Eleven Dead In Fire At New Aveline Hotel
Fort Wayne Indiana May 5 Eleven persons are dead with several unaccounted for after a blaze swept the New Aveline hotel. The building, half a century old, burned rapidly with woodwork tinder dry. Rescue efforts by fire department militia and workers continued through the night as missing and burned survivors were searched amid extensive debris.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Aveline
Xiandset
T. B. Miller
Sheboygan
Wis
J. B. Elie
Carson, Pirie
Scott’ & @c
Chicago
Issac Hirech
Giesman
William Pitcher
Waevering Selesman
Duluth
Oluson
Pana
Joseph W. Deviney
Philadelph
Charles Benjanain
Detroit
Mary Burkett
Mishawka
Mias Saral
Hathaway
Mishawks
Burke
E. M. Matthews
Columbus
Register
Alber
Hotel Lote
Ralph H. Hopkins
Six Die in Brooklyn Fire at 1% Humboldt Street
A devastating early morning blaze in a crowded Brooklyn district killed six residents and injured ten. A single family of six perished, including Charles Abrams and his sister Anna, who died after leaping from windows. Mrs. Abrams and two younger children also died trapped together. Firefighters and police conducted dramatic rescues, with several victims saved by nets.
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Brooklyn
New York
Lunboldt Street
Britgokh
Abrams
Charles Abrams
Anna
Mrs. Abrams
Sadie
Carrie
Ferry disaster on Dneiper near Bykkhof claims many lives
Reported in Mohij e government, a ferry carrying hundreds of passengers including families overturned in a crowded downstream stretch. Panic caused the craft to capsize, resulting in over a hundred deaths and about 220 lost. A church group was aboard returning from services.
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J. Petersburg
Dneiper
Bykkhof
Mohije
Accused Perjury Case In Berlin Prince zu Eulenberg
Detectives guard the Liebenberg castle as police probe alleged false testimony by Prince Philip zu Eulenberg in a Harden trial case. Courts consider the investigation serious while officials report the prince cannot travel due to illness. Plainclothes guards monitor entrances around the clock as commissions offer full facilities for inquiry.
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Prince Au Eulenberg
Berlin
Tageblatt
Liebenberg
Prince Philip Zu Eulenberg
Gu Bulenberg
Bkutenberg
Ita
Setae
Wells Fargo robbery in Mexico City confessed by two men
In Mexico City police say two Wells Fargo Express men confess to stealing 63000. Luis Cutting chief clerk and Rodalfo Alvarez alias Rodriguez were arrested after denial. Money found in Cutting’s rooms. In San Francisco Emma Goldman handshake incident noted with identification and arrest.
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Alvarez
Rodriguez
Cutting
Notable deaths and remarks from Washington to Kentucky
Thomas J. Sullivan, director of the bureau of engraving and printing, died in Washington. Uncle Dan Winpie, aged fen years, died at Traverse City from brain hemorrhage. Baroness Udo von Ruesleben, who shot her husband and self at Buddenberg chateau on May 1, is dead. James R.B. Stolle, 43, famed Lexington distiller and owner of The Meadows, died in an Oxford sanitarium. Wu Ting-fang, Chinese minister, addressed 600 National League of Women Workers members in Washington praising Americans and noting lessons from China.
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Thomas J. Sullivan
Bureau of Engraving Aand Printing
Washington
Dan" Winpie
Traverse City
Mich
Udo von Ruesleben
Buddenberg
Germany
James RB. Stolle
Lexington
Kentucky
Oxford
Wu Ting Fang
China
National League of Women Workers
Marital Troupies in a Single Life Satire
A brief quip on marriage contrasts writers who complain about marriage with those who are single. The author Moorhead notes that married people would be too occupied with troubles to write about them, implying writers lack firsthand experience.
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Moorhead
Aged Doctor Found Dead in Iowa Shack with Fortunes
In a Bedford physician’s shack the body of Dr. G. M. Golliday lay amid a fortune of gold, currency, and money orders. A $37,000 in cash in an iron safe and over $50,000 total found under the bed, with unopened letters and drafts. Neatly saved papers and three large farms accompanied a nearly $75,000 personal estate. Disappointment in love is cited as motive for eccentricity.
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G. M. Golliday
Bedford
Father Rescues Son Through Telepathic Premonition
A Clinton teen, Frank Hinton, narrowly escaped a fatal strangling when a towel wrapped around his neck while drying off after play. His father, who felt a warned impulse, activated a mechanical device at home to stop the towel and save the boy. Frank remains delirious from the incident, thought to be life threatening.
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Frank Hinton
Clinton
Bleson
Refuses Company Permit for Sioux City Liquor Stock Issue
Attorney General Byers denied a state permit to the Co operative Company of Sioux City to issue stock, ruling a corporation cannot retail intoxicating liquors. He says state laws intend liquor sales to be conducted by individuals, not corporations, leaving corporate responsibility unclear. The decision is seen as momentous and likely to trigger litigation.
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Co-operative Company of
Sioux City
Byers
Ex- Hécek
Indictment of Walter Whitbeck for Patricide
Grand jurors at West Union examined forty witnesses in the patricide case. Walter Whitbeck faces first degree murder charges for killing his father Anna Whitbeck on March 18. Trial set for September 15. He claims alibi placing him in St Paul. he was arrested in Duluth a week after the crime.
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Walter Whitbeck
West Union
Anna Whitbeck
Walter
St. Paul
Duluth
Eight Iowa Railroads Gain Passenger Earnings Despite Grass Decline
With the 2 cent fare law largely in effect, eight Iowa railroads report a net gain of 383687 in passenger earnings for the year ending January 1 1908. Despite a 556000 drop in grass earnings, the reduced mileage price is deemed to benefit both railroads and the public.
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Iowa
Peonte
Body of a Woman Found in Well Near Shannon City
Four days after disappearance, the body of Mrs. William Mullman aged forty eight was found in an abandoned well near the farm house by Shannon City. The coroner's jury ruled accidental death due to a fall into the well while she gathered eggs nearby.
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William Mullman
Shannon City
Former Valley Junction priest dismissed over alleged misconduct
Rev. J. H. Dimmitt, former pastor of the Congregational church at Valley Junction, was expelled from the Grinnell Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers on charges of alleged immorality and conduct unbecoming a minister. The committee verified serious charges and noted alleged relations with a woman school principal. The action was publicized in church circles and Dimmitt has not held a pulpit since last November. He is reportedly traveling in Nebraska for an autographing firm.
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Iown
J. H. Dimmitt
Valley Junction
Grinnell Association of Congregational Churches
Dimmitt
Board of Home Missions
The
Congregational Church
Nebraska
Mrs Schoenthal Dead in Mississippi River Find
The body of Blanche Schoenthal, missing from West Dubuque since April 18, was found floating in the Mississippi River three miles below Dubuque. A large search had been conducted, a reward offered for information, and Waterloo pulpits asked parishioners to aid in the search. The item also notes Oberlin winning a Northern Oratorical League contest and a daytime robbery in Waterloo, plus a school closure in Gilman due to meningitis fears with multiple child deaths recently.
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Dubuque
Blanche Schoenthal
West Dubuque
Mississippi River
Dubhuque
Mincie Central
Mall of the
Waterloo
Duan
Fire destroys store and frame structures in Swat Town
A major blaze destroyed the J. M. Crossley store and several adjoining frame structures in Randall near Swat Town. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars with 8000 dollars insured. The town narrowly escaped total loss thanks to the heroism of a volunteer fire company.
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Randall
Waterloo Ordinance Sets Itinerant Dealer License at 50 a Day
City council of Waterloo enacted an ordinance regulating licenses for itinerant peddlers and auction promoters. The new license fee is 50 dollars per day, higher than the prior rate of 5 dollars per day or 50 dollars per year.
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Waterloo
Boilermakers Strike Shrinks Marshalltown Plant
Iowa Central railroad boilermakers in Marshalltown walk out over a 414 cent wage cut. The strike halts 160 workers in the mechanical department with 100 strike-breakers filling positions. Wu Ting Fang accepts Lowe University commencement invitation.
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Iowa Central Railroad
Marshalltown
Des Moines to Clamp Down on Illegal Liquor Traffic
Ab Day leads a city crackdown under new councilmen as Des Moines announces a war on illegal liquor traffic and a general cleanup of the district. Gambiera are notified to vanish and the effort aims to restore order in the half world district.
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Des Moines
Gambiera
Ab Day
Commission
Insurance Agent Milo Adams Commits Suicide in Mason City
Milo Adams an insurance agent known statewide hanged himself in Mason City. his body was found in the board of trade room. He resided in Kensett and left a letter to his wife revealing the planned tragedy. Also reported: Dorothy Lee nearly killed, and Bessie Graham injured after being struck by a sow while tending a pig.
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Milo Adams
Mason City
Board of Trade
Kensett
Dorothy Lee
Bessie Graham
Afton
Woman Nurse Burned to Death in Rochester Hospital
Miss Ressie M. Tracy a twenty seven year old nurse from Minnesota Junction Wis died after being fatally harmed while using an alcohol stove to warm her wing at the state hospital in Rochester Minn. She lived several hours after the accident.
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Rochester
Minn
Ressie M. Tracy
Minnesota Junction
Wis
Killed in Electrical Storm at Ottumwa Bridge
R B Lowry cashier of Bank of Sermont was instantly killed when his team crashed through a bridge railing and toppled into a swollen creek during an electrical storm in Ottumwa Iowa on May 3. The narrative includes scattered humorous quotes and unrelated anecdotes from the Philadelphia Bulletin and other sources.
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Ottumwa
R. B. Lowry
Bank of Sermont
Market Quotations Wheat Prices and Grades
Minneapolis May 4 Wheat quotations show May and July futures with prices around 1.074 and 1.08. Market data lists No 1 hard and No 1 Northern grades with slight variations in cents per bushel. The text reflects a summary of grain market activity and benchmark quotes for wheat.
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Minneapolis
North
Worthern
Northern
Market Prices From St Paul and Duluth Trading Floors
St Paul Union Stock Yards reports cattle prices with steers at 6.00 to 6.78 per cwt and cows and heifers around 3.75 to 5.25, hogs at 5.30, and sheep and lambs between 5.25 and 6.50. Duluth wheat and flax futures show No 1 hard at 111, No 1 Northern 101, May 106, July 104, and September around 102, with flax futures near 1.21 to 1.29.
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St. Paul
Duluth
Northern
Flefig
Chicago Stock Yards Cattle Prices Reported May 4
Chicago Union Stock Yards notes mixed cattle markets with ranges for cattle Heeves Texans Western cattle stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves and heavy grades. Prices show several classes trading from about 4.60 to 6.00 per hundredweight and related figures, with notes on good to choice heavy classifications and mixed consignments.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago Grain and Provisions Ledger Summary
Chicago May grain and provisions report lists Wheat and Butter prices with July and Sept futures, Butter and Creameries dairy items, eggs, chickens and broilers per dozen, and pork May figures. market shorthand indicates multiple contract months and varied price quotes.
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Chicago
Is & Dairies
Courageous Nurse Defies Germans at Vendome Hospital
In Franco-German fighting Mme Coralie Caheu ran a French hospital at Vendome aided by two nurses and seven Sisters. When Prussian troops aimed to seize the hospital they demanded conversion to a German post, but she refused, asserting protection by the Red Cross and the French flag. The encounter earned German admiration and preserved the hospital as French.
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Vendome
Mme
Coralie Caheu
Christian Sisters of Metres
Mme. Cohen
Red Cross
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