Chicago Fire Toll Rises as Plant Collapse Kills Chief and 25 Firemen
A Chicago blaze at Morris and Co in the stock yards killed Fire Chief James Horan, Assistant Chief W J Burroughs, and 25 others after a 16 hour battle. Water failures hampered efforts. bodies recovered and relief measures launched as officials set up a relief fund.
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Chicago
Morris & Co
James Horan
W. J. Burroughs
Horan
Busse
Amonia
Oret
Beyferlich
Seyferlich
Pinchot Charged With Misusing Federal Funds
Secret agents scour the West to gather evidence to prosecute former Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot for misappropriating government funds. Investigators claim $2,000,000 yearly from Congress funded forest service aims while fires burn, and allege lavish trips and lecture tours charged to federal accounts. The probe spans Washington to Montana Idaho and beyond.
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Denver
the Post
West
Gifford Pinchot
Colorado
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Forest Service
Congress
Europe
United States
Pinchott
Pinchot
Mexican troops mass in disputed territory amid border tensions
Chihuahua reports 1000 government troops arrived by rail to reinforce Guaman at Bustillos and a second column expected, aiming to clear Map Paso valley of insurgents and secure the railroad. Wounded Guaman describes a brutal ambush as Mexicans be came exposed. Col Cuellar to succeed him at helm. In El Paso, attackers capture a Northwestern train 16 to 20 miles from Juarez. wires cut, engine and car taken toward Grandes. missing engine unknown.
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Chihuahua
San Antonio
Gol
Guaman
Bustillos
Map Paso
Jasurrectos
Guimante
Weir
Ware
el Paso
Dee
Juanes
Oa Cole
Grandes
Enoa
Juaree
Baldwin reveals polygamy claim in testimony
In Los Angeles a Baldwin defense emerges as Lillian Ashley Turnbull testifies that Baldwin admitted having a wife and being a Mohammedan. She says he offered to return a marriage contract if she lived with him and suggested monetary incentive. she accepted but did not go to him.
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Los Angeles
Baldwin
Lillian Ashley Turnbull
Clapp Shot by Wife In Domestic Dispute
Philadelphia December 22. H Mason Clapp, wealthy clubman, testifies before a magistrate that his wife deliberately shot him in the neck as he was about to slap her during a quarrel sparked by her staying out late. She is held in 2500 dollars bail.
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Philadelphia
H. Mason Clapp
School of Courtesy for Bell Hops Latest
Cincinnati reports the founding of a school of courtesy for bell boys led by the Cincinnati Hotel Clerks Association. The Palace hotel cites graduates as assets to employers and travelers, promising refined manners, versatile conversation, and a dignified presence.
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School OF Courtesy
Cincinnati
John D. Rockefeller
Bell
Cincinnati Hotel Clerks’ Association
B. L. Smith
Palace Hotel
Governor elect McGovern Accepts Bride From Rumor
Milwaukee reports a carnival tale at a der der party where Governor elect Francia Be McGovern supposedly accepted a mock bride. Guests described the bride as artificial and doll like while the governor, among witnesses, appeared to accept the gag.
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Milwaukee
Der
Francia
McGovern
Alee
First Duck Shot From Air by French Aviator Hubert Latham
French aviator Hubert Latham shot the first duck from an aeroplane over Bolsa Chica near Los Angeles. Flying a Antoinette monoplane at about 200 feet, he fired a 20 gauge shotgun as bluebills rose from the marsh. A single duck was killed and the rest escaped. He returned to the aviation field that evening.
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Los Angeles
Hubert Latham
Latham
Bolsa Chica
Doctor Cook Boldly Back in New York
Frederick A. Cook returned on the steamship George Washington to New York amid reporters and crowding passengers. He delivered a brief statement, declined cross examination, and said he would answer attacks on his Mt McKinley claims while maintaining he reached the Pole. He planned no money making scheme and went to clear matters with his countrymen. He moved from the steamship to the Waldorf after the welcome.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
George Washington
Cook
Dr. Cook
Agney Cook
North Pole
Wat Sill
Pole
Mt. McKinley
Death toll rises from Hulton colliery disaster in Bolton
Bolton England Dec 22 The mine explosion and fire at Little Hulton colliery killed many workers and likely over 360 lives are lost. Rescue teams report bodies found as the adjoining pit also suffered severe damage and no escape is seen.
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Bolton
England
Little Hulton
Hornet Departs New Orleans For Charge
The Hornet leaves New Orleans today for a voyage, with orders to join the squadron. Details are sparse but indicate departure on a routine mission from the port.
Fire Wreckage Claims Fourteen Lives In Philadelphia Factory
Philadelphia reports fourteen dead and forty hospitalized after a leather factory blaze early today. Charles Edelman is confirmed dead. several firemen remain buried in wreckage. William Glasier, long imprisoned, is ill with pneumonia. Police suspect incendiary causes and anticipate arrests. The ruins are frozen, delaying body recoveries.
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Philadelphia
Charles Edelman
William Glasier
Lone Bandit Robs Train in City Yards
In Paso. December 22 a lone highwayman robbed a Southern Pacific passenger train in the city yards. He entered the last car, covered passengers with a revolver, took valuables, forced two brakemen to halt the train, and then disappeared.
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Paso
Southern Pacific
Taylor bill would let cities buy coal lands under new rules
Representative Taylor proposes government permission for incorporated towns to purchase 40 acres of public coal land at $10 per acre. The plan would have the Interior Secretary conduct sales in the municipality’s state or territory to help water and light utilities avoid high charges from coal dealers.
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Washington
BE. T. Taylor
Taylor Éays
Taylor
Secretary of the Interior
Married Beside Dread Body Of Brother At Wedding
In Niagara Falls on December 22 Mins Leal Updyke married Pearn 88 McCan in the room where her brother Roger Updyke lay dead from an electrocution at a manufacturing plant. The ceremony proceeded despite the tragedy. the brother had been to be best man. The Rev. C. H. Pye grew emotional during the rite as Roger’s funeral proceeded later that day.
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Niagara Falls
Leal Updyke
Pearn
McCan
Roger Updyke
Charges Dropped in Oregon Land Fraud Case
Portland report says all charges against former commissioner of the general land office in the Oregon land fraud investigations were dropped in federal court today at the request of special prosecutor Fran ela J. Honey.
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Portland
Conaréesaman
Binger Herman
General Land Office
Oregon
Fran Ela J. Honey
Volunteer Schlegel Fights For Inheritance Across States
Charles Schlegel, a Laramie county farmer, says a German aunt left a fortune and sues his relatives in Buffalo New York to demand an accounting. He claims an apparition guided him three years ago and reports the money moved through the German consul. He says initial findings show $12,000 rising to $2,000, with his wife in Cheyenne.
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Nebraska
Germany
Charles Schlegel
Laramie County
Buffalo
N. Y
Cheyenne
Schlegle
Schlegel
Gister
Syracuse Cow Sets New Seven Day Butter Record
Syracuse N Y Dec 22 Pontic Clothilde De Kol TI a Woolatein Friesian cow owned by Stevens Pros of Liverpool broke the world's seven day butter record producing 728 pounds. The record had stood since last month at 5.55 pounds held by Grace Wayne II Homestead.
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Syracuse
Pontiac
Clothilde de Kol TI
Stevens Pros
Liverpool
Loos
Grace Wayne II
Homestead
Cheyenne Volunteers Rally for Christmas Gifts
State Leader reports a surge of volunteers in Cheyenne to help needy children with Christmas gifts. By press time about forty children were assigned to volunteers, with many donors offering to sponsor one to four children and a business partner providing gifts for over a dozen.
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Cheyenne
Claus
Niames
Santa Cluona
Wyoming
Sunda
United States
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