Fire Devastates Clark's Hotel In Boston Blaze
A deadly hotel fire at Clark's on Washington Street in Boston trapped eighty six guests. Night Clerk C O Thompson failed to wake guests or raise the alarm, allowing flames and smoke to spread. Perry of Leominster and Southworth of Cambridge died after helping others. Bushnell and Rivers were hospitalized in critical condition. Looting was reported as two guests lost valuables, while survivors shelter in nearby Adams House and Hotel Raynalda as the lower floors burned.
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Boston
Clark's Hotel
Washington Street
C. O. Thompson
Perry
Leominster
Mass
Thomas W. Southworth
Cambridge
George A Bushnell
Will
Willian Rivers
New Haven
William J Dinsmore
Adams House
Hotel Raynalda
Totten the Astrologer Prophesies Final Seven Years
Totten a Yale professor predicted a seven year judgment beginning with Nisan the first day of a new Jewish cycle. He warned of widespread confusion and claimed only death will halt his mission while noting the end times parallel ancient famine in Egypt.
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New Haves
Totten
Yale
Nisan
le Core
Kosten
Egypt
Infant Grave Mystery and War Balloon Claim Highlight 1900s News
A grave digger uncovered a well preserved infant corpse with a full set of teeth and long golden curls after seventeen years in a neglected grave, sparking talk of possible burial alive. Separately, Baltimore professor William R Will claims German war balloons match his designs, alleging intellectual theft of an American invention.
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Sam
Baltmmore
William R. Will
Saddlers
Bryant & Stratton Business College
Baltimore
Europe
von Lindenberg
Sronautical Department
Russia
Will
United States
O. Chanut
Chicago
Two Cents a Mile in Ohio Legislature
The Ohio Senate committee on finance reports the general appropriation bill with amendments and reduces total appropriations to about $1.8 million. A Spencer bill granting ninety-nine year street railway franchises is debated while Harshbarger’s railroad ticket bill for 1,000 mile tickets at 2 cents per mile is advanced.
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CoLumbis
Senate Committee On Finance
Gear
Hocking Canal
Senate
Grant Street Railway
Wedneshe House
Harshbarger
Baked Clay Food Factory Discovered in Okanogan Country
James Wariner finds a clay bread wine in Okanogan country. The staff is clay and becomes edible when baked. The product will be canned and sent east along with benefi turkey from the cat whicch.
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James Wariner
Okanogan
Washington Press-Times
Ohio Legislature Moves Redistricting and More Action
In Columbus a redistricting bill became law after Senate Republicans and House Republicans reached a conference agreement. The plan allocates fifteen Republican and six Democratic districts. Other laws passed include oil inspection reform, a town hall grant for Wilmington, and a repeal of the Cleveland fireman eight hour rule. A commission for an eastern asylum was authorized, and aid for injured Cincinnati rioters approved. Nationwide land rush near Long File opening looms with crowds and lines at the land office as April 10 approaches.
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House
Senate
Joint Conference Committee
Hous
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Champaign
Carpenter
Re Atte
Wylmington
Cleveland
McCoy
Foxs
Herman Rose
Conepat
Cincinnati
Lame
Gaffins
van Cleafs
Price
Hawsden Junction
Vinton County
Kingri
Seay
Canous County
Land Office
Frial
Reno
el Beno
Deadwood
Washington
Steamer Golden Rule Fire Claims Five Lives
In Cincinnati on April 1 the steamer Golden Rule burning before departure from the wharf led to five known deaths among about fifty aboard. Miss Nellie Maloney and Frank Reilly are named among the deceased, with other crew and passengers missing or unconfirmed.
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Cincinnati
Golden Rule
New Orleans
Nellie Maloney
Frank Reilly
Jim Madison
Nat Homer
Easton
Addystone
Asuburh
Cay
Prairie Fires Ravage Nebraska Farmlands Near McCook
Reports from McCook on April 1 describe widespread prairie fires across the region. Many farmers lose homes with hairbreadth escapes and several districts still unreported. the largest blaze began sixty miles south, crossed toward the Kansas line, and spared homes for those who responded quickly.
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McCook
Kansas Line
Back Fine
Massive Wisconsin log trust reshapes lumber market
A giant log trust forms dominating Wisconsin and northern Michigan output with four price scales, alarming Oshkosh mills dependent on the general market. Log purchases include Menominee reservation logs, forcing hundreds of mill workers to seek other jobs as local supply contracts shift.
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OsHkosy
Wis
Paigantic Log Trust
Wisconsin
Michigan
Menomee Reservation
Trainer plays for $10,000 bout under London rules
James Carroll, trainer of Bob Fitzsimmons, posted $1,000 to bind a match between Australian and Jim Hall for $10,000 under gewnsberry rules before the Olympic Club of New Orleans.
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Boston
James Carroll
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jum Hall
Olympic
New Orleans
Soldier Colonel Harley Hosage Dies After Shooting
In Daytona on April a man identified as Colonel Harley Hosage shot himself after years of failed finances and declining health. Hosage, who served as colonel of the One Hundred seventy ninth Ohio infantry, survived the Civil War as a trusted veteran. His current wife is described as a daughter of the late Colonel Charles Flood of Columbus.
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Daytona
Harley Hosage
One Hundred and Seventy -Ninth
Ohio Infantry
Charles Flood
Columbus
Nomination filed for Bob Focht in Union county race
April 1 noting the first nomination rank filed in the secretary of the commonwealth office shows Bob Focht editor of the Lewisbury Saturday News as a Republican candidate. He challenged Hon. James Ritter, who defeated him two years ago, in the Union county race.
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Secetary of the Commonwealthi
Bob Forhit
Lewisbury
Focht
Union County
James
Ritter
Postoffice Robbed at Reynoldsville in April Heist
The Reynoldsville postoffice was entered last night and the safe blown open, stamps stolen, totaling a small amount. It marks the fourth such break in eight years, with Joseph Morrow's store also entered and goods taken.
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Reynoldsville
Joseph Morrow
Banker's Paige Paper Questioned as Fraudulent Indorsement
Cleveland reports indicate ex-Congressman David Ry Paige, once in Akron, now missing since Monday night. Investigations show only one Cleveland bank holds Paige paper, while many eastern banks hold indorsements of John Huntington deemed fraudulent by Huntington trustees based on a cable from Huntington. Paige allegedly sailed to Europe on Travel Tuesday amid severe financial troubles tied to a $700,000 aqueduct project claim in New York.
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Cleveland
David Ry Paige
Baise
Akron
New York
Paige
John Huntington
Huntington
Europe
City of
Watch and chain recovered by local police
A Cleveland man, T. Jo Charlton, arrived to recover a gold watch and chain stolen in January. The thief had sold the items to William Furlong, a local merchant, who alerted authorities and returned the goods. Charges were dropped after the owner reclaimed the valuables.
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G H Parker
Parker
T. Jo Charlton
Cleveland
Trif
William Furlong
Posular
Bess
Furlong
Delegates to Chicago Convention Instructed for Cleveland
In St Paul on April 1 a large Minnesota Democratic gathering chose delegates bound for Grover Cleveland. The assembly included leaders such as Morten Wilkinson and Lewis Baker, voting to support Cleveland for president and to oppose the opposing Republican ticket.
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Grover
House
Ube
de Legastes-At-Force
Mo Doran Lesaenr PO
Mirrunesuye
Lewis Baker St Parl
Ploomias Waleon Wine
Crete
Massachusetts Democratic and Kansas Conventions Highlight Delegates
Reports from Massachusetts and Kansas conventions note elected delegates and party positions. Massachusetts delegates chosen at Canals meeting with Cleveland as preferred candidate. in Kansas, People’s Party sets date and venue for state convention and nominates at large ticket.
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Torpen Kan
The
People’s Party
Jam 15
Tine
Wachita
Simmons Liver Regulator and World’s Fair Wood Exhibit
Water brush and sour stomach remedy recommended. Delaware ships six cars of native woods for the World's Fair display. Advert claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures consumption and scrofula with large bottles priced at one dollar.
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Simmons Liver Regulator
Delaware
Bettess
Dr. Pierce
Texas outlaw Wild Bill jailed for a year
Wild Bill of Texas is sentenced to twelve months in prison for firing on a Kentucky house. Lizzie Dolan confesses Charles Ruppertsevehn killed her husband and John Dolan in Chicago during a quarrel. Evangelist Goodall receives five years hard labor for assault near Tamworth England. Albert Whipple, the squaw man who killed an Indian, is discharged by a Deadwood court as the crime was not on his reservation.
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Wild Bill
Texas
Kentucky
Lizzie Dolan
Charles Ruppertsevehn
John Dolan
Chicago
Evangelist Goodall
Tamworth
England
Albert Whipple
United States
Deadwood
Hs Reservation
Robbers Hold Atlanta Passenger Train on Trestle Near Weems
Masked bandits stopped a Georgia Pacific passenger train near Weems Alabama. The engine was hijacked, a postal clerk wounded, and registered mail worth about 6 thousand dollars stolen. The gang fled with two mules after four minutes of firing. RR Hupghes, the postal clerk, was wounded.
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Binsinguam
Ala
Atlanta
Georgia
Weems
Here
Flagthan Quincy A
Ajatto
Ogs
Lkondaled
Sunth
Mystery of Engineer Higgins Murder Near Cumberland
The case centers on the death of Engineer Higgins with Yeater, Green, and a Black man linked to the crime. Green and a companion were jailed while further suspects were sought. The Pittsburg division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers offered a reward for conviction.
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Sir Johns
Shepperdstown
W_ Va
Girso
Charles Clarke
Eight Eighty-Eight Pills Kill Children in City Poisoning
April Little Willie Schuyler of 261 May Street ingested pills offered by a street distributor on Harmeon Street. He swallowed twenty two boxes containing four tablets each, suffered convulsions, and despite a stomach pump doctors feared for his life. Other children including George Steege and Danny Desmond also ate pills with painful but less severe effects.
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Willie Schuyler
May Street
Harmeon Street
Willie
Wille
George Steege
Danny’Desmond
Gurley
May Streets
Authority files demurrer in equity case against railroad combine
Dauphin county court heard the attorney general of Pennsylvania proceed by bill in equity against railroad company defendants for alleged constitutional violations in forming the recent combine. The attorney general filed a rule requiring each defendant to plead demurrer or answer within thirty days from service of the rule or answer.
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Haritisnera
Dauphin County
Agenst
Pennsylvania
Captain Lloyd Dies Veteran Sunday School Leader
Captain Alexander M. Lloyd of Altoona died age 69 in Hollidaysburg. He served 49 years as a Judson Bible class teacher at a Baptist church and led the First National Bank of Altoona. He instructed about 1000 young men and was famed as a longtime Sunday school veteran. An unrelated note mentions a Montana ranch snowplow invention. An eagle with a 7 ft 6 in wingspan was shot in Montgomery Md. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised. French salad plates with comic pictures accompany dinner table conversation.
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Horripaysatra
Capae
Alexander M. Lloyd
First National Bank of
Altoona
Hollidaysburg Young Ladies Seminary
Judson Bible
Baptist Church
Meiticing Aunt Fanny Health Restorer Promoted
A sensational health tonic claim promotes Meiticing Aunt Fanny Health Restorer as a family legacy for kidney liver and blood disorders. It offers free samples from Laubach Boyd druggists and cites Yargo packages at 60 cents while noting women in Virginia post offices. Simmons Liver Regulator is also advertised for health.
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Fanny
Laubach & Boyd
Virginia
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