Adams to be sworn in as Governor in Colorado contest
Denver Jan 4 Democrats plan to swear in Alva Adams on January 10 with Justice Steele presiding. Legislature made no move to settle the gubernatorial dispute. Credentials report urged seating only Born and Healey, while Haggett balked at reception. Senate adjourned to 10 tomorrow with plans to oust the two, requiring a two thirds vote. Court ordered inquiry into the last Denver election, details including ballots and registration to be examined. costs apportioned between Adams and Republicans.
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Coin
Alva Adams
Justice Steele
Supreme Court
House
William H Dickson
Senate
Credentials Committee
Born and
Heaey
Haggett
Epa
Mana
Born and Healey
Casimir #ela
Las Animas
Gov Veabody
W W Rowan
Adams
J H Hersey
Mediation in Delaware ends Republican faction split
Dover January 4 Governor-elect Preston Jea intervened in the Delaware Lewis situation and is believed to have brought the warring Republican factions to terms. He reportedly assured Union Republicans he would appoint as secretary of state a Kent or Sussex County man, encouraging overtures to Regular Republicans. If confirmed, Sparks would be president pro tem of the senate and Denny would be speaker of the house, signaling a planned organizational move. A Norfolk steamer ad offers round trips to witness the grand review of U S battleships at Old Point Comfort.
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Dover del
Kent
Sussex
Newcastle County
Sparks
Pro Temore
Senate
Denny
House
Bomb in Barber Shop Threat From The Black Hand
New York, Jan 4 The explosion outside a barber shop damaged the building but caused no injuries. Proprietor Sam Fassett, an Italian, refused to pay 300 demanded in letters signed by The Black Hand. He had been warned he would be killed. police have not captured the authors.
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New York
Her Avenue
Sam Fassett
Fassett
Train wreck kills three near Weatherly Pennsylvania
Three men, engineer William F. Swank, fireman Robert Turner, and brakeman Reuben Mecham, were instantly killed when a Lehigh Valley coal train derailed in icy conditions near Weatherly. The engine and 28 cars sped down a steep grade, jumped a curve, and plunged into Hazel Creek.
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Hazleton
William F. Swank
Robert Turner
Reuben Mecham
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Weatherly
Hazel Creek
Seven Die In Storm As New York Braces For Blizzard Years
A raging blizzard paralyzed New York with nine inches of snow and plummeting temperatures. Seven deaths occurred from exposure or accidents near elevated stations and the Congressional Limited wreck in New Jersey. Five hundred men sought shelter at a lodging house. only six had overcoats. Milk and coal shortages hit poorer districts as rail and streetcar service deteriorated and trains ran hours late. Ocean liners reported a sea blizzard and quarantine delays for several ships sailing from Europe.
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New York
Samuel Harris
Pittsburg
L W. Eller
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
South Amboy
York
Westchester
Long Island
New York City Railway Company
Oren Root, Jr
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Grand Central Station
New York and
New England Express
Southwestern Limited
Chicago
St Louis
Lake Shore Limited
Teutonic
Liverpool
Furnessia
Glasgow
Prinzess
Victoria
Luise
Hamburg
Flag Over Citadel 25000 Prisoners Taken At Port Arthur
Russian prisoners and officials displaced by the Port Arthur capitulation. The fortress surrender surprised Japanese observers after a five month siege. One line reports 25,000 combatants and 20,000 sick, with prisoners to Dalny and Japan. Tokyo dispatch notes entry slated January 8 and ceremonies January 10.
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Japan
Port Arthur
Fusan
Wantai Hill
Wantai
Sper
Chefoo
Yahuthwei
Pigeon Bay
Anti-War Protest in Moscow at Grand Duke Sergius Palace
A January 4 demonstration outside Grand Duke Sergius palace in Moscow saw crowds marching nearby, hurling stones at the palace and shouting down with the war. Sergius, once Moscow governor general, has not entered the city since returning from St. Petersburg, remains commander in chief of the military district, but his governor generalship is abolished and Moscow will run under a prefect model like St. Petersburg.
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Moscow
Sergius
Grand Duke
St. Petersburg
Nickovski
Hale Named for Fifth Term by Augusta Caucus
In Augusta Maine on January 4 a Republican legislative caucus named Senator Eugene Hale for a fifth term as United States Senator. Hale was present and accepted the nomination by acclamation and thanked the group for their support.
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Augusta
Eugene Hale
United States
MF Hale
Peary May Discover Fortified Ridge Falls to Japanese Advance
The Japanese rapidly breached Sungshu Mountain fort and completed the collapse of the eastern ridge defenses. Russian resistance was feeble as the besiegers secured the upper fortified ridge by January 1, with surrender talks opening after Japanese staff met Russian commissioners near Shuishilying.
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Keekwan
Shuishilying
Stoessel
Wnogr
Jicht
Port Arthur
Wso
Third Pacific squadron delay shrouds Vladivostok return
St Petersburg dispatch reports Vice Admiral Rozestvensky may delay reaching Europe awaiting a third Pacific squadron. Possible base on uninhabited Polyresia Island near Madagascar. Dutch and British officials deny shadowing claims and stress neutrality in East Indies.
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St Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Vladivostok
Rorestvensky
Polyresia
Batiavoff
Sumatra
Batavia
Java
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Hague
Kuyper
France
East Indies
Marine Ministry
Sastern Islands
London
Admiralty
Despair at Port Arthur War News Sparks Critique of Censorship
Russian sources report Gen Stoessel's surrender near Port Arthur after heavy December fighting. They detail losses, hospital bombardments, and the sinking of warships, while public mood shifts to blame military censorship and demand government candor and unity.
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Stoessel
Sevastopol
Mercy
Balascheff
den Stoesse
Kazan
Zemstvos
St Petersburg
Keondratenko
Digunion
Japan
Russia
Nan Patterson Seeks Bail in Court Hearing
Nan Patterson, accused of murdering Caesar Young, appeared in Supreme Court as her counsel pressed for bail after seven months in Tombs. District Attorney Jerome refused bail offers following a mistrial and a tied jury, with bail once set at 920000. Justice Greenbaum reserved ruling until tomorrow after receiving writ of habeas corpus.
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iNew York
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Supreme Court
Misa Patterson
Tombs
Mike Patterson
Jerome
Miss Patterson
Greenbaum
Patterson
Dodge-Morse Divorce Case Grand Jury Inquiry Opens
New York January 4 formal investigation into the Dodge-Morse divorce tangle began today with the grand jury. Dodge is under indictment for perjury amid sensational disclosures involving prominent figures. Health limits his appearance as W A Sweetser lawyer James Fursman son Ex Judge E Fursman and John Little and John Schwarzkopf are named for testimony and Fursman Little & Schwarzkopf books may be examined.
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New York
Dodge
Gaia
W. A Sweetser
James Fursman
E . Fursman
John T Little
John Schwarzkopf
Fursman, Little & Schwarskopf
Jerome 1A
Fursman
Morse
Heiress Muriel Byram Dead in Apparent Accident
Chicago reports Miss Muriel Byram, famed Chicago society heiress, found dead with a bullet hole in her neck. The coroner's jury ruled the wound accidental, caused by an explosion of a weapon she was cleaning for a California hunting trip. She was sister-in-law to I N Perry, ex Bank of North America president indicted for arson.
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Chicago
Muriel Byram
California
Miss Byram
I. N. Perry
Bank of North America
Tablets Kill Two Children in Philadelphia Home
In Philadelphia on January 4 chocolate coated strychnine and nux vomica tablets prescribed for the mother caused the deaths of Laura Barsaglia aged three and Joseph Barsaglia aged six. While the mother was away the children found the tablets in a closet and, believing them to be candy, ate several. They were found convulsing and died within thirty minutes despite medical aid.
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Philadelphia
Laura
Joseph Barsaglia
Bank Officers Arrested in Ohio Bank Embezzlement
United States Secret Service agents with Victoria officials arrested P. Ohlinger, president, and J. R. Zimmerman, managing director, Wooster National Bank of Wooster Ohio. Charged with embezzling 250000 dollars. they agreed to return to Wooster for trial waiving extradition. Upon capture few hundred dollars found. travel costs listed for Baltimore return.
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Victoria
B. C
United States Secret Service
John D. Murphy
George E.burns
Langley
P. Ohlinger
J. R. Zimmerman
Wooster National Bank of
Wooster
Wayne County
Ohio
Ohlinger
Zimmerman
Seattle
Vancouver
Index 70 Today's Issue Engen and Currents Across Pages
The issue lists items including Adams inauguRation deaths in a blizzard Japan flag at Port Arthur Stoessel plea to the czar Chbijo River disaster an aged official indicted forest congress Watson case Irvine Talbot controversy Mrs Chadwick latent statement Gov Johnson succeeds Van Sant report on Merchant Marine railway legislation statehood debate in senate editorial timely topics abroad talks with Washington visitors social and personal racing bowling and other sports news of Virginia and Maryland school bill sent to Congress part two court sustains recorder of deeds beef trust landFrauds in Montana increase in gold production financial and commercial the legal record
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Port Arthur
Stoessel
Chbijo
Forest Congress
Watson
Irvine-Talbot
Chadwick
Gov. Johnson
van Sant
Senate
Washington
News
Virginia
Maryland
Congress
Recorder of Deeds
Beef Trust
Montana
Eight Die After Defender Boiler Explosion at Huntington
Eight men are dead and three injured after a boiler explosion and fire on the steamer Defender near Huntington, West Virginia. Survivors braved icy Ohio waters, the boat burned to the water's edge, and the cause remains unknown. The crew included Pittsburg men and the sole woman, Ellen Welsh, escaped in night clothing as others perished in the flames.
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Ohie
Huntington
W. Va
Perry &Pender
Foint Plessast
Horace Wetzel
Pittsburg
James Sease
Wellsville
Albert Hamilton
Mike Stafford
Thomas Duffy
Will Wetzel
George Kidd
Tra Elita
Robert Holland
Robert Mann
Defender
Mo- Rongahelaanghia Consolidated Coal and Cake Company
Best
Cincinnati
Empires
James Wi =ware
Ohio
Ellen Welsh
Woodsward
Woodward
West Virginia
Train Kills Three Men on Chartiera Road
Three men were instantly killed on the Chartiera road at Canton Avenue in Washington Pennsylvania. The victims identified as Fritz Iitzenswab of Ironton Ohio John Ogakley an off man of Washington and Frank Frinds of Washington. Bits of flesh blood and torn clothing were found on the engine after the train pulled into the station prompting an investigation and discovery of three mangled bodies at Canton Avenue.
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Washington
Chartiera Road
Canion Avenue
Fritz Iitzenswab
Ironton
Ohio
John Ogakley
Oregon Mayor Williams Indicted in Gambling Malfeasance Case
George H U Williams 83 and Portland Chief of Police Hunt indicted by Multnomah County grand jury for malfeasance in office. Williams accused of failing to enforce gambling laws near the city, while police allowed a gambling game at the Portland Club. Other indictments include city engineer Elliott and inspectors Caywood Chandler, and contractors Riner brothers for sewer fraud tied to Tanner Creek. Warwick Club managers Fleshman and Nease charged with maintaining a nuisance.
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George H. Wiliams
Portland, Ore
Portland
Oreg
George Hu Williams
Oregon Territory
United States
Oregon
President Grant
Multnomah County
Williams
Porteland Club
Www
C Elliott
J M, Caywood
Henry Chandler
E. W
R M. Riner
Blliott
Caywood
Chandler
Riners
Tanner Creek
Jon, Fleshman
M. G. Nease
Warwick Club
Arsenic murder charge in Mason woman Joslyn case
Mrs Carrie Joslyn of Wheatfield township is jailed in Mason after confessing to poisoning her husband William Joslyn with arsenic. He died Christmas Day. stomach test confirmed arsenic. She said she and hired man Isaac Swan planned the murder to marry. Swan is being sought as officers search for him.
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Isaac Swan
Joslyn
Mercedress Dennison Suicide in Bradford Pa
Mrs J C Dennison of Smethport shot herself early today with a .22 revolver amid murder suspicion after her husband died last year under poisoning grounds. Detectives had shadowed her by letter notices. she left notes admitting guilt and faced potential murder charges. The 52 year old mother leaves several children.
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Bradford
J. C .Bennison
Smethport
Stabbed Young Arlington man found near home in snow
Samuel Sullivan twenty, a Young resident of Arlington 8 1 was stabbed six times with a note threatening others pinned to his coat. Found unconscious in the road near his home in New York Jan 4. He worked in Manhattan. Snow showed a struggle. Sullivan not conscious at hospital. prognosis poor. A later note: You will not tell anything more again.
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Samuel Sullivan
Arlington
Hoe
Sullivan
Manhattan
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