Pittsburg Fire Levels Eight-Story Buildings and Injures Firemen
Early morning blaze in Pittsburg destroys the Dencon Bros and Stewart buildings on Liberty Avenue, causing heavy smoke, two explosions, and five serious injuries to firefighters. Loss estimated near a half million dollars with two thirds insured as eight-story brownstone structures burn until morning. Injured include Hosemen Dalzell Reese Buckley and Gallagher plus Lieutenant Leech and Engineer Grim. origin undetermined.
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Pittsburg
Stewart Bros. & Co
Liberty Avenue
Dencon Bros. Paint and Varnish Company
S. E. Ewart & Co
Deacon Bros. Company
Engine Company No. 2
Deacon Place
Stewart Bros
J. J. Porter & Co
Pennsylvania Avenue
Dencon
Stewart
Liberty Street
William Dalzell
William Reese
D. Leech
Cc. Buckley
Daniel Gallagher
Joseph Grim
Obituary of Marcellus H. Fletcher Lowell political figure
Marcellus H. Fletcher a longtime Lowell Democrat leader died at 4 AM at 49 Powell Street aged 73. He leaves his widow Elizabeth and son John W. Fletcher of New York. A Westford resident who settled in Lowell, he built a career in selling Yankee nations and suspenders and retired after success. He served on city councils and garnered multiple party nominations, including a Governor's Council bid he narrowly lost while carrying Lowell. Born May 10 1828 in Chelmsford, his life was marked by staunch Democratic work and loyalty among labor workers.
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Lowell Democracy
Powell Street
Mr. Fletcher
Elizabeth
John W. Fletcher
New York City
Westford
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Lowell
Fletcher
Iil
Highermce
John B
Johanna (Hildreth) Fletcher
Chelmsford
Navy
Gen. Jackson
Marcellus
Harrison
van Buren
Tornado toll rises along Gulf of California coast
A Tucson dispatch reports a tornado in the Gulf of California Thursday night wrecking many coastal buildings. In Guaymas five vessels were dashed ashore and sunk, including El Luella and El Gravina. Mazatlan saw the Pomory Ruby driven ashore and sunk, with five passengers drowned.
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Tucson
Ariz
Gulf of California
Guaymas
el Luella
el Gravina
Mazatlan
Riots in Camden Over Congressional Fight Endanger Pugilist
In Camden New Jersey a shooting during the Republican primary injures Joe Goddard who remains in critical condition. Police officer Harry Miller is stab wound and recovering while constable Isaac Fowler fared only lightly. Clashes in Camden and Pensauken stem from the Loudenslager Van Sant contest with a convention in Woodbury looming tomorrow.
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N. J
Joe Goddard
Philadelphia
Harry Miller
Isaac Fowler
Pensauken
Morrissey
Goddard
Miller
Congress
H. C. Loudenslager
J. Alpheus van Sant
Pensauken Township
Loudenslager
Woodbury
Central Texas Flood Strikes Austin and Surrounding Areas
Austin reports one of the era’s fiercest rainstorms washing through the city floods curb to curb with water entering stores. Rivers rise along with railroad disruption. Dallas notes Little and Big Brazos swelling, threatening a repeat of the 1899 flood.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Dallas
Horne
Rome holds memorial service for Humbert in Pantheon
King Victor Emmanuel and the Dowager Queen Marguerite attended a private memorial service in the Pantheon for King Humbert two years after his death. A public service followed, with many wreaths placed on the tomb including one from former U S Ambassador William F. Draper. The crowd was large and heat caused several prostrations.
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Victor Emmanuel
Marguerite
Pantheon
Humbert
United States
William F. Draper
Brave Philosopher Saves Children From Runaway Horse
Berwin citizens awarded Yale student William P. Clark a gold medal for bravery after he stopped a runaway horse that threatened four children. Clark, a School of Philosophy student and Yale football player, is visiting Berwin and expects his first degree next spring.
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Chicago
Berwin
William P. Clark
Yale
Clark
School of Philosophy
Woman Found Dead in Wells Street Saloon Identified
Chicago July 29. The young woman found dead in a Wells Street saloon wine room is identified as Mrs. Ernest Bloehm of La Salle Avenue, who disappeared two weeks ago. Police abandon murder theory, saying probable accidental strangulation. Saloon closed by police.
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Chicago
Wells Street
Ernest Bloehm
la Salle Avenue
Prospective Sale of Republic Mine Stock in Lake District
The Plain Dealer reports United States Steel and other ore buyers seek mining properties in Lake Superior. They consider buying all or a controlling stake in Republic Iron, operator of the Republic mine on the Marquette range, at about 15 dollars per share. Directors favor sale. several local stockholders have sent certificates to treasurer W Rees. Purchasers' identities are not revealed.
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Republic
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Fatal Swim Claims Boston Broker at Nantucket Beach
George L. Bullen of Melrose, a Boston stock broker, became unconscious while bathing at Nantucket yesterday afternoon and died despite rescue. He swam with Frank Fian after dinner, cried for help, was saved by a shore boat, but Prof. Stow and Capt. Hyman could not revive him. Heart failure or indigestion suspected. left a widow and one child.
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Cottage City
Hyman
Police Commission to Oversee Springfield Police Board
Springfield police reform moves forward as council votes to engross an ordinance creating a bipartisan police commission appointed by the mayor. The measure bars any liquor-connected persons from appointment, a clause Mayor Ellis may seek to veto, citing political motives rather than public welfare.
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Springfield
Ellis
Fire destroys Westford house on junction of two roads
The Monday night blaze in West ford gutted a home at the junction to Tyngsboro and Brookside owned by Mrs. Clarissa Gould. Occupants of the Houle and Moran families escaped with belongings saved. Fire reached quickly, insurance was $1300, neighbors alerted at about 11:15.
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Clarissa Gould
Houle
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C. EB. Whidden
G. W. Heywood
Patrick McShea Stricken on Stevens Street Ambulance Rush
Patrick McShea of the Boston and Northern street railroad on Stevens street suffered an endentic fit while at work this morning and was taken by ambulance to St John’s Hospital for treatment.
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Patrick McShea
Boston & Northern Street Railroad
Stevens Street
St. John’s Hospital
Cuban General Arrested in Havana Over Kidnapping Murder
New York reports General Perico del Gado, a prominent Cuban guard official and former commander of sharpshooters against Weyler, has been arrested in Havana on charges he killed Antonio Acosta, nephew of Colonel Saldomero Acosta, amid mystery over the youth’s disappearance. Colonel Acosta pressed charges after learning no arrest record or warrant existed. The case shocks Cuba and promises a sensational trial.
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New York
Perico del Gado
Havana
Antonio Acosta
Saldomero Acosta
General del Gado
Weyler
Uban
Banta Praya
Maceo
Acosta
del Gado
Rothschild Shoots Himself in Chicago Home
A. M. Rothschild former head of A. M. Rothschild & Co. committed suicide at his Chicago home by shooting himself in the head. Acute insomnia is blamed for temporary insanity. He had retired from management two months earlier due to ill health and leaves a wife and one son. Nelson Morris, his father in law and principal store owner, was associated with him. He was 57, born in Nordstettin, Germany, came to America at five, and helped found the department store in 1895.
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A. M. Rothschild
State Street
A. M. Rothschild & Co
Rothschild
Minnesota
Mr. Rothschild
Nelson Morris
Nordstettin
America
National Bank of the Republic
Ritter Leads Plan to Study Japan Current Flow
Berkeley professor William E Ritter heads a proposed systematic observation of the Japan current and its ecological conditions. The project will survey San Pedro and Santa Barbara channels with support from Chairman Harriman of the Union Pacific, the U S Fish Commission, and influential Los Angeles businessmen. The Albatross will be used for the research, backed by federal assurances.
Roosevelt commutes soldier's hanging to fifteen years
San Francisco July 29 orders from army headquarters report President Roosevelt saved Guy Stevenson of troop M Ninth Cavalry from a death sentence for criminal assault. The secretary of war approved the sentence, but the President commuted it to fifteen years. Stevenson is at Alcatraz island and will be moved to Leavenworth penitentiary.
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Roosevelt
Guy Stevenson
Troop M
Ninth Cavalry
Stevnson
Alcarar Island
United States
Leavenworth
Kas
Burne Jones Denies Sale Of Vampire Painting
New York July 29 Sir Philip Burne Jones denies the reported sale of his painting The Vampire. It was claimed that W K Vanderbilt bought the work. Edward Lord infant son of the smallpox victim at the contagious hospital contracted the disease Saturday with little prospect of recovery. Ensure freight labeled One of Conway Transfer company for reliable service rates.
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the Vampire
Philip Burne-Jones
W. K. Vanderbilt
Edward Lord
Conway Transfer Company
Thirsty man faces larceny case in Hadley court
In Judge Hadley’s court Michael Whalen is fined 10 dollars after a drunken spree and minor theft at the Hamilton corporation premises. A second defendant Joseph Murphy, 18, is held for further investigation on vagrancy charges tied to cigarettes and dime novels. Several others receive warnings, probation, or short terms in a string of petty offenses tied to the hot spell.
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Michael
Hamilton Corporation
Charles Riley
Joseph Murphy
Welch
Murphy
Haverhill
Dennis Pendergast
Hadley
Mrs. Pendergast
Muster Promises Strong Fight for Red Jacket at Cambridge
Rumor of smallpox at city hall fades as firemen prepare for the musters. The coming tub tourney draws visitors, crowded hotels, and informal reunions as Cambridge Red Jacket, 1854 built and U. S. champion, defends the New England trophy against rivals from Pepperell Concord Waltham Gardner Winchendon and Newton. The mayor of Cambridge will march with the Red Jacket, whose silver and gold plating highlight its 1000 outward decorations.
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Red Jacket
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Pepperell
Uncle Sam
Concord
Waltham
Baw Beese
Gardner
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Winchendon
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Claremont
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Cambridge Muscle
Portuguese West Africa unrest rumors intensify in Luanda
Reports from Portuguese West Africa indicate growing disorder with garrisons attacked and factories burned in Luanda province. Authorities fear a general uprising as tensions escalate among natives.
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Lisbon
Subway Woe Two Die Likely From Park Avenue Blast
Four men were seriously hurt in a premature blast in the Rapid Transit subway at Park Avenue and First Street. Doctors expect two may die. injuries included skull fracture abdomen laceration back contusion and head cut. Police report the blast was properly protected but workers failed to retire to a safe distance.
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New York
Park Avenue
1St Street
Generals De larey and Botha Honored by Cape Town Students
In Stellenbosch Cape Town July 29 generals De larey and Botha received an ovation as 60 students drew each carriage to the town hall. At a luncheon afterward Botha spoke of surrender as painful yet God’s will and urged South Africans to focus on happiness at home while noting Afrikander influence remains vital in social life.
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Delarey
Botha
Stelenbosch
South Africa
Steyn
John W Ross Dies at 61 Former DC Commissioner
John W Ross longtime member of the District of Columbia board of commissioners and former Washington postmaster who served from 1888 to 1890 under President Harrison has died at age 61. His career included his later appointment as Democratic member of the district commission in 1890.
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John W. Ross
Board of Commissioners of
District of Columbia
Harrison
District Commission
Lamson Consolidated to shut Lowell department Thursday
Superintendent Jennings of the Lam son Consolidated Store Service company will close the Lowell department on Thursday, Old Home day. Gas lights set fire to the ceiling in Mrs. Hartford's millinery store Monday evening, and an alarm from bar 118 was sounded. The damage was light.
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Lamson Consolidated Store Service Company
Lowell
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