Inferno on Washington Place Leaves Hundreds of Girls Dead
A ten story shirtwaist loft at 23 Washington Place erupts in a deadly fire. With no outside fire escape, flames trap hundreds of workers, many young women from the East Side, who leap to their deaths or perish in smoke. Rescue nets fill and collapse as firefighters battle a rapid, deadly blaze spreading through the eighth to tenth floors.
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New York
East Side
General Slocum
North Brother Island
Triangle Waist Company
Washington Place
Isaac Harris
Max Blanck
Blanck
Washington Square
Adjomme
Simasxine
Cacs
Mittler
Asch
Ralph Fralick
Waverly Place
Washington Square Park
Ashe
Greene Street
Pete
Bertha Weintraut
Jedge
New York University Law Shhow
Chase Kremer
Elias Kanter
Law School
Kanter
Kremer
Law
Green Street
Russians threaten action over China treaty breach
Russia insists China must fully comply with the 1881 treaty and its six points by March 28 or face freedom of action and possible force. Peking warns of grave consequences as Korostovetz presents the ultimatum noting evasive replies and demand for unequivocal acceptance.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
China
Peking
M. Neratoff
M. Korostovetz
Russian Extraterritorial Rights and Trade Concessions Noted
Provisions grant unrestricted export duties except in worst zones, protect Russians in China with mixed jurisdiction for suits, grant tariff free commerce with Mongolia and outer provinces, allow immediate opening of consulates at Kabde Khami and Guehen, require local respect for consuls, and permit Russians to acquire real estate and build in Mongolia and outer provinces.
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Kobdo
St. Petersburg
Sinkiang
Mongolia
China
Kabde
Khami
Guehen
Russia
GWU President Denounces Congress At Phi Sigma Kappa Banquet
Rear Admiral Charles H. Stockton urged Congress to raise army and navy pay to match living costs and education needs. He said George Washington University has been treated poorly and left in poverty yet survives, with some departments thriving and the university financially improving despite criticism.
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Phi Sigma Kappa
Congress
Army
United States
George Washington University
Charles H. Stockton
University
Lamba
Shoreham
Navy
Mother’s mercy moves judge in clemency ruling
Chicago court grants Glenn Kegs 22 clemency after a mother's letter appeals for honesty and reform. Judge Landis imposes a $50 fine and suspended prison sentence, with a plan to work and repay eight dollars weekly. The case centers on embezzled army passage funds and a troubled path back home.
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Chicago
K. M. Landis
United States District Court
Glenn Kegs
Jefferson Barracks
Memphis
Landis
Rogs
Glenn
Adeqnate
Ross
Diaz Cabinets Picked in Mexico City Move
Mexico City reports indicate six new cabinet members chosen by President Diaz with Ambassador de la Barra named foreign minister. Jose Yves Limantour remains finance minister, Demetrio Sodi becomes justice minister, Norberto Dominguez postmaster general, Manuel Maroquin interior minister, and Jorge Vera Estanol education minister. General Reyes returns from Italy to lead in the northern campaign as reforms and electoral changes loom.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Ambassador de la Barra
Washington
Jose Yves Limantour
Demetrio Sodi
Bay Preme Court
Justino Fernandez
Norbeto Dominguez
Department of Communications
Leander Fernandez
Manuel Maroquin
Fomento
Interior
Olegario Molina
Jorge Vera Estanol
Justo Sierra
State Department
Fortiolio
Reyes
Departments of War and Interior
Bernardo Reyes
Italy
Mexico
Francisco de la Barra
United States
Senor de la Barra
Dispatches
Josey Limantour
Misxico City
White House
Taft
Knox
Goa
Revolutionary Movement
Senor Creel
University School
Mexican Federal Congress
Atlantic
Belgium
Netherlands
Europe
Holland
de la Barra
Prisoners plotted murder at Louisville work house
Guards report a planned jail breakout among white inmates at the Louisville city work house. Saws tiles and improvised weapons were found hidden in the cellblock. A trusted prisoner allegedly confessed to a scheme to kill guards that night and escape. Keys for all cell doors were discovered under a ringleader’s bed.
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Louisville
Louisville City
Menace of the Mad Seeks Congressional Aid for Insane Hospital
Dr. William A. White, superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane, calls for congressional funding to modernize the century-old facility after escapes and a plotted mass release. A six‑member federal committee, including Taft appointees, met to outline needed improvements totaling 442000, with key asks for new buildings, land, and security upgrades.
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Government Hospital
Richard P. Evans
Congress
Post
William A. White
Howard Hall
White
Robert V. de Low
Interior Department
Pr. White
Mr. de Low
Taft
Government
Scott Bone
George H. Torney
Army
William V. Judson
A. W.W. Dunbar
Navy
de Low
Post Yester
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Wwe
TF. T. Rawlings
Chinese Foreign Board
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Niggaros
Stockton
Judge Landis
California
Washington-Sunset
A. J. Poston
Limantour
Demetrio Lodi
Department of Justice
Marlieto Dominguez
Manuel Maroquen
Jorge Vera Estanal
Jefes Politico
Madero
Limanitour
Creel
Gen. Diaz
Himelf
Ministry of Foreign Relations
Béhar de la Barra
Aft
Texas
Mexican
St. Elizabeth’s Head
Congressional
Thomas A. Winter
William Huddle
Joseph Endaley
Winters
Huddle
Marlboro Woods
Endsley
Charles E. Fletcher
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