Paris Fire Tragedy Leaves Hundreds Dead in Bazaar Blaze
In Paris yesterday a massive fire at a charity bazaar devastated the building, killing and injuring hundreds. The blaze trapped attendees, with reports of 100 dead recovered and many more feared in the ruins. rescue workers battled flames as officials arrived and prepared for a long, grim recovery. Disturbing scenes of charred bodies and debris followed, while dignitaries and society figures were noted among the crowds. The cause remains under investigation as the city confronts a devastating disaster with widespread loss.
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Paria
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Te Becheler
MmesUreau
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Marquise de Male
Comtesse de Gruitul
Indies
Vietlna
Hazar
Baixar
Besnard
Ministers of Marine
Bezer Erstein
Bazar
Bremen
Gre
eMorth
Buctien la Titre
Kytohontey
Meadames Moreau Malezieux
Atarehionnes
Sonemahe
Charme Elysees
Pere Aimrose
Pere Dail
Palace de L'indusiné
Therrea
Duchimer D'Alonoos
Aimenge
Hirtel du Palais
Montagu
Alma
Mime
Henriette Hanihodal
Elizabeth St. Martin
Viecoaitens
Marie Bonneval
Guinoux
Ube
St. Vincent de Paul
Madame Pius
Borujon
Miriel
Comtesse Brod Rvilie
Victor Chmelin
Lenié Gallaume
Mesdames “Haoussmarin
Chiumberger
Duchesse de Armeen
Hatelwax
Faure
Tere Tor
Meunier
Thake
Humotstemn
Marauive
Dee Matson
Mme
Conant. Devesin
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Stecamier
Ake Laume
Eyatur
Ruouard Andre
Tor Dupin
Malegieux
M. Lefevre
Paris Theatre Fire Claims Dozens in Searous Disaster
Eyewitness accounts describe a devastating fire at the Hirtel du Palais in Paris. The blaze trapped performers and guests, with bodies later identified among nobles and society figures. hundreds injured, officials scramble to identify victims, and international spectators mourn as rescue efforts continue.
Coxey's Band Wagon Ends Hobo Army Property Litigation
Massillon May 6 Coxey's caravan to Washington faced court action over wagon ownership. Samuel Perskey testified he bought the wagon. arrest followed on disposal charges. Trial found the seller had consented to the sale. Also notice of a Westfield News item about an old resident and a note on Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy praised for stomach issues in local ads.
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Coxey
Washington
Samuel Perskey
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Westfield
Ind
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Chamberlain
Jodger
Cottages for the Aged Venture Amid City Plan
Denver May 5 The Ladies Relief Society plans to sell property at Eighth and Logan for about 15000 to John F Compion. Funds will fund cottages for aged homeless and indigent couples replacing the current building and shifting children to other care. The note outlines a new home use and commitments to a better residential system.
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Denver
Ladies’ Relief Society
Eighth and
Logan Avenues
John F. Compion
Presperite Chittre
New Hampshire Shoes Industry Sees Growth and Employment
The New Hampshire State Bureau of Labor releases figures showing 64 shoe manufacturers employing about 6,060 workers. Total output and wage data reflect rising value of products and wage gains, with most establishments reporting higher payrolls and a small portion noting wage savings or reductions.
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Biennia
FHM
State Bureau of Inbar
New Hampshire
Weees Agios
Wetewae
Tie Bureau
2500 Miners Act Threatens Regional Mine Strike
May 1 report from Chattanooga Tennessee notes advices from Gast Tennesses and Southern Kentucky that a general strike in the coal mines is likely in the region. About 2,000 miners at Saint Jeilion Glenmary Robles and Helenwood, with others, are out, signaling widespread work stoppage across Chattanooga and Somerset Kentucky. A general wage reduction of 1s per cart is indicated.
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Kentucky
Almaady
Salmon fishing opens at Subudco Lake Maine
Landlocked salmon fishing has begun well at Subudco lake in Maine. Sportmen report large catches, including sil tor of 214% pounds, with Portland anglers bringing in 16 to 22 pound fish. A party of about ten from the Bagel Lake club departed Boston on the 7:45 train to Portland and their own camp, a late start due to a delayed ice-out this spring.
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Subudco Lake
Maine
Portland
Boston & Malte Railroad
Tbis Imorming
Sebage Lake Club
Eugene Hayes Arrested in Topeka on Embezzlement Ties
Eugene Hayes son of Cavin Bayer, district court embezzlement convict, was brought from Quincy to Topeka by Under Sheriff Bert Lions. A charge against Caryn Hayes for embezzlement was linked to Hayes, but the father’s arrest left the son whereabouts unclear until recent days. Hayes will be tried at the next district court term. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is praised as a leading medicine.
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Cavin Bayer
Cit
Topeka
Quincy
Til
Sherif Bert Lions
Thomas Potham
New Yalery
Caryn Haves
Bemtro Brousht
Educational Museum Opens in Boston for Teachers and Students
The Educational Museum at the state house in Boston opened May 1 as a repository for printed matter and teaching aids. It grew from the Massachusetts schoolchildren’s World’s Fair exhibit, authorized in 1894, and will serve scholastic committees, superintendents, teachers, and students with bound volumes, journals, reports, textbooks, maps, charts, and atlases.
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Boston will and $121000 gift to public charities
The will of John Foster of Boston was filed in Suffolk county probate office yesterday. He leaves $121,400 to public charities including $10,000 to the Rev. Willemery Channing fund for Hudson New Hampshire. $8,000 to Warner New Hampshire. $5,000 to the Congregational society of Warner. $5,000 to the Home for Aged Men and $5,000 to the Home for Aged Women. $3,500 to the New England Historical Genealogical Society. $5,000 to Warrenstein Chapel. $5,000 to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. $5,000 to the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. $5,000 to the Boston Training School for the Deaf. $5,000 to the Perkins Institution for the Blind. $1,100 to the Boston Young Men's Christian Union. and $10,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Foster resided at 25 Marlboro Street with a summer home in Newport Rhode Island. His occupation was…
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John Foster
Uston
Suffolk County
Willemery Channing
Hudson
Warner
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Congregational Society
Warner, N. H
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Warrensteid Chapel
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Messachusetts Institute of Technology
Foster
No. 25
Marlbor Street
Newport
R. 1
Fumigation urged as Topeka sees rise in consumption deaths
City Physician Mitchell notes alarming rise in tuberculosis deaths in Topeka. He cites one seventh of fatalities from consumption and stresses infectious risk, urging proper nursing and wider house fumigation after cases. He laments limited adoption and calls for stricter care and prevention measures.
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Atteaiet
Topeks
Mainy
Topeka
Reduced Rates to St Louis Porte National Warmest
The Union Pacific offers reduced fares for a trip to St Louis dates May 5 to 8 1897 with a single fare round trip from Kansas Nebraska and Colorado. The Union Pacific line promises fastest time best accommodations and connections. For details contact FP A Lew Rawat.
Best on Earth Pain Balm Endorsed by Edwards and Parker
Edwards and Parker of Plains Go say Chamberlain's Pain Balm is best on earth for rheumatic, time weak, deep seated and muscular pains. Sold by druggists.
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Edwards & Parker
Plains
Chamberlain
Noted Pastor Resigns Over Sermon Series
Dr Richard Harcourt, pastor of Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, announces a request to change pastoral relations at year end after objections to a planned sermon series titled The Devil on Philadelphia. Harcourt, with twenty two years in ministry, faced unrest since his second year in Philadelphia.
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Meg
Richard Harcourt
Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Harcourt
Dr. Harcourt
Protestant Episcopal , Church
Methodist
San Francisco
Grace Church
Baltimore
Park Avenue
Dr. Chapman
Bethlehem
Chicagoan's Idea of Fun Ends in Arrest at Ralston Show
Omaha May 5 W F H Ralston a Chicago merchant purchased a wagon load of oranges and pelted crowds on the sidewalks. He cleared half a block of pedestrians and aimed at a passing policeman, was arrested. One bystander was struck in the eye and glass panes were broken.
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Omaha
W. FH. Ralston
Chicago
Astor Hotel Strike Spurs Citywide Labor Action
In New York six hundred marble workers demand a 25 percent wage raise, facing employer offers of 15 percent. The dispute halts work on the New York Life Insurance Circle and John Jacob Astor's Astor hotel project, with sympathetic strikes at the New York Athletic Club and several schoolhouses. More walkouts anticipated Monday.
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Mey O
Knights of “Labor
New York Life Insurance Company
Ciecle
Hotel Astoria
John Jacob Astor
New York Athletic Club
Astor Reconciles Self by Forcing Wheelmen Off Ferncliffe
Rhinebeck New York May and John Jacob Astor's Ferncliffe estate near Rhinebeck long a wheelmen retreat. Astor, an avid cyclist, was blocked by a party of four riders on his roads last week and forced into the gutter, narrowly escaping serious injury. In response, all bicycle riders are now barred from Ferncliffe.
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Rhinebeck
John Jacob Astor
Ferncliffe
Astor
Pern
Oliffe
OBrien Moore Buys Charleston Gazette
O'Brien Moore longtime Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Republic has purchased the Charleston Gazette and will assume control immediately. He has been tied to the Missouri Republican and St. Louis Republic for over a decade and is famed for his nose for news and vivid reporting style. A Rock Island Route round trip fare offer runs May 6 and 6.
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O'Brien Moore
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St. Louis Republic
Charleston
W. Va
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Republic
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St. Louis
Return
May pardon Chapman to avert jail for sugar trust broker
New York May 5 reports say broker A L Chapman convicted for contempt of testifying before the senate committee on the sugar trust scandal will be pardoned by President McKinley. Chapman was fined 100 and sentenced to 36 days, with friends claiming Washington signals favor a pardon. He warns politics may influence the decision amid westward populist sentiment and fears for broader penalties if he is not spared.
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New York
Au Chapman
McKinley
Chapman
Washington
Changman
Broker Chapman
H. O. Havemeyer
J. E. Searles
Iar Trust
A. L. Seymour
Sugar Trust
Congress
Clyns Service in Ohio and Civil Service Reform Debate
Ohio Republicans face a potential split over civil service reform as a Merit System proposal gains traction at the state convention. Disappointed federal job seekers, shut out by the national civil service, push to require the reform for all state departments with limited exceptions for high aides.
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Cleveland
Republican Party
Hanna
National Civil Service
Tan Ure
Sehich
Ohio Republican League
Ito
Lions In His House in Sunhl Hills California
Antonio Nunez, a farmer near Sunhl Alameda county, moved to a new house with his family. They heard cellar noises and armed with guns, discovered a California lion beneath the stairway. The lion leaped but was shot dead by Nunez. Cubs were taken upstairs. the carcass measured six feet.
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San Francisco
Sunhl
Alameda County
Antonnle Neinet
Antonio
Cena
Nunez
California
Fred
Minel
Harding Suit Against Dry Goods Firms Dismissed
D J Harding’s $10,000 damage suit against McCreery Dry Goods of St Louis Mills Adams Dry Goods of this city and related garnishments were dismissed after demurrer action. The case, tied to an alleged improper assignment by Wiggin Harding and others, ended with Harding ordered to pay costs as about $2,000 garnishment funds to be sent to McCreery.
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Harding
Harding Bes
James McCreery Dry Goods Company
St. Louis
Mills-Adamn Dry Goods Company
Crosby Bros
Warren A. Crosby
McCreery Company
Jude Hazen
Wisgintarding Dey Goods Company
Wits City
McCreary Company
Wiggin-Harding
Mills-Adams Company
Topeka
Wiggin-Harding Company
Hospital Corner Stone in Enid Dallas May 5
The corner stone of the Sisters of Charity hospital to be named St Paul's Sapiterium was laid yesterday by Bishop Dunne in the presence of thousands. The building will cost 125000 dollars.
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Hospital
Enid
Dallas
Tex
Sisters'of Charity Hospital
St.Paul’s Sapiterium
Dunne
Cotti
Pauritas Gisare
Puerness Steam Laundry
Bottled Up Destructive Drugs Warn of Poison Effects
A fragment describes the dangers of tonics and medicines like potash and mercury. It warns they poison the system, cause copper-colored spots, dry up marrow, and ruin joints with stiffness and rheumatic pain, while doctors fail to cleanse the poison and instead try to hide its effects.
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NG Sintier
Contagious Blood Poison and a Blood Remedy
An advertisement extols Swift Specific S S S as the cure for Contagious Blood Poison and other blood diseases. It warns against mercury and potash treatments and claims S S S is a safe vegetable remedy with a money back reward for proof to the contrary. It invites readers to request free books from Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Ga.
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Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
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