Six Die in Jersey City Tenement Fire
Six members of the Reich family perished in an early Sunday Jersey City tenement fire. Adolph Reich, 42, his wife Tillie, 22, and children Mike 11, Gustave 8, Albert 12, and Apolph Reich 42 died. Firefighters found charred remains by the stairs and in the basement, with the mother suffocated in the dining room.
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Jersey City
Apolph Reich
Mina Reich
Tillie Reich
Albert Reich
Ida Reich
Gustave Reich
Adolph Reich
Mike
Gustave
Ida
Albert
Rumor Of Bismarck Death Sparks London Panic
In London on New Year’s Day a rumor spread that Prince Bismarck was dead. The Evening News led the claim, newsboys shouted it, and it caused public and press turmoil until Reuters received a denial. Baron O’Wekardstein of the German embassy said no news had arrived. A Berlin denial followed.
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Europe
London
Prince Bismarck
Evening News
Reuter Telegram
Baron O'Wekardstein
Van Wyck Takes the Reins as New York’s Mayor
Robert A. Van Wyck was inducted as mayor of New York City in a brief ceremony at noon on Saturday. Former Mayor Strong handed over the office after a short address about Greater New York, with many officeholders present and a tiger floral arrangement among the decorations.
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New York
Robert A. van Wyck
Strong
Greater New York
van Wyck
Geopigelty
Young Kansas Giantess Mary Exley Weighs 269 Pounds
Mary Exley daughter of a Junction City area farmer born August 15 1899 is noted as possibly the world largest child of her age. Weighing 269 pounds at about five feet nine inches tall she stands out among peers with a strong healthy stance. Also mentioned are scattered brief notes on California earthquakes near Santa Rosa and a shipwreck rescue at Cape Flattery, plus a muddled line about Warner Stuart Co and an order from a Savior Bell's.
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Mary Exley
Junction City
Kan
Fitzsimmons Challenged by Brady Over Corbett Rematch
William A Brady, manager of James J Corbett, deposits 2600 to bind a 10000 side contest with Fitzsimmons after Corbett’s dissatisfaction with their Carson City bout. Brady says Corbett proved his class that night and demands equal conditions, warning against matching with lesser fighters.
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Corbett
Brady
William A. Brady
James J. Corbett
Robert Fitzsimmons
Carson City
Finst
Corbatt
Maher
Sharkey
Ite
William A, Brady
Insult the American Flag at Barcelona Port
Capt. Gen. L. Kelsey of the schooner Wallace Ward arrived in New Haven from Barcelona on September 16. Facing mob pressure and a feared burning of the vessel, the American consul urged lowering the stars and stripes. Kelsey reluctantly stored the flag below decks during a three day port stay.
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Barcelona
L. Kelsey
Wallace Ward
New Haven
Conn
Spain
Uncle Sam
Capt. Kelsey
French Seize Hai Nan Island Without Opposition Near China
Shanghai reports the French fleet hoisted their flag on Hai Nan Island with no Chinese resistance. A London Mail dispatch from Singapore confirms the seizure. Hai Nan lies off China's south coast between the Gulf of Tonkin and the China Sea, about 12,000 square miles with roughly one million residents.
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Hai-Nan
Shanghai
Hai-Nan Island
London Mail
Singapore
China
Gulf of Tonquin
China Sea
Monthly Report and City Notices Early December
The forthcoming government monthly receipts will show increases in customs and internal revenue with sur pluses expected. Chicago plant of F C Austin Manufacturing Co destroyed by fire with $60,000 loss and one fatality. $800 relief for suffering Cubans requested from National Park Bank of New York. second remittance due January 1. Mayor Harrison bans boxing exhibitions in Chicago for months. American steamer Soledad sank near Matanzas Cuba after striking reefs. crew saved and cared for by U S Consul Brice.
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Internal Revenue
Chicago
F. C. Austin Manufacturing Company
Frank Sutton
Cuba
Sherman
Anaconda Standard
National Park Bunt
New York City
Ament
Montana
Mobile
Ala
Punta Guanas
Matanzas
United States
Brice
Plate Glass Strike Ends in Indiana Plants
The plate glass strike in Indiana ends as about 1,000 workers at the Kolomo and Elwood plants accept the company's offer for piece work pay for polishers. Both factories to resume operations this week. Emperor Francis Joseph orders session of horeichergtl closed.
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Indiana
Kolomo
Elwood
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Horeichergtl
Floods on Washington Coast Cause $1 Million Damage
A Tacoma dispatch reports the recent rains and snow melt swelling western Washington rivers. Floods topple tracks on major lines the Northern Pacific Canadian Pacific and Great Northern suspend traffic. Bridges fences and farm property swept away in many valleys. Several people drown in the upper Cowlitz and Tilton Silver valleys. Newsaukum floats as fourteen inches of water falls since Sunday.
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Washington
Tacoma
Wash
Northwest
Northern Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Cowlitz
Tilton
Silver
Newsaukum
Millionaire Haggin Weds Kentucky Girl in Quiet Ceremony
Haggin, 74, marries Pear Voorhies of Versailles, 28, a niece of his former wife. The ceremony was private with family present and the couple departed to New York in Haggin's private car. The wedding caused a sensation in local society as the secret stayed hidden until Thursday.
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Turftman Haggin
Kentucky
Haggin
Turfan
Pear Voorhies
Versailles
New York
Uaggin
Novel suit against a union in San Francisco
Fred Hess, in charge of linotype machines at the Evening Bulletin, sues the typographical union for 25000 dollars. He alleged he was discharged after applying for membership and being rejected for not serving an apprenticeship, while earning 290 dollars per week. The case tests the union’s right to force a non member from employment.
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San Francisco
Fred Hess
Typographical Union
Hess
Evening Bulletin
Disappearance Involving Express Agent With Large Sum
Mabry, agent of the Southern Express Company in Brunswick, GI, vanished with $14,500. He reportedly left with $10,000 shipped by Savannah Bank and Trust Company to two Brunswick banks, and also took $4,500 placed in the express office by the Johnson Steamship Line.
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Express Company
You
Mabry
Southern Express Company
Brunawick
Savannah Bank and Trust Company
Johnson Steam
Fatal blow in family tragedy near Milwood
Nene Mc Coy of Mud Run near Milwood West Virginia killed his sister in law Miss Shamblin with a blow to the neck after forbidding her to go to school. She took her books and started, he followed and struck her, killing her instantly.
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Nene
James McCoy
Mud Run
Milwood
W. Vin
Miss Shamblin
Ife
Indiana Murder Mystery in Fowler Office Killing
James Kirby Benton County treasurer was found shot in his Fowler Indiana office. The temple wound left his desk and safe drawers opened with contents scattered. A great citizen posse formed as locals hunted for the murderers amid high excitement.
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Indiana
James Kirby
Benton County
Fowler
Ind
Ofice
Luncheon for a Cent to Aid Newsboys in New York
Newsboys and bootblacks will get lunch and coffee counters for one cent in multiple New York districts under Harry McKnight, a former newsboy who has worked to improve street children’s conditions.
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New York
Harry McKnight
Weyler to lift Havana tobacco embargo soon
Havana port to reopen within twenty four hours ending Weyler edict of May to aid Cuban tobacco export. Dispatch notes port closures aimed at harming US colonies and cigarmakers in Havana while 70 000 bales remain held for shipment to the states once opened.
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Weyler
Hinbargo
Blane
Havana
Key West
Sayat
HW Havania
United States
Ilavana
Calls for a Warship Amid Salvador Revolt
American Consul at San Salvador reports an impending revolution threatening Salvador. At the request of the state department, Navy orders gunboat Marietta, stationed at Mare Island, to proceed to Tia Libertad and stay pending further orders. Marietta is being fitted for Chinese waters. The dispatch cites John Jenking stating the situation is alarming and urging a warship be sent.
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San Salvador
Salvador
Navy Department
State Department
Marietta
Mare Island
Tia Libertad
John Jenking
Gladstone Birthday Marks Eighty-Eight Milestone
England celebrates William Ewart Gladstone on his 88th birthday as congratulations pour to Hawarden and Cannes where he languishes with neuralgia. Other items note pension reinstatement for ex soldiers, a Cincinnati counterfeiter jailed after escape, Weyler's memorial to the queen regent, a large fire in Port-au-Prince, and the birth of a son to the Castellanos family in New York.
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England
Gladstone
Hawarden
Cannes
Cincinnati
William Baldwin
Frank Wiatson
Ontario
Kingston Penitentiary
Mountain
Madrid
London Daily Mail
Weyler
McKinley
Wyek China Company Granted Wage Advance
An advance of 12 to 14 percent in wages has been granted by the Wyek China Company at Kittanning Pennsylvania, allowing workers to return to their jobs. The agreement ends a wage dispute and restarts production.
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Rtan
Wyek China Company
Kittanning
Market Prices By City Cattle Hog Sheep Wheat and More
Shipping and wholesale prices across multiple cities for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more show varied ranges for cattle hogs and wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes with notable discrepancies by location and grade.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
New York
Egga, Wortern
Pension for widow and foreign horse import plans
Commissions report a veteran’s pension case where widow remarries, later receives a monthly pension totaling 5800. The inquiry covers horses for foreign armies, with Charles Stubbs of Denver appointed to gather data. Secretary Wilson advocates American livestock for global needs and plans a bulletin. Florists urge Congress to limit government plant distribution, while cabinet weddings and export figures for 1897 are noted.
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Wilson
Charles 1K
Stubbs
Denver
Murope
United States
Paris Rooms Offer At Fourteen Cents A Day
Berlin loans fund city improvements and water works. Foregone storms foretold by central meteorological office. In 1806 German Empire jailed 456080 for crimes with 44812 under 18. Reichstag called cheapest among European parliaments with expenses about 170000 dollars.
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Berlin
Central Meteorological Office
Tirst
German Empire
Europe
Ita
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