History of a Week Highlights In Early 1900s World News
Summary of notable events: six men injured while stealing rides in Kalamazoo as four freight cars piled up. Francis Murphy began temperance meetings in Cedar Rapids. new Travelers Protective Association chapter formed in Frankfort. Elks lodge events in Saginaw and Webster City. Susan Etcherson 61 shoots herself in Greencastle after insanity. Dan Turner murder confirmed after post mortem in Prairieburg. Sumner Morris hardware robbed in Madison. Minnesota Episcopal convention to organize in Brainerd. John Lanner found dead near Springfield. Cumberland tramps dispersed after threats. Ohio day at Atlanta fair curtails attendance. Tony Sutton lynched in Dooly county. Preble NY train collision injuries. A Bowery Girl troupe unharmed. Robert Janssen dies in nitric acid. New York law enforcement tight on excise. Willis Broughton kills hired man. Nelson Manufacturing strike. Henri Sevene travels to Chicago for tobacco factory machinery. Joseph Jefferson notes Cleveland not seeking third term. Reed elected Speaker. Mecca Arab uprising. Hill ends northwest tour. H Holmes sentenced to death. Eckels proposes national bank law changes. Navy reports sailor shortage. fires hit Katz candy store, Beyer collar factory, Phi Kappa Psi house. City of Milwaukee crewman dies after fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids and Indiana
Kalamazoo
Mich
Francis Murphy
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Travelers’ Protective Association
Frankfort
Ind
Order of Elks
Saginaw
Academy of Music
Sumner & Morris
Madison
Wis
New Missionary Jurisdiction
Minnesota
The
Episcopal Church
Brainerd
Minn
John Lanner
Springfield
Ill
Cumberland
McKinley
Dooly County
Georgia
Tony Sutton
New York
William Lanning
Willis Broughton
Corfu
N. Y
Nelson Manufacturing Company
St. Louis
Treasury
Eckels
Herbert
Navy
Hoy
Elwood
Katz Bros
J. R. Walters
Schwartz's
Fort Wayne
Beyer Bros
Beloit
Phi Kappa Psi
William Kelley
City of Milwaukee
Peter Inglewitz
Miners Crushed in Carmel Mine Disaster and Multiple Fatalities
A Carmel New York mine collapse crushes fourteen Italian and Austrian miners. Across the Midwest several people die or are severely harmed in accidents including train strikes in Illinois and Indiana, a fatal freight wreck in Akron, and drownings in Wisconsin. Other incidents involve accidental deaths during hunting and a gas tragedy in Platte City Nebraska.
Notable Figures and Global Events Reported Abroad
Foreign dispatches note the death of Austrian statesman Count Edward von Taafe and a claim that Tai-Won-Kun in Corea has abandoned his bid to seize power. General Cho is dismissed. Corean queen’s status is restored posthumously. Japan loses ground, Russia gains influence. Barrios receives a letter claiming Ezeta property, and Guatemalan claimants seek restitution. An expedition against Hayti planned for December by Canal with Philadelphia backing. Cuban insurgents defeated. Alexander Dumas dies in Paris. Argentina seeks to repeal railway guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward von Taafe
Seoul
Corea
Cho
Japan
Russia
New York
Guatemala
Barrios
Carlo Ezera
Salvador
Philadelphia
Black Republic
Port Au Prince
Alexander Dumas
Paris
Argentina
Senate
Fallout From Tennessee Lynchings and Related Cases
A Fayetteville lynching report notes two Black men hanged after conviction for attempted assault as troops failed to intervene. Separately, US prosecutors align on counts in the Middletown Bank case. $200,000 involved. Bushrod Kelch killed his ex wife then wounded himself but may recover. Hinton Roberts store in Oconee, Ill. robbed. suspects Bagley and Blackey held in Shelby County jail. Governors Altgeld and Stone handle extraditions and requisitions for various suspects. Grand jury in Marshall, Iowa, returns sixty five indictments. Darwin defendants plead guilty to gambling. fines imposed. Rosenfeld, linked to Missouri and Clinton robbery, under extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Tenn
United States
Raymond Brothers
Middletown
National Bank
Philadelphia
Bushrod Kelch
Cleveland
Hinton & Roberts
Oconee
Ill
B. Blackey
R. Bagley
Sandoval
Shelby County
Altgeld
Kansas
Gyp
Ed Corson
Harper County
Jerseyville
Marshall
Iowa
Darwin
Stone
Missouri
Dan Rosenfeld
Clinton
Rosenfeld
St. Louis
Miscellaneous items from Dun's review and others
A digest of varied notices includes a flat trade week, a war secretary Lamont report on militia law updates, a Smedley Co failure in Dubuque with $51 000 liabilities, and a Lexington estate valued at $12 000. Also listed are trust deeds in Jefferson Texas, a failed Chattahoochee National Bank, Dan Head bank assignment, a Dawson Masonic hall dedication, Joliet convicts Thanksgiving, and more such items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dun
Lamont
Chicago
Smedley Company
Dubuque
Iowa
William S. Barnes
Matthew Simpson
Thomas Carson
Thomas B. Clay
Lexington
A. H. Schluter & Co
Jefferson, Tex
Dan Head & Co. Bank
Kenosha
Wis
C. H. Gronnerman
Masonic Hall
Dawson, Ill
Illinois Grand Lodge
Joliet
Auditor of Public Accounts
Farmers and Merchants’ State Bank
Carmi
Ill
North Central Illinois Medical Association
Lacon
William Sanders
Baltimore & Ohio
Garrett
Ind
Hoke Smith
Col. Ingersoll
Omaha
Edith Rockefeller
Harold H. McCormick
New York
Key West
Fla
Maceo
F. D. Turner
Fresno
Cal
Wapello
Las Vegas
Waller
Fatal Coal Pit Slide Kills Thirteen near Carmel New York
A collapse at the Tilly Foster mines near Carmel New York after 3 pm traps about 35 workers below ground. Eleven in one gang and a second group of workers faced devastating losses with thirteen to fourteen reported dead. Foreman Patrick descends as rock and earth avalanche down the shaft. names include foreman Michael Gannon among the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camput
Michael Gannon
Illinois murderer hanged in Decatur for double murder
Charles N. Smith known as Pacer Smith was hanged at the Decatur county jail for killing his daughter Louise Smith, six, and his sister in law Edna Buchert, seventeen. He confessed, was sentenced fifteen days after Sept. 28, attended by Catholic priests, and his neck broke within minutes. About 300 witnesses saw the execution. He had previously spoken of involvement in the Florey robbery of 1894.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ill
Charles N. Smith
Pacer” Smith
Louise Smith
Edna Buchert
Vail
Smith
Mackin
Higgins and Brady
Nicholson
William Florey
Overthrow the Law: Lynching at Fayetteville Narrows Justice
Two black men Joseph Robinson and Ozias McGahey were convicted in Marshall county for attempted assault and sentenced to the full penalty before a mob from Lincoln and Marshall counties dragged them from Fayetteville jail and hanged them. Troops failed to reach the scene in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Joseph Robinson
Ozias McGahey
Lincoln
Marshall
Tennessee
Nashville
Lewisburg
Marshall County
Tracy City
Kaiser Wilhelm's Allegorical Art Piece Drawn by Knackfuss
A Berlin correspondent describes an allegorical heliogravure from Kaiser Wilhelm I depicting Europe’s nations on a rock under a cross. Germany leads with sword and shield while Russia and Austria flank England and Italy, with Archangel Michael warning of coming danger as a Chinese Buddha demon approaches a burning city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knackfuss of
Cassel
Russia
Germany
Berlin
William
Count Moltke
I. R. Wilhelm
Europe
Wiliam
I. R
France
Austria
England
Italy
Archangel Michael
Hohenzollern
Pacific
Buddha
Herald
Berliner Zeitung
Fatal mine cave in at Tilly Foster claims multiple lives
An underground collapse at the Tilly Foster mine owned by Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company seals the fate of at least five men and injures several. Foremen Tompkins and Lynch lead rescue efforts as darkness halts work with many bodies disfigured. Martha survives briefly but dies at home. authorities suspect Italians and Austrians among the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Dennis
James Smith
Tompkins
Foreman Lynch
Martha
Tilly Foster
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company of
New York
Scranton
Clinton Stephens
Canadian Knights of Labor Split Foreseen
In Toronto on November 30 a Montreal report said Quebec Knights would secede from the general assembly to form a Canadian order. Ontario knights are expected to join, citing illegal officer appointments, with about 5,000 Knights of Labor in Canada involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Montreal
Knights of Labor
General Assembly
Quebec Knights
Ontario
Ontario Knights
Quebec
Canada
Indiana Democrats to Begin 1896 Campaign Work
Indianapolis December 11 date set for the Indiana state central committee to convene and organize the 1896 campaign. Chairmen’s letters show party leaders want immediate activity to counter Republican efforts and push early mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
State Central Committee
Taggart
Prisoners Lynched as State Guard Responds
At 7 30 p m Gove 10 Turney received a telegram from the sheriff calling for troops. One hundred of the state guard were ready at the station by 9 o'clock. By 8 15 a telephone message said the fan had been stormed and the prisoners were lynched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gove
Turney
H Ndred
State Guard
A Kentucky Duel Ends In Fatal Standoff at Hazel Green
In Wolfe county Hazel Green two prominent stock traders John Williams and David Rose quarreled over a settlement. Williams was killed and Rose lies dying. The duel occurred yesterday as the men settled their dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Sterling
Hazel Green
Wolfe County
John Williams
David Rose
Williams
Rose
Will Fight the Sugar Trust
Syracuse New York November 30 Attorney BE N Wilson filed with Attorney General Hancock a petition for John Moore and Co Andrews Bros and Thomas Kingsfords Sons of Oswego against the American Sugar Refining Co asking that the company be prohibited from doing business in New York on the claim that it is a trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Trust
Syracuse
N. Y
BE. N. Wilson
Hancock
John Moore & Co
Andrews Bros
Thomas Kingsford
Sons
Oswego
American Sugar Refining Company
New York
Missionaries Safe After Marash Event Declared
Washington reports from Minister Terrell say a mission school in Marash, France, was burned on the 19th but all missionaries are safe. He notes the Aintab college is protected and under guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Terrell
Missiona School of
France
Marash
Aintab College
Cullom Denies Presidential Candidacy
Senator Cullom visited New York on November 30 and told reporters he is not a candidate for the presidency in any sense. He discussed critical matters with the newspapers during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Cullom
New York
Cullom
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ames Times
Ee Lon. G. Harden
Ames
Cident Record
Carmel
Harry Heintzelman
Joliet, Jr
James Sheran
Chicago and Alton Road
Harris Shank
Harry March
Lisbon
Leetonia
Neb
Henrich
Ernest
Florence Pahlow
Lake Winnebago
Columbus A. Freeland
Hillsboro
Jesse Wimp
Colusa
Cartha
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
John Gregory
Bloomington
Roman Bohrer
Sadie Henschen
Arcola
Pennsylvania
Hillsdale
Charles Harris
Silas Sherman
Cambridge
C. Wilhelm
Buckingham
CRIME
Milwaukee
Peoria
Kansas City
Toledo
Illinois
Pacer
Kaiser Wilhelm
Patrick H. Murtha
John Fagan
Florey
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