Fire damages Lincoln Theater in Chicago a near miss
A blaze gutted part of the Lincoln Theater in Chicago as an evening performance ended. The adjacent Westminster Hotel suffered about 100 in damages and was unoccupied. Firefighters saved the theater after a rapid spread and fear of greater casualties. Members of the Dawn of Freedom company in the building hurried to escape with little clothing. Estimated theater damage around 400,000, insured.
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Lincoln Theater
Chicago
Weatminster
Dawn of Freedom Company
Paris Riot Echoes Dreyfus Scandal as Leaders Urge Action
A Paris meeting by the Patriotic League spurred violent anti-Dreyfus rhetoric. Protesters marched toward Cherche-Midi prison to free Colonel Piequart, clashes erupted with police, and several followers were wounded while shouting nationalist slogans.
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Joan Waa
M. Dero
SIGHTED BURNING STEAMER NEAR NY WRECK
A German steamer the Dale Carla from Kiel arrived in New York ablaze after leaving port. A yellow German crewman was seen near the flames. No one was visible on deck and rescuers may have saved the crew as another ship circled the wreck before continuing toward Havana. The burning vessel was trailing either the Werra or Fulda of the North German Lloyd line.
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New York
Dale Carla
Werra
Fulda
Lloyd Line
Havana
51X Day Race Begins at Madison Square Garden
Thirty-one riders started a six day bicycle race in Madison Square Garden at 12 05 Monday morning. The plank track proved fast and orderly though attendance was light due to a stormy day.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Henet
Negroes Found Colony To Liberia From Oklahoma
A colony of sixteen negroes has left Oklahoma for Liberia led by an intelligent farmer named Applebery who recently sold his Fox Creek farm for 5000 dollars. All possess some money.
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Oklahoma
Liberia
Applebery
Fox Creek
Spain and United States debate Maine disaster commission
The article outlines a proposed joint commission of twenty experts from the United States Spain Britain and France to determine responsibility for the Maine tragedy. It details representation rules and potential actions if either side bears fault including a ship salute in New York.
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Spain
Secere Gratta
Arieies
Armericana
Unitel
Maine
New York
Half a Century King Celebrates Francis Joseph Reign
The fifty year anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph I is marked in Vienna with a general army order thanking troops for loyalty and valor. Amnesty for Hungarian political offenders is announced and two decorations are granted. Cannon booms and grand reveille greet the day as streets fill with celebrants and regimental eagles in holiday attire. A thanksgiving service and jubilee medal distributions frame the festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francia Joseph
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Hungary
Vienna
Expedition for Andree ends with eve of peril and icebound drift
A Yeniselek dispatch from Yenisie reports an expedition seeking the explorer Andree, who launched a polar balloon from Spitzbergen last July. The wrecked party reached an uninhabited island after crossing toward the Olenek delta, then endured days of icebound hardship before rescue or arrival.
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Yeniselek
Kester Siteria
Yenisie
Herr Andree
Aeronaunt
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Lina
Fatal Train Wreck In Pennsylvania Wind Topples Signal Pole
A heavy wind torn a signal pole across the New York Ontario and Western line at Perkyville Pennsylvania. A passenger train to Scranton collided with the pole, derailing the engine and tender and sending it down an embankment. Fireman David Davis of Carbondale died. engineer Reuben Lewis of Scranton survived. Two coaches stayed on track and passengers escaped with minor injuries.
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Pennsylvania
New York, Ontario and Western
Perkyville
Scranton
David Davis
Carbondale
Reuben Lewis
Market quotations from major midwestern and eastern cities
The market report lists price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across cities including Chicago Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with values for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed. Notable figures include Chicago cattle 3.00 to 6.20 while New York cattle 3.00 to 5.75 and hogs 8.00 to 4.25.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Brother Killer in Railcar Tragedy At Springfield
Noble Kent was shot and killed by his brother Will Kent on a moving train near Girard after Noble had previously attempted Will's life over a contested will. Sheriff Davenport pursued and later boarded the train to Carlinville but Noble reportedly fired and escaped, later being captured in Springfield while riding with tramps on the baggage car.
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Sherif Davenport
Kent
Carlinville
Girard
Will Kent
Noble
Will
Springfield
Major Fire Devours Broadway Block in New York
A Sunday night blaze on Broadway from Murray to Warrentreets devastates Nos. 35 to 247, destroying property valued at over a million dollars. Fire starts in Rogers Peet & Co. at Broadway and Warren Street, quickly engulfing adjacent Home Life Insurance and Postal Telegraph buildings as engines rush to the scene. Thousands gather as flames roar and light floods the lower city.
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New York City
Broadway
Murray and
Warrentreets
Rogers, Peet & Co
Warren Street
Rogers- Peet
The
Home Life Insurance Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Rogers-Peet
Home Life
Six Men Parboiled in Mallory Liner Alamo Disaster
Six crew members died when a steam pipe burst aboard the Mallory steamship Alamo at her East River pier. The vessel had just left lines while engines barely moved, steam ripped through deck seams, and the deathly gas surge followed.
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Mallory
Mallory Line
East River
New York
Transport Service
Roach
Week's Happenings in Yankton Legislature Aids State Fair
The brief notes a proposed winter lobby in Yankton to secure state funds for the state fair after a poor last season. It reports that debts must be paid in full, the fair association's finances examined, and local support from Clay and Yankton counties considered to back the effort.
Phillips Will Contest and Disputed Ballots Report
Sioux Falls reports authoritative figures on the governor and dispensary amendment outcomes, with Phillips planning a contest when the canvassing board meets in Pierre. Battles will center in Broottings, Pennington, and Codington counties amid claims of illegal voting and triple-counted ballots for Lee. Also included are an abandoned Babe case in Aberdeen and a gruesome Hot Springs relic necklace linked to Wounded Knee victims.
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Sioux Falls
Ziebach
Scobey
Delano
Phillips
Knowles
Kelly
Gamble
Burke
Pierre
Brootings
Pennington
Codington
Lee
Hot Springs
Wounded Knee
Seizure of Cattle and Local News Items
United States Attorney J D Elliott was in Pierre overseeing forty two head of cattle seized for undervaluation after shipment by the State Bank of Hannah North Dakota to G W Lumley of Pierre. If the civil suit ends unfavorably the cattle may be sold. The Great Northern line has boosted Yankton corn demand with 107500 bushels moved in two years. J E House of Chamberlain elected Brule County state’s attorney as the youngest in the state. Albert Eddy a farmer in Jerauld County shot himself in an apparent accident. Carberry and Smith acquitted of stealing fifty cattle. Stone may face action from Adams. Funeral services for Frank M Goodykoontz at Mitchell. burial in Catholic cemetery. First gas flow at Pierre well reaches 400 feet and 1100 feet to artesian flow. best yet sunk. W T Elliott fusion nominee may contest F F Thompson’s Brown County sheriff win. James L Wiley of Watertown severely injured by a cow. Uncle Jere Gehon funeral near Canton after arriving in 1869. Jim River Live Stock Association incorporated at Woonsocket with 20000 capital. incorporators Loveland Sioux City Town Jamison Woonsocket Wheeler Artesian.
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United States
J. D. Elliott
Pierre
C. S. Craine
St. Paul
Treasury Department
G. W. Lumley
State Bank of
Hannah
N. D
Alger's War Report Highlights War Costs and Reforms
Secretary of War Alger’s annual review outlines the Spanish American War campaigns in Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines. It notes Miles in Santiago the surrender of Toral 23 000 troops and the 274 717 total volunteers and regulars, plus recommendations for a Cuban railway consabulary force and postwar civilian reintegration. The report covers deaths 2010 powder shortages logistics expenditures and war funding including defense fund allocations and proposed reforms.
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Alger
Philippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Havana
Santiago
Miles
Shafter
Iter
Secon
Toral
Tropics
United States
Arney
Civil Ife
Gen. Grant
War Department
National Defense Fund
Counterfeit $5 note in circulation and Perry hotel loss
Telegraphic brief reports a counterfeit five dollar legal tender note in use. The Farmers' Home Hotel at Perry Oklahoma burned down causing about $2,000 in losses. Customs receipts for 140 days of this fiscal year total $73,840,429. Manila courts resume with Spanish judges in civil cases and American judges in criminal cases. Rear Admiral Dewey to become ranking officer with Bunce Wee retiring on the 25th.
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Farmers’ Home
Perry
Okla
Manila
Dewey
Bunce Wee
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Paris
Southall
Charles Southall
Colon
Seneca
Cuban
Merritt, & Chapman Wrecking Company
Cristobal Colon
Mexico
Wen
Matias Romero
Washington
Gen. Clayton
Helena
Gibraltar
W.T. Swinehain
Bermuda
Madeira
Ron
Admiral Dewey
Adree
Frank G. Green
United States Volunteer Signal Corps
Department of California
Con. Thompson
Ferrol
George W. Aldridge
Superintendent of Public Works of
Albany
Jack
Thurlow Weed Barner
Supreme Court of New York
American China Development Company
Stanford
Adolph Goetz
Stanford University
A. J. Clark
Sherman T’lace
Alameda
Cal
Oredo
Ohio
Morgan
Gillett
Chihuahua
Kansas
Buttonwood
Parish Coal Company
Wilkesbarre
Lilbao
South Dakota
Yankton
E- G. Battertoe
Fair Association
Fair Trust
Conk Toe
William C. Owens
Belle Martin
Perkins
Bonne Homme County
Wheeler
Missouri River
James Nedved
Kimball
Verdon
C. R. Dolan
Jack” Allen
Allen
Dolan
Doland
H.C. Bergman
John Edberg
Excelsior Mills
Mary Bilsboro
Milbank
Graceville
W. E. Robinson
Emanuel
Daniels
O’ready
Fanset
Robinson
Tom Miller
Black Hills
Klondike
Martin Ferarar
James Silver
Central City
Johannesburg
Africa
Charles Price
Sisseton Reservation
Federal Grand Jury
L. C. Gorsuch
Centerville
Northwestern
Alaska
Copper
J.l.sims
Examersburg
Sims
Aberdeen
Fargo
Manitoba
Ee Ae
Dickey County
Wilmar
Missouri
James River
J. E. House of
Chamberlain
Brule County
University of Missouri
Columbia
Albert Eddy
Jerauld County
Peter Carberry
Howard Smith
Deadwood
Sioux City
L. P. Stone
Stone
Carberry
Smith
W. E. Adams
Adams
F. M. Goodykoontz
Frank M. Goodykoontz
Davison County
Mr. Goodykootz
W. T. Elliott
Brown County
F. F. Thompson
James L. Wiley
Watertown
Jere Gehon
Canton
Gehon
Commonwealth
Alger’s
Acti
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