Cable completes link to Honolulu marks Pacific era
Telegraph tale notes the Silverton reaches Honolulu completing the San Francisco to Honolulu cable. It begins the Pacific communication backbone, a project long planned by John W. Mackay who funded 6,000 miles of cable to Manila. The first of four 2,000 mile segments is now done.
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Silverton
Honolulu
San Francisco
United States
Pacific Islands
John W. Mackay
Manila
Fane
Synod of the Greek Catholic Church of North America
Cleveland
Gigantic European Gas Trust Reported in Capital Funds
The Chicago Daily News says nearly a billion dollars in capital is to back a vast gas trust spanning major European cities and London interests. A Chicago man is named as originator with Chicago and New York capitals involved. John D. Rockefeller is alleged as a prospective $300,000,000 stockholder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Europe
London
Chicago
New York
John D. Rockefeller
United States tops iron and steel output surpassing rivals
The treasury bureau of statistics reports US pig iron output at 17.4 million tons for the past year, up two million from 1901 and more than double 1896. Steel production is about 15 million tons, roughly six percent above 1900, with Britain and Germany as the next largest producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Marlboro City Hall Fire Destroys Offices Armory and Library
A blaze at Marlboro Massachusetts leveled the city hall including offices, the armory of Company F Fifth Regiment, and the Marlboro Public Library. The loss is estimated at 500000 dollars. Michael O'Brien, 40, was buried under falling walls and is feared fatally injured. none of the department contents or papers were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ity
Marlboro
Mass
Company F
Fifth Regiment
Marlboro Public
Michael O’brien
Wreck in Snow Injures Five on Pure Marquette Express
A headlong collision in a blizzard near McCord's station left five trainmen badly hurt and several passengers slightly injured as Engineer Platt failed to see a stationary train on the tracks. The Pure Marquette express, from Grand Rapids, plowed into the rear of the stopped train.
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Platt
Grand Rapids
Mich
McCord
Silver Chiff special: Prospector Joseph Harlton found dead
Joseph Harlton, an old prospector and former Confederate soldier once mayor of Atlanta, missing three weeks, was found dead within three hundred yards of his cabin near Ste Harlton. Officials suppose he perished during a storm while seeking shelter and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Harlton
Ste
Harlton
Atlanta
Tragic blaze kills mother and child near Russiaville
Mrs. Charles Davis and her 4-year-old daughter perished in a rural fire near Russiaville Indiana. The child’s clothing ignited and the mother bore her to a neighbor forty yards away before succumbing to severe burns shortly after.
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Charles Davis
Russiaville
Ind
Fire gutted bank and Lena Miller building in Corunna
A major blaze destroyed the First National Bank and Lena Miller building in Corunna Michigan with M Carland’s grocery badly damaged. The fire threatened the business district and aid came from Owosso. Total losses estimated at 40000 dollars.
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First National Bank
Lena Miller
Corunna
Mich
M.carland’s
Owosso
Two Brothers Drown While Skating Near Akron
Roy Smith age 9 and Earl Smith age 11 drowned while skating on a pond near Akron Ohio. Earl broke through first and Roy tried to save him but the ice failed under both brothers ending in a water burial.
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Roy
Earl Smith
Uged
Akron
Ohio
Earl
Fire at Five Brooklyn Factories Kills Three Firemen
A blaze raced through five riverfront Brooklyn factories injuring two firefighters severely and causing over 400000 dollars in damage.
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Brooklyn
New York
Sted Cross Society to Aid An dijan Earthquake Sufferers
Sted Cross society sends representatives to An dijan to organize relief for earthquake victims and contributes 17 500 dollars to the relief fund.
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St. Petersburg
The
Sted Cross Society
Andijan
Will of Mrs. Ulyses S. Grant Filed in Washington
The will directs the estate to be divided into four equal shares. It specifies that a thousand year old memento from the empress of Japan shall be given to the Museum of Arts in New York.
Hotel keeper must pay for hotel fire deaths
In St Louis Judge Ferris' court a jury found William E Gillham owner of the Empire Hotel liable for Morris Yalls death in last Februarys fire that killed eleven and injured many. The suit by Yalls widow Fannie Yall seeks damages for failure to provide fire escapes and other required safety devices.
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Ferris
St. Louis
William E. Gillham
Empire Hotel
Morris Yall
Fannie Yall
Yall
Irannie Yall
Gillham
Objects to Christmas Carols Demand Court Action
John Chriss of Princeton Nebraska demands literal enforcement of the Supreme Court ruling against Bible reading and sacred song in state public schools. He filed a complaint with the county attorney over a Christmas carol during school hours, which was dismissed. E O Kretsinger of Beatrice plans a Bible case rehearing with the Supreme Court, claiming the Bible is still read in most Nebraska schools and urging mandate enforcement.
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John Chriss
Princeton
Neb
Supreme Court
E. O. Kretsinger
Beatrice
Tie
Candy Factory Fire Kills Two in St Joseph
Fire at Chase and Son's candy factory in St Joseph Missouri fatally injures Sophia Mintus age 15 and Mattie Leslie age 2 after they jump from a third story window. Other workers jump from windows, some with minor injuries and property losses reach about 100000 dollars. Douglas and Co commission house nearby sustains 5000 dollar damage and the street railway power house is slightly damaged causing temporary service suspension.
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St. Joseph
Chase & Son
Sophia Mintus
Mattie Leslie
Douglas & Co
Chase
Street Railway
Big Farmers' Trust Formed in Indianapolis
A new society aims to organize farmers nationwide and promote mutual benefit. Incorporators include J. A. Everitt, E. A. Wirshfield, Mark P. Turner, A. D. McKinney, Hiram W. Miller, and Sid Conger, all landowners. Officers list Everitt as president, Seldon Williams as vice president, McKinney as secretary, and Conger as organizer.
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Indianapolis
J. A. Everitt
KE. A. Wlirschfield
Mark P. Turner
A. D. McKinney
Hiram W. Miller
Sid Conger
Seldon Jr. Williams
Fort Worth
Texas
Shelbyville
Ind
Heirs Claim $1 500 000 Estate Tied to Canadian Link
Claimants including Mrs. KE Engel of St. Louis and Miss Mamie Hicks of Denver seek to prove title to a $1.5 million estate tied to Samuel L. Ticks who died in Missouri fourteen years ago. The estate stems from Pratees Augusta Hicks who died in Canada eight years prior. Engel is a half sister to the Denver claimants. key papers from Hicks are required to establish rights.
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Samuel L. Ticks
Horine
Pratees Augusta Hicks
Canada
KE. Engel
Ohio Avenue
St. Louis
Mamie Hicks
FP. A. Potheringham
Denver
Iowa posse slays murderer at Farmington
A mob chases and shoots George Stilwell after an attempted arrest in Farmington Iowa. Stilwell dies in the firefight while City Marshal Robert Coulter and Justice of the Peace A K Musgrove are fatally wounded. Mayor E F Ketchum organized the posse.
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George Stillwell
Farmington
George Stilwell
Robert Coulter
Justice of the Peace
A. KE. Musgrove
Iowa
E. F. Ketchum
Stillwell
Stolen gem traced to Pullman porter in Chicago case
Maude Nichols of Chicago recovered a jeweled brush and part of several diamonds lost on a sleeping car en route to St Louis. A warrant accuses William Rice, a Pullman porter, of stealing four diamond rings and the brush valued at 600 dollars. A detective recovered the brush at Rice’s St Louis home. American diplomats report Boxer uprising claims totaling 1.6 million of the 4 million submitted.
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Chicago
Pullman
Alrs
Maude. Nichols
Hyanston
St. Louis
Willian Rice
Nestro Pullman
Rice
J. W W. Ragsdale
United States
Ate Nen-Tsin
W. J. Bainbridge
Peking
Conger
San Francisco
Orient
China
Drunken Man’s Crime Shocks Liberty Farm Scene
Joseph Foley, intoxicated, shot and killed Mrs. Wilson at the Wilson farm near Liberty Missouri. He then killed himself with a shotgun after an earlier dispute over borrowing a gun. Foley had been employed by the Wilsons and acted while drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Foley
Dra. Taines GB. Wilson
Wilson Farm
Liberty, Mo
Foley
Wilsons
Notable 19th Century News Roundup From Various Sectors
Sentenced to Auburn for straw bail tied to Chinese exclusion act incident. Morgan Morgan in coal deal with J. Pierpont Morgan-led syndicate seeks control of western Kentucky coal mines for 8 million. Washington statue plan rises during Kossuth unveiling in Cleveland. Crown Princess Louise of Saxony dies after renouncing throne amid family issues. Marconi announces successful transatlantic wireless with signals from Newfoundland to Cornwall. Baptist minister starts a saloon on Long Island after accusing parishioners of teaching him to drink. William L. Elkins funds a 500000 home for Pennsylvania Masons orphans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Is. McDonald
Long Island
Fire and crime roundup from various cities
A series of brief items report lese majeste punishment for a Polish student. a large fire at Ingleside School in New Milford causing about 40000 dollars in damage. Cincinnati three story fire endangering eight people. a man in Allentown kills son in law then himself. the Princess of Wales bears another son. and a gasoline explosion at Hot Springs injures thirty people.
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Frank Schmidt
Allentown
John Grigan
Schmidt
Bride shoots herself in Toledo after Monroe marriage
Mrs. Clara Demars widow and newlywed to D. Smith in Monroe Mich enters Toledo Union depot with her five children. She asks about a sleeper to Clyde N Y and is found fatally shot in the toilet room with a note to her Toledo relatives and a cash $225 on her.
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Demars
Monroe
Toledo
Clara Demars
Mich
D. Smith
Union Depot
Ohio
Clyde
New York
Smith
Emma Sidly
Mrs. Smith
Poisonous confession after murder of Barriger in St Louis
Thompson Morton stabbed John V W Barriger Jr resident engineer of the St Louis Memphis and Southeastern Railway at Clairville Missouri and then attempted suicide. Morton was found to be poisoned with bichloride or mercury and taken to the city dispensary. Barriger died about thirty minutes after the stabbing unable to speak clearly. Barriger 27, son of a prominent army officer now in the East. a brother also serves in the Philippines.
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Thompson Morton
J. W. Barriger
John V W. Barriger, Jr
St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railway Company
Claraville
St. Louis
Morton
Barriger
Philippines
Big Knoxville Fire Destroys Block in Commerce District
Devastating blaze in Knoxville Tennessee gutting four story building housing Knoxville Pants Co and damaging neighboring stores on Commerce and Gay streets. Within two hours the Broyles firm, George Brown Hardware, Shanklin Grain, R H Cattee and others suffered extensive losses. Total damage pegged near half a million dollars.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Commerce Avenue
Knoxville Pants Company
Commercial Avenue
Broyles, McClellan & Lackey
Agricultural Implement
SL. David Commission Company
George Brown Hardware Company
Gay Street
Shanklin Grain Company
R. H. Cattee Company
Fire in Gabler and Brothers Piano Factory Causes Heavy Loss
Fire at the Ernest Gabler and Brothers seven story piano factory on Mast 22d street New York caused extensive damage estimated at 500000. Tenants fled adjoining houses and a panic ran through inmates of the New York truant school nearby as workers were moved to safety.
Cattle War Debate on Government Lands and Mosby Claims
The article analyzes Col. Mosby’s stance on fences and illegal occupation of public lands by cattlemen. It notes 1885 powers to remove fences and indict violators, cites 153 fencing cases covering about 3,952,844 acres, and describes slow court processes hindering removal while thousands of acres remain fenced and occupied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Mosby
Washington
United States
Tti
Interior Department
Death of Archbishop Frederick Temple in London
Most Rev. Frederick Temple archbishop of Canterbury and primate of all England died in London on Tuesday at age 81 after a long illness. Born November 20 1821 at Santa Maura he rose as head master of Rugby and became archbishop December 22 1896. He was a popular figure whose preaching and writings include Sermons at Rugby School and Bampton lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sfrederick Temple
Canterbury
All England
London
Westminster Abbey
Edward
Frederick Temple
Santa Maura
Ionian Islands
Rugby
Rugby School
Bampton
Marconi Spans the Ocean with Wireless Telegraphy
The Halifax announcement reports Marconi successfully transmitting messages across the Atlantic from Cable Head to Cornwall and to England Italy and the Times. The piece notes wireless telegraphy moving from dream to practical tool shaping social and political life and closer interdependence of nations. Frank Lewis hanged in Harlan Kentucky for murder.
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Marconi
Atlantic Ocean
Messives
Glance Bay
N. 5
Cornwall
England
Edison
Canada
Eingland
Earl Minto
Edward VII
Carlo Alberto
Italy
Parkin
London Times
Halifax
Atlantic
Trade Review Signals Steady Markets from 1900s Era
The Weekly Trade Review notes solid wholesale demand across staple lines, fuel supply shortages delaying deliveries, and rail earnings up from prior years. It highlights US Steel expansion, looming freight-rate increases, and widespread but uneven December money markets with hope for recovery and improved exports in the coming year.
Commodity price map across cities and grains
Chicago cattle prices range from 4.40 to 6.00 for prime stock while hogs fetch 4.25 to 6.55 and sheep 2.00 to 4.25. Wheat and corn show varied quotes in multiple markets including No 2 red at 72 to 73 cents and No 2 white corn at 44 to 45 cents with oats around 29 to 35 cents.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Ste
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
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Ribune
Batesville, Mnd
D. McCallum
L. N. M d Sthrin
Bist
Honoluluu
Pashawar
Punjab
Hadda Mullah
India
BIG Farmers’ Trust
Missouri
Bellaire
Boyd & Co
Enamel Brick and Vile Company
Stewart & Good
Benjamin Bombach
Lena M
Lillie
David
City
Xunon
Ate
Walling
Harvey Lillie
Morocco
Castro
Hague
Ales
Arbuckle Sugar
Coppinger
Auburn
Isaac H. Radford
West Side Ice Company
Auburn State Prison
Clinamen
Louis Kossuth
George Washington
Hungary
Buda-Pesth
Louise of
Saxony
Salzburg Castle
William L. Elkins
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Masons
Fraulein Sopec
Inowrazlau
Province of
Posen
Emperor William
Ingleside School
New Milford
Conn
William D. Blick
Mount Auburn
Wales
Princess of
Hot Springs
Ark
Bride
Piano Factory
Rite
Day's Drug Store
Masonic Temple
Beatrice National Bank
Masonie Leanple
Thomas Nehas
Pittsburg
Pouland
Lockport
N.Y
Eliyies Eecce
Syria
Manhasset
Boston
Frank A. Palmer
Louise IB. Crary
Thatcher's Island
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tinworkers
Thomas
D. M. Sabin
Dwight M. Sabin
Minnesota
Auditorium Annex
Sabin
Iinois
Manlius
Red D Line
Caracas
Woodbeck
San Juan
Porto Rico
Willemstad
Caracau
la Guayra
Kay
Montgomery Godley
Milton Hinkle
Northwest
James J. Hill
Dakota Prairie
J. S. Mosby
Archbishop of Canterbury
Frank Lewis
Harlan, Ky
Ccede
United States Steel Corporation
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