Kingston's Dead Choke Streets as City Slips into Ocean
An earthquake and fire devastate Kingston, Jamaica, with up to 1200 dead and $25 million in losses. Liner Prince Waldemar and Barbudan ships ashore, aid from American ships, missing prominent Englishmen, and mass evacuation mark a chaotic recovery as authorities clear wrecked districts and resume harbor operations.
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Pratt
Prince Waldemar
Plum Point
Victoria Luise
Port Kingston
Barbadoes
Kingston
Holland Bay
Kingston Sinking Under Sea Threat After Earthquake
Kingston Jamaica faces massive disaster with harbor bed sinking and city walls cracking. Reports describe up to thousands dead or injured, widespread destruction, famine threat, and international relief efforts led by U.S. ships Missouri and Indiana.
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Kingston
Washington
House of Representatives
Missouri
Indiana
Augustine
Dia
Anastasia Island
Elkins
Unite States
Guantanaino
New York
Port-au-Prince
Prominent Victims Of Earthquake In Kingston Disaster
A compiled list from various sources Names and roles of the dead and injured in the Kingston quake include Sir James Fergusson M P deputy chairman Royal Mail Steam Packet Co London Capt Constantine Jamaica Royal Mail fleet Captain Young Arena commander Captain Lamont heir to an American fiancé and more Among the injured Maj J H Hardaman Lieut Col J R M Dalrymple Hay Capt Motley Lieut A H Dixon and several others with spouses and family members reported harmed or missing in the Myrtle Bank Hotel and Jamaica Club incidents.
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Kingston
James Fergusson
M. P
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
London
T. Constantine
Jamaica
Young
Arena
Lamont
Brannel
Myrtle Bank
J. R. Madon
Robertson
C. D. F. Robertson
A. Payne
Charles Sherlock
E. Morris
A. M/ NATHAN
Nathan, Sherlock
Audit Office
The
Colonial Government
Treasury Building
Harbor Street
DR. Menier
Maynier
Livingston
Shaw's Sister to Plead for Thaw Sanity Hearing
Countess of Yarmouth Atlee Thaw sails aboard Kaiserin Auguste Victoria to urge Harry Thaw to consent to a sanity commission. If refused, she may persuade Mrs Willam Thaw to request one. May McKenzie, Thaw’s actress friend, subpoenaed to testify for the prosecution at Stanford White murder trial. Otto Reinecker, gen J Reinecker’s son, to testify for the prosecution. he says White did not run studios with actresses. Positioned in Pittsburgh, January 17.
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Washington Post
New York
Harry Thawe
Atlee
Yarmouth
Thaw
Willam Thaw
Harry
Lfe
May McKenzie
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Misa McKenzie
Louraine
1252 Put to Death: 1906 Political Repressions Report
Petersburg reports 1906 figures show 1252 sentenced to death for political crimes and 186 sentenced to life in Siberia. Others include 5945 imprisoned, 563 newspapers suspended, and 732 editors prosecuted. Prefect orders daytime raids with bulletproof armor to counter resistance.
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Petersburg
Siberia
Five Years For Forgery By Frisco Official
Horace E Hand a society man and chief clerk in the Frisco law department pleaded guilty to two forgery charges. He received a five year penitentiary sentence and was taken to Jefferson City. The first charge cited a forged endorsement on a 35.50 check. the second a forged receipt for 4000 intended for the St Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company.
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St Louis
Horace E Hand
Law Department
Frisco
Jefferson City
Hand
St. Louis
San Francisco
Man Shoots Self in Street Opposite East Sixty fifth Street
Mrs Agnes Diller in New York reports hearing an alarm clock and two shots in the street at 4 a m. Her husband Herman Diller and their two sons found a man lying on the sidewalk near a revolver. The dead man was initially unidentified, later identified as Oscar Nyblom Nyblom Nyblom a Swedish shoemaker living at 1192 First Avenue.
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Spector
Washington Pent
New York
Agnes Diller
East
Diller
Oscar Nylberg
Hving @t
First Avenue
Opposition to Jerome Bills Stirs NY Agricultural Societies
Delegates from about ninety towns and county fair associations meeting at the nineteenth annual NY State Association of Agricultural Societies urged Gov. Hughes to oppose Jerome race track bills and the plan to divert race track takeoffs. President Durkee noted $300,000 distributed at fairs. delegates demanded a full hearing before any law affecting their interests. Gov. Hughes pledged fair consideration of agricultural interests and amends only after proper hearings. The convention voiced strong protest and decided to lobby against the Jerome bills and the proposed code amendments.
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Albany
Gesel
New York State Association of Agricultural Societies
Hughes
Durken
Jerome
Durkee
Sage Estate Tax Receipt Sets Record in Albany
State Comptroller Glynn announced a $625000 inheritance tax from the Russell Sage estate, valued at $60 million though not final. The tax, one of the largest in state history, trails only three prior collections. An absolute auction at Sloan's, 1407 G Street, featured Persian rugs and carpets with morning and afternoon sessions.
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Sloan’s
G Street
Albany
Glynn
Russell Sage
Persigan Ruga
Sloan's
Ant Ap
Llam
Petar
Former Receiving Teller Denies Embezzling 61500 in St Louis Trial
In St Louis on January 17, David P. Dyer Jr. testified in his own defense, denying he stole 61500 from the subtreasury while serving as receiving teller. He claimed a 41500 shortage appeared September 27 and he borrowed 410,000 in October to balance accounts, then returned the funds after further checks.
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St. Louis
David P. Dyer, Jr
Dyer
United States
Ferguson
Johnson
D. P. Dyer
Rhode Island Senate Deadlock In Senate Race For U S Senator
Providence dispatch reports a split in Colt supporters during Rhode Island general assembly voting for the U S Senate. Ex governor George H Utter gains Colt faction defections as Wetmore forces concede poor re election prospects while Lincoln party candidate Col R H L Goddard remains in contention. Sedulous observers expect final results by late next week amid heated exchanges in the house and threats over an official's removal.
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Washington Post
Providence
General Assembly
United States
Samuel P Colt
Palmer
Cranston
Latham
Colt
George H. Utter
Wetmore
Utter
National Senate
Gitness
Warwick
George Peabody Wetmore
Siiness
Col Colt
Col. R. BH
Goddard
Lincoln Party
Col. Goddard
Flood Emergency Across West Virginia and Ohio Valleys
Special to The Washington Post reports rising flood levels along the West Fork River and surrounding streams. Buckhannon loses rail access as town portions submerge. rail lines crippled and trains largely abandoned on the West Virginia branch of the Baltimore and Ohio. Indications show Monongahela River may exceed 1832 flood levels near Fairmont as a 30 foot rise progresses. Freight disruption spreads from Cincinnati area as Baltimore and Ohio Railroad halts northbound traffic. Kanawha River holds full stage. Kanawha and Michigan Railroad track below Charleston washed out.
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Washington Post
Clarksburg
W Va
West Fork
Buckhannon
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Fairmont
W. Va
Monongahela
Baltimore
Cincinnrati
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Cincinnati
Charleston
Kanawha
San
Killed by His Stepson in Remote Ashe County
In Ashe County a man named John Stamper was killed by his step-son Clinton Weaver in a remote Muddy Creek section. Weaver, intoxicated, entered Stamper's room and cut his throat from ear to ear, killing him instantly. Weaver was arrested. Insurance leaders elect a committee in New York to choose a permanent chairman with Paul Morton among early appointees.
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Charlotte
N. C
John Stamper
Clinton Weaver
Muddy Creek
Ashe County
Stamper
Stampar
Weaver
New York
Association of Life Insurance
Paul Morton
Dunham
Thomas A Buckner
George BE Ide
L G
Haley Fiske
Mr. Morton
G.O.P. Turmoil Over Brownsville Case Paralyzes Senate
The Republican party faces confusion as Sen Blackburn amends the Foraker resolution to limit questions about the Presidents orders to discharge enlisted men. Debate focuses on constitutional authority while Aldrich and Lodge maneuver, Democrats threaten to widen inquiries into race issues, and party cohesion frays amid swift cloakroom moves.
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Blackburn
Senate
Brownsville
Foraker
Committee On Military Affairs
Mr. Foraker
Army of the
Lodge
Stone
Senator Aldrich
Aldrich
Repubicans
Tilman
Knox
Crane
Senator Bate
Br “Whyte
Dead for Ten Minutes on Operating Table in St. Marys Hospital
Special to The Washington Poet Detroit Jan 17 Charles Fremont aged 46 a Scranton Pa native was apparently dead for ten minutes during mastoid abscess surgery at St Marys Hospital. Doctors found the infection extended into the throat making anesthesia difficult. Artificial respiration revived him and he began to recover. This was his fifth operation for the trouble.
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Detroit
Mich
St. Mary's Hospital
Charles Fremont
Scranton
Eugene Smith
Philadelphia
Johnstown Food
Goddell
Taylor
Garfield
Reception to Judges at White House Throngs
Washington society packed the White House for the annual reception honoring the Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court. President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt greeted guests in a two hour line with cordial handshakes as Cabinet ladies, judges, diplomats, and officials assembled in Blue Green and East rooms. The Marine Band played as a cosmopolitan crowd, including Vice President and Mrs Yeatrbanks and Speaker Cannon, circulated, while Mrs Fairbanks was absent.
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United States
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
United States Supreme Court
Ealters
Col. Bramwell
Capt McCoy
Yeatrbanks
Cannon
Bell
Star
Navy
Dewey
Senate
House
Emien Roosevelt
Milborne Roosevelt
Dorothy Roosevelt
Marine Band
Hfe
William T. Vernon
the Treasury
Supreme Court
Fairbanks
Fildegs
Shaw
Tait
Metcalf
Bonaparte
Straus
Secretary of the Treasury
Mrs. Roosevelt
Two Big War Ships Letter to Chairman Foss
President Roosevelt urges Congress to authorize two first class battleships and an adequate number of submarines. He argues the navy must build a fighting fleet yearly to avoid falling behind, preserves the Monroe Doctrine, and stresses economical spending. The letter, sent to Chairman Foss, flags potential support for submarines over full large ships this session.
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Executive
Navy
Monroe Dodring
Congress
Naval Committee of the House
Foss
Umea
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Senate
Navy Department
Ind
Enless
Pacific Ocean
Fay
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J W Middleton
A. M Nathan
Edward de Cordova
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J A Payne
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R C Bradley
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E Morris
Capt Constantine
Biss Lockett
Si Alfred Jones
Myrtle Bank Hotel
R. C. Gibb
Charles DE Cordova
Edwas
J H. Hardaman
West India Regiment
J. R M. Dalryhple-Hay
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W. P. Marley
Countess of
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