Coliseum building burns in Chicago a major blaze
A fire destroyed the Coliseum at Sixty third street and Stony Island avenue in Chicago. About 200 people were inside. 18 were injured and one man, N. H. Johnson, died. Firefighters cleared the hall while the building collapsed within 20 minutes. Total losses around 478000 with 120000 insurance on the building.
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Chicago
Coliseum
Sixty-third Street
Stony Islind Avenue
N. 11
Jolmson
W. J. Wheeler
Madison Square Garden
New York
Tragic suidice linked to Miss Leila Herbert death
Miss Annie Virginia Wells daughter of attorney Lewis S Wells killed herself at her father’s residence. The death of Miss Leila Herbert daughter of the ex secretary of the navy, reportedly triggered Wells melancholia and the act was likely unpremeditated. Wells had met Herbert several times and had been ill for four months prior to the tragedy.
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Washington
Leila Herbert
Annie Virginia Wells
Lewis S. Wells
N Street
Northwest
Strange Manner in Which a Lexan Schoolgirl Was Willed
Fort Worth Texas December 27 Ladie Greenteaf ten years old was found dead in Rockland Tyke County schoolhouse after entering through a window when the door locked. A sash fell striking her neck causing death and a dawn search found her body hanging from the window. The Times London December 27 editorial decries the pope encyclical as a conciliatory move toward peace. Yokohama December 27 Count Matsukusa and Admiral Saigo Tsugumichi resign as premier and minister of marine. Marquisite likely new premier.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Ladie Greenteaf
Rockland
Tyke County
Yokohama
Matsuukusa
Saigo Tsugumichi
Marquisite
England Watches China Policy as Powers Cast Lines
London reports the Daily Chronicle believes Britain will monitor events in China without occupying territory, while backing Japan morally and warning China. US aims to protect interests, avoid territorial partition, and may backing Anglo American cooperation against Germany and Russia.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Japan
China
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Everylingsy
Tawali
Berliner Tageblatt
Koiniche Zeitung
America
Russia
Rome
Italy
Far East
Chusan
Berlin
The
National Zeitung
Washington
Canton
Cheefoo
Chingfang
Chinking
Foo Chow
Saipiong
Tankow
Ifoshow
Ichang
New
Vienna
Deutsche Zeitung
Miss Lella Herbert Ends Life in Washington Home
Miss Lella Herbert daughter of the former secretary of the navy died by suicide Tuesday morning by leaping from a third story window in her father’s Washington, D C residence. She had earlier injured in a fall near Cazenovia Virginia last September and never fully recovered, her family fearing a lingering disability and melancholy.
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Washington
Lella Herbert
Miss Herbert
Cleveland
Cazenovia
Mie
Fire gutted Auditorium and Hotel in Kansas City
Early morning blaze at the Auditorium, the largest play house west of Chicago, and the adjacent Auditorium Hotel at Holmes and Ninth streets gutted the properties. All 106 guests escaped in safety, many in night clothes. Owner Alex Fraser faces about $350,000 in total losses.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Auditorium
Iolmes and
Ninth Streets
Alex Fraser
Coal firms raise wages for 1200 miners in Walker County
Birmingham December 24 The Coronne Coal company and the Virginia and Alabama Coal company announce a wage increase from 6 and 0 to 7 0 cents per ton starting January 1 quoting higher demand and labor needs as the reason Other operators are expected to follow suit
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Birmingham
Ala
Coronne Coal Company
Virginia and Alabama Coal Company
Walker County
Buit
Prominent Philadelphia Banker Faces Suspension Shock
Philadelphia records publisher William M. Singerly presides over Chestnut Street Trust and Savings and its bank, both suspended amid heavy losses. Deposits total about 3 million dollars, with bankers scrambling to raise funds to cover liabilities as investigations cite unproductive paper mill losses. Citizens express sympathy for Singerly as he confronts financial distress.
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Philadelphia
Nut Street Trust and Savings
Chestnut Street Trust & Savings and Company
William M. Singerly
Philadelphia Record
SAG
Chestnut Street Bank
Trust Company
Cipelashat
Singerly
Naational Bank
Eckles
Washington
Singersly
Elkton
Jfe
Illinois Supreme Court rules annulment case in Orchardson Merrick affair
The Illinois Supreme Court affirms a lower court nullification of the Orchardson Merrick marriage. The ruling gives the Merrick relatives the estate once valued around $100000. The case centers on the marriage to artist Charles Orchardson after Mrs. Merrick’s death and a contested will.
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Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Orchardson
Quincy
Merrick
Vera Ava
Odelia Dis de
Railway Construction Figures For 1897 In The United States
The Railway Age reports that in 1897 railway construction added 1,864 miles of track, only slightly above 1896, with a notable low point in 1895 at 1,803 miles. By early 1898 the U S will have 184,464 miles of completed railways.
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Chicago
Railway Age
United States
Major Wheat Deal at Chicago Board of Trade
Wheat traders report a landmark deal between Phil Armour and Joseph Leiter with an estimated 15 million bushels contracted. Only 6 million delivered, about 2 to 3 million more in sight, prompting widespread action by Armour agents paying farmers to secure supply. The wheat average price commanded is about 90 cents per bushel.
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Chicago
Phil Armour
Joseph Leiter
I. Z. Leiter
Washington
Chicago Board of Trade
Leiter
Armour
Hide and Leather Bank in Chicago to Liquidate
The Hide and Leather bank will go into liquidation today in Chicago. Stockholders will meet for the last time and vote to transfer assets to Union National Bank. The clearing house will be notified that checks on the Hide and Leather bank will be paid by Union National Bank.
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Chicago
Hide and Leather Bank
Union National Bank
Jfide and Leather Bank
Mine Workers to Meet in Columbus in January
Columbus Ohio December 24 The ninth annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America is called to meet in Columbus on January 11 1808.
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Columbus
United Mine Workers of America
Secretary Gage Replies to Gompers Over Gold Standard
Washington letter from Secretary Gage to President Gompers defends the gold standard against the Federation of Labor resolutions. He concedes potential harm to wage workers if the current monetary system collapses but maintains his belief in the necessity of the gold standard for economic stability.
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Washington
Gage
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Nashville
Congress
United States
Weyler seeks conflict predicts US war and autonomy collapse
Madrid reports Gen Weyler aims to provoke war with the United States and to be named chief commander if conflict occurs. He denounces autonomy as doomed, warns Spain would lose Cuba, and opposes dissolving the chamber. Separate dispatches cover Cuban insurgent actions and a fatal rear end collision in Cayuga Indiana with two engineers dead.
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Madrid
Weyler
McKinley
Wesgler
Marquis of
Santa Lucia
Spain
Cuba
New York
Col
Ruiz
Blanco
Aranguren
Congosto
Eliot
Fire destroys $1 million in Cleveland business center
A blaze swept through Cleveland's business district on Thursday afternoon, fed by a northwest wind and a benzine explosion at the Johng & Co lithographing works in the Power block. The six story brick Wilshire block rear, owned by J. B. Perkins, and the Power block on Frankfort street suffered major damage, with property losses nearing one million dollars.
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Cleveland
Frankfort Street
J. B. Perkins
Wilshire Block
Mr. Perkins
Superior Street
Ex-Congressman Patton Dies in Philadelphia
Ex-Congressman John Patton of Curwensville Pennsylvania died in Philadelphia Thursday night after a prolonged illness. He was 74 years old.
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Patton
Philadelphia
John Patton
Curwensville
Explosion Kills Sixteen at Kaiserstuhl Pit
Sixteen persons were killed by an explosion of fire damp in the Kaiserstuhl pit near Dortmund Prussia on December 24. Rescue efforts and investigations follow as authorities assess the cause and scope of the disaster.
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Dortmund
Prussia
Kaiserstuhl
Big Holiday Trade Signals Strong Retail Surge
R G Dun says holiday trade is unusually large at many points with wholesalers delivering goods to consumers, and retail activity strong across the country. Cotton, wool, and iron demand rise. Illinois step works booked eight months. building contracts and car orders rise. failures slightly up in U S and Canada.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Philadelphia
Chicago
Sol
Wall River
New England
Fall River
Montana
Bessemer
Gray Forge
Pittsburgh
Eastern Bar Association
Southern Pig
Mexico
Illinois
United States
Canada
Bradstreet's
West
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Kansas City
New Orleans
Nashville
Savannah
Memphis
Northwest
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Omaha
Washington
Oregon
Farallon brings Klondike gold forecast for winter work
The Farallon reached Tacoma with news that John McPherson and three others arrived at Skaguay from Dawson City on November 7. Winter work is planned, supplies are hauled to mines, and prospectors anticipate up to 10 million dollars in gold output despite a food shortage. McPherson says no starvation will occur as miners share food.
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Wash
Farallon
John McPherson
Skaguay
Dawson City
Klondike
Bonanza
Hunker
Bear
McPherson
Street Car Held Up in Swedeland. Conductor Shot Dead
Four highwaymen stopped a Schuylkill Valley Traction trolley near Swedeland late Sunday. Conductor Charles Galloway of Norristown was killed resisting the robbery after the bandits rifled his body of money and a gold watch. Motorman Matthias was shot at but not hit. four women passengers were unharmed, guarded during the escape toward Philadelphia.
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Norristown
Dee
Schuylkill Valley Traction Company
Swedeland
Here
Charles Galloway
Matthias
Philadelphia
Post Mortem Finds Tobacco Choking Cause in McDonnel Case
Post mortem on John McDonnel, believed killed by Gilbert Gilman Friday night, finds a wad of tobacco in the windpipe. Physicians now contend death resulted from strangulation rather than the blow.
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Sioux Falls
Dee
John McDonnel
Gilbert Gilman
Gilman
Sheriff Shoots in Self Defense in Dunlap Tenn
Chattanooga news reports Sheriff Stanton McWilliams killed Iol ley Heard in Dunlap Tennessee with self defense pleaded. The incident leads the day’s crime coverage in the region.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Stanton McWilliams
Iolley Heard
Dunlap
Britain Protests Over Corean Intrigue and Russian Influence
Shanghai dispatch says 17 British warships off Chemulpo support a protest against Corean politics. McLeavy Brown’s dismissal favored Russian nominee. Seoul unsettled as Japan backs Britain. A British force reportedly reinstated Brown. rumors tie to Yangtse mouth symbolism. Tokyo notes Japan may aid in drilling Chinese army. indemnity talks shift. Russia circles as Shanghai reports clash with British trade aims.
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Corea
London
Shanghai
Chemulpo
Seoul
McLeavy Brown
Corean Customs
Japan
Daily Mail
Tokio
Peking
The
Times
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank
China
Russia
Great Wall
Robert Hart
Berlin
Germany
England
Hong Kong
Christmas Tragedy in Indiana County Leaves Couple Dead
Milton Neal and his elderly wife were shot dead at their Jacksonville area home nine miles from Indiana. Their son found them at nine p.m. on Christmas night. The couple, prominent local farmers, show distinct gunshot wounds with buckshot and birdshot. a double barreled shotgun lay by the husband. Authorities hunt the unknown killer as doorways and rooms display blood and damage. No signs of robbery beyond a ten dollar bill and a twenty on the dresser.
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Indiana
Milton Neal
Jacksonville
Here
Harry
Neal
Mr. Neal
Treasury gold reserve tops 160 million at year end
At High Water Mark Washington December 25 treasury officials report the gold reserve has surpassed 160 million dollars with a total balance including net funds near 237.13 million. The 60 day forecast called for 160 million by year end and officers express celebration while noting expected January disbursements will reduce working balance. A second item reports William Royce 22 of Utica New York killed by an express train at Linden station after attempting to cross tracks unseen due to a sharp curve.
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Washington
Treasury
Pittsburgh
William Royce
Utica
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Linden Station
Moodyville Man Fatally Shoots Self in Ewing
Virgil Manis of Moodyville Tennessee shot himself through the heart at Ewing in Benton County on a Saturday while reportedly under the influence of liquor.
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Benton, I
Virgil Manis
Moodyville
Tenn
Ewing
Time extended for automatic couplers and brakes on rail cars
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a circular extending two years the deadline for railroads to equip cars and engines with automatic couplers and driving brakes as mandated by the March 2, 1893 act. In other news, the Russian government seeks meat shipments to Vladivostok via New South Wales.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sydney
N.S. W
New South Wales
Vladivostock
Spain bristles at US meddling in its affairs
Madrid reacts to Gen. Woodford's note citing American interference in Cuba and Puerto Rico as intolerable. Reports say Spain will delay reply for weeks while Sagasta frames a firm but friendly response. Meanwhile Madrid and London press debate the note amid mixed reassurance and criticism.
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Madrid
el Heraldo
United States
Spain
London
The
Standard
Spanish West Indies
Sherman
America
West Indies
McKinley
Cuba
Senor Sagasta
Daily Mail
MacKinley
Senor Gullen
Blanco
Viva Weyler
Prefectura
New York
Havana
Manzanillo
Cauto
Calixto Garcia
Pando
Segura
Garcia
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