Swettenham's Finish Quietly Shaping Jamaica Crisis
Kingston Jamaica folded under the Swettenham governorship as officials weigh resignation rumors amid chaotic quake relief. Reports confirm tensions with authorities and a central lack of coordination hampering shelter, debris removal, and building repairs while 1,300 bodies have been recovered.
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London
Swettenham
Jamales
Colonial Office
H Iad
Lautenham
Kingston
Jamaica
Hove
Notice of Mayrings ant death insertions across papers
The Washington Post lists insertion plans for death notices by Mayrings ant with potential publication in multiple papers. Insertion is free of charge for select newspapers including New York Times Boston Globe Philadelphia Record Herald Providence Journal Rochester Democrat Chronicle Syracuse Post Standard and others nationwide.
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Washington Post
Local Undertakers and Florists Advertised Services
A dense listing of funeral directors and embalmers with multiple firm names and addresses, including J William Lee, George P Zarhorst, Hindle and Bayliss, Harvey's Sons, John M Mitchells Son, R F Speare, Wm S Riley, and others, plus Florists Comley Erros and Geo C Shaffer. Entries show phone numbers and service notes, emphasizing moderate prices and design options.
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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 defends governor in Jamaica uproar
A. Stuart Ewing of Montreal defends Gov Swettenham of Jamaica and calls accusations linked to the Kingston earthquake a campaign of calumny. He criticizes American sailors and American tourists for stirring tensions as Jamaica faced a withdrawal of white troops and reports disputed by English officials.
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Washington Post
Ottawa
Ontario
A. Stuart i Ewing
Gault
Jamaica
Montreal
Alfred Jones
Foreign Dispatches and Incidents From Across Waters
A late night cable from John R. Carter, American chargé d’affaires in London, discussed the Swettenham-Davis matter with President and Secretary Root in a White House talk from Canada. Reports from Kingston, Sisters Point, and Conception note the ongoing tensions and sheltering conditions. A Brooklyn lamp explosion killed Capt. Edward Hawlana aboard the Mary Ellen, with Mrs Thornton and her children narrowly escaping. Ambassador Enrique Creel, en route to Washington, plans postponements. Codoy will act as chargé until his arrival.
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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
New York
Edward Hawlana
Mary
Ellen
Tweriff First Street
Brooklyn
Winitid Thornton
Gris
May
Chively
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 Names in Fragmentary Notice
A fragmentary public notice lists multiple license to marry pairs including Isaac Silverman and Rosa Goldberg, with other couples and several reverends and officials named amid scattered details. The incomplete text names Rev. M H Yoolson, Rev. James F. Maelin, Rev. Alfred Harding, Rev. HC Russell, and Rev. Patrick J. Ritchie among others, with ages and locations sparsely visible.
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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
Health Office Deaths Report List
Health office record lists deaths up to January 26 including James E Evans 1611 Kramer Catherine Green 946 Valve Caroline A Davis 1331 Riggs Arthur L Hetbig 1734 7th Willia? Henry Johnson 362 9th Rebecca J Fry 1602 N Gapt Mary A Coyle 101 NC Ave Charles Brent 4345 C Staw Saran G Rice 1000 Md Ave Peleg E B Dye 603 Lalaw Muio V Baller 5107 Sta W Willam A Mann Conduitona Dante B Ginter 1402 16th NW Benn H Allen 20th St NW Russell Alger 1402 16th NW 70s plus prize notice for The Post Educational Contest details inside.
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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 Looms As Deadly Threat
Acting Inspector Franz Wolf reports on a deadly infernal device found at Patrick McManus saloon in Coney Island. The iron pipe bomb contained forty eight foreign made bullets saturated with a vinegar based poison that could cause blood poisoning if detonated. Police recovered the device and await expert analysis to determine the attacker’s possible motive.
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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 in Manhattan Search
Pinkertons and county detectives under Werner Amret and District Attorney Jerome report no trace of George Rhodius of Indianapolis and his bride after widespread inquiry in New York City. Guardians fear for the wealthy couple as investigators sweep Jersey City Hoboken and ship ports, pondering whether they fled to Washington Baltimore or overseas aboard a vessel from Hoboken.
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Washington Post
New York
Pinkertons
Werner Amret
Jerome
Greater
Borough of
Manhattan
George Rhodius
Indianapolis
Rhodius
Amiet
Corpse Attachment Over Fees Shocks California Town
Leon Cohn of Pittsfield Massachusetts died in San Bernardino while doctors cared for his health. Dr Newton Heath claimed $1000 for services and had the corpse attached. While guard slept at an undertaking shop, constable Allen moved to lift the attachment and the body was spirited to Pittsfield by express, causing local uproar.
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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 Named by Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelpnaven Sterling, formerly assistant forester in the U S Department of Agriculture, is named forester of the Pennsylvania Railroad becoming the first forester of an American railroad. He starts March 1 and the railroad aims to plant trees to supply future cross ties, following five years of experiments in which about 1.5 million trees have been planted on company land.
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Philadelpnaven
Sterling
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Pennsylvvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Campiny
Dowie Reported Nearing Death in Zion City
Special to The Washington Post from Chicago reports that John Dowie, former leader of Zion City, is verging on death. The health decline has prompted claims he confessed misdeeds to those he did business with 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 Indictments in Ohio Case
Findlay Ohio January 25 Attorney Virgil P Eline of Cleveland for Standard Oil with Prosecutor David agreed to waive personal service of indictments against Standard Oil Company of Ohio and subsidiaries and John D Rockefeller Motions to quash or demur will be filed within the next week A Feb as a hearing date is set Educational Contest notice appears in this issue
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Findlay
Ohio
Virgil P. Eline
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
David
Standard of Company
John D. Rockefeller
Hg Peirins
Stonecutter pursues and kills Black Hand assailant in New York
Special to The Washington Post reports Nicola Marra, a New York stonecutter, chasing and shooting Frank Rovetto after Rovetto demanded $50 and attacked him with a razor. Marra wounded Rovetto in the neck and head, ending the pursuit on Forty-ninth Street near First Avenue. The confrontation is described as a Black Hand style killing.
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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 Leaves Geer Club to Start Rival Noonday Rest
New York January 2 Mrs Harriet Potter Nourse a founder of the St Pauls Business Women's Club resigns from Rev W Montagu Geers executive committee citing dissatisfaction with management. She plans a new nonsectarian club and notes the St Pauls first noon lunch is set for next Monday. Nourse compares to Chicago Noonday Rest saying it is the country’s largest and most successful in its field.
Shonts Praises Stevens in Panama Canal View
Theodore P. Shonts retiring head of the Isthmian Canal Commission says government may still build the Panama Canal if bids are unsatisfactory. He favors private contract work and notes Stevens supports it if acceptable bids come. Stevens, the chief engineer, is seen as the logical successor to head construction.
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Bro
Theodore P.shonts
Isthmiag Canal Commission
Kansas City
Chicago
Union Station
Shonts
Panama Canal
Stevens
Shonis
Senator McLaurin Telegram Advice Sparks Oklahoma Convention
In Guthrie Oklahoma January 25 a telegram from Senator McLaurin Mississippi read Don’t put Jim Crow law in constitution When State is admitted legislation will be just as effective This marked the tenth such message to Democratic leaders The convention did not discuss the telegram The judiciary committee report proposes five Oklahoma Supreme Court justices twenty district judges one probate judge per county and election of twenty district attorneys
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McLaurin
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Washington
Mississippi
United States
Committee On Judiciary
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Eleven year old boy hanged after playful remark tragedy
In Pottstown Pennsylvania on January 25 thirteen year old John K Hart was found hanging in a relative's slaughterhouse at Stowe. Authorities say the act followed a girl companion's remark that she did not like him. Hart was among the top students at the local high school.
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Pottstown
John K. Hart
Stowe
Stove In Convict’s Cell At Sing Sing Declares Mystery
Special to The Washington Post New York Jan 25 An oil stove was found in a convict’s cell at Sing Sing raising questions about how it passed barriers. A night-keeper discovered it with oil. the prisoner remains uncommunicative as officials investigate.
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New York
Sing Sing
Rock
Cornelius V. Collins
Charles K. Baker
Missouri man killed after insult sparks deadly quarrel
Moore Station Louisiana January 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 who made the remark which caused the quarrel Powell first killed the Melton who was unarmed and then his brother Werellon killed Powell after a long duel The Educational Contest in open to particulars see ad in this issue
Jersey City Trolley Ordinance Seeks Seat Fares Control
Mayor Fa gan signs ordinance requiring trolley operators to run enough cars from terminals near Pennsylv ania and Erie depots during 5 20 to 6 00 p m to seat all fare payers. Violations carry 30 dollar fine. City aims for municipal control of utilities. campaign links to gubernatorial race and Jersey City mayoralty.
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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
Kenneth Martine a Hindu sailor from the British steamer Swar me appears in Long Island City Police Court charged with grand larceny. He declares himself a lawyer trained in Calcutta and Oxford, argues his own defense, and the magistrate reserves decision amid doubt over the charge.
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Washington Post
New York
Calcutta
Kenneth Mattine
Capta
Oxford University
Smyth
Martine
Cass
Mattine
Last of Beecher Family Dead in Hartford
Mrs Isabella Beecher Hooker, last surviving of Rev Lyman Beecher eleven children, died in Hartford after a stroke. Born February 2 1822 in Litchfield she championed women rights with husband and helped push property rights bills in Connecticut leading to the 1877 act. Survived by son Dr Edward Beecher Hooker and daughter Mrs Alice Hooker Day of New York.
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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 Dead at 72
Fredericton New Brunswick January 25 Andrew G Blair prominent Canadian public figure and former New Brunswick premier died suddenly at age seventy two of heart failure Survived by wife one son and five daughters Blair resigned his cabinet post in protest of Grand Trunk Pacific financing He later focused on private enterprise Also note former Governor John W Davis of Pawtucket Rhode Island died after two years illness at his home once governor and mayor of the city
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Fredericton
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Grand Trunk Pacific
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Atlantic
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Pawtucket
B. L
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Davis
Whisky Goes Up in Flames at Newport Distillery
A fire destroyed seven buildings of the Old 76 Distilling Co plant in Newport Kentucky causing a loss of about 250000. Five thousand barrels of whisky burned and the fire was controlled by daylight. In the city a house fire killed two children aged four and eight months, with two others severely endangered, as Mrs Sostock could not avert the tragedy.
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Cincinnati
Old ‘76 Distilling Company
Newport
City
Frank ‘Sostock
Pole
Preacher Threat Letters Spark Police Probe in New York
Reputable Woodhaven and Ozone Park residents including members of Rev. Dudley Osterheld's Methodist Church received anonymous scandalous letters. A threatening note to Osterheld urged silence on anti-saloon crusades, with a plan to tar and feather him. Police will investigate the writers using available evidence and postal records.
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Washington
New York
Woodhaven
Ozone Park
Dudley
Osterheld
Methodist
Eighty-third Precinct
Watched From a Keyhole Witnesses Chips in Raid
Four women and a man were arrested in an East Ninth street raid at 2 o clock this morning. Detectives watched through a keyhole and saw a player buying chips and a Jackpot. The group faced charges of gambling and disorderly conduct, but the magistrate found no evidence of gambling.
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East Ninth Street
Shaw
Kitty Cook
Stuyvesant Street
Mary Stern
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Jennie Goldberg
Ross
Rich old man elopes to wed younger teacher in Pleasantville
Edward H Hall, 84 and wealthy, secretly married Milas Ella Brower, 35, a Mount Vernon public school teacher. The marriage occurred Christmas Day after family opposition. officiant was Rev Dr A E K Sanford of the Methodist Church in Pleasantville.
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Washington Post
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Edward H Hall
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Hall
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Methodist Church
New Rules Committee Formed by Football Universities
New York Jan 5 The football rules committee formed tonight with the intercollegiate association group to create a general rules committee Prof M Dennis Cornell elected chairman Walter Camp Yale rules editor and BE K Hall Dartmouth secretary in a bid to unify college football governance
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Ries
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Cornell
Walter Camp
Yale
K. Hall
Dartmouth
Higgins Clings to Life at Evening Medical Update
Dr Hibbard reported at 7 pm that Governor Higgins remained near the morning status, having lost little ground since the forenoon. The update came as Higgins fights illness with daily medical rounds and supporters await further word.
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Higgins
Qican
Dr. Hibbard
F. W Higgins
Hannah Elias Brings Suit In NY Court
Mrs Hannah Elias the woman who won 624000 from John R Platt is suing P W Dugan, a curtain draper, for holding 20000 in cash jewelry and bank accounts. She says the balance of 151000 was given to a receiver after her 1904 arrest and that Platts settlement now entitles her to the 20000 Dugan allegedly retains.
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New York
Hannah Elias
John R. Platt
P. W Dugan
Barlow
P. W. Dugan
Sheppard, Knanp & Co
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Court of Appeals
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