Cities at Mercy of the Flames
Ottawa region reels from a massive Hull Ottawa fire started in Hull and spread across the river, destroying mills, yards, and government buildings. Losses top 15 to 20 million dollars with 12,000 homeless and 7,000 jobless as militia aid and evacautions unfold.
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Hull
Wa River
Ottawa Chaudiere District
Eddy
Gilmore & Huguson's
McKay & Sons
Ottawa
Gilmour
Montreal
Brockville
Peterborough
Welland Canal
Thorold
Chaudiere Flats
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ottawa Carbide Factory
Richmond Road
Rochesterville
Experimental Farm
Huntonburg
Mechanicsville
Goulmer & Huston Lumber
Gatineau Point
Hull Lumber Company
E. B. Eddy
Bronson & Weston Lumber Company Mills
J. KR. Booth Lumber Mills
Ottawa River
Christ Church
St. John the Baptist Church
House of Commons
Great Britain urged to aid Canada over Ottawa fire victims
The Times editorial calls on Britain to help Canada by contributing to funds for Ottawa fire victims as Canada sacrifices blood and treasure in South Africa.
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England
London
the Times
Great Britain
Canada
South Africa
Ottawa
Eight-Hour Workday Bill Favored by Labor Panel
Washington April 26 The House Committee on Labor directs a favorable report on the Gardner eight hour bill. The measure would require government contracts to include a clause preventing any laborer or mechanic on the contract from working more than eight hours in a calendar day. A penalty is provided.
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Washington
House Committee On Labor
Laundry Strike Shuts Boulogne-on-Seine Laundries
A laundry strike began at Boulogne on the Seine causing all establishments to close. Many workers are left unemployed and sympathy strikes affect related trades, with widespread disruption expected if the action endures.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Boulogne-on-the-Seine
Former Ohio Soldier Drowns Near Marion Ind
Conrad Gunther, formerly of two Ohio Infantry regiments and a Soldiers' Home resident, was found dead in a stream about a mile from the home near Marion Indiana. He was 57, had arrived at the home on April 14, disappeared days later, and the coroner ruled accidental drowning. His wife resides in Washington Cincinnati and was notified.
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Commercial Tribune
Marion
Ind
Conrad Gunther
Forty-seventh
Ohio Infantry
Gunther
Afap
Washington
Cincinnati
Woman Sold at Public Auction in Galveston
A woman named Margaret Conner was sold at auction near the Federal Building in Galveston, Texas, for 40 dollars. Police and Federal authorities seek those responsible, with reports she was imported from Belgium and under contract to an American. Immigrant Inspector Levy investigates the case.
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Galveston
Tex
Margaret Conner
Federal
Belgium
United States
Levy
Fifth Avenue Hotel and Madison Square Theater Sold
The Fifth Avenue Hotel and the Madison Square Theater adjoining were sold together at public auction for 4,225,000 dollars. Buyer was W P Eno son of the original owner. John Wanamaker's bid reached 4,000,000 dollars. The Delmonico property fetched 950,000 dollars to a real estate operator.
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New York
Fifth Avenue Hotel
W. P. Eno
John Wanamaker
Delmonico
Clay on His Shoes. Columbus Convict’s Escape Plan Revealed
In Columbus Ohio on April 26 guards detected yellow clay on the shoes of George Schreck a third term burglar serving five years from Seneca County. A shop prisoner admitted tunneling beneath the broom shop floor revealing a tunnel extending about fifteen feet beyond the shop walls and half way to the outer penitentiary wall. Authorities plan to trap the workers at their task to punish the guilty.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
George Schreck
Seneca County
General Collier Hurt in Accidental Discharge Incident
Adjutant General D. R. Collier suffered a painful accident when a revolver discharged, bullets piercing his left hand. He will be unable to serve for several days. Lt. Col. Morrow will lead troops during his disability as Collier recuperates at his Lancaster home.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
D. R. Collier
Lancaster
Morrow
Congo Free State Debated Over Congo Atrocities
In Brussels the Chamber of Deputies concluded a debate on Congo Free State massacres tied to rubber and ivory exploitation. Socialist leaders accused Belgian agents of brutal acts including hands being cut off, while ministers denied state involvement and King Leopold’s shares. The motion for explanations was rejected 58 to 26.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
Congo Free State
India
M \ndervelde
Presut
M. de Favereau
Leopold
M. Lorand
Mongalla
M. Woeste
Cable linking German and American lines to be laid
Baron von Podbielski travels from Berlin to Borkum to oversee the joining of the German American cable aboard the Anglia on Saturday The connected cable will extend to the Azores and a gala ceremony will mark the event with the Baron presiding
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Commercial Tribune
Hamburg
Baron von Podbielski
Berlin
Borkum
Anglia
Azores
Anti Jewish Riots Wreck Baldenburg Synagogue
Anti Jewish riots continue in Konitz Baldenberg Preehlau Wandsberg Czerk and Wielle. In Baldenburg a synagogue has been wrecked and police from Bromberg and Dantzic have been summoned to restore order.
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Berlin
Konitz
Baldenberg
Preehlau
Wandsberg
Czerk and
Wielle
Baldenburg
Bromberg
Dantzic
Socialist Reichstag member resigns after faction quarrel
BERLIN April 26 The Bundesrath resumed its session today Pierr Bueb a Socialist Reichstag member has resigned following a quarrel with his own faction.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Bundesrath
Pierr Bueb
Bridge Carpenters Hurt In Pennsylvania Scaffold Collapse
Two Panhandle Railway carpenters, John Grogan and Thomas Consadine among them, were fatally injured when scaffolding toppled on a trestle near Gnadenhutten. John Drew was also seriously hurt. Consadine in critical condition, Grogan not expected to survive. They were transported to St Francis Hospital in Columbus for treatment.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
John Grogan
Thomas Consadine
John Drew
Panhandle Railway
Gnadenhutten
St. Francis Hospital
Consadine
Grogan
Winfield T Durbin Civil War Veteran and Indiana Leader
Winfield Taylor Durbin born 1847 in Lawrenceburg Indiana. He worked as a tanner, taught school, and moved to Indianapolis in 1869 to work for Murphy Johnson and Co. Durbin served in Civil War regiments and later held Republican Party leadership roles including National Committeeman and state committee positions. He married Bertha McCullogh in 1875 and had a son, Lieutenant Fletcher Durbin.
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Winfield Taylor-Durbin
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Durbin
New Philadelphia
Washington County
St. Louis
Tampico
Claysville
Greensboro
Indianapolis
Murphy, Johnson & Co
Chicago
Indiana
Washington
Governor Mount
W. T. Durbin
Bertha McCullogh
Anderson
Fletcher Durbin
Nicaragua Cancels Canal Concession After Court Ruling
The Nicaraguan Government canceled the Maritime Canal Company concession to build a ship canal across Nicaragua after five months of arbitration. It refused to extend the contract period and vacated the concession following a default judgment sought by the Nicaraguan Fiscal Solicitor. The United States Minister to Nicaragua, Merry, pursued a settlement as Managua finalized the decision.
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Washington
Maritime Canal Company
Nicaragua
United States
Merry
Managua
Plague Fears Rise After Fourteen New Cases Found
Sydney authorities grow anxious as fourteen fresh plague cases appear after hopes for abatement. Officials emphasize vigilance and continued controls amid the outbreak in New South Wales.
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Commercial Tribune
Sydney
New South Wales
Bank burglary rocks Coulterville vaults
Burglars blew open Coulterville Bank vaults with dynamite early today and escaped with about $5,000 mostly in currency. Police searched for suspects in the Illinois town as the crime disrupted the morning.
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Coulterville, Ill
Bank of
CoulterviLle
Union Bread Checks Aid Chicago Strikers
Union men with families in want receive bread tickets through union bread journeys. Each ticket is redeemable for a one pound loaf and distributed by the Building Trades Council. Bakers in Chicago recognize the tickets as cash substitutes with official union stamps preventing counterfeits.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Building Trades Council
Poison in the Pie Leaves Five in Serious Condition at Shoals
Five members of James Tranter's family were poisoned after eating raspberry pie in Shoals Indiana. Mrs Tranter and her daughter are critically ill while Mrs Pierce and Otto Hawkins are in serious condition. James Tranter escaped illness. The raspberries were canned two years ago in glass jars and the cause remains a mystery.
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Commercial Tribune
Shoals
Ind
James Tranter
Chicago labor war threatens Dewey Day parade grand stand
In Chicago during the last day and a half a man is dead, twenty injured, and about a dozen held by police as strikes clash with contractors. Threats to the Dewey Day parade grand stand prompt extra police. unions aim to disrupt the event. Injured include Patrick Tanse y Henry Schellhorn and Stephen Gaul as mob violence continues.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Building Trades Council
Gabriel Katzenberger
Lake
Building Trades
Patrick Tansey
Henry Schellhorn
Stephen Gaul
Carpenter
William Forbids Latin in Prussian Decrees
Berlin notes Emperor William empowers Dr Stadt to ban Latin in all university and faculty decrees to promote German usage. An order to this effect has been issued. Berlin reports Crown Prince Frederick William near coming of age next month. Separately Prof Maximilian Schueller claims discovery of the cancer bacillus with experimental details in Centralblatt fur Bacteriologie.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Dr. Stadt
Emperor Wiliam
Frederick William
Maximilian Schueller
Centralblast Puer Batheriologi
Indemnity Dispute With Turkey Tests U S Patience
Constantinople reports say the United States has pressed Turkey for prompt payment of indemnity, with Griscom delivering a note to Tewfik Pasha and ministers to discuss. A threat to send a battleship to the Mediterranean accompanies demands, while the sultan issues an irade over the Kharput matter.
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Constantinople
United States
Porte
Griscom
Tewfik Pasha
Washington
Council of Ministers
Charge Griscom
Mr. Straus
Straus
State Department
Ahmed Pasha
America
Meiklejohn Receives Swedish Honor for War Courtesies
The King of Sweden and Norway has offered Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn the decoration of Chevalier of the Sword for courtesies shown Swedish officers during the war with Spain. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed to report a resolution authorizing Mr Meiklejohn to accept.
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Sweden
Washington
Norway
Meiklejohn
Spain
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Durbin Wins Indiana Gubernatorial Nomination After Six-Hour Ballot
Winfield T. Durbin of Anderson is chosen by the Republican State convention for Governor on the seventh ballot, breaking the Griffiths bid with Dodge and Posey support. The long balloting, lasting from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., ends with a unanimous nomination after Durbin's deft organization and control of the Terre Haute delegation.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Winfield T. Durbin
Anderson
Durbin
Dodge and Posey
Hogate
Griffiths
Terre Haute
Haggard
Posey
Dodge
Supreme Court
Marion County
Watson
Newton W. Gilbert
Angola
L. P. Newly
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Ontario
Quebec
Otta
Mr. Pain
Pain Mills
Peterboro
Ohio
Clay
Collier Hurt
Kentucky
Winfield T
TS Charter
William
Mediterranean
Turkey
Dewey
A. B. Hunt
W. H. Hart
Leopold Levy
W. J. Taylor
F. L. Jones
First District
J. H. Jordan
L. J. Monks
Supreme Court— Co
F. Remy
B. F. Johnson
Albert Beveridge
Charles W. Fairbanks
James A. Mount
Charles
Hernly
Wong
Este Dodge
Union B. Hunt
Winchester
Knights of Pythias
Harrison
Treasury
A.C. Daily
Leopold Lévy
Huntington
W. L. Taylor
T. L. Jones
Charles Remy
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