Fire kills four firemen as Manhattan blaze devastates Parker Building
Four firemen died and many were injured as a twelve story Parker Building on Fourth Avenue between Eighteenth and Nineteenth Streets burned. The fire perished floors collapsed and nearby hotels became makeshift hospitals. Losses reach about 5 million dollars with several tenants including A M Karaghenston and Woolen Co. suffering heavy damage.
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New York, Jun. T
Parker
Erst Vlehteenth
Fourth Avenue
Manhattan
Rescue Amid Inferno On Roof Fire At Suffolk Engraving
Six workers trapped on a seven story Suffolk engraving building roof were saved by a mortar gun and hook and ladder crew from the Morence hotel. Fire caused ladders to burn as the building collapsed, killing John Fallon and trapping others while responders struggled to reach the ground. Chief Shea was knocked unconscious amid the wreckage as debris rained down on the scene.
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Suffolk F Engraving Company
Morence
Hening
Hook and Fadder Company No. 7
Sid
John Fallon
Tito Hutchinson
Sergeant Kelly
Fallon
Hutchinson
Welly
Meough
Watson
Shea
Firefighters Save Adjacent Property Amid City Fire Rout
Deputy Chief Langford Captain Weldon and Darvan were moved to a temporary hospital as the blaze raged. Firefighters redirected their efforts toward protecting nearby structures while the fire burned, but property nearby was saved through organized suppression and containment actions.
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Langford
Weldon
Darvan
Thaw Jury Is Complete in White Murder Trial
The second jury for Harry K. Thaw’s murder trial of Stanford White is complete. Prosecution will begin its direct case Monday. The panel comprises businessmen including foreman Charles F. Gremimels ship broker and others: Arthur R. Nething baker, George W. Cary dry goods, David E. Arrowsmith manager, William E. P. Doolittle auditor’s clerk, William H. McHugh clerk, Frank J. Lowell manufacturer, Y M C A secretary William Burek assistant, Francis Dovale real estate, James A. Hooper provisions.
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New York
Dan
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
Charles F. Gremimels
Arthur R. Nnething
George W. Cary
George ©. Rupprecht
John Tf. Holbert
David FE. Arrowsmith
Willian EP. Doolittle
William H. McHugh
Labor suit: DC Supreme Court denies AFL bid to alter Buck Stove order
Justice Gould overruled AFL motion to amend the court order in the Buck Stove and Range Co case. The federation argued the injunction extended beyond the final decree and restrained defendants from advocating non patronage of the plaintiff's products. They claimed the order infringed free speech and press rights under the First Amendment.
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Washington
Justice Gould
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
American Federation of Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company
St. Louis
Horcott
Ares
Platoiit
United States
Carter freed to start anew after Kohlsaat ruling
Judge Kohlsaat rules government gains from Oberlin Carter are tainted by Greene and Gaynor frauds, freeing ex army officer to pursue three offers in Wise County. Proposals involve carportine relations or contractors, with a path to fortune. Local scrutiny and community doubt linger.
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Chicago
Dan
Kohlsaat
Oberlin
M. Carter
Robert J. Westcott
Greene
Gaynor
Carter
Wise
Ding
Phe Bois
Peputa
Taft Opens His Fight at Cooper Union Address
New York Jan 11 Secretary Taft addressed a crowded Cooper Union gathering as a Republican presidential hopeful. He outlined labor and capital interests and faced sharp questions while defending his record as Secretary of War. Taft praised arbitration, condemned violence and blacklists, and urged balanced relations between labor and capital. A caustic attack on President Roosevelt by Judge Parker followed.
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New York
Taft
People's Institute
Cooper Union
Charles Sprague Smith
Smith
Ava
Pathy
Ife
Organization of Labor For
United Action
Labor
Civie Federation
Secretary Tells a Story During Taft Remarks
The secretary opened a tale about a public meeting with Roosevelt present, a chairman praising a speaker from coast to coast. The crowd laughed as the secretary compared the moment to a careful joke about perception and leadership in government.
Parker Attacks Roosevelt At Ulster County Dinner
Ex Judge Alton B Parker told Ulster county Democrats at a January dinner that the credit panic shows dangers of untutored idealism in national leadership and warned against surrendering local independence to central rule by unwise popular enthusiasm.
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Kingston
Ulster
Alton B. Palker
Ulster County
The Panty Parker Attack and Calls for Constitutional Rulers
A speaker cites old theories proven wanting and warns that untutored youthful ideation risks danger when aimed at property. He credits the president for opening eyes to a harsh lesson about the need for experienced governance and stable constitutional control amid attacks on property.
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Pantie Parker
Forte
Democrats Try To Harmonize Massachusetts Committee
Boston Jan 11 another effort to organize the Democratic state committee of Massachusetts. Fourteen district members formed a temporary organization and voted to invite the other twenty six members to attend an advanced meeting next Wednesday afternoon to form a permanent organization.
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Boston
Democratic State Committee
Masaachsetts
Millevoye urges Britain and France to arbitrate crisis
Paris writer M. Millevoye, linked to the Boulangist era, calls on Great Britain and France to intervene in the American Japanese crisis before it worsens. He claims European stakes lie with the United States and warns that delay could cost London and Paris dearly.
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Paris
Lucien Millevoye
Chamber of Deputies
Boulanger
Great Britain
France
Tle
M. Millevoye
Europe
United States
London
Liberal to Maybelle His State of Mind Described
In Clinton and Springfield reports from January 11, testimony in will-contest proceedings portrays Colonel Thomas Snell as sane in later life though irritable and hostile to his son Richard. Witnesses note Snell’s generosity to Maybelle Snell, a grand-niece, including horse and land gifts and funding for Europe. Also covered is Rev James J Kaye's counterfeiting trial in Lincoln with defense witnesses and Kaye's coinmaking testimony.
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Clinton
Thomas Snell
Richard Snell
Levy Murphy
State Natioonal Bank
Col Snell
Mabelle Snell
Kansas City
Kansans City
Europe
Colonel Snell
Murphy
Mabelle Spell
Wilcox
Snell
Springfield
United States District Court
James J. Kaye
Oak Park
Presbyterian Church of
Lincoln
Kaye
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