Fatal hotel blaze claims two laborers in Minneapolis
A fire at the Flour City hotel on Hennepin avenue in Minneapolis killed two laborers Frank Green from New Brighton and an unidentified man. The blaze started in a rear room via a chimney hole. ten others escaped as smoke filled the building. The victims were found in a smoke filled third and second floor pigeonhole rooms. deaths blamed on asphyxiation.
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Minneapolis
Flour City
Hennepin Avenue
Frank Green
William
Green
New Brighton
Fox
Mable
Lightning kills child in Alabama mill home blaze
In fluntsville on May 24 a bolt struck Norris Petty's Rowe cotton mill home. The chimney fire ignited a turpentine bottle at the mantel, splashing four children before the fire. One child died within an hour and the others remain in critical condition.
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Fluntsville
Ala
Norris Petty
Rowe
Hawley Re elected Grand Master At Switchmen Convention
Frank T. Hawley of Buffalo New York was re elected grand master of the Switch men s Union of North America on the first ballot over J T McMillan at the national convention in Indianapolis Indiana The officers elected include first vice grand master S i Heberling of Buffalo second vice grand master Runners of Chicago vice grand master A Hurshbeger of Pittsburg and grand secretary treasurer M R Welch of Buffalo.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frank T. Hawley
Buffalo
N.Y
Switchmen’s Union of North America
J. T. McMillan
Ss i. Heberling
Buffara
Runners
Chicago
A. Hurshbeger
Pittsburg
M. R Welch
Mayor sacks two officials in bitter gas lease fight
Philadelphia May 24 Mayor Weaney dismissed David J. Hill and Peter E. Costello from the departments of public safety and public works amid a fierce battle over a proposed seventy five year lease of municipal gas works to United Gas Improvement. Interim directors named as the fight heads to elections while council toward approval remains divided.
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United Gas Improvement Company
Weaney
Ms City
Republicks
David J. § H
Public Safety
Peter E. Costello
Republican Organization
F.khu
New York
Joe Jay Gordon
Don
Frederick J. Shoyer
Department of ‘Public Service
Arthur R. Morrow
Smyth
Costello
Weaver
Department of Public Safety
Department of Public Works
City race and lease clash threaten reform groups
The piece notes Harry A. Romney, sheriff candidate and select council president, backing the lease, while opponents gear to defeat him. The mayor’s stance remains unclear on other officers, sparking unease among officeholders. Reform groups press forward to block the lease amid political upheaval.
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Sheriff's Office
Harry A. Romney
Select Council
National Liberal Convention Nominates Gomez and Zayas
Havana May 24 convention nominates Jose Miguel Gomez governor of Santa Clara for president and Senor Alfredo Zayas for vice president. Gomez receives 1163 of 109 votes cast.
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Havana
National Liberal Convention
Jose Miguel Gomez
Santa Clara Province
Senor
Alfredo Zayas
Gomez
Isolated Vladivostok Fortified by Japanese siege
London dispatch says the Vladivostok railway to Harbin has been severed isolating the fortress. Rumors say the Sixth Japanese Army under General Hasegawa planned the move, with railway links Dalny to Mukden restored and Rojestvensky’s fleet said to reach the open Pacific.
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Daily Telegraph
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Harbin
Hasegawa
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Pacific
Mukden
Dalny
St. Petereign
Tokio
Rojestvensky
Tiashen
Czarevitch
Kremnin
Rumor of Admiral Rozhdestvensky Death Unconfirmed
Paris reports a London dispatch claiming the Russian admiral Rozhdestvensky is dead but officials say the rumor is unsubstantiated. The Russian embassy in Paris denies the report and notes no verified information on the Russian fleet’s whereabouts.
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Paris
Admiiral Royestvensky
London
FLEET STILL OFF MASAMPHO
London May 24 The Shanghai car respondent of the Morning Post says he learns from a trustworthy source that Vice Admiral Togo's fleet is still off Masampho on the southeastern coast of Korea
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London
Shanghai
Morning Post
Togo
Masampho
Kores
Senate committee ends hearings on railroad rate regulation
Washington May 24 The senate committee on interstate commerce closed the hearing on railroad rate regulation and will spend the rest of the week studying a report and related proposals to smooth proceedings when Congress reconvenes The hearings began April 11 and have consumed thirty days with extensive documentary evidence supplied.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Train strikes buggy. two killed in Chicago
A passenger train on the Pennsylvania head struck a buggy at Thirty third street, killing Stephen Mazikiwies and Adam Magle and fatally injuring John McCloskey. The two dead men were thrown high in the air. McCloskey was hospitalized with injuries deemed unsurvivable.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Thirty-third Street
Stephen Mazikiwies
Adam Magle
John McCloskey
McCloskey
Writer and reformer Mary A Livermore dies in Melrose
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, noted writer and reformer, died at her Melrose home on May 24. Bronchitis and a weak heart hastened the end.
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Mary A. Livermore
Melrose, Mass
Melrose
Mass
Williams Brings Struggle Over Hanging Commute
May 24 report on William Williams condemned to hang Aug 9 for John Keller murder. Attorneys seek commutation to life imprisonment but Williams demands execution.双方 effort to agree unsuccessful.
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Paul
William Williams
John Keller
Williams
Choate Dines With King Edward in London Farewell
King Edward hosts American Ambassador Choate at a farewell audience and lunch with Secretary Carter after Choate presented his recall letters. Choate plans to sail for New York on May 26.
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King Edward
London
Carter
New York
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