Major Fire Rips Hot Springs Destroying Hotels Courts Jail
A devastating blaze in Hot Springs Arkansas on February 27 caused an estimated loss of up to 2 million. Five people died and two more bodies were found later while the Grand Central hotel and several lodging houses burned. The fire swept through hotels lodging houses and the jail district as water pressure failed and wards fought to save records and buildings. Authorities reported extensive destruction across the central district.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Grand Central Hotel
Plateau Hotel
Moody
Garnier Flats
Duffy's General Store
Ducket Brigades
Arlington
Eastman
Park
Central Methodist Church
Central Venue
Couple Dead in Bed in Homer Michigan
Louis M. Mardy and his wife, both about forty, were found shot in bed in Homer Michigan. Police pursue murder theory as bodies showed no struggle and bedclothes were orderly. The husband had attended a theater the night before, and the couple had frequent quarrels.
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Homer, Mich
Louis M. Mardy
Emigration Boom from Bremen Port Draws Thousands
Bremen reports a record week as six North German Lloyd steamers sail with about 8,000 emigrants, mostly Hungarians. The American consular staff inspect each traveler and lodging houses prove insufficient. March is expected to bring continued outflow from the port.
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Bremen
United States
Restrictions Return In Baku City and Airfields
Comparative order has been restored in Baku but residents and those at airfields are forbidden to leave their homes from 8 p m to 6 a m under penalty of fine or imprisonment.
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Baku
Caucasia
Dunne Named for Mayor in Chicago Platform
Chicago Democrats nominate Judge Edward F. Dunne by unanimous vote for mayor. The party platform calls for municipal ownership of public utilities and streetcar lines, immediate end to franchise negotiations, and city operation of gas, electric light, and telephone services. It urges legislative backing to enable this policy.
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Chicago
Edward F. Dunne
Circuit Court
Democrati Rg Ny
Wall Street
Nominations sent for Wisconsin judges and Quarles seat
President nominates William H. Seaman for the Seventh Circuit and Joseph V. Quarles for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Judge James G. Jenkins resigns at age seventy, with Seaman set to succeed him, after a long service dating from the Cleveland era.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Seventh Circuit
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
William H. Seaman
Joseph V. Quarles
Milwaukee
James G. Jenkins
Jenkins
Cleveland
Guests of the Kaiser Arrive for Berlin Cathedral Event
American delegation to the Evangelical Lutheran cathedral consecration arrives in Berlin. Professors Brown and Heischmann and Dr. Prugh are lodged by the court marshal. Emperor William hosts delegates from Britain Norway Sweden Denmark and Switzerland and many visiting royals arrive, with Prince Arthur of Connaught and Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark among them.
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Berlin
Francis Brown
Union Theological Seminary
J. J. Heischmann
St. Peter’s
Great Britain
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Frederick
Conservator named for John R. Cooke of Cooke Brewing
Chicago dated report shows John R. Cooke a member of the Cooke Brewing company found a spendthrift by a probate court jury. A conservator will take charge of his estate though the drunkenness accusation was not upheld. He earns about 15000 dollars yearly and has spent up to 500 in a single night. His wife testified she received only 84 dollars last year for herself and child and has left him to live with her parents in Baltimore.
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Chicago
John R. Cooke
Cooke Brewing Company
Baltimore
Weather improves nationwide as spring trade picks up
Dispatches to Dan's Review report firmer mercantile activity with rising temperatures. Boston wholesale trade brisk and retail fair. Philadelphia and Louisville show improved conditions. Kansas City and St. Louis see active jobbing. Chicago freight movement heavy. Minneapolis builds with agricultural implements. Salt Lake City reports spring shipments underway.
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New York
Dan
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Louisville
Kansas City
St. Louis
Cleveland
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Salt Lake City
Reign of Terror Rumors Grip Poland and Caucasus
Disquieting reports from Poland and the Caucasus describe unrest and violence in Baku Batoum and Tiflis with Armenian and Muslim deaths. Strikes in Southern Russia halt rail traffic. grain and coal shortages threaten industry. In St Petersburg workers protest daily leaving over 40,000 idle.
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St. Petersburg
Poland
CaUcasus
Caspian
Black Seas
Baku
Batoum
Tiflis
Black Sea
Poti
Russia
Volga
Donetzky
Long Public Life Ends as George Boutwell Dies at 87
Groton Massachusetts mourns former governor and U S secretary of treasury George Sewall Boutwell who died at his home after a brief illness aged eighty seven. A lifelong public figure he helped shape abolitionism and U S policy through roles as governor congressman senator and Grant era secretary of the treasury. He later led the Anti Imperialistic League reflecting his anti war stance.
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Groton
Mass
George Sewall Boutwell
Massachusetts
United States
Boutwell
Republican Party
Lincoln
National
House of Representatives
House
Treasury
Grant
United States Senate
Anti-Imperialistic League
Stock Prices Rally On Rumor Of Continental Railroad
The New York Stock Exchange opened with speculative excitement centered on a rumored continent spanning railroad combo. New York Central moved 158 to 159. Union Pacific 136.5 to 137. Northwestern up seven points and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha four. Prices fluctuated with heavy volume and feverish tone until bank data steadied the market.
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New York
Stock Exchange
New York Central
Chicago
Northwestern
Union Pacific
Pennsylvania
St. Paul
May Wheat Breaks Prices in Chicago Decline
The May wheat contract fell about four cents a bushel in Chicago trading on February 28 as liquidation swept through the market. July options also declined about 21/4 cents with stop loss orders amplifying weakness. May opened near 1.18, spiked to 1.18% and then slid to 1.14 before July weakened to 99% cents, later rallying on covering.
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Chicago
Dominican Congress Opens After Independence Celebration
San Domingo marks sixty second anniversary with a grand reception for diplomatic and consular corps at the palace. Rear Admiral Sigsbee and government officials attend as Congress opens in regular session. President Morales calls for reform measures and civil government to replace martial rule.
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San Domingo
Sigsbee
Congress
Morales
Santo Domingo
Nurses Save Forty Inmates In Maternity Hospital Fire
Minneapolis February 28 Miss Anna Olson nurse and Mrs Mary Burnett matron aided by other nurses likely saved the lives of all forty inmates during a hospital fire caused by a defective chimney. Olson sounded the alarm and the able to rise residents and babies were carried to safety.
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Minneapolis
Anna Olson
Mary Burnett
Sianger Run Aground Near Norfolk Coast Reported
A dispatch to the lifesaving station says the British steamer Sianger ran ashore half a mile south of Little Island station near Norfolk Virginia. The crew of twenty eight refused to abandon ship as surfboats reached the vessel. HOCH HELD TO GRAND JURY.
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Washington
Sianger
Little Island Station
Norfolk
Mecca for Protestants in Berlin Cathedral Concerts
Emperor William’s Evangelical cathedral in Berlin was consecrated with a grand service attended by delegates from Protestant nations. American clergy including Bishop Potter of New York sent congratulatory telegrams to the emperor.
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Berlin
Mecca
Potter
New York
Fngthy
Hoch Held for Poison Death of Mrs. Welker Hoch
Chicago February 25. Johann Hoch is held to the grand jury without bail. The coroner jury investigating the death of Mrs. Marie Welker Hoch reports she died of arsenic poisoning and expresses the belief Hoch administered the poison.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Marie Welker-Hoch
Hoch
St Paul Man Tops Chicago Bowler With 651
Milwaukee Feb 25 C M Anderson of St Paul in the individual class smashed Otto Kupfer of Chicago’s 633 by 18 points and rolled up 651. Anderson’s effort was unlike anything seen in the meet.
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Milwaukee
St. Paul
Otto Kupfer
Chicago
Windy City
Anderson
New Japanese Domestic Loan Announced for 100 Million Yen
Tokyo announced a domestic loan of 100,000,000 yen about 45 million dollars. The bonds carry 6 percent interest, mature in seven years, and are issued at 90. The notice was received by Japanese consul general Mr. Uchida in New York on February 28.
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New York
Uchida
Tokio
New York Circuit Court of Appeals
Albert Benjamin Prescott
Chemical Laboratories
University of Michigan
Montgomery
Rushing defense work near Gensan as Japanese fortify nabimhoff coast
Reports from Gensan describe daily arrivals of transports carrying fortification materials to Nakimhoff peninsula. Japan says it now occupies three harbor islands for military use and fortifications rapidy rise at Port Lazareff. A Japanese fleet with workmen and materiel hovers near Nakimhoff as telegraph lines extend north through recently evacuated Russian posts.
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New York
Korea
Herald
Gensan
Nakimhoff Peninsula
Nakimhoff
Port I_azareff
Sea of Japan
Hidden Names Preserve Meat Trust Jury Draw
Chicago February 25 The special grand jury appointed by Federal Judge Kohl to probe the meat trust was drawn today. Officials will not publish the jurors’ names until days before March 20 when the panel convenes. The government plans to review each juror’s record.
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Chicago
Kohlgaat
National rate convention proposed by Louisville board
At a Louisville board of trade meeting, officials decided to call a national convention of U S commercial bodies to take concerted action on the Esch Townsend railroad rate bill. Dissatisfied with terms.
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Louisville
Louisville Board of Trade
United States
Strikers Maintain Warsaw Vienna Rail Road Stand
Warsaw February 27. Contrary to expectations the Vienna railway strike continues. Engineers, firemen, and Warsaw and Zborow machine shop workers reject terms offered and refuse to resume service. A crowd of strikers blocks trains planned to start at noon.
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Warsaw
Vienna
Zborow
Crude Oil Producers Form Defense Association
Independent crude oil producers and refiners from Kansas Ohio Illinois and Indiana form the National Crude Oil Producers association to defend against Standard Oil pressure. Headquarters will be in Chicago and a key goal is preventing freight rate discrimination.
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Chicago
Kansas
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Standard Oil Company
National Crude Oil Producers’ Association
R. H. Heap
Ohio Standard Oil Company
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