Theaters Closed in Chicago Fire Closure Order
Chicago near total shutdown as Mayor Harris on orders all theaters closed until compliance with fire safety ordinances. Iroquois Theatre owners Will Davis and Harry Powers held for manslaughter with $10,000 bonds. Fire Inspector Fulkerson blames a steel reflector kept open that blocked the asbestos curtain and fed the blaze.
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Chicago
Harrison
Tolman
Will J. Davis
Harry Powers
Iroquois Theater
Williams
Arthur E. Hull
Hull
Monroe Fulkers
Fulkerson
William McMullen
Mr. Fulkerson
John A. Mazonni
King Carlos Opens Parliament In Lisbon Address
King Carlos opened Parliament in Lisbon and said Portugal’s relations with foreign countries were cordial. He expressed high regard for visits to Portugal in April by Edward VII and last month by King Alfonso XIII, noting their positive effect on mutual regard and understanding among nations.
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Lisbon
Carlos
Portugal
Edward VII
Alfonso XIII
Czar Denies Kishineff Riots Rumors
New York World reports a cable from the Czar denying forthcoming Kishineff troubles. He says reports of anti Jewish riots are the result of agitation by persons opposed to the Russian government.
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New York
New York World
Russia
Kishineff
Republicans Set March 23 State Convention in Jackson
Mississippi Republicans fixed March 23 in Jackson for the state convention to select delegates to the national convention in Chicago. Resolutions endorsing President Roosevelt were adopted unanimously by the Republican State committee.
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Jackson
Miss
Republican State Committee
Chicago
Roosevelt
Kiralfys Big Spectacle in St Louis World Fair
Arnold Kiralfy of the Kiralfy Brothers has secured a major contract to stage a stupendous production in St Louis for the world’s fair. The show will employ about 1,000 people in a theater specially built for the spectacle with seating for 10,000.
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Pittsburg
Arnold Kiralfy
Kiralfy Brothers
Public Debt Shows Decline in December 1903
The monthly statement of the public debt reports a total debt of 914,150,880 dollars at year end 1903 after subtracting cash in the treasury. This marks a decrease of 11,618,530 dollars for December.
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Washington
Treasury
Death of General Longstreet in Gainesville
Gen James S Longstreet long time Confederate officer and statesman died in Gainesville Georgia on Saturday from an attack of acute pneumonia. He had been ill two days.
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Atlanta
James S. Longstreet
Gordon
Gainesville
Bohemian man commits murder suicides after reprimand
John Pollak an Bohemian man shot his sister in law twice in Chicago on Sunday afternoon after being ordered from her home. He killed the woman instantly then shot himself through the mouth and died within minutes.
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Chicago
John Pollak
Pollak
Piutes Threaten Revolt After Prospectors Are Killed
Dispatch from Calientes Nevada reports two prospectors William Jones and Henry Alexander killed by Piute Indians who threaten revolt against white settlers amid rising tensions in the region.
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Chicago
Tribune
Calientes
Nev
William Jones
Henry Alexander
Cleveland A Fagida Loosely Linked to Presidential Fate
Washington reports outline two Democratic viewpoints on Grover Cleveland's 1904 candidacy. Some see his declination as a trap or eventual candidate with consent, while others believe he remains a factor until the convention confirms or rejects him.
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New York
Washington Dispatch
Herald
Grover Cleveland
St. Clair McKelway
Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland
Democratic Party
American Republic
Clevelland
Man Paralyzed After Duel Over Card Game Lover
Antonio Tolaski survives at Allentown hospital after being shot through the left lung and spinal column last spring. The rival lover fired twice following a card game for the hand of a girl Tolaski won, leaving him permanently paralyzed from the hips down.
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Allentown
Antonio Tolaski
Tolaski
No New Uniforms at Present for Army Enlisted
Washington reports on the recommendation of the quartermaster general the issue of a new uniform to enlisted men is suspended. An investigation found about 3,000,000 worth of old uniforms on hand prompting no changes at present in the enlisted man’s uniform.
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Washington
Quartermaster General
Empress Eugenie Suffered Cheek Puncture in Paris
Paris cable reports former Empress Eugenie is ill at the Hotel Continental after a hatpin caused a deep puncture in her cheek. Her face is swollen and physicians fear blood poisoning. At seventy, her age and frailty raise grave concerns about the outcome.
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Paris
Eugenie
Hotel Continental
No Primate for America Rumor Circulates on US Conference
A United States rumor claims the American Catholic hierarchy will meet in Washington on January 31 to discuss creating a primate in the United States. The report appears tied to speculation about Vatican workload.
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Rome
United States
Catholic Church
Washington
Vatican
Iroquois Theatre deaths manslaughter charges sparked arrests
Chicago coroner investigation opens after the Iroquois Theatre catastrophe with twelve theatre employes arrested. Eight charged with manslaughter over remaining dead and missing estimated at up to one thousand. Witnesses held and cautioned as coroner's jury prepares to hear evidence.
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Chicago
O'Neill
William Carlton
William Plunkett
Edward Cummings
Frank J. Andrew
R. M. Cummings
E. E. Engle
Thomas McQueen
S. J. Maroni
William Stack
Samuel Bell
Victor Bozart
Edward Wines
Plunkett
Freager
National Republican
Traeger
President Roosevelt extends sympathy to Chicago
President Roosevelt sent a message to Chicago via Mayor Harrison, expressing deepest sympathy for the terrible catastrophe that has befallen the city, stating that all the people share in the sorrow.
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President
Chicago
Mayor Harrison
President Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Ushers Blamed for Theater disaster in Chicago
A Chicago special assigns culpable mismanagement to theater authorities. Eyewitness reports allege ushers blocked side entrances and crowded patrons toward gallery exits, and even locked doors to prevent escapes, contributing to a deadly panic.
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Chicago
New Year Greeting From Washington Signals World Welcome
At the stroke of midnight Washington time the U S Naval Observatory sent the New Year message across cables to Alaska and Guam. Despite one cable company’s refusal the signal circled much of the globe with Lt Cmdr Hayden and Rear Admiral Chester coordinating the readout and the ball drop marking 1904.
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Washington
United States Naval Observatory
Alaska
Guam
United States
Naval Observatory
Eastern Telegraph Company
Great Britain
India
Hayden
Co. M. Chester
Socialist convention set for Chicago May 1 1904
The national convention of the Socialist party will be held in Chicago May 1 1904, where candidates for national offices will be nominated. Bernard Berlyn, Illinois national committeeman, was instructed to arrange for accommodation of 500 delegates.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Bernard Berlyn
Illinois
Turks Arrests Over Plot to Massacre Christians
In Salonica European Turkey police arrested over a hundred men on suspicion of involvement in a plan to kill Christians. The crackdown continued as authorities seized quantities of arms and explosives.
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Salonica
Turkey
Britain Mobilizes Fleet for Far East Conflict
London reports Britain orders issued to ready ships for foreign service with key third class cruisers Intrepid and Latona docked at Portsmouth for possible dispatch to China. Dublin notes naval reserve mobilization for Melampus. Japan poised on Korea, awaiting Russia, with China likely to back Japan in any war.
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London
Far East
Harry
Latona
Porthmouth
China
Dublin
Melamphus
Japan
Russia
Korea
Senate Back In Session Without Clear Program
Washington special reports the Senate resumes after a two week recess with no definite agenda for the session beyond potential passage of appropriation bills the Panama canal treaty review of Senator Smoots case and a few minor items.
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Washington
Senate
Smoot
Night Fire Destroys St Catherine’s Academy in Louisville
A Sunday dawn blaze at St Catherine’s Academy a Catholic girls school near Springfield Ky burned to the ground with no deaths. Estimated losses run about 200000 fire discovered by Miss May Curry whose alarm prompted a sister to run a mile in bare feet and night dress to St Rose's boys school.
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Louisville
St. Catherine’s Academy
Springfield
May Curry
St. Rose’s
Tomb for Leo XIII Given Final Approval in Rome
Sculptor Luchetti’s design for a monumental tomb of Pope Leo XIII in St. John Lateran has been approved. The statue depicts Leo XIII with the triple crown on a throne, blessing with both hands, supported by the world symbolizing unity of fold and church. Estimated cost is $32,000.
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Rome
Luchetti
Leo XIII
St. John Lateran
Pope Leo
Prince Frederick seeks papal annulment over alleged infidelity
Rome cable reports Prince Frederick of Schoenburg-Waldenburg has sent a lawyer to the Vatican to present a petition to the Pope seeking annulment of his marriage to Princess Alice daughter of Don Carlos the Spanish throne pretender. The petition claims proven infidelity by the princess.
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Rome
Frederick of
Schoenburg-Waldenburg
Vatican
Alice
Don Carlos
Weyler to Publish Book on Cuba Campaign
London dispatch reports General Weyler will publish a book titled My Military and Political Campaign in Cuba. Two chapters to be included outline My Project for Landing in United States Territory and Reasons Why I Was Obliged to Abandon the Project.
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London
Weyler
Cuba
Madrid
United States
Three Boys Die From Freezing in Bayport Storm
Three boys about ten years old named Soundberry twice and Dutcher perished in Bayport during Sunday night’s blizzard. The Bad Axe Michigan special reports the trio died of exposure in the harsh storm.
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Bad Axe
Mich
Soundberry
Dutcher
Bayport
Anxious Press Urges Immediate Opening of Hostilities
Tokio and London cables report widespread belief war between Japan and Russia is inevitable. Newsrooms urge Japan to resume fighting as government mobilizes troops and supplies while banks halt funds. Tokyo and Washington dispatches describe a tense, critical moment with no peace in sight.
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Tokio
Russia
Berlin
Pekin
Japan
Marignaria
London
Daily Telegraph
Mokpho
Masampho
Korea
The
Standard
United States
Manchuria
Washington
Far East
Takahira
Abyssinian Treaty Advances Hopes for U S Trade
William H. Ellis returned to New York aboard the Majestic after meeting Menelik II in Addis Ababa. He reported a warm reception and a pledge to host Americans, with Ellis carrying three letters to Roosevelt Carnegie and the public. He cited plans to build a railroad and projected benefits from a treaty potentially worth about 25 million dollars annually as Abyssinia would buy cotton goods firearms and other U S goods.
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New York
Wm. H. Ellis
White Star
Majestic
Menelik
Abyssinia
America
Mr. Ellis
Adis Abeda
Sheba
Abraham Lincoln
Roosevelt
Robert P. Skinner
Marseilles
Cotton market collapse in New Orleans panic sale
New Orleans special reports a dramatic cotton plunge before close on Tuesday as prices fell about 60 points in ten minutes. March contracts dropped to 13.70 cents and May to 13.11 cents, with Brown supplying heavy support and bids for large lots. A later 20 point rebound followed.
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New Orleans
Brown
Tod Sloan Plans Stable Start for 1905 Return
Tod Sloan the Hoosier jockey aims to start a racing stable with about a dozen of his horses plus others he can train. Friends believe this marks his entering wedge to return as jockey in 1905 and that he seeks to make amends for past errors.
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London
Tod Sloan
Payne reports to Congress on Post Office reforms and rural delivery
The Postmaster General’s annual report has been completed and sent to the printer, delayed by department business related to the ongoing investigation. It emphasizes working details, proposals for reform, and a strong push to expand rural free delivery with 600 routes monthly and large capital needs to sustain growth. Indiana leads in county rural delivery, while General Bristow oversees the service with no new superintendent named.
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Washington
Payne
Bristow
Conrad
Bonaparte
Department
Congress
Smith
Indiana
West
General Bristow
Machen
Olympia arrives at Colon with Beaupres aboard
Admiral Coghlan's flagship Olympia reached Colon on Monday afternoon from Cartagena carrying A. M. Beaupre the United States minister to Colombia and Mrs. Beaupre.
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Olympia
Colon
Golon
The Markets Oil Market Report
The oil market lists city prices for multiple locations. Tiona, $2.00. Pennsylvania, $1.85. Newcastle, $1.72. Corning, $1.65. Whitehouse, $1.30. Petrolea, $2.32. South Lima, $1.31. Bartlesville, $1.14. North Lima, $1.36. Indiana, $1.31. Somerset, $1.31. S Neodosha, $1.36. N Neodosha, $1.16. Corsicana, $1.30. Ragland, $0.66.
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Tiona
Pennsylvania
Newcastle
Corning
Whitehouse
Petrolea
South Lima
Bartlesville
North Lima
Indiana
Somerset
S. Neodosha
N. Neodosha
Corsicana
Ragland
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King Carlos
Mississippi
Kiralfy
Gen. Longstreet
Piutes
Baltimore
Around
England
NAVY
Orient
Gen. Weyler
Indianapolis
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