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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1900
Page
6
An explosion disrupted a Victoria BC Chinese church service drawing a mixed crowd of Chinese and whites. No injuries or deaths occurred and police, puzzled by the motive, investigated with the building sustaining damage while the preacher led a late service.
South Bend Indiana cashier Myron E Campbell freed from liability for the December 7 190? robbery at the South Bend National Bank. The loss of fifteen dollars was caused by George West who opened the safe during lunch. Campbell agreed to reimburse and has paid over 1000 with interest. West was convicted and sentenced but escaped jail and is now in Minnesota.
Disease spreads across reservations including Smallpot median areas in Indian Territory and Crow Creek Agency South Dakota. Congress to be asked for a 2000 appropriation to stamp out the epidemic as vaccine points are set up but funds are lacking. Washington authorities express urgency and quarantine stations employ physicians.
Nelson Cromwell of Sullivan & Cromwell and Praincix Lynde Stetson filed articles of incorporation at Trenton New Jersey for the Panama Canal Company of America. The plan to Americanize the Panama Canal moved to a definite stage as French stockholders interests were assumed by Americans with authorized capital stock declared.
Reports tell of a fatal clash in Peepeosit Alabama with hired men involved and multiple injuries. The narrative also covers a string of violent deaths and accidents including executions, suicides, shipwrecks, a Christmas rehearsal fire, and a fatal railroad crash across various locations and figures.
A train wreck on the Big Four line near Sharer Ohio seriously injures a passenger, with one baggage car overturned and another crash damage reported. Firemen and rescue crews responded to the accident scene.
The Department of the Interior under Secretary Hitchcock and Indian Affairs Commissioner Jones will not permit Indians to depart reservations for wild west exhibitions. Requests for loans for such purposes are refused, allowed only to show progress in Indian education. The policy reversal aims to end what officials see as demoralizing practices.
Gen. Paul Van der Voort of Omaha announces that the first batch of colonists has sailed from New York to establish homes on land parcels of five to forty acres on the northern shore of Santiago de Cuba. The party includes several hundred men from various trades across the country, mostly from the West.
The charred bodies of William J. Thomas and his three children were found in the smouldering remains of their house eleven miles southwest of Chilacothe Missouri. It is believed Thomas killed the children and set the house alight. Frank Ellie, a nonneighbor, saw smoke and found the residence burned. Thomas had financial troubles. his wife had died by suicide a year earlier.
The warden asks how to remove J Dinglienno a two year Folsom inmate who finished term November 23 but refuses to pay a $2 fine or accept the pauper’s watch and stays in the state. Federal court sentenced him for counterfeiting tools.
Miners Feel Hollis and Arthur Acton reach Victoria B C with news of a stampede near Indian River two miles up Indian River. Lead by Wisi C Gates known as Swiftwater Bill, stories from Dawson recount miners leaving pans worth about 1100 in coarse gold as they fled the rush.
The Minneapolis and Ontario Bridge Company is incorporated with SS0,000 capital to span the Rainy River for Port Arthur. Ontario and Western Railroad begins construction between Port Arthur and Winnipes. The mile long bridge at the river mouth aims for completion within a year at a cost near SOAR.
Bradstreet notes peak holiday activity before Christmas with higher demand for expensive goods and larger buying capacity than prior years. Wholesale trade remains quieting, but prices show strength. flour pork coffee lead rise while copper cotton tin fall. Wheat shipments total 2,813,714 bushels versus 3,258,640 last week. corn exports 3,110,000 bushels versus 4,017,185 previously.
Spanish War veteran Ernest Austin was found guilty of first degree murder in Bellefontaine Ohio for killing his brother and mother and burning their bodies in their home. The jury took twelve hours to verdict and he faces life imprisonment without parole unless innocence is proven. Austin, 23, served as a volunteer in the Spanish war.
Lackawanna road engineer William Lanigan was killed and his fireman Herman Shulte fatally injured in a collision with a Buffalo and Southwestern passenger train at the joint junction in Buffalo suburbs New York.
Edward Denham a medicine agent assaulted Dr Marvin and his wife at their Findlay Ohio home with a heavy iron poker injuring Mrs Marvin severely and fracturing the doctor. He then shot himself in the mouth with a pistol and died. He was intoxicated.
Samuel Wall a leading Akron Ohio contractor died of consumption. His partner Alfred Barnes aged 45 was so affected he suffered paralysis and died hours later. Wall aged 37.
A massive rock toppled from a cliff at Amalfi Italy and slid into the sea taking with it the Cappuccini Hotel the Capuchin monastery the Hotel Santa Caterina and several villas. Many people are reported buried in the wreckage.
Three men entered the packing establishment of John J. Dahnke on West Van ke street in Chicago gagged and overpowered the night watchman Jacob Koslowsky. They blew open the office safe and escaped with 250 dollars.
A Manila report states Col Wilder in Northern Luzon sends word that Aguinaldo's wife has died during the ongoing fight with the rebel leader before pursuing American forces.
Renowned evangelist Moody passes away at East Northfield Massachusetts. Reports confirm his death at a confirmed religious site with tributes pouring in from followers and organizations associated with his ministry.
Chicago cattle priced at 3.08 to 3.50, hogs 3.00 to 4.25, sheep up to 84.50. wheat No. 2 red Te to etc. corn No. 2 de tushes. oats and rye varied. regional notes from Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Buffalo, and New York show broad price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains with no uniform trend.
In a fierce storm the British steamship Ariosto wrecked near Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras. Twenty one crewmen died attempting to reach shore in lifeboats while Captain Baines and eight others stayed aboard to be saved by breeches buoy. Life saving stations worked hard to land a line and rescue all remaining men before nightfall.
The Brazwell mine explosion near Brownsville Pennsylvania killed over forty, with rescue efforts finding mangled bodies and four cages of men lost. The blast followed a naked light igniting gas in a room, wrecking the shaft, tipple, and buildings as black damp poured out, delaying rescues and prompting further danger.
A strong Christmas morning quake struck Southern California with San Jacinto near the center and lasting twelve seconds. Santa Ana Anaheim San Bernardino Riverside Needles Ventura and Redlands reported damage. fatalities occurred among six women at the Soboda Indian Reservation and injuries followed. The Anaheim event was the fiercest, ten seconds of violence with emptied lodgings and cracked buildings.
Ladysmith reports 65 cases of enteric fever as Russian officers and privates join the Boer army. British censor cites 10 wounded at Tugela. Promised horse losses shrink Ronch Rider force to POW. Conan Doyle volunteers for service. Boers missing a break for seeing Stormers. British troops to Egypt may be replaced by Ludians. Victoria hosts soldiers’ families. England plans 160000 field troops. Medics say stretcher bearers under Red Cross faced fire. London criticizes Buller’s tactics. London votes for 1000 volunteers and £20000 in expenses. Boers claim 2000 killed and wounded at Magersfontein. Sea transport planned for 120000 troops. 120000 more ready.
A devastating fire during a Christmas rehearsal at St Francis Catholic school hall killed eleven children and injured many more. The tragedy occurred as a gas jet ignited costumes and spreading flames forced quick evacuations and rescue efforts at the parish building.
A deadly landslide devastates a popular Italian resort on the Tuscan coast. Dozens of villas are buried and many are feared dead or missing. Rescue teams and authorities race to recover victims as debris blocks streets and harbor entries. Extra notes mention park openings and wage changes in unrelated items.
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