Kingston Earthquake Death Toll Mounts Amid Rescue Delays
Kingston Jamaica reports 600 bodies found with dozens more feared dead as relief supplies run low and dynamite clears debris. Water cut off, refugees flee to the harbor as British Marines land to aid the injured and dying.
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Holland Bay
Washington Fost
Kingston
Beng
Admiral Evans
Missouri
Indiana
Truesdale
Hollynd Bay
Jamaica
Kingston Harbor
Kingston Shaken and City Devastated by Earthquake
Reports describe a powerful Kingston quake with harbor front streets leveled and hundreds wounded or killed. Fire followed, destroying banks, churches, hotels, offices, and homes as rescuers work amid ruined streets and water shortages.
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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
Flood Devastates Southern West Virginia Towns
Cincinnati reports the Ohio Valley in its worst flood in over twenty years with rivers high and towns such as South Elkins and Buckhannon under water. Gas and power outages spread. rail and streetcar traffic halted. thousands homeless and factories shut down. In Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, vast damage and job losses arise as mines idle and mills suspend operations.
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South Elkins
Grafton
Buckhannon
W. Va
Cincinnati
Ohio
Portsmouth
Newport
Covington
Front Street
Cincinnati Waterworks
Manchester
Harris
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Hood
Monongahela River
McKeesport
Baltimore and Ohio
Second Avenue
Guyandot
Central City
Midkiff
United States Gas Company
Rockwood
Logan
West Virginia
Cumberland
Maryland
Biking
Tygarts Valley
Hilons
Fee Gays
Bovalian
Sloan's
Davis in Darkness Many Floods Cut Off West Virginia Towns
A severe flooding event leaves Davis and surrounding towns in darkness as Blackwater floodwaters extinguish lights. Grady and Elkins suffer lumber dam breaks with extensive property damage and railway obstructions. Grafton and Buckhannon face inundated fairgrounds and submerged stations. Railroads contend with fallen trees, sleet damage, and swollen rivers threatening further flooding and isolation.
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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 After Pittsburg Theft Charges
Henry Cohen head of Henry Cohen & Co. was jailed on embezzlement and theft charges as trustee tied to a Pittsburg office investigation in Armstrong County railway financing. His associate H G Kimmick, Pittsburg manager, had been arrested earlier for theft of money checks and stock certificates totaling about 1 million dollars. Bail for Cohen was not posted, while Kimmick posted 10 dollars bail and awaits hearing.
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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 business and professional figures were indicted by a federal grand jury. E W Senior and Dan C Robbins are charged with conspiring to acquire coal lands from the government by improper land filings and claiming them for personal use to funnel them to a coal company. Indictments linked to a lumber combine rumored but evidence pending.
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Grand Jury
Salt Lake
Utah
Federal
E. W. Senior
West
Dan C. Robbins
Worthwest
Warren Lack Confesses Robbery Yet Retained In Post
Warren J Lack confessed to robbing his employer John E Detwiler of Red Lion of 6000 dollars. He was not prosecuted and was kept in his old position with a raise to 102 per month. Lack had worked five years at Detwiler’s firm and admitted the theft before Alder man Walter F Owen in York Pennsylvania. Whose Eyes Are They unique photographs of Washingtonians appear in Sunday New York Tribune.
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Washington
York
Warren J. Lack
John EB. Detwiler
Red Lion
Lock
Detwiler
New York Tribune
Life of nun not for her wife to engineer marriage
In Tiffin Ohio Miss Mayme Altenbaugh a longtime nun and music teacher leaves the Ursuline order after ten years of cloistered life to wed J C Ellis an engineer from Cleveland. She revealed the secret on the eve of boarding a train to join him in Golon Panama. Her sudden return to secular life followed years of quiet study and staged concealment.
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Tae Washington
Ron ‘Tiffin
Ohio
Urauline Sisters
Misa Mayme Altenbaugh
J. C. Ellis
Cleveland
Golon
Panamia
Ellis
Orutts Claim of Millionaire Plot Ended With Release From Tombs
Edward J. Orcutt, railway signal inventor of Somerville Massachusetts, says a syndicate of Boston capitalists plotted to swindle him out of patents and profits. He was released from custody after detailing a conspiracy involving his cousin and a court case over stock options and patents. The affair centers on multiple companies including the International Railroad Safety Appliance Company and the Railway Electric Signal Company with figures linked to Andrew Carnegie and others. The hearing adjourned to January 4 with Orcutt paroled.
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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
Tact Forty-second Street
Arizona
C. i
Hobitzek
George H. Mattox
Forty-second Street
Herbert P. Cook
Long Island
Arizona Company
Cook
Suitor Shot by Mother and Brother at Indian Head
Hubert Posey, a Navy Proving Ground worker, was shot at Indian Head by Mollie Bowie and her son Henry Bowie after Posey refused to marry Sis Bowie. Posey is hospitalized in Washington, with a shoulder and back gunshot wounds. authorities lack immediate arrests as the case unfolds.
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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 Antitrust Action Seeks Records Against Major Firms
Little Rock Arkansas district attorney files suit against Armour & Co Waters-Pierce Oil Co Hammond Packing Morrin & Co and Cudahy Packing for 1 822 000 each alleging continued violations of the state antitrust law after a prior suit. The action seeks penalties and reflects a test case following a Supreme Court ruling upholding the law.
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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 Support
Indianapolis Jan 18 The convention of the United Mine Workers voted 1000 to assist families of Glinton mine disaster victims and adopted a pledge of national support for Moyer and Heywood imprisoned miners in Idaho. The last national convention's stance was reiterated amid ongoing unrest. Florida Limited Pullman service advertised leaves Washington 6 26 p.m arrives St Augustine 2 50 p.m.
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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 Victory As Texas House Adopts Bailey Investigation Sub
Austin Tex Jan 13 by 41 vote of 33 with absentees and pairs the Texas house adopted the Kennedy substitute to the Duncan resolution ordering a special committee of seven to pass on charges against United States Senator J W Bailey and allow possible extra session if needed. The move follows announcement that charges would be presented before the house committee and Bailey would have opportunity to explain. A joint resolution also set the election of a U S Senator for next Tuesday Jan 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 ballot persists
Special to The Washington Post from Providence RI reports the fourth ballot in the Rhode Island legislature shows Palmer returning to Colt while Goddard loses a vote due to Representative McChrystal illness. Wetmore leads with 41, Colt 38, Goddard 40, Utter 1 absent. balloting resumes after Tuesday reconvening amid uncertain week ahead.
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Washington Post
Providence
R. I
Palmer
Utter
Colt
Goddard
McChrystal
Pawtucket
W “Goddard
Calt
Wetmore
Uncle Joe balks at Appalachian forest reserve bill
A delegation of Eastern governors and lawmakers urged Speaker Cannon to back a forest reserve in the Appalachian Mountains. Cannon warned most members lack knowledge of the bill and noted the House will be preoccupied with large appropriations, making passage unlikely this session. He promised to read the report.
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Eastern States
Appalachian Mountains
Cannon
Capitol
Appalachian Mountain
Gov Glenn
North Carolina
Gov
Floyd
New Hampshire
Gov. Prouty
Vermont
Senate
Joe
Mitter
Congress
House
Retirement rumor surrounds White House aide Loeb Jr
Washington circles report William Loeb Jr Secretary to the President may retire soon and be reassigned a new post The story circulated after a New York visit but lacks authoritative confirmation and officials say the rumor has circulated for days in the capital while denying imminent change Indictments total 8853 against Standard Oil and associates in Findlay Ohio with a wide set of charges under prosecutorial action.
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Washington
New York
Willam Loeb, Jr
White House
Loeb
Ior
Standard
Findlay
Ohio
W. L. Alspach
Sheri Groves
David
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Party War Brews Lodge Over Foraker Brownsville Resolution
The split in the Senate over the Brownsville affair pits administration and anti administration Republicans against each other. A pivotal move by Senator Lodge could shift votes on the Blackburn amendment. With leaders like Aldrich and La Follette weighing options, the fight risks a Senate showdown and potential extra session.
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Brownsville
Roosevelt
Lodge
Senate
Foraker
Mr. Blackburn
Aldrich
Knox
Crane
Lcott
Hale
Ledge
Bby
Warner
Missouri
Blackburn
Beveridge
Tillman
Teller and Clark
Montana
la Follette
la Fallette
Repubcans
White House
Hansbrough
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Ohia
Miss Altenbaugh
Edward L. Orcutt
Banking Dept. of Union Trust Co
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United Mine Workers
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