Series of fatal fires in Louisville causes many deaths
Louisville reports a tangle of fires from Tuesday evening with at least eleven lives lost and nearly half a million dollars in property damaged. Five firemen are missing after explosions at the Bamberger firm. a separate blaze gutted Meune & Co.’s candy and fireworks factory, trapping multiple workers and families. Rescue efforts failed as walls collapsed and the building burned, leaving grieving parents and a somber city in wake of the tragedy.
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Louisville
Loone Paper Company
Main Street
Gene Man
Meune & Co
West Main Street
Couhkin
Lillie Greenwell
Treey Hohlhaus
Katie McCarvey
Mathers
Boston
Masten & Wells
Sweet Street
President's Message Read In Senate and House
The Senate and House read the president's message after the journal was reviewed. Sherman reports the president will send a written communication. The message was read aloud and ordered printed. the House adjourned until Saturday after formal referal to committees and a brief debate on committee appointments.
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Wasumncrox
Senate
Sherman (O
Joint Committee
United States
Congress
Pruetien
State of the Union
Mrr. Miller
Wis
House
Milliken
Breckenridge
Committee On Rules
Wreck on Northwestern Line Kills C A Storrs and Injures H True
A Northwestern railroad wreck eight miles south of Merrimac Wisconsin killed piano tuner C A Storrs of Elgin and injured fireman H True of Milwaukee. A freight train split as it climbed grade causing rear collision. caboose engine and several cars burned.
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Milwacker
Wisconsin
Baraboo
Wis
Merrimac
C. A. Storrs
Elgin
H. True
Ex Gov Stearns of Florida Dies Suddenly in New York
Ex governor M D Stearns of Florida died suddenly from heart failure at Palatine Bridge New York. Born in Lowell Maine in 52 years he served in the Union Army losing an arm at Winchester later joining the federal appointments, served in Florida legislature and four years as speaker before becoming governor for three years.
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Stearns
Florida
Palatine Bridge
N. Y
Canagomaimi
M. DL. Stearns
Gov. Stearns
Lowell
Winchester
Grant
Hayes
Wife Confesses to Shooting Husband in Mountain Cabin
In Marysville California on December to an elderly Frenchman Laurens Siquorette was found dead. Police say his wife admitted she shot him after he desired to die following supposed poisoning with strychnine. The death is now treated as homicide.
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Marysville
Cal
Laurens Siquorette
Funeral of Dom Pedro Ex Emperor of Brazil
Paris reports royal obsequies for Dom Pedro ex emperor of Brazil attended by royal families, celebrities, diplomats, and President Carnot’s officers led by Gen Brugere. Chilean minister meets Secretary Blaine to discuss indemnity for the Baltimore sailors’ deaths.
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Paris
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Carnot
Gen. Brugere
Blaine
Baltimore
Young Man Admits Theft Blaming Poet Father
Joseph McKay now in Ukiah jail admits theft during a stage robbery near Ukiah on November 15. He is 22, son of famed Sierra poet Joaquin Miller and Minnie Myrtle, and his alias is Harry Miller. Sheriff traces the trail to Willets and Hopland before arrest in Santa Rosa.
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San Francisco
Joseph McKay
Ukiah
Cal
Joaquin Miller
Sierras
Harry Miller
Minnie Myrtle
Eureka
Charles Lambert
Lambert
Willets
Willard
Hermitage
Oakland Heights
George Miller
Santa Rosa
Himwell
Miller
New York
Theatter
Portland
Qre
Steel Rail Mills Busy With 600000 Tons of Orders
New York reports that rails now on order from U S mills total nearly 600000 tons promising a busy year ahead. A Pennsylvania Railroad official called the current railroad business exceptionally promising and upbeat on prospects.
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New York
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Short Specials From Around The Nation
The city prison at Columbus Ohio was damaged by flames for 3000 dollars, insured for 1500. US gunboat No 5 was launched at Bath Maine and christened the Machias. Grippe runs virulent in Topeka Kansas with 3000 cases. Two pacing horses burned at West Milton Colorado Orion C and Oliver K. Cochran couple dies within an hour at Bellefontaine married 64 years. Blizzard and Worthington mines in Sudbury sold to English syndicate for 2 million. Sir Roderick Cameron named resident commissioner for New South Wales works exposition. NA Sub Treasury Alliance convention postponed in Memphis. Frankfort United Guilds discuss dissolving. Nottinghams fiddler murders wife then drowns self in cistern at Heanor. Comptroller Lacey urges limit on commercial paper discounts. Ex-emperor Dom Pedro buried with Brazilian soil under coffin. Dr David H Parker, 40, shoots self in Cairo grief for brother. Delmonico dinner honors Lord Aberdeen and Gordon plaid. Produce Bank of Philadelphia votes to liquidate, organized 1866 with 300000 capital.
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Columbus
United States
Bath
Topeka
Kaw
West Milton
Orion C
Oliver K
Robert Cochran
Bellefontaine
Dominion Mineral Company
Sudbury
Ont
Blizzard
Worthington
Roderick Cameron
New York
New South Wales
National Anti-Sub-Treasury Alliance
Memphis
Tenn
United Guilds
Frankfort
Germany
Heanor
Nottingham
Lacey
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Lisbon
David H. Parker
Cairo
Chicago
Blaine
Delmonico’s
Lord Aberdeen
National Federation of America
Gordon
Produce National Bank of Philadelphia
Outlook for the Heirs in Scoville Estate Conflict
Nearly 100 heirs contest Ezra Scoville's will after his wife’s death, with $100,002 involved. Executors and lawyers from across the country attend the case at Muxciz Indiana as disputes over inheritances surface decades after Scoville's death. In Vincennes Indiana an attorney commits suicide, leaving a note of misery. The Indiana Grange opposes political meddling in farmer groups and supports free mail delivery. The Indiana Supreme Court sets a precedent by allowing a wife to sue for alienation of affection, overturning older common law.
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Muxciz
Ind
Ezra Scoville
Et His
Newcastle
Henry County
John M. Morris
Scoville
Inpianaro
Milton J. Truster
Indiana State Grange
Truster
State Grange
Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Lesh
Flora Knowlin
Dearborn County
Elliott
Diverse Indiana notices span insurance collapse to gas strike
The supreme council of the defunct National Congress of Friends Insurance Lodge informs lodges of a 10 000 balance to be shared among 8 000 members in good standing. Local cases include a $1200 forged notes arrest of Charles Samuels, the disappearance of William Johnson amid $1000 embezzlement, a $10 000 damage suit by Echo Music Co against Dans Commercial Agency, a 20 foot gas well gusher in Nafontaine, and Indiana urging a world fair exhibit with Gov Chase’s proclamation. Also note a peculiar 88 year old groom Felix Bohannon and 18 year old bride Andreus Legg, plus a centenarian death Isaac Anglin.
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Muncia
Ind
Supreme Council
National Congress of Friends’ Insurance Lodge
Boston
Muncie
Columbia
Felix Bohannon
Andreus Legg
Portlanp details a rabies scare and a tragic infant death
In Portlanp Indiana a farmer contracted rabies after a dog bite and sought treatment as authorities report. A 12 month old child of Jac Murphy of the city fell from an arm and died, a fatal accident noted in the same piece.
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PortLanp
Ind
Man
Marron
Dex Li
Jac
Murphy
Funeral Service For Daughter Read By Mother Alone
A simple Oak Woods Cemetery funeral Saturday for Mamie Jennings, without a priest or minister. A Chicago Tribune story notes the bereaved mother read a Bible passage beside the coffin while a stranger, J P Luby of the board of trade, arranged for a Christian burial. Snow covered the graves as carriages lined the estate grounds, wreaths lay near the raised mound, and the mother whispered “Thy will be done” as she left the grave with faded forget me nots.
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Oak Woods
Chicago Tribune
Mamie Jennings
Hyde Pack
J P Luby
Board of Trade
Luby
Jennings
Kendal Street Christian Church
Chicago Markets Trim Wheat and Commodities Prices
Market notes show spring and winter wheat patents firm mixed with minor gains and declines for corn pork and lard. Wheat prices steady to higher across cash and futures while corn edges up and livestock and dairy values ease slightly in quiet trading.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
New York
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John Samuels
Robbe
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Echo Music Company
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Wanasu
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Ingaw
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Vandeuatel
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