reportedly stayed aboard prompting men to take to boats while singing Nearer My God to Thee.
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General Joseph Wheeler Dies at 69 After pneumonia
New York reports General Joseph Wheeler veteran of two wars and longtime Confederate cavalry leader who became a brigadier general in the US Army died at 5 35 p m at his sister Sterling Smiths Brooklyn home. The famed commander succumbed to pneumonia after a brief illness.
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Jury Clears Norman Hapgood of Criminal Libel in Town Topics Case
In New York the jury found Editor Norman Hapgood not guilty of criminal libel over a Collier's article about Justice Deuel. The verdict came after a ten minute deliberation. District Attorney Jerome acknowledged inspiration for the piece as the trial unfolded.
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Judge Lynch On Hand Stifles Lynching in Sparta
A detail of extra policemen was sworn in to prevent a lynching of Everett Shepherd a negro arrested on suspicion of assaulting Ethel Grant the year old daughter of W H Grant. Eyewitnesses describe the attack as Shepherd pursued and seized her. Alfred Wilson and Cummings alerted authorities after a struggle.
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Train collision leaves unidentified passenger drowned in Spokane
A Spokane Washington incident reports a drowned passenger after a derailed or struck train near Northm Ridge. The engine tipped almost perpendicularly, fender and bag thrown into the Columb Murray. No passenger names are identified.
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College Must Go But Fierce Bulldogs Spark Firefight
In Urbana Illinois a derailed fight over bull dogs kept for fighting led to police action. Robbers struck Jan 26 in a saloon on Isted Street. William Bielski was shot and killed as the trio fled after failing to seize a cigar box containing $53. Authorities sought help and warned of further action if the situation did not calm.
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First passengers through Simplon tunnel amid salutes
Iselia Italy January 26 the first passenger train carrying notables and officials passed through the Simplon tunnel amid artillery salutes no other noteworthy incidents reported
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Admiral Beresford Declares Alcohol Abstinence
Admiral Beresford of Britain's channel fleet announced he had gone on the water wagon and felt better and more effective due to total abstinence from alcohol. The commander, noted for his role at Alexandria where he directed Condor’s fire with notable bravery, is among the navy’s absent leaders.
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Hazing Debate and Alaska Boundary in One Page
A newspaper column discusses hazing at Annapolis, contrasting mild rituals with brutal acts and calling for strict discipline. It then covers Senator Clark’s copper mine talks, the Alaska boundary issue with Wales Island, and a Senate exchange over ship subsidies and imported wines with California origins highlighted by Perkins.
Tragedy in Providence: Winn Family Found Dead
Police say Charles Winn a freight handler and his wife were found dead in their Providence apartment along with Mrs. Charles B Riggs sister of Mrs Winn. Authorities suspect double murder followed by self inflicted death with a revolver in the same room.
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Shaw Defense Author's Apology Printed by Methodist Book Firm
In New York on January 20 the Methodist Book concern admitted its plant, built for religious literature, was used to set type and make plates for Bernard Shaw's The Author's Apology defending Mrs Warren's Profession, a work banned by New York police from the stage.
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Steamer Helena Boiler Explosion Drowns Pilot at Natchez
In Natchez Mississippi the boiler blast on the steamer Helena threw pilot Joseph Roth into the river where he drowned. The incident occurred during the vessel’s operation on the Mississippi River, with Roth presumed lost at the scene.
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Marshall Field Will Disposes Vast Estate in Probate Filing
The Marshall Field will and two codicils probate filing outlines 25 million in specific bequests and a residuary estate for grandchildren Marshall Field III and Henry Field, ages 12 and 10. It provides trusts for Mrs. Mabel Field Beatty, Gwendolyn Field, and others, with gifts to the Field Museum of Natural History and four local charities.
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King Alfonso Visits in Incognito Mode in Biarritz
King Alfonso the likely Marquis of Covedonga travels from San Sebastian to Biarritz and meets Princess Mon of Battenberg and her mother at Villa Mouriseot for lunch. In Michigan a man named Hosen Butler attacked Dr F C Hubbard in Mau Claire near St. Joseph after a divorce case testimony, biting off the physician's nose and being arrested.
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Rockford Boy Missing After Valencia Sinking
Rockford parents fear their son Mark Smith a passenger on the Valencia was drowned after failed telegrams seeking news. The brief item notes earlier reports from Freeport meanwhile that Charles L. Currier, a longtime Chicago insurance figure, died in Los Angeles at 75.
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Chicago Market Summary January 26 1906
Chicago reports mixed hog values and weak cattle and sheep. Official receipts yesterday totalled 46154 hogs 1015 shipments. cattle and sheep also show weakness with hogs steady to firm on shipping grades and cattle and sheep markets generally weak.
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Britain Russia Warm on Morocco and Afghan Fronts
London reports Britain and Russia have restored cordial ties amid talks on Persia Afghanistan and Tibet. Ambassadors Benckendorff and Hardinge push closer cooperation while Morocco is seen progressing toward a peaceful conference outcome. Algeciras delegates draft taxation measures and clarify trade in contraband arms with new committee oversight.
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Japan's Finance Minister Proposes Tax Conversion and Debt Fund
In Tokyo the finance minister M Suakateni proposed converting 80 million dollars of taxes into permanent imposts and creating a consolidated debt fund to service with 5 million dollars annually in addition to the 18 million already allotted. The house opposed both plans as the premier Sainoji urged united national effort to meet postwar expenditures.
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Morristown Man Arrested in Florence Allinson Murder Case
Morristown police arrest George Small on suspicion of complicity in the murder of Miss Florence Allinson last week. Rufus Johnson, jailed in Baltimore, names Small and admits a robbery at Charles Goodenough’s home. Johnson claims his alias is Jones and denies involvement in the Allinson murder.
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Yellow Fever Case Tied to Bremen Arrival at New Orleans
German cruiser Bremen reaches the river mouth on route to New Orleans and a yellow fever case is reported aboard. Dr. Lamb orders the ship detained and the patient quarantined per station protocol.
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