Fire Wrecks World Fair Court and Pavilions in Chicago
Extensive flames consumed the Peristyle Music Hall and Casino at the World’s Fair grounds in Chicago. The grand court and Manufactures Building suffered heavy damage with arches, columns, and decorative figures reduced to ashes while authorities and exhibitors rushed to salvage goods and prevent further fires.
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Worlds Fair
Court of Honor
Music Hall
Grand Basin
Columbus
United States
Exhibitors Must Bear Losses at Worlds Fair Fire
Government says exhibitors damaged by Chicago Worlds Fair fire must sue for negligence to recover, as the government disclaims responsibility for safety of goods. Bonded warehouses are for importers convenience and duties remitted when merchandise is destroyed.
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Washington
Chicago
Senatorial fight spawns rumors of resignations and bids
Des Moines Iowa January 10 two rumors thread the senatorial fight one that General Clarkson will reenter the race from New York and the other that Senator Wilson will resign soon and Governor Jackson will appoint Gear to fill the vacancy if Gear withdraws the field tightens to five candidates Clarkson denies reentry saying he is busy in business.
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Clarkson
New York
James F. Wilson
Jackson
Gear
Federal Elections Bill Discussed In Senate Session
Washington Jan 10 The Senate met in executive session on the federal elections bill after a Gorman motion and then adjourned with no action taken. Senator Gray signaled a later call for the measure while Senator Chandler failed to advance his Hawaiian resolution. The Hornblower nomination reportedly did not come up as Democrats aimed to push the bill.
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House
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Gorman
Chandler
Gray
Hornblower
Wilson and Burrows In Tariff Debate On Capitol Hill
In Washington the House opened with small attendance as Mr Compton sought unanimous consent to debate a $43,000 DC road and street project. At 11 15 am the house went to the tariff bill and Mr Wilson resumed his remarks followed by Mr Burrows who opened the Republican tariff debate.
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Washington
Compton
Maryland
Committee On Appropriations
District of Columbia
Kilore
Mr. Wilson
Burrows
Michigan
Senate considers 5 percent share for states on Indian reservation sales
Washington reports that the senate public lands committee will review Senator Pettigrew’s bill to pay states 5 percent of proceeds from Indian reservation sales. The measure notes about 4 million dollars needed to cover lands already sold. In a separate item, the elections committee declares O’Neill the winner over Joy in Missouri’s eleventh district by party-line vote.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Senator Pettigrew
South Dakota
O'Neill
Joy
House of Representatives
Missouri
Mr. O'Neill
Corbett Thwarts Burglary in Jacksonville
Pugilist Jim Corbett fired at an intruder who tried to break into his room around midnight in Jacksonville Florida his collie dogs growled to wake him and the assailant fled through a back gate. War Office to investigate collision mystery in London with no outposts noted and possible surprise by the Sofas. Palmer and the World’s Fair National Commission met to finalize the annual report amid fire losses at Jackson Park. Iowa Masons mark 40th anniversary with a banquet as J R Hartsock attends risk…
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Corbett
War Office
London
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Warina
National Conmtion
Washington
Palmer
Worlds Fair National Commission
Arlington Hotel
Jackson Park
The Rough Hand of Nazareth and the Nails
A poetic portrait of Jesus Christ’s life from Nazareth to crucifixion. It recalls his rough hands aiding the sick and blind, healing touch, the condemnation on the tree, and the bleeding death displayed for public view.
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Blinay
Valuable Waste and Nitrate Refiner Profits in Photography
A New York Sun report explains how nitrate of silver waste from photographers is collected by refiners. Scraps of sensitized paper, and even gold-treated sheets, are purchased for new nitrate, enabling photographers to exchange waste for usable material. The process recycles endless studio waste into marketable nitrate at high profit.
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New York Sun
Clever Brahman Claims Brahmins Excel in Mental Tasks
Purushotam Aor Telang notes Brahmins in India localize thought and multitask. He cites chess, where Brahman players run multiple games with single pawn tactics, plus demonstrations of rapid multiplication and division, simultaneous note taking, and composing a triple acrostic in Sanskrit while arguments on religion are debated.
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India
Purushotam Aor Telang
Pittsburg Dispatch
Got Even With the Preacher
A city lawyer recounts getting even with a minister after a wedding. At the ceremony the minister kissed the bride and the groom kissed the preacher's wife from behind the wedding party. The groom defends the act as a reciprocal rule for kissing.
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Louisville Post
Italian wife poisons husband but cures him with toad poison
A San Francisco Argonaut note on Dr. Leonard Guthrie's tale from Italy describes an Italian wife who added toad skin poison to her husband’s wine. The toxin phrynine resembles digitalis and, rather than killing him, restored him to health from dropsy linked to heart disease.
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Leonard Guthrie
Italy
San Francisco
Argonaut
Iowa and nation news items mix on Friday events
A roundup of varied notes reports and brief items from across the United States and Europe. Includes political conventions in Indiana and Utah, a Missouri burial, a Wisconsin tax and office exam, frontier and rail line news, a Canadian front, and a Castoria advertisement ending with a nursery rhyme.
Mortgage Foreclosure Notices in Mitchell South Dakota
Public auction to foreclose two separate mortgages in Davison County, South Dakota. Elizabeth A. Kelsey’s mortgage to Elijah Butterfield and Mary Bond's court case against Sarah E. McDonald involve sale of 160 acres and Lots 1,2,10 in Van Eps addition, Mitchell. Sheriff Sperry Dwight to conduct January 8, 1894 auction with $407.93 costs and accruing interest.
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Elizabeth A. Kelsey
Elijah Butterfield
Mortgaugee
Register of Deeds
Daylson
Territory of Dakota
Mitchell
Davison
South Dakota
County of
Mortgigee
A. FE
Hitchcock
Davi- Fourth Judicial Circuit
Son County
Mary Bond
Sarah E. McDonald
M. M. McDonald
Sperry Dwight
Davison County
van Eps
A. E. Hirchcock
Variety of Quotations and Wit From Old Newspapers
A collage of brief jokes and quips from periodicals including a maker of silverware dispute, a remark about Americans abroad, and a London humor snippet. It also notes digestion times for beef and moral retorts, finishing with a comment on Britain's empire size and an aim metaphor.
Trains Depart East and Reno Freight Notices
Passenger service departs at 10 00 a m Sundays and 10 30 p m Saturdays Freight trains run at 6 15 a m Sundays Rail schedule fragment lists departures from Reno with freight and passenger designations.
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Mitchell
Chicago
Sanborn
Sioux City
Aberdeen
Minneapolis
St. Paul
IF. E
Clark
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