Brooklyn elevated train derails. one dead twelve injured
A Cypress Hills branch three car Brooklyn Rapid Transit elevated train derailed at an uncontrolled switch plunging thirty feet into a vacant lot. One passenger was killed and twelve hurt. motorman and several others were seriously injured. Simon C. Wilson, a 63 year old real estate dealer, was found buried in the wreckage. The accident prompted investigation and a temporary halt to operations on the line as officials examined the switch and tower controls. The event echoed a prior Ninth Avenue and Fifty third Street collision in Manhattan.
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Marriage and Death Notices In Wortictes Post
Notices state marriage and death notices may appear in Wortictes Post upon request without charge for printing in many partner newspapers including The Times New York Globe Record Akron Press and other city papers.
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Fo Joriey Sreering
Rostos Glure Ritrkalo Coooniir
CiraGo Record
Acrald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg
Train wreck leads to arrest over switch contention
A wrecked train resulted in an arrest after the man claimed he believed the switch was closed. The towerman responsible for the switch could not be located shortly after the incident.
Lost Votes by Careless Ne 58
New York report by a special grand jury found hundreds of careless errors deprived citizens of votes in the last election though not all were criminal. About 1,000 alleged fraud cases were referred to the State Attorney General Mayer. The panel urged changes in election laws and noted more than 200 errors in certified canvass copies. It also called for inquiry into the value and efficacy of voting machines.
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New York
Mayer
Philadelphia Republicans reject reform overture after snap primaries
Philadelphia Jan 19 after a long conference the committee of twenty five invited by the Republican city committee to confer on revising party rules decided not to participate The group ties to city party and Lincoln party includes members of Mayor Weavers reform advisory board Former Postmaster General Charles Emery Smith chaired the session The reply notes reforms await a legislative session and warns any rule revision would operate only under a new law, not before.
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Republican City Committee
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Lincoln Party
Weaver
Charles Emery Smith
Committee of Twenty-Five
Sesen
3Fr Simuh
Knoxville Contest Warms To Night Of Campaign
Knoxville Tennessee voters face a three ticket mayoral race with Democrat Charles E Brown leading the regular ticket, independent labor candidate ex Mayor S G Heiskell, and Citizens Reform leader D M Rote. Officials report over 6 000 registered voters and multiple arrests for illegal registrations as campaigning ends and election day looms.
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Washington Post
Knoxville
Tenn
Charles E. Brown
Independent Labor
S. G Heiskell
Ctizens’ Reform
D M Rote
Reform
PLAN INSURANCE REFORMS INDEFINITE MUTUALIZATION ROADMAP
New York officials and state insurance commissioners from several states met with the legislative insurance investigating committee in Albany to discuss needed reforms. Senator William W Armstrong led the talks aimed at shaping laws to support a national movement toward bona fide mutualization of large life insurance firms, based on the committee’s recent revelations.
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Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
William W .Armstrong
Armstrong
United Mine Workers Discuss Transfers and Racial Representation
Indianapolis convention debates transferring cards from Western Federation of Miners and races in local union representation. Mitchell criticizes intra union tensions as the transfer-card resolution is defeated. $1000 relief fund voted for Paint Creek disaster families. Higgins party arrives in Sparta with Mrs Noble’s body for interment.
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Ind
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Mitchell
Paint Creek
W. Va
Higgins
Wisconsin
Sparta
Wis
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New York
A. R. Noble
Noble
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N. Y
Belmont Testifies in Town Topics Trial Amid Cross Examination
Oliver H. F. Belmont testified that Col. William D. Mann tried to get him to buy 5000 worth of Town Topics stock and then asked for a loan. Belmont refused, Mann offered to loan 2000, and later Mann borrowed 10000 from EB Clarence Jones secured by 100 shares of Alger-Sullivan Lumber, owned by Mann's daughter. The day featured relentless cross examination, protests from spectators, and Mann denying impropriety while Town Topics faced questions about controversial items and Ward stock transfers.
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Washington Post
New York
Oliver H. F. Belmont
William D. Mann
Town Topics
No. Hapgood
Copiers’ Weekly
Joseph M. Devel
Thas
Belmont
Hapgood
Europe
Jerome
Col. Mann
Mr. Belmont
Col Mann
Emma Mann Wray
Justice Deuel
Moses Ellis Wooster
Robert A Irving
James W Osborne
Justice Fitzgerald
Osborne
Reginald Ward
Seton Admits Deal In Illegal Bond Printing Case
New York Jan 19 The trial of Charles Augustus Seton for grand larceny over $3,000,000 in bonds of the Houston Galveston and Interurban Railway was continued. Harry Thomas, manager of the Hamilton Bank Note Company, testified that a $3,500 charge was entered for Seton’s bonds though they cost $1,545, with 3000 shares printed. A letter showed Seton asking about grand jury proceedings after arrest. Thomas said his police court testimony was untrue in many particulars and that he was paid to print the certificates illegally. Trial adjourned to Monday.
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Bank Note Company
New York
Charles Augustus Seton
Houston, Galveston and Interurban Railway
Harry Thomas
Hamilton Bank Note Company
Thomas
Seton
Nett Mondaz
New Bond Fraud Charge Filed Against Colmey Alias Murray
New York police report Colmey or Charles Murray, held on forging Norfolk and Western bonds, arraigned again with $5,000 bail on a second charge. He allegedly offered Barnard & Clark an $8,000 loan on $15,000 forged certificates, claiming to be E J Moore.
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E. J. Moore
Burton Rearrested in Virginia Swindle Case
A. Chadwick Burton, the Washington entertainer on trial for swindling churchgoers, is surrendered by his bondsman W. G. Creekmore after Creekmore refused to continue as security. A new warrant accuses him of living with a woman who posed as his wife. The hearing on false pretenses resumes tomorrow while several warrants remain pending. Charles A. Brown of Philadelphia’s Fraternal Mystic Circle has written to the mayor with further charges. Mayor McCarthy promises more developments before the trial concludes.
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Richmond
A. Chadwick Burton
Washington
Creekmore
Hustines
Lee
Charles A. Brown
Mystic Circle
Philadelphia
Burton
McCarthy
Confederates Honor Chief Champ Clark Praises Stonewall Jackson
Washington Post reports on Confederate veterans in Alexandria paying tribute to Gen. Stonewall Jackson while marking Gen. Robert E Lee’s birthday. A Lee Camp reunion and subscription banquet featured speeches by Senator Blackburn and Rep. Champ Clark praising Jackson’s career and faith.
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King Street
Alexandria
Robert E Lee
Lee
Camp Hall
Prince Street
J. 8. C Blackburn
Kentucky
Champ Clark
Missour
R E H. Lee
J. Jackson
Jackson
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Lexington
Harpers Perry
Mars
Clark
Jack
Woman to Keep Light Keeper Role in Jones Point
The Laughthouse Board appointed Mrs. Margaret Greenwood acting Keeper at Jones Point Nighthouse with broad support in Alexandria to make the position permanent. Greenwood, widow of longtime keeper Benjamin Greenwood, is seen as thoroughly qualified and many residents protest a pre death filing by her late husband’s wife. Posts listing registered voters were posted in Alexandria wards by City Sergeant R H Cox. Edinburg plans a waterworks system with bonds, fire protection, and a gravity setup. Harrisonburg seeks a normal school, offering 5000 dollars toward the fund with county support, competing with Front Royal.
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Greenwood
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Alexandria
R. H. Cox
Edinburg
Washington Post
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Morrisonburg
Virginia
Board of Supervisors
Front Royal
Day of Mourning Observed Across Russia Amid Quiet Festivities
St Petersburg and Moscow mark the Feast of the Epiphany with restrained ceremonies and a laid ground approach. merchants keep shops open, crowds thin, and unions vow a peaceful day of mourning rather than disruption. authorities report no disorder expected and several senior officials retire for economic reasons. An American educator seeks permission to open a Russo American academy, and Walling is not arrested per Associated Press.
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Associated Press
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Bycott
Russia
America
Botis Gardner
School of Technology
Minister of Education
Franklin College
Council For National Defense
Alexander Committee For the Relief
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New York
Associated Pleas
St. Petersburg
William English Walling
Accused son released in coroner verdict case
Philadelphia reports that a coroner jury found Mrs. Anita MecMurrow died of heart disease while her son John Mec Murrow was released from custody. Neighbors had claimed he ill treated his mother and quarreled with her before her death amid investigations into the sudden death last Monday.
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Anita MecMurrow
Countess de Bettancourt
John MecMurrow
Education Trains to Spread Atlantic Agriculture in Virginia
Commissioner Janie G. W. Womnen of agriculture and immigration, based in Washington, coordinates with railroads to operate tobacco and agricultural trains across Virginia. The program, long planned by Commissioner Koner, will tour tobacco regions with expert staff, agricultural exhibits, seed distribution, and object lessons. Farmers’ meetings will accompany the trains at multiple stations, aiming for broad benefits.
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Virginia
Washington Post
Richmond
Janie G. W. Womnen
Washington
Koner
Death of General Bartolome Mitre in Buenos Aires
Argentine former president General Bartolome Mitre died today at age 83 in Buenos Aires. Mitre served as president from 1867 to 1871 and was army leader in the Triple Alliance war against Paraguay. He was also noted for literary work including a Spanish translation of Dante's Inferno.
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Bartolome Mitre
Mitre
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Uruguay
Paraguay
Endows Academy of Science in Davenport will be richly endowed
Davenport Iowa January 19 By the terms of the will of W C Putnam opened here yesterday the Davenport Academy of Science becomes prospectively one of the most richly endowed institutions of its fund in the world. He left an estate of 700000 with limited income to relatives the remainder to the academy and the entire estate to go to that institution at the death of surviving brothers and sisters. His art collection and library, the most valuable private collections in the state, are left to the academy with a fireproof building to house them.
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Iowa
W. C Putnam
Davenport Academy of Science
Putnam
Academy
Brothers and Sisters Huis Art
Death of Rev L G Atkinson in Atlanta Ga
Rev L G Atkinson D D president of Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta died at sixty seven from injuries suffered in a Yellowstone Park fall two years ago and stomach trouble. He had devoted over twenty seven years to educational work.
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Jan W
L G Atkinson
Gammon Methodist Episcopal Theological Ser Nary
Atlanta
Yellowstational Park
Atkinson
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