Ottawa University Destroyed by Fire in Ottawa Ont
Ottawa Ont Dec 2 The Ottawa university in this city was totally destroyed by fire early today. The loss is estimated at 250000 partly covered by insurance. It will be two years before it can be rebuilt and classes cannot be held. About 450 students were enrolled with 50 boarders, many from the United States. Several priests were injured leaping from upper floors. Father Boyon is not expected to live. The fire started around 7 and was out by 9. Most students escaped. some sustained injuries. The building housed a Roman Catholic institute.
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New England
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Sae Gore
Father Fulham
Father MecGurty
Webster
Mass
Harvey
Brunswick
Cullen
Miss Dupis
Father Boyou
Gary Winger
Denver
Dec
Sherman M. Bell
Telluride
Peabody
Bell
Western Federation of Miners
Guy B. Miller
Telluride Miners’ Union
Justices of the Peace
Howe
Rutan
Mafia members rounded up in Philadelphia raid
Police raided a tenement housing Italians and arrested fifteen men deemed Mafia members. They were found armed with two revolvers and a stiletto. One man admitted membership and links to groups in New York Baltimore and Pittsburg. Bail set at 1500 dollars.
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New York
Baltimore
Pittsburg
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Memorial Church Dedicated in Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace in Gettysburg was dedicated by Bishop Nthelbert Talbot of the central Pennsylvania diocese. Separate notices report a Newark case of robbed Lackawanna agent and missing nearly $3,000, a fatal explosion at Fiat Top Mines near Birmingham with two dead, Kaiser William delaying Reichstag opening, Newport Rhode Island rejecting Belmonts road offer, and a postmaster resignation in San Francisco.
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Gettysburg Battlefield
the Prince of Peace
Nthelbert Talbot
Central
Pennsylvania
Protestant Episcopal Church
Lackawanna
Morristown
N. J
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Station
Fay
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Financial and Commercial Closing Stock Quotations Report
Closing stock quotations show money on call nominally at 7 percent and prime mercantile paper around 60 to 6 percent. Exchange totals reach 245,711.46 with balances at 1,262,523. Prices for metals and bonds are listed, with copper, Central, Ches, Ohio, Chicago, Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific, Southern Railway, and other lines noted. Agricultural items include flour, Minnesota patents, various winter and patent grades, and weather-influenced market tone described as firm to higher. Live stock markets show cattle steady with mixed grade pricing and veal calves listed, while hogs and pigs are described with dull tones. Market commentary recalls cooler weather affecting outside markets and local covering in May and June notes.
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Ches
Ohio
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Southern Pac
South
New York
Minnesota
Jersey
Deneshr
Pennsylvania
New Orleans
Japan
Parks in Sing Sing Hospital After Brush Shop Collapse
Sam Parks former business agent of the local Housesmiths and Bridgemen union is hospitalized in Sing Sing prison after breakdown in the brush shop due to confinement amid illness. He is expected to be moved to the prison hospital at Dannemora. Meanwhile the American Bridge Co suspends its construction department in New York to allow work on numerous contracts to proceed, citing subletting disputes with Local No 2 iron workers and a halted agreement made last April.
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American Bridge Co
New York
Sam Parks
Bridgemen’s Union
Sing Sing
Parks
Dannemora
The
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Milk Train Collision Kills Two in New Jersey
In West Nutley New Jersey a milk train crashed into a freight train on the siding at night tearing up tracks for a hundred yards. Engineer P. J. Crilly of Jersey City and Fireman John Balmos of Port Jervis died. Four others were injured including Conductor J. H. Honnell and Conductor B. B. Ordway.
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N. J
P. J. Crilly
Jersey City
John Balmos
Port Jervis
J. H. Honnell
Suffern
B. B. Ordway
Henry Miller
Morgan
Mayor of Sing Sing. One Inmate Rules Death House
Albert T. Patrick, condemned for the Rice murder, is reelected “mayor” of Sing Sing death house. He has served nearly a year in office with nine companions. one inmate refuses to vote. Patrick, a lawyer, guides appeals and decisions on disputes, setting rules, while prisoners live in individual cells and meet only weekly.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing Prison
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Court of Appeals
War Cloud Clears Paris Japan Russia Near Settlement
Paris reports Japan and Russia near a settlement that ends the far eastern dispute. The plan would have Russia accept Japan Korea treaties of 1896 and 1898 in exchange for Japan accepting Russia Manchuria treaty with China. France and Britain coordinated to urge a peaceful outcome while preserving open door policy and Korea integrity.
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M. Delcasse
Tokyo
Miners Face State Enforcment Amid Telluride Tensions
Western Federation of Miners cites civil rights violations as they urge President Roosevelt to intervene over Telluride Colorado actions. Separate reports describe Springhill Nova Scotia coal miners striking over a measurement method, with 1500 workers involved and coal supply impacts. A Duluth man survives a wild ride on a bull moose, leaping aboard during a hunt and eventually shooting the animal after a lengthy chase.
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Colo
Dee
Western Federation of Miners
Roosevelt
Colorado
Telluride
United States
J. D. Campbell
Duluth
Minn
Chicago Record-Herald
Campbell
Women barred from becoming qualified lawyers in Lords decision
The House of Lords ruled women cannot be admitted as law students in Gray's Inn, stating no precedent or statute allows female entry. The ruling followed Miss Bertha Cave's appeal after the benchers refused admission, asserting women are barred by law. Baron Hayashi commented on Russo-Japanese treaty prospects, arbitration questions, and ships in Europe for Chilean or Argentine fleets.
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Russia
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Manchuria
Europe
Settlement ends suit over alienation and banishes Fulton
Mrs Mary Seaman withdraws a $10,000 damages suit against Mrs Margaret Fulton for alienation of her husband's affection. The matter settles with Fulton leaving the state and Seaman receiving a settlement and ongoing support from her husband. Fulton departed Waterbury on the 4:40 train to Atlantic City, accompanied by her daughter and mother. Separately, Judge Cowell presides over a city court session, finding the case against John Casey for selling liquor at his hotel and a loan case among the day’s notable proceedings.
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Washington Avenue
McLean
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Neas Kennedy
J. J. O'Neill
Kennedy
Salo
Binj
Bini
Kenn
Brooklyn
Sale
Kenedy
Campbell Arrested for Forgery in Million-Dollar Loan
New York on December 2 Robert Campbell a grain merchant was arrested on a forgery charge tied to a $5,000 loan. George Dresser a broker accuses Campbell of inflating a stock certificate for American Smelting and Refining Co from one to ninety-one shares to secure the loan. Deadly dynamite blast in Dover kills entire Pennsylvanai road freight train crew destroying fifteen cars. Canal treaty signed in Panama at 11 23 AM local time.
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Robert Campbell
George Dresser
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American Smelting and Refining Co
Dover
Delaware
Embezzlement charge locks man in jail awaiting extradition
New York report details David Jones alias Robert Powell being held at Ludlow Street jail on embezzlement charges in Wales involving £12,000. He awaits arraignment for examination as extradition to England is sought. Arrival followed arrest on the Noordam during quarantine.
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David Jones
Robert Powell
Ludlow Street
Wales
Hingland
Jones
Noordam
How to Make a Good Cleaner from Historic Recipe
A vintage recipe for a universal cleaner combines benzoline alcohol and chloric ether. The formula calls for one pint of benzoline two drams of alcohol and one dram of chloric ether and claims to clean all materials and remove grease spots.
Weather forecast for Connecticut coast and winds
Forecast predicts threatening weather with snow or rain along coast tonight. Thursday looks fair with fresh to brisk northeasterly winds. Northeast storm warnings extend from Boston to New Haven.
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Memorial Services for Hiks to Honor Sunday Night
Waterbury lodge of Pike prepares Memorial Sunday program at Poli's theater next Sunday evening. The program features Paraprose Melodie in F Rubinstein Orchestra, Chopin Funeral March op 85, invocation by Chaplain James BD Madigan, Lead Kindly Light by Halcyon Glee Club, The Lost Chord, violin selections by Miss Josephine Mc Knightharp and Miss Julia Brennan, Nearer My God to Thee, Ave Maria, closing benediction Now the Day is Over, and Recessional.
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Hartford Selection
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Julia Brennan
God
Mason
Ave Maria
Contest of Two Chefs in Teetotal Cookoff
Two chefs Petitani in a Pittsburg hotel and Dowst supervising Montana’s culinary department will stage a seven course dinner contest. The west meal winner receives 1000 dollars. Dowst cooks liquor free while Petitani argues that small brandy or wine can improve many dishes.
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Market Opens on Mattatuck Street City News
William McGregor opens his market at 6 Mattatuck street and local notices report clerks, drum corps, charity events, and police activity. The paper notes illnesses, a 14 pound boy birth, a Bridgeport arrest, a funeral, a surprise party for newlyweds, and a runaway express horse near Waterbury Manufacturing Co.
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Mattatuck Street
James P. Grady
Phelan
Sacred Heart
Brooklyn
Michael Madden
Prompters’ Union
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A. Peet
New Haven
Joseph Hyan
Camp Street
Ernest Blandsfield
Bridgeport
M. J. Daly & Co
Alexander Anavick
North Leonard Street
St Joseph’s Church
Father Laurisaitis
Calvary Cemetery
Peter Krush
John Janelinna
Joseph Martiskis
August Plangus
Justin Grinczinias
Peter Steponaitis
William Russell
East Main Street
John Doolan
Misa Nellie Kenny
Mary Gleeson
Joe Swanee River
Michael
Daniel Fram
Sadie Blackburn
John Sullivan
K. Lobdell
Clarence Welch
Francie
Alice
Ruth Blackburn
Josephine Jerew
Ethel Hurlock
Georgie Seward
North Main Street
Waterbury Manufacturing Co
North Square
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