Fort Wayne Hotel Fire Claims Eleven Dead
A devastating blaze at the Aveline hotel in Fort Wayne, Indiana, started about 2:30 am in the elevator shaft. Eleven deaths are confirmed with thirteen seriously injured and twenty others believed missing. National Guard units assist in debris removal as investigators assess the charred interior and destroyed hotel register.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
R.S. Johnson
Pana
M. Hireh
New York
J. B. Miller
Sheboygan
J. B. Ellis
Chicago
W. A. Pitcher
J. W. Deviney
Philadelphia
Frank Baxter
Auburn
B. B
Alty
Wabash
Charles Benjamin
Detroit
Sarah Hathaway
Mishawka
Trible
Dalbert
Tex
Infantry Company D
Battery B
National Guard
Ralph Hopkins
Ill
St. Joseph's Hospital
Aveline
The
Eity
Six Die In Brooklyn Tenement Fire At Humboldt Street
A morning blaze in a four story brick tenement at 17 Humboldt Street Brooklyn killed six people including a mother and four children from one family and injured four others. Police and firefighters rescued several trapped occupants with life nets and jumping to safety. Loss is estimated at $10,000. The dead include Mrs Dora Abrams and Sadie Carrie Anna and Charles Abrama and Mrs Jennie Cohen.
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New York
Humboldt Street
Brooklyn
Dora Abrams
Sadie
Carrie
Anna
Charles Abrama
Jennie Cohen
Train dynamiting in Montana leaves third fatality
Butte Montana May 4 George Eble fireman of the Burlington overland limited is dead making the third fatality of the wreck. Engineer Charles Bussy and Carl Ming the tramp were killed earlier. Authorities at the sheriff's office have no crew onget to aid tracing the men involved in the plot to blow up the train.
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Butte
Mont
George Eble
Burlington Overland Limited
Charles Bussy
Carl Ming
Eight Dead in Chicago Reduction Plant Disaster
The recovery of another body in the ruins at Thirty Ninth and iron streets raises known dead to eight. Identified is William Lenze, a Welchman, whose body had been preliminarily thought to be Lenze among earlier recoveries.
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Chicago
Chicago Reduction Company
Thirty Ninth and
Iron Streets
William Lenze
Welchman
Lenze
Cardinal Logue Plans Long US Journey After Anniversary Visit
New York May 6 Cardinal Logue primate of Ireland arrived in America for the centennial celebration of the church’s formation and expects to travel across the United States before returning home.
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United States
New York
Priest Puts a Star on Stage in Chicago Play
In Chicago at Bush Temple theater Rev. L K Vaughan staged a scene showing a Catholic church interior with a priest performing mass. The act drew gasps from Roman Catholic audience members as an acolyte aided the rite. Vaughan defended the depiction as a painting not a real celebration.
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Chicago
L. K. Vaughan
Bush Temple
Vaughan
How H. H. Tucker Worked
H. H. Tucker Jr of the Uncle Sam Oil Co testified at his trial for using the mails to defraud. He said he invested 1500 in the Publishers Oil Co later Uncle Sam and earned 15000 from dividends and stock sales. He described a 5000000 bond issue to finance oil refining profits and noted bonds sold at 25 cents on the dollar with the rest in stock.
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Topeka
H. H. Tucker
Ijr
Uncle Sam Oi Company
Publishers’ Oi! Company
Uncle Sam Company
Tucker
Methodists Convene in Baltimore for Quadrennial Conference
Baltimore May 6 All is ready for the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opening today at the Lyric. Delegates and visitors thronged the venue with a global turnout. From China Japan India Sweden Germany Italy Switzerland Africa Canada and South America come greetings as delegates or fraternal visitors joining representatives from every state and major city.
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Baltimore
General Conference
The
Methodiet Episcopal Church
China
Japan
India
Sweden
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Africa
Canada
South America
Grady to Seek Congress Seat in Place of Cockran
New York Senator Thomas F Grady who has announced his retirement from the legislature will be promoted to Congress taking the place of W Bourke Cockran this announcement comes from high authority in Tammany Hall.
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New York
Thomas F. Grady
Congress
W. Bourke Cockran
Tammany Hall
Stonestreet Wins Kentucky Derby in 2 15 Time
Stonestreet won the Kentucky Derby with Sir Cleges finishing second and Dunvegan third. The race time was 2 15. Louisville May 6.
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Stonestreet
Louieville
Sir Cleges
Dunvegan
Lawler Elected Mayor of St. Paul
Daniel Lawler the Democratic mayoral nominee won the St. Paul election over Joseph McKibbins the Republican challenger by an estimated 3000 plurality. Local returns announced May 6 with Lawler securing a decisive victory for the city’s leadership.
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Lawler
St. Paul
Daniel Lawler
Joseph McKibbins
Laporte Mystery Links Gunness to Murders Farm Trunk Clues
Laporte Indiana authorities contend Mrs Bella Gunness killed at least five people before she and her three children perished in a April 28 fire. Investigators cite a barnyard burying ground and five trunks shipped to the Gunness farm as possible murder conduits. Andrew Helgelein and Jennie Olsen identified among the dead. suspicions include two husbands who died violently and insurance payouts.
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Lamphere
Bmutzer
Boman
Laporte
Andrew Helgelein
Mansfield
Los Angeles
Expressmen
Gunness
Chicago
Max Sorenson
Sorenson
Austin
Ill
Grand Avenue
Elizabeth Street
Peter Gunness
Hesara Ha
Calvin Demarest Wins International Amateur Billiards Title
Calvin Demarest of Chicago defeated Lucien Rerello of France 400 to 216 to claim the international amateur billiard championship in New York on May 6. The five time French champion was unable to match Demarest’s accuracy in the final.
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Demarest
New York
Calvin Demarest
Chicago
Lucien Rerello
France
Swift & Co Prove Baby Beef From Calves at St Paul
Swift & Co conducted an experiment to prove calves can develop fat while delivering prime beef. Fifty one calves aged four to eight months, averaging 629 pounds, were fed cornmeal and oil meal with prairie hay in a sheltered pen from November. Twenty calves were slaughtered and judged prime by meat experts as the best quality yet seen.
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St. Paul
Swift & Co
Wedding at Tsarskoe Selo Unites Swedish and Russian Royals
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, son of King Gustaf, wed Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna at Tsarskoe-Selo in a ceremony marked by imperial pomp. Snow fell as crowds braved mud to view the royals and dignitaries. A state banquet followed with toasts to Swedish Russian accord in the recent Battle agreement.
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St. Petersburg
Wilhelm
Sweden
Gustave
America
Marie Pavlovna
Russia
Paul Alexandrovitch
Tsarskoe-Selo
Europe
Prosperity League Formed in St Louis
A national Prosperity association of St. Louis has been formed after a three day business conference. The group aims to extend nationwide to improve all classes of business and to uplift prosperity. Officers include Chairman B. C. Simmons and Vice Chairman W. K. Bixby. The group pledges to keep work, wages, and factory activity steady. McCormick testifies on wood pulp price hikes.
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B. C. Simmons
Simmons Hardware Company
W. K. Bixby
American Car and Foundry Company
National Prosperity Association
Rail Lawyer Ford Cleared Again in Trolley Bribery Case
Tirey L. Ford chief counsel for United Railroads was found not guilty by a San Francisco jury in a bribery charge over a trolley franchise. This marks his second acquittal in three trials, with twelve other indictments pending for later trials.
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San Francisco
Tirey L. Ford
United Railroads
Daniel G. Coleman
Surgeons Gather in Richmond for American Surgical Assn Session
In Richmond Virginia on May 5 the American Surgical Association opened its annual convention attended by eighty five leading surgeons. President William H. Carmall of New Haven presided as the session focused on stomach and intestines surgery.
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Richmond
American Surgical Association
America
William H. Carmall
New Haven
Plumber Kills Wife Then Dies by Suicide in Chicago
George Bicking a Chicago plumber shot and killed his wife and then killed himself. He aimed at his daughter aged seventeen and a visiting young woman, but both escaped unharmed.
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Chicago
George Bicking
Manning Named Rector of Trinity Parish in Place of Dix
New York May Rev Dr William T Manning elected rector of Trinity Parish to succeed the late Dr Morgan Dix. Manning previously served as vicar of St Agnes Chapel in Trinity parish and assistant rector of the parish.
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Manning
Dix
New York
William T Manning
St. Agnes Chapel
Trinity Parish
Morgan Dix
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Ireland
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Methodists
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San Juan, P. R
Porto Rico Provisional Regiment
Prince Wilhelm
Prosperity League
St. Louis
McCormick
Trust
Washington
House Select Committee On
Medill McCormick
Chicago Tribune
International Paper Company
Mrs. Simmons
the Cash Grocery
M. O. New, Propr
M.D. New
Irke
James Keeler
Western Nebraska
Alliance, Nebr
Newberry’s Hardware Co
Dierks Lumber Coal Co
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Mgr
Alliance An Auto
Itea
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