Eighteen Dead in Philadelphia Fire and Other Disturbances
A Philadelphia blaze in the eight story Slunt Wilkinson & Co building and adjacent structures killed eighteen and left many injured as crews searched for more victims. Parkers Corners burglars held a village at gunpoint, dynamited a safe, cut telephone lines, and fled with cash. A Chicago bound Burlington & Kansas City train derailment near Exline, Iowa injured several and killed two. Pan-American Exposition losses exceed four million with damages to builders and mortgage holders. Hammond Packing Co fire estimates reach one million, with rebuilding planned in months. In Samar no fighting, while Henry Wiseman confesses to the Royal Oak murder. Crescents breaks half mile record in Kansas City.
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Philadelphia
Philadelpha
Nmber
Market Street
Slunt, Wilkinson & Co
Wilkinson & Coos
Com Merce Street
Parkers Corners
Pickney
Mich
L. F. Peets
Chicago, Burlington and
Kansas City
Exfine
Iowa
Exline
Claude Giulines
Evansville
Clinton G. Wigginshire
Wawasee
Florida
Harvey Warren
Jose Scott
Sulon
F. B. Henderson
Muncie
Edna Whiteker
Postmaster Whitaker
Kokomo
August Pohlman
Dillsboro
Edward Bolling
State Reform School
South Bend
Terre Haute
Ernest Roberts
Indianapolis
Colfax
Itrankfort
Jeffersonville Reformatory
James B. Black
Grand
Daisy Brown
Oscar Gilbreath
Dounreith
Thompson & Bernard
Howell
Marshal Sumpter
Ilenry McCarroll
Will
William Dumum
William Traplett
Munele
Manufacturing gains seen as year volume may top nine hundred
Manufacturing is very active and analysts expect the present year’s business volume to exceed 900 in value. Unfavorable signs are rare, with mild weather aiding retail distribution and outdoor work. Duno’s review notes cereals fluctuated little, markets dull, corn down slightly, Atlantic shipments at 501,555 bushels weekly versus 2,799,887 last year and 4,747,258 in 1890.
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Manufacturing Industres
Duno
Atlantic
Indians forced to marry on Oklahoma reservations
Indian agent John Jensen reports that after a 1910 decree urging propriety, men and women on the Powen and Otoe reservations marry under pressure. He recalls arrests and jail threats to enforce marriage while a reservation minister conducts ceremonies quickly, noting frugal habits amid scarce wood and寒 weather.
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Uncle Sim
Powen
Otoe
Oklahoma
John Jensen
Weates House
Jensen
Burglars Raid Ohio Town and Other Urban Fires
A gang raided Pleasantville and Junction City securing cash stamps and valuables from safes and a hardware store. Across Omaha a $100000 blaze hit W L May Co and nearby firms. other losses followed at several plants and merchants. Police say three suspects in Corning linked to a Chicago postoffice robbery were arrested.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Pleasantville
Rose Brothos
Junction City
McElroy
Baltimore and Ohio
Rushville
Chicago
Corning
Chicago Postolite
Killed in Tin Mill Tragedy Claims Two at Lisbon
At Lisbon Ohio a tin mill accident killed John Monda 45 and John Blough 28 and injured Nicholas Dan John Moldervan Stephen Senton and John Mantean. The car overturned while unloading tin bars. four injured men were trapped and crushed with little chance of survival for Dan and Mantean.
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Lisbon
Ohio
John Monda
John Blough
Nicholas Dan
John Moldervan
Stephen Senton
John Mantean
Dan
Mantean
Bleugh
Monda
Big Lash And Door Combine Nearly Fully Enacted
A major trust merger aims to unify national interests with a New York bank’s emissary, C L Poole, holding options on nearly all large Minneapolis factories. Owners will receive cash, common stock, and preferred stock while remaining in local management. Additional centers include Oshkosh, Wausau, Merrill, La Crosse, Dubuque, Clinton, Muscatine, Rock Island.
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Fast
Cear
United States
C. L. Poole
New York
Minneapolis
Oshkosh
Wausaw
Merrill and la Crosse
Wis
Dubuque
Clinton
Shipping Stagnation Tied to Corn Crop Failure
Ports from New York to New Orleans face unprecedented dull freight due to a west crop failure. Ocean freights stall as 124 steamers remain berthed and grain elevators loom over the Atlantic basin. Export estimates show about 20 million bushels behind last year with 1000000 tons of cargo space tied up in major hubs.
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Athatice Basin
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltinore
Norfolk
New Orleans
Woman Pension Swindler Pleads Guilty in Sioux Falls
Mrs. Sarah J. Flynn of Lake Preston S. D. pleads guilty in federal court at Sioux Falls to an indictment charging her with applying for a pension as the widow of Civil War veteran Silas J. Flynn. Flynn’s widow Mary C. Flynn testified before the grand jury.
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Sarah J. Flynn
South Dakota
Lake Preston
S. L
Woman's Relief Corps
United States
Coad
Sioux Falls
Silas J. Flynn
New York
Mlynn
Mary C. Flynn
Pile of Human Bones Found in St. Louis Mansion Cellar
Police uncover a heap of human bones in the cellar of an old mansion as detectives seek Dr. A H Baurichtein, evicted for mortgage non payment. Neighbors report eerie activity with women visiting only at night and distant screams heard from the house over two years.
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St. Louis
H. Baurichtein
Banrichter
Old Mint Building Reveals Gold Value in Walls
The old Philadelphia Mint building, now undergoing overhaul after machinery removal, yields surprising gold and silver deposits. Soot from a chimney assays at 10000 per ton, with total recoveries likely reaching thousands.
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Philadelphia
D. KK. Tuttle
Canal Will Cost 200 Million In Isthmian Route Study
The Isthmian canal commission estimates the waterway at 200 million dollars. Panama route appears cheaper, but advisability of purchasing it is not yet determined.
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Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Market Prices for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains Across Cities
Chicago to New York markets show cattle shipping values from $3.00 to $6.70 with hogs $3.00 to $6.40 and sheep $2.25 to $4.75. Wheat ranges from 68 to 75 cents No 2 red and corn 55 to 60 cents No 2. Oats and rye also listed with assorted regional figures including butter at 19 to 22 cents and eggs around 19 cents.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Dancing party shooting in Upland shocks community
Two dancers at Charles Marshall’s Upland home were shot by Harvey Deering who burst in with a pistol just before the attack. Victims Marshall and John Larkins fled as others hid or fled the room amid glass and sash scattered by the volley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Marshall
Upland
Harvey Deering
Marshall
John Larkins
Deering
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Ghe Cribuite
Denver, Indiana
Alfred Wooley
N.M
Winsor
Buffalo
J. Standish
Hammond Packing Company
Hammond
Ind
Samar
Manila
Hughes
Cebu
Gandara Iilver
Smith
Henry Wiseman
Ellen Huss
Royal Oak
Crescena
Crescens
Kansas City Driving Club
Ohio Town
Omaha
W. L. May & Co
Eleventh and
Neward Streets
Great Western Type Foundry
W. T. May & Co
Carpenter Paper Company
Mercer Chemical Company
Voegel & Dinning
Joseph Langdon
Brainerd
Minn
Jolu
Thomas Garbo
Andrew Cadius Huff
Denver
Huff
Ife
Roosevelt
Tlo
Red
Mount Vernon
N. Y
New England
Perry Heath
Salt Lake Tribune
Perry
Heath
Republican National Committee
Salt Lake City Tribune
Lake Erie
Swallow
Long Point
Manitou
Tin Mile
Hurta
BIG Lash and
Door Combine
Kentucky
Salyersville
Joln Howard
Bud Pickelshimer
Perry Montgomery
Sam Mullin
Montgomery
Mullin
Henry MacDonnel Sedley
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Edward Corrigan
Law School
Corrigan
Sedley
Centerbury
Qohic
Toledo and
Ohio Central
Cleveland
Akron
Columbus
Mary Belle Witwer
Anna ©. Pugh
Dayton
C. W. Gilmore
Carnegie Museum of Pittsburg
Medicine Row
Wyo
Wyoming
Peshawar
Ameer Habib Ullah
Afghanistan
Kabul
City of
Mexico
Lenoy Mariscal
Miss Stone
Madame ‘'Isilka
Shepherds
James Coulon
A. Booth & Co
Conlon
Pittsburg
John HH. Crisp
Cook County Hospital
Crisp
Sydney
N.S
East Homeline
Stockton
Utah
H. G. Button
Button
Bandit
Southern Pacific
Eugene
Ore
Francis Marvin Bunce
Hartford, Conn
Minnesota
Fulda
Indiana
Dolger
William Cox
Crawfordsville
Alley Showman
Ilinois
Miche Igah
Wisconsin
Shewman
Briet
Summerville
T.T. Stanley
Marion
Henry Yarman
Orion
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