Fire devastates Hull and Ottawa freeing thousands homeless
Ottawa April 27 report estimates five square miles burned Hull Ottawa with over two thousand buildings destroyed seven people killed and seven thousand residents rendered homeless. property losses reach about 17 million dollars insured about half. relief committees formed with church leaders to aid victims. government pledges 100000 for relief and city adds ten thousand.
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Hull
Ottawa
Tivdas
Ottaw
Laurel Forge Burned: Fourteen Barns and Two Ice Houses Destroyed
Harrisburg April 27 The small town of Laurel Forge in Cumberland county was nearly wiped out by a fire started by nearby forest flames. Fourteen barns and two large ice houses owned by the Low Ice company were destroyed, with damage estimated at about $10,000 and partial insurance.
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Harrisburg
Laurel Forge
Cumberland County
Low Ice Company
Forest Fires Ravage Dubois Region Under High Winds
Terrifying winds whip wildfires across the Dubois area and toward Johnsonburg, threatening thousands of acres of timber. Fire crews labor along the railroad corridor for about forty miles to hold back the flames amid heavy smoke and heat.
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Dubois
Eday
Johnsonburg
Destruction and Fire Spread Across Open Fields Near Hathmel
Fire swept through dry fields with sparks spreading across the countryside. South and west of the town similar scenes of destruction were reported as residents fought smaller fires. At Hathmel five miles away the Hall Lumber company struggled to protect their lumber and mill from the blaze.
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Hathmel
Hall Lumber Company
Wild forest fires devastate hills near Huntingdon
April 27 Huntingdon county reports extensive wildfires that blanket terrain from Jacke Terrace to Tussey mountains and Warriors Chestnut ridges. Dense smoke hides objects up to a quarter mile away as valuable timber and farm fences suffer. authorities pursue arsonists described as lerk peelers.
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Huntingdon
Jacke
Terrace
Tusseye
Lerk
Floods Hit Waco Texas Drowning Several In City
In Waco on April 27 heavy rains caused floods with eight to ten drownings reported in the city. Rescuers, led by the fire department, search for victims including Mrs Nancy Caudle Miss Clara Caudle and Frank Walker. Water filled basements and boats operated in main streets to move residents to safety. Rockdale reports mine flooding drowning four men.
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Waco
Mre
Nancy Caudle
Clara Caudle
Frank Walker
Provident Bank
Rockdale
Queen's Return Draws London Crowds In Jubilant Welcome
In London the queen was greeted by thousands at Holyhead and on the journey south with cheering crowds and singing. She arrived at Windsor Castle in the evening after a week of events tied to the South Africa War’s strains. Lord Rosebery spoke at a Liberal banquet praising the queen's endurance and loyalty.
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London
Holyhead
Ireland
Chester
Windsor Castle
Lord Rosebers
City Liberal Club
South Africa
Commonwealth of Australia
Great Britain
Ottawa
Expulsion demanded for former U S consul Gottfried by Peru
Lima residents and Libertad district papers urge the Peruvian government to expel Edward Gottfried formerly United States consular agent at Trujillo and his brother Tite Cormand. In 1898 revolutionaries assaulted Gottfried at Huamachuco demanding 5000 soles and 25 rifles, he was tortured after refusing to comply.
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Lima
Peru
Vie
Galveston
Avril
Trujillo
Department of Libertad
Ed. Gottfried
United States
Trujilo
Huamachuco Betne
Shipping Arrivals and Departures Across Transatlantic Routes
New York reports a flurry of ships arriving and sailing including Furst Bisnard from Hamburg Lacania Liverpool and Statendam from Rotterdam via Remlogne Moville with departures of Ethiopia from Clemo New York. Several ships head for Liverpool Queenstown and Rotterdam with mixed identifying spellings and uncertain ports, reflecting busy transatlantic traffic.
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New York
Furst Bisnard
Hamburg
Lacania
Liverpool
Clemrod
Trave
Genoa
Naples
Statendam
Rotterdam
Remlogne
Moville
Ethiopia
Clemo
Increase of Railroad Stock in Philadelphia Meeting
A special stockholders meeting of the Northern Central Railroad in Philadelphia adopted a resolution to raise the capital stock of the Pennsylvania Railroad company from 10,000 to 60,000 shares with par value of 8. The action was taken at an April 27 session.
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Whiledelphia
Northern Central Railwar Goenpeng Yee
Fennylvania Railroad Company
Big Bicycle Meet in Toulville This April
Toulville Ky hosts a large cycling event at Fountain Kerry Park tomorrow. Cyclists including Cooper Kiser MacParland Kimble Stevens and others will compete in a furious race under the Sathonal Cycling aration.
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Toulville
Foountain
Kerry Park
Onmcke
Y!j
Cooper
Kiser
MacParland
Kimble
Stevens
Expansion and memory at Americas Republican club banquet
The fourteenth annual Americas Republican club banquet honored Julia Grant with Postmaster General Charles Emery Smith and political figures in Pittsburg. Smith extolled Grant and framed U.S. expansion as a duty tied to national prestige and the Spanish American War era.
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Pittsburg
Republican Club
Tme
General A. & Grant
Hotel Schenty
Wiefere
Julia Dent Grant
Charles Enery Smith
Robert W. Cousins
Iowa
M. A. Hanna
W. Atkinson
West Virginia
Janies E. Barnett
Pennsylvania
Charles F P. Dick
Ohio
Porto Rico
Cuba
Caribbean
South America
Hawaii
Philippines
Pacific
Orient
Republic
Commence
Porto Rico's Governor Arrives in San Juan Aboard Dolphin
The Dolphin brings Charles Herbert Allen the new civil governor of Porto Rico to San Juan, where he is greeted by General Davis and naval salutes. Allen tours the executive mansion, breakfast with Davis, and plans to discuss regime details with Davis as new appointees arrive.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
United States
Dolphin
Charles Herbert Allen
United Statue
New York
Texas
General Davis
Allen
Davis
Lackawanna Directors Meet in New York
Lackawanna railroad directors met yesterday in New York but issued no press material. President Truesdale was absent on a tour of York state divisions and arrived on the Comet with Traffic Manager Caldwell and Transportation Daly, staying overnight at the Jermyn. He told a Tribune reporter he had only a brief telegraphic summary with no local interest.
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Grant
Washington
Columbia River
Oregon
Jefferson
Republic
Hawa
Theos
Merting Poulefore
Bettier
Lackawanna Road
New York
Trudsdale
York State
Caldwell
Daly
Jermyn
Tribune
Trueside
State department issues charters for several firms
The April 27 notice lists new incorporations including Spring Brook Creamery at Tannem Falla Wayne County with 500 capital and Rileyville Creamery at Wileyville with 100 capital. Also named are Nort Side Land at Beatta Fale with 20 000 capital, Lake Locture Improminent at Serato with 700 00 capital, Wyoming Telephone at Sukbauonck Pa with 100 000 capital and other entries.
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Marrieburg
State Department
Spring Brook Creamery Company
Tannem Falla
Wayne County
Rileyville Creamery Company
Wileyville
Coital
Nort Side Land Company
Beatt. Fale
Alela Howse Company
Pittsburg
Lake Locture Improminent Company
Serato
Willams Valley
Williamstown
Capital
HLM
Devor
Del
Wyoming Telephone Company
Sukbauonck
Jain
Arbor Day Observances Begin Across Pennsylvania
Harrisburg April 27 Arbor day will be observed throughout Pennsylvania with appropriate ceremonies and activities planned to honor trees and promote conservation statewide.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Pensions and Washington April Ti-Tonplans
A concise report outlines proposed increases in pension funds and related measures in Pennsylvania and Washington during April. Officials discuss financial impacts, planning steps, and potential beneficiaries, with attention to budget constraints and future commitments.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
Croft
Boranten
Crisis Looms in China as Western Powers Move
Reports from Yokohama and San Francisco say new tensions in China prompt Western nations to consider concerted action. Empress dowager’s policies raise fear of bloodshed while Hunanese troops show disaffection. A large American fleet gathers at Yokohama including the Oregon, Brooklyn, and Concord as Japan’s naval maneuvers near Korea proceed.
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England
Japan
Far East
Yokohama
San Francisco
Muasampo
Corea
China
China Gasette
Kang Yi
Prince Ching
Li Hang Chang
Tong
Eastern
Asia
Russia
America
Oregon
Brooklyn
Concord
Newark
Yosemite
Baltimore
New Orleans
Indian Sea
Corea Straits
Kobe
Weather and Diverse Local News Scribbles Fragment
The text lists assorted items including weather showers, wartime notes, a statement by Viktelurg, a local crisis at Mond in Oldipa, and various regional notices. It mentions senior student admissions, court and municipal stories, sport, theater, and religious news with scattered local sections and features.
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Maries Kmory Smith
Mond
Oldipa
Boott
Senate in Executive Session Ratifies Treaty with Spain
Senate ratified the Spain Philippines treaty extending six months for residents to decide allegiance. The House set a record by passing ninety-one private pension bills including $40 monthly for the widow of Col John M Stotsenburg. Committee on Commerce favored the Brosius bill to curb food and drug adulteration and misbranding.
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Senate
Spain
House
Committee On Commerce
Brosius
Washington
Nathan B. Short
West Virginia
Chandler
Clark
Montana
Philippines
Davie
John M. Stotsenburg
Nebraska
Columbia
Territories
National Association of Manufacturers
Hrosius
Agricultural Department
Powers Arrested in Counterfeiting Probe in Towanda
United Marine officers arrested Manley J. Powers near Black Walnut on fraud charges. Investigators found numerous moulds and counterfeit tools at his home. Powers, aged years, previously served twelve years for murder and is suspected as the last of a gang involved in producing bogus money in the county over the past two years.
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Towanda
Apell
United Mtaime
Manley J. Powers
Saime
Power
Wade Iyeh
Thie County
New Fast Trains Announced Between St Louis and New York
Report says starting tomorrow two new fast trains will run between St Louis and New York via the Vandebilt line and the Lake Shore New York Central. The St Louis to Cleveland route will be shortened to about fifteen and a quarter hours, two hours faster than now, with new equipment and an updated train service.
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New York
Agil Gf
St. Louis
Lake Shore
Fr. Loulerain
Senate approves several nominations from Pennsylvania and beyond
Washington reports the senate confirmed a slate of nominates including Pennsylvania figures such as F. A. Smith and E. Ruyfert along with others from Indiana Connecticut and New Jersey for various posts. The biased OCR text lists multiple names and towns indicating broad regional appointments with no stated outcomes beyond confirmation.
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Washington
Senate
Pennsylvania
A. Smith
Indiana
E. Ruyfert
Conneautville
WH. Brubaker
Elizabethtown
AL. Bolger
Pollipnborg
M. Alteman
Littlowtown
G. F. Heathicote
Glen Rock
W. H. Flora
Wrighteville
Emma Lobb
Luserue
Senator Scott Introduces Manner Marking Bill for Margarine
Washington April 7 Senator Scott introduced a bill requiring oleomargarine to be marked in a certain manner and mandating wholesale dealers to keep books recording transactions open to internal revenue inspectors for inspection.
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Washington
Scott Today
Internal Revenue
Capable successor to Joubert strengthens Boer retreat
Dispatches report General Louis Botha has installed a capable successor to Joubert. Boers retreat safely northward with seven hundred guns and prisoners, while British advances toward Pretoria are not yet underway. Critics meet near Roberts as pressure grows to redeploy forces for future raids.
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Eafely
Fretoria
Roberta
Briteish
Pretoria
Tard Roberts
French
Randle
Creneral Brabant
Pete-Carew
Hart
Chermside
Allwal
Smnall
Springfield
Ad- Vieux
Pewersdorp
Mamed Complainta
Criticisma
Lom Roberts
Bloemfontein
Lkely
Hunter
Kimberley
Eally
Vaal River
Barkly
Soldiers Die On Sherman Transport From Manila
Washington reports to the war department that soldiers died on the transport Sherman which arrived in San Francisco from Manila. Names listed include Frank L. Lake sergeant H Thirteenth infantry Frederick A. Miller private Fourteenth infantry Charles E K Stewart private M Seventh cavalry Homer H. Bateman private Tl Thirty ninth infantry Archie Byers private A Fourteenth Infantry. The Sherman also carried 180 sick soldiers 72 general prisoners and various military passengers.
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Washington
Shafter
War Department
Sherman
San Francisco
Manila
Frank L. Lake
H. Thirteenth Infantry
Frederick A. Miller
Fourteenth Infantry
Charles EK
Stewart
Seventh Cavalry
Homer H. Bateman
Thirty-ninth Infantry
Archie Byers
Sherman Aleo
Pittsburg Strikers Return as Plant Resumes Operations
In Pittsburg on April 21 the Preced Stel Car company plant resumed running after new labor was placed today. The strike is believed to be over and workers are expected to return to work.
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Pittsburg
Stel Car Company
1 & Sialon
Cie Ettleate
Striki Ik Mt
Ae Weriow
Hove
Weather forecast for Washington weekend
Weekend outlook for Washington shows partly cloudy skies Saturday with possible showers on Sunday. Northerly winds tomorrow remain light to moderate. Temperatures expected to stay mild with no significant precipitation noted.
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Shellakier
Biddy
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Wellington Street
Mull
Carmingtos
Cittawa
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Twilhousie
Tiorge W. Foster
Dr. Scott
J. T. Booth
A. W. Fleck
Levi Crannell
Mr. McLaurin
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Big Four
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Somerset Street
Preston
Rochester
John Pinney
Janes Murphy
Catherine Pinkney
Alexander Soulter
A. Rochester
Thomas A. Cook
French Presbyterian Church
Edward Foxton
A. J. Warnock
Victoria Brewery
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Ottawa Electric Light Company
Central
Bryan
Gottfried
Press of
MR. Smith
Mr. Smiths
Mr. Smith Gard
Liberty and Enlightenment
Iurgret
Union
Congress
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Porte Rhee
Britain
Victoria
South Asia
Woolwich Hospital
Mr. Allen
U. S
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Pitty Brook
Tiegai
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Scranton
Hound About the Conny
Penny
Terurrow
Scott
New York Central
Joubert
Louis Botha Dis
Louis Kotha
Thabe N’chu
Wae
Lord Roberts
Kaha N’chu
Jan Hamilton
Smith Dorrien
Hamilton
Rundle
Thaba N'chu
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Burrs
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Marshall
Hovee
Tethulle Carne Gerous
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Royal Scots Service Corps
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