Two Buildings Collapse in Wheeling Tragedy
At 8 20 Tuesday morning Wheeling saw a fatal disaster as two five story buildings housing T T Hutchison and Co and W H Chapman and Sons collapsed. The loss is at least 150 000 with many injured and several bodies recovered including Father F H Park and W S Pritchard.
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Wheeling
W. Va
T. T. Hutchison & Co
W. H. Chapman & Sons
Chapman
Hutchison
Alley 9
Main Street
G. W. Clifton
Chapman’s
William H. Chapman
Walter Chapman
Newton Wilson
F. H. Park
Pritchard
Buckhannon
Eugene Burke
Hutchisson & Co
Robert Windher
Harry Cowl
Western Union Messenger
Michael Horan
Hutchisson
Smallpox and Streetcar Tragedy Roil Cleveland Suburb
Reported smallpox outbreak in southwestern Cleveland follows the illness of Misa Anne Stetina a Bohemian girl of 27 Milford Avenue. A separate accident ends in death as Joseph Mauer of Toledo is struck and decapitated by a street car while attempting to jump onto a moving wagon.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Misa Anne Stetina
Milford
Joseph Mauer
Toledo
Mauer
Northwestern National Bank Defaulter Griffin Stolen 50000
Frederick W. Griffin, assistant cashier at Northwestern National Bank in Chicago, is charged with a 50000 defalcation. His theft did not threaten the bank's 1 million capital or 500000 surplus. Griffin is under arrest. details suggest possible speculative loss and burglarylike circumstances.
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Asiatant
Griffin
Northwestern
Chicago
Northwestern National Bank
Frederick W. Griffin
F. W. Gookin
Bold Train Robbery Near Dover Oklahoma
Five unmasked bandits stopped Chicago Rock Island and Pacific No. 1 near Dover Oklahoma early Thursday. Passengers in the smoker, day coach and chair car were relieved of valuables. Express Messenger Jones refused to open the safe and was wounded in the left wrist. A Kingfisher posse pursued the robbers, aided by Deputy U S Marshal Madsen, one and a half hours behind. Authorities believe two robbers are identified and expect to capture all soon.
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Rock Island and Pacific
Dover
O. T
Lexpress
Jones
Kingfisher
United States
Madsen
Campaign Fund Disappears Prominent Chicago Planners Say
Democratic managers in Chicago discuss the loss of over 500000 raised to finance the campaign. Accusations allege funds were misused or diverted by individuals with no rightful claim. The piece also notes the Grand Pacific closure and a farewell stay by George O Stevens of Boston as the hotel ends its era.
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Chicago
Apprehension in Washington Over Royal Arthur Visit
Reports say the British warship Royal Arthur has anchored at Panama en route to Nicaragua to press demands. Flagship of the Pacific squadron, the vessel carries Rear Admiral Stephenson and Captain Frederick French commands. The 12000 ton monster could force Central American states to back Nicaragua.
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Washington
Royal Arthur
Panama
Nicaragua
Washington, D.C
Stephenson
Frederick French
Great Britain
Washington, D. C
Venezuela
United States
Bayard
Orinoco River
South America
Explosions Hit Butte Firms In Damages Suits
Eight damage suits totaling 145000 were filed against the Kenan Connell Commercial and Butte Hardware Company of Butte Montana. Warehouses tied to the January 15 blasts are cited. The action is led by relatives of victims including Minnie A Cameron widow of fire chief Cameron seeking 20000.
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Kenan-Connell Commercial and
Butte Hardware Company
Butte, Mont
Minnie A. Cameron
Chief Cameron
Fire Department
Altgeld Responds to Depew With Severe Broadside
Gov. John P. Altgeld criticizes Chauncey M. Depew after Depew’s Chicago Auditorium speech attacking city leadership. Altgeld denies reading the speech and recalls Depew’s Albany lobbying tied to railroad interests, condemning a “train of slime and corruption” affecting New York and spreading nationwide.
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Depew
Albany
New York
Vanderbilta
New York Central Railroad
New York City
Buffalo
Gloucester schooner Mildred V. Lee lost in great storm
The schooner Mildred V. Lee with sixteen crewmen sailed from Gloucester on January 30 for halibut and has since vanished amid the February 8 storm. Wreckage recovered near Sable Island by the Henry M. Stanley is identified as belonging to her, marking another tragedy for Gloucester’s fishing fleet.
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Mildred V. Lee
New England
Gloucester
Mass
Sable Island
Henry M. Stanley
Chamberlin Investment Declared Out of Existence
The Chamberlin Investment Company was declared out of existence by a Denver District Court after an 18 month liquidation. Assets mainly real estate, stocks, bonds and notes were disposed of by court order, yielding only nominal returns. The report notes broader economic improvement and a rise in retail trade versus 1894, though below 1893 levels.
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Chamberlin Investment
Chamberlin Investment Company
District Court
Denver
Colo
R. G. Don & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Cattle Growers Plot Resistance to Beef Combine
Western stockmen plan to organize to oppose the dressed beef combine as beef prices rise. They say growers lose most of the gain at packing centers and fear being forced to accept low prices or incur travel costs. They anticipate a forthcoming struggle over contest terms and pricing.
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Fountain Beach
West
Combine
Explosion in New Orleans saloon kills fifteen
A 2 10 Friday morning blast at a grocery and ship chandlery owned by Charles Salathe opposite the French market destroys the three story building and a neighboring saloon. Salathe family perishes except two children. at least fifteen killed and many injured as walls collapse and debris piles form.
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New Orleans
Charles Salathe
Salathe
Walla
Emile Boulet
Dynamite causes family boat explosion in Ohio
In Pomeroy Ohio a dynamite blast badly shatters the family boat of miner John Forbes who was hired to replace striking workers. Forbes fired on the attackers and they fled. no lives were lost amid a desperate Minerville strike situation.
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Albert Lewis
Chickasaw
Lewis
Brown
Pomeroy
Ohio
Minersville
John Forbes
Forbes
Mineraville
The Markets Across Cities Cattle Hogs and Grains
Market roundup lists cattle and hog price ranges by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Buffalo Milwaukee and New York with wheat corn oats rye and butter and eggs quoted. Prices vary by grade from common to prime for cattle and shipping grades for hogs.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
C. Milwaukee
New York
Indiana State News Highlights Local Deaths and Trials
A roundup of inn. events and incidents across Indiana mentions Nelle Dunn of Shelbyville dying of paralysis, a March prison cost of 4100.50, religious and social notes, accidents at Elwood and Jeffersonville, a long Howard county ditch case, gas explosion insurance actions, and appointments of trustees for four state insane hospitals with party balance. The column also notes patents awarded to Indiana residents and a Kokomo minstrel event by church members.
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Nelle Dunn
Shelbyville
Carnoti K
Terre Haute
Harry Murry
Mapiaon
Madison
Isaac Bronston
Lebanon
Jennie Hines
Sheridan
Jeffersonville
Anderson
Anderson Gas Company
Marion
Malinda Barcer
Harrison County
Gertarde Alpaugh
Andrews
Lockport
Miss Alpaugh
White Frank Knotts
Elwood
Charles Cassidy
Cassidy
Howard County
Lee
Howard Township
Supreme Court
Shiveley
Indianpolis
Wabash
Smock
First Presbyterian Church
Kokomo
Cork
R. G. Roscamp
Indiana
Edward T. A. Akass
Indianapolis
David E. Brentlanger
J. KR. West
Gas City
Malcolm Dickerson
J. F. Curtice
Fort Wayne
Ada Tarris
George Southard
Frank Stanley
Liberty
John I. Welch
Matthews
Aix
Central Hospital
John Osterman
Indianapolia
J. J. Carson
Fairland
Shelby County
D. H. Davis
Knightsville
Clay County
Northern Hospital
Dennis Ubi
Logansport
Jacob J. Todd
Bluffton
E. F. Scott
Bass Lake
Starke County
Eastern Hospital
Silas E. Hate
Ceneva
Adams County
E. Gurney Hill
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