Eight Burned In Sulphur Works Explosion In Brooklyn
An explosion at a Brooklyn sulphur refining plant injured eight workers and sent flames and toxic fumes into the street. Firemen and police assisting victims were overcome by fumes, with one fireman injured after falling from a ladder. The blaze sent wreckage into a nearby creek as investigators suspect a machine spark ignited sulphur. The factory housed about forty workers. four are believed fatally burned and losses are estimated at twenty thousand dollars. Named men include Michael Cleary Patrick Sweeney William McCullough and Michael Willahan.
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New York
Brooklyn
Michael Cleary
Patrick Sweeney
Wm. McCullough
Michael Willahan
Doctor Hunt Found Dead After Suspected Window Jump
Boston on February 16 reports the death of Dr. Israel T. Hunt a Charlestown physician found on the sidewalk in Monument Square. He was 65 and had multiple injuries including broken legs and a head injury. authorities suspect he leaped from a second floor window in a demented state.
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Boston
Israel T. Hunt
Charlestown
Monument Square
Hunt
German Sailor Dies of Yellow Fever at Swinburne Island
New York on February 16 reports Frank Bill a German sailor removed from the steamer Orizaba last Friday with yellow fever has died in Swinburne Island hospital and his body will be cremated.
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New York
Frank Bill
Orizaba
Swinburne Island Hospital
Bensingers Set Chicago Bowling World Record
The Bensingers of Chicago establish a new world bowling record for three games with an average of 1061 1-3. The prior best was the Empires of Chicago at 1056 2-3.
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Chicago
Bensingers
Ships Arrive From Glasgow and Antwerp
Notice lists Furnessia arriving from Glasgow and Moville, with Pomeranian from Glasgow and Europe from Antwerp, indicating a set of transatlantic and European arrivals reported in New York and Boston on February 16.
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New York
Glasgow
Moville
Boston
Europe
Antwerp
Roosevelt Directs Rapid Oil Inquiry Amid Kansas Field Focus
Washington reports say President Roosevelt ordered James R. Garfield to lead a swift, comprehensive oil investigation directed by the commerce and labor department. The probe will examine low crude prices, wide margins to refined products, potential trusts, conspiracies, and the Standard Oil influence from Kansas, Texas Beaumont, and other fields.
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Washington
House
Campbell
Kansas
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
United States
Congress
Department of Justice
Roosevelt
James R. Garfield
Department of Commerce and Labor
House of Representatives
Garfield
Kansas Field
Standard Oil Company
Beaumont Field
Texas
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Lakewood
N. J
Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
Shanley Prices on Satin Taffeta and Ribbons
A fragment lists Shanley price quotes for No. 40 Satin Taffeta and 25c per yard ribbons, 140 inch Valecia Laces at 2c per yard, and Torchon Lace in 1 2 and 3 inch widths at 5c to 7c, with reference to “Doomed price.” The text also includes a long unrelated government notice about Dominican customs revenues and the Monroe Doctrine.
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Shanley
Dodge Fights City Ordinance On Tax Delinquent Access
City Councilman Dodge pushes for committee on appropriations to inspect all city records including tax delinquents. He cites ordinance text granting access and threatens court action if treasurer resists. City Solicitor Hogan says the committee may not need arrears lists, sparking a dispute over investigative rights.
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Committee On Appropriations
Dodge
Hogan
Appropriations Committee
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Collieries Shut Down Amid Extreme Cold
Pottsville reports the Lehigh Valley Coal Company suspends several collieries until Monday due to severe cold. Coal washeries and jig machinery are blocked by freezing water, halting operations. In Pottsville the temperature is four degrees below zero and ten degrees below in surrounding areas.
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Pottsville
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Halifax to Disband Five Garrison Regiments
Halifax Nova Scotia February 16 disbanding five garrison regiments the British government has kept for years will save about 500000 annually one regiment the fifth royal garrison is based in Halifax and will end by April 1 unneeded men may transfer to other regiments receive a bonus and leave the service
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Halifax
N. S
Fifth
Royal Garrison Regiment
New York Judge Sets Fast Track for Divorces
Judge Fitzgerald of the supreme court established a new record by granting seventeen undefended divorce decrees in the New York area. The rapid pace saw each decree issued roughly every 12 minutes, with most applicants described as foreigners.
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New York
Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Equitable Affairs Hints of Russian Cabinet Changes
St. Petersburg reports speak of ministerial and military reshuffles. War Minister Sakharoff may be sent to relieve Kuropatkin, and M. Bouligan could retire in favor of Gen. Trepoff, governor of St. Petersburg. The Muravieff successor awaits appointment. Annensky, editor of Russian Wealth, released after arrest, greeted with enthusiasm by a scientific society audience.
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M. Annensky
Russian Wealth
Maxim Gorky
Move to Eliminate J. H. Hyde from Control
New York Feb 16 crucial point in a contest over 400 million dollars will come as Equitable Life Assurance directors meet to decide a change from stock to mutual company Hyde holds majority stock while Alexander and 38 officers back mutualization Hyde resists giving up control and retirement. Directors from both sides sought compromise but none reached. Hyde offered 510 shares for five years but was refused. Hyde favors mutualization while opponents fear one man rule.
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New York
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
James H. Hyde
James W. Alexander
Alexander
Hyde
Mr. Hyde
Hye
Alexandr
Directorate
Sidney Dillon Ripley
Hyde Party
Japanese Armies Report Shakhe River Actions in Manchuria
The dispatch from Osaka says on Feb 14 Japanese forces bombarded Chien sunmupaotzu and set fire to the village near Shakhe river. Russian cavalry attacked Santaita and Waitao mountains, but were repulsed. The enemy advanced near Chitaitzu, then retreated north as Japanese detachments pursued toward Heiyu kou.
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Tokio
Manchuria
Shakhe River
Chiensunmupaotzu
Sanchongtzu Mountain
Waitao Mountain
Chitaitzu
Santaita
Shengtsaimen
Hun River
Chenchiawatzu
Karehangtzu
Heiyukou
Wanchianopeng
Gleason Shot in Seattle Saloon Row
John L. Gleason, formerly of this city, was shot and killed in Seattle Washington on Monday. Coroner Carroll sought information on Gleason relatives here after receiving a telegram. Relatives at 14 Dunfey street were told Gleason had been shot in a saloon row by one Kirkland with no further details.
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John L. Gleason
Seattle
Wash
Moffatt
Carroll
Gleason
Dunfey Street
Kirkland
Mrs Louis Paul Baechle Sees Husband In Esmeralda
Mrs Louis Paul Baechle formerly Louise Harding Twitchell wife of actor William Hayward Claire watched her husband portray the villain in Esmeralda at the opera house this afternoon. She arrived from Bath Maine with her friend Miss Carrie Dunstan and attended the lower left box. The couple married last Saturday in Bath and this was their first reunion since. Father Ludwig Baechle and Capt J Ebson of Portland plan to attend the ceremony and visit Bath afterward. Mrs Twitchell suffers nervous prostration.
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Louis Paul Frederick Baechle
Louise Harding Twitchell
William Hayward Claire
Esmeralda
Opera House
Baechle
Bath
St. Caries
Ludwig Baechle
J. Ebpson
Portland
Twitchell
Baechie
Japanese Siege Guns Fire From Poutiloff Hill At Mukden
Mukden February 15 report that Japanese forces fired on Poutiloff Hill with eight inch siege guns carrying 250 pound shells, a first for the position before Russian lines. The move signals a new, more uncertain front as spring nears, with unusual Russian Japanese officer cordialities noted along the lines.
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Mukden
Poutiloff
Lone Tree
Port Arthur
Sandepas
Sinchinhu
Edinboro Fire Destroys Multiple Buildings in Panic
Fire swept Edinboro Pennsylvania starting at Gillespie Bros. store and spread to the post office state normal school newspaper office First National Bank and several houses and shops as Erie reports the blaze raged from seven until ten o'clock with losses around fifty thousand dollars partly insured.
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Cambridge Springs
Edinboro
Here
State Normal School
First National Bank
Erie
State
Gillespie Bros
Steamer Brings 117 Noncombatants From Port Arthur
Chefoo reports 117 civilians arrived from Port Arthur while 2500 convalescent soldiers are to arrive February 20. Local Russians protest over capacity to care for invalids. Japanese authorities cite lack of transport to Shanghai for the wounded.
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Chefoo
Port Arthur
Shanghai
Salem Gaslight works fire causes heavy loss
Salem February 16 fire department responded to a general alarm for the fourth time in three weeks in zero weather. A blaze at the Salem Gaslight Company retort house destroyed the structure along with coal sheds and 2000 tons of coal, with 27000 dollars in damage largely covered by insurance. The gas making building survived. cause is unknown.
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Salem
Salem Fire Department
Salem Gaslight Company
Justifiable homicide verdict in Floridian courtroom shooting
In Jacksonville on February 16 coroner's inquest ruled justifiable homicide after Owen Loadholtz shot and killed Miss May Brown and fatally wounded her mother during a dispute in a justice court. Loadholtz had arrived for criminal charges. the two women accompanied Brown when gunfire began after a court postponement.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Owen Loadholtz
Miss May Brown
Loadholtz
Miss Brown
Wafers on Sale at 19 Cents a Pound Box
Seventeen varieties of wafers offered at 19 cents a pound box with regular prices from 20 to 49 cents. Fresh for this sale, available at 114 Central Street, on canal.
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Central Street
Canal
Boott Mills to reopen under new regime in Lowell
Frank E. Dunbar announces reorganization of Boott cotton mills with Wellington Sears Co as new selling agents. Operation expected by Feb 27 after legal formalities. Old workers may be retained. Boston investors and Lowell subscribers fuel a $600,000 stock issue. Mills cover seven acres with 150,000 spindles and 3700 looms, valued at about $1.1 million, now under new ownership and local leadership.
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Dunbar
Thomas
Vrains
Wellington, Sears & Co
Boston
Lowell
Boott Mills
R. L. Day & Co
Banner Cotton Mills
Bridge
Kirk Streets
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Shanley @ Co
Ayer
Lalmos
Senate
Dominican Republic
John B. Moore
San Domingo Improvement Company
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Republic
Odge
the City Solicitor’s
Fieves
England
Europatkin
Sakharoff
J. H. Hyde
Mrs. Baechle
Edinboro, PA
Ei-Azhar
Wellington
Sears & Co
Boott
Frank E. Dunbar
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