Japanese tunnels cut through solid rock at Port Arthur
Reports from Port Arthur detail massive mine tunnels drilled into solid rock near Fort Russian Ridge, using two tons of dynamite to breach walls. Half the garrison died in the initial explosion. remaining defenders offered stubborn resistance as Japanese forces captured four heavy guns and many rapid-fire weapons. Meanwhile Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral Kamimura arrived at Tokyo, greeted by vast crowds and official praise, with plans discussed for future operations.
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Port Arthur
Fusan
Rihiung
Atesseri
Togo
Tokio
Kamimura
Shimbassi
Kure
Prince Fushim
Diet
Rere
Shimamura
Kamim
Banzal
Cates
Aiantars
Kaassis Yexe
Tokis
Ballot Boxes to Open in Denver Ruling on Governor Elect
Denver dispatch reports Chief Justice Gabbert ordered opening of all ballot boxes from the last election and a full fraud investigation to resolve whether Alva Adams or James H. Peabody is entitled to the governorship for the next two years. Other items note Philadelphia science meeting progress and a jin jitsu display in New York. Local Confederate veterans invite Roosevelt to Mobile. A Fort Smith fire destroys four blocks in nearby Spano, Arkansas.
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Denver
New. York
Estelle Wyman
San‘Francisco
Rmoad
Nagasaki
Hakodate
Tunnel Opens Linking Boston And East Boston
The Boston West Boston tunnel opened for public travel at 5 40 am with an electric car. Crowds gathered at Maverick square and Scollay square for the first ride through the shallow harbor tube. Two stations serve Boston side and the tunnel promises faster trips, with a one cent fare toll and reduced travel time for residents beyond East Boston.
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Boston
East Boston
Scolley Square
Maverick Square
Scoliag Square
Scollay Square
Harbor
State Street
Atlantic Avenue
Washington
Washington ‘Street
Massachusetts ’ State House
Boston Court
Mhelven
Deaths in New York from Pulmonary Diseases Rise
Health department reports show pneumonia and bronchial diseases causing high mortality in New York City. Last week 309 pneumonia deaths, up from the prior week and higher than the same week last year. Officials note rising phthisis cases and estimate 25,000 to 28,000 total cases with many unreported. A free clinic is opened and a sanitarium site is sought outside the city.
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New York
Health Department
Board of Health
Chicago Not Liable in Iroquois Theater Disaster Suit
Fire Judge Charles M. Walker ruled Chicago not liable for damages arising from the Iroquois theater fire anniversary near Dec 30. The decision limits the city’s responsibility for losses connected with the tragedy.
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Chicago
Charles M. Walker
Mfe
Witness claims sighting Young murder in New York cab
W H Meyer a wealthy naval stores dealer in Jacksonville Florida claims to have witnessed Caesar Young shoot himself in a New York cab and says Nan Patterson is innocent He offers to testify if she goes to trial Judge Twiggs of Savannah reports Meyers mislaid contact with Patterson’s counsel and that the eyewitness may be Algernon Meyers former Deland resident The Patterson case continues with uncertainty about the true killer and witness visibility.
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New York
Caesar Young
Nan Patterson
Jacksonville
Pla
W. H. Meyer
Florida
Miss Patterson
Young
Ay D. D. Twiggs
Savannah
Meyers
Twiggs
Patterson-Young
Patterson
Algernon G. Meyers
Deland, Fla
Algernon C. Meyers
M. W. Hazleton
Onegata
N. Y
West Broadway
Hasleton
Five Pound Forgeries Suspects Arrested in London
Dee 30 The police arrested two key members of an international forgery gang suspected of producing and circulating large quantities of five pound Bank of England notes. One man, an engraver, is charged as the manufacturer and lived in the east end. Officers are shadowing several foreigners believed to be in London seeking fresh counterfeit supplies.
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Lendon
Dee
Mortling
Bank of England
America
East End
London
Universal Alphabet for Dictionaries Debated
Chicago observes the ninth annual Modern Language Association meeting where Professor Francis A. Blackburn leads discussion on a phonetic English alphabet. The plan requires additions to the English alphabet and could standardize phonetic spelling across literature, with foreign words retained by pronunciation. Other societies, especially overseas, may be invited to adopt the system.
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Chicago
Modern Language Association of America
Francis A. Blackburn
University of Chicago
Edna Hopper to donate land for Newsboys Home in Oakland
Denver Cal Dec 30 Edna Wallace Hopper star of A Country Mouse announces plans to donate ground for a newsboys home in Oakland Cal her native city. Dedication will occur during her San Francisco engagement next month. She has begun negotiations for the property transfer and plans to endow an annual income for maintenance.
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Denver
Cal
Edna Wallace Hopper
Oakland
San Francisco
Tammany Organizes for 1905 Reelects Officers
New York December 30 Tammany Hall completed its 1905 organization by reelecting almost all officers. J. Sergeant Cram was re elected chairman of the general committee and F. Daniel McMahon was re elected chairman of the executive.
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New York
Tammany Hall
J. Sergeant Cram
Daniel ¥. McMahon
Bullet In His Brain Shocks City Crime Scene
New York police report a deadly shooting over a quarrel between two Black brothers, Cassius Green and Sterling Green. Cassius lies fatally wounded at a West 29th Street lodging, Sterling cornered by detectives after a Broad way chase. A witness wife is detained. both men claimed as Black. gunfire felled Cassius near the door as shots rained from opposite walls. Brown, 85, from Philadelphia, wounded but alive, may testify in court.
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New York
West 29Th Street
Cassius Green
John Brown
Rodman Street
Philadelphia
Sterling Green
Sterling
Broadway
Cassius
Brown
May Irwin Offered Bail for Nan Patterson Case
New York December 20 May Irwin the actress was asked to post bail for Nan Patterson up to 10000 for release from Tombs prison where Patterson is charged with murder. Irwin visited the prison and left a letter to Patterson. Patterson had bail set at 20000 before the second trial but was remanded without bail after the jury disagreed.
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New York
May Irwin
Nan Patterson
Tombs
Caesar Young
Miss Patterson
Thom as to miss first concert in fifty years
Theo dore Thomas, after more than fifty years as conductor, will miss a scheduled Chicago concert for the first time due to illness. The Chicago orchestra rehearsal and the following concert will be led by assistant conductor Mr Stock while Thomas remains in bed with a cold since the new hall opened.
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Chicago
Theodore Thomas
Chicago Orchestra
Orchestra Hall
Stock
Thomas
Chicago Horses Shot After Holiday Catastrophe
Chicago reports over 100 horses dying or being shot after Christmas due to azoturia from two days of inactivity and unchanged grain rations. The condition caused spinal paralysis as the animals collapsed from stress on the work cycle. Also noted, a 14 year old boy in New Britain died suddenly from cerebro spinal meningitis.
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Chicago
New Britain
William Blinn
Ernest F. Blinn
Osgood Hill
E. B. Lyon
Taft Named Honorary Life Member by Cincinnati Chamber
Cincinnati December 30 The Cincinnati chamber of commerce unanimously elected William H Taft secretary of war as an honorary life member, a distinction previously awarded only to Senator Pendleton. The ruling marks a rare honor in the chamber's history.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
William H. Taft
Senator Pendleton
Weather for Connecticut Cast Forecast
The forecast notes generally slow conditions with local snow flurries in the north tonight. Saturday will be fair with fresh westerly winds.
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Connecticut
Suit Filed Over Insurance Proceeds With Sullivan
Mrs Belle Garnsey of East Main streets sues D. J. Sullivan an insurance canvasser to recover 400 dollars. Her husband died recently and she ran a boarding house. Sullivan held a life policy signed over to him and deposited the money in his name. He vanished after the garnisheed banks showed he had withdrawn the funds. The case is returnable to the district court.
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Belle Garnsey
East Main Street
D. J. Sullivan
Abner P. Hayes
Garnsey
Sullivan
Jin Bank
Naugatuck
Rabies Widespread Yet Controlled Across New York State
Albany reports rabies more prevalent in New York state during the past year but actions taken promptly in each district have suppressed visible disease. Quarantine enforcement reduced cases, with one incident in Halfmoon where a dog was killed. Counties with rabies include Sullivan Ulster Saratoga Broome Tioga Tompkins Chautauqua. Bee inspections covered 624 apiaries, 27,210 colonies checked, 1,137 diseased.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Halfmoon
Sullivan
Ulster
Saratoga
Broome
Tioga
Tompkins
Chautai
Pair wed despite illness after invitations issued
Arthur Brown aged 18 rose from a sick bed to marry Miss Eléanor Bennett also 18 in Greenwich. Brown then returned to bed while his bride resumed her duties. he was later removed to W J Kennedy's home where his appendicitis operation proved successful.
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Greenwich
Arthur Brown
Eléanor Bennett
Brown
W. J. Kennedy
Youthful Couple in Court Over Alleged Forged Marriage
Hartford December 30 John H Herschel aged 21 and Gracie Sheck aged 14 appeared in police court before Judge Clarke on a statutory charge. They pleaded not guilty and adjourned until tomorrow to determine if a marriage certificate is forged. If genuine they will be released.
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Hartford
John H. Herschel
Gracie Sheck
Clarke
Herschel
Sigma Nu elects officers for coming year at St Louis
New Orleans Dec 30 The Sigma Nu fraternity officers named include Grand Regent Dr Isadore Dyer of New Orleans Grand Vice Regent Frank Wheesling of San Francisco Grand Treasurer and Editor of Catalogue F HL Heywood of Columbus Grand Recorder Clarence F Woods of Kentucky Chaplain General William M Walton of Indianapolis St Louis named as next meeting place.
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ST Louis
New Orléans
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Isadore Dyer
New Orleans
Frank Wheésling
San Francisco
F. HL. Heywood
Columbus
Clarence F. Woods
Kentucky
William M. Walton
Indianapolis
Stock Broker Suspended Amidilliquid Shortfall
New York reports the suspension of William R. Whitner a Consolidated stock exchange member a small trader who reportedly held a shortage of several active stocks including Amalgamated Copper United States Steel and Rock Island He has been with the exchange for over ten years and is expected to meet obligations and resume trading
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New York
William R. Whitner
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Whitner
Amalgamated Copper
United States Steel
Rock Island
Exchange
Garrick Charged Over Fiendish Barn Fire in Chicago
Fire Department Attorney Johnson reports evidence linking Stephen Garrick to drenched seven horses with kerosene oil and set fire to the barn. Garrick is under arrest as police pursue charges.
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Chicago
Stephen Garrick
Johnson
Gorrick
Fall River Textile Strike Vote Votes To Continue
Fall River Mass December 30 Meetings of five textile unions considered continuing the cotton mill strike. Carders 218 for 80 against. weavers 817 for 150 against. loom fixers 140 for 83 against. slashers 64 for 128 against. spinners 162 for 84 against. Total 1401 for continuation 420 against.
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Fall River
Mass
Textile Council
Coasting Accident Injures Chatfield’s Son on Welton Street
A coasting accident on Welton street injured the ten year old son of Benjamin Chatfield and endangered several other youths. The Chatfield boy suffered a thigh fracture treated by Dr Dwyer. Spectators feared a fatal outcome as the riders sped down High street and into Welton. Some escaped unharmed while others faced serious injuries. The piece notes calls to restrict coasting in Waterbury during winter to prevent life‑altering accidents.
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Welton Street
Benjamin Chatfield
High Street
Welton - Street
Chatfield
Dwyer
Waterbury
Will Send Crew to England Next Year
Philadelphia plans to send a Henley committee crew to England in July next year. Ten members of the Vesper boat club may try for seats in the eight oared shell. Eligible members will compete for the grandchallenge cup. Previous Paris 1900 and world fair winners have signaled intent to try, along with several ex college oarsmen.
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Philadelphia
Vesper Boat Club
Henley Committee
America
Paris
Coroner to hold engineer in fatal Boston Express crash
Stamford December investigation into a Boston Express wreck in Stamford yard. Engineer Bahyn was accused after witnesses testified the train ran past signals and telescoped a local passenger train, killing Conductor George Howland. The coroner will preside in private at the Stamford depot.
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Stamford
Connor Doten
Bridgeport
Bahyn
Boston Express
George Howland
Iroquois Theater Fire Anniversary Observed
Chicago observers marked the first anniversary of the Iroquois theater disaster in which 525 people died. A memorial service was held at Willard Hall as the theater where the blaze began remained closed during the ceremonies.
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Chicago
Iroquois Theater
Willard Hall
City News: New Year Prom and Local Events
A New Year prom at City hall is noted along with family news, a birth on Platt street, and several local incidents. Mrs O Donnell faces embezzlement charges in Sharon with a bail bond posted. Henry Matthews is arrested for theft after claiming employer unpaid him. Police say detective bureau work begins at the old prosecuting attorney’s office, linking to the city court.
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City ‘Hall
Joseph
Ambrose
Walter FP. Wall
No 5
Platt Street
Thomas O'Donnell
Sharon
Winsted
O'Donnell
Henry Matthews
Detective Bureau
City Court Room
Banker Under Arrest In Nebraska
Arrestee returned from Arizona with President McGree in O'Neill. A large crowd gathered as the sheriff placed a guard around the county jail but the anticipated action did not materialize. The sheriff says he will take steps to guard against further trouble.
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O'Neill
Todlay
Ariz
McGree
Bhrkhorn National
Ito
Forest Oulat A E Legislature State Game Commission Talk
The fragment notes a discussion by state game commission and lawmakers about forestry interests. It mentions large lumber firms becoming interested and voluntary actions taken previously, but the text is incomplete and unclear on specifics.
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State Game Commission
Ecome
Sale of Ladies De Ssale of Ladies de
Prior to inventory the seller offers discount stock from $5 to $50 on latest design mahogany and oak desks and other items. A few days only, to clear balance Christmas stock. Glenwood stoves touted as durable and economical with strong local price comparisons in Waterbury.
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Eine
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