Four Die In Lorain Theatre Fire
Four people perished in the Verbick theatre fire in Lorain Ohio. Victims include James Dwyer 28 and Mrs William Marsh 24 and two children. The blaze started in the basement trapping occupants and smoke filled the narrow stairway. Theatre loss valued at 35900 with total building damage at 40000. Verbick Amsement Company of Oil City Pennsylvania owned the theatre.
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Verbick
Lorain
Ohio
James Dwyer
William Marsh
Marsh
Dwyer
Verbick Amsement Company
Oil City
Explosion at Dupont dynamite works kills five men
Five workers at the Dupont company dynamite plant in Marquette Michigan were killed when about 400 pounds of nitro- glycerine exploded in the mixim e house. The blast damaged most of the 30 buildings and shattered windows across town. In related notes an interurban railway merger created the Northern Indiana Railway Company with 4 million dollars in capital. At Newport Rhode Island five cases of spotted fever appeared at the naval training station, one patient dead, patients isolated aboard the Zeina Mercedes.
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Dupont Company
Marquette
Mich
Imixme
Elias
Indiana Railway Company
South Bend
Mishiwaka
Goshen
Elkhart
Naval Academy
United States
Newport
K. I
George Henry Cradock
Minnesota
Brooklyn
Daresiient Roosevelt
Washington
Leiter
Zeigler
Kus
Harbin
India
Chicago
Madrid
Milton farmer found murdered in his home
Joseph Luzy a wealthy farmer living 2 1/2 miles south of Milton Indiana was found dead in a bedroom with a severe head wound. He carried about $400 and investigators suspect robbery. no clue to the murderer has been found. A Berlin dispatch notes Germany’s Reichstag discussing a $7.5 million emergency appropriation for African wars, including purchases such as camels.
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Joseph Luzy
Milton
Ind
Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Baron von Stengel
Imperial Treasury
Blaitten Jury Convicts Otto Cook of Voluntary Manslaughter
The Blaitten Indiana jury finds Otto Cook guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the Preston Sanderson murder case. He faces a prison term from two to twenty-one years and a motion for a new trial will be heard December 28.
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Blaitten
Ind
Otto Cook
Preston Sanderson
Tragedy at Red Lake Falls Fire Claims Martell Family
Peter Martell his wife and three children die in a house fire of unknown origin at Red Lake Falls Minnesota. Authorities report Martell carried the children to the kitchen before returning for his wife as the floor collapsed with the family inside.
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Peter Martell
Red Lake Falls
Minn
Martelle
Fire damages Barton Hall at American College for Girls
Constantinople dispatch reports Barton hall in Scutari suburb partly destroyed by fire. Students and boarders were in bed when flames were found. all inmates were rescued.
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Constantinople
Barton Hall
American College For Girls
Scutaria
Three Boys Drowned Into Toledo Ice
Three boys died after falling through thin ice on the Maumee River in Toledo Ohio while skating. The victims were Melvin Kraft eleven Frank Krauser age unknown and Charles Harris six.
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Toledo
Maumee River
Ohio
Melvin Kraft
Frank Krauser
Charles Harris
Aged Lafayette Woman Fatally Burned in Kitchen Fire
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, 83, of Lafayette Indiana, was fatally burned while building a fire in her kitchen stove. Her clothing caught fire from the kindling wood.
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Elizabeth Allen
Lafayette
Ind
Fire destroys Cooper building and Windsor cafe in Brooklyn
A large fire leveled the Cooper building at Bedford Avenue and Fulton Street along with the Windsor cafe and adjacent row houses in Brooklyn. Estimated loss stands at $200,000, with authorities investigating the blaze.
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Cooper
Bedford Avenue
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Windsor Cafe
Indianapolis civic figure John Shoemaker Dies at Eighty
John Shoemaker a longtime leader in Indianapolis civic affairs and Indiana public life died at his home after an illness of four weeks. He was nearly eighty years old.
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John Shoemaker
Indianapolis
Indiana
Mr. Shoemaker
Engagement of Miss Roosevelt to Nichol as Longworth Announced
The engagement of Alice Lee Roosevelt to Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati the Ohio congressman is announced. The wedding is planned for mid February likely at the White House with a bridal trip to London and residence in Washington after.
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Alice Roosevelt
Mr. Longworth
Contress
Miss Roosevelt
Orient
Congressman Longworth
Cincinnati
Ile
Tiaward
Tiaward, An Adams of the Chiemoant Law School
Givine
Washington
Cinguinnauti
Mar
Longworth
London
Ambassador Reta
Roosevelt
White House
Cincinnmati
Ma Lomeworth
Miss
The President's Advisers Portraits and Peculiarities
The cabinet figures are sketched with detail. Hitchcock lights a cigar, Moody seems athletic, and Root grows more confident as Secretary of State. Cortelyou, Bonaparte, and Montcalf are described by appearance and demeanor. The piece notes their quiet talks and distinct personalities.
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Wilson
Witehcoek
Tey
Hitehcoek
William
Hitchcock
Moody
Ife
Lachelor
Root
Cortelyou
Washington
Fle
Bonaparte
Tiis
Ihe
Moetcalf
Ile
Chronology of 1905 reveals upheaval and progress worldwide
A broad survey of 1905 highlights Russia's peasant revolt and liberal concessions, Norway's separation from Sweden, and a year marked by Russo-Japanese war progress, Great engineering feats like the Simplon tunnel, and disasters from earthquakes and mine explosions. It notes political reforms, labor strife in Chicago, and notable deaths across politics, arts, and industry.
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Russia
Norway
Sweden
Chicago
Min Wa
Sea of Japan
Portland
Fareat
Oklahoma
Bhatsas
Jane
Lewis
Caregen
Montenegro
Pwo
Wandred
Princetown
Natal
Japan
Frederic William
Germany
Cecile of
Mecklembur
Schwerin
Ligr
Presidena Roosevelt
Theodor Protyetais
Gree
Lay Nhler
Gustiuvus Adolph
Margaret of
Couuaneht
T. Desth
Cataa
Maximo Goines
le Peath
Jndae
Stephen New Aocker
Ith
No business house cares to employ him after forty
A quote from This Funny World contrasts a man’s lack of sense before age forty with the difficulty of finding work after turning forty, as noted by the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Five Fire Losses Hit Pa Firms and Towns
Hamburg Vitrified Brick works at West Hamburg destroyed by fire with losses around 50000 dollars. Five Reading Coal and Iron Company double blocks burned at Yatesville Pa. Two American women expelled from Prussia for speaking to the Kaiser. Japanese budget estimated at 515 million dollars, war cost 400 million. Desmeoulins statue in Paris removed for alterations after unveiling. Milwaukee leather men protest packers’ hide market manipulation seeking duty removal. Colonial Brass Company of Cleveland petitioned for bankruptcy with liabilities around 85000 dollars. Insurance man James Hawkins arrested in Charlottesville for blackmail of Lt. Ballantine of Newark who died by his own hand.
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Hamburg
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Yatesville
Prussia
Camille Desmeoulins
Paris
Milwaukee Leather Nen
Ucolonial Brass Company
Cleveland
Ohio
United States District Court
James S. Hlawkins
Charlottesville
Lt. D. Ballantine
Newark, N. J
Getting Along Between Williams and Wife Revealed
A clipped exchange notes Williams married just over a year ago and asks how they get along. The response affirms “Splendid” and then confirms they are divorced. The fragment hints at a public or social conversation about a recent婚 divorce.
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Williams
Congress Debates Rates and Panama Canal Measures
Spirited Senate debate centers on a bill by Mr. Tilbaan to let the Interstate Commerce Commission fix maximum rates. The Panama Canal emergency appropriation faces scrutiny as committee actions and house debate shape potential funding and oversight.
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Senate
Tilbaan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Foraker
Tillman
Judson
Santa Fe
House
Mitchell
Oregon
Amar
Fla
Shackleford
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Williams
Sulzer
Allison
Committee On Appropriations
Shaw
Wes Read
Lamar
Hha
Shackteford
Wiliams
Kirsik
Panaima Canal
Ma Teyburn
Ma Mikins Quade
Ways and Meane
Payne
Congress
Senate Priday
Stone
Postmaster General
Gallinger
Bacon
Messrs. Tilman
Spooner
Money
Hare
Cul Herson
Sherley
I.g
Ma Cochran N. Ya
Annapolis
National Capital Notes Summary of Washington Motions
Speaker at national conference criticizes U S treatment of children versus Russia. John Sharp Williams blocks Democratic committee appointment changes. Treward University Negro students protest alleged racial prejudice in chapel exercises. Secretary of War urges 5000 new sea coast artillery. Commissioner General Sargent cites alien influx as immigration problem. Carnegie Institute elects Welch to board replacing late Hay. Attorney General Moody pushes prosecution for rebate law violations. Cortelyon cites Chicago post office deficiencies. Philippine tariff committee urges cotton goods tariff changes.
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America
Russia
John Sharp Williams
House
Treward University
Sargent
Hurest
The
Carnegie Institute
Prof
Welch
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
John Hay
Moody
Cortelyon
Chicago
Philippines Tariff Committee
Merchants’ Association of New York
War Department
The Sturdy Blacksmiths Elect James W. Kline Leader
The International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers reports a quick recovery from hard times. Charters issued about three weekly from headquarters. Local unions now 480 with roughly 24,000 members. James W. Kline, elected president, is Kansas City born and a former Union Pacific strike leader.
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International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers
International
Forrmer
James W. Kline
Kansas City
Union Pacific Railroad
Labor unrest and wage strikes ripple across industries
George F. Dann signals a general wage strike in the United States and Canada on May 1 amid a wartime labor shortage in Berwick Pennsylvania. The piece notes iron molders strike in Philadelphia, wage increases for machinists between Chicago and Buffalo, child labor protection efforts, pension plans for transit workers, and a humorous contrast between two factory job postings.
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George F. Dann
International Union of Boilermakers and Shipbuilders
United States
Canada
Berwick
Belug
Union Iron Molders
Philadelphia
National Proudhers’ Association
Messrs. Wilson
Rogers
Admals
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
International Association of Machinists
Chicago
Dulfulo
United Textile Workers of America
New York
Missouri Normal Schools Chosen Sites and Education Notes
Missouri will locate its new normal schools at Springfield and Marysville. Alfred Moseley leads the English National Education Commission to place Jones dave sons in American schools. Florida plans free lectures on tuberculosis prevention and first aid after June 1900. Lawrence Kansas urges schoolchildren to avoid secret societies to prevent clannishness. Missouri reports a successful compulsory attendance law with enrollment up by 60 000 and daily attendance near 500 000, expected to reach 600 000 this year. Toledo youth save funds in two city banks, totaling 355 000 with a four percent return and weekly net gains about 400.
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Missouri Normal Schools
Springfield
Marysville
Alfred Moseley
English Ndecational Commission
Jus Dave Sons
Tatlowsay
Florida
Lawrence
Kan
Missouri
Toledo
Ohio
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Mary M. Rogers
Windsor
Edward Atkinson
Rock Island
Arkansas
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National Capital Notes
Jd. W. Kline
Industrial Notes
Amalgamated Association of Street and
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National Labor Organization
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