Tragedy at Minneapolis Tribune Fire Kills Many Workers
A massive blaze tore through the third floor of the Minneapolis Tribune building around 10:30 p.m. Several editors and printers died amid the flames, including James F. and Walter E. Igoe of the Associated Press, W.H. Millman, Milton Pickett, and Professor Edward Olsen. Desperate attempts to escape via wires and ladders failed as smoke and heat intensified. The disaster left multiple victims and injured staff, with bodies recovered the next day as investigators assessed the scene.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Fomes
Felows
James F
Associated Press
Seti Aeral
Jentinee
Igoe
Dilles
Walter E
Millman
W.H
Olsen
Howard
University of South Dakota
Pickett
Milton
St. Paul Pioneer
Law
Bes
Como
Ters
Tire Department
James F. Igoss
Dragatore
Tribune
Charles_Rifter
Miles
W. H. Millman
Edward~Olsen
Williams
James Figos
Jerry” Jenkinson
Denisa
Robert McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Inaa
Jenkinson
Life Saving Service Annual Report Highlights Rescue Efforts
General Superintendent Kimball reports a year of extensive life saving activity across 225 stations with 523 disasters and 787 people succored. Property saved totals reach 6 416 775 with 1 302 335 value saved. 217 vessels warned. 24 persons rescued from falls at wharves and piers.
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Kimball
Life Saving Service
Atlantic
Lakes
Pacific
Falls of the Ohio
Louisville
NEWLY GLEANINGS: ICONIC GLOBAL NOTES AND LOCAL EVENTS
A collage of brief items reports Republican sentiment in Canada, Italian military growth, a large number of newspapers worldwide, Russia funding its navy, legal trials in Germany, a Swiss animal cruelty ban proposal, Paris art wealth, Japanese storm damage, Jefferson Davis’s Richmond house to be torn down for a school, U.S. money orders total, a Paris Exposition gift, Sabbath restoration act arrest, and a record ascent of Iztaccihuatl with steps cut in solid rock by US envoy Remsen Whitehouse.
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Montreal
Boulanger
Jenny
Rome
Sabo
Paz
Italy
Rekixe
SNERE
A. Yen. Neverr
Elberfeld
Germany
Vienna
Society For Prevention of Cruelty
Switzerland
Republic
Paria
Yokohama
Japan
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
White House
United States
Aero Postal
Jesse O'Coony
Jeffersonville
Ind
Scottsburg
Iztacorduate
Remsen Whitehouse
Alexica
Yale Bows to Patncton in Intercollegiate Title Fight
Patncpton defeats Yale 10 to 0 to claim the intercollegiate football association championship. Also reported are the death of Jacon H. Harpenman in Harrisburg at 69, the Santiago crew rescue voyage, a Pattenburg landslide killing an engineer, the Germania wreck off Long Branch with multiple drownings, a deadlyBrookline collapse, Lynn fire losses, and other varied incidents from coast to coast.
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Middle States
Patncxton
Yale
Jacon H. Harpenman
Sweeden
Harrisburg
Penn
Santiago
New York
A. J. Fuller
Lehigh Valley
Pattenburg
N. J
William Bigley
Germania
Bremen
Stettin
West End
Long Branch
Windhorst
Sandy Hook
W. Ai
Tgson
Merrimac
Boscaween
N. H
Bennett
Brookline
Mass
Lynn
H. Donte
Dastardly Lynchers Lynch Man In Preston Wisconsin
A fifty year old resident Hans Jacob Olsen was seized from his Preston home by masked men and lynched after being accused of insanity and quarrels. He was bound, hanged from a tree near his cabin, and struggled as neighbors carried out the act. Coroner’s jury offered no identifications of the attackers amid local gossip. Olsen had prior prison terms and recent troubles including threats to his family. A concluding note mentions a 1859 Japanese census with population and marriage and divorce figures.
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Waning
Atlante
Credo
Ohio
Patrick McGown
Denver
Col
Renwood
West Va
McGorf
Beaufort County
N.C
Hugh Duan
Elliotsville
W. Va
Eistrex
Hans J. Oleson
Preston
Wis
Duper
R. B. Triepre
Atlanta
Cartersville
United States
Ginpert McTier Leverre
Tananapolis
Ind
Arrowsey
J-C.mckensy
Milwaukee
Broadway
Cronin
Chicago
Kine
Maily
Caldu
Ogden
Utah
Exum
San Francisco
China
Japan
Sluchi-Ri
Hans Jacob Olsen
Olsen
Honga
Olson
Blair
Waupun
Great Boston Fire Ravages Commercial District
A devastating blaze in Boston's core, aided by high winds, destroyed 70 blocks of wholesale stone and brick buildings. Firefighters from multiple towns fought for hours, with casualties among responders and total losses estimated between 4 and 6 million dollars, echoing the 1872 disaster.
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Botton
Old City
Boston
Bedford
Kingston Streets
Ordan, Marsh Co
Great Dry Goods House
Brown, Durrell & Co
Nations
Woonsocket Rubber Company
Bodfor Street
Kingston
Bedford Street
Chauncey
Farley, Harvey & Co
The New Speaker Tom Reed of Maine Elected
Tom Reed of Maine won the Speaker nomination on the second ballot and was elected as Congress opened. Born October 18 1830 in Portland he studied at Bowdoin, served as acting navy paymaster, then practiced law. He held Maine offices and served in Congress since 1870 rising as a leading Republican.
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Tom Reed
Maine
Hours of Representatives
Congress
Reed
Portland
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
United States Navy
Navy
House of Representatives
State Senate
Washington
Fifty First Congress opens with new House officers and sworn senators
The Fifty first Congress begins at the Capitol with John B. Clark presiding as the House opens. Reed elected Speaker after a close vote amid floral tributes. Milburn chosen chaplain. committees formed. Senate swears in Chandler Dixon Moody and others as Morton delivers the opening message. The two chambers prepare for joint ceremonies and centennial plans.
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Congress
United States
Howe of Representatives
John B. Clark
House
Glantz
McCarthy
New York City
Hank
Tennessee
Henderson
Triois
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
McCreery
Kentucky
John G. Carlisle
Reed
Carlisle
Cumminga
New York
Cowles
North Carolina
Messrs
McKinley
House of Representatives
Uul
Minds
Raucus
McPherson
Pennsylvania
Holmes
Owa
Adams
Wisconsin
Charles Ramedell
William H. Milburn
Lilla
Messrs. Bayne, Hitt, Carter
Culberson
Texas
Cummings
Senate
Capitol
Morton
J. G. Butler
Chandler
Dixon
Rhode Island
Moody and Wettigrew
South Dakota
Squire and
Allen
Washington
North Dakota
Thie House
Wherson
Pension Question in Secretary Noble's Interior Report
Interior Department summary of John Noble's annual report highlights Oklahoma opening, Dakota Sioux treaty, and new western states. It argues for permanent Census Bureau, calls for pensions for disabled veterans, and stresses legal procedures for pension increases. It emphasizes self preservation, duty to soldiers, and the need for careful scrutiny of claims and examinations.
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Noble
John WW. Noble
Interior
Oklahoma
Dakota
Staten
North Dakota
South Dakota
Washington
Montana
Congress
Census Office
Pensons
Hnd
Appointments to Foreign Posts Named by President Harrizon
President Harrizon appoints Beckford Mackey of South Carolina to San Jose Costa Rica Hiram J Dunlap of Illinois to Breslau Germany editor of Clampadgn Gazette William E Gardner of Wisconsin to Rotterdam Gardner formerly with Evening Wisconsin Delos H Smith of Arizona to Nogales Mexico John B Osborne of Pennsylvania to Ghent William Monaghan of Ohio to Humiblton human?
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Harrizon
United States
Beckford Mackey
South Carolina
San Jose
Costa Rica
Hiram J. Dunlap
Illinois
Breslau
Germany
Mr. Dunlap
Clampadgn
William E. Gardner
Wisconsin
Rotterdam
Gardner
Milwaukee
Delos H. Smith
Arizona
Nogales
Mexico
John B
Labor unrest and union activity across industries
The piece notes widespread labor action in 1888 including 509 strikes with 85,000 participants in England and Wales 20 000 coal miners. talks of unions forming in Pittsburg Boston and Georgia. the Knights of Labor and American Federation of Labor seeking to unite for immigration limits and the eight hour day. London dock strike leader John Burys to tour America for AFL lectures. German woodcarvers aid for nine hour day. and Cairo cigarette makers adopting Western labor practices.
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Georgia
Pittsburg
National Union
Tae Dronmolders
Boston
Ohio
English Board of Trade
Tey West
Florida
Cuba
Brotherhood of Baseball Players
Tue
American Federation of Labor
T. M. Gruelle
Indianapolis
Administration Party
K. of L
San Francisco
Morrow
Samuxe
Gourris
William J. Cannon
John
Kirchner
J. F. Mahoney
International Ciarmakers' Union
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American Federation
Congress
Starkes
Egypt
Cairo
Fraxkirk
Foster
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Hoston
Wood Carvers Union of
Germany
Plassmann’s Union
New York
Cuty
Joan Burys
London, i
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Organ
Pittsbury
Arky
O'Hara
Glass Works
Tos Beamsn's
Fivemen's Muilowix Ne Kok
Otrides
Fremen Nase
Britiaherd
Genin Fuitoys
Navy Department Plans for Naval Growth and Reform
The first annual report of Secretary Tracy outlines a growth path for the US Navy with eleven armored and thirty-one unarmored vessels. It calls for two fleets of battleships on each coast, twenty harbor defense ships, and a reserve of cruisers from merchant steamers. Construction should begin immediately, aiming for twenty battleships, twenty coast defense ships, and sixty cruisers. Enlistment reform favors life service with half pay after thirty years to boost native American enlistment, and funding for yard maintenance is urged with fifteen million dollars of old stores to be sold.
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Tracy
Tul
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Atlantic
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Navy Yard
Central American Union Pact Backed by Five Republics
President Roberts Sacassa approves a treaty forming a union of five Central American publics including Navaragas Costa Rica Guatemala San Salvador and Nicaragua. The alliance is offensive and defensive with a common currency and law system while independent trade remains possible. Costa Rica is expected to join along with Nicaragua.
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Ourturas
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America
Imion
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Republcs
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Quatamala
San Salvador
Costarrea
Nicaragua
Experiments Claim Arid Kansas Ground Can Yield Crops
Experiments suggest that fair yields can be raised on the great arid desert of Kansas without irrigation if the ground is mulched with straw. This could open up vast acres to cultivation.
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Kansas
Prominent People and Public Figures in Brief
A roundup of notable individuals mentions Governor elect Danv Betty of Ohio as a smoker, inventor Keely aging, and Secretary Rusk collecting orchids. It notes Anthony Roth’s biographical works, Mrs. Tarpon on life trials, and various political and social figures including Allen, Cleveland, and Hobson.
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Ohio
Guapstone
Keely
Rusk
Tarpon
Ans. Quay
Pennsylvania
Ellisan Haroun
Rogent Louis Stevenson
South Seas
Lauren J. Ranvas
Stanley
London
Exarons Bate
Balmore
Roscow Conklin
Alfred Rt. Conkling
Procton
Cabinet Circle
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Monton
Penns
England
New Haven
Cain
Joan B. Allen
United States
Wimblegton
Maina
California
Richard A. Tractor
Grant Allen
Tsanenta
Alcantara
Imperial
Brazil
Wiltiam Henry Cinny
Tama
Peru
South America
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Hon
M. Naudin
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Pares
Padua
Mei Katzenellebe“Ben
Maharam
Cleveland
Ma Roy
Balsey
Frances Hongsox Benner
Lord Fawtleroy
Bechetary Uussey
Baltimore Line Steamer Gratinl Burns at Sea
A steam ferryboat Gratinl of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad burned during transport to New York, with the crew all rescued. Separate Newark incident saw an ammonia pipe explosion blow out a brewery, injuring no one but causing $175,000 in losses.
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New York
Baltimore
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Newark
Appropriations Required for the Next Fiscal Year Details
The document outlines total appropriations for the next fiscal year, listing departments such as Treasury, War, Navy, Interior, Post Office, Agriculture, and Labor with specific dollar figures. It notes increases over the current year, highlights main rises in pensions and public works, and compares estimates versus appropriations across departments. The totals show a net rise of 17,209,040.01 dollars, with key shifts in executive, military, and justice spending.
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Entte Nary
PSU Td Interior Department
Cles I Postatice
War Department
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Navy Department
Department of Agriculture
Fores
Department of Labor
Department of State
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Lynching of Joe Vermillion Over Arson Vendetta in Maryland
A masked group seized Joe Vermillion from the Upper Marlboro jail and hanged him from a bridge after an incendiary fire killed several in Prince George's County on November 23. Authorities arrested the Vermillion brothers on arson charges while disputing who started the blaze.
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Jou
Joe Vermillion
Prince George's County
Jor Vermillion
Vermallion
John Toll
Joe
Vas
Washington Statesmen Birth to Senate Careers Chronicle
The article profiles Jah B Allen born in Indiana 1843 who served in the 38th Indiana Infantry before practicing law in Olympia and Walla Walla, becoming a prominent Eastern Washington attorney and state senator. It also covers Watson C Squire born 1838 in New York who served as a Civil War officer, later ran Remington arms business, and was Governor of Washington Territory before joining the U S Senate alongside Allen.
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Aday
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Army of Cumberland
Ternnessee
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Russia
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Turkey
Mexico
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Washington Territory
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Arthur
Allen
United States Senate
Postmaster General Wanamaker's First Annual Report Proposals
Wanamaker urges creation of a Fourth Assistant Postmaster General and a General Secretary at 10000 salary to improve service. He seeks authority to contract with responsible parties for limited post and telegraph service and speaks on Sunday mails penny postage postal savings banks and a new Washington departmental building.
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