Fourteen Die as Fire Traps Lincoln Hotel in Chicago
Fire at the Lincoln Hotel on Madison Street trapped guests on the second through fourth floors. Only two exits and a rear fire escape failed, causing 14 deaths amid screams and panic. Fire officials call the building a ruinous fire trap with a rear oil stove blast noted by Coroner Traeger.
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Chicago
Lincoln Hotel
Madison St
Geome
F. A. Smith
Musham
Fire Department
Traeger
Cantor Attacks Hill as Tammany Foe in NY Meeting
The Greater New York Democracy executive committee at 1155 Broad Way pledged a persistent fight against Tammany Hall. Borough President Cantor condemned David B Hill for failing to lead to victory and warned against autocratic nominations and public malfeasance. The group named seven to continue campaign work and praised reform efforts under the new city charter. Governor Gaoe blamed Democratic officials for the canyon city slump, while claiming harmony with the administration on policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater New York Democracy
No. 1
Broadwayk
Tammany
Borough
Cantor
David B. Hill
Democratic Party
Tammany Hall
Tammanya
Gaels
T —E Canvon
Billiard Parlor Beaten by Rampaging Youths
A mob of 17 to 20 year old youths stormed Frank Grassite’s billiard parlor at 2976 Third Avenue last night. They jammed the proprietor in a closet, locked him inside, tore cloth from tables, smashed cues, broke racks and balls, and damaged table legs before attempting to flee.
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Frank Grassite
Third-ave
Hawk Caught Himself In Charity Dovecote Tale
Rochester dec four special the seneca park zoo gains a young pigeon hawk kept as a new inmate. a farmer in charlotte rescued the bird after it squeezed through a dovecote hole to raid the birds. the hawk proved fearless in confinement and adapted quickly. plus a report from new orleans about an 850000 acre cypress land deal forming the louisiana cypress lumber company with thomas b lyons as likely president.
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Rochester
Seneca Park “Zoo
Charlotte
Tribune
New Orleans
Hammond
Thomas D. Lacy
Chicago
Thomas B. Lyons
Manchac
Lake Ponchartrain
Illinois Central Railroad
Louisiana Cypress Lumber Company
W. R. Lyons
R. A. Blodger
Michigan
Bradford & Keet
Danaher Brothers
Western Lumbermen
Indiana Company files for Indiana railways and lights
Camden New Jersey December 4 The Indiana Company capital 1 000 000 with 00 000 paid in filed papers to build railways and electric light plants in Indiana. Corporators include Thomas Dolan Randall Morgan Franklin H MacMorris Clinton N Latourette and George H Martin most are Philadelphians.
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Camden
N. J
Indiana Company
Capital
Indiana
Thomas Dolan
Randall Morgan
Franklin H. MacMorris
Clinton N. Latourette
George H. Martin
Incoming Steamers From Several Ports Reported
Shipping brief lists incoming steamers and arrivals by date from Liverpool Havre London Rotterdam Gibraltar Boston and other ports. Vessels include Georgic Lord Lansdowne Hindoo Monterey Niagara El Sud Mantton Picaua and more with arrival dates ranging November 19 to December 2.
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Georgic
Liverpool
Caseell
Denbighshire
Taurentian
Craigswald
Hillglen
John Sanderson Apache
Antrim
Britannia
Umbria
Philadelphia
Lansdowne Hindoo
Monterey
Niagara
Deutachi
el Sud
Mantton
Picaua
Rotterdam
Bremen
Gibraltar
Glaskow
Bordeaux
Jacksonville
Swansea
Saty
Havre
Southampton
Holl
Galveston
Various Meetings and Public Notices From New York City
A busy day of lectures meetings and events across Manhattan and Brooklyn. including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers convention closing session, Episcopal missionary services at Trinity Church St Pauls Chapel Church of Aow and St Timothy and the YMCA and Carnegie venues. a memory service for Rev Dr Faton at the Church of the Divine Paternity. Dr Herman Knapp lecture at the Academy of Medicine. Emi Fischer talk at No 37 West Thirty fourth Street. Chem- istry Society and Microscopical Society gatherings. St Nicholas So Delmanico’s anniversary dinner with notable speakers. General Society elections with Hoffman Beattie Strauch and Davies elected. Philadelphia school superintendent Robert Ellis Thompson lecture on Finance. Company A 224 Regiment reception dance at Broadway armory. holiday express business growth and Christmas parcel guidance. McNutt surrenders on a false pretences case. Lawrence Murphy arraigned on $10,000 theft charge. Lord Bishop of Thetford to preach at St James Madison Ave Sunday.
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers
No 12
West Thirty-first
Trinity Church
St. Paul's Chapel
Aow
St. Timothy
Young Men‘s Christian Association
Brooklyn
Carnegie Hall
Charles H Faton
Church of the Divine Paternity
Herman Knapp
Academy of Medicine
Preservatioon Society
Emi &. Fischer
China
West Thirty-fourth-st
New-York
American Chemiral Society
West Fifty—fifth-st
New-York Microscopical Society
Madisorave
Manhattan
Liberal Club
Fifteenth-st
Ciety
St. Nicholas
Delmanico
General Chaffee
Admiral Barker
D. McConnell
George L. Rives
Baron Gevers
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
Charles W. Hoffman
John Beattie
William E. Strauch
Richard T. Davies
Robert Ellis Thompson
Superintendent of Schools of
Philadelphia
East Twenty-third-st
Commercial Teachers’ Association
Broadway
Sixty-eighth St
Vast Vessel Schedule and Port Movements Listed
A detailed roster of ships and departures around December 1902. Vessels such as Orizaba, El Rito, Iroquois, Lauenburg, Princess Anne, Willem II, and many others are noted with their routes and port calls. The entry covers arrivals and sailings at Port of New York and foreign ports, plus weather at Sandy Hook and various cargo and passenger movements.
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Satle Orizaba
Bahamas
Ward
el Rito
Galveston
Morcan
Colorado
Brunswick
Mallory
Comal
Mobile
Iroquois
Charleston
Clyde
Lauenburg
Inagua
Munson
Campania
Liverpool
Cunard
la Champagne
Havre
Tam Lahn
Naples
G Lloyd
Mesaba
London
Transport
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Hol-Am
Leyland
British Empire
Antwerp
Phoenix
Mexico
Havana
Pathfinder
Porto Rico
NY & PR
Martello
Hull
Wilson
Pretoria
Bermuda
Quebec
Valencia
Jamaica
Hamb-Am
Zulia
Curacao
Prince
Argentina
Prince Zeeland
Red Star
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Furnessia
Glasgow
Norge
Copenhagen
Phenicia
Comus
New Orleans
Morgan
Mar
Lampasas
Jamestown
Norfolk
Old Dominion
Fontabelle
Martinique
Etc
Hamilton
Id Dominion
Teutonic
Queenstown
Nantucket
Buckman
Mader
Kingston
St Ann's Bay
Port Maria
Annatto Bay
Port Antonio
Ndse
United Fruit Co
Wildenfels
Ger
Reising
Calcutta
Colombo
Port Said
Algiers
Mdise
Finch, Edge & Co
Bar
el Valle
Grant
J T van Sickle
Princess Anne
Tapley
Newport News
Old Dominion Li Co
Chattahoochee
Lewis
Boston
Sandy Hook
Orizaba
Nassau
el Rio
City of Birmingham
Savannah
Riverdale
Baltimore
Vigilancia
Vera Cruz
San Marcos
Maverick
Port Tampa
Snowflake
City of Philadelphia
Benefactor
Philadelphia
Bohemian
Mc— Callum
New-York
Majestic
Smith
Minnetonka
Layland
Bristol
Kansas City
Southampton
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Richter
Bremen
Cherbourg
Dunnet Head
Hekla
Dan
Wulff
Christiania
Oceanic
Cameron
Toronto
Cox
New- York
Nicomedia Ger
Falke
Stettin
Genoa
Pantellaria
Spithead
Stewart
Hong Kong
St Hugo
Stable
New York
Yokohama
St Michaels
Prins Willem I
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Greater New York
Theodore B. Starr
Madison Square West
25Th
26Th Streets
John St
Starr & Marcus
Grassie
Morrisania
O'Toole
Dr. Lyon
James McCreery & Co
Twenty-third Street
Hawk
Louisiana
Cypress Tract
Shayne
H Ave
the Tribune
Railway and Lighting Company
Icaria
Itzgeram
ROACH
Sixth Avenue
Frank H. Graf
Seventh Ave
Spencer Optical Manufacturing CO
Maiden Lane
N. Y. City
Ses Tribune Almanag
Oxford
Yackall Carharleto
Canal St
Chambers
C. Shayne
Hway
6Th Ave
Ite Ae
Marine Intelligence
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
C. C. Shayne
Bway
Home News
New-York City
Agancine
Reading
William H. McNutt
Tombs Court
McNutt
Gussie” McKee
Odell
Lawrence Murphy
New York Journeymen Stone Cutters’ Association
Crane
Yorkville Court
Owen McGovern
Thetford
England
St. James Church
Madison-ave
Seventy-first-st
Steavers
Shipping News
Port OF New-York
Irving Place
Minna von Barnhelm
Gaz
der Damen Krieg
West End
Margaret May
Winchester
Sally
Mabelle Gilman
Victoria
Roma
Allen Hall Caine
Academy OF Music
11Th St
Irving PI Ucern
Mats
7Th Ave
Ted Marks
Hill Theatre
Lex
St. Murray
Kathleen Mavourneen
Proctor
Boway
Y4th
Herbert Stock Co
Aristocracy
Pastor's
St. Bo
Davis Clinton
The
BROWN
Playhouse
5Th Ave
FAO and Folly
3D Ave
30On & Mecusker
Post & Ings, Fiske & McDonough
Alaska
C.C. Shayne
Bet
B’way
Sibbelee
Amsterdam
Serena
San Francisco
Wseseseries
Justice
Kentucky
Episesicvece
Lady Anremecon
Belcher Ossse
Best & Belcher
Caledonia
Overman
Savage
Sag Belcher
Cal
Sierra Nevada
Syndicate
oTrt
St. Louis Gould & Co
Union
Julia
Hale & Norcross
Utah
C. Shave
Sts
Bet. Bway
Richard Ansfield
Alius Chsar
Mr. Mansfield
Pop
Masgagni
MRA Begin
Madison Ev'ss
Sweedon Grossmith & CO
Heidelberg
Biway
St Ly
Philharmonic Society
Walter
Miss Maud, MacCa
Coriolanus
Saint-Saens
Weingartner
Roterk
Ditson
Felix F. Leimpels
Beethoven “Mendelssohn
Symphony Orchestra
Gericke Thkets. Sy
Franz Kneisel
Anton van Rooy
Metropolitan Opera House
Maurice Gran
Sembrich
Louise Homer
Dani Idebuts
Scottt
Anthes
Mohimann
Edouard de Reszke
Hertz Sun
Gadski
Bridewell
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Blass
Hertz
Mon
Saida
Eames
Homer
de Marchi
Secor
Mihimann
Mancinelii
Schumann-Heink
Maryllt
Alvarez
Journet
Flon Fri
Eng
S—Tosca
Scott
Gilibert
Mancinelli
Weber
Augustin Dal
Empire
Faversha
40Th St
Cees
Virginia Harned
Iris Dec
Julia Marlowe
Garrick Theatre
35Th St
Mary
Geraldine
NEW Savoy Theatre
Bath St
Knickerbocker Theatre
E' Way
38Th St. Iventane
Maxine Goodwin
Elliott
Madison SQ
24Th St
Bway Eggs
Audrey
Johnston
Eleanor Robson
Herald
Belasco Theatre
David Belasco
Blanche Bates
St. Ev
Harlem J
Harlem Empire Theatre
Witlernsse
Martin Harvey
Wallace
30Th St
Wed
Laras Hackett
Broadway Theatre
Sat” St. & Bway
Morrow
Mendelssohn Hall
W Ed
Raoul Pugno
Enry Wolfson
Rs Ditson’s
Baldwin
World IN
Eden! Cinematograpsh
Coronation King
Edward
Musee DE Kosta the Wizard
4Th St. Theatre
Chauncey
Olcott
Old Limerick
Presbyterian Hospital
70Th St
Madison Avenue
Aes Se Iia BN
Agnew Johnston
D. C. E Hospital
List St. Annex
Medal of Honor Legion
Daniel Sickles
Fordham Heights
Syracuse University
Pennsylvania Society
Andrew Albright
Newark
St i
Jerusalem
Erwin
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Carlisle Indian School
Asbury Park
Bradley
Navy
George Wallace Melville
Theodore Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Senator Hoar
Europe
Hoar
James E. March
Timothy P. Sullivan
Vith
Great Barrington
Bishop Potter
Paris
News of the World
Sunday Tribune
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