Fire kills nineteen in crowded New York tenement blaze
A five story tenement at 106 Allen Street in New York burned, killing nineteen people including many children and injuring over forty. The fire, possibly incendiary, trapped residents in hallways as fire escapes clogged with belongings hindered evacuation. Fireman Peleeman John Dwan helped rescue twenty before he fell, later found with injuries.
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New York
Alen Street
Goldenkranz
East Side
Croker
Fire Department
Peleeman
John
Dwan
Victims of Mine Disaster Reaches 111 Dead
In Birmingham on March 15 the Virginia mine explosion toll rose to 111 with four bodies recovered. A relief fund near $50,000 is distributed to widows and orphans as semi monthly allowances by a Birmingham clergy committee.
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Birmingham
Ala
Virginia
Korea to Adopt Gould Standard and Currency Borrowing
United States Minister Horace N. Allen says Korea will adopt the gold standard after Japanese pressure. Korea plans to borrow 10,000,000 yen from Japan, about 5 million dollars, to establish its currency.
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Korea
Washington
United States
Horace N. Allen
Japan
First Nero Voter Dead
BLOOMINGTON IH March 15 David Strother the man who cast the first vote by a person of his race in the United States is dead at El Paso Lil Woodford county residents gathered in El Paso to pay final respects Strother had lived there forty one years
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Bloomington
David Strother
United States
el Paso
Lil
Woodford County
Strother
Secretary Hay Repeats Illness Delays Talks
Secretary of State Hay again is confined to his home with a branchial trouble affecting his speech. He is expected to resume duties at the State Department within a day or two. Bishop Hall Recovering After Surgery. Bishop Arthur A Hall, operated on for appendicitis, has passed the critical day and is on the road to recovery. President Titsworth Found Dead in New Jersey Home. Joseph M Titsworth of Potter Printing Press Company was discovered dead from asphyxiation caused by gas stove fumes in his bed at his Plainfield home.
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Hay
Washington
Ray
State Department
Burlington, Vt
Arthur
A. Hall
Titsworth
Plainfield
N. J
Joseph M.titsworth
Potter Printing Press Company
Senator Dubois Attacks Mormonism at Mothers Congress
Senator Fred T. Dubois of Idaho criticized Mormon doctrines and practices in a speech at the Mothers Congress on Purity of the Home. He urged action against Senator Apostle Reed Smoot and called for a constitutional amendment to ban plural marriage and church political control.
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Washington
Senatos
Fred T. Dubois
Idaho
Mothers Congress
United States
Mormon Organization
Apostle Reed Smoot
Gompers to Probe Strike Corruption Charges in New York
Charges alleging a reward system tied to the subway and elevated railroad strike reach President Gompers of the AF of L. He says the claims will be investigated and a New York visit may follow for evidence. The matter centers on alleged efforts to engineer the strike to justify its breaking.
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Gompers
Washington
Lemuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
New York
Compers
Fire at Lynn theater injures operator and damages hall
In Lynn Massachusetts during a moving picture show at Cole's auditorium last night the picture machine caught fire. Operator Georg A. Cole was seriously burned and about 200 spectators fled. Building flames caused an estimated loss of 28000 with tenants suffering around 60.
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Lynn
Mass
Cole
Georg A. Cole
Lobster Dealers Form Portland Trust Pact
Portland lobster firms J. W. Trefethen Co J. N. Trefethen Co and PP Willard joined by James W. Leste as agent for a proposed busting trust to control half the United States lobster output.
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Portland
Portland Lobster Company
J. W. Treffethen Company
J. N. Trefethen Company
Willard
Portland Whalesale
United States
James W. Leste
Buster Trust
Combine
Aged Shaker Burned Alive in Pittsfield Fire
In West Pittsfield Buss on March 15 Conrad Smith a 75 year old Shaker colony member was sleeping in a storage house when a fire started in a lower room. He was burned alive and the building was destroyed.
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West Pittsfield
Buss
Conrad Smith
Society
Smith
Wail River Weavers Strike Displays Resolve at Pall River mill
Stafford mill No. 2 weavers in Massachusetts remain on strike over the loom system. They held a meeting and voted to continue the action as talks with manufacturers are set for tonight.
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Wail River
Pall River, Amass
Mare
Stafford Mill
Wisconsin life insurance mutual plan bill clears Assembly
A bill requiring every life insurance company doing business in Wisconsin to adopt the mutual plan passed the assembly and moves to the Senate. The measure applies to both out of state and Wisconsin firms operating in the state.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Assembly
Senate
Castro Cut Coast Cable Frays Caribbean Links
Caracas reports the government cut the coast cable east and west of La Guay to block revolutionaries at Trin idikual, alarming Europeans in the area. In New York detectives in London arrest Hawaiian Henry Kapea for alleged embezzlement from the Hawaii Trust Co. in Honolulu.
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Castro
Caracas
la Guaymt
Trinidikual
New York
London
Henry K. Kapea
Ha Waii Trust Company
Haenolulu
War Council to Endure War as Kuropatkin Faces Blame
St Petersburg reports the war council at Tsarskoe-Selo vows to press the war to its bitter end. General Kuropatkin accepts responsibility for Mukden defeat and cites failures by two unnamed generals and troops in the retreat. The dispatch notes Russian suffering, wounded left on the field, and a Japanese pursuit toward Tie Ling with Manchurian fortifications of Harbin under strain.
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London
St. Petersburg
War Council
Tsarskoe-Selo
Sacharoff
Dragimoroff
Kuropatkin
Mukden
Oku
Tokyo
Japan
Tie Pass
Meyendorff
First
Putiloff
Kuroki
Suropatkin
Harbin
Trepass
St Petersburg
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Manchuria
Pethke
J. W. Judson
V. Hovard
C. J. Aires
Liaoyang
Fan River
Hsientun
Mandarin Road
Tafanbo
Okku
Nogi
Tieling
Nodzu
Fushun
Desatratic Victory at Cooperstown Village Election
The Democrats swept the Cooperstown village election. Michael Hanlon was chosen president by eighteen votes, with Dr Ernest L. Richter and George Th. Carley elected trustees.
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Cooperstcowr, N
Michael Hanlon
Ernest L. Richter
George TH. Carley
Colonel Neal Stricken in Hamilton Stroke
Colonel James E. Neal former American consul general at Liverpool suffered a stroke here. His condition is serious.
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Neal
Hamilton, C
James E. Neal
Liverpool
Convict Patrick Attends Court as Hill Argues Appeal
In Albany ex Senator David B. Hill argued the appeal of Albert T. Patrick, convicted of murdering William M. Rice. Patrick listened from the bench, silent, while Hill urged a reversal and new trial. The proceeding drew crowds at the Court of Appeals, with witnesses and officials present.
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Albany
Albert T. Patrick
Court of Appeals
David B. Hill
William M. Rice
New York
Capitol
Pattick
Hill
Hil
Samuel Bell Thomas
Howard Gans
Supreme Court
Judson
Landon
Rice
Financial and commercial closing stock quotations
Closing stock prices and market quotes listed for multiple companies and bonds. U S Steel, Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, Reading, Missouri Pacific, and other major issues show varied percentages and prices. Exports from New York reach $10,995,125 in weekly general merchandise.
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Prime Mercantile
New York
Southern Pac
A. O
Southern Ry
TF South
Central
Texas Pacific
Lackawanna
Union Pacific
Louis. & Nash
U. S. Steel
Manhattan
U.S. Steel Pi
Metropolitan
West. Union
Missouri Pac
Agricultural prices and market quotes update
Mercantile Exchange quotes show wheat and corn higher for March contracts, butter and cheese ranges, eggs and dairy products with varied state and western listings. Live poultry, dressed meats, and hogs report steady or lower prices with moderate receipts. potatoes hay and lambs feature mixed demand and pricing across regions.
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Slaga
Mercantile Exchange
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
State
Long Island
Jersey
Gusslac
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind at Jerusalem
A detailed Sunday School commentary on John chapter nine recounts Jesus stopping by a beggar born blind in Jerusalem. Jesus heals him by making clay and sending him to the pool of Siloam, prompting neighbor questions and a clear testimony of faith.
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John ix
John
Jesus
Jerusalem
Palestine
Christ
God
Aras
Kidron
Shiloh
Farmers urged to attend institutes for practical knowledge
Hon Franklin Dye of New Jersey praised farmers institutes as cheap practical gatherings where farmers share difficulties, learn from peers, and convert information into useful plans for future use. Attendees gain accessible agricultural knowledge through collective experience.
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Franklin Dye
New Jersey
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Red Cross
Ararch
Vilna
Kovac
Russia
Berlin
Ulster Park
Wingstorn
Elton Benjamin
Patrick
Eix
Building Trades Twmployers’ Association
Hotel Astor
Charles L. Widlitz
Building Trades Employers’ Association
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Havana
Manuel Palomera
Louis Marx
Montaglo
Senor Portuondo
Financial and Commercial
Newey York Marketa
the Sunday School
Charles A. Keyler
Prederiver Keeler
Bloomfield
Passaic
WM. McKenzlin
Harry Meyers
Frank Terhune
Michael Meyer
Sol. Meyer
A. Weve
Bank St
Newark, N. J
Park School
J.B. Doyle
Ladies’ and Gentlemen
Old Post Office
Highfield Lane
Passaic Avenue
Nutley
Bloomfield Ave
Passaic, N. J
Foley’s
Foley & Company
Chicago
H. T. Lefferts
Draggists
Communton Linns
Munn & Co
Ithe Scientific Americas
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Muni & Geres
Eton
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