Great Chicago Theatre Fire Tops Century Tragedy
Telegraphic notes report nearly six hundred killed and many injured in a disastrous fire at a Chicago theatre, with women and children heavily affected by trampling and smoke. Other items include a fatal Pennsylvania collision near Fort Wayne, Siberian gold prospects uncertainty, Zionist action over Kishinev, wage changes for Franklin press feeders, a bridgeport murder of a mother-in-law, Brigham estate upheld, death of J M Allen, and upcoming theatre attractions in Fort Wayne.
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Chicago
Slavs His Brother's Widow in Jealous Murder Suicide
Samuel W. Lee, 30, killed his brother's widow Mrs Florence Gee Lee in her Kansas City Holwes street rooms over alleged intended marriage to another man. After firing twice she escaped, he shot twice more and then killed himself by slashing his throat as neighbors intervened. Mrs Lee, about 30, left two children. Lee reportedly had a wife in Kansas and a daughter in Liberty, Missouri.
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Missouri
Florence Gee
Samuel W. Lee
Holwes Street
Kansas City
Lee
Gee
Nh Seaumatres
Have Ao
Kansas
Liberty
ERRATUM OF SINKING ERASTUS CORNING FOG DISASTER NEAR NORWALK
The steamer Erastus Corning or near Norwalk ran onto rocks off Copp's Island. Six passengers deserted the ship during the confusion and have not been found. Most aboard reached Norwalk safely by tug and train to New York. several lacked outer wraps and baggage. Separate note reports dairy commissioners say Iowa and South Dakota dairy output and creameries have declined over five to ten years, with pasture reductions cited as a factor.
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Norwalk
Erastus
Stavin Tinndrom
Strick
Copp's Island
Norwalk Lunbur
Swann
New York
South Dakota
Iowa
South Ly
Kota
Towa
Cupid Hurts Omaha Schools Epidemic of Weddings Among Women Teachers
An Omaha board of education report cites a supposed epidemic of marriages among women teachers leading to staff shortages. Superintendent Pearse notes many teachers wed, reducing available personnel and forcing dismissals and role consolidations. Other items mention a fatal car crash in Kentucky, a murder conviction in Minnesota, labor union opposition to typesetting machines, and international tensions amid rising concerns in the East.
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Omaha Public Schools
Board of Education
Pearse
Troops Save Lives as Lynching Mob Detained in Iowa Jail
Twenty five members of the Dodge Light Guards aided by local authorities protected Zimmerman and Burke after a mob gathered to lynch two women on Christmas night. Zimmerman and Burke were jailed in Connvil Buffs Iowa and charged with holding up and assaulting Mrs. Sparke and her daughter, Mrs. Sanders. Neighbors aided the escape of the women during the disturbance. Two leaders were arrested and confined. others discussed violence at daylight but no new attack occurred.
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Dodge Light Guards
Zimmerman
Burke
Connvil Buffs
Iowa
Christus
Burk
Mary Sparke
Sanders
Sparks
Collision on Pennsylvania Limited near Larwill Indiana
A freight train disregarded orders and struck the Pennsylvania Limited west of Larwill Indiana causing multiple deaths and injuries. The engineer escaped injury and bravely warned the passenger train as flames and wreckage spread. Dozens were left in a mass of debris while the line remained blocked.
Arrested and Dies of Shame in Kansas City
Mrs. Mary Gibbs, a confessed forger, died in Kansas City within hours of her arrest. Coroner Charles Lester attributed death to congestion of the lungs from the shame following her arrest. Gibbs, 24, had confessed to forging a $520 Chicago bank draft and cashing it in Missouri. Police traced other forged drafts yielding hundreds from several banks.
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Mary Gibbo
Charles Lester
Mary Gibby
Kansas City
Gibbs
George Holmer
O. K
National Bank of Commerce
Start New Tonto Basin War Between Sheep and Cattlemen
A clash between Arizona cattlemen and sheepmen escalates in Tonto Basin as two sheep headers are killed in reprisal after the slaughter of a sheep herder. Authorities trace the killers to Payson area with deputies pursuing suspects toward Clents Valley.
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Arizona
Busin
Phoenix
Eugene FE van
Inard
Berry
Paysol
Clensant Valley
Constable’s Arrest Record Amid Jail Stay in Youngstown
While serving a 30 day sentence in Youngstown Ohio Constable Dennis Kegan of Collexville township made notable arrests. He aided the capture of three wanted prisoners and recovered stolen property by using information from fellow inmates. A suspect pleaded guilty but completed the sentence.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Dennis Kegan
Collexville
Michael
Constable Town
Ust Youngs
Negros Revenge and Grave Robbery and Other Headlines
A long list of incidents from 1903 includes a Philadelphia grave robber found unconscious with a fractured skull, later dying, and McNamee jailed. Reports from Indiana describe a lynch mob attacking lodgings of suspected abductors of two girls. Individual tragedies include suicides by alcohol and other causes, robberies in Hav erford and Stratford, and a fortune destined for education. Other items note Ireland’s population fears, a Newport will leaving 30 000, a spider bite death, a hoax ear transplant report, the Pope urging Gregorian chant, a deadly Grand Rapids wreck killing 22, and 1903 trade figures showing growth in exports and imports.
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Lebanon
Philadelphia
Walnut Streets
McNamee
Ne Groce
Zionites in hardship as Dowie’s city faces winter scarcity
A correspondent describes Zion City in dire winter strain as fuel runs out and general store stocks dwindle. Poor workers live in rickety shacks and crude tents while Dowie’s followers in leadership maintain luxurious homes. Loyalists endure poverty, contrasting with the Elinjahospine and Dowie residence’s opulence.
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Zion City
Zion General
Dowie
Dr. Dowie
Wreck at Pere Marquette Kills Twenty-Two in Blizzard Slam
A devastating head on collision six miles east of Grand Rapids Michigan during a blizzard killed twenty two people and injured twenty nine as an east bound and a west bound Pere Marquette passenger train struck at a signal light failure blamed on high wind. Cars were mangled and debris strewn along the track as rescuers rushed to aid survivors.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Limited
Vere Marquette Road
Grand Rapids
Midi
Pere Marquette
Mich
McCord’s
East Paris
Bas Paris
Pere Marquette RB
McCord
Trade Review Highlights Inventory Restarts and Stable Prices
New York manufacturing plants slow for inventories and repairs with idle capacity higher than last season. Holiday goods strong though reports vary. December rail earnings up 6 percent. Wage negotiations easing except coal mining with idle plants resuming. Grain near record wheat output in Australia. U S failures rise to 284 this week. Retail Chicago sales exceed last year. higher priced goods and luxury items selling well. Wholesale trade shows better collections. westbound merchandise movement solid, eastbound weaker. Chicago district failures 20. grain shipments 1,001,507 bushels. Domestic wheat demand moderate amid Russia Japan tension. livestock receipts up 1 percent.
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Dun & Cale
New York
Iran
Stest
Australia
United States
Canada
Chicago
Deward
Turing
Commodity prices across U S cities in mixed grain and livestock data
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and more. It cites wheat corn oats rye barley and butter and eggs with varied No 2 grades and shipping rates for steers and hogs.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Gia
Sic
New York
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