Forty Buildings Destroyed by Exposition Park Fire
A December blaze at Exposition Park in Meadville Pa driven by high winds razed forty buildings, inflicting losses estimated at $140 440. The Park Amusement Company and Jala Miller & Sons hotels were among the hardest hit. The fire started at the Bis marck hotel and spread along Comstock street and Park Avenue threatening Hotel Virginia. Firefighters cleared space by removing adjoining structures but could not save the larger premises.
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Exposition Park
The
Park Amusement Company
Jala Miller & Sons
Loks
Bismarck Hotel
Meadville
Comstock Street
Aidway
Park Avenue
Lake Front
Virginia
Learning to prevent mine disasters urged at congress
Pittsburg December reports intense concern at the Americano mining congress over protecting mine workers. Owners recount the Monongah tragedy near Fairmont West Virginia killing 361, noting even the best ventilated, model mines failed. A director from Fairmont Coal cautions there may be a vital cause never discovered.
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Pittsburg
Dec
Americano Mining Congress
Monongah
Fairmont
W. Va
Fairmont Coal Company
Pittsboro-Buffalo Company
Marianna
A. B. Fleming
Emperor’s Letter Delivered at White House Visit
Washington reports that the late Chinese emperor’s letter to President Roosevelt was handed to him by Tong Shou Yi, acknowledging China’s remission of 14 million dollars of indemnity for Boxer rebellion damages. Tong and Prince Tsai Fn led the delegation into the White House blue parlor, introduced by Acting Secretary Atee.
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Washington
China
Roosevelt
Tong Shou Yi
United States
White House
Tong
Prince Tsai Fn
Atee
State Department
Mr. Root
Indian Maid Elopes From Carlisle School
Carlisle Pa Dec 3 Superintendent Friedman seeks arrest of an Indian couple who eloped from the Carlisle Indian school. The girl was a pupil. her lover came from the west on Sunday. The couple wed without parental consent after eloping rather than await western approval. Toledo milk crackdown begins Jan 1 unsealed cans banned for shipments into Toledo from Ohio and Michigan. Jenkins Not Guilty. New York Dec 3 John G Jenkins Jr former president of Brooklyn based Jenkins Trust acquitted of $50,000 misappropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Friedman
Carlisle Indian School
Toledo
Ohio
Michigan
Health Department
Jenkine Pound
New York
John G. Jenkins, Jr
The
Jenkins Trust Company of
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
French Colors Protect Alexis as Haitian regime changes
Haiti's capital falls to revolutionists after Nord Alexis resigns and seeks refuge aboard a French warship Duguy Trouin. General Antoine Simon proclaims General Legitime as president amid violent crowds. French and American warships salute the departing president while rioters seize valuables from a discarded trunk.
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Haiti
Nord Alexia
Port Au Prince
Nord Alexis
Dugusy Trouin
Antoine Simon
Legitime
Alexis
Ben
M. Carteron
Carteron
Hippolyte
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Piso
Jordan & CO
Phila, St., Indiana, Pa
Mellor's
Phil
Indiana
Philadelphia
Indiana, PA
W. W.brilhart & Son Opticians
City Methods
Hugese Heard Spectacle Co
Opticians
Mining Congress
H. H. Johnston
Singer and
Wheeler Lage Sewlog Machines
Repolelag
Richard Grant
Il A
Perfection Oil
Japan
Neoreal
Atlantic Refining Co, (Incorporated
Wun
Mack’s
Philadelphia Street
D. C. Mack & Son
Indiana Business
Thomas Bros
Indiana Dye Works
Phila. ST
Rowe Building
Indiana Construction Co
North Ninth Street
Merchant Tailors
Vogel Bros
Sixth St
John
Hastings
Pauch Bros
Gazette Bldg
Indiana Laundry
M. J. Hedden
Chas, H. Miller
Bath
J. R. Seth
St. Borth
Bani Tallarico
New York & Snoc
Bianco
Philadelphia St
Hatien
Lord Alexis
Berlin
Reichstag
Center
Pompee
Winder
Charleston
Gomi Brothers
Rand
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