Swept by Flames Raze Northern Tampa 55 Blocks
A major fire destroyed the extreme northern Tampa district spanning fifty five acres and eighteen and a half city blocks. Four cigar factories, restaurants, saloons, boarding houses, and over 200 cigarmaker dwellings were lost, with 308 buildings destroyed and total damage around $100,000. One woman died from shock.
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Joss
AP Perez & Co
Jess
Gonzales, Fisher & Co
Esberg, Gunst & Co
Staechelberg
Fernandez & Pros
Twelfth
Michigan Auenues
Sixteenth
Twentieth Streets
Explosion at Rosita mine in Mexico rescues miners
An explosion of fire damp at No. 8 shaft of the Rosita mine, Musquiz, Mexico, sparked fear of many deaths. Rescue teams moved quickly and brought all the men to the surface before the fire worsened. Several workers remain at the site to extinguish the blaze.
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Musquiz
Mexico
Brooks Works to Close Indefinitely in Dunkirk
Announcement from Dunkirk New York states the Brooks locomotive plant of the American Locomotive Company will shut the first week in April and stay closed for an indefinite period. The plant formerly employed 600 men.
Four Hundred Street Cars Burned in NYC Fire
Four hundred cars burned in a fire that swept the car barns of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company in New York City on Saturday night. The blaze destroyed roughly one million dollars in equipment and property.
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Metropolitan Street Railway Company
New York City
New Orleans Mardi Gras Opens Amid Big Crowd
The Mardi Gras carnival begins in New Orleans with the Knights of Momus parade drawing an estimated fifty thousand to sixty thousand visitors to the streets. The event marks the start of festive activities in the city.
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New Orleans
Knights of Momus
Roosevelt plea for inland waterways reform and power
President Roosevelt urges Congress to adopt a coordinated waterways plan to develop Mississippi and other rivers for navigation power and irrigation. He warns against private monopolies and railroads blocking river traffic and calls for bonds funding and forest conservation to accompany waterway improvements.
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Multiple Indiana incidents reveal deaths and accidents
Reports detail Boonville printer William Lutz dying from lead poisoning after long press work. Several injuries include a hayloft fall, high school students hurt in a hot sled crash, a fire near Alexandria, and a man saved from a window fall by a live electric wire. A dead candidate received ballots as a sign of respect. Other notes cover divorces, hospital cases, and a new Union Trust in South Bend.
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Fort Wayne
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Newton W. Gilbert
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Tatunt
Washington
Newceastle
Bulding
G. A R
Eagles’ Theater
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Holden
Shah Escapes Assassination As Bomb Attacks Kill Three Outriders
In Tehran a bomb plot targeted the Persian ruler during a procession. Two bombs were thrown from a roof. one detonated in the air, the other on the ground near the Shah's auto. Three outriders died, the chauffeur was wounded, others unharmed. The Shah rode in a carriage and was not inside the vehicle when the blast occurred. Police and troops searched surrounding buildings. arrests were not made.
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Pfis
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Shah
Unrest in India Triggers British Mobilization Plans
British war office orders mobilization readiness across auxiliary and regular forces due to rising unrest in India. Telegraphed instructions require adjutants to be kept informed and movements confined to telegram reach. Some critics doubt Boer motives in Transvaal linked to India tensions.
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Aar
Great Britain
India
War Office
Transvaal
Senate Debates Tariff Currency Bills and Army Appropriation
Senate sessions feature debate over ocean mail subsidy currency reform and army funding. Senators Galling er and Depew back subsidy while Simmons and Whyte oppose currency measure. other days cover criminal code revision and remarks on the Aldrich bill. House and Senate clash over rules and soldier pensions amid broad tariff criticism and plans for pay increases.
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North Carolina
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Maryland
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H House of Representatives
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Oklahoma
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Jones
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Tennessee
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Hayes
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Nine Miners Die in Moody Coal Mine Explosion
News of minor note reports nine miners killed by a gas explosion at Moody Coal Company mine in South Carrollton Kentucky. Also says Bishop Berry of the Methodist Episcopal Church is ill in Guanajuato Mexico with la grippe and other maladies. Friend Paper Mills at West Carrollton Ohio damaged by fire for $100,000 caused by a hot box on machinery. insured.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
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Mexico
la Grippe
Friend Paper Mills
West Carrollton
Ohio
National Capitol Notes on Quick House Action and Pay Hike
The House of Representatives, in a brief session, considered pension business and passed 37 bills. The Senate committee on military affairs recommended a 7 percent payIncrease for enlisted personnel in the army and marine corps. Acting Secretary Oliver issued an order excusing army officers on duty in Washington for two hours to ride horses two afternoons weekly.
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