Atlantic City Fire Ravages Oceanfront Hotels
A two block beachfront blaze destroyed 12 hotels and many smaller buildings along the Atlantic City boardwalk from Illinois to New York avenues. Losses may exceed 750000, with several guests evacuated and militiamen stationed to deter looting. Firefighters from Philadelphia and Camden aided, but the Windsor and other structures suffered heavy damage.
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Issueheed Press
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Illinois Avenue
New York Avenue
Brady's Baths
Tarlton Hotel
Ilinois Avenue
Luray and Annex
Norwood
J. 8. White and Son
New Holland
M. J. Lee
Stratford
Arnold W. Waldner
Berkley
Ben Brothers
Bryn Mawr
J. & E. Keffer
IK. I. Bells
Academy Hotel
Academy of Music
Charles Fralinger
Windsor
Jason Waters
Tarlton
Charles Eeler
Kentucky Avenue
Victor Freisinger
St. James Place
Board Walk
James A. Brady
David John
Nubass & Kavari
Haines
Shimamura & Co
Ching Hop Hing
John H. Flett
Partridge & Richardson
Woman's Exchange
P. Quinn
M. Moyer & Brother
Richard Binder
Haineis
Stratford Hotel
Evard
Stickney
Philadelphia
Camden
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Young's Pier
Tennessee Avenue
Thames
Rio Grande
Meryine
Beach
Young
Marine Hall
Company Stores Closed Amid Regional Strike
Exclusive wire report from Dubola Pa notes all company stores of the Rochester and Mitteburg Coal and Iron Company ordered closed Saturday and to stay shut during the strike. The move signals a long disruption likely to affect many clerks. strike leaders show no movement toward settlement and aim to strengthen local unions.
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Dubola
Rochester and
Mitteburg Coal and Tron Company
Youngstown Strike Ends as Plant Dismantled in Move
AP dispatch from Youngstown reports 400 workers at the American Bridge Co plant were discharged after a strike over wages. The firm announced that once the dispute is settled the plant would be dismantled and relocated elsewhere, following brief walkouts by workers who lived in nearby areas.
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Youngstown, O
American Bridge Company
Lulom
Gaynor Rules Against Preemptive Picketing Injunctions
Supreme Court Justice Gaynor denied an injunction sought by Frank Herzog and Louis Erbe bookbinders to stop Fitzgerald and others from patrolling near their workplace. He said picket lines are allowed absent violence and that courts should not interfere without obvious necessity, stressing equal rights of labor and management.
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Gaynor
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Frank Herzog
Louis Erbe
J. ©. Fitzgerald
Gaynor Sad
Cape Ital
Funeral of Cecil Rhodes Draws Vast South African Crowd
A continuous stream of mourners passed the coffin in Parliament House as Rhodes’s funeral procession moved to St George’s Cathedral. Troops lined the streets while pallbearers included Dr. Jameson and Sir John Gordon Sprigg. The archbishop noted Rhodes’s faults but called him a great man and a devoted seeker of British enterprise across Africa. The service lasted two and a half hours before the cortege departed to Rhodesia.
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Cecil Rhodes
Parliament House
Mr. Rhodes
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Maasstkess
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John Gordon Sprigg
Cape Colony
Frank Rhodes
Lord Milner
Walter Hely-Hutchinson
Cape of Gools Hope
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Sharp practice discouraged by attorney general ruling
Harrisburg April city official says the attorney general’s opinion condemns the practice of using writs of attachment to hold up wages along the Pennsylvania rail line. The opinion says such collections are vicious and should not be encouraged, warning that merchants and creditors may abuse assignments of claims to pressure workers.
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Ekin
Lts
West Virginia
Frank Snuvely
Cy 4
Johnston
Tennsylvania Mulleout Company
West Virginia Collection Agency
Altoona
West
Elkin
Oller
Tilly Anders
Pilts
Thom
Lieutenant Witton Tells of Boer Murders
Lieutenant Witton recounts the Boer murders involving Australian officers. After a fellow officer was killed, Australians seized several Boers, including one wearing the murdered officer's uniform, and held a drumhead court martial. The accused were convicted and sentenced to death before imperial revision shortened or affirmed their punishments.
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London
Witton
Offre
Wlootliye
Protorsburye
Lus
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Australland
Bribery Inquiry Details Danish West Indies Talks
The House special committee heard Abner McKinley Colonel W C Brown Carl Hansen and Representative Gardner discuss their limited contacts with Christmas related to the Danish West Indies sale no formal talks occurred and no contracts were found with Christmas Hansen testified about past offers and a failed repayment while Gardner denied deeper involvement and noted a prior bill on the matter Various figures cited included Senator Lodge and the International Press Association as the hearing probed possible influence and funding arrangements.
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McKinley
Col. Brown
Gardner
Hanna
Lodge
Associated Press
Washington
House Special Committee
Abner McKinley
W. C. Brown
Carl Fischer Hansen
Representative Gardner
New Jersey
Capt. Christmas
Manhattan Hotel
New York
Danish West Indies
Netter
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International Press Association
Christmas
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Hansen
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Iatter
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White
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Knox
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Christmans
Nelkin Y. Walberg
Walberg
Hitt
Lane to be tried immediately in double murder case
Exclusive report states William Lane the colored butler killed Pilla Jarden Mrs Bia J Fur bush and her 10 year old daughter Madeline and probably fatally shot Eloise for robbery The district attorney plans immediate murder trial and swift capital punishment following grand jury indictments and governor date setting The child Aloise remains in critical condition
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Commonwealth
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Pilla Jarden
Bia J. Furbush
Madeline
Eloise
Lane
Aloise
Mrs Haines Acquitted in Child Killing Trial
Mrs Mithbel Fenton Haines was found not guilty of killing her two year old step daughter Gwendolin after a nine day trial in New Zealand. The jury deliberated about an hour and a quarter. She left the court with her husband and two infants returning home to Delanco and hinted at a long rest or possible travel abroad.
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Spanish War Veterans to Hold Reunion in Philadelphia
Colonel Rougherty of Wilkes-Barre heads the Pennsylvania Command of the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish American War. The annual meeting is set for Captain Dolos Muckle’s Philadelphia residence on Saturday evening. Officers for the coming year will be elected and invitations issued to Governor Stone, Adjutant General Stewart, and Mayor Ashbridge of Philadelphia.
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Paderewski Recital at the White House Honors Guests
At a White House musicale, President Roosevelt hosted an audience including Mrs Play, Senator Dona and Abe, and Mr Paderewski. The hall was lavishly decorated with flowers as Paderewski performed a violin program. A dinner followed for eighteen attendees.
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Don Paderowski
Play
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Abe
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Rail wage increases announced for Itemuployes May 10
Exclusive wire reports from Asociatid Press state Apollo-Thoe Bessemer and Lake Evit railhill will raise wages of Itemuployes on May 10. The new schedule lists Conrictors A. Hane at 8.10 per day and Wo Inipinium wlary at 50 dollars instead of 240 per tiotitlh. The Creei ng Watehien will receive a salary of Souniouihy.
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Asociatid Press
Greenville
Apollo--Thoe
Souniouihy
New York Arrival Items Highlight Odd Namelist
A garbled OCR fragment lists places and names such as New York, Naples, Genoa, Queenstown and Liverpool with odd terms like Malcate and Teutonic. The passage lacks coherent actions or dates. It appears to catalog arrivals or destinations but offers no clear event or outcome.
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Malcate
Saullo
Livergoal
Teutonic
Geonchi
New York
la Pouralie
Naplee
Upheneystorm
Neve York
Genoa
Queenstown
Cermanle
Liverpoool
Motterdune
Isihods Statgui
Yok
Boxing Contests Spotlight Fight Night Debut and Turnout
Exclusive report from Kansas City outlines a ten round boxing bout ending with a decision between rival boxers Milly Stutt and Ryan. The card features Tommy Tromjully and Tous White in separate events with a Knickerbocker Athletic Club staging the afternoon bout at the Presbyterian Bowphal hall.
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Kaivas City
Wong Ryan
Milly Stutt
Uhiewme
Biuch Gutelisood
Philadelphia
Tommy Tromjully
Pugilatie Cieles
Tous White
Conswigus
Tommy Markey
Knickerbocker Athletic
Presbyterian Bowphal
Duken Otter
Woman leaps to death at Niagara Falls in dramatic fall
April 1 Niagara Falls N Y Miss Tansey of Buffalo jumped from Goat Island bridge ten feet from shore to go over the American falls. William Connors of Liverpool aided by wading and catching at her clothing but she vanished over the brink. Two hundred spectators witnessed the event.
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Niagara Falls
Delin Tansey
Buffalo
American Falls
Goat Ishind Bridge
William Connors
Liverpool
Tansey
Portland Fire destroys multiple downtown business blocks
Fire at Portland last night destroyed four three story buildings and several smaller structures. Loss is estimated near sixty thousand dollars. Businesses burned include confectionery shops, jewelry, barber, meat market, drug store, hardware, general store and a broker’s office.
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Porthand
C.H. Richert
William Loch
George Wilcox
J. A. Tinsman
J. Dietrick
Houser & Rosely
John Folkers
Snyder & Co
Jaimes I. Cline
Dr. C. i, Beck
Charges Against Dr Reed Dropped by New York Conference
The New York Conference of Methodist Churches refused to entertain charges against Dickinson College president Dr George F Reed. The panel ruled the accusations invalid as signed by an unsigned party and by a nonmember signer and deemed the charges not fit for church court. Minutes will record the charges and the conference action.
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Associated Press
Torrington
Conn
New York
Kunt
Sew
George F. Reed
Dickinson College
B.C. Swallow
Pennsylvania
Reed
Methodist Church
Buckley
Palma on Protection
Exeligive Wire reports Katrudla Valin, president elect of the Cuban republic, will lead the New York chamber of commerce today. The piece urges U S aid to block Cuba's sugar and tobacco policies and calls for restraint in congressional action while seeking favorable terms for Cuban trade and reforms.
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New York
Katrudla Valin
Promoter and Wife Found Dead in New York Residence
In New York on April 1, Charles III and his promoter were found dead at their home near West Ninety Fourth Street. Police say the cause is under investigation and an insurance policy appears involved. A dramatic note claims a payment was made, but officials caution on preliminary findings.
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New York
Charles III
Wiithen
Amd
Puede
Gt West
Worthen
Indanehal Penile de
Warthen
St. Chila E Wu
Watley Comune
Vertontiy Ie
Baebel MN
Exclusive Wine trot and Brotherhood figures in Washington event
An account describes a ceremonial gathering in Washington involving the Assachatid Mores and the Brotherhood of Lormaetive Firemen with figures including Sargent and Geaye. It mentions a related ceremony at Tae relahation and notes the body bits of Ma and Pawterde as read during the event.
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Washington
Wrank Sargent
Brotherhood of Lormaetive
Wredaben
Donic
Abeleslie Geaye
Aontovenne
Deaths of a Day Exclusive Wire From The Assistidited Mica
George W. Crome a leading figure in the United Evangelical association died suddenly at Emanuel church parsonage. The Newark ex chief justice David Ay-Depe also died tonight after kidney trouble, marking two prominent jurists and religious leaders in one day.
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Hirthlelew
George W. Crome
Plu
United Evangelical Association
Emanuel Church
Parallel
Newark
Nedk
David
Depye
Rene Court
New Deiooy
Elute
Senate Passes Oleomargarine Bill Amid Telegram Flood
The Senate approved the oleomargarine measure by 39 to 31 after a lively debate with strong federal versus state powers arguments. The bill imposes taxes on colored and uncolored oleomargarine and related products, plus annual taxes on butter processes and distributors, while the House later approved a Revenue Cutter Service efficiency bill 144 to 49, setting rank, pay, and retirement provisions for the service officers.
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Senate
House
Wasington
Spooner
Wisconsin
Congress
West
Milasouri
Scott
West Virginia
Mto
House of Representatives
District of Columbia
Revenue Cutter Service
ISU
Camawiders
Yaivy
Army
Navy
Cuban Bill Minority Report Filed in House
The minority report on the Cuban reciprocity bill was filed today by Representative McClellan of New York. He argues that Cuba and the United States should work toward equal tariff treatment, asserting that mutual concessions could benefit both nations.
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Associated Pres
Wishington
ApoiliheThe
Minon
McClellan
New Yorks
Wase and
Mgana
Cuba
Puddlers' Wages Advance at York Mills Yard
The notice from The Associated Press reports an advance in puddler wages at the York mill. It states a new high wage rate will take effect today and marks the highest payment ever at York.
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Associated Press
York
York Molling
Washington April Forecast Promises Cloudy Days and North Winds
Weather notes for Washington outline cloudy conditions in April with Friday and Saturday seeing strong north winds. Fragments indicate eastern Pennsylvania could see similar patterns while temperatures rise and winds shift from fresh to northward.
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