Panic in Chicago church leaves four dead
Easter service at St Ludislas church on 49 attendees ends in tragedy after a boy shouts Fire. Four people die and many are injured as worshippers stampede, floor beams collapse, and windows are jumped. Victims include Emma Hotka age 5 and Barbara Hermanek age 10. Police search for the prankster.
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Chicago
St. Ludislas
Twenty-fourth Street
Albany Avenue
Kate Kanik
Emma Hotka
Barbara Hermanek
Lillie Gunat
N. Farnik
Boundary BC Mining Notes and Alaska Growth Hints
The Preston ship joins Boundary BC mines as a new listing. Ottawa bill to close Sunday industries faces smelter chiefs who say continuous operation is required. L C Dillman predicts major Alaskan development soon. Jumbo Mining & Milling sale talks loom. Silver at 645-8c. Arthur James and New York investors tour BC mines. Centre Star at Rossland shows continued gains, especially War Eagle on levels 10 and 11.
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Preston
Boundary
B. C
Ottawa
Lord's Day Alliance of Canada
Canada
Alaska
L. C. Dillman
Spokane
Jumbo Mining & Milling Company
Rossland
Ocean Accident Refuses payout in Hancock case due to speeding issue
The Ocean Accident company declines a large policy claim for M. L. Hancock, a millionaire killed in a Los Angeles car crash, arguing that motorists are not covered because many are speed maniacs and the firm is not responsible for such drivers.
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Ocean Accident Company
New Orleans
M. L. Hancock
Los Angeles
Miners Reach Two Year Wage Compromise in Pittsburg District
Miners and operators of the Greer and Butler county fields within the Pittsburg district have agreed on a two year wage scale starting April 1 1906. The settlement advances wages but follows the 1903 scale. About 1500 miners will return to work immediately.
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Greer
Butler County
Pittsburg
Miss Nellie Grant Ill As Grant Family Noted
Miss Nellie Grant of New York city is seriously ill. She is the granddaughter of U S Grant and daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse Grant. The note ends with a caution that no girl should be pinched in a mercenary way.
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Nellie Grant
U. S. Grant
Jesse Grant
New York
Sporting Notes Feature A Busy Northwest Schedule
A Butte fighter Larry Gordon faces Kid Parker of Denver in Butte early next month. Spokane Traction opens a new double track to Recreation Park cutting travel to 12 minutes. A firemen’s tournament convenes at Medical Lake May 23 24 with nine towns listed. The Seattle Athletic Club may form a women’s boat crew. Salt Lake Gun Club announces a two day shoot May 2 3. Grover Herrington’s pitching helps Spokane beat Seattle High 7 4. Eddie Quinn confirms April card with Maurice Thompson 20 round fight April 27. Milwaukee prize fighting may be curbed by a new city regime. Olympic Games set for April 22 to May 2 at Stadium with old stones replicated on the grounds.
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Larry Gordon
Butte
Kid Parker
Denver
Spokane Traction Company
Recreation Park
Spokane
Medical Lake
Wilbur
Davenport
Harrington
Reardan
Odessa
Ritsville
Cheney
Sprague
Melieas Lake
Seattle Athletic Club
Anaconad
Salt Lake Gun Club
Salt Lake
Grover Herrington
Seattle
Eddie Quinn
Spokane Amateur Athletic Club
Jack O'Keefe
Chicago
Jimmy Potts
Eddie
Maurice Thompson
Milwaukee
Sherburn Becker
Kubelik Violin Virtuoso Set for Spokane Debut
Bohemian prodigy Jan Kubelik, age 25, rises from a peasant background to become a world renowned violinist. He performs at Spokane theatre on Monday evening April 23 with Agnes Gardner Eyre and Ludwig Schwab, tickets 50 cents to 2 dollars, advance sales begin April 20.
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Jan Kubelik
Spokane
United States
Kubelik
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
Paganini
Europe
America
Paderwski
Agnes Gardner-Eyre
Herr Ludwig Schwab
M. Ella Green
South Cedar Street
Theatrical Notes Necklace of Stage News
Frederick Warde may become a salaried officer of the BPOE and Maud Adams will have a private Pullman theater car. William Collier and Louise Allen Colleir face court actions. Henry W Savage prepares The Stolen Story. The Schoolmaster by Adams completed. Sousa debuts The Free Lance in Philadelphia. Ida Hawley moves from the Pearl and the Pumpkin to vaudeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Warde
Spokane
Maud Adams
William Collier
Louise Allen Colleir
Henry W. Savage
William Apthorp Adams
Sousa
Philadelphia
Ida Hawley
Six Men Die In Kearsarge Explosive Turret Accident
Six sailors perish in a forward turret explosion on the battleship Kearsarge during Atlantic fleet drills in the Caribbean Sea near Guantanamo Bay. Two more die later, with several injured. Admiral Evans reports the loss and the Navy sends condolences.
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Missouri
Kearsarge
Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
Department
Evans
Atlantic Fleet
Caimanera
Guantanamo Bay
Joseph M. Graeme
Maryland
Hudgins
Peter Norberg
Theodore Naegley
Anton O. Thorsen
Julius E. Koester
Ellis H. Athey
W. King
Guantanamo
Admiral Evans
Newberry
Spokane Market Reports Freezing Prices From Local Dealers
Quotations from Spokane show a wide range of farm prices including potatoes 50 to 65 cents cwt turnips 65 cents cwt beets 75 cents and onions 1 dollar per cwt. Apples vary 1 to 2 per box with several varieties listed. Carrots and cabbage also feature in the day’s price catalog during the Spokane market session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spitzenburg
Rome
Ben Davis
Walbridge
Ford
Minnesota
Best Ranch
Best Creamery
Spokane
Zion City clashes loom as Voliva cites embezzlement warning
General Overseer Voliva releases a letter dated April 13 1904 alleging Dowie misused Zion City funds. The document warns of jail if Dowie persists and urges frugal living. Dowie presided over Easter services in Chicago as talks for settlement resume between camps.
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Chicago
Voliva
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Zurich
Switzerland
John G. Spelcher
Charles J. Bernard
V. V. Barnes
Zion City
Bank of
V0liva
Deacon Brazefield
Chile
Ben MacDhui
Auditorium
Alberta Gallatin to star in Cousin Kate at Spokane theater
Alberta Gallatin brings a light comedy Cousin Kate to the Spokane theater next Thursday and Friday with a strong company. Reserved seats for April 19 20 25 26 29 30 can be secured by writing Joseph Petrich theater manager. prices 25 cents to 1 50 with a deposit. Gallatin, a southern actress, is linked to notable historic figures including Albert Gallatin Jenkins and J B Bowlin.
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Alberta Gallatin
Hoorah
Creston Clark
Joseph Petrich
Spokane
Kate
Evening Telegram
Portland
Ore
Miss Gallatin
Albert Gallatin Jenkins
Gettysburg
J. B. Bowlin
Paraguay
Alberto Gallatin
Navy
George Washington
Real Negro Minstrels Bring Mahara Bros to Spokane Theater
Mahara Bros minstrels perform at the Spokane theater on Saturday evening with male members and several Creole girls enhancing plantation scenes and introducing travesties and operattas. Australia’s flour exports to England have more than doubled since 1900, valued at $2,695,600.
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Mahara Bros. Minstrels
Spokane Theater
Maharas
Australia
England
Miss Arabella’s Sacrifice for ailing Mose the Cat
Arabella Tate, living alone in a hill street cottage, faces a moral dilemma over her aging cat Mose. After years of hardship and a hostile housemate, she seeks to do right by the animal by offering Mose to Doctor Gilder for care, risking her own poverty to ease Jeremiah Miles’s swearing and sorrow. The parson’s humane verdict elevates Arabella’s act as true heroism.
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Arabella
Jeremiah Miles
Miss Arabella
Mose
Jeremiah
Gilder
Dinah
Arabella Tate
Handome Palo Alto Church and King Alfonso XIII Quotation Store
The Palo Alto church funded by Mrs. Leland Stanford features a full facade painting of the Sermon on the Mount praised as high art. The piece notes don Alfonso XIII as a uniquely born king with a long title. A humorous quip about plumes on a hat follows.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Leland Stanford
United States
Europe
Alfonso
Jean I
France
Don Alfonso XIII
Spain
Castile
Leon
Aragon
the Two Sicilies
Jerusalem
Navarre
Gibraltar
Archduke of Austria
Duke of Burgundy
Brabant
Milan
Hapsburg
Flanders
Tyrol
Boston Herald
I Rely on the Sense of the Plain People
A youthful statesman proclaims reliance on ordinary voters while Senator Sorghum notes that people feel their judgment after electing him. The second line recalls a woman who admires a suitor as a beau but shames him as a husband.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
World News Roundup From Across Hemispheres
Cable reports from Caracas say cabinet positions remain vacant after President Castro's resignation. Los Angeles grows to 228,298 per 1906 directory, up 30,684 in 11 months since 1905. Roosevelt to hunt no longer while in office per Col. Cecil Lyons. George R. Young, cashier of Postal Telegraph in St. Louis, died by suicide en route to jail after embezzlement arrest. Arthur Turner of Vogue, 50, dies of pneumonia in New York. Planters' association eyes Filipino or Japanese laborers for Hawaiian Islands and Puerto Rico. Father Louis Martin, Jesuit leader, gravely ill with cancer. Michigan enrollment hits 4571 for 1905-06, up 435. USS Washington completes trial at 22.27 knots off Maine. Actress Miss Johnstone Bennett dies. Spanish king joins royal yacht squadron for Cowes visit. King Victor Emmanuel honors Matteucci of Mount Vesuvius Observatory. Incendiary writings in Appeal to Reason barred from Canadian mails. Israel Ludlow injured critically at Atlantic Beach. death likely. Anarchist plot against Spanish royal family sparks fear. French postmen resume work. 1400 on strike of 10,000. Lyons strike ended. King Frederick seeks papal sanction for a divorce from Countess Montignoso to wed again. Coal car collision at Stonewall mine in W Va kills 2, injures 11. General E S Bragg returns to US after three years as consul in Hongkong.
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Caracas
Castro
Los Angeles
Cal
Roosevelt
Cecil Lyons
Texas
George R. Young
Postal Telegraph Company
St. Louis
Arthur Turner
Vogue
New York
Planters’ Association
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Porto Rico
Louis Martin
Order of the Jesuits
Pope
University of Michigan
Washington
New York Shipbuilding Company
Maine
Johnstone Bennett
Spain
Royal Yacht Squadron
Cowes
Ena of Battenberg
Victor Emmanuel
Matteucci
Royal Observatory
Mount Vesuvius
Order of the Crown
Wizard
Kan
Israel Ludlow
Atlantic Beach
Fla
Mob Lynchers Guilty of Murder, Folk Denounces Springfield Horror
Governor Folk condemns the Springfield lynching as a disgraceful act. He states that regardless of the alleged offense, the mob acted outside the law, and any mob member is guilty of murder. The remarks come from Jefferson City on April 16.
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Jefferson City
Joseph Folk
Springfield
Embryotic Sunflower Found in Girl Grace Barrett Ear
A sunflower sprout formed inside Grace Barrett's ear in Delaware Ohio after a seed was inserted during play last fall. Surgeons removed the embryotic plant and restored the girl's hearing which had gradually worsened.
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Little Grace Barrett
Delaware, Ohio
Russia to sign loan on April 21 for 250 million dollars
Despite ugly rumors in St Peters burg, officials affirm the Russian loan will be signed April 21 for a milliard j frand about 250 million dollars. The assured date and amount counter rumors of a hitch in negotiations.
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St. Petersburg
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Arthur James
British Columbia
Nelson, Rossland
Phoenix
Accident Insurance Co
Sporting Notes
Navy Department
Real Negro Minstrels
Fine Memorial Church
Philadelphia Ledger
News OF the World
Globe
Frederick
Countess Montignoso
Territory
Stonewall Company
Charleston
W. Va
E. S. Bragg
Hongkong
Folk
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