Fire devastates Bremen Ohio store. $60,000 loss
Fire gutted Griffith & McCurdy’s Bremen Ohio store destroying much of the business district within two hours. The blaze spread to nearby wagons and railroad goods were found along the Toledo & Ohio Central tracks. Postmaster Shellhammer and Survey Grove suffered injuries while the origins are suspected incendiary. The Lan caster fire department aided, with extensive damage and high insurance coverage reported.
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Grifith
Grifith and McCurdy
Lancaster
Death at sea on Madiana excursion near Bermuda
The Quebec Steamship Company steamer Madiana carrying Chicago excursionists struck the reef near Hamilton Bermuda while navigating the agerow channel. The ship listed and wrecked but all passengers and crew were rescued after perilous lifeboat actions and a late rescue by a tug.
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Caribbean
Quebec Steamship
Shemali
Madiana
Agerow
Hamilton Harbor
North Rock
Madina
Mio
Tng de Hylis
Tulip
Cortelyou Named Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Roosevelt appoints Cortelyou as secretary to create a combined Commerce and Labor department. He, 40, hails from Hempstead and Columbia University, rising from stenographer to assistant secretary under Roosevelt. The move follows his early public service and private secretary roles in New York.
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Roosevelt
Metinley
John Addison Potter
Gil
Yellow journalism and political shocks across era papers
A mosaic of clipped sentences from various papers mocks sensational reporting and political intrigue. References to Rockefeller, Tyneh, Castellane, and Boni de Castellane surface amid stray notes on Navy, Monroe doctrine, and French Chamber debates, illustrating fragmented era journalism.
Stonewall Jackson Home To Be Confederate Soldiers Hospital
The Lexington house once lived in by Stonewall Jackson on East Washington Street in Lexington Virginia is to be converted into a Confederate soldiers hospital. The property, a stone and brick hall, will serve as a temporary ward for wounded soldiers and as a memorial linked to Mary Custis Lee Chapter of the Confederacy. The project follows Jackson’s purchase of the estate when he was professor at the Virginia Military Institute. Other items note violent incidents, court actions, and various regional news items such as boiler explosions and legal penalties.
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Burlington Express
Manu
Burtington
Northern Pacific
Homestead
Butte
Mont
Deer
Environd
Lexington
Horn
Stonewall
Jackson
Confederacy
Yewall Jackson
Virginia Military
Bun
Hig
Washington Street
Congress Debates Statehood Trusts and Navy Affairs
The Senate and House pool debate over antitrust measures, statehood for New Mexico, and Panama canal occupation. Major actions include passage of the District of Columbia Academy in Rome incorporation, a conference on general staff, and funding discussions for capital projects. The House and Senate teams clash over amendments while key figures like Kean, Morgan, Hanna, and Elkins argue on trust provisions, defense, and civil governance.
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Senate
Isthmian Canal
Morgan
Secretary of the Navy
Panama
Colon
Axte
Staf Will
AE Cockrel
Quarles
Foraker
District of Columbia
American Academy
Rome
Mi 4
Mr. Fossa
Carmack
Rawlina
Secretary of War
Congress
Philippines
Kean
Elkins
Ehanse
Wasierviet of Columbia
Union Statioe
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Mack
Sena Waa
Hanna
Mercs
Department of Commerc
Llonse
de Res Moa
Fardgan
Tenn
Cannon
Gannon
National Capital
Louis B. Lawson
Judge Advocate Generals Department
Chineampni
Benate
General Staff of
Army
Wo Fm
Miles
Clara Barton
Red
Crows
John M. Wilson
Cowlen
Indiana Lawmakers Battle Over Amendments and Bills
The House rejected the Luhring amendment to the Nicholson temperance law by 28 to 36, while the Senate passed a bill to honor George Singer Clark. A railroad commission bill aimed at fair freight rates advanced, and a surplus-deposit bill reappeared in the House. Lawmakers moved through a dull session, passing several routine measures and contesting a professional baseball legalization bill that drew heated, riotous floor debate.
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How of Representatives
Nicholson
Kirkman
House
Senate
Wolcott
Indiana
Sture
Tenimort
Rivera Out of Their Danke-Railway Gets Franchise
Record of the Week reports Erring Man Kike Wite and Himnelf- Court Declares Sheriff Dadiey Nle wally Ousted. John Stark, living at Rosedale, shot his wife through the head then killed himself after years of trouble over a young woman. Rivers on the Rampage describes floods along the Wabash and Ohio rivers flooding Lafayette area, Evansville factories shuttered, and a long water-filled reach on the Wabash between Huntington and Fort Wayne. Terre Haute grants a fifty-year street railway franchise worth 78,000 with 10,000 paid now and rest yearly from 1918. city boards gain park land and mayoral pay raise. Anti-Lynching law declared unconstitutional in a quo warranto suit against ex-sheriff Dudley. case to be appealed. Fatal shooting in a Vin- gennes saloon leaves Baugh mortally wounded. shooter Hulen fled. Frankfort theater fire likely arson, losses 40,000 insured 12,000. Grace Jackson drowns in Clinton cistern. New York store in Elwood in creditors’ hands. Goshentwo trains collide, fatalities and $100,000 damage. Noblesville water supply disruption from river ice. Pittsburg arrests for Adams Express hold-up. Earthman, Madman in LaPorte declared insane. Roosevelt money dispute suspected. A Rochester Cigar employee marriage license leads to quick ceremony. Culver man found dead in hog pen. Darlington deaths from railroad crossing accident. Deaf mute Peter McCrea assaulted, skull fracture. suspect jailed.
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Grace Jackson
Clinton
New York
Elwood
Louis
Noblesville
Lewis Clark
John Blight
Pittsburg
Logansport
Adams Express
Morrin Callahan
Morgan
Panhandle Secret Service
Guntare
Charles Earthman
Bongera
LaPorte
Roosevelt
Marthman
Oscar Brickle
Florence Merrill
Rocheater Cigar Company
Florence
Charles Scholders
Scholders
Cerk'a
Joseph Borart
Culver
Hoge
Hein
Benjamin Gillen
Thomas Crieman
Darlington
Peter McCrea
Shelbyville
Jef Richardson
McCrea
Richardson
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Talon
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Columbia Theater
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