Seven Die in New York Tenement Fire Tragedy
Fire at 216 West Thirty second Street traps residents in a five story brick tenement. Seven people perish from smoke while others, including a woman who leaped from a third story window, are injured or doomed. The blaze blocks the only stair exit as families evacuate through a narrow central stairway.
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West Thirty-second Street
New York
George Friedman
Levi Friedman
Annie Appleblat
Lena
Daring Robbery in Chicago Center Sketched by Time
A mid afternoon robbery in Chicago’s business center nets 46 000 in watches jewelry and cash. Two armed men burst in while G W Brethauer senior at Brethauer and Co watched as thieves rushed to the vault scooping watches and cash before fleeing. Captain Bock and twenty Indian police later surround and capture several suspects in camp, promising further hunts for ring leaders.
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Chicago
Brethauer
Brethauer & Co
Washington Street
Achauer
Wagoner
I. T
Charles Kock
Joe Johnson
Moserive
Dick Reynolds
Jim Kates
Jon Perry
Bock
Fort Gibson
Unknown man attacks Fredskinner home in Columbisville Mich
At S o clock the other morning an unknown man entered the residence of Fredskinner at Columbisville Michigan and attempted to murder the occupants. The attacker used a blacksmith s hammer injuring Mrs Skier who will die and striking Mrs Lucetta Standby and Mrs Skinner s mother perhaps fatally. Mr Skinner warned of the assault with a pillow and the assailant fled from Clearfield Pennsylvania. In a Beech Creek railroad wreck near Bellefonte five men were killed. all unknown and found armed with revolvers and burglar tools.
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Fredskinner
Columbisville
Mich
Skier
Lucetta Standby
Skinner
Axspecial
Clearfield
Beech Creek
Oearleur Station
Tronwood
Milwaukee
Lake Latham
Isaac Keebler
Elijah Welton
Tennessee
Jeffersonville
Ind
Harvey Btone
Omaha National Bank
Charles Reeves
Hlot Springs
Ark
Alberta
Wheel Works Burned In Davenport Fire Disaster
Davenport fire destroyed almost the Bettendorf Wheel works owned by Eagle iron works. Losses cited at 40140 with 20000 insured. A boy died when a hose cart passed over his neck. Pirates boarded the Italian bark Scutolo near Morro Nuevo Africa and plundered petroleum cargo before fleeing with boxes. Souvenir World’s Fair half dollar coins traded heavily for gold at subsTreasury locations with about 44000 exchanged.
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Bettendorf
Davenport
Iowa
Eagle Iron Works
Scutolo
Starita
Philadelphia
Naples
Morro Nuevo
Africa
Indian Territory plan to end lawlessness and new territorial government
Secretary Smith will seek abrogation of treaties to establish a territorial government. Numerous violent incidents are reported, including a fatal shooting in Freeport by a 10 year old, banditry at Gibson Station, and a fatal clash near Perry. The era’s crime wave spans robberies, lynchings, arson, and deadly train and stockyard accidents across multiple states, with extensive property losses and lives claimed.
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Indian Territory
Smith
Volney Morin
Chain Doughty
Freeport
Gibson Station
Sam Bartell
Agnes Jones
Perry
Bartell
Miss Jones
Millington
Tenon
Roaring Springs
Laure Rua
Lebanon
Ind
Gertrude Davis
Grace Davis
Toona George
Carl Gowans
May McDaniel
Lina
Ohio
Croydon
West Side high school histology study sparks fear and protests
article reports parents in Chicago object to biology lessons at West Division High and Grant School involving crayfish dissection and vivisection, claiming nightmares and nervous system harm. It notes student age, perils cited by local officials, and broader regional health and legal items from the period.
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West Division
Big West Side
Grant School
Armel
Isaac N. Phillips
Bloomington
Hiinois Supreme Court
Kentucky
Caseyville
Renunciations topple German throne line and caprivi steps down
Grand Duke George renounces his succession rights in favor of his younger brother. Chancellor von Caprivi resigns, Count zu Eutenburg also steps down, Dr Miquel becomes President of the Council, and Prince von Hohenlohe is offered the chancellorship. Emperor William weighs Bavarian Wurtemberg Saxony Baden envoys before naming Caprivi successor. Reports say Hohenlohe declines due to age and General Waldersee is eyed as Caprivi's replacement. In Yalu battle, 3,500 Chinese troops are routed by Japanese forces.
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George
von Caprivi
Count Zu Eutenburg
Dr. Miquel
Prince von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst
Alsace-Lorraine
Prince Hohenlohe
William
Bavaria
Wurtemberg
Saxony
Baden
Hohentlohe
Count Waldersee
Bismarck
Caprivi
Yalu
Circular note on civil service forced campaign gifts
From Washington Postmaster General Bissell issues a circular about civil service sections relating to forced campaign contributions. Also reported: Swedish schooner Arene exploded off Peterhead Scotland. all crew perished. Secretary Smith’s estimates show a £14,281,590 decrease for next year, incl. $10,000,000 for pensions. Carlisle holds whisky in bonded warehouses cannot be released on duties, extending bond eight years. War Dept seeks Attorney General guidance on posse comitatus use in Indian Territory. illegal to chase train robbers, no Indian mistreatment evidence. Smallpox prompts closure of the entire Department store. Additional items include leadership shifts, court rulings on lodge property, and various criminal and personal news.
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Bissell
Civil Service
Peterhead
Scotland
Smith
Carlisle
War Department
Attorney General
Interior Department
Indian Territory
Hoke Smith
Toterfor
Coal price rise and receivers named in financial reports
The Alcuras Commercial Co of Halley seeks a receiver amid coal market shifts. Anthracite prices jump as Chicago dealers raise car load prices from 8 to 585 dollars, due to labor troubles and tighter inventories. Rail and lake rates move, forecasts expect further upswings. Also, Junge Sample resigns as receiver of the Illinois National Building and Loan Association. Edirtiman of Denver reveals creditor liabilities around 750 thousand with assets near two million. Northern Pacific receivers have sold 63.5 million of certificates. proceeds redeem 2.1 million certificates held by Brayton Ives.
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Alcuras Commercial Company
Halley
Idnaha
Philadelphia
Rocusons
Chicago
Junge Sample
ET Pollock
Ilinois National Bullding and Loan Association
Ed i Rirtiman
Denver
Ilenry
Payne
Northern Pacific
Brayton Ives
Hoosier Happenings of Local News and Tragedies
Richmond begins May music plans while Crawfordsville builds a telephone system to debut by December. A series of accidents and fires across central Indiana leaves workers injured and several dead, including Grace Speakman in Marion and Al m. Trisky near Lake Shore line. The report covers bank reserves, property losses, and other daily shocks from Kokomo to Knox.
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Richmond
Crawfordsville
Chyarles F. Weddle
Pennsylvania Road
Orinoco
Shelbyville
Carr J. R. Notrton
Kokomo
Evansville
Merchants’ Mercantile Agency of Chicago
Taporte
Kowanoc
Mitch
Munese Weaeering Works
Alm
Trisky
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Rikhart
Fran
Tie
Joseph Miller
Wooktown
J W. Fent
Miller
St. John's Hospital
Wilson Lewis
Lafayette
Mary Chambers
Epowardb Nues
Fli Crouse
Keelsville
Indianapolis
National Banks of
Indiana
St Knigitstown
John T. Girty & Son
St. Lourstreame
George W. Jones
Ome
Main Street
Ofc
Missouri Pacific
Jones
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al Kennedy
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Neb
Homer
William Devring Company
Chicaza
West Street
Boatele
Wash
East St. Louis
Teronal Company
James J. Wood
Springield
Ireland
L Q CG Lamar
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Oxford
Misa
Illinois
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Pittsburg
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Harry Cleveland
Akron
Chauncey M
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Keneas City
Draffen
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Pactic Coast
California
Wilte Agenta
Washington
Matthes
Todlany
Equire House
Kearns Clark
Springfield
England
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James L Morrison
Kansas City
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Iola
Kan
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