Horrible Crime in Florida Ends in Massacre and Fire
In Milton area Santa Rosa county a itinerant preacher Ackerman his wife and seven children were slain and cremated in their home after it was set on fire. The murders were discovered Monday morning and physicians said the couple were struck with a blunt instrument. Citizens have raised over a thousand dollars for a reward and Gov Broward is urged to offer a state reward. Ackerman had no known enemies.
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Pensacola
Fla
Santa Rosa County
Milton
Ackerman
Broward
Busch family recovers jewelry from San Francisco fire
Addolphus Busch and family, who fled the St Francis hotel during the earthquake and fire, have received about 230000 dollars in jewelry and diamonds mislabeled in a small jewel basket. The shipment, sent to Mr. Busch, shows melted gold and diamonds damaged by heat, requiring repolishing and resetting.
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St. Louis
Addolphus Busch
Magnus
St. Francis
San Francisco
Busch
Express
Leather market fire devastates Gobelin district in Paris
A Friday night blaze destroyed the Gobelin leather market and many adjacent workers' dwellings in Paris. Explosions from carboys of acid and 2000 barrels of oil occurred as walls collapsed injuring several policemen and firemen. Damages are estimated at $2,000,000.
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Paris
Gobelin
Yellowstone Park Not Affected By California Quakes
St. Paul May 12 Assistant General Passenger Agent Smith of the Northern Pacific railroad emphatically denied reports that the San Francisco earthquake shocks affected Yellowstone park The official said such claims are without foundation Yellowstone park is not in seismic zone and conditions there are normal.
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St. Paul, Minn
Smith
Northern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco
Yellowstone Park
California
Chinese Problem in San Francisco
Chinese minister Sir Chen tung Liang Chang is due in San Francisco May 16 to oversee Chinese interests. A Chinatown restoration debate ends with a plan to place Chinese traders between Sansome and Front near the bay, while some Chinese merchants claim relocation risks driving the entire community from the city.
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San Francisco
Chentung Liang Chang
Washington
Chinatown
Sansome
Front Streets
Bay
Amesty promised for Russian politicals by czar
In St. Petersburg on May 14 a czar and Prof Mouromtzeff held a half hour interview on reforms to be presented to the dogma. The czar expressed belief in the need for immediate reforms and hoped the duma would discuss them reasonably. He agreed that amnesty should be granted to political prisoners and Mouromtzeff praised the czar’s attitude as promising for Russia’s future.
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St. Petersburg
Mouromtzeff
Russian Empire
Castellane divorce bid resumes in Paris court
In Paris on May 14 Count Boni Castellane and the Countess appeared to seek a reconciliation but the countess demanded an absolute divorce. The hearing closed with no chance of reconciliation, marking the end of the formal preliminaries.
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Paris
Count Boni
Edmond Kelly
Insurance company net losses in frisco
Albany N Y May 14 The state insurance department Sunday night made public the figures showing the losses in the recent California conflagration of the fire and marine insurance companies doing business in this state and reporting to the department. Net losses total 113 441 695 by category New York state joint stock fire and marine companies 18 944 000 joint stock fire marine companies of other states 44 827 499 mutual fire insurance companies of other states no less foreign fire insurance companies United States branches 49 670 096 Impairment of capital will be made good by directors or stockholders in most cases.
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Albany
N. Y
State Insurance Department
California
New York State
Joint Stock Fire and Marine Companies
Joint Stock Fire Marine Companies
Muiual Fire Insurance
United States
Seven Miners Die in Shenandoah Dynamite Blast
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania on Tuesday seven miners were killed and twelve injured by a dynamite explosion at the Pride Co pottery. A falling dynamite box touched off a blast igniting mine gas. About fifty men were at work. all but those on the first lift escaped. Fire Boss Samuel Powell was removed first and is severely burned, likely to die.
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Shenandoah
Shenandoah City
Pride Ewig -Coer and
Wot Co
Samuel Powell
Francisco Widow in San Francisco Is This News Item
Francisco widow Mrs Andres Neilsen, burned out in the holocaust with nine children, awaits two hundred fifty thousand dollars. Her husband, a tanner and Sweden heir, died in 1898 leaving the family destitute after the fire. Now the Swedish estate may pass to the widow and her children, altering their desperate situation.
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San Francisco
Andres Neilsen
Sweden
Young Prospectors Dead in Death Valley
Calierite Nov 16 reports Joséph Constantine finding two dead prospectors in Death Valley near the Funeral Range. Both wore Walsh the Tailor trousers, one had a watch engraved M. G. H and a ring with the letter s o. They perished about 30 miles from water. Constantine buried them near Carrol Springs.
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Calierite
Joséph Constantine
Death Valley
Walsh
Constantin
Carrol Springs
Denver Woman Wins First Round in Brown Estate Battle
In Denver on May 16 a district court jury ruled that Marie Fleming Everest Brown-Eastes of St. Louis did not marry Oscar Elmo in St. Louis, as alleged by Mrs. Sarah N. Brown. The estate of George N. Brown is valued around 300000 dollars. final victory hinges on proving a valid marriage license.
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St. Louis
George W. Brown
Denver
Col
Marie Fleming Everest Brown-Eastes
George N. Brown
Misss Estes
Oscar Elmo
Sarah N. Brown
Brown
Maniac Murderer Killed by Posse in Georgia
Atlanta, May 16. J. H. Clark, a maniac murderer, killed one man and wounded four others before being found one half mile from the crime scene by a posse and shot to death at 1 30 PM Tuesday. He fired on pursuers but hit none. Clark was a night telegraph operator at Chamblee, 12 miles from Atlanta, and went on a rampage after going insane on duty Monday night. He killed Wm. J. Cheeks of Dunwoody and seriously injured Will Purcell, C. Purcell and W. S. Mast, all of Chamblee, and W. J. Coker of Dunwoody.
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Atlanta
J. H. Clark
Chamblee
Wm. J. Cheeks
Dunwoody
Will Purcell
C. Purcell
W. S. Mast
W. J. Coker
Rockefeller pastor to lead University of Chicago
Chicago May 16 A telegraphic report from New York says Rev Rufus P Johnston known as John D Rockefeller s pastor who resigned last week as pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church will become president of the University of Chicago Prof Henry Pratt Judson dean of the university calls the plan ridiculous.
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Chicago
New York
Rufus P. Johnston
John D. Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
University of Chicago
Henry Pratt Judson
University
Cleveland's Tribute to Late Carl Schurz
Former President Grover Cleveland eulogizes Carl Schurz as a national loss. He lauds Schurz for patriotic disinterested service, moral courage, and steadfast leadership, saying his example should guide the young and be kept as a precious legacy.
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Cleveland
Garl Schurz
Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Carl Schurz
Schurz
Woman Victim of Mob Tells of Narrow Hanging
Mrs Hattie McIntosh white woman recently jailed for alleged complicity in her husband murder says a mob visited her Okolona Mississippi home Sunday night. She says she was dragged to a tree and hanged for several seconds twice, then left for dead before reviving and reporting to officers.
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Okolana
Miss
Hattie McIntosh
Fire destroys stock at Vane-Calvert Paint Co building
A Sunday blaze at the Vane-Calvert Paint Co, 1691 North Broadway, caused an estimated 240000 loss to stock and building. Fire on the second floor threatened a 750 gallon benzine tank but was contained with the benzine saved. over 2500 gallons of tenzine turpentine and oils were stored on the floor.
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St. Louis
Vane-Calvert Paint Co
North Broadway
Dowie Meeting Ends In Disturbance At Zion City
In Zion City on Sunday afternoon John Alexander Dowie presided over a meeting of about 600. Followers of the Voliva faction and outsiders clashed, and Dowie accused the overseers of theft. The crowd shouted denials, prompting officials to dismiss the audience to restore order.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Dowie
Voliva
Respite Extended for Albert T Patrick in Rice Murder
Albany May 15 Gov Higging granted an additional 30 day respite to Albert T Patrick until June 17 while his counsel seeks more time to present evidence for a new trial in the William Marsh Rice murder case.
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Albany
N. Y
Higging
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Paterick
Fire damages Higgins Spring & Axle Co plant in Racine
In Racine Wisconsin on May 15 the Higgins Spring and Axle Co plant at Racine Junction was partially destroyed by a blaze driven by a strong east wind. Officials estimate losses at about 35000 dollars and feared the fire would spread to nearby factories. In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania on the same day J M Shuster of Chicago was knocked unconscious during a ball game by a home team player Clark. Shuster is hospitalized in critical condition and Clark is jailed awaiting outcome of injuries.
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Higgins Spring & Axle Co
Racine Junction
Wisconsin
Racine, Wis
Punxsutawney
J. M. Shuster
Chicago
Rynxsutawney
Oil City
Clark
Shuster
Shyster
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State Medical Co
Missouri
Louis C. Bitting
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Troy
W. W. Jarvis
G. Jarvis
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