World News Roundup From The Bessemer Herald
A front page digest reports a wrecking train collision near North Bend Ohio killing one and injuring three due to likely missing flagman. Other items include a pardon for Charles D Norris after a letter from a 9 year old, a Fort Wayne church fire, a Morristown theft, a Kentucky deputy sheriff suicide, Welsh miner lawsuits, a Rochester society wedding, a Nebraska Supreme Court new trial for George W Brett, murder cases in Buffalo, and Charles Bonier’s police court issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati and
Muskingum Valley
North Bend
Ohio
Odell
Charles D. Norris
Ithaca
N. Y
Denman Thompson Theatrical Company
St. Paul's German Lutheran
Fort Wayne
St. Paul's
Thomas J. Flynn
Lackawanna
Morristown
N. J
Ben Northcourt
Kenton County
Ellsworth Coal Company
United States
James S. Young
Pittsburg
Ellsworth
Rochester
William Mitchell
Signal Corps of the Army
Caroline Stoddard
Captain Mitchell
John L. Mitchell
Wisconsin
Nebraska Supreme Court
George W. Brett
Nemaha County
Franz Frehr
Jefferson Street
Buffalo
Charles Bonier
Frehrs
Bonier
John Doe
Erie
Fire destroys Hancock Leather plant at Amherst Me
The Hancock Leather Company plant at Amherst Maine was destroyed by fire with a loss of 100000 dollars. The blaze leaves the facility a total ruin and prompts assessments of insured value and cause. Several nearby buildings were spared, and fire units from neighboring towns assisted in the response.
Uncertain list of early 20th century incidents and trials
The report outlines various events including Supreme Court affirmation of an eight hour law, a Columbus lawyer's suicide, indictments in St. Louis and Arduere, a fatal sparring incident in Cadiz Junction, bank robbery suspects captured in Bloomington, Chicago transit deaths and injuries, a San Francisco wireless telephone inventor, Chicago car collisions, a Chicago attorney shot by highwaymen, Fred Strube’s confession of murder in Topeka, and a note about iron workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Kansas
I. Butler
Columbus
Ohio
Grand
St. Louis
Major Dennis
Whittier
Los Angeles
Bank of the
Arduere
Jace Hinds
Jerry Arnold
Cadiz Junction
Agra
Kan
Bloomington
Neb
Chicago
Francis J. McCarthy
San Francisco
Ogden Avenue
Sangamon
James A. Fullenweider
Wabash Avenue
Fred Strube
Macon
Alice Henninger
Topeka
Deer Hunting Open Season Deaths Record Set In Michigan
Debris and decay noted in remains before burial. Open deer hunting season produced the highest total fatalities on record, with 1008 dead and 16 wounded reported. Some deaths and injuries occurred from Nov to 30 while hunting rabbits or other game. these were excluded from the official deer casualty count. The Michigan law punishing hunter homicide appears to deter rescue efforts, causing some to flee rather than aid the wounded. Further fatalities may be reported from wounds sustained during the open season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Random Local Disasters and Crimes Highlight 1920s South
A compendium of violent incidents from 1920s America reports Bank of Hayti robbery with nitro glycerin, lynching of three black men in Belcher Louisiana, a Kentucky family feud resulting in two deaths and an arrest, four children burned near Jackson Mississippi, a National Biscuit Company plant fire in New Orleans causing about 225000 dollars in damage, a lamp fire killing two in Central City Kentucky, a one year old saving his sister, and Dr J V Jay’s second degree murder conviction in Asheville North Carolina for killing his three children amid alleged mental illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hackensack
N. J
Gas and Electric Light Company
Edward Lutz
Pottsville
Reading
Rockefeller-Gould
Pennsylvania Lines
Greenwood
Del
Arthur T. Kemp
Newport
R. 1
Hellis P. Hanniwell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Phoenixville
William Wyman
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Idlewski
New York
Secret Service
Kaiser
Anna Ginter
Blaine City
Albert Burger
Burger
Somerset Coal Company
W. K. Niver Coal Company
Merchants’ Coal Company
Myersdale
Calumet
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Humansville
Congress
Lima
Ohio
John J. Brennan
Convention Hall
Kansas City
Knights of Pythias
Hamilton
Alfred A. Knapp
Eter Niedermeier
Harvey van Dine
Emil Roeski
Kersten
Gustav Marx
H. S. Storrs
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Michigan Central Railroad
Mr. Storrs
Lake Shore
Fifty-first Street
Alexander Garnett
J. W. McClurg
San Francisco
Garnett
Lillie H. Coit
Palace Hotel
Caddo County
Okla
Washita River
Fort Colt
Anadarko
Mary Sickles
Enterprise
Kan
Clar Sickles
Horace Plaisted
Plaisted
J. J. Harty
Manila
St. Leo's Church
St. Louis
Robert A. Valnet
Globeville
Colo
Globemelter
Union
Wiliam H. Myers
Hslmilton
Kollsaat
Federal Court
Chienin
Dowie
Tam
Frank J. Spencer
Younglove-Bogges Company
Mason City
Iowa
Toney
Bombay
Miaun
Zumbrota
James A. Howe
Des Moines
Hudson
Jacob Niebel
Pulaski
Jacob Miller
Frank Miller
John Johns
Kate Miller
Jacob
Hayti
Belcher
Hart County
Kentucky
Custer Gardner
Jackson
William Elkis
New Orleans
National Biscuit Company
W. P. Warren
Miss Morris
Central City
Asheville
N. C
J. V. Jay
Jay
Global conflicts and treaties sweep world headlines
Panama signs canal treaty as Dreyfuss case resurfaces in France. Russia sends warships to Chemulpo to press Japan over a sailors clash. Germany annexes Bondelzwarts territory in southwest Africa. Typhoon fatalities hit southern China as thousands die in fishing-boat wrecks off Swatow. Chile sells Libertad and Constitution to Britain for 9 million dollars as naval sales ripple. A Formosa channel wreck report hints at Botel Tobago tragedy. Paris publishes Japan Russia treaty outlines amid Korea and Manchuria stakes. Britain and France reportedly helped broker settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Dreyfuss
Russia
Chemulpo
Japan
Cape Town
Bondelzwarts
Africa
Bond
Clyde
England
Hoelstad
Ben Sewall
Formosa
Morris
Botel Tobago
Paris
Tokio
Korea
Manchuria
Britain
France
International and domestic shocks widen the year’s risks
Trade revival is dampened by cold weather while Dun’s Weekly Review notes a 5.2 percent rise in November railroad earnings and a better tone for iron per Bradstreet’s. Ottawa University’s fire destroys the campus with $250,000 loss and two years to rebuild, and Perry Heath faces serious postal scandal ties as Bristow reports. President Roosevelt pledges thorough prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dun’s Weekly
Bradstreet
S. T. B. Southgate
Croydon
Surrey
England
Rosser
Winnipeg
A. L. Webbe
United States
Charles T. Yerkes
United States Shipbuilding Trust
Ottawa University
Ottawa
Ont
Perry Heath
Bristow
Roosevelt
Senate Adjourns After Brief Session and Tariff Debate
The Senate adjourned Friday after a brief session largely devoted to relief bills. Senator Daniel proposed a 5 million dollar bill for a patent office east of the capitol, with a 600 thousand dollar site. The Cuban reciprocity bill was deferred as no one spoke, and an executive session followed. House actions included a Panama correspondence, party policy barbs, and tariff discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Daniel
Capitol
Cullom
Rep
St. Louis Exposition
Patterson
Dem
Tenn
Philippine Archipelago
Sultan of
Sulu
Hepburn
Tewa
Committee On Interstate and Foreign
Walker
N. J
National Military Park Commission
Tawney
Minn
Smooth
Utah
Til
House
Payne
Williams
New York
Mississippi
DeArmond
Miss
Gaines
Iowa
Grosvenor
Ohio
Slemenway
Ind
Robinson
Indiana
Strikes settle in Snowshoe district and other 1900s items
The Snowshoe soft coal strike in Pennsylvania has ended. Paducah leader President Cotton shot Charles Bowden over a girl. National Grange backed woman suffrage in Rochester. Col Robert M Sands, Confederate veteran, died at Mobile aged 78. Crown Princess Louise plans Ventnor residence signaling partial reconciliation. Ernest Gregg returns home after alleged San Francisco abduction. Zanesville hosts a $1,000,000 stoneware cartel. Mark Twain reportedly writing three new books. Anti-Saloon League aims for 400 workers and $1,000,000 yearly. A pistol duel in Edmonton results in Price dead and McCandless wounded. New York to host costly workers’ clubhouse worth $200,000. New steam-press boiler vents scalded five at Joseph Stern & Sons soap factory. John Pineover declared insane after Brooklyn Bridge jump. Rev David Huber resigns amid quail hunting criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Grange
Patrons of Husbandry
Rochester
N. Y
Robert M. Sands
Mobile
Ala
Louise of
Saxony
Ventnor
England
Ernest Gregg
Circleville
Ohio
San Francisco
Mississippi River
Zanesville
Rome
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Italy
P. A. Baker
Ohio League
R. E. McCandless
George E. Price
Edmonton
Price
McCandless
New York
United States
Joseph Stern & Sons
John S. Pineover
Brooklyn Bridge
Middletown
David R. Huber
Trinity Lutheran Church
Findlay, O
Seasonable warmth lifts retail trade but dull overall
Suys reports from R G Dun & Co New York Weekly Review of Trade say mild weather boosts sales in heavy wear and woolens while overall activity remains subdued. Textile and iron mills idle, paper plants curtailed. wages cut but harmony endures as demand for pig iron shows slight rebound amid cautious outlook for year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G Dun & Co
New York
United States
Canada
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains
The report lists bid ranges in multiple markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Cattle hogs sheep and various grains show varied prices with no single leader, highlighting regional price dispersion and commodity grade differences.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Clover Seed
Lyons convicted in New Orleans murder case
Lewis W. Lyons was convicted at New Orleans of the murder of District Attorney J Ward Gurley. Jank Siegel, former president of the defunct Siegel Sanders Live Stock Commission Company of Kansas City Mo, was acquitted for the second time on a charge of embezzling the funds of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis W. Lyons
New Orleans
J. Ward Gurley
Jank Siegel
Siegel-Sanders Live Stock Commission Company
Kansas City
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Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Bessemer
Hancock Leather Company
Amherst
H. M. S. Flora
British Columbian
Nelson A. Miles
Crucible Club
Christian Endeavor Workers
Philadelphia
Francis E. Clark
Emma Miller
Glens Falls
Mary Montgomery
Frederick (. Drews
Chicago and Great Lakes
Illinois Central
S0th Street
John P. McTighe
Hays
Queen Draga of
Servia
London
Admiral Dewey
General Miles
Great Britain
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Gilberton
John Zubricki
Join Deyda
Michael Barna
Helen Douglass
Washington
Frederick Douglass
Des Moines National Bank
Sargent's
Waverly
Norfolk and Western
Sargent’s
Omer R. Burke
Robert Rogers
Brownsville
Cyrus Edson
James LB. Miller
Jay Gould
Isabel E. Miller
Joseph Jefferson
Hehokus
Wilmington
Warren A. S. Meserve
Delaware
Hugh Scofield
Fishkill Landing
Lindley
Levi Wilcox
Free Methodist Church
Adam Lehman
Dor
Andrew L. Nelden
Jr Nelden
Church of Christ, Scientist
Ninety-sixth Street
Cetral Park West
Christian Science
Western
Southern
Odde and Eads
Snowshoe
Cotton
Paducah
Charles Bowden
Dunn's Review of
BR. G. Jun & Co
Imele Duc Toas
Ringes
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