New York Fire Ravages Broadway Buildings
A basement fire at Rogers Peet and Co. on Broadway near Murray and Warren streets destroyed the Rogers Peet building and threatened the Home Life and Postal Telegraph structures. Five alarms, gale winds, and heavy rain hampered efforts as flames rose to the roof. losses were estimated around a million dollars and rising. Two vessels, the Alamo and the tug President, faced explosions and a fatal boiler room incident with several workers killed or injured.
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New York
Rogers, Peet and Company
Warren Street
Broadway
Rogers-Peet
Rogers- Peet
Home Life Insurance Co
Murray and
Warren Streets
Ltiome Life Insurance Co
Postal Telegraph
Rogers, Peet
Postal
Home Life Insurance Company
United States Life Insurance Building
Bonner
Nova Scotia Schooner Wailléeda Faces Fierce North Atlantic Storm
New York reports the trim Nova Scotia schooner Wailléeda captained by Kemp arriving from Gonaves after a brutal hurricane in late November. The crew observed a drifting distressed schooner and two other vessels aiding briefly before daybreak, with the wreckage later deserted and presumed lost. The Wailléeda battled continued gales, drifting leeward, and encountered large yellow pine timber obstructing passage.
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New York
Nova Scotia
Wailléda
Kemp
Gonaves
North Atlantic
Alamo Steamship Disaster Kills Six in Engine Room
The Mallory line steamship Alamo departing New York on December 3 suffered a burst 11 inch steam feed pipe in the boiler room. Six men died from scalding, four escaped, one passenger, John Stoneman of Albany, was injured. The ship’s sailing to Galveston was delayed until evening and all boilers were lit as fires burned.
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President
George B. Wix
Mr. Stoneman
John Ryan
Mallory Line
Patrick Murphy
Camal
Alamo
Roche
Petrie
New York
East River
Pattrick Murphy
Timothy McHugh
Frank McMahon
al Connell
J. Ryan
Patrick Farrall
Angers Arrives in Distress with Shipwrecked Mariners
The British steamer Angers under Captain Morton arrived in New York harbor in distress after severe Atlantic gales. She rescued eight shipwrecked mariners from the dismasted vessel Harry B. Ritter in mid ocean and brought them to port.
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New York
Angers
Morton
Atlantic
Harry B. Ritter
Silver as Basis for Philippine Currency Report
Edward W. Harden reports silver remains the sole basis of Philippine currency, with gold absent for over two decades. He cites Banco Espanol Filipino notes, Mexican dollars recoined, and estimates total currency at 40 to 45 million dollars, about five dollars per capita, with exports led by hemp and sugar and imports valued at about 17.3 million dollars in 1897.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Edward W. Harden
United States
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Banco Espanol Filipino
Manila
Bancs Espanol Filipino
Harden
SeventeenYearOld Boy in Providence Commits Suicide
Providence, R I, Dec 4 Warren F H Chase a 17 year old boy took strychnine and died early this morning after efforts to counteract the poison failed His act followed losing his position and was discovered despite attempts to save him.
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Providence
R. I
Warren FH. Chase
Munyons Headache and Indigestion Cure Claim
An ad touts Munyons Headache and Indigestion Cure as the sole remedy for all headaches in 3 to 10 minutes and to correct indigestion, stimulate nerves, and build the system. It promises universal home use and travel usefulness, with 25 cures for 25 cents. Also promotes Doan’s Ointment for eczema and skin issues, available at drug stores.
President Message to Congress on War Legislation
Washington reports the Fifty-Fifth Congress faces limited time to pass essential war related measures. The president’s message, likely two hours read, will guide debate on budgets army expansion and Hawaiian territorial government. Expect focus on deferment of war possessions and canal bill debates.
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Washington
Hawaiian Islands
Spain
Congress
McKinley
House
Cannon
Thomas B. Reed
Reed
Peace Treaty Progress Claimed As Negotiations Advance
Washington December 4 Advices from Judge Day of the Paris peace commission reach last night's cabinet meeting and are said to be very gratifying with hopes of signing the treaty in a reasonable time. Cabinet members express satisfaction at progress and note negotiations are moving rapidly though various details require fuller learning of the President's wishes.
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Washington
Day
Paris Peace Commission
Paris
Costa Rica's President Heads to Paris via New York
Costa Rica's President Iglesias left Washington for New York City with his suite and Col. Carter, the president's personal representative. He plans to stay in NYC until next Saturday before sailing to Paris.
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Costa Rica
Washington
Iglesias
New York City
Paris
Col. Carter
Army
American Officials Meet Castellanos in Havana Evacuation Talks
In Havana on December 4 the U S evacuation commission led by Gen Wade met Capt Gen Castellanos at the palace. The cordial talks followed Spanish troop withdrawals from San Antonio de Los Banos and Jaguey la Grande. Evacuation of Batabano and the western island end nears completion. Contracts awarded for a Havana bay railway line and a Tacom theatre sale to an American syndicate. Prisoners shifted to civil jail pending trial.
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United States Evacuation Commission
Gen
Wade
Claus
Hart
Alnvy
Allison
Butler
Brooke
Castellanos
San Antonio de Los Banos
Jaguey la Grande
Matanzas
Col
Hecker
United States
Spain
Fuda
San Ignacio
Juan Forgas
Batabano
San Felipe
Triscormia Landing
Havana Bay
Cambute
American Indies Company
Tacom Theatre
Bacon Realty Company
Booth
Ward Line
Ceballos
New York
General Transatlantic Company
Guillermo Zaldo
Cabanas
Punta
Editor Denies Dreyfus Syndicate Allegation
Paris reports Henry Rochefort of Intransigeant claimed General Horace Porter the U S ambassador to France said England financed the Dreyfus syndicate to weaken France. Porter denies the statement as fabrication pure and simple.
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Paris
Henry Rochefort
Horace Porter
United States
France
England
Dreyfus Syndicate
Oneral Porter
M. M. Rochefort
Picquart seeks jurisdiction ruling in Dreyfus case
Paris December 4 Col Picquart now in custody awaiting trial for allegedly sharing confidential military secret service documents with his counsel has applied to the court of cassation now tied to the Dreyfus affair to declare whether he is subject to military or civil jurisdiction He bases his petition on several criminal code articles.
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Paris
Col. Picquart
Military Department of Secret Service
Court of Cassation
Dreyfus
Nicaragua's cabinet named for Zelaya oath tomorrow
Managua dispatch lists President Zelaya's incoming cabinet with Jonathan Sanson as Foreign Affairs Minister Ferdinado Abaunza as Interior Minister Ramirez Mairena as Public Works Minister Jose Estrada as War Minister and Felix Zelaye as Finance Minister, oath set for tomorrow.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Galveston
Zelaya
Jonathan Sanson
Ferdinado Abaunza
Ramirez Mairena
Jose Estrada
Felix Zelaye
Censorship tightens in Spain amid Carlist arrests
London reports Spanish censorship blocks Carlist news abroad and prevents contradiction of Carlist items. Describes arrests in Barcelona and Calaona and notes the disappearance of Carlist general Isasi and several colleagues.
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London
Daily Mail
Biarritz
Barcelona
Calaona
Isasi
Fire kills seven in Xenthal hamlet near Sonneberg
A fire in a small hamlet of Xenthal near Sonneberg, about 12 miles northeast of Coburg, burned seven people to death today. The report notes the tragedy occurred in Berlin time with details limited to the fatal blaze and its location.
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Berlin
Xenthal
Sonneberg
Coburg
Peace treaty in sight as talks wrap up in Paris
In private sessions today the U S and Spanish peace commissions predicted the treaty would be signed within a week barring unforeseen issues. American and Spanish officials dismissed reports of new McKinley instructions demanding a Caro line base and a Philippine cession clash.
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Paris
United States
McKinley
Carolines
Philippines
Authors Wrote in Peak Powers Across Ages
Research shows minds peak between 40 and 60. Swift at 59 birthed Gulliver's Travels, Mill at 56 published Utilitarianism, Scott's Waverley appeared at 44, Milton's Paradise Lost emerged around 54–59, and other famed works followed after age 46 to 60.
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Gulliver
John Stuart Mill
Sir Walter Scott
Milton
Cowper
John Gilpin
Defoe
Thomas Hood
Darwin
Longfellow
Oliver Wendell Holmes
George Eliot
Daniel Deronda
Bacon
Grote
Greece
Surprised man cured by Carter’s cough balsam
A man suffering a six week cough was awakened at night and believed incurable until Carter’s cough balsam, priced at two 25 cent bottles, cured him completely. The product is made by Carter & Sherburne, low priced druggists in Merrimack at the corner of Bridge Street.
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Carter & Sherburne
Merrimack
Corner Bridge Street
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