Fire Disaster Roars Through Warren Street Drug Store
A small fire triggered chemical explosions in a drug store at Warren and Greenwich streets New York. Four dozen buildings were blown down and many more damaged. Estimated death toll uncertain with perhaps thirty bodies in ruins. Windsor hotel fire cited. Chief Croker puts loss around 1 500 000. Thirty five missing and about one hundred injured.
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Warren
Greenwich Streets
New York
Windsor Hotel
Croker
Fire Department
A Doomed Family in Sandusky Bay Tragedy
A family of William Stark, eight miles east of Port Clinton, Ohio, drowned when their boat capsized after becoming entangled in a fish pound net. Mrs Stark and four children died. the oarsmen could not free the craft. Stark had moved from Toledo three weeks earlier and recently endured two child deaths, aged four and nine months.
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Plaster Bed
Sandusky Bay
Port Clinton
Ohio
William Stark
Port Hu- Tron
Toledo
Marvey
Desperate Burglar Escape Ends in Killings at New York Jail
Three burglars Josh Emerson George Wilson and Arthur Flanigan confined in the New York city jail attempted to overpower keepers. Flanigan killed Keeper Hugh McGovern with a prison bar and Wilson died after Flanigan's blow. Flanigan escaped via a second floor window. Emerson fell to his death while pursuing. A woman outside allegedly aided the escape by sending a saw in a pie.
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Wew Side Court
New York
Josh Emerson
Geo. Wilson
Arthur Flanigan
Hugh McGovern
George Wilson
Flanigan
McGovern
Emerson
Miners at Independence Gold Mine Quit Over Search Plan
About 800 workers at the Independence gold mine quit after a personal search program to curb ore pilfering. A miners meeting voted that all men leave the mine in digging clothes from that date. Acquittal in Ko komo murder case. Joseph Fowler was cleared by a jury for killing his friend Jonas Harris who wandered into his barn mistaken as a horse thief.
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Victor
Col
Independence Gold Mine
Independence Mine
Joseph Fowler
Jonas Harris
Kokomo, Inc
Harris
Fowler
Ashams
Plate Glass
Terrible Montana Train Wreck Kills Eight, Injures Twenty One
Eight people die and twenty one are injured in an east bound Northern Pacific passenger train wreck eight miles east of Livingston Montana. Officials believe a broken rail caused the disaster and telegraph communication is down with few details available.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Livingston, Mont
Dewet Defeat and Cuban Paymaster Reports
Paymaster General Bates notes that for year ending June 30 1900 payments totaled 86 656 000 to regulars and volunteers from the emergency fund to disband the Cuban army. Also London dispatches say General Knox defeated Boer General De Wet on the 27th, capturing two guns and three wagons with no casualties. Fort Wayne items mention local attractions and a Boston capture of Charles Alford the missing bank teller.
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Bates
of War
Auction of Crown Claims in Klondike Results
News from Seattle reports the first Klondike crown claim auction, 200 of 300 sold from $1 to $1350, totaling $19,900. Next month 5,000 claims to be offered or relocated. Dawson residents celebrate government order stopping crown reversion and new relocation rules. Gold found on a beach near Moose Hide Creek four miles below Dawson, while Nome steamer San Pedro notes a miners mass meeting condemning receivership with delegates Hoggart Baldwin Knight chosen to present grievances in Washington.
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Klondike
Seattle
Gay Gulch
Dawson
Yukon River
Moose Hide Creek
San Pedro
Nome
Washington
Judge Hoggart
Captain Baldwin
Samuel Knight
Double Life in Boston Box Maker’s Quiet Death
Charles Place a Cambridge mass box maker left two wives in Somerville and Cambridge with two and three daughters respectively. He supported both households with weekly allowances and even gave $500 to a daughter on her marriage. He attended church and taught Sunday school with Wife No. 2. The families reportedly stayed on good terms.
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Boston
Charles Place
Cambridge
Mass
Jace
No. 2
Inman Street Universalist Church
Branded Thief by His Brother Sentenced in Cincinnati
Arthur H L Jackson twenty pale faced defendant was prosecuted by his brother on a charge of petit larceny and sentenced to four months in the workhouse. He had just returned from Milwaukee and stole his brother s overcoat money and jewelry after being denied admission at 26 West Court street. He pleaded guilty and expressed relief at the sentence.
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Cincinnati
Arthur HL. Jackson
Arthur
Milwaukee
West Court Street
Lynching in Warren County Miss Spurs Outrage
In Warren County Mississippi a mob killed Gloster Barnes after he murdered his wife wounded a bystander and exchanged rifle fire with a white man. A large crowd of negroes dragged him to a thicket and shot him dead in a drunken fury. Reginald Andrews of Cedar Rapids Iowa learns he is sole heir to an English estate worth 50000.
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Lyndia Negro
Gloster Barnes
Warren County
Miss
Barnes
America
Reginald Andrews
Cedar Rapids
Towa
England
Andrews
Chicago
Rich haul by three masked robbers at Vermilion depot
Three masked men robbed the Nickel Plate depot in Vermilion Ohio forcing agent Henry Backstone to surrender then bound him and fled to a box car. The safe was blown open and several hundred dollars taken. Backstone was released next morning with no crew present.
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Vermilion
Ohio
Henry Backstone
Backstone
Secret Service Nabs Alleged Counterfeit Ring in Anniston
Five men D A Spriggs W L Pruett Eugene Reynolds W H Bentley and John A Terry were arrested in Anniston Alabama on conspiracy and counterfeiting charges. They allegedly manufactured counterfeit money but blamed others for passing it while collecting witness fees from the government. Two confessed the aim was to fraudulently earn fees, netting a large sum.
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Secret Service Department
Federal
D. A. Spriggs
W. L. Pruett
Eugene Reynolds
W. H. Bentley
John A. Terry
Anniston
Ala
Secret Service
United States
Laughlin Nail Company Plans Wire Nail Plant
Laughlin Nail Company of Martins Ferry Ohio announces a plan to build a wire nail mill after four years of closure. The firm will attach a new device to old machines to convert them into wire nail makers, aiming to compete with American Steel and Wire Company which dominates the market.
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Laughlin Company
Martin's Ferry
Laughlin Nail Company
Martins Ferry
Ohio
American Steel and Wire Company
Valley Field clash injures soldiers and strikers
Reports from Valley Field cotton mills say eight soldiers and fifteen strikers were injured in a clash between strikers and the militia with two soldiers and one striker possibly fatally hurt as about 100 militiamen were mobilized to quell an ongoing intermit tent strike linked to anti foreign leadership tensions. The dispatch also notes the death of Kang i and the suspected death by suicide of Yu l s ien. A separate Cleveland store crush at a bargain counter left two women near death and several others trampled amid a rush of five hundred shoppers.
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Valley Field
Qne
Washington
Kang-¥i
Yu-lsien
Shansi
Cleveland
Lions Attack Trainer in D C Carnival Cage Fire
At a Bostwick carnival in Columbia Washington D C a fire broke out around the lions cage hitting trainer Mme Clio who fought the flames and beasts before rescue she suffered severe bites and burns. Also reports Gustave Hlurstberg a packing house worker in Kansas City married Ida Schneider then killed himself next day.
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Columbia, D. C
Mme. Clio
Gustave Hlurstberg
Kansas City
Ida C. A. Schneider
Burlingame
Kan
Postoffice Safe Robberies Reported in Alabama District
Postoffice inspectors in Chattanooga received telegraphic warnings of two safe blowing cases in Alabama post offices within the Birmingham district. A safe was blown open at Warrior, the contents stolen with amount undisclosed, and at Woodlawn $235 was taken as the building was nearly destroyed.
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Alabama
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Warrior
Ala
Woodlawn
Alas
Man Crushed Wild Cat Skull in Copper Mine Well
Samuel Felton of Cascade Pennsylvania returning from Gulf Summit fought a wild cat that attacked him. They fell into a deep well where Felton struck the animal with a stone, crushing its skull. He suffered deep lacerations and his clothing was torn.
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Samuel Felton
Cascade
Gulf Summit
Felton
Bank Robbery Attracts $700000 Defalcation Charge
First National Bank at Broadway and Wall Street New York reports a $700000 theft by a trusted employee. Note teller Charles L Alvord is named by bank officers as the defaulter and is believed to have disappeared.
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First National Bank
Broadway
Wall Street
New York
Charles L. Alvord
Alvord
United Market Prices Across U S Cities Report
Cattle hogs and sheep prices listed for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with grain futures for wheat corn oats rye and byproducts. Each city shows range bids for prime to common grades and related commodities like butter eggs and potatoes.
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Indianapolis
St. Louia
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Washington presses for Pekin peace talks with China
Washington officials urge Minister Conger and the diplomatic corps in Pekin to open formal peace negotiations with Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching. They warn China risks anarchy if talks delay, criticising overemphasis on reprisals rather than starting negotiations.
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Washington
Asmulons
Pekin
United States
Conger
China
Couger
Li-Hung-Chang
Prince Ching
Boers Fight On in South Africa Harassing Warfare
A British report describes the Boer resistance across South Africa as persistent and effective. Boers block Cape Colony links from Bloemfontein to the Orange River area while sniping reaches Fraserburg road, complicating Lord Roberts' campaign.
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South Africa
Cape Colony
Bloemfonstein
Orange River Colony
Fraserburg Road
Lord Roberts
Jagersfontein
Escape From New York Prison Murder Report
Hugh McGovern keeper at the West Fifty-fourth street prison in New York was killed during a breakout. Escaping burglars Joseph Emerson Arthur Flanagan and George Wilson fought him as they tried to flee. Flanagan escaped, Wilson fell and died, Emerson was fatally wounded in the fall from a third story window.
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Hugh McGovern
West Fifty-fourth Street
New York
McGovern
Joseph Emerson
Arthur Flanagan
George Wilson
Flanagan
Wilson
Emerson
Winedow
Heavy Honolulu Flood Submerges Town After Torrential Rain
A violent two year high rainstorm drenched Honolulu Tuesday night. Up to 8.15 inches fell in the Nauana valley two miles from the city as the Nauann stream overflowed, washing away movable objects and flooding acres of land. Houses along the riverbank were gutted by floodwaters, with water reaching two to three feet inside some homes.
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Honolulu
Nauana Valley
Hovses
United States Opposed to German Coaling Stations
The United States vows to block Germany from establishing coaling stations in Venezuela or any western hemisphere country. The move would violate the Monroe doctrine, which the administration aims to uphold. Germany seeks western hemisphere ports, including possible Danish West Indies control, but U S resolve forced a retreat from those plans.
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Germany
Venezuete
Washington
United States
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