Four Buildings Collapse in Detroit Wholesale District
Four four story buildings in Detroit's wholesale district collapsed Sunday night without known cause. Losses include $152,000 in stock and $50,500 in buildings with no injuries reported though about 200 workers would have been at risk if collapse occurred during business hours.
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Detroit
Mich
Jefferson Avenue
Shelby and Griswold Streets
Shelby Street
Maddocks Glove Company
Imperial Cop Company
Glove Company
Norman Maddocks
Imperial Company
Fr. Neuhoff & Company
Neuhoff
Hills Bros
New York
Newnhoff
Michigan Produce Company
Crusoe Bros. Limited
J F Crusoe
Madaocks Glove Company
Detroit Gas Company
More Shocks in Mexico Rock Cities as Quake Toll Rises
Reports describe continued earthquakes in Mexico causing building demolitions and casualties. Eyewitness accounts from affected areas detail extensive damage in Folute and nearby towns with rescuers struggling amid aftershocks.
Murder in Rochester Jewelers Sale Rooms
Bela A. Brown a prominent Rochester jeweler aged about 60 to 70 was found murdered in his salesrooms Sunday night. He was struck from behind with a hammer, the blow crushing his skull, and authorities continued to investigate the brutal slaying.
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Rochester
N. Y
Bela A. Brown
Lord Kitchener Confirms Scheepers to Be Shot Next Saturday
Grant Reinet January 20 Lord Kitchener has confirmed the death sentence passed on Boer Commandant Scheepers who was captured last October He will be executed next Saturday.
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Grant-Reinet
Cape Colony
Lord Kitchener
Scheepers
Anglo American steamship lines merger eyed
A planned union of major transatlantic carriers including American, Cunard, White Star, Red Star, Anchor, Holland America and others aims to form a single network. The alliance would control about 500 million dollars in capital.
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New York
Anglo-American Alliance
Europe
American
Cunard
White Star
Red Star
Anchor
Holland-America
Atlantic Transport
Allen and Leyland Steamship Lines
United Capital
Return of Ellen M. Stone and companions Reported
Reliable news from Constantinople on January 20 states Ellen M. Stone the American missionary Mme Tsilka and the baby are well. Negotiations led by American minister John J. A. Leishman are under way toward their early safe return.
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Constantinople
Ellen M. Stone
Mme Tsilka
John J. A. Leishman
Death of a Jurist Shocks Montana Bar
Butte Montana January 20 Judge William H DeWitt a distinguished member of the Montana bar is dead from acute heart trouble He served as associate justice of the Montana supreme court for several years and was a member of the national bar association and related groups.
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Butte
Mont
William H. DeWitt
Montana
Montana Supreme Court
Urban Population Growth Split by North and South
The census director reports urban growth north of the Mason-Dixon line outpacing the nation, with northern cities housing a far larger share of residents than the south. From 1890 to 1900 cities over 25,000 grew 41 percent, adding 36 new large cities.
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Washington
United States
General Chaffee’s Luzon Provinces Situation Report
Manila dispatch notes Gen. Chaffee’s annual summary of the military situation in southern Luzon. He outlines the status of the provinces of Batangas and Laguna and the broader regional outlook as of January 20.
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Manila
Chaffee
Batangas
Laguna
Luzon
Explosion at Puente de Vila Mara kills many in Manresa area
A boiler at a spinning factory exploded near Manresa on Saturday. The building collapsed burying workers and families. about sixty people were killed and around a hundred injured. Rescue efforts faced darkness and entangling debris as carts ferried the injured to Manresa hospital five miles away.
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Barcelona
Puente de Vilamara
Manresa
Manresa Hospital
Insurgents Holed Up in Samar Mindoro and Cebu
The disturbed area includes Samar Mindoro and Cebu where bodies of insurgents are said to be found. General Chaffee cites geography and guerrilla tactics, plus enemy use of friendship to gain truth from locals. Municipal and provincial governments are forming to gauge Filipino progress toward self rule. Reports claim 11 men of Company I seized, possibly lost. Wade says 365 insurgents surrendered on Bohol, a claim questioned by secret service. Eight Eighth Infantry soldiers captured a woman named Aqueda Shei in Lagun province, Luzon.
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Mindoro
Cebu
Chaffee
Wade
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Secret Service
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Luzon
Morning Search Amid Ruins After Tragedy
In the morning inhabitants moved through ruined streets seeking the remains of friends and relatives while priests conducted the last rites of the church for the dying.
General strike ordered by Wisconsin paper workers
A joint meeting of Appleton Kaukauna and Neenah lodges of the United Brotherhood of Paper Makers ordered a general strike Sunday. It aims to close 25 mills in Wisconsin within three weeks, putting about 3,000 workers out of work and cutting 780 tons daily from the paper market unless shorter hours are granted. The plan is set to spread to other paper districts in the northwest.
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Milwaukee
Sentinel
Kaukauna
Wis
Appleton
Neenah
United Brotherhood of Paper Makers
Wisconsin
Woman Kills Herself After Rejected Marriage
Louise Avery a 23 year old resident of Delaware, Ohio, killed herself in a brutal act on Saturday night. Her brother found her Sunday morning with a shotgun to her temple after evidence suggested she had taken morphine and other substances. The tragedy was attributed to a man’s refusal to marry her.
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Toledo
Louise Avery
Delaware
Devd
Northwestern Professor Challenges Bible Inerrancy
Chicago January 20 Attacks on the Bible and its inerrancy are issued by Prof. Charles W Pearson of Northwestern University He contends miracles legends and religious stories may be regenda and require scrutiny.
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Indiana
Chicago
Charles W. Pearson
Northwestern University
Aad
Ilegories
Prince Henry to Visit Chicago and New York
Washington reports Prince Henry of Prussia will visit Chicago and New York as part of a broad itinerary. The plan includes meetings with President Roosevelt and a launch event in New York for the Kaiser's yacht, with formal entertainment arranged by a state department committee. The visit overlaps with the February 25 yacht launch and a McKinley memorial service in Washington. Berlin notes praise for Rear Admiral Evans as the chosen U.S. host.
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Prince Henry
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State Department
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Col
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New York
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Baron von Richthofen
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Princess Henry
American Ambassador and Mrs. White
John B. Jackson
Robrey D. Evans
Emperor William
von Tirpitz
Navy
Gen von Plessen
von Seckendorff
Violinist Joseph Burke Dies in New York at 85
Joseph Burke longtime accompanist to Jennie Lind during her 1850 51 tour died in New York Sunday in his eighty sixth year. The obituary notes his fame as a violinist and actor and recalls his prominence on the Lind tour. The text includes garbled remnants of unrelated lines.
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New York
Joseph Burke
Jennie Lind
Drunken Woman Kills Musicians in West Virginia Dance
At a Morris Creek hall six miles south of Montgomery, William Slaughter and Ralph Johnson were shot dead and Powell Calloway fatally wounded when Lathan Williams used a revolver after a dispute over ragtime. The killer was captured before lynching and jailed. In a separate note, a man mistook bystander B Hunt was shot dead in Shawnee Oklahoma after seeking entry to a house.
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Montgomery
W Va
William Slaughter
Ralph Johnson
Powell Calloway
Morris Creek
This County
Lathan Williams
Here
Williams
Slaughter
Johnson
Calloway
Double Tragedy In Whittaker Home Ends Inference
In Cincinnati a baby dies after mother and nurse face asphyxiation from gas in the home. Mrs Whittaker and Annie Laggie are involved as the infant is found dead and the nanny near death. A separate note from St Paul reports a $1,000,000 life insurance payout for the Peavey estate to administrators George W. Peavey and Frank T. Heffelfinger.
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Cincinnati
W H Whittaker
Annie Laggie
Miss Laggie
Whittaker
St Paul
Minn
Frank H Peavey
Minneapolis
George W Peavey
Frank T. Heffelfinger
Peavey
Senate committee relieves Chicago postmaster of stamps loss
Washington January 20 The senate committee on post offices authorized the introduction and report of a bill relieving postmaster Coyne of Chicago from responsibility for seventy four thousand dollars worth of postage stamps sale from the Chicago post office some time since This action follows the postmaster general's recommendation.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Post Offices
Coyne
Chicago
Senate committee approves Baker for Seventh Circuit
Washington January 20 The Senate judiciary committee reports favorably the nomination of Hon Francis R. Baker of Indiana to be circuit judge in the Seventh circuit Opposed confirmation was withdrawn Madison Wisconsin January 20 Governor La Follette proclaims McKinley birthday as McKinley day urging school observances and church memorials with voluntary contributions to the memorial fund Engineer Went to Sleep Kansas City January 20 a Missouri Pacific train collided head on with an east bound freight near Belek Missouri after the engineer dozed aboard the return trip
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Senate
Judiciary
Francis Re, Baker
Indiana
Seventh Circuit
Baker
Madison
Wis
la Fortette
McKinley
Wisconsin
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Belek
Panemiber Bajabed
Shanghai army says Tong Fuh Siang executed in Peking
Reports from Peking state Gen Tong Fuh Siang the anti foreign leader was executed January 15 at the yamen of the governor. The Standard notes Tong had been ordered executed by the dowager empress. The Shanghai corps cites trustworthy sources for the claim.
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London
Shanghai Corps
Peking
Tong Fuh Siang
Yamen of the Goernor
Dutch Premier Says No Peace Talks With Boer Delegates
London dispatch reports Dr Kuys per, the Dutch premier, stating he held no conference with Boer delegates and could not induce peace terms because their credentials did not permit it.
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London
the Times
Kuysper
Canal Report Backs Panama Route for Interoceanic Shipway
A supplemental report on the interoceanic canal project favors the Panama route. It states the plan should provide a clear title and satisfactory concessions, and has been sent to President Roosevelt for consideration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Panama
Agrarian riot in Also. government forces fire on mob
In Also within Maros-Torda, Transylvania, a mob attacked officials and gendarmes were forced to shoot. Ten rioters were killed and 13 wounded, with one more dying later.
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Buda-Pesth
Also& Decs
Maros-Torda
Transylvania
Current Events Mixed Signals From Early 20th Century News
Gov Nash requests Dayton state hospital board resignation while four new transatlantic lines are planned from Quebec and Europe. Illinois Central to modernize with telephones, De Kuyper mission to Brussels and London seen as peace seeking. Chicago land claims scheme alleged, Roosevelt comments spark debate, milk purity concerns in New York City.
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Ohio
Dayton State Hospital
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Europe
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Lake Ports
Illnois Central Road
de Kuyper
Brussels
London
Transvaal
Chimage
Pall Mall Gazette
America
Miss Roosevelt
William
United States
Lake Front
New York
Not to De Disturbed
A fragmented OCR note requests water crack at one pound, unclear context, with missing specifics and identifiers. No named entities or verifiable details present to anchor a periodista style summary.
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