Great Pittsburg Fire Destroys Wholesale District
A massive blaze in Pittsburg Pennsylvania struck the Jenkins wholesale grocery on Penn Avenue and Liberty Street. Three blocks burned from Liberty to Penn and Fifth to Sixth, with losses exceeding 3,000,000 dollars and insured. Buildings including Rome’s six story dry goods, Duke’sne Theater, and the Methodist Book Concern were destroyed.
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Pittsburg
F.C Jenkins
Penn Avenus
Liberty Street
Penn Avenue
Fifth Street
Sixth Street
Insuranc
Jenkins Wholesale Grocery Establishment
Rome
Genne
Ducuesne Theater
Methodist Book Concern
Design to simplify silver certificates requested
Secretary Gage orders new designs for the recently issued Carlisle silver certificates to be withdrawn and destroyed due to complaints from plankers and rapid counting needs. The move aims to expedite replacement across the $1 $2 and $3 notes. Fatal Detroit Fire claims two lives and injures two others at a bakery building. The Sinig family perished in a back room as flames trapped Lizzie aged 10 and Anthony aged 5.
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Carlisle
Plankers
Gage
Detroit
Mich
E. H. Weidel
Uapper
Nicholas Sinig
Lizzie Sinig
Anthony
Mills reopen on double time at Andrews Bros plant
Iron workers and all departments of Andrews Bros Co mills in Youngstown Ohio received notices Saturday that the entire plant will operate on double time. It marks the first full operation in over a year, signaling a shift in work pace and production.
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Andrews Bros. & Co
Youngstown
Ohio
Mint Director's April Coinage Report Record
The director of the mint reports April U S coinage at 10,416,080 dollars with 38,800,408 owned in gold, 1,535,000 in silver and 74,880 in minor coins. Silver coinage includes 1,400,000 dollars in standard silver dollars.
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Mint
United States
Wed in the Penitentiary for Joint Horse Theft
Erving Shaw and Gertie Fisher were wed in the jail parlors by Mayor Grady of Wilmington after each was sentenced to a year in the Ohio penitentiary for joint horse theft. Gertie’s mother offered her encouragement, praising her daughter as a beautiful girl with a handsome husband. Reform Decree Is Issued by Spanish Regent. The queen regent signed reforms for Calla after Weyler’s telegram reported pacification of the island’s western part. Hiiness Is Right in Sins Funding for Trans-M Mississippi rail rematau.
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Erving Shaw
Gertie Fisher
Ohio
Grady
Wilmington
Gertie
Spain
Calla
Weyler
Spirit Tax Reduction Expected From Treasury View
The Treasury secretary is likely to urge Congress to cut the internal revenue tax on distilled spirits and raise the tax on beer. Since the 1910s tax hike to 2.10 per gallon spirits distillation has surged beyond control, especially in the mountain south and into the north. With only 50,000 appropriated for illicit distilling enforcement, the bureau struggles to curb growth. a lower rate could curb violations and preserve revenue.
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Ecretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Internal Revenue
Cullom
South
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate Reorganization Aims This Week In 19th Century Note
The Democratic Senate steering committee began assigning members to committees on April 29. Indications point to Senator Turpie of Indiana replacing Voorhees on the finance committee. Republican changes include Kyte returning as chair of education and labor and Carter becoming chair of the census committee. Silver Republicans hold power in fourteen committees, Populists in seven, with expected completion of the reorganization this week.
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National Senate
Turpie
Indiana
Voorhees
Committee On Finance
Republican Committee
Republican Compmnittee
Kyte
Hawaii tensions and a new San Francisco Yokohama line
Advices state Japan protests Hawaii immigration limits and warns of possible annexation moves as the Philadelphia cruiser draws concern. A new steamship line, San Francisco and Yokohama, will operate monthly between San Francisco, Yokohama, and via Honolulu with Hakusan Maru as the first vessel.
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Japan
San Francisco
Yokohama
Honolulu
Yokohamta
Seattle
Paris Land
Ines
The
Pacific
The Week in Trade and Crime Reports in Texas
Graystreats Weekly Review notes weaker trade in staples and iron and steel with fewer transactions and slow collections. Looming furnace shutdowns in Pittsburgh district threaten output. Wool sales fall while foreign arrivals lift weekly movement to a fair level, nearly a year of imports by April. Wheat flour exports rise slightly but total weekly exports fall versus last year. Six men confess crimes in lynching and murder cases. Cylorad Mob in Texas linked to two murders. Bradstreet weekly review summarizes other trade and crime items.
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Bradstreet’s
Graystreat's Weekly Review
Toakers
Pittsburg
Soonleas
United States
May wedding of Mrs Sheridan to Gen. Sheridan widow
Chicago society buzzes that Marshal Field is engaged to the widow of the late Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, with a near-future wedding planned. Mrs. Sheridan, formerly Miss Rucker, has three children and a Catholic education for them. Field is a widower with two children. Altgeld denies bank responsibility in Globe Savings affair. Four killed in a Brooklyn fire. Mrs. Newell and Mrs. Barnett suffocate. Barnett saves children who perish after being thrown from a window.
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Marshal Field
Chicago
Philip H. Sheridan
Washington
Field
Marshal Field, Jr
Prairie Avenue
Arthur Tree
Leamington
Eagland
Altgeld
El-Gov
Globe Savings Bank of Chicago
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jobo Newell
Celia Barnett
Greek Cabinet Crisis Prompted Resignations in Athens
King George of Greece demanded Premier Delyan s is resignation and a new cabinet was formed late Thursday. The new ministry includes M Ralli as premier and minister of marine, M Tsamavat as minister of war, M Simppoulo as minister of finance, M Carapanos as minister of attention, and M Teoroxi as minister of the interior. Crowds gathered in Athens amid talk of demonstrations and arms thefts, but Raili quelled the disorder and the town was steadied.
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George Call
George
Greece
Delyansis Thursomonning
M_ Ralli
M_ Tsamavat
M. Simppoulo
M. Carapanos
Raili
Raj
Market Quotations Across Cities Show Wide Price Range
Chicago to Indianapolis and beyond report cattle hogs and sheep prices, with grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and mixed varieties. Prices vary by city from Chicago to New York, Detroit, Milwaukee and Buffalo, highlighting shipping grades and regional demand.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Boss
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Rumors Against Buena Vista College Proved False
A Fort Dodge presbytery report cleared Buena Vista College at Storm Lake of mismanagement and denied a $4,600 grant from Chicago. The inquiry found supporters’ faith justified, though Storm Lake donors had already contributed nearly $6,000 plus $25,000 in grounds and buildings.
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Buena Vista College Sncvess
Presbytery
Fort Dodge
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Chicago
Corn Germination Experiments Outline Ohio and Iowa Seed Results
The Ames Experiment Station reports corn germination tests on several varieties from 1889 to 1896. Results show open crib storage and rain exposure reduce viability, while dry storage and proper drying improve germination. Laboratory tests often exceed field performance under poor weather and saturated soil. Seed kept dry germinates well, guiding farmers to avoid expensive seed and trust dry storage.
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Ames Experiment Starian
Iowa Agrivatives
Ames
Las
Green House
Nerl
Greon
Murdered by a Burglar in Waukon Store
Prominent Waukon merchant Henry Duffy is found shot in his night clothes at his store on Wednesday morning. The largest mercantile house in Waukon, he led society circles and captained the Iowa National Guard. A cocked revolver lies in his hand, suggesting he awakened to burglars and was killed. He is about 32, a notable civic figure. Relatives report another disappearance in Rose Hill as Asa Burnett vanishes amid tense court actions involving Clinton Taylor’s attempted murder case. Burnett owned property near Rose Hill and was last seen entering an attorney’s office. The circumstances are perplexing with no clear proof of Burnett’s whereabouts.
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C. W. Vetter
West Branch
Ed Rafferty
Moline
Hill
Waukon
Henry ¥. Duffy
Iowa National Guard
Rose Hill
Asa Burnett
Burnett
Clinton Taylor
Ottumwa
Ottmwa
Crnré
Taylor
Counterfeiters Caught and Local News Bullets
Deputy United States Marshal Helwig arrested two men identified as Miles and Miron Marshall in Perry on Tuesday night. Counterfeit coins and dies were found, and the pair confessed to shoving the queer. Creston opens fire protection after a temporary dam is built by the waterworks for city and railroad needs. Rev. C. O. Brown’s case lands him a letter of dismissal from the Dubuque association, later taking a pastorate in Chicago. Iowa flood relief funds authorize 490 to aid Oakville sufferers north of Burlington. Radcliffe Savings Bank winds up with no cash missing but claims to pay dollar for dollar. Ottumwa mayor Fr. Phillips fined for abusive language in court after a Democrat editor complaint. Atlantic Odd Fellows enjoy a lively program and dance. Mrs Minnie Mabloski overdoses on laudanum after recent drinking, rescued by newspaper men from drowning. Rev R B Parsons denounces woman minstrels with a church member resigning as trustee.
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United States
Helwig
Des Moines
Perry
Miles
Miron Marshall
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DuSuque
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Beacon
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Eter E. Grosseup
State University of Iowa
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Mt. Pleasant
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Pakti¢lu
Leggett House
Fonda
J. Weston Martin
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Rolfe
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Player
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Louise Wel
Creston
Waterworks Company
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Tam
Oakville
Burlington
Radcliffe Bank
Radcliffe Savings Bank
Tts
Fr. Phillips
Ottamwa
Junhie
Robert Moore
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Minnie Mabloski
R. B. Parsons
Manchester
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