Kingston Earthquake Death Toll Soars as Relief Struggles
Dispatches from Kingston report 600 bodies found with many more rescued from rubble. Dinamite used to clear debris, water supply cut, and relief efforts hampered by chaos. US and British forces occupy the harbor while food and medicines run short amid panic and desperate cries for systematic aid.
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Washington Fost
Kingston
Beng
Admiral Evans
Missouri
Indiana
Truesdale
Hollynd Bay
Jamaica
Kingston Harbor
Kingston Earthquake Devastates City and Surroundings
A severe quake leveled entire streets along the harbor and caused fires that raged through Kingston. Thousands fled toward safer areas as buildings collapsed, many killed or missing, and hundreds injured. The disaster damaged banks, churches, hotels, and government offices, with extensive loss estimated around five million dollars and rising.
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Supreme Court
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Nova Scotia Bank
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City Council
Parish
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Savings Bank
Myrtle Park
Constant Springs
Jamaica Club
Masonica Temple
Training College
Hope College
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Cable Company
Daily Telegraph
Salvation Army
Presbyterian Methodist
Baptist
Congregational
Kingston
Flood Devastation Looms Across Ohio Valley
In the Ohio River flood, towns along rivers face crippled gas and electric services, fuel shortages, and widespread homelessness. West Virginia and Maryland towns endure rising water, landslides, and rail disruptions as Cincinnati braces for continued high levels and relief efforts under militia guard.
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Ohio
Portsmouth
Newport
Covington
Front Street
Cincinnati Waterworks
Manchester
Harris
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Hood
Monongahela River
McKeesport
Baltimore and Ohio
Second Avenue
Guyandot
West Virginia Flood Devastates Towns and Tracks
Destructive flood covers Buckhannon Grafton and Rowlesburg with high water and landslides. Homes, docks, and the tannery are damaged as railroads report blocked lines and wrecking cranes battle undermining banks. Passengers forced to traverse mountains as rivers rise.
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Diant
Grady
Elkins
Grafton
W. Va
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Bartley
Huttonsville
Honda
Buckhannon
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Western Maryland Railroad
Central Station
Chineity
Wills Creek
Mechanic Street
Rowlesburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Cheat River
Ita
Rowlesbure
New York Banker Cohen jailed amid Pittsburg theft case
Henry Cohen head of Henry Cohen & Co. was jailed on a charge of stealing valuable documents and embezzlement as trustee in a case tied to the Pittsburg office financing a railway. Hours earlier H. G. Kimmick, Pittsburg manager, was arrested for theft of money checks and stock certificates totaling about 1 million dollars. Kimmick posted bail of 10 before a hearing next Wednesday. Cohen could not meet 5,000 bail. Police seized 51,000 in 6 percent railway bonds and 2,000 in cash on Cohen’s arrest.
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Henry Cohen
Henry Cohen & Co
Broadway
New York
H. G. Kimmick
Cohen & Co
Cohen
Kimmick
Alderman McMasters
McDowell
Cohen Is Co
Armstrong County
Coal Land Fraud Alleged Indictments at Salt Lake
Prominent men in business and law, including E. W. Senior and Dan C. Robbins, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City for conspiracy to acquire coal lands unlawfully. Indictments purportedly involve concealing ownership and transferring lands to a coal company, with possible ties to a lumber syndicate being explored.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Federal
E. W. Senior
West
Dan C. Robbins
Worthwest
RAISES DEFAULTER'S PAY IN YORK CASE
Warren J. Lack who confessed to robbing his employer John E B Detwiler of Red Lion of 6000 was retained in his old position with a raise to 102 month. He had worked five years for Detwiler and admitted the embezzlement in a confession before Alder man Walter F Owen of York. The article also notes a feature on unique photographs of Washingtonians’ eyes in the New York Tribune.
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York
Warren J. Lack
John EB. Detwiler
Red Lion
Lock
Detwiler
New York Tribune
Life of nun not for her bride chosen in secret
In Tiffin Ohio Miss Mayme Altenbaugh a local music teacher who spent ten years as a nun has left the Ursuline community to marry J C Ellis an engineer from Cleveland The couple planned to board a train that night to travel to Golon Panama revealing little about their courtship or the reasons for her vow renunciation and return to worldly life
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Ron ‘Tiffin
Ohio
Urauline Sisters
Misa Mayme Altenbaugh
J. C. Ellis
Cleveland
Golon
Panamia
Ellis
Railway signal inventor Orcutt released from custody in treacherous plot claim
Edward J. Orcutt of Somerville Massachusetts ventures a conspiracy tale claiming a syndicate of millionaires planned to steal his railway signaling patents. He was jailed on grand larceny charges but released to counsel's custody as magistrate Baker weighs the alleged scheme involving cousins, stock options and rival companies. The case continues with adjournment to January 4.
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Washington Post
New York
Edward J. Orentz
Somerville
Mass
Toombs
Baker
Orcutt
Fie
Boston
International Railroad Safety Appliance Company
Kittery
Merrill Smith
Treasury
Smith Holdings
Railway Electric Signal Company
Theat Company
George J. Lauder
Andrew Carnegie
Stephen B. Elkins
Earl Alexander
Elizabeth
N. J
Robert W. Goelet
Richard Sheldon
Yale
Orcutt Ays
Railway Electric #ignal Company
International Company of Kittery
Merrill Smith Holdings, &c
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Tact Forty-second Street
Arizona
C. i
Hobitzek
George H. Mattox
Forty-second Street
Herbert P. Cook
Long Island
Arizona Company
Cook
Suitor Shot in Indian Head Tragedy Ties Bowies to Shooting
Hubert Posey, a Navy Proving Ground worker at Indian Head, was fatally wounded after Mollie Bowie and her son Henry shot him following a dispute over marriage. Posey, transported by naval tug to Washington, underwent surgery with shots to the shoulder and back. authorities reported no arrests by early morning.
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Government Proving Ground
Mre
Mollie Bowie
Henry
Sia” Bowie
Sas Bowie
Navy
Indian Head
Poser
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Henry Bowie
Posey
Washington Navy Yard
Casualty Hospital
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Washington
Hebert
Mrs Bowie
Hubert
Bowie
Weither
Fifth Precinct
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Sayar
White
Hilltop
Charles County
Mollie
Noth White
Iron Side
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Arkansas anti trust suits filed against packing firms
Little Rock Ark district attorney filed suits against Armour and Co Waters-Pierce Oil Co Hammond Packing Co Morrin Co and Cudahy Packing Co for 1 822 000 each alleging continued violations of the Arkansas anti trust law after a prior suit last October The action seeks penalties and rests on the test case decided by the state Supreme Court last week upholding the law.
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Ark
Jane&Suits
Armour & Co
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Hammond Packing Company
Morrin & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Penen
Supreme Court
M U M A Supports Families of Glinton Disaster Victims
Indianapolis Jan 18 The United Mine Workers convention voted 1000 for the families of the Glinton mine disaster victims and pledged national support to imprisoned miners Moyer and Heywood in Idaho. The last convention's action in their case was reiterated. Also notes a Florida Limited Pullman schedule departing Washington at 6 26 p m and arriving St Augustine next day.
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Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Glinton
National Organization
Moyer and Heywood
Idaho
Florida Limited
Florida
Washington
St Augustine
Zl Pa
Ave
Bailey Wins Victory In Texas Legislature Fight
Austin Texas January 13 by a four to three vote with absentees and pairs the Texas house adopted Kennedy substitute to Duncan resolution seeking an investigation of United States Senator J W Bailey and Waters Pierce Gill Company. A seven member special committee will hear charges and may call an extra session or summon witnesses. Bailey friends drafted the substitute to ensure a political win. Charges will be presented to the house committee and Bailey will have a chance to explain. The senate and house also acted to elect a U S Senator next Tuesday January 22.
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Tex
House of the Texans
Kennedy
Duncan
United States
J. W. Bailey
Waters-Pierce Gill Company
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Bailey
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Senate
Deadlock in Rhode Island senator race persists on fourth ballot
Special to The Washington Post Providence January 18 The fourth ballot in joint assembly shows Palmer returning to Colt column while Goddard forces lose one vote due to Mc Chrystal. Absent one. Balloting to resume after convening Tuesday. Leaders insist their factions remain firm with no switch reported.
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Washington Post
Providence
R. I
Palmer
Utter
Colt
Goddard
McChrystal
Pawtucket
W “Goddard
Calt
Wetmore
Uncle Joe Pledges to Read Appalachian Forest Reserve Bill
In a Capitol meeting Speaker Cannon told a delegation of Eastern governors and their representatives that the House faces heavy spending and limited time. He did not promise quick action on a forest reserve bill for the Appalachians but said he would read the report and consider the issue amid large government appropriations.
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Gov
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Senate
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Mitter
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Retirement rumor clouds Willam Loeb Jr position
Washington circles report Willam Loeb Jr secretary to the president may retire soon and a new post could be found for him. Loeb denied imminent change though discussions have circulated for days. The tale lacks authoritative confirmation and is largely discredited.
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Washington
New York
Willam Loeb, Jr
White House
Loeb
Ior
Party War Over Foraker Fight Roils Roosevelt Era
Republican split over the Brownsville affair deepens as Lodge quashes a clear stance and Senate plans to defeat the Blackburn amendment. Warner Beveridge Tillman and La Follette maneuver to back or block the president, while Aldrich threats falter and Northwestern senators weigh loyalty to Roosevelt.
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Crane
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Blackburn
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Montana
la Follette
la Fallette
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White House
Hansbrough
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