Massive City Fire Levels Detroit Glass Factory
A five story West Larned street building housing William Reid wholesale glass stock and the Detroit Fruit Tablet and Confectionery Co burned last night. Total loss about 300000 with 141000 insured. Reid stock 130000 value insured for 110000. Fire killed one fireman and injured several others. rescue efforts continued as crews battled the ruins.
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Detroit, Mich
West Larned Street
William Reid
Detroit Fruit Tablet and Confectionery Com Company
David Whitney
Captain Haven
John Causley
Oscar Reidy
Charles H. Wise
Causley
Grace Hospital
William Dungeron
Kawneas City
Kansas City White Lead and Linseed Oil Company
Newerryroft
Mass
Boston and Maine Railroad
Rumors of Delaware and Hudson Lease or Sale
Aosary New York March 3 The Delaware and Hudson railroad rumors of a lease or sale circulate with no solid basis. Edwin Young counsel for the road says there is no indication officials have negotiated with other lines. He suggests Wall Street speculation and the coal combination mood fuels talk, not facts.
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Aosary
N. Y
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Edwin Young
Young
Delaware and Hudson
Pennsylvania
Central Roads
Mr. Young
Wall Street
Parted at the Altar in Waterbury Marriage Scandal
Miss Mary J Hemmingway of Waterbury marries George V Gardner of New York on March 3 and returns home while the groom goes to New York. Rumors say the union is an elopement and her parents seek an annulment claiming she is underage. English locomotives lack bells headlights or cowcatchers.
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Wee Watersory
Conn
Mary J. Hemmingway
Waterbury
George V. Gardner
New York
Senator Carlisle Prominent Presidential Possibility
The Kentucky statesman Senator John G. Carlisle is named as a potential presidential candidate by Democratic and other party leaders. Born 1835 in Kentucky, he taught, read law, served in the Kentucky House, Senate, and as lieutenant governor, later entering national politics as a long-time representative and Senate member.
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State House of Representatives
State Senate
Kentucky
House of Representatives
Washington
United States Senate
Carlisle
Massey mob tries to seize suspect in Texan jail
A mob of about five hundred men gathered at the Suer may jail to seize Sam Massey on suspicion of wounding the Smith family. They demanded the keys and Massey was spirited away before capture. The Smiths remain injured with poor prospects of recovery. The search for Massey continues.
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Massey
A Clever Crook On Trial In London Courts
Walter Selman, described as one of the world s clever crooks, stands charged at Marlborough Street police court with conspiring with Frederick Pemberton Peach to defraud George Willis Spears of 890 pounds by false pretenses. The case, linked to the famed great bond robbery, proceeds with government prosecution. Oliver Curtis Perry, a bold highwayman linked to a New York Central express car raid, is sought in Montana for the murder of Andy McCoy in a Georgetown barroom quarrel in the 1880s.
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London
Marlborough Street
Walter Selman
Frederick Pemberton Peach
George Willis Spears
Regent Street
St. John Woatner
Treasury
England
Montana
Burkie
Mont
Oliver Curtis Perry
New York Central
Andy McCoy
Georgetown
Deer Lodge County
McCoy
Oliver C. Perry
Perry
VanBuskirk Wins $9225 Damages in Train Crossing Crash
Miss Jessie VanBuskirk awarded 9225 in damages after a Big Four freight train struck three women crossing near Greensburg Indiana last fall. She sought 10000, and the verdict brings total damages for the accident to 21525 as two other cases move toward the supreme court.
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Jessie VanBuskirk
Grreeenncastle
Ind
Supreme Court
Indemnity Claims Impress Chilean Officials
Vancaratso March 3. United States may press Baltimore sailors indemnity claims. Chilean officials say no official intelligence supports pressing such claims. Bankers dispute the sizable amount and suggest a disinterested commission to probe the Baltimore affair. Resignations among cabinet members cited as due to party factionalism and judiciary balance. President Montt faces a fractured liberal wing and conservative majority.
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Vancaratso
United States
Chili
Baltimore
Charles Walker Martines
Isadore Errazuriz
Liberal Party
Congress
Montt
Rockefeller Gifts 2.6 Million to University Leader
Professor R. Harper of the University of Chicago receives a 5 million guarantee from Baptists, with John D. Rockefeller contributing 2.6 million in gifts completed by March 1. Rockefeller, head of Standard Oil Trust, is noted as a leading U S magnate living in New York under constant private security.
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R. Harper
University of Chicago
Republican gains in New York charter elections
Returns from New York charter elections show Republicans leading in interior counties. The Albany Evening Journal reports 521 Republican supervisors to 272 Democratic, versus 426 to 352 in 1891, reflecting substantial Republican gains.
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New York
The
Albany Evening Journal
Rep
State of siege at Panhandle shop as machinists strike
Inpiaxavons March 3 report that the out machinists deny leaving the city. A non union man from the east disrupted the shop, workers fled, and the man was paid off. The working machinists are fed and housed in two cars while guards increase, with new section men and switchmen sent in from other areas. Derr, with five arrests for assault and battery, reportedly did not miss a day.
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Inpiaxavons
Panhandle
Derr
Black assailant captured after brutal attack near Waynesboro
A Black man violently beat two white women near Waynesboro Tennessee, demanding money. He was captured seven miles from Florence and brought to town this morning, with locals vowing he will be hanged before reaching Waynesboro.
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Florence
Ala
Waynesboro
Tenn
Ile
A Bad Preacher Shot in Alabama Church
In Green county Alabama Rev John Calvin a Methodist preacher shot and killed deacon William Herdy and fatally wounded David Smith. Herdy had accused Calvin of an affair with his wife and struck him with a cane before Calvin fired five shots. Calvin is jailed at Eutaw.
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Birchsenam
Ala
Green County
John Clavin
William Herdy
David Smith
Herdy
Calvin
Eutaw
Strike It Rich At Superior Mine Gold Vein Discovery
Desyver Col March 3. A large strike was made in the Superior mine on Gold Hill Cripple Creek district yesterday afternoon. A ore chunk weighing over 150 pounds was brought to Fremont last night and is covered with gold flakes.
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Desyver
Col
Superior
Gold Hill
Squaw Gulch
Cripple Creek
Fremont
Webb Denies Webb Brothers Rail Line Presidency
New York March 4. Vice President H Walter Webb of the New York Central states there is no truth in the report that his brother Dr Seward Webb has accepted the presidency of the New York and New England railroad company.
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New York
H. Walter Webb
The
New York Central
Seward Webb
New York and New England Railroad Company
Thomkins Found Dead Near Pleasantville On Railroad Track
Stephen P. Thomkins, born 1840, was found dead yesterday on a railroad track near Pleasantville New Jersey. He had recently left the Keeley Institute in White Plains New York where he had been a patient seven days prior and was president of the Bi-Chloride of Gold club among the institute’s patients.
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New York
Stephen P. Thomkins
Pleasantville
N. J
Keeley Institute
White Plains
N. Y
Railroad Man Ralph K Chandler Located in Mexico New York
Mexico New York March 4 Ralph K Chandler a railroad man who had escaped from West Detroit has been found in Mexico He has not been arrested but detectives expect to spirit him across the border The Fidelity and Casualty company of this city stood his bond for 3000 He took 600 and is believed to have 4000 with him.
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Mexico
New York
Ralph K. Chandler
Detroit
Fidelity and Casualty Company
Expulsion Threat Looms For Foreign Anarchists In Spain
The Spanish government conducts an active inquiry into foreigners suspected of revolutionary agitation. Those identified will be expelled by mid April with others possibly imprisoned. Authorities say key agitators hail from France, Germany and Italy aiming to topple the monarchy before May.
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Maoriv
France
Germany
Italy
Jay Gould Seeks Health Trip Via Iron Mountain Line
Mr. Jay Gould and party departed this city last evening over the Iron Mountain road bound for Marshal Texas. Gould appeared fatigued though his physician believes the southern journey will aid his health.
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Jay Gould
Whitney Hill Carlisle Crisp Confer Privately at Capitol
William C. Whitney met with Senator Carlisle and Senator Hill in executive session at the capitol followed by Speaker Crisp. The gathering lasting an hour sparked talk of harmony within the party and possible alignment on tariff reform and a Cleveland withdrawal and manifesto.
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William C. Whitney
Capitol
Ile
Senator Carlisle
Senator Hill
House
Crisp
Tom Murray
Messrs
Whitney
Hill
Carlisle
New York
Cleveland
Exhumed Coffin Links Mrs Frank Danton to Case
Jaxesville Wisconsin March 4 exhumation of Mrs Frank Danton from Oak Hill cemetery reveals evidence likely to implicate Dr Henry Martyn Scudder in the case. Mrs Dunton died after a fall in her room Sunday and never regained consciousness. A post mortem is planned today. Mental illness court proceedings opened in Cutcaco with a request to postpone for one week, case set for next Friday.
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Frank Danton
Jaxesville
Wis
Oak Hill Cemetery
Scudder
Dunton
Cutcaco
Henry Martyn Scudder
Scales
Wilbur
Miller
One-Fare Round Trip Granted for State G A R Encampment
John E. Ross and George D. Adams announce receipt of a Central Trafic association letter granting a one-fare round trip rate on all roads for the state G A R encampment to be held in the city in early April. The committee regards the rate as better than expected and is pleased.
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G A. R
John E. Ross
Pennsylvania Lines
George D. Adams
Central Trafic Association
Five Laborers Missing in Niagara Falls Tunnel Accident
In Lockport New York March 4 five men are missing after an accident in the Niagara Falls hydraulic tunnel. Charles Doggs a Black worker and four others described as Italians and Hungarians are believed buried under debris. Rescue teams expect to take days to reach the suspected burial site.
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Lockport
XN. Y
Niagara
Falls
Charles Doggs
Shots End Divorce Case in Detroit Home
Charles N Ayers was mortally wounded by his wife after she had earlier had her divorce suit dismissed on a technicality. Ayers returned to retrieve belongings and was shot on the porch. his wife fired again, striking him in the left lung and fatally wounding him.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles N. Ayers
Ayers
Atlanta
Harry Gray
Carro
Amos Miller
Mayor Cooper
Marshal Sprinkle
Dexter
Malden
Bloomfield
Fugitive Keystone Bank cashier sighted in Ouro Porto
D Rheinstrom of New York arrives from Brazil and reports Gideon Marsh the Keystone bank cashier in fugitive life. Marsh, once in Pernambuco, now resides in Ouro Porto and is said to have ample money and to have received remittances from Philadelphia.
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Gideon Marsh
Keystone Bank
Pituapecraia
D. Rheinstrom
New York
Brazil
Ouro Porto
Pernambuco
Philadelphia
Embezzling Railroad Cashier Released In Mexico
Ralph Chandler a Detroit railroad cashier arrested in Mexico for embezzling funds of the Lake Shore and Southern Railroad has been released after the seventy two hour period for proof of guilt expired. A J Sawyer elevator and grain man dies in Misyeavouis while opposing the anti option bill. In New Bedford Mass Billy Frazier defeats Jim Murray by knockout in the fifteenth round for New England light weight championship.
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Paso
Ralph Chandler
Detroit Railroad
Mexico
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company
Ciudad Juarez
Misyeavouis
Minn
A. J. Sawyer
North Dakota
Minnesota
Superior
Minneapolis
Washington
New Bepford
Mass
New Bedford
Fatal Street Car Collision in Kas City
A street car on Main Street was struck by a passing Rock Island train yesterday afternoon. Five passengers were hurt but none seriously. driver Garrison sustained injuries reported fatal. Blame placed on street car driver.
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Heremsay, Kas
Main Street
Rock Island
Garrison
Blaine Suffering Illness Briefly Confined
Secretary Blaine is laid up by a severe cold suffered yesterday while exposed to bad weather. The report notes a grim statistic that England averages four delirium tremens deaths daily.
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Wasnixetox
Blaine
England
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John G. Carlisle
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Trust
Mgr. Rockefeller
Publ
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X Mob
Unek
Superior Company
Kreport
Brody
New Jersey
Phamtkine
Mie
Chandler
Cuartestoy
S. C
Court of Sessions
Sam Randall
Clarinda Bessy
Randall
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