Awful Naphtha Explosion Kills Many Near Pittsburg
A Pittsburg yard explosion releases a deadly naphtha blaze tearing through Corks Run to Billenborough. Cars ignite, a hotel and house collapse, crowds flee as flames roar. About 200 burned, dozens killed, with total losses estimated at $600,000 and responders rushed to aid the injured.
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Pittsburg
Mtendance
Cork
Billenborough
Seymour Hotel
Collins ‘House
Railrard
Jon
Sheraden
Fittsbirg
Alleghens
Congress Appropriates 200000 for West Indies Relief
A Washington dispatch reports the House paused with a large majority to approve 200000 for relief in the French West Indies. The bill followed a president's message urging aid amid calamity as the Senate had earlier passed a relief measure and the committee met to expedite action. The vote was 196 to 9.
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Congress
West Indies
Washington
Senate
Action House
Rehouse
Mesanze
Hemenway
Appropriations Committee
House
French West Indies
Tragic Shooting Ends in Double Incident in Somevact
A 11 year old Mark Mellvaine and 15 year old Bricker, out with a Flobert rifle, caused a fatal neck wound to Bricker when the gun discharged. Mellvaine then killed himself upstairs. Bricker’s wound is serious but not fatal. Milwaukee reports a snowstorm turning to rain with chilly temperatures. In Chicago, Guy Lock and Edward Boffey received life terms for the murder of Peter Farlaski during a store crime.
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Somevact
Mark D. Mellvaine
Bricker
Flobert
Mellvaine
Bubler
Guy Lock
Edward
Boffey
Chicago Co
Peter Farlaski
Beer price advance eyed by leading brewers in convention
Milwaukees Brewers Association plans to discuss raising beer prices by 40 cents per barrel at the National Association of Brewers convention. Frederick Pabst Jr said delegates were appointed, but details were not confirmed. Brewers debated a prewar price rise after the war revenue tax was repealed, aiming to limit the increase to 40 cents.
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Bala
Anorbhar
National Association of ‘Brewers
Frederick Pabst, Jr
Thes Milwahakes Brewers’ “Association
Tro
Secntioner
Obikengo
Ned
Helped Booth Escape Mortimer Ruggles Dies in New York
The New York special reports Mortimer Bainbridge Ruggles of Virginia, linked to John Wilkes Booth’s escape after Lincoln's assassination, died in New York from a post mortem condition. He had taken an oath of allegiance and was released under amnesty, then returned north.
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Mortimer Hugglbe
Olce
New York
Mortimer Bainbridge Ruggles
Virginia
Gey
Daniel FB. Ruggles
Aurchy
John Wilkes Booth
Hssnasin Oe
Abraham
Lincoln
Alving Aldanil
Louth
United States
Murder and Mystery Grip Midgate Town
Residents vent urgent anger after Marietta Gall a mill girl dies following a night at a roadhouse alleged to involve drugged beer. Accusers vow to lynch the man seen with the girl as authorities search for a lead. Also reports a fall from a carnival rig leaves an equilibrist seriously injured in Nashville. Archbishop Corrigan buried in St Patrick's Cathedral New York with funeral rites and a posthumous death mask.
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New Jersey
Qcwell
Midgate
Marietta Gall
Manzd Smean
Corrigan
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York
Huches
Cardinal McGlosker
Soffel Sentenced and Biddle Brothers Jailed
Mrs Soffel is sentenced to two years and the Biddle brothers receive two years in the penitentiary for their actions. Walter Dorman, a Biddle gang member who turned state's evidence in the Rahney murder case, was sentenced to death but is expected to receive a life imprisonment pardon.
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Ataeu ‘Biddle
Geta
Pittsburg
Pritie Soffal
Biddle
Tanuitey Wits
Walter Dorman
Train Robbery in Arkansas by Four Bandits
Four highwaymen held up a passenger train on the St. Louis and San Francisco line between Jonesboro and Bonnerville, Arkansas, detaching the engine and express car, blowing the car open with dynamite in a blind siding, and escaping at night. A posse with bloodhounds pursues. no booty was found. Missouri judge favors liberal Sunday laws and moves to invalidate Sunday closing ordinances, signaling possible changes to ban Sunday amusements.
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St. Annia
San Francisco
Memphis
Worl
Bonnerville
Ark
St. Louis
Jonesboro
Missouri
Bt. Joseph
Peter J. Carolus
First Baptist Church
Carolus
Earthquake News From Unalaska and Far Reaches
San Francisco dispatch reports Alaska Commercial Co notes volcanic disturbances near Unalaska Aleutian Islands with earthquakes and ash cover rising from western activity. Reports say Unalaska shaken by quakes and ash from a believed active volcano. Other items include meat price protests by 1500 retail butchers and a Clara Taylor arrest in Rome with San Rome penitentiary quarantine amid smallpox.
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Unalaska
San Pranciged
Alaska Commercial Company
Aleutian Islands
Goletter
Clara Taylor
Washington
United States
von’ Meyer
Rome
State Department
Pearson
Clara ‘Taylor
Margaret Taylor
San Rome
Fire Destroyed Town School Building and Chapel
A Friday fire destroyed the four story 300 by 15 foot school building and chapel in Gowneil Blin, with 260 pupils and 63 staff displaced. Loss estimated at 50 000, buildings uninsured. Superintendent H. F. W. Robert’s office burned. cause unknown. Nearby fire protection failed as the institution relied on an independent plant.
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Connell
Ranin
Templeton
Nitla
H. FW
Robert
Fiee
Talmage
Des Moines Chickens and a Mayor Suit Saga
A Des Moines report describes two bloodhounds used to chase a chicken thief to Harvey McClurg’s yard near Vaokey Junction. Police, led by the mayor and detectives, toured the McClurg home at midnight amid accusations of damage suits. Other items cover a wreck near Ames injuring mail clerks, a fatal shooting near Northwood, a Big Timber timber deal in Alabama, Des Moines Elks fund drive with Roosevelt potential, a girl burned by a fire, and the identification of a body found near Dyersville.
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Des Moines
Harvey McClurg
Vaokey Junction
McClorg
Methodist Church
Polieg
Ames
Saliabury
Ald
Jackwall ‘Limler Company
Pockhart
Ale
Hetwwood Vs
Croxsett
Watzek
Davenport
Charles W
Gates
Pordyce
Covington County
Alabama
Will Fight His Own Case In Old Burgess Inquiry
In 1889 Isaac W Burgess vanished from Pleasant Pils and was later declared dead in Hindsicks County. A district court in Danville will hear the case as attorney David Bakery questions the fate of property in Jefferson County. The 70 year old is believed to be the same man formerly known as Tsine W Burgess.
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Pairndid
Isaac W. Burgera
Danville
Ind
Flint Place
Hindsicks
Vadda
Dewad
Thaeter
Trobn
Motchens
Tvom
Miavatine
W. Burgess
Alan David
Jeffersa
John Hckford fights for $30,000 inheritance in district court
John Eckford of Osage, irate at lawyers and court delays after twelve years of legal battles, seeks to recover an estate of $30,000 from his brothers Robert and James Eckford. The supreme court ordered a set aside of the whole case and Eckford plans to defend his claim.
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Fawan
Rin Bicverd
Beenawe
Hig Ende
John Hckford
Osage
Robert
Tames Dekford
John ‘Eckford
Supreme Conv
Bloom Like a Rose In Southeast Iowa Today
Southeastern Iowa reports a rare drought break with soaking rain, promising a good fruit crop aside from peaches, wheat outlook strong, corn planting booming, hay and pasture shortages noted, and potatoes thriving amid mixed farm conditions. Alette Girt Gaught and Anmeda Farrel die in separate tragedies, Farrel's daughter killed by a Rock Island train while gathering flowers near Underwood. body mangled after cattle guard incident.
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Iowa
Burlington
Alette Girt Gaught
Anmeda Farrel
William Farro
Underwood
Rock Island
Dagen
Fatal fire at Viplon Iron Works claims three firemen
Dubuque report details a deadly blaze at the Viplon Iron Works, killing three firemen and injuring one during a daring dive to reach the blaze. The one-story brick foundry, valued at about 25 000 dollars and insured, produced steel bull boats for government and lower flyer trade when the fire started around 7 o clock.
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Viplon Iron Works
Dubuque
Lowa
Bhuteday
Turbulent Industry and Market Trends Highlight May Outlook
A wide survey notes mixed industrial and agricultural signals with steel and textile sectors facing strain yet overall production advancing. Rail and building activity show strain from strikes and new projects. wheat exports rise while corn quantities lag, signaling uneven but continuing national commerce and labor settlement progress.
Market quotes mix hogs grain and cattle prices
A dense list of commodity prices from multiple markets includes Chicago cattle hogs and hogs caps wheat corn oats and butter with varied quotes. Prices range widely by grade and market with figures noted for Indianapolis Cincinnati Milwaukee and New York reflecting a bustling but unclear closing trade.
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Ehale
Indianapolis
Curtha
Camia
Goa
St Louis
Tuhattay
Cincinnati
RGU
Milwaukee
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