World’s Fair Pompeii Fire Devastates Chicago Exhibit
A dramatic blaze at the World's Fair in Chicago destroyed the Peristyle and Liberal Arts building, with flames leaping across the Court of Honor and into the Music Hall. Firefighters faced gale winds and falling embers as spectators fled, amid reports of looting fears and extensive material losses from the Manufactures pavilion.
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Chicago
Pompeii
Lake Michigan
Atlantic
Exposition Grounds
Court of Honor
Liberal Arts Building
the Republic
Liberal Arts
Art Palace
Music Hall
Liberal Arts Building Ablaze Across Exhibition Hall
Fire raged through the Liberal Arts building with spectators moved for safety as fireboats battled flames. Officials estimated losses between 150 000 and 1 000 000 dollars while the collapse of an iron arch crushed French wares and Japanese visitors watched in fear.
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Liberal Arts
Massive Library Fire Sinks Water Supply and Claims Firemen
Flames swept through a large complex including Music Hall Peristyle and Manufactures building. Firefighters battled rising flames with scarce water. Chief ordered engines inside as roof collapsed. One fireman, William Mackey, died. Captain Frederick Getz serious injured. watchman Eugene Durand injured. Total exhibit losses estimated under 1 million. water damage projected near 100 thousand.
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Higinbotham
Associated Press
Liberal Arts
Manufactures
William Mackey
Engine Company
Frederick Getz
Trick Company 14
Eugene Durand
Cause of the French Attack on English Soldiers Explained
On the frontier of Sierre Leone near Warina on December 23 British forces about five hundred were attacked by Senegalese sharpshooters with French auxiliaries led by Lieutenant Moritz. Moritz was wounded and captured, later dying, after misidentifying British dress as Arab chiefs. Ten Senegalese were killed, and two frontier police were slain with three wounded. the British forces remained at Warina.
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Sierre Leone
Africa
Warina
Moritz
Safas
Frontier Police
Leady
Iowa Senate Caucus Forecast and Early Speaker Pick
Iowa legislative notes show candidacy caucus underway with Gear favored for an early vote, Hepburn Cummins Perkins Stone also contending. House Republicans back S J Van Gilder for temporary speaker as inaugural committee honors Governor Boies after his daughter's burial.
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Perkins
Stone
House
S. J. van Gilder
Boies
Jessica
Chinese mining under streets threatens San Francisco district
A horse and cart on Leidesdorff street jolts local officials after a wheel disappears. Investigations reveal Chinese miners drifting beneath streets and railways, hollowing out the town’s foundation while ore veins lie under railway property long restricted from mining.
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Fonsom
Cal
Leidesdorff Street
McKinley Inaugurated for Second Term in Joint Ceremony
Governor McKinley was inaugurated for his second term with Chief Justice Bradbury administering the oath A reception followed the ceremony in a display of official pageantry and public celebration in January.
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McKinley
Bradbury
Willis Demands Provisional Government Relinquish to Liliuokalani
Honolulu dispatch reports Mr Willis pressing the provisional rulers to yield constitutional authority to Queen Liliuokalani. Dole and colleagues reserve decision while Thurston prepares the provisional reply for the U S president. Royalists seek restoration by Cleveland. annexationists vow no restoration.
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B. C
Warrimoo
Honolulu
Associated Press
United States Revenue
Corwin
United States Legation
New York World
United States
Willis
Dole
Wills
Thurston
Gresham
Liliuokalani
Cleveland
United States of America
Pension fraud case nets multiple arrests in Buffalo
Bowen Moore, a noted pension claims agent, is arrested with his son W Bowen Moore and five associates on charges of issuing illegal pension vouchers and forging affidavits in Washington. Bail set at 1,000 each. Investigator Ayres cites over 6,000 claims since 1885, with about 4,500 fraudulent and roughly 21 million obtained for pensioners, including 130,000 traced to Moore. More warrants and arrests expected. several local attorneys implicated.
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Buffalo
Jan
W Bowen Moore
United States
Marshal Watts
Ayres
Washington
Albert B. Moore
W. Bowen Moore
Lewis Haupt
Mary M. Hanrahan
Matilda Stock
Moores
Moore
Mr. Ayres
Editor beaten after burlesque feud in Sedalia
In Sedalia Missouri on January 5 editor J West Goodwin was beaten on the street by Dr H M Woods proprietor of the opera house. The assault followed a prior horsewhipping by three burlesque troupe members who had been roasted by The Bazoo. Woods had appeared in court for the women and later attacked Goodwin breaking his hip.
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Sedalia
J. West Goodwin
H. M. Woods
Goodwin
Central Relief appeal asks city to donate one day’s wages
Curiaco January 5 reports the Central Relief association urges every resident to give one day’s wages to build a fund aiding the needy and destitute amid widespread distress.
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Curiaco
Central Relief Association
No Fight in Florida Prevented by State Law
Chicago dispatch reports Florida Attorney General W. B. Lamar confirms the state law is sufficient to stop the Corbett Mitchell boxing match and cannot be held in Florida.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
W. B. Lamar
Florida
Congressional Gridlock Delays Hawaii Debates in Early Sessions
News from Washington reports a bare quorum in the Senate and House during Jan 4 to Jan 6 as Hawaii issues dominate. Bills on alien property, Blount’s Hawaii services, and tariff debates face delays amid filibusters and adjournments.
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Virginia
Hunton
Senate
Frye
Hawaii
House
Boutelle
Hoar
Secretary of the Treasury
Blount
Gray
Wheeler
Alabama
Breckridge
Kentucky
Hitt Regents
Smithsonian Institute
Hisgttoyn
Treasury
Foreign Affairs Committee
Turple
United States
Rules Committee
Wilson
Des Moines Gears Up for Senate Fight and Caucus
Des Moines Iowa reports a protracted Republican senatorial contest with no candidate wavering. The field concentrates on securing second choices and pledges as a caucus looming Friday. Clarkson’s supporters hint at a late bid while lawmakers hold a session and begin party caucuses naming Hutchins Henryson Stone Wilson Lennin for key posts.
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Gear
J.S. Clarkson
Clarkson
House
Senate
E. R. Hutchins
H. F. Henryson
Story County
Henry Stone
Marshall County
J. X. Wilson
Madison County
J. O. Lenninu
Webster County
Northwest launches as finest freshwater steamer yet
The steel steamer Northwest, built for the Great Northern line, was successfully launched at the Globe shipyard in Cleveland. A vast crowd watched as delegations from lake ports from Buffalo to Duluth attended, with several Atlantic coast shipbuilders among the spectators.
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Cleveland
Jan
Northwest
United States
Great Northern Line
Globe Shipyard
Buffalo
Duluth
Notable Figures Scattered Across Cities in Memorial Entries
A list of prominent professionals and public figures with their hometowns or destinations. Names include educators, physicians, attorneys, writers, politicians, inventors, and a ventriloquist. Locations span Boston New York London Detroit Columbus Rock Island Indianapolis Toledo Grand Rapids San Antonio Monticello and more.
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Elizabeth Peabody
Boston
Hankey Kennedy
New York
C. M. Williard
Anna
Ill
William C. McGuffin
Michigan
London
KR. D. Robinson
Columbus
Delaware
Joseph W. Brackett
Rock Island
Tryon Edwards
Detroit
Mich
William H. Seymour
Geneva
Wil
Lyman D. Norris
Grand Rapids
James Buchanan
Buchanan
Indianapolis
Robinson Locke
Toledo Blade
Toledo
Robert Allyn
Carbondale
Clinton Cavendish
San Antonio Tex
Henry H. Saint
Monticello
Mail Carrier Praised As West Coast Messenger
A brief history notes Rose Shelley delivering eighteen miles from Dexter to Goshen Oregon with unmatched regularity. It also mentions cold in Rome, fires in Boston and Naperville, two deaths, Nicaragua Honduras tensions, and riots in Sicily with Italian troops on duty.
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Rose Shelley
Dexter
Goshen
Lane County
Ore
Rome
St. Petersburg
St. Nicholas School
Boston
Globe Theater
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Naperville
Governor Flower
New York
Relic vandals draw calls to close Jackson Park in Chicago
Reports say vandalism at Jackson Park prompts talk of closing the park to the public. Other items note crimes across states including a Kansas City man killing his wife, a Tuscaloosa man killing his wife, and a Bardstown man charged with rape. A Delavan post office robbery, a Leadville boarder choking a crying baby, and a London Victoria hospital fire are also mentioned with limited details.
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Jackson Park
Chicago
Martin Reed
Kansas City
Will Farmer
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Phil Evans
Bardstown
Delavan
Wis
Thomas Sullivan
Notable deaths and incidents across states and nations
The article reports the deaths of Senator Cockrell's wife and Representative Harris's wife at Washington and Linwood Kansas, a horse riot injuring W C Hill near Sedalia Missouri, a life sentence for De France in Omaha for holding up a mail carrier, and a push in Des Moines to move Iowa State University to Des Moines with new buildings costing 400000. It also notes Lambert Jackson's capture after a fire attempt, a whale sighting near Harlem river, Hillsboro vigilantes, vandalism awards for Sprague Pearce and Dr Mouraille, a betrothal in London, a mysterious rail accident, a geological finding on irrigation, and French anarchist threats.
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Harris
Kansas
Washington
Linwood
W. C. Hill
Sedalia
Hill
France
Omaha
Gordon
Neb
Des Moines
Iowa
State University
Iowa City
Lambert W. Jackson
Ashbury Park
N. J
New York
Harlem
Gripcartmaan
Medical talk and test offerings announced for February
Dr W M Bair announces free consultations on February day for various diseases and tests at State street Che yor with Messrs Puller Puller Co Moore Phimierds Co in a public notice inviting residents to attend and partake in the examination session.
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Witton Jay
OATIN
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Tecaiy
Trijfeal Tates
Hetereguas
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Puller
Puller A Co
Moore, Phimierds Co
Orham A
Nor & Paster
Bonkers
Addess
Tol
bin State Street
Cheyor
World’s Pair exhibits a 20000 bed chamber display
An exhibit at the World's Pair features an ideal bedroom finished in white enamel blue and gold with pink Cupid and parlands decorations. The copy argues a 20000 bed cannot be improved by a tire mattress comparing it to one’s own room and suggests that the mattress is the bed itself.
Town Notice of Quiet Title Filing in Jefferson County
The petition of Dolin Benjamin Church claims sole ownership of the south turf of the east half of the northeast quarter of section 18, township 71 north range 8 west, asking the court to confirm title and bar any other claims. Defendants are urged to appear before the January term noon deadline or face default and judgment. Jones & Fullen, attorneys for the plaintiff.
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Todiames Taylor
Margaret Taylor
Rolly Taylor
Margaret A. Vasior
Bonnifield Taylor
Taylor
Greenbury
Win. Taylor
Summerville
George Shooster
Mary Chilcott
Hhis Hand
John Chilcott
Jackson Taylor
John Stewart
Wesley Stewart
Pembrook Stewart
Molly Stewart
Arnold Stewart
Emily J. Stewart
Eva Stewart
Thomas W. Stewart
Stella Stewart
Greenbury Carter
Belle Carter
District Court
Jefferson County
State of Fovea
Dolin Benjiamin Church
Pairfield
Iowa
Jones & Fullen
Executor's Final Notice in Jefferson County Iowa
State of Iowa Jefferson county notifies all interested parties that on January 16 final report of Amanda Hite executor of Randolph Hite deceased will be filed. Objects must be made by January term first day noon at Fairfield court. Attorneys Jones and Fullen.
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Jefferson County
State of
Lowa
Randolph Hite
Pairfield
Iowa
Amanda Hite
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