Capitol Explosion Wrecks Supreme Court Rooms
Washington November 7. A gas explosion and fire wrecked the Capitol’s supreme court chamber and adjacent offices. The library, marshal’s office, and record room suffered severe damage as flames spread via a destroyed elevator shaft. Firemen battled flames and gas leaks for hours with substantial structural damage throughout the central eastern area.
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Supreme Court
Capitol Building
Capitol
Marshal of the Court
Nelson
Capitol Police
Supreme Court Room
Supreme Broom
Altgeter
Ais
Supreme Court Burn Disaster Threatens Capitol Treasures
Fire severely damaged the Supreme Court room and adjacent offices in the Capitol, destroying busts of Chief Justice Marshall and other figures. Officials estimate losses at about 200000 dollars to the building, with library and records irreplaceable at near one million dollars.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Marshals Office
Senate
Mashall
Supre Court
Supreme Court Chamber
Capitol
Preliminary Peace Terms With Spain Reported
The protocol signed in Washington outlines Spain renouncing Cuba and ceding Puerto Rico and other West Indies islands. The U S will occupy Manila pending peace. evacuation plans for Cuba and Puerto Rico are set with commissions to meet in Havana and San Juan. Peace talks to proceed in Paris by early October 1898.
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State Department
United States
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Cuba
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Philippines
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San Juan
Paris
Day
Jules Cambon
Three Victims Recover As Williams Case Evolves
In Corsicana Texas Dick Bryant and Dora Raymond show rapid improvement while Pearl Thomas is declared hopeless by her physician. In London British authorities order immediate mobilization in the western district as troops concentrate near Devonport. Detroit reports three more Wonderland building collapse victims recovered, bringing confirmed deaths to eleven.
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Corsicana
Tex
Dick Bryant
Dora Raymond
Eugene Williams
Pearl Thomas
Great Britain
London
Devonport
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