Ex Confederates Officer Heads Seattle War Vessel
Ex Confederate navy officer and Civil War veteran Captain Henry Marmaduke arrives in Seattle to take command of the Banning, fitted as a war ship for Colombia. He will sail once the vessel is ready, as Colombia also negotiates to purchase another warship.
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Seattle
Wash
Henry Marmaduke
United States Naval Academy
Monitor
Merrimac
War Department
Washington
Banning
Ile
Moran Yards
League of American Municipalities closes sixth convention
The sixth annual convention of the League of American Municipalities adjourned in Grand Rapids Michigan with next year’s gathering slated for Baltimore. Elected officers include President Mayor J A Smaith Charleston South Carolina first vice president M M Stevens East St Louis Illinois second vice president Mayor Barr Joliet Illinois third vice president Mayor Head Nashville Tennessee treasurer T V Taylor Bridgeport Connecticut secretary J C Merrifield Des Moines Iowa.
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League of American Municipalities
Grand Rap
Ls. Mich
Baltimore
J. A. Smaith
Charleston
S. C
M. M. Stevens
East St. Louis
Ill
Barr
Joliet
Nashville, Tenn
T. V. Taylor
Bridgeport
Conn
J. C. Merrifield
Des Motes
Towa
Suspects Held in Spokane Over Northern Pacific Train Robbery
Three men jailed in Spokane Washington on charges tied to the Northern Pacific passenger train hold up near Sand Point. Arrests followed descriptions by William Pearson a Chicago fireman who rode the tender during the robbery. The prisoners gave the aliases Thomas McDonald Frank Wilf and J W Murry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Sand Point
Spokane
Wash
William Pearson
Chicago
Thomas McDonald
Frank Wilf
J. W. Murry
Fire kills woman in West 121st Street flat house blaze
A fire on the first floor of a five story building on West 121st Street New York left one dead, Mrs Eva Arendt of the fourth floor, and several others shocked and burned. The woman who died jumped from a window and died in hospital. Injured residents are expected to recover.
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West 121St Street
New York
Eva Arendt
Street Car Held Up by Masked Robber in Spokane
Chief of Police Reddy was a passenger on a Spokane street car halted at a railway crossing when a masked robber armed with a revolver boarded and forced the conductor to surrender cash. The robber then demanded contributions from the passengers. Reddy, unarmed, proclaimed himself powerless.
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Reddy
Spokane
Wash
Estate settlement ends dispute over Fair estate
Mrs. Carriet FE Nelson representing herself and Fair relatives relinquished all claims to the Fair estate for cash. Receipts accepted a substantial sum, reportedly about $500,000, with no contest by Mrs. Fair’s relatives.
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Charles
Heinze Concentrator Destroyed By Fire In Butte
The Montana Ore Purchasing companys Heinze Concentrator in Butte was totally destroyed by fire. Loss is about 100000 with 60000 insured. Repairs will take about three months and 400 workers will be laid off during that period.
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Butte
Mont
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Heinze Concentrator
Fire at York destroys several buildings in rear blaze
A rear fire at the Palace of Amusement in York Pennsylvania is said to be incendiary. The flames spread to adjacent structures causing about 60000 dollars in damage including Wingate Machine Co 25000 Sutter Bros tobacco warehouse 15000 Palace of Amusement 10000 and 20000 in insurance losses.
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York
Palace of Amusement
Wingate Machine Co
Sutter Bros
Tobacco Warehouse
Col William C Cooper Dies At Mt Vernon Leader Of Ohio Politics
Col William C Cooper longtime Ohio political figure died at his Mt Vernon home at 71. He served on the Republican national committee before 1884 and represented his district in Congress from 1854 to 1890.
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William C. Cooper
Ohio
Mt. Vernon
Congress
Fire consumes Wood's opera house in Bay City blaze
A deadly blaze at Wood's opera house in Bay City Michigan killed one spectator, Eugene Caremba age 22, whose crushed body was found beneath collapsed walls. Estimated property loss stands at $100,000.
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Wood
Bay City
Mich
Eugene Caremba
Guidi Appointed Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines
Rome reports Mgr Guidi has been appointed apostolic delegate in the Philippines, signaling a new church leadership role for the Rome special. The move places Guidi in a key liaison position between the Holy See and Philippine Catholic authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr. Guidi
Manila
Rome
The
Philippines
Trains Crashed at Cayuga Kills Two Railway Workers
Northbound Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train wrecked at Cayuga Indiana thirty eight miles north of Terre Haute. Engineer Dad Carey and Fireman Lee of Chicago were instantly killed. Passengers escaped with severe shaking up.
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
Cayuga
Ind
Terre Haute
Dad Carey
Lee
Chicago
Miners Fire Upon Operators in Crane Creek Coalfields
In Crane Creek coalfields Bluefield special reports a clash where striking miners fired on operators. Four people died two guards and two miners, with many others grounded amid the violence.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Crane Creek
Mysterious River Deaths In Beaumont Rekindle Old Cases
Bodies found in the Neches River near Beaumont recount earlier killings as a white man’s corpse is recovered below the drawbridge and a second body surfaces nearby. Identified as Jim Broderick, the English bricklayer, the death is blamed on a fall while intoxicated. Another case reports Miss EL Vogel of Galveston strangling herself in a Beaumont hotel over a failed land sale.
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Beaumont
Texas
Neches
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Jim Broderick
Broderick
EL. M. Vogel
Galveston
Fireman Killed as Pacific Train Collides at Anoka Yard
Northern Pacific passenger train No. 7 crashed into a stationary freight in Anoka Minnesota. Fireman Harry Hutchins was killed when he leaped from the car after his foot slipped and he struck the rail. Engineer David L Wilson was injured with a fractured leg while clearing wreckage.
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Anoka
Minn
Northern Pacific
Harry Hutchins
Trate
David Il. Wilson
No. 7
Maun Dine
Hutchins
Sam Small Collapses at Temperance Rally in Vermont
Ikew Sam Small the Georgia evangelist and temperance lecturer collapsed on stage in Brattleboro Vermont during a booked temperance rally. He appeared to stagger and spoke incoherently before the audience began to leave and the presiding officer led him off the stage.
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Ikew
Sam Small
Georgia
Brattleboro, Vt
Mr. Small
Crashes Into Ocean Liner in New York Narrows
The British steamer Peconic collided with the mail boat Tier Liguria near New York harbor, injuring both ships and trapping passengers on deck to prevent flooding. A miscommunication of signals caused the crash, with over 1,000 aboard the liner and significant damage reported. Elsewhere in Philadelphia, Abe Coad and deputies seized a large tobacco haul including a ton of leaf, 20 000 cigars, beer and wine in a raid on two southern houses. Pasquale Cape Bianco, alleged gang leader, was arrested for tax fraud related to cigar production.
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New York Narrows
Liguria
Narrows
New York Harbor
Trevenue
Abe Coad
Philadelphia
Pasquale Cape Bianco
Three Brothers Held Up Near Margo in Minnesota Camp
Hold Up near Margo, NLT. Oldest brother shot in back and abdomen. in critical condition. John Rooney captured. Younger brothers robbed of cash and valuables. Ten years for Bank Wrecker Dix sentenced in Whatcom. previously wrecked the Scandinavian American Bank and fled to England. Millionaire A W Mitchell commits suicide aboard steamer Copula near San Francisco. Lumpy Jaw sickens Pratt Kansas victims Kimball and Cochran. Turkey concedes US demands. relations with US legation in Constantinople resume.
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Sweet
Minn
Margo
Nlt
John Rooney
Wheatcoma
Wash
Neteter
St. John Dix
Dix
Whatcom
England
Kansas
Pratt
Kan
Kimball
Cochran
Chicago Brokerage Firm Herbst Hill & Co Fails
Herbst Hill & Co a Chicago brokerage firm at 112 LaSalle Street goes into receivership with Clarence Day named as receiver. Liabilities set at 60000 dollars and assets listed at about the same value by the firm’s attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbst, Hill & Co
LaSalle Street
Clarence Day
Three Killed by a Premature Blast at Lexington Workhouse
A blast at the Lexington Kentucky city workhouse killed three men including Ornsley Covington and Charles Trimmer colored workers and John Qlara white. O Hara managed the works. The report notes the blast threw the men to pieces and confirms the fatalities. Grants Advance In Wages at Northern Pacific Railroad Company raise pay for operators by not less than ten percent. In Richmond Virginia J D Wilson shot J G F Apperson believing him to be a burglar, killing him instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ornsley Covington
Charles Trimmer
John ¢Qlara
Lexington
O'Hara
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
J. D. Wilson
JG. F. Apperson
Richmond, Va
Deserter Tales of Cleveland Soldier and Family Plea
Deserter tale follows Sandhoff a Cleveland man who abandoned his wife and three children for home life or pay. Sent to Fort Leavenworth he left the family destitute receiving no letters then deserted after a captain was informed. Governor blocks a consolidation. The deserter is now under arrest charged with defection.
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Cleveland
Hermann Sandhoff
United States Army
Ane
Sandhoff
Army
Wis
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
Governor Seeks to Block Kentucky Railroad Merger
Gov. Beckham of Kentucky aims to block the proposed merger of the Louisville and Nashville and Southern Railway systems. He cites constitutional limits and instructs the state railroad commission to investigate rumors of consolidation to prevent any violation of charter provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Beckham
Morgan
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Southern Railway Company
McChord
Nentuecky Railroad Commission
Louisville and Nashville Company
Arrests in London over alleged royal assassination plot
Geneen correspondent reports twenty-throne Tral- Taas, believed to be quarterlists, arrested with no plan to wreck the royal death and Rue Nine Victor Emmtandel as he neared Switzerland en route to Terlin.
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Geneen
Tondon
Tral- Taas
Vic
Tor Emmtandel
Switzerland
Terlin
Pitcher Garvin Shoots a Man in Chitgiga
Garvin, a pitcher from the Cheneu team of the A acaiemi Jastele, shot and wounded a West Side saloonkeeper in Chitgiga after allegedly assaulting a police officer attempting to quell the quarrel. Giarvin fled the scene following the shooting.
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Garvin
Giarvin
Cheneu
A Acaiemi Jastele
West Side
Chitgiga
Oht
Cholera toll and estate dispute reported abroad
Official cholera statistics in the Philippines list 25 004 cases and LS040 deaths though figures are believed understated. Separately relatives of Mrs Charles L Fair receive 500 000 dollars and renounce all claims to the millionaire and his wife estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Charles L. Fair
Ohio Legislature Convenes Special Session on Municipal Code
In an extraordinary session the Ohio Legislature aims to enact a municipal code. A robbery at Ipswich court house vault stole $2,700 in gold, likely by someone familiar with the office.
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Ohio
Roth County
Court House
Ipswich
Missing Boy Rumor Sparks Desoto Neighborhood Feud
About 100 residents near Desoto Missouri search the Valle Mines road area for 17 year old George believed murdered after a wage dispute. Fulkerson is held on murder charges while Harrington and his son are released on bonds. The family name is unknown and authorities pursue a possible hidden body.
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Desoto
Valle Mines
George
Charlies Fulkerson
James Harrington
Harry
Fulkerson
Harrington
Kennett
Oklahoma Adds Chickasha City to Territory
Advices from Washington report the Interior Department approved the Johnson and Xidder survey placing the ninety eighth meridian four miles east of the current Oklahoma Chickasaw boundary. This extends Oklahoma to include Chickasha a major commercial and railroad point in the Southwest. A prolonged legal fight is anticipated and the matter may rise to the United States Supreme Court.
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Chickasha Qu
Indian Territory
Washington
Interior Department
Johnson and Sxidder
Oklahoma
Chickasaw Nation
Chickasha
Southawest
United States Supreme Court
Train held at Sand Point by armed robbers
An west bound Northern Pacific passenger train was halted at Sand Point Idaho by robbers who forced the engine to stop and attempted to wreck the baggage car with dynamite. The explosives failed to detonate and after about fifteen minutes the robbers fled.
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Northern Pacific
Sand Point
Idan
Police Judge Kills Himself After Short in Accounts
Chirence A. Dauk a Springfield Ohio police judge died by self inflicted poison action in a Springfield Missouri hotel after traveling from Memphis He left three letters including one claiming he was 300 short and that funds went to politicians and women He denounced Springfield politics Gypsies Spread Smallpox in Missouri Scene Break from Patrol Waron in Buffalo NY Officer Schickler shot by prisoner escape after guard was hit and left town Old Bull the Omaha Indian chief who fought Custer dies at Arapahoe agency Coly Oklahoma
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Chirence A. Dauk
Springfield
Ohio
Ele
Memphis
Sun
Swamsas City
Tre
Springfeld
Buffalo
N.Y
Polleemian
Ville Schickler
Hycee Prrisoners
Partrol
Schickier
Schickler
Custer
Old Bull
Arapahoe Indian Agency
Coly
Little Big Horn
Union Traction workers avoid strike arbitration planned
Chicago conductors gripmen and motormen decline a strike prompting arbitration. Grievances are to be reviewed by a board. Separately, two U S post offices report robberies with safes blown and stamps and funds stolen in Adairville Kentucky and Larwell Indiana. Majorca cyclone causes extensive damage and loss of life near Felanit. Ohio ex governor George Hoadly dies in Watkins New York at 76. London author George Douglas Brown dies suddenly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Traction Company
Chicago
Adairville
Larwell
Ind
Ohio
George Hoadly
Watkins
N. Y
Strike Leaders Stand Firm in Coal War Talks
Presidents of anthracite carriers met in New York at Delmonico’s as J Pierpont Morgan and outside figures sparked talks. Officials affirmed no plans to arbitrate the strike and would not heed external influence while reporting rising job applications and improving mine conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchel
United Mine Workers
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Philadelphia
Mr. Morgan
Samuel Spencer
The
Southern Railway
H. Mek
Twombly
Mr. Stotesbury
George W. Perkins
Samuel Sloan
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
J. W. Fowler
Underwood
Erie Railroad
Truesdale
Lackawanna Railroad
Chicago
Coal Strike Talks Determine Roles of Morgan and Operators
The article reports on how the settlement of the dispute rests on negotiation between operators and miners. A general statement from operators asserts Mrs. Morgan knew the situation in Europe and could have intervened, but Mr. Morgan’s return is not seen as changing the matter or prompting interference. Before leaving, Mr. Buer briefed Morgan on the coal presidents' conference.
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Barr
Morgan
Corn crop estimate for 1902 surpasses prior year earnings outlook
Government figures estimate 2.589 billion bushels for 1902, up from 1.522 billion last year. If realized, Western railroad earnings in the coming year may rise even more than in the last year due to the larger harvest.
Fuel scarcity tightens steel and fuel markets
The weekly Dun review notes fuel shortages from anthracite declines pressuring soft coal and coke, rail blockades slow furnaces, and transport demand rising. Despite high output records, deliveries lag due to limited motive power, with favorable trade volume and rising foreign pig iron purchases amid global demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
RG. Dun & Co
Germany
Connellsville
United States
LOO
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Market quotations for farm products and livestock by city
The listing provides bid and price ranges for wheat corn oats rye and hay across multiple markets including Indianapolis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee St Louis New York Buffalo and Toledo. It notes cattle hogs sheep and lamb values with typical ranges and grades such as No 2 red No 2 white and No 2 mixed, along with butter and clover seed figures.
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Indianapolis
Gattly
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
New York
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Lanwiched
Beirs
Colonel Cooper
Cayuga, Ind
A. W. Mitchell
Michigan
San Brancixeco
Mr. Mitchell
Dh. C. Miller
Turkey
Porte
Constantinople
Presekow
Joseph Seasor
Hazleton
Biz
Peter Seis
Porepaugh and Sells Brothers’ Circus
Barnum and Bailes
Barnum and Bailes Company, Limited
London
Bughand
Interstate Commerce Commission
Youturstown
Share Electric Railway
Sharen
Pal
Usuimedea
King
Lord Wolseley
Sungland
Francis B. Loomis
Portugal
P. WY
Kansas City Company
Culver Lumber Company
Nansas City Southern Lumber Company
Craighead
Oke
Wi City
Kansas City
Tnn
A. Culver
Arkansas
Mary C. Culver
City
Mumeie
Packine House
Mexico
Coa
Mallory
Mallory Compangs Sign Company
Polmes
Union Praction Company
Chirnze
Levi Merwe
Rapid City
Majorca
Barcelona
Spain
Felanit
George Douglas Brown
Green Shutters
Jomun Mitchell
An. Se
Sant Fe
Vee Sarwets
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