World News Briefs from The Bessemer Herald
Edward W. Nash of American Smelting and Refining collapsed at a dinner in Omaha with hopes for recovery. Mormon church trustees buy land in New Jersey to build a Birthplace of Joseph Smith monument. Presbyterians reject a brief statement of faith in place of Westminster. August Machen pleads guilty to postal fraud conspiracy, gets two more years. Ohio inheritance tax upheld but not retroactive. Denver nitroglycerin explosion kills M. E. Waller. fate uncertain. Canton State Bank closes. directors cite large loans by the cashier. Immigration restriction plans to raise head tax to 25 or cap monthly admissions. Hocking Valley boiler explosion kills six. several engines wrecked. National League standings listed after games.
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Mormon Church
Ski Lake City
South Royalton
Joseph Smith
Presbyterian General Assembly
Winona Lake
Ind
Nassau, N. Y
August W. Machen
Washington
Crawford
Lorenz
Ohio Supreme Court
Darke County
Hostetter
Ohio
Supreme Court
M. E. Waller
Denver
Walley
Cripple Creek
Canton State Bank
Canton
W. L. Davis
Corwin RB. Bachtell
Congress
Hocking Valley Railroad
Columbus
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia mayor sacks two cabinet members in gas grab fight
Mayor Weaver dismisses two Philadelphia cabinet members amid the gas grab controversy. Other items note bankrupt actor Neil Burgess in Trenton court, Taft urging tax or tariff changes to cover deficits, and missing 14 year old Siegfried Riebling in Asheville with kidnapping fears.
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Weaver
Philadelphia
Neil Burgess
United States District Court
Trenton
N. J
Taft
Oho
Siegfried Riebling
Brooklyn Bridge
Asheville N. C
William Ivell
Marion Ivetl
Heal of 2 Department
Minneapolis
Dry Geel
Niles
Numerous 1901 items range from crimes to industry news
The column lists diverse items: counterfeit coin arrests in Philadelphia. a Coney Island censor board granted. a Reading railroad blaze at Bethayres caused by a spark. Boston condemns landlord discrimination against families with children. a youth kills his father in Bellport. former Senator L E McComas likely to be appointed to the DC Court of Appeals. John D Rockefeller Jr plans to sever Standard Oil ties. Pennsylvania Railroad awards 22,000 tons of structural steel to American Bridge Co. for the New York Penn Station terminal.
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Tinny & Co
New York
Secret Service
Philadelphia
Coney Island
Washington and New York
Reading
Bethayres
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Martin F. Morris
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard Oil
Pennsylvania Ailroad Company
American Bridge Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Notable Early 1900s Tragedies and Finance News Briefs
West German Johann Hoch was convicted in Chicago for poisoning Mrs. Welcker Hoch and sentenced to death. Carnegie pledges 125000 for a Wellesley library, conditioned on a matching gift. Berry shot dead at his Savanna office. no motive or shooter found. Patsy Ayres, famed telegraph operator, dies in Cincinnati. Jealous Pueblo switchman kills Stella Brice and wounds self. Two men die in a Minneapolis lodging fire. Toronto women appeal to Rockefeller after tornado. church rebuild aid sought. Fast Monon mail derails near Lowell, Indiana. no serious injuries. Canton marks McKinley monument cornerstone with Justice Day to lay it. Planters Hotel sold in St. Louis for 200000. Bryan to tour for municipal ownership. daughter ill. Williams murder verdict and death sentence in St. Paul. Murray family drown crossing Rio Grande near Lincoln. Milwaukee teen commits suicide by carbolic acid. Evansville infant maimed by a hydrophobic cat. child dies. Standard Oil pipeline from Kansas City to Whiting nears completion, broadening eastward link to Bayonne. Chadwick homestead bid tops 35000, with mortgage total ~43000. Dr Koch to face third trial in New Ulm murder case. bail set at 20000. Goldfield Bank and Trust fails with 277000 liabilities. scant assets. Archibald McLellan, 71, prominent Mason, dies by own hand.
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Johann Hoch
Chicago
Cincinnati
Frank Cowells
Pueblo
Colo
Stella Brice
Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis
Frank Green
Fox
Monument Hill
Canton
Ohio
William KR. Day
Planters
St. Louis
T. J. Landrum
Louisville
Henry Weaver
William J. Bryan
William Williams
F. S. Keller
John
St. Paul
Lincoln
Rio Grande
Charles Abram
Milwaukee
Preston Melmaine
Evansville
Ind
Standard Oil Company
Sugar Creek
Kansas City
Whiting
Bayonne
N. J
Nathan Loeser
Chadwick
Cleveland
W. W. Boynton
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Company
Elyria
Cray
District Court
Mankato
Minn
G. St. Koch
L. A. Gebhardt
New Ulm
Dr. Koch
Goldfield Bank and Trust Company
Goldfield
New
Masonic Temple suicide ends in Chicago room on nineteenth floor
A man on the nineteenth floor of the Masonic Temple in Chicago shot himself above the heart, dying instantly. He had suffered acute indigestion and rheumatism for two years. The report also notes H V Jones, a Minnesota crop expert, returning from the Southwest with wheat estimates and plans for electric line reorganizations in Ohio and Columbus backed by Boston bondholders.
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Masonic Temple
Chicago
H. V. Jones
Minnesota
Southwest
Appleyard Electric
Ohio
Columbus
London
Springfield
Dayton
Urbana
Grove City
Southwestern
Central Market
Boston
William Hunt
Violent incidents and disasters sweep Kentucky and South
A series of deadly events reported across the south includes Roy Blanks killing Isaac Dunning in Mannington Kentucky and surrendering, a railway wreck killing eight near McHenry Station Kentucky, and Robert Shaw fatally shooting and wounding others near Wa tman Kentucky before being driven from his house by fire. Mobile experiences a major fire destroying J E Duval printing house and Burhall shoe company damages. A shooting affray near Cordova Georgia fatally injures Thomas Collier and Charles Milligan. Raleigh warehouses of Standard Oil burned. watchman William Strickland found dead. Fort Worth Texas endures a 70 mph windstorm with destruction of the Texas and Pacific station and deaths of John Young and widespread damage to AME church and businesses. Mineral Springs and Oak Cliff near Dallas suffer partial destruction of structures and churches.
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Robert Shaw
Waitman
Mobile
Ala
J. E. Duval
North Water Street
Burhall Wholesale Shoe Company
States Church
Cordova
Oscar
O. Brasfield
Thomas Collier
Charles Milligan
Collier
Milligan
Brasfields
Standard Oil
Raleigh
N. C
William Strickland
Fort Worth
Texas
Texas and Pacific
John Young
African Methodist Episcopal
First National Bank
Mineral Springs
Oakcliff
Dallas
Czar signs manifesto to meet October people’s council
Dispatches report the Czar issuing a birthday manifesto creating a council of the people to convene in October. In Britain the Commons was silenced by the Speaker amid opposition demands for a Balfour declaration. Nearby in Greece Turkish and Greek forces clashed near Basilika with casualties.
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Council of the People
House of Commons
Basilika
Salonica
Turkey
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
India
Brodrick
Peter
Narodni Listy
Lahaina
Maui
Hawaii
Roosevelt writes about Colorado hunts and accepts LL D
The article notes President Roosevelt is drafting a book on Colorado hunts and will receive the LL D degree from Clark University on June 21. It also mentions cabinet changes and upcoming policy moves including immigration, church consolidation, and legislative priorities.
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Roosevelt
Colorado
Clark University
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Bonanza
Alaska Copper Company
Toronto
Morton
Europe
Congress
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Full Court of
King's Bench In
Davidson
Lafontaine
Dominion
Gaynor-Greene
Church Union Wins Unanimous Presbyterian Assembly
In Winona Lake Indiana the Presbyterian General Assembly voted unanimously for union with the Cumberland Presbyterian church amid applause. A joint committee on cooperation expands to twenty one to work out consolidation details while preserving legal and corporate rights of each church. The assembly heard evangelistic forecasts from Dr J Wilbur Chapman and heard reports on union from Fresno California. The American Baptist Publication Society at St Louis adopted strong anti Mormon resolutions urging Smoot’s expulsion. Evangelical conference adjourned at Nashville. J H Dinkmeyer elected president of the orphans home board. Seventh Day Adventists delegation addressed the President in Washington on civil government. Reformed church synod debated an Anti-Saloon League overture but did not decide. United Brethren adjourned at Topeka after salaries report.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Cumberland
Winona Lake
Ind
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Cumberland Church
United Church
United States
J. Wilbur Chapman
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Denver
Pacific Coast
Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly
Fresno
Cal
American Baptist Publication Society
St. Louis
Smoot
United States Senate
Congress
Evangelical Conference
Nashville
J. H. Dinkmeyer
Alhambra
Orphans’ Home Board
Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Washington
General Synod of the Reformed Church
Allentown
Anti-Saloon League
Indianapolis
United Brethren Conference
Topeka
Committee On
Bishop Matthews
Central
Bishop Mills
Eastern
Bishop Weekly
Western
Bishop Carter
Bishop Bell
President Roosevelt Draws Attention to Immigrant Influx
A Washington correspondent notes President Roosevelt plans to push immigration reform as Europe ships a predicted 900000 to 1000000 steerage passengers in the coming year. Officials warn the stream could swell the labor pool and create a population as large as several mid sized states.
Prominent Lawyer Berry Shot in Savanna Office
Former Illinois State Senator Daniel S. Berry was shot at the door of his Savanna office in the Opera House block. Three shots were fired. one hit the head, another the arm, a third lodged in the door. Suspects whispered at a coroner’s session included two prominent Savanna figures. A Vienna fire caused a large blast injuring 35 to 40 people, including emergency workers.
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Illinois
Berry
Daniel S. Berry
Savanna
Opera House
Carroll County
Dust Spraytag in Ba tavia Apple Orchard
Western orchardists have used a dust spray for years with success. In Ba tavia Missouri an apple orchard reports remarkable results applying dry sand with standard chemicals to wet foliage. The sand is projected by air onto dew covered leaves. The writer believes this method may excel in dry seasons and arid regions, though no proof on wash-off exists.
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Batavia
Missouri
New York
Dodd's Kidney Pills Cure Rheumatism In Two Days
D S Hilton of Piney Flats Tennessee recounts relief from two years of rheumatism after two days of using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He claims all pain left and never returned, attributing the cure to the pills which he says promote healthy kidneys by removing uric acid from the blood.
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Piney Flats
Tenn
D. S. Hilton
Dodd
Mr. Hilton
Care of Newly Set Trees for First Summer Growth
Advice for tree planters on preserving soil moisture during the first summer. Emphasizes deep mulch, hay or straw applied several inches thick around the tree to prevent surface soil baking on clay soils. Recommends surface cultivation between rows and mulch use to conserve moisture until trees establish.
Worth Remembering on Baking Powder Ingredients
The article explains three baking powder bases: Mineral-Acid or Alum from clay and sulfuric acid, Bone-Acid or Phosphate from burned bones and acid, and Cream of Tartar from grapes. It warns healthwise to favor Cream of Tartar powders, noting price ranges and that most inexpensive powders use Mineral or Bone acids.
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U.S. Patent Office
Very Proper Portrait Session In Vain
A photographer insists on posing a woman after an extended wait. She rails at being forced into a pose and laments the photo session. A burned finger thaws with ice as pain subsides. The word mikado is explained as meaning sacred gate or sublime gate.
Huritlful Influence of Chicago Strikes and Weather
The piece notes that the pro longed Teamsters strike and bad weather hinder trade in distribution but deliveries improved and delayed freight decreased. Rail earnings stayed near gains, farming activity slowed grain marketing, country stores show solid sales while mercantile defaults rise with little collection trouble. Manufacturing remains steady. Failures in Chicago district rose to 33 from 15 last week and 24 a year ago.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Dun
Weather turns favorable as trade looks up across nation
Weather clears across a large area bolstering optimistic views for late summer and fall trade. Cold and rainy spells hinder planting and dampen wheat and cotton prospects while boosting grain, pork, and cotton prices. Iron trade remains slow though price concessions hint a temporary pause in wholesale activity. Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes US weekly business failures at 191, Canada 17, with mixed crop and export figures for wheat and corn, July 1 to date comparisons, and prior-year benchmarks.
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New
United States
ISS
Tel
Canada
Bradstreet
Chicago and Midwest Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Wheat
Market listings show Chicago and other cities quoting cattle hogs and sheep prices with ranges, plus grain futures for wheat corn oats rye and hay. Regional notes include New York and Buffalo values for cattle hogs sheep and related commodities.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
Claive
New York
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Edward W. Nash
American Smelting and Refining Companys
Herman Kountze
Omaha
Scr
City
Tees Moines
Sr Dross Ph
Mu Springs
A. Livermore
Melrose
Mass
Mary Askin Livermore
Isc
Cheaglas Rolinson
Archibald McLellan
Southern
Mannington
Roy Blanks
Isaac Dunning
Blanks
Illinois Central Railroad
McHenry Station
Church Union
Union
Vienna
Neidam
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