Four Die in New York Fires and Manila Battle Report
Four people die in New York City fires and a fifth is fatally injured in a hospital. A lodging house blaze on South Street kills John Curran and injures Fireman Mullin who dies, while Fireman Fitzpatrick dies from hose truck overturn injuries. An explosion at Joseph Stern & Co. fat and tallow works may bury two men. In Manila, a clash near Leambano leaves four Americans dead and sixteen wounded as reinforcements arrive. Also: American Ax and Tool Co buys 38 acres near Glassport for a $500,000 plant to employ 1,000. Storm damage near Montpellier costs thousands. a B&O train wreck near Gastonville kills Patrick Morgan. Landon BC town Landon burns, big losses.
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New York City
South Street
John Curran
Daniel Mullin
James Fitzpatrick
Joseph Stern & Co
Weat Fortieth Street
Manila
Leambano
Panay
Twenty-sixth
Iloilo
American Ax and Tool Company
Glassport
Pittsburgh
New York
Weisenberger
Harry Hess
Hess
Senate Votes to Sustain Rank Provision in Army Bill
After routine Senate business the army reorganization bill saw Berry move to strike the Lt General rank from the senior Major General. The Senate sustained the provision amid a 44108 vote.
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Senate
Berry
Gold Goes Abroad Amid Trade Review Notes Slump
Dun and Co. reports limited commercial expansion as gold flows abroad and new monetary policy fails to boost activity. Prices ease in wire products while staple goods hold. wool and other textiles weaken. produce remains inactive with slight corn gains. A New York raid uncovers $25,000 in stolen goods from Weisenberger’s shop, leading to arrest of the recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dun’s
Aaa
RB. G. Dun & Co
Europe
South Africa
Alaska
United States
Canada
Labor War Brings Bloodshed On St. Louis Electric Line
A strike by St. Louis and Suburban Railway workers led to immediate hiring of replacements and normal service. Early next morning four armed men forced a motorman and conductor to abandon an eastbound owl car with revolvers. The motorman was shot in the hand and the conductor leg, while passengers were not harmed. Seely Prison Term Ends Soon
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St. Louis
St. Louis and Suburban Railway
Four Hurt in Chicago Soap Plant Explosion
An explosion at the B. McGurry & Sons soap factory in Chicago nearly demolished the plant and injured four people. Two were taken to the county hospital in serious condition. The blast was caused by a large caldron of grease boiling over in the mixing room, sending timber and bricks flying across the area.
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B. McGurry & Sons
Chicago
Police Officer Shot Dead in Chicago Station Slaying
O'Connell of Woodlawn police station killed on eighteenth street in Chicago while in citizen clothes. The revolver remained in his hand and a battered derby lay nearby as investigators probe the mystery.
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Limethy
O'Connell
Woodlawn
Eighteenth Street
Chicago
Fire damages Steubenville wallpaper plant and stock
A fire at the Steubenville Wall Paper Company in Steubenville Ohio caused a loss of 500000 rolls of wallpaper and machinery. The damage is estimated at 50000 and fully insured. In Nebraska retired educator Samuel De Witt Beals dies in Omaha at 74 after a long career beginning in 1871.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Steubenville Wall Paper Company and Machinery
Algo
Samuel de Witt Beals
Nebraska
Omaha
Widow in Jail After Poison Death Case in Nebraska
Mrs. Margaret Frost remains jailed in York Neb at investigation into her husband Chas Frost death. Druggists testified she sought arsenic and strychnine to poison rats. Letters from a traveling man surfaced, but Frost gave no sign of intending to kill him.
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Margaret’ Frost
York
Neb
Chas. Frost
Copper Vein Found by Finlanders near White Sulphur Springs
Two Finnish men near Sixteen Mile Creek south of White Sulphur Springs Montana found a moss-covered boulder weighing about two tons that proved to be almost pure copper. The discovery has stirred great excitement as the first virgin copper found in Montana, and it has become a ren dezvous for sheep herders for ten to fifteen years.
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Montana
Mont
Riot on a River Steamboat Ends in Death and Mayhem
A riot on the Mississippi steamboat Sidney at St Louis led to a fatal plunge and stabbing as "Bad Eye" the roustabout fought Charles Hogan. John Sikes was stabbed while trying to intervene. Hogan leapt overboard and drowned. The unrest mirrored other violent incidents including clashes of nonunion workers in Cleveland and a fatal fire in Gladwin Michigan. Police responded to multiple outbreaks of violence, including theft, arson, and a fatal shooting in Philadelphia.
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Sidney
St. Louis
Charles Hogan
John Sikes
Hogan
Siegel Cooper Company Plans New $24 Million Structure
Siegel Cooper Company to reorganize as a New Jersey incorporated firm with a $24,000,000 capital stock. The plan includes a cooperative provision allowing employee and public participation, with $14,260,000 preferred and $9,760,000 common stock and a $2,000,000 trust for employee dividends.
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Siegel-Cooper Company
Siegel, Cooper & Co
Chicago
New York
SiegelCooper Company
New Jersey
Le Moyne Citizens Foil Postoffice Robbery Bid
A pair of would be burglars broke into a dry goods store and the Le Moyne post office. Citizens surrounded the premises and opened fire with shotguns. The robbers fled through a side door and were pursued on foot for about a mile before escaping.
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le Moyne
Ohio
Fire devastates Beaver Dam malleable iron works plant
A blaze at Beaver Dam Wisconsin destroyed the malleable iron works engine room and the plant, with losses above 100 000 dollars. The fire spread to the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul freight depot destroying five loaded cars worth about 40 000 dollars. Other nearby property suffered minor damage and the factory was insured for 37 500 dollars.
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Malleable Iron Works
Beaver Dam
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Market Prices Across Cities Drift on Commodities
Chicago markets show hogs 3.00 to 5.73 with shipping grades 3.00 to 5.50 and wheat No 2 red 65 to 75 cents. Indianapolis notes cattle 3.00 to 5.00, hogs 3.00 to 5.50, wheat 0.70 to 0.75, corn 40 to 42 cents. St Louis ranges include cattle 3.25 to 5.75, hogs 3.00 to 5.75, corn 40 to 42 cents, oats 24 to 26 cents. Cincinnati reports cattle 2.60 to 8.00, hogs 3.00 to 5.75, wheat 0.80 to 0.75, corn 43 to 45 cents. Toledo lists wheat 0.73 to 0.74, corn 40 to 42 cents, oats 48 to 51 cents. Milwaukee records wheat 0.65 to 0.67, corn 40 to 41 cents, oats 26 to 28 cents, rye 57 to 58 cents, pork 12.26 to 12.75. New York shows cattle 3.25 to 5.84, hogs 3.00 to 6.00, wheat 0.72 to 0.80, corn 46 to 48 cents, oats 29 to 30 cents, butter 10 to 21 cents, eggs 18 to 14 cents.
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Chicago
Bermuda
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Senate Keeps Scott Seat as Contests Move Ahead
Senate vote 52 to 8 upholds Scott’s right to his seat amid West Virginia contest questions. Chandler warns of Clark contest action next while House passes 91 private pension bills including widow of Col. Stotsenberg. Hawaiian government bill adopted. others include military and public works measures.
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Senate
Scott
West Virginia
Chandler
Clark
House
John M. Stotsenberg
Nebraska
Philippines
Pettigrew
Great Britain
Committee On Foreign Relations
Anyme
Grand Army of the Republic
Ulysses S. Grant
Capitol
National
Hot Springs
South Dakota
United States
Spain
Committee On War Claims
Court of Claims
Burlington
Iowa
Secretary of War
Committee On Judiciary
Porto Rico
China
Japan
Congress
Harris
Arkansas
Colorado
Kansas
Tillman
Indian Head
Lodge
Alaska
Berry
Stewart
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Wilderness
Spottsylvania
Virginia
Hoar
Montana
Julia Macv. Henry
Guv “V.henry
James Longstreet
Margaret M. Badger
Badger
Harriet Gridley
Gridley
Navy
Nee
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Gribune
Denver
Indiana
Norris & Woolley, Pabilshere
Savere
Montpelier
Ind
Long & Brown
Showalter Farm
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Gastonville
Patrick J Morgan
B. B. Lytle
A. McBurney
Landon
British Columbia
High Hecho
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Barrett
Gran County
Minnesota
Mafeking
London
Central
Eloff
Snyman
Sanford B. Dole
Hawaii
Henry E. Cooper
Otia
Otis
War Department
Yenppiacs
McArthur
McKinley
Navajo Indian Reservation
Seely
Samuel
National Shoe and Leather Bank
Frederick Barker
Kings County
Brooklyn
George Hilderbrand
Val Blatz
Union and
Mine Streets
Pleasant Valley Coal Mines
Winter Quarters
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mississippi River
Cleveland
Big Four
Structural Ironworkers’ Union
Bertha Hoffman
Peoria
Prospect “Heights
Charles Briggs
Briggs
Gladwin
Mich
Methodist Church
Michigan Central Depot
Brunswick Hotel
City
Albert Bergen
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Spanish River
Cote
John W. Springer
National Live
Katurah Alldredge
Mount Vernon
Catahig
Island of
Samar
Duluth
Philadelphia
Hugh Callahan
David McGovern
McGovern
Big Shoe
of. R
Italiana
Rainy River
Raitt Ont
Henry Schulte
Germany
Wichita, Kuan
Kiowa and Comanche Agency
Dimmick Pipe Company
Birmingham
Ala
Humpmayer Stone Company
MacCreary
Paris
Trafic
Jennie M. Drinkwater Conklin
New Vernon
N. J
Bonn
Michael Munkeesy
Ther Markets
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