Windsor fire leaves town with massive losses
Windtsor Nova Scotia town fire destroys almost every business and many homes. Three thousand residents are affected as the blaze starts Monday morning and doubles in scope by night, with injuries including a hotel proprietor and several workers. Authorities report wild chaos, evacuations, and a hunt for suspects amid widespread devastation.
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Windsor
Novascotia
Awas
Tartax CN
Windtsor
Maura
Ives
Michael Whalen
Tisch
Ged Conte
Walter Mosher
Watham
Clavelgad
Fred Toe
Brraead
Postofice
Baptist
Presbyterian
Amt Salvation Army
Episcopal
Methodist Conference Debates Equal Representation Proposal
The Jock Stiver conference in Chicago opened with a vote in favor of equal representation for preachers and laymen at the quadrennial general conference. The laymen’s association supported the measure, and the conference at Dubuque Iowa likewise voted 141 to approve increasing lay representation.
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Jaymen
Jock Stiver
Chicago
Woestern Avenue
Wan Oiso
Iowa
Upper Iowa
Farmer pays mortgage with pistol in Kansas
Frederick Brown of Eldorado Kansas walked into Farmers National Bank to settle a $1,600 mortgage on his 160 acre farm. After paying the amount he drew a bull dog revolver and declared he would pay today, the cashier canceled the mortgage and handed back the deed.
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Kuneus
Frederick Brown
Eldorado
Kan
Farmera and
Servbants’ Nationaal Bank
Brown
Cinneros
New York
Korea Proclaims Emperor as Korea Shifts From Kingdom to Empire
The Korean legation in Washington reports the king has proclaimed himself emperor from October 15, 1807. The move signals a major shift toward modern governance amid a divide between progressive and conservative factions. China’s suzerainty over Korea and regional reaction from Japan and Russia frame the change as a step toward independence and expanded national status.
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Washington
Korea
Legation
Jending
Karea
Japan
China
Ing
Progressive Party
Sob
Russia
William S Andrews Missing Ex-California Leader
A dispatch from San Francisco reports William S Andrews once a prominent Tamany leader, has been missing from his San Francisco home for over six weeks. He had been a center of convivial activity at the local press club, introduced by a prominent member, and eight days ago stopped attending, with plans implied to travel to New York.
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Weyler
Havana
Isenerat Weyler
Cudelligos
Binuen
Rivera
Timera
Wesler
Fai
Spain
Woyler
Madrid
Efe
Rame Mingion
Sagasta
San Francisco
New York
R. McCochran
Preeblog
Ars. J. Mulliston
Yeaes
Niles
Orville Pickett
Gallipolis
Swan Creek
John R. Wilson
Bellefontaine
Afra
Henrietta Appel
Chilitdotha
Bella Center
Belle Center Electric Company
Henry Lee
Frank Nowemacher
Columbus
Morris Callahan
Gift Street
Aurelia Wood
Marrysville
Adolph Glick
Hannna Glick
Bourbon
Poindexter Doran
Ile
Isaiah Notter
Gallipoli
Huntington
J. H Rowland
Middletown
Delaware County Teachers’ Association
John Freece
Frank Tarahberger
Lima
Burger
Freece
Christian Macyle
North Jefferson
Board of Pardons
Columbs
Clifford
Dryden
Butler County
Martin's Ferry
Laughlin Nail Company
United States
Big Cases Are Laid Over By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court postponed arguments on the Joint Traffic Snailroad Association and La Clede Gas Light cases due to Justice Field's retirement leaving eight justices. Chief Justice Fuller announced the postponement to await a full bench on these constitutional questions.
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Fuller
Supreme Court
Washington
New York
St. Louis
Justice Field
Deputies Arrest Fifteen At Sandy Creek Band Raid
Deputy sheriffs raided the Sandy Creek strike and arrested fifteen men including brass band members as they marched on the public road near the tipple. Prisoners were taken to Pittsburg and to the sheriff's office amid protests from strikers. Band members reportedly played during escort, while officials claim riotous conduct and full mine capacity restoration.
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Sandy Creek
Sherifs
de Armit Seal
Tipple
Pittsburg
Evans
de Armit
Doom of Ternout and European Russia Education Push
Dooms and dispatches mix warnings of compulsory education in European Russia and a czar backed reform plan. Other items report brutal guerrilla killings in the Dolores estate case, Sikh and Armenian tensions, and various market quotes from Chicago to New York.
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Russia
Ministry of Public Instruction
Death in a Theater at Roblinson's Opera House
A Dome collapse at Roblinson's Opera House caused a panic Friday evening during Holden Brothers Comedy Company showing Dangers of Great City. 5 dead and about 26 seriously injured with another 20–30 lightly hurt. Ceiling rafters and a central iron bar failed, trapping spectators and hurling debris while evacuees fled past frightened crowds.
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Robinson's Opera House
Cincinnott
Stalucin Nitrate Company
Robinson's
Opera House
Holden Brothers Comedy Company
Caonee
George W Happ
Cincinnati
American Institute of Architects
Chelé Nnhich
Fumigation Methods for Fever Mail and Coal Price Rise
The text describes fumigating mail from yellow fever districts with perforation by nail-studded paddles and a fumigation burn of up to an hour. It also notes a guilty verdict for Albert V. Sugden in a grand larceny case and reports coal furnace closures near Point Pleasant due to higher coal costs.
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Mail Clerka
Albert V. Bugden
Richard T.wilson
New York
Sugden
Ohio River
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Local notes show a range of deaths and incidents
The column lists numerous tragedies and events from small towns including fatal accidents in Niles and Belle Center, a shooting near Swan Creek, robberies and burglaries in Martin's Ferry and Lima, legal actions, and reports of illness and suicide across Ohio communities.
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