Chicago Fire Kills Five and Destroys Grain Elevator
A massive fire at the Chicago Railway Terminal elevator in Indiana and Jefferson streets caused multiple deaths among firefighters and workers. The blast damaged the elevator complex and surrounding buildings. authorities estimate total losses near 350,000 with 25 losses and 40 injuries, many expected to die or be permanently disabled.
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Chicago
Chicago Railway Terminal Elevator Company
Indiana and
Jefferson Streets
Stity
Quean
John J. Casgan
Engine Company
William Hanley
Tacob Schuur
Jacob P. Siramen
Thomas Monchan
Sweale
Intervice
Gillan
Hoss
Chicago Railway Terminal
Chicago and Northwestern
Hathaway & Co
Con Yard
Indiana
Bingsburr Sra
Grocker and
Milwaukee
Jung Brewing Company
Grand Avenue
Wisconsin Dairy Company
Austin Avena
Jefferson Street
Indiana Street
Star Box and Barret Company
Fire tower collapse claims three firefighters in Chicago wreck
The Chicago Railway Terminal Elevator building collapsed trapping Chief Swenie and other firemen. Rescue teams pulled burning survivors from the debris as water cooled the mass. Names include Chief Swenie and Edward Westlake with investigators unsure of the origin of the blaze and insurers stating full coverage.
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Ererstor
Horis
Burnanc Ts
Ewene
Swenie
Edward Westlake
Sveni
Bagh McDonald
Decker
Coogan
Schnur
Stramen
Preacher Fires During Revival Shooting Girl Dies
Rev John Welstein, preaching at Concord Christian Church near Washington Indiana, fired four shots wounding the sleeping 32 year old daughter of John Standiford who died. Standiford declines to prosecute.
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Indiana
John Welstein
Concord Christian Church
Washington
Ind
John Standiford
Standiford
Waistein
Metropolitan Ele Company of Chicago Fails
The Metropolitan Ele Company of Chicago has failed with liabilities around 33000. Poor collections are blamed for the assignment. James Geral, a noted sportsman from the Pacific coast, was killed instantly at Chickasaw, I T, in a quarrel over cards with Willis Day.
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Metropolitan Ele Company
Chicago
James Geral
Pacific Coast
Chickasaw
I. T
Willis Day
Philadelphia
Daniel Mehan
Wissahickon Creek
Ohio
Canton Rolling Mill Company
Canton
P. Hayden Saddlery and Hardware Company
Columuns
Amalgamated Association
Olean
Xii
Chehalis
Wash
Debs Suit Blocks Miner Strife at Pittsburg Hearing
James Sloan Jr of Baltimore seeks a federal injunction to restrain Debs era coal operators and miners from striking or interfering with operations at the Oneagab Coke and Coal Company mines near Mynongah. In Pittsburgh a hearing before Justice Semmons focuses on riot charges against miners officials and injunctions from 1904.
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Moneagsk Coke and Coal Company Calla
James Sloan, Jr
Baltimore
Deusa Coal and Coke Company
Neki’ Bleming
Ack. Iz
United States Court
Ee Branes Tete
Oneagab Coke and Coal Company
Mynongah
Pittsburg
Justice Semmons
Turtle Creek
Pat‘rick Dolan
Willian Warner
National
Cameron Miller
Thomas B. de Armit
William Kaufman
New York and Cleveland Gas Cost Company
Supreme Court
Jeaders
de Armit
Stawe
Allegheny County
Grantit & Technicality
Kaufmen
William Brennan
Semmers
Kaufman
Lowery
Center School
de Armur
Banker Benham Convicted in Wife Poisoning Murder
Howard G C Benham a Batavia NL banker was found guilty of first degree murder for poisoning his wife with prussic acid after a three week trial. He had eloped in 1892 with Miss Florente Tonisman heiress then aged 16. The wife died January 4 and exhumation revealed poison.
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Batavia
Howard GC. Benham
NL X
Prussice Seid
Benham
P Florente Tonisman
E Benham
B. Belham
Bentham
Terrific Heat In The South Across Broad Regions
The south endures a severe heat wave with many spots above 100 degrees. Louisville reports prostrations, Memphis tops the chart at 100 plus, Arkansas and Mississippi values near 100 with harvesting slowed. In St Louis temperatures hover around 90, southern Illinois reaches 102. President McKinley heads to Cleveland after the Grand Army reunion. Mrs. McKinley and the Hannas will attend Miss Fannie Hayes wedding at Fremont. In Chicopee a runaway crash kills Mary R Knapp and injures her daughter F E Tuttle.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Sitndown
Mississippi Valley
Memphis
Arkansas
Prescott
Texarkana
Warren
Vicksburg
St Louis
Ilinois
McKinley
Cleveland
Grand Army of the Republic
Buffalo
Windemere
M. A. Hanna
Hanna
Fannie Hayes
Hayes
Fremont
Chicopee
Mass
Mary R. Knapp
F. E. Tuttle
Five Wives and More: Bates Arrested for Bigamy in Chicago
David F. Bates, a 3 year old by appearance but a veteran of marriages, faces bigamy prosecutions after police uncover he wed twelve times and boasted of thirteen. He kept multiple Chicago establishments while earning only 60 dollars monthly as a stockyards night clerk. Bates planned to flee to Alaska on arrest day to escape his wives.
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Daovit
Betey
David FE. Bates
Stock Yards
Chicago
Bytes
Nettie Swrim
Bates
Miss McCarthy Tegal
Amy
H. F. Lawrence
Union Stock Yards
Transit Copacy
Alaska
Debs Denounces Injunction as Mining War Farce
Debs blasts Judge Jacksons injunction in West Virginia as sweeping and unconstitutional. He says it would erase constitutional rights, likening it to Mason's order and accusing courts of serving corporate capital while pledging to speak for starving miners. Debs calls for resistance despite the coercive order.
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Saga
Jackson Ine
Eugene V. Debs
Bonn
Jackson
Chicago Architect Dies by Suicide to Pay Debts
Charles Knorr an Chicago architect shot himself to cover debts after cashing a $25 check. He left letters to creditors and a butcher indicating the body would be found near Niles Center, guiding insurers to arrange payment. Evidence suggests the plan failed when the body could not be located as described.
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Charles Knorr
Chicago
Albrecht & Glkembaw's Nest
Kraus
Mule Train Charge at Gettysburg Recalls Bold Battlefield Feat
Eyewitness accounts describe a Confederate and Union mule train delivering ammunition under fire at Gettysburg on the first day. The 34 wagons carried fixed ammo toward the front while officers debated orders, and the train reached safety with several wagons and mules lost but no ammunition lost. The tale ends with Hancock remarking on the daring maneuver and the officer’s restraint.
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Reenferce Ile
Gottberg
Ordnance
Gettysburg
Emmettsbore
Haligl
Itngers
Wadsworth
Sam
Wadeworth
Bert O'Connor
Tsang
Old Huckleberry
O'Connor
The
Huckleberry Regiment
Tavinna
Indiana
Lee
Cemetery Heights
Hancock
Cnce
Chicago Times-Herald
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D. AL. Rodgers
Fred James
Rodgers
C. A. Weare
Edward W. Thompson
Charles €. Rubing
Preacher
Debs
Sugene V. der
Man
Ones
Niles Center
Lexington
Iam Wilkerson
Richmond
Cassius M. Clay
Battlefeld
Lis
Confederacy
Tennessee
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