Great Chelsea fire devastates city and homes
A massive blaze from 10:40 AM to nightfall scorched Chelsea, Massachusetts, destroying 12 churches, two hospitals, the Public Library, city hall, schools, and hundreds of tenements. About 1,500 families homeless, 500 injured, three killed, with $10 million in losses. Fire spread amid southwest winds, aided by several city and military units.
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Chelsea
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Easton
Boston & Maina Railroad
Everett City
Maverick Street
Chelsea Creek
Ames
Birmingham rail link to Pacific Ocean via Chicag o system
Officials announce the new Birmingham division will open April 12 linking Illinois Central and Central of Georgia with Union Pacific to span from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Haleyville branch enables Alabama coal and iron traffic, Savannah seaport access, and synchronized first trains reaching Birmingham and Nimingham with a ceremonial reception planned by local business groups.
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Ala
Itate Central
Union Pacific
Central of Georgia
Atlantc
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Great Opal and Iron Fields
Alabama
Savannah
Mississippi Valley
Moblin & Ohio
Nimingham
New British Cabinet Announced with Peerages
London April 13 official announcement lists the new cabinet appointments and peers. Prime Minister Asquith and key figures including Lloyd George, Churchill, Crewe, and McKenna retain offices while elevated to peerage, along with Runciman Morley and Fowler.
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Dally Chronicle
Merchart H. Asquith
Treasury
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Exchequer
Lord Tweedmouth
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Reginald McKenna
Admiralty
Winston Spencer Churchill
Gen Byron Gutcheon Dies A Civil War Hero From Michigan
Grand Rapids Michigan April 13 Gen Byron M Gutcheon veteran congressman from Manistee Michigan four terms and one of Michigan s most prominent Civil War soldiers died Sunday at Ypsilanti aged 72 after a lingering illness. Also Chippewa Falls Wisconsin April 18 Harl Sorenson rescued from a burning Northwestern hospital died Sunday on the operating table under ether shock carried from the building proved fatal. Daniel R Noyes passes away St Paul Minnesota April 13 leading Presbyterian layman died Monday morning of heart disease after a period of serious illness since Thursday.
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Byron M. Gutcheon
Congresa
Manlétec
Michigan
Ypellenti
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Harl Sorenson
Northwestern Hospital
Withee
Daniel R. Noyes
St. Paul
Minn
Daniel R Noyes
United States
East St Louis Pioneer Dies After Five Week Illness
East St Louis Ti April 13 A veteran local pioneer Joyeb the Brat charter mayor of East St Louis died Sunday after a five week illness. He arrived in 1837 and was elected the first mayor in ISTh.
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East St. Louis
Joyeb
Ion Isth
Water Works Plant Burns in Newport Kentucky
The Newport Kentucky water works pumping station was fatally destroyed by fire Sunday night. The loss in saturated wood and other materials is estimated at about 60000 dollars. The blaze caused significant disruption to water service in Cincinnati on that night.
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Children's Hospital
Maverick
Marshal
Phi ‘Tidewater Ol Company
Portsmouth
N. H
Water Works
Cincinnati
Newport, Ky
New Emblem for the Democrats Debuts in Denver
Vast papier mache tigers will embellish Denver for the Democratic national convention July 7 with a giant Sixteenth Street Broadway junction figure. An auditorium for 13 500 seats is due June 17 as Denver pledges 100000 for convention expenses. Gray League backs George Gray. New York teases an un instructed delegation at Carnegie Hall city convention.
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Washington
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Oui
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New York
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Empire State
Earthquake hero dies by own action in Kansas City
Jay A. Gummage, 20, unmarried and employed at a suburban railroad station, suffered long nervousness after the San Francisco earthquake. He shot himself Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri, ending his distress related to the disaster.
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Western Union
San Brancisco
Jay A. Gummage
Chicago, Nil Waukee
Two treaties signaled by officials on boundary and fisheries
Secretary of State Road and Ambassador Bryce signed two treaties settling the Canadian boundary and lake fisheries questions. Stanfard Oil Co. ousted from Tennessee by a state supreme court ruling finding restraint of trade. John Vandercook, head of United Press, dies after appendicitis operation in Chicago. Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy urges navies to preserve peace. U S National Museum receives a 42 pound Fort Sumter cannonball from April 12 1861. Jacques Carter sails from Dunkirk under Yeat Heward. Lulu Bright Kil of Mansfield Ohio dies from toothache cure incident.
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Chicago
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Washington
Fort Sumter
Jacques Carter
Yeat Heward
Saile
Dunkirk
France
Creosate
Lulu Bright Kiu
Mansfield
Sealer Fleet Loses Vessels to Ice in Newfoundland Waters
Reports from St Jonas Newfoundland dated April 1 describe the sinking of the Grand Wurke and serious injuries to crew as ice floes cripple vessels. The New Foundland limped in after hours of pumping. Grand Lake was crushed with 214 crew escaping to Vanguard and 20,000 cargo valued at 100,000 sunk. Iceland Ranger Algerine also damaged. Danks crew retreat after long battle in Lake Erie. Dunkirk thread notes tug Des mond and Viela still trapped.
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Vanguard
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Governor of Galicia Slain in Audiences Room
Count Andreas Potocki governor of Austrian Galicia was shot dead by Ruthenian student Mierog ny Stenynski during an audience with a student delegation. Three shots killed him as he asked his secretary to inform the king. The assassin said he acted for the Ruthenian people, and his mother killed herself beforehand. The incident deeply unsettled the monarchy with arrests made among Ruthenians.
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Lieut Charles A L Totten Dies in Milford Home
Lieut Charles A L Totten United States army retired and former Yale professor died at his Milford home Sunday at age fifty seven. He gained fame for his mathematical approach to prophetic interpretations of scriptures especially foretelling events related to the end of the world. Totten native of New Haven, Conn, a Trinity College and West Point graduate.
Taft Secretary of War Fatt Returns to Washington
Secretary of War Taft returned to Washington from a ten day absence in the western wear district. He plans to stay in the capital until next Saturday and then travel to New York City to address the Sphinx Club.
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Washington
Fatt
New York City
Sphinx Club
Tragedy Ends Lovers Story in Chicago Shooting
In Chicago on Sunday night Joseph Krhournek shot and killed his lover at Trumbull avenue and West Twenty-fifth street. After killing her he killed himself with a final bullet. The doomed pair had been separated by distance, he believing she would wed another.
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Farmhand Killed by Maddened Bull in Park Ridge Fight
Frank Hallman, a farmhand, faced a Durham bull with only an ax handle on C. G. Begley’s farm in Park Ridge. After 15 minutes of desperate struggle, Hallman collapsed from blood loss and exhaustion, the bull mauling him to death as fellow workers rushed to help. The animal had broken loose from a nose ring and rampaged through pens, wrecking fences, livestock, and gear.
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Frank Hallman
C. G. Begley
Park Ridge
Iberty
Jie Tan Rat
Hallman
Bull Attack Ends in Hallman’s Death at Farm
A farmhand Hallman was attacked by a bull at a Hallman farm in Dunning. The beast repeatedly charged, goring Hallman with its horn and tossing him to the ground. Rescuers arrived but Hallman died, and the bull was captured and returned to the pasture.
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Gaylum
Dunning
Wepen
Wealthy Benefactor's Will Denies 277th Friend Claim
In Paris in June 1902 M Dutuit left much of his fortune to heirs and those who legally shared kinship with him. The court has just rejected the claims of the 277th friend. London Globe notes the unusual testator and the wide circle of potential heirs.
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Parie Jne
Kineship
London Globe
Swiss Petition Against Matterhorn Railway Gathers 70000 Names
The Swiss government faced a protest over a proposed railway up the Matterhorn as a petition collected about 70 thousand signatures, challenging the project and prompting public opposition.
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Matterhorn
Man Captures Young Mountain Lion Alive in Montana
Helena readers learn of Franck Sedlak of Flathead county who tracked a ferocious mountain lion after it killed a dog. He lassoed and tamed the beast, keeping it in a stable for four days until it ate again, while clues suggest the dog may have fought another lion up a tree.
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Helena
Mont
Sed- Jak
Mr. Sedlak
Guards Hubby With Gun In Married Love Stand
Meriden Connecticut report of Mrs Samuel A Mallory a 70 year old bride holed up in her East Lyne farm house with a shotgun to fend off constables trying to serve papers in an annulment suit brought by Fred Leeds of Preston. Mallory’s husband allegedly sought her for her money, but she and the widow insist the marriage is a love match despite the siege and ongoing defense against arrest.
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Meriden
Conn
Samuel A. Mallory
East Lyne
Mallory
Fred Leeds
Preston
Girl Strips During Chase in Pittsburg Skating Ring
Pearl White, 15, a famed roller skater from Monon, fled through North Side streets pursued by a policeman with a warrant. She was down to her underskirt before the officer stopped the incident. Authorities suggest she may have become deranged.
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Pittsburg
Pearl White
Pearl
Monongakula City
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