Seven Firemen Hurt as Worth Street Fire Collapses Floors
New York February 4 seven firemen were injured while battling a five story blaze at 48 Worth Street in the wholesale dry goods district. Fireman Frank Eglanton is missing believed trapped in the ruins. Loss is estimated at 200 dollars. Fire trapped workers beneath freezing water. The building housed Baldwin Woodward Kibbo Chaffee Copeland P R Master Co. as wholesalers. An elevator cable snapped sending a car with occupants to the basement. The third floor then collapsed trapping many firefighters.
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New York
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Frank Eglanton
Baldwin, Woodward & Co
Kibbo, Chaffee
Ben Greet's Players Stage Merchant of Venice at Jordan Hall
Ben Greet and his company presented The Merchant of Venice in the Elizabethan style without scenery or curtain. Shylock was played by Mr. Greet, Portia by Irene Rorke, and Launcelot by Mr. Greenstreet who gave a standout performance. The show repeats tomorrow and Saturday afternoons and Friday evening. Everyman is due this afternoon and Masks and Faces tomorrow night.
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Tom Taylor
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Mrs. Howe Leads Mass. Women to Vote Hearings
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe heads the largest women’s delegation at a Massachusetts State House hearing urging suffrage expansion. Two bills seek voting rights for women who vote for schools and for those paying real property taxes, with strong turnout and counter voices from suffrage opponents.
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State House
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Association
Charles R. Saunders
Miss Blackwell
Mrs. Howe
Friends of Suffrage
England
Mildred A. Snow
Notman
Mayor Halts Laborer Firings Amid Board Resolutions
The Board of Aldermen urged Mayor Hibbard to pause discharges until warm weather. He agreed to suspend 100 laborers slated to be let go tomorrow. Recommends delaying printing superintendent appointment until unions consulted. Also ousted Thomas F. Delehanty as chief store keeper and three East Boston sewer department stable keepers.
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Hibbard
Allied Printing Trades Unions
Thomas F. Delehanty
West Dagle Street
Ward 1
East Boston
Older woman adopts younger in Chicago decree
In Chicago on February 4, Mrs. Rose Politizer legally adopted Mrs. Julia A. Horman by decree of Judge Gibbons. The 65 year old foster mother and her husband testified that the younger woman had lived with her since birth until recently.
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Chicago
Rose Politizer
Julia A. Horman
Gibbons
Lawyers Clash Over Married Women's Rights
A Pittsburg Common Pleas judge advises wives to keep property separate after marriage. Prominent lawyers including Samuel J. Elder and I. A. Campbell weigh in on whether wives should hold assets apart from husbands and argue about equality and protection of property rights for women.
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Common Pleas Court of
Pittsburg
Massachusetts Bar
Samuel J. Elder
Miller
Bragg
Eble
Charlestown
Earl of Yarmouth agrees to settlement in Alice Thaw case
London reports the Earl of Yarmouth will not contest an annulment suit brought by his wife Miss Alice Thaw of Pittsburg. A settlement is expected to be agreed upon, with the countess prepared to accept a reasonable financial arrangement.
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Earl of
Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Pittsburg
Sentinel Orders at Arsenals Fire Without Challenge
In Sobastopol on February 4 Rear Admiral Wiren ordered all sentinels to fire without questioning any suspects found near the arsenals or the storehouse between 6 p m and 6 a m. The directive expands security measures at coastal arsenal facilities amid tensions.
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Wiren
Moran Assigned Mood Improves at Fenway Hospital
District Attorney John B. Moran showed improvement according to his physician Dr. Timothy J. Reardon. Moran was described as "very comfortable" though still far from well after a day at Fenway Hospital.
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Fenway Hospital
Timothy J. Reardon
Moran
Dr. Reardon
Fire alarm box prompts emergency response in city
A 14 year old boy tried mailing two letters by placing them in a fire alarm box at Preakness and Union avenues. The act triggered rapid response from several engines wagons and hook and ladder companies.
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Preakness
Union Avenues
Milukoff Attacked in Duma Over American Trip
In St. Petersburg on February 4 conservatives denounced Professor Paul Milukoff for his American trip. The attack by M. Purishkevich was halted by his harsh language, which led to a 15 session exclusion from the Duma.
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ST. Petersburg
Paul Milukoffin
M. Purishkevich
Duma
Milukoff
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