Coney Island Fire Destroys Nearly Million in Bowery District
A fire at Coney Island in the Bowery district destroyed 20 acres of property valued near a million dollars. Fire officials deem the blaze incendiary, noting two separate outbreaks and traces of kerosene along boardwalks. About 2,500 residents were briefly shelterless. looting occurred as fire crews contained the flames.
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New York
Coney Island
the Bowery
Bowery
Ocean
Tilyou's Walk
Irontier
Iron Pier
Scheffte
Palm Pavilion
Tilyou’s Walk
Brooklyn
Kirkpatrick
Perfect strengthening laxative California Fig Syrup Co ad
The well known remedy Strur or Fies by the Cariorsta Fie Syrup Co uses figs for taste while senna and aromatic plants provide medicinal laxative qualities. It cleanses the system, dispels colds headaches fevers and habitual constipation gently and promptly without weakening kidneys eyes or bowels. Sold by all druggists price per bottle.
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Cariorsta Fie Syrup Co
Fie Srror Co
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
York
N.Y
The New Gettysburg Monuments Dedication
The Reynolds Equestrian Statue will be dedicated July 1 at Gettysburg with Col. H B Huidekoper giving the address. Governor Stone is expected to accept the statue in the state's name. Crafted by H K Bush-Brown, the statue honors Gen John F Reynolds, part of a PA funded trio with Meade and Hancock and placed on Seminary Ridge near Reynolds death site.
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Reynolds
Gettysburg
H. 8. Huidekoper
Stone
John F. Reynolds
H. KK. Bush-Brown
New York
Pennsylvania
Meade
Hancock
Seminary Ridge
Dewey's slow journey home reported to reach New York by October
Admiral Dewey telegraphs the navy department that he will pause at various ports on his way home and arrive in New York around October 1. Health concerns and suspected evasions color talk of his itinerary while Olympia’s delayed arrival complicates attendance at Philadelphia events. No printing funds exist yet for the prober report. A Nebraska cloudburst kills and damages towns. Bancroft flood and drownings reported. West Virginia glass plants to oppose the glass trust, funded by Pittsburgh and New York capital.
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New York
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Navy Department
United States
Page
Dewey
Mediterranean
Olympia
Philadelphia
Hong Kong
Glass Trust
Central City
W. Va
West Virginia Plate Glass Works
Huntington Bottling Works
Pittsburg
Westerners For the Navy Recruit West Men to Hartford
Washington May 27 Under Captain Hawley direction Lieutenant J H Hines will leave Washington on the list inst to recruit in the west 300 landsmen to man the Hartford He will go first to Cleveland thence to St Louis and St Paul in order Recruits arrive in batches of 40 to San Francisco under a boatswain A surgeon accompanies Hines to examine men physically. Soldiers drafted to secure exemption Berlin May 27 Two physicians arrested in Elberfield and Renischeid charged with drugging recruits to dodge service Four alleged deaths due to drugs Bail of 50000 marks offered but refused. Schaefer and Harrison Win New York May 27 Second night in four handed professional billiard match at three cushion caroms Schaefer and Harrison beat Ives and Thatcher 65 55 total 125 to 100.
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Navy
Washington
Hawley
Hartford
J. H. Hines
Hines
Cleveland
St. Louis
St. Paul
San Francisco
Berlin
Elberfield
Renischeid
Rhenish
Prussia
Schaefer
Harrison
New York
W. D. Harrison
Chicago
Napoleon
Frank Ives
John A. Thatcher
More Soldiers Needed in Philippine Campaign Battles
Manila reports emphasize need for a much larger American force to establish supremacy in the Philippine islands. Fighting spans swept territory as insurgents reclaim abandoned towns. Spanish General Montero dies of wounds from Mindanao engagement.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
MacArthur
Lawton
San Fenando
Rio Grande
San Miguel
Balinag
Pio del Pilar
Santa Rita
Funston
South Dakota
Hughes
Smith
Visayan
Williston
Sixth Artillery
Montero
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Buckingham Industrial School Aims to Educate Poor Boys
The Buckingham Industrial School near Buckeystown Frederick County establishes a 300 acre farm for eight miles southwest of Frederick. It offers standard schooling with farm work, no cost to pupils, and aims to provide education and discipline to boys who otherwise lack opportunities. Rev. A H Zimmerman is superintendent.
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Buckingham Industrial School
Frederick County
Buckeystown
Atoctin
Buckingham Farm
Frederick
Monocacy
Messrs
Wm. G. Baker
Backeystown
Joseph D. Baker
Chas. F. Thomas
Backeysstown
Daniel Baker
Baltimore
Joan H. Baker
Wm. G. Baker, Jr
Iss
General Assembly
A. H. Zimmerman
Spain Evacuates Zamboanga as War Heats in Mindanao
General Palavieja reports Zamboanga evacuation after fighting with Filipino forces. Spaniards suffer losses while natives oppose American annexation and Mindanao conquest. Leon ships carried out withdrawal despite storms and shelling, with two officers and three soldiers killed and 18 wounded.
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Mindanao
Rios
Spain
Philippines
Manila
Jolo
Zamboanga
Mindanan
Porto Rico
Labor Union Band Targets Negroes in Griffin
Seven men linked to the Labor Union Band were jailed after white supremacist notices appeared across Griffin Georgia. The placards barred black workers from employment at mills and shops, urging managers to hire whites instead and threatening action against black laborers. Authorities at city, county, and state levels pledge to pursue and arrest the regulators.
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Formult
Necrovus
Griffin
Labor Union
Whitecappers
C. V. Barnett
Tom Reynolds
Jet Moore
Willat -Thomas Lebrad
Paul Elis
Carl Fry
Clifford Thomas
Presbyterians Oppose Roberts and Back Anti Polygamy Amendment
Minneapolis May 27 The general assembly of the Presbyterian church favors an anti polygamy amendment to the national constitution and calls for Roberts expulsion. The move is seen as a nationwide push toward defining marriage as monogamic and shaping future church and political action.
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Feneral Assembly
Minneapolis
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Roberts
United States
Disarmament Talks Advance as World Leaders Meet
At the peace conference delegates from major nations discuss arbitration and disarmament. A sub committee includes representatives from Belgium Netherlands France Austria Hungary Russia and Germany as they pursue a framework for a permanent arbitration tribunal and pacific dispute resolution.
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Andrew J. White
United State
Dor
Berlin
A N
Te United
Cirenich
Count Muravieff
MM. Beernaert
Leon Bourgeois
Julian Pauncefate
Count Nigra
M. Bourgelon
M. Bourgeois
Julian Pauncefote
Chevalier Descampa-David
Professor Asser
Netherlands
Baron Erntournelles de Constant
Frederick Holls
United States
M. Lamagisch
Professor Maartens
M. B. Odier
Dr. Zorn
University of Konigsberg
M. de Staal
Holland
Belgium
Switzerland
Chevalier Trescamps-David
M. de Beaufort
Wilhelmina
Grand Cross of the Zion
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Lola Mones
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F. G. Thomas & Eon
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W. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Ernest Helfenstein
Patrick
Gen
Winfield Scott Hancock
Tipton
Gettryburg, Pa
General Reynolds
George G. Meade
War Investigating Commission
Nebraska
Omaha
Minden
Hastings
Jerome Pilamm
Petrex D
C. Corr, Frum
Boston
Labor Union Band
Astor House
Alexander Winton
Winton Motor Carriage Manufacturing Company
Charles B. Shanks
John 4. Farley
van Wreck
Falls
Wis
Harvey Verdt
John Reis
M. Bourcels
Rome
Crispi
Chamber of Deputies
Ervrthrea
Signor Ferry
Baratterie
Ersthrea
Ferry
Corrlean-Rockefeler
John D. RockeeNet
Mosars, Kline & Moore
Judge Stone
Common Pleas Court
James Corrigan
Corrigan
Rockefeller
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