Kingston Earthquake Toll Surges as City Struggles for Aid
Kingston reels after a major quake. Up to 600 bodies found with more recovered amid dynamite debris clearing and water shortages. Relief distribution criticized as direct aid favors the wealthy. 20 deaths reported, American guards patrol streets, marines landed, and refugees flood harbor to seek safety.
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Washington Fost
Kingston
Beng
Admiral Evans
Missouri
Indiana
Truesdale
Hollynd Bay
Jamaica
Kingston Harbor
Kingstonquake Devastates City Killing and Wrecking
A catastrophic earthquake near Kingston levelled entire streets along the harbor and ignited fires that raged through the business district. Thousands fled northward as buildings collapsed, with 400 corpses recovered and many more burned. Hospitals and public facilities suffered severe damage while looting was suppressed by troops. The disaster spread to nearby towns. Kingston’s waterworks failed and major structures including courts banks churches and hotels were destroyed.
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Harbor Street
Supreme Court
Colonial Bank
Nova Scotia Bank
Merchants’ Exchanges
City Council
Parish
St. George's Church
Savings Bank
Myrtle Park
Constant Springs
Jamaica Club
Masonica Temple
Training College
Hope College
Customs
Cable Company
Daily Telegraph
Salvation Army
Presbyterian Methodist
Baptist
Congregational
Kingston
Jamaica
Spanish Town
Porthyall
King's House
Trafalgar Park
Gen. Marshall
Santiago
Cuba
Thomas Brookes
Machado Cigar Factory
Mrytle Bank
Central City
Guyandot
Midkiff
United States Gas Company
Portsmouth
Ohio
Rockwood
Logan
Flood Devastates Towns as Ohio Valley Rises
Cincinnati reports peak flood with rivers and streams higher than two decades. West Virginia towns including South Elkins and Buckhannon submerged, gas mains broken, power scarce, rail traffic halted, and thousands displaced. Pennsylvania and Maryland areas suffer damage, mines idle, and relief work organized as water recedes.
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South Elkins
Grafton
Buckhannon
W. Va
Portsmouth
Ohio
Newport
Covington
Front Street
Cincinnati Waterworks
Cincinnati
Manchester
Harris
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Hood
Monongahela River
McKeesport
Baltimore and Ohio
Second Avenue
Guyandot
West Virginia
Cumberland
Maryland
Biking
Tygarts Valley
Hilons
Bovalian
Sloan's
Mountains of flood wreck hit Buckhannon and Rowlesburg
describes widespread flood damage across Buckhannon Grafton and Rowlesburg WV. water envelops towns and rails, homes swept away, shelters flooded, businesses damaged, rail lines blocked, and passenger service disrupted by high waters and landslides.
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Davis
Diant
Grady
Elkins
Grafton
W. Va
Three Fork
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 in Pittsburgh embezzlement case
Henry Cohen head of Henry Cohen & Co. was jailed on charges of stealing documents and embezzlement as trustee after Pittsburg manager H G Kimmick was arrested for theft totaling about 1 million dollars in money checks and stock certificates. Kimmick posted 10 bail for a hearing next Wednesday while Cohen failed to secure 5,000 bail. Police found Cohen with 5100? worth of railway bonds and 2000 in cash during search.
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Pittsburg
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 in Salt Lake
Prominent Salt Lake figures are indicted by the federal grand jury on conspiracy charges involving coal lands. E W Senior and Dan C Robbins named among those facing indictments for attempts to secure government coal land titles for private gain and retransfer to a coal company. Rumors tie probes to a lumber combine, though no proof yet.
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Grand Jury
Salt Lake
Utah
Federal
E. W. Senior
West
Dan C. Robbins
Worthwest
RAISES DEFAULTER RETAINED IN JOB AFTER CONFESSION
Warren J. Lack confessed to robbing his employer John E B Detwiler of Red Lion of 6000 dollars and, instead of prosecution, was kept in his old post with a raise to 102 a month. He had worked five years and drained the funds for his own use, per Alder man Walter F. Owen of York. Whose Eyes Are They Unique photographs of the windows of the soul of prominent Washingtonians appear in Sundays New York Tribune. Guess to whom they belong.
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Wasbington
York
Warren J. Lack
John EB. Detwiler
Red Lion
Lock
Detwiler
New York Tribune
Life of nun not for her ends in marriage in Tiffin
Special to Tae Washington. Misa Mayme Altenbaugh a music teacher in Tiffin renounces vows after ten years in the Ursuline cloister to wed J. C. Ellis an engineer of Cleveland. She revealed the secret just before boarding a train for Golon Panama. She had joined Ursuline College in the early 1890s and later returned to teach music. Her friends here know little of her courtship or ties to Ellis.
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Tae Washington
Ron ‘Tiffin
Ohio
Urauline Sisters
Misa Mayme Altenbaugh
J. C. Ellis
Cleveland
Golon
Panamia
Ellis
Inventor Edward Orcutt Released After Alleged Millionaire Plot
Edward J Orcutt, Somerville railroad signal inventor, says a syndicate of Boston capitalists and associates plotted to steal his patent papers and profits. He was released from custody after telling Magistrate Baker of a conspiracy involving his cousin, stock options, and rival interests, with hearings adjourned 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
Orwtt
Suitor Shot by Mollie Bowie and Son in Indian Head Tragedy
Hubert Posey, a naval yard worker at Indian Head, was shot in the shoulder and back by Mollie Bowie and her son Henry after he refused to marry Sas Bowie. The mother and son fled. Posey was rushed to Washington by a naval tug and then to Casualty Hospital for emergency surgery. No arrests reported as of last night.
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Hubert Posey
Government Proving Ground
Mre
Mollie Bowie
Henry
Sia” Bowie
Sas Bowie
Navy
Indian Head
Poser
Mollie Bowle
Henry Bowie
Posey
Washington Navy Yard
Casualty Hospital
Bernard Posey
Washington
Hebert
Mrs Bowie
Hubert
Bowie
Weither
Fifth Precinct
Pallee
Sayar
White
Hilltop
Charles County
Mollie
Noth White
Iron Side
Casualty
Arkansas anti trust suit targets major packing firms
Little Rock Ark district attorney files actions against Armour and Co Waters-Pierce Oil Co Hammond Packing Morrin and Co and Cudahy Packing for 1 822 million each alleging continued violations of the Arkansas anti trust law after an October suit. Supreme Court last week upheld the law in State v Hammond Packing.
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Little Rock
Ark
Jane&Suits
Armour & Co
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Hammond Packing Company
Morrin & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
Penen
Supreme Court
United Mine Workers Back Moyer and Heywood Aid
Indianapolis January 18 United Mine Workers votes one thousand dollars for the families of victims in the Glinton Indiana mine disaster and pledges national support for imprisoned miners Moyer and Heywood in Idaho. The convention reiterates previous action and endorses the delayed national stance. Also advertised is the Florida Limited passenger service from Washington to St Augustine with 6:26 p.m. departure and 2:50 p.m. arrival next day.
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Indianapolis
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 Vote
Austin, Texas, January 13. The Texas House adopted the Kennedy substitute to the Duncan resolution by 41 to 33, with absentees and pairs represented. It creates a seven member special committee to review charges against Senator J. W. Bailey and authorize an extra session or witnesses if needed. Both chambers also passed a joint resolution to elect a U S Senator on January 22.
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Austin
Tex
House of the Texans
Kennedy
Duncan
United States
J. W. Bailey
Waters-Pierce Gill Company
Batley
Bailey
House
Senate
Deadlock in Rhode Island senatorial race on fourth ballot
Special to The Washington Post Providence January 18 says the deadlock remains in the Rhode Island senate contest after the fourth ballot in joint assembly. Palmer returns to Colt. Goddard forces lose one vote due to McChrystal illness. Balloting to resume after recess. three candidates hold firm with no switch observed.
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Washington Post
Providence
R. I
Palmer
Utter
Colt
Goddard
McChrystal
Pawtucket
W “Goddard
Calt
Wetmore
Uncle Joe Rebukes Senate Over Appalachian Forest Reserve Request
A delegation of Eastern governors urged Congress to set aside a forest reserve in the Appalachian Mountains. Speaker Cannon warned that House members lack awareness of the bill and that Senate deliberation is limited by unanimous consent. He pledged to read the report but noted the heavy upcoming appropriations as an obstacle.
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Cannon
Capitol
Appalachian Mountain
Gov Glenn
North Carolina
Gov
Floyd
New Hampshire
Gov. Prouty
Vermont
Senate
Joe
Mitter
Congress
House
Willam Loeb Jr to retire from White House post
Washington rumors say Secretary to the President Willam Loeb Jr may soon retire and be given another position. No authoritative confirmation is found, but officials have discussed the possibility in recent days. Loeb denies imminent change.
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Washington
New York
Willam Loeb, Jr
White House
Loeb
Ior
Party War Brews Lodge Over Roosevelt Foraker Plan
Senate Republicans split over Brownsville controversy as supporters press President Roosevelt to back Lodge and condemn the Blackburn amendment. Speaker fights loom as Aldrich threats falter and Northwestern senators weigh White House wishes amid a party rift.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Senate
Blackburn Amendment
Brownsville
Roosevelt
Lodge
Foraker
Mr. Blackburn
Aldrich
Knox
Crane
Lcott
Hale
Iby
Warner
Missouri
Blackburn
Beveridge
Tillman
Teller and
Clark
Montana
la Follette
la Fallette
Repubicans
White House
Hansbrough
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Royal Mail
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Myrtle Bank
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Royal Mail Steamship Company
A. National Auction Co
Ohio Valley
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Miss Altenbaugh
Edward L. Orcutt
Tact Forty-second Street
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George H. Mattox
Forty-second Street
Herbert P. Cook
Long Island
Arizona Company
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Banking Dept. of Union Trust Co
Arkansas
Attorney General
United Mine Workers
Rhode Island
Uncle Joe
Speaker
Eastern States
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Peqeayivenis Railroad
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