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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1901
Page
2
A weekly digest reports fires, wrecks, battles, and protests. It notes ship losses near Fraser River, tremors of Venezuelan conflicts, railway accidents near Clinton, and a fatal wreck at Wallace Junction. It also covers price hikes for California wines, an upcoming extra Congress session, and notable deaths including Steve Brodie.
A massive blaze swept Frankel Brothers department store at Sixth and Walnut, Des Moines, causing over 500000 dollars in damage. Fire crews saved the First National Bank across the street but suffered extensive losses as flames gutted multiple buildings, with Frankel alone listed at 374000 dollars in damage.
Philadelphia police report an organized kidnap ring operating in the city. A trap was set after a letter to a local resident urged ransom of 200 dollars, leading to an arrest of a suspect named Pont Pisoli.
FEW CHANGES IN PRICES with cereals up slightly and hog products and coffee down while steel and oil talk roll. Big blaze at Gothenburg Nebraska destroys buildings and stock, causing about 24000 loss. An engineer sleeping at his post triggers a fatal freight wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio line between Tetrolleum and Valero Johnson.
West Indian troops on St Helena mutinied raiding the town and terrorizing residents. They fought officers, attacked the Sailors' Rest, and refused orders until a strong naval force landed. The mutineers surrendered at dawn and were guarded at the camp awaiting removal by troopship.
During a senior class day gathering at Wittenberg College Springfield Ohio an athletic student from the fraternity side struck a nonfraternity speaker. Terry Miller pushed forward and delivered a right to Charles jaw causing him to fall as the crowd cheered.
Caseyville Illinois father William Kinsella chased a man who grabbed his seven year old son Willie. A struggle followed and the father beat the man nearly to unconsciousness and recovered the boy. The assailant was identified as Bert Williams.
Syracuse police thwart plot byHarry Johnson a Globe Hotel waiter to hire four boys Colombine Maragone Angelo Maragone Barry Hopkins and Hyman Davis to kill Alexander Tenbout over a white woman dispute. Boys overheard and detained. Johnson admitted the charge claiming drunken talk.
A celluloid comb overheated near a stove at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Beresford M D caused an explosion that enveloped Miss Nona Ryan’s head in flames. Two men tried to help but had to cut the comb from her scalp with a jackknife. She and the others fled injured but expected to recover. the incident stemmed from a overheated comb igniting from stove heat.
The Lenate made little progress with the Indian appropriation bill on Friday. Senate hearings on irrigation surveys near San Carlos in Arizona. split over shipping subsidy and army reorganization. House advances postal codification amid sustained opposition to amendments. Senate spokesmen buttressed funding debates as lawmakers push for policy outcomes and party unity.
Indian Territory doubles its population in ten years. A Chicago theft reports a $2500 brooch stolen from Mrs Louise Bowers. Manila hosts about 105000 residents with relatively few saloons. Major Ange of Sweden claims a noiseless torpedo invention. The new House of Commons includes two members over eighty. Lord Brougham’s long study precedes speeches. BH R Steyner of Federal Oil questions Beaumont Texas big strike. A wide aggregate of global notes.
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