Bomb throwing bank job tied to Lynchburg pair
Police link the Fourth Street National Bank blast to Rollo Steele and a male accomplice from Lynchburg Virginia. Detectives study a valise with electric and slow fuses and seek the alleged conspirator who aided Steele. The investigation traces Steele from Chicago to Philadelphia and notes a hotel register entry linking a Kelley to Steele.
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Quaker City
Chicago
Steele
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Vause
Fourth Street National Bank
Wae
Rollo Steele
Garner
Iowa
Family of Six Dies in Gas Ingress at Devine Home
Burlington Vermont January 6 residents of George H Devine grocery clerk family of six perish from illuminating gas likely entering via sewer line a gas leak fills the house killing the parents and four children Isabel Madeline Wonne Cecilia ages five three two five months asphyxia reported by Devine’s brother and a milkman who found the odor and alerted neighbor Edward Devin.
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Burlington, VI
George H. Devine
Winooski
Devine
Isabel
Madeline
Wonne J
Cecilia
Devinol
Edward Devin
Trinity College Athlete Dravo Not Dead After All
Milton S Dravo of Trinity College class 1908 was thought dead after measles in Pittsburg but is en route to Hartford to resume college work. He was a catcher on the baseball nine for two seasons and the college may probe the erroneous death report.
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Hartford
Conn
Milton S Dravo
Trinity College
Pittsburg
Dravo
Luther
Trinity
Pravo
Missing steamer Ponce. three cutters search Atlantic
The Ponce of the New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company is a week overdue after leaving Christmas Day for New York. Three revenue cutters Mohawk Seminole and Algonquin patrol the North Atlantic in pursuit, aided by Captain Chapman's Shenandoah, with hopes the vessel remains safe and signals were exchanged near Bermuda.
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Washington Post
New York
United States Revenue
Pones
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
Ponce
Chapman
Shenandoan
Port Blakely
Shenandoah
Sandy Hook
Chap- Tan
Bermuda
Revenue Cutter Service
Porto Rico
Une
Treasury Department
Sevenue
Sevenue, Cutter Service
Ordera
Shaw
B. L. Reed
Mohawk
Washington
Tompkinsville
New Koth
Seminole
J H Quinan
Charleston
Algonquin
Stout
Peace on Southern Pacific Firemen Strike Ended
Houston January 6 an agreement was reached and papers signed for settlement of the Southern Pacific firemen stake with management after the standoff.
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Southern Pacific
Houston
Tex
Southern Pacific Firemen
Big Ship In Storm: Etruria Crew and Passengers Struck
New York Jan. 6. The Cunard liner Etruria battled a three day storm from Queenstown to New York. One seaman died, six were seriously injured, and passengers stayed below deck. James Walker, a able seaman, was killed when swept thirty five feet down the foredeck. Others injured were William Newall John McMullin James Mills and James Feeley. Walker buried at sea. A birth occurred during the storm and the baby was named Rachel Strula Goldstein after the vessel.
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Washington Post
New York
Etruria
Queenstown
James Walker
Serman
William Newall
St Vincent's Hospital
John McMullin
James Mills
James Feeley
Walker
Potter
Capt. Potter
Wallers
Liverpool
Scotland
Jacob Goldstein
Rachel Btrurla Goldstein
Explosion wrecks front of 38 North Water Street
Rochester news reports a blast at 38 North Water Street damaging the front of a business building. A Salvation Army street meeting and a nearby theater were crowded when the dynamite bomb, thrown into a basement chute, blew out the facade. interior damage was minor as bystanders gathered blocks away.
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Rochester
North Water Street
Salvation Army
Form Revolutionary Junta in San Antonio Mexico
A Mexican revolutionary junta with a constitution like the St. Louis model formed in San Antonio led by prominent locals as part of the Liberal party. Trinidad Garcia, discharged Saturday in extradition proceedings related to raiders on famines, was among the enthusiasts. Eulalio Trevino and Aurilo Flores were elected president and secretary.
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San Antonio
Tex
St. Louis
Liberal Party
Trinidad Garcia
Eulalio Trevino
Aurilo Flores
Bomb Case Goes Over In New York Yorkville Court
Special to The Washington Post. Dr J A Gottlieb sent a supposed infernal machine to Morris Gluckmen. Detective Van Twistern asked for more time to prepare evidence showing the machine could harm and was built with that design. Magistrate Breen granted the request.
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Washington Post
New York
J. A. Gottlieb
Morris Gluckmen
Yorkville
van Twistern
Breen
Fairchild to Return Soon From Indictment Flight
Rome January report says Charles S Fairchild former U S Secretary of the Treasury under indictment in New York for forgery in the third degree tied to New York Life Insurance affairs plans to sail for home this month and appear before the United States.
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Rome
Charles S Fairchild
United States Treasury
New York
New York Life Insurance Company
United States
Hill and Harriman In Deal On Northwest Terminals
Negotiations between James J. Hill and B H Harriman over access to Portland and Seattle terminals near settlement. An agreement could grant Hill unobstructed entrance into Portland with terminal facilities, while Harriman would gain similar access to Seattle and likely reduce rivalry on the north bank of the Columbia River.
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Seattle
Portland
Oreg
Fan
Oregonian
James J. Hill
B. H. Harriman
Northwest
Hill
Harriman
Columbia River
Train wreck kills two near Fort William
Two Montreal men EH Smith and K Campbell died when six cars of a Canadian Transcontinental train derailed twenty five miles west of Fort William after a broken rail. Injured include Lowla Keenar of Montreal head injuries AM Ferguson of Winnipeg mail clerk head and shoulder wounds and G B Keys of Owen Sound shoulder. Also W Marstan of Northampton left hand and arm, Thompson of Sheffield head injury, and R Parker of London with shoulder and head injuries.
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Winnipeg
Man
Fort William
EH. Smith
K. Campbell
Montreal
Lowla Keenar
AM Herguson
B Keys
Owen Sound
W Marstan
Northampton
England
Thompson
Sheffield
R Parker
London
Fire kills clerk and burns car on Northwestern train
Louis De Lario, clerk of the House Committee on Irrigation, is killed and three passengers injured when a sleeping car fire erupts on the Los Angeles Limited eastbound from Chicago. The blaze starts near a berth, with one theory pointing to an alcohol lamp. De Lario, 22, lived in Washington and had recently attended his Wyoming family funeral. He had been serving as clerk and had worked for Representative Mondell. The accident occurred near Loveland Iowa as the train neared it. Mrs De Lario and his employer Mondell expressed condolences. The Southern Palm Limited service through Washington is advertised elsewhere in the report.
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Steele
Chicago
Mrs Steele
Grant House
Highth
Spring Garden Street
J R Steele
Frank Paul
Kelley
Kelley Paul
Virginie Plunkett
Kelley Altogther
Lynchburg
William J Crump
Richard H Rushton
Crump
Thomas
Richmond
Rushton
Cashier McLear
Connell Bluffs
Iowa
Louis de Larlo
House Committee On Irrigation
Los Angeles
Chicago and Northwestern
Dovison
Alt Lake City
Peck
Henry Cabrow
Salt Lake Ciy
Migenne
Cabhondate
Loveland
Towa
Redfield
de Laria
Louis de Laria
Laramie
Wye
Washington
Louis de Lario
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
Mondell
de Lario
Louis de Barle
W Bramel
Southern's
J. B McKee
McKee
Young de Lamo
I Street
Laramé
Durlal
Committee On
Emperor Proclaims Personal Control Over Imperial Defense
GZAR TAKES MORE POWER as the Emperor announced himself personal president of the council of Imperial defense, dissolving separate war and naval ministries and removing military matters from the Duma. The move, backed by grand dukes and generals including Kuropatkin, signals a shift toward military oversight and raises fears of crises upon the next Duma.
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Council of Imperial Defense
Washington Post
St. Petersburg
Thea Dame
Tsarskos- Belo
Kuropattin
Council of Imperial Defence
Minnistries of War
Marine
M. Stolypin
Civis
Czar
War
Bomb thrown for revenge targets Italian fruit dealer
Detectives in New York hunted Saturday night’s bomber who threw a bomb from a Second Avenue elevated train injuring Giuseppi Cimitucla and Mrs Mary Bailey. The weapon appears aimed at vengeance linked to a past case. fruit dealer Cun lucia says enemies threatened his life since last August. Mrs Bailey discharged from Flower Hospital. Cimitucla recovering.
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New York
Petrosino
Pleutha
Second Avenue
Forty-second Street
Giuseppi Cimitucla
Mary Bailey
Cun Lucia
Tordagy
Nicole
Ferrar
Petrostuo
Panama City of Panama arrives safely at port
A telegram from Mazatlan reports the City of Panama reached Mazatlan at 6 p m today after a rough voyage. The vessel sustained only slight damage and all on board were safe, settling at the port without further incident.
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Mexico City
Maaztlan
Panama
Car Crash Near Atlantic City Hurts Abernethy Party
Edward Renkin Abernethy of New York and his chauffeur Pierre Le Bonne were thrown from their automobile near Atlantic City on the elevated highway crossing railroad tracks. Mrs Watson and Horace Binney, guests, were slightly injured. Abernethy suffered a broken nose, severed ear, fractured skull, and possible internal injuries. the chauffeur was internally injured.
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Atlantic City
Edward Renkin Abernethy
New York
Peirre le Bonne
Watson
Horace Binney
Mr. Abernethy
Lakewood
Abernethy
Ths
Harriman Improving After Operation Says Physicians
New York report from Harriman residence states E H Harriman who had an operation about two weeks ago is doing very well according to his physicians. He attended dinner today but requires absolute rest for perhaps a week or ten days more.
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New York
E .H. Harriman
Harriman
Murder and Fire At Hermit Davis Home
Atlantic City January 6 Flames consumed the home of Daniel Davis an elderly hermit living in the woods above Absecon Neighbors found the crushed skull and ashes of a man believed to have been murdered for a rumored hoard A manhunt is under way for the attackers and a woman seen with a suitcase near the Davis residence last night Davis aged about sixty had few known ties and a daughter plus other relatives in Philadelphia
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Washington Post
Atlantic City
N. J
Daniel
Davis
Absecon
Httle
Philadelphia
Revolt in San Salvador Triggers Army Mobilization
San Salvador reports the government mobilizes its army to crush revolutionaries led by Gen. Dionisio Gutierrez who proclaims himself president. In Usultan’s Usultan district mutinous forces clash with government troops at San Marcos and Colon, one killed, three wounded, eleven captured. Prisoners taken in San Salvador and Honduras as rebels operate.
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Penama
Jen
San Salvador
Dionisio Gutierez
San Marcos
Colon
Usalatan
Estanquelas
Honduras
Anarchists in Toils as Police Break Up East Side Meeting
Alexander Berkman Emma Goldman and two others were arrested after detectives dispersed an East Side anarchist meeting led by Goldman. Berkman urged defiance and claimed government rests on force. Both Goldman and Berkman posted bail. Berkman’s history includes a 20 year sentence for a 1892 attack on Henry Frick.
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New York
Alexander Berkman
Henry C. Frick
Homestead
Emms Goldman
East Side
Emma Goldman
Berkman
John FR. Coryell
Israel L Schwartz
Pittsburg
Western Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
West
Henge
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Telly
Emma Goliman
Government should control railroads as public highways
New York jurist Justice William J. Gaynor told a New Rochelle audience that railroads are public highways under government control and must not discriminate. He urged appointing a general freight agent to stop rebates, praised Roosevelt’s efforts, and warned of national calamity without reform. he also condemned passes and called for enforcing the law to lower fares for all.
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New York
Roosevelt
People's Forum
New Rochelle
Supreme Court
William J. Gaynor
Bryan
Judge Gaynor
Justice Gaynor
New Rocheller Theater
Tollgate
Gaynor
England
Burial of slain St. Petersburg prefect marked by royal wreaths
Maj Gen von der Launits, prefect of St. Petersburg, was assassinated last Thursday. The funeral in St. Petersburg was attended by Grand Duke Serge, Vice Admiral Dubassos, and cabinet members. The Emperor and Empress sent wreaths, with Deletions from the League of Russian People participating. The body was taken to Tamboy for interment.
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Czar
Czarina
Gen
von der Launitz
Bt. Petersburg
von der Launits
St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Serge
Dubassos
League of Russian People
Tamboy
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Porto Rican
Fairchild
Fort Williams
Canada
Pullman
House of Congress
Sleeping Cares
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War and Marine
Mazatlan
R. Abernathy
Frick
Stationray
Berkman and
Coryell
Miss Goldman
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