Murder at Midkiff Church Run Home Ambush Hits Youths
Three men Lu cian Lucas Ira Lucas and neighbor Octave Adkins were shot near Midkiff Lincoln County on the Guvandotte Valley Railway after church services. Lucian died, Ira was injured, and Adkins was dying. Martha Wellman, the only woman in the party, escaped unharmed. A man known to have trouble with one victim was suspected. arrests expected as townspeople worry about violence after the attack.
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Washington Post
Stuntington
W. Va
Lucian Lucas
Ira Lucas
Octave Adkins
Midkiff
Guvandotte Valley
Lincoln County
Jucian Lucan
Martha Wellman
Lucas
Chicago Terminal Plan Seeks Massive Rail Depot Scheme
The Record-Herald reports a $59 million plan to acquire land and develop a vast union depot with storage warehousing and a freight hub. The project may include a tunnel beneath the river to avoid bridge data, and would support the railroad's entry into the Union Depot with seven square miles of territory anticipated for related facilities. Prison gift notes from Ossining describe a surge in Christmas boxes for Sing Sing inmates.
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Record-Herald
Ma Ray Wd
Dew
Union
Iroma
Pennsylvania
Chiro
Architec
Ossining
N.Y. der
Johnson
Sing Sin
Kidnapping Report Tangles San Jose Resident
Sanrancisco reports that George EL vetener of San Jose, wanted by Ohio authorities for a 25 year old arson charge, has been abducted and taken aboard a launch to Martinez where the East ern overland train was boarded, leaving Letcher outside California jurisdiction.
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Sanrancisco
George Elvetener
San Jose
Ohio
Martinez
Letcher
Snow and Wind Hit New York Christmas Observances
A December snowstorm and 30 mph winds swept New York City delaying some festivities while boosting the month’s snowfall to 29 inches the heaviest December total in years. Churches and charities reported large crowds as immigrant island arrivals were treated to a Christmas dinner and gifts despite Sabbath cautions.
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New York
New York City
Wis Island
Santa Claus
Four Men Die in Philadelphia Boardinghouse Fire
Four men suffocated and several people were rescued in three separate Philadelphia fires. At 1415 Wood Street, Charles McCunker, 44, Kim Merry, 48, and Charles McGill, 24, died after placing cloth near a door to trap others. a bedclothes fire caused thick smoke that prevented escape. Edward, about 25, of New York, also suffocated in a different dwelling. Firemen saved occupants at 4926 Girard Avenue, where Mrs. David Dean and others escaped or were aided amid a heavy snowstorm.
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Philadelphia
Dee
Wood Astreet
Charles McCunker
Kim Merry
Charles McGill
McGinn
McCusher
Merry
McGill
Fairmount Avenue
Edward
New York
Gerand Avenue
David Dean
Fuémen
Six Hurt by Explosions in Wheeling Christmas Morning
Special to The Washington Post from Wheeling West Virginia reports two natural gas explosions and two general fires within an hour on Christmas morning. Six people were injured including B I Biggs and family at 108 Main Street where gas seeped from a leaking outside pipe. Miss Pearl Cox and Glen Biggs were among the injured, with others including Mrs Bessie Biggs and B F P Biggs. A second blast near the O Leary and Peckstein families left Miss O Leary slightly injured.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
B. I. Biggs
Main Street
North Wheeling
Miss Pearl Cox
West Liberty
Glen Biggs
Bessie Biggs
B. FP. Biggs
O'Leary
Peckstein Familes
Miss O'Leary
Guatemala Threatened Over Debt Nonpayment
News from Mexico City reports strong British resident sentiment over unpaid debt to British bondholders. The British Legation may move from Guatemala City to Nicaragua or El Salvador. Guatemala seems unable to meet foreign creditor obligations, and Guatemalan officials faces criticism for their stance. Elsewhere, heavy snow in Wilkes-Barre area delays trains and miles of rail lines suffer drifted tracks.
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Mexico City
Guatemala City
Nicaragua
Salvador
Guatemala
Massed Russian Defenses Weakened At Port Arthur
Port Arthur reports describe Russian and Japanese actions in December including a right wing breakthrough by Japanese forces at Tallachiatun and Wahola, with Moscow showing heavy losses among the attackers while Japanese preparations in Tokyo and Formosa intensify. Kuropatkin notes limited Russian gains, and Kuropatkin urges troops to press advance without retreat as winter operations continue.
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Tokyo
Oyama
Formosa
Kuropatkin
FIRED ON BY WORKMEN IN RUSSIAN STOLANA RIOT
Razoum reports a violent clash after midnight mass at the Roman Catholic Cathedral as workers parade with red flags. A Twenty-sixth Regiment commander is killed and a gendarme wounded. one demonstrator dies. Baltic shipyards are reportedly running day and night with plans for a two-section third squadron. The admiral vows first section ready by February. Second section to follow later. Patricia arrives New York from Hamburg with 131 cabin and 2,435 steerage passengers.
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Razoum
Stolana
Tring
Twenty-sixth
New York
Hamburg- American Line
Patricia
Hamburg
Togo Congratulates Fleet After Port Arthur Blockade
A London Times cable reports Admiral Togo congratulating the fleet on its long port defense leaving Port Arthur. He notes the sinking of Russian ships including the Myako Tatsuse Yoshino Heigen and Salyem and urges doubled vigilance for the ships now assigned to blockade duty.
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London Times
Washington Post
Tokyo
Togo
Port Arthur
Myako
Tatsuse
Yoshino
Heigen
Salyem
Wild Engine Crashes Crane at Cambria Steel Yard
In Johnstown Pennsylvania a Cambria Steel locomotive derailed under steam and struck a large ore handling crane near blast furnaces 1 to 4. Both machine and crane wrecked, property loss about 90,000 with no injuries. Crane 60 feet high, 200 feet wide, bucket capacity eight tons. Blast furnace operation continues.
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Johnstown
Cambria Steel Company
Detectives guard Dodge as perjury case looms
Jerome denies calling Bar Association to act on lawyers in the Morse Dodge matter while Charles F. Dodge remains under guard in New York. Dodge, brought from Texas for perjury trial, stays at a hotel with no visitors. District Attorney Jerome and Osborne discuss forthcoming grand jury appearance and potential Bar Association steps after his investigation concludes.
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New York
Dea
Charles F. Dodge
Texas
Jerome
James Wy. Osborne
Witever
Doge
Dodge
Bar
Dodge-Morse
Bar Association
Osborne
The
MAW BEATEN TO DEATH NEAR Lansford
In Lansford near Lansford, Stephen Pushart was killed and John Brinkush fatally injured after four armed men stopped them on the outskirts shortly after midnight. Martin Publish escaped and alerted police. attackers’ identities are unknown.
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Tamaqua
Stephen Pushart
John Brinkush
Martin Publish
Lansford
Pushart
Brinkugh
Publish
Murdered and Cremated at Dorseyville Italian Victim
Baronio an Italian was murdered near his shop in Dorseyville and his body cremated by a gang of negroes. No arrests have been made. Also, Wayland Cement Works plant burned near Perkingville causing about 200000 dollars in loss with partial insurance. One fare plus 25 cents round trip via Southern Ry from Dec 27 to Jan 2 1906.
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Dorseyville
White Castle
Baronio
Wayland
Wayland Cement Works
Perkingville
Jacksonville
Southern Ry
Death follows Christmas Eve whisky brawl in Blackshear
T B Altman dies from two knife gashes in the left arm after a melee as his son Darl ing Altman and a man named Crews clashed with city marshal McMillan. The coroner's inquest ruled involuntary manslaughter for the incident. McMillan badly wounded but expected to recover.
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T. B. Altman
Altman
McMillan
Marshal McMillan
Young Altman
MccMillan
Ice boat crash on Onondaga Lake kills three
On Onondaga Lake during regatta warm gusts and high speed ice boats collided head on in a gale. James Jackson Charles Markham and George Todd died later in hospital others were seriously hurt. The accident occurred as crews tried to avoid a collision and fight winds reaching fifty miles an hour.
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Syracues
Onondaga Lake
James Jackson
Charles Markham
George Todd
Jackson
Markham
St. Joseph's Hospital
George ‘Todd
Freel Warner
Otto Schilling
John Senses
Tos
Warner Brothers
Fred Warner
Tiler
Caleb Joss
Todd
Lessier
Trade hopes rise as Langerman touts Morocco access
New York reports James W. Langerman, former US vice consul general at Tangier, en route to report to the Moroccan sultan. He argues Morocco seeks American trade and notes broad sympathy for fair American business, while describing French transport limits and lack of communications infrastructure. Langerman says he spoke with Roosevelt but did not disclose mission details.
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New York
James W. 5
Langerman
United States
Tangier
Morocco
Night of
Standard Oil Company
Roosevelt
Wangerman
Clew to Mountain Murder Points to Missing Syracuse Girl
Colorado Springs reports a new murder investigation crew from Syracuse linked by dental work, hair, and height to a dead girl. Miss Kemter, missing since October after a $200 check acknowledgment, is believed by her family to be the Mount Cutler victim. A sister in California is being sent to Colorado Springs to aid identification.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Reynolds
Mount Cutler
Syracuse
Kemiter
Chief Reynolds
Miss Kemter
Kemter
California
Pythian Temple Hosts Grand Sabbath Rights Rally
A grand rally at Pythian Temple on Ninth Street near Massachusetts Avenue on Wednesday at 7 36 p m discusses the Sabbath and its defense as well as constitutional rights. Speakers from London Paris Calcutta Melbourne Cape Town Boston and New York will join Washington figures in a free admission event. Come early and take New York Avenue Ninth Street cars.
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Pythian Temple
Ninth St
Massachusetts Ave
District of Columbia
London
Paris
Calcutta
Melbourne
Cape Town
Boston
New York
Washington
Hall
Ninth Street
Carnegie Library
New York Avenue
Deadly train wreck near Manda Station kills seven
A head on collision between the Dastengs train from St Louis and the Louisville passenger train near Mount Carmel and Princeton leaves seven dead and ten injured. Engineers, firemen, and several crew members are identified, with bodies mangled beyond recognition. Fire spread to cars. water carried in hats and coats aided efforts to extinguish flames.
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Louisville
St. Louis
Southern Railway
Manda Station
Charles Schmidt
Centralia
Ill
Bowen
Princeton
Ind
Charles Hutt
Fremat
H. D. Hogan
Mount Carmel
Trowns
Helnt
Traia
Buchanan
Taggart
Hutt
Reef
Police and Negroes Clash in Plainfield Street Fight
A riot in North Plainfield New Jersey left two police officers fatally injured and one injured, four Black residents arrested, as firemen and townspeople fought with a hostile crowd after officers attempted to arrest a group yelling Merry Christmas. The brawl lasted about thirty minutes with threats of lynching and ongoing clashes in Plainfield and Worth Plainfield.
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New York
North Plainfield
N. J
Joseph Flack
William Klein
Muhlenberg
Walter QO. Smalley
Samuel Hunt
Walter Tems
Albert Tunstall
Joseph Henderson
Plainfield
Worth Plainfield
Death of Hugh H Price former Wisconsin congressman
Hugh H Price of Black River Falls Wisconsin a former member of Congress in 1887 and 1888 died in Denver Colorado at age forty five He was the son of W T Price longtime congressman from the Fifth Wisconsin district and followed his father into office Admiral William Osborne Moore was a passenger on the St Louis arriving from Southampton after rough seas and a Belfast overhaul caused seasickness by stokers On the St Louis first voyage since repairs along with stormy weather marked the trip
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Congress
Wisconsin
Denver
Colo
Hugh H. Price
Black River Falls
Wis
W. T. Price
Fighth
New “Xore
Wee
William Osborne Moore
St. Louis
Southampton
Belfast
Ireland
Double Assassination and Riveting World War News
West Virginia reports a double assassination while a Japanese fortress advance unfolds. Seven killed in a train wreck shocks Colo. and national politics include an election contest. Inaugural balls, Dawes Commission notes, and naval economy feature amid Russia and Czarist manifestos. Virginia and Maryland church themes plus readers letters and editorials fill the page with social, sporting, and personal items.
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West Virginia
Fortress
Dawes Indian Commission
Congress
Isle of Pines
Russia
Washington
Chadwick Extradition Plan For Arrest In New York
Sheriff Barry took papers for the arrest of Dr. Leroy Chadwick, to be landed from the Pretoria in New York Wednesday. Mrs. Chadwick pleaded her husband innocence and asked kindness, while the sheriff arranged extradition steps with Albany officials and planned to meet the ship off Sandy Hook. He aims to bring Chadwick to Cleveland by rail if health permits, ensuring care for Miss Chadwick.
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Barry
Pretoria
Dr. Chadwick
Cleveland
Olio
Albany
New York
Leroy Chadwick
Mra
Chadwick
Eireumatanaen
Mra. Chadwick
Sherif
Mrs. Chadwick
Gov. Odell
State House
Gov. Herrick
Hoffman House
Mary Chadwick
Batlel
Sandy Hook
Lake Shore Railroad
Senator Fairbanks Reported Uninjured After Rumor
A wild rumor claimed Senator Fairbanks was critically injured or dead. Wires between the city and Pittsburg Boston New York and Chicago stayed active until 2 30 this morning when he was found in Pittsburg and said he was in good health. He had left Washington for the West last evening and inquiries at his home yielded nothing definite.
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Senator Fairbanks
Pittsburg
Boston
New York
Chicago
Washington
West
Mackay Own Special Train Heads to England
F. J. Mackay of New York speeds across the continent in a special train toward England where his wife Mrs. Mackay lies severely injured after a hunting accident. The journey from San Bernardino to Chicago is billed to take under three days with a Monday arrival at Rock Island lines and a one minute transfer to the Lake Shore for New York sailing on Wednesday.
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England
Chicago
F. J. Mackay
New York
Peabody Seeks to Retain Colorado Governorship
Denver reports a plan by Republican managers to keep Gov. James H. Peabody in office for two more years through a contested assembly. Democrats allege a monstrous conspiracy behind fraud disclosures and claim spurious ballots were substituted, promising vigorous contest.
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Denver
Colo
Fifteenth
General Assembly of
Colorado
James H. Peabody
Alva Adams
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Peabody
Adams
Haitian Bond Conspiracy Verdict Pronounces Prison Terms
Port au Prince Haiti December verdict in the bond conspiracy case convicts Hichard Roy former finance minister and two high officials to penal servitude. Bank officials receive four years imprisonment while Saint Victor and Geneon former ministers get three years. Contumacious defendants to be pronounced later. The trial followed the 1902 Haitian congress act authorizing a debt consolidation bond issue.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Hichard Roy
Hilbrain Guillaume
National Bank of Haiti
Sam
M. Geneon
Saint Victor
Nord
Secretary of the Treasury
Death Chant on Storm Touched African Prince
The African Prince steamer from Japanese ports to Boston and New York arrived with a twisted propeller shaft and damaged steering gear after a mid Atlantic storm. Decks were torn, crew of about sixty suffered minor injuries, and many Mohammedan sailors prayed and sang the Moslem death chant amid icy seas.
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Boston
New York
Bnatt
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