Terrific Nitro-Glycerine Blast Shakes California Plant
A massive explosion at the California Powder Works in Pinole killed four in the glycerine house and nine Chinese workers, with debris scattered for miles. Authorities suspect a dropped car of nitro glycerine caused the blast. the loss is estimated at 250000 dollars. Counterfeiters gang nabbed in Chicago, with Ed Tray George Kiley Thos Meyers William Murphy and others arrested.
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California
San Francisco
California Powder Works
Pinole
Bay
A. F. Pollock
Pollock
Eme
Secret Service
Chicago
United States
Foote
Ed. Tray
George Kiley
Thos
I. Meyers
William Murphy
Canada Bill
Con” Russel
Lill” Boyer
Lulu Harris
Very Peculiar Malady and Other Distressing Feats
Sixteen year old John Trimble of Anderson Indiana suffered a rare ossification disease after a bruise on the feet. The illness spread over his body until only the head remained relatively normal and he died. Fire at Gate City Alabama destroys George M Mitchell grocery and ten other buildings with thirty mill workers in a boardinghouse among the flames. James Smithson and two unknown men perished in the blaze. Paul Tustin, a 22 year old swimmer, leaped from the Eads bridge into the Mississippi River and surfaced unharmed after a flawless dive. Little Hattie Philabaum, five, choked on beef pot pie and died despite efforts to save her. General Kelley plans a countrywide petition drive seeking federal relief from depression. Nicholan Wilhelm, over 200 pounds, was killed when he fell two feet down an embankment on Cherry street. Chicago whisk y trust directors move to dissolve the receivership. Michigan Senate votes to restore capital punishment in certain cases.
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John Trimble
Anderson
Ind
Gate City
Ala
George M. Mitchell
Mitchell
J. G. Funt
Rolling Mill
James Smithson
Nicholan Wilhelm
Cherry Street
Massillon
Ohio
Wilhelm
WisLttas Norix
Joseph Holmes
Mapis
Germany
Jacos Hutchinas
Muncie
Parnie Gortz
David Tinkey
Columbus
Tinkey
Vigo County
Torres Haute
Northern Indiana Editorial Association
Logansport
Davis
Rockville
William Chestwright
Loun Scussor
Laporte
Charles Schmidt
Buffalo
Louis
Terre Haute
Main Street
Dexvoad Minter
Sedalia
Margary
Della
Kate Kelly Sinks on the Great Lakes Aboard Schooner Wrecked
Doubts about the Kate Kelly fate ended when tug Jesse Spalding recovered wreckage off Kenosha and Chicago from the vessel. Beams, timbers, a yawlboat confirmed the loss of Captain Hatch and five crewmates. The Kate Kelly, built 1867 in Tonawanda New York, was a 246 ton fore and aft schooner once owned by a Buffalo woman nicknamed the Jew peddler and later by Edward Gable and Captain Hatch.
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Kate Kelly
Jesse Spalding
Chicago
Kenosha
Spalding
Charm
Kelly
Hatch
Great Lakes
Tonawanda
N. Y
Martel
Buffalo
Four Hundred
Lake Michigan
Sher
Edward Gable
Oswego
Captain Hatch
American Resident of Cuba Predicts Cuban Revolt Success
James Purman, linked to Las Heram os sugar mills in Las Cruces, Cuba, returns to New York and forecasts swift revolt growth. He cites rebel scheming, a lull in fighting, yellow fever to weaken troops, factory closures, and rising support for insurgents across the island.
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Cuba
James Purman
Las Hermanos
Las Cruces
New York
Purman
Spain
Fifteen Miles of Flame Forest Fires Threaten Buckley Area
Fire spreads through fir forests within fifteen miles of Buckley Washington with nine ranches burned and nine hundred residents evacuated as smoke drifts to Tacoma thirty six miles away. Superintendent J McCabe warns only heavy rain will halt the flames and a special Buckley train carries residents out if the fire closes in.
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Washington
Buckley
Wash
Tacoma
J. McCabe
Pacific Division
Northern Pacific
Lester
Passengera
Labor Inquiries Opened On Machinery And Women's Work
Commissioner Wright leads two congress authorized investigations into machinery impact on labor and production costs and the economic aspects of women's work with findings likely a year or more away. In Western League notes, dynamite fears arise at Phillipsburg school after discovery of seven cartridges and caps in the coal box. A London funded irrigation dam project across the Rio Grande at Rincon aims to stretch canals to Fort Hancock and El Paso.
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Wright
Congress
Phillipsburg
N. Y
Texas Irrigation
el Paso
Texas
London
Rio Grande
Hincon
N. M
Rincon
Fort Hancock
Hi Paso
Stage robbery near Klamath Falls shocks travelers
Bandits masked and armed with Winchesters hold up the Alger stage near Klamath Falls Oregon. Passengers are searched and forced to reveal contents before the express box is opened. Stolen amount unspecified. second robbery in the same locality within a month.
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Klamath Falls
Oregon
Alger
Winchester
Severe Cold Snap Little Grain Damage Despite Frosts
R G Dun weekly review notes frost and snow slowed retail trade but caused little harm to grain crops, while fruit suffered. Wages rose 10 percent at Carnegie works and at Jones & Laughlin, with more to follow. Illinois Steel starts furnaces without wage concessions. woolen mills saw no advance. Demand for goods grows, but interior employment remains weak. wheat rose 5 cents on frost reports.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Carnegie Works
Jones & Laughlin
Illinois Steel Company
Florence Earthquake Devastates City in Historic Disaster
Terrifying quake devastates Florence and nearby towns, burying thousands under rubble. More than 3,000 Florence residences lie ruined as survivors fear to search for kin amid ongoing aftershocks. San Martino church collapses during worship, killing many and injuring others. The region faces its worst disaster in generations.
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Florence
Italy
San Martino
City Swept by Fire in St. Albans Vermont
A devastating blaze hit St. Albans Sunday afternoon, the worst in Vermont history. Estimated losses reach 750000 with six streets in the business district burned and about 75 acres of ground left in ruins. Roughly 600 residents are homeless.
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St. Albans
Vermont
Meant to Rob a Train Scheme Spoiled by Arrests
A Missouri gang of counterfeiters planned to rob the Burlington Eli Chicago train with guns stored for murder. Harry Stode of Brookfield revealed the plot and the group was arrested on another charge, preventing the raid.
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Missouri
Harry Stode
Brookfield
Burlington
Chicago
Venezuela Claim Gains Support From Boundary Evidence
Washington reports that British documents found in Hawaii support Venezuela in the boundary dispute with Britain. Assistant Surveyor General Curtis J. Lyons notes a 20 year old British map differing from a recent foreign office map, shifting about 10,000 square miles westward, altering ownership between Venezuela and Britain. The older map, produced by the Royal Geographical Society and approved by the foreign office, is considered scientifically and officially significant.
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Washington
Hawaii
United States
Curtis J. Lyons
British
Foreign Office
Gaines
Venezuela
Royal Geographical Society of England
American Iron Works Raises Wages Ten Percent
American Iron Works of Pittsburg announces a ten percent wage increase for all skilled workers and most others, except common laborers earning 1.20 per day. The move comes as Republic Iron Works resumes at the Amalgamated Association rate, restoring employment for about 400 idle workers.
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American Iron Works
Pittsburg
Jones & Laughlin
Carnegie Steel Company
Republic Iron Works
Amalgamated Association
Expulsion of Corresponde at for Exaggerated Reports
The university acts to expel Norman M. Cameron a Detroit correspondent for alleged fabrications and exaggerated reports harming the institution. The target article cited is the famed sausage story involving a student nicknamed the Baron.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Norman M. Cameron
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Markets Report Across Cities With Varied Prices
Chicago cattle markets range from 8.75 to 6.25 per cwt with hogs 3.00 to 4.75 and sheep 2.50 to 5.00. Wheat No. 2 red 69 to 75c, corn No. 2 49 to 58c, oats No. 2 28 to 41c, rye 60 to 68c. Butter 12 to 17c, eggs 10 to 18c, potatoes 50 to 60c per bushel.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Indiana Briefs: Murders, Accidents and Local Rumors
A compilation from Indiana towns reports Charley Reed jailed ten years for horse stealing. Mat Williams dead in southern prison cell. George Lewis killed by a falling plank at a sawmill. Whitewater River stocked with 1.2 million fish. Vigo County school drop in enrollment. Union rail project near Marion proposed. Other items note a France-to-Germany order, smallpox scare in Valparaiso, and local mishaps from Anderson to South Bend.
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Inang
Newport
Seymour
Charley Reed
Muncie
Richmont
Rockville
Crawfordsville
Nappanee
Brazil
Mat Williams
Whitewater
Wayne County
Jacon Gortz
Cambus
Joserph Topp
Wile
George Dinina
George Lewis
Peru
Severat
Marion
Southwest
Goshen
Sam
Henry Ebermart
South Bend
Valparaiso
Panhandle
Winamac
Long
Kinner
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News OF the World
Paul Tustin
Olle
Fort Wayne
Hattie Philabaum
Mrs. Maxwell
Kelley
Washington, D. C
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The
Whisk By Trust
Michigan
Michigan Senate
National Baseball League
Western League
Pittsburgh
Boston Seanee
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Louisville
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Grand Rapids
Oledo
St. Paul
Bandits
Dun
St. Alans
Jacmeu Nelson
Crawfordaville
Montgomery Co
Jackson
Globe Molding Works
Sangamon Street
Fourteenth Place
Nangle
Hee
Defauller
Comatock
Fidelity Mutual Life
Brussels
London Standard
Robert Tyler Jones
White House
President Tyler
Mary Tyler Jones
Confederte
Schnaubelt
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
New York World
Chicago Haymarket
New York Senate
New York City
Gravina
Antwerp
Lisbon
Capones
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