Town Wiped Out by the Flames
Fire from a gas pipe destroyed Cloverport Kentucky causing $500000 in losses. Over 1000 residents, about half the town, homeless in freezing conditions. Major damage to American Tobacco plants and local churches and hotels. Temporary shelter in railroad cars, bread aid, and regional relief dispatched. one Tennesse town also hit by a blaze with $50000 losses.
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Croverrort
Louisville
American Tobacco Company
Breckinridge Inn
Cloverport Hotel
Loulaville, Henderson and
Louidville
Owensboro
Henderson
Nashville
Neville Again a Free Man After 4-Year Case
Neville, a Black man, freed from county jail after four years tied to the Nellie Lawton attack case. Associates Thompson and Buford remain in prison serving life terms. The trio nearly faced lynching as trials dragged, appeals followed, and the case stalled without pressing further.
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Ala
Walter Neville
Decatur
Lewis Thompson
Ross Buford
Nellie Lawton
Thompson
Buford
Neville
Baford
Dynamited Bank Safe In Early Morning Robbery
Five men robbed the Farmers Bank at New Madison Ohio ten miles east of Richmond Ricuwoxp Indiana March 14 The outside safe doors were blown to pieces by dynamite Awakening half the village the robbers fled toward the railroad on a handcar Several shots were fired but no injuries The safe held between 10000 and 15000 dollars
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Ricuwoxp
Ind
Fanners Bank
New Madison
Richmond
Paris duel clouding Castellane row over Figaro Paraná
Paris March 1 Count Boni de Castellane has challenged editor De Rodays of The Figaro over a paragraph he claims defames him regarding the Faure funeral. The two met in Rodays’s study as the Castellane party pressed for a retraction. A duel is expected as tempers flared and blows were exchanged.
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Joe Gould
Musband
Paris
Count Boni de Castellane
M. de Berinand de Rodeys
The
Figaro
M. de Castellane
President Faure
Count de Castellane
Marquis de Castellane
M. Morel
M. du Rodays
Rue de la Chaussee d'Antin
M. de Rodays
de Rodays
de Rojays
Count de Castel- Nes
M. de Roday
M. de Riuxiays
de Castellane
A. de Rodays
Castelline
Man Dressed for Grave Ends Life in Georgia
RB Danforth a prominent wholesale lumber dealer in Bulsawicr Georgia shot himself after dinner in his parlor. He dressed in a suit, fired a pistol and died minutes later. A note and Proverbs verse were found. Danforth had killed William Langsberg years earlier and was paroled after a long case. The piece notes revivalist Sam Jones possibly contributing to his distress. Public notices and an advertisement for Kodol Digestive Cure follow.
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Efrain
Bulsawicr
RB Danforth
Knights of Pyrhias
Spencer
J. Rob
Dastourn
Macgerdl
Sam Jones
Danforth
Willam Langsberg
Macon
Georgia
Ime
Northen
Landsberg
Iis
Horror in Brooklyn as Mother Dies in Fire
A five story Brooklyn tenement fire killed three and injured three, forcing 60 tenants to flee. A mother died burned while a 12 year old boy and others perished leaping from windows. Motorman Farrell Murray rescued Mrs Mary Dohrer from smoke and flames to the roof before burning injuries. The deceased were Mary Madden 67, George Rantio 12, Mrs Rantio 45. The injured include Mrs Mary Bohrer and Fireman McCue.
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New York
Brooklyn
Farrell Murray
Mary Dohrer
Mary Madden
George Rantio
Rantio
Mary Bohrer
McCue
Breakup of Rebel Bands in Visayan Islands by US Navy
Lieutenant Fred R. Payne commanding the gunboat Pampanga has seized and destroyed about 800 vessels used by insurgents in the Visayan islands. The operation also captured supplies and war materials shipped from Leyte to insurgent leaders on Samar and Cebu. Pirate raiding on Negros has been suppressed and their boats burned.
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United States
Philippines
Masia
Visayan Islands
Fred R. Payne
Pampanga
Manila A
Payne
Leyte
Samar
Cebu
Negros Island
Atlanta Barber Killed On Railroad Tracks Near North Vernon
The mangled body of KF. R. Logan, once owner of a barber shop at 3d Marietta Street, was found on a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern rail line near North Vernon Indiana after he was struck by a train. Logan, about 30, leaves a wife and had recently suffered a mental decline prompting travel plans to Cincinnati. Local fraternal members in Atlanta and Gate City lodge, Knights of Pythias, mourn the tragedy while fraternal insurance discussions highlight insolvency issues affecting Select Friends.
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KF. R. Logan
Atlanta
F. R. Logan
Marietta Street
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
North Vernon
Ind
Logan
Cincinnati
Gate City Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Death of General Benjamin Harrison Mourned Nationwide
Telegraph wires crowded with sympathy as General Benjamin Harrison dies at 4 45 pm after a quiet, painless decline. Relatives and many friends gather at his bedside. Funeral planned for next Sunday at First Presbyterian Church. Harrison voiced strong views on Cuba, Philippines, trusts, and corporate regulation, urging stateside business focus for steel trusts.
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Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Orelock
First Presbyterian Church
Cuba
Supreme Court of the
United States
Ateel Trust
New Jersey
Messages of Sympathy for President Harrison Death
Reports detail nationwide condolence sent to Mrs. Harrison after ex President Harrison's death. Messages include Grover Cleveland and McKinley, with many ex cabinet members and officials expressing grief. Last words to his wife noted, as Delware street home receives steady lines of mourners.
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Ixptasaponts
Harrison
Delaware Street
Benj. Harrison
Indianapolis
Grover Cleveland
Fuller
Justice Harlan
Justice McKenna
Supreme Coport
General Harrison
Charles Foster
the Treasury
John W. Foster
California
Washington
Mexico
S. B. Elkins
Secretary of the Navy
Benjamin F. Tracy
the Interior
John W. Noble
John Wanamaker
McKinleys
Mra
McKinley
Washington, D. C
Pace
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Jarstein
Washington in Mourning for Ex-President Harrison
The national capital mourns as flags fly at half mast following the death of Benjamin Harrison. President McKinley closes the executive mansion to visitors and plans to attend the Indianapolis funeral, issuing a 30 day mourning proclamation for public buildings and ships worldwide. Harrison’s Indianapolis home is described, with Crown Hill cemetery a focal point for tributes.
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McKinley
Markasos
Wasiixotos
Harrison
Cortelyou
Washington
Mra McKinley
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Willy
Brates
Massios
Wasnixotos
Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Senate
Bia
Navy
United States of America
William McKistey
Joux Ha
Mince
Ivotaxaports
Crown Hill Cemetery
Crown Hill
City of the Dead
British Fear Russian Encroachment in China
The Globe laments British foreign office nerve in Manchuria and urges the United States to curb Wu Ting Fang to protect northern China market for Southern cotton mills. Australian troops relieve Ansaid defense, and Colonel William Carey Sanger is appointed assistant secretary of war, sworn in at the War Department.
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Great Britain
China
Loxpox
Globe
Manchuria
United States
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
Peking
William Ca. Sanger
Elk Ljohn
Wasmisotom
William Carey Sanger
New York
Root
War Department
Ome
Meiklejohn
Senate
William Garey Sanger
Cubans respond to Platt amendment talk in Havana
Local Cuban papers publish interviews with visiting U S representatives who say the Platt amendment may lack binding force if the Cuban convention rejects it. They warn Congress could be asked to act again and note Wood’s letters opposing the amendment. Also mentions counterfeits of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve warning readers to use the real product.
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Congress
Havana
United States
House of Representatives
Cuba
Ley
Wood
General Gomes
Wood-Gomea
Senate
New Twenty sixth Regiment of Volunteers Forming at Fort McPherson
The Twenty sixth regiment of volunteers destined for the Philippines is being rapidly recruited at Fort McPherson. Efforts aim to compose a southern unit with recruitment focused in southern cities. Currently three officers are stationed at Fort McPherson, with more expected soon. Robertson Mardis work. 115 Thomas St. Athens, Ga.
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Robertson Marble Yard
Thomas St
Athens, Ga
Atlanta
Philippines
Fort McPherson
Robertson Mardis Yard
Thomas &T
Hobson in Montgomery to Receive Silver Testimonial
Harsh Iain Richmond Pearson Hobson arrived in Montgomery from Salisbury New York where he visited relatives since leaving a New York hospital. His health improves and on March 19 he will be honored with a silver testimonial by friends and neighbors in Greeneboro. One Minute Cough Cure is recommended for lingering coughs after grippe.
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Merrimac
Monrodston
Iain Richmond Pearson Hobson
Montgomery
Salisbury
N. Y
New York
Paul Sod Syilt Egeaal
Thas
Greeneboro
Milver
Caution Over Imitation Castoria Medicines Fraud
The piece warns of fraudulent imitations of Castoria and Osatoris harming children and deceiving families. It emphasizes the danger of fake remedies and notes strict laws and the real Castoria signature to verify authenticity. It urges severe punishment for counterfeiters to protect public health.
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Bas. H. Fletcher
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Cloverport
Tennessee
Spanta
Tenn
Prof
Ivinson
Lonaconing
Hi. R. Palmer & Sons
Carnegie Library
Anne Wallace
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Library of
H.R Palmer & Fons
Lt. H R, Palmer & Sons
New York City
ChavenaNp
Iron Trade Review
Bessemer
Valley Furnace
Fort Scott
Kaw
Order of Select Friends
N.C
John T. McCutcheon
Chicago
Puagilist
Dover
Jimmy Coogan
Frank Salter
Plank
Mr. Harrison
Statesman
A. I. Mason
Thad
Nee Ware
Biewat
Kruger
Ila
DeWitt
DeWitt's
H. B. Palmer & Sons
Hobson
Grippe
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