Fire devastates Webster House hotel in Montreal
Webster House fire in Montreal near Bonaventure station claims three charred bodies identified as hotel workers. Casualties rise with several injured, many residents jumping to escape as investigators probe furnace-origin blaze. Names include John Benbow of Ottawa and J T Wilson of Sherbrooke among the dead. Maud Worthing and Maud Hogan among the injured.
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John Benbow
Ottawa
Transvaal
Quebec
General Hospital
Webster House
Maud Worthing
Haddo
Way
Bessie Hollington
Maud Hogan
Montreal
J. T. Wilson
Sherbrooke
Jane Jaffrey
A College in Ruins After Fire at Centenary Institute
Hackettstown New Jersey October 31 The Centenary collegiate institute was gutted by fire early Tuesday morning. Over 300 students escaped with few belongings as alarms sounded. The loss is estimated at 256000 with partial insurance. The building had been linked to the Tillie Smith case years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackettstown
N.J
Centenary Collegiate Institute
Tillie Smith
Fire at Sing Sing Prison Destroys Bakeshop and Hospital
A blaze at Sing Sing State Prison early Tuesday destroyed the bakeshop and part of the hospital. Twenty eight sick convicts in the hospital were saved by firemen. There were no casualties. The inmates in the main prison were not in immediate danger but panicked briefly. The cause of the fire is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sing Sing
Fire destroys Horatio business district in Ark scene
Fire at Horatio Arkansas on Monday wipes out the entire business section causing an estimated loss of fifty thousand dollars. Local authorities reported the blaze as the principal disaster affecting the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
Horatio
Aberdeen packing cannery burns in Fair Haven loss
Loss amounts to $159,066 after a Monday night fire at the Aberdeen packing company's cannery in Fair Haven Washington. The blaze caused extensive damage and disruption to operations. Local firefighters fought the blaze to prevent spread to adjacent structures.
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Fair Haven
Wash
Aberdeen Packing Company
Free European Trip Opens With Philippine Army Enlistment
Local recruiting station begins Philippine enlistments with cavalry option added and seven men departed Tuesday from Fort Slocum New York via Suez Canal. Private Dobbins delivered deserter A R Smith to Chicago authorities. Deserter B E Murphy apprehended in Pax-ton Illinois will be disposed of soon. Lieutenant Rowell at Fort Wayne overseeing sub station wind up. Only one sub station remains in state at Terre Haute. Quarters undergo repairs due to calefmining.
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Fort Slocum
New York
Suez Canal
Philippines
Dobbins
A. R. Smith
Seventh Artillery
Chicago
B. E. Murphy
Battalion of Engineers
Paxton
Ill
Rowell Iz
Fort A Wayne
Terre ‘Haute
State Charities Board Holds Regular Quarterly Meeting
The State Charities Board met in the state house for its regular quarterly session Tuesday with Gov Mount presiding. Members present included Timothy Nicholson of Richmond, Thomas E Ellison of Fort Wayne, Demarchus Cy Brown of Irvington, John A Bilder, William Treeter, Amos Waler, secretary Mrs Margaret F Peele, and Dr Mary A Spink of Indianapolis.
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Charities
Board
State ‘Charities
State’ House
Mount
Timothy. Nicholson
Richmond
Thomas
E. Ellison
Fort ‘Wayne
Demarchus Cy Brown
Irvington
John’ A. ‘Bilder
William Treeter
Amos
Waler
Margaret
F. Peele
Mystery of Crown Prince Rudolphs Death Revisited
Vienna reports a sensational claim that Crown Prince Rudolph killed his mistress Baroness Mary Velsera and then committed suicide after a final rebuttal from Emperor Franz Josef who allegedly declared the baroness his sister. The tale hinges on an alleged revelation of incest.
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Vienna
Rudolph
Mary Velsera
Franz Josef
Patr ick Sullivan Dies During Rosary at Holy Cross Church
Patrick Sullivan aged 70 of 26 S Oriental Street collapsed and died at 9 am Tuesday while reciting rosary prayers in Holy Cross church. His 11 year old grandson witnessed the event as the priest prepared to begin mass. Deputy-coroner ruled heart disease. He leaves two sons in Chicago and Richmond and three daughters in Indianapolis and Louisville. The attack followed a period of heart trouble and stair climbing likely caused the fatal episode.
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Holy Cross Church
Patrick Sullivan
S. Oriental Sr
George Kirkhoff
Dunlavy
Sullivan
Chicago
Richmond
Indianapolis
Louisville
Hunger Strikes American Troops in Santa Rosa
American troops at Santa Rosa face food shortages due to transport difficulties. A foraging party seized rice and corralled goats for the commissary. The gunboat Laguna de Bay lies aground nearby and may remain until the river rises. Captain French dies of wounds in Manila. Consuls deny promise of independence to Aguinaldo per Artachio.
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Artachio
Capt. French
Manila
Santa Rosa
Laguna de Bay
Charity group reports rising calls and funds in annual meeting
The Indianapolis charity held its annual meeting at Plymouth church on Tuesday. Secretary Grout reported the dime savings department collected 28 600 in the current year from 90 000 calls, up from 17 749 31 on 63 000 calls last year. In 1893 the first year 19 653 calls were made. Officers were elected and supporters were urged to encourage neighbor use and savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Plymouth Church
Grout
Dime Savings Department
Faith Healing Blamed for Diphtheria Spread in Schools
Chicago health officials report 114 new scarlet fever and diphtheria cases in 24 hours traced to contagion in public schools. Dr. Heman Spalding cites faith healers as causing concealment of disease and underreporting by parents who believe in divine healing.
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Health Board
Chicago
Health Department
Heman Spalding
Dowie
Premier Works 10 Open Near Pittsburg Steel Plant
Owners of Premier steel plant near W Merrill Avenue plan to reopen the mills with about 200 workers. A new corporation to be formed as Pittsburg Steel Company with $300,000 capital. H Blair Miller to run operations. Rail rate disputes loom as principals seek railroad terms. plant idle for years, reopened for billets and structural iron work only. Carlin bought plant at receiver sale for $125,000.
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Alexandria
Indiana Steel Company
H. Blair. Miller
Tinois Steel Company
Chicago
Carnegie Steel Company
Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Illinois Steel Company
Pittsburg Company
Carlin
S. Senate Ave
Aguinaldo aid promised independence denied by confidant
Artachio, once Aguinaldo’s close ally, returns to Hong Kong after a dispute that led to his imprisonment at Dasmariñas. He claims Consuls Wildman and Williams did not promise Filipino independence and asserts he would have known of any such pledge. Wheaton later captured Dasmariñas.
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Hong Kong
Aguinaldo
Wildman
Williams
Artachio
Dasmarinas
Gen. Wheaton
Five City Health Inspectors Dropped Amid Budget Cuts
The City Controller and Health Board announce an economizing move cutting five sanitary and meat inspectors from the health department. Five inspectors remain, with resignations submitted after the election not considered. Funds show $1,242 left in the salary pool of $4,927.50, and officials say these are temporary dismissals unless needed for epidemics or outbreaks.
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Board of Health
Smith Meyers
Jeremiah Collings
Abraham Sanborn
Henry Thienes
George Kuhn
Henry Woessner
Woessner
Johnson
Morrison
Health Board
Meyers
Thieves
Board of Works
Health Department
Henry Klein
Horace Cramer
Board of Safety
E. D. Clark
United States
Oil Combine Emerges With Cudahy Backing In Illinois
Chicago news reports a new oil combine forming to challenge Standard Oil. The Cudahy plant at Waukakee is being expanded, with tests and leasing in the 50,000 acre Kankakee valley. Edwin Gould is rumored to be a major backer of the venture.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Cudahy Company
Cudahy
Warkakee
Kankakee
Edwin Gould
Capt Charles French Dies After Amputation
Dispatch from Manila dated Oct 31 reports Capt Charles French of the Thirty-sixth Infantry died in Washington after a gunshot wound near Florida led to leg amputation. He previously served as first lieutenant in the First Montana Volunteers from May 1898 and became captain in 1899.
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French
V.ashington
Manila
Charles French
Thirty-sixth Infantry
Florida
Blanco
Otis
Montana Volunteers
Thirty-sixth
United States Volunteer Infantry
Movement of Troops Near Cabanatuan and Carranglan
Gen Otis reports from Manila on Oct 31 that Young advances north and east of Cabanatuan and will occupy Palavera and probably Aliaga today. Objective San Jose and Carranglan are set targets as wet roads hinder wagon transport and slow progress. Signed Otis.
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Washington
War Department
Otis
Manila
Young
Cabanatuan
Palavera
Aliagia
San Jose
Carranglan
Colored pastor arrested in paternity case
Constable Long arrested Charles Johnson pastor of Antioch Baptist Church on paternity charges by Odie Bellé- Majors. The Majors girl, believed 18 or 19, alleges Johnson fathered her child after a visit when no one was home. Johnson denies the accusation. Justice Smock set trial for Friday with $400 bond.
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Constable Long
Justice Smock
Charles Johnson
Antioch Baptist Church
Odie Bellé- Majors
Majors
Johnson
Irvington
Ner
Bond
Sweepin g Leaves Jolt City Street Cleanup Rules
City ordinance liable residents for sweeping dead leaves into streets. Street cleaning contractor must cart away leaves from the street and from between sidewalk and roadway. Yard debris has doubled his workload as entire yards add to street pileup.
Wheatley Quits as Bridge Superintendent
The resignation of W. H. Wheatley, superintendent of bridge carpenters for the county, was accepted on Tuesday. Bridge repairs will be done by contract and the bridge force will be reduced.
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W. H. Wheatley
Ferryboat Chicago Collision Kills One. One Missing
After a night search police say two lives may be lost in the collision between the ferryboat Chicago and the steamer City of Augusta. John Bryson, a mail wagon driver, is found. John Vroom is missing. Divers search as 1100 passengers faced panic and life raft rush. The crash occurred at 12 43 a m near Jersey City and New York.
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New York
Chicago
Pennsylvania Line
City
Augusta
John Bryson
John Vroom
Jersey City
Durham
Enfield Staid
Adams Express
Charles McCurdy
Brooklyn
George Higgins
Monte ‘Coogan
Newark
Health Board Refuses to Re Furnish Dr Vize Home
The Board of health declines to re furnish the 142 Virginia Ave home of Dr P E Vize dentist. They quarantined the doctor and his wife for small pox. City sanitarian says only the mattress will be burned though other items may be disinfected with heat and formaldehyde fumes applied to upholstered articles.
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Board of Health
P. BE. Vize
Virginia Ave
Clark
Record Fire Alarms Hit New Year Peak
The year has seen 800 fire alarms by noon Tuesday, a new record. In 1898 there were 704 alarms, surpassing prior years. October shows 83 alarms this year versus 37 in October 1898, with February reaching the highest monthly total at 107 alarms.
State officers complete fiscal year wind up
Secretary of State Hunt cut short his Kansas trip to attend the year end close. The auditor's deputy prepared warrants for appropriations and bills against Indiana on Monday and Tuesday. All unexpended monies as of November 1 will be turned into the general fund.
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Hunt
Kansas
Indiana
Peaceable settlement possible in Sigma Chi case
The Butler college Sigma Chi chapter sues P. T. Moore and Phi Delta for breach of contract over the chapter hall lease. Moore owns the hall and may have violated the contract by leasing to Phi Delta. Attorney Newberger suggests an amicable settlement. Judge Leathers, a Sigma Chi, would request a change of venue if a trial occurs.
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Butler College
Sigma Chi’ Fraternity
P. 12
Moore
Phi Delta Fraternity
Sigs
Phi Deltas
Newberger
Leathers
Sigma Chi
Ninety Days and Fifty Dollars for Theft
Charles Jackson of Indianapolis was fined 50 dollars and sentenced to 90 days for stealing brass fittings from the Indianapolis Engine Company. Brainfield, linked to Jackson, was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cee Chas. Jackson
Indianapolis
Brainfield
Keng Jackson
Tug Thoman Sinks After Ferry Collision
The tug Thoman collided with a ferryboat at the foot of Washington Street in Brooklyn on Monday night and sank. The crew escaped unharmed.
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New York
Thoman Racey
Washington St
Brooklyn
Indianapolis Weather Forecast Brief
The forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity calls for fair weather with a 36 hour outlook ending at 8 p m. Tonight and Wednesday are expected to be clear and mild with no precipitation indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hughes Time worn scheme leads to grand jury bond
Hughes charged with carrying concealed weapons and forgery was bound over to the grand jury under a 3000 dollar bond. He passed a 25 dollar check on Dr Culver and tried another at a Virginia avenue drugstore. Police say he forged a Martinsville man’s 125 dollar check. He has a long record of trouble and has pleaded insanity before.
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Harry Or
John Hughes
Grand Jury
Dr. Culver
Martinsville
Dr Todd attacked as police respond to early morning incident
Police report a disturbance near Meridian and Maryland on Tuesday morning led to an ambulance being summoned for Nora Kelly. Officers found the ambulance unnecessary and confronted a tearful arrest scene as a person struck Dr Todd in the mouth, with others—Gregorie and Parnes—mentioned in the confusion.
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Todd
Meridian
Maryland-srs
Nora
Kelly
Dré-Todd
Gregorie
Faerie Parnes
Edward Roberts seeks divorce for abandonment
Edward Roberts files for divorce from Cora alleging abandonment. The report also notes Marie Emma Dorland seeks a divorce from John, claiming cruelty and requesting attorney fees of 25 dollars. Helen Olga Kirk seeks 5000 dollars from John 4A, and Amelia Kirk claims injuries from alleged assaults by the defendants on two occasions. Freight items and apparel priced low in the city by Strawmyer & Nilius at 37 Monument Place.
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Edward Roberts
Cora
Marie Emma
Dorland
John
Helen Olga Kirk
John 4A
Amelia Kirk
Boers Capture 2000 British in Ladysmith Battle
Reports confirm a column including Irish Fusiliers and Gloucester regiment was surrounded and captured by Boers near Ladysmith. Maj. Adye and many officers were taken, with heavy losses among British troops. White plans to defend Ladysmith or fall back as Buller orders reinforcements to South Africa.
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Irish Fusiliers
Tenth Mountain Battery
Gloucester Regiment
Boers Capture 2,000 Men and Eight Guns
London dispatch reports Gen White's left wing surrendered to the Boers. The force is believed to be about 2,000 men with eight artillery pieces. The disaster causes widespread astonishment in military circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
White
White Takes the Blame for Ladysmith Disaster
London reports Gen. White claims responsibility for a left flank disaster at Ladysmith after his column including the Royal Irish Fusiliers the Tenth Mountain Battery and the Gloucester Regiment was surrounded and forced to capitulate. Casualties not yet known and Boer messengers seek burial aid.
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London
England
White
Ladysmith
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Tenth Mountain Battery
Gloucester Regiment
England Arms the Blacks
New York October 31 World dispatch from Brussels quotes Transvaal agent Dr Leys accusing Great Britain of arming the colored races of South Africa against the Boers with grave certainty and accuracy.
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England
New York
Brussels
Dr. Leys
Transvaal
Great Britain
South Africa
Boers Build Forts Around Kimberley
Kimberley dispatch reports the Boers are constructing forts around the town and setting siege guns as part of wartime preparations.
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Cape Town
Kimberley
Boer Flags Roar In Paris Echo Over Ladysmith News
Paris papers celebrate British defeat at Ladysmith with Boer flags flying from offices and additional signs of rejoicing reflecting anti English sentiment after the news.
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Ladysmith
the Patrie
Battle Reported Near Ladysmith in Cape Town News
A report from Cape Town on December 3 notes fighting between Boer forces and British troops near Ladysmith. Details are sparse but indicate ongoing clashes in the region with no confirmed casualties.
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Cape Town
Bribane
Ladysmith
More Troops Called Sut
LONDON October 31 Lord Wolesley commander in chief of the army has ordered out three regiments of reserves for service in South Africa.
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London
Lord Wolesley
South Africa
Agents Will Offer Bond to Suppress Information
Vincent G. Clifford announces a census setup for June 1900 with 200 agents canvassing Indianapolis in two weeks and county agents a month for reports. Special agents will collect manufacturing statistics, paid daily, and held to secrecy with bonds of 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent G. Clifford
City Fire Officials Target Faulty Flues Before Winter
Fire-chief Barrett and Building-inspector Robinson launched a citywide drive to inspect all downtown flues and order repairs. They warn that cracked mortar from natural gas and coal use increases fire risk, urging homeowners to arrange inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett
Robinson
Jack Frost
Bust Boom Story Ties Muncie Real Estate to Collapse
George Love of Muncie faces federal court claiming a West Muncie real estate boom caused losses. The Western Improvement Co where Love sat as director borrowed during the panic from John W. Love of New York. The bank took an overdraft against the firm, about 25000 dollars, and the company's real estate was seized, ending the enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Love
Muncie
West Muncie
Western Improvement Company
John W. Love
New York
Fourteen Cars Wreck Bridge Toll in Guilford Indiana
A Big Four freight train plowed through a Guilford bridge early Tuesday. Fifteen lumber cars plunged into the creek. W. D. Clarx of Somerset Kentucky died and Ed McCreary of South Bend Indiana was killed. One other man injured. Two colored men reportedly seen near the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
Ind
W. D. Clarx
Somerset
Ed McCreary
South Bend
Clark
Riverside Dam Proposal Drops From Park Officials
Park managers say no meeting with the United States engineer has occurred regarding placing the Riverside dam project. The engineer confirms no visit or appointment has taken place to confer on the proposition.
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United Stagineer
Riverside
Eres Dam
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