Florida and Republic Collision Noted in Nantucket Disaster
Details of the January Nantucket collision recount the Republic sinking after a high speed impact with the Florida near No Man's Land. Passengers Eugene Lynch and Mrs Lynch were killed, others seriously injured, and Mrs Severance aided surgeons on board. Wireless telegraphy praised for rescue and coordinated response.
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Republic
No Man's Land
M F. Murphy
Grand Forks
N. Dak
Florida
Lysch
Dorchester
Mass
Battlc
Heex
Father Orris
Ruspini
Pies
Loke
Dana Eugene Lys
Nantucket
New York
Lynch
Severance
Charles A. Severance
Union Pacific Trust
Buster
I Sult
Alucca
Sevierance
Holland House
Pittsburg
St Paul
Holy Land
Mra Bowne
Mra Mooney
Mooney
Produce Exchange
Leo
Baltic
Marconi
Mrs Davis and children stranded after ship baggage loss
Mrs John Z Davis and her two children aboard the Republi were left with only night clothes after the Florida rammed the ship. They borrowed garments to return to New York and await replenishment of their wardrobe before deciding whether to resume the Mediterranean voyage. Senator Elkins met them on the pier and offered assistance while plans for travel remained on hold.
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Washington Post
New York
John Z. Davis
Hallie Biking Davis
Henry Gassaway Davis
Amon
Republi
Davis
Clement Eilickins
West Virginia
Henry Gasaawa
Campaiga
Alfon J. Parker
Daws
Ch Tzen
H MN Armistead
Sea Gate Long Island
Mediterranean
Republic
Florida
Duis
Baltic
Tus City
Mont Hay
Elkins
Davie
Diking
Carrie Nation barred after two shows
Special cable reports Carrie Nation, a vaudeville age artist, faced on stage controversy over measures including bottle throwing and fire. Managers banned her from music halls after two paid performances, signaling end of future appearances. Samuel Albright, a private at Fort Dupont, dies from denatured alcohol drinking. another soldier critically ill. Morning train to Pittsburg and Chicago departs Union Station at 10 a.m. via Pennsylvania Railroad with Florida trains 45 and 8x8 by Atlantic Coast Line.
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Washington Post
London
Carrie Nation
Carrie
Delaware City
Del
Samuel Albright
Fort Dupont
Pittsburg
Union Station
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Perto
Governor Gillett Notes Japanese Bills Threaten Nation
Sacramento reports Gov Gillett transmitted Roosevelt’s cautionary stance on anti Japanese measures. The newspapers say Johnson and Drew push bills to bar land ownership and segregate Japanese in housing, with a looming vote in the lower house and strong opposition from Speaker Stanton and national administration. The governor urges a census and careful federal action.
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Sacramento
Cal
Gillett
Drew and Johnson
Roosevelt
Fapan
Japan
America
Grove J. Johnson
Tomorow
A. N Drew
Stanton
Grover Johns
San Francisco
Kamura Denies Rumor of Death Will Give Speech Soon
Tokyo January 97 Japanese Foreign Minister Count Jutaro Komura rebuts rumors of his death saying there is no foundation. He remains in excellent health and expects to address the diet soon.
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Tokyo
Jutaro Komura
Extradition Hearing in Glasgow for Slater Murder Case
Special to The Washington Fest reports Glasgow investigators Os car Slater, charged with murdering Miss Marion Gilchrist, aged spinster. Witnesses Helen Lambie, Mary Borrowman, and Alfred Adams testified on the man’s peculiar walk and appearance. Proceedings adjourned to Thursday 22.
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New York
Jane—William Warnick
Glasgow
Scotland
John Pyper
Baltic
United States
Oscar Slater
Scoten
Misa Marion Gilchrist
Helen Lambie
Mary Borrowman
Slater
Gilchrist
Paing
Miss Gilchrist
Adams
Kieran Arrested in Devonshire Apartment Fight
Kieran of the Fidelity Funding Company was seized this afternoon at 12th Street and Broadway by Detectives Hyams and Hughes after resisting entry. They entered with an ax and dragged him to headquarters amid grand larceny warrants from Pliteburg. He was released on bonds from Pittsburg authorities and ordered to appear in the supreme court on January 29 for examination regarding the Fidelity Funding Company.
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Washin
New
Kieran
Freenty Funding Company
Devonshire
Ment House
12Th Street
Broadway
Hyams
Hughes
JeromeJerome Sues Over Panama Publication Letter to US Attorney
Jerome seeks state action against New York World publishers over alleged libel linked to the Panama Canal deal. Douglas Robinson named as a key witness, with Jerome urging precedence for state prosecutions if federal action is not prioritized. Cromwell’s agent J W Whipley testified before the local grand jury about the Panama affair and implicated associates including Charles P Taft and Douglass Robinson.
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New York
The
New York World
Jerome
United States
Henry L Stuninson
Douglas Robinson
Charles P Tatt
J W Whipley
William Nelson Cromwall
Whipley
New Panama Company
France
Cromwell Durng Hiis
Charlta P Taft
Douglass Robinson
Ube
Whitey
Grand Jury
Cromwell
Canal Zone
John E. Weier
New York American
Stmultan County
J. Angus Shaw
Press Publishing Company
John Craig Hammond
Rainey denounces Obaldia and Panama Canal graft scheme
Illinois Representative Rainey delivers a fierce speech alleging a corrupt plot involving William Nelson Cromwell, Roger Farnham, Charles Taft and others to push through a Panama Canal purchase. He accuses officials of aiding Obaldia and Taft, warns of French company graft, and calls for a congressional investigation with references to related grand jury probes and canal records. The speech blasted Taft, Cromwell, Obaldia, and Lodge while linking funds and ships to political leverage.
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William Nelson Cromwell
Roger L. Farnham
Charles P. Taft
Republic of Panama
Treasury
United States
Rainey
Hinoa
Cabal Zone
Congress
Pename Canal
Cromwel
New French
Panama Canal Company
Panama Railroad
Cromwell
French Canal Company
Fie
United Sates
Canal Company
Jose Domingo de Obaldia
Panama
Obaldia
Taft
Amador
Arias
Roosevelt
Tillman
Fainey
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Shawmut and
Tremont
Panama Railroad Company
Canal Commission
Rate Appeal Denied by State Supreme Court
Railroads were denied the right to appeal to the State supreme court of appeals in the rate case. They may proceed to the United States circuit court of appeals or file for a revision with the corporation commission. The 2 cent passenger rate remains in Virginia pending further adjudication.
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Washington
Richmond
State Supreme Court of Appeals
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Corporation Commission
United States Supreme Court
Virginia
Button in His Heart Surprises Doctors After Autopsy
Special to The Washington Pret reports in Denver that autopsy on Fred Pompleltz, dead under foul play, found a bent black button lodged in the right heart atrium. Surgeons call it a long time in place mystery.
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Washington
Denver
Colo
Fred Pompleltz
Indicted for Frauds in Oklahoma Grand Jury Case
Federal grand jury in Muskogee indicts three people in a sprawling land title scam tied to town lots in 1900 and 1901. Secret Service guards protect jurors as witnesses from Danville and multiple states describe forged deeds and dummy buyers. Governor Haskell linked. Hearst motive alleged.
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Federal Grand Jury
Oklahoma
Haskell
Muskogee
Oklo
Jan
Borg
Danville
Federal
Charles N Hassell
Wiliam R. Hearst
Tedera
Move to Create Federal Bureau for Dependent Children
A national conference urged President Roosevelt to form a Federal Bureau for dependent children in the District and other federal areas and to push Congress to enact laws for their care. Roosevelt pledged to request legislation, while praising charity workers at a New Willard banquet where leaders discussed keeping dependent wards out of private charity and into federal supervision.
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Interior Department
Mrz. Roosevelt
Citizens of Future
The
Mott
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Congress
New Willard
Bectles
United States
Dhentalle
Homer Folles
Federal Bureau For Children
Misa Weld
Lilian D Weld
Child Labor Commisson
SOC
Pendong
Bureau of Supervision
America
Mornay Williams
New York
Francis H Gavish
Tle
Sedt
Herman Metz
Glen
New Yire
Metz
Archibald W Butt
Chanma Tolks
Prinelples
West
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Louhige Uattie
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Wee
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Stek
Eugene Lyoch
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Atlantic Coast Line
Tlorida
New York Ave. Nw
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Executive
Melaage
Pacific
Far East
Questons of
Sol Aera Eames
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Elijah W Halford
Harrigan
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R. L. Farnham
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Indianola Contracting Company
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