Deadly fire at Iowa Clifton House hotel in Cedar Rapids
A early morning blaze at the Clifton house in Cedar Rapids killed 15 to 20 guests and seriously injured twice that many. Most victims were convention delegates. names were largely lost in the debris. Rescue efforts continued as ruins cooled and three more bodies were recovered later.
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Cedar Rapids
Clifton House
Knights of 1
Nebraska City
Ously
Conductor Strickland
Northwestern
Clinton
Lov
H. W. Bremen
Lyons
R. Moore
Chicago
Wate Anderson
Chic
Morrow
Boone
M. Gardiner
Woodburn
F. Taylor
Davenport
DR. Grov
M. Larsen
Oclwein
L. C. Vernon
Della
J. Daily
Decorah
Iowa
Monticello
St. Paw
W. A. Mowry
Cheer
Worhan
wWelock
Joke Backfires as Railroad Fireman Dies in Snow
W C Clark, 25, a fireman with the Rock Island Railway, was fatally injured near St Joseph Missouri when a fellow brakeman shouted to jump from the engine. Clark leaped into a snow bank, striking his head and shattering his skull after a prank gone wrong.
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St. Joseph
W. C. Clark
Rock 'Sland
Clark
Vaudeville Final Promises Top Amateur Show In City
Tuesday evening finals feature a city wide amateur vaudeville with Mrs. Ben T. Cable in charge. A Chicago balletmaster rehearses acts and custom costumes are prepared. The program opens with a one act farce by 12 society ladies, followed by local specialties. Proceeds go to the Cemetery Road Improvement fund.
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Ben T. Cable
Chicago
Cemetery Road Improvement Fund
Three Die After Springfield Fire Destroys Buildings
In Springfield Ohio yesterday a blaze destroyed the Young Men’s Christian Association building, Fountain Square theater, and adjacent structures. Three men died when a theater wall collapsed on Mulholland’s jewelry shop. dead are J. H. Mulholland, Dorsey Crane, and Albert Voorhees. Injured include Harry Freet Warren Rickard and Fireman Peter Rude. Rude’s status is uncertain. Insurance covers about two thirds of estimated 325000 dollars in losses.
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Springfield
Young Men's Christian Association
Fountain Square
Mulholland
J. H. Mulholland
Dorsey Crane
Albert Voorhees
Harry Freet
Warren
Rickard
Peter Rude
Rude
Rough Rider's Romance in Kalamazoo Wedding of McKinley Kin
In Kalamazoo Michigan on a Wednesday evening Harry McKinley a Denver resident and second cousin of the late President McKinley and a Spanish-American War Rough Rider married Mrs Jennie M Kendall. He had met her sixteen years ago and after years of letters without reply found her in Kalamazoo while returning home from the east and proposed at once.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Harry McKinley
Denver
President McKinley
Rough Riders
Jennie M. Kendall
McKkinley
Kendall
McKinley
In Jail for Four Hours Over Chair Theft in Kenosha
Kenosha Wisconsin February 20 Dr Robin son a Chicago dentist refusing to give full name was arrested for house breaking after allegedly removing a dentist chair held for a rent bill due from another Chicago dentist. He paid the bill by permitting sale of the furniture and was released after four hours in jail. War Veterans to Consolidate. Washington February 20 Joint committees of Spanish War Veterans and Spanish American War Veterans adopt resolutions to consolidate and name the new organization and set by laws and constitution. Fuel Famine Is Imminent in Illinois. Bloomington Illinois February 20 Central Illinois railroads report traffic delayed as cold spell reduces freight to one third and coal movement, likely causing fuel shortages with temperatures at 5 below zero. The Pope's Jubilee Begins. Rome February 20 The pope's twenty-fifth anniversary jubilee opens with a high mass in Basilica and a gift presentation of a $25 000 gold tiara to the pontiff.
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Kenosha
Wis
Robinson
Chicago
Meyers Block
Shington
Joint Committee of the
Bloomington
Als
Central Illinois
Rome
Rampolla
New York
Tmn
Naval
Fort Lafayette
New York Bay
George Rotham
Brooklyn
Gustave Dozier
Bay Bridge
John Mason
Martin Thorgensen
W. A. Vangurp
Charles John Muller
B. PD. Muller
Manhattan
Frank Munden
Milwaukee aldermen head to Mardi Gras carnival by special train
A special train carrying Milwaukee board of aldermen and city officials departed Chicago at 7 p m to attend the Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans aboard the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Board of Aldermen
New Orleans
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
State Odd Fellows Convention Opens in Ottumwa
Over 100 Odd Fellows attended the opening session of Iowa's state convention in Ottumwa. Reports of officers were read as the gathering continued through the following day.
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Odd Fellows of
Iowa
Ottumwa
Odd Fellows
Ward Opposes Lake Front Museum Site Plan
Chicago reports claimed Marshall Field would fund a 10 million museum at Jackson Park with a lakefront site. Montgomery Ward, dubbed the watchful guardian of the Lake Front, vows refusal to permit any building on the lake park. Supreme Court excerpts cited state that without abutting owner consent Chicago cannot erect structures on the lake front tract.
Ward Declines Any Lake Front Building On Park Land
Attorney Merrick cites two Supreme Court decisions denying state and city right to build on Lake Front. He says ownership by Illinois is idle without consent of all abutting owners, and the park strip from Michigan Boulevard to Twelfth Street must remain a public park. Montgomery Ward, in California, refuses consent to any structure on the land and urges opposition to stadium plans. Ward states no financial gain, only preservation as a public park. A large European camellia near Dresden is noted as 160 years old and 50,000 blossoms seasonally.
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Chicago
Chicago Morning Papers
Marshall Field
Jackson Park
Lake Front Park
Montgomery Ward
Lake Front
Ward
George P. Merrick
Supreme Court
Lake Shore
Lake Park
Supreme Cou
Sme
City of
Lake Michigan
Merrick
Illinois
Michigan Boulevard
Twelfth Street
California
Coronado Beach
Quay Morgan Canal War Sparks Senate Session
Washington February 20 In a Senate executive session on the Panama canal bill Quay produced the Colombian constitution leading some to fear a power move with Morgan to press statehood. Morgan denied collusion and argued a treaty versus act discrepancy over lease terms and perpetual control of a canal zone.
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Washington
Senate
Quay
Morgan
Aldrich
de Lay
Depew
Mason
Panama Canal Company
Canal
Senate Debate Spurs Heated Talk on Canal Treaty
The discussion drew seven or eight senators, with Rawlins Bacon and Daniela on the Democratic side and Hoar Spooner and Depow on the Republican side. Democrats argued the treaty fails to match the act, needing another appropriation to take effect, while Republicans warned the lease provision implies continual renewal and perpetual control per the canal act. Morgan spoke at length on church influence in Colombia, claiming the Roman Catholic church and Jesuits dictate the government, warning ratification would bind the US to an undesirable, un American alliance. The Senate adjourned late, with a plan to reconvene today after a brief recess.
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Rawlins
Bacon
Daniela
Chamber
Hoar
Spooner
Depew
Theepublicans
Quay
Morgan
Senate
Republic
Canal Zone
United States
Tragedies of Rail Disaster Killings and Injuries
A Lackawanna express on a steep grade collided with a trolley at Clifton Avenue, Newark. Eight children died and scores injured from the crowded car. Motorman Peter Brady and engineer Oscar Backliff were fatally or gravely hurt. many named pupils and residents sustained serious wounds.
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Newark
N. J
Lackawanna Railroad
Clifton Avenue
Nll
Viola II
Maude Baker
Ernestine P. Mueller
Mabel E. Karsehner
Titlin
Alma Loehnberg
Rosebud Kohn
Ella Verpupp
Evan J. Eastwood, Jr
Peter Brady
Oscar Backliff
Jennie McTel-land
Ars
Florence Dol
Mabel Smith
Frederick Allsop
George Smith
Carl Raduet
Maud van Vaien
Walter Bauermann
Susan DeCamp
Edith Fox
Pauline Rich
Marian Lyttle
Margaret Commerford
Frances Nevius
Helen McCord
Allen Courgen
Mina Bull
Lillifin Geraghty
Marion Price
Frederick Lindsley
Emily Knight
Arthur Luland
Jacob Wallack
Lone Negro Stands Off New Orleans Police
J Gardner Cassatt asserts Howard T Goodwin, once confidential clerk at Cassatt & Co, embezzled 60000 to 80000 dollars. Goodwin killed himself last December in the firm's office. Cassatt says the motive was his love of rare books and failed attempts to recover losses through cheap stock speculation.
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Philadelphia
J. Gardner Cassatt
of Cassatt & Co
Howard T. Goodwin
Goodwin
Cassatt
Inquest Held Over Remains of Callahan
The inquest into the death of Charles Callahan, killed by a Rock Island passenger at Portage Viaduct, found the facts as published yesterday and made no blame. The six jurors included foreman Karl Bickel and Officers Moody and Keys. no further details emerged and the unclaimed body lies at Knox undertaker.
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Charles Callahan
Rock Island
Portileth Street
Argus
Karl Bickel
H. E. Robb
H. P Keys
J. F. Johnson
John Young
Charles Moody
Chicago
Knox Undertaking Establishment
ROLLED DOWN AN EMBANK IN GHTS AT WHITELEY JUNCTION
A Montreal express derailed at Whiteley Junction, plunging twenty five feet down an embankment. Over twenty passengers were injured, with several severely hurt and taken to Toronto hospitals. Names include David L. Carver and Archibald Mains among the injured.
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Toronto
Ont
Montreal Express
Grand Trunk Railroad
Whiteley Junction
David L. Carver
Bangor
Henry Lindsay
Forest Lake
Nathan Spark
Chelsea
Mass
L. F. Dunlap
Westford
Archibald Mains
William Tulloch
George Lappage
Michael Cusack
Charles Stewart
Louise Langill
Waltham
John Langill
G. Gouquint
Los Angeles
A. H. Allen
Lowell
Concert Review: Choral Society Scores Again at Augustana Chapel
The Rock Island Choral Society presented its third concert last evening at Augustana Chapel before a large audience. Under Prof. Toenniges direction the group maintained a high standard, with A Paarmann as vice, Cook on organ, and Miss Mae Culton at the piano. The program offered a mix of lighter selections that delighted the crowd and reinforced the choir's prominent role in local music.
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Rock Island Choral Society
Augustana Chapel
Co. FL Toenniges
A. Paarmann
Vi. Cook
Mae Culton
Johnson Confident of Carrying Kansas for Head Woodmen
Head attorney J. G. Johanson of the Modern Woodmen left for Kansas and stated at the head office he expects to carry his home state for the head consulship. The Woodmen board adjourned, all but B D Smith departed, and the law committee is SUI in session but expected to adjourn tonight. Kewanee rumors speak of a new first class hotel, with Peoria’s National hotel and Rock Island’s Harper house owners visiting Kewanee to assess a site for a large hotel.
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J. G. Johanson
Woodmen
Kansas
The
B.D. Smith
Kewanee Press
Kewanee
National Hotel of
Peoria
Harper House
Rock Island
Powder Charge Accident Ends in Shell Explosion
A powder charge from a shell ignited by attempting to unwind a fuse between the powder chamber and the percussion cap caused friction that discharged the cap and exploded the shell. Neighbors reported the blast as a accidental detonation with no further details available.
Cold closes Kalanzoo schools amid blizzard
Kalanzoo Michigan on February 20 reports schools closed and traffic at a standstill due to extreme cold. Strong winds reached forty miles per hour with heavy snowfall creating dangerous conditions for travel and daily activities.
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Kalanzoo
Mich
Killed After Desperate Fight in New Orleans
A New Orleans incident reports Lafayette Sims barricading himself in a negro boarding house and firing at officers. After officers and fire crews were called, a cotton bale soaked with oil and sulphur was set into the room. Sims was killed after a tense standoff with police.
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New Orleans
Lal
Lafayette Sims
Criminal sailing under false colors in St Louis
In St Louis on February 20 a man who lived as Lieutenant Colonel F Seymour Barrington and married a Kansas City woman was identified as George Barton, a noted English criminal. A Scotland Yard photograph confirmed him and Barton admitted the guilt. He claimed his English crimes are atoned for and denied forged pardon rumors. He duped a Kansas City woman via marriage and faces further alleged marriages in the United States.
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St. Louis
Workhouse
F. Seymour Barrington
Kansas City
George Barton
Barton
Scotland Yard
England
Wilhelmina Cochrane
United States
Crush at the Popes Jubilee This Morning
Rome February 20 There was a furious crush to enter the Mall of Beatification for Pope Leo s jubilee reception People were swept off their feet and women overcome but one was so overwhelmed borne in a sedia gestatoria by eight men The pope wore a glorious robe and a triple crown as he gave benediction amid cheering crowds He declared this the happiest day of his life upon returning to his apartments
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Rome
Leo
Man killed in fall from scaffold in Davenport
A scaffold supporting five men at an orphan's home project in Northwest Davenport collapsed this afternoon. Five men were dropped about 25 feet. John C. Davies, 30, father of 20, was killed. The others were injured but survived.
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Davenport
John C. Davies
Where They Shoot First And Then Inquire
In Winston County yesterday a man named William Jones shot and killed his affianced Maggie Sehhaff after a misunderstanding with her brother whom he had never met. He also seriously wounded the brother, then killed himself.
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New Decatur
Winston County
William Jones
Maggie Sehhaff
Jones
Houghton department store blaze causes heavy losses
Houghton Michigan February 20 fire at Miller’s department store caused about 150000 in damage. The largest claims were L Miller general merchandise 85000 and N F Leopold owner building 15000.
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Houghton, Mich
Miller's
L. Miller
General Merchandise
N. F. Leopold
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Man
Supreme Court Law
South Park Commission
Plinitz
Dresden
Europe
Canada
Cassatt & Co
Callahan
Choral Society
MR. Johnson
Crook
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