Massive Broadway Fire Destroys Rogers Peet and Adjacent Blocks
A fierce blaze in Broadway blocks 253 to 259 and nearby inns in a rainstorm destroyed Rogers Peet & Co. and damaged Home Life Insurance Postal Telegraph buildings. Firemen battled towering flames aided by wind and water, with losses around a million dollars and several injuries reported.
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Postal Telegraph Operating Room
Rogers-Peet
Home Life Insurance
Rapid Transit Commission
Commission
Iame Life
Bonmer
Rogers, Peet & Co
Home Life Insurance Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Bonner
Rogers, Peet & Co., Clothiers
Warren Street
Broadway
United States Life Insurance Company
Perle
Postal Telegraph Building
Twenty-third Street
Paris Peace Talks Progress Reported by Judge Day
Advices from Judge Day of the Paris Peace Commission, received during the previous night’s Cabinet meeting, are hopeful for signing the peace treaty within a reasonable time. Cabinet members express satisfaction with progress and say negotiations are advancing smoothly. The chairman seeks full clarification of the President’s wishes on several details in the latest Paris communication.
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Washington
Judge Day
Paris Peace Commission
Paris
GILLETT IN MEXICO UNDER SHADOW OF DETECTIVES
A Kansas cattle plunger, Grant C. Gillett, is tracked in Chihuahua Mexico after arriving November 23 and leaving for Durango. He met his attorney C. R. Troxel in Jiminez, traveled to Chihuahua, and stayed at a leading hotel. Detectives shadow his moves as Mexican and U.S. authorities prepare for possible arrest.
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Kansas City
Chihuahua
Mexico
Grant C. Gillett
Kansas
Durango
Jiminez
C. R
Gillett
Jefe Politico
el Paso
C. R. Troxel
G. C. Gillett
Brewers Convene Big National Meeting to Push Tax Abolition
Delegates from across the United States representing about 8 percent of beer production gather at Arion Hall New York for a Brewers Congress. They seek to abolish the war tax on beer, noting the tax harms farmers and workers as industries face employment losses.
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Congress
Washington
Gallus Thomann
Congress of Brewers
Rear-end Collision Delays C., H. & D. Freight at Sidney
An extra southbound freight on the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad collided with southbound freight No. 3 about noon one mile north of Sidney. Several cars were wrecked and all trains delayed about four hours.
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Commercial Tribune
Piqua, O
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Sidney
Goebel faces potential opposition in Kentucky governor race
Lexington reports talk of a Democratic nomination challenge to William Goebel. Major P. P. Johnston, once viewed as the strongest foe, is reluctant to run citing the Goebel election law. Senator Charles J. Bronston is also seen as a possible candidate opposing Goebel and General Hardin.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
William Goebel
P. P. Johnston
Goebel
Major Johnston
Charles J. Bronston
Bronston
General Hardin
Nash & Marshall End All Slot Machine Prosecution
Nash and Marshall of Parkersburg representing the Mills Novelty Company withdraw all injunctions and stop legal fights over slot machine patents. They will ship unsold machines back to the originators and halt further business in the area, saving the city from further gambling regulation battles. The reasons for their retreat were not stated.
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Nash & Marshall
Parkersburg
Commercial Tribune
W. Va
Mills Novelty Company
Woman collapses after telegram delivery in Lancaster
Mrs. Sarah A. Hunter of Kansas City was visiting in Lancaster when a messenger boy delivered a telegram. Before learning its business content she fainted and remained unconscious until her death the following morning.
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Commercial Tribune
Lancaster, O
Sarah A. Hunter
Kansas City
Picquart seeks court ruling on jurisdiction in Dreyfus affair
Colonel Picquart, detained and awaiting trial for allegedly sharing secret service documents with his counsel, has petitioned the Court of Cassation to determine whether he falls under military or civil jurisdiction. He bases his request on provisions in the code of criminal procedure.
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Paris
Picquart
Secret Service
Court of Cassation
Dreyfus
Code of Criminal Procedure
Calvin Brice Sued Over Valuable Peking Franchise
Thurlow Weed Barnes, promoter, sues Calvin Brice’s Chinese Railway Syndicate for 1,000,000 alleging Brice failed to pay a 100000 forfeiture and endangered the franchise. The suit centers on Brice’s claim to have secured a highly valuable concession from the Chinese Government in Peking.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Calvin Brice
Chi
Barnes
Supreme Court
American-China Development Company
Washington
Iompany
Calvins. Brice
James H. Benedict
Anthony N. Brady
Carnegie Steel and Iron Company
Andrew Carnegie
J. H. Jarvie
Arbuckle Sugar and Coffee Corporation
Frederick P. Olcott
Central Trust Company
William A. Read
Vermilye & Co
Sam Thomas
Henry R. Wolcott
Colorado
Richard J. Cross
Morton, Bliss & Co
Levi P. Morton
Thomas C. Platt
Henry W. Cannon
Chase National Bank
Thomas F. Ryan
James Stillman
Standard Oil Company
Rockefellers
Moore & Schley
John R. Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Clarence Cary
H. McK. Twombly
Vanderbilt
Hartley & Graham
James P. McDonald
James McNaught
Northern Pacific Railroad
George R. Sheldon
Charles H. Coster
F. E. Randall
Southern Trust Company
Hankow
Canton
China
Peking
Russia
Chine
American- China Company
Hankow-Canton Road
Chinese Railway Syndicate
Chinese
Barnés
Brice
Republicans Denounce Contests and Voter Fraud Claims
Secretary of State William M O Dawson chairman of the West Virginia Republican Committee defends contest actions in Marion County and accuses Democrats of attempting to steal a United States Senate seat. He cites prior contests in Roane Taylor and Webster counties and vows Republicans will protect November 8 victory.
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Republican Executive Committee
Marion County
Marion
Atkinson
McGraw Machine
United States
Republican Committee
Roane County
Ohley
Taylor
Webster
Union Pressure at News and Record Sparks Possible Strike
Chicago December 4 report says Federation of Labor ordered the News and Record offices unionized within five days or workers face dismissal and a boycott. Victor E Lawson backs the Publishers' Association action. linotype staff face long contracts, with other departments unlikely to change.
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Labor
News and Record
Victor E. Lawson
Lawson
Typographical Union
Federation of Labor
Publishers’ Association
Chicago
Federation
9A Sweasceal Union
Rights of Franchise in Hawaii Stir Congressional Fight
Debate grows over a two‑bill plan to govern Hawaii with a territorial government and a voting bloc excluding Chinese and Japanese residents. The commission’s recommendations include a governor appointed by the President and a two‑chamber legislature, with possible separate measures on citizenship and territorial government. Senator Hanna arrives in Washington and avoids public political talk as Congress weighs enfranchisement and representation.
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Hawaii
Come Mission
Senate
Territorial Assembly
Congress
Japan
Port Victor Returns with Soldiers and War Spoils
The US transport Port Victor arrived off Liberty Island after sailing from Santiago on November 23 and Ponce on November 28 with 120 passengers, mainly soldiers on furlough. Notables aboard included Captains Sharpe Simpson Harrison and Lieutenants Woodside Mally of the Fifth Infantry, along with about six thousand Mauser rifles and seven Spanish cannon seized from Morro Castle.
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New York
United States
Port Victor
Santiago
Ponce
Liberty Island
T. H. Sharpe
J. C. Simpson
Harrison
E. L. Woodside
W. O. Mally
Fifth
United States Infantry
Helena Coaling at Gibraltar Ships Toward Manila
The United States gunboat Helena under Commander W F Swinburne arrived at Gibraltar on December 4 to coal before joining Admiral Dewey's squadron at Manila. The Helena left Bermuda November 10 for Madeira and is en route to the Philippines.
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Gibraltar
United States
Helena
W. F. Swinburne
Bermuda
Madeira
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Lost in the hurricane sighting of a distressed schooner
The Nova Scotian schooner Walleda reports a dismantled 700 ton vessel in hurricane seas off 36.22N 72.30W on November 28. It was dark as crew watched distress signals. rescuers found the wreck deserted at dawn and assume all hands perished after a boat capsized during attempted evacuation.
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New York
Gonaives
Kemp
Man Sought in Toledo After Sullivan House Burglary
John Bradford, jailed in Warren on breaking into State Senator John J. Sullivan's residence, is reportedly wanted in Toledo for robbing D. A. Elkins.
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Commercial Tribune
Warren, O
John Bradford
Warren
John J. Sullivan
Toledo
D. A. Elkins
Cummins Bound Over in Ohio Barn Killing Case
Jefferson Ohio December 4 J D Cummins a prominent Conneaut man was bound over to court Saturday under $1 000 bond charged with the intentional killing of Robert Austin of Girard Pennsylvania late Friday night whom Cummins supposed was burglarizing his barn.
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Commercial Tribune
Jefferson, O
J. D. Cummins
Conneaut
Robert Austin
Girard
Cummins
Earl of Buchan Dies at Age Noted in London
London reports the death of David Stuart Erskine thirteenth Earl of Buchan who passed away yesterday. The obituary notes his title and age, reflecting on the succession and family lineage.
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London
David Stuart Erskine
Earl of Buchan
Gentry to Organize Gulf Coast Hunting Club in Alabama
General W S Gentry of Lexington Kentucky organizes a Gentry Hunting Club to be built on a small river near Mobile Alabama with clubhouses and access via the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The plan honors the dispersed Gentry family and promises premier hunting and fishing grounds. Gentry will travel in December with a party to establish the new club grounds.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Ws. H. Gentry
Gulf Coast
Alabama
Mobile
Louisville & Nashville
General Gentry
Gentry
Crab Orchard Springs
Gentry Hunting Club
South
Eight Shipwrecked Mariners Rescued From Waterlogged Schooner
The British steamer Angers arrived in New York harbor in distress after a severe Atlantic gale and rescued eight mariners from the dismasted waterlogged American schooner Harry B. Ritter.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Angers
Atlantic
Harry B. Ritter
Midocean
Dance Ends in Shooting in Lawrenceburg
In Lawrenceburg Kentucky last night a man named Mark Bowler was fatally shot at a dance by a colored assailant identified as William Williams who fled the scene and remained at large. No motive was given for the shooting.
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Mark Bowler
Commercial Tribune
Lawrenceburg
Williams
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