Swettenham's Finish Officials Make No Denial
Kingston Jamaica January reports say Gov Swettenham may have sent his resignation to the colonial office. Officials acknowledge receiving confidential telegrams but refuse to confirm. Dispatches note ongoing public protests against his handling of quake relief and a lack of centralized leadership amid rebuilding efforts in Kingston. 1,300 bodies reported recovered with further fatalities feared.
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London
Swettenham
Jamales
Colonial Office
H Iad
Lautenham
Kingston
Jamaica
Hove
Notice of Mayrings ant death notices insertion
The Washington Post will, soon apply to insert death notices for Mayrings ant. The service offers insertion at no charge in multiple newspapers including The New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Record Herald, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Providence Journal, Rochester Herald, and others.
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Washington Post
YORK
Bolpalo Colnen
ACD
Record Herald
Muphia
Public Lerger
Bpitipuyd Dispatch
Tournal
Roumester Herald
Loins Republic
Syracuse
Pgrt-Standard
ST Pal
Pioneer Press
INVES
Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Directory of area undertakers and florists with contact details
A list of undertakers and embalmers with addresses and phone numbers including J William Lee Molest prices at Mommedicus Chapel, George P. Zarhorst Fareral Parlors East Capitol, Hindle Bayliss STH and Tt NW, Harvey's Sons Courtse St NW, John M Mitchell's Son 730-32 Ith St SE, W R Speare 940 F St NW, WM S Riley 209 20th St NW, and floral firms Comley Bros 1204 Wis Ave NW plus other florists at 2416 M Street and 14th and E Streets, with telephone listings and service notes.
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J. William Lee
Mommedicus Chapel
Penneylvania Avenu
George P. Zarhorst
Fareral
East Capitol
Hindle & Bayliss
R. F. Harvey
Ourtcesth
John M. Mitchell
Sf Se
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Warml y def ends governor in Kingston row
A. Stuart Ewing of Montreal defends Jamaica Governor Swettenham and Jamaican officials from accusations following the earthquake. He condemns American sailors and sends word that imperial policy erred in withdrawing white troops, noting anger over armed landing without permission and the influx of American tourists provoking clashes.
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Washington Post
Ottawa
Ontario
A. Stuart i Ewing
Gault
Jamaica
Montreal
Alfred Jones
Swettenham Davis dispatch and up-to-date embassy notes
A cablegram from John R. Carter in London reached the State Department detailing Swettenham‑Davis discussions and a White House meeting with President and Secretary Root. Reports from Kingston note no casualties and aid offers amid a tenantable crisis. Separately, Captain Edward Hawlena died in a lamp explosion aboard the Horseboat Mary Ellen in Brooklyn, while Mrs Thornton and children escaped. Ambassador Creel plans Washington arrival mid next week after multiple banquets in Kansas City and St Louis. Senor Codoy to act as chargé d affaires until then.
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Swettenham
John R. Carter
Americal
London
Swettenham-Davis
White House
Root
Canada
Carter
I | Ton
Jamaica
Department
Wiliam H. Orrett
Tlhmerican
Kingston
Sisters Port Conception
Kings and
Nefe
Detollaty
St. Louis
Kansas City
el Faso
Tey Gan
Enrique Creel
Mexico
Washington
Salton Sea
Colorado River
Colorado
Imperial Valley
United States
Mexiico
Senor Codoy
Licensed to Marry List of Names in Philadelphia Area
A racially mixed compiled roster of individuals and ministers listed for marriage licenses including Isaac Silverman Rosa Goldberg Rev M H Yoolson William Haven Bertha Ziteer Rev James F Maelin Robert H Michels Jaabel E Mills Rev Alfred Harding Cora Skinner Rev HC Russell Frederick Buckonen Blanch Brooks Rev Patrick J Ritchie.
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Isaac Silverman
Rosa Goldberg
M.H Yoolson
William Haven
Philadelphia
Bertha
Ziteer
James F. Maelin
Robert H. Michels
United States Navy
Jaabel E. Mills
Alfred Harding
A. H. ‘Tahamus
Cora Skinner
HC Russell
Frederick Buckonen
Blanch Brooks
Patrick J. Ritchie
Deaths in Health Office Record of January 26
Health Office records list numerous deaths with ages and street addresses including James E Evans 1611 Kramer, Catherine R Green 946 Valve, Caroline A Davis 1331 Riggs, Robert E Smith 323 1 st 3, Arthur L Hetbig 1734 7th st NW 25, Henry Johnson 362 9th st, Rebecca J Fry 1602 N Gap t, Mary A Coyle 101 NC ave 6, Charles Brent 4345 C st aw, Saran G Rice 1000 Md ave 2, Peleg E B Dye 903 Lalaw 76, Milo V Baller 5107 sta w 65, William A Mann Conduitona 2, Dante B Ginter 1402 16th al NW 60, Benn H Allen 20th st NW 72, Russell Alex Alger 1402 16th al Nw 70, plus prizes for Post Educational Contest.
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James E Evans
Kramer St
Catherine R Green
Valve
Caroline A. Davis
Riggs
Robert E Smith
Arthur L Hetbig
Henry Johnson
Rebecca J Fry
Mary A
Benn H. Allen
St Nw
Russell Alex Alger
N “W
Poisonous bomb at Coney Island sparks deadly fears
Acting Inspector Franz Wolf reports the device as the most deadly infernal machine ever seen at fire headquarters. A 1inch gas pipe housed bullets and guncotton saturated in a poisonous vinegar mix creating lead poisoning risk if exploded. Patrick McManus alerted police. 48 foreign bullets examined for identification.
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New York
Coney Island
Spedal
Washington
Franz Wolf
Bureau of Combustibles
Patrick, McManus
Park Place
West Eighth Street
McManus
Brennan
Wolf
Inspector Swort
United States
No Trace of Rhodius in Greater New York Search
Special to The Washington Post reports Pinkertons and county detectives working under Werner Amret and District Attorney Jerome found no trace of George Rhodius of Indianapolis and his bride. They scoured Manhattan and nearby ports, considering Washington Baltimore Jersey City Hoboken and Jersey destinations. Detectives searched boarding houses lodging places and outgoing vessels believing Mrs Rhodius may have reached a ship bound for foreign shores.
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Washington Post
New York
Pinkertons
Werner Amret
Jerome
Greater
Borough of
Manhattan
George Rhodius
Indianapolis
Rhodius
Amiet
Corpse Attached For Fee In California Case
Leon Cohn of Pittsfield Massachusetts came to San Bernardino in December with Dr Newton B Heath for health care. Cohn died and Heath claimed $1000 for services. While Heath slept at an undertaking shop the corpse was attached. Constable Allen obtained papers to lift the attachment and had the body spirited away by express to Pittsfield.
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Washington Post
San Bernardino
Cal
Leon Cohn
Pittsfield
Mass
Newton B. Heath
Cohn
D. F. Allen
Express
Colin Tx
First Railroad Forester Appointed for Pennsylvanian Railroad
Sterling formerly assistant forester in the Department of Agriculture at Washington was named forester of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He becomes the first forester for an American railroad and starts March 1. The railroad plans systematic forestry to secure future cross-tie supply, following five years of experiments and about 1.5 million trees planted on company lands.
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Philadelpnaven
Sterling
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Pennsylvvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dowie Reported Nearing Death at Zion City
Special dispatch from Chicago dated January 2 reports that John Dowie of Zion City is verging on death. Observers note his health continues to decline, and he is said to have confessed wrongs toward those he dealt with and expressed a wish to see his wife and son before death.
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Chicago
Zion
Dowie
Dowle
Oil Trust Waives Service in Indictments Case
Findlay Ohio January 25 Attorney Virgil P Eline of Cleveland for Standard Oil Company with Prosecutor David agreed to waive personal service of indictments against Standard Oil Company of Ohio and its subsidiaries and John D Rockefeller Motions to quash or demur will be filed next week A February date is set Educational Contest note appears in ad copy
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Findlay
Ohio
Virgil P. Eline
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
David
Standard of Company
John D. Rockefeller
Hg Peirins
Stonecutter chases and kills rival in New York street
Nicola Marra, a New York stonecutter, pursues Frank Rovetto after Rovetto slashes his neck in First Avenue. Marra shoots Rovetto at 200 feet, cutting him down in Forty-ninth Street. Marra claims Rovetto asked for $50 and cried Black Hand.
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New York Street
Washington Post
New York
First Avenue
Nicola Marra
Frank Rovetto
Maria
Roveto
Forty-eighth Street
Second
First Avenues
Rovero
Marra
Forty-ninth Street
Woman Founders Rival Noonday Rest Club in New York
Mrs Harriet Potter Nourse resigns from Rev W Montagu Geer's executive committee of the St Pauls Business Women's Club citing mismanagement and plans to launch a rival noonday lunch club in New York modeled after Chicago's Noonday Rest. The St Pauls club forms this week with its first luncheon set for next Monday.
Shonts Sees Panama Canal By Private Contract Plan
Theodore P. Shonts retiring Isthmian Canal Commission head says government may still build the Panama Canal if bids fail to satisfy. He favors private contracting, noting Stevens supports the plan if acceptable bids come in. Stevens is seen as the logical choice to lead construction after his close study of the project.
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St. Louis
Bro
Theodore P.shonts
Isthmiag Canal Commission
Kansas City
Chicago
Union Station
Shonts
Panama Canal
Stevens
Shonis
McLaurin Telegram Advises Oklahoma to Resist Jim Crow
In Guthrie Oklahoma on January 25 Senator McLaurin of Mississippi sent a telegram reading Dont put Jim Crow law in constitution The convention heard this message as the tenth from United States Senators. The judiciary committee report proposes five Oklahoma Supreme Court justices twenty district judges one probate judge per county and twenty district attorneys to be elected.
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McLaurin
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Washington
Mississippi
United States
Committee On Judiciary
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Thirteen-year-old boy dies by self destruction in Stowe
In Pottstown PA on January 25 John K Hart a high school scholar aged thirteen was found hanging in a relative's slaughterhouse in Stowe. The act is attributed to a playful remark by a girl companion who said she did not like him.
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Pottstown
John K. Hart
Stowe
Stove in convict cell at Sing Sing raises puzzle
Special to The Washington Fest from New York reports an oil stove found in a convict's cell at Sing Sing. A night keeper discovered the stove fueled and burning as officials including Supt. Cornelius V. Collins Chief Clerk Charles K. Baker and Master Mechanic Conti inspect. The convict remains uncommunicative.
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New York
Sing Sing
Rock
Cornelius V. Collins
Charles K. Baker
Brother slayer killed after insult to mother in Moore Station
Demands for an apology over an alleged insult to his mother led to two killings in Moore Station Louisiana. P. T. Melton was slain unarmed by Powell who then killed Powell’s brother Werelion after a long duel. An educational contest ad appears in this issue.
Jersey City Ordinance Seeks Busier Trolley Seats
Mayor Fa gan signs ordinance forcing trolley companies to run enough cars from terminals at Pennsylvania and Erie depots between 5 20 and 6 p m to seat all riders from whom fares are collected. Five minute waits during evening rush are required with a $30 penalty for violations. The move fuels a push for municipal control of utilities and becomes a focal point in upcoming state and city races. The Public Service Corporation may appeal a court review after fines are imposed for unsat seats during peak hours.
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New York
Mark M. Fagan
Jersey City
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
Pennsylvania and Erie Railroad
Fawun
George L. Record
Street and Water Board
Keley
Hindu Samor Is Lawyer in Grand Larceny Case
Ken neth Martine a Hindu sailor from the British steamer Swar me was arraigned in Long Island City Police Court on grand larceny charges. He spoke English and French and studied in Calcutta and Oxford. He conducted his defense and the magistrate reserved decision, leaving Martine surprised at the outcome.
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Washington Post
New York
Calcutta
Kenneth Mattine
Capta
Oxford University
Smyth
Martine
Cass
Mattine
Last Beecher Hooker dies leaving last Beecher kin
Mrs Isabella Beecher Hooker dies in Hartford at 85 after a stroke. The youngest of Rev Lyman Beecher’s eleven children she championed women’s rights with husband Henry Ward Beecher. A Connecticut property-rights bill she backed was introduced for decades before finally passing in 1877. She is survived by two children Dr Edward Beecher Hooker and Mrs Alice Hooker Day.
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Weanington Post
Hartford
Conn
Isabella Beecher Hooker
Lyman Beecher
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Henry Ward Beecher
Hooker
Litchfield
Connecticut General Assembly
Hubberd
Edward Beecher Hooker
Alice Hooker Day
New York
John C Day
Noted Canadian statesman Andrew Blair dies at 72
Fredericton New Brunswick January 25 Andrew G Blair former premier of New Brunswick and long time railway minister in Sir Wilfrid Laurier cabinet died suddenly aged seventy two from heart failure He resigned his cabinet post over Grand Trunk Pacific policy He is survived by wife a son and five daughters Also item notes former Governor John W Davis dies after two years illness in Pawtucket Rhode Island with service as state governor 187 to 1888 and mayor in 1597
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Andrew G. Blair
New Brunswick
Fredericton
Canada
Sir Wilfrid Quaurier
Blair
Grand Trunk Pacific
Portland
Atlantic
St. John
Pawtucket
B. L
John W. Davis
Davis
Whisky Fire Destroys Newport Distillery and Burns Four Children
A Newport Kentucky fire destroyed seven buildings of the Old 76 Distilling Company plant, burning five thousand barrels of whisky. The blaze was controlled by daylight. In another city report, the home of Frank Sostock was consumed by fire, killing two children aged four and eight months. two more infants perilously escaped as Mrs. Sostock awoke too late to save them.
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Cincinnati
Old ‘76 Distilling Company
Newport
City
Frank ‘Sostock
Pole
Preacher Threat Letters Roil New York Suburbs
Reputable residents of Woodhaven and Ozone Park including members of Rev Dudley Osterheld's Methodist Church, and the pastor, received anonymous scandalous letters. A wife of a local leader fell ill from fear after vile communications. A threat to tar and feather Osterheld if he continues anti saloon crusades is reported. postal authorities to investigate and identify writers.
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Washington
New York
Woodhaven
Ozone Park
Dudley
Osterheld
Methodist
Eighty-third Precinct
Watches Through Keyhole Ended In No Gambling Finding
Four women and a man were arrested in an East Ninth street raid at 2 a m. Detectives watched through a keyhole and saw a player buy chips amid a claimed jackpot. Chips and money were found on Morris Ross. Magistrate ruled no gambling evidence.
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New York
East Ninth Street
Shaw
Kitty Cook
Stuyvesant Street
Mary Stern
West 18Th Street
Jennie Goldberg
Ross
Rich old man elopes to wed younger teacher
Edward H Hall aged 84, described as rich, quietly wed Milas Ella Brower a Pleasantville teacher. The marriage occurred on Christmas Day after family opposition, with Rev Dr A E K Sanford performing the ceremony in Pleasantville.
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Edward H. Hall
Washington Post
Mount Vernon
Edward H Hall
Milas Ella Brower
Pleasantville
Hall
A. E K. Sanford
Methodist Church
New Football Rules Committee Formed In Major Colleges
New York Jan 5 The football rules committee merges with the Intercollegiate Association to form the General Rules Committee. Prof M Dennis of Cornell elected chairman Walter Camp of Yale editor of rules and BE K Hall of Dartmouth named secretary for the new body.
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New York
Ries
M. Dennis
Cornell
Walter Camp
Yale
K. Hall
Dartmouth
Higgins Clings to Life
Dr. Hibbard reported at 7 PM that Governor F. W Higgins showed little change since morning as Higgins clung to life after a serious illness. The morning call noted a gradual decline in his condition.
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Higgins
Qican
Dr. Hibbard
F. W Higgins
Hannah Elias Brings Suit Over Missing Funds
New York January 5 Mrs Hannah Elias seeks $20000 jewels and bank balances said to be held by P W Dugan curtain drager with Shep pard Knanp Co Magistrate Barlow issues summons Elias previously won $624000 from John R Platt and a portion was returned after a Court of Appeals ruling last November with a receiver holding remaining funds posuere balance claimed by Elias now seeks the 20000 still in Dugan s possession
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Washington Post
New York
Hannah Elias
John R. Platt
P. W Dugan
Barlow
P. W. Dugan
Sheppard, Knanp & Co
Platt
Court of Appeals
Elias
Dugan
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