Paris Charitable Bazaar Fire Kills Hundreds
A massive blaze at a Rue Jean Goelson charity bazaar in Paris killed hundreds and injured many as crowds rushed to exit. The fire, started by an illuminated apparatus accident, trapped dozens with only one exit and collapsed the wooden structure within twelve minutes. Rescue teams removed corpses, while survivors, witnesses, and officials described scenes of grief and chaos as aid was organized.
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Paris
Francs
Jean Goelson
Tso Peple
Laeaar
Aristoemey
Duchess D'Axes
France
Baggar
Dargis Humber
Hivatut
Catinet
Faily
Paris disaster endures grim toll at Palais de lIndustries
A catastrophic fire at the Palais de lIndustries in Paris killed many and left 200 missing as flames consumed the building. President Faure and local officials visited hospitals and the site while survivors and onlookers described grisly scenes of charred remains, debris, and disrupted stalls. The day yielded thousands in takings and a cash box melted by heat. Names of identified victims circulated among high society circles as authorities assess the full death toll.
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Debiria
Henry Am
Victins
Hotel du Palils
Avenue Montalene
Price Aliana
Rue Francois
Aseault
Paris
Palais DT Industries
Willing
Jong
Mba
Noah
Ekulla
Faure
Mont
Ber
Madame Flores
Hospital Beaujon
President Faure
Palais de L'Industries
Comtese Mirlmel
Comtesse Brideryvilly
M. Victor Cosselin
Slater Leonie Guillaume
Mesdames Haisemann
Schlumberger
Mile
Luete Paure
Elysee
M. Hanotaix
Police
WILY SCHEMES OF TURKS CLAIM PEACE OVERTURES
Athens reports real authority says powers proposed a peace overture but Greece seeks mediation by the Kaiser. The Turkish armistice request aims to bury their retreat losses while Greece contemplates strategic moves and possible command changes amid mounting troop pressures.
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Almes
Kufone
Chveck
Larissa
Velestino
Pharsalon
Volo
Mphairsalos
Pharsalos
Emolenski
Smolensk
Pharetios
Jannikosta
Briandsa
William
Germany
Greece
Rome
Ti Corrien
Della Bern
Milian
Tihocott
Garibaldi
George
M. Ralli
Riccott
Campaign in Thessaly dispatch from Pharsalos
A Pharsalos dispatch reports Turks avoiding further attacks on Velestine and instead reconnoitering nearby areas. Greeks hold strong positions capable of repelling larger forces. Lavissa May 1. Troops move from Salontea to reinforce Edhem Pasha's occupation army. Turkish forces in Greece appear sufficient to assure success. Soldiers show enthusiasm and urge renewed offensives after Trikhala's capture.
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Pharsalos
Velestine
Lavissa
Salontea
Edhem Pasha
Greece
Trikhala
Turke Denounces Treatment by the Greeks
The Turke voices loud denunciation of the treatment endured while with the Greeks and condemns the Greeks as cowards in strong terms.
Prisoners Declared Innocent After Fifteen Year Term
Jeere My ere and Mary E Myers, a white couple from Montgomery, were released from the state penitentiary after fifteen years of imprisonment. Myers, once a Talladega County farmer, had married a widow and lived with his wife and her mother and their one year old daughter. The daughter had sworn a warrant accusing Myers of assaulting her. evidence later suggested the mother compelled perjury.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jeere Myere
Mary E. Myers
Myer
Talladerga County
Myers
Fawa
Admiral Meade Dead After Illness and War Service
Rear Admiral Meade, retired, dies in Washington after grip and subsequent appendicitis. A long career from Civil War actions to global naval duties marked by criticism of administration policy. Born New York City October 9, 1838, he rose from Annapolis graduate to famed naval commander, retiring by his own request.
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Mewle
United States Navy
Mendeway
Lowt
Richard W. Meade
New York City
Hewie
California
Naval Academy
Preble
Kovater
Smyrna
St. Louis
Annapolis
Unt
Nelse Gwynn's Yarn Contradicted In Rahway Murder Case
A partial statement from Nelse Gwynn before his death in St. Louis is disputed. George W. Gregory of Warwick N J, arrested on suspicion in the Rahway homicide, is shown not to have run a hotel at Greenwood Lake or at the Empire hotel site, and Gwynn's tale of a Greenwood Lake to Rahway trip lacks consistency.
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Greenwood Lake
Hegro Nelse Gwynn
St. Louis
George W. Gregory
Warwick
Rahway
Lake
Empire
Telvider
Gwynn
Levees Torn by Birds at Lake Providence
New Orleans May 4. Lake Providence residents report kingfishers bore six foot holes in levees to store nest material. The discovery suggests these holes have likely caused crevasses and will require adjustments in future levee work to reduce flood ravages.
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New Orleans
Lake Providence
Sued for a christening in a church dispute
Ole Halvervon, a Saugerites farmer near Poughkeepsie, sues German Lutheran minister Reverend J. G. Reinertaon for damages. He claims the clergyman entered the plaintiff’s rooms in his absence and christened him a lay name objectionable to him and contrary to his wishes.
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Poughkeepsaie, N
Ole Halvervon
Saugerties
Hev
J. G. Reinertaon
Thousands May Strike in New York Building Trades
In New York on May 4 26 000 workers may strike due to wage demands. Lim marble workers and polishers and helpers are idle already as tensions rise. In Greenville County South Carolina a mounted white mob attacked Walter Price and Mary Rochester whipping them severely while dragging them from their home. the assailants may face prosecution.
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New York
Lim Marble
Columbia
8. C
Greenville County
Wualter Price
Price
Alary Rochester
Woman Burned in Mer Pield in Bohroon Fire
Saratoma reports Mrs. Charlie Maxam aged 70 died from burns while extinguishing a fire near her home in Bohroon. Her husband, who fought to curb the flames, assisted as the tragedy unfolded during the May 3 incident.
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Mer Pield
Saratoma
Charlie Maxam
Bohroon
Train wreck near Knoxville injures several
Passenger train No. on the Southern railway derailed and turned over near Bloft City, ten miles from Knoxville. Two people were killed and several others wounded, with rescue efforts underway and authorities investigating the wreck.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Bloft City
Tariff Bill Reported at Last Changes to Dingley Plan
Washington May 4 The tariff bill was reported to the Senate with major changes from the Dingley act. The measure delays effect to July 1 1907 and removes retroactive provisions. Sugar duties and tea rates shift, bituminous language dropped, and the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty is effectively abrogated. The bill’s fate depends on Senate debate and revenue estimates.
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Senate
Jones
Nevada
Ghee
Senator Jones
Aldrich
Finn Heer
Tea Sig
Benater Jones
Arkansas
Dimuer
United States
Ten Killed by Waterspout in Hard Hit Tennessee
From Jamestown Kentucky May 4 reports say a waterspout struck White Creek Tennessee demolishing farmhouses and killing ten. The Strander family of four two farmhands and three children plus Allen Awerty's grandmother were among the dead as a wall of water swept through. The Sweets were near the fire when the flood toppled the house.
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Jamestown
White Creek
Tenn
Strander
Allen Awerty
Woolson Morse Dead Composer of Opera Passes Away
New York May 4 H Woolson Morse composer died yesterday at his residence 24th street of stomach hemorrhage. He had long battled the condition and spent six weeks in bed recent. He leaves a widow. Morse was born in Charlestown Massachusetts thirty nine years ago after studying at MIT he went to Paris to study painting but chose music instead. His musical comedy Cinderella at School produced at Daly's fifteen years ago.
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Wang
New York
Charlestown
Mow
Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy
Paris
Lut
Musie
Cinderella
Daly's
Composer Morse’s Stage Career Highlighted in obit
The article notes Morse’s first stage effort Lost Strayed or Stolen adapted from the French while he was ill. His main work was light opera in collaboration with J Cheever Goodwin. He composed King Cole I produced in Philadelphia in 1889 and The Merry Monarch an adaptation of Likuolle. For De Wolf Hopper Morse wrote Wang, still profitable on the road.
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London
J. Cheever Goodwin
Mr. Mose
King Cole I
Philadelphia
de Wolf Hopper
Morse
Wang
Captain Reed Held Indicted for Cruelty Aboard Ocean Vessel
United States grand jury indicts Captain Edward W. Reel commander of the clipper Thomas F P Oakes for cruelty to his crew during the voyage from Hong Kong to Auckland. Several sailors died as the ship neared port and aging crew members were left helpless.
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New York
Hallman tied as killer of six German women
Fred Hallman described as the man who laundered a death sentence for Mrs Geddes murder and linked to six brutal stranglings of German women across Wisconsin and Illinois. Victims include Mrs Moore, Mrs Selfkin, Mrs Hillendorf, Mrs Carrie Lear, Mrs Geddes, and another unnamed woman. Hallman allegedly roped them and hung them from doors.
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Gibson City
Fred Hallman
Fred Geddes
H. H. Holmes
Wisconsin
Illinois
Hallman
Geddes
Frelderich William Hallman
William Holman
Freid Lang
Fred Hartman
Moore
Somers
Wiss
Mre. Selfkin
Penrose Assigned to Post Office and Immigration Panels
Washington May 4 Senator Penrose will receive assignment on the senate post offices and immigration committees with control of Pennsylvania post office nominations while starting on less prominent panels. He succeeds Senator Cameron who remains on naval affairs and foreign relations.
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Washington
Penrose
Senate
Cameron
Pennsylvania
President nominates Webster Davis and Forwood for high posts
The President sent to the Senate nominations for Interior Webster Davis of Missouri as assistant secretary of the interior and for Lt Col William Henry Forwood deputy surgeon general to be colonel and assistant surgeon general. Additional army promotions follow in the same dispatch.
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Webster Davis
Secretary of the Interior
Waerhington
Senate
Missouri
Interior
Willaam Henry Forwood
Menarch
Wealthy Tobacconist Gunshot Death Shocks Cadiz
In Cadiz Kentucky on May 4 Arl Wright a wealthy tobacco buyer reportedly killed himself at his sweetheart’s home. Authorities disclosed no motive for the self inflicted gunshot. The tragedy occurred as he sat with his companion prompting shock in the local tobacco trade.
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Cadiz
Arl Wright
Himelf
Theely
Receiver Appointed in Warwick Tyle Works Case
Newark May 1 Vice Chancellor Reel appoints Roderick Hyington receiver for the Warwick Tyle works manufacturers of shoe rollers.
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Newark
N. J
Reel
Roderick Hyington Reeviver
Warwick Tyle Works
Frightful Paris Holocaust Report Prompts City Reactions
A chaotic morning edition highlights a Paris disaster with mentions of the Street Commission, sports notes on Eastern and National League ballgames, state legislative work, and local features. The paper also notes queen's jubilee celebrations and regional updates including Lovalli and Lackawanna County items.
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Paris
Kiagnar
Kinesey Bossetin
McGvall
Lovalli
Miss Parion
Lackawanna County
Whitney
Kinsley Still Denies Resignation in Street Commissioner Fight
A heated Democratic dispute over the street commissioner post centers on A B Dunning Jr and Joseph Taylor as top candidates. Mayor Bailey plans to name a successor at Thursday’s select council meeting, despite Kinsley’s protests that he remains acting street commissioner until June 1.
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C. J. Kinsley
Select Council
Kingley
Tribune
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Halley
Cnmesis
Cornell
Kinsley
Ot Street
John J. Paley
Fahey
Fnd
Baiiley
A.s. Gilmore
Dunning
The
Democrate of Select Council
Cducus
A. A. Dunning, Jr
Yellow Fever Delays Steamship Paloma to Arica
May 4 dispatches report the Chilean steamer Paloma carrying the American mallet was quarantined in the Guayagull river, Mquadai, after yellow fever cases appeared on board. The vessel called yesterday for Arica direct, delaying arrival to May 22.
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Ldina
Peru
Galveston
Guayagull
Mquadai
Arica
The Herald's Weather Forecast Delivers Warmer Midweek Outlook
New York May 6: The Middle States and New England may see fair and increasingly warmer weather today, with light rain possible in New England. Expect a return of warmer conditions Thursday across both regions as winds shift to the south.
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