Brevoort House Fire in Chicago Leaves 150 Guests Evacuated
A blaze at the Brevoort House 143 145 Madison Street caused about 100000 in losses to the eight story hotel and furnishings. Fire began from crossed wires at 2:30 AM and forced guests to flee as flames gutted the rear, with three firemen injured by a collapsing ceiling and crews working in freezing conditions. Many guests sought shelter in nearby buildings and Morrison Hotel while police aided evacuations.
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Chiergo
Madison Street
Hannah & Hors Company
LaSalle Theater
Breyoort House
Hotel Morrison
F. H. Bortz
Rochester
City Hall
A. P. Campbell
Marlin
Tex
W. D. Howard
O. W Tarr
O. A. Taylor
Texas
Unwelcome Visitor Seeks Roosevelt for Reform Talks
In New York on February 14 a man named William Waldorf Jackson Jr of Lowell Massachusetts called at the Madison Avenue home of President Roosevelt. He asked that his card be sent to the president and said he wished to confer on government reforms. He claimed to seek the presidency in 1896 1900 and 1904 and to own the Hotel Hamilton in Lowell. Secret service and police watched his movements. he was not arrested and left for a hotel planning to return.
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New York
Roosevelt
William Waldorf Jackson, Jr
Lowell
Mass
Douglass Robinson
Madison Avenue
Secret Service
Robinson
Jackson
Hamilton
River Man Dies in St Louis at Fifty Seven
River man Peter Wirtz aged fifty seven and a survivor of the W R Arthur steamer wreck of 1871 died at his home in St Louis. In Houston Mrs James Logan was fatally burned.
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St. Louis
Peter Wirtz
W. R. Arthur
Memphis
James Logan
Houston
First Year War Statistics Reach Far East
Official returns for the first year of the war in the Far East show 130,429 officers and men passed through hospitals. Of these, 1,719 officers were wounded and 1,308 sick. 53,890 men wounded and 72,581 sick. Four thousand seven died in hospitals, 474 wounded and 11,248 sick invalided, 9,429 returned to Russia, 21,554 still in hospitals. Over 77,900 likely returned to ranks. Killed in battle estimated 40,000 to 50,000.
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Far East
St. Petersborg
Port Arthur
Russia
Russian Forces Grip Manchuria amid Harbin Lines
Reports from Liao Yang set the Russian force between Shakho river and Harbin at 450000 with 280000 on the front. Prisoners and dead show shortages of shoes and winter gear as exposure drives sickness. Keikoutai losses tallied at 25000 while Russians shelled Waitao mountain and attacked Lapatai and Hanshan tai before being repulsed.
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Tokio
Liao Yang
Shakho River
Harbin
Tater
Keikoutai
Waitao Mountain
Sundy
Lapatai
Hanshantai
Heikoutai
Japanese Officials Warn On Colliers With Russian Warships
Tokio report says Japanese naval staff threaten to fire on and sink any collier found with Russian ships regardless of nationality. Admiral Togo departed Kure. destination unknown but presumed southward.
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Tokio
Togo
Kure
Returned To Work After Long Petersburg Strike
The last visible vestige of the great St. Petersburg strike disappeared as workers returned to their jobs in St. Petersburg on February 14, ending a prolonged labor stoppage.
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St. Petersburg
St. Peters
District zemstyes adjourn after peace resolutions
Moscow February 14 district zemstyes adjourned after adopting resolutions calling for peace. Ballots are being distributed for the election of representatives to the mixed commission of masters and workmen. The holy synod directed priests to communicate terms of the imperial peace to parishioners.
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Burg Strie
Put‘loff Iron Works
Holy Synod
Moscow
Zemstyes
Hoch Says All His Marriages Were Business Propositions
Creago February 14. Johann Hoch discusses his marriages calling each a business proposition. He insists he is no regular Romeo and admits he pursued wealthy women for their money, advertising for women over forty five as easier targets, with flattery as his main tactic.
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Hoch
Creago
Johann Hoch
Clerk Juan Montez Sought Over Ballot Box Theft
Deputies and detectives hunted Juan de Dios Montez, Huevafano county clerk, after he escaped from a railway car while in custody of the legislative committee investigating gubernatorial contest fraud. The Democrats accuse precinct 23 ballot box fraud in Hoerafano county.
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Denver
Juan de Dios Montez
Huevafano County
Legisl Tive
Griffith O Eco
Huerafano County
Peabody Committee
Sullivan admits manslaughter conviction for self and father
In Washington on February 14 Representative Sullivan acknowledged a personal incident tying him to a homicide Hearst referenced. He confirmed that on November 24, 1885, his father and he were convicted of manslaughter in the Middlesex County Massachusetts Superior Court.
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Sullivan
Washington
House
Hearst
Middlesex County
Massachusetts
In After Years Old Fogy Father and Up to Date Son
A humorous exchange contrasts a thrifty aged father with his indulgent son. The son asserts his older, more aristocratic lineage, while the father recalls his past frugality. The quip highlights generational shifts in values and tastes.
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Chicago News
Texas House Invites President Roosevelt to Visit Austin
By a 47 to 42 vote the Texas House urged President Theodore Roosevelt to visit the state capital, extending a formal welcome and inviting him to greet lawmakers in the capitol halls. The measure, approved unanimously by the chamber, directs the governor and legislative leaders to convey the invitation.
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Austin
Love
Gafford
Byrne
O'Neal
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Texas
House of Representatives
Senate
Sharp, Brown
Barnes
Perler
Lovg
Dallas
Dobbs
Blanten
Winter
Terry
Witcher
Wenoc
W. J. Bryan
Nnedy
Pores Bennett
Brown
Wharton
Hodges Dies at Paris Home Noted Texan Lawyer Democrat
Colonel Jake C. Hodges died at his Paris Texas residence after a lingering illness. A celebrated lawyer and prominent Democrat, Hodges once vied for the congressional nomination alongside Crawford and Sheppard. The convention ultimately nominated David B. Culberson. Crawford and Sheppard later served in Congress. Colonel Sheppard was succeeded by his son Morris Sheppard, then present representative.
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Paris
Tex
Jake C. Hodges
Crawford
Sheppard
David B. Culberson
Oil wells to be sunk in Caddo field and factory planned
Reports say more oil wells will be drilled in the Caddo Louisiana field while Dallas plans a large wholesale paint manufactory. Also noted is harsh Wisconsin cold that killed many wild beasts and Chicago youth Edward Flasiff confessing to nine robberies.
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Caddo
Dallas
Wisconsin
Edward Flasiff
Chicago
Marble Falls Fire destroys several buildings in explosion blast
Marble Falls Texas February 14 Fire destroyed the First National Bank building and the George Christian general store among others after an oil store explosion. The total loss is about 22000 dollars.
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Marble Falls
Tex
First National Bank
George Christian
Roosevelt appeals for north south friendship over race problem
President Roosevelt addresses Lincoln dinner and the New York Press club urging union across races while praising southern efforts against lynching. The report notes a Missouri Pacific relief train aiding a blocked passenger run in Kansas and other brief items including fires and weather records.
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South
New York
Republican Club
Roosevelt
Daiy
New York Press Club
Hotel Astor
Archbishop Thompson Becomes York Archbishop in Sudden News
Archbishop Thompson, recovering from a severe toothache and narcotic use, is stunned by a letter announcing his transfer from Gloucester to York. He rushes home in shock, exclaiming to his wife Zoe, who suspects his narcotic state. The tale ends with a humorous misperception of the promotion.
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Thompson
Archdiocese of
York
Gloucester
Zoe
Archbishop of
Marble Bible of Burma Impresses as Buddhist Monuments
The Katho-daw near Mandalay houses about 700 marble temples each bearing a white slab engraved with the Buddhist Bible in Pali. Containing over 8,000,000 syllables, the marble slabs form a vast sacred complex begun in 1857 by Mindon-min, with a central dominating temple and canopy pagodas atop each slab.
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Burma
Mandalay
Mindon-min
Manihiki Island Enacts Harsh Dog and Night Curfew Laws
The Manihiki Island council enacts ancient laws banning dogs with death penalties, bans wandering pigs, and authorizes arrest of anyone out after 9 pm for explanation at the courthouse. Native debts are non recoverable in court and selling liquor to natives carries a $50 fine.
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Cook Island
Cook Islands
Pacific
Manihiki
Funeral customs in Scotland and northern England
Westminster Gazette notes lasting death customs in Scotland including window blinds, white sheets, and a special sheet for the death chamber. It describes relatives lowering the body into the grave and waiting by the side until it is filled, with traditions passed generations.
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Scotland
England
Westminster Gazette
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