Baltimore Fire Devastates City as Engines Rush In
A massive blaze in Baltimore destroyed the wholesale district and key buildings, with dynamite used to halt spread. Fire departments from Baltimore and neighboring counties fought flames as Washington and Philadelphia sent extra engines. hundreds of workers evacuated buildings and the city operated under martial law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tho
Pants & Co
Charles and
Payette
Daily Record
Ressarug Store
Whalesale
Baltimore Street
Mullins
Vetward
Charles Street
Haltimere Street
History Union Trust
Fayette Street
Party Herald
Fayette and St. Paul
Record Building
Calvert and Equitaire
Baltimore
Eversing News
Continental Trust Co
Efice
É.e
Associated Press
City Hospital
Calvert and
Pleasant Streets
Sun
Haltimere & Ohio Railroad
Marvnland Institute of Art Hardine
Washington
Philadelphia
Howard
Anne Arundel
Harford
Halfimore
Moarning
Holliday Street
United States Express
Baltimore & Ohile
Sim
American
Hahtimoara
Baltimore & Ohio
Piloelowk
Jencs Falls
East Baltimore
Cteartead
Star
The
Baltimore Sun
Evening Star
New York City
Fob
Jones Falls
Maryland
New Instrument and Theater repairs and holiday mail notice
The capillary electrometer, a refined instrument, registers minute nerve and muscle electricity in Chicago reports. The Iroquois Theater job includes redecorating after December fire losses with reopening aimed for spring. Rural carriers nationwide will have February 22, Washington's Birthday holiday. James Boorman Colgate dies in Yonkers after months of illness.
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Chicago
Physiological Laboratory
University of Chicago
Washington
the Post, Office Department
United States
Miss Emma Edinger Weds John J Mundy in Cigar Box Plan
In Lancaster Pennsylvania on February 6 Miss Emma Edinger a cigar factory worker became the bride of John J Mundy. The marriage arose from a playful note she enclosed in a box of clears revealing the wedding plan.
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Lancaster
Emma Edinger
John J. Mundy
Fire Ravages Newspaper Plant in Winnipeg Building
A Winnipeg bulletin reports a serious fire raging in the Tribune building with operators and Free Press block workers forced to evacuate neighboring structures. The blaze threatens adjacent facilities and supplies emergency response efforts.
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St. Paul
Minn
Winnipeg
Tribune
Free Press
Canadian Pacific flier crashes in London yard
In London Ontario a Canadian Pacific air mail flier crashed into a freight train in the railroad yards. The fireman was killed after jumping clear. Engineer John Abernathy remained at his post and escaped injury though the crash left him shaken and hospitalized. Passengers were unsettled by the incident.
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London
Ont
Canadian Pacific “Flier
John Abernathy
Japan Breaks Off Russia Diplomatic Ties Amid Rising War Pressure
Reports from St Petersburg and Paris indicate Japan has severed diplomatic relations with Russia and will likely seize Corea. The move sparks global alarm as officials in France and Britain consider possible restraining influence while Tokyo moves toward decisive action.
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St. Petersburg
Count Lampdorff
Japan
Russia
Baron de Rosen
Tokio
Alttough
Koanmura
Tenger
Corea
Paris
Delcasse
White
Foreign Office
Bardi de Rosen
M. Motono
France
M. Delcasse
Loubet
Eloyse Palace
United States
Porter
Great Britain
Hay Returns to Washington After Recuperation
Secretary of State Hay ended a two week recuperation in Thomasville Georgia and is almost fully recovered. He met President Roosevelt at the White House Sunday night to discuss the eastern situation. A skirmish near Komitacis Terin district left five Turks and four revolutionists dead as Boris Sarafoff advances with a Macedonian escort.
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Washington
Hay
Thomasville
White House
Roosevelt
Monastir
Komitacis-Terin
Boris Sarafoff
Diplomatic rupture with Russia muted in Vienna
Vienna reports the rupture of diplomatic relations between Japan and Russia drew little excitement. Paris dispatch notes Adm. Skrydlof of the Russian Black Sea fleet is to command naval forces in the far east amid Balkan complication speculation.
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Vienna
Japan
Russia
Paris
New York Herald
St. Petersburg
Adm. Skrydlof
Far East
Japan Rejects Mediation Offer Say Motono
Paris Feb The Figaro prints a statement from Japanese minister Motono saying Japan will not accept any mediation offer from any source.
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Japan
Paris
the Figaro
M. Motono
Williams of South Birmingham Suffers Epileptic Fit in Commons
London February 6. Mr Williams union liberalist MP for South Birmingham former financial secretary to the War Office collapsed with an epileptic fit Friday afternoon in the House of Commons. His condition is reported as serious.
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London
Williams
Union Liberalist
South
Birmingham
War Office
House of Commons
Transport Sumner Sails
The fragment reports the United States Army transport Sumner sailing from a U S port with troops aboard. Details are incomplete and partially garbled, but the item notes a military movement involving American soldiers.
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Sumner
Haryana
United. ‘States Army
Cubs
Feta
Bedford Murder Mystery Prompts Anonymous Letters
Bedford nd Feb 6 authorities report multiple anonymous letters tied to the murder case. S. B. Lowe and detectives discuss light shed by a Racine letter and possible writers O'Brien Chicago detectives may pursue. A third letter to Mrs Martha Johnson and a decoy letter sent to Lafayette aim to reveal the author as investigators seek to identify the source. A public fund for the inquiry gains signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’brien
Chicago
Lawrence Cosner
James McDonald
Martha Johnson
Lafayette
Alleged Misuse of Mails Sparks Chicago Arrest Case
Chicago police arrested C W Thompson on a mail order scheme using 15 aliases. Women nationwide were told they would earn 330 for every 100 letters copied, with a 50 cent membership fee and referrals to recruit friends. Thompson faced a 1900 bond and a February 15 hearing, naming schemes like Women’s Co-Operative Club and Occidental Advertising Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. W. Thompson
Post Office
Stewart
United States
Thompson
Humphrey
Thomason
Stuart
Bureau
Women's Co-Operative Club
Woman‘s Industrial Bureau
Amazon Advertising Agency
Occidental Wholesale Co
Occidental Commercial Agency
New York Court Finds Flag Desecration Law Unconstitutional
The appellate division of the supreme court ruled last Friday that New York’s law banning flag desecration is unconstitutional as it applies to advertising devices and trade labels. The decision concerns cigar boxes bearing the national flag in their design.
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New York
Supreme Court
Man adrift on ice floe far out on Lake Michigan
A man identified as A. E. was stranded on an ice floe about 15 miles from Muskegon on Lake Michigan. He claimed to be able to walk on fire to Milwaukee after a water witch prediction. Rescue attempts by day and night have failed and were halted due to darkness.
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Muskegon, Mich
Lake Michigan
A. E
Milwaukee
Bankruptcies Rise in U S and Canada Week Totals
New York reports 216 U S failures for the week ending February 4, down from 242 last week. Canada shows 25 failures, up from 1 a week earlier. Also note first Montana train in ten days after heavy snow drifts, headed by four locomotives and a snow plow.
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New York
United States
Canada
Lewiston
Mont
Montana
Coal Demand Sparks Cardiff Activity And Fleet Coal Orders
London reports renewed coal demand with Cardiff bustling as admiralty agents are ordered to secure prompt loading of coal cargoes for the British fleet in Japanese waters. In Toledo a meeting of about a dozen wheel manufacturers decided to form a national association within two weeks as factories and mills shut down.
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London
Cardiff
Admiralty
Toledo
Senator Hanna Ill With Irregular Typhoid Fever
Washington reports Senator Hanna suffers irregular typhoid fever with weak condition and no organic complications. Physicians expect a recovery period of weeks with careful nursing. only close relatives and staff permitted to visit. President Roosevelt inquiring about the senator's health.
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Washington
Hanna
Miss Phelps
Elmer Dover
Roosevelt
Arlington Hotel
Senator Hanna
Dover
Thomasville
Rixey
Edward Perkins Carter
Cleveland
Panama Canal Treaty Vote Prospects Discussed In Senate
Senator Carl Jom pressed Democrats to allow an early vote on the Panama Canal treaty in executive session. Democrats signaled openness but avoided a fixed date. Senator Cullom urged a date within two weeks, arguing delay offers little gain as positions harden.
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Washington
Carl Jom
Senate
Cullom
Burned at the Stake in Mississippi Mob Executions
In Doddsville Mississippi on Sunday a mob of more than 1445 people burned Luther Holbert and his wife a Black couple at the stake for the killing of James Eastland a white planter and John Carr a Black man at the Eastland plantation two miles from town The manhunt for the perpetrators has spanned four days across four counties and drawn in 200 men with bloodhounds. Gen John C Black is seriously ill in Washington and US civil service chief.
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Doddsville
Miss
Luther Holbert
James Eastland
John Carr
Eastland Plantation
Holbert
Mississippi
John C. Black
Washington
United States Civil Service Commission
Army Effects Sold in Santiago Auction
Quartermaster Williams completed the sale by auction of the army effects including the city warehouse and invited the American colony to witness the lowering of the last United States army flag. In Chicago the 12th juror was secured for Friday night’s trial of Marx Neidermeier and Van Dine, car barn bandits, while twenty four days have been consumed in the work of Spit.
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Santiago
Quartermaster Williams
Axay
Chicago
Marx
Neidermeiier
van Dine
Senate Debates Panama Policy And Porto Rico Delegation
The summary covers multiple days of Senate and House action from Feb 3 to Feb 6, noting Senator Clarke from Arkansas endorsing the president on Panama and the Panam a treaty, Fairbanks supporting it, and prayers by Rabbi Philipson. In the House, Porto Rico delegation status advances, private claims, and omnibus claims bills progress. Additional notes include St Louis exposition loan debates and Kentucky Indiana tensions over William Goebel case, plus seed distribution reform efforts by Mr. Shepard.
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Washington
Senate
Clarke
Arkansas
Panama
Colombia
Fairbanks
Rabbi Philipson
Cincinnati
House
Congress
Porto Rico
St. Louis Exposition
Indiana
Kentucky
W. S. Taylor
William Goebel
James
Crumpacker
Ind
Morrell
American Merchants Marine
Hamman
Mallory
Fla
H ®Burn
Ida
Shepard
Tex
Naval Training Station Bill for Put-in-Bay Proposed
A bill sent to the Senate provides for a naval training station at Put-in-Bay Ohio on Lake Erie and appropriates 200000 for the purpose. It was introduced by Senator Foraker. United States Minister Dudley travels from Lima to Panama en route to Bogota on a government mission.
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Washington
Hanna Friday
Senate
Put-in-Bay O
Lake Erie
Foraker
Colombia
Lima
Peru
United States
Dudley
Panama
Bogota
Secretary Cortelyou Reveals First Government Car
Washington February 5. Secretary Cortelyou answers a house inquiry on government funded carriages and related transport for department heads noting the first automobile has been used for official purposes.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Cornell Selects Ben O Wilmanis Manager of Football Team
Ben O Wilmanis of Denver Colorado was elected manager of the Cornell football team in Ithaca New York on February 5. The announcement notes his election and role within the Cornell football program.
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Cornell
Ithaca
N.Y
Denver,col
Heavier Shore Ice Closes Evansville Port This Season
Evansville Indiana February fifth. Shore ice along the port is heavier than at any time this season with newly formed ice passing through the day. Towboats and tows moved down the river but local packets remain in Green river awaiting warmer weather to resume navigation. River men say conditions have not been equaled in a month.
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Evansville
Ind
Green River
Earlham to Debate DePauw on Fifteenth Amendment
In Richmond on Feb 4 Earlham College announced its March debate with DePauw University over the resolution That the 15th amendment has not been justified. Earlham will defend the affirmative with team members Raymond Wehrly Jesse Phillips William E Lear and William Reagan from several Indiana towns.
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Richmond
Ind
Earlham College
DePauw University
Earlham
DePauw
Raymond Wehrly
Jesse Phillips
Converse
William E. Lear
Fairmount
William Reagan
New London
Horse falls into thawed well and freezes to death in Indiana
Brookville Indiana February 6 Henry Gettig loses a horse in a peculiar accident. In an open shed the animal could reach a pasture and feed. A nearby spring filled during the thaw and froze over. The horse leaped over the well slipping with hind feet through the ice and fell into the spring. He was found frozen to death with fore feet on solid ground.
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Brookville
Ind
Henry Gettig
Albert Taylor Arrested in Gladdish Chapel Assault
Albert Taylor was arrested in Petersburg Indiana on February 4 charged with complicity in the assault on Mrs. Lafayette Redman at Gladdish chapel. No arrest is planned for William Catt who escaped custody while charged with the same offense. Neighbors say Catt is hiding at relatives’ home.
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Petersburg
Ind
Albert Taylor
Lafayette Redman
Gladdish Chapel
William Catt
Marshal Watson
Catt
First White and Black Man Stand Trial Together in Pike County
Petersburg Ind February 6. In a historic Pike county case a white man and a colored porter were jointly tried for violation of the liquor law. William A Oliphant a prominent Republican politician faces indictment with John Lewis.
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Petersburg
Ind
Pike County
William A. Oliphant
John Lewis
Hunter kills bald eagle near South Bend with long catch
In South Bend Indiana on February 5 Herry Troeger on a hunting trip wounded a large eagle only slightly. The bird then swooped and attacked Troeger's hunting dog. Troeger fired again and brought the eagle down the bird measured six feet seven inches from tip to tip confirming its identity as a bald eagle.
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South Bend
Ind
Herry
Troeger
River boats near recovery amid improving conditions in Evansville
Evansville Indiana February 6 river men grow hopeful that most boats will emerge by mid next week if no further freeze occurs. Packets have been tied up for about two months hurting business interests.
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Evansville
Ind
Fred Baldwin Hurt In Railroad Accident At Fairland
Shelbyville Ind February 6 Fred Baldwin a brakeman on the Martinsville branch of the Big Four railroad had his nose cut off at Fairland Friday morning. He was using a large club to unlock a brake when he slipped and fell cutting the organ off.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Fred Baldwin
Martinsville
Big Four Railroad
Fairland
Huntington votes on railroad subsidy to Union City line
Huntington township will vote March 22 on a proposal to grant a 125000 dollar subsidy to the Cincinnati Bluffton Chicago railroad for a line building between Huntington and Union City.
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Huntington
Ind
Huntington Township
Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago Railroad
Union City
Sanitarium Planned for Mineral Springs at New Paris
Anderson Indiana February 5 Clement W Hooven Charles L Henry and Crawford Fairbanks of Terre Haute are reported negotiating to buy the mineral springs at New Paris Ohio and build a large sanitarium in the area.
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New Paris
Anderson, Ind
Clement W. Hooven
Charles L. Henry
Indianapolis
Crawford Fairbanks
Terre Haute
Department Store Destroyed in Princeton Fire
Agar Bros. & Co's department store burned Thursday morning in Princeton Indiana with estimated losses of 15000 and 7000 insured. Frozen fire plugs and low water pressure hindered firefighters. Blackberry wine not intoxicating per Judge Ely ruling in Petersburg case involving Jacob Bonenburger selling liquor without license.
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Princeton
Ind
Agar Bros. & Co
Petersburg
E. A. Ely
Jacob Bonenburger
Barges Reported Safe After Ice Drift Down river
Two newly built barges owned by Obrecht & Sons of Tell City Indiana were heard from fifteen miles below Paducah after moving downriver with the ice on Thursday. They were said to be in good shape despite the voyage.
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Tell City
Ind
Obrecht & Sons
Paducah
Aged Couple Kissed Jurors After Gill Wins Suit
In Laporte Indiana on February 5 in superior court John Gill sued Vincent Durzinski to recover money loaned. After verdict the aged plaintiff and his wife kissed the hands of each of the 12 jurors. The court room was crowded and orderly as the ceremony occurred. The jury ruled for Gill and his wife.
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Laporte
Ind
Superior Court
John Gill
Vincent Durzinski
Sife-Sce
Gill
Slight Possibility of Strike at Kokomo Plant
Notices were posted at the Pittsburg Platelass Co plant in Kokomo Indiana announcing a 5 to 1 percent wage cut. The measure affects 600 workers across nine factories, tied to an overstocked market and weaker demand. Superintendent Golightly cites market conditions as the cause.
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Kokomo
Ind
Pittsburg Platelass Co
Golightly
Did Not Steal A Plow Not Guilty Postmaster Lewis German
The state case against Lewis German postmaster at Aidine Knox County Indiana was tried before Judge Nye on larceny charges of a plow from North Judson dealer Aultman. After a daylong trial the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
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Lewis German
Aidine
Knox County
Brother Falls Fodder Deadly for Terre Haute Farmer
In Terre Haute Indiana on a February night Thomas Crews a farmer threw fodder from a stable loft to cattle below and found his brother John dead as the fodder descended John who had been drinking heavily had climbed into the loft and froze to death after arriving at the farm late Sunday night
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Terre Haute
Ind
Thomas Crews
John
Cows Frozen Under Ice Near Homestead
Ten cows owned by Isaac Hayes near Homestead broke through ice on a small pond. Unable to free themselves they were frozen fast in ice about four metres deep. The animals were found Thursday morning and rescued with great difficulty.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Isaac Hayes
Homestead
Second Murder Tied To Schafer Killing In Bedford
Bedford Indiana February 6 a second murder arising from the Schafer case is expected to be recorded within hours. Mrs Al Young is the victim after a discussion with her sister in law led to a brutal beating. Physicians say she will die.
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Bedford
Ind
Schafer
al Young
Manager Accuses Club Leader of Missing Funds at French Lick
West Baden Indiana February Al Brown who runs the club house and pool rooms at French Lick Springs employed Dave Eckler formerly of Marion as his manager for ten months. Eckler vanished when Brown allegedly found he was short about $3000 from the club’s bank roll.
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West Baden
Ind
al Brown
French Lick Springs
Dave Eckler
Marion
Eckler
Brown
Blakeley Furniture Co. Makes Assignment in Shelbyville
The Blake ly Furniture Co. of Shelbyville Indiana has made an assignment to creditors. Liabilities total 23000 dollars with assets of 17000 dollars not including factory and machinery value.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Blakely Furniture Co
Supreme court rules in Young v Wabash Railway case
Indianapolis February 4 The Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of John W Young against the Wabash Railway Co for $20000 for libel There is not sufficient cause Young alleged he had been blacklisted by the railroad company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Supreme Court
John W. Young
The
Wabash Railway Co
Hbel
Young
General Manager Allen Resigns in Surprise Move
Richmond Indiana February 4 W I Allen general manager of the Chicago Cincinnati Louisville resigns to take a position on a Rock Island branch. Also notes deaths of Frederick Knabke in New Albany and Isaac C Reynolds near Bedford and wage cuts for 600 Penn American Plate Glass Works employes in Alexandria with no strike expected.
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Allen
Richmond
Ind
W. I. Allen
Chicago
Cincinnati
Louisville
Rock Island
Alexandria
Penn-American Plate Glass Works
Child dies from burns in Shelbyville accident
Little Freda Steffey died at Shelbyville Indiana after sustaining burns from an accident by a stove. She had been unconscious since the incident and passed away Thursday midnight.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Freda Steffey
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