Fire at Boston Bleachers Destroys Grand Stand and Dozens of Buildings
A major blaze at the Boston League baseball grounds devastates the grand stand and about a hundred wooden structures east of the field, leaving five hundred families homeless. Firefighters and Chief Webber are injured. aid from nearby towns is used, with insurance pegged at roughly two thirds of the loss and a relief fund of four thousand dollars approved.
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Walpole, Burke
Berlin
Tremont Streets
Tremont Street
Johnstown
No Tax Compromise Rejected by Indiana Tax Commission
The Indiana State Tax Commission rejected all offers to compromise with the railroads in tax litigation after several meetings. Railroads sought relief from penalties on dettoquatt taxes. Commissioners presented a proposal, details undisclosed, but railways feared an unconditional surrender if accepted.
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Indiana State Tax Commission
Regulator House Wrecked by Storm in Indiana
Lightning struck the regulator house of the Winchester and Ridgeville Gas Company near Selma Indiana destroying it and firing four wells. Fire shot a flame about one hundred feet high. Gas service is disrupted to Winchester and Ayeville as crews fight the blaze. A Big Four freight train at Main Street Springfield Ohio jumped the track causing fourteen loaded cars to pile up. Brakeman Kolen suffered fatal injuries and two tramps were serious.
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Winchester and Ridgeville Gas Company
Selma
Ind
Winchester
Ayeville
Main Street
Springfield
Ohio
Kolen
Pottawattamie
Lexington
O. T
Norman
Head
Chicago Bridewell
George Dunlap
Evanston
James Maher
Bridewell
Farley
Gus Meeks
Browning
Mon
Meeks
Milan
Katie Taylor
South Carolina
Randolph Epps
Jefferson County
Florida
Epps
R W. Bellamy
Miss Taylor
Eppa
Ludvig H Goldhorn
Mannheim Insurance Company
New York
Thomas
West Indies
Menominee Junction
Indianapolis
St Louis
Hannibal
F. Cartwright
Liberty
K. W. Cobb
James Garland
MH. Harris
Dan Horper
T. M Husbock
J. W. Lane
Quincy
Patrick Murphy
Torrer
K Webb
Lima, Mont
Red Rock
Lima
Dillon
Frank Vo. McDonald
Pabtic Bank
San Francisco
Japan
Dalton
Chblo
EF Houghton
Roy Aberlin
Elwood
FE H. Finley
H. T. Graves
Charles Montgomery
Kroh. McBonald
People
Eleonberg, Wash
Bund
Pullman
Muncie
Flint Glass Works
Newport
Covington
Connecticut
Lake Superior
Clinton Avenues
Greene Avenue
Pension Increase for Mexican and Indian War Veterans
The House Committee on Pensions voted to report a bill raising monthly pensions for Mexican war and Indian war veterans from eight to twelve dollars. Representative Caminetti of California introduced a bill to grant the raise to Mexican war pensioners, and the committee extended the increase to Indian war survivors.
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House Committee On Pensions
House
Caminetti
California
Three Men Die In Cesspool Collapse At Continental Hotel
Reph Silvers William Barber and Jack Fuller colored workers were cleaning a cesspool at the Continental Hotel Quartingburg West Virginia When a section of earth sank the pit filled with waste and the men perished despite attempts to escape The tragedy underscores harsh labor dangers faced by African American workers in the era of the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reph Silvers
William Barber
Jack Fuller
Quartingburg
W. Va
Band of Commonwealers captures eastbound freight train near Batesville
A group of sixty six Commonwealers led by General Sullivan split from General Randall near Ligonier Indiana, seized an eastbound Lake Shore train, held it until Butler arrived fifty miles away, then were dismounted. Nearby at Batesville Ohio Leonard Sturm aged 25 was fatally shot by an accidental discharge of his son. Judge Miller denied a new trial for Corey Brown and Jones. Dr Talmage demands 380000 cash to fund a Brooklyn Tabernacle rebuild.
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Sullivan
Randall
W Army
Ligonier
Ind
Lake Shore
Butler
Batesville
Ohio
Leonard Sturm
Corey & Co
Washington
Miller
Corey, Brown
Jones
Multiple Heavy Crimes and Disasters Reported Across States
A cascade of crime and calamity floods regional reports. Incidents include a rancher discovering female and child remains near Sundance Wyoming, a New York saloon keeper killed by an ex policeman, and a Pennsylvania man who hanged himself. Also noted: murders, duels, prison violence, a Browning Montana mass murder, and a string of train wrecks and floods from Wisconsin to Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M Borne
Sundance
Wya
John Farrel
New York
Patrick Masterson
Masterson
John G. Godshall
Lansdale
Joseph White
Minneapolis
Stillwater
Ife
Local man near Crown Point dies by hanging in barn
A Crown Point area resident ended his life by hanging in his barn. He was financially secure, but community rumor held his mind was unbalanced. He leaves a widow and five children.
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Crown Point
Fire Sweeps Brooklyn Tabernacle and Adjacent Buildings
Fire after Sunday service at Brooklyn Tabernacle caused extensive damage and spread to Hotel Regent and nearby homes. Total loss exceeds 2 million dollars with fires touching Washington Avenue and Summerfield Church. Benzine tank explosion in Bradford and Kendallville shop losses also noted.
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Norway
Bradford
Kendallville
Ind
J. Keller & Sons
John Orstadt & Bons
Notable Deaths and Obituaries Across Towns
Obituary notices and death reports list George K Duckworth aged 47 in Clockand Rev H Phillip Erlach aged 55 in Chippewa Falls Rev David Andrews of Terre Haute in Valparaiso Indiana Sergeant George J Waleb of Indianapolis found dead from a brain clot after a cold bath Henry Dillard a Virginia student in Baltimore died of smallpox aged majority 100000 fortune and 960000 future wealth to come Colonel Casper Budd famed for breaking up the Knights of the Golden Circle dies Crawfordsville aged 9 years.
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Clockand
George K Duckworth
Chippewa Falls
Wis
H. Phillip Erlach
Valparaiso
Ind
David Andrews
Terre Haute
George J. Waleb
Indianapolis
Henry Dillard
Henry County
Virginia
Baltimore
Casper Budd
Knights of the Golden Circle
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Croker resigns for Tammany chair. McQuads to lead finance
Richard Croker quits as Tammany Hall leader and John McQuads is chosen to succeed him as chairman of the finance committee. William R Morrison writes declining to be a Democratic U S Senate candidate from Illinois. A Populist representative seeks to set aside 1693 and 1682 senatorial apportionments.
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Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
John McQuads
Finance Committee —Co
William R Morrison
United States
Hiineis
Illinois
Pension bill seeks 1 cent daily service rate
Washington reports Representative Bynum of Indiana has introduced a Congress bill to grant pensions at one cent per day for each day of service. Other notes include adverse reports on extermination bills for Russian thistle, Michael W. Powell resigning from US Geological Survey for health, Charles D Walcott appointed to succeed Powell, and Secretary Smith opposing Choctaw and Chickasaw claims to Kiowa and Comanche Reservations.
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Bynum
Indiana
House Committee On Agriculture
Michael W. Powell
United States Geological Survey
Charles D Walcott
New York
Major Powell
Smith
Kiowa and
Comanche
Exequatur Returned as Nicaragua Recovers Envoy
Ten thousand dead in Venezuela earthquake with Merida Laguinilas Chiquars San Juan and surrounding villages destroyed. Prospectors rush to Cool Guarda in West Australia and Wyalong in Gipps county as gold fields attract many miners despite long desert distances and camel transport.
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Nicaragua
United States
Braldu
Venezuela
Merida
Laguinilas
Chiquars
San Juan
Wyalong
Gipps County
West
Australia
Rhode Island Yucat Club Wife Files Slugluto Divorce
The wife of Commodore W. R. Fales sued for slugluto divorce while Fales tours the world aboard his steam yacht. The Massachusetts House rejected a bill to let cities and towns manufacture and distribute gas. A bill to furnish elect ed power for heating passed. In Rio Grande City Texas a shooting between police and US soldiers left one soldier and a bystander dead. Commissioner Emery of the Brooklyn Board of Health issued a statement on the smallpox outbreak urging vaccination and public cooperation.
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W. R. Fales
Rhode Island
Yucat Club
Commodore Fales
Massachusetts House of Representatives
United States
Rio Grande City
Texas
vMcorsa
Emery
Brooklyn Board of Health
Brooklyn
Fiendish landlord tale and strikes across towns
A London Morning paragrah recounts a brutal landlord arson story, while reports note vaccination progress, a dangerous elephant in New York, a Cleveland woman’s fine, a Watertown sand storm, Gloucester halibut prices, and labor unrest from Pullman to Newport. Includes bank troubles, rates changes, and strikes involving 2,000 workers and 300 carpenters.
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the Morning
London
New York
Central Park
Elizabeth McCoy
Cleveland
Ohio
William W. Guptill
Watertown, & C
Gloucester
Maia
Masons of
Chicago
Washington Boulevard
Hagen
American Exchange Bank of New York
Honolulu
Tabernacle Fire Destroys Brooklyn Edifice and Regent Hotel
A noon fire wrecked the Brooklyn Tabernacle and the adjacent Regent Hotel after flames spread from the organ pipes. Dr. Talmage blamed electricity. total losses exceed 2 million with church valued near 500,000. Russell Sage insured and open to rebuilding using insurance and subscriptions. The ornate bastard granite church seated about 5,000 in a Norman styled interior.
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Regent
Clinton Avenue
Waverly Avenue
Tabernacle
Greene and
Waverly Avenues
Washington Avenue
Summerfield Methodist Church
Talmage
Schermerhorn Street
Russell Sage
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Telegraph
Boston
Nullivan
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Crime and Casualty
Ealem
Harry Watson
Peter Barman
W. A. Latimer
First National Bank of
Sedalia
National Bank
Clevelands
Pecourenys
New Yorks
Pitteburna
Louis
Beatons Philadeth
Loutevilies
Cincinnati
Washiner
Western League Gamer
Toledon
Sioux City
Rapidsia
Detroits
OatTs
Rix
Buffalo Barr
Regent Hotel
T DE Witt Talmage
TOE
Brooklyn Tanernacle
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