Swettenham’s Finish Officials Make No Denial
Kingston Jamaica and London reports state Gov Swettenham likely sent his resignation to the colonial office amid calls for his removal over the Kingston earthquake response. Officials acknowledge receiving confidential telegrams but offer no confirmation. 1,300 bodies recovered. earthquake ruins complicate shelter, repairs, and enforcement as critics blame lack of central control and Swettenham’s interference.
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London
Swettenham
Jamales
Colonial Office
H Iad
Lautenham
Kingston
Jamaica
Hove
Notice of death notices inserted in major papers
Mayrings ant death notices state notices will appear soon without charge for insertion in several newspapers including The Washington Post and newspapers across New York Boston Philadelphia Providence Rochester Syracuse St Louis Pittsburgh Cleveland Cincinnati and others. The notice specifies telegraph fog insertion in one or all papers.
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Washington Post
Obituary and Funeral Directors Advertising List
A listing of multiple undertakers and florists with addresses and phone numbers. Notable names include J William Lee, George P Zarhorst, Hindle and Bayliss, Harvey's Sons, John M Mitchell's Son, W R Speare, William S Riley, Gude, Geo tC Shaffer, and Comley Bros, with Moscow, Northwest and central Washington addresses and contact numbers for funeral and floral services.
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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
Tc. Shaffer
Erests
Comley Ebros
Wis
Ave
West
Warml y defends governor in Kingston incident
A. Stuart Ewing of Montreal defends Governor Swettenham and says accusations against English officials over the Kingston earthquake affair are grossly misrepresented. He criticizes American sailors and tour ists for causing unrest and urges correction of press reports.
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Washington Post
Ottawa
Ontario
A. Stuart i Ewing
Gault
Jamaica
Montreal
Alfred Jones
Swettenham Davis dispatch reported by London to White House talks
A cablegram received by the State Department from John R. Carter, American chargé d'affaires in London, related to Swettenham Davis discussions. The message, not public, was part of a broader exchange led by Secretary of State Root with the President at the White House.
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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
Licensed to Marry Incomplete Pairings Across Notices
A fragmented legal notice lists multiple marriage licenses with varying ages and names, including Isaac Silverman and Rosa Goldberg and other pairs, along with several reverends and additional individuals. The OCR text is garbled with stray numbers and quotes, yielding an unclear roster of intended marriages and officiants.
Health Office Deaths Reported Up to Jan 26
Deaths listed include James E Evans Catherine R Green Caroline A Davis Robert E Smith Arthur L Hetbig Henry Johnson Rebecca J Fry Mary A Coyle Charles Brent Saran G Rice Peleg E B Dye Muo V Baller Willam A Mann Dante B Ginter Benn H Allen Russell Alex Alger and others with ages from 2 to 91. Prize in The Post Educational Contest offered. further details in this issue.
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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
Poison Bomb At Coney Island Injures No One
Fire officials report a deadly bomb found at Patrick McManus saloon in Coney Island Park Place West Eighth Street. The device used 48 foreign bullets soaked in a poisonous vinegar mix that could cause blood poisoning if it exploded. Suspect device blamed on a skilled chemist. investigation continues.
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New York
Coney Island
Patrick, McManus
Park Place
West Eighth Street
McManus
Brennan
Wolf
Inspector Swort
United States
No Trace of Rhodius and Bride Found in Greater New York
Pinkertons and county detectives under Werner Amret and District Attorney Jerome admit no trace of George Rhodius of Indianapolis and his bride. Guardians and investigators say they scoured Manhattan and feared they may have traveled via Washington Baltimore Jersey City Hoboken or aboard ships from Jersey City. Detectives search boarding houses lodgings and outgoing vessels as theory grows they reached Gotham and boarded a vessel for foreign shores possibly on the Atlantic.
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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 Cal. doctor flees with body
In San Bernardino a Pittsfield man hired Dr. Newton Heath for health care. After death the physician claimed a $1,000 fee and attached the corpse. While guarding the security at a shop the doctor slept, and Constable Allen moved to lift the attachment and first spirited the body away, sending it 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 railroadforester named for pennsylvania railroad
Philadelpnaven Sterling formerly assistant forester in the Department of Agriculture at Washington was appointed forester of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He will be the first forester of an American railroad and starts March 1. The railroad aims to plant trees to supply cross ties in future years after five years of trials and planting about 1.5 million trees on company lands.
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Philadelpnaven
Sterling
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Pennsylvvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dowie Said Nearing Death Amid Confession of Wrongs
Special to The Washington Post from Chicago reports Zion City founder John Dowie is near death after worsening health. Sources say Dowie admitted past wrongs in a confession and expressed a wish to see his wife and son soon, fearing only days remain.
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Chicago
Zion
Dowie
Dowle
Oil Trust Waives Service as Indictments Loom
Findlay Ohio January twenty fifth. Attorney Virgil P. Eline for Standard Oil Company meets Prosecutor David to waive personal service on indictments against Standard Oil Company of Ohio and subsidiaries and John D. Rockefeller. Motions to quash or demur will be filed next week. A hearing or schedule set for February. The notice ends with a local ad about an educational contest and further particulars.
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Findlay
Ohio
Virgil P. Eline
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
David
Standard of Company
John D. Rockefeller
Hg Peirins
Stonecutter Pursues Black Hand Killer in NYC
Nicola Marra, a New York stonecutter, chased Frank Rovetto through First Avenue and Forty-eighth Street after Rovetto demanded $50 and attacked him with a razor. Marra shot Rovetto at close range, killing him as he tried to flee, saying the assault appeared to be a Black Hand case.
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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
Mrs Nourse quits Geer club to form rival Noonday Rest
New York reports Mrs Harriet Potter Nourse resigns from Rev W Montagu Geer s executive committee of the St Paul s Business Women s Club citing dissatisfaction with management. She plans a rival noonday lunch club modeled after Chicago s Noonday Rest, aiming for a nonsectarian, business oriented approach. The St Paul s club organizes this week with first luncheon set for next Monday.
Shonts Hints Panama Canal Could Be Built By Private Contract
Theodore P. Shonts retiring head of the Isthmian Canal Commission arrived in St Louis and said government may yet build the Panama Canal if bids are unsatisfactory. He favors private contract, and praised Stevens as the logical successor who has studied the project and built an organization ready to continue the work.
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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 Urges Oklahoma To Avoid Jim Crow
Senator McLaurin of Mississippi sends a Washington telegram advising Oklahoma not to place Jim Crow law in its constitution. The convention heard the message but no floor debate occurred. A judiciary report proposes five Oklahoma Supreme Court justices, twenty district judges, one probate judge per county, and twenty district attorneys elected.
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McLaurin
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Washington
Mississippi
United States
Committee On Judiciary
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Thirteen Year Old Boy Hangs Self In Slaughterhouse
In Pottstown Pennsylvania on January 25 John K Hart aged thirteen was found hanging in a relative's slaughterhouse at Stowe. The death is attributed to a self inflicted act after a girl companion teased him with a remark last night. He was among the top students at the local high school.
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Pottstown
John K. Hart
Stowe
Stove in convict's cell shocks Sing Sing
Special to The Washington Fest reports an oil stove found in a convict’s cell at Sing Sing. A night-keeper discovered the stove with oil and a warm glow, prompting an official investigation led by Supt. Cornelius V. Collins, Chief Clerk Charles K. Baker, and Master Mechanic Conti. The convict was uncommunicative.
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New York
Sing Sing
Rock
Cornelius V. Collins
Charles K. Baker
Man Kills In Quarrel Over Insult to Mother
Moore Station La Jan 25 Demands for an apology for an alleged insult to his mother led to the deaths yesterday of P T Melton and O B Powell. Powell first killed Melton who was unarmed and then Melton's brother Werlion killed Powell after a long duel. The Educational Contest in open to particulars see ad in this issue.
Jersey City Trolley Ordinance Aims for Seats for All Fares
Mayor Fa gan signs ordinance by street and water board to require trolley operators to run enough cars from terminals at Pennsylv an ia and Erie depots 5:20 to 7:00 p m to seat all fare paying riders. Violations carry $30 fines. Campaign for municipal control of utilities tied to gubernatorial and mayoral contests. Public Service Corporation to seek court review.
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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 Lawier In Grand Larceny Trial
Kenneth Martine, a Hindu sailor from the British steamer Swar me Capta, was arraigned in Long Island City before Magistrate Smyth on grand larceny charges. He declared himself a lawyer trained in Calcutta and Oxford, conducted his own defense, and the magistrate reserved verdict, leaving Martine perplexed by the delay and procedure.
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Washington Post
New York
Calcutta
Kenneth Mattine
Capta
Oxford University
Smyth
Martine
Cass
Mattine
Last of Beeches Dies at Hartford
Isabella Beecher Hooker the last of Rev Lyman Beecher's eleven children passed away in Hartford after a stroke on January 18. Born February 2 1822 in Litchfield Conn she championed women's rights with her husband aiding a property rights bill in Connecticut. 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 minister of railways and canals died suddenly at age seventy two heart failure He resigned his cabinet post over Grand Trunk Pacific policy before the last general election He is survived by a wife a son and five daughters Also reported Former Governor John W Davis dies after two years illness at his home Pawtucket Rhode Island He previously served as governor from 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 Old 76 Distilling Plant at Newport
A blaze in Newport Kentucky leveled seven buildings of the Old 76 Distilling Company plant and burned five thousand barrels of whisky. The fire was controlled by daylight. Also reported, a house fire in Bay City burned two children to death, a four year old and an eight month old infant, with two more children saved too late.
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Cincinnati
Old ‘76 Distilling Company
Newport
City
Frank ‘Sostock
Pole
Preacher Threat Letters Spark Crime Probe In New York
A wave of anonymous scandalous letters has reached Woodhaven and Ozone Park residents including Rev Dudley Osterheld and his congregation. A respected church member, wife of a leading citizen, has suffered undignified correspondence causing fear and illness. One letter threatened physical harm if Osterheld continued anti saloon crusades in the Eighty third precinct. Postal authorities will pursue the writers. Evidence may reveal the guilty parties.
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Washington
New York
Woodhaven
Ozone Park
Dudley
Osterheld
Methodist
Eighty-third Precinct
Watches Through a Keyhole Reveal No Gambling Evidence
Four women and one man were arrested in an East Ninth street raid. Detectives watched via a keyhole, saw chips bought and money on Morris Ross at 78 Second Avenue. Judge ruled no gambling evidence. women charged with disorderly conduct, Ross with maintaining a gaming place.
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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 eloped to wed younger brunette
Edward H Hall eighty four and Milas Ella Brower thirty five wed secretly after Hall slipped away on Christmas Day. Mount Vernon residents were startled by the belated announcement of the marriage, amid family opposition and a Pleasantville ceremony performed by Rev Dr A E K Sanford of the Methodist Church.
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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 New York
New York Jan 5 The football rules committee formed tonight with the rises committee of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association creating a general rules committee Prof M Dennis of Cornell elected chairman Walter Camp of Yale editor of rules and BE K Hall of Dartmouth secretary
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New York
Ries
M. Dennis
Cornell
Walter Camp
Yale
K. Hall
Dartmouth
Higgins Clings to Life in Early Evening Update
Dr Hibbard said Higgins showed little change since morning as two large morning calls on farmer Governor F W Higgins were held at 7 pm tonight.
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Higgins
Qican
Dr. Hibbard
F. W Higgins
Hannah Elias Brings Suit Against Curtain Drager
New York court action names P W Dugan of Shep Pard Knanp Co as receiver of funds once given by Hannah Elias. She seeks the remaining $20,000 plus jewelry and savings accounts deemed part of her balance and in Dugan's possession after a 1904 arrest. The prior Platt settlement favored Elias with about $151,000 in ballee remaining under litigation.
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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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