Alpine Avalanche News Roundup of 19th Century Tragedies
A bound collection of brief notes reports misfortunes and deaths worldwide. Items include royal scandal rumors from Europe, a Denver murder-suicide, alleged ill-gotten Haiti funds, a balloon vandalism, painter Constant death in Paris, authoress Henri Greville's passing, several fires and explosions, a cremation by will, jewelry theft in Cornwall on Hudson, a large aid shipment to St. Vincent, a Philadelphia hanging, a double homicide near Poplar Bluff, a New York church wedding, a Naples steamer disaster, a Kokomo assault on a witness, a military balloon crash in Bavaria, a Chicago youth suicide, and the World’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union convention dates.
Riots Erupt During Chicago Teamsters Strike Violence Scatters Wagons
Police clash with strikers and sympathizers in Crosby Street nicknamed Little Hell as meat wagons move to downtown stations. Officers use revolvers and clubs, dozens injured, thirty eight arrested later. A second fight follows near Twelfth and State as six wagons unload from packing plants. Separate reports note a murder suicide by Nela Johnson and a Danish West Indies treaty ratification extension.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Crosby Street
Little Hell
Cokline
Collins
Halstead
Division Streets
Halstead Street
Twelfth
State Streets
Fort Worth Jury Tags Van for Death in Murder Case
The jury in the Jef Van murder case finds him guilty of murder in the first degree and fixes the punishment at death. Van shot Police Officer Andrew J. Grimes who was attempting to arrest him for a back ordinance violation. Defense claimed self defense. A new trial motion will be filed and appeal planned if denied.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Jef van
Van
Andrew J. Grimes
D R Cooke Files Voluntary Bankruptcy in Hood County
Sherman Texas June 3 D R Cooke of Hood Cook county filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition Liabilities 3900 assets nothing and no property reported in the notice The case lists Hood County as the home and names D R Cooke as the debtor in the filing
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Sherman
Texas
D. D. Cooke
Hood
Cook County
Witch Killer to Hang as US Supreme Court Affirmed
The US Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling in the Oklahoma Indian Territory witchcraft case involving Solomon Hoetema a Choctaw man about 60. He killed Vina Coleman and two others after an outbreak of religious mania. Convicted in federal court he faces execution by hanging.
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Washington
Indian Territory
Supreme Court of the
United States
Solomon Hoetema
Vina Coleman
Hoetema
Federal Court
Eastern District of Texas
Boll Weevil Ravages Predicted In Brenham Area
Brenham Texas June 3 Mr Beard of Clay Station said the boll weevil will stay and ruin the cotton belt. He cites a trip to Mexico where he learned the weevil was imported from Africa with cotton seed and notes Mexican farmers abandoned cotton after weevil outbreaks. Heredity of the pest he fears mirrors his region’s fate.
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Brenham
Texas
Beard
Clay Station
Mexico
Africa
Rivers and Harbors Bill Upright for Presidential Signature
Washington reports the rivers and harbors bill will not be vetoed and the president plans to sign it after conferees’ report to the House. He opposed some items but these were removed in conference and the measure will proceed to his desk for final approval within a week.
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Washington
Senate
Briton
Palma's Sons Sail to American Schools
Jose Palma sails to New York to enter Columbia Law School for his exam while Tomas Palma attends school at Newburg. President Palma bids them farewell aboard the steamer with emotional parting words and embraces as high officials look on.
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Palma
New York
Jose
Tomas Palma
Havana
the Tribune
Columbia Law School
Tomas
Newburg
Olivares to Hang Today in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Texas June 3 Andres Olivares confessed murderer of Mrs Hatch will be hanged in the county jail today forenoon between eleven and twelve o clock local time as his case closes.
Local Arrest for Assault with Intent to Murder
A young Sottow from Lakota was arrested in Denton Texas on a charge of assault with intent to murder. He allegedly assaulted a young lady while driving with her. she jumped from the vehicle crying out. Neighbors aided her and the suspect was taken into custody. The girl was badly bruised in the fall.
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Denton
Texas
Negro Shot Near Terrell Incident Leaves Suspects Wounded
Near Crandell Texas on June 3 three black men were arrested after attempting to hold up two women driving near Crandell. While in custody one was shot in the back by a crowd member and is said to be fatally wounded. All three suspects remained jailed.
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Terrell
Texas
Here
Crandell
Peace in South Africa Signed Surrender Terms Reported
London erupts in celebration as Lord Kitchener and Lord Milner sign surrender terms with Boer representatives. crowds fill streets and churches ring bells while officials in Washington expect formal notice to follow. Roosevelt receives a copy of the dispatch amid hopeful views of liberal terms.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Lord Milner
South Africa
Mansion House
Joseph C. Dimsdale
War Office
Edward
Churches of London
Washington
Raikes
Foreign Office
United States
State Department
Choate
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Boer relief head urges ongoing aid after Boer capitulation
Peter Van Vlissingen head of the Boer relief fund commission said the world would be glad the unequal fight ended but warned that suffering and poverty would persist for about a year as farms were destroyed and people left homeless.
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Chicago
Peter van Vlissingen
Boer Relief Fund Commission
Montreal Celebrates End of South African War
Montreal on June 2 reads dispatches announcing the war’s end. Churches received the news at evening services, congregations sang God Save the King, and the national anthem rang from city chimes for an hour.
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Montreal
God Save the Ng
Silver at New Level in Mexico City June 2
General opinion is that silver has reached a new level and will not be able to regain lost ground. Manufacturers of tropical products oppose the gold basis. Cotton textile makers hope to enter South American west coast ports under a bill before congress granting them a rebate of taxation and customs duties on their materials.
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Mexico City
Manufacturers and Co. Borters
Congress
Prof Heilprin Leads Volcanic Summit Survey at Mont Pelee
At Fort de France on June 2 the National Geographical Society reports Prof Heilprin ascended Mont Pelee with two guides and Mr Ledbetter. He observed a 500 by 160 foot crater crevasse and three vents while explosions shook the summit. Mud eruptions and steam threatened the party as they documented new mud column activity and potential damage to nearby plantations. The perilous descent followed a perilous ascent led by Heilprin under Consul Ayme.
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Heilprin
Fort de France
National Geographical] Society
Mont Pelee
Ledbetter
Helprin
Dan
Prof
Professor Helprin
Falraise
United States
Ayme
Killing in Tenaha Ends With Parker Shooting
In Tenaha Texas on June 2 Charley Peddy a colored man was killed by R T Parker a white man after an altercation. Peddy allegedly struck Parker on the head with a heavy instrument and Parker fired two shots with a pistol found at the scene. Peddy had previously been arrested for the murder of Joe Shields.
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Tenaha
Texas
Charley Peddy
R. T. Parker
Peddy
Parker
Joe Shields
Salt drilling advances at Damon Mound Texas
Damon Mound Texas June 2 Well No 1 drilled to 1300 feet without oil. Drilling firm moves gear to Sour Lake while others plan new wells and salt mines. Salt beds penetrated by oil drill promise large quantities of pure salt. Damon Mound Oil company contemplates resuming development.
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Damon
Damon Mound
Texas
Sour Lake
Damon Mound Oil Company
Prohibition Defeated in Caldwell and Lockhart Texas
Prohibition election in Caldwell county on Saturday passed quietly with a large anti prohibition majority. Lockhart showed an anti majority of 682. Result settles the question in the county for years.
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Caldwell
Lockhart
Texas
Caldwell County
Not Chickenpox Misidentified as Smallpox in Mineral Wells
In Mineral Wells Texas on June 2 a number of cases believed to be chicken pox were found to be smallpox in a light form. three patients were moved to the pest house. No spread is expected as precautions have been taken.
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Mineral Wells
Texas
Meeting Postponed by Livestock Sanitary Board
San Antonio announces the livestock sanitary board meetingset for Monday June 2 is postponed to Monday June 9. The change affects officials and attendees in Texas.
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San Antonio
Texas
Livestock Sanitary Board
Local Christian Endeavor Society Formed in Moscow
Moscow reports the creation of a local Christian Endeavor society. In Troy Texas on June 2 Elder W W Warren pastor of the Christian church was killed by an explosion at 4 30 while filling a gasometer with carbide and will be buried here by the Masonic order. In San Antonio boll weevil appears in sunflowers and planters warn they may move to cotton plants and attack the squares and bolig.
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Troy
Texas
W. W. Warren
Christian Church
San Antonio
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J. M. Carves
Alpine
GLOBE
Margherita
Italy
Cass Darbison
Denver
M Je
Sam
Haiti
Santos- Dumont
Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant
Paris
Henri Greville
Alice Marie Celeste Durant
Marion, Ill
Springfeld
Ill
Mra. T. J
Thomas Kennett
Gertrude
Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y
France
Navy Department
St. Vincent
Willam TH. Lane
Philadelphia
Kila Jarden
Eloise
Madeline
Mary Harris
Jamon Brasher
Poplar Bluff
Me. Bride
Oregon
Laura Walter Schcitehenberg
Church of the Ascension
Koenig Albert
Naples
Camerata
Indian Ocean
Kokomo
Ind
Jack Tierney
Mabel Stanley
Tierney
Augberg
Bavaria
von Hiller
Emil Rossman
Sophia Batal
Thomas H. Grim
Ths
Brooklyn
World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Geneva
Switzerland
Mooney
Nela Johnson
C. J. Gullacksen
Christian
Denmark
Fually
Federal Supreme Court
Boll Weevil
England
Peller
Moscow
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