Devastating Iroquois Theater Fire in Chicago
The Iroquois Theater blaze in Chicago on December 31 killed over six hundred people and injured many more during a matinee of Mr Blue Beard. A calcium light ignited stage curtains, the asbestos curtain failed, and rapid fire and smoke trapped patrons in balconies. Firefighters and hospital crews rushed to aid victims as stores statewide offered aid.
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Chicago
New
Mr. Blue Beard
Eddie Foy
Angel of Destruction
A . Réach
Night of Rescue Spirits in Costumed Aid Effort
In a grim scene doctors and nurses worked rapidly and skillfully to treat victims. Hopeful helpers in fantastic costumes moved through a downtown district as drug stores emptied to supply medical needs. Lantern light guided exhausted workers who pressed on far into the night to save lives.
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HopeSs Ienibars
Wisconsin Teachers Elect New Officers
The Wisconsin Teachers association elects E. W. Walker of Delavan as president and J. A. Hazelwood, A. H. Sanford, Julius H. Pratt Jr., F. A. Lowell, William E. Sell, and T. W. Boyce to key posts. A salary-raise committee is authorized. J. W. Stearns and C. P Cary address on education topics.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Teachers’ Association
E. W. Walker
Delavan
J. A. Hazelwood
A. H. Sanford
Stevens Point
Julius H. Pratt, Jr
F. A. Lowell
Rhinelander
William E. Sell
T. W. Boyce
J. W. Stearns
University of Wisconsin
C. P Cary
Rich ore bearing gold discovery draws crowd to Lawton
The report, authenticated by chemical assayers and Wichita Mountains miners, states ore bearing gold at 950 dollars per ton. Hundreds of men from nearby districts head to the discovery, signaling one of Oklahoma's largest rushes to the gold fields.
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Lawton
O. T
Wichita Mountains
Oklahoma
American Warships Move After Pinzon Sinking News
Colon reports the Colombian gunboat General Pinzon sunk off the Darien gulf likely by the Olympia. Admiral Coghlan sails the Mayflower with Olympia Prairie Castine toward Carti as Colombians land troops near Panama. Indians may have left territory. Inanaquina’s fate unclear.
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Colon
General Pinzon
Darien Gulf
Olympia
Dewey
Manila Bay
Coghlan
Pairie
Castine
San Blas
Philadelphia
Panama
James Gordon Bennett
Namouna
Inanaquina
Carti
Melendez
Cartagena
No News of Gunboat Sinking Rumor
Washington January 2 Assistant Secretary Darling of the navy department said he had received no news about the rumored sinking of a Colombian vessel by an American warship.
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Washington
Jan
Darling
Navy Department
Quiet at Panama as Darien reports show no Colombian activity
January reports from the isthmus indicate calm conditions. Thirty American marines and blue-jackets remain at Yaviza patrolling rivers from two armed launches while Panamanian soldiers scout the Darien district. US cruiser Boston supports the Yaviza outpost in San Miguel bay, with Wyoming practicing at sea and Concord and Marblehead stationed at Panama.
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Panama
Isthmus
Darien
Panamanian
Yaviza
Boston
San Miguel Bay
Wyoming
Concord
Fifteen Years for Spivey in Oxford Shooting Case
Joseph Spivey, earlier nearly lynched after fatally shooting John A. Woodruff and Jacob Manrod in Oxford, received a fifteen year sentence in the Ohio penitentiary at hard labor with out solitary confinement from Judge Brown in Hamilton Ohio on December 31.
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Spivey
Hamilton
Joseph Spivey
John A. Woodruff
Jacob Manrod
Oxford
Brown
Ohio Penitentiary
Captain Frederick Pabst Dies at 67 in Milwaukee
Captain Frederick Pabst president of the Pabst Brewing Company died at his home 2000 Grand Avenue Milwaukee. He had been ill with an incurable disease for months and died suddenly Friday morning at 8 after a relapse. He was 67 years old and died with his family at his bedside.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frederick Pabst
Pabst’ Brewing Company
Grand. Avenue
Uses ruse to kill himself
The body of Chas. Ashworth, 53, was found in his room at 78 North Linden Street by his sister Miss Sadie Ashworth. Ashworth had cut his throat and clutched the knife. his sister had watched by his bedside due to illness and left briefly for water.
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Chicago
Chas. Ashworth
North Linden Street
Sadie Ashworth
Ashworth
Classification of Hymns by Two Methodist Bodies
The joint committee on titles and subtitles of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Washington has grouped hymns under worship the Trinity the Father the Son the Holy Ghost holy Scriptures the church the gospel the Christian life time and eternity special subjects and occasions chants and doxologies.
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Washington
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Piscopal Church
South
Death in Midnight Noises Claims Memphis Man
Bernard Michel aged 65 died in Memphis Tennessee after being frightened by whistles bells and noises at New Year’s Eve hour. He was father to actress Miss Freda Michel and Bruno Michel a known figure on Western race tracks.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bernard Michel
Freda Michel
Bruno Michel
Japanese Volunteers Rush to Join War Effort
The Japanese consulate in Sydney reports a flood of volunteer offers for service in the Japanese army as tensions with Russia rise. The consul says foreign enlistees cannot be accepted for enlightenment.
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Japan
Sydney
Russia
Highland Hotel Burns at New Mexico Winter Resort
Fire destroyed the Highland hotel at a New Mexico winter resort in Albuquerque. Several invalid guests narrowly escaped as the blaze caused about 60000 dollars in losses, with 25000 dollars covered by insurance.
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New Mexicoo
Albuquerque
N. M
Highland Hotel
New Mexico
Brigham Will Funds Boston Hospital Endowment
The will of Peter B Brigham of Boston leaving 5 000 050 for a hospital named for him is sustained by Judge Colt in the United States Circuit Court The decision upholds the proposed gift aimed at founding a Brigham Hospital in Boston with a substantial endowment.
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Boston
Peter B. Brigham
Georston
Portrait artist T Russell Griffith dies in jail
Salt Lake City January 2 portrait artist T Russell Griffith allegedly committed suicide in his county jail cell. He first tried to cut wrist and throat with a key, then plugged his nostrils with wool and strangled himself with a handkerchief. Fellow prisoners heard gagging but authorities dismissed it as a New Year demonstration. Griffith is believed mentally ill.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
T. Russell Griffith
Griffith
Fire in Arlington Hotel Causes Massive Damage in Brainerd
Panic broke out as a blaze at the Arlington hotel in Brainerd, Minnesota did about 50 000 dollars damage. Thirty guests were present and fled via crowded exits. Theo dore Hollister of Duluth, an attorney, crawled down stairs on hands and knees. A E Bass and wife, a deaf mute couple, were carried from the burning building.
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Brainerd
Minn
Arlington Hotel
Theodore Hollister
Duluth
A. E. Bass
Buroing
Lieutenant Convicted in Court Martial Case
Manila reports Second Lieutenant P. B. McLane of the Thirteenth Cavalry has been tried by court martial on embezzlement charges and is understood to have been convicted.
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Manila
P. B. McLane
Thirteenth Cavalry
Arrest Strike Leaders in Paris Amid Tensely Charged Bakers
Five striking bakers or leaders were arrested in Paris on December 31 on charges of fomenting disturbances. The move follows a week of protests by the baking guild as tensions rise over wages and conditions.
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Paris
Dex
Jeaders
Engineer Killed As Freight Train Leaves Tracks
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on January 2 engineer Patrick Kerrigan of Meyersdale was killed when a Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed and overturned into a ditch. Foreman John Thompson and brakeman J Marsteller were injured.
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Connellsville
Patrick Kerrigan
Meyersdale
Baltimore & Ohio
John Thompson
J. Marsteller
Sheep herder murdered on Flathead Reservation
Kalispell Montana January 2 reports say a sheep herder employed by Angus McDonald and Guy Fruit who own a large flock on the Flathead Indian reservation has been murdered. The sheep are wandering to all parts of the reservation.
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Kalispell
Mont
Angus McDonald
Guy Fruit
Wlathead Indian Reservation
Funeral Sermon Ends Prophet Parle’s Pulpit Death
Uintah report recounts the funeral sermon at a Mormon meeting where Parle the elder delivered the final words as dreary reports confirm three deaths in the congregation.
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Drews
Uintah
Tah
Droj
Breweries Plan New Plants For Dayton And Cleveland
A brief agency note outlines brewery plans to expand with new plants in Dayton and Cleveland. Details on timelines and company names are limited in the fragments.
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Dayton , Deen
Cleveland & Sandusi Brewine
Oil Strike Near Rawlins Sparks Wyoming Rush
Rawlins Wyoming January 2 Excitement grows after independent prospectors J H Anderson and Nels Johnson report a big oil flow east of the city in the Fort Steel district The area around the strike is being staked and a rush to locate claims is under way in uncharted country ground directing expectations toward OVETV.
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Wyoming
Rawlins
Wyo
Fort Steel
JH. ‘Anderson
Nels Johnson
Ovetv
Taka
Fire hits Woman's Exchange in Galesburg store
Fire was discovered at the Woman's Exchange store in the central business block of Galesburg NL. The blaze was well underway near Moore P Kellogg Drake Co, a major dry goods firm on the street.
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Galesburg
Woman's Exchange
Moore’ P. Kellogg, Drake & Co
Murray Hill Hotel Blaze Damages Hotel In New York
Three alarms responded to a fire at the Murray Hill hotel in New York. The blaze began on the sixth floor and spread to the seventh floor and roof of one wing, causing about 10000 dollars in damage.
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Murray Hill Hotel
New
York
Massacre Threats Reported as Christians Targeted
A terse World War I era note cites Turks planning a massacre against Christians on January 2, signaling mass violence and imminent danger in a tense conflict zone.
Bradstreet review cites 1903 as year of irregular trade and stock fluctuation
New York December 31 1903 Bradstreet's annual review notes irregularity in speculation distributive trade and industry with stock liquidation slow yet thorough. It cites high cost raw materials elevated transportation rates labor disputes and cautious demand as factors shaping 1903 and predicting cautious 1904 recovery. Wheat output fell slightly as crops lagged 1902 while export trade reached a record high and New York bank clearings fell 13 percent from 1902 countrywide up 4 percent.
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New York
Bank
Bradstreet’s
Irom
Whal
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