Notable weekly items from Sherman and Hand Bessemer
Reported incidents span shipwrecks near Mackinac to a London wedding and fire losses in Cincinnati and Omaha. Notable names include Israel Zangwill's marriage, James A. Bailey's early work, and Sir William Ramsay's radium experiments. Other items note wage cuts in New England mills, a Santo Domingo ministerial residence loss, and a Chicago theft case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith, Myers & Schnier & Co
Front Street
Cincinnati
St. Joseph
William Coates
Young Coates
New England
Fall River
Rhode Island
Marek, Tal
William Ramsay
London
William
Lee
Allen Bro.ers
Ninth and
Jones Streets
Omaha
Allen Brothers
Pacific Storage Company
Nightmarish Fire and Labor Strikes Across Pennsylvania
A string of disasters and labor conflicts unfolds across several states. Silk and railroad workers face wage cuts amid factory and shop reductions. A Boston convention defeats a labor pledge to socialism while multiple fires cause heavy losses at factories, tanneries, and a fur naces plant. Police and city officials face graft probes, and notable deaths include a Pittsburgh widow’s property suit and a Newark hotel tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Boston
Reconler Brown
Pittsburg
Recorder
Annie Eagan
Chicago
Brooklyn
New Freedom Wire Cloth Company
York
Gre
Batavia
N. Y
Marketon
Somerset
Elk Tanning Company
Curwensville
Delaware Hard Fiber Company
Wilmington
Del
Abraham Custer
R. Herksher & Sons
Norristown
Joseph van Duskr
William H. Young
Fort Washington
Washington
Roosevelt
Doylestown
Philadelphia and Reading
Gwynedd
Philadelphia
William Vanderbilt Kissam
William H. Vanderbilt
Planters
Newark
N. J
Pennsylvania
Dunbar
Hart PL Danks
Callpeerer
Manhattan
New York
Western theater titles and railroad tragedies across the nation
The item notes varied calamities from municipal theaters in Windsor Missouri to a fatal mine explosion in Cripple Creek Colorado. It also reports electrocution of Clark Yarrick in San Francisco, embezzlement verdict for John W. Duke in Portsmouth Ohio, the death of General Drake in Centerville Iowa, and a proposed revival of the ducking stool by St Louis police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Pattern Department
Kokou Iron Works
West St. Louis
Clark Yarrick
San Francisco
John W. Duke
Portsmouth
Ohio
Royal Building and Loan Association
McCormack
M. H. Beck
Cripple Creek
Colo
Francis Marion Drake
Iowa
Centerville
St. Louis
Leonani Baulle
Minneapolis
Minn
Cleveland
Owen TL Jenks Company
Foreign News Briefs and Royal, War, and Crime Items
Reports from Skieriowice claim the Czar's niece died of poison amid a feared royal family poisoning plot. Italy's King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena visited England for a Windsor banquet with 86 guests, strengthening ties. Gen Leonard Wood's forces killed 800 Moros in a five day battle after being lured by natives. A Windsor conference produced a prospective Anglo Italian arbitration treaty. An unknown assailant wounded King Alfonso’s tutor in Madrid. A Florentine marriage was announced for Miss Cornelia Scovel. A flood in the Palar River near Vanizam-badi drowned about 200 in Salem district. Giuseppe Fratelli, once mafia head in Mexico, was exiled to England. London warned of a plot against Victor Emmanuel. Princess Alice eloped with her coachman. police pursue. Yuan Shikai signaled war against Russians in Manchuria. Ma is poised to Shan Hai Kwan with 18,000 troops. The Sultan of Turkey suffers an intestinal cancer and seeks surgical help, delaying treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skieriowice
Victor
Helena
Italy
England
Windsor Castle
Leonard Wood
Rome
London Daily Mail
Windsor
Victor Emmanuel
Edward
Madrid
Senor Briesta
Alfonso
Flora
Cornelia Scovel
India
Lord Curzon
Madras
Palar
Vanizambadi
Salem
Guieseppe Fratelli
Mexico
Europe
London
Alice
Prince Frederick of
Schoenberg-Waldenburg
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
Chi Li
Manchuria
Shan Hai Kwan
Turkey
Munich
Global electrical trust curbs competition and Cuban state talk
Dun's review notes widespread orders in business and rail earnings up 6.1 since 1902 while Bradstreet signals trade gains from cold. Newlands proffers a Cuba statehood offer with Porto Rico as a Cuba province, met with derision. Labrador party report stalled by ice. G A R encampment plans for Boston in August project a parade of up to 75,000 veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dun
Bradstreet
United States
Newlands
Cuba
Porto Rico
General Electric of America
Labrador
Leonidas Hubbard, Jr
New York
Rigolet
John C. Black
Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
Senate debates Cuba treaty and canal questions in late session
The Senate took no open session business beyond bills and petitions as the Cuban reciprocity bill moved to the calendar after executive votes. House action on the Cuban treaty was noted, with debate about Nicaragua routes and Newlands resolutions. officers and canal reform dominated the day's discussions. Friarspoint reports a local Butler case update with a testimonial about Dodd's Kidney Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Carrie Nation
House
Williams
Mississippi
Broussard
Louisiana
Hepburn
Iown
Watson
Indiana
DeArmond
Missouri
Sulzer
New York
Lacey
Iowa
McCall
Massachusetts
Cullom
Committee On Foreign Relations
Bailey
Teller
Lodge
Spooner
Aldrich
Allison
Cliwle Kitchin
North Carolina
Tanama
Cuba
State
Newland
Hale
Manama
Morgan Dem
Ala
Morgan
Allster
J. F. Prettyman
Congress
Wanama Canal
McKinley
Nicaragua
Hanna
United States
Carmack
Post Office Department
McCieehlan
Columbian Deaf and Dumb Asylum
District of Columbia
Newlands
Dem
Tenn
Rep
Mr. Teller
Colo
Mr. Newlands
Friarspoint
Miss
Butler
G. L. Butler
Dodd
Dayton Chief of Police Ousted by Mayor
Manchuria is described as a grain producing country. In Porto Rico a federal court quashed indictments for smugglin g in cases involving Alonzo Cruzen customs collector Captain Andrew Dunlap U S naval commandant and Robert Giles former contractor because fines were paid and offenses expiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Dayton
Ohio
San Juan
Porto Rico
Alonzo Cruzen
Andrew Dunlap
U.S. N
Naval Station
Robert Giles
Lost Opportunity in Brooklyn Lite Quip
A Brooklyn Lite item mocks a failed effort and references Cohen Levy and Dink voting, noting a perceived missed chance and a pointed political jab in a brief, satirical line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen
Levy
Brooklyn Lite
Piso's Cure for Consumption Aids ChildS Croup
A consumer notice from Miss L A Pearce of 23 Pilling Street Brooklyn New York dated October 2 101 reports Piso s Cure for Consumption quickly relieves her young sister from croup. The item notes spirits are Germany s chief export to her colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piso
Croup
L. A. Pearce
Pilling Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Germany
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The
Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Bessemer
Michigan
Simmon
Straits of Mackinac
Commenlore
Israel Zangwill
James A. Bailey
Lewis
West Rutland
Santo Deming
SiGe
Everest
Borag Oia
Pony
Vortom
Texles Lowe
Es Plact
Maretzs
Bob Fitzsimmons
George Gardner
Garlo
Urbana
Otto Heart
Alex T NM Beth
Columbia US
Cy Tain
Ludwig Eisenbraun
Saost
Marseilles
Silat
Gibraltar
James King Gracie
Patent Roosevelt
Gracie
R. EF. McCandless
George B. Price
Edmonton
Price
McCandless
James D. Richantsen
Tennessee
Winnipes
South Piegan Reservation
Frederick. Selzer
Walker
Northwestern University
Yale
YY. M. Cy. A
Florence G. Jones
Cherbourg
Duplin
Hazleton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Lingwel
Phladelphis
M. M. Johnson
Saltese
Mont
Scotia
Point Arenas
Cal
Francois Koppe
Point Reyes
W. A. Clark
Pauli Clark
Butte
Bank of
Raymond
Neb
Young Corbett
Eddie Hanlon
W. H. Bennett
Milwaukee
Gustav Marx
Qeina
Joseph E. Gary
Gary
Georgia Lloyd
Glens Ferry
Idaho
Denver
Portland
Ore
Missouri Pacific
Kansas
Stella Nitzke
Youngstown
Wilsom Avenue
Martin Timlin
Raphael Chillo
John Massero
Tom Horn
Miles
Cherenne
Willie Nickell
Oregon
Charles McAlister
Bonanes
Ark
Efe Frankenfield
Rollo Kirchner
John L. Jerome
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Buffalo Park
Whatcom County
Washington State
Caroline Quantrell
Springfield
Quantrell
Lawrence
Kan
George Smith
Grand Rapids
Mich
Loweyville
McComb Elevator Company
Belmore
Thomas Thirts
Dearborn
Lake Streets
Tremont House
Indiana Supreme Court
Johns. Dudley
Sullivan County
Dillard
Supreme Court
Western
Rh. PF. Keith
G. E. Kohl
Star Theater
Keulah Thomas
Arborville
Ren
New Gazetteer of the World
G. & C. Merriam CO. Publishers
Springfield, Mass
Canada
Syn ' Abe
Western Canada
Ottawa
J. Broughton
Quincy Bldg
F. T. Tolmes
Jackson Street
St. Adl
V. Clones
Avenue
Detroit
T. O. Currie
Callahan Building
Wis
J.C. Duncan
Indianapolia
Tad
Tage
Seine
Rae" Thompson
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