Land deal nets 8000 acres in Belmont Ohio adjoining coal works
Captain Alfred Slicks of Pittsburg and Thomas K Mahon of Philadelphia close a sale for 8000 acres in Belmont county Ohio for about 1 million dollars. The tract sits beside De Armit Coal works and includes three mines with rapid development planned. Rail lines from Baltimore and Ohio Cleveland Lorain Wheeling and Wabash run through the property. Negotiators include J P and Co W Troll of St Clairsville representing Black Diamond Ohio and West Virginia coal interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Slicks
Pittsburg
Thomas K. Mahon
Philadelphia
Belmont County
Ohio
de- Armit Coal Company
Baltimore & Ohio
Cleveland
Loraine & Wheeling
Wabash
J. P.and Co
St. Clairsville
Black Diamond Coal Company
Ohio and West Virginia Coal Company
Eeho Coal Company
Pretoria special Col Wilson recaptures twenty Boers near Frankfort
Col Wilson captured twenty Boers near Frankfort in Orange River colony. At dawn he prepared to move the captives when a superior Boer force attacked. A hot fight followed and all but three prisoners escaped with several men killed or wounded on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Col. Wilson
Frankfort
Orange River Colony
Oers
Train Wreck Near Peru Ind After Engine Breaks
A Wabash train at Keysport west of Peru Indiana derailed at forty miles per hour when the driving rod on engine 417 broke. The cab was torn off. Engineer Richard J. Howard suffered a sprained ankle and a cut to the head. Passengers were badly shaken. A separate Vienna report describes a failed assassination attempt on King George of Greece in Phaleron Park. a park inspector was stabbed while shielding the king. The would-be attacker was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keysport
Peru
Ind
Richard J. Howard
Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
George
Greece
Phaleron
Bearers Escort Miss Stone's Ransom to Mountains
The bearers of Ellen M. Stone and Madame Tsilka with $72,000 ransom left Seres in European Turkey on January 21. They rode into the mountains with a strong escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seres
Macedonia
Turkey
Ellen M. Stone
Fire Destroys Mobile Wholesale District Killing Two
A blaze in Mobile Alabama wiped out property valued at 3.8 million dollars in the wholesale district. Victims include Richard H. Vidmer a leading Mobile society man and Bat Thomas a laborer from New Orleans. Three firemen were injured two slightly and one seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Richard H. Vidmer
Bat Thomas
New Orleans
Wyoming guide George Rea near death in cabin on Snake River
Cheyenne dispatch reports George Rea renowned guide and trailblazer lies dying in a lone cabin by the Snake River. Rea helped explore Yellowstone and earned the nickname Daniel Boone of Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
George Rea
Snake River
Rea
Yellowstone Park
Daniel Boone
Wyoming
Struthers Confesses to Slaying Cooper in Robbery
In St Louis Missouri the murder of millionaire Cooper is cleared by a confession from Struthers a black man who admitted striking Cooper with a sledge hammer. He said the motive was robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
St. Louis
Struthers
Mixed freight derailed by broken rail near Mexico injuring eleven
A mixed freight on the Chicago and Alton line from Jefferson City to Mexico Missouri shifted off the tracks four miles from Mexico after a broken rail. Eleven people were injured in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and Alton
Jefferson City
Mexico
Explosion at Lost Creek Mine Kills and Mft Losses
An explosion at the Lost Creek Coal Mine near Oscaloosa Iowa costs lives and damages property. Three bodies have been recovered with many workers missing or unaccounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lost Creek
Oscaloosa
Judge Tuley Sets Chicago Telephone Rate at 125
Chicago dispatch reports Judge Tuley ruled business telephone rates in Chicago may not exceed 125 yearly, trimming previous charges by 50. The decision lowers the annual cost for conurbine users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tuley
Foot Injury Suit Filed for Twenty Thousand Dollars
George Cothran of Michigan City Ind. sues the Michigan Central Railroad Co. in Chicago seeking $20,000 damages. He was employed as a brakeman a year ago and lost a foot at Frankfort Illinois while with the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cothran
Michigan City
Ind
Chicago
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Cothran
Frankfort
Judge Baker's Successor Named in Supreme Court
John W. Gillett of Hammond appointed as successor to Judge Francis Baker on the Indiana Supreme Court. Gillett is a leading figure in Lake County Circuit Court and northern Indiana law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
John W. Gillett
Hammond
Lake County
Northern
Indianna
Francis Baker
Supreme Court
Hoffmeister's Death Shocks Legion of Honor Election
William H. Hoffmeister of St. Louis, former supreme recorder, killed himself at the Plant ers Hotel after losing re election to C. B. T. White. Witness was George M. Ackley of Kansas City. Otto A. Overbeck faced arrest for weapons with a dramatic bid to influence the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Hoffmeister
St. Louis
Supreme Recorder
Legion of Honor
Planters
George M. Ackley
Kansas City
Hoffmeister
Supreme Recorder of
The
C. B. T. White
Supreme Council
Otto A. Overbeck
Overbeck
Holland
Millionaire killed in bathhouse after robbery
A. Dean Cooper, treasurer of the Graham Paper Company, died in St. Louis after an assault in the Vista Turkish bathhouse cooling room. Attendant William Strother is detained at Dayton Street station. a $1000 diamond ring and diamond pin were found hidden in the bathhouse basement along with a bloodstained sledge hammer. Strother denies the accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
A. Dean Cooper
Graham Paper Company
Vista Turkish
William Strother
Cooper
Indians to quit territory and move from Oklahoma
Full-blood and mixed Creek Indians plan to sell lands and leave Oklahoma due to disgust with the Dawes Commission and Interior Department. They cite starvation prospects, lost game, and a law limiting land leases as leaving them penniless. A petition to Congress is prepared as a last resort amid crop failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawes Commission
Oklahoma
Interior Department
Congress
Imported Men Refuse to Work for B&O in Indiana
Fifty recruits for the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Company arrived in Washington Indiana to take striker positions. About twenty five refused to work once informed of the strike. Detectives guard the shops and yards as tension rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.& O. Company
Indiana
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Company
Washington
Ind
St. Louis
Court Holds Fraternal Benefit Policy Not Voided by Suicide
Kansas City Court of Appeals rules in Brassfield v Knights of the Maccabees that Missouri law governs fraternal insurers. State statute declares death by own action cannot be defense to payment, so Brassfield’s policy denial by the Maccabees is not upheld under the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Court of Appeals
Fannie Brassfield
The
Knights of the Maccabees
Missouri
Brassfield
Maccabees
Former Town Treasurer Admits Forgery and Embezzlement
Albert Jennings, former treasurer of Wellesley Massachusetts, told selectmen he is guilty of forgery and embezzlement. He was arrested on a separate charge of forging a note for five thousand dollars and now admits the total amount involved is twenty five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Mass
Albert Jennings
Missionaries Massacred, Bishops Report Pingle killings
Bishop Berman of the Western Mongolian Mission reports Fathers Van Merhaeghe and Bongaerts were killed at Pingle in Kansu province by soldiers and Mohammedans. The attackers fled across the Yellow River toward Ordos country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berman
Western
van Merhaeghe
Bongaerts
Pingle
Kansu
Yellow River
Ordos
Saloons Ban Profanity in Toledo Meeting Resolution
Toledo saloonkeepers adopted a unanimous resolution asking proprietors and bartenders to avoid pro fane language and post notices forbidding patrons to swear on the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saloonskeepers
Toledo
Ohio
Northwestern Names Edmund J. James as President
Northwestern University trustees in Evanston Illinois have chosen Edmund J. James currently of the University of Chicago as the new president after an extensive academic search. An eighty year old woman Dorothy Hoffman died from burns at her Ironton Ohio home when her dress caught fire from an open grate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Board of Trustees
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Edmund J. James
The
University of Chicago
Dorothy Hoffman
Ironton
Ohio
Change in Chinese Attitude and Royal Audience
The Emperor of China granted an audience to foreign ministers as equals to himself marking a historic shift. A Bremen man named Frederick Randers, in his middle years, wed his neighbor’s young daughter recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Frederick Randers
Bremen
Ird
Ran
Pennsylvania Farmer Ends Life After Explosion
Lawrence Moridz a 37 year old farmer near Erie Pennsylvania attempted suicide after a blast wounded him. He sent his family to the city bade them farewell and then used blasting powder to blow up a rock pile. He was injured but not killed. He crawled to the hay mow and hanged himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Lawrence Moridz
Erie
Californian Couple Held on Counterfeiting Charges
Ulysses G. Bair and his wife, living in Fruitvale, San Francisco, are jailed on counterfeiting charges. Police found a complete counterfeiting outfit at their home and counterfeit coins valued at $70. The pair allegedly circulated thousands of counterfeit dollars over two years, with Bair boasting winnings from race tracks using the fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruitvale
San Francisco
Ulysses G. Bair
Bair
Air
Sioux Indian Lynched for Horse Stealing Near Rosebud
John Yellow Wolf, a Sioux released from Deadwood jail, was hanged near White River after stealing a horse on his way to the Rosebud agency. He had served multiple terms in Deadwood jail for various offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Yellow Wolf
Deadwood
Rosebud
Yellow Wolf
Agency
Rapid City
White River
Captain reports collision near Astoria with floating obstruction
Captain Jones of the White Star Line steamer Bovie arriving from Liverpool reports sighting the Anchor Liner Astoria at latitude 44.47 north longitude 347 west displaying the signal Met with accident floating obstruction. The Astoria sent other signals not deciphered in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Jones
White Star Line
Bovie
New York
Liverpool
Astoria
Omaha Newsboys Riot Sparks Street Battle
A riot erupted at Fifteenth and Phar nam streets Omaha between union and nonunion newsboys. About sixty boys fought with fists and bricks as police arrived. many sustained injuries before patrol wagons took those unable to flee to the station. The clash followed a boycott placard over paper prices from 3 1/2 to 4 cents, pitting St Louis and Chicago papers against the union. Mogg Bernstein, the “king of the newsboys,” appeared as the struggle tipped in favor of the nonunion camp led by F C Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Fifteenth
Pharnam
Omaha
St. Louis
Chicago
F. C. Smith
Rew
Mogg” Bernstein
Smith
Mosy
Mother and son whipped by townsfolk in Missouri
G J Huckleberry a 22 year old Odessa photographer and his mother Mrs W B Huckleberry were lashed with raw hides by about seventy five leading locals over alleged mistreatment of the photographer's wife. Huckleberry threatened his wife and was arrested after a neighbor swore out a warrant. police attempting to take him were overwhelmed by the mob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
G. J. Huckleberry
Odessa
W. B. Huckleberry
Huckleberry
Johnston County
Wuckleberry
Hourkleberry
Robbers Escape With Thirteen Thousand In Bonds
Columbus police report a burglary at the eastern residential district home of James McCune where $18,000 in government bonds were stolen. No suspects found. McCune seeks locating additional papers and a will vital to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas McCune
Columbus
Ohio
Police Department
James McCune
McCune
Four-Story Columbus Fire Destroys Buildings
A blaze at Spring and Capital streets Columbus Ohio gut a four story brick block housing Samuel Stevens wholesale grocer E B Robins Co Zion Judkins Co wholesale hatters and John Hayes Co robbers in leather. Loss about 200000, largely insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Spring and
Capital Streets
Ohio
Samuel Stevens
E. B. Robins & Co
Zion, Judkins & Co
John Hayes & Co
National Creamery Company Formed to Tie Creameries
Charles H. Datson and John A. Parks announce a new National Creamery Company to absorb major creameries nationwide with an $18,000,000 capital. In Dayton, Ohio, grand jurors drop charges against Mrs. Mary Witwer over alleged poisoning tied to multiple deaths amid previous sensational reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Creamery Trust
Charles H. Datson
John A. Parks
Swansas Creamery Trust
The
National Creamery Company
Dayton
Ohio
Mary Witwer
Pugh
Witwer
Three Die as Belleville Clan Gathering Turns Violent
Three men are dead and four wounded after a hostile clan gathering at Belleville Texas tied to a murder trial. The fatally wounded man was the defendant in the case, with two others killed as relatives of the first victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fend
Belleville
Texas
Two Farmers Killed in Taylorsville Square Fight
In a clash near Taylorsville Iowa Thomas Jewell shot and killed Nathan Bruner and his son John Bruner. He wounded another son David Bruner. Jewell claims the Bruners and a man named Price attacked him and he acted in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylorsville
Ixy
Jewell
Nathan Bruner
John
David Bruner
Bruners
Price
Landslide Attacks Juneau Basin Buries Tast Chance Flume
A massive landslide west of Juneau Alaska tore 1700 feet across the basin toppling rocks and dirt from a mountain and wiping out the Tast Chance Mining Company flume. No injuries reported. In Pennsylvania a runaway Lackawanna Lumber train killed four log workers at Cross Fork while loading a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Tast Chance Mining Company
Lackawanna Lumber Company
Cross Fork
Kansas Commander Ousted by G A R Committee
The Kansas G A R executive committee ordered department commander Martin Norton to vacate the office immediately after sustaining charges found during their investigation. Norton faced formal removal as the panel upheld the misconduct findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
The
Kansas G. A. R
Martin Norton
Norton
Body Found in Douglas Water Works Reservoir
The body of W. C. Johnson was located in the city water works reservoir in Douglas Wyoming. Johnson had been missing for several days and is believed to have died by his own hand while temporarily in sane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Johnson
City Water Works
Douglas
Wyo
Johnson
Riot on a Steamer Columbia Panamanian Port
News reports a riot aboard the Pacific Steam Navigation Company steamer Columbia at Panama. Several crew members were fatally or dangerously wounded, with details still unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Columbia
Panama
Armenians Fight Turk in Mush District Clash
Two Armenian bands appeared at Sandjak in Mush district Asiatic Turkey. In a clash with a Turkish detachment the Turks suffered one officer and two men killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandjak
Mush
Asiatic
Turkey
Gigantic Steamship Trust Forming Amid Transatlantic Pool
Evidence mounts for a huge steamship pool uniting thirty British American lines while excluding German French Dutch and Scandinavian fleets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steamship Trust
Missing Cradock patrol after Boer attack on Tarkastad road
British forces report a patrol of fifty Cradock town guard men on the Tarkastad road overwhelmed by Wessels. A portion of the men returned, while the rest are missing. In Cleveland, a court dismissed Mooney's appeal over free school books for Catholic parochial schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wessels
Cradock
Cape Colony
Tarkastad
Cleveland
M. P. Mooney
Denmark Opens Talks on Sale of West Indian Islands
Denmark signals willingness to accept U S offer for three West Indian islands with a price range of 3 million to 4 million dollars. Alfonso XIII to be crowned King of Spain at Madrid on May 17 at his sixteenth birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
United States
West Indian Islands
Alfonso
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Madrid
Congress Debates Manila Post Funding and Philippine Policy
The House and Senate spent days in general debate on the urgent deficiency bill totaling 16.7 million dollars. Key topics included a 500000 appropriation for a Manila military post, questions over 40000 for the State Department entertainment of Prince Henry, and arguments on Philippine independence and trade policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Manila
State Department
Cannon
Prince Henry
Germany
Clark
Whitelaw Reid
Captain Clark
Gen. Wilson
Pierpont Morgan
Young Wetmore
London
Edward VII
Mr. Clark
England
Reid
de Armond
Missouri
Richardson
Tennessee
Grosvenor
Ohio
Alexander
New York
Grow
Pennsylvania
Williams
Ilinois
Underwood
Alabama
Senate
Lodge
Rawlins
House
Philippines
Sibley
Dinsmore
Ark
Newlands
Nev
Mondell
Wro
Robinson
Ind
Stern
Gaines
Tenn
Vandiver
Greene
Iowa
Padgett
United States
Chandler
Mississippi
Enor
Indiana
Watson
Congressman Cannon
Nelson
Department of Commerce
Quarles
Wisconsin
Secretary of Commerce
Fianna
Pettus
Department of Labor
Bacon
Labor Department
Hanna
Hill
Connecticut
Loud
Post Office Committee
Payne
Washington Notes on Residence, Pension, and Banking
Mme Wu has transformed the Chinese minister residence into an ideal oriental home. The Senate committee reports favorably on a $5,000 annual pension for President Meliiley widow. House subcommittees study needed financial legislation. asset banking currency unlikely to be favored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Wu
Senate Committee
Meliiley
House Banking and Currency Committee
Congress
Tragedy at Lost Creek Mine Claims Twenty Nine
A dust explosion at Lost Creek coal mine in Iowa kills twenty nine miners and injures eight others. About 110 men were at work. eighty escape through air shafts as fire damages the top works and entombs workers. The Lost Creek Fuel Co owns shaft No 2 with output sold to Town Central Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lost Creek
Lowa
Bnee
Lost Creek Fuel Company
Charles Ef, Lofland
Frank Lofland
HL. L. Spencer
J. M. Limbrel
Oskaloosa
Town Central Railway Company
New Signal System Urged For Railroad Safety
A. O C Miller of Aurora leads a push to replace train orders and block signals with automatic colored lights in engine cabs. The aim is to remove misreading risk and reliance on human judgment, citing recent wrecks and urging installation on routes like the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O C. Miller
Aurora
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
Miller
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Consolidation of Toledo Telephone Firms Ends Competition
Chilean congress approves bonds to back a loan of 12.5 million dollars. Reach Kansas hosts a new post office with William G. Smith as postmaster. New York notes the engagement of Alice Morton, fourth daughter of Gov. Levi P. Morton and his wife, to Winthrop Rutherford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Reach
Kan
William G. Smith
Eix-Gov
Levi P. Morton
New York
Alice Morton
Winthrop Rutherford
New York City
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Condor
Miss Stone
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Ders
Panama Harbor
Gen. Allen
John E. Bush
United States Land Office
Little Rock
Richmond
Gates & Brown
Cummings
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