Fire tears through Masonic Temple. many escape via elevators
Chicago firefighters battled a major blaze at the 20 story Masonic Temple near Iroquois theater. Fire originated in a fifth floor doctor’s office with chemical storage, prompting rapid evacuations as elevators ferried occupants to safety and guards stabilized exits.
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Chicago
Masonic Temple
State Street
Musham
George Ashmore
Tony
Temple
Ashmore
Gowdy Declines Indiana Governor Candidacy
John K. Gowdy United States consul general in Paris denies being a candidate for Indiana governor despite newspapers naming him a probable aspirant. He says he will not accept any nomination if offered by Republicans and plans to return to America.
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Paris
Indiana
John K. Gowdy
United States
Amer
June 11 Chosen For Convention In Allen County
County Democratic Central Committee in session selects Saturday June 11 as the date for the county convention. The motion, proposed by Ochmig Bird and seconded by Fred Boltz, passes by acclamation with a later tie vote. John W. Tyndall of Decatur visits the city, seeking Allen county support for an Adams county joint senate candidate.
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Ochmig Bird
Fred ©. Boltz
H. P. Schever
Allen County
Democratic Central Committee
Central Committee
John W. Tyndall
Decatur
Adams County
Adams
Allen
Tyndall
Injunction Sought Against Ganiard in Ellison Estate
Mrs. E F Casebeer of Cherayle Kansas petitions Judge Anderson in Indianapolis federal court asking a preliminary injunction against trustee S K Ganiard overseeing the Rollin Ellison bankruptcy. She alleges Ganiard notified purchasers that her property has a claim on Ellison estate though not part of it and calls the actions willful and malicious.
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Anderson
Indianapolis
E. V. Harris
E. F. Caseheer
Cheryvale
Kan
S. K. Ganiard
Rollin Ellison
Casebeer
Ellison
Ganiard
Bowser’s Washing Trial in a Household Bustle
In a comic domestic scene from 1808, Mr. Bowser resists the washing crisis at home. He bungles starch and laundry methods, faces Mrs. Bowser’s admonitions, and ends up completing a full wash in under two hours, overturning the cook’s abrupt departure. Mrs. Bowser notices the chaos but Bowser defends his improvised method. The tale ends amid the kitchen bustle and a rushed, humorous attempt at order.
Man cleans house by accident in blue washing fiasco
Mr Bowser resolves to wash to prove self sufficiency but uses baking powder and blueing. He ends up dyeing clothes blue and drawing a yard full of spectators who cheer a comic disaster. Mrs Bowser reveals the error as the crowd repeats the victory song about being blue.
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C. B. Lewis
Mrs. Bowser
Mrs. Howser
Mr. Bowser
Tye
Harris to Hold Hearing on Matter Soon
A note indicates Harris will conduct a hearing soon regarding a financial matter referencing twenty two thousand dollars. No further details are provided.
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Refersy Harris
Burton Indicted for Accepting Checks from Rialto Firm
Federal grand jury accuses Kansas Senator Joseph Ralph Burton of taking five $500 checks from Rialto Grain and Security between 1902 and 1903 while in office to influence post office officials. Major Hugh C. Dennis and W. B. Mehaney named in the indictment. Burton plans to travel to St Louis to defend the case and denies any government wrongdoing.
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St. Louis
Federal Grand Jury Today
Joseph Ralph Burton
United States
Kansas
Rialto Grain and Security Company
Post Office
Rialto Company
Hugh C. Dennis
W. B. Mehaney
Burton
Senator Burton Questions Indictment Ruling
Washington January 23 Senator Burton said he could not imagine why the indictment had been found after being shown the dispatch and stated he was employed as attorney for Dennis to defend the case.
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Washington
Burton Neid
Dennis
Rail Service Resumes Huntington to Wabash Route
The Fort Wayne and Southwestern Traction Co. resumed service between Huntington and Wabash this afternoon. Cars now run to the Big Four bridge on the Wabash outskirts but cannot cross as tracks beyond the bridge are flooded. Traffic halt was due to a washed out bridge further along the line.
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Fort Wayne and Southwestern Traction Company
Huntington
Wabash
Big Four Bridge
Woman Injured in Fall On Calhoun Street
Catherine Haeninger of Baltes avenue fell on Calhoun street this afternoon fracturing an arm. She was taken by patrol car to her daughter’s home on North Clinton street where she had been staying until Baltes avenue water recedes.
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Catherine Haeninger
Baltes Avenue
Calhoun Street
Pr Hce
Clinton Street
Fifteen Lives Lost In Wreck Of schooner Augustus Hunt
New York reports a four masted schooner Augustus Hunt wrecked off Westhampton Long Island during dense fog. Seventeen aboard, fifteen perished, two saved. Captain Canary led from Norfolk to Boston with coal valued at 35000 dollars. Crew cries heard as lifeboats failed against heavy seas.
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New York
Augustus Hunt
Westhampton
Long Island
Canary
Norfolk
Boston
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R. Friedlander
Julius Ernst
Friedlander
John Stack
Henry Buehl
Walter Dawney
Walter S. Parker
W. C. Preston
John Sullivan
J. B. Sullivan
John Long
T. Leonard
George Mullett
Fred Lynch
John Stearns
Louis Tremaine
B. Smith
Dom Jack” Gowdy
Hoosier State
MR. Tyndall S
Bowser
Post Office Department
Cochran
Fort Wayne
Barr
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