Counterfeit Ring Busted In Wilmington Raid
Secret Services Agent George Foroster led a investigation that traced counterfeiters to a West Second Street shop in Wilmington Delaware. Police raided the operation capturing ten moulds mixing pots dies and presses along with about ten counterfeit dollars and partly formed nickels. Arrested were Biagni Malearesa alias Tess Santhia Malearesa and Nicola Di Paco. They face hearing before Acting United States Commissioner Hollis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Services
George Foroster
Washington
Hus West Second Street
Wilmington
Del
Biagni Malearesa
Tess” Santhia Malearesa
Nicola di Paco
Dalia
United States
Hollis
Abandoned Laldy Creek Colliery Caves Olyphant Ground
The Delaware and Junction company mine beneath Olyphant Pennsylvania caved in swallowing four frame buildings over about six hundred square feet. Workers escaped with no injuries after wading through flooded passages as water filled a vein 115 feet below the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laldy Creek
Delaware & Juction Company
Olyphant
Peno
Eddy Creek
Delaware and Ludson Company
Farmer Dietrich Tiedemann Fined for Brutal Assault on Son
Dietrich Tiedemann, a wealthy St Clair County Illinois farmer, was fined and placed under bonds to keep the peace for a year after a brutal assault on his 4 year old son. He allegedly took the boy to a shed to whip him and tied his hands, beating him as the child struggled to ward off the blows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dietrich Tiedemann
St. Clair County
Iilinois
Tiedemann
Binant
Robbers Escape After Bank Vault Explosion
Five men entered the First National bank of Abinedon Li with a hound and gag. The night watchman blew open the vault as thirteen charges of dynamite exploded before cash was reached. The robbers are believed to have driven north and west afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Abinedon
Hound
Jetearely
Railroad Collision Near Burlington Kills Three Officials
A head on crash on the Rutland Railroad near Garritts Crossroads five miles south of Burlington Virginia killed both engineers and both firemen. one crew member may be dead and several others injured. In a separate clash at Drenovo in the Miomastir district Bulgarian troops killed or wounded fifteen Turkish soldiers. the Turkish commander died, Bulgarians held a barricaded house, survivors escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Garritt's Cross
Burlington
New York
Drenovo
Miomastir
Cholera Death Toll Rises Across Philippines
Latest mail advices report 118273 deaths from cholera across the archipelago. The day before completion 258 cases and 178 deaths were logged in the provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Prisoner Awakened by Water Torture in Kansas City Jail
A Black prisoner named Gave Sleeping Black person received cold water forced down his throat after a 150 hour sleep in a Kansas City Kansas jail. John Fulcher, the jailer, awakened the man during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fulcher
Kansas City
Kan
Fulcher
German specialists declare King of Saxony condition critical
A Dresden to London Central News dispatch reports that German specialists summoned to attend the king of Saxony held a consultation and issued a bulletin stating his condition is critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
London Central News
Saxony
West Virginia Negro Joins Judiciary as Justice of the Peace
Thomas Norris took the oath of office in Wheeling West Virginia becoming the first Black person to hold a judicial post in the state. He was elected in a Democratic ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Norris
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Cable Car Collision in Chicago Injures Dozen
One person is fatally injured and three seriously hurt after a Milwaukee avenue cable car collides with a Fairfield Street electric trolley in Chicago. A dozen others suffer minor cuts and bruises in the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fifty Fishermen Drowned In Gulf of Riga Storm
A terrible gale swept the Gulf of Riga drowning fifty fishermen. The disaster struck a Riga area fishing fleet, with crews overwhelmed by the storm and capsized boats reported along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
Russia
Gulf of Riga
Execution of Thomas Dunn in St. Louis for murder of Peter Jackson
Thomas Dunn, a Black man, was hanged in St. Louis for killing Peter Jackson after a quarrel over $4. The crowd by the scaffold numbered about 100, with several women and children present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Dunn
St. Louis
Peter Jackson
Thomas Dung
Explosion at Oakhill colliery kills three men
An explosion of dynamite in a gangway at Oakhill colliery of Leisen ring & Co. at Duncott Schuylkill county Pennsylvania killed three men and injured ten others, with emergency crews rushing to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakhill
Leisenring & Co
Duncott
Schuylkill County
Penn
Railroad pension plan offers 25 year retirees half pay
The article notes several railroad companies announcing new features including a provision allowing employees aged 64 who have served 25 years to retire on half pay for one year before standard pension payments begin. This marks a shift toward longer term employee benefits.
Train Robber Believed Shot After Duel On Express
A masked robber tried to hold up a New Orleans to Cincinnati train near South Louisville. Conductor J M Keene was seriously wounded. the robber was shot by a rifle and likely killed near the tracks as two Pullman passengers were robbed. Passenger Dih Moore helped Joseph Redford during the escape attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Lewisville
Nashville Road
J. 7
Keene
Cincinnati
Louisville
Covvolver
Joseph Redford
madeDih. Moore
Rolver
Barginr
Half‑million blaze hits Adventist Review and Herald building
A five story plant at Seattle Creek Mich owned by Seventh Day Adventists suffered a 500000 dollar fire loss. Insurance covered about half with flames blamed on faulty wiring. Fourteen presses twelve boilers and valuable book plates were destroyed though vault storage may have saved some items. The Review and Herald serves as the church organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Review
Herald
Tuminus
Veral
Seattle Creek
Mich
Review and Herald
Seventh Day Adventists
Real Tragedy on Stage in Indiana Kills Villain
A rehearsal at the Reese opera house in Marion Indiana turned fatal when Willia Fogleson shot Oliver Miller in a western play. Miller 25 died instantly. Fogleson claimed the revolver was carried with loose cartridges and loaded by his brother without his knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Marion
Ind
Reese Opera House
Leah Marion
Williaa Fogleson
Oliver Miller
May Poglesan
Willioglesan
Esak
Fire Losses Across U S Canada and Notable 1902 Events
The report notes 1902 fire losses in the United States and Canada totaling $49,276.00 or similar figures, with large annual totals and numerous fires over $1,000. It also covers events in Ohio of a fatal shooting during an attempted arrest, a fatal gas explosion in Delaware, and a major 1903 lumber sale by Edward Hines Lumber Company to Chicago and Eastern buyers for Ashland, totaling 2,000,000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
New York Journal of Commerce
Peatiwinedy Fess
Delaware
Ohio
Misselon Tourrly
Miss Iurrly
Edward Hines Lumber Company
Ashland
Chicago
Eastern Men
Lake Superior
Rockslide Blocks Monte Cristo Trailroad Near Everett
A mud and rock slide on the Monte Cristo trailroad between tunnels 2 and 9 near Everett Washington blocked the track for 200 feet. The Everett train was caught in the slide and passengers were chaperoned to pass the night and most of the next day on the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Cristo
Everett
Wash
Edgern R Hogle Dies After Cleveland Surgery
Edgern R Hogle general superintendent of the United States Express Company died on the operating table in a Cleveland hospital after an operation for a suspected brain abscess that surgeons did not find. Also reported: earthquakes in Andijan, Russian Turkestan, with 4800 deaths. shocks in Guayaquil, Ecuador and Lagneres de Luchon, France. Standard Oil announces a general pension plan for its employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgern R. Hogle
United States Express Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Andijan
Russian
Turkestan
Guuayaquil
Ecuador
Lagneres-de-Luchon
France
Ocean Steamer Engineer Earns Promotion for Heroic Rescue
Ticnri Pommier assistant engineer on the steamship La Champagne saves a comrade from falling into the funnel during a fire risk. He hoists the man to the deck, stabilizes the damper, and resumes work amid flames and turbulence. Promoted to full engineer for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ticnri Pommier
Hhon
Jie
Beeun
Pommier
Hii
Pennsylvania preacher asked to pay 500 or be harmed
The Rev. John B. Shellenberger of Bannerville, Pa., who recently shot a burglar who died later in county jail, received an unsigned letter said to be from the burglar’s relative. It demanded $500 in a box at an isolated spot under threat of death and attacked the minister. The writer’s identity was sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
John B. Shellenberger
Bannerville
Shhellenberger Wilh
Semedaantil
Coal Miners Aim for Major Wage Increase Nationwide
Bituminous coal miners plan to seek a 20 percent wage rise at the upcoming national convention, with reports from Indiana Ohio and This ois districts indicating similar requests. A statis tician has been reviewing figures to justify the raise following a 15 to 20 percent soft coal increase made in Columbus three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyle Ryan
Tihsois
Indiana
Ohio
Columbus
Changes on Grontd Railway Lines Dune to New Order
An order bans employment of relatives of officials in subordinate positions across Missouri Pacific and Trn Mountain systems, triggering widespread transfers to nonrelated roles Southeast Kansas divisions. Hamline University raises 250000 endowment mainly from Minnesota donors James Hill, M G Norton, and J L Norton, securing university permanence. Rockefeller gifts draw criticism from John Bascom about funding sources for public benefit. Santa Fe train No 5 crashes into a light engine near Siam Cal, killing Engineer Charles Hayward and injuring Viremao Arkills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri D Pacific
Tron Mountain
Kansas
Hamline
Hamline University
Minneapolis, Minn
University
Minnegett
James, Hill
M. G
J. l. Norton
Winona
Siam
Danby
Needles
Cal
Charles Hayward
Viremao A. Arkills
Cuban editor shot in political rivalry case
Congressman Hills editor shoots and kills rival editor Senor Inosula in Cuba. Both leaders headed opposing factions. Also noted are a new sugar process by Thomas Wommack from Baton Rouge parish, a Baltimore rail elevator fire causing extensive damage, and damaged steamers Alexandra Poland and Pydna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hills
Congressman Corona
Cubano Libre
Senor Inosula
Thomas Wommack
Hast Baton Rouge Parish
Louisiana
Wommack
Baltimore
Furnas
Northern Central Railroad
Alexandra
Poland
Pydna
Winter wheat and corn acreage and production in U S 1902
The Agricultural Department bulletin reports 1902 U S winter wheat acreage at 28,581,426 with 411,788,666 bushels produced and corn acreage at 94,043,613 with 2,524,648,312 bushels produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statistics of Agriculture
The
Agricultural Department Bulletin
United States
Long Lost Daughter Found By Francis Rosberg
Francis Rosberg, head of a Pullman department, located his daughter who had been taken by his wife in 1885. The daughter, now Mrs Are Boyles of Brooklyn, was living in a Boston convent under the name Marie Josephine Hardy. A reunion followed after Rosberg viewed the daughter’s story in a daily paper and exchanges of photographs with the family.
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Francis Rosberg
Boyles
Pullman
Oat Pullman, TL
ISS5
Boston
Are Boyles
Taysey Street
Brooklyn
Bogsles
Manitaide Life Company
Lostorg
Austria
Tiosbore
Ion Daily
Roesberg
Thucklyn
Cherokees Seek Allotment as 800 Apply for Admission
The five civilized tribes commission opened land offices in the Cherokee nation. Eight hundred families applied for tickets of admission to the allotment, which will begin and continue until all Cherokee lands are allotted. Each citizen will receive from fifty to ten acres based on rank, with W. W. Trastings drawing the first ticket. About 800000 acres are to be divided among 55000 Cherokees, and the work may take two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Cecil E. Gibson
Indianapolis
Lewis A. Hoffman
Oakland City
Wm. A. Morgan
Dublin
Jonathan Nelson
Warsaw
George B. Okey
L. Nathan
Oscar Potter
Paul H. White
Sol Hedrick
Harrison Township
Henry County
Hedrick
Frankfort
Insane Illinois man shoots woman then kills himself
CG Beck a brandry worker at Patree E Hotel San Francisco fires two boilers at Mrs. Georgia Ak bin in a jealous crime and kills himself at VUrlindo House. The woman is expected to recover while a note from Beck explains he killed himself to spare her and his life from heartbreak.
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Anl
Beck
Patree E
San Francisco
Georgia Akbin
Vurlindo House
Teek
Dave
Neogo
Abnormal Birth and Local Disasters Highlight 1900s News
A baby born with a full set of teeth and long black hair to Mrs Z Vole near Cherry Creek is noted amid a string of calamities. Reports describe mine collapse in Olyphant, Pa, a Negro hanged in St Louis, a fatal stabbing at Nelson Morris Co. stockyards, three drowning deaths in the Cumberland river, forged money orders in Chicago, a national iron works combine forming in Chattanooga, a deadly naphtha leak in Pottsdale, and Germany’s 1903 naval build program. The items reflect a era of accidents, crime, industry, and public safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. Vole
Farae
Cherry Creek
Roehes Far Noy
Luestihy
Berg
Wien
Great Humbert Swindle Ends in Madrid Capture
Mme Humbert the famed swindler and her accomplices were arrested in Madrid and brought back to France for trial after a twenty year scam that drained banks and trust companies of about $12,000,000. A fictitious American millionaire Crawford and his two supposed nephews aided the ruse, while a sealed safe misled lenders until an investigation revealed only a jewel box and old papers. The gang fled nine months earlier as European-wide searches began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Humbert
Paris
Madrid
Frederic Humbert
Eva Humbert
Romain
Hail
Marie d’Aurignac
France
M. Girard
Robert Crawford
Mime
Humbert
Nice
Crawford
Mme. Ilumbert
Henry
Furance
Europe
United States
Rail and shipping shifts drum up bold railroad sums
The piece outlines tariff and freight moves across major lines from Chicago to the West. It notes wage increases at the Delaware Lackawanna and West System, a $20 million stock raise by Chicago Great Western, a New Haven Hartford land purchase for a giant freight terminal, and oil powered locomotive trials by Southern Pacific and Santa Fe. It also reports strawberry service on the Northwestern Limited and various Indiana local notices of accidents, deaths, and business ventures.
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Westcet
Car
Chicago Great Western
Sinois Central
Southern Pacific
Chicago
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Santa Claus
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Chicago and Northwestern
Spokane
Wash
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Commonwealth Flats
Boston
James J. Hill
Philippines
Washington, D. C
Washington
Hays
Grand Trunk
Dominion Parliament
Worth Bay
Rock Island
Waurika
Ardmore
Northwestern Limited
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Santa Fe
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Ribune
D. McCallum
Batesville, Mnd. and
Don & S
Llinois
Beth Crews
Pieval
Battle Creek
L. T. Sims
Bethel
Sims
Burl MckKibbon
Mc Wibbon
George Clive
William Hannah
Werogism
Rockefeller
John Bascom
University of Wisconsin
University of Chicago
Cherokels
LANIA
Illinois
Nelson Morris & Co
Union Stock Yards
James Lurshut
Peter Lenkz
Cumberland River
Gainesboro
Tenn
Station No. 17
East St. Louis
Lgg Tron
Chattanooga
Pottsdale
Germany
Mmelhumbert
Yred, Humbert
Frefcht
Hoosier
News OF the Week
Wick Crave
Covington
Elizabeth Wheeler
Adams County
Geneva
Muncie
James T. Wise
George Sines
Cass County Infirmary
Loogootee
Otis Hawkins
Riney Ray
Ray
Hawkins
Marchie Walker
Reeds Station
Ralph Gilbert
N. H. Gilbert
Martinsville
Brazil
Charles Everett
Henry Dora
Falmouth
Julia Middlebrook
Jeffersonville
Riley Ewing
Terre Haute
Madison County
Levi Mammmer
Noblesville
Stephen W. Ripley
Board of County Commissioners
Hammond
Benton County
Washington Township
Wayne County
J. H. Fay & Co
Elgin
Rall C. Hannum
Linton
Hannum
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