Mystery of Mrs Pulitzer murder solved in New York
New York police identify Hooper Young as the killer of Annie Pulitzer. Her nude body was found in the Morris Canal near Jersey City after being killed at a flat on West Fifty-eighth Street. Evidence includes a trunk, a horse and buggy hire in Hoboken, and body left under a sink.
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New York
Annie Pulitzer
Morris Canal
Jersey City
West Fifty-eighth Street
Captain Titus
Detective Bureau
Hooper Young
Titus
Young
Chicago
Hoboken Crusader
Hoboken ,Liveryman
Hoboken
Pulitzer
Boston Coal Famine Strains Poor as Winter Approaches
Boston faces severe coal shortages as a big strike bites. Prices soar with hard coal at 20 to 22 dollars per ton and coke at 7 to 7.50 dollars. Tenement districts report 65 to 75 cent bags and buckets selling at 20 to 25 cents, amid layoffs of teamsters and heating costs rising.
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Boston
Post
Fleet Street
Republican Voters Defend Foss In 1902 Letter to Editor
Boston dated September 19 1902 a Republican voter defends Eugene N Foss against editorial attacks arguing fairness in journalism and party loyalty. He cites tariff reform free hides coal and iron asks why western Republicans and Blaine era figures faced no similar critique and defends Foss as a capable businessman with a record of public spirit hoping for his nomination and seat in Congress.
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The
Boston Journal
Eugene N. Foss
Eleventh
Foss
Boston
Iowa
Idaho
Dingley
James G. Blaine
Senator Lodge
United States Senate
Congressman Roberts
House
Babcock
National Republican Congressional Committee
Congress
Fron and Steel
United States
Allison
Senator Spooner
Republican Party
Massachusetts
Abbott Lawrence
William Appleton
Samuel Hooper
William Caffin
Alexander H. Rice
Elijah Morse
Joseph H. Walker
Poss
Miner
Stampede Kills 78 at Birmingham Church Service
At Shiloh Colored Baptist Church 78 people were killed and many injured as a crowd stampede followed a mistaken alarm of fire after Booker T. Washington's address at a national convention. The disaster trapped hundreds inside and outside the church, with rescue efforts proceeding after 1 a.m. and two white bystanders alerting the fire department.
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Birmingham
Ala
Shiloh
Booker Washington
Billou
Baltimore
Boston Area Weather Forecast Saturday Cloudy. Sunday Fair
Boston and vicinity expect generally cloudy conditions Saturday with light easterly winds. Sunday should bring fair weather. The forecast notes a coal weather hint and mentions a detracked Peary back without the pole, reflecting historical phrasing.
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Boston
Vicinity
Peary
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Joseph Pulitzer
New Jersey
Mr. Baer
Father John
North End
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H. R. Hudson
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Gutekunst
Philadelphia
Booker T. Washington
Convention of Negro Baptists
Thompson's Spa
Washington Street
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