Fire at Brooklyn Navy Yard Destroys Machine Shop No 28
A fire at Brooklyn Navy Yard machine shop No 28 destroyed over a million dollars in government property including models of battleships and plans. The blaze started at 6 30 pm and quickly engulfed the four story stone building, with pumps and guards failing to hold back the flames. About 600 workers were displaced as the steam engineering department suffered heavy losses and replacement work will be shifted to other yards. The cause remains unknown as investigators survey the scene.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Washington
Brooklyn Yard
Department of Yards
Massachusetts
R. T. Mulligan
Éall
Huntington
Nime
Maine
Loas
Adams poisoning testimony heats New York coroner inquiry
In New York a coroner's inquiry into Mrs. Kate J. Adams's death focused on Assistant District Attorney John F. McIntyre and Dr. E S Potter. McIntyre disputed claims he reviewed suspects with Cornish, while Potter said Cornish showed no illness and noted glasses with a sediment sample. Potter also recalled Mrs. Rogers urging secrecy and delaying public reporting.
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Dr. Potter
New York
Kate J. Adams
John F. McIntyre
Potter
McIntyre
Cornish
Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Adams
Maher
Hitchcock
Adsind
Harry Cornish
Wreck survivors suffer brutal voyage to safety
The steam ship William Lawrence wrecked off Port Royal bar. Captain A L Willis and 13 crewmen endured a blizzard with little food or water, shelter on Capers Island, and a perilous drift to Hunting Island before the Cambria rescued them. Chief Engineer Reach likely to lose a foot. others may lose toes or ears.
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Savannah
William Lawrence
Gambria
Cynthia
Sea Islands
South Carolina
A. L. Willis
Port Royal Bar
Willis
L. ‘Ez
Hopper
Horace Hopper
Quar
Bergerson
Paul Quantz
William Hauntz
Michael Hayes
Thomas Bolin
Jake Vandry
Frank White
Jean Baptiat
Charles E. Baldorf
Frank Fuller
Lewis Leecshouwer
Baltimore
Httie
Mate Beare
Capers Island
Port Royal
Hunting Island
Cambria
Reach
Bingle
Death of President Faure and French political crisis
Paris reports that President Faure died of a fatal illness tied to worry and stress, with doctors noting general paralysis signs and a vanity-driven court temperament. Clemenceau warned of a coup risk as France faced a fragile republic. Separate items include a grand larceny arrest of Dr. Samuel Ginner in Scranton and General Miles’ reply on duty, plus anti Semitic rioting in Marseilles and a Sherbrooke track accident with injuries.
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Emily Crawford
Paris
Mra
Emily
Crawford
Faure
Bulletin
Moliere
Louis XIV
M. Faure
Napoleon
M. Clemenceau
Clemenceau
France
Republic
tVith
Scranton
Samuel George Ginner
St. Paul
Order of Minnehaha
Church of America
Camden
N. J
Congress
Six Day Cretate Race Opens Persistent Lead Shift
At Mechanics Pavilion San Francisco at the end of the sixth hour thirteen riders remained in the six day bicycle race. Gimm widened his lead to twelve miles over Miller though riding strong. Hourly standings compare with the 1022 mile record. Gimm 1183.7 Miller 11713 Fredericks 11255 Astonson 11232 Haile 1082.2 Pierce 1082.2 Nawn 1076.6 Alberts 1063.7 Barnaby 1035.5. Perching Charity Supplies Washington Feb 37 Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn wires General Brooke that the relief ship Comes will return with more supplies and future aid will be under Brooke as complaints say charitable aids are sold by donors competing with dutyed merchandise.
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Mechanics’ Pavilion
Gimm
Miller
Fredericks
Astonson
Haile
Pierce
Nawn
Alberts
Barnaby
Washington
Meiklejohn
General Brooke
Avalanche Devastates Silver Plume Mine Settlements
A deadly avalanche roared from two gulches near Silver Plume Colorado striking Cherokee Gulch and Willihan Gulch. Forty four lives are believed lost with eighteen bodies recovered, most victims Italian miners and families. Rescue crews fear many more remain buried under snow and debris.
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Georgetown
Colo
Silver Plume
Dominico D. Batemat
Baby
Clear Creeie
Cherokee Gulch
Itatans
Cary City
Willlahan Gulch
Wreck of the Maine Remembered in Havana Decorated
Havana honors the Maine wreck with a flag ceremony aboard the sunken battleship. A procession includes Captain Eaton and sailors from the Resolute, wreaths and laurel, and a church memorial attended by Ludlow and staff, with no religious service at Colon cemetery due to clergy exclusions. Also reported are navy claims totals for the disaster with 35 aboard, 261 killed, and 94 survivors.
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Wessel
Havana
United States
Maine
Estes Rathbone
Dudley
Resplute
Maine Heavy Artillery
le An
Joop
Cuban Club
Eaton
Merced
Ludlow
Ernst
Brooke
Colon Cemetery
Father Sherman
Commodore Crowell
Washington
Navy Department
Bill to pay $10,000 to two seamen against Spain
Washington reports Representative Cummings introduced a bill to award $10,000 each to August Boston of New York and Gustave Richileu of Boston, for claims against Spain once authorized by Congress and tied to the peace treaty obligations. In Altoona Pennsylvania, Michael Sanford, 68, was found frozen to death in his home after operating the Opera House and later working in coal mines.
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John Buskirk
Ross Valley
Spain
Washington
Cummings
New York
Boston
Gustav Richileu
Congress
United States
Altoona
Michael Sanford
Gallitz
Oorceola
Opera House
Elmeelf
Paragraph Expt Order and Canal Appropriation Debate
The scene centers on a heated House debate over a proposed 20 million dollar appropriation for Spain under a treaty. Mr Wheeler and allies oppose, ruling questions and appeals pass with heavy party alignment. A push to insert canal-related funding and an army reorganization bill moves trigger further parliamentary maneuvering as adjournment looms amid procedural battles.
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Wheeler
Spain
Hopking
Carin
Ion
Cannon
Congress
House
Hepburn
Towa
Nicaragua
Payne
New York
Holl
Senate
Hawley
Falra
Bulgaria's Fate and Night of Disaster Claimed Several
A chaotic bulletin describes a night when rescue efforts failed for Bulgaria, with engineers and bystanders killed or injured as a roof collapsed under heavy snow. It reports named victims Clare nce Gross and Joseph Au, plus several drivers hurt, and notes the scene at Fourteenth Street and N. W. in Washington.
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Ivery
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