Navy Station Hero Saves Constellation as Newport Fire Tears Through Buildings
Newport R. I. Jan. 28 A large fire destroyed seven Training Station structures at Coasters Harbor Island including the detention and machine shops. About 1,500 apprentices Marines and enlisted men fought the blaze. Paymaster saved money and documents. The old frigate Constellation was saved by prompt firemen efforts.
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Newport Department
Newport
United States Naval Training Station
Coasters
Harper Island
Joseph Kirby
Hiajkding
Kirby
Chaotic at Seoul Korea political solution in question
Chaos surrounds the Korean protectorate issue as Japan presses its program in Korea. Officials fear upheaval and delay in implementing policy while tensions rise between Japanese and Korean groups. American and other reactions loom as leaders avoid direct confrontation.
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Bewul
Korea
Mors
Man Holds Up Peoria Police Station in Violent Rampage
Jane Harwood, once a policeman, believed insane, entered Peoria Police Station with a revolver and held Chief Kennedy and seven officers for fifteen minutes. He fired at cartridges, fled, then attacked a neighbor and his own home, taking weapons and barricading himself. Later he forced his wife to undress and drove her naked into the street. He threatened his children this morning as police closed in.
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Peoria
Jane
Charles Harwood
Kennedy
Harwood
Bigelow Street
Montgomery
French archaeologist finds vast Maya city in Guatemala
Count Maurice de Pereghy reports discovery of an immense Maya city in Guatemala's Peten district. He plans months of study then return to North America next year to continue investigations of ruins said to hold great archaeological interest.
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Mexico City
Maurice de Pereghy
Peten
Guatemala
Miners Seek Peace Through February Conference
Wilkesbarre Pa January 28 special to the Washington Post reports that union officials anticipate a peaceful outcome from the February 15 conference with anthracite operators in New York City. The Journal expresses serene confidence that open minds and fair justice can erase long standing friction and avoid strikes, with moderation and fidelity cited as guiding principles.
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Washington Post
Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
New York City
Anthracite
Feared Mind Decline Cause Of Van Reypen Son Suicide
Rear Admiral William K. Van Reypen jr says his son William Knickerbocker Van Reypen III suffered recurring melancholia after intense study for Columbia Law School exams. The private funeral is planned at the family homestead in Jersey City with interment in the Dutch Reformed Cemetery.
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Says Son
Old van Reypen Homestead
Washington Post
New York
William Knickerbocker van Reypen, Jr
William K. van Reypen
Mansfield Bachelor Apexment House
Weat Forty-fourth Street
Jersey City
van Reypen
Academy Street
Tonnele Avenue
William Strong
Bergen Reformed Church
Bergen Avenue
Cchurch
van Huypen
Cornelius C. van Reypen
Replevin battle over Dr N L Tanski body in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on January 28 1900 debates rage over the final disposition of Dr N L Tanski who died by fire December 26. His daughter Mrs Margaret Lischer of Braddock Pa seeks interment while Mrs J P K Bigger urges cremation based on a deathbed will. Bigger’s attorney moves to seize the body via writ of replevin claiming ownership after funeral expenses. If won the body would be cremated under the Liberal Society of Free Thinkers, to which Tanski belonged.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
N. L. Tanaki
Spring Grove Cemetery
Margaret Lischer
Braddock
J. P. K. Blgeer
Norrow
Cost of War to Japan Outlay for Army and Navy
An official report to the Diet shows total wartime outlays from start of hostilities to September last at 3495,000,000 for the Army and 90,100,000 for the Navy. The figures highlight the burden of military costs on Japan during the conflict.
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Navy
Tokyo
Diet
Bigelow Backing Panama Canal Story With $1000 Offer
Boston observes Poultney Bigelow press forward to prove his Panama Canal charges by pledging $1000 to the Louisville Courier Journal to cover investigation costs if his assertions prove true. He says he would not misstate facts and defends journalist confidences, noting he did not violate John R. Freeman’s trust.
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Senate
Washington Post
Boston
Panama
Poultney Bigelow
Louisville Courier-Tournal
Roosevelt
Taft
Mr. Bigelow
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Arrival of Gov Magoon in New York
Governor Magoon of the Panama Canal Zone arrived from Colon aboard the Advance. He was welcomed by canal commission chairman Shonts at his hotel and commented on Poultney Bigelow's rapid transit narrative, saying his remarks did not warrant strong language.
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Bigelow
Washington Post
New York
Charles FE. Magoon
Panama Canal Zone
Colon
Advance
Magoon
Shonts
Canal Commission
Standard Oil Buys One Third Output Amid Hadley Action
Proceedings by Missouri Attorney General Hadley threaten to bar Standard Oil as buyer and transporter. Operators in Barretville report only one third of previous output will be purchased, risking a halt to oil movement through Missouri. They plan to petition Kansas City agents and Hadley, warning elimination would depress the regional petroleum market.
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Hadley
Standard
Missouri
Mid-Continent
Standard Company
Death of Charles H. Fancher in Yonkers and Mrs Stanford Newell
Charles Henry Fancher president of Irving National Bank New York and director in multiple financials died at his Yonkers home after a two year illness from a stroke of paralysis. Mrs Stanford Newell widow of the former US Minister to the Netherlands died at her home aged sixty seven in St Pearl Minnesota on January 28.
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The
Irving National Bank
New York
Charles Henry Fancher
Yonkers
St Pearl, Minn
Stanford Newell
United States
Netherlands
Murder of Mrs Rosa Mangrum Linked to River Death
The body of Mrs Rosa Mangrum, found in the Ohio River at Cairo Illinois, was identified in Cairo by her husband O G Mangrum and sister Florence Treusdale of Birmingham Alabama. Relatives say she was chloroformed robbed and killed and dumped to hide the crime. Detectives report a case suggesting murder as they pursue leads. She left Nashville December 14 for St Louis carrying about 1500 to 1800 dollars and jewelry valued at 2000 dollars. After arrival at union station in Nashville she disappeared.
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Nashville
Tenn
Rosa Mangrum
Ohio
Cairo
Ill
O. G. Mangrum
Florence Treusdale
Birmingham
Ala
Carnation Day Observed For President McKinley Honor
Washington and across the United States observe Carnation Day with schools and citizens paying tribute to President McKinley. The Carnation League of America, based in Dayton Ohio, mailed notices urging simple activities such as school mentions of McKinley and singing the national hymn. Carnations will adorn tables and citizens wear them in memory.
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Washington
United States
McKinley
Carnation League of America
Dayton
Ohio
McKinsey
COUNTY JAIL AFIRE IN MCCRÆ COUNTY GA
McRae Ga January 28 six prisoners were badly burned when the Telfair County jail caught fire at about 7:30 pm. Among the injured is Jack McLeod a prisoner convicted for murder. Origin unknown but believed started by inmates hoping to escape amid the blaze.
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McRae
Telfair
Jack McLeod
Jon Studstill
Rebels Raid Rif Coast as Madrid Seeks Port Warship Action
Dispatch from Melilla reports Bu Hamara's troops ravaging the Rif region along the northern Moroccan coast amid heavy fighting with loyal Khabyle tribesmen. Moroccan Foreign Minister Mohammed El Torres orders warship Urki to bombard a Marchica factory supplying arms to the pretender.
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Madrid
Melilla
Morocco
Bu Hamara
Riff
Mediterranean
Mohammed el Torres
Algeciras
Marchica
Urki
Trial in Packers Case Sets Long Hearing
The immunity question for indicted packers must be tried on the facts after the last attempt to speed the case failed. The upcoming hearing will require substantial testimony and may last about three weeks.
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Chicago
Murder Clew Tied to Suspected Negro in Allinson Case
Philadelphia detectives link Rufus Johnson, in custody in Baltimore, to Miss Florence W. Allinson's Moorestown murder by tracing an ebony hairbrush found with a negress Johnson visited the murder day. A gold stickpin and a pawned watch key tie him to the Philadelphia crime scene as detectives pursue a Richmond, Virginia lead for a possible mirror. Johnson admits burglary but denies murder.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Richmond
Johnson
Rufus Johnson
Florence W. Allinson
Moorestown
Johnon
Allinson
Mary Hicks
Carnegie Grateful for Naming School After Mother
Andrew Carnegie thanks Carnegie School of Technology trustees for naming the women's department in honor of his mother, Margaret Morrison Carnegie. In a letter dated January 22, 1906 from Fernandina Florida Carnegie lauds her influence and expresses deep emotion at the remembrance. He notes she stood as the neighborhood sage and was relied upon in troubled times.
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Spacin
Washington Post
Pittsburg
Carnegie School of Technology
Andrew Carnegie
Margaret Carnegie
Miss Gould Gives $15000 Pledge for YMCA Building
At a union service in Tarrytown First Baptist Church organized by the local YMCA, General Secretary H W Merrill said the association plans a new building costing 100000 and Miss Elelen M Gould pledged 15000 toward the subscription.
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Wasuinguon Ose
Tarrytown
First Baptist Church
The
Young Men‘s Christian Association
H. W. Merrill
Elelen M. Gould
Infernal Bomb Blasts Worcester House Hurts Woman
A dynamite bomb torn through a second story window at 32 Union Avenue Worcester destroyed the rear of the dwelling. The wife of Daniel C. Booth went insane from shock. Miss Voeleska Burakvicz was buried under debris but escaped serious injury. Police seek evicted tenants Frank Czybonowski and wife. another bomb found in the yard.
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Worcester
Mass
Paul Mosczynski
Union Avenue
Daniel C. Booth
Voeleska Burakvicz
Hichland Street
William J. Ryland
Frank Czybonowski
Nettie Smith Missing Relative Appeal in Cincinnati
Cincinnati relatives seek help locating Nettie Smith Erith a missing girl believed to be in Washington Mr R H Smith 741 West Sixth Street asks The Post to assist Inquiries may be directed to Mr Smith or Reverend Frederick D Power in Washington Information of importance is requested from anyone with knowledge of her whereabouts
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Cincinnati
R. Hi. Smith
West Sixth Street
Ohio
The
Post
Nettie
Erith
Washington
Mr. Smith
Frederick D. Power
SCHOONER TURNS TURTLE AND DROWNINGS IN VICTORIA
Victoria British Columbia January twenty eight telegram reports Ella G halibut fishing schooner overturned six men drowned among the lost is Alexander McLean commander of the sealing vessel Carmencia Dr T S Palmier in Saint Paul Minnesota to attend a game wardens convention discussing game conditions and effective protection in depleted districts and to address the provisions of the Doc act prohibiting hunting or trapping American birds for commercial purposes.
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Alexander McLean
Victoria
B. C
Bamfield
Ella G
Ilegal
Carmencia
T. S. Palmier
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
St. Aul
Minn
Palmer
Boston Woman Killed As Auto Hits Frightened Horse
In St Augustine Florida on January 28 Miss Ethel Drew of Boston was killed when a speeding chauffeur ignored her signal his car struck her horse which bolted and dragged her several blocks. Her father C C Drew an invalid may not recover from shock.
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Ethel Drew
C. C. Drew
Boston
St. Augustine
Washington Post
Fla
Miss Drew
St. George Street
Miss Drewnd
Mr. Drew
Bark's Crew in Peril Off Vancouver Island Coast
The bark believed to be the Adii al Courbel is distressed near Carmanah, Vancouver Island. A lighthouse keeper reported the vessel a mile offshore as a heavy swell advances. Tugs dispatched. weather calm but swell pushes the ship ashore. The Admiral Courbet, 1740 tons, sails from San Francisco January 17 bound for Tacoma.
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Victoria
Bigan
BA Big Park
al Courbel
Vancouver Island
Carmanah
Admiral Courbet
Tacoma
San Francisco
Wreck of Frisco Limited Near Dora Alabama
Passenger train No 204 known as the Frisco limited bound for Kansas City left Birmingham Saturday night at 10 30 was wrecked one mile north of Dora about forty miles from Birmingham twenty minutes after midnight caused by a broken rail mail and baggage car turned over second class coach with many negroes derailed express messenger postal clerk and several passengers injured none seriously
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Birmingham
Ala
Frisco Limited
Kansas City
Dora
Metamora Club Ball Shoot Sparks Stampede Tragedy
In New York a shooting at a Tamanny Hall ball after a quarrel between boiler makers Antonio Platanio and John McKeon led to a back wound. Panic caused women to be trampled as McKeon was arrested and Platanio hospitalized not seriously hurt. The feud clashes reflect tense East Side rivalries.
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Washington Post
New York
Metamora
Hust Fourth Street
Paul Kelly
Tammany Hall
John McKeon
Antonio Platanio
Jim Jeffries
Platanio
McKeon
Platania
Bellevue Hospital
Yorkville
East Side
Tragedy at St Augustine and Publicity for Campaign Funds
A clipped index item notes a fire danger with prisoners in peril, Bigelow backing a money story, Wheeler’s body arriving, Hitt retiring from Congress, Chinese envoys at Soldiers’ Home, a famous priest’s death, and public debate over railway pay in mail carrying. It also mentions New York events, hotel talks, Virginia inaugural programme, sports gossip, Wall Street week, and school absences.
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Bigelow
St. Augustine
Wheeler
Congress
New York
Virginia
Wall Street
Honor Lincoln and Davis Statues Proposed for Statuary Hall
Cincinnati, Jan 28 Special to The Washington Post H Farny and prominent Kentuckians launch a movement to erect statues honoring Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as two of Kentucky's greatest sons. They organize an association to place the memorials in Statuary Hall at Washington with preliminary steps completed.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Ohio
Toa
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Kentucky
H. Farny
Fire Averted At Bellevue Hospital Laundry Fire
Teddy McHale night captain at Bellevue Hospital directed quiet fire response when smoke appeared from the laundry amid ward buildings. Firefighters under Battalion Chief Howe battled stubborn flames on the top floor, keeping patients calm and preventing spread.
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Washington Post
New York
Teddy McHale
Bellevue Hospital
I Thany
Sturgis
Polic&imen
McHale
Capt. McHale
Aleo- Lee
Twenty-sixth Street
Howe
Bail for Capt Van Schaick Buries Ship Death in Slocum Case
Captain William H. Van Schaick who commanded the steam boat General Slocum was convicted of neglect of duty and sentenced to ten years. He won bail of 10,000 with a 30 day stay pending appeal. Bondsman ready. bond unsettled due to commissioner absence.
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Stocum
Washington Post
New York
William H. van Schaick
General Slocum
A. J. Dittenhoefer
Thomas
United States
Woman burned to death in Whitman parsonage
Mrs Frank W Shattuck wife of the Advent Christian Church pastor in Whitman Massachusetts was burned to death tonight when a lamp overturned in the parsonage. The pastor was conducting a church service about 20 feet away. The item also notes the Southern Palm Limited to Florida and other trains.
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Whitman, Mass
Frank W. Shattuck
Advent Christian Church
Whitman
Southern
Florida
Aiken
Augusta
Washington
Brown
G. A. Southern Railway
Congress Debates 10 Percent Cut In Mail Transport Costs
The piece argues Congress may reduce railway mail pay by 5 to 10 percent as a solution, noting it’s hard to determine true transport costs. It outlines flaws in the weighing system, alleged mail stuffing, and calls for a fair, costed basis. It cites Senator Chandler’s 1913 report and historical rate changes since 1873.
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William EE. Chandler
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