Fire engulfs West hotel in Minneapolis tragedy
Fire at the West hotel on Fifth street and Hennepin avenue in Minneapolis killed eight and injured many more. The blaze began at the elevator shaft bottom, likely from crossed wires, with fatalities from smoke and falls. The hotel, eight stories, cost about 800000 and hosted guests and conventions including the 1892 Republican national convention.
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Minneapolis
Big West
Fifth Street
Hennepin Avenue
West Hotel
John Berwin
Barlow
Governor Amends Call for Pennsylvania Extra Session
Gov. Penrose Packer issues a supplementary proclamation adding a primary election system and civil service for state offices to the Pennsylvania extra session convening next Monday. He also allows a bill to consolidate Pittsburgh and Allegheny. The move surprised advisers amid pressure for a uniform primary system and ballot law. The original call also cited personal registration, treasury reform, and reapportionment.
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Harrisburg
Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Northwestern fair dates set for Northwest associations
Representatives of the North Pacific Fair Association have fixed dates for major regional fairs and elected officers for the year. The schedule lists Seattle September 3 to 8 Salem September 10 to 15 North Yakima September 17 to 22 Spokane September 24 to 29 Walla Walla October 1 to 6 and Lewiston October 8 to 13.
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Portland
North Pacific Fair Association
Northwest
Seattle
Salem
North Yakima
Spokane
Walla Walla
Lewiston
Parliament Dissolved as King Calls New Election
King Edward returns to London and chairs Privy Council meeting to sign the proclamation dissolving Parliament. Writs are issued for the new election. the King is summoned to meet at Westminster on February 21.
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London
Edward
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Privy Council
Westminster
Colville Agreement Sent to Congress for Ratification
Washington Jan 10 The Colville Indians cession of the south half of their reservation is sent to Congress by the secretary of the interior who recommends legislation to make the agreement effective A bill to implement the accord has already been introduced by Representative Jones.
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Washington
Colville
Townsend Bill Lets President Name Emergency Commission
Representative Townsend of Michigan introduces a bill authorizing the president to appoint a seven member emergency commission to resolve employer employee disputes affecting the mails and interstate commerce. The measure aims to prevent disruption to national mail and transport services during conflicts.
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Washington
Townsend
Michigan
General Uprising Threatens Siberian Railway Operations
The Mongolia reports a Siberian-wide uprising feared to halt railway operations for winter. Refugees describe mutinies at stations looting and burning, trains seized or rerouted, and gaps widening to the European frontier, with Manchurian forces implicated.
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Nagasaki
Mongolia
Vladivostok
Siberia
Siberian
Russia
St. Petersburg
LULL IS ONLY A TRUCE OVER THE HOLIDAYS
The government reports rising order across most of the empire while the Baltic provinces Caucasus and Don region remain unsettled. Socialists insist the lull is temporary and leaders call for renewed armed resistance though the government remains confident the rebels are weakened.
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St. Petersburg
Baltic
Caucasus
Don
National Assembly
Peasants Continue Devastation Across Riga and Courland
Report from Riga dated January 10 describes revolutionary peasants roaming provinces cutting rail lines and attacking trains. Historic castles such as Neunberg in Courland were destroyed while famine and loafing peasants living in woods loot villages amid weak military protection.
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Riga
Livonia
Teutonic Knights
Hanzalic League
Neunberg
Courland
Baron von Derecke
Chinese Commission to Stay in Washington Two Weeks
Chief Clerk Denby of the state department has been notified that the Chinese commission now en route to Washington to study American methods numbers, with six two attendees, will be entertained at the Arlington hotel due to capacity limits. They will stay in the city for two weeks.
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Washington
Denby
State Department
Arlington Hotel
Cigar Trust Invades Portland
The Oregonian reports that the United States Cigar Stores Company allied with American Tobacco will rent two large Portland blocks for ten years to fight M. A. Gunst & Co of San Francisco, which operates several big establishments in the city.
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Portland, Or
The
Oregonian
United States Cigar Stores Company
Ameican Tobacco Company
Portland
United States Stores Company
M. A. Gunst & Co
San Francisco
Military to patrol Fort Washakie lands to curb trespassers
Fort Washakie authorities on the Shoshone reservation will establish a cavalry patrol around the lands opened to settlement next June. The War Department instructed officials to prevent would be soone rs from reaching the lands slated for opening.
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Lander, Wyo
Fort Washakie
War Department
Church Supper Fund Raisers Appeal for Turkeys
A church group asks Dear John to contribute toward buying turkeys for an upcoming church supper. Christine has taken guests to help the ladies prepare, and the message invites him to come with his family and assist.
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John
Christine
Professional Cards Highlight Aberdeen Practitioners
Professional cards list Dr. Paul Smits and attorneys in Aberdeen with offices at Aberdeen General Hospital Crowther Wooding block Hayes Hayes Building and Dabney Block. They cover medical practice 10 to 12 and 2 to 4 daily with varying hours and phones. legal figures include Fox Taggart Sheers and others with building and construction expertise and homestead defense.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
London mosque to crown city skyline with minarets
Plans for a $1,000,000 Mohammedan mosque in central London promise vast architecture and adornment second only to Constantinople. The complex features a Gate of Islam, twelve country gates, ablution rooms, a fountain, green and white carrara marble, gold mosaic interiors, and two 250 foot minarets with muezzin calls.
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Allah
Mohammed
London
St. Sophia
Constantinople
England
Liverpool
Persia
Tur
Key
Aged Customer Bestows $500 Upon Beloved Saleswoman
Miss Sadie Gould of Highland street Dorchester a Gilchrist Co Boston employee has been given five hundred dollars by a longtime customer. She has served the coat and suit department about twenty two years and her patron says appreciation grows with time. The amount was given as a gift to the firm which paid her a seventy five line check.
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Sadie Gould
Highland Street
Dorchester
Gilchrist Co
Boston
Mass
Miss Gould
Detroit News
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W. G. Nickels
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Summerville
Springfield
J. E. Wolf
New York
Clinton B. Lamme
J. B. Peisinger
M. E. Hedges
William Black
Great Britain
Commission For Labor Troubles
Ceneral
Vonia Province
Cigar Trust
High Finance
Peaul Smits, M. D
DR. Watkins
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
Rose Stapp
Hayes & Hayes Bank
A. G. Kinnison
Market Street
C. Gross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
G Street
Fox
Robert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Ben Sheers
W. Mason
Heron Street
Jesse F. Murphy
Olympia Land Office
Hayes & Hayes Bank Building
Aberdeen
Wash
Philadelphia Bulletin
Baltimore American
Continental
O. C
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Blum & Clone
Independent
Grays Harbor
Los Angeles
C. E. Burrows Co., Ag
Tacoma
All Points East
Hoquiam
Ocosta
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
N. P. Ry. Co
Portland, Oregon
W. Johnson Transfer Co
S. P Street
Roslyn Coal
E. J. Bradley
State Bank
N. E
H Streets
Hayes & Hayes Bankers (Incorporated
A. Ingebrightsen
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Heron and Wiehkeh
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
Montreal
Atlantic Lines
Phil S. Locke
J. W. Draper
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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