Pittsburgh Boiler Explosions Hurt Dozens at Steel Plants
A third Pittsburgh blast in three days injures and possibly kills workers at the Crucible Steel Singer Nimick plant. Seven scalded, two likely to die, with twenty more injured or burned as boilers explode amid frozen pipes. No bodies found in Black Diamond ruins. 150 workers search the site.
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Pittsburg
Scho
Jones & Laughlin
Black Diamond Steel Works
Singer- Nimick
West End
Crucible Steel Company of America
Charles Miller
William George
William Reed
Ford Reed
William
William Sharp
John Brown
Toby Johnson
Frank Spitzinger
Home Company Plans Zanesville Line Extension
To cover Allen county with a complete network of former telephone lines, the Home company will next build a line to Zanesville from this city, fifteen miles away. The contract is let and material ordered for the Lee line, but cold weather halted work. Once the Leo proposition ends, attention shifts to the Zanesville line.
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Allen County
Home Company
Zanesville
Lee
Leo
Hartman Patented Attorney Leader Dies at 64
Homer C. Hartman longtime Fort Wayne patent attorney and founder of the Fort Wayne Daily Gazette died Friday night at 65 Maple Avenue after a long illness. Born in Pleasantville Ohio he moved to Fort Wayne as a child and served in the Civil War. He practiced law with several partners, focused on patent work, and held posts as deputy clerk of U S courts. Survived by wife Serepta Johnson and four children plus siblings and cousins he belonged to M E church Masons and G A R’s Anthony Wayne post.
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Maple Avenue
Mr. Hartman
Hartman
Pleasantville
Ohio
Fort Wayne
O. E. Fleming
A. A. Purman
M. T. Stokes
Serepta Johnson
Ivers W. Leonard
Fannie Hartman
Herbert T. Hartman
Philadelphia
Hugh Hartman
Dixon
Wyo
G. B. Hartman
Stewart
Kansas City
Mary Chittenden
New York
Wilton Hartman
Chicago
Secretary Long Rules Schley Case Final and Closed
Secretary Long approves the court of inquiry findings and majority opinion. He rules no further proceedings on command at Santiago. He declines Admiral Sampson’s counsel inquiry and notifies Schley's counsel of the decision.
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Washington
Long
Schley
Navy Department
Santiago
Admiral Sampson
Admiral Schley
Thieves Confronted by Cos Sacks Result in Harm
Five thieves lacking passports were assaulted by Cos sacks after confrontation. They prayed and entreated amid the mistreatment as authorities acted.
Cary and Cherry wedding at 224 Francis Street
Samuel D. Cary and Miss Margaret Cherry wed Sunday at the groom’s father’s home 224 Francis street. Rev. M C Cooper officiated. Only immediate relatives attended. Cary works at Bass foundry and Cherry is the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W H Cherry of 152 Holman street. They will begin housekeeping on Francis street.
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Samuel D. Cary
Margaret Cherry
Francis Street
M. C. Cooper
Mr. Cary
Bass Foundry
W. H. Cherry
Holman Street
Rayner Denounces Secretary Long Ruling On Sea Command
Isidor Rayner Maryland attorney general and Schley counsel denounces Secretary Longs decision as arbitrary and tyrannical. He says the protest by Admiral Sampsons attorneys was not allowed time to reply and asserts Schleys de facto command at Santiago. Rayner hints at possible presidential intervention and future steps next week.
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Baltimore
Isidor Rayner
Maryland
Admiral Schley
Secretary Long
Long
Admiral Sampson
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Schley
Santiago
Sampson
Will Pressure Suit Against Great Railway Combine
Minnesota Attorney General W B Douglass says a letter from J J Hill will not alter state actions against the Northern Securities issue. He declines to discuss the letter further and notes uncertainty about joining Governor Van Sant at a conference in Helena while managing department duties.
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St. Paul, Minn
W. B. Douglass
J. J. Hill
Western Railroads
Northern Securities Company
Minnesota
Douglass
Mr. Hill
van Sant
Helena
YAWN DISLOCATES JAW IN HUNTINGTON HOME INCIDENT
John Gunzenhauser yawning by a warm fire northwest of Huntington last Friday evening dislocated his lower jaw and was jolted into a cold drive to the city. Dr A H Shaffer attended and after several attempts the jaw was reset and his teeth closed on the surgeon's thumb briefly.
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Huntington News-Democrat
John Gunzenhauser
A. H. Shaffer
Gunzenhauser
Maclay Resignation Sought by Secretary Long
Washington December 21 Secretary of War Root makes public a request from President to Edgar S Maclay a special laborer at the general storekeeper's office Navy Yard New York to submit his resignation Rear Admiral A S Barker Commander Navy Yard New York is noted in the document signed by John D Long secretary of war
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Washington
War Root
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
A.S. Barker
Navy Yard
New York
Edgar S. Maclay
John D. Long
Schley Court of Inquiry Dissolved
Secretary Long issued the formal order dissolving the Schley court of inquiry and notified Admiral Dewey who acknowledged the action and confirmed the dissolution in line with the secretary’s order.
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Washington
Long
Schley Court of Inquiry
Admiral Dewey
Skin Graft Performs Successfully on Miss Lund
Miss Carrie Lund cashier for Burpede Dry Goods on West Creighton avenue underwent a skin graft Monday to treat a severe erysipelas infection that badly affected her right foot. Dr Nieschang used skin from her four sisters arms, and the operation restored much of the foot skin.
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Carrie Lund
Burpede Dry Goods Company
West Creighton Avenue
Miss Lund
Nieschang
Pope Receives Cardinals in Rome Christmas Address
The pope greeted the cardinals in Rome on December 23 and delivered a lengthy speech condemning excessive liberty of thought. He criticized socialism agitation for divorce and church sectional hostility and urged Christian unity.
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Rome
Russian outrages in Manchuria spark abuses by Cossacks
The St. Peters burg correspondent for the Times and New York Times reports Manchuria in unsettled state. Russian troops are linked to serious abuses including outrages by bands of Cossacks against defenseless residents. A case involves six Mongols, Russian subjects, sent in pursuit of horse.
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New York
St. Petersburg
London Times
New York Times
Manchuria
Adams Township School Presents Colonial Program and Drama
Friday evening program at Adams township school featured an intermediate room colonial number in costume a five act drama and a series of tableaux Wiss Garrison played instrumental selections. Children showed good training and the entertainment was a success with proceeds directed to the literary fund.
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Adams Township
Wiss Garrison
Senator Sewell Improves in Camden After Relapse
Senator William J. Sewell shows marked improvement this morning in Camden New Jersey his doctors report a brighter appearance and a comfortable night following several days of relapse indicating progress in his condition.
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Camden
N. J
William J. Sewell
Birth Announced for Drage Family Child South of City
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John F. Drage at a location south of the city. The notice records a new addition to the Drage family with no further details.
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John F. Drage
Obituary notices from Fort Wayne region
Boyd Shannon a longtime Allen county resident and twice justice of the peace at Lee dies at the county infirmary after bronchitis and pulmonary complications. Ten children survive him. Other notices include the deaths of Mrs. Waltburger Bindle Mrs. Ida Sites Miss Viola Doyle infant George Bente Mrs. R. B. Clark Elizabeth C. Rossington Earl Adams and related funeral details.
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Boyd Shannon
Allen County
Lee
Shannon
Judge Alden
Leo
Victoria Shirey
Ida Thorp
Samuel
William
George
Kate Toler
Coin Shannon
Missouri
Roxy Nelson
Clara Mayhew
Cedarville
William Shannon
Rudisill Avenue
Leo. Bindle
Veteran Civil War veteran longtime Allen Co. resident dies
N. ter of Allen County obituary notes he came to Indiana as an infant in 1822, lived seventy eight years in the county, served in Company G 152d Indiana, wife predeceased him by three years, survived by three sons and three daughters, sister Mrs. Abraham Lowry of New Haven also living.
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Ter
Indiana
Allen County
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Abraham Lowry
New Haven
Roosevelt to stay in Washington during holiday week
President Roosevelt plans to remain in Washington over the holidays and will limit visitations to those with urgent and important public business. He seeks a respite from official duties during the period.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Local News Briefs From Concordia St Louis Area
Frederick Wambsganss visits home at Emmaus Lutheran. St Marys school faces delayed opening due to cold, with partial occupancy expected mid month. City Attorney Shambaugh attends father’s illness. bishop asks Christmastide orphanage collections for Lafayette and St Vincent homes. a Fort Wayne horse colt Gerald McKinnie, by Crescens, impresses turf writer John McCartney with speed and strong lineage.
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Frederick Wambsganss
Theological Seminary of Concordia
St. Louis
Wambsganss
Emmaus Lutheran Church
St. Mary’s School
Shambaugh
Leo
Blue Bull
Robert McGregor
Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad Company Meeting Notice
Annual meeting of Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad stockholders to elect directors and discuss other business. Meeting set for January 25, 1902 at 10 a.m. at Jackson Michigan office. Transfer books close January 13 to January 27. Edwin S. Marston, secretary.
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Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad Company
Jackson
Michigan
Edwinds. Marston
Blue diamonds move through New York holiday circles
Rumors claim three large blue diamonds are in New York, sold to wealthy Americans for Christmas displays. The Hope diamond, bought by Samuel Frankel in London, centers a pair of high value gems, with others from Dreier & Sons and Gattel Stern & Co. valued around a combined $540,000.
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New York Herald
New York
Benjamin F. Cheney
Boston
J. Dreier & Sons
Julia Arthur
Hope
London
Joseph Frankel
Nassau Street
New Yorker
Gattel, Stern & Co
Dreier
Cheney
Brunswick
Duke of Brunswick
Travernier
Europe
Samuel Frankel
Francis Pelham Clinton Hope
May
Mr. Dreker
Tavernier
Paris
Louis XIV
d’Aubonne
Daniel Eliason
Henry Thomas Hope
Death of Mrs. Albert I. Mayer in Cincinnati
Friends in the city were advised of the death of Mrs. Albert I. Mayer on Monday at her Cincinnati home after an extended illness. She was a cousin of Mrs. P. J. McDonald of this city and she and her husband were well known in Fort Wayne.
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R. B. Clark
Mason City
Schone & Veith
East Berry Street
Norris
Rossington
Elizabeth C. Rossington
West
Washington Street
M. J. Grove
Fort Wayne
Charles F. Hitzeman
Grace Rossington
William Rossington
M. J. Greve
Will H. Bond
Chicago
Albert I. Mayer
Cincinnati
Scarlet fever cases reported at two city addresses
A new scarlet fever case is reported at 24 Scott Avenue and another at the corner of Lillie and Hayden streets, signaling local health concerns.
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Scott Avenue
Lillie and
Hayden Streets
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Henry M. Williams
Edward P. Williams
Lennart & Zorbaugh
Williams
Homer C. Hartman
Ers
the Gazette
Rayner
Hill
Maclay
Senator Sewell
George Bindle
Ida Catherine Sites
Charles E. Sites
South
Wayne Avenue
Hope Hospital
John Branstrator
Doyle
Viola A. Doyle
John P. Doyle
Murray Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Miss Doyle
Bente
George Bente
G. F. Bente
Baker Street
Clark
ADAMS
Earl Adams
M. E
George Cocking
Ridge Road
Roches
Fort Wayne & Jackson Railroad Company
The
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