Fire destroys Clifton Hotel in Cedar Rapids
A early Friday fire at the Clifton hotel in Cedar Rapids cremated nine guests and injured 42, with four bodies recovered and five more believed captive beneath debris. The three story brick hotel housed delegates to a YMCA convention and Knights of Pythias gathering, with an estimated 70 to 80 people inside.
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Cedar Rapids
Clifton Hotel
Young Men’s Christian Association
The
Knights of Pythias
W. A. Mowery
Whatcheer
E. G. Young
Minneapolis
Vina Burns
L. C. Burnett
Nebraska City
Neb
Linda Williams
Lizzie Kelly
F. C. Outing
Center Point
Emma Smith
H. W. Bremer
Lyons
F. R. Moore
Chicago
Beatrice Netolicky
Shueyville
J. A. Winniger
Waterloo
J. E. Anderson
A. S. Farrow
Boone
F. G. Gardiner
Woodburn
D. F. Taylor
Davenport
Louis Thompson
A. M. Larsen
Oelmein
C. W. Roberts
L. O. Vernon
Delta
May Reel
M. P. Hoover
Tama
T. J. Zally
Canton
Ill
J. A. Flear
C. L. Benedict
G. P. Hawes
Decorah
F.O. Redmond
N.O. Templeton
Monticello
George Taggart
St. Paul
James Lewis
F. M. Gardner
D. S. Taylor
J. H. Dunbar
John W. Lewis
Ottumwa
S. C. Grove
P. E. Strickland
Clinton
Trains Relocate Backward After Snowbound Blockade
Snowbound trains in the interior resume movement toward starting points as relief arrives. An eastern train with 43 passengers reaches Norris Arm, then proceeds south but awaits due to rain and ice. The western express retreats toward Bay of Islands with 55 aboard, passengers to be housed there as mail and sealing crews await track clearance.
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St. Johns
N. F
Norris Arm
Bay of Islands
Fulton elected Oregon senator after deadlock
Salem Oregon February 21 C W Fulton Republican won the Oregon senate seat in the closing minutes of the session to succeed Joseph Simon for the term starting March 4 He led on every ballot with a maximum of 34 votes of 45 needed The record notes his birthplace Ohio August 17 1853 and Oregon life including Astoria residence and four prior state senate terms with presidencies in 1893 and 1901
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Salem
Ore
C. W. Fulton
Oregon
Charles W. Fulton
Ohio
Iowa
Astoria
State Senate
THREE TRAINMEN KILLED IN ILLINOIS CRASH
In Galena Illinois on Friday night the Chicago Minneapolis limited crashed into a freight engine on a water stop. Three trainmen died at the scene while the passenger crew escaped serious harm. Engineer Searles likely fatally injured and Fireman Spockman died after hours.
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Galena
Ill
Searles
Spockman
Indiana forgery ring man sent to Michigan City prison
Sent to prison in Michigan City on Friday, John Selby, tied to forgeries totaling $15,000, served as an agent for a New York life insurance company. He forged notes from farmers and sold them to brokers and is an alumnus of the University of Indiana.
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Vincennes
Ind
John Selby
Michigan City
New York Life Insurance
University of Indiana
Horace White Retires as Evening Post Editor
New York Feb 21 Horace White retires from chief editor post of the Evening Post. He is replaced by Rob Ogden who has served twelve years on the paper's editorial staff.
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New York
Horace White
The
Evening Post
White
Rob Ogden
Trade Review notes snowstorm delays and rising costs
R G Dun weekly review says railway congestion eased but snowstorms again interrupted merchandise movement. February earnings exceed last year by 17.6 percent, though higher operating costs push further rate increases. Failures total 247 in the US and 26 in Canada, with wholesale staples strong and forward orders rising.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Veteran General Doolittle Dies in Toledo Home
Maj. Gen. Charles C. Doolittle, who rose from Fourth Michigan to brigadier general and commanded a Nashville brigade, died at his Toledo home from complications of heart disease and rheumatism contracted in the Civil War. A. W. Holbein, 50, found frozen to death in a Washington Avenue vacant lot. In New York 10,000 cloakmakers won wage increases up to 40 percent.
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Doolittle
Toledo
Charles C. Doolittle
Michigan Volunteers
Nashville
St. Louis
A. W. Holbein
Washington Avenue
Twentieth Street
Special order clothing makers reach agreement with union
Chicago Feb 24 The long fight between special order clothing makers and the United Garment Workers of America ends as Samuel Gompers mediates a deal. About 4500 workers locked out since the clash will return to shops under a new arrangement that preserves their district council and grants similar rights to other union members.
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Chicago
Special Order
United Garment Workers of America
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Chicago Federation of Labor
Not Proof of Insanity. Spiritualism Not Sanity Basis
Philadelphia February 24 The state supreme court ruled belief in spiritualism does not prove insanity in the Mary Buchanan versus Alexander McElroy case. The will favored the First Association of Spiritualists of Philadelphia for McElroy hall. The court overturned a lower ruling, directing the issue be set aside.
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Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Mary Buchanan
Alexander McElroy
First Association of Spiritualists of
McElroy
Supreme Court Rules on Prohibition of Lottery Ticket Mailings
The U S Supreme Court upheld Congress power to ban sending lottery tickets across state lines by mail or express in Champion v United States while Holmes dissented in Francis v United States. The decision marks long docketed cases. Boston hosted the Massachusetts division of the American Minute Men convention with 400 delegates. The group pursues limits on immigration, nonsectarian school funding, and constitutional rights.
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Washington
Congress
United States
United States Supreme Court
Champion
Francis
Harlan
Justice Holmes
Supreme Court
Boston
Massachusetts
American Minute Men
People’s Temple
Tionesta Valley Railroad Southward and Northward Timetable
Train schedule shows SOUTHWARD No 2 leaving Sheffield 9 50 am arriving Winlock 11 20 pm No 4 leaving 4 45 pm arriving Lamona 6 15 pm No 6 leaving 6 25 am arriving Winlock 10 50 am NORTHWARD No 1 leaves Lamona 6 am arriving Sheffield 7 30 am No 5 leaves Winlock 11 00 am arriving Sheffield 3 20 pm No 3 leaves Winlock 1 15 pm arriving Sheffield 3 50 pm All trains connect at Sheffield with P E R R and at Shield Junction with BB K Train 5 will run forty minutes late to connect with Marlenville and Train 4. CHAS J GIBSON Supt
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Pullman
Kane
New York Central & Hudson River R. R. Co
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co
Warren
Sun
Daily Gun
Dunkirk
Fredonia
Senereee Ass. Breve Aveese
Seeesetes Inclairville
Eveeel Alcodet
Falconer Junct. Ly
Eosvees Ptoewsdale See
Fentonville
Sosesrsrs Ackley
Eessssee
Irvineton
Are
Oungsville
Seows
Pittsfield
Wee -Gotland
Grand Wall
Titusville
Shefeld
Shefeld Junction
Winlock
Sheffield
Shef
Junction
Lamona
Winlack
Shef Junction
E R. R
Shield Junction
Marlenville
Tionesta Valley L'y
J. Gibson
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CeHa Williams
C. F. Hamburg
Leroy
Minn
R. C. McConahy
Aurora
O. J. Lamb
G. F. Kaesser
Walker
C. A. Roseman
Independence
F. A. Chase
Illinois Central Railroad
Trade Review
Minute Men
Schnur
Hoffman Building
Liberty and
Second Streets
W. Richardson, E
Warren, Pa
W. A. Greaves
Eastman Kodaks
Mr.Greaves
Dabmlee & Lindsey
Becond St
Edward Lindsey
Ames C. McAlpin
Third
R W. Stuart, E
Warren Room
Hoffman Block
T W. Dunklk
Liberty
Charles W. Stone
Ralph W. Stone
Dutse Eys
First Nat’l Bank
Superior
Supreme Courts
Pennsylvania
John Sill & Son
In Exchange Block
Waterstreet
John Sill
F. E. Sill
Geo. Ball’s
Joseph T. Danforth
S. Keller’s Sons
Second Street
H. Perry
Water Street
Woodard & Lesser
John Hepburn, M.D
R.R
Erie
Buffalo & Allegheny Valley Division
Kinzua
Bradford Salamanca
Olean
Olean Express
Pittsburg
Irvington
Tidioute
Tionesta
Oil City
Buffalo Express
W.S. Leffard
Avent. Warren
W. W. Atterbury
J. Kk. Woop
Gen’l
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
Buffalo
West
A. J. Smith
Gen
Cleveland
O .J.sparks
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Warren, N. Y
Baker, PA
Warren National Bank
Capital
Wm. D. Brown
Jerry Crary
D. W. Beaty
A. T. Scofield
Nelson P. Wheeler
G. N. Parmlee
Andrew Hertzel
Charles Chase
C. Schimmelfeng
Christian Smith
H. A. Jamieson
F. E. Hertzel
Hammond Iron Works
Struthers Station
Citizens Nat'l Bank
K. T. Hazeltine
Jas. O. Parmlee
David L. Gerould
A. D. Swiftt Teller
Levi Smith
J.G. Curtis
W. C. Norris
G. W. Campbell
Samuel Peterson
Fred P. Hue
D. L. Gerould
Warren Savings Bank
A. J. Hazeltine
C. W. Beaty
G. B. Ensworth
Geo. H. Jackson
O. W. Beaty
James Clark
M. B. Dunham
L. B. Freeman
Chas. Sigel
KE. W. Campbell
G. B. Eusworth
New York Tribune Farmer
New York City
the Tribune Farmer
the Mail
Wail Office
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