Kingston Devastated by Earthquake and Fire Killing 1000
Reports from Kingston Jamaica say 1000 people died and 26000 were left homeless after a major earthquake and ensuing fire. Banks burned, ships intact, refugees shelter on a race track as hospitals overflow and aid streams in from St Thomas and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Thomas
Danish West Indies
Jan
Jematut
Kingston
Tater Adviers
Shingston
James Fergusson
Vic
Royal Mail Steamshi C Company
Portland
Port Antonio
London
Times
Holand Bay
Jamaicca
Alutmet
Jamaica
Duke
Port Royal
King
East
CABLE MESSAGES HIT JAMAICA IN KAOS FROM CABLE DISASTER
Special report from The Washington Fest, New York, Jay. Western Union Telegraph Co amid Jamaica crisis. Kingston substation damaged. many messages misrouted or lost. crews test lines toward Holland Bay to restore a broken circuit. death toll and full damages unclear. Kingston in disarray hindering deliveries as third page continues.
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New York
Junion Telegraph Company
Jamaica
Kingston
Holland Bay
Weateri Union
Holland
Cuban Submarine Company
Wester Union
San Francisco
Unrest in Venezuela Prompts Intervening Echoes
Caracas reports indicate President Castro’s illness remains a tightly kept state secret while unrest grows. Dr Revenga and Castro's secretary wield power as living costs soar and governance falters. Rumors of coups surface, with Arojo accused of frontier collusion, though no proof exists. A looming revolution could follow if Castro dies.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Roosevelt
Congress
Cuba
Porto Rico
Panama
Gomez
Revenga
Castro
Arojo
New York
Criticism of American railways shocks London Times
The Times accuses a few American magnates of manipulating railroads for personal gain. A Washington Post cable cites doubts about missing bond funds at Union Pacific, and hints at ongoing disclosures. It argues shareholders are pawns in a system run by wealthy manipulators, with calls for huge funding to expand tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
Washington Post
London
the Times
United States
Union Faclfic Railroad Company
Herriman
Hill
Fairbanks Son Faces Perjury Indictment in Ohio
Steubenville and Springfield reports say Fred C Fairbanks son of Vice President Fairbanks faces grand jury perjury charges over a marriage license affidavit. Attorneys and local officials arranged a $600 bond for his appearance. He reportedly left Springfield with his wife and aunt saying they do not know his whereabouts after staying in the city overnight.
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Springfield
Ohio
Steubenville
N R .Fairbanks
Charles E Stuart
F. C. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Alban
Jeter
Lcense
Vorkes
Clark County
Fred C Wairbanks
N. H. Fairbanks
Honduran Rebellion Ended End of Bonilla Coup Declared
Mobile January 16 A letter from Honduras reports the futile revolution led by ex president Policarpo Bonilla failed. Bonilla was captured January 8 and imprisoned by Salvadoran authorities while Nicaraguan forces who joined him dispersed back to Nicaragua and were captured. Honduras now tranquil the officials say.
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Bonilla
Mobile
Ala
Honduras
Associated Press
Policarpo Bonilla
Salvador
Nicaragua
Sal
Nicarages
Manuel Bonilla
Barahona
Bailey's safety urged as fears of violence rise
Senator Bailey's friends in Fort Worth request police protection for the senator at Austin after learning of fears of violence. The report notes concerns for Bailey's safety and specifies arrangements are being sought ahead of his appearance in the capital.
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Austin
Tex
Bailey
Fort Worth
Death by Own Action Surfaces in Adams Estate Fight
In Orphans Court Philadelphia January 16, a claim over the Adams estate alleges a default of 70000 dollars. It cites missing Pennsylvania Canal bonds and a note from Congressman Robert Adams Jr written before his Washington death admitting a mess and urging his executor not to bear responsibility for missed securities. The case lists H Carlton Adams as surviving executor and notes bonds pledged for a loan and later missing, with prior life in associated clubs and a history of stock dealings and losses.
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Robert Adams, Jr
Washington
Philadephia
Sity
Orphans’ Court
H. Carlton Adams
Robert Adams
Charles Moran
New York
H Carlton Adams
Congressman Adams
Pennsylvania
Matty
Adams
Robert Adamwa, Jr
House of Representatives
Metropolitan Club
Balzer
Horace Clark
Representates Adame
Pmouth
Adame
Elizabeth B Brown Arrested Overworth Check Charge
Elizabeth Bollingsworth Brown of New York and Washington faces $60 bail after being charged by Magistrate Whitman with writing a worthless check to settle a Hotel Astor bill. The 45 year old heiress claimed ownership of a Leadville mine income and threatened damages suit for defamation. Complainant was George W Avery, Hotel Astor clerk, noting a $7459 bill paid by a $6659 check from American Security and Trust Company that proved worthless.
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Washington Post
New York
Elizabeth Bollingsworth Brown
Leadville
Colo
Gais
Washington, DC
Whitman
West Side
Hotel Astor
Miss Brown
the Astor
House of Representatives
Killingaworth
George W. Avery
Astor
American Security and Trust Company of
Washington
Flour sent to aid famine in China from San Francisco
The American Red Cross announced that Dr Lewis Klopsch reports from Ellis in famine districts of China that conditions are worse than expected and $3,000,000 is needed in five months with $50,000 urgent now. A large flour shipment by the steamer Coptic leaves San Francisco, marking the first U. S. aid relief of 12,000 bags weighing forty nine pounds each.
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Earl and Countess of Dudley
Lord Mountmorris
Ralph Moore
Alfred Janes
John Henniker Heaton
A. A Pearson
Colonial Office
Thomas Hughes
Liverpool
Thomas Shaan
Manchester
Constantine and Young
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Constantine
Ine
Young
Ingston
Tegrees
Up- Park
Sir James A Swettenham
Foreign Office
Wes
Military
San Francisco
American National Red Cross
Lewis Klopsch
Christian Herald
New York
Ellis
China
American Red Cross
Famine and smallpox devastate Shanghai relief zones
Shanghai reports famine and smallpox among refugees at Sing Kiang and Anthrig. Capt Eilgida's survey estimates 250000 doomed at Sing Kiang and 400000 at Anthrig, as relief works under foreign supervision begin amid decayed dikes and renewed floods.
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Shanghai
Sing- Iang
Eilgida
Relief Committee
Sing- Kiang
Anthrig
Antung
Kirton
Nurse Dies On Way To Wedding In New York
Special report from Washington Fest New York details Mrs Mary Fay dying on the porch of 396 Third Avenue as prayers from Father O Connor and the Lohengrin wedding march accompany the scene The wedding linked to Miss Sarah McMackin and Prof William McAuliffe Jr of St Patrick's Cathedral School The nurse had cared for the bride since childhood and hoped to attend the ceremony She had prepared for the wedding breakfast for days
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Washington
New York
Janes
Mary Fay
Third Avenue
O'Connor
St Stephen's Church
St Stephens Church
Twenty-eighth Street
Sarah McMackin
William Mcauliffe, Jr
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Daniel McMackin
Fay
McMacki
Missy
Aged spinster sisters die from gas leak in Cleveland home
In Cleveland on January 16 Miss Anne Augusta White aged 76 and Miss Mary I Blair aged 60 were found dead at 1932 East Sixty Ninth Street after a neighbor smelled natural gas. Investigators said asphyxiation from gas fumes caused the deaths. a leak in a gas pipe and a faulty chimney closure were noted. Miss Blair, a former city schoolteacher, was found near the stairway door as authorities believe she died while trying to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Anne ' Augusta White
Mary I. Blair
East Sixtyninth Street
Blair
Ton of dynamite explodes near Monroe quarry
A ton of dynamite exploded at the South Snore Stone Companys quarry near Monroe Michigan injuring one worker fatally and another seriously. The two small houses storing the dynamite were buried by the blast and the cause remains a mystery. The concussion was felt for miles.
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Monroe
Mich
Itaan
South Snore
President Roosevelt keynote at foreign commerce convention
President Roosevelt, Speaker Cannon, and Secretary Root headlined a banquet closing a national convention for foreign commerce extension at the Arlington Hotel. He praised Root's work and Monroe Doctrine policy, urged fair treatment of nations, and backed a strong navy. Cannon urged tariff protection to back U S interests while warning against discrimination.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Secretary Root
Roosevelt
Joseph G Cannon
Elvin Root
Geos Edwin Warfield
Marland
Claude A Swanson
Virginia
Ariington Hotel
Santo Domingo
South America
Orient
Australia
Cannon
Speaker Cannon
United States
Ated
William McCarroll
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Poe
Saic. Mo
Jamates
Constant Spring
James Vergusson
C'Ty
Fighte' Bank
Sir James Fergusson
Besid
Port Kingston
England
Gov. Swettenham
Sir Alfred Jones
Empire State
Gov
Hughes
Angie
Colombia
Senora Castro
Adams, Sr
Banking Dept. of Union Trust Co
Sloab‘s
Sloan's
E. K. Brown
Bride
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line
G. P Syones
D. P
Ol Paave
Washington, D. C
Commerce
Root
South
Central America
Western Hemisphere
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