President's Daughter Troubled by New York Camera Crowd
Miss Alton Roosevelt arrives in New York with Beau Mr Longworth and faces relentless pursuit by photographers and curious crowds. The paparazzi crowd blocks streets near Mrs Goelet's home, spurring pleas for restraint as roving crews follow the pair through Fifth Avenue and Battery visits. An attempted carriage escape narrowly avoids a collision, while locals and reporters descend on the revenue cutter Manhattan’s gate as the couple moves toward their docks and escort.
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Washington Post
York
Miss Alton
Seventy-second Street
Madigan
Fifth Avenues
Robert Goelet
Miss Roosevelt
Goelet
Roosevelt
Mire
Goslet
Ogden Mill
Sirs Goelet
Misses Mills
Fifth Avenue
Seary
Rooge‘rlgain
Ross Loosevelt
Mr Longworth
Revere Cutter Landing
Slumming an Impertinence at New York Meeting
Mary Craigie writing as John Oliver Hobbes addressed the Consumers' League annual meeting in New York. She argued that the poor have rights to their secrets as the rich keep theirs, attacking shaming and exposing wealth. Owen Lovejoy warned that child labor drains American youth and harms future generations.
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Owen Lovejoy
National Child Labor Committee
Herod
Denial by A S Hardy on Promotions in Diplomatic Service
New York reports Arthur S Hardy former United States Minister to Spain denies claims his appointment and promotion in the diplomatic service were due to influence of the Independent and the Bowen family. He rejects rumors of seeking a stepping stone to higher office and says any administration animus stems from misrepresentation and misinformation.
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Bowen
New York
Arthur
Hardy
United States
Spain
Wreck kills four as orders misread near Columbia
North bound passenger train No 6 and a south bound freight collided fifteen miles north of Columbia at 7 20 am. Engineer A A Smeck and three others killed. several injured. The freight pulled from Blaneys after orders to wait, leading to the head on crash. Engineer Robinson on the passenger train applied brakes, saving most lives. A postal clerk H A Pattillo died under wreckage.
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Columbia
S C
Seaboard Air Line
A A. Smeck
Will White
H. A Pattillo
Osteln
Fla
M. C. Watkins
Putnam Sal
Pla
John Robinson
Dan Douglass
Hinton
Richmond
Blaneys
Florida Flyer
Smeck
Robinson
H. A. Pattillo
Woman in Brokaw suit yields no wealth clues
Mrs. Katherine Pollion testified in New York City Court about supplementary proceedings to discover assets for an $800 judgment and a $3,000 claim in the breach of promise suit against William Gould Brokaw. She offered few possessions, claiming a gown she made and saying she owned little jewelry or dresses.
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W. Gould Brokaw
Washington Post
New York
Katherine Poulot
William Gould Brokaw
Sixth Avenue
Brokaw
Mrs. Pollion
Hrokaw
Feared Rescue Attempt Delays Five Prisoners Transfer
Five inmates James Martin William Clark William Patterson James Cameron and John Bohn awaiting trial for robbing the A Baugh store of 312000 in gold and bonds were moved to Jeffersonville reformatory for safekeeping after authorities learned a rescue attempt was planned. Also announces the Annual Midwinter Clearing Sale of Furniture at Stumph Lyford 631 639 Mass ave starting Thursday.
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Stumph & Lyford
Mass. Ave
Mane
Garfield Vouched For Cooperation In Immunity Plea Case
Edward Morris testified that Commissioner Garfield demanded and inspected secret profit and loss books from Fairbank and Nelson Morris & Co. He said Garfield assured packers that information would not reach the Justice Department. Dawes Krauthoff and Roberts corroborated that Garfield sought packer cooperation and that assurances of nonuse against them were given.
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Department of Justice
Chicago
Edward Morris
Fairbank Canning Company
Nelson Morris & Co
Morris
Department of Commerce and Labor
Mlorm
Morris & Co
Dawes
L. C. Krautheff
Samuel M.roberts
Armour & Co
Charles G. Dawes
The
Treasury
Central Trust Company
Mr. McRoberts
Packers
Krautheit
Krauthoff
McRoberts
Samuel McRoberts
Me~ Roberts
Fought Way Out of Jail by Two Mexican Prisoners
Two Mexican inmates escaped the Lag Animas county jail after overpowering Sheriff John D. Brown and his eighteen year old daughter who tried to intervene. Garcia Gonzales, accused of stealing from a wreck in New Mexico, led the breakout and remains at large as a posse pursues.
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Garcia Gonzales
New Mexico
Gonzales
John D. Brown
Brown
Steubenville Clerk Commits Suicide After Card Debt Robbery
Roy Stewart of Knoxdale Pennsylvania, twenty two, a railroad clerk at Empire near Steubenville, shot himself when confronted with evidence he robbed the station to pay gambling debts. He had confessed after a robbery at Empire Sunday night and was being taken to a justice. Stewart reportedly lost heavily at cards. Franklin Stoves Hob Grates Andirons.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Roy Stewart
Knoxdale
Empire
Stewart
Endless chain prayer alarm prompts Catholic leaders action
New York January 30 special to The Washington Post Mgr Lavelle rector of St Patrick s Cathedral seeks aid of District Attorney Jerome to halt an endless chain prayer spreading across the nation and frightening recipients. He says the prayer is un-Catholic in spirit and notes forged bishop names, threats of violence, and an assassin claim tied to failing to follow its directions. Catholic clergy nationwide press suppression of the chain prayer amid fears it maligns church authority and urges nine days of copying and recitation.
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Washington Post
New York
Mer
M. J. Lavelle
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Jerome
Mgr. Lavelle
United States
Rome
Deed of insane girl in Long Branch scandal shocks town
Charlena Pemberton, 20, shot her father Dr. Henry S. Pemberton then fled to the beach and began undressing before returning home. Physicians diagnose temporary insanity. She is at the State Hospital for the Insane in Trenton guarded by a policeman. Dr. Pemberton refused to file charges. The family’s divorce turmoil and social prominence are noted.
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Long Branch
NM. J
Charlena Pemberton
Henry S. Pemberton
State Hospital For
Trenton
Ocean Beach
Dr. Pemberton
Potceman
Chelsea Avenue
Erders
Cmer
Third Avenue
Pemberton
Pemperton
Pembertons
Miss Pemberton
Layton
Reid Faces Bigamy Charge At General Sessions
New York jurors to decide tomorrow if Capt. Albert V. Dean Reid married Moss Sarah V. Delano on October 2. Alice Smelley testified claiming Reid married her in Manchester and later in England and Canada. she says he fathered two of her children. Reid denied paternity and claimed abandonment amid alleged affairs. registrar records were disputed. Delano not present.
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Washington Post
New York
Albert V
Dean Reid
Moss Sarah V. Delano
Smyth
Cowing
Alice Smelley
Reid
Manchester
England
Canada
Smith
Miss Delano
Wounded Veteran Bowes Barred From U S Admittance
English veteran John J Bowes who served in the army navy and as a volunteer and was never naturalized has been refused admittance to the United States. He arrived January 19 ill with rheumatism and a bullet wound from the Philippines. Immigration officials reported his case to Washington and the War Department found his army record excellent but ruled him ineligible for admission. Efforts by veterans leaders to place him in a soldiers’ home are noted. An antique furniture sale at Sloan's on G Street opens today with items from abroad.
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Boston
United States
John J. Bowes
Bower
Philippines
Bowes
Washington
Marine Hospital
Thomas L. Hayes
Spanish War Veterans
John Dunn
Philippine War Veterans
Ireland
General Sargent
Immigration Bureau
War Department
Martin McMahon
New York
National Home For
Sargent
Police raid 337 West Fiftieth street poolroom
Police with axes and sledge hammers raided the Emerson Club quarters at 337 West Fiftieth street sending about 50 men fleeing through windows and onto roofs. Capt Daly and ten plainclothes officers found 150 men inside and arrested two, Fred Stachelberg and Edward Webber, as warrants were executed amid Tenderloin excitement. A large crowd of women and children witnessed the scene.
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Washington Post
New York
West Fiftieth Street
Daly
West Forty-Seventh Street
Tenderloin
Schittberger
Forty-seventh Street
Fred Stachelberg
Edward Webber
Emerson Club
Fugitive Named in Burlington Murder Case of 1896
John Willams, long sought after for ten years, is identified as one of the two Black men who killed John Henke in Burlington in 1896. His accomplice, Thomas Cromwell, was convicted in Lebanon Pa for a separate murder and confessed to the Henke crime before execution. Willams fled on a ship to South America, returned five years later, assaulted a white girl in Merchantville in 1901, and was arrested in Atlantic City for assault. A $700 reward had been offered for his capture.
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Mount Holly
N. J
John Willams
Atlantic City
John Henke
Burlington
Thomas Cromwell
Williams
Cromwell
Lebanon
Schmidt
Henke
South America
Merchantville
Ohio Senate passes bill abolishing electrocution with second offense exception
Columbus report states the Ohio Senate approved a bill to abolish capital punishment for first degree murder with an exception for second offenses. The measure advances to the House as Stumph Lyford public notices add midwinter clearing sale to start February 1.
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Ohio
Senate
Columbus
House
Coler After Merger Faces NYC Aldermen Probe
New York January 30 A resolution to investigate the merger that placed elevated surface and subway lines under Interborough Metropolitan Company was introduced by Borough President Bird Coler in the New York City Board of Aldermen. Coler claims the merger creates a monopoly and seeks a $108 million stock issue masking little real value while public tolls would rise.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Interborough Metropolitan Company
New York City
Bird & Coler
Brooklyn
Coler
Publc
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Secret Fees Probe Ordered in Pennsylvania Insurance Office
Gov. Pennypacker approves a joint resolution for a sweeping investigation of alleged secret fees in the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance. The probe targets six years of alleged improper fees and the incumbent David Martin, who succeeded Israel W. Durham, amid testimony from actuary Robert E. Forster who disclosed $33,000 in fees in his branch last year. The committees must report by February 6.
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Harrisburg
California
Insurance
Robert E. Forster
Forster
Oriental Limited Wreck Near Columbia Falls Mont
A westbound Great Northern Oriental Limited No 1 and eastbound No 2 collided head on one mile west of Columbia Falls Montana at 1030 last night. Two firemen and one express messenger died. Passengers unharmed. Cause not yet established. signals indicate No 1 went past station without orders.
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Paul
Minn
Great Northern Oriental Limited
Columbia Falls
Mont
Shade
Spokane
Wash
Great Northern Railway
Oriental Limited
Gov Pattison Health Update From His Physician
Col umbus Ohio January 30 Dr FE Wilson Pattison’s physician said the governor’s condition was satisfactory and improving until Saturday when back pain and slight fever appeared. He later rested well and gained strength though weather prevented outdoor activity. He is not in a serious condition. Bay New Furniture Right auctioneers Mayers 1227 and
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Columbus
Ohio
FE. J
Valencia Wreck Witness Claims Life Raft Crowded by Crew
Seattle inquiry hears former sailor testify the sea was not rough and that life boats were misused. He claims many passengers and women were left to fate as other vessels kept distance and no rescues occurred. Reports note 120+ died as Valencia broke apart near Vancouver Island and debris drifted ashore later.
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Valencia
Vancouver Island
Seattle
Wash
Ea— Sion
C. Allison
St. Paul
San Francisco
Board of
United States Inspectors
Cashier Shoots Self as Auditor Checks Accounts in Shelbyville
B I Botcourt, bookkeeper and cashier for the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company in Shelbyville Indiana, shot himself in the head as the company auditor reviewed his accounts. He died almost immediately. Company officials would not confirm whether he was short in funds.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Jam
B. I. Boetcoure
Indianapols
Cincinnati Traction Company
Traction Company
Botcourt
Turns boys into leopards in brutal theater crusade
Rev Wilbur F Crafts of the National Reform Committee denounces cheap theatrical performances in Wilkes Barre claiming they corrupt youths. He says he selected twenty boys with crime stamps from a theater visit and urges Mayor Kirkendall to halt such shows. Florida trains and timetables appear in the nearby copy.
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Washington Post
Wilkesbarre
Wilbur F. Crafts
National Reform Committee
Kirkendall
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