Fourteen Die in Lincoln Hotel Fire in Chicago
Fire at the Lincoln hotel 176 Madison street at 6 a m killed fourteen guests and left many others injured. Guests mainly out of town for the International Livestock Show scrambled from fourth floor windows and unsafe fire escapes as firefighters rescued survivors. Names of victims include K K Woods H V Slocum Samuel Yocum and N F Fardyck among others.
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Chicago
Lincoln Hotel
Madison Street
Engine Company No. 2
J. Sheppard
E. C. Weber
Weber
Central Station
Oconda
Tll
Samuel Yocum
T. C. Yocum
Davenport
Edward
Milwaukee
John van Flee Richardson
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Lewis and Clark Exposition Seeks State Exhibits and Funds
The Lewis and Clark Centennial board in Portland invites governors west of the Mississippi to loan state exhibits from St. Louis 1904. They seek Congress to provide 2,000,000 dollars and ask President Roosevelt to urge the appropriation in a special message.
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Portland
Ore
Mississippi
St. Louis
Congress
Roosevelt
Track of Bridger bank robbers spotted near Columbus
A courier reports Sheriff Potter and a posse followed the Bridger bank robbers toward Columbus, losing their trail shortly after and likely within an hour of the fugitives. Guards are set at all Yellowstone River bridges beyond Columbus. In Chicago, William J. Nelson was found guilty of murdering his wife in Judge McEwen's court.
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Columbus
Potter
Bridger
Yellowstone River
Life Imprison
Chicago
William J. Nelson
Noted Banker William Few Chrystie Dies at Hastings-on-Hudson
William Few Chrystie, grandson of William Few the first U S senator from Georgia and a prominent postwar New York banker, dies at his Hastings-on-the-Hudson home. The report notes his lineage and status in the city’s financial circles.
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Few
New York
William Few Chrystie
William Few
United States
Georgia
Hastings-on-the Hudson
KILLED BY MA'S IAL in Albuquerque Hotel Clash
City Marshal Felipe Baca shot and killed David Baca after long standing feud. In a Windsor hotel office dispute, Baca fired four times from a side door, hitting David Baca in the right shoulder and groin. The marshal, who was grazed by a bullet, was arrested amid further anticipated trouble.
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Abbuquerque
N. M
Felipe Baca W. Socorra
David Baca
Windsor Hotel
Baca
Mine Casualties In Hazelton Two Men Killed
Elmer Kirschner age 32 and Gustave Strack age 19 were killed at Cranberry mine Hazelton as a man car descending to bottom slope was struck by a runaway truck. They were en route to build platforms for pumps removed during the strike.
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Hazelton
Elmer Kirschner
Boss Carpenter
Gustave Strack
Kirschner
Strack
New Labor League Formed by Plainfield Trades Council
The Trades council of Plainfield New Jersey has organized the American League of Workmen with sixteen unions joining. Members are barred from working with unnaturalized foreigners. Branches will be set up in every New Jersey city and the movement aims to spread to other states.
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New Labor League
New York
Trades Council of Plainfield
N. J
American League of Workmen
New Jersey
No Settlement Progress in Scranton Mining Dispute
In Scranton on December 4 no progress toward settling the stand off between mine workers and employers was reported. Rumors of peace circulate but neither side’s attorneys disclose new information.
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Scranton
Death toll from Santa Maria eruption reaches 3000
San Francisco dispatch reports the City of Sydney informing that about 3000 people died in the Santa Maria volcanic eruption in Guatemala. The figure is stated as a reliable estimate.
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San Francisco
Sydney
Guatemala
Santa Maria
Spaniard Anarchist Perez Pulgar Held in Madrid
Dec 4 reports Perez Pulgar a 22 year old Spaniard anarchist arrested at St. Omez. He claimed he intended to kill King Alfonso and is now held in close confinement.
British Indefatigable Sails for La Guayra Under Urgent Orders
Acting under urgent orders, the British ship Indefatigable departed for La Guayra Venezuela on Wednesday afternoon, per a Herald dispatch from Port of Spain Trinidad.
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New York
la Guayra
Venezuela
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Howard Gould Plans World Cruise Aboard Yacht Niagara
New York announces Howard Gould will launch a six month voyage around the world on his steam yacht Niagara starting December 10. A party accompanies him on the expedition.
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New York
Howard Gould
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