Fire destroys Brunson and Union blocks in Columbus blaze
A brisk north wind fanned a major fire that destroyed the Brunson and Union clothing blocks at high and Long streets and damaged nearby structures in Columbus. Captain Daniel Lewis of engine No. 11 was killed when a wall collapsed. total losses run about $600,000 with insurance around $300,000 for the largest firms. The blaze began in Brunson’s building. tenants included Walkover Shoe Co and Tallmadge Hardware Co with several residences above.
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Columbus, C
Brunson and Inion Clothing Co
Nicholas
Daniel Lewis
Phillip Nation
Brunson
Walkover Shoe Co
Tallmadge Hardware Co
Boot Brothers
Branson Block
Union Block Brothers, Grocers, Hardware Co. Courtright
Irby & Co
Munsey & Co
Two Murders in New York City Fire Lieutenant Shot
In New York on April 27 a Boston fire lieutenant, Joseph A. Kelly, was shot by Mrs Isabella Viola while defending her husband from Kellys assaults. He died hours later after an incident at a house where he forced an entry and grabbed Luke Violas throat. Mrs Viola fired three shots, all taking effect. Separately, John Marrotta murdered Mrs Kate Keenan known as Kat Carmella, after a quarrel at a Leverett Street lodging house and fled before being arrested.
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New York City
New York
Joseph A. Kelly
Boston
Isabella Viola
Kelly
Luke Viola
Viola
Setvolver
John Marrotta
Kate Keenan
Kat Carmella
Leverett Street
Ater
Ption
Revolutions Rout Venezuelan Forces In El Guapo Campaign
Reports from Willemstadt Curacao April 27 say government generals Gomez and Ferrera were routed at El Guapo by revolutionary troops under Gen Rolando. Gomez and Ferrera fled to Caracas with many wounded as government units fall at Barquisimeto San Felipe and Moron. Numerous wounded reach Valencia Puerto Cabello and La Guaira while the revolutionary force nears Coro.
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Willemstadt
Curacoa
Gomez
Ferrera
el Guapo
Rolando
Carcas
Barquisimeto
San Felipe
Moron
Valencia
Puerto Cabello
la Guaira
Ta Vela de Coro
Coro
Velutini
Caracas
Europe
Politics for 1903 and the coming state elections
The article analyzes 1903 political contests in states like Ohio Iowa Maryland Kentucky Massachusetts Rhode Island and others. It discusses party chances and leaders including Hanna Johnson Gorman and McComas, noting anticipated Republican strength in most states and uncertainty in Maryland and Rhode Island. It highlights potential barometers of partisan currents for the year.
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Congress
Ohio
Iowa
Maryland
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Hanna
Senate
Johnson
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
McKinley
Smith
United States
McComas
Gorman
Rhodes Island
New England
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Oii
Root Views Tariff Pressing Protection Principle
Secretary of War Root spoke at a Boston Home Maker banquet on tariff revision. He argued that protection, not a fixed rate schedule, matters. trusts resist tariff changes without harming independent factories. no tariff pleases all interests. revision should stay with pro protectionists. Bryan’s Kansas City remarks are noted.
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Root
Boston
O Sion
Home Maker Club
Indianapolis Journal
Gen
Harrison
Republican Party
Gen. Harrison
Friends of Protection
Merger Dissolved as Sherman Act Enforces Antitrust
A U S circuit court ruling dissolves the Northern Pacific merger under The Northern Securities Company, deeming it in restraint of trade and violation of the Sherman Antitrust Law. Critics question reversal by the Supreme Court, while praising republican-led anti trust measures and noting ongoing conflict between public interests and corporate power.
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United States Circuit Court
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Securities Company
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Troy Times
Congress
Supreme Court
Bryan Lectures Stir East on Democratic Unity
William Jennings Bryan plans an eastward lecture tour after wins in Ohio. He will discuss major political issues without partisanship, while denouncing opponents of democracy and defending his Kansas City platform. Despite calls for harmony, Bryan remains the party’s acknowledged leader with broad support.
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William Jennings Bryan
Kansas City
Grover Cleveland
Bryan
Chicago
American Pen
Ohio
Bitures
Albany Journal
Cincinnati
Ingalls
Cleveland
Toledo
Democracy
Mr. Bryan
Press Comments on Bryan and Cleveland Split Over Harmony
Readers see sharp attacks from Chicago Inter Ocean and Chicago Chronicle deriding Bryan as betraying party unity. Detroit Free Press questions his platform focus, while Brooklyn Eagle notes Bryan shows no renomination bid and hints at self persuasion.
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Bryan
Cleveland
Chicago
Dem
Brooklyn Eagie
Republican State Convention Set For Columbus
Columbus reports the Republican State Central Committee chose Columbus as the convention site with June 3 and 4 set for the meeting. Senator Hanna to serve as temporary chairman, John R. Malloy as secretary, and Foraker expected as permanent chairman. Delegates will be elected by popular vote or delegate mass conventions, not county committees, with 873 delegates total. Charles Dick expected to chair the executive committee.
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Columbus
Republican State Central Committee
Hanna
John R. Malloy
Foraker
Central Committee
Charles Dick
Two Boys Maimed in Glycerine Explosion Near Trail Run
Reports from Zanesville and Monroe county recount a tragic glycerine can explosion injuring two boys named Baker and Shai. The Shai boy was killed by shrapnel, while Baker lost both eyes and a arm, with other injuries. A separate incident in Cincinnati tells of a child narrowly saved from a traction car after the driver’s quick stop. Other items note elected officers in Norwalk, a legal dismissal in Columbus, a gas well strike near Willoughby, and various fatal and civic updates across Ohio.
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Zanesville
Baker
Shai
Trail Rin
Monroe County
Drowned Scow Worker and Local Deaths Reported
Cleveland reports show 18 year old William Wells drowned after falling from a scow near Whisky Island. A shooting near Larne leaves John C Blue dead, tied to a turkey quarrel. Delaware records file Plate Glass Brick Co incorporation in Akron. Burke and Ryan, with an unknown man, rob a Wabash car. Burke wounded, Ryan captured, the third man fled. Engineers James Sick en and August Hossler burned closing a boiler valve on the George King dock. Akron notes the death of a longtime city resident at 87. Cincinnati records state J D Lehmer, 86, died after apparent fall from a second story window. estate valued at about $5 million.
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Montpelier
Thomas Burke
Cleveland
Ed Ryan
New Orleans
Wabash Road
Burke
Ryan
Sicken
August Hossler
Marine City
George King
Pittsburg
Akron
Suit Over Grandmother's Check Is Brought
Cleveland April 25 Miss Blanche Hanover sues Maurice Klein to recover about 600 from checks left by her grandmother Mrs Regina Skotzky. Bank refused to cash and Klein as administrator claims no responsibility since not named in the will.
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Dal
F. C. Allyn
Hiram
Robert M. Marshall
Mantua
Marshall
Henry Coe
Shalersville
Cleveland
Coe
R. M. Marshall
H. B. Coe
Toledo
Tugmen’s Association
Great Lakes Towing Co
William Rafferty
Saugatuck
Tug Trust
Nagle
Tugmen's Protective Association
Tugmen
Carle
Blanche Hanover
Maurice Klein
Regina Skotzky
Kline
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Jewish Theology of America
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Maher
Catholic Knights OF Ohio, Aanch No
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TL Krutsch
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Catholic Knights OF Ohio
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