Submerged with Oil and Major City Fire Losses
Oil spill from a bursting reservoir near Chicago flood's land, risking ignition and costly damage. Grand Opera House and Grand and Court blocks in Saint Paul suffer extensive blazes, with losses estimated up to thousands. Memorial Presbyterian Church fire causes $20,000 damage. several other fires and accidents reported across multiple cities with insured losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grad Opera House
St. Pact. Dun
St. Paul
Tlmes
Scott
Theatre
Grand
Court
Rockwound
Judd
Sumner Block
Wixley & Co
Clothiers
Judd’s
Rivet & Zoller
Virginia Governorship Contested Amid Dual State Government
In Wheeling on January 22, Republican sources say the Charleston gubernatorial contest may produce a brief dual government after March 4. Gen Goff allegedly plans to take oath as governor elect, and if entry is denied, he would call civilian aid, militia, and then the federal government, which is expected to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Golf
Charleston
Wheeling Intelligencer
Goff
Fleming
Wilson
Volf
State House
United States
Unclear asset: Fond du Lac reserve trespass cases hinge on bail
Deputy United States Marshal Beau lieu arrested several on the Fond du Lac reservation for trespass. They’re held on $500 bail to answer at the June term in Winona. Government probes illegal pine cutting since last May, Indians claim $200,000 losses. Patines, the contractor, rumored abroad in Wisconsin. Reservation farmer labeled a notorious squaw man. Gov will retain all cut timber and halt further cutting. Tension may rise as loggers resist, with troops likely to eject them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Fond du Lac
Devitt
United States
Beaulieu
Winona
Patines
Bee
Wisconsin
Two Million Women Voted in Recent Elections
New York reports a London advisory stating about 2,000,909 women voted in England Scotland and Wales county council elections last week with many titled and influential ladies backing Lady Sandhurst and others. Reports also cover suffrage convention in Washington and other unrelated items including church circulars and ship collisions.
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New York
Woman Suffrage Party
London
England
Scotland
Wales
Countess of Aberdeen
Lady Sandhurst
Jane Cobden
London Board of Aldermen
Ship and Sugar Lost near Cape Hatteras
Philadelphia bark Waler Captain Whelan, from Pernambuco to New York with a full cargo of sugar, ran ashore at Cape Hatteras on January 18 and was totally lost. the crew were all saved. Also, on January 22, Emperor hosted a banquet in honor of Prince Alexander of Battenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Corrigan
St. Leos Church
Ducey
St. Leo's
Legitime
Kip ON
Jamaica
Osippee
Haytien Republic
Ailsa
Stexzmer
Liverpool
Mersey
Wyoming
Philadelphia
Waler
Whelan
Vernambuco Bec
Cape Hatteras
S. Th
Prince Alexander
Prince Alexander of
Battenberg
Pennsylvania's First Snowfalls In January Evening
The first snow of the season fell in Pennsylvania on Saturday around 7 p.m. It stood about four inches deep before turning to rain and sleet as the storm progressed.
Three Sailors Drowned As Barge Josephine Reaches Shore
January 2 report from the Point Anerton southeast bar states the barge Josephine with a four-man crew ran aground. Three sailors drowned and one survived, after the vessel came ashore in rough conditions near Hun. Moses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Josephine
Point Anerton
Noureddin the Shah's Son Flees With Armenian Maid
In this ballad by Clinton Scollard, Noureddin, son of a shah, rebels against mosque life and falls for an Armenian Christian maid. They escape to the mountains, defying his father's frowns and threats as Teheran echoes with their song.
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Brack Yer Wains
Wis
Blake
Noureddin
Ha Noureddin
Sig Noureddin
Teheran
Tia
Hat’ Noureddin
Clinton Scollard
The First Review That Forgave a Woman
A young woman recalls writing under a male pseudonym and deceiving Cyril Brownrigg, a reviewer who cherished their friendship. When truth surfaces at a party, he withdraws. later, during a theatre fire, he saves her, sparing no effort to protect her life and earning her lasting forgiveness.
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Coer
Mr. Brownrigg
Earle Oakhurst
Cyril Brownrigg
Miss Gould
Perconye
Amy Earle Smith
Cyril
Eath
Amy
Thornton
R. A
Mne
Tyes
Courage and forgiveness in a perilous theatre escape
A narrator recalls a deadly blaze and a rescue scene as Cyril’s love guides Amy through smoke and danger. Amid fear and confusion they reunite, Cyril pleads for forgiveness, and amy accepts, choosing a life united in art and love. The piece closes with reflective notes on gifts and aging.
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Chicago
Ciieast
South Chicago
Hotandant Ou Company Tak
Ste Avn
Ko In Na
Memorial Presbyterian
Nis Lele
Loevat Gap
Joseph’s Convent
Willip
Ryan
Twenty-first
Jack, the Ripper
Jack the Ripper
Tierney
Marquis of Queensbury
Jeo Isheeds
East Saginaw
Mich
Pat Marrington
Duluth
T Marrington
Boonesborough
Fort Dover
Que Mur
Gicago
Spring Valley Coal Company
Nience
Conways
Ohio
Foraker
Mary Garrett
Jim
Bell
Isaac Bell, Jr
Netherlands
St. Yaike’s Hospital
Phelps
Lospos
Dan
Jord
Mansion House
Virginia
Women IN English Politics
Havre
Castle Garden
Belorida
Ujeeing
Boston
Chelsea
Shah
Stu
Blackpool Chronicle
Otiers
Tarle
Amy Smith
Oakhurst
Musical Pista
Sophie Lenoir
Mme. Lenoir
Mr. Browninge
Stetiiered
Papa
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
John
Clark Street
Jehu
Buffalo News
National Stockman
Gale’s
the Security Bank
Mitchell
Dakota
M. H. Rowley
Prea
KR. N. Kratz
H. Rathman Cash
Frank Weller
Rowley
Mitchell National Bank
Devos
W.G. Davison
L. N. Shaman
Pes
Jb. Crerwilliger
N. L. Davison
Cashier
G. Chandler
First National Bank
John J. Lawler
A.M. Bowdle
J. KE. Gilbert
Howard Kibber
Ass't
E. A. Gilbert
Adam's Exp
N. Grant
Main Street
CJ Ward
Ives & Pond’s. Opera
Aine
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