Walla Walla wreck claims many lives and uncertain fate
San Francisco reports the steamer Walla Walla sank after a collision off Cape Mendocino. From 10 to 73 may be dead with 36 to 62 rescued. two rafts remain at sea awaiting recovery. Names of the dead and missing listed. riverine salvage by Dispatch, Ranger, and McCulloch ongoing.
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San Francisco
Walla Walla
Cape Mendocino
Herman Kotzschmar
Kotzschmar
M. Reynolds
H. Ericeson
F. S. Allen
J. L. Field
J. A. Gray
Charles Neff
Seattle
W. Dubler
D. Jones
J. Brown
F. Demar
Co. Gleagon
M. C. Marsh
G. Nicholson
M. Hanselman
Peter Nilsen
Fred Lupp
John Hughes
C. Brown
George H. Crosby
B. F. Potter
John Connell
A. Holmes
B. Nelson
M. Hoare
J. Boone
M. Calling
Santiago Murillo
Frank Reardon
John Shields
P. Naucett
Frank R. Hode
Edgar Reiss
J. Holloway
T. B. Williams
Xy Johnson
George Morrison
Ocean
Eureka
Dispatch
Trinidad
Ranger
Hall
Pacific
Earnest Legouve
Hobart
Tasmania
Portland
Les Adelpher
Madagascar
Duquesne
Nantez
England
Francois Copes
Astoria
Cork
McCulloch
William O'Leary
Fire Destroys Three Omaha Buildings at Fifteenth and Howard
A blaze in Omaha early today leveled three buildings at Fifteenth and Howard, wiping out the Western Electrical Supply stock, the Douglass Printing works, and the Frontier Steam Laundry with losses estimated near 100000 dollars. Kerbach hotel guests fled via windows and fire escapes as crews battled the flames. W. H. Hawkins of Sac City was carried out in a fainting condition and may die, with others injured.
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Omaha
Fifteenth
Howard Streets
Western Electrical Supply Company
Douglass Printing Company
Frontier Steam Laundry Company
Kerbach Hotel
W. H. Hawkins
Sac City, Jr
Rainbow to Be Flagship of Asian Squadron in Manila Route
The Rainbow flowers as flagship of the Asian squadron anchored off Thompkinsville awaiting orders to Manila. It is commanded by 5. A. Staunton, former flag lieutenant to Admiral Sampson. The ship, fitted up for staff residence, will anchor near Cavite as a station ship for the fleet commander and staff. The Brooklyn is expected to return from Manila when the Rainbow arrives.
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New York
Thompkinsville
Manila
A. Staunton
Sampson
Cavite
Brooklyn
Women as physicians debate at Northwestern College of Medicine
Chicago January 4. The Northwestern University business agent seeks to sell the Woman's College of Medicine buildings and grounds as the institution may be abandoned. Trustee James H. Raymond argues women cannot become doctors, while Dr Frances Dickinson Dr Julia Holmes Smith and Dr Sarah H Stevens on the West Side challenge the view, noting the lack of female opportunities and the need for co education and proper faculty recognition.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Woman's College Medicine
James H. Raymond
Womens Medical Department
Frances Dickinson
Julia Holmes Smith
Sarah Hackett Stevenson
Raymond
Smith
Marie Jospeha Meigher
Dr. Stevenson
West Side
Daughter of a Regiment Died in Chicago Residence
Mrs. Mary Grant Tubman died in Chicago after a life linked to the Twenty sixth Camerons. Born in Edinburgh sixty four years ago to Sergeant Donald Grant, she lived with the British consul in the East Indies during her father’s China war service. She married Richard M. Tubman in Gibraltar at age fifteen before moving to Detroit and then Chicago.
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Chicago
Mary Grant Tubman
Twenty-sixth
Camerons
Edinburgh
Donald Grant
East Indies
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Africa
Gibraltar
Richard M. Tubman
Tubman
Detroit
Mich
Grand Trunk Railway
Old Landmark Sold: Stuyvesant Plot on Fourteenth Street
New York on January 4 reports Rutherford Stuyvesant sold a Fourteenth Street plot once owned by Peter Stuyvesant in 1648. The land, part of his bouwerie farm, remained in the family until this transfer. A pear tree Gov. Stuyvesant planted near the site was brought from Holland in 1647 and cut down in 1867.
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New York
Fourteenth Street
Fourteenth Street Presbyterian Church
Rutherford Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant
Amsterdam
New Netherlands
Bouwerie
Stuyvesant
Gov. Stuyvesant
Holland
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Offered in Bryan Texas
Advertising copy for Rex Dyspepsia Tablets notes relief from dyspepsia indigestion sour stomach heartburn with a refund guarantee if not cured. Price is 50 cents per package and promised by M. H. Janee, leading druggist in Bryan Texas.
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M. H. Janee
Bryan
Texas
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Dallas
Rea
Sonable Price
Walla
Wash
Pacific Coast Company
H. F. Good
George Birmingham
Col
John R. Hoxie
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company
Illinois Bank
Keble
Decatur
A. R. Scott
Bethany
Johnstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
James G. Black
Wm. Paul
Pitcairn
Roberts. Nolan
James Winters
Pittsburg
Pantie
Opera House
America
OLD Landmark
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Daly
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