Fire at West hotel in Minneapolis kills nine
A blaze that started in the first floor packing room swept to the fifth through seventh stories of the West hotel. Nine people die including Captain John Berwin while heroically aiding an aged woman. Many others jump or suffocate. rescue attempts save dozens as firemen battle flames and smoke.
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Minneapolis
West Hotel
John Berwin
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1
J. B Peisinger
New York
M. E. Hodges
Jedge
Hook and Ladder
Emeline Barlow
Berwin
J. E. Wolf
Sperry & Alexander
Thomas Somerville
Springfeld
W. G. Nichols
Grain Commission
Edg Lam
Mrs Minor Morris In Critical Condition At White House
Mrs Minor Morris, ejected from the White House executive offices and grounds last week, lies in a state of complete collapse. Dr Morris, her husband, said her condition is critical and physicians will not permit visitors or discussion in her presence.
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Washington
Minor Morris
White House
President Harper Dead at University of Chicago
Dr. William R. Harper president of the University of Chicago died in the afternoon after a long battle with cancer of the large intestine. Doctors said his condition grew worse, with grave fears for recovery and a prognosis of at most one week.
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Chicago
Harper
University of Chicago
William R. Harper
Chicago University
Frank G. Billings
No Quarter Reported as Insurgents Fall in Raid Ambush
Mitau January 11 A squadron of dragoons ambushed near Hazen pot killing two and wounding four. Reinforcements surrounded the revolutionists, eighty nine in all, and none survived. A second raid on Livenhoff sought medicines and bandages, with fifty revolutionaries taking two Jewish merchants for ransom.
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Mitau
Hazenpot
Livenhoff
Witte Delays Policy Change After Jan Twenty Second
In St Petersburg Premier Witte tells a delegation that he cannot relax police orders against electoral campaign meetings until after January 22. He criticizes Interior Minister Durnovo's harsh measures as essential and blames moderates for not backing the government while warning of possible bloodshed if action shifts. Reports say revolutionists target landowners fleeing abroad and Georgia and Mingrelia see widespread revolution as troops redeploy north of Vladikavkaz for revolutionary service.
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St. Petersburg
Witte
Durnovo
Transcaucasia
Georgia
Mingrelia
Vladikavkaz
Plunder Flares Amid Artillery Fire in Tiflis Riot
In Tiflis on January 11, a nighttime bombardment followed a bombing of a military patrol. Artillery destroyed the house from which bombs were thrown and adjacent buildings, killing or wounding many. An Armenian who tried to kill a officer was burned alive after seeking refuge in a house set on fire.
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Tiflis
Caucasia
Troops Capture Ostrowiec Iron Works in Poland Clash
Warsaw January 11 troops seized the Ostrowiec iron works in Radom government from revolutionists who had used it as their headquarters. Many revolutionists were killed or wounded and the rest fled the scene.
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Warsaw
Russian
Poland
Ostrowiec
Radom
Senate to investigate Panama Canal affairs and railroad management
The Senate Interoceanic Canals Committee agreed to begin Tuesday a broad inquiry into Panama canal matters and the Panama railroad. Hearings may review canal commission work from inception and include salaries. nominations of canal commissioners were deferred.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Gow
Panama
Senate Committee On
Gorman
Senate
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal Committee
Canal Commission
Millard
Opposes Philippine Bill in House Tariff Debate
Washington, Jan 10. The Philippine tariff debate opened in the house without delay. Rep Bonynge of Colorado opposed the bill citing beet sugar interests and alleging future tariff opponents will cite chairman Payne's speech for comfort. He accused Payne and Dalzell of advocating Philippine labor in competition with American workers.
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Washington
House
Mr. Bonynge
Colo
Payne
Ways and Means
Bonynge
Ways and Means Committee
Dalzell
Congress
Philippines
Cuba
Denison Prior Co Suspended By Cleveland Exchange
Formal suspension of Denison, Prior & Co., investment bankers, announced on the Cleveland Stock Exchange floor. Banks have rejected many checks after the death of L. W. Prior, but sources say banks hold funds and securities to cover all claims.
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Cleveland
Denison, Prior & Co
Cleveland Stock Exchange
L. W. Prior
Schultz Executed After Esthonian Republic Capture
Esthonia January 11 reports tailor Schultz elected president of the Esthonian republic was captured by soldiers and executed.
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Reval
Esthonia
Schultz
Esthonian Republic
Troops Fire On Crowds in Opatoff Russian Poland
Jan 11 report from Opatoff Russia Poland states troops fired upon and charged crowds for over an hour, with many killed or wounded.
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Opatoff
Russian
Poland
No bodies recovered as landslide undercuts Havre...
A new large crack appeared in the undermined street at Haverstraw New York after the Monday night landslide. Remaining houses are expected to topple soon as families have evacuated. No bodies have yet been recovered.
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Haverstraw
N. Y
Injunction Denied in Minneapolis Typothetae Case
Judge John Day Smith refused a temporary injunction sought by the Minneapolis Typothetae against the Minneapolis Typographical Union No. 42. The decision cites unresolved affidavits and lack of credible evidence of threats or violence, noting plaintiffs did not consent to oral testimony to resolve conflicts.
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Minneapolis
John Day Smith
District Court
Minneapolis Typothetae
Minneapolis Typographical Union No
Lawmaker Presses Bill to Reform Railroad Abuses
The speaker argued his bill would correct railroad abuses and must be endorsed by all. He asserted final resolution rests with the supreme court and that route through the lower courts was best for addressing the disputed railroad questions.
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Sirator
Supreme Court
Chinese Minister Says No Change in Exclusion Law
Peking telegraphs that satisfactory exclusion legislation seems unlikely. The Chinese minister notes most congressmen favor liberal policies but working-class influence opposes Chinese immigration. In Wichita Kansas a six hundred delegate freight rate convention urged federal rate regulation and state action to curb corporate power.
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Peking
Washington
Milwaukee surveyors push toward Head of the Lakes line
A Duluth report says Milwaukee Road surveyors are moving southwest from the Head of the Lakes area toward the proposed Duluth St. Cloud Glencoe and Mankato route. The line would not affect the current traffic contract with the Northern Pacific between Head of the Lakes and the Twin Cities.
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Duluth
Milwaukee Road
Head of the Lakes
St. Cloud
Glencoe
Mankato
Lakes
Northern Pacific
Mahtown
Milwaukee
Woman reprieved as death sentence postponed thirty days
Mrs Tolla, condemned to death for murder, receives a thirty day reprieve after the New Jersey Board of Pardons considers a petition to admit new evidence. Attorney Mrs Quackenboss argued the case, seeking to obtain proof from Italy to challenge the decedent’s character.
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Trenton
N. J
Tinder
Stokes
Quackenboss
Tolla
Jesse B
Cincinnati
Court of Pardons
Quackeboss
Williams Resolution Aims to Probe Prosecutions in Northern Securities Case
Washington Jan 11. Representative John Sharp Williams moves a resolution asking the attorney general to inform the House whether criminal prosecutions have been instituted against individuals or corporations found guilty of unlawful combinations in the Northern Securities matter. The Judiciary Committee plans to report favorably with a revised form.
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Washington
John Sharp Williams
House
House Committee On Judiciary
Van
Department of Justice
Preme Court
Northern Securities
United States
Death by self in St Louis police sergeant
Police Sergeant George Colestock of St Louis has died by his own hand. Baron von Richthofen, the German foreign secretary, is gravely ill after a stroke and not expected to survive. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has completed review of Senator Lodge's consular service bill and plans to report it favorably.
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Baron von Richthofen
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senator Lodge
Market Quotations Wheat Prices in Minneapolis
Minneapolis wheat quotations for January 10 show May at 86 and July at 86 1 2 cents. On track values list No. 1 hard at 83 1 2 cents, No. 1 Northern at 82 1 2 cents, and No. 2 Northern at 81 4 1/2 cents.
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Minneapolis
cattle and hog prices from St Paul market report
St Paul market notes list cattle ranges from good to choice steers at 4.50 to 5.50 per cwt and hogs at 5.00 to 5.25. sheep and lambs quoted with yearling wethers 5.50 to 6.50 and good to choice lambs 6.50 to 7.00.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax price report from Duluth market
Wheat prices in Duluth show arriving and on track values for No. 1 Northern and No. 2 Northern with May and July futures. Flax prices listed for arriving, on track and several future months through October with noted percentages and round figures.
Resolution in Senate seeks Panama Canal salaries over $3 000
Washington Jan 10 at the start of the Senate session Mr Simmons presented a resolution requesting the president to transmit to the Senate the names of all Panama Canal commission officers agents and other employees with salaries exceeding 3000 and the amount paid to each The Morgan bill on railroad rate regulation was then called for consideration.
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Washington
Senate
Simmons
Panama Canal Commission
Morgan
Chicago Livestock Prices Nineteenth Century
Chicago market report lists cattle values for cows and heifers stockers and feeders and Texans, hogs prices for mixed, butchers, heavy and light, plus sheep and lambs with bid ranges in dollars and cents. Prices shown include cattle $1.50 to $4.75, hogs up to $5.45, sheep around $4 to $6.10, and lambs at $6.15 to $3.00.
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Chicago
Wheat and grain futures and dairies prices note
Chicago markets show Wheat May at 87 7/8 cents, July 84 3/4. Corn May not quoted, July 45 cents. Oats May 82 3/4, July 30 1/4. Pork Jan 13.75, May 14.02 to 14.05. Flax cash Northwestern 1.19, Southwestern 1.13, May 1.23. Butter creamery 18 26 cents, dairies 18 23 cents. Eggs 18 23 cents. Poultry Turkeys 14 cents, chickens and springs 1 cent.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
C. Dairies
Chadwick Appeal Rehearing Denied by U S Court
In Cincinnati on January 11 the motion rehearing of the appeal for Mrs Cassie L Chadwick of Cleveland was denied by the United States Court of Appeals. The court had earlier sustained the Cleveland trial court verdict finding Chadwick guilty of conspiring to defraud a national bank and sentencing her to ten years in prison. The petition for rehearing argued the conspiracy charge was not supported by the evidence.
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Cincinnati
Cassie L
Cleveland
UN States Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Triat
Chadwick
Two Railways Indicted for Freight Rebates in New York
Utica N Y January grand jury returns two indictments for alleged violations of the interstate commerce law by granting freight rebates. One targets the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and the other the Delaware and Hudson Company. Both charged with giving a 6 2 cent per ton rebate to the General Ctrk company at Schenectady on all shipments, inbound and outbound. Investigation continues.
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Utica
N. Y
Jan. IL
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company
Delaware and F Company
General Ctrk Company
Schenectady
Five Hundred Boilermakers Out in Buffalo Strike
Additions to striking boilermakers raise the number out to 500 in Buffalo. They seek higher wages from 35 to 38 cents an hour and a nine hour day. The union also demands an eight hour day on public work with nine hours pay. The demands were first made a month ago.
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Buffalo
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