Tenement Fire Kills and Injures Many on First Avenue
New York May 4 a double tenement at 672 First Avenue housed ten families. The five story building lacked front fire escapes and many front residents jumped to escape the blaze. At least nine dead and fourteen injured. Coroner taking charge. flames caused by possible arson or carelessness. Firefighters battled three alarms and delayed engines due to another Park Avenue fire.
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New York
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Park Avenue
Minnie Krotehner
Richard Brotchner
William Hurley
Elizabeth Hurley
Christian Kemner
Joseph Humphrey
Henry Humphrey
Mary
Kate Lamburger
Mira, I da Ebrich
George Lurley
Albert Kerner
Christina Kerner
Kate Keraner
William Flannagan
Kate Sampuhl
Sophia Kerner
Martin
Bellevue Hospital
John Humlrey
John Humphrey
Kretchener
Elizabeth Cheveley
Humphreys
Humphrey
Kreickner
Albert
Ibis
C. P. Itwnlington
Thirty Eighth Street
Itwnlington
Ihres
W Humphrey
David Jones
Newark
N. J
Roelich
Hoelich
Washinba
Hurephrey
Umphrey
Philip Lirwacker
Gra
Tt Ie
Floods Hit Arkansas Rivers Devastate Plantations
May 4 dispatch from Hor Srixes Arkansas reports the Fourchee and Pet itjean rivers and tributaries surged, destroying property and sweeping fences. Rover, 40 miles away, notes floods that left farms inundated and even corpses seen. In Indianapolis, a robbery on a railway near Bloomington resulted in possible losses under $1,000. an express messenger survived, with strict anti-sleep-on-duty rules cited. Coroner’s verdict in another case found strangulation by unknown parties, and a mulatto woman Carrie Jolson was jailed for murder. In Curcaco, Chicago detectives cannot trace a trunk with a dead body found in Pittsburgh. depot staff cannot recall who checked it.
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Hor Srixes
Ark
Yell County
Fourchee
Rover
Mpdian aPoLts
American Express
Libery
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
Bloomington
Davis
Webber
George Watters
Western Penitentiary
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Officers Going to Their Posts New Year on May 4
The steamship Werra sailed from Hoboken to Bremen carrying United States Minister to Germany George H. Pendleton his wife and two daughters. Also departing were Ex General Thomas M Waller new Consul General to London and his son Martin P Waller aboard the Britannic for Liverpool.
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North German Lloyd Line
Bremen
Hoboken
George H. Pendleton
United States
Germany
Thomas M. Waller
Connecticut
London
Martin P. Waller
Liverpool
Britannic
White Star Line
Reading of the Britta Note debated by cabinet council
Washington era notes from Lospex report a May 4 cabinet meeting in London amid high diplomatic tension over Russia and England. The discussion centers on whether the March 17 convention was broken and if arbitration should decide who broke it, with broader war preparedness and regional power moves in Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Port Hamilton.
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London
Grand Council
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England
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Tiladstone
Russia
Rthenostti
Penia
Herat
Caspian
M. Lessar
Afghanistan
Great Britain
Edward Thornton
Marchov
Europe
Czar
House of Lords
Earl Granville
Rusia
Tients‘n
Port Hamilton
Corea
Vienna
Odessa
Sr. Perverssone
Guzeth
Windivestock
Buessiis
le Nord
Rigadag
Srengthening
Sweden
Nubar Pasha Apologizes to French Consul over Beaphore Egypt
May 4 report notes Nubar Pasha, Egypt's Prime Minister, formally apologizes to the French Consul for government suppression in Beaphore Egypt. In an interview he said he hopes to set June 1 as the date for Alexandria indemnities payment.
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Cheral
Ble
Nubar Pasha
Egypt
Beaphore Egyption
Alexandria
Northwest revolt proclaims to half breeds as parliament sits long
Rich issues proclamation to half breeds threatening murder and property destruction if they refuse to join him. Riel’s agents fail to incite Sioux at Qu Appelle. Government arms and seeds being sent to reserves. Father Faurmaund killed by half-breeds at Batouche. Edmonton in panic. Big Bear urged White Fish Lake tribes to rise but refused. Parliament in Ottawa sits fifty five hours without break over Indian enfranchisement measure.
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Riel
Qu’ Appelle
Fort Qu’ Appelle
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Batouche
Father Lacombe
General Strange
Battle River
Edmonton
Big Bear
Oumet
Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Fatal boiler explosion at Tremont House Galveston
In Galveston Texas a boiler in the Tremont House exploded tearing through adjacent structures. Four killed including engineer Thomas Cross and fireman Lawrence Carr. a waiter Anderson Jones and a woman Clara Miller died. Several others injured as rescue efforts followed and investigations into the cause began.
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Teras
Galvestex
Tex
Thomas Cross
Lawrence Carr
Anderson Jones
Clara Miller
Yank? Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
Frank Axwell
Miss Burns
Joseph
Jose Aquilla
NR. Walton
Veterans at Gettysburg Honor and Promotions Highlighted
May 4 Washington reports a veterans gathering at Gettysburg with President Cleveland and Cabinet members aboard a special Pennsylvania Railroad train. Awards include gold watches for rescuers of ship crews and promotions discussion for Colonel R B Ayres amid calls that artillery promotions have been overlooked.
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TNE
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Washcrox
Gettysburg
Cleveland
Endicott
Vilas
Rosecrans
Longstreet
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bayard
Beach
Ecuador
Julio R. Santos
Franzer
Servia
Baxter
Cremore
den Enrique
Viel
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Alert
Norman Bell
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Thomas 8. Farron
South Carolina
Alonzo B. Dickerson
New Jersey
Sixth Auditor's Office
William Gunderson
Thomas E. Woods
New York
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Augur
R. B. Ayers
Washington Barracks
Ayres
Army of the Potomac
The Trunk Mystery Remains Identified or Not
The trunk case draws crowds as Antonio Sublini and others claim ties to Phillip Carusso, a Chicago railroad worker. Police question Russo and eleven others over alleged murder, with theories of chloroform and strangulation amid a buried body in Bellevue Cemetery.
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Chicago
Pirrscurdi
Antonio Sublini
Phillip Carusso
Bellevue Cemetery
Creag
Fort Wayne
Pittsburgh
Andrew Russo
Philips Carusso
Stenre
Italy
Russo
Carusso
Trusso
Caruso
Tri of Richard Short Captal Phelan Anscilant
New York May 4 Captain Phelan did not visit the District Attorney and remains under special police protection. Nationalists and dynamiters swarm O Donavan Rea s office and Short’s cell at the Tombs. Conversation centers on the Short jury and court proceedings with concerns over possible bias from German or Jewish jurors.
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Phelan
Excel
O'Donovan Ressa
Short
Rusan
Mt. Cross
Asia
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