Fire destroys New Aveline hotel in Fort Wayne tragedy
Ten dead and many missing after a blaze at the New Aveline hotel in Fort Wayne Indiana. Thirteen seriously injured as flames consumed the six story brick building built in 1852 and remodeled in 1895. Rescue efforts by national guard and police followed while dozens escaped by windows and fire escapes.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Aveline
Anckenbruck
National Guard
Ralph H. Hopkins
Johnson
Pana
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Claude Varnell
John Hendricks
Chicago
Hendricks
E. M. Matthews
Columbus
Busines
Cleveland's health improves as he recovers in Lakewood
Mrs. Grover Cleveland reports daily improvement in the former president's condition, citing acute indigestion and hopes for an early return to Princeton. She denies cancer rumors and notes he remains at the Lakewood hotel after season closure, with past recoveries taking weeks.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Associated Press
Cleveland
Princeton
Lakewood Hotel
Mystery double murder shocks South Columbus colony
In South Columbus a Bulgarian named Swinchoff Peni, fifty, and a Roumanian Ed Moldewan, twenty, were found murdered. Eight Bulgarians are in custody as police investigate. Peni was found inside a sleeping room with four others. Moldewan lay on a porch. No clear motive or story emerged from witnesses.
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Columbus
Ed Moldewan
Swinchoff Peni
Peni
Interest in Thaw case revived by habeas corpus moves
Public interest in the Thaw case will be revived this week as he seeks release from Matteawan hospital by habeas corpus in the Dutchess County Supreme Court. District Attorney Jerome of New York will oppose the discharge, aiming to prove Thaw remains insane and to transfer the trial to New York County.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Matteawan Hospital
Morschauser
Supreme Court
White Plains
James G. Graham
Newburgh
Jerome
New York County
Dr. Baker
Baker
Charles Pilgrim
Hudson River State Hospital
Charles H. Lane
Matteawan
Wells Fargo Robbers Held in Mexico City Confess
Mexican police report the Wells Fargo heist suspects Luis Cutting, chief clerk, and Rodolfo Alvarez alias Rodriguez are jailed. Both men initially denied involvement. Alvarez confessed after days of isolation. The $62,000 was recovered from Cutting's rooms.
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Alvarez
Rodriguez
Cutting
Plague and Yellow Fever Toll Reported in Guayaquil
In Guayaquil on May 4, forty eight new bubonic plague cases were recorded since April 22. April deaths reached 130 from bubonic plague and sixteen from yellow fever.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Clash Between Soldiers and Police in Loja Ecuador
A serious conflict broke out between soldiers and police in Loja, the provincial capital in southwestern Ecuador. Several people were wounded on both sides.
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Ecuador
Guayaquil
Loja
Switch Engine Derailment Injures Three in Minnesota Yard
Minneapolis on May 4 reports switch engine derailment in Minnesota Transfer yards injuring three men, D. C. Bardwell, E. B. Carter, and H. H. Blayburn, with serious injuries.
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Minneapolis
D. C. Bardwell
E. B. Carter
H. H. Blayburn
Minnesota
Baseball Scores From Major Leagues
American Association games in Kansas City Toledo lost 3 to 1 while St Paul defeated Indianapolis 4 3 Milwaukee beat Columbus 6 to 4 and Minneapolis won 2 to 1 over Louisville In the American League Chicago shut out Cleveland 3 0 National League Cincinnati fell to Pittsburg 1 0 Chicago defeated St Louis 4 2 in the first game and 3 2 in the second game
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Kansas City
Toledo
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Columbus
Minneapolis
Louisville
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Louis
Market Quotations Wheat Prices and Grades
Minneapolis May 2 reports wheat prices for May July and September contracts. No. 1 hard trades around 1.10 dollars, No. 1 Northern about 1.08 dollars, No. 2 Northern near 1.06 dollars, and No. 3 Northern around 1.00 dollar.
Welcome Fleet Arrives as San Francisco Gears for Parade
San Francisco prepares for the Atlantic battleship fleet arrival on May 4 with flags and lights adorning Market Street. Up to 800,000 people are expected to witness a 49-ship procession entering the Golden Gate while Rear Admiral Evans resumes command upon arrival.
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San Francisco
Navy
Evans
Market Street
International Navy
Telegraph Hill
Bill
Golden Gate
Robley D. Evans
Paso Robles
Santa Cruz
Dayton
Connecticut
Fort Baker and Presidio Guns to Salute Home Vessels
Lighthouses guide entry into the bay as bay and ocean meet past Land's End. Twelve inch guns at Fort Baker on Marin county shore and heavy disappearing guns atop the Presidio will fire a loud welcome with black powder rather than smokeless.
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Bay
Ocean
Land's End
Point Bontta
Bne
Fort Baker
Marin County
Presidio
Disappointed in Love Ends in Tragedy in Williamsburg
In New York on May 4, William Sekansky a young Polish immigrant killed Annie KeKnow and wounded Michael Kirsani in a boarding house hallway after his marriage proposal was refused. Kirsani died later in hospital. An angry crowd pursued Sekansky but police escorted him to the station.
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New York
William Sekansky
Annie Kecknow
Williamsburg
Michael Kirsani
Kirsani
Sekansky
British Subject Killed and Blue Nile Governor Wounded
In Mesalamid near Khartoum a British subject Scott Moncreiff deputy inspector of Blue Nile province was assassinated by a local sheik who proclaimed prophecy. A punitive force led by the province governor was attacked as two native officers died and the governor sustained wounds.
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Cairo
Egypt
Scott Moncreiff
Blue Nile
Mesalamid
Khartoum
Body of William Lenze Found in Plant Ruins
In Chicago on May 4 authorities confirmed the body of William Lenze, a watchman, among eight known dead after the explosion and fire that wrecked the Chicago Reduction company plant last Friday night. One earlier recovered body was believed to be Lenze.
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Chicago
William Lenze
Chicago Reduction Company
Lenze
Drowning of Minneapolis Man in River Rapids
Alexander Hamilton aged 25 and his brother George 18 drowned after swimming four blocks in the Mississippi near the Northern Pacific railroad bridge. They attempted to shoot the rapids in a canoe below the Twin City Rapid Transit powerhouse.
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Minneapolis
Alexander Hamilton
Mississippi
Northern Pacific
Twin City Rapid Transit Company
George
Livestock Prices Report From St. Paul Market
St Paul market figures show cattle Good to choice steers 6.00 to 6.75, fair to good 5.00 to 5.75, cows and heifers 5.60, veals 3.75 to 5.25. Hogs 5.35 to 5.55. Sheep wethers 5.26 to 5.50, good to choice lambs 6.25 to 6.50.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax prices on track for May deliveries
In Duluth on May 2 the market shows wheat and flax prices on track with No. 1 hard at $1.10 1/2, No. 1 Northern $1.07, No. 2 Northern $1.03, May $1.04, July $1.05, Sept $1.1494 1/2. Flax prices rise with May $1.19, July $1.215, Sept $1.22, Oct $1.213.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Chicago Livestock Prices May 2 Cattle Hogs Sheep
Chicago market report lists cattle categories with price ranges across cattle Beeves Texans Western cattle stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves plus hogs including light mixed heavy rough good to choice heavy and pigs with price ranges. Sheep and yearlings and lambs show quoted values for the day.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Prices May 2 Wheat Corn Oats Pork Butter Eggs Poultry
Chicago prices for May and July wheat corn oats pork butter and eggs with figures for May July and Sept contracts. Butter creamery and dairy quotes. poultry values for turkeys chickens and broilers listed.
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Chicago
Trouble in India raises British unease over frontier threats
London reports say India’s unrest worries Britain as a 12 000 to 20 000 strong Afghan force attacks toward Khyber pass. General Willcox rushes to meet the threat near Jamrad while frontier telegrams are censored. Calcutta reveals a bomb plot to murder Europeans with numerous arrests.
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London
India
Khyber Pass
Landikhotal
Bazaar Valley
Lisote Pass
Willcox
Jamrad
Peshawar
Simla
Calcutta
Gompers Urges Labor Independence in Chicago Meeting
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, addressed 1,400 people in Chicago on May 4. He urged voters to cast off party control and support candidates aligned with labor aims, pledging to defeat any office seeker not siding with labor interests.
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Chicago
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Farm worker fatally injured by portable sawmill in Flora township
Redwood Falls May 4 Ferdinand Lueck an aged Flora township resident in Renville county was instantly killed when he stumbled on a circular saw while observing timber cutting. He had been operating a portable sawmill outfit on his farm and fell onto the saw, sustaining almost complete severance of his body.
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Redwood Falls
Minn
Ferdinand Lueck
Flora Township
Renville County
Lueck
Unidentified youth leaps to death from Tyler Street bridge
In St Louis on May 4 a well dressed young man with bared head and uplifted hands appeared to pray before jumping into the Mississippi River at the foot of Tyler Street, dying from his own act.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Tyler Street
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