Eleven Die In Fort Wayne Firetrap Hotel Tragedy
Fort Wayne Indiana May 4 eleven known dead in the New Aveline hotel fire with several missing. Many guests were trapped or killed as flames overtook the six story building from an electric fuse ignite sequence. Dozens injured remain under care as search continues for missing guests and unidentified bodies.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Aveline
Charles Benjamin
Detroit
J. B. Miller
Sheboygan
J. E. Ellis
Chicago
Isaac Hirsch
William Pitcher
Duluth
Minn
E. S. Johnson
Pana
Ill
Jos
W. Devincy
Philadelphia
Mary Burkett
Sarah Hathaway
Mishawka
E. H. Matthews
Columbus
Ohio
Jewish Society Officers Lose Appeal on Zionist Trust
The Jewish Colonial Trust petition seeking court power to confine operations to Palestine was dismissed by the Court of Chancery. The trust with two million pounds aims to promote Jewish welfare globally, while leaders defend Zionist colonization as the great ideal despite dissent from Israel Zangwill and others.
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London
Jewish Colonial Trust
Palestine
Court of Chancery
Israel
Rains Follow Colder Weather Un do Much Harm
Heavy rains with thunder and strong winds swept northern Texas Oklahoma Missouri Kansas Iowa and Colorado overnight and into today. The weather may undo prior damage and help crops recover in the region near Kansas City Missouri with broader agricultural impact noted.
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Kansas City
Texas
Oklahoma
Missori
Kansas
Iowa
Colorado
Union Pacific to seek 100 million bond issue
E H Harriman announced that Union Pacific stockholders will be asked at Salt Lake City meetings to authorize a 100 million dollar bond issue. He said about 50 million will be reserved for use under strict guard provisions for construction and acquisition of new lines and additions.
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New York
N. Y
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Salt Lake City
Pioneer Towan Dies In Lamoille Founder Of Town
Isaac L. Stevens aged 93 died in Lamoille Iowa today. He was an early Northwestern railroad resident and founder of the town of Lamoille. He was father of Judge J. L. Stevens of Boone.
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Lamoille
Marshalltown
Isaac L. Stevens
J. L. Stevens
Boone
Northwestern
Fish resigns from Missouri Pacific board
Stuyvesant Fish, former president of S C New York and Harriman Lines, tendered his resignation today as a member of the board of directors of the executive committee of the Missouri Pacific railway in New York City.
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New York
N. Y
Famous aged Owan dies after 109 years
Traverse City Michigan May 4 Uncle Dan Whipple aged 109 died last night from brain hemorrhage. He joined the Fremont exploring party on the historic Rockies crossing and was a long time companion of Kit Carson. He later served through the Civil War in an Iowa regiment.
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Traverse City, Mich
Dan
Whipple
Freemont
Rockies
Kit"’ Carson
Iowa
Plot Uncovered in Calcutta Promises Arrests
Calcutta reports reveal a native plot against Europeans using hazardous devices. Seized documents show links to high officials including Lord Kitchener, suggesting a widespread conspiracy and expected sensational arrests. In Lisbon, Portugal flags an inquiry into the King Carlos incident but will not prosecute despite suspected entwined figures, while promising a limited amnesty.
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Calcutta
Lord Kitchener
India
Portugal
Lisbon
Carlos
Manuel
Pioneer resident R. W. Whittaker dies in Iowa City
R. W. Whittaker, 75, longtime Iowa City resident, collapsed Saturday night and died an hour after being taken to a hospital from a brain blood clot. He had lived in the city for fifty years and is survived by his son Lee, a local businessman.
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Iowa City
R. W. Whittaker
Lee
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna Marries Prince Wilhelm of Sweden
In Tsarkoe Selo the marriage of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia was celebrated with imperial pomp. Guns fired at dawn and continuous salutes echoed as churches toll and bells rang across the empire. The couple then headed to St Petersburg for their honeymoon at Archduke Serge’s palace.
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St. Petersburg
Wilhelm
Sweden
Gustave
America
Maria Pavlona
Russia
Paul Alexanderovitch
Tsarkoe-Selo
Europe
St. Peter and St. Paul
Archduke Serge
Empire
Banker Robert Lowrey Drowns After Bridge Crash
Centerville reports the drowning of Robert J. Lowrey a Seymour banker during a storm night. He was with two companions when their buggy horses ran off a bridge into a creek and he died before rescuers could reach him. Lowrey was a wealthy prominent young man.
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Centerville
Robert J. Lowrey
Seymour
Lowrey
War of words on Indolph case verdict near in Iowa court
In Clinton Iowa the Irene Dolph murder trial enters closing arguments after the state rested with four rebuttal physicians. Defense attorney Holleran and others prepare for a lengthy contention with county attorney Keefe and Davenport lawyer Gannon expected to speak. State experts testified Irene Dolph is sane, countering defense claims.
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Clinton
Irene Dolph
Fritz Dolph
District Court
W. H. Carroll
Frank L. Holleran
Keefe
J. C. Langan
H. R. Sugg
F. A. Hohenschuh
Iowa City Pioneer Samuel Hess Dies at 84
Samuel J. Hess, aged 84, longtime Iowa City resident of sixty two years, dies this morning. For twenty years he served as alderman, county clerk and supervisor in the university town.
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University Town
Iowa City
Samuel J. Hess
Illinois Prison Scandals End in a Mild Whitewash
Chicago May 4 report from the legislative asylum investigating committee endorses five institutions while criticizing others. The censored document gives a half hearted endorsement for Joliet and Chester prisons and several asylums, with explicit criticism aimed at the Lincoln school for the feeble minded, Pontiac reformatory, and St. Charles boys school.
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Chicago
Ill
Legislative Asylum Investigating Committee
of Illinois
Deneen
O. K
Joliet
Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Chester
Asylum For
Central Illinois Asylum For Insane
Jacksonville
Bartonville
Lincoln
Illinois State Reformatory
Pontiac
St. Charles
Baroness Udo Von Ruexleben Dies After Double Tragedy
Bar oness Udo Von Ruexleben, a German noblewoman, killed her husband and shot herself at Buddenberk on Friday and died in Berlin on Sunday. Police report says the couple resided at Buddenberk before the incident. The case draws wide attention in Berlin society.
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Berlin
Udo von Ruexleben
Buddenberk
Ferry boat capsizes on Dnieper near Bykhoff
In St. Petersburg on May 4 a ferry capsized on the Dnieper river near Bykhoff in the Mohdleff government. One hundred twenty churchgoers returning from service were drowned in the disaster.
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St. Petersburg
Dneiper
Bykhoff
Mohdleff
Currency measures stall as Vreeland bill is tabled
Washington reports the House Banking and Currency Committee votes 13 to 3 to table the new Vreeland financial bill. Chairman Fowler plans to ask Speaker Cannon for a week to discuss pending currency measures. The page includes relief aid outlays for cyclone sufferers and a denial from Gov. Johnson supporters about a Democratic ticket link. Thomas J. Sullivan of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing dies.
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Washington, D. C
House
Payne
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
House Committee On Banking and Currency Today
Vreeland Financial
Fowler
Cannon
Senate
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Yon Yonson
Johnson
Minnesota
Gov. Johnson
Thomas J. Sullivan
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Squadron Nearing the Golden Gate
San Francisco May 4 The Merchants Exchange received a message from the fortress in Mendocino county nine miles north of here stating the Pacific squadron under Rear Admiral Dayton passed that place at 930 this morning on its way to the port city.
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San Francisco
Cal
Merchants’ Exchange
Mendocino County
Here
Pacifico
Dayton
Thaw's Fight for Liberty Begins in Dutchess Court
Attorney for Mrs. Evelyn Thaw says she offers to testify for Harry K. Thaw in the habeas corpus case. Proceedings open in Dutchess County Supreme Court with Thaw not to be returned to Matteawan during hearings, adjourned to next Monday as judge weighs transfer. Mrs Thaw states she supports her son, disputing reports of family opposition and withholding opinion on marriage annulment.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Supreme Court
Peabody of Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
New York
Dutchess County
Amos T. Baker
Matteawan Asylum
Morschauser
Harry Thaw
Bartlett
Railroads Fined for Twenty-Eight Hour Law Violations
In Chicago on May 4 Federal Judge Landis fined Rock Island Northwestern Illinois Central St Paul Santa Fe and Burlington railroads a total of 13000 dollars in 95 cases charging failure to observe the twenty-eight hour law for transporting cattle. Most fines, except against the Northwestern, were on guilty pleas.
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Chicago, Ill
Rock Island
Northwestern
Illinois Central
St. Paul
Santa Fe
Burlington
Landis
Fire Devastates Antipolo Housing Area
A May 4 blaze in Antipolo Morong Province destroyed about four hundred houses leaving hundreds homeless. The famed shrine survived as the lightning sparked the fire. Antipolo has around 5 500 inhabitants.
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Antipolo
Manila
Moreng
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Louisville Times
Charles Baird
Ralph C. Hopkins
Jewish Society
Organization For
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Pioneer Towan
Fish
Out of
Harriman Lines Now
S. C
OWA
State
Illinois
Vreeland
House Committee ON Banking
Bulletin
Golden Gate
Mrs. Thaw
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