Kingston Desolated as Earthquake 1000 Dead
Kingston Jamaica was struck by a devastating earthquake and fire leaving about 1,000 dead and thousands homeless. Port Royal and Duke Street were wiped out as a brutal blaze raged through the city while hospitals overflowed and refugees crowded a racecourse camp. Sir James Fergusson and several merchants were killed amid looting fears and martial law. The storm shattered communications, but ships continued to carry survivors and aid.
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St Thomas
Danish West Indies
Jan
Jematut
Kingston
Tater Adviers
Shingston
James Fergusson
Vic
Royal Mail Steamshi C Company
Poe
Saic. Mo
Jamates
Jamaica
Constant Spring
James Vergusson
Portland
Port Antonio
London
Times
Holand Bay
Jamaicca
Duke
Port Royal
King
East
C'Ty
Fighte' Bank
Sir James Fergusson
Besid
Port Kingston
England
Gov. Swettenham
Sir Alfred Jones
CABLES MUDDLED IN JAMAICA DISASTER REPORTS
In Jamaica, Western Union accepts messages after the Kingston building is destroyed. Messages were faked at the Kingston substation while many travelers reached Holland Bay to relay news. No definite figures on damages or deaths are available as Kingston remains disorganized and messages to Havana are relayed through the Cuban Submarine Company.
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Washington
New York
Jay
Western
Junion Telegraph Company
Jamaica
Kingston
Holland Bay
Wester Union
San Francisco
Unrest in Venezuela as Castro’s Malady Spurs Unrest
Caracas reports say President Castro’s illness is serious and Dr Revenga dominates government power. Arojo’s frontier dispatch and rumors of Gomez’s bid for power fuel unrest while living costs rise and communications lag hurt commerce.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Roosevelt
Congress
Cuba
Porto Rico
Panama
Gomez
Revenga
Castro
Arojo
Senora Castro
United States
Critique of US Railroads by London Times
The London Times accuses American railroad magnates of manipulating markets for personal gain. It cites a Union Pacific bond issue mystery, alleges wealth hoards control outcomes, and claims Mr Hill demands 1.9 trillion for more tracks to reap public tolls. The piece portrays shareholders as gambling counters.
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London Times
Washington Post
London
the Times
United States
Union Faclfic Railroad Company
Herriman
Hill
Bail Ready For Fairbanks In Perjury Case
Steubenville Ohio January 16 Fairbanks brother of the vice president and attorney Charles E Stuart of Springfield arrived to consult Prosecutor Alban over a grand jury indictment charging Fred C Fairbanks son of the vice president with perjury for allegedly lying to obtain a marriage license The defense may seek to dismiss the indictment on grounds Fairbanks did not sign the license affidavit Sheriff Vorkes asked Clark County officials to arrest him, but he reportedly fled Springfield with his wife and aunt saying they did not know his whereabouts He remained in the city until after midnight, leaving early in the morning
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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 ends as Bonilla coup failed
From Mobile dated Jan 16 a letter and telegrams report ex president Policarpo Bonilla's revolt collapsing. Bonilla was captured and jailed by Salvadorean authorities on Jan 7 and followers dispersed by Honduran troops. rebels fled to Nicaragua and were captured. Honduras now tranquil says President Manuel Bonilla and War Minister Barahona.
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Bonilla
Mobile
Ala
Honduras
Associated Press
Policarpo Bonilla
Salvador
Nicaragua
Sal
Nicarages
Manuel Bonilla
Barahona
Bailey seeks police protection for trip to Austin
Friends of Senator Bailey in Fort Worth requested police protection in Austin after learning of threats. They fear violence during the Austin stop and urge guards for the senator's safety. The report notes the concern as of January 16 in Texas.
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Austin
Tex
Bailey
Fort Worth
Death by Own Action Sums Bond Debts in Adams Estate Trial
In Orphans Court Philadelphia a surcharge case over the Adams estate centers on a defalcation of about 70000 dollars and missing bonds. Testimony cites bonds pledged for loans and a safe box with experiences of the late Congressman Robert Adams Jr, who died by his own hand in Washington. A letter written by Adams days before his death expresses remorse and seeks relief for H Carlton Adams. The dispute involves H Carlton Adams as surviving executor and ties to Pennsylvania Canal bonds and estate income.
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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
Miss Elizabeth Brown Arrested in New York
Elizabeth Bollingsworth Brown, claiming ownership of a Leadville mine, faced $6 bail in West Side Police Court on a charge of issuing a worthless check to Hotel Astor. Hotel clerk George Avery testified Brown ran a $7459 bill, paying with a $6659 check drawn on Washington’s American Security and Trust Company, later found 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 China Food Aid From San Francisco
The American Red Cross reports famine in China is worse than estimated. Dr Lewis Klopsch says Ellis cable news from the Christian Herald indicates that 3,000,000 dollars must be sent in five months, with 50,000 dollars now to prevent deaths for a month. A flour shipment, 12,000 begs at forty nine pounds each, sails on the Cop tic from San Francisco today as the first U S food aid.
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San Francisco
American National Red Cross
Lewis Klopsch
Christian Herald
New York
Ellis
China
American Red Cross
Famine and Smallpox Ravage Refugees in Two Cities
Shanghai dispatch reports famine and smallpox among Sing Kiang and Anthrig refugees. Capt Eilgida says 600,000 doomed in Sing Kiang and 400,000 in Anthrig, with 150,000 taels relief cap at risk. Damaged dikes and poor communications worsen crisis amid foreign-supervised relief efforts.
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Shanghai
Sing- Iang
Eilgida
Relief Committee
Sing- Kiang
Anthrig
Antung
Kirton
Woman Dies En Route to Wedding In New York
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs Mary Fay died on the porch of 396 Third Avenue as prayers were said for a dying bride in St Stephen's Church during the wedding of Miss Sarah McMackin and Prof. William McAuliffe Jr. The nurse to the bride since infancy, Fay had prepared for the wedding breakfast and was a longtime family friend.
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Washington Post
New York
Janie
Mary Fay
Third Avenue
O'Connor
St Stephen's Church
Corm
St Stephens Church
Twenty-eighth Street
Sarah McMackin
William Mcauliffe, Jr
St. Patricks Cathedral
Daniel McMackin
Fay
Miss McMackay
Way
Aged spinster deaths 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 neighbors reported a gas odor. Investigators found natural gas fumes from a broken pipe and a closed chimney. Miss Blair, a retired city schoolteacher, was found near the stairs while Miss White’s body lay inside. The deaths are attributed to asphyxiation.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Anne ' Augusta White
Mary I. Blair
East Sixtyninth Street
Blair
Ton of dynamite explodes killing one worker in Michigan quarry
A ton of dynamite exploded at the South Snore Stone Company quarry near Monroe Michigan today killing one workman and badly injuring another. The two small houses storing the dynamite were buried by the blast and the cause remains a mystery. The concussion was felt as far as fifteen miles away.
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Monroe
Mich
Itaan
South Snore
Roosevelt at foreign trade banquet urges South America links
President Roosevelt and key speakers at the Extension of Foreign Commerce convention banquet at the Arlington Hotel push Monroe Doctrine based policies and fair treatment of nations. They advocate stronger Navy, tariffs to protect US interests, and better Santo Domingo consular service and trade relations with South America, the Orient and Australia.
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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
Root
South
Central America
United States
Western Hemisphere
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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
Empire State
Gov
Hughes
Angie
Colombia
Adams, Sr
Robert Adamwa, Jr
Metropolitan Club
Balzer
Horace Clark
Representates Adame
Pmouth
Adame
Banking Dept. of Union Trust Co
Sloab‘s
Sloan's
E. K. Brown
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line
G. P Syones
D. P
Ol Paave
Washington, D. C
Commerce
Speaker Cannon
Ated
William McCarroll
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