Train Shashes Omnibus in Chicago Killing Seven
A pleasure party in an omnibus was struck by a Grand Trunk passenger train near Western Avenue and Blue Island in Chicago Saturday night. Seven were killed and others injured. driver George Sauerbier and several passengers sustained serious wounds. The train was behind schedule and collided after the horses bolted across the tracks in icy conditions.
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Grand Trunk
Western Avenue
Blue Island
Chicago
Mary Rietz
Jonnie Willette
Sophia van Buren
Louis Sauerbier
Fred Pesky
Weat Harvey
George Sauerbier
Thomas Hayes
Pleasure Party
Ten Firemen Killed in Kalamazoo Lab Explosion
Fire broke out in Hall Brothers laboratory in Kalamazoo Michigan at 10 Saturday night. A massive explosion ripped through the building blowing firefighters from ladders and injuring many. Ten known dead include Holliday McHugh Hastings Whiting Quigley Wager L Holliday Auwers Dole Clifford. Fourteen injured. two boys Phillips West and a Michigan Central brakeman missing. Southern buys road Memphis and Charleston for 2500000 at public sale. no other bidders amid default.
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Hall Brothers’ Laboratory
Kalamazoo
Mich
Gstaud
I 3
George Holliday
Pat McHugh
John Hastings, Jr
Charles Whiting
James Quigley
William Wager
Memphis and
William Singerly Credited as Publisher and Bank Leader Dies
William Singerly, 66, proprietor of the Philadelphia Record, president of Chestnut Street National Bank and Chestnut Street Savings Fund and Trust, died suddenly at home Sunday afternoon from heart disease. He held numerous trusted positions in business and public life. his banks recently collapsed.
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Philadelphia Record
Broken Bank
William M. Singerly
Philadelphia
Mr. Singerly
The
Record Publishing Company
Chestnut Street National Bank
Chestnut Street Savings Fund and Trust Company
Illinois Republicans Set State Convention For June 14
The Illinois state central committee met in Springfield and decided to hold the Republican state convention on June 14. Representation will be based on the McKinley vote, one delegate per 400 votes, yielding a convention of more than 1,500 delegates, the largest in state history.
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Illinois Republican State Central
Springfield
Lake City Postmaster Murdered in Racist Arson Attack
In Lake City, Williamsburg County, a mob burned the post office and Baker's house at 1 am killing Postmaster Baker and the infant, maiming his wife and three daughters as bullets shattered the home. A coroner’s inquest was convened amid widespread indignation.
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South Carolina
Lake City
Williamsburg County
Baker
Tillman
McLeurin
Horton
Washington
President at Philadelphia pays tribute to Washington
President McKinley spends the morning with Charles O Harrison family then attends Washington day exercises at the University of Pennsylvania. Over 2000 students march from campus to the Academy of Music to hear his address. His remarks praising Washington and national credit draw enthusiastic applause.
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George Walahington
Philadelphia
McKinley
Charles O. Harrison
Mr. Harrison
Academy of Music
University of Pennsylvania
University
Harrison
Washington
Buckland Naval Battalion Commander Ordered to Washington
Commander Buckland of the Wyandotte, who leads the Connecticut naval battalion, left New Haven for Washington after orders from the secretary of the navy. He is to report to the navy department on Friday and may receive instructions to ready his men for rapid service if needed.
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Nmander
Connecticut
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Ei. G. Buckland
Naval Battalion of
New Haven
Buckland
Wyandotte
Navy Department
Divers Report More Bodies in Maine Wreck
Navy dispatches from Captain Sigsbee relay divers finding more bodies in the wreck of the battleship Maine. One telegram mentions routine Maine project expenditures while the other notes corpses in hammocks amid debris, likely not recognizable.
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Maine
Navy Department
Washington
Sigsbee
Judge Atkinson Seeks Democratic Nomination for Georgia Governor
Judge Spence R. Atkinson outlines his platform in a self dated letter announcing his bid for the Georgia governorship. He calls for low taxes, continued support for education, stable pensions, humane crime policy, broader tax on personal property, and robust home rule while pledging independence from any faction. He cites the Democratic national platform and his record in Georgia’s judicial service as his guide.
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Spencer R. Atkinson
Georgia
Democratic Party
Chicago
Mim
Judicial Department
Bryan to Visit Alabama in March Speeches
A Birmingham special reports William J. Bryan will tour Alabama starting March 1 delivering a series of speeches in Tuscaloosa Birmingham Mobile Pensacola Talladega and Montgomery. Scheduled dates include March 1 in Tuscaloosa March 2 in Birmingham March 8 in Mobile March 4 in Pensacola March 5 in Talladega and March 7 in Montgomery.
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Birmingham
William J. Bryan
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Mobile
Pensacola
Talladega
Montgomery
Vizcaya Leaves New York for Cuba in war time voyage
The Spanish cruiser Vizcaya departed New York Friday afternoon bound for Havana. The flag flew at half mast due to the loss of the Main, while the ship passed Quarantine at 1 37 p m with the navy yarding Nina and patrol boat Patrol in attendance.
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New York
Havana
Vizcaya
Navy
Nina
Lawmakers Debate Quarantine Funds and Federal Control
The House spent Thursday on the sundry civil appropriation bill and quarantine issues. Debates covered how much to fund future epidemics, whether quarantine powers should be federal or state, and an amendment to aid unused machinery at Springfield Arsenal.
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Houe of Representatives
Washington
House
Cannon
Springfeld Arsenal
Gillette
Engineer Corps of the Navy
Merritt
Maine
Sayers
Texas
Bailey
Congress
Carmack
Tennessee
Williams
Mississippi
Hia State
Board of Health
United States
Underwood
Love
Lacey
Public Lands Committee
Devries
California
Yosemite National Park
Allens Resolution Debate Over Cuban Belligerency
Nebraska Senator Allen provoked four hours of debate in the senate as he offered an amendment reviving a resolution recognizing the belligerent rights of Cuban insurgents during consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill.
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Senate
Allen
Nebraska
Legislator Indicted in Poore Insurance Case
Walton county grand jury returns an indictment against Hon. Joseph H. Felker Walton county representative. The document centers on a handwritten contract by Felker with Dr. W. H. Moss promising $500 to keep the matter secret and aid in collecting life insurance policies on Dr. Poore.
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Joseph Felker
Felker
Moss
Poore
Bark Agate Possibly Wrecked Off Yukon Voyage
The New York Press reports a bark named Agate may have been wrecked after sailing from this port bound for the Yukon. The ship carried a party of about forty gold seekers and a crew of sixteen.
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New York
Yukon River
Klondike
Treachery Apparent in Havana Over Maine Disaster
Washington Star correspondent reports intensifying inquiry into the Maine explosion. Spanish officials fear deteriorating U S relations. Insurgents gain minor victories as autonoma leaders show restlessness. American officers doubt knowledge of any plot but junior Spanish soldiers may hold key.
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Washington Star
Havana
Maine
Madrid
United States
Autonomista
Bianco
Cuba
Washington Speciga: Lee Warns Americans to Leave Havana
Washington reports emphasize General Lee's calm warning to Americans in Havana to depart amid rising war preparations. Alger returns to Washington to oversee war department mobilization while a House resolution to revive the lieutenant general rank gains attention, driven by General Miles who seeks command in a potential war.
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Washington
Lee
Havana
Fitzhugh Lee
Alger
Fortress Monroe
War Department
Henderson
Miles
Supreme Command
Spain and United States on verge of rupture over Maine
The administration and Congress feel an inevitable rupture with Spain after the Maine destruction. A growing belief holds the disaster was intentional, with suspicions of official connivance rising and Spaniards not denying harbor mines.
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Congress
Washington
Spain
Maine
Autonomists in Havana approve Govin plan adding fifteen committtee seats
At a central committee meeting in Havana Senor Govin secretary of the interior proposed increasing the autonomous committee from forty to fifty five. Fifteen new members will come from emigrants to the United States and insurgents of prominence who back autonomy. The amendment was adopted by a large majority.
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Omist
Cuba
Central Committee of the Autonomists
Havana
Senor Govin
Interior
United States
Testimony of the Divers on Maine Salvage
Friday advices from Havana report the Maine sinking deeper into mud as divers struggle to remove guns and deck debris. Court of inquiry examines six divers in detail while deciding not to raise the wreck, citing futility and Spanish authorities’ responsibility.
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Havana
Maine
Divers Nusatia
Furthes
Norgan
Pracaeda
Key West
Americans Leaving Havana Amid Urgent Evacuation
Washington dispatch reports Havana clearing of Americans with strict measures to remove civilians and officials alike. Admiral Sicard confirms wounded sailors moved to Tortugas, signaling risk in staying. Officials fear reprisals linked to the Maine destruction and expect an anti American uprising announcement soon in Havana.
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Conan
Washington
Havana
Americana
Maine
Erder
Sicard Friday
Tortigas
Department
Train Dashes Into Burning Trestle Near Waycross
A northbound Jacksonville Florida train struck a burning trestle twelve miles south of Waycross Georgia on Friday afternoon. Three coaches adjacent to the engine were wrecked and burned while the rest remained intact. A negro watchman warned the engineer but smoke blocked signals. One passenger was killed, another seriously wounded, and five or six others slightly hurt as flames and forest fires surrounded the wreckage.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Wayerons
Henderson
Waycross
Cuban Women Starying Board Reports on Island Crisis
Advices from Santiago to Cuba say a board of officers, formed during the Montgomery’s stay at Matanzas, reports on the plight of Cubans in that province. It states 14,000 people in Matanzas city are without food and clothing, 8,000 in palm branch huts and 11,000 homeless in the streets.
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Santiago
Cuba
United States
Montgomery
Matanzas
Noyo Brings Uncertain War News to Seattle
The steamer Noyo arrived in Seattle from Skaguay Alaska bringing a report that could cause trouble. Rumors say Canadian mounted police raised the British flag twelve miles from Ska and an American purchased something unclear, signaling possible complications.
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Noyo
Seattle
Wash
Skaguay
Alaska
Canadian Mounted Folice
Ska
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Judge Atkinson
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