Fire destroys Park Avenue Hotel after armory blaze
Eighteen dead and fifty injured as a fire starting in the Seventy-First regiment New York National Guard armory spreads to the Park Avenue Hotel in New York. Victims include Colonel Alexander P. Piper and Colonel Charles L. Burdette among others. Mrs Charlotte Bennett dies after leaping to safety. Firefighters rescue many from windows. explosions from ammunition and powder add to the chaos.
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Park Avenue Hotel
New York
Park Avenue
Alexander P. Piper
Charles L. Burdette
Connecticut
United States Volunteer Infantry
W. A. Horn
Denver
Colo
Ivison
Seventy-First Regiment
New York National Guard
Scere
Metropolitan Street Railway Co
Armory
Fifth Brigade
34Th Street
Thirty-Third Street
Bellevue
Charlotte Bennett
Harold
Alabama
Bennett
Walker
Tennessee
Columbia, Tenn
John E
William) Walker
Maury Dry Goods Company
Senators McLaurin and Tillman Clash in Senate Fight
Washington February 22. In the senate this afternoon a fist fight broke out between Senators McLaurin and Tillman of South Carolina. McLaurin called Tillman's remarks a malicious lie. Tillman leaped over chairs and struck McLaurin in the face. The two men traded blows while aides and several senators intervened to separate them.
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McLaurin
Tillman
South Carolina
Prospering South Promoted in Manufacturers' Record Anniversary
Baltimore February 22 The Manufacturers Record issue commemorating its twentieth anniversary features unanimous expert views on the South's bright future. Officials from US scientific departments, seasoned southern development advocates, and investors contribute insights reflecting widespread confidence in southern growth and its global impact on material interests.
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Baltimore
United States
Pension plan for DLW railroad employees announced
New York February 22. The Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad management announces a pension system to take effect March 1 for employees. Under President Truesdale's plan, an employee with 25 years in any railroad operation role who serves faithfully will retire at 65 with a monthly allowance proportional to prior pay and length of service, funded from the railroad’s earnings.
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New York
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Truesdale
Mines Tax Bill Advances to Third Reading
Denver February 22 The legislature passed a bill to third reading taxing mines at actual valuation. Mine Owners Association warned passage would force all mines to shut down and 20000 workers would lose jobs. Legislators expect passage since farms are taxed at full cash valuation and mines have paid on net earnings.
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Denver
Mine Owners’ Association
Tragic Death Reported After Trata Incident
A fatal event is recorded in local dispatches with limited readable text. Names, places, and exact causes are unclear but authorities investigate the Trata related incident.
Tragedy as train strikes buggy killing mother instantly
Nerva Hauser aged 55 and her son McClelland 25 of Ebbert Jasper county were struck by eastbound train No 20 on the Terre Haute and Indianapolis railroad while crossing a right of way in a covered buggy. The carriage was demolished, one horse was killed and both bodies were carried 280 yards on the cowcatcher before the train could be stopped. Mrs Hauser died at once and McClelland was fatally injured.
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Nerva Hauser
McClelland Hauser
Ebbert
Jasper County
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Derailed Pennsylvania Excursion Train Kills Cook
In Mexico City area 70 miles north a baggage and dining car derailed on the Pennsylvania excursion. A second cook, a Black man, was killed. Two kitchen staff badly scalded, several others slightly injured. Cause blamed on seven burned ties that allowed the rails to spread. Excur sionist cars stayed on track and one passenger had minor injuries.
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City of Mexico
Markets Seeking Good Livestock and Export Cutters
A buyer announces readiness to purchase beef pork mutton and market products in any quantity at reasonable prices. They seek only premier animals and plan to employ export meat cutters, asking for patronage and promising respectful dealings.
Quinoria refund policy at M A James druggist Bryan TX
All druggists are authorized to refund money in any case of bills fever or malaria if it fails to cure. Price 50c per package. M A James, the leading druggist, Bryan Texas.
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W. A. Reed
Parsons
Same
Bryan
Seltzer
M. A. James
Texas
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