Four Die In Lighthouse Hotel Fire In St Louis
A Lighthouse hotel fire at Ninth and Market in St Louis killed four men and injured about thirty five as the Salvation Army run lodging burned through the second and third floors. Hundreds slept inside and many leaped from upper windows or escaped via nets and life lines. Watchman O Connell warned occupants after flames erupted from a former elevator shaft closet.
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St. Louis
Navy
Lighthouse Hotel
Ninth and Market Streets
Salvation Army
City Hospital
No. 6 Engine House
O'Connell
O’connell
Garner's Bill Aims at Negro Troop Maintenance Repeal
Washington reports Congressman Garner of Texas will introduce a bill to repeal the law requiring four regiments of Negro troops in the regular army. He seeks $500,000 for an Aransas Pass jetty completion to finish Haupt's channel. The Texas delegation discusses strategy for the House seat vacated by Ohio's Hill.
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Washington
Garner
Texas
House
Aransas Pass
Haupt
House of Representatives
Tke Hill
Ohio
William H. Nicholls
Galveston
T. H. Crutchfield
Kentucky
J. G. Carlisle
Ytexas
Gillespie
Stayden
Sheppard
Carleson
Smith
Russel
McKenzie
Frantz in Texas with Oklahoma Officials visit
Oklahoma Governor Frantz and Charles Hunter arrive in Brownsville area and may purchase land near Brownsville. In Mannville Indian Territory a store safe was robbed of 250 dollars.
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Oklahoma
Brownsville
San Antonio
Frantz
Charles Hunter
District Court of
Oklahoma City
W. B.shrimpshire
Mannville
I. T
Wholesale poisoning case rocks Philadelphia city
Bridget Carry, 32, is charged with murdering her husband Patrick and her two children Mary and Annie plus Patrick and Cecilia Cooke at 1942 Hamilton Street. Police allege the deaths within eleven months yielded $1,000 in insurance payouts.
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Philadelphia
Bridget Carry
Patrick
Mary
Annie
Cecilia Cooke
Carry
Hamilton Street
President Roosevelts power to reinstate black soldiers
President Roosevelt asserts authority to reinstate any member of the Twenty-fifth regiment of Negro infantry if individual cases justify it. He will act only with clear exculpating evidence for each man, and awaits data and officer communications before detailing reasons for the discharge of the three companies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Twenty-fifth Regiment of Negro Infantry
Taft
White House
Demand for Waters-Pierce Records by Attorney General
Austin November 28 Attorney General Davidson served George Clark counsel for Waters-Pierce Oil and filed with Travis County district clerk a notice demanding production of records. It seeks the original trust between Waters-Pierce and Eagle Refining for Texas property and copies of correspondence with J W Bailey plus vouchers showing payments. If originals are not produced at trial the state will offer secondary evidence.
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Austin
Davidson
George Clark
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
Travis County
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Eagle Refining Company
Texas
J. W. Bailey
Pours Oil in Stove Explosion Fatal to Dallas Woman
Miss Anna Marks attempted to speed stove burning by pouring coal oil. An explosion caused burns that doctors said would be fatal.
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Dallas
Anna Marks
Miss Marks
Railroad commission bill seeks 2 cent fare at constitutional convention
Guthrie reports the first proposed plank targets a 2-cent rail fare modeled on Texas law. The convention paused Tuesday to amend the measure. In San Antonio ten of twelve embezzlement indictments against Mrs. Margaret Sauer were dropped. In Meridian Mississippi a patient at the insane asylum jumped from a three story window and died.
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Guthrie
Railroad Commission
San Antonio
Margaret Sauer
Meridian
Miss
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Batavia
D. & B. Heinz
Howell Brothers
Bryan
Scient Insurange
Sonas Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
BE. J. Fountain
Mrs. Curry
Patrick Cooke
Bank OF Bryan
U. S
J. W. Howell
Guy M. Bryan, JR
H. C. Boatwright
L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
Grand Opera House
Wednesda
Thomas Dixon, JR
Smith Building
City National Bank
J. B. Hines
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