Tragic Carnegie Fire Kills Mother and Daughter
In Pittsburg a two story frame Klee home on Broadway is destroyed by fire. A mother and daughter Mary Klee aged 0 perish. Father Samuel Klee and seven other children are injured as he saves the children by throwing them from a window. Fire officials rescue the husband and carry him from the blaze after the house collapses.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie
Sarah Klos
Mary Klee
Samuel Klee
Ida Klee
Annan Klee
R. Klee
Eva Klee
Jenny Klee
Harry Klee
Klee
Harry
Mary
Wild West Robbery in an Ohio Town
Three masked men forced entry at the FB & O depot in Wilmington Ohio binding the operator D Walm. They looted 30.50 from his pockets and 20.55 from the cash drawer then blew a safe at Langdon Flour mill office across the street and fled into nearby woods. A posse found three stolen ties near Midland City as the woods were cordoned and pursuit continued.
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Wilmington
D. Walm
Langdon Flouring
Columbus
Midland City
Seana
Prisoner on Pentonville Roof Surrenders After Standoff
A convict escaped wardens at Pentonville and occupied the roof for hours. He hurled slates at officers, delaying a transfer attempt, until hunger forced him to descend after being promised a dish of roast beef and potatoes.
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London
Dev
Lia
Pentonville
Col
Army Post at Cleveland Under Study by Army Board
The Army Board led by Lieutenant General Miles is examining establishing a military post at Cleveland. The decision process and potential site implications are under review by the board as of December 6.
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Washington
Cleveland
Army Hoard
Miles
Cleveland Seems Candidate for Second Lake Posts Station
Major General Otis of the Department of the Lakes reports to the Board on abandoning old posts and locating new ones. The Board leans favorable, but a final decision awaits days. Senator Hina advocates Cleveland as a site, while Columbus remains a recruiting hub and a second Lakes post could be established there if chosen.
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Otis
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
Hina
Singe Bik
Washington
Biaelty
le de Opera
Cleveland
Columbus
Lakes of Oil Near Salem and Long Run Gusher
A gusher between Salem and Long Run in Dooridge county produced oil that pooled on the surface for days. Estimated output runs about 500 barrels per day, with drilling expanding into the area. Owned by Edward Couley of McKoes Books in MeKoesra.
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Force of Wellas
Salem
Long Run
Dooridge County
I Edward Couley
MeKoes Books
Roosevelt at San Juan Hill Painting Planned
Kuselan artist Vitesil Verestehagin arrived in Chicago and announced plans to devote two years to painting a canvas of the Roosevelt at San Juan Hill battle, seen as a defining modern American war scene. Expectation centers on Roosevelt’s presidency heightening the significance of the event in wartime memory.
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Chicago
Lee
Roosevelt
San Juan Hill
Vitesil Verestehagin
Hope Miss Stone Is Living Wire Reveals Conflicting Reports
Cablegrams from Salontea and Samakovka relay uncertain news on Miss Stone and Madame Tsilka amid rumors of captivity. Dr. Rouse and Dr. Haskell express cautious optimism about their fate, while a Constantinople report states both are alive and well. A labor strike in New York halts Rapid Transit tunnel work as wages are slashed from 1.65 to 1.00 dollars daily.
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New York
Azpfter
Rouse
Salonea
Miss Stone
Haskell
Samakovka
Washington
A. P
Hay
A. Eddy
Constantinople
Pera
Salontea
Madame Tsilka
6Th
104Th Sts
Resolutions at labor congress push Chinese exclusion
The American Federation of Labor sessions open with roll call and about sixty resolutions. Contests over seating delegates persist, including a dispute between Francis Spagna and D S Wood. Resolutions urge re enactment of Chinese exclusion and restricted union admittance for youths under eighteen. A five member committee is to be appointed to pursue subsidies and related measures.
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Bbranton
Dev. H
Gompers
First View
Duncan
Boston
Francis Spagnn
Mosaic Workers’ Union
D. 8 Wood
Ceramic
Max Hayes
Cleveland
Wetegate Dietrich
Washington, D. C
Congress
Memorial Prohibits Tuition Tying to Immigration Tactics
A memorial and ordinance suppressing organized injunctive actions against emigration were discussed as boycotts and convener groups faced legal scrutiny. Bur ward FL Meinenney, deputy commissioner at New York Port, outlined immigration law enforcement from the collapse of the Howan Empire to the present. He decried violations of law, recalled a Michigan railroad tragedy, and argued for restricting Japanese and Chinese entrants, urging Congress to tighten immigration rules and extend the Bureau of Immigration.
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Cody
Burward
Meinenney
New York
Howan
Arig
Michigan
California
McSweetny
United States
Bureau of Immigration
Young boy Herman Treets on trial for mindslaughter
In Richmond county courts Herman Treets ten years old faced an indictment for mindslaughter in the death of his sweet heart Ida Depuy sixteen. The jury disagreed and was discharged. a new trial seemed unlikely.
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New York
Herman ‘Treets
Richmond
Ida Depuy
Local Schools Eye Basketball League Formation
Basketball enthusiasts from Buchtel Academy Miller's Business College Akron High School and Kent School discuss organizing a league. No definite plans announced yet.
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Buchtel Academy
Miller's Business College
Akron High School
Kent School
Famous American painter will put the coronation on canvas
New York dispatch reports Edwin Austin Abbey has arrived from England with panels from The Quest of the Holy Grail and Sylvia. The Custom House Appraisers valued the works at 20100 dollars, but Abbey notes the tariff shields them from duty. He laments European art in collections abroad awaiting tariff changes to travel.
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New York
Edwin Austin Abbey
England
Boston Public Library
Custom House
Philadelphia
Sylvia
Abbey
Keppy
Abbey the Artist and His Painted Decoration
Edwin A. Abbey discusses Mayland work conditions and his move from New York to London preferances. He explains his methods for The Quest of the Holy Grail, his training, and his Royal Academy status. Abbey says he will not paint himself until after viewing the coronation scene.
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Edwin A. Abbey
Mayland
Tony
New York
Mandela
England
Utw
Dutch Queen and Royal Tensions Stir at The Hague
Report from The Hague details discord between Queen Wilhelmina and her consort Prince Henry. The text notes Henry’s temper and appetite as sources of friction, with the king and queen portrayed as aloof from normal duties. Ten nobles guard the queen, who married in February.
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Tonidon
Dee
Flet A. Pysa
Hague
Holland
van ‘Toots
Wilhelmina
Prince Henry
Bin
van Teets
Smilie
Loggerheada
Moose Hunt Proposal Riles Washington Christmas Talk
Representative Eddy of Minnesota jokingly asks the President to permit a moose hunt across the Canadian border during the holidays. The President declines citing the unwritten rule against the chief executive leaving U.S. soil during office.
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Tive Eddy
Minnesota
Canada
United States
Willyard Cleared by Jury Then Re-Arrested in Ohio
In Cleveland Judge Phillips condemned the jury after a not guilty verdict in the Geo Willard robbery case at Singler Bros store about 20.44 worth of Git nomads. Willard was rearrested in Hamilton charged with diamond theft valued at about 2000.
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Cleveland, O
A. P
Geo. Willard
Robbie Singler
Phillips
Willard
Hamilton
Senate Judiciary Committee Backs Knox Nomination
The Senate committee on the Judiciary today approved a favorable report on the nomination of Hon. B P Knox to the Attorney General post. A protest by the Anti-Trust League claimed Knox failed to sue certain organizations, but the committee concluded the President may choose his advisers and remained unanimously in favor.
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Washington
Leg Break at Mills Hits American Cereal Co Worker
An employee at American Cereal Co. sustained a broken leg at the mills during Priday morning work. Details include the incident occurring at company premises and the injury described as a leg fracture. No further names or locations are clearly legible in the report.
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Bible Wine
American Cereal Co
Parker Ambula
Ly Howe
Most remarkable grand opera season ends on the coast
The Grau company closed a four week season at the Grand Opera house on the coast. They performed thirty times and the receipts totaled 220000 dollars. A special train carried the company to Katsak City after the final performance. An estimated 1000000 attended the last show.
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Grand Opera House
Grau
Pardon Board Recommends Commutation for Henry Wherll
The Pardon Board in Liberty Columbus Tec recommends commuting Henry Wherll’s death sentence for the 1891 murder to life imprisonment. Wherll, a New Philadelphia man, was convicted of killing Booth after a quarrel sparked by intoxication. Governor McKinley previously commuted to life. The second commutation would likely extend Wherll’s liberty in a few months.
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Columbus, Tec
Pardon Board
Henry Wherll
Wherll
Just Leford
McKinley
Boot
Booth
Pate forney General Files Suit Against Multiple Firms
Columbus Ohio December 6 A Pate forney General Sheets filed a petition in Franklin county court against Merchants Electric Light and Power Co of Coshocton American Sheet Steel and Tin Plate Co to enforce penalties for not answering as foreign corporations under Ohio law. He seeks eighty thousand five hundred dollars from the Electric Light and Power Co twenty thousand dollars from the Sheet Steel Co and thirty five thousand dollars from the Tin Plate Co.
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Columbus, O
A. Pate Forney
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