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Telegraphic News: Tragic Fires and Executions Abroad
A telegraphic roundup reports Jacob Johnson hanged in Somerville N J for murder by circumstantial evidence. In California a mine foreman and a laborer clash leaves the worker near death. A New York Life official survives a self inflicted bullet wound. The Universal Postal Congress gathers in Washington with talks on free official mail, heavier postal weight limits, and a universal stamp. A catastrophic fire at the Grand Bazaar De Charate in Paris claims many lives, with prominent families and nobility among the dead or missing, and France grieves across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Johnson
Somerville
N.J
Annie Beekman
John J. Dailey
Todiana Ranch
Marysville
Cal
Frank Paige
Dailey
Paige
Eassy
New York Life Insurance Company
San Francisco
J. B. O' Meara
O'Meara
Universal Postal Congress
Washington
Paris
Grand Bazar de Charate
France
Sisters of Charity
Deris
Palace de L’industries
Duchess de Alencon
Barronne St. Martin
Vicomtess Bonneval
Comtess St. Pierre
Comtess Broderville
Marquise Des Muison