Fire Museumed at Fredonia State Normal as Seven Die
Fire destroys the Fredonia state normal and training school. One janitor and six young women die, seven perished total. Loss pegged at about 260000 with no personal effects saved. Bodies being recovered amid smoldering ruins and debris.
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Fredonia State Normal School
Dunkirk
Fredonia State Normal and Training School
Phineas J. Morris
Irene Jones
Busti
Bessie Bathaway
Cannonsville
Ruth Thomas
Pike
Cora Storms
Boston
Mae Williams
Lake Como
Maud F. Fizzell
Bradford
Miss Storms
Board of Managers
Morris
Miss Figzell
Palmer
Mail pilferers arrested in New Orleans heist
Three arrests followed a sensational holdup on the Illinois Central in the New Orleans suburbs last night. A white man and a negro exchanged shots with Special Officers Lucid and Daly near the track. a mail bag and blood-stained cartridge belt were found. Ray Henderson, identified by officers, claimed Wisconsin origins and plantation work. Authorities say several registered mail pouches and Christmas packages were taken.
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New Orleans
Engineer Smith
Lucid
Daly
Illinois Central Track
United States
Ray Henderson
Henderson
Wisconsin
Ilinois Central
Death of Chicago architect George W. Fuller noted
Announcement from Chicago confirms the death in New York of George W. Fuller a leading contracting architect who pioneered modern steel skeleton construction. Fuller originated the steel skeleton building method and designed the Tacoma Building in Chicago as the first of its kind in the United States.
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Chicago
New York
George W. Fuller
Fuller
United States
Tacoma
Ferdinand Oppenheimer Dies in Helena Typhus Fever
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports in Helena that Ferdinand Oppenheimer of the wholesale liquor firm Oppenheimer & Agch died early today from the dread typhata fever, marking another fatal case in the city.
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Ferdinand Oppenheimer Empires
Standard
Helena
Ferdinand Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer & Agch
Death of Helena Resident Opperheimer Attributed To Illness
A Helena resident of 38 years died after a month long illness following election day. Born in southern Germany he lived in Helena 16 years after moving from San Francisco. He clerked for Greenhood Bohm Co and later partnered with Max Asch in a prospering business. Survived by wife married four years ago in New York, with no other relatives in the country. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Tempte Emanuel with Rabbi Meiziner officiating.
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Helena
San Francisco
Greenhood, Bohm & Co
Max Asch
Opperheimer
Germany
New York
Tempte Emmanuel
Meiziner
Miss Leslie Dies at 23 in Helena Pneumonia Death
Miss Emily Leslie daughter of former Governor P H Leslie died at her Helena home from pneumonia after a two week illness She was 23 born in Glasgow Ky and taught music later moving to Montana She leaves father two brothers Judge Jere Leslie and Dr Leslie Funeral at 11 a m Sunday Rev J F McNamee officiating Also noted Dr Joseph H Leslie brother of Judge Jere Leslie died in St Louis aged 30 survived by wife and three children
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Leslie
Standard
Helena
Emily Lesie
P.H. Leslie
Livingston
Glasgow
Montana
Cleveland
Territory
First Baptist Church
Jere Leslie
Great Falls
J. F. McNamee
J. H. Leslie
St. Louis
Joseph H. Leslie
Stardara
Joseph H. Les le
Jere B. Leaie
Louisville Medical College
Bellevue Colege
New York
Galveston
Boundary Dispute Prompts Canadian Survey Report
Senator Foster asks the Washington state department to obtain from Canada the engineers report on the Mount Baker mining district boundary survey. The public release could trigger an American survey and set stage for negotiations to settle the long disputed line along the 49th parallel sighted by historic monuments.
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Foster
New Whatcom
Wash
United States
State Department
Washington
Mount Baker
Hermann
International Commission
Reapportionment Talks Surround Hopkins Bill
Washington dispatch reports Rep Hopkins chairing a census committee meeting to consider reapportionment of House seats. He also discussed a Republican caucus to align on the issue, noting no tonight conference. The bill proposes a 357 member House with specific state gains and losses: Indiana Kentucky Maine Nebraska Ohio South Carolina Virginia lose one each. Louisiana Minnesota New Jersey New York West Virginia gain one each. Texas gains two.
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Hopkins
Howe
Washington
House Committee On Census
House
Losees
Indiana
Kentucky
Maine
Nebraska
Ohio
South Carolina
Virginia
Louisiana
Minnesota
New Jersey
New York
West Virginia
Texas
Kintuck Transport Delayed From Seattle Voyage
The transport Kintuck, loaded with 12 horses and mates and about 2000 tons of grain and feed, will not sail today for Manila due to loading delays. She will depart tomorrow with 9 quartermaster’s department employees aboard.
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Jtr-Anott Kintuck
Seattle
Wash
Quartermaster’s Department
Olympia Arrives From Orient After Rough Passage
The steamship Olympia reached Tacoma from the Orient bringing a reconsignment of alka and merchan isa after an extremely rough voyage.
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Tacoma
Wash
Olympia
Orient
Telegrapher Strike Continues Amid Slow Freight
Trainee Ara andfreight staff at Topeka hold headquarters under the Order of Railway Telegraphers as they plan further action in the Santa Fe dispute. General Manager Mudge remains confident, noting no railway business decline and ongoing freight delays with $200 daily demurrage on ships at Galveston.
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Topeka
Kan
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Galveston
Mudge
The
Santa Fe
Robbed and nearly killed in Butte street assault
John Cashmere a mine carpenter was found unconscious near the B A P tracks at Franklin Street head badly cut watch missing pockets rifled suspected held up and beaten by footpads. He was found at 2 30 this morning and taken to a hospital by patrol wagon.
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Butte
John Cashmere
Franklin Street
Chinese envoys ready to negotiate peace authority sent
Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching received official authority to negotiate for China. British minister Sir Ernest Mason Satow has not yet signed the joint note, causing astonishment. Conger says China may accept terms promptly. military movements delay due to frost and spring. Allied forces may depart Pekin, leaving guards and coast forces ready to withdraw if needed. Separate report details execution methods in Shansi as missionaries slaughtered, citing an eyewitness from Taigupo.
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Chang
Ching
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
China
Ernest Mason Satow
Great Britain
Conger
Legation Guards
Taku
Shan Hai Kwan
Tullock
Missionaries massacred amid Boxer rebellion reports
An account describes Yu Jin ordering missionaries taken to his yamen and executed after a violent scene as Boxer forces oversee. A separate dispatch from Berlin notes the Trenton Pekin railway cannot reopen due to worn rolling stock and equipment.
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Yu Jin
Yu Lian
Berlin
Berliner Tageblatt
Pekin
Trenton- Pekin
Receiver Named For Chosen Friends In Insolvent Order
Indianapolis authorities appoint Cyrus J. Clark as receiver for the Order of Chosen Friends after finding the benevolent society insolvent. Clark, ex-sheriff of Marion County, will oversee remaining assets including a $5,000 bond and accumulated member assessments.
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Chosen Friends
Tnto
Indianapolis
Ind
Taylor
Hartard Supreme
T. B. Linn
Order of Chosen Frends
Ginn
Thomas Yount
Linn
Seattle Woman Claims Sullivan Will Amid Montana Heir Fight
Marie Curran declares she holds a nuncupative will from John Sullivan, a wealthy Seattle bachelor, leaving his estate to Maine. She says he named witnesses on his deathbed and intends probate soon, inviting Montana claimants to contest. Also notes sealskin sales in Victoria and wage increases for Calumet and Hecla miners.
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Seattle
Montana
Wash
Marie Curran
John Sullivan
Sullivan
Maine
Representative Brossius Proposes 357-House Amendment
Representative Brossius of Pennsylvania today introduced a resolution for a constitutional amendment to permanently fix the House at 357 members. The plan adds one seat for each new state until the next reapportionment, when the total would revert to 357.
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Washington
Brossius
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Beer's Tax Battles Mark House War Revenue Fight
Washington December 14 The House adjourned without finishing the war revenue reduction bill after extended debate. A bid to cut beer tax below the committee rate failed while two amendments on express receipts and beer packaging were defeated, and the bill moved toward final amendments with the beer tax set at 1.60 per barrel.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Payne
Henry C. Smith
Michigan
Mr. Smith
Smith
United States
Sige
Aleh-Hed
Fletcher
Minnesta
Wisconsin
Davieson Amo
Greene
Pennsylvania
Newlands
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Wewlands
Mr. Kitchen
South Carolina
H. C. Smith
Express
Nevada
Bartholdi
Allen
Mississippi
Bartholdt
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Wild Ride Against Death in Omaha to Billings
Mr and Mrs Paul McCormick of Billings Montana rushed home from Omaha after a thrilling 897 mile special Burlington train ride driven by the urgent news of their youngest daughter’s illness. The fastest straight run lasted about 15 hours at 35 miles per hour with engine changes delaying progress. The child’s condition improved upon arrival and no serious consequences are feared.
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Standard
Billings
Paul McCormick
Omaha
McCormick
Montana
Burlington
Edgemont
STATE'S TITLE JEOPARDIZED Fort Ellis land may be opened for settlement
Helena December 14 The state must defend its title to Fort Ellis military reservation after settlers appealed to the secretary of the interior following a land office decision The attorney general is preparing a brief Clinton Indiana December 14 The United Mine Workers demand all hoisting engineers join their union engineers refuse the miners seek discharge of nonunion workers State President Van Horne supports the miners All mines in the district idle today and expected to resume with new engineers tomorrow
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Fort Ellis Military Reservation
Helena
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of the
General Land Office
Bozeman Land Office
Clinton
Ind
United Mine Workers
Miers
van Horne
Indian Found Guilty in Assault Case at St Tenating Mission
Helena Dec. 14 A United States court jury found Francis Selpe a Flathead Indian guilty of assault with intent to kill for striking Rooke over the head with a baseball bat at St Tenating mission after hours of deliberation. Judge Knowles will impose sentence tomorrow.
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Standard
Helena
United States
Francis Selpe
Rooke
St. Tenating Mission
Knowles
Massachusetts Man Confirmed as Ambassador to Italy
Washington December 14 The senate today confirmed George W L Moyer of Massachusetts as ambassador to Italy.
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Italy
Washington
Senate Today c
George W. L. Moyer
Massachusetts
Almost an Acquittal as Jury Discharges in Morrison Case
Jessie Morrison faces no verdict after a hung jury in Nidvuraie Kansas on the murder charge regarding Mpa win Castle. Nine jurors favored acquittal, three for manslaughter, with the trial ending at noon and a spring court retrial unlikely. Morrison seeks bond release as her lawyers press for freedom.
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Nidvuraie
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Mpawin Castle
Castle
Misa Morrison
Morrison
Toi
Jessie
Brumback
San Francisco Suffered Severe Storm Damage
A historic storm battered San Francisco from dawn to noon bringing wind rain and thunder. Homes toppled and a large receiving tank at the gas and electric plant was struck by lightning and demolished. Telegraph wires and long distance lines failed blocking communication. Bay area boats capsized but no drownings reported. Washington reports no planned change in Madrid mission personnel.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Gas and Electric Company
Oakland
Bay
Telephone Company
Paddy Ryan Dies in Glenns Falls Home
Paddy Ryan once world boxing champion died this afternoon at his home in Glenns Falls New York. The noted pugilist who was defeated by John L Sullivan years ago had lived in Albany and Mississippi before settling in Glenns Falls.
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Batdys Ryan
New York
Journal and Advertiser
Albany
N. Y
Paddy Ryan
John L. Sullivan
Mississippi
Glenn
Falla
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