Four Miners Die in Midvale Lehigh Slope Blaze
Four miners burned to death when a fire broke out in the Lehigh slope of the Lehigh Valley Company at Midvale on Saturday. About 20 men were in the mine. ten escaped, four perished: Peter Crick, Peter Coral, Martin Simotocitich, John Sorowski. A miner's lamp likely ignited timber.
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Wilkesbarre
Lehigh
Lehigh Valley Company
Midvale
Peter Crick
Peter Coral
Martin Simotocitich
John Sorowski
Colorado Springs Fire Destroys District. Loss One Million
A fast moving blaze in Colorado Springs on Saturday afternoon swept four blocks, destroying the Antlers hotel two lumber yards and numerous businesses. Winds 45 mph aided flames from the D. and R. G. depot. Loss estimated at 1,000,000 with half covered by insurance. Fire originated under the freight depot platform. car of powder exploded and several small fires followed across the city. Several arrests made in connection with suspected arson. initial blaze deemed accidental.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Cucharis Street
Denver
Pueblo
Antlers
Denver & Rio Grande
Barnes & Sons
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Cascade Avenue
Pike's Peak Avenue
Ducharis Street
MacFarland & Hills
Irving & Sons
Silver Moon
Kelly Goat Company
Felix Americano
Bloome
Dietz
John Kline
Bartlett
Creamer & Jordan
Moscotts
A. Sephiro
J. M Solliwan
K. Kline
Marlowe Bros
Campbell Feed Store
Gulf Depot
Salvation Army Hall
Cuba Clothing Company
Setdelridge Warehouse Company
More Troops for Puerto Rico Move Ordered by War Dept
The War Department ordered the Fifth Cavalry at Huntsville Alabama the Sixth United States Volunteer Infantry at Chickamauga and the Forty-eighth New York at Fort Adams to proceed to Puerto Rico as directed by the island’s commanding general. Troops at Gump Meade will be sent south possibly to Cuba with most to Georgia and South Carolina camps. Returning volunteers may be furloughed and mustered out as Congress decides on garrisoning new possessions.
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War Department
Puerto Rico
Huntsville
Ala
Sixth
United States Volunteer Infantry
Chickamauga
Forty-eighth
New York
Fort Adams
Gump
Meade
Cuba
Georgia
South Carolina
Congress
Indians for Mexico Purchase Vast Sonora Land Emigration Planned
Richard Adama, general manager for the Delaware Indians, says the tribe has bought 550,000 acres in Sonora, Mexico, and will emigrate soon. The item also notes that hundreds have died in China due to the Yellow River overflow.
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Mexico
Fort Gibson
I. T
Richard Adama
The
Delaware Indians
Sonora
China
Yellow River
Overworked Pierceton educator credits pills for recovery
Ernest Kemper of Pierceton Indiana exhausted by constant study and teaching fell ill with pneumonia and collapsed. After failing treatments in Colorado Cleveland and China doctors prescribed Williams Pink Pills Pale People and Kemper recovered, gained weight, and resumed teaching. he swore to the cure in a sworn affidavit.
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Belence
Hall
F. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Pierceton
Ind
Ernest Keper
Keper
Catarth
Colorado
Cleveland
China
Williame
Kemper
R. P. Watt
Audience with McKinley meets with insurgent envoys
Washington Oct 3 Agoncillo and Aguinaldo representatives with General Greene had a private audience with President McKinley. The Filipinos declined to discuss details, saying the visit was to pay respects, but informal chat on their mission likely occurred. No documents were shown.
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Washington
Agoncillo
Pez
Aginaldo
White House
Ills of Women Ad for Lydia Pinkham Remedies
A reader testimonial from Mrs Henry Dorr Keimati Ohio praises Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for curing chronic womb inflammation and related symptoms after years of illness and unsuccessful medical treatment. The letter thanks Lydia Pinkham and notes renewed vitality.
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Marianna
Chicago
Ill
Pinkham
Henry Dorr
Findley St
Keimati
Ohio
Jan
Lydia Pinkham
Warships Ordered to Chinn as China Tensions Rise
Washington reports Secretary Long orders two ships from Manila to approach Beijing amid growing anxiety over China. The Baltimore and the Petrel will move toward Ten Tain as foreign fleets gather at Tiensin. Minister Conger notes no immediate danger but fears for the future. Marines are being deployed to Pekin for legation guards.
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Petrel
Ten Tain
Washington
Long
State Department
China
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Celestial Empire
Conger
Pekin
Tiensin
Legation
Twenty Fifth Comes Went In U S Regulars Arrive Chicago
The Twenty Fifth U S regular infantry colored regiment arrives in Chicago from Mon-tauk Point as the first regular unit sent east after Spain hostilities begin. Seven hundred men under Major Matt Hooten head to western posts with four companies to Fort Logan and others to Fort Grant Hua chuca Apache San Carlos Wingate Bayard. The contingent moves to La Junta Colorado later, where companies separate. The steamer City of Pekin returns to Mission Bay after its engine failure off Fort Point delaying departure for Hong Kong. In Cape Town, German troops engage rebels at Asosea, eleven soldiers killed, reinforcements requested.
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Chicago
U 8
Regular Infantry
Spain
Montauk Point
Fort Logan
Col
Fort Grant
Arizona
Fort Huachuca
Apache
San Carlos
Fort Wingate
N. M
Fort Bayard
Matt Hooten
la Junta
Santa Fe Road
City of Pekin
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Fort Point
Mission Bay
Paris In Turmoil As Fights, arrests flood the city
Paris descended into a Sunday of clashes as revolutionary tension boiled over. Police charged crowds after a planned meeting by revisionist leaders ended with a large police cordon and mass arrests, including Francis de Presente Ernest Vaughan and Mordanit. Blood was reported from numerous confrontations as 12,000 to 20,000 gathered.
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New York
Paris
Dreyfus
Francis de Tresenze
France
The
Temps
M. Ernest Vaughan
Aurore
M. Mordanit
Salle Wagram
M. de Presente
Place Des Ternes
M. Bontier
Filipinos Celebrate Independence Kindled By Aguinaldo
Manila dispatch notes a Malolos celebration with Aguinaldo in evening dress and a barefoot insurgent army parade. A banquet followed with French menu. a toast to the United States was given and Filipino independence declared. Officials say a delegation may soon offer protectorate terms to General Otis.
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New York
Manila
Aguinwide
Malolos
Aguinaldo
United States
Otis
Yellow fever drives residents from Jackson
Driven out by yellow fever, Jackson dispatches residents as new cases spread. The announcement of fresh cases yesterday hastened departures, with more expected before nightfall. State officials are leaving the city and the state, once bustling, is deserted.
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Jackson
Misa
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