Tragedy at Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York
A devastating blaze at 23 Washington Place kills 142, mostly young women from the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. Investigators flag negligent safety lapses, lack of fire escapes, and inadequate exits as causes, with prosecutions expected. Officials note many victims died on the floors or while escaping via interiors and nets.
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New York City
Triangle Shirtwaist
Building Department
Triangle Shirt Waist Company
Washington Place
Isaac Harris
Max Blanck
American Book Company
Shirt Waist Company
Believut Hospital
Charities Pier Morgue
Slocum
Maderos Assemble to Discuss Course of the Insurgents
In San Antonio and Mexico City reports say Diaz may resign and peace negotiations advance. Francisco Madero predicts peace within ten to thirty days as de la Barra arrives and cabinet changes unfold amid war mobilization and reprisals.
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Maderos
Diaz
San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
Francisco Madero
United Press Today
War Department
Madero
Me la Barra
St. Louis
de la Barra
Washington
Reyess
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Manuel de Zamadona
United States
de Labarra
Manuel Macedo
Department of the Interior
Teodora Dehesa
Vera Cruz
Champ Clark Declines Use of Congress Car
Washington D C The speaker elect Champ Clark says he will not use the six thousand dollar automobile bought for Speaker Cannon two years ago. He notes he opposed the appropriation and cannot reconcile using a car he once opposed. He adds he made that stand as a minority member and will keep it as a majority member.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Clark
Abandoned Infant Case Leads to Arrest in City Hall
Chief of Police Shade arrested Arthur Skells for abandoning a child less than twelve hours old. Skells waived examination before Justice Drake and was bound over to the circuit court on $1,000 bond. A detail about a telescope seen in the Salvation Army Barrack hallway is noted.
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Cers
Sioux
Carst
Shade
Skells
Henry
Arthur Skells
Skell
Drake
Miller
Circuit Court
Salvation Army
Ship Disaster Feared as 128 Passengers Drown
After a violent gale near Brisbane Australia bits of cargo wash ashore, confirming the steamer Yorsi sank with all on board. Seventy sailors and sixty-eight crewmen were reported lost, with no survivors in the wrecked vessel.
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Brisbane
Australia
Alaska Coal Land Frauds Go To Trial
The first major Alaska coal land fraud case goes to trial in Seattle. Charles Munday Earl Birley Archie W Shields and Algernon H Stracey face conspiracy charges to defraud the government of about 10 million dollars in coal lands in Kayak district Alaska. The scheme allegedly used 6087 acres secured via dummy claimants after agreements to transfer titles.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Charles Munday
Earl Birley
Archie W. Shields
Algernon H. Stracey
United States Circuit Court
Socialist Wins Wichita Mayoral Race Primary
Wichita Kansas socialists sweep city primary with A L Blase leading by over 1000 and two socialist candidates winning final ticket spots Blase carries 20 of 28 precincts in the city election push
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City OF Kansas
Wichita, Kas
A. L. Blase
Blase
Importunate Tramp Felled by Woman Near Joe’s Meal
A brief report states a tramps incident where a woman aided by a neighbor’s wife provided a meal and repelled the intruder. The account notes a confrontation and the assailant was knocked to the ground by the woman. Further details are unavailable due to fragmentary text.
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O. D. J. S. Daniels
Ray L. Branson
Ranson
Wh. Koch
L. J. Welch
THE
First National Bank
First Trust & Savings Bank
QO. L. Branson & Co., Inc. Farm Loans and Insurance
O. L Branson
J. S. Daniels
Ray L. Brason
J. C. Wood
William Koch
DE Laval
E. B. VanAlstine, Mitchell, So. Dak
the Creamery
Turner Produce Co
Bulletin
Trict
Whitman
John Williams
Labor Union of
Sick and Death Benefit Society
Manhattan
Second Avenue
Avenue G
Chicago
Pittsburg
Detroit
Milwaukee
East Side
New York
North Brothers’ Island
Washington Square
Wayfarer
Croker
Labarra
George Vera Estancal
Fomento
Manuel Marroquihy
Vera
Nebeto Dominguez
Jose Yves Limantour
Manuel Gonzales Cosio
Salado Alvadrez
Department of Foreign Relations
Zaca Madona E. Imolan
London
Champ Clark
Spurn Automobile
Cannon
Wichita
Joe
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