Death toll in Lincoln European Hotel fire
A four story Chicago hotel fire at 5 30 am led to the suffocation of fourteen men mostly farmers attending a livestock exposition. Overcrowded halls and lack of adequate alarms trapped guests in beds and hallways. bodies found in various states of sleep. Investigations point to an accidental blaze likely started by a cigar. The event drew crowds of farmers seeking friends at the stock yards as investigators and undertakers searched Madison Street for the missing.
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Chicago
Lincoln European
Madison Street
Cty
Otres
Billions in the Farm Industry Progress
Secretary James Wilson reports dramatic growth in U S agriculture the sector’s capital investment around 20 billion dollars far surpassing manufacturing and halving the population that lives on farms. He cites record farm output nearly 85 billion dollars and argues for science education for producers and weather forecasting for rural routes, plus a plan for Appalachian forest reserves to curb floods and soil loss.
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United States
James Wilson
Wilson
Ohio
Tennessee
Mississippi
Payne Issues Annual Postal Report and Recommendations
Postmaster General Henry C. Payne presents the annual postal report noting rising revenues and expanding service. He details two year finances, predicts further rural free delivery expansion, and urges legislation on free delivery limits, carrier pay, money order rates, bond requirements, and postal operations reforms.
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Henry C. Payne
United States
Post Office Department
County counties report no negro students in twenty five counties
Sparks from the Wires notes twenty five Kansas counties have no Negro school children within their borders. The Comptroller of the Currency authorizes Alva National Bank Oklahoma territory to open with capital 25000. In Newberg Oregon a burglar broke the depot and robbed a Chehalis Valley Milling Company express package worth 1189.
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Kansas
Alva National Bank of
Alva, O. T
Newberg
Ore
Chehalis
First Girl Baby in 140 Years Becker Family
A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Arthur W Becker of St Louis breaking a 140 year streak without a daughter. The Beckers are noted as a large family and plan a general celebration to mark the event.
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Arthur W. Becker
St. Louis
Beckers
Becker
Supreme Court backs Nevada school of magnetic healing
The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the American School of Magnetic Healing in Nevada Missouri is legally entitled to use the mails and that its claim of healing ability is not fraudulent. This represents a major victory for healers.
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Supreme Court of the United States
American School of Magnetic Healing
Nevada
Interior Dept bars orchards under Cherokee Nation leases
The Interior Department will not permit planting of commercial orchards under lease or contract by nursery companies on Cherokee Nation lands. This decision curtails nursery driven cultivation within the Cherokee Nation territories.
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Interior Department
Cherokee Nation
Secretary Root Recommends Restoration of the Day Canteen
In his annual report Secretary Root will propose restoring the Day canteen service. The measure aims to resume meals and facilities provided to workers and staff, reflecting an effort to maintain welfare programs within the department.
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Root
Venezuela’s Castro Defends Rule Amid War Costs and Revolts
President Castro rules Venezuela as insurrectionists scatter after costly fighting. Mobs and troops alike fought with untrained forces. women joined the ranks. Across 1901 revolts, cattle and crops were ruined, horses stolen, and grass trampled as the country endures a history of revolt and political intrigue. One uprising led by Gen Porazo was crushed and exiled from the country.
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Castro
Venezuela
Porazo
Andrade
Bank Robberies Sweep Midwest Indiana and Beyond
A nationwide wave of bank and post office robberies spans the middle west and beyond with multiple towns hit in Indiana Ohio Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Kentucky and Missouri including vault explosions safe blows and stolen cash stamps and bonds. In Venezuela Castro’s government faces a long running conflict with Matos as soldiers rely on improvised weapons and many civilians are drawn into the fighting.
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Indiana
Owa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Warren
Mich
Exchange Bank
Akron
Ind
Clark's Hill
Prairie City
Iowa
Iowa State Bank
Brodhead
Gardner
Exchange National Bank
Gann Valle
S. C
Buffalo County
Westville
Jacob Herrold
Reedsburg
Wis
Steere
Ohio
E. B. Willard & Co
Verona
Greenwood
Greenwood State Bank
Richards
Bank of Richards
Sbuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe
Joyce
Cloverland
Venezuela
Castro
M. A. Matos
Matos
Government
Mascagni in America A Portrait of the Italian Maestro
The article extols Pietro Mascagni the Cavalleria Rusticana author now visiting America. It notes early critics doubted his future but time proved them wrong. At 35 he is celebrated as a brilliant artist, teacher, and sportsman, revered in Italy for elevating melody and art.
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America
Pietro Mascagni
Mascagni
Italy
Prospectus Forecasts Peace Exposition in Johannesburg
Consul General H. Clay Evans forwards to the State Department a prospectus for an international peace exposition to be staged in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1904-5. The prospectus states the exhibition will open when the people of South Africa most need goods.
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H. Clay Evans
State Department
Johannesburg
South Africa
Fish Hatchery Plan to Be Sought by State Commissioner
State Fish Commissioner Haughey will request the Kansas Legislature establish a state fish hatchery to boost propagation and local fisheries. The proposal aims to create a centralized facility, funding considerations, and oversight to support sustainable stocking initiatives statewide.
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Haughey
Kansas
Miss Florence Hayward Heads to Europe for World’s Fair Push
Florence Hayward sails from St Louis to Europe to boost interest in the world fair scheme. She aims to drum up support among industrialists and officials, hoping momentum builds for the global exposition project.
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Florence Hayward
St. Louis
Europe
Explosion at Swift & Company plant kills many at stockyards
A boiler explosion at Swift & Company in Chicago's Union Stock Yards Saturday morning devastated the refrigerating plant. At least twenty workers are believed dead, mostly Black, with fires spreading through the building. Rescue efforts were swift as ambulances rushed in, and alarms spread citywide. The cause remains undetermined though the boiler had been deemed in good condition. The blast shattered nearby structures and sent crowds at the International Live Stock Show into panic.
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Swift & Co
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Stock Yards
Swift's
Death of Dr. Joseph Parker, London Preacher
Dr. Joseph Parker, head of City Temple London for over thirty years, died Friday afternoon after a long illness. Born April 9 1830 in Hexham on Tyne he rose to global fame for dramatic preaching attracting huge crowds. Parker once opposed the Prince of Wales sporting life and declined Plymouth Church pastorate after Beecher’s death.
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Joseph Parker
City Temple
London
Parker
Burt
Hexham-on-Tyne
Poultney Chapel
Holborn Viaduct
Edward
Great Britain
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Church
Lyman Abbott
Texas Governor Targets Lynching Officers Instead of Mob
Gov. Joseph D. Sayers of Texas calls for new law to hold county attorneys and district attorneys accountable when lynchings occur within their jurisdictions. He urges Legislature to punish failure or sympathy with mobs that allow prisoners to be lynched, arguing that many have faced capital trials and few commutations, while highlighting the evolving brutality of lynching across Mississippi and Texas.
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Joseph D. Sayers
Texas
Sayers
Mississippi
Citizens Contribute to McKinley Movement Drive
Oklahoma residents donate 2038 dollars and 35 cents to aid the McKinley movement fund, reflecting local support and financial backing for the campaign effort.
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Oklahoma
Roosevelt Critics Show Theaters and Reports
President Roosevelt rarely attends plays, while Mrs. Roosevelt and several officials like Attorney General Knox and senators Hanna Beveridge Lodge are regular patrons. The piece notes a shift to illustrated reports, limits on unnecessary illustrations, and major government reports on civil service, land, forestry, and communications. It cites the civil service, land office, and Army Signal Corps progress, naval plans, immigration figures, and public lands funding amid postwar expansion.
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President Roosevelt
Washinton
Senator Hanna
Senator Beveridge
Senator Lodge
Diplomatic Corps
Cassini
Leiters
de Kovens
Department of Agriculture
War Department
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Department
Alaska
Venezuela Congress
Culver
Dover
Tenn
Stewart County
Mason
W. V
Harry Allemany
Southern League
Edwardsport
Benjamin Volle & Co
Elyria
Arthur
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Edinboro
White Elm
Little Rock
Enon Valley
Bancroft
Caribbean Sea
White House OF
Swift & Company
Deb. Parker
Gov. J
United States Civil Service Commission
Spain
District of Columbia
General Land Office
A. W.gheely
Army Signal Corps
Cuba
Philippines
Dewey
West Indian
Navy Department
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Commissioner of Immigration
Ireland
Robert Wuathorn
Washington
Canada
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
United States Navy Department
Shallenberger
United States Agricultural Department
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