Fire at Woodruff Hotel Woodruff kills and injures many
A blaze at the old Hotel Woodruff on Twenty first Street and Wabash avenue trapped delirium tremens patients in basement beds chained to frames. Firefighters, rescue workers, and a nurse escorted victims from a burning building as Alderman William E Kent known as Blind Billy Kent was reported among the dead. The fire caused thirteen confirmed deaths and a loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
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Woodruff
St. Luke Society
Twenty-first Street
Wabash Avenue
William E. Kent
Billy” Kent
Marshal Campion
C. E. Miller
Society
Tom Brown
O. E. Miller
Lists of the Dead and Injured in Sanatorium Fire
The dead include J. Newell Carl A. Carlson Joseph Harrington Samuel Dalzell Dr J T Stanton George A Ribbeck Hilledale Mich William Kent alderman Fourth ward Chicago John B Knapman Mrs M Paumann B H Boyd 78. Officials list missing and believed alive or dead. names include M J Cahill attache William Eggleston George Harrigan Morris B Loucks Charles McGrail Malcolm Morris Thomas Ryan. Injured include Mattie Jamieson M Silver Frank J Johnson Dr Willis Bunker Amands Wilson May Ellis W K E Davis Mrs O E Miller Dr A C Davis Dr Boyd 70 years old. Fire trapped delirium tremens patients. escape was nearly impossible.
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Carl A. Carlson
Joseph Harrington
Samuel Dalzell
J. T. Stanton
George A. Ribbeck
M. J. Cahill
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George Harrigan
Morris B. Loucks
Charles McGrail
Malcolm Morris
Thomas Ryan
Mattie Jamieson
M. Silver
Frank J. Johnson
Billy’ Kent
Willis Bunker
Amands Wilson
May Ellis
W. KE. Davis
O. E. Miller
A. C. Davis
St. Luke Society
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Carl Carlson
Pullman
William McConnell
Michael Luby
Gott
Lavergne
Isis
J. B. Bishop
St. Louis
A. W. Wattles
J. F. Suit
Hi. C. Davis
Kent
Fire at Saratoga destroys block killing fourteen
Fire in Saratoga June 10 destroyed the Arcade and the Citizen's National Bank block and the Shackelford building. Five lives were lost in the blaze, with officials reporting a severe death toll as the tragedy unfolded.
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London
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Citizen's National Bank
Shackeford
London Fire Kills Nine Girls in Five Story Building
Fire swept the upper floors of a five story building near Mansion House station in central London. Nine young girls died in the blaze and fifteen people were injured, with two unidentified bodies and numerous burns. David Hewland, 75, civil war veteran and janitor of the Grand Army hall in the Arcade, is noted among the victims. Insurance estimates place property loss at $225,000.
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Pyes
David Héwland
Luther M. Wheeler
Grand Army Hall
Arcade
London
Mansion Ouse Station
Mitchell Explains Miners View to Labor Chief Wright
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers met with Labor Commissioner Carroll D. Wright in New York to detail the miners side of the anthracite strike and its causes. Mitchell said Wright’s visit aimed at an official report, not a settlement, and noted 18 000 West Virginia miners were out with operators predicting an indefinite stand.
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John Mitchell
The
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Carroll D. Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor
Mitchell
Ralph M. Easley
National Civic Federation
Manhattan
Wright
Commissiner
West Virginia
Wilkesharre
Appleton Girl Missing After Elopement With Ball Player
Martha Bodmer a 20 year old from Appleton Wisconsin is missing after eloping with a man said to be a professional ball player named Kanelley. Police in Chicago searched for them after a letter from the mother said Martha was in Chicago.
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Central Station
Martha Bodmer
Appleton
Wis
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Martha
Armalda Bodmer
Anarchism Suppressed by New Prosecution Bill
Washington reports a House substitute for a protective bill against anarchist acts. It imposes death for killing presidents or senior officials, and long terms for attempts or conspiracies. It bars admission to opponents of organized government and bans naturalization of anarchists.
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House
Senate
United States
Anl
Boers Bitter Over Peace Surrender Rift
A sharp divide persists among Boers after peace terms with the British. Boer leaders in Bloemfontein refuse to shake hands with earlier surrenderers, signaling long lasting bitterness between opposing Boer factions.
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Bloemfontein
Orange River Colony
Tugmen seek probe into Great Lakes Towing Company
Attorney General Knox orders District Attorney Sullivan to investigate the Great Lakes Towing Company Cleveland Ohio after tugmen allege failure to file bills of sale with customs when ownership changed during consolidation. If proven the seventy tugs could be seized. a injunction against inspectors is also sought.
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Great Lakes Company
Cleveland
Knox
Sullivan
Great Lakes Towing Company
Customs Department
Had a very short life Winona boy dies after blow
Louis Scherer a 16 year old high school student dies from a head injury after a blow with a club Sunday night in Winona Minnesota. He had felt fine after the assault but collapsed next morning as a post mortem reveals a brain bleed from the wound.
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Winona
Minn
Louis Scherer
John Haase
Scherer
St. Paul
Rio
Igenry B. Whipple
Ingratitude of the Tagal leads to life imprisonment
Washington reports a Mindanao court martial finding four Filipinos guilty of murder after dining with a local family. Martin Guillipus struck an inmate with a weapon, nearly beheading him, suspecting the victim was a Manila police officer. General Chaffee confirmed the death sentence but commuted it to life hard labor.
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Mindanao
P. I
War Department
Martin Guillipus
Langaran
Guilliput
Manila
Chaffee
Boers Surrender Triggers Boy's Suicide Tragedy
Vienna reports 13 year old Leopold Winkler, who led a school group pledged to the Boer cause, killed himself over grief after the Boer's surrender. He left a note claiming faith to the Boer stand. The incident follows his failed attempt to join the Transvaal.
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Vienna
Leopold Winkler
Winkler
Transvaal
Fifty Families Made Homeless by Fire in Michel
A blaze yesterday in Michel, B. C., destroyed twenty four houses and left fifty families without homes. Fire officials say the flames swept rapidly through the settlement, with early investigations focusing on accidental causes.
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Michel
B. C
Nomination highlights and tragic Wisconsin shooting incident
Illnois native Jewell serves as consul in Martinique while Brigadier Generals Bates and Davis are named major generals. John Datzell seeks re election in Pennsylvania thirty district. In Eau Claire Byron Shurtleff killed his wife then shot himself. The pope to receive mosaics for books sent. Mgr Martinelli receives red hat. Hong Kong wells run dry causing suffering amid steam plumes.
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Martinique
John C. Bates
George W. Davis
John Datzell
Congress
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Eau Claire
Wis
Byron Shurtleff
Mgr
Martinelli
United States
Hong Kong
Inialo
Coban
Oxford university Rhodes view and mixed medical ads blend in column
The piece critiques Oxford for American students with Rhodes scholarships and envisions a shift toward engineers driving progress. It also includes various health remedies and notices, from deafness cures and stomach tonics to a cough cure and health tips, mentioning Otis products and Miss Florence Nightingale’s age.
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Electrical Review
Oxford University
Oxford
United States
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