Death by Fire Destroys New York Wealthy Homes
A devastating blaze struck the upscale East Sixty Sixth Street and nearby mansions in New York, largely focusing on the homes of George Gould and Perry Belmont. Six to twelve people killed or missing, including children, servants, and family members, as crews battled strong winds and flames trapping residents. Rescue efforts saved several bystanders and a policeman aided those in danger. The Adams and Andrews houses sustained severe damage with multiple fatalities confirmed and others reported seriously injured.
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New York
Mia
Br John
Jennie Avane
Mary Loucheen
Mary Roland
Mary Flagagan
Ron Neare
Ron Petersin
Filhzabeth Adams
Evelyn Adams
Kate Downing
Siete
Marie Ruby
White
Cortusion
Marie Ungar
Nelile Guinn
Wallere
Andrews
New York Steam Heat Company
Ferlyneventh Street
Albert J. Adams
S19
Sixty- Sixth
Thane
Sixte-deeunth Street
Fifth Avenue
Adam
Chicago
Perry Belmont
Directis
Gould
Andrews House
Slary
Mary Finnegan
Parior
Ann Neary
Eva Pearson
Tagen Bowe
Tradt
Ale Waite
Jennie Burns
Allames
Antea Heine
Seuta
WM Street
Albert 2
Adame
Adams Efi
Adama
Dewan
Adams Houve
Noltn Quinn
Mamie Nowel
Fmirea
Wupe
Js Khem Tsey
Cme
Mary Tanechile
Jendis
Bt Joba
Noir Amrther
Briudt
St Joho
Albany
Borden
Henry Slncel
Mc Rothschilie
Fareily
Aarrows Beass
Krai
Youngstown
Vinniestown
Wallwe Andre
Wits
Fase Chagniey
Andreas
Firethers
Mahoning Valley
Mr. Andrews
Paynes Cornvenely
Dune
Iitenti
St. John
Adams
Adams House
Neliie Quing
Alley White
Andrewe Bogee
Alee
Kate Downie
Mary Musa
Tom
Or Fen
Tenny
Work of Pension Agents Inducing Soldiers to File Claims
Washington April reports show agents urging veterans to claim pensions for diseases tied to service. Surgeons note Cuba and tropical fever illnesses drive many claims. Campaigns concentrate in camps. several regiments named as principal claimants. Murder recorded in Chicago as a dry goods trader is found fatally shot in his store on West Madison Street.
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Washington
Pen- Tn
Commiboner
Kevan
Abra
Cuba
Porte
Pms
Paar Apc
Tie
Stora Chicago
Oruree B Fern
West Madmnen Street
Keen
Hastings declines president's appointment as director
Washington April 7 Ren Russell Hastings has declined the president's appointment as director of the Bureau of American Republics. The executive committee of the bureau met at the State Department this morning and, in response, reinstated Frederick Humury as temporary acting director.
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Washington
Ren
Russell Hastings
Bureau of American Republics
Ue Bureau
State Department
Frederick Hmury
Disease Drives Troops Out of Omdurman
London April 7 Cairn correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says Anglo Egyptian troops have been withdrawn from Omdurman due to a cerebrospinal meningitis outbreak and the town's poor sanitary state. The move aims to prevent further health decay and reserve Omdurman as a nonoccupation site.
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London
Cairn
Daily Telegraph
Omdurman Owine
Omdurman
Topeka Clerks Lead Evening Closing Push at 6:30 pm
In Topeka a clerks’ union campaign urges merchants to close stores at 6:30 pm, aiming to shorten working hours for hundreds of clerks. The effort targets Morris Affron and A Samuels, who keep shops open past the hour despite widespread early closures. The movement garners support from labor groups and invites a trade boycott of open merchants.
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Remi Clerks Association
Cbty
Morris Affrin
Globe Chivhitns Company
A. Samuels
Karsan Agenuy
Clerks’ Association
Teilinue
At &S
Affron
Samuels
Star Clothing
Kansas Avenue
Evenins
Cfurt
Mark
Hutt
Affrun
Samuieis
Alebt
Topeka
Simian
Zeura
Mr. Samuels
Mr. Attron
Ira Burdick
Clerks’ Union
Clements Company
White
J. W. Robinson
Palace Clothing Company
Topeke
W. E. White
C. Coulson
J. H. Tean
Messrs. Samuels
Kaneas
New York
Xs Financial
Asylum Horror In Topeka Ailing Daughter Homeward Hoped
Stella Marks aged 25, moved from Johnson County to Topeka asylum a week ago. Mother Mrs Marks arrived Thursday, claims daughter shows signs of abuse and says she will take her home for better care. Case notes epileptic tendency since childhood. family sought brief stay for possible recovery. Probate judge George W. Clark granted release order.
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Stella Marks
Johnson County
Topeka
Tuneka
Mrs. Marks
Ioan
Geo. W. Clark
Sandbagger Abroad: Harry Crow Attacked by Footpad
Harry Crow, an employee of the Santa Fe passenger department, was attacked near Polk and Steth streets around 10:10 pm by a white, heavyset man about six feet tall. The assailant brandished a rubber or sandbag weapon, struck Crow’s hat from his head, then fled toward Polk and Seventh after the failed hold up. Crow reported the incident to police.
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Barry Crow
Santa Fe
Steth
Crow
Kansas Avenue
Polk Street
Seventh
Wall Street In A Panic And Market Declines
On April 7 the New York Stock Exchange plunged as banks curtailed margin loans and investors dumped holdings. Brooklyn Transit led declines with 16 points, tobacco and sugar fell sharply, and a banking squeeze followed a broker firm’s failure Dimock & Co. The session saw heavy volume, late ticker quotes, and a limited recovery in some rail stocks.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Brooklyn Transit
Federal Steel
Manhattan
Metropolitan
Sugar
People's Sus
Federal Steel Common
Tennessee Coal & Tronts National Steel
Continental Tobacco
American Steel & Wire
Consolidated Gas
New York Central
Dimock & Co
J. A. Dimock
R. W. E. Swinton
Frakers
Suzar
American Tobacco
CUBANS INDEBTEDNESS STIRS WASHINGTON RELIEF TALKS
A Washington dispatch reports both Cuban creditors and debtors seeking relief. Landowners cannot pay, foreclosures would devastate planters, while decrees from Weyler Blanco Procke and others extend collection periods to avoid bankruptcy. Debtors push for extended credits.
Cuban sugar planters seek years to pay debts amid hoped reforms
Cuban sugar planters press for a five to six year extension to pay existing debts, opposing sweeping military decrees. They warn a broad reform upends Spanish civil law and mortgage rules, while officials debate modifications and Senor Deavermine prepares to consult in Washington. Secretary Alger's reservations loom over fiscal arrangements as American and Spanish lenders hold mortgages.
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Sugar Planters’ Association
Cube
Senor Deavernine
Brooke
Cuba
Alger
Plu
Gen. Brooke
Senor Desveraine
Washington
Mattox Escape Confirmed After 50 Mile Chase
In Newkirk Oklahoma Territory on April 7 the sheriff reports Clyde Mattox was chased for 30 miles by a posse before escaping. Sheriff Pierce, who led the pursuit, is said to have killed Mattox.
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Newkirk
O. T
Clyde Mattox
Pierce
Mattox
Stands Off Posse in Clyde Mattox Killing Case
The Mattox case clears that he escaped and met the sheriff’s posse at gunpoint. Officers nearly toppled vehicles on the chase as they closed in. A friend reportedly saw Mattox yesterday and he may surrender within days, while Oscar Taylor faces arrest over aiding the escape.
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Ponca City
O. T
Clyde Mattox
Mattox
Swinney
Oscar Taylor
How He Got Away Nowkirk
Clyde Mattox ex convict who killed Lincoln Swinney at Fonea City escaped Monday night despite reports. He fled with Oscar Taylor's escort toward the Kaw reservation where friends help. A posse met them. Mattox concealed his face, claimed surrender, and then fled into the brush after crossing the Arkansas River.
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Nowkirk
Clyde Mattox
Lincoln Swinney
Fonea City
Eberits Navy
Mattox
Oscar Taylor
Sumney
Taylor
Newkirk
Parsait
Matix
Arkansas River
Menelik Refuses French Demand and Russian Concessions
London April report by the Cairo Daily Mail correspondent states Emperor Menelik rejects France’s demand to route all Alyssinian exports through Ras Port. He also refuses Russian plans to aid Rabella and to place Russian officers in the Abyssinian army, despite Russia sending gifts including 60,000 rifles and two million cartridges.
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London
Cairo
The
Daily Mail
Menelik
Alyssinia
Rasbut
Russia
Italy
Rusia
Shore Pirates Loot Treasure Chest In Pacific Voyage
A Seattle report dated April 7 describes shore pirates at the Island of Samal robbing a treasure chest on the steamer Kwongbol. The crew battles single handedly. two cases of $6,000 each are seized. the mate is knocked senseless, and the pirates disappear into the shore woodlands amid suspected murder.
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Seattle
Wash
Oriental of Vices
Samal
Fe Peete
Thal
Nahin
Woodiy
Ilex
Fall Festival of 1899 Celebrates Twentieth Kansas Return
Topeka prepares a grand welcome for the Twentieth Kansas regiment returning from the Philippines. City officials plan $20,000 in festivities with free housing for those unable to be hosted, chariot processions, and hospital care for the wounded. Organizers aim to host crowds statewide, with the regiment expected to arrive between June and September, depending on wartime movement.
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Kansas
Philipslen
Neo Regiment
Wwe
Kansas Avenue
Topeka
Hrield
Privatr
Falirouas
Kurinius
Frm
Tipeka
Philippines
Crethee
Hori
Race War in Hawaii Report From Katuke Plantation
A United Press dispatch from Hawaii recounts a racial clash on the Katuke plantation between Japanese and Chinese laborers. On March 26 Japanese attacked with clubs knives and axes, killing three, wounding about forty, and leaving others seriously injured. Police squads were dispatched from Munolahi and a curfew was declared.
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San Francisco
Ase
Hapatatd
Katuke
Dozet
Acatre
Lliehely
Munolahi
Splan's Close Call At Chicago Crossing With Horse
John Splan and his wife crossed the Wabash tracks at Forty second street when a lighted horse startled by a signal bolted. A switch engine backed onto the crossing as the horse ran free. Splan guided the horse safely away, losing control briefly but avoiding disaster. Several trainmen pursued the pair before they continued. A similar crossing fatality occurred days earlier. Frohman secures Earl of Horslyn for a New York stage appearance in Eile: Excellence, the Governor.
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Chicago
John Splan
Relna
Wabasa
Forty-second Street
Stews Art Avenue
Splan
Span
Wneider
Frohman
London
Charles Frohman
Earl of Hosstyn
Fission
New York
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New York City
Ouarter
George Gould
Asylum Horror
Harry Crow
Wall Street
the Tribune
Weyler
Blanco
General Procke
Devree
Viney
Sheriffs Posse
Samar
Hawaii
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