Flames Sweep Chelsea In Massive City Conflagration
A major fire in Chelsea, Massachusetts destroys churches, factories and densely built blocks. Marines and militia guard evacuees while residents flee with possessions as flames threaten the waterfront and Chelsea Square. Dozens of buildings burn, two bodies are found, and aid pours in from neighboring towns and Boston.
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Boston Fire Losses Through History
Boston has suffered major blazes across centuries with severe property damage. Notable events include 1872 when November 9 fires destroyed over 800 buildings across 50 acres, costing more than 70 million dollars, the Chicago fire of 1871, the Baltimore blaze of 1904 with 45 million in losses, and the 1906 San Francisco quake fire totaling 400 million and 395 deaths.
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Governor faces uphill fight over anti gambling bills
The piece notes rising public anger in Niagara and Orleans counties over anti gambling legislation and predicts a potential GOP rebuke at the polls. It cites Senator Owen Cassidy as a target of party critics for voting against the bills, with counties like Schuyler, Chemung, Tompkins, and Tioga pivotal in shaping outcomes as voters rally behind the Governor’s position.
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Orleans
Owen Cassidy
Cassidy
Schuyler
Chemung
Tompkins
Tioga
Byram L. Winters
Tioga County
Tompkins County
Recount of Buffalo mayor election to start today
The recount of Mayor McClellan's 190 election results begins today before Justice Lambert in Buffalo. A special jury, drawn from 100, will review all ballots amid anticipated delays from technical objections and ongoing legal battles led by William R Hearst and the Attorney General.
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Supreme Court
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Hearst
Court of Appeals
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Jackson
Eugene Lamb Richards
Board of Elections
Justice Gaynor
Brooklyn
Mr. Hearst
Mass meeting denounces Wilcox over anti-gambling vote
In Auburn New York April 12 a church gathering of several hundred denounced State Senator Benjamin M Wilcox for voting against anti racetrack gambling bills. Speakers included Rev E J Rosengrant and Judge George Underwood with resolutions calling him to reconsider and offering support to Governor Hughes and bill supporters.
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N. Y
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Benjamin M. Wilcox
First Church
E. J. Rosengrant
Hughes
Wilcox
Rosengrant
B C. Mead
George Underwood
A. C. Thompson
George Black Stewart
Allen M. Dulles
Auburn Theological Seminary
Massachusetts for Taft at Republican convention
Sen ator Lodge and Congressman Gardner express satisfaction at the harmony in Boston as Taft gains Massachusetts support. Crane allies claim no resolutions of preference will be adopted while Crane is backed for re election on the national committee with twelve district conventions and forty eight delegates yet to be chosen.
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Tribune
Boston
Senator Lodge
Gardner
Washington
Crane
Massachusetts
Taft
National Committee
Indignation Meeting Denounces Senator Wemple
In Schenectady New York on April 12 nearly two thousand people gathered at the Van Cuyler Opera House to protest the Senate action on anti racetrack gambling bills. Senator Wemple was denounced for his stance and declined an invitation to attend the meeting.
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N. Y
van Cuyler Opera House
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Taft Returns to Washington After Westward Absence
Secretary Taft arrived in Washington today after about ten days in the West delivering speeches. He plans to stay in the capital until Saturday then travel to New York City to address the Sphinx Club.
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Taft
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Sphinx Club
No Attempt To Block Election Albany April 12
Albany reports that no effort was made to stop the May 12 special election for the 47th Senate District in Niagara and Orleans counties. Secretary of State Whaten issued notices after the special term adjourned confirming voters may elect a senator to replace Stanislaus P Franchet. The proclamation directs the May 12 election for a State Senate seat.
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Supreme Court
Justice Betts
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State Senate
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John S. Whaten
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Orleans
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Stanislaus P. Franchot
Senate
Tuesaday
Taft to Speak at Mission Meeting at Carnegie Hall
The Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church announces a layman's missionary mass meeting for church men with Secretary Taft as speaker at Carnegie Hall on Monday evening April 2. A preceding men's missionary meeting will be held at Marble Collegiate Church at 3 p m.
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Taft
Carnegie Hall
Marble Collegiate Church
Lancashire Spinners abandon Delta land purchase plan
The Lancashire cotton spinners have dropped the scheme to buy cotton estates in the Mississippi delta. Legal impediments against aliens holding real estate halted the project after the association appointed a committee to form a U S company to control a cotton plantation following a British delegation visit last year.
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Mississippi Delta
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Double Tragedy Ends A Hungarian Romance.
A Hungarian romance ends when Billa Wasch fatally wounds his fiancée Julia Szillegzi at 255 East 3d Street and then shoots himself in a rear yard. He pressed for marriage after learning she had money. a quarrel led to the shooting. Detectives questioned witnesses. the woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.
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East 3d Street
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Jd Street
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Gorman
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Ex Army Officer Arrested In Check Forgery Case
Clarence Eustaphieve 30, claiming to be J C Eggieston and Arthur W Copp, was arrested at Millis Hotel No 1 Bleecker St for passing a $20 forged hotel check on Hotel Astor. A former US Army lieutenant, he alleged links to Buffalo families and forged checks he cashed via associates. He studied at Cornell and graduated NY Military Academy.
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Buffalo
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Muschenheim
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Watertown
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Brozzel Hotel
27Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Clinton
Will Need Negro Vote
James L. Mayson, candidate for the Legislature in the 35th District, released sworn affidavits from Georgians alleging Congressman Lon Livingston urged voters to defeat the negro disfranchisement bill. The speech at Fairburn reportedly occurred after he checked for reporters, stating in eight years they would need his aid to oppose the negro and the “poor white trash” label.
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Atlanta
James L. Mayson
Lon Livingston
Livingston
Fairburn
Tom Wersen
Playful Kitten Ties Up City Transit Routes
A gray kitten disrupted traffic on 39th Street and the Lexington Avenue lines for about half an hour last evening. It darted between streetcar tracks, blocked both directions, and caused power cuts as motormen halted cars. A boy captured the kitten and handed it to a woman who took custody. A tow crew and a wrecking wagon were summoned as the incident unfolded.
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Negro bishop criticizes Roosevelt Taft over Brownsville incident
Bishop Alexander Walters of the African Church diocese of New York reads a letter opposing Taft's nomination and Roosevelt, accusing the Brownsville affair of discrediting the colored race. The mass meeting near Morris Brown College discussed education, with few political references, as attendees heard calls for equal rights and justice. The note also mentions the Japanese emperor's thirty residences.
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Brownsville
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