Spectacular Fire Strikes Cook Building at 245 Broadway
About 25 000 spectators crowded City Hall Park after a blaze began in a cellar pile of paper at the Cook Building. The fire, first seen as a red flame pillar, rapidly engulfed the top floors, with three girls and a man rescued from a rear wing fire escape. Deputy Chief Binns and Chief Croker arrived, a second alarm followed, and a bystander aided Ladder 10 to rescue trapped workers.
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Brooklyn Bridge
City Hall Park
Cook Building
Broadway
City Mall Park
Binns
Croker
Murray Street
Charles H. Ziegler
Josephine Walsh
Tose Krieger
Annie Plunket
Arnold Carter
Thomas Cook
Misa Walsh
Ziegler
Importera and Traders’ National Bank
Algerwood Typewriter Company
Cook
Great Bear
Spming, Waren
Shepard Men Pin Faith On Governor
Newspaper report from Albany details Edward M. Shepard’s backers pressing Governor Dix to resolve the Senate race with Shepard favored over Sheehan or a Tammany choice. Murphy and Cohalan confer with Dix as factions hope for Dix’s decisive move, while Osborne and Hart push for the silk stocking wing’s stance amid party tensions.
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the Tribune
Albany
Edward M. Shepard
United States
Dix
Shepard
Tammany Hall
William F. Sheehan
Murphy
Montgomery Hart
Shepard Committee
C.F. Murphy
Daniel FP. Cohalan
Tammany
Lawsuit questions Eddy will residuary clause validity
Petition filed in New Hampshire court seeks construction of Mrs Mary Baker Eddy will residuary bequest. Attorneys for George W Glover and Dr Foster Eddy press to move case to the state Supreme Court. The opinion argues New Hampshire law bars large gifts to a single church, potentially voiding a $2,000,000 bequest to Christian Science groups.
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Coscapd
Mary Faker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
United States
William E. Chandler
Hannis Taylor
Washington
George Washington University
Staan
New Hampshire
Professor Taylor
Courts of Equity
Federal
Beskies Formes
Chandler
Taylor
Siowers
John W. Kelley
Portsmouth
de Witt ©. Howe
Concord
O Taylor
Massachusetts
New Yampahire
Sackavetts Corporation
Mamachynotts
New Hamupshire
New Hampanite
Importers Offer $1,000,000 Compromise to Customs Fraud
Washington on January 12 Secretary MacVeagh faced offers totaling $1,000,000 from New York importers of woollens laces millinery silks and related goods suspected of undervaluation frauds. One firm reportedly proposed a compromise exceeding $741,000.
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Washington
Jan
MacVeagh
New York
Lost Appendix at Sea A Violin String Saves Passengers Life
Captain Agassiz of the steamship Uranium plays the violin to improvise a sterilized operating setup after a steerage passenger Ignace Berasch develops appendicitis aboard. Dr Jose Connolly administers anesthesia, and with a violin string used as surgical catgut the appendix is removed. Berasch recovers and is moved to a hospital.
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Agasuz
Uranium
Ife
Ignace Berasch
Etrickerl
Rotterdam
Josep E. Connolly
Connolly
Agassiz
Berasch
Gave Wife to Early Wooer Divorced Japanese Man Dies of Grief
Maud Annie Hunt, divorced wife of Japanese Mequet Inomata, marries her girlhood love James Gibson in the State Charity Hospital. Inomata, prostrate with grief, consents to the divorce and bequeaths real estate. the trio attends the terminal scene as the Japanese man is said to be dying.
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Tettonet Viekebure
Mil
Jan
Maud Annie Hunt
Mequet Inomata
James
Inomata
Miss Hunt
Gibson
America
New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
Miss Morosini Weds Arthur M Werner In Somerville
Miss Julia F Morosini daughter of the late Giovanni P Morosini who profited from Jay Gould affairs married Arthur M Werner a former mounted policeman in a civil ceremony by W R Sutphen with a later religious service by Rev Dr Nathaniel Brooks in Somerville N J Witnesses included Mrs Adele Benedicks and Giovanni P Morosini Werner once saved Morosini from a runaway team and later became estate manager.
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Julia F. Morosini
Giovanni P. Morosini
Jay Gould
Somerville
N. J
Arthur M. Werner
W. R. Sutphen
Nathaniel Brooks
Bayonne
Adele Benedicks
Miss Morosini
Werner
Kingsbridge
Morosini
Mr. Werner
Madison Square Garden
Victoria
Necklace Loss Worth 100000 Ties Family History
Philadelphia police were notified of a missing necklace of eighty three pearls owned by Mrs. J. Madison Taylor wife of the Pine Street physician. The pearls valued at 100000 reportedly vanished Wednesday afternoon between 15th and Pine streets and 17th and Locust streets during a walk. The piece has long familial ties tracing back to Mrs. Taylor's grandmother.
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Philadelphia
J. Madison Taylor
Pine Street
Taylor
15Th
Pine Streets
17Th
Locust Streets
Earl of Cadogan Marries Wealthy London Landlord Cousin
Surprise in London as the Earl of Cadogan wed his cousin the Countess Pang in Florence. The bride is a prominent London landlord known for entertaining royalty. Three heirs to the title had died during his lifetime.
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Countess Palagi
London
Earl of Cadogan
Countess Pang
Florence
Tuttle Loses Leg After Amputation Operation
Lucius Tuttle longtime Boston & Maine president underwent amputation of his left leg in Boston after a blood infection and a bite by a strange insect two years earlier. He rested comfortably but remains in danger as doctors sought to save the limb amid long illness. He is sixty four and has not been in good health for years.
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Tae Tebane
Boston
Lucius Tuttle
Boston & Maine Railroad
Tutte
Samuel J. Mixter
Mixter
Tuttle
Les
Mr. Tuttle
Hyde Houseboat Found Near Daytona Amid Secrecy
Daytona, Fla. Jan. 12 The houseboat Stop A While linked to Charles H. Hyde City Chamberlain of New York has been found grounded between Daytona and St. Augustine. Hyde reportedly left the boat at Beaufort then boarded again at Jacksonville before going ashore. Officials say his evasive answers and restricted access keep him on board. Passengers reportedly include a few women and two men, with Captain McLaughlin named. Rumors say Mayor Gaynor doubts Hyde will return to office. illnesses cited include gall stones and Brights disease with possible operation. Friends confirm gall stones but offer no definitive illness detail. An appellate order requires Hyde to invest court funds in U.S. or New York bonds, restricting other securities. The graft inquiry advances with a legislative deadline extended, fueling resignation rumors and mayoral considerations.
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Daytona
Fla
Charles H. Hyde
New York
St. Augustine
Hyde
Beaufort
N.C
Jacksonville
McLaughlin
Gaynor
Mr. Hyde
City Chamberlain
Bright
Mr Hyde
Chamberlain
Crapsey
Cooper Upton
Mitchel
Board of Estimate
Mr. Mitchel
Hodge
Prendergast
Chamber of Commerce
Timothy Healy
Mise
George McAneny
Missouri bill would compel ticket sellers to answer questions
Jefferson City Mo Jan 12 The Missouri Legislature faces a proposal from Rep Floyd Tughte of Gallatin to force railway station agents to answer traveler questions The measure targets agents who refuse to respond noting years of refusals by country agents who delayed trains.
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Missouri
Jefferson Cit. Mo
Floyd Tugete
Gallatin
Tugele
Man cuts off own arm to escape corn shredder
Bellefontaine Ohio January 12 Charles Deaton a Champaign County farmer saved his life by severing his own arm with a pocket knife after becoming caught in a corn shredder. His companions could not release him without dismantling the machine and he acted with remarkable nerve to prevent bleeding to death.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Charles Deaton
Champaign County
Deaton
Seattle Suffragists Swear They Are Male Persons
In Seattle on January 12 approximately four thousand women sworn they are male persons as part of an oath for voter registration. The oath specifies the applicant is a male person and over twenty years old, reflecting a challenge to the registration process and the law’s wording.
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Seattle
Wasa
Guilty of Wifes Assault Court Rules Husband Liable
A South Boston court ruling holds a husband liable for his wife actions if he is present during an assault. Judge Fallon ruled that a husband bears responsibility when his wife strikes another person, as in the case of Mary Brown accusing Fritz Herman. Herman was found guilty of the assault and fined three dollars.
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Tribune
Poston
Fallon
South Boston
Pallon
Mary Brown
No. & Rogers Street
Fritz Herman
Herman
Mitchel Claims Interborough Subway Pledge Violated
At Cooper Union, John Purroy Mitchel and allies accuse Interborough and Willcox of breaking a subway compact with the city. They contrast pre election pledges on routes and city built lines with current stance, pressing Gaynor and other officials. The forum, held by the People’s Institute, features strong exchanges and calls for accountability.
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John Purroy Mitchel
Board of Aldermen
William. A. Prendergast
Timothy Healy
Cooper Union
Board of Estimate
People’s Institute
J. Aspinwall Hodge
Interborough
Maderson Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Shonte
Willcox
Morgan
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