Spectacular Board of Trade Fire Tears Through Trading Floor
A blaze broke out on the trading floor of Chicago's Board of Trade on La Salle Street and Jackson Boulevard. Flames caused by a wiring fault swept the second floor, forcing thousands to flee as firemen fought to contain the blaze within an hour. Elevators were jammed leaving passengers stranded but all escaped. Several workers were injured and nearby hotels and offices witnessed the panic asEmergency crews aided evacuations.
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Board of Trade
la Salle Street
Jackson Boulevard
Peter Steinmetz
Steinmetz
Seyferlich
Grand Pacific
Grace
Western Union Telegraph
Postal Telegraph Building
Rock Island
van Buren Street
Royal Insurance Building
Ninois Trust and Savings Bank
Lake Shore Limited Collides Near Chicago Station
A Lake Shore Twentieth Century Limited train collided with a Chicago & Eastern Illinois train just outside La Salle Street station. Ten injured, 115 endangered as cars telescope. Panic in cars, ambulances rush to scene, traffic halted.
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Chicago
Century Limited
Lake Shore
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
la Salle Street
Lmited
Caillaux Denies Charge Over Franco-German Mor Occan Pact
Paris reports Joseph Caillaux the French premier who resigned with his cabinet denies secretly negotiating the Franco-German Mor occan settlement. He states he took no action without the unanimous consent of his colleagues.
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Paris
Joseph Caillaux
Fallieres
Collearias
Senator Davis Attacks Wealthy Men in Senate Speech
Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas denounced the New York Cotton Exchange stock jobbing and speculation in a rainfall of names. He named 51 wealthy men as a menace to the nation with John D Rockefeller heading the list.
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Washington
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Senate
New York Cotton Exchange
John D. Rockefeller
Lorimer Critics Carter In Senate Probe Of Illinois Politics
Senator Lorimer accuses Justice Carter of using his Illinois supreme court seat to influence politics in the Lorimer Durborow contest. He says Chicago papers sought to steer Republican affairs and cites Medill and Kohlsaar as figures in newspaper power in county politics.
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Orrin R. Carter
Illinois Supreme Court
Lorimer
United States Senate
Lorimer Durborow
Carter
Chicago Tribune
Kern
the Tribune
Tribune
Record-Herald and News
Senator Fletcher
Chicago
Joseph Medill
Harmon in Chicago I Will Not Prophesy For 1904 Campaign
Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio spoke at the Iroquois club luncheon in Chicago saying reform of tariffs, trusts and economy would dominate the next campaign. He refused to forecast the year for the Democracy, noting he will sing a song or tell a story but not prophesy.
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Chicago
God
Man
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Columbus
Iroquois Club
Hotel la Salle
Harmon
Germans Vote Today in Empire Elections Amid Costs and Morocco Crisis
Berlin reports show Germans voting nationwide in an election marked by high living costs and the Morocco affair. Socialistic and popular parties are expected to gain, with liberal demands for tariff relief, inheritance tax reform, and reduced clerical political power amid bitter campaigning and polling-day disorder in Berlin and other cities.
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Berlin
Morocco
German Empire
Beef Secrets Told In Pack Price Dispute
Chicago January 12. Government witnesses describe dual cost systems used by meat packers to hide profits. Henry F. Moyer testified to memorandum costs sent to selling agents and a separate test cost kept in offices. Killing costs reportedly varied by as much as fifty cents per head between branch and office records.
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Chicago
Mber
Moyer
Polar Dash For College
C R Vrang registered at the university in Palo Alto California and recounts a five hundred mile start in Alaska to reach education. He left a mining job and alone mushed eight hundred miles through sixty below zero to pursue a college degree.
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Palo Alto
Cal
C. R. Vrang
Vrang
Wilds
Alaska
172 Lost on Russian Ship Russ in Black Sea Storm
The Russian steamship Russ sank in a terrific gale in the Black Sea while sailing from Gelatz to Odessa. All aboard, numbering 172 passengers and crew, perished after a harrowing struggle with wind and waves. Among the passengers was Carl Anuseff, recently appointed Russian consul general at Gelata, and his family.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Russ
Gelatz
Odessa
Black Sea
Carl Anuseff
Gelata
Mutiny at Kuldja Kills 300 Manchurians
The Russian consul at Kaldia reports a mutiny in eastern Turkestan where modern drilled Chinese troops were killed. Between 300 and 400 Manchus, including provincial and district governors, were slain by Republican mutineers.
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Kaldia
Turkestan
Portu guese Africa Rising Report Burnings of Officials
Lisbon reports outrages in Portuguese Africa during a native uprising. Several captured Portuguese officials were burned at the stake, according to a dispatch from Angola.
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Lisbon
Portuguese Africa
Angola
Racing Bill Rumors Stir New Orleans Businessmen
Reports from New Orleans say a few businessmen still hope a racing bill will pass at the next legislature session to permit bookmaking. They expect City Park track to reopen for an extended winter season if favored legislation clears.
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New Orleans
Poisoning at Maxbass Supper Leaves Forty Affected
Forty people in Maxbass North Dakota fall ill after eating pie at a church supper. Pie left in a tin pan for a day before serving caused ptomaine poisoning. All patients are expected to recover.
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Valley City
N. D
Maxbass
Sherman Is Dying: Noted Sportsman Gravely Ill
New York man William Watts Sherman billionaire sportsman and father of Lady Campus has suffered weeks of stomach trouble. In his Fifth Avenue home he has worsened to a grave condition with physicians treating him and oxygen used as a stimulant.
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W. W. Sherman
New York
William Watts Sherman
Lady Campus
Fifth Avenue
Civil War Veteran Henry Dorman Reaches 114th Birthday
West Liberal Missouri reports Henry Dorman born 1799 in New York celebrated his 114th year with a reception at his grandson’s home. The Civil War veteran, who still walks miles daily, lives in retirement and reflects on a long life.
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West Liberal
Henry Dorman
Dorman
New York
Zbyszko Beats Westergaard In Salt Lake Wrestling Bout
Zbyszko won two straight falls over Jesse Westergaard of Des Moines Iowa in Salt Lake City. He captured the first fall in 1 02 00 with a far arm and body hold and the second in 07 12 with a head scissors to a reverse nelson.
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Zbyszko
Westergaard
Salt Lake
Jesse Westergaard
Des Moines
Diet and Health Hints on Protein and Meat Consumption
The editor of the Scientific American notes fresh meat protein costs about twelve times wheat protein. He suggests physiologists prefer wheat gluten for digestion. Habits shape appetite. limiting meat and stimulants can curb desires, with nuts and cottage cheese as better protein sources. excess meat links to Bright's disease and other issues. suggest eating meat once daily, especially in warm weather.
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Scientific American
Bright
Typewriter Merger Rumor Buoys New York Market
Reports in the financial district say the Smith Premier Typewriter Co has completed negotiations to sell to Remington interests. Official announcement is expected in a few days, though officers for both companies would not confirm or deny the rumor.
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New York
Smith Premier Typewriter
Remington
Return of Robber Asked in Harold Bank Robbery Case
Governor Col quitt requested Illinois to grant a requisition for Frank Halloway alias Robert Huntley, arrested in Chicago, wanted in Wilbarger county for the Harold bank robbery. Hatloway confessed to involvement in several large bank robberies.
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Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Illinois
Frank Halloway
Robert Huntley
Chicago
Wilbarger County
Harold
Hatloway
Tardy Judge Fines Himself for Lateness in Pueblo
District Judge J. Ed. Rizer arrived ten minutes late to his Pueblo courtroom and announced he would impose the same $10 fine on himself that he had levied on an attorney for the offense, maintaining consistency.
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Pueblo
Colo
J. Ed. Rizer
Equitable Fire Loots Major Vaults Shrink Losses Expected
New York reports nearly 400 million dollars in cash and securities removed from the Equitable Life building vaults. About 150 million more in August Belmont & Co vaults deemed safe. Officials expect the billion dollar loss to dwindle to the building damage and tenant records. Judge Lovett says records are duplicates and stockholder lists can be rebuilt.
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New York
Equitable Life
Belmont & Co
Equitable
Harriman Lines
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
Marrimantines
Union
Southern Pacific
Robert S. Lovett
More troops to Persia in Indian army move
Calcutta January 12 reports a brigade of infantry at Ahmadagar with three battalions of the Poons division in the southern army of India ordered to be ready to proceed to Persia on twenty four hours notice. The division will embark at Karachi and disembark at Bushire due to continued attacks on British travelers in Persia.
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Calcutta
Ahmadagar
Poons
Southern Army of India
Persia
Kurrachee
Bushire
India praises King George and Queen Mary on departure
Bombay dispatches note all newspapers including native ones sing warm odes to King George and Queen Mary as they sail home aboard the royal yacht Medina. The Jame Jamshed calls them conquerors of our hearts.
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Bombay
George
Mary
Medina
Jame Jamshed
Harriman Will Leaves Estate To Widow Rose Harriman
Orlando Harriman died December 29 bequeathing all to his widow Rose A Harriman. She resides at the Hotel Majestic. Will filed in New York shows personal property valued over 30000 and real estate over 50000.
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New York
Orlando Harriman
Rose A. Harriman
Hotel Majestic
Gould Testifies in Suit in New York Supreme Court
George Gould testified before Justice Oe as the case to recover 4000 dollars was heard in the New York Supreme Court. The first trial awarded 800 dollars to Jones, reversed on appeal, and the second ended in a mistrial. Gould claims he was frozen out of the Little Kanawha syndicate to develop coal lands in Ohio.
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New York
George Oa Gould
Aepreme
John Stases Gould
Jones
Jes
Little Kanawha
Ohio
Paris court jails director and women in corruption case
Victor Plachon former director of La Lanterne received one year in prison and a 500 franc fine for corrupting minors. Thirteen women were fined or sentenced to prison terms ranging from six months to six years, while seven were acquitted. Moran to Meet Mandot pact: Owen Moran to fight Joe Mandot in New Orleans during carnival week with $250 forfeits and a 20 round match.
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Paris
Victor Plachon
The
la Lanterne
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