Hotel Royal Fire Kills Many in New York City
A early Sunday blaze at the Hotel Royal on Forty second Street and Sixth Avenue killed and injured many. 126 guests and 55 staff were present. six found dead by 8 a.m. and 63 survived. Fire started in the basement shaft near the elevator. flames spread through the six story building as evacuations and ambulance runs followed. Debris and bodies were recovered through the day with at least one identified victim, Harry Levy of Strauss Freeman.
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Park Place
Hotel Royal
Fourtieth Street
Sixth Avenue
Parsons
Cizens
Bryant Park
Harry ©. Levy
Strauss & Freeman
Broadway
Thirteen Bodies Recovered From Hotel Fire in New York
Fire officials report thirteen corpses recovered and eighty-one rescued from the Hotel Royal at Fortisth street and Sixth avenue after a deadly blaze. Workers pulled out seven more victims as the grand roof collapsed, with six still missing. Identification proved difficult due to severe burns and debris. A man wearing a gold watch and a Masonic emblem on the chain was found among victims.
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New Yoas
Fortisth Street
Sixth Avenue
Fourth Street
Debrig
Mears
Hotel Royal
Hottl Register
Unnderwood
Gisgael
Proclamation of reciprocity with British West Indies
The president issues a proclamation announcing a reciprocal trade agreement with the British West Indies. In other news, flood disasters near Breslau claim at least forty lives as the Oder runs high. The British steamer Buffon loses eleven men to yellow fever at Santos. A Jacksonville tragedy reports a mother and two children burned alive in a house fire.
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Ananuness
British West Indies
Wasnineros
United States
Great Britain
Beran
Breslau
Oder
New York
Buffon
Brazil
Glasspoole
Santos
Jacksonville
Fla
A. W. Lennig
Lennig
Notorious Pittsburg Murderer Fitzsimmons Attacks Self
Frenzied reports from New Orleans and Pirrsevna confirm Fitzsimmons, the Pittsburg murderer of Detective Gilkinson, cut his throat in custody. He died at 1 a.m. after surgical attention failed. Also news from Memphis and Albany note Alice Mitchell’s vow to hang and reporters gaining access to executions. Carlyle Harris is sentenced to death in New York. Wills Howard conviction leads to looming execution in Lebanon. The Times also reports on better access for reporters at electric chair events and a Vienna grip variant. The Duke of Devonshire presides as Joseph Chamberlain is elected Unionist leader in London.
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Fitzsimmons
Gilkinnen
Pittsburg
New Oaluans
Fitzainmone
Pirrsevna
New Orleans
the Times
Detectiva Gilkinson
Carlyle Harris
New York
Smythe
Chicago
Governor Flower
Cardinal Manning
Wicola Trezza
Bing Sing
Northwest
Martine
Penephpert
British Guiana
Blaine declares he is not a candidate for presidency
The letter by Justus G Blaine publicly released states he will not seek the presidency and will not have his name go before the Republican National Convention. Officials in Washington discuss potential impact on Harrison renomination and the field of candidates.
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Wastixatox
James G. Blaine
Blaine
Waartrvatox
J. S. Clarkson
Ark
Towo
Justus G. Blaine
United Press
Foster
Harrison
Ohio
Alway
Thayer Gives Up Governor Post Amid Letter to Boyd
In Omana Nebraska on February 5 1892 Governor Thayer announces he will vacate the office and transfer power to Governor Boyd without awaiting a court mandate. The letter from Thayer to Boyd explains the decision follows the court ruling on Boyd’s eligibility and describes the formal handover at the state capitol. Later reports recount the dramatic meeting at Lincoln with Thayer extending a hand that Boyd did not reciprocate. Additional notes cover Governor Peck appointing five state university regents, four Democrats, and a McCarthyite faction meeting in Dooney with Justin McGarthy as chairman.
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Omana
Neb
Boyd
Bir
Joan M. Thayer
Lincoln
James E. Hoyd
Omaha
Aslam
John W
Capitol
Porter
Cedar Cedar Rapids
Keokuk
Matt Andrews
James Murphy
Madison
John Craig
Boies
Sioux City
Northern
Winona
Southwestern
Iowa
Osage
Lyon County
Rebecca R. Kennedy
Elk Point
S. D
Avery ‘Allo
Congressional Proceedings and Senate Debates Summary
The record covers multiple days of U S congressional activity including Senate and House actions on marriage and divorce constitutional amendments, a railroad bridge location bill in Minnesota, a resolution for senator elections by the people, rules debates, and executive sessions. Bills discussed include a post office building cost plan for towns with high receipts, a fourth judicial district in Utah, and a monument for Commodore Perry at Put-in-Bay. The sessions note adjournments and eulogies, with ongoing debates on printing and census matters.
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nfetOht
Puetleyes
Senate
Idaho
Dabole
Sdat
Claggett
Mississippi River
South St. Paul
Minn
Palmer
Tiinois
House
Moesure
Reed
Mills
Springer
Kyle
Notire
United States
West
Committee On
Bonnner
Tonisiana
Washington
West Virginia
Wilson
Utah
Brice
Put-in-Bay
Commodore Perry
Tiawke Erie
Library Committee
Call Legaly
Seb
W. H
Leg
Virginia
Washinatox
Boatner
Louisiana
Raymer
Maryland
Will Wind Up Its Business In Louisiana Lottery Case
John M. Morris, principal owner and director, announces withdrawal of the recharter proposal for the Louisiana Lottery. The company will wind up affairs and retire when its charter expires in 1804 after the US Supreme Court upholds the anti lottery law as constitutional.
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New Orleans
John M. Morris
Louisiana Lottery Company
United States Supreme Court
Market Report From J Paul Onion Stock Yards 1803
Market activity is slow with six loads offered and sellers seeking higher prices. Cattle mostly steady with prime and good steers and cows varying in price. hogs and sheep show strength though demand remains mixed. Chicago reports strong cattle hog and sheep markets with mixed near term guidance. futures prices show May contracts and opening prices for wheat pork and lard in a volatile session.
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J. Paul Onion
Youre Sr
Chicago
Various Global and Domestic News items from St Paul Era
A compilation of scattered reports includes the Wisconsin railroad audit move to shift from Chicago to St Paul, Ohio Senate inquiry into Senator Brice residence, Henry Villard to resign from Edison General Electric, and Democratic caucus postponement on silver policy. Also noted are train wrecks with fatalities in Georgia, Sage family legal losses, Appomattox courthouse fire, Oklahoma blizzard deaths, and labor unrest in Philadelphia.
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Iver Tah
Jon Hote
Hengary
Webley
Wisconsin, Central Railroad
Chicago
St. Paul
Ohio
Brice
Tt Ia
Henry Villard
Edison General Electric Company
Congressmaen
Ratasel Sage
Stillwater & Taylor's
New York
Hawkeye Happenings Reports Widespread Crime and Public Grief
A wide range of Iowa items includes highway robberies feared in Bronx City, a bridge project for Timothy Sullivan in Eagle, and deaths of James McCour in Creston and other locals. Des Moines hosts Baptist conferences, Washburn schools close for diphtheria, and Doon business groups seek a flour mill bonus. Burlington train yard accident and Webster burglary fire dominate headlines alongside court actions, saloon trials, and temperance policy notes.
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Bronx City
Mississippi
Eagle
Timothy Sullivan
Ivan
International Conference of the Baptist Military Association
Des Moines
Washburn
Doon
Charles Reynolds
Fort Madison
Supreme Court
George W. Potts
Des Toines
Bank book keeper Borchers accused of vault tampering
In Haupura Iowa on February 6 a Bank of Hamburg book keeper named Borchers is charged with manipulating the vault time lock. He allegedly desynchronized the lock during a cashier absence and later relocked the safe.
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Haupura
Albert Borchere
Bank of Hamburg
Borchers
Borvont Morar
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