Pittsburg Faces Third Fatal Explosion Horror
Pittsburg pa December 21 three deadly explosions in 72 hours strike local steel mills. At Singer-Nimick West End plant seven men scalded two likely to die as two boilers in the sheet mill burst, injuring workers aged 19 to 50 and causing extensive mill damage. Dozens more hurt or treated at hospitals.
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Pittsburg
Scho
Jones & Laughlin
Black Diamond Steel
Singer-Nimick
West End
Crucible Steel Company of America
Chas. Miller
Wm. George
Wm. Reed
Roller
Misers Hoard Found After Death in Croton Falls
In Croton Falls New York JOHN FITZGERALD died from starvation. a hidden hole beneath his bedroom floor yielded over 20000 in gold silver and bank notes. The hoard was discovered by those clearing the room after his burial in North Brookfield.
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Worcester
Johnitzgerald
Croton Falls
N. Y
North Brookfield
Fitzgerald
Rosebery Speech Endorsed by Weekly Reviews in London
London December 20 The weekly reviews will endorse Lord Rosebery’s sterofield speech with singular unanimity. The iron clad Liberal Speaker will prove the exception. One Speaker will repudiate any suggestion that anyone is able to replace Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in the leadership of the party. Christmas flowers Patten florist 8 Merrimack Square.
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London
Reiews
Lord Rosebery
Besterfield
Oue
Henry Campbell-Banneman
The Traders National Bank Offers Ladies Banking Rooms
The Traders National Bank transacts a general banking business. Issues foreign exchange payable worldwide in English French German and Swedish money. Provides safety deposit boxes with private rooms. Pays 3 percent per annum in its Savings Department compounded semi annually. Banking hours 8 AM to 4 PM Saturday 8 AM to 1 PM 7 to 9 PM. Banking rooms 30 to 46 Middlesex Street and 11 to 24 Post Office Ave.
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Traders National Bank
Middesex Street
Post Office Ave
Marconi to sail for England to aid talks with Anglo American
Marconi announced plans to sail next Monday on the Sardinian from St Johns to England. He will assist in negotiations with the Anglo American Telegraph company and bring wireless apparatus, leaving part behind for readiness. He seeks site options at Cape Spear and on the French shore and may install a system between St Pierre and France if the French government approves.
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St. John's
N. F
Marconi
England
London
Anglo-American Telegraph Company
Cape Spear
St. Pierre
France
William Whiteway
Gov. Boyle
Miss Holman
Mr. Marconi
New York
Chicago's Coal Famine Deepens As Cold Weather Bites
Chicago faces a looming coal famine as cold weather persists. Merchants and manufacturers plead for fuel while elevators close and office tenants endure heat shortages. Factories plan plant shutdowns Monday unless coal flow improves. railroads report car shortages and confiscation of trainloads, worsening the crisis.
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Chicago
Death of William N. Pethick in Pekin
William N. Pethick, an American who served 30 years as private secretary and adviser to Li Hung Chang, died in Pekin. He helped shape Li's progressive schemes and wrote an anti opium manifesto. He left an unfinished book on Li and his times with years of work completed. The manuscript reportedly contains revelations about recent Chinese diplomacy.
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Pekin
William N. Pethick
Li Hung Chang
Mr. Pethick
Railroad plan for Klondike claims sparks Alaska link
Seattle dispatch reports I C Dillman returning from New York where he sold 28 copper mining claims in interior Alaska for 1.2 million dollars. He says a London syndicate has decided to construct a railroad from Valdes to the claims, a 140 mile route, with an estimated cost near 3.5 million dollars.
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Seattle
Wash
I. C. Dillman
New York
Alaska
Valdes
Governor Crane Offered Treasury Portfolio
A Washington dispatch reports Gov. W Murray Crane has been offered the treasury portfolio by President Roosevelt. Crane asked for time until next Monday to decide. He was summoned from New York and met with the President, who urged acceptance to enable a timely public announcement. Crane’s friends expect him to accept, including a banker’s representative urging a decision in New York.
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Boston
W. Murray Crane
Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Ington
New York
Train Derailment in Jersey City Injures Several
A Erie railroad passenger train derailed in a tunnel at Jersey City. The engineer Geo E McKinnon and fireman Wm Marks, both from Little Falls, were seriously burned and injured alongside four passengers also hurt. All were taken to a hospital. none died. Passengers Alfred E Badgley Franklin P Ketcham Parker G Jacobs and Joseph Morris from nearby towns were among the injured.
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Erie
Jersey City
New York
Geo. E. McKinnon
Little Falls
N. J
Wm. Marks
Alfred EE. Badgley
Franklin P. Ketcham
Parker G. Jacobs
Monclair
Joseph Morris
Arlington
Jury convicts Max Epstein of Zarransky murder
In Providence R I on December 21 a five day trial in the supreme court common pleas division led to a verdict of guilty against Max Epstein for the July 27 murder of Abraham Zarransky. The jury found robbery motive and sentenced Epstein to life imprisonment as capital punishment is abolished. Epstein a native of Austria under 21 and reportedly intoxicated at the time claimed self defense.
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Providence
R. L
Common Pleas Division
Supreme Court
Wilbur
Max Epstein
Abraham Zarransky
Epstein
Zarransky
Austria
Strike Ends as Expressmen Return to Work in Lynn
Lynn December 21 strike ends as American Express Co drivers resume duties along routes. Wagons reappear, shipments resume, and merchants lift shipping suspensions. General Manager Julien credited with averting a Boston strike and preventing further North Shore disruption. Terms agreed include hour and wage schedules for eastern division employees, replacing initial demands of 12 dollars weekly for 59 hours with overtime pay.
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Lynn
American Express Co
Lynn Team Drivers
Juler
Boston
Salem
Brockton
American Express Company
Julien
New York
Lynn Team
West End church backs anti polygamy constitutional amendment
New York reporters recount a West End Presbyterian meeting where members voted to back a proposed constitutional amendment to ban polygamy in the United States. Mrs White, active missionary to Mormons, spoke of attacked schoolhouses and Mormon political reach across seven western states and a projected thirteen with colonization plans.
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New York
West End
Remarkable funeral honors for Tung Chow massacre victims
Pekin officials and missionaries reached a grim compromise to avert punishment for killers. In Tung Chow a funeral procession honored 70 native Christian victims, with hundreds of relatives following the coffins through the city streets as officials pledged atonement and respect for missionaries and converts.
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Pekin
Tung Clow
Tung Chow
Montana State Officers Under 500 Bonds
Missoula Montana December 21 Frank Higgins former lieutenant governor and Arthur Higgins state game warden were arrested on a second degree assault charge for an incident with Edward Booth on December 15. Both men released on $500 bonds.
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Missoula
Mont
Frank
Arthur Higgins
Montana
Edward Booth
Inventor Keller claims wireless ship locate and undersea contact
Chattanooga Tennessee December 20 Charles Oscar Keller of this city declares he has completed an invention after sixteen years that can locate and indicate sailing distances within sixty miles and establish telephonic communication without wires, even underwater. He plans to visit Washington in January to meet Secretary of the Navy Long and foreign naval attaches.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chas
Oscar Keller
Washington
Navy
Mystery death in Parsons. coroner finds gas asphyxiation
Parsons Kansas coroner's inquest concluded that Col. John E B Bull and his wife were asphyxiated by natural gas after their bodies were found in their home Thursday night. The investigation linked no foul play and sealed the cause of death as accidental gas poisoning.
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Parsons
Kan
John EB. Bull
Senator Sewell in Camden remains in restful condition
Camden New Jersey December 21 Senator Sewell's condition remains unchanged. He passed a restful night and is resting easy this morning.
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Camden
N. J
Sewell
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Ad Urges Quick Cough Relief
An advertisement warns neglect of bad coughs leads to chronic bronchitis pneumonia asthma or consumption. It promotes Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral with prices 15c 50c and 1.00. The ad lists J C Ayer Co Lowell Mass as the seller.
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Ayer
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell
Mass
Royal Christmas at Sandringham With Shooting Party
London reports the King and Queen will spend Christmas at Sandringham with royal family members. A shooting party will gather Monday while London’s fashionable circles head to the country for festivities. The South African War and court mourning do not dampen the season’s celebrations.
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London
Sandringham
United Kingdom
Fire in New Haven causes major damage
New Haven Connecticut December 21 fire at the At water block corner Grand avenue and St Johns street destroyed parts of several stores and a nickel plating shop. Damage is about 25000 with most covered by insurance.
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New Haven
Conn
Atwater
Grand Avenue
St. John’s Street
Fire destroys four story brick dwelling on Berkeley Street
A morning blaze gutted the four story brick house at 117 Berkeley Street owned by Allen Brown and occupied by Edmund H. Houghton. The fire started in the basement toilet room from an unknown cause. Loss is about 3000 dollars and fully insured.
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Boston
Berkeley Street
Allen Brown
Edmund H. Houghton
Rail Disasters Reported in Geneva and Melegnano
Lyons Geneva express splits a street car. four dead and twenty hurt in the city center. In Melegnano near Rome a collision wrecks two trains, six killed and fifteen seriously injured.
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Lyons
Geneva Express
Rome
Melegnano
Alger Improves After Gall Stones Attack in Detroit
Detroit dispatch says Gen. R A Alger former secretary of war endured a severe gall stone attack but slept well last night and showed improvement this morning at his residence. Charles Oakes a Boston and Maine yardman was injured while coupling cars Friday morning and left St Johns hospital Friday night seemingly little worse for the incident.
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Detroit
Mich
R. A. Alger
Charles Oakes
Boston & Maine Railroad
St. John’s Hospital
Sweets to the Sweet Christmas Candy Box Appeal
Christmas not complete without a box of candy. Those who bring Sweets are welcome guests. The purest and most delicious candies are packaged in fancy boxes, pretty on the outside and good inside.
Digital Evidence and Sentences Mark Lowell Court Session
In Lowell a deaf mute interpreter aided Judge Hadley as Michael J. O Neil faced larceny from the person charges. Testimony tied a watch to Frost s jewelry and Griggs pawnbroker, with sentences for multiple defendants including six months for O Neil and others, while Holworth s case was filed after family performance plans.
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Fred Parent
Hadley
Michael J. O'Neil
Louis Mercier
Parent
Richard
O'Neil
George S. Griggs
O'Neill
Frost
Griggs
Downs
Welch
Murphy ordained priest in Boston Cathedral
Dennis Francis Murphy of Lowell was ordained to the priesthood at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. Archbishop John J. Williams officiated the 8 o'clock ceremony, lasting over three hours, with many Lowell residents in attendance. Murphy, son of Mrs. Thomas Murphy of Walker Street, has three sisters and a brother. He was born in Lowell 25 years ago and educated at St Patrick's School, Holy Cross College, and seminary in Minnesota and Brighton. His first mass may be at St Patrick's Church on Christmas Day.
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George LaRose
Central Falls
R. 1
Romulus Drainville
Drainville
James B. Holworth
Thornton
Agent Richardson
the Humane Society
Bijou
Boston Theatre
Lowell
Holworth
Keith
Europe
Hadley
William F. Parent
Tilton
N. H
Thomas F. Mulligan
James H. Bryan
Fen Murphy
Mary Whiteley
John J. McDermott
Dennis Francis Murphy
Boston
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
John J. Williams
Mr. Murphy
Thomas Murphy
Walker Street
St. Patrick's School
St. Patrick’s Church
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Holy Cross
St. Charles Seminary
St. Paul, Min
Brown sentenced to life in state prison
Boston December 20 Benj H Brown colored murderer of Mrs Alice M Crowell white was brought before Judge Lawton and sentenced to life imprisonment in the State prison with the first day in solitary confinement He pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree last Tuesday Brown, who says he was the paramour of Mrs Crowell, shot her at the Hotel Rexford July 21 in jealousy.
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Boston
Benj. H. Brown
Alice M. Crowell
Weather Reflects Warm and Busy Christmas Day
Yesterday saw busy streets with shoppers day and night. The night brought a drop in temperature, but the forenoon was clear and delightful with rising temperatures. Barometer readings were 30.10 yesterday, 30.08 this morning, and 80.04 at noon, with temperatures 26 and 18 noted.
New England Weather Forecast Tonight and Sunday Warmth
Peston reports a forecast for New England with fair skies tonight and on Sunday, warmer conditions expected Sunday, and fresh north to west winds.
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Peston
New England
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Lawrence Glancy
State Farm
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