Great Jacksonville Fire Leaves City Desolate
Jacksonville under martial law as relief supplies flow in and tents replace destroyed homes. Ten thousand homeless, 148 blocks burned, property losses estimated at 10 to 15 million dollars. Military and state aid organized, with governor declaring martial law and plans to bond counties for courthouse and city reconstruction. Relief trains and tents arrive, while many residents seek shelter on vacant lots and in improvised camps.
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Fla
St. John’s River
Catherine Street
Orange
Davis
Florida
Tallahassee
Mac Williams
Gainesville
Orleando
Starke
L’engle
Broward and
Rogers
Ww. S. Jennings
Jennings
Col. Lovell
Governor’s Guards
Columbia Rifles
Lake City
Suwanee Rifles
Live Oak
Gem City Guards
Palatka
Maj. Bradshaw
Duval County
Western Union Telegraph Company
Express
Times Union and
Citizen
Presidents greet across border as Diaz and McKinley meet
The El Paso border visit features Diaz sending greetings to McKinley through Gen. Hernandez and Gov. Amuda da. McKinley replies with best wishes for Diaz and the Mexican republic. The pair share a cordial exchange and a quiet border ceremony amid Sunday plans.
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Tex
Mexico
Diaz
Juan Hernandez
Chihuahua
United States
Miguel Ahumada
Hernandez
Mex
U. S. of America
North America
Porfirio Diaz
Republic of Mexico
City of Mexico
Mexican Republic
William M’kinley
Cay
McKinley
Staten
Alamo
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Old City
McKibben
Department of Texas
San Fernandino Cathedral
Santa Ana
Trays Square
Col. Travis
Crockett
Bowie
The
Blue
Gray
San Francisco
Gov. Nash
Ohio
California
Gov. Gage
Bard
Redlands
Cal
Good Office Goes Begging
Washington May 6 No applications have been received for the steamboat boiler inspector at Manila offering 2250 dollars a year. An examination for the post will be held by the civil service commission May 23 and no candidates are in sight.
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Washington
Manila
Civil Service Commission
McKinley Declines Kruger Reception
London dispatch reports President McKinley told Kruger he cannot be received either officially or unofficially, per a Geneva Daily Mail correspondent.
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London
Geneva
The
Daily Mail
McKinley
Kruger
Seven Die in Chicago Fire at Marquette Avenue Tenement
A three story tenement at 9316 Marquette avenue South Chicago burned early Sunday killing seven people and injuring many as fire engines were delayed by a railroad crossing. The Zook family perished on the second floor while neighbors rescued others using a rope from a window.
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Chicago
Marquette Avenue
Josephine Cooley
Mabel Cooley
Cooley
Annie Cooley
Peter Zook
Victoria Zook
Nicholas Zook
Zook
John Smith
Frank Smith
Marquette Street
Louis Christensen
Christensen
C. C. Morrison
Smith
James Finnigan
Mrs. Christensen
United States troops depart Peking for Ton Ku
The U S cavalry and artillery left Peking after a farewell ceremony attended by British generals led by Sir Alfred Gascoigne and Baluchis escorting the Americans. General Chaffee praised the relief expedition and their conduct as credit to all. Berlin suggests Count Waldersee may return by mid June. Reported Tai Yuan Fu massacre details narrate missionaries preaching before execution.
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Peking
United States
Ton-Ku
Alfred Gaselee
Chaffee
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Count von Waldersee
Washington
Tai Yuan Fu
Yung Cheng
Plan a big march by miners to Harrisburg
National Organizer Dougherty Secretary Hartle in Ninth district and President Duffy of the Seventh district outlined a ten thousand man miners march from Hazleton McAdoo Panther Creek Valley and Schuylkill to Pottsville joining Millersburg Northumberland and Columbia counties for a six day trek to urge passage of United Mine Workers bills. They plan to gather miners Tuesday and camp at Agricultural Park with six days of rations.
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Pottsville
Dougherty
Hartlein
Duffy
Harrisburg
United Mine Workers
Hazleton
McAdoo
Panther Creek Valley
Schuylkill
Millersburg
Northumberland
Columbia
Agricultural Park
Coal Tax Bill Approved by English Parliament amid Tense Debate
In London on May 7 the coal tax resolution passed the house of commons by 333 to 227 as Sir Edward Grey led the final debate. Frederic Lambton denounced the government while praising miners. Balfour argued the tax would not affect a vast coal export industry and dismissed American competition.
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London
House of Commons
Edward Grey
Frederic Lambton
Earl of Durham
Ewe Lamb
Michael Hicks-Beach
Lambton
John Wilson
United States
Balfour
Troops Sent to Suppress Plague Riots in Calcutta District
Three hundred troops dispatched to the Siaikat district to quell plague riots. Twenty-five villages rebel. several hospital assistants have been killed or wounded.
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Calcutta
Siaikat
Russian Paper Rossiya Suspended by Interior Order
London report says M Lipiaghin the Russian interior minister banned the sale of the Rossiya on streets for a month. The action follows liberal tendencies and a critical remark about Gen Vannovski's appointment as minister of public instruction.
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London
St. Petersburg
M. Lipiaghin
Rossiya
Vannovski
Constitution Launched At Bristol Amid Fireworks
The yacht Constitution was christened by Mrs. Butler Duncan after dark. The vessel slid into the water as rockets flashed and a champagne bottle broke on the bow. Spectators praised the craft as an improved Columbia with Herreshoff design, sharing approximate dimensions and sail area.
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Bristol
R. L
Constitution
Butler Duncan
Colonial
Syndicate
Columbia
Herreshofts
Miners Delay Called After Harrisburg Conference
In Harrisburg a seven man miners committee met with Senator Snyder at night to discuss mining bills in the senate committee on mines and mining. Snyder pledged to push for committee reporting. A telegram from District President Fahey sent to Hazleton Shamokin and Pottsville leaders urged delaying arrivals and stand by for further word.
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Harrisburg
Snyder
Senate Committee On Mines and Mining
Hazleton
Shamokin
Pottsville
Fahey
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