Fire Records Show Large Losses Across Cities
Fires reported in St Louis and Chicago caused major damage. People's Church in St Paul burned, valued at about 106000 with 2300 seat auditorium and multiple departments. In Chicago, a six story building on East Superior was damaged by fire, losses around 113000. Wolcott Indiana suffered extensive damage to most of its business district, over 120000 in losses. Odessa’s Princess Rio de la Rioja de Rias died destitute and received a pauper funeral.
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St. Louis
St. Paul
Minn
People’s Church
B. G. Smith
James J. UHIl
Great Northern Railway
Summit avenue
Chicago
East Superior street
binare
Zero Mark Company
sign painters
Wolcott
Ind
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Odessa
Rio de Rias
Napoleon Til
YAGER Sarsaparilla With Celery advertised cure
An advertisement claims YAGER'S SARSAPARILLA WITH CELERY cures eczema and blood impurities by regulating the body. Testimonial from A A Wilson of Portsmouth Virginia cites dramatic skin improvement after use. Available at drug stores for 50 cents a bottle, Gilbert Bros. & Co. Baltimore Md.
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A. A. Wilson
Portsmouth
YAGER
Gillbert Bros. & Co
Baltamore, Md
Wild Cars Kill Three In Pittsburg Collision
A runaway car dashed into a crowd at Wilmerding, then a second car struck the same area, killing three and injuring many. Among the dead were John McFadden Mary Kinkaid and conductor Robert Trush. Fatally hurt were Charles Wright and Alex Saunders. A newlywed couple in a wrecked carriage survived with minor injuries. The crash occurred during a sleet storm at the foot of a long hill into Wilmerding.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela
Pittstin Railways company
John McFadden
East McKeesport
Mary Kinkaid
Robert Trush
Charles Wright
James Broad
Lizzie Minner
McKeesport
Alex Saunders
New Jersey Legislature Examines Building Associations
In Trenton on January 30 Governor Murphy sent a special message urging both houses to probe how proposed constitutional amendments from the 1901 session are published in newspapers. In the House, Mr Fallon introduced a five member committee resolution to investigate building and loan associations over payment laws and withdrawal shareholder valuations.
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Trenton
Murphy
Fallon
Miss Stone Released Fate of Two Reported
The Domes correspondent reports the fate of two individuals, Miss Stone and Matamwne Talla, with a note that they were hurried released this morning on Tur yh ternton.
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Miss Stone
yetterdas
Miies Stone
Matamwne Talla
Philippine censorship debate in senate inquiry
Washington on January 30 the Philippine tariff debate revived talk of press censorship in the Philippines. Senators sparred over whether cables were censored while General Greeley's letter claimed censorship was removed except for code messages from firms with no standing. The dispute touched on press freedom and military control in the islands.
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Washington
senate
Manila dispatch
General Wheaton
Schurman
Dubois
Philippines
Lodge
Idaho
Philippine committee
Beveridge
General Greeley
army
Philippine Islands
Europe
America
Philippine archipelago
United States
Hong Kong
Singapore
Tillman
Hoar
Mary
Art Student Life in New York Girls Life Class
Winter draws hundreds of young women to New York for art study. After the National Academy exhibition, student canvases appear. The Society of Fakirs then stages its exhibit featuring caricatures of notable academy works.
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ART
NEW YORK
GIRLS' LIFE
National academy
mit
Society of Fakirs
academy
Honoring McKinley at Canton Memorial Meeting
Cantonians gathered at the Tabernacle to honor martyred President McKinley with a memorial meeting led by William Dudley Foulke of Indiana. Dr. Josiah Hartzell spoke on the Home Ties of President McKinley as the community reflected on the late leader. In Pittsburg, McKinley Day saw schools and churches raise between 25 000 and 40 000 dollars without a formal collection.
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Canton
New York Board of Trade Banquet Honors McKinley
The New York board of trade and transportation held its annual banquet at the Waldorf Astoria with a double aim to honor President McKinley’s memory and to promote closer ties between capital and labor. Notables present included ex-postmaster general Charles Emory Smyth, Captain R. P. Hobson, Senator Hanna, Colonel Myron T. Herrick, Charles A. Moore, Samuel Gompers, and Oscar S. Strauss chaired the event.
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McKinley
New York
New York board of trade and transportation
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
William McKinley
Charles Emory Smyth
R. P. Hobson
United States
Hanna
Myron T. Herrick
Charles A. Moore
Mé@Kinley
Samuel Gompers
Federation of Labor
Oscar 8. Strauss
Battle with burglars ends in deaths in Gallipolis
Two burglars and a pair of cracksmen are dead after an attempted robbery of Mrs. Mary Priest, a widow in Gallipolis Ohio. Deputy Sheriff Mannering and Athens Marshal Fritzenwald are seriously harmed as officers and locals set an ambush at the widow’s home. The clash left the criminals dead and officers wounded.
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Gallipolis
W. S. Mannering
Peter Fritzenwald
Athens
Mary Priest
oicael
Spinks Denounces Plan to Wreck American Company
Henry Spinks of Newport Kentucky claims a scheme to wreck the American company favors stockholders of the National company and alleges fraud in court actions aiding Land Title and Trust Company. He asserts the American firm is solvent while the National firm is insolvent and accuses syndicates of manipulating receiverships to dodge payment on stock.
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Menry Spinks
Trenton
dan
tHenry Spinks
Newport
United States
ea bs
National Agnhetf
Asphaly Company of America
Land Title and Trust Company of
Philadelphia
American company
National company
Mack and Widener
Women to Subdue Filipinos Assert Women Exert Strong Influence
Washington reports Brigadier General Bell believes one American officer’s wife can influence reform in the Philippines more than a company of soldiers. He cites cases where officer wives accompanied troops to towns and swayed local opinion, aiding American aims in the islands.
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Washington
Jan
H. C. Corbin
army
J. F. Bell
department of Northern Luzon
Bell
Philippines
Bel
Thirty-sixth Infantry
United States
Dell
islands
Carnegie Institution Trustees Receive $14,000,000 Gift
At a Washington meeting the Carnegie Institution trustees accepted a deed gifting $14,000,000 in United States Steel Corporation bonds from Andrew Carnegie. The funds fund a Washington-based research body to advance discovery and public good. Abram Hewitt chaired the session with Dr. J. S. Billings as vice chair and Dr. Daniel C. Gilman named president. The gift is held in trust to support study, laboratories, and advanced instruction, with the trustees empowered to set salaries and govern finances.
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Washington
Carnegie
Carnegie Institution
state i
Abram S. Hewitt
New York
Haye
Charley JD. Wal
bonda
United States Steel Corporation
Weahington
United States of America
Abram Hewitt
J. 8. Billings
Charles D. Walcott
Daniel C. Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
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B, EBERT & SONS
Sargent Gem Cutter
ALLEN ROH
Promat
mipeteteke
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Coleman
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ERNEST HELFENSTEIN
W. Patch St. Frederick, Md
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Halifax
N. S
Marsh
Shorburn
Pictou county
J. W Sutherland
Walter Sutherland
John Willes
Marl Murphy
the
White Rats
association of vaudeville actors
Pillsbury
Savannah
Wm. J. Keaney
Jacksonyvil
St. Augustine
Mower
Cardinal Mattineli
Washintin
Miss Gould
Sav
Belon Grid
China
Naval College
Zenton
Tien Tsin
Vimoh
Che Foo
Lord Charles Beresford
GREELEY
Ways and Means Committee
Vineland
N. J
M. E. Van Keuren
Wirstake
Knoxville
Tenn
Michael B. Ringer
Pr. Konzer
Shamolin
William Williams
Royal Oak
Williams
Davie Zeitz
BREAN
Hiram vroh
Ona
N. Y. BOARD OF TRADE
Owensboro
siett
Cumberland Telephone company
Home Telephone company
Joss
cas
Poultry Association
Charleston
Amerean Poultry Assocation
Renrall
Iamina
Jatt
velard
dan - Ux
atraci
ronerdora
ASPHALT
PANAMA
Colanina
Boyaca
Cemio
General Campo
Agua Dules
Padilla
Yeruala
Iocloch
Darien
Gallan
Chucuto
Chicmio
Royaran
MTree sreer
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De socgon
contimenen
operaic
tarumay
merrparates
Tiotars
Gould
Evan
Pudie
CLEVELAND
Kansas City
Paul Morton
Atchison
J. M. Johnson
Rock Island
J. M. Monroe
trafic
Union Pacific
Pope Leo
Omaha
Neb
Mary Constance Bentivoglio
St. Clare
St. Angelo
Rome
Bentiroglio
Count Bentiroglio
Norfolk
Gull Shoals Life Saving Station
Carolina
forrt
Hirseh
James Artin
Phladelphia
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