The Bubble Bursts In Arbitrage Scheme Scandal
Ward and Watson, operators of the so called arbitrage system in Minneapolis, vanish after sending a clerk to place notices. They flee to Chicago and St Louis to set up new offices, leaving creditors unpaid and destroying records. The firm promised a 90 percent annual return on investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward & Watson
Minneapolis
Franklin Syndicate
New York
Newspapr
Motes
Ward
Chicago
Watson
St. Louis
Grocers to Fight Trust Forming Interstate Association
Sixty wholesale grocers from Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma and Indian Territory met in Kansas City to form an interstate association. The group will join the National Association of Wholesale Grocers to oppose trusts. It vows not to fix prices but to prevent trusts from directing business practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Commercial Club Rooms
National Association of Wholesale Grocers
Developments in Ohio Case Stir Green Springs
Residents in Green Springs Ohio follow the Tuttle poisoning case as new details emerge. Officials say Alexander Harmon of Clyde administers the Tuttle estate and demanded funds he alleged Miss Ortha Sheets held for Tuttle. Sheets asserts she gave the money on the day expected. The claim later faced scrutiny and investigators found the money in a tub of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Green Springs
Tuttle
Ortha
Alexander Harmon
Clyde
Tule
Frozen rancher found dead after runaway accident
George H. E. Sawyer, once connected with the Veto ranch, was found frozen to death in a pasture southeast of Geiden after a runaway incident. Cole Sawyer had driven to Denver and returned, reports say, his testimony and actions leading to the death by exposure as coyotes gathered nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
George HE Sawyer
Geiden
Cole Sawyer
Denver
Tasly
Letter from an American immigrant in Pretoria
An American citizen writes from Johannesburg about leaving the city after being pressed, noting the U S consul could not protect him. He laments the U S flag held no special status in Pretoria, his passport went unrecognized, and his situation became almost unbearable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
United States
Amieries
Pretoria
Rich Ore Fields Discovered
Australian Herbert Pearse reports the Derd Hieausiloon syndicate bought ore near Wig Dam owned by J Clay. They stripped eight feet, uncovering a four-foot vein. About fifty tons in sight, with expected quality and potential for further extraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert B. Pearse
Atha
Alissa
Derd Hieausiloon Syndicate
Old Saker to Be Electrovuted in Pleas Court
In an early case at Sen dusky, Winsett faces a life sentence for a crime tied to the streetcar line project near Honolulu. Albert Jobuser, a city official, will not attend the street railroad debate. William de Weir, former Ville Marie Bank president, is jailed two years for falsifying bank statements to the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sendusky
Winsett
Priierich Blancke
Wel
Hawaii
Albert Jobuser
Honolulu
Gabu Island
Hawsaian Pelands
William de Weir
Detunct Ville Marie Bank of
Montreal
Closer Trade Ties Highlight Chinese Six Companies Gift
The Chinese Six Companies donate 24000 dollars to the State Board of Trade in San Francisco signaling intent to deepen business ties between China and the United States. Encampment dates set for Grand Army of the Republic in Chicago from Aug 29 to Aug 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinese Six Companies
State Board of ‘Trade
San Francisco
Ching
United Sates
Grand Army of the Republic
Lvev
Ravages of Gulf Storm Wreak Havoc Across Texas Coast
Reports from Texas Gulf coast areas describe severe storm damage and loss of life. Fishing boats and crews are missing, livestock losses run into thousands, hail devastated Refugio Aransas and Lamar counties, with cattle killed and homes damaged.
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Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Eric
James Sanders
St. Charles Bay
Gulf
George A. Brundrett
Refugio
Aransas
Lamar
St Louis Woman Abducted and Found on Streetcar
Mrs Belle Harrison a St Louis widow was abducted after being stopped by a man and woman in a carriage. She states she was chloroformed repeatedly and kept in a country dungeon until released after signing an unknown document under threats. She was found faint on a suburban streetcar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Belle Harrison
Deputy Dressel Ends Life in Dr Lapoint Office
United States deputy revenue collector Charles Dressel shot himself in the private room of Dr. Lapoint in Lesueur Minnesota. He had become entangled in government financial matters and killed himself when Lapoint stepped out briefly across the street. Death was instantaneous from a mouth entry wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dressel
United States
Dr. Lapoint
Lesueur
Minn
Lapoint
Dressel
Women defend football at North Central Kansas teachers meeting
At Manhattan the She North Central Kansas Teachers association took a stand when a young minister proposed a resolution condemning football. The women present spoke and voted in defense of the game, asserting support through discussion and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Manhattan
Soldiers Attempt Double Killing of San Francisco Officers
In San Francisco soldiers from the Twenty-ninth United States regiment, described as negro volunteers, attempted to assassinate Policemen Alexander and Edward Stanton after being driven from a saloon where they caused trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Twenty-ninth United Sttes Regiment
Negro Volunteers
Alexander
Edward Stanton
Hat Makers Edge Toward Formal Combine
A nationwide hat manufacturers combine long discussed appears unlikely to form. Reported to have $15,000,000 in capital ready to purchase all hat making plants, the proposal proceeds cautiously.
Treaty signs parcels post pact with Guatemala
President McKinley and Postmaster General Smith sign a parcels post treaty with Guatemala to take effect January 1. The accord mirrors existing treaties in force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Simith
Laga Arriaga
United States
Guatemala
Turce
Burnham Hanada Munger Dry Goods Co Raises Wages
The Burnham Hanada Munger Dry Goods Company in Kansas City announced a voluntary wage increase for its factory employees from ten to and percent, effective immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnham-tHanada-Munger Dry Gioods Company
Kansas City
Trem O
Cannibal Horror Report From Admiralty Islands
Information from the steamer Warritory arriving from Australia recounts a brutal winter atrocity in which a white man was slain and a woman allegedly eaten by cannibals of the Admiralty Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warritory
Australia
Admiralty Islands
Six Die in Denver and Rio Grande Train Wreck Near Salida
A collision between two passenger trains on the Denver and Rio Grande near Salida Colorado killed six people and injured several others. Investigations continue as rescue workers assess the wreckage and transport the injured.
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Passnger
Denver and
Rio Grande
Salida
Colo
Demons Battle in Ohio Penitentiary Cage
In Columbus Ohio convicts in the cage fought when Otis Hurley of Dayton stabbed Frank O Neil from Cleveland after a wire dagger attack. O Neil was injured and Hurley claimed self defense. Hurley faced punishment and threatened further violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Frank O'Neil
Cleveland
Lauderbaugh
Otis Hurley
Dayton
Hurley
O'Neil
Kansas Grain Yields Break Records This Year
The Kansas Board of Agriculture bulletin lists winter wheat at 42,815,471 bushels and corn at 225,183,432 bushels. This corn total is the largest since 1889 and surpasses all prior crops in value by 1,134,627 dollars. The combined home value of wheat corn and oats reaches 80,888,622 dollars, up 13,384,621 from 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Tragedy in Odessa Nebraska Deaths of Densmore and Laue
A Nebraskan town reports a mysterious double tragedy at Odessa where Mrs. F L Densmore formerly of Chicago and Fred Laue are dead. Mrs I L Densmore also died. Densmore claimed Lane killed his wife and then killed himself. The double house held the Densmore and Lane families. Mrs Densmore likely died by poison and Lane by a self-inflicted gunshot. The couple had married only recently.
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F. L. Densmore
Chicago
Fred Laue
Odessa
Neb
I. L. Densmore
Densmore
Lane
Train Reaches 150 MPH Runaway Descent Near Toronto
A runaway Canadian Pacific train on the Bruce division sped down a mountainside near Toronto, beyond the brakes, reaching speeds up to 140 to 150 miles per hour before stopping on an opposite grade. Engineer James Maloney confirms the peak speed.
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Bruce
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Toronto
James Maloney
Train Collides With Electric Car in Chicago Catastrophe
A Wabash suburban passenger train collided with a cross-town electric car at Thirty first and Stewart in Chicago. Forty people were crushed or bruised as the car was reduced to splinters and scattered. The motorman died two hours after the crash.
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Thirty-first
Stewart Avenue
Chicago
Boy Shot Kills Girl in Dallas Store
In Dallas Texas 14 year old Roy Morton killed 11 year old Nora St Clair with a Winchester rifle inside his father’s store. The girl, playing with a toy pistol, prompted the boy to seize a rifle and fire shouting I will kill you. She died at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Roy Morton
Nora St. Clair
Trains Collide in Bushnell Neb Fatalities Reported
Union Pacific transcontinental trains collided near Bushnell Nebraska. Fifteen passengers killed and many injured as both trains, heavily loaded, crashed with one unloading water at the time of impact. One other worker died and several injured in the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bushnell
Neb
Fivemayg Doone
Millionaire J Enos How Gives 32000 to Public Welfare
St Louis millionaire J Enos How grandson of James B Ends offers 32000 pounds for public welfare. Relatives had long urged him to accept the fortune from the Ends family, including the St Louis bridge builder. If accepted, the funds will be used for public welfare projects.
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St. Louis
J. Enos How
James B. Ends
St. Louis Bridge
Prominent Maccabee Leader Takes Own Life at Port Huron
L. A. Root, recently chief clerk of the great camp Keights of the Maccabees, committed suicide at Port Huron Michigan by swallowing carbolic acid. He left a note asking his wife to forgive him. Root had resigned his position due to nervous debility.
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L. A. Root
Keights of
The
Maccabees
Port Huron
Mich
Root
Wealthy Texan Louis Schinska Found Murdered in Dallas
Dallas millionaire Louis Schinska was discovered at the county courthouse with a crushed skull and disfigured face. Authorities say robbery was the motive as his pockets were empty, confirming foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Schinska
Dallas
Texas
Car Builders Strike At Berwick Plant
American Car and Foundry Company workers at Berwick Pennsylvania began a strike after adopting a new work system that halves wages. About 200 car builders stopped work in protest of the pay cut. A second item notes the Coffee Steamer Sink where the Lussell loaded with coffee was held by health authorities at New York harbor due to bubonic plague aboard, after a collision with the Friesland of the Red Star line.
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American Car and Foundry Company
Berwick
Haus
New York Harbor
Lussell
Red Star Line
Friesland
Mother Slays Daughter and Threatens Second Child
Mrs. Annie Cilentan of Brooklyn killed her one year old daughter Mary and attempted to kill her other child out of fear her husband would be unemployed and the family starve, according to an Omaha report. Senator Hayward died at Nebraska City on August 15 after being stricken with apoplexy while addressing a Modern Woodmen picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Cilentan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary
Hayward
Nebraska City
Neb
Brownsville
Prairie Sails for Havre With U S Exhibit Cargo
The United States auxiliary cruiser Prairie sailed from the Brooklyn navy yard to Havre France carrying the first shipment of the government exhibit for the Paris exposition. It will stop at Norfolk and Baltimore to take on additions before heading direct to Havre. On board are about a dozen carloads of structural iron for the machinery building and materials for educational social and economical exhibits along with cases of photographs charts and maps for the educational exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie
Havre
France
Norfolk
Baltimore
New York
United States Machinery Building
Philadelphia Upholstery Weavers Win Wage Increase Strike
About 800 union upholstery workers struck in Philadelphia closing 26 mills and putting nearly 3,000 bands out of work. They demanded a 55 hour week, 10 cents an hour overtime, and an overall 25 percent wage raise. The Orinoco and Century mills signaled the new scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Paterson
N. Y
Orinoco
Century Mills
Attempt to End Life Foiled by St. Louis Police
Thomas Keating, 20, son of wealthy Chicago parents, was seized by St. Louis police while attempting to cut his throat with a razor. He was taken to city hospital and placed in observation ward. he said he had no one to live for and wished to end his troubles. A month earlier he escaped delirious from St. John’s hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Keating
Lone Bandit Steals 1700 from Express Messengers
An unknown masked white man robbed two Southern Express Company messengers near Branchville South Carolina on the Southern Railway. He forced the pair at gunpoint to surrender 1700 dollars in cash and left an 8000 dollar safe untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Express Company
Branchville
S. C
Southern Railway
Sailboat Clara Sunk in Delaware River Collision
In fog near Chester Pennsylvania the schooner Clara from Cape May New Jersey bound for Philadelphia with sand was struck at anchor by the steamer Ericsson from Philadelphia to Baltimore. The vessel split in two and three sailors drowned.
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Clara
Cape May
N. J
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Chester
Baltimore
Ericsson
Trains Collide Near Isleta injuring many passengers
A rear end collision between southbound Los Angeles train No. 2 and a local freight hauled by J. B. Miller occurred near Isleta twelve miles south of Albuquerque New Mexico. Many passengers suffered cuts and bruises with serious results reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Los Angeles
J. B. Miller
Isleta
Albuquerque
N. M
Baldwin Hotel Site Sold to James L. Flood
The San Francisco Examiner reports that J. J. Baldwin sold the Baldwin Hotel site to James L. Flood for 1,425,000 dollars. Flood plans to start a modern building immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
San Francisco Examiner
J. J. Baldwin
James L. Plood
Telephone allies merge many New York firms
Gotham Telephone Combine a Fact, The People's Telephone corporation, the Knickerbocker Telephone Company and the American Telephone Telegraph and Cable Company were consolidated at a meeting of the directors of the three corporations in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotham Telephone
People's Telephone Corporation
Knickerbocker Telephone Company
American Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Company
New York
Mrs Cook Fatally Hurt in Macon Trap Accident
Mrs. Cook, aunt of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., was thrown from a trap in Macon Georgia and sustained injuries from which she cannot recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
E. J. Cook
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Macon
Douglas Cleared in Ardmore Editor Killing Self Defense
Clarence B. Douglas, a newspaper correspondent, was charged with killing Editor James Williams at Ardmore I U in June 1807. The jury sustained his plea of self defense and found him not guilty and discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence B. Douglas
James Williams
Ardmore
I. U
Lumber Combine Formed to Control Bruix and Columbia Trade
The Kootenae Fale lumber combine organized to control the Bruix and Columbia lumber business with capital listed as $500 Utea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kootenaefale Lumber Combine
Bruix& Columbia
Utea
Congress Is In Session Met and Organized
The fifty sixth Congress of the United States met and organized on Monday marking the start of its session. Legislative offices opened as members took seats and committees formed to begin activity for the term.
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Congress
Fifty-Sixth Congress of the
United States
Grain and Livestock Price Report From Major Markets
Regional quotes show Chicago hogs at 3.00 to 4.25, cattle 3.00 to 7.50, sheep 3.00 to 4.50. Indianapolis hogs 3.00 to 4.25, cattle 6.00 to 8.50, wheat No. 2 red 6 to 7 cents, corn No. 2 2 to 8 cents. Other markets include St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo, and New York with varied No. 2 prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye, butter, eggs, and potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Erc
Usc Texic
Congress Opens as Henderson Elected Speaker Amid Hobart Death
The 56th Congress convened with Henderson chosen speaker after a heated party ballot. The Senate paid tribute to late Vice President Hobart as new members were sworn in. The president’s message was postponed to honor Hobart’s memory, while other notices and international comments filled the opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lvnth Congress
Senate
Frye
Maine
House
McDowell
Congress
Roberts
Gen. Henderson
Representative Richardson
Tennessee
New York
Maj. McDowell
Simoen
Henry Couden
Michigan
Rell
Yepburn
Iowa
Grosvenor
Ohio
David B. Tenderson
Gen
Henderson
Day
Virginia
James D. Richardson
Ridgely
Kansas
John C. Bell
Coloradoo
Mer. Wilson
Idaho
Francis Gi. Newlands
Nevada
Richardson
Bell
Newlands
Prenderson
Leith
Lobart
Milburn
Hobart
Quay
Burrows
Rep. Mich
Jones
Dem. Ark
Sewall
Congress Promises Noisy Session With Broad Agenda
Washington report predicts the upcoming Congress will be highly talkative as debates unfold on currency reform ship subsidies and the Nicaragua canal. Key battles center on a government bonds funding bill, the Mann–Pi ne ship subsidy, naval provisions, and expansion plans for Hawaii Puerto Rico and Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nicaragua
Roberts
Henderson
Payne
Senate
Congress
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Alaska
Congressional
Cuba
Philippines
Nicaragua Canal
Gabelle
Potomac
Aneh Wueldom
Grady
Vita’ Tenes Lharveye
Arianes Piste Such
Maine
Suelo
Ile
Cotesigar
Ammotm
Will
Hess
Peter
Navy Reforms and Ship Builds Highlight Secretary Report
Secretary Long outlines plans to add twelve new vessels to the Navy, seeks authority to strengthen naval academies and reserves, and calls for remote stores in Guam and Sitka. He notes costs of vessels and ongoing builds, including the battleship Kentucky, and reports on fleet dispatches and flood losses, with Dewey’s May visit and other incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Bens
United States
Otere
Doms
Mallaval Cerveta
Maula Bes
Philippine
Vse
War Department
Arca Ae Lion
Coustrae Teen
Reper Soerevaty
Loting
Tle
England
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Russia
United Sites
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Shergan & Rand
Padlickers
Emer
Ninneapolis
Grocers
Tick
Carnegie
Hoc. Frick
Puraburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Noha Ad Blorst
Otis
Dilaware
Bradstreet
Plos
State Line
Edmund
W. H. Boykin
Roderick
Tom
Redmund
Alashverd
Turkish Armenia
Kustur
Nebraska
Congress AT Work
Chambers
Alabama
Chio
Samoa
Santo Domingo
President Heureaux
Dewey
Chirgo
Pesas
Viper
Mamaroneck
N .Ove
Desperado
Bill” Honnycutt
Pritchurd
Leguir
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