Baltimore Fire Devours Wholesale District In Massive Blaze
A Baltimore fire rages from Feb 5 attacking the President street station and spreading along Baltimore street toward Thames street. The blaze devastates the wholesale district, threatens packing houses, cuts electric power, and leaves the city in a state of military rule with extensive property losses estimated between 200 and 500 million dollars and thousands unemployed.
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Baltimore
President Street
Thames Street
Associated Press
Jones Falls
Wdelphia
Washington
Major City Fire Razes Business District
Fire raged for 27 hours destroying the best business section of the city. Estimated loss reaches 300 million with five square miles burned. All newspaper plants, electricity plants, principal sky scrapers, banks and hotels destroyed. About twenty thousand may be left unemployed. Insurance losses estimated at 80.04 million. No known loss of life and injuries not reported.
Objection to Publishing Names of Wilting Old Maids
In Janesville Wisconsin on February 3 a local paper faced legal action after planning to publish a list of 40 Janesville old men willing to wed. The prior issue had praised bachelors and urged single women not to miss chances. Legal papers halted the Sunday's planned feature and sparked panic among aged females.
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Janesville
Wis
CHIEF OF POLICE INDICTED IN DISCUSSION AT GRAND JURY
Springfield city news reports the county grand jury indicted Chief of Police James Anderson on extortion charges connected to quarterly fines from keepers of disorderly houses. State's Attorney William E. Shutt argued against the indictment amid a stormy debate, Mayor Devereaux clashed with the clerk of the grand jury, and proceedings broke up before a report was ready after five weeks in session.
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Springfield
Sangamen County Grand Jury
James Anderson
William E. Shutt
Bnt
Devereaux
Henry “Tiller
Jury Finds Alderman Guilty in Lake Michigan Water Case
The jury convicted Alderman James Mel of accepting a $250 bribe in the Lake Michigan water scandal after a twenty five hour trial. Sentence postponed to March, bail set at $3,000. The case next for Alderman Charles T Johnson with a $300 bribe claim set for Thursday. Ten officials have pleaded guilty. twelve still await trial.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
James Mel
Lake Michigan
Charles T. Johnson
Mel
Priest Urges Home Preservation In Lenten Letter
Sioux City Iowa February read Rev P J Garvigan Roman Catholic bishop of Sioux City urges priests in the diocese to defend the home and marriage against divorce. He calls divorce a curse of the age born of irreligion and sensuality and says it undermines church and state.
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Sioux City
P. J. Garvigan
Pere Marquette Snow Blockade Ends in Thumb District
Detroit February 8 Assistant General Superintendent W D Trump of the Pere Marquette railroad says the snow blockade in the Thumb district is broken. Trains have been pushed through to Port Austin and Harbor Beach with other divisions running on time.
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W. D. Trump
Tere Marquette Railroad
Thumb
Loth Port Austin
Harbor Beach
Pere Marquette
Four Points on Manchuria and Korea Rake Russia to Reconsider
Four points outline Japan's demands on sovereignty over Manchuria and Korea. The proposal seeks a treaty on sovereignty, no fortifications that threaten Russia, and no neutral zone along the Yalu River.
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Japan
Manchuria
Korea
Russiaian
Port Arthur
Vladivostock
Yalu River
Roanoke Mob Whips Black Man Over Remarks
A Black man was seized from his Salem home by a mob of hundreds, stripped to the waist, bound to a telephone pole, and whipped with electric wire for comments about the Shields dispute involving a daughter. Three Black residents, including a preacher, were driven out of Roanoke for similar talk. The Roanoke mayor then discharged the armed mill held for a week to avert further mob action.
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Roanoke
Shields
Salem
Fairbanks May Enter Race for Vice Presidency
A prediction in Washington says United States Senator Fairbanks will formally announce within a week his candidacy for vice president. Republicans think the move will bolster the ticket in the East, though Fairbanks may have preferred to decline. Also noted is a nomination of William Vincent as surveyor of customs at Galena.
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United States
Sennior Fair Wks
Con Mandames
Washington
Friends of the
Sen
Fairbanks
Galena
Fanky
William Vincent
Garena
Stone
Custom House
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Coliseum
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Cha Una
Meath
Owens
London
Minishi
Asister
Japan
Far East
Mount Town
State Department
Seoul
Masamohe
St. Petersburg
Dee
Alexieff
Hostili
Chicago Theatre Ordinance Crowds National GOP Convention
Chicago February 8 A National Republican sub committee finishes Chicago preparations for the June 21 convention. Seating plans at the Coliseum include elevated platforms for top officers while 51 committee members are arranged around the speakers. tickets for press and badges are limited to reporters telegraphing progress.
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National Republican Committee
Harrys. New
Indiana
R. B. Schneider
Nebraska
W. F. Stone
Maryfata
National Committee
Chi
Nations Committee
Stace
Stone
Republican Party
Iroquois Theater
Last Step Toward War After Diplomatic Break
The notice reports Japan ending talks with Russia and severing diplomatic ties, with Tokyo preparing a public statement. Japan aims to seize Korea to safeguard eastern interests, while no formal war declaration is expected, as Moscow and Tokyo move toward a likely conflict.
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Japan
Russia
Tokio
Kor
Baron de Rosen
Foreign Office
Korea
Hanna Weakens as Hanna's Cancer Fails to Improve
In Washington at the Arlington hotel reports say Senator Hanna remains extremely weak with rising fever and pulse. Doctors note no radical change, though outlook remains hopeful. bulletin cites slight temperature rise since Friday and a 4 PM note that he is doing well with a strong heart and no complications.
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Arlington Hotel
Hava
Hans
Washington
Feb. S
Hanena
Rixey
Hanna
Deaths of Henry W. Oliver and Joseph Te Dodge
Pittsburg and Madison report the deaths of two prominent figures. Henry W. Oliver, a noted steel operator and politician, died at his home from complications of diseases. Joseph Te Dodge, a leading civil engineer involved in building the Northern Pacific, passed away at age 73.
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Pittsburg
Pel
Henry W. Oliver
Madison
Wis
Joseph Te Dodge
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