Santo Domingo treaty ratified by Senate in close vote
Senate approved the Santo Domingo treaty 43 to 19, with Georgia's Mr. Bacon blasting the pact as a step toward annexation and a protectorate. He argued debts would be scaled, a San Domingo Improvement Co. gain favored, and U.S. role could force long term revenues and possible intervention on the island.
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Washington
Senate
Santo Domingo
Bacon
Georgia
United States
San Domingo Improvement Co
Republic
Repubblic
Congress
Haiti
Grant
Charles Sumner
Niagara Falls Plant Destroyed by Fire and Injuries
The Ocher Process Co plant at Niagara Falls burned down, with damages at least 800000. electrician Henry B Fairchild died under a falling wall, others injured, power cut to Georgia railroad and local industries. Fire crews from Buffalo contained the blaze. five hundred workers unemployed.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Ocher Process Co
Ins
Henry
Fairchild
Wneder
Georgia
Buffalo Fire Department
End of Five Day Witness Stand in Thaw Case
Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaws lengthy testimony in the Thaw murder trial concluded after nearly five court days of cross examination. Prosecutor Delmas fought to obtain from Abraham Hummel details about a 1903 affidavit. Judge Fitzgerald ruled collateral facts inadmissible. The defense plans further cross examination of Dr Britton I Evans and other doctors as the trial moves toward its final stages.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit
Stanford White
Jerome
Britton I. Evans
Allenists
Charles G. Wagner
Deemar
Bingaman
Thaw
Hummel
Delmas
Europe
Mra. Thaw
Panic at Chicago church after false fire alarm injures nineteen
Nineteen people were injured and many more escaped narrowly when a group of boys tampered with a radiator valve causing steam to fill the vestibule during a mass at the Church of Sancta Maria Addolorata on Grand Avenue. Crowded exits, a deadly crush, and a fall from a stained glass landing left several injured as worshipers, including women with babes, fought for escape.
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Chicago
Church of Sancta Maria Addolarata
Grand Avenue
Peoria Street
Giacomo Ganmbera
Amli
Gas Mine Explosion Kills 69 at Las Esperanzas Coahuila
A Las Esperanzas Coahuila coal mine disaster leaves 69 known dead and 12 injured with up to 70 believed in the mine. Reports from Monterey list the fatal explosion as the cause and note ongoing casualty tallies.
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Monterery
Mex
Las Esperanzas
Coahuila
School Fire Kills Principal and 16 Children in Montreal
A two story brick Hochelega School in Montreal figures in a tragic blaze started by furnace flames. Principal Miss Sarah Maxwell age 31 and sixteen children aged 3 to 8 die. About 200 pupils attended. investigators ordered into cause and escape failures.
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Montreal
Quebec
Sarah Maxwell
Hochelega
Protestant School Commission
Maxwell
Stabbed in shielding son in Kansas City tragedy
A Kansas City woman Mrs J Oscar Richardson intervened in a quarrel between her husband and son at their Rosedale home and was stabbed to the heart by Richardson. The son sided with his mother and the husband then attacked the son with a knife before the mother intervened.
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Kansas City
Pen
J. Oscar Richardson
Rosedale
Here
Richardson
Train Mutilates Minister in New York Central Incident
The mutilated body of Rev. Dr. Everett D. Burr, a Newton Center Baptist minister, was found beside eastbound tracks near the Summer Street bridge. The medical examiner ruled death an accident, stating Burr likely fell from a moving train while moving between cars.
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Woesthorn
Maia
Everett D. Burr
Newton Center
Beaton and Albany
New York Central Railroad
Summer Street
Charles
Knight Staund
Twenty One Years Late Drills Issued to Bovey
Frank A. Bovey secretary of Bovey DeLaittre Lumber is summoned to the armory to drill with First Infantry N G 8 M in fatigue uniform. Noting a postal card delays by nearly 21 years, the card finally reaches the mail delivery superintendent and Bovey must report at 7 45 p m January 20 1888 and again January 29.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bovey
Rip van Winkle
Catskills
Fr. A. Bovey
Care Eastman, Bovey & Co
Minneapolis
Frank A. Bovey
Bovey-DeLaittre Lumber Company
Company O. First Infantry
N.G
Minneapolis Journal
Maro D. Wanter
Armory
Tindelled Postcards Barred by Post Office Order
A Washington order bars mica tinsel and glass postcards from mails due to breakage hazards. Postmasters will not allow such cards to pass unless enclosed in envelopes. Clerks have suffered cuts and inhalation injuries from stamped fragments.
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Washington
Fab
Corea
Nicaragua
Honduras
United States
Mexico
Jas. L. Sue
Washington, D. C
St. Louis Star Chronicle
Pioneer Christian Mehling Dies After Pneumonia
Christian Mehling of three miles from town died after a lengthy illness from a bad cold and pneumonia. Born in Beyern Germany 73 years ago he left a wife and five grown children. The remains were laid to rest in St. Ferdinand's cemetery last Tuesday morning. The News offers sympathy.
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Christian Mehling
Beyern
Germany
St. Ferdinand’s
Golden Jubilee for Mr and Mrs Frank Brinkmann
Mr and Mrs Frank Brinkmann celebrate their golden anniversary at home on Maryland Street with family attending from St Louis Boonville and local names. The couple married at St Ferdinand church in 1857 and the event includes a $5 gold gift from each child.
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Frank Brinkmann
Maryland Street
Father Bowen
East Virginia St
St. Joseph's Church
John Brinkman
St. Louis
Peter Brinkmann
John Singer
Wil Bronner
Boonville
Math, Hopfer
George Ershing
Local Notes From Ferdinand And Nearby Towns
Andy Jochim of Ferdinand is on a brief furlough. A baby girl blessed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dilger. Will Bosler, recovering from prior illness, suffered another paralytic stroke last Sunday and is improving slowly. Jos Schum left for Peru Indiana Monday as a delegate of the Knights of Columbus. Bon Bockting visited Chrisney on Sunday. Bertha Maslowsky enjoyed a trip to Rockport Friday. Rockport school superintendent J W Strassel toured local town and rural schools last week. A baby boy joined the Grahler family. Charles Bosler of Ferdinand spent Sunday in town with friends.
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Bertha Maslowsky
Rockport
J. W. Strassel
Local Notes From St Meinrad And Nearby
Joseph Jasper remains bedridden and very ill in St Meinrad while Bertha Denning improves. Reports from Jasper include Charley the machinist employed daily, and Henry Fleischmann visiting his ill son Albert in Rockport. Other items note Fr Franciscan retreat week, Benedicton Fathers on mission, and a rail line wish amid a Ferdinand trip.
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Henry Fleischmann
Rockport
Albert
Robert
Poseyville
Ind
The
St. Joseph
St. Meinrad Abbey
Benediction
Herman Thiemann Dies After Illness
Herman Thiemann died after an illness. the notice mentions his sisters and residence. Further details are not clear from the fragment.
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Herman Thiemann
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