Murder in Lodz Chief and Anastasia Series in Poland
Lodz police and troops mobilize after the assassination of Col. Yatka Andrieff chief of gendarmes on Poludniowa street. A bomb killed Police Chief Cheshanowski previously, with revolutionsists suspected. Explosives found in hideouts as authorities tighten searches amid alleged threats to officials. Chaplin services and multiple obituaries listed in the surrounding notices.
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Lodz
Mussian
Poland
Yatka Andrieff
Poludniowa
Folice
Cheshanowski
Miliitart
St. Petersburg
Cchelea
Paviolk
Col. Antirteff
Life threats loom over Vice Admiral Doubassoff in Russia
In St Petersburg on January 10 Vice Admiral Moscow and empire council members learned of another planned assassination attempt on Vice Admiral Doubassoff, who had long angered revolutionaries by repressing Moscow disorders. Earlier, Pavloff’s killer was executed by court martial after shooting the military procurator, the czar endorsing the report praising Pavloff as honest and irreplaceable.
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Doubassoff
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Council of the Empire
Doubassof
Pavloff
Gen. Paviof
Cleveland Electric Railway Offers Three-Cent Fare Line Change
At a Cleveland city council meeting prompted by the Supreme Court decision last Monday, the Cleveland Electric Railway Company proposed to continue operating the streetcar lines whose franchises expired. President Andrews stated fares would be set at three cents for cash and tickets on the new franchises, with any operating surplus past costs to be paid to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Andrews
Eash
Old silver unearthed in Sag Harbor on Hand property
A quantity of old silverware was dug up today on Capt. N. P. Hand’s premises during fence construction in Sag Harbor. A teapot and sugar bowl bear 1766, with coins dating earlier, as locals recall that during the Revolutionary War residents buried valuables at Meeting House Hill, near the Hand cottage, many believed still hidden in the hill.
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Washington
Sag Harbor
N. P
N. P. Hand
Sax Harbor
Meeting House Hil
Hand
Suit Against Goulds Over Building Materials
Mineola L I Jan 10 A summons and complaint filed in Nassau County clerk s office against How ard Gould and wife Katherine A R Whitney Jr Co and Barwell Caullin Co for 2415 by Charlee W Copp contractor of Lawrence L I for cement lime plaster and other material furnished for the stable and kennels at Castlegould Sands Point L I In spring 1905 the complaint says the last named defendant agreed to furnish the material with the Goulds knowledge
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Goulds
Leiter denies Havana roulette tale as false
Special to The Washington sess from Chicago reports Joseph Leiter dismisses a published claim that he lost a large sum of money playing roulette in Havana. He calls the story a fable and notes he has never been in Havana or absent from his life.
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Washington
Chicago
Joseph Leiter
Havana
Max. Leiter
Leiter
Lfe
Burt Succeeds Schurz as Civil Service Leader
New York January 10 Col Silas W Burt was unanimously elected president of the Civil Service Reform Association to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Carl Schurz He is the fourth president in thirty years succeeding Rev Henry W Bellows George William Curtis and Carl Schurz Samuel H Ordway elected chairman of the executive committee
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New York
Silas W. Burt
Civil Service Reform Association
Carl Schurz
Col
Burt
Assocation
Henry W. Bellows
George William Curtis
Carl Schur
Samuel H. Ordway
Fire at Millburn home damages Delaware property
Fire gutted the former residence of John G. Millburn on Delaware Avenue Buffalo after the McKinley assassination. The four walls held little, with estimated losses around 25000. The property had recently been sold by Millburn to Philip M. Shannon.
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Buffalo
John G. Millburn
Delaware Avenue
McKinley
LICENSED TO MARRY RECORDS MULTIPLE WEDDINGS
Roy Kelly aged 24 and Liltin E Kiser 21 listed with J O'Neal justice of the peace Sandy P Suthard 49 Aden Virginia and Saltte Lyon 20 Kopp Virginia pairings Rev Jacot Norton and John D Dosche 59 Wilmington North Carolina and Annie Dird 38 Vickburg Mississippi Rev H Schroa der Frank Andrews 53 and Mary V Owens 52 Rev Charles Hi Wagner Arthur Bungh 22 Charleston 8 and Helen L Gould 33 Louisville Kentucky Lewis I O'Neal instate of the peace Charles Bowman 1 and Ela Forrest 21 Re sou Tichant
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Roy Kelly
Liltin E Kiser
Lewis J. O'Neal
Sandy P. Suthard
Aden
Saltte
Lyon
Kopp
Jacot A. Norton
John_D. Dosche
Wilmington
Annie Dird
Vickuburg
Biss
H. Schroader
Frank, Andrews
Mary V. Owens
Charles Hi. Wagner
Arthur J. Bungh
Charleston
Helen L Gould
Louisville
Lewis I. O’neal
the ‘Peace
Charles Bowman
Ela Forrest
Health Office Deaths List Reports January 9 1907
A health office record lists numerous deaths with names and ages including Mary Lewis 63, Christine Hinrichs 71, James Finley 76, Nathaniel Pint 71, William F Reamer 1, Dante Sample 23, Simon Grant 88, Margaret Pralle 49, Nancy Millar 70, Hattie De Vaughn 39, Irene Marshall 20, Jozeph Irvin 69, John Dowd 8, Daisy Foster 21, Trene Buchanan 49, Annie Newman 36, Elizabeth Prather 34, Kizzie Williams 40, Samuel Blackwell 65, Horace Orrid 60, Beatrice King 1, Jerry Tyter Tst, Thaddeus Mitchell 6 months, with addresses across the district. The document also notes housing and street references such as Sherman avenue nw and 13th street nw.
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Mary Lewis
Sherman Ave
Christine Hinrichs
13Th St
James Finley
Girard St
Nathaniel Pint
Jd St. Om
Wiliam F. Reamer
N.Y. Ave
Dante &, Sample
11Th St. Aw
Simon
Grant
Homeopathic Hall
William Ft. Hogan
St, Aw
Sears
Margaret A. Pralle
Mt. Ver
Louis Pollard
Ricketts
Pressley N. Chaplin
Kilbourne
Yra
Nancy Millar
Wash. Asy. Hosp
Hattie de Vaughn
Baall Katealoa
Canal St
L St. Nw
Delsy Booker
7Th St. Aw
Elive Cavants
Valley At. Aw
Daisy Foster
Pierce St. Nw
Folia M. Hixson
Hair St. Sw
Trene
Buchanan
Calvert Ow
Annie L. Newman
Zoare
Elizabeth Prather
Y Et
Kizzie Williams
Samuel Blackwell
Horace Orrid
Beatrice King
Sear
Jerry
Tyter
Hitlad
Russell Case Snares Odell and Justices in Paranoid Courtroom Showdown
Edward J. Russell confined in Dannemora for criminal insanity forced former Governor Odell and two Supreme Court justices to endure hours of testimony in a habeas corpus hearing. Russell, self-represented, alleged vast conspiracies with Odell as a central figure and claimed to expose bribery and murder plots. Odell listened as letters Russell wrote were read, while Russell’s mother testified to his sanity. Russell planned to call Odell and his mother as witnesses, with Odell remaining on the stand for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward J. Russell
Dannemora
Odell
Supreme Court
Truax
Russell
Clarke
Kings County
Qdell
Charles I
Murphy
Justice Gaynor
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Jusce Truax
Clark
Odenl
Justice Keener
Wall Street Prayer Service By Telephone Opens Day
In New York, January 10, a religious service broadcast into the Wall Street office of Mrs. Gaylord via telephone, led by Rev. Henry Marsh Warren. Mrs. J Alden S fourth widow of a broker attended with staff and a reporter as prayers and scripture from Psalm XXXVII were shared over the wire. The service closed with Amens and a benediction for Mr. Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Pen
New York
Wall Street
J. Alden S4y
Ford
Financial District
Henry Marsh Warren
Spain
Tremors Reported Across States Amid Global Quakes
Philadelphia news wires describe a morning of earth tremors felt across Pennsylvania from Williamsport to York, with alarms in Rockville Maryland and Me nominee Michigan. Reports note no seismograph records at Washington naval observatory while Sweden Norway and Russia also report shocks.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Michigan
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Hollidayeburg
Blair County
Wyoming
Clinton
Central Union
Northumberland
Williamsport
West Branch Valley
Sunbury
Lock Haven
Baltimore
Stockholm
Christiania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Renova
Philadelphia and
Reading
Mount Carmel
Center Counties
York
Glen
Rock
Harrisburg
Dauphin Country
Busquehanna Valley
Rockville
Baltimore County
Menominee
Mich
Arvike
Mellerud
Stromatad
Yekaterinburg
Weather Bureau
Naval Observatory
Volcanoes Erupt as Trees Fall in Hawaii and Explosives Safe
Uprooted trees toppled over a hundred feet with no injuries as the Standard Company estimates a 2000 dollar loss. Two carloads of dynamite and 10,000 kegs of powder survived intact in a nearby building. Honolulu reports the Mokuwee volcano erupting with flames and smoke visible for miles, lava streams crossing snow fields, while Kilauea remains in a month long minor eruption.
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Standard Company
Washington Post
Honolulu
Mokusweewee
Kilauea
Father Barry Dead Revered Roxbury priest dies at 50
Boston Jan 10 Reverend Father Henry A Barry pastor of St Mary of the Angels Roxbury died today at Carney Hospital after appendicitis operation. He was fifty and an influential archdiocesan figure author of religious works praised by Pope Leo XIII who twice honored him with scholarly titles and medals.
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Leo XIII
Boston
Father Henry A. Barry
Father Barry
Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas
Cuyler Celebrates Eightieth Fifth Birthday in Brooklyn
The Rev Theodore Ledyard Cuyler D D LL D marked his eighty fifth birthday at his Brooklyn home 176 South Oxford Street. Notable guests sent congratulations and flowers while letters and telegrams piled up on his study table from admirers across social strata and even foreign countries.
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Washington Post
New York
Theodore Ledyard Cuyler
Henry Ward Beecher
South
Oxford Street
Brooklyn
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Seth Low
Robert C. Ogden
Western Prelate Dies After Illness and Surgery
Special to The Washington Fort from San Francisco reports the death of Coadjutor Archbishop George Montgomery this afternoon at Adler Sanitarium following an operation for appendicitis last Friday. He was ordained by Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore in 1873 and consecrated coadjutor to Monterey and Los Angeles in 1894. Montgomery led Los Angeles for seven years before being moved to San Francisco as coadjutor to Archbishop Riordan, and he was deeply beloved in the diocese for his zeal in church work.
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Washington Fort
San Francisco
George Montgomery
Adler
Cardinal Gibbons
Montgomery
Baltimore
Monterey
Los Angeles
Riordan
Mora
Grip epidemic hits Wilmington with fifteen thousand cases
Special to The Washington Post from Wilmington Delaware reports a grip outbreak affecting about 15 000 of the city’s 90 000 residents. Physicians blamed recent weather shifts and warned that while mild, the epidemic is widespread and raises pneumonia risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Wilmington
Del
Fright Fatality At Baldwin Locomotive Works
In Philadelphia on January 10 Albert Lindsay died after being frightened to death as molten metal exploded in Baldwin's finishing plant. Two workers, Frank Sakalowsky and Patrick Datan, suffered severe burns to the face and body as hot metal flew onto them. Lindsay collapsed from fear and was later pronounced dead at a hospital. he was forty eight years old.
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Philadelphia
Albert Lindsay
Baldwin
Frank Sakalowsky
Patrick Datan
Lindsey
Powder Plant Blast Wipes Out Half of Standard Powder Works
Altoona Pa Jan 1 six thousand kegs of powder exploded at the Standard Powder Company plant at Horrell Station destroying twelve of sixteen buildings. The blast felt for miles as Willamsburg four miles away trembled. A belt fire spread from a warehouse prompting mass evacuations as residents watched through the night for further explosions.
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Washington
Altoona
Standard Powder Company
Horrell Station
Willamsburg
Borrell
Senator Platt Improves After Illness
United States Senator Thomas C. Platt, who had a slight grip, was much better today and took a brief drive in the park. His physician expects full recovery in a few days, and a hotel clerk said he will be able to go to Washington on Sunday.
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New York
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Gotham
Park
Washington
Noted Knoxville hanging ends with a speech
John Thomas a Black man was hanged in Knox County jail for the murder of Ernest Perkins, who died after a crap game dispute. Thomas delivered a fifteen minute speech from the scaffold warning members of his race to obey the laws, though he did not reference his crime.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John Thomas
Knox County
Ernest Perkins
Thomas
Copper Queen of the Andes Dominates Wall Street Tales
Washington Post report details Ella Rawls Reader dubbed the Copper Queen of the Andes. It claims she befriended Wall Street leaders and attracted multiple marriage proposals, while her husband Athole Reader stands indicted for perjury over a Cerro de Pasco mining scheme. A new deposition alleges she tried to force a witness to claim Haggin slandered her.
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Apecal
Washington Post
New York
United States
Ella Rawls Reader
Andes
Athole B. Reader
Reader
James EB. Haggin
Wife
Cerro de Pasco
Ella Reader
Athole B
Ella
Wall Street
London
Scotland
Ireland
America
Atholes
England
Atlantic
Thomas Lipton
John Dewar
M. P
Dewar
Parliment
Tanars
Supreme Court
P. G. Binder
East Thirty-third Street
Reader Sues Haggin for Slander in State Court
Mrs Reader files slander and defamation suits against Mr Haggin in state court. Originating from the Cerro de Pisco mine federal litigation, the cases stem from Reader's perjury indictment. Damages sought total about the raigning millionaire's property, as he reportedly left town before trial could begin.
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Reader
Haggin
Cerro de Pisco
Linder
West Side Protest Forces Council Chamber Takeover
A West Side crowd in Chicago seized the council chamber during a meeting on Halsted Street widening. Protestors pressured the council committee, which postponed action until June, while cries of Coward Thief Robber echoed as members fled the chamber.
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Chicago
Jan
West Side
Halsted Street
Special panel hired for Thaw trial opens Monday
Justice Fitzgerald signed an order for a 20 man special jury panel in the Harry K. Thaw case. The move, aimed at quelling rumors of a delay, follows earlier resistance to the request by the district attorney. Garvin and Jeroma figures are noted as part of the process leading to the signed panel.
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New York
Harry EK
Thaw
Stanford White
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Jeroma
Garvin
Jeter
Two Men Dead in East Eleventh Street Lodging Room
In New York two men were found dead in a bed at a lodging house on 222 East Eleventh Street. One victim is printer Seumas McManus, 25. the second man’s identity is unknown. A bottle containing whiskey or wood alcohol was found nearby. No other evidence established accident or self-inflicted death. The men had not left the room since Tuesday, suggesting they may have died there since late that day.
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New York
East Eleventh Street
Seumas McManus
Widener Improves Much After Illness At Home
Philadelphia reports P A B Widener traction magnate is much improved at Elking Park after serious illness aged 72. With no adverse developments expected, recovery appears likely. Special to The Washington Post from Fall River notes Chauncey H Blodgett named to succeed Dr Algernon Crapsey at St. John's Rochester. Albany Ga postmaster J F Wilson sentenced to one year in prison and $60 fine for office account shortage.
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Philadelphia
P. A. B. Widener
Elking Park
Widener
Dr. Crapssy
Washington
Fall River
Mass
Rochester
Chauncey H. Blodgett
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Algernon B. Crapsey
SS .Andrew's Church
Georgia
Albany
J. F. Wilson
Poulan
Wisconsin Governor Pushes Rail Control and Tax Reforms
Gov. James O. Davidson urged the Wisconsin Legislature to extend powers of the railroad commission and to consider a constitutional income tax. He praised public utilities regulation, warned against unnecessary capitalization by major railways, and called for laws to curb stock issuance at par to protect commerce.
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Madison
Wis
James O. Davidson
Wisconsin
Gdv
Davidson
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago
Milwaukee and St Paul
Horse Cars to Be Replaced by Electric Transit
New York City Railway Company announces end of horse car service. Board orders immediate contracts and materials to switch to electric propulsion, reorganizing surface traffic in Manhattan. Electrification of Twenty eighth and Twenty ninth street routes expected to ease cross town congestion and improve midtown facilities.
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Washington Post
New York
Jan. J
Vreenact
New York City Railway Company
Vreeland
Borough of
Manhattan
Twenty-third Street
Thirtyfourth Street
Twenty-eighth
Twenty-ninth Street
Mid Crty
Wisconsin faculty urged Van Hise to stay at university
At a special meeting of UW Madison faculty resolutions urged President Van Hise not to accept the Smithsonian secretaryship in Washington. Van Hise, among the candidates, said he had not received any offer and no committees had visited him.
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University of Wisconsin
Smithsonian
Madison, Wis
Jan
van Hise
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
van Hisen
Toda
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Willam Craplin
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Pittsburg
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North Hampton
Mays
Delaney
Seventeenth Street
Gracham Delaney
Roderick Delaney
Anna KE. Swann
Lavinia Lofton
St. Augustine's Church
Maia
Ra- Drew
Tenth Street
Katharine Farah
Edward M
Mahala W. Drew
Emerson
Florence Ayndley
William KR Temerson
the Cumberland
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Edward L Jordan
E. A. Jordan
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Glenwood Cemetery
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Harry A. Newman
Leonora
William H. Wright
Frather
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Cincinnati Enquirer
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George P. Zarhorst
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John M. Mitchell
Endertaker
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Comley Bros
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Schurz
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Lehman Brothers, Cotton Brokers
Lehman
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Hiram G. Berry
Chancellorsville
Alfred D. Snow
DE. T. L. Cuyler
Senator Platt
Browning & Baines Inc
Mrs. Reader
Ingly Chicagoanay
Sammitens Chamber
Sour
Gov. Davidson
Railroad Commission
New York Side Street
van Hse
Tokalon Wine CO
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