Week’s Events Bring Murders, Disasters, and Records
Notable items include M Theo’s Fresno estate left to the University of California for viticulture research, a Buffalo hotel murder amid a suspected knife attack, torrent rains causing drownings near Beloit Kansas, a Santa Cruz powder works explosion with multiple injuries, a Dayton oil office blast with a small cash haul and bloodhounds on the case, and registration plans for the Crow agency opening at Sheridan and Billings. A Duluth and Two Harbors runaway ore train with minimal crew injures one brakeman, with fatalities among several tramps due to air brake failures. Also listed are current standings in the four major baseball leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Theo, Kearney
Fresno
Europe
University of California
John Campbell
Barnes
Buffalo
N. Y
Beloit
Kan
Cawker City
Santa Cruz
Cal
Michael Michaelson
Patrick Ryan
Republic Oil Company
Dayton
Ohio
The
Standard
Sheridan
Billings
Wakely
Burlington
Duluth and Tron
Waldo
Minn
Ile
Union Fiber Company
Winona
Frederick
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Sault
Lyndale Avenue
Minneapolis
Minnehaha Falls
Longfellow
Allen County Grand Jury
Lima
Bridge Company
Board of Commissioners
T. C. Burns
George Kanawl
Albert Hefner
David R. Francis
Missouri
Jesmond
William H. Ebourn
Omaha
Indiana
American Tobacco Company
A. L. Hughes
Cleveland
John H. Tennent, Jr
Tennent Shoe Company
Golsonda Cattle Company
Whitlock
Toledo
W. C. Baldwin
Canon City
Colo
Baldwin
Royal wedding and global turmoil headline
King Alfonso of Spain wed Princess Victoria at noon in Madrid. A major blast in London killed sixteen as the couple escaped unhurt. Meanwhile strikes end in Illinois and fires and robberies disrupt New York and Texas towns. Guatemalan rebels face border clashes near Mexico. Yellowstone reopens with new geysers. A Pittsburgh engagement to Austrian baron Reid von Reidenau is set for June six. Tobacco crop blight hits Connecticut valleys.
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Alfonso
Spain
Victoria
Ena
San Jeronimo el Real
Illinois
Springfield
James E. Scripps
Detroit Evening News
Frederick Siefert
New York
Augustus Stagg
Reynolds
Port Worth
Texas
Ovos
Pendennis White
Edwin A. Bell
Richard B. Lyman
Hertel Avenue
Buffalo
N. Y
King Alfonso
Madrid
Yellowstone National Park
Breck
Margaret Louise Magee
Pittsburg
Baron Reid von Reidenau
Rome
Connecticut Valley
Alexander Grig
Indianapolis
Federal Union Surety Company
Archibald Duff
Clairton
War Department
Ninth Infantry
Fort Porterue
Fort Wayne
Various American Accidents and Deaths Across States
A long list of incidents from multiple cities reports deaths and injuries. Notable items include Italian workers buried after a wall collapse in New York, a brutal string of killings and suicides, mine and rail accidents in Pennsylvania and Ohio, a spree of arson and fire losses in Illinois Michigan and Minnesota, and notable legal and financial troubles involving firms and individuals across the country.
Retirement of Justice Henry B Brown and a War Secretary as successor
Washington reports Justice Henry B Brown retires from the Supreme Court after a long tenure since 1891. It is understood that William H Teft, then Secretary of War, will succeed him. A postal order to cut idle rural mail checks follows July first, requiring boxes with signals to direct carriers and urging patrons to install signal devices to aid delivery and pickup along rural routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Nash
Worcester
Buffalo
Chicago
Racine
Wis
Geneva
N. Y
Baum Street
Pittsburg
William Porter & Son
Lynn
Mass
Robert P. Lewis
Washington
St. Elizabeth’s Asylum
New York
John Delahunty
Richard Canfield
Brazwell Gas Coal Company
Lentleyville
Crawford Linsey
James Mucklevaney
Buffalo and
Allegheny Valley
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Monterey
W. A. Seaton
Fagman
E. 8. Hooley
The
Stock Exchange Frm
Hooley, Learned & Co
Mr. Hooley
George W. Perkins
New York Supreme Court
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Central
Mormons
Express
George Sl. de Wolf, Jr
Lillian Darks
Lillian Thorogood
Cambridgeport
de Wolf
Henry B. Brown
United States Supreme Court
William H. Teft
American conductor murders and a Fort William mill accident
Joe Lareey, an American conductor on the Mexican Central railway at Jiminez, kills two Mexicans at a dance then captures a locomotive and escapes toward the Texas border. In Canada, the Ogilvie Milling Company elevator at Fort William slides forty feet into Kaministik River due to a defective foundation, causing $500 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lareey
Mexican Central Railway
Jiminez
Mexico
Texas
Ogilvie Milling Company
Fort William
Ont
Kaministikwia
Missionary Dr Hunter Corbett in China Highlighted in Obituary
Dr Hunter Corbett of Chefoo China a long time missionary and the Presbyterian General Assembly moderator at Des Moines is praised for his evangelism in Shantung. Born 1835 in Leatherwood Pa he settled in Chefoo in 1863 and supported native preachers numbering forty to fifty. He remained vigorous past 70, influencing Wichita church funds and missions.iek
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter Corbett
Chefoo
China
Presbyterian General Assembly
Des Moines
Leatherwood
Hunter Carrett
Shantung
Middle Kingdom
Bradt
Wichita
Corbett
Dr. Corbett
Financial developments lift Chicago trade and rail demand
Chicago notes stronger trade with San Francisco bank resumption freeing funds and Calumet Electric sale easing money. Industrial activity remains high with solid furnace output, rising steel orders, and ongoing construction. Demand for commodities holds steady with copper and tin plate firm, rails and structural shapes rising, and retail and jobbing thriving amid favorable weather. Railroad traffic is exceptionally heavy. failures shift upward in Chicago by week end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
San Francisco
Calumet Electric Railway
Dan
Georgetown picks Dr. Reilly as football coach
Georgetown University appoints Dr. Joseph A. Reilly as graduate coach for the forthcoming season. Senate confirms Louis H. Ayme of Illinois as consul general at Lisbon Portugal. Roosevelt accepts invitation to speak at Oyster Bay Independence Day celebration. Arch ological Institute of America bill passes House with Longworth guiding. Denby bill to create a U S consular court in China gains favorable House report. Court to sit in Shanghai Canton and Tientsin. Rev Washington E Gladden named army chaplain with rank of captain for the Twenty fourth Infantry in the Philippines. Chilean government accepts invitation to Hampton Roads naval and marine exposition commemorating Jamestown tercentennial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
S. 1
Senate
Archeological Institute of America
House
Longworth
Ohio
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
United States
China
Shanghai
Canton
Tientsin
United States Market Prices by City and Commodity
An extensive tabulation lists livestock and grain prices across multiple U.S. markets including Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo, and New York. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and clover seed with ranges and grades, reflecting regional trading values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
Ste. St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Ssemer
Michigan
American Association
W. L. W. L. Phildelphia
Detroit Tereds
Chicago Seanke
St. Louis
Boston
Ww. L. W. Toledo Emas
Columbus
Louisville
Kansas City
St. Paul
W. Lw
Denver
Lincoln
Sioux City
Pueblo
Julia Ward Howe
Inston
Western
David Arguello
John Medlock
Raton
N. M. Armour
Twenty-third
Fisk Streets
Beacom
Ice Combine
I. A. Heiner
Ind
Shreveport
Duluth
Minne
A. A. Burnham
Perry Little
Hamilton
Brush Creek
West Union
Ishmael Owens
Evans Inske
James Mulligan
Patrick Sweeney
Vista
Ned Robertson
Sweeney
Jim Carter
San Diego
Inman
Holt County
Verdigre
Knox County
Wayne County
Neb
Helen Inman
Henry Nathanson
Stoward Newton
Newton
Joplin (Mo
Wade
Cook
United Mine Workers
Norwalk
National Poultry and Egg Company
Atchison, Kan
Continental Coal Company
Tulsa
I. T
John Campion
Dunne
White City
Lake Erie
George E. McNeill
Jay
Ira Steward
Massachusetts
Wendell Phillips
Chuiin
Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Statistics
Iss
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
British Trade’ Union Congress
E. M.neili
M. Goremykin
Counellor Goremykin
Count Witte
Rmande
Caucasus
Japan
Portsmouth
N. H
Committee of Ministers
M. Lepine
Paris
Isss
Republican Guard
Carolus Duran
Pius X
Titan
Pope Paul II
London
Nicholas Longworth
Buckingham Palace
Edward
Richmond, Va
Edgar Allan Poe
Rerletwiuf
Congress
Beveridge
McCumber
Philippines
Clapp
Five Civilized Tribes
Cooper
Hepburn
Iowa
Rucker
Samuel W. Smith
Mich
Lamar
Fla
Perkins
Mr. Murphy
Rhodes
Mouse
Messrs
Tillman
Cullom and
Elkins
Kittredge
Rayner
Panama
Tlouse
District of Columbia
Ihouse
Cannon
James Wickersham
United States Circuit Court
District of Alaska
Post Office
Canada
Bradstreet
Joseph A. Reilly
Georgetown University
Louis H. Ayme
Lisbon
Portugal
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