Bombs devastate Milwaukee street car barns in $510000 blaze
A bomb exploded at 2 am in the Milwaukee Street Railroad South side plant on Kinnikinnie avenue, causing a rapid inferno that destroyed storage barns, motor inventory, cars and machinery with losses around 510,000. The fire cripples the company and authorities pursue incendiary leads. A $2,500 reward is offered for evidence.
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Milwaukee
South Side
Milwaukee Street Railroad Company
Street Railway Company
Kinnikinnie Avenue
Macchise
Jeast Ltd
Milwaukee Street Railway Company
Conrad Tannery
Becker Leather Company
Thomas Sullivan
Stephen Yreaver
Weil Street
Blizzard Strikes Oklahoma Border Camps Killing and Freezing
Reports from border camps along the Oklahoma line recount a Christmas blizzard that trapped about 2,000 home seekers in tents and wagons. Dozens frozen with limbs lost expected. two hunters perished and Mrs. McWilliams with her three children faced likely death. Twenty cows from an Ohio herd perished, and new cases of suffering arrive from the Cherokee Strip.
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Oklahoma Sorder
Timxevent
Ian
Dea
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Colorado Line
Cherokee Strip
Charles Bidwell
Caney
Ohio
Strip
California Electors Split. Gaird Tops Republican Vote
California official results show Thomas B. Gaird leading Republican electors with 118,027 votes while J A Long gains 118,174 for the Democrats. People’s party tally 25,311 and Prohibitionists 8,096. Congressional delegation: Democrats 4, Republicans 2.
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Congress
San Francisco
Cal
California
Waite
Thomas &. Gaird
J. A. Long
People’s Party
Prohibitionists
Explosion Kills Six In Long Island City Tunnel Blast
A dynamite blast near Jackson Avenue in Long Island City killed six people and fatally injured three others. The explosion occurred as workers labored in a tunnel under the East River, blasting storage and tenement damage spread through Nos. 21 to 29. Fire and rescue crews carried out victims from the debris as neighbors watched in panic.
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New You
Long Island City
Oeock
Henry O'Brien
Ducks
Avenue
Mrs. Rock
Mintre
John Stopkins
John Delaney
Barber Rock
Jackson Avenue
Mane
New York City
Long Island Tennel Company
East
New York Central
Avas
Innnr
QO Brien
O'Brien
Ife
Siome
St. John's Hospital
John Hopiins
Stewart
Hopkins
Destructive Fire Destroys Continental Block in Ouana
A Tuesday 10 PM blaze at the Continental block at Douglass and Fifteenth in Ouana Neb causes extensive loss. S. Orchard's carpet and furniture shop along with Freeland Loomis Co. stock are damaged. total losses expected near 400000 with multiple tenants affected and 130000 building value insured.
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Omaha
Ouana
Neb
Continental Block
Douglass and
Fifteenth Streets
S. Orchard
Orchard
Douglass Street
Freeland, Loomis & Co
Fire destroys three houses in Kan. deaths fill the night
At Osawa Tomie, Kan., a gas fed blaze consumed three two story homes on Crouch Avenue owned by William Chestnut. Four people died in the fire including Mrs. Louise Kindle infant child Miss Griffith and Miss Fletcher. The incident follows the husband’s prior death by a train in Holden, Missouri.
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Ouosawatomie
Kan
Osawa
ToMmnion
Crouch Avenue
William Chestnut
Louise
Fair Associations Map Ohio Indiana Advised Schedule
A conference of fair associations from Ohio, Toledo, Indiana, West Virginia, and Detroit met in Columbus on December 29 to decide whether to hold fairs next year amid Chicago’s big show. They favored not competing and proposed a circuit: Toledo and West Virginia in late August, Columbus first week of September, Indiana second week, Michigan third week in September.
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Columbus
Ohio State
Toledo
Indiana
West Virginia
Detroit
Chicago
Michigan
Sledging and poisoning deaths rock a Maine town
In Remrorp Fanuis Maine on December 29 Frank Richards was blown apart by dynamite while sledging. William Falvey and Louis Berry of Quebec were poisoned by wood alcohol. Thomas Burgess, a farmer, died felling a tree. William Rush, 44, died after a gasoline blaze sparked during a failed fire start. Ethan Rush rescued him but could not save his brother.
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Remrorp Fanuis
Frank Richards
William Falvey
Louis Berry
Quebec
Thomas Burgess
William Rush
Ethan Rush
William
Ban
Mob lynches a negro in Bowling Green Kentucky
A mob of about 1000 men seized Sam Harper near the courthouse and hanged him from a tree after firing into his body. The event occurred at 11:30 a.m. as court adjourned for dinner, with the crowd surrounding the suburb.
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Bowling Green
Gree
Sam Harper
Miss Anderson
Fair Grounds
Harper
Rockefeller Gifts Endow University of Chicago With 1 Million
Chicago December 29 Rockefeller presents the University of Chicago with 1,000,000 in bonds payable in gold to endow instruction. This brings his total gifts to 5,600,000 for the university. Dartmouth also reports a $200,000 bequest from Ralph Butterfield to the college via Kansas City, Mo. executor, with 180,000 remaining to relatives.
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John D. Rockefeller
Chicago
PPD
Armour
Institute of Technology
University of Chicago
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Chicago University
Harper
University
Marshall Field & Co
Field
William B. Ogden
School of Science
Reynolds
C. T. Yerkes
Wanavera
Dartmouth College
Ralph Butterfield
Kansas City
Charles P. Chase
Dartmouth
Michigan constitutional convention proposal approved
Lansing December 29 The legislature reaffirmed the last elections vote carrying the measure to call a constitutional convention by a majority of six hundred after canvassed returns. The date for the convention will be set by the state legislature, ending decades of attempts at reform.
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Lansing
Mich
Sugar Mills Burned and Fires Hit Fort Bend County
Fire destroyed the Darlington plantation sugar mills warehouse and 1800 barrels of refined sugar in Fort Bend county owned by Mrs. Narcissa Willis of Galveston. Loss near a quarter of 2 million with 81000 insured. The China plantation owned by T Brown of Houston suffered a similar disaster with over 100000 loss and partial insurance.
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Galveston
Tex
Darlington
Fort Bend County
Narcissa Willis
T Brown
Houston
Mexican Troops Routed by Revolutionists in Border Fight
Report from Larepe Tex dated December 29 says 300 Mexican troops and 250 revolutionists clashed Monday morning. Armies led by Generals Garcia and Estrada, respectively, with casualties on both sides. Guerra allegedly endangered as refugees seek safety and U S troops rush to the area.
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Larepe
Tex
Estrada
Garcia
New Laredo
Guerra
Uncle Sat
United States
Canvassing Board Certifies Michigan Election Winners
The state board of canvassers issued certificates to all victorious candidates led by John T. Rich and J. W. Giddings with margins ranging from 14 720 to 93 1625. Attorney General Eis is the only Democrat elected. Other results include J. Jochim secretary of state and Henry B. Pattengill superintendent of public instruction among the confirmed totals.
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Lansuxa
Mich
State Board of Canvassers
Eis
John T. Rich
J. W. Giddings
J. W. Jochim
J. I Liambitzer
Stanley W. Turner
John G. Berry
the Land Office
A. A. Ellis
Henry B. Pattengill
Public Instruction
Eugene A. Wilson
State Board of Education
Frank A. Hocker
Justice Supreme Court
Markutes Wheat and Grain Prices Across Markets
Trading quiet and mixed as spring wheat prices hold near 3.59 while winter wheat shows slight softness. No. 2 cash corn softens with varied futures quotes. rye holds firm with modest gains. barley steady to slow. Oil and dairy prices vary by region as stock markets show uneven demand.
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Curiaco
Iggadarye
Poore
Buster—Creamery
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Snake charmer fraud exposed by British officer in India
Capt. W. Potonhansy of the British Indian army relates how a snake charmer in Kurmaul used staged sightings and a milk fed brood to lure owners into paying for snake removal. He reveals a calculated system: planting snakes, horns to summon them, and a staged cure for bites, netting profits over two weeks.
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India
W. Potonhansy
Francisco Call
A 1 Exchange Hotel
Kurmaul
Anit
L Owly
Laconic Letters and Brief Replies Across History
A collection of terse exchanges shows famous figures using minimal wording. Examples include Emile de Girardin and his wife trading laconic notes about space and travel, Dickens’s curt response to a poem submission, and stage manager James Quin and John Rich trading sharp lines. A Treasury official asks about river lengths with a clipped prompt and a stiff, incorrect reply follows.
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Madame de Girardin
Switzerland
Monsieur de Girardin
Charles Dickens
Oxford
Dickens
Quin
Bath
Garrick
Covent Garden
Rich
James Quin
John Rich
Secretary of the Treasury
Mobile
Tombigbee
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Illinois Central
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Belvidere
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