Fire at Willard's hotel sends guests fleeing in panic
A January fire at Willard's hotel in Washington caused thick smoke and a rapid panic as guests, many in night robes, fled via fire escapes or were carried down ladders. Several congressmen and their wives escaped with help, including Crumpacker of Indiana, Dovenor of West Virginia, and Robertson of Louisiana. The fire started in the basement but caused no serious loss of life. Edward Miller, secretary to Congressman Rodenberg, alerted guests and aided moving wives to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Willard's Hotel
Crumpacker
Indiana
Dovenor
West Virginia
Robertson
Louisiana
Edward “&. Miller
Fast St. Louis
Mrodenberg
Illinois
Moonshiners Kill U S Marshal in Elithorn Creek Battle
In a bloody gun battle on Elithorn creek at the Letcher and Pike county line Moonshiners Rufus Wootan and Ambrose Amburgy killed U S Marshal Tom Hollifield and posseman Simon Combs. Blaine Combs captured while other posse members were wounded. Hollifield long faced moonshiners as a feared federal agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Elithorn Creek
Letcher
Pike County
United States
Tom Hollifield
Simon Combs
Blaine Combs
Rufus Wootan
Ambrose Amburgy
Hollifield
German Expedition Unearths Babylon Treasures
Berlin January 29. The German Babylon expedition led by Prof Kaldewey reports two major finds. It uncovered a street procession of Bel Merodach the tutelary god of Babylon and the Merodach Temple of Sagita containing many antiquities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Babylon
Kaldewey
Bel- Merodach
Sagita
Iowa's speed slowed by fouled hull boosts sheathed ships case
Washington January 29 Captain Cooper reports the battleship Iowa, flagship of the Pacific squadron, has seen a marked speed reduction due to a fouled bottom. The finding strengthens the argument for sheathing battleships to prevent such slowdowns and improve performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Washington
Cooper
Iowa
Pacific Squadron
Robbers Break Into Will County Treasurer Office
Joliet Illinois January 29 thieves forced entry into the county treasurer s office during the noon hour securing 535 dollars with skeleton keys. Authorities report an attempt to suppress details and no clues to the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elass
Joliet
Ill
Annexation Debt Report Shows 3.45 Million in Hawaii Costs
Secretary Gage has sent a full statement to Congress detailing the indebtedness incurred by Hawaii's annexation. The report requests appropriations to cover the total debt amounting to 3,447,533 dollars as of January 29 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apne
Washington
Gage
Hawaii
La Gascogne Arrives After Severe Sea Battering
The French liner La Gascogne reached New York harbor battered by two massive seas. Lifeboats were smashed and rails on the starboard quarter twisted. Four hundred steerage passengers remained shaken after the terrifying voyage. Saloon passengers endured a moment of terror and memory of the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Getting Ready for the Fight in Cincinnati
Since Mayor Fleischmann granted the permit for the Jeffries versus Ruhlin bout at Saengerfest hall on February 15, promoters report strong momentum. Early today carpenters began interior work and the contractor said readiness would come in about ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Fleischmann
Jeffries
Ruhlin
Saengerfest Hall
Child Wanders From Home in Mason City
Mason City Iowa January 29 Daniel Tenny three years old son of Mr and Mrs H M Tenny of Plymouth has wandered from home. He is described as weak minded and was poorly dressed and it is feared he has perished from cold and hunger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Iowa
Daniel Tenny
H. M. Tenney
Plymouth
Rural mail routes set to begin in February
Glenwood Wisconsin Jan 29 services will start on the rural delivery line from Downing north on February 1 and on the line from Glenwood south on February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Wis
Downing North
Glenwood South
Roosevelt Enjoys Lion Hunt in Colorado Leave
Dr. Gerald Webb and Philip Stewart report Gov Roosevelt is on a extended lion hunting trip in Rifle Colorado. He has killed six large mountain lions and three smaller ones and plans to stay two to three weeks longer. He also allegedly placed the muzzle of his gun in a lion s mouth to separate it from dogs before finishing it with a knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Colorado
Rif_le
Colo
Gerald Webb
Philip Stewart
Colorado Springs
Meeker
Miss Stella Thomas Dies In Elevator Accident At YWCA
Miss Stella Thomas twenty from Burlington Iowa was crushed to death in the Young Woman's Christian Association building elevator. She fainted while watching a vaccination procedure and fell forward as the car rose, her head caught between floor and car, dying within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stella Thomas
Burlington
Iowa
Young Woman's Christian Association
Miss Thomas
Seven Devils Copper Mine Sold to Michigan Syndicate
Ex Gov S T Wauser A M Holter and Kleinschmit brothers sell the Seven Devils copper property in Idaho to a Michigan syndicate led by Capt Lewis A Hall and Co W Whitcomb for about 1 million dollars. The syndicate plans a 110 mile railroad into the district, to be completed by July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Syndicate
Helena
Mont
S. T. Wauser
A. M. Holter
Kleinschmit Brothers
Seven Devils
Idaho
Lewis A. Hall
Michigan
Co. W. Whitcomb
Doctor breaches smallpox quarantine flee to Chicago
Appleton Wisconsin January 29 Dr Roder Mund, who exposed himself to smallpox to prove non contagious, left quarantine Saturday evening at 7 eluding four officers with H W Rathbun school principal aiding. They drove to Waupaca and boarded a Chicago train Rathbun arrested and placed in the pest house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton, Wis
Rodermund
H. W. Rathbun
Applicton School of Business
Waupaca
Chicago
Rathbun
Gov Dickey Dead First North Dakota Lieutenant Governor
Jamestown N D Jan 29 Cov Alfred Dickey of this city died Saturday He was the first lieutenant governor of North Dakota elected in October 1889 At the time of illness he planned to open a public reading room for the city He also managed the Alliance Mortgage Company of England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Jamestown
N. D
Alfred Dickey
Dickey
Alliance Mortgage Company
England
Escaped Lunatic Captured After Long Wakeful Stint
In La Crosse Wisconsin on January 29 police rounded up Robert Anderson an escapee from the state insane asylum after four days without food and a hundred mile march through the woods. He was found with serious frostbite and exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Cronne
la Crosse
Wis
Robert Anderson
Supt Meltown Charged With PedDLing Corpses for Dissection
Witnesses in La Crosse Wis report the West Salem county insane asylum superintendent kept bodies of inmates who died for physicians as dissection subjects.
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Meltown
la Crosse
Wis
Supt
MelXown
County Insane Asylum
West Salem
Burglary Hits Faribault Jewelry Store
Faribault Minnesota January 29 burglars broke into the jewelry store of F C Sherwood and took a large amount of valuables and some cash from the drawer. It is the fifth burglary on the city in weeks with no clues in the case. The store of J P Gempel was entered the night before but nothing valuable was stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faribault
Minn
F. C. Sherwood
J. P. Gempel
Wisconsin Woman Claims Royal Fortune via Victoria Link
Mrs. Adam Mutchie of Racine Wisconsin asserts a kinship chain to Queen Victoria through her grandmother a cousin of Queen Elizabeth of Holland. She alleges Elizabeth left one million dollars invested in New York property upon her death and seeks a share of the fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Racine
Wis
Adam Mutchie
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth of Holland
Elizabeth
New York
Prominent Preston Citizen Dies at Breakfast Table
I J Parker aged fifty eight died instantly in Preston Minnesota at his breakfast table from heart failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston, Minn
I. J. Parker
Riz Tobacco Dealer Dead
Sparta Wis Jan 29 Albert H Merri one of the heaviest tobacco dealers in this section died of pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riz
Sparta
Wis
Albert H. Merri
Grip Closes Winona County Schools in Illness Wave
Winona Minnesota January 29 reports that due to the grip a number of Winona county schools have closed. Officials expect the closures to be temporary and schools to reopen once the illness subsides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grip Cloxen
Winona, Minn
Winona County
Child killed by bob sleigh accident in Mora
Four year old son of Otto Alman of Mora Minnesota died after slipping under a hay loaded bob sleigh as he tried to climb aboard. Local authorities reported the accident occurred on January 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mora
Minn
Otto Alman
Queen Victoria Remembered With Masses Attending Services
London mourners filled St Pauls and Westminster Abbey for Queen Victoria memorial services. Thousands queued for admission as bishops and royalty attended. Osborne and Cowes observed similar rites with sermons praising the late queen and noting German Kaiser’s birthday tribute.
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London
Victoria
United Kingdom
St. Paul's Cathedral
Frederick Temple
Canterbury
Westminster Abbey
Chapel Royal
St. James Palace
Frederick of
Hanover
Frances of Tek
England
Srvices
Cowes
Osborne House
Whippingham
Winchester
William Receives Field Marshal Sword on Kaiser's Birthday
In Cowes yesterday Emperor William was presented with a sword by the Duke of Connaught on his appointment as field marshal of the British army. The Kaiser, already Knight of the Garter, also received the insignia in diamonds from King Edward. The event drew praise from German officials and bound Anglo German relations. Memorial services for Queen Victoria were held across Chicago churches and Washington pulpits, highlighting her life and reign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne
Edward
Cowes
William
Duke of
London
Emperor William
Lord Salisbury
Earl Roberts
King Edward
Kaiser
Lord Roberts
Chicago
Victoria
Washington
Queen Victoria
War Department Defers Action on West Point Hazing Report
Secretary of War defers action in the Brooke court inquiry into hazing at the U S Military Academy until Congress acts on the special committee report. The War Department continues to cooperate with Congress on abolishing hazing and sees no advantage to proceeding at this stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
West Point
Am Steel and Wire Purchases Hibbing Mine Lease
The American Steel and Wire company buys the Chisholm mine lease at Hibbing for about 75000 in cash. Archie Chisholm of Hibbing M L Fay of Virginian and John Mitchell of Winona owned the lease. An extra royalty of 10 cents per ton is paid to them. The lease requires a minimum production of 100 960 tons annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth, Minn
American Steel and Wire Company
Chisholm
Hibbing
Archie Chisholm
M. L. Fay
Virginian
John Mitchell
Winona
Senate Debates Irrigation Question for Pima and Maricopa
In Washington on January 28 the senate debated national irrigation as part of an Indian appropriation amendment to fund surveys and an irrigation dam and ditches for the San Carlos Reservation on the Gila in Arizona. Proponents and opponents debated the plan while the army reorganization bill and postal law revisions advanced. The day ended with eulogies for the late Senator Gear of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
San Carlos
Gila River
Arizona
Platt
Connecticut
Quarles
Wisconsin
Stewart
Chandler
Thurston
Hawley
House
Loud
California
Senator Gear
Iowa
Carrie Nation Attacked by Topeka Saloonkeepers’ Wife
Mrs Carrie Nation faced a hostile mob in Topeka Kansas as the wife of saloonkeeper Idd Myers struck her with a broomstick in a clash at Kansas avenue jointkeepers watched. A crowd of about a thousand gathered while Myers encouraged the attack and a policeman protected Nation afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
Idd Myer’s
Kansas Avenue
Myer
Mrs. Nation
Would Refuse Amnesty Aguinaldo Interview Reveals Stance
The World publishes a purportedly well authenticated interview with Aguinaldo via an American agent of Manila merchant Carlo Rubino. Aguinaldo declines amnesty offered by US commissioners, saying he distrusts them and fears continued hardship for his people, equating it to slavery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aguinaldo
Carlo Rubino
Manila
United States
Women in Muncie Arm Themselves Against Squeezer
In Muncie Indiana on January 29 police warned women to carry long steel hatpins after the assailant dubbed Jack the Squeezer hugged several women on the street. Men moved aside on the road to keep women safe and avoid mistaken identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Jack the Squeezer
Jack
Tesla’s new electric lamp promises wide use
New York January 29 Nikola Tesla has perfected a new lighting system. Under full electricity the lamp glows ice colored in sun and provides a soft steady diffuse light. The invention aims for general adoption soon creating a day like night effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nikola Tesla
Czar and Czarina Return to St. Petersburg amid Jubilation
The czar and czarina arrived in St. Petersburg last evening to widespread public rejoicing. They were greeted by cheers as they processed up Kazan Cathedral and were received by the clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Czarina
Kazas
Centenarian Pioneer Warren Sebring Dies in Indiana
Warsaw Indiana January 29 Warren Ad dison Sebring died at Silver Lake in his one hundred and first year of age He retained strong mental faculties and could read without glasses Born in Brunswick New Jersey on March 7 1800 his long life spanned much of early American history and frontier settlement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Warsaw
Ind
Warren Addison Sebring
Silver Lake
Mr. Sebring
Brunswick
N. J
Murder at Rilo Grande Depot in Colorado Springs
Fire destroyed the Rilo Grande freight depot in Colorado Springs after the murder of watchman Wells. Wells was found dead in a bloodstained area with a revolver near his hand. burglars are suspected. Building loss estimated at $5,000 with much freight destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Rilo Grande
Wells
Aged Man Dies of Hiccoughs in Arcola
Arcola Illinois January 29 Marz Rether aged eighty seven years died of a violent attack of hiccoughs that developed five days ago. All efforts by physicians to check the hiccoughs proved fruitless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcola
Marz Rether
Street duel leaves merchant dead in Horatio
Texarkana Arkansas January 29 Milton Gray a saloonkeeper and J W Davis a merchant fought in a street duel at Horatio forty miles north seven shots were fired resulting in the instant death of Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
Horatio
Milton Gray
J. W. Davis
Ten Thousand Catholics Seek Separation From Rome in Manila
In Manila and Binondo the Federal party declares ten thousand Catholics resolved to sever ties with the Vatican. They advocate a Filipina synod or full emancipation from Rome, protesting friars and Archbishop Chappelle’s backing of provincial returns. The struggle centers on friars rather than the church itself as liberal ideas spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Federal Party
Binondo
Vatican
Rome
Chappelle
Church of Rome
Cannonading Clouds Reported Effective Against Storms
Washington reports from Padua Italy say a congress of winegrowers advised firing cannon at clouds to halt hail threats. Delegates claim cannon fire stops hurricanes, halts lightning and thunder, and triggers rain or melting snow as clouds disperse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Covert
Lyons
France
State Department
Congress of Delegates
Padua
Italy
Congress
Big Fighters Arrested For Prize Fight In Ohio
Jeffries and Ruhlin were arrested in Cincinnati on a warrant alleging they were training for a prize fight, a violation of state law. They were released on bond to await a test case filed by local backers of the Saengerfest Athletic association. Judge Roebling, Delhi township magistrate, oversaw the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnnati
Cincinnati
Jeffries
Ruhlin
Saengerfest Athletic Association
Squire Roebling
James Wilder
Roebling
Delhi
Robbers Attack Two Kansas City Residents
Mrs. Rademaker of Kansas City Kansas was knocked down and knocked unconscious near her home by a footpad who fled without stealing after witnesses approached. A. I. Hody, a Kansas City Kansas grocer, was slugged in his store and left in critical condition with little chance of recovery. the robber escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Snow Blockade Broken Resumes Traffic On White Pass Line
Seattle reports the White Pass and Yukon railway blockade ended January 19 after two weeks of heavy snow. Advices to the freighter Ruth say traffic resumed January 20. Skagway endured a fierce blizzard on January 13 with streets blocked by deep drifts. Two sailors suffered severe frostbite near the Alki while entering Taku inlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
White Pass & Yukon
Ruth
Skagway
Taku Inlet
Opposing the Sault Trust Over Belle Isle Mines
New Orleans figures Charles A. Root and Peter McGee of New York arrive to take charge of the Belle Isle salt mines in Iberia parish where John W. Gates and associates have invested one million dollars to develop and operate the property in opposition to the trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Trust
New Orleans
Jan
Charles A. Root
Peter McGee
New York
Belle Island
Iberia Parish
John W. Gates
Sentenced for Bigamy in New York Case
George W. Howard formerly of Cambridge Massachusetts pleaded guilty to bigamy for marrying Helen P Hawkes daughter of a Brooklyn official on September 17. He was sentenced immediately to two years and ten months at hard labor in Sing Sing prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George W. Howard
Cambridge
Mass
Helen P. Hawkes
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Tragic West Shore Collision Kills Three Italians
Three Italian laborers died when a passenger train collided with a gravel train at Weehawken yesterday. The passenger engine crew jumped clear and survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Shore Railway
Weehawken
British Coast Storm Wrecks Reported
The storm continues along the coasts and inland with heavy snows and widespread damage. A number of minor wrecks have been reported in the London area and surrounding coastlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Coast
London
Minnesota Indian survivor Mrs Letton dies in New York
A condensed news brief notes the death in New York of Mrs. Anne Letton, a survivor of the 1862 Minnesota massacre. Other items mention Gov Toole offering a $500 reward for James Wolff in the Virginia City sheriff shooting, large stamp theft in Peoria, a university professorship shift at Oxford, a land sale ruling for Minnewaka, vaccination policy for Chicago telephone girls, possible Duke Roxburghe marriage, a Dutch steamer wreck near Rotterdam with several fatalities, Queen Victoria's funeral affecting Wilhelmina wedding festivities, and Mrs Maria Blaisdell campaigning for pension increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Letton
New York
Gov. Toole
Montana
James Wolff
James Summers
Virginia City
Fifth
Illinois Internal Revenue District
Peoria
Ill
Joseph Wright
Oxford University
Max Muller
Corpus
Spalding
House Indian Committee
Thomas Crayon
Chicago Telephone Company
London
Duke Roxburghe
Miss Ashtor
South Africa
Royal Horse Guards
Holland
Rotterdam
Nieuwen Waterweg
Maas
Wilhelmina
Henri of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Queen Victoria
Maria J. Blaisdell
Minnesota
Washington
McKinley
Market Quotations from Wheat to Hogs Across Regions
Latest grain and live stock prices across St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee Sioux City and South St Paul. Wheat oats corn rye barley flour and flax figures listed with cash and future quotes plus cattle hogs and sheep prices and ranges for Jan 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Minnesota Upland
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Sioux City
Iowa
Texas
South St. Paul
Hiawatha Revival Sees Ten Churches Active
Hiawatha Kansas hosts revival meetings in ten of thirteen churches with stores closed on alternate afternoons to allow proprietors and clerks to attend. The Episcopalians and Catholics abstain. R P M Williams, a Southerner, began the revival two weeks ago. The academy and public schools have been dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiawatha
Kan
RP M Williams
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