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Newspaper

Bessemer Herald

Location

Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1902

Page

2

New York textile talks avert garment workers strike

Weekly events cover labor leaders in New York averting a 40 000 garment workers strike through arbitration. Other items note a Mokwani beer camp run by women led by Commander de Beers wife, Gypsy mentions in Kentucky, clashes between American sailors and Russian soldiers in New Chwang, and Rear Admiral Wildes taking command of the Asiatic squadron. A Boston court sentences Franklin J. Moses for larceny, a deadly dynamite blast kills three in Pennsylvania, and the American China Development Company seeks bonds for the Mankow Canton railway linking Canton and Pekin. Police arrest Edmond Palmer in Pittsburg. a Wabash wreck injures two.

Mokwani de Beers Beesham Kentucky Frankfort Union New Chwang China State Department Conger Pekin Frank Wildes Petsacola Mavy Yard Navy Demari Keeling & Ridge Connellsville American-China Development Company Mankow-Canton Canton Chicago Pittsburg Edmond Palmer Des Plaines Ashley Ellisville Palmer Wabash Limited Lagro Ind John Brumbaugh W. C. Humphrey

Multiple Fires and Trials Across States Leave Tragic Toll

News nuggets report Shulte Lumber mill fire in Glendora Mississippi and a fatal home blaze near Wiands North Carolina. Children perish in Coal City Pennsylvania fire. Marylands Democrats nominate Arthur Pue Gorman for US Senate. Ex Governor James B. McCreary is named for Kentucky Senate race. Divorces filed in Knoxville and Louisville court actions cite health and desertion. A Monongahela line crash near Shinnstown West Virginia injures six and wrecks engines and cars. Gas asphyxiation ends Philadelphia leader Charles C Creston. J D Choate at Colorado Sanitarium fasting thirty days. Sidman sued by wife Margaret over tandem riding. Goebel murder case in Kentucky judge denies continuance. Rio Grande Western rail collision near Roy Utah. fireman Frank Cowell dies. East St. Louis bank guard shoots at would-be robbers.

Shulte Hardwood Lumber Company Glendora Miss Roxie Johnson Wiands N. C Maryland Arthur Pue Gorman United States Senate Philip McKim Coal City James B. McCreary Kentucky United States Deboe John Banks Knoxville Tenn Monongahela Shinnstown W. Va Charles Caleb Creston Philadelphia Germantown J. D. Choate New York Colorado Sanitarium Boulder Colo Choate Robert Sidman St. Louis Margaret Cantrill Frankfort Jim Howard Goebel Rio Grande Western Road Roy Station Utah Frank Cowell Salt Lake

Carnegie offers Melrose library funds in public gift

Andrew Carnegie proposes a 25000 dollar donation to Melrose Mass for a public library under standard conditions. A list of varied 1910s headlines follows, including leadership changes at Columbia, a fur seal caught near Fort Hamilton, a Mass alderman’s death, and a gas-related tragedy in Fermtown Pa.

Andrew Carnegie Melrose Mass Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University Seth Low Fort Hamilton New York Bay Robert H. Jenkins Board of Aldermen Everett New York Willa S. Bennett Grant Washington Alice Roosevelt Manuy Cities Margaret O'Connor Joan Annie Drummond Fermen Town Wood Street Brushton Pittsburg Ono Perry Belmont Montague Lessler First National Bank Glassport Pennsylvania Railroad Company Johnstown J. B. Polk Brevis Hotel Baltimore Polk Chesapeake Brewing Company Sparta Parker New Jersey Hartford Conn Anton C. Chaves Joseph Mary Devida Nineveh Pennsylvania Mail Annie Leary Leo III Church of Rome Holy See Fifth Avenue Hannah Coggin

Notable 1900s Crime and Fire Mix From Western States

A roundup of tragic incidents and legal notes spanning 1900 era journals: a Curtis & Co. Chicago coffin maker plant fire causes $240,000 loss. Seaton hanged at Seattle for killing his uncle. Sheriff Ricker fatally wounded in a Casper fight with escaped prisoners. Lima family suffocated by natural gas. two-year-old Walter Bell burns to death in Amanda Ohio. Wilby and Hoffman recaptured after jail escape in Billings with Kilby fatally shot. William Condon dies after being shot by a St. Louis detective. Northwestern Medical College sale for 40,600 to Valparaiso Normal and Chicago Eclectic. two Utah lake drownings near Provo. J W Cheek dies by morphine suicide. I H Cooper retires to focus on New York business.

Curtis & Co Chicago William HI Seaton Seattle Daniel Richards Casper Wyo W. C. Ricker John Sullivan Lima Ohio Walter Bell Amanda Alonzo Wilby Roy Hoffman Billlings Mont Kilby William Condon St. Louis Tie Northwestern Medical College H. Cooper Siegel, Cooper & Co New York

Multistate Crime Roundup From 1900s Headlines

Henry Siegel announces. Jerry Healey arrested in Greeley for vagrancy proved to be the missing heir to a Fall River estate. Stewart Fife in North Yakima charged with Savannah merchant Frank W. Richardson murder. Knickerbocker Ice Company executive convicted in Racine for tax evasion. Bernard Michel found dead in St Paul office. Local court rulings on jury trials and picketing. National Stock Yards Bank robbed near East St Louis. Anna Clark dies after train trestle jump in Cincinnati.

Henry Siegel Jerry Healey Greeley Colo Fall River Mass Stewart Fife North Yakima Wash Frank W. Richardson Savannah Fife Knickerbocker Ice Company Chicago Racine Wisconsin National Stock Yards ‘Bank East St. Louis Cincinnati Anna Clark Frank H. Peavey Minneapolis Shawnee Kane Carl Fishner Mary L. Wallace Rich Hill Custer County Neb Cole Jim Younger Minnesota State Board of Pardons Northfield Clyde Moore C. L. Wiltberger Winfield Irian Newhouse Idaho Springs Powder Gang Philip Yoder Pennsylvania Railroad Company Louisville Ohio Central Congregational Church Topeka Ian C. M. Sheldon Circuit Court Toledo Rutherford B. Hayes Adelaide Smith Fremont Mayes Joseph Deutsch Cleveland Johnson John G. Sadlier Springfield Foundry Company Indianapolis Frog and Switch Company Springfield John W. Kenney Henry C. Tatum Commercial Travelers’ Association St. Louis Smith Ditler First National Bank of Diller Liberty Philippines Columbus Barracks Twenty-second Street Colorado State Bank Grand Junction Hanover National Bank of New York Colorado Sugar Company New York Bank

Fire devastates Theater Vendome in Nashville Tenn

Dated items report a theater fire gutting the Theater Vendome in Nashville causing an estimated $50,000 loss due to a live wire falling on drapery. The dispatch also notes drownings in Georgia and West Virginia boiler explosions with multiple fatalities, Texas livestock losses, boll weevil cotton destruction, a Franklin County duel, a train wreck in Gray West Virginia, and an assault on a passenger train passenger in Mississippi.

Nashville Tenn John Lee Columbus, Ga Frank Starvey William Bussey Matthew Dixon South Pennsylvania Oil Company Harry Rhoden Doddridge County W. Va Merrick Frick del Ash Texas San Antonio East Texas Central Coast District Franklin County Mass C. P. Shell Robert Thomas Thomas Norfolk and Western Express Columbus Ohio Norfolk Gray O. E. Painter Washington Beaumont Lexington Rt Bg New Orleans Meridian Miss Ile Wa

Chinese court returns to Pekin amid oriental splendor display

A large pageant marks the capital’s entrance as a bark capsizes near Corunna with twenty three drowned. In South Africa the Boers ambush Scots Grays near Bronkhorstspruit leaving six British dead and ten wounded. A collision off Aveiro sinks British and Spanish coal ships with eighteen and one crewmen drowned. Prof Rudolph Virchow suffers a thigh fracture but recovers. A French bark sinks the Walla Walla off Cape Mendocino. twenty seven of 144 aboard are missing. A London review reports Boer losses at 18,820 and British losses at 9,118 killed or captured with many diseased and invalided.

Pekin Lezero Corunna Spain Bronkhorstspruit Pretoria Alfonso Vilelva Aveiro Portugal Rudolph Virchow Berlin Walla Walla Cape Mendocino South Africa London Lave

Roosevelt Consents to Review Schley Inquiry Findings

President Roosevelt agrees to examine the Schley court of inquiry findings after a recent conference with Admiral Schley. other items note Marconi patent disputes, a damages settlement in a diplomatic case, looming Cuban government setup, Alaska weather deaths, timber land deals in Nova Scotia, and Cuba troop withdrawal details after transferring power.

Roosevelt Schley Court of Inquiry Trof. E. Stone Wiswins Marconi Lenz Frank G. Lenz House of Representatives Dawson Alaska Amur Henry Patten Albany J. Dobson Good New York F.C. Smith Seward Webb Sherbrooke Gaspereau River Queens County Nova Scotia Cuba

Senate adjourns in respect amid Sewell death

The United States Senate met after a two week recess but did no business due to the death of Senator William J. Sewell of New Jersey. The Senate and House offered resolutions and adjourned, with tributes to Sewell and prayers for Senator Berry’s recovery. House debate on the Hepburn canal bill continued, focusing on route choice between Panama and Nicaragua and possible presidential authority, while Carries of Minnesota and others proposed amendments. The final vote on the Hepburn bill favored the Panama route, with limited opposition remaining among a few members.

United States Senate William J. Sewell New Jersey William Milburn Senator Sewell Berry Arkansas Senate Kean Sewell House New Jesey Messrs. Smith Town Weeks Michigan Loudenslager Jenkins Wisconsin Judiciary House of Representatives Panama Company United States Cannon Hiinois Reeves Sane Committee On Appropriations Committee On Committee On Rivers and Harbors Hepburn Canton Panama Lepburn Congress Morris Minnesota Seveunel Colombia Walker Commission Nicaragua Phe Mr. Burton Chins Chalsnuna Fitz Tee Rivera Herbers Connecticut Bojertives Steeuers Pacoima Trease Fleteler Mingsota Lassiter Vircta Bishop Pees Ur Northwest Pax Morris Duluth Mer. Phetcher

Washington Notes on Navy, Seats, and Exclusion Bill

The seat once held by S. Sewell is reassigned to New York sailors. The Naval Register shows 22 percent ship strength with Rixey under construction. Advocates push a Chinese exclusion bill to bar Mongolians. Filipino oath violators to be punished by Gen. Chatf.

Washington S. Sewell New York Naval Register Ued Matsoe Navy Rixey Foor Chitterbee United States Chatffee

Do Animals Reason In Truthful Tests At London Talk

Lord Avebury discussed animal intelligence in London praising Dan the poodle for learning to distinguish cards labeled Food Tea Water and fetch correctly. He contrasted this with the processional caterpillar noted by the London Chronicle as very low in intelligence after a scientist used a thread experiment to trap them circling a flowerpot for days.

Lord Avebury London Institution Dan London Chronicle Ile

Discovery Claims Kidney Cure by Local Man

Detroit man Benjamin Major of Jane and Hurlbut avenues reports a remedy that ends his long battle with kidney and bladder troubles after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says his cure is complete and cites increasing reports of remarkable cures from the same medicine.

Detroit Mich Benjamin Major Jane and Hurlbut Avenue Major Dodd

Time Fleeting, Man Wonders About Stationary Work

A comic exchange between a stern person and a cheerful citizen notes time’s swift passing and the oddity of time standing still. The humorous micromoment ends with a quip about staying employed if time didn’t move. Washington Star referenced in dialogue.

Washington Star

We Have a Deaf Member and Her Duties

A Baltimore American excerpt presents a Woman's Club remark about a deaf and dumb member. Miss Gabbeigh tells Mr Duggleby the member is not disadvantaged as she makes all motions. Harold Duggleby smiles audibly, understanding the remark.

An Experienced Horseman Comic Exchange

A humorous exchange from New York Weekly features Minks asking why six horses are kept and Winks replying that six ensures two sound horses are always ready for driving. The wry joke highlights practicality and wit between the two characters.

Minks New York Weekly

An Inquiry in Suburbanite-Pashington History

Suburbanite-Pashington is praised as one of the most successful men in our town in a terse, quip filled note from City Friend-Yes? questioning if he managed to get out, as discussed in a Puck period gag.

Pashington Puck

Putnam Paceless Dyes Promise Uniform Color for All Fibers

An old newspaper fragment touts Putnam Paceless Dyes claiming all goods color fibers in one boiling. It cites druggist sales and a testimonial style note. The text also references Piso's Cure for Consumption and a pancake flour brand with unclear origin identifiers.

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