Varied 19th Century World News From Kiev to Kentucky
A Kyiv dispatch notes a palace balcony bombing with panic but no injuries. Reports mix Nihilist suspicions, a Winter in New York poorhouse, Russo Chinese diplomacy, a Clara wreck near Hainan Island, and a Missouri murder in Leland. Also covered are Cleveland bankers handling Everett Moore, Barber in Akron, Ames in Fort Pierre, Manila insurgents, and a Chicago strike settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiev
Saya
Constantine
Louis Carmichael
Horace Greeley
Baltimore
Buoghamton
N.Y
Carmichael
M. Paul Lessar
China
Prince Ching
Wang Wen Shao
Clara
Hainan
Hanoi
Alderup
Cleveland
Everett-Moore
Barber
Akron
Ohio
Diamond Match Company
Josovert Ames
Fort Pierre
Frank Handley
White Clay Creek
Ames
Handleys
Is Dn
Charles D. Rhodes
Sixth Cavalry
Manila
Rhodes
Armgs
Chicago
Allis-Chalners Company
Long list of 1900s dispatches recount thefts and deaths in transit
A diamond chain worth 3500 disappears en route from New York to Washington. The Dayville Worlen Company of Dan ielson Conn is bankrupt with liabilities 90000. Senator William J Sewell dies in Camden N Y from diabetes. Several drownings occur on Conesta Lake Livonia N Y. Notable deaths include John J Welly Bordentown and Henry C Seabrook New Haven Conn. Traffic accidents kill four on an Ontario and Western train and a rail yard blast injures workers at Jermyn Pa. Several suicides and crimes are reported across the country amid fires and industrial accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Dayville Worlen Company
Danielson
Conn
United States
William J. Sewell
Camden
N. Y
Walter
Gerald Doble
Conesta Lake
Livonia
John J. Welly
New Jersey Assembly
Bordentown
Jersey City
Miswari
Newport News
Wessel
Marion Cockrell
Trenton
Ao Sham
Washinston
Henry C. Seabrook
Seabrouok & Lisith Carriage Company
New Haven
Fifty Avenue
Henry Corn
Admiral Schley
Maryland
Cuman Order of United American Mechicnics
Ontario and Western
Preston Park
Starlight
Buffalo
Philip Gerste
Richard P. Leary
United States Navy
Marine Hospital
Chelsea
Mass
Leary
Guam
Alfred G. Ginty
Yale
Cambria
Winfield S. Arter
Pittsburg
Arter
Madary Grzela
Roy S. Hedges
Cal
Sidney M. Hedges
Boston
Sewickley
James Cameron
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Moosie Powder Company
Jermyn
New York State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Robert Wenson
Mary van Liew
Old Mercer
Sharpsville
Multiple incidents darken 19th century notes across the U S
Reports of drownings and shootings include Max Grossman an elderly German who died while fishing in the Marais des Cygnes at Ottawa Kansas L W Lacey Palm Fruit Company ranch superintendent near Wasco Illinois shot by an employee and died Reubert BE Lee and Samuel Garvin convicted in Helena Montana for stealing 700 head of cattle from Crow Reservation authorities note wage hikes for Pittsburg Bessemer and Lake Erie workers and a dynamite blast damages a saloon at New Hampshire Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Max Grossman
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
L. W. Lacey
Palm Fruit Company
Wascop Lal
Reubert BE. Lee
Samuel Garvin
Helena
Mount
Crow
Supreme Court
Blue House Saloon
New Hampshire
Ohio
Pittsburg, Bessemer and
Lake Mel
Mvanston
Florence Ely
Frank Rogers
John B. Dempsey
Washburn
St. Paul
Mousve &. Salmson
Multiple Disasters and Crimes Reported Across States
A Mississippi city suffered near total destruction by fire with losses around 100000 and low insurance coverage. A Fletcher postmaster was fatally shot at his door. A Virginia wreck killed five after a landslide. A decomposed body was found in a Birmingham church steeple. A Georgia rail line seeks electric light charter for Fulton and DeKalb. Urin merchants raided a saloon, forcing its closure. A Virginia farmer and neighbor killed in a Civil War quarrel. Ella Cropsey's murder case moved forward with a body found in Elizabeth City river. Edison relatives lead a yacht party safely to Beaufort. Two Western Railway of Alabama wrecks caused fatalities and heavy damage. A Richmond girl owns slippers sewn by Mrs. McKinley and a soul picture of the late president. Two Barnette Junction women robbed of eight thousand dollars in gold. the robbers used water splashed on one during the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bridge Company
Chicago
John Pipkin
John Manus
Forest City
Ark
Manus
Pipkin
Mixx
Mary A. Anderson
Palmyra
Matthews
St. Louis
Andrew Carnegie
Wallspell
Mont
William A. Lindeke
St. Paul
Minn
Tle
Simon Owens
Guthrie
O. T. Ife
Andrew Jackson
Vicksburg
Grant
J. B. Ragar
Philadelphia
Wheeling Creek
Bellaire
Ohio
Grand Island
Augustus Hessel
California
Colton
Pomony
San Bernardino
Santa Ana
Minnesota
Northern Pacific Company
Northern Securities Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Omaha
James A. Heath
Calvary Baptist Church
Kansas City
Castile
N.Y
Levi Saunders
Leavenworth
Nan
Welock
Saunders
Arkansas
Michigan
McAlester Coal Company
Hartshorn
Lima
George Smith
Mebiitvesh
St. Josophy
Saute Legisiature
Lincoln
Neb
C. S. Mbune
Dhuut
Hattiesburg
Miss
Matthew Keith
Fletcher
James River
Chesapeake and Ohio
Reasen
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church
Birmingham
Ala
Georgia Railway and Eketvic Company
Capital
Fulton
DeKalb
Georgia
Urin
Tenn
T. L. Wilson
Thomas Parlin
Dwight
Parlin
Wilson
Ella Cropsey
Elizabeth City
N.C
Tomas A. Edison
Io Beaufort
S.C
Norfolk
Western Railway
Alabama
Little Madelaine Turner
Richmond
Marriage at the United States consulate in Nive France
The civil ceremony of Senator Chauncey M Depew and Miss May Palmer was held at the U S consulate in Nive France. A waterspout burst over Saffe Morocco inundating the lower town for twelve hours with about two hundred reported drowned. Captain Schoeffel and eighteen men of Company EB Ninth Infantry at Capday Island of Samar fought a severe hand to hand battle in which a sergeant corporal and five privates were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey M. Depew
May Palmer
United States
Nive
France
Saffe
Morocco
Schoeffel
Ninth Infantry
Capday
Island of
Samar
Four boys drown after skating on La Ville River
Reported incident states four boys fell through ice on the La Ville River near Bridgewater Nova Scotia and drowned. Other items reference Admiral Schley delaying libel suits and various international affairs and trade debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laville River
Bridgewater
N. S
Admiral Schley
sUorners
Machiy
Appletuns
BradstreetUs Aniall
Trady
United States
Commitrce
J. Newton Nindi
Chicagzo
E. Ec. Loving
Boston
Roosevele
Dennick
Open War on Merger Moves Five States to Act
Governors and attorneys general from Minnesota South Dakota Washington Montana met in Helena to oppose a Northern Pacific Great Northern consolidation via the Northern Securities Company. Minnesota Governor Van Sant chaired the conference asserting laws favor open competition and warning that consolidation would violate state policy and public duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Helena
Mont
Northern Pavilie
Burlington
Northern Securities Company
Minneapolis
Northern Pacific
van Sant
Douglas
Minnesota
Harveid
Pyle
South Dakota
Hunt
Stratton
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railway
Will
Northern Pacific Railway Company
New Jersey
Washington
Congregational Church Attendants Hear New Visual Sermon Tactic
A Chisago Congregational Church service featured chromos given to attendees to illustrate Rev. Bart’s sermon and boost attendance. A separate item notes a car crash involving twenty passengers narrowly avoiding a precipice on a rural track, plus a hunting accident near Yukon, Oklahoma that killed Ben Weis, 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational
Chisago
Weoa
Bart
Pluto
Clothespin Used to Silence Student in Local School
A clothespin punishment was used in Baunton Mags schools to stop whispering. A one year old boy had the device placed on his lips, removed it to flee home, and was later ordered to reseat with the pin on his lips, after which a beating was alleged.
The Great Dead of 1301 A World in Transition
A survey of notable deaths across politics literature music and art. It lists figures such as McKinley Harrison Eivarts von Hohenlohe Crispi Li Hung Chang Victoria Dowager Empress Frederick Abdur Rahman Khan Milan and others, highlighting losses in governance science letters and arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam McNinley
Czolgosz
Benjamin Harrison
William M. Eivarts
Prince von Hohenlohe
Francesca Crispi
Italy
Li Hung Chang
China
Victoria
Great Britain
Frederick
Abdur Rahman Kahn
Ameer
Afghanistan
Milan
Servia
John Fiske
Charlotte M. Yonge
Walter Besant
Robert W. Buchanan
William Ellery Channing
Concord
Maurice Thompson
Ignatius Donnelly
Verdi
Benoit
John Stainey
Franz Rummel
Alfred Piatti
Audran
France
Jean Cagin
Mugland
Kate Greenaway
United States
James McD. Mart
Edward Moran
Britain cuts war indemnity totals amid China settlement
A late 19th century dispatch reports the United States reducing its claim against China to 7 million dollars of an 18 million relief and detailing allied reparations by nation along with the final multinational total of 31.5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
United States
Rausstee
Germany
France
Treat Hyltaha
Italy
UUU
Tragic Crash Near Greenbrier In Arkansas
Bud Johnson’s baby died and his little girl was badly injured in a crash near Greenbrier Arkansas. Emergency responders rushed them to a local hospital where officers began an investigation into the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Johnson
Greenbrier
Ark
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Alice Roosevelt
J. Wartley Merrick
William Goddard
Gheenburg
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Canton
Paul Blouses
Mas O'Reth
Montgomery Brothers
Osxford
W.O. Davis
Lands Stome
Dunkick
Lem Powhds
Turner
Buads
Louis Bitzer
WowWee
Hin
Goatianr
Biteer
Wiesel
Wiesel Nomody
Ducsadeut
Roosechat
NS Notteat
Cotesy
Piaters
Union
the Free and United Churches of
Southuud
George Stubblefield
Pine Bluff
Carl Stubblefict
Myer Solmson
Frank Dunaway
Newark
C. A. Young
Poteau
J. T
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Ambler
Salem
Philippine Islands
Bebo
Thomas Y. Ingling
Martin's Ferry
James Biloit
Aline Taylor
Harry Hoyt
Wheeling
Albert Doty
Eynden
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Aml
Missouri Pacific Railway
Malta
Western
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Howling Green
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