Nashville Blazes Alarm City After Fire Spree
Three fires within twenty four hours in Nashville cause $250000 in damage. Incendiaries suspected at Frankland & Co dry goods, City Savings Bank, Miss Ivers millinery, Huelebran store, and Nashville Banner office. A fourth attempt on Daily American building failed. Nearby New York fire on Broadway harms residents. Western Union president Norvin Green dies in Louisville. Damages and injuries noted across multiple incidents with investigations underway.
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Nashvitz
Tenn
Nashville
Daily American
Solomon Frankland & Co
Frankland Company
J. H. Fall & Co
Globe Clothing Store
City Savings Bank
Miss
Herman Hasslock
Baxter Court
Athletic Club
Society Mirror
New York
Broadway
Delmonico’s
Redfern & Co
Mr. and
Mirs
H. Bass
Western Union
Louisville
Ussville
Norvin Green
Western Union Telesh Company
Ity
Green
Tate
Warvin Green
Bany Ind
Ohta
Louiaville
University At
Custom House
Bankkrupt Peoples
New Orleans
Cincinnati
William Orton
John van Horn
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Transcontinental Rates Set by Northwestern Lines
The tariff schedule adopted by the Great Northern Northern Pacific Union Pacific and Western Freight association aims to block Spokane and interior trade. Rates from Missouri river points to Spokane and interior cities are listed, with first through fifth class and special classes. Separate note mentions Texas legislature rejecting fair exhibit funding and women mobilizing funds to ensure representation.
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St. PaulyMinn
Spokane
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Midgeley
Western Freight Association
Erior
Missouri River
St. Paul
Duluth
Frrst
Various Local Losses and Crises Reported Across United States
A hodgepodge of incidents from Oshkosh to Yukon to Battle Creek details deaths, assaults, jailbreaks, and legal actions. Notable items include Amie Thompson’s death at 62 in Oshkosh, Eddy Myer knocked out in a 23 round bout, a double homicide near Asheville resisting arrest, James J. Corbett’s $10,000 fight check, and a ten year penitentiary sentence for Edward Austin of Mexico Missouri for assault. Also reported are the death of Betsy Grossett at 100 in Battle Creek, Chilean naval exhibits bound for San Francisco, relief funds from Chicago carpenters, a $900 reward for Frank Murray, a George Lewis murder case in Mexico Missouri, a fatal skull fracture from a schoolyard quarrel, sudden blindness of telegraph operator Charles Wilsie, and ice-induced railway suspensions in Williamstown and near Renève.
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Amie Thompson
Oshkosh
Wis
Eddy Myer
Billy
George Lavigne
Johnston
Asheville
N. Y
James J. Corbett
Mitchell
Jackson
Zante
Turnkey McBreen
Covington
Watson
Edward Austin
Mexico
Jane Schneider
Michael Houlihan
Ilinois Central
Ohio
Cairo
Uls
Thomas
Yukon
Betsy Grossett
Battle Creek
M. P. Morris
Vancouver
Imperial
Valparaiso
San Francisco
Homestead Relief Committee
Carnegie
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Union No. 1
Chicago
Gil
Frank Murray
Morris
George Lewis
Lewis
W. R. Brown
Pike County
Brown
Frank Harrison
King Brown
Day
Ann
Harrison
Charles Wilsie
Illinois Central
Customs Officials Named Deputy for Fair
A. W. Hall of the customs department is appointed deputy collector in charge of the World’s Fair. Assistants are Daniel McAully in charge of inspectors and Deputies David B. Spader and Joseph E. Ralph. Other force selections follow civil service rules. A wrecked special train near Walsenburg injures Fireman Andy Kohn fatally. no passengers seriously hurt.
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Curiaco
A. W. Hall
Customs Department
Daniel McAully
David B. Spader
Joseph E. Ralph
Customs House
Civil Service
Denver
Rio Grands Road
Walsenburg
Andy Kohn
Royster Executed for 1801 Epps Murder in Surrom
Jonn B Royster was led to the scaffold in Surrom Virginia at 12:10 PM after being convicted of the July 20 1801 murder of John P Epps. The drop occurred at 12:40 and life was pronounced extinct at 1:27 PM.
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Surrom
Jonn B. Royster
John P. Epps
Senatorial Struggles Highlight Deadlock Across States
Wyoming reports a dramatic joint session as Speaker Tidball backs General Charles Thompson, triggering a stampede and shifts in votes. North Dakota and Montana chapters show continued ballots, defections, and calls for adjournment sine die as parties seek a path to a winner amid deadlock. Washington records no choice after 58 ballots. Ohio notes a high-stakes debt assignment by Charles W. Short with substantial liabilities.
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Cautumnn
Wyo
Tidball
Charles Thompson
New
Thompson
Vanderventer
General Thompson
Beck
Baxter
Miller
Corn
Brown
Bisstarce
N. D
Joint Assembly
H. F. Miller
Fargo
Palmer
Anderson
Booker
Lamb
Roach
Shortridge
Flood threat as Ohio River rises after snow and rain
Cincinnati reports rapid river rise with flood potential as snow and rain push stages higher. At 6pm 8 ft 11 in, at 1am 41 ft 2 in. forecast shows continued rise with danger line at 52 ft. Pomeroy and Maysville also record rising levels and flooded streets. Fremont sees Sandusky river rise. cellars fill. business districts flood risk. Meanwhile Capt. Taylor may retire. a Guin postmaster duel ends in killing. Danville man drowns after fall from a bridge. San Francisco sets Maurice Curtis retrial for March 20. Howard Raley arson case bound over in Omaha.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Water Works Register
Pomeroy
Maysville
Fremont
Sandusky
Brrwaxnauanu
Ala
T. T. Kirk
Guin
Marion County
Dock Sides
Sides
Danville
Edwin Haworth
Cayuga
Ind
Chicago and Eastern
Ilinois Railroad
San Francisco
Murphy
Maurice B. Curtis
Grant
Avaan
Omana
Howard Raley
Labor unrest and Pinkerton allegations spark debate
A Feb 11 report cites Senator Galfinger's committee findings on private armed guards at labor sites. It condemns private detectives while urging lawful arbitration and condemning strife. The piece notes no proof of damage by strikers and warns workers against lawbreaking. Also rumors of a general railroad strike near the World's Fair are dismissed as unfounded.
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Waamiston
Galfinger
Select Committee
Senate
Harmestead
Corolithians
Cominalized Stone Committee
R. Louis
William Cadre
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Southwest System
la Clede
Chicago
Rioters Attack Electric Railway Crews In Marshall County
Rioters and supporters assaulted electric railway crews outside Wheeling near the city line in Marshall County. Three company workers were badly beaten, two possibly fatally. Wounded: W. H. Tucker superintendent Henry Hartman motorman H.S. Newroy electrician. Stones clubs and revolvers used. mob about a hundred.
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Wheeling
Waoruina
W. Va
Linits
Marshall County
W. H. Tucker
Henry Hartman
HS. Newroy
Newton
Hartman
Tucker
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