Seligman Seeks Venezuelan Debt Financing in Washington
Isaac N. Seligman of Seligman & Co. visits Washington proposing to finance Venezuela by taking up Britain and Germany claims using Venezuelan bonds as security. The plan would seek US guarantee or moral support, which the State Department opposes. Seligman has a scheduled meeting with the President to discuss the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Isaac N. Seligman
Seligman & Co
New York
Washington
State Department
Ltis
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Mr. Seligsman
Mr. Seligman
Expulsion of 60000 Armenians From Russia Reported
Die Information states czar ordered 60000 armed Armenians expelled from Russia to seek refuge in his domain. Cossacks reportedly drove them to the Turkish frontier but entry was refused. Armenians faced repeated pushbacks and deadly conditions in freezing weather with high mortality.
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Vienna
Die Information
Russia
Turkey
Feudist Green's Triple Tragedy in Tennessee
Richard Green, famed feudist, traveled to his wife’s home in Hancock County Tennessee after a troubled spell. He shot his wife and young daughter, then killed himself. The powder fire burned his clothing as his body burned beyond recognition. Green had long boasted of killing the first man in the Green Jones feud twelve years prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Green
Wancock County
Tennessee
Green
Green-Jones
Smallpox Scourge Hits Furni Island Near Samos
Neues Wiener Journal reports a deadly smallpox outbreak on Furni Island in the Samos archipelago. Turkish quarantine failed as 1000+ fatalities occur among 800 Geek families amid mass vaccination with lymph from sufferers, spreading the disease farther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Neues Wiener Journal
Furni Island
Samos
Furni Islands
Deaths in Albany Hotel of Hogebooms
William and Martha Hogeboom aged about 60 were found dead in an Albany hotel from gas asphyxiation. Residents of East Cobleskill they had traveled to meet two sons and a daughter in law to be discharged from Albany County penitentiary after six months for petty larceny and burglary. It is believed the deaths were accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Martha Hogeboom
Albany
N. Y
East Cobleskill
Albany County
President delays Isthmian Canal Commission appointments
The President has not given consideration to Isthmian canal commission personnel. He told Senator Cullom that until negotiations with Colombia are complete and the government knows its position, he will not appoint any commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullom
Ilinois
Colombia
Tragic Linden Girl Burned While Starting Coal Fire
Grace Davis a 14 year old resident of Linden Indiana died in a coal fire accident her clothing ignited as she started the fire and was found by her father after she was burned.
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Grace Davis
Mell Davis
Linden
Ind
Fire Hits Weyanwega. Major Local Losses Reported
A blaze began in the Loos & Co general store at Weyanwega Wisconsin and caused about 49000 dollars in damage. The fire destroyed the Loos store Uttermark Brothers hardware and Weed Bumar Co bank the citys sole bank.
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Loos & Co
Weyanwega
Wis
Loos
Uttermark Brothers
Bank of Weed, Bumar & Co
Boiler Explosion Kills Two at Lizella near Macon
A boiler used with a stationary engine exploded at Lizella ten miles from Macon Georgia. Paul Rogers and Walton Taylor were instantly killed. Two others were injured one of whom will die.
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Lizella
Macon
Paul Rogers
Walton Taylor
Mystery Death Near Ponca Leaves No Clues
Mrs. Cora Dressner was found dead in bed near Ponca Nebraska Territory with a bullet hole in her breast. Her 15 month old baby, nursing, was grazed by a bullet and covered in its mother's blood, with no clues to the murder. Two steamers collided on the Belgian coast named Gotha and Hans with few details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Dressner
Ponca
Gotha
Hans
Ashland Wis Ore Docks Burned Two Die In Fire
A major blaze at the Wisconsin Central ore docks in Ashland caused two deaths and about 500000 in property loss. Firemen and business men aiding the effort were among some twenty injured as workers were cut off on the dock. The fire likely started from a lumber unloading incident, and the dock along half a mile of the slip collapsed with a tramway section, narrowly missing an engine and many bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Wis
Wisconsin Central Ore Docks
Central Ore Docks
Masked Robbers Kill Bookkeeper in Dayton Hold-Up
Joseph W. Shide a bookkeeper at a Dayton Ohio feed store was killed by two masked robbers who forced him to open the safe. One robber shot Shide in the back as he bent over the lock then rifled his pockets taking about 20 dollars before fleeing down the railroad track.
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Joseph W. Shide
Dayton
Shide
Dynamite wrecks saloon in Mahanoy City during strike
A dynamite blast ripped through Christopher Portland’s saloon in Mahanoy City Pennsylvania injuring no one seriously as the front of the building was blown into the street. The attack came as coal region unrest surged during the strike with Portland and his family sleeping on the third floor and Portland’s two non union sons at work away from the front of the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahanoy City
Christopher Portland
Portland
Around Globe in 39 Minutes Prediction Aimed at Cable
G. G. Ward of the Commercial and Pacific Cable Co tells Secretary Moody that once Pacific lines are finished on July 1, a New York to world message will travel in thirty nine minutes. Six Hurt in Trolley Wreck in Allegheny PA after car 72 derailed near Jackson and Fremore streets injuring several riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
G. G. Ward
Commercial and Pacific Cable Company
Navy
Moody
Boston
New York
Tuy
Jackson and
Fremoré Streets
Allegheny
Ane
Oves
Oanore
Jess
Prison ward recovery for society matron under morphine dose
Mrs Lialliin Constance Vourhis-Lyon once a society matron now recovering in Pellevue hospital New York from 100 half grain mor phine tablets. She faces arraignment on a possible charge of attempting to commit suicide. Land entries for timber and stone in California Washington and Oregon are paused pending a government inquiry into alleged wholesale fraud. Swift Armour combine to build seventeen distributing plants across Texas as Packers expand Texas trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Froubie
Lialliin
Constance Vourhis-Lyon
Pellevue Hospital
New York
California
Washington
Oregon
Timber and Stone” Act
Texas
Swift & Co
Armours
Hurge
Port Worth
Turks Torture Bulgarian Peasants Amid War News
Advices from Monastir report Turkish forces near Salonica torturing Bulgarian peasants to force confessions and reveal revolutionary bands. A proposed German ambassador to the United States is Prince Henry, seen as a compliment to Washington. the selection awaits American approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monastir
Salonica
Prince of Pleas
Prince Henry
Baron von Slolleben
United States
Washington
Christian Scientist Fined in Typhoid Case
B. B. Newcomb, a Christian Scientist advocate, was arrested and convicted in Arapahoe Ohls court for refusing medical aid to his daughter who died of typhoid fever. The judge fined Newcomb $100 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Newcomb
Arapahoe, Ohls
Newcomb
Pay Indians for Land Secretary Approves Government Agreement
The Interior Department announces approval of an agreement reached between the government and Native groups to compensate Indians for land, outlining terms and expected disbursement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Mille Lacs Chippewa Seek Compensation for Removal
Mille Lac Chippewa Indians in Minnesota accept four0 thousand dollars in compensation for removal from lands they once occupied outside the reservation. Most will settle on the White Earth reservation while others move to public lands nearby.
SLAIN BY BANK ROBBER IN Warren Mich
Clint E. Osborne assistant postmaster and general store owner in Warren Michigan was killed by a robber during a bank burglary. The gang of four to six drilled the bank safe with nitroglycerin, fired buckshot at Osborne as he warned neighbors, then escaped with a tied team of horses.
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Co. E. Osborne
Clint E. Osborne
Warren
Mich
Osbornye
Osborne
Band of robbers bound and gagged in Akron bank raid
A gang blew into the Exchange Bank at Akron Indiana at 2:50 am. They bound two night operators and tied a local physician in the game block while blowing the vault. Citizens opened fire as explosions rang out. the attackers fled in a stolen wagon with the wrecked bank building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange Bank
Akron
Ind
Contell
Focal Exchange
Exchange Dani
Fire destroys Union Pacific warehouse in Omaha
A Union Pacific Railroad warehouse in Omaha No. 2 was completely burned along with contents and several freight cars. Purchasing Agent G. W. Griffiths estimated $150,000 in castings iron pipe and heavy material lost, totaling $175,000. Officials suspect incendiary causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Omaha
Fira
Union Pacific Railroad
G. W. Griffiths
Alleged Coin Maker Caught in Chicago Closet
Secret Service Agent Porter witnessed Fred Romberts enter a closet room in Chicago gathering batteries and metal used for making bogus half dollars. He exited the hiding place and was arrested, followed by John Rooney who surrendered. Love Letters to Order Office opens in New York promising poetic, flawless missives. Mail sacks looted from a U S mail wagon in Chicago near Masonry Temple, $10,000 plus jewelry believed stolen, bags cut and recovered on the North Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Secret Service
Porter
Fred Romberts
John Ooney
United States
Armed bands terrorize Macedonia despite official assurances
A Salonika dispatch reports continued armed bands in inaccessible districts despite supposed ending of agitation. Sporadic disturbances persist as forces hold ground amid ongoing unrest.
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Salonika
Cattle Disease Epidemic Alarms Massachusetts
Massachusetts cattle inspectors battle foot and mouth spread as the disease grows nearly epidemic across the state after weeks of effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Cattle Commission
Masons Lay Corner Stone of Akron City Hospital
The Ohio Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons laid the corner stone of Akron City Hospital. Grand Master Dr W A Belt of Ienton presided. The project is budgeted at $100 000.
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Masons
Ohio Grand Lodge of Free Sid
Akron City Hospital
W. A. Belt
Ienton
Ohio
Niet
Krupp Dies Shocks Berlin Cannon King Succumbs
Berlin reels as Privy Councillor Krupp famed as the cannon maker to the Kaiser dies suddenly at his villa near Essen. The death of the Krupp figure ends a era of industrial and military prominence.
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Guonmaker
Krupp
Berlin
Issen
Essen
Texas tragedy claims three lives as commissioner dies
Do J Horton county commissioner of Runnells County Texas shoots Earl Moore and Mrs Wor ton then kills himself. No cause given for the tragedy. Frick to Rival Carnegie. Report says HH Crick may fund a great Pittsburg university with 2 500 000 dollars to endow it.
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Texas
Do. J. Horton
Runnells County
Earl Moore
Worton
Frick
Carnegie
HH. Crick
Pittsburg
Diplomat’s Son Shoots American in Guatemala City
American William Fitzgerald of Grand Rapids was shot and killed by W. Godfrey Hunter Jr. in Guatemala City. Hunter, son of the US minister to Guatemala, sought refuge in the American legation, claiming immunity as the incident triggers a delicate diplomatic dispute. The Hunters’ troubled record in Central America sparks widespread American accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Guatemala
W. Godfrey Hunter, Jr
Guatemala City
William Fitzgerald
Grand Rapids
Mich
Hunter
Legation
Fitzgerald
Central America
Honduras
Elgin Creamery Firm to Rejoin Midwest Creameries
Chicago promoters plan a new organization absorbing nearly all creameries in Illinois Iowa Indiana and Wisconsin once part of the Elgin Creamery Company. Coke & Melvinson bought over 100 plants for about 60 000 with judge Dunn approving 186 creameries sale. J W Meisimmen and Coke & Melvinson seek oyster capital in New York to finance the reorganization. Chicago to be headquarters with branches in Milwaukee Dubuque Davenport La Crosse St. Paul and Minneapolis.
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Chicago
Elgin Creamery Company
Iinois
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Coke & Melvinon
Madison
Wis
Dunn
J. W. Meisimmen Od Cobe & Meiinnon
New York
Creamery Trust
Milwaukee
Duebucque
Davenport
la Crosse
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Defeat of New Ohio Municipal Code Challenge
A Cincinnati court ruled the first attack on Ohio’s new municipal code unconstitutional. Judge Murphy overruled the taxpayer’s demurrer, sustaining the law’s constitutionality on all points. The case likely proceeds to the Circuit Court and then the Supreme Court for final ruling.
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Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
Cincinnati
Murphy
Etix
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Fnally
Court Upholds Husband as Head of Household in State v Green
In Sandusky Ohio the circuit court ruling states the husband is head of the household. The State versus Green holds the husband may exclude his mother in law from the home if she disrupts the marriage and may use force if needed. Masonic Temple President Not Guilty in conspiracy case acquittal by a jury in Jade Terton's court. An eruption at Soufriere was reported with evacuations in George town and Chateau Bole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Ohio
Green
Masonic Temple
James FL. Gormley
Masonite
Praternity Temple Associattion
Jade Terton
Pho
Phice Wedapestis
George
Chateau Bolaie
St. Vincent
Financiers Form Syndicate for North Tonawanda Mills
Big financiers join Thomas V. Lawson of Boston Henry C. Frick and J Pierpont Morgan to form a syndicate building massive steel and copper mills at North Tonawanda New York aimed to rival any in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas V. Lawson
Boston
Henry C. Frick
Pittshburg
J. Pierpont Morgan
North Tonawanda
Rain in Fatal Hurricane Hits Santa Fe Province
A hurricane struck San Ur bano in Santa Fe Argentina destroying about a hundred houses. Five people were killed, many injured, and railroad and telegraphic lines disrupted. In Boston, Richard Power, heir to a $3,000,000 Los Angeles estate and nephew of California pioneer Pierce Power, was found dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Urbano
Santa Fe
Argentina
Richard Power
Los Angeles
Boston
Lee
Pierce Power
California
Beached Steamer Quito Crew Rescued Near Lorain
Sixteen crew members on the steamer Quito were rescued after the vessel ran aground near Lorain Ohio during a northeast gale. Three men were nearly dead from exposure as rescuers battled rough seas to bring the crew to safety.
Alfred Peats Declared Incompetent. Wife Appointed Committee
New York court appoints Alfred Peats’s wife as committee of his person and property. Peats, a wallpaper manufacturer based in Chicago New York and Boston, has been declared incompetent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Peats
New York
Chicago
Boston
Steamer Sylvanus J Macy Lost in Gale on Lake Erie
The steamer Sylvanus J Macy was wrecked in a gale on Lake Erie and the entire crew is believed to have perished with the vessel. The disaster underscores the perilous conditions faced by mariners during the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Erie
Sylvanus J. Macy
Trade rises slow as railways show wage boosts
Dun s Weekly Review of Trade notes voluntary wage increases by large railways reflect heavy traffic and boosting purchasing power. Holiday trade prep grows, but rail congestion and coke movement remain unresolved with normalcy not expected before April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Pdustry
United States
Canada
Market price ranges across major U.S. cities
Cattle, hogs, sheep and grain quotes listed for Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo and New York. Prices cover beef, pork, lambs, wheat, corn, oats, rye, hay and dairy products with varying grades and market ranges. Most ranges span from low to high figures per unit or per bushel.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Payne Seeks Postal Reform in Annual Report
Postmaster General Henry C Payne delivers the 1902 03 report highlighting rising postal revenues and ongoing efforts to expand facilities. He notes a projected 1903 deficit and urges subsidies for rural free delivery and wage protections for carriers while proposing reforms to money orders clerical pay and carrier rules. The document also covers railway mail service, mail handling errors and casualties and calls for legislative changes to extend free delivery to towns and standardize compensation and operations.
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Henry C. Payne
Ogee
Congress
Department
Alaska
Gut Cet Ross
Gote Railway Mail Service
Cts
TSS
United States
Tinto
Interstate Commerce
Post Office Department
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Batesville, Ind
Ed. McCallum
N. M
Colombias
Globe
Chisago
Seaboard
Duluth
Payne Issues Annual Report
Mar
Arthur W. Becker
St. Lewis
Becker
Supreme Court of the United States
Nevada
Interior Department
Cherokee Nation
Root
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