Fall of a Great Building in Brooklyn Claims Many Lives
A five story Abbott factory on State street and connected rear wing collapsed after boiler overturning and fire. About 500 workers including many women were inside. list of dead injured and missing released as authorities searched debris. Damages estimated at 300000 insurance and 2500000 in loss. rescue efforts continued as families awaited word.
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Brooklyn
Atlantic Street
Abbott
State Street
Atlantic Avenue
Haynes
Ing
D. J. Lowry
Milo Hine
Board of City Works
Poillon
Daniel J. Lowrey
Conrad Brealing, Jr
Dutchkill
S. J
Edward Butler
William Clark
Hen Durse
Marion Street
N. Y
Fritz Bret
Henry Haffner
Graham _avenue
Jonson
Dave Lowrey
Adolph Mattis
Hicks Street
John McGrath
Bond Street
Benjamin Moore
Madison Street
Gus
Pfaff, Jr
J. Peters
Mamie Feeley
Bergen Street
Rose Flinton
Warren Street
Hoyt
Anna Higgins
Mary McGrath
Argie Downs
Mamie Riley
Katie McKeon
Thomas Dorner
Navy Street
Gustave Lang
Parish Street
Wm Legge
Jas. Carpenter
Graham Street
Patrick Dougherty
Ames Fay
Engine Company No
Elms Haas
Indians in Hostile Array Near Battleford
A dispatch from Saskatchewan Landing reports a 300 man force from Battleford clashed with Poundmaker’s Ai0 Indians at their reserve from 5 a.m. to noon. Eight allied troops died and twelve wounded. Indian losses around fifty. Col Felter covered seventy miles in under thirty four hours and praised the troops.
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Felter
Saskatchewan
Swift Current
Battleford
Poundmaker
Laurie
Stizhl
Butler Burke
Northwest
Polce
Witter
McQuilken
Guards
Cooper
Gary and
Witts
Queen's Own
Gilbert
Winnipeg i Asa
Humboldt
Middleton
Northcote
Clark
Batouche
Middeton
Calm Yet Uncertain Anglo Russian Situation in London
London dispatch reports an abnormal Anglo Russian stance with no clear war or peace news. The czar has said little while Britain debates Granville's speech and a looming council at Gatechina governs expectations amid tentative peace or conflict prospects.
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London Dispatch
Russia
Sexon
England
Granstone
Prie Ministr
Jivgo
Gladstone
Gatechina
Inferno in Chicago Pine Lumber District Devours $700000
A noon spark from a locomotive started a massive lumber fire along the Chicago river’s pine district near Bridgeport and Union stock yards. The blaze destroyed 45,090,000 feet of lumber valued at 700,000 with hundreds of workers evacuated as fireboats fought flames through the afternoon, aided by a heavy rain. Losses include Chicago Lumber Company 400,000, Bigslow Bros 175,000, Hastings & Co 85,000, J W Hinkley mill 26,000 and five cottages 10,000 with insured sums listed.
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Garden City
Chicago
Great Pine Lumber
Bridgeport
Union Stock Yards
Chicago Lumber Company
Bigslow Bros
Hastings & Co
J. W. Hinkley
Five Giants Skeletons Unearthed Near Homer Ohio
In an Indian mound near Homer Ohio five enormous skeletons were found five feet below the surface with feet to the east. The grave includes burned bone and charred wood remains, many stone vessels, weapons, a polished stone pipe, a sickle-like knife, and a kettle. Authorities call the find among America's oldest and most valuable.
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Homer
Ohio
America
May Crop Report Details Plowing Progress and Wheat Losses
The May report from the Department of Agriculture covers spring plowing progress, cotton planting, winter grain condition, meadows and pastures, and farm labor wages. Plowing lags behind last year, winter wheat roots show greater damage, with state by state conditions given such as New York 100 and Indiana 0, reducing expected winter wheat production. rye and barley conditions are lower than April but hay yields seem near average, while pastures look good.
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Department of Agriculture
New York
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Beer seizure case ends with destruction in Washington Iowa
Justice J H McLaughlin rules 8 kegs seized at Jugenheimer's brewery were made and sold contrary to law and orders sheriff to destroy beer and storage vessels. At night 7 to midnight 800 kegs emptied and smashed, spectators drank spilled beer, witnesses report whisky also consumed by crowd. Brewer offered no resistance amid scene of disorder.
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Washington
Iowa
J. H. McLaughlin
The
Peies
Jugenheimer
Household Hints For Home Craft And Cooking
A collection of practical tips on polishing and cleaning with chemicals for home use, plant care, and brass plating. It includes recipes for light meals and desserts such as a blue ribbon salad, sugar cake, cabbage with cream sauce, and a rice pudding. It also offers interior decorating guidance on matting, screens, and avoiding heavy wall engravings.
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Paris
Dakota Town Grows From Prairie To Bustling Hub
A Dakota man at the Palmer house proclaims the town has 2,000 people and 40 stores after 18 months from bare prairie. He lists 17 saloons elegant opera house 4 variety shows 8 beer gardens 13 hotels 2 breweries and one more sold a dime museum 3 gambling houses a distillery a paid police force and two steam fire engines. He notes plans for a church and a school.
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Palmer House
Chcago Herald
Interesting History of the United States Postal System
A historical overview tracing early colonial postal plans from 1692 to federal organization in 1789. It details Benjamin Franklin’s rise as deputy postmaster general, proposed stage service, and evolving postage scales through 1816 and later reforms, with numerous rate changes across centuries and notes from Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.
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United States
Benjamin Franken
Newark
Her Majesty
America
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Boston
England
Congress
Post Office Department
Islo
Oregon
California
Chigres
Panama
Costly College Athletics Run Up Student Expenses
A Cincinnati Times-Star survey details the high cost of college athletics led by Harvard Yale and Columbia. It notes prices for shells uniforms trains and coaching fees with Yale owning a steam launch and freshmen expenses for defeating rivals. It cites total race costs near 7000 for New London and broad costs across rowing baseball tennis and track funded by student and alumni subscriptions.
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Harvard
Yale
Columbia
New London
Conn
Thames
Htarvard
Havard
Williams
Amherst
Princeton
Jones
Fomerly
Brown
Mott Haven
Holmes’ Field
New Park
Cincinnati Times- Star
A Faithful Secretary and the Wits of Three Spirits
A brisk remark from Sir Henry Taylor in his Autobiography notes the wit of three figures. He recalls visiting the foreign office when Lord Ham mond was absent and the doorkeeper explains that Hammond is at a funeral the only day’s pleasure he has had for two years.
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Sir Henry Taylor
Foreign Office
Lord Hammond
Sir Henry
Rogers
Sydney Smith
Archbishop Whatele
London
Arizona Exports Tannin Cited by Exchange
A St Paul Herald note reports Arizona now exports tannin citing an exchange. The line questions a schoolmaster’s status, saying he is not xbrom after all, per the same clipping.
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Arizona
St. Paul
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Jno. Burns
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