New Milford Fire Destroys Village Business District
Danbury Connecticut May 6 Nearly 50 buildings were set ablaze as a fire swept the New Milford business district. Loss estimated between 500000 and 600000 with the post office Y M C A and New Milford Gazette among the structures burned. Firefighters aided by Danbury volunteers fought the blaze through the night.
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Danbury
Conn
New Milford
Here
New Milford House
Railroad Avenue
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Six Inch
Mygatt
Bank Street
Southern New England Telephone Company
Queen Wilhelmina's Condition Cited as Fair but Genially Frail
Morning bulletin from Castle Loo reports Queen Wilhelmina had a quiet night and normal temperature though still very weak and requiring care. Physicians acknowledge uncertainty about the illness's course as telegrams of sympathy flood in. A later bulletin notes temperature remained normal and other symptoms do not call for special remarks.
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the Hague
Wilhelmina
Castle Loo
War Goes On In Pretoria Peace Not Interfering
Lord Kitchener reports the peace movement is not interfering with military actions. Boer casualties 10 killed 122 prisoners. Gen Bruce Hamilton captures 87 men on the Heilbron line. Col Colenbrander resumes operations against Commandant Beyers. Ian Hamilton clears a large area west of Klerksdorp in the Southwestern Transvaal.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Bruce Hamilton
Heilbron
Orange River Colony
Colenbrander
Transvaal
Beyers
Ian Hamilton
Klerksdorp
Anti Beef Eating League Formed At General Electric
Lynn May 6 A new anti beef eating league organized among about 5000 General Electric employees pledges to abstain from beef and western pack products during the central feast. Between 1600 and 1700 names already on the hat representing 3500 consumers. Local dealers report meat consumption falling rapidly.
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Lynn
General Electric Company
Dinn
F Bret Harte Dies in England at May 6 Night
American author F Bret Harte known for California tales died suddenly at the Red House Camberley England from hemorrhage after throat affection. Born August 25 1839 Albany NY he had long lived in England with few visitors and kept to Lancaster Gate London while joking about reports of his death.
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London
F. Bret Harte
Albany
N. Y
Francis Bret Harte
Red House
Camberley
Aldershot
Mr. Harte
England
Lancaster Gate
America
Associated Press
Mark Twain
Hale outlines three practical working rules for students
Chicago May 6 Dr Edward Everett Hale spoke to University of Chicago students in chapel presenting three practical rules Keep out in the open air as much as possible Have faith in your neighbor Make a habit of daily conversation with someone you know to be your superior
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Chicago
Edward Everett Hale
University of Chicago
Chapel Assembly
Tramway Company Raises Its Wages in Denver
The Denver City Tramway company announced wage increases effective June 1. Employees with five years service gain 25 cents an hour, while all others receive 1 cent more per hour.
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Denver
Col
Denver City Tramway Company
Woman’s kitchen fire causes empty alarm on Lagrange Street
At 10 15 this morning Box 225 summoned the fire department to a Lagrange Street house after a woman left meat on the stove igniting a pot. No damage reported as the flames were contained quickly.
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Lagrange Street
Flood of Fire Destroys Steel Plant Workers in Pennsylvania
In Steelton near Harrisburg four men were killed, two fatally injured, and two badly burned when molten metal flooded an open hearth pit at Pennsylvania Steel Works. All victims were Austrian. Three escaped after the pit boss cried warning as the furnace overflow turned the pit into a blaze. Two men later died at Harrisburg hospital with identities partly unknown.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Steel Works
Stetton
Here
Light cure at Flower hospital with actinolite device
New York May 6 A costly actinolite apparatus resembling a ship’s searchlight stands in a Flower hospital apartment as the first permanent US installation of its kind The device aims to test if violet actinic rays can cure cancer tuberculosis and other germ related diseases Trustee donor W B Kunharat financed the setup The initial subject is a boy with hip tuberculosis exposed to the concentrated rays on a divan It is too early to judge results.
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New York
Flower Hospital
W. B. Kunharat
Revolution Feared in Portugal Amid Military Disarmament
A Madrid dispatch reports danger of a revolution in Portugal with official fear over troop loyalties. The sixth infantry at Oporto has been disarmed and disbanded to prevent soldiers joining rioters. Military and naval officers urge King Charles to set up a dictatorship.
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London
Madrid
Portugual
Oporto
Charles
Wrecks of Spanish Warships Sold for Scrap
A New York representative buys the wrecks of the Almirante Oquendo and Viscaya from Spain. The vessels, totaling about 36,000 tons, will be broken up and sent to Philadelphia as scrap iron, with the government receiving one dollar per ton.
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New York
Almirante Oquendo
Viscaya
Philadelphia
Santiago
Cuba
Tribune
Dynamite fishing prompts call for U S Canadian cooperation
Eastport Maine May 6 The Canadian government orders its armed cruisers to end dynamite fishing in British waters but enforcement hinges on cooperation from the United States. Authorities say a loophole in the order in council, lacking a ban on possessing fish killed by dynamite, undermines enforcement and requires cross border action to stop the practice.
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Eastport
United States
Ottawa
Canada
Curlew
Pratt
Order In Council
Flour-Wheat Transport Rates Equalized by RR Action
Chicago May 6 The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul road has set export flour rates equal to wheat, a move expected to extend to other western lines and save millers in the Northwest millions yearly. The shift follows years of miller pressure and appeals to President Roosevelt and Congress. Current rates from St Paul and Minneapolis on both flour and export grain stand at 20 1/2 cents, down from 23 cents on flour.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
Record- Herald
Northwest
United States
Roosevelt
Congressional
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Beaver Brook strike near end as weavers return to looms
The Beaver Brook mills in Collinsville are moving toward settlement after 70 weavers returned to work this morning. Agents assure no double loom system and promise reinstatement of discharged workers, easing tensions with Olneyville sympathizers. Bay State mills report full staffing, while Rhode Island sympathy relief may take the form of cash aid.
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Beaver Brook
Collinsville
Allen
Olneyville
Beaver Brook Mills
Powers
Alien
American
Courier-Citizen
Ollinsville
Bay State Mills
Rhode Island
Two Workers Hurt in Middlesex Mills and Fletcher Street Shop
Andrew Komellski of 15 John street injured his back and shoulders when a bale fell at Middlesex mills at 9 this morning. He was taken to Lowell hospital by ambulance. At the New England Motor company shop on Fletcher street Charles Defoe of 53 Pine street lost the second finger of his left hand in a machine and was taken to St. John's hospital.
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Andrew Komellski
John Street
Middlesex Mills
Lowell Hospital
New England Motor Company
Fletcher Street
Charles Defoe
St. John’s Hospital
Defoe
Pine Street
Bell stolen from St Vladimir Russian church
A 500 pound historic bell cast in St Petersburg and sent to Chicago as a world fair exhibit was stolen from the rear of St Vladimir's Russian church. Valued at 509 dollars, it was to be installed in the new church belfry in two months and was a gift from the Russian consul. It bears carved saints and Scriptural quotations.
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Chicago
St. Petersburg
St. Vladimir
St. Vladimir's
Roosevelt to lay Ohio McKinley Memorial stone May 14
Washington May 6 The corner stone of the Ohio McKinley Memorial college of government of the American university will be laid May 14 by President Roosevelt. Speeches will be made by Senators Dolliver of Iowa and Hanna of Ohio and District Commissioner McFarland.
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McKinley
Roosevelt
Washington
Ohio
McKinley Memorial College of Government
The
American University
Dolliver
Iowa
Hanna
McFarland
Pope Distressed by Death of Archbishop Corrigan
The Pope expressed great distress on learning of Archbishop Corrigan of New York’s death. He had stayed informed daily on the archbishop’s illness, sending updates to the American college about the prelate’s condition.
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Rome
Corrigan
New York
American College
Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Reorganizes in Guthrie
Old officers of the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf railway system filed a charter of reorganization with the Oklahoma secretary of state. The plan lists 1,000,000 in capital stock and Guthrie as the principal place of business. The charter aims to perpetuate the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf name and protect existing interests and holdings.
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Guthrie
Okla
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway System
Rock Island
Oklahoma and
Gulf
Prof Williston Named Paleontology Head at Chicago
Chicago May 6 Samuel Wendell Williston has been chosen by the University of Chicago trustees to become head professor of paleontology. He currently leads geology and anatomy at the University of Kansas and is a recognized authority with over 150 scientific writings. born Boston 1837, he taught anatomy at Yale for several years.
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Chicago
Samuel Wendell Williston
University of Chicago
Williston
University of Kansas
Mr. Williston
Boston
Yale
City health reports three new diphtheria cases today
The Board of Health lists three new diphtheria cases. City government holds two meetings tonight at eight. The aldermen in a special session and the regular council meeting proceed. Old Home week committee convenes at six this afternoon. Warrants for taxes issued for wards one through four. Mayor Dimon resting comfortably and nourished. he signed the teachers payroll yesterday and sent three letters to Secretary Meloy.
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Board of Health
Conway
Dimon
Meloy
Violent Earthquake Shocks Hit Southwest France
A series of strong earthquake shocks struck Bordeaux Bayonne Pau and nearby areas at 3 this morning lasting about fifteen seconds. Reports say no damage was mentioned though the tremors were widely felt in the southwest region.
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Paris
Bordeaux
Bayonne
Pau
Bishop Sweatman’s Son Dies by Train Suicide
Arthur Sweatman Sweatman, 33, son of a bishop, committed suicide Saturday afternoon in the Toronto suburbs by hurling himself before a Grand Trunk train.
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Toronto
Ont
Arthur Sweatman
Bishop Sweatman
Grand Trunke Railway
Postponed Congress Forging Tuberculosis Meet Date
New York May 6 The Medico Legal society reported the American congress of tuberculosis will now be held June 2 3 and 4 1902.
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New York
The
Medico-Legal Society
American Congress of Tuberculosis
Shirley Ordered Held Over to Grand Jury in Hovey Burglary
George F. Shirley was sent to the grand jury under $800 bonds after a Lowell police court hearing on charges of breaking into William P. Hovey’s room at Wyman’s Exchange on April 16 and stealing banjos, suits, and other items valued at about $175. Witnesses testified to the burglary, recovered items, and differing alibis, while Judge Hadley praised Officer Whitter for the arrest. Shirley faces related charges in Lynn for items found, with the case detailing multiple residence claims and a learned blame-shifting defense.
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George F. Shirley
William P. Hovey
Wyman
Grand Jury
Hadley
Shirley
Wyman's Exchange
Hovey
Frank B. Whitter
Boston
Healey
Arlington
Dover Street
Brookline Street
Somerset Street
Siegel
Green Street
Washington Street
Lowell
Abel
Lynn
Whitter
Dr. Abel
David
Alice Ridell
Dave
State Farm
Fliza Santry
Herman B. Cummings
John E. Archambault
John
Trial on Keefe v City of Lowell proceeds with expert blast testimony
In Superior Court Judge Fox heard further evidence in Keefe vs City of Lowell. Dr George A Leahey testified Keefe’s eye impairment was minor and likely unrelated to the accident. Sewer official Balcom described prior blasts and noted no wreckage in the ditch after the event. Witnesses discussed blasting methods, exploders, and safety warnings as the case continued with cross examination.
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Dr. Bell
Lon M. Balcom
Keefe
Halloran
Mr. Qua
Lon M. Balecom
Wm. J. Heaton
Thomas Quinn
Balcom
David Halloran
Qua
F. W. Farnham
City Sewer Department
Moody Named Honorary Vice President by Seamen Society
In New York on May 6 the American Seaman's Friend Society elected W. H. Moody of the Navy as honorary vice-president.
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New York
American Seaman's Friend Society
W. H. Moody
Scary of the Navy
Consuls Return Home From European Voyage
Passengers arriving on the steamer Oscar II from Scandinavian ports include Victor Nelson, United States consul at Bergen, and Urban Korner, United States coast guard at Gothenburg. On the Bremen from Bremen and Cherbourg was Walter Schumann, U S consul at Mainz.
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New York
Scandinavian
Victor Nelson
U. S
Bergen
Urban Korner
Gothenburg
Bremen
Cherbourg
Walter Schumann
U.S
Mayence
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Steelton, Pa
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Portugal
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Pope
Archbishop Corrigan
City Hall Notes
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