Week’s Events Include Tragedies and Rail Fire
A weasel killed a Woodard infant in Pleasantville Indiana after biting its hand. The St. Clair Hotel in Toledo burned, with several injured. Sailor Robert Smith cremated in Oswego. wife and family in Cleveland. Rockefeller charity to University of Chicago totals $750,000 plus other gifts. Newark man detained at White House over revolver threat. New York transit contractor fatally injured by falling stone. chief engineer injured. Gasoline generator explosion in Guthrie injures 31 in a crowded store. Six suits in Pittsburgh court seek $120,000 damages over Eliza furnace blast. Insane Terre Haute man attempted to murder nurse. jail escape, self-harm. National League baseball standings listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Woodard
Pleasantville
Ind
Woodard
St. Clair
Toledo
Robert Smith
Union Board
Oswego
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Harper
Cary J. McAllister
Newark
N. J
White House
Ira A. Shaler
New York
William Barclay Carsons
New York Hardware Company
Guthrie
United States
Pittsburg
H. Hall
Eliza Furnace
Jones & Laughlins, Limited
William Agar
Thivis
Terre Tbante
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
Turbulent Era Headlines From the Northeast
A flurry of violent incidents and labor unrest across Pennsylvania New Jersey New York and nearby states is reported. Miners halted shipments to aid strikers while anarchists led a 5000 strong mob in Paterson injuring and killing several at silk mills. A Brooklyn Bridge rider jumped to the river and disappeared. Capsizing near Chester claimed two lives including Captain Hannett Robbins. A fatal freight train washout killed five Vermont railroad workers. Dispatchers elected Caulfield and Mackie to lead their union. Eight Italians were captured in Baltimore as counterfeiters. An elderly man died on an Erie train bound to Chicago with sizable banknotes. Poisoning death of Sullivan Palm noted amid suspicions of a jealous motive. An explosion shattered a Hazleton home. A Coatesville widow was shot. the shooter killed himself. Charles Shirler indicted for grand larceny to fund an invention. Possible double murder probing in Long Island with Foster and Sarah Lawrence found dead in a hayloft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Paterson
N. J
Brooklyn Bridge
New York
Hannett Robbins
Port Morris
Plum
Sullivan H. Palm
Sheldon E. Palm
Warren
Ohio
Boston
Pittsburg
Walter McCandless
Palm
James Applegate
Hazieton
Applegate
Cranberry Collery
Rachel Sadler
Coatesville
Harry N. Ricer
New Castle
Ricer
Sadler
Charles 8
Shirler
American District
Ieraph Company
Grant
Siveen
Aire
Clarence Foster
Sarah Lawrence
Long Island
Foster
Miss Lawrence
George Goodell
Roosevelt
Indian Territory
Kansas City
Tulsa
William N. Vaughn
Ravenna
Garver Brothers
Strasburg
Kansas
State Employment Bureau
Missouri Bureau
E. W. Johnson
Classen Real Estate Company
Oklahoma City
Rough Riders
W. T. McMichael
Upper Creede
Colo
George A. Fleck
Louisville
Great Northern
Chicago
Harry A. Parsons
Hanna
Mabel
Parsons
Combine of Furniture Manufacturers
National Association of Furniture Manufacturers
Duluth
Mina
Richard Hal
Royal
Canisteo
N.Y
Willie Saunders
Carl G
John Roach
Iug River
Zanesville
Cgunton
Mary Sassanalli
Younstown
Vincenzo Ac
Canton
Hie
Walter Kling
Harry W. Bragg
Twentieth United
Lizzie
Hilld Barracks
Brags
Pelican
Wis
Minneapolis
Minn
Normaga W. ‘S
Anna Dyer
Uoktugee
Creek Nation
Lelanen
Mow
Bryan
Mile
Jon Henderson
Indianapolis
Marion
Ind
Henderson
Armour Company
Agesgidt Swift & Co
Schwarzschild & Suleberger
Munichal Court
Multiple Disparate 1902 News Tidbits Reported From Across States
A chaotic collection notes various events including fires in Denver and Chicago, murders and trials in Nebraska and Ohio, political shifts in Oregon and Kansas, notable weddings and deaths, an earthquake sighting in Newport Oregon, and market movements such as the first 1902 wheat shipment to Kansas City. The items reference individuals like Mabel Hanna Parsons and Senator Hanna, Judge Kincaid, and Roosevelt era figures, with incidents spanning crime, politics, and society.
King Albert of Saxony Succumbs After Reign
Reports note King Albert of Saxony died after a long reign of nearly thirty years. Other items describe U S Senate canal bill progress with Spooner amendment to buy the Panama route, pow der plant blast in Seward Pa killing three and injuring five, and fires in Shreveport La Los Angeles branch office Haywood company fire in Chicago area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
Saxony
Copenhagen
Thanish West Indies
United States
Senate
Spooner
Panama Canal
Cambria
Seward
European
Russia
Charles M. Schwab
Mount Aloysius Academy
Cresson
Los Angeles
Haywood Brothers & Wakefield Company
Chicago
Melon Furniture
Shreveport
Allen & Curry
Suyedev Wagen Company
Lamber Yard
Angurs A Kinesuiere
Eugene Augustus Phoffman
General Theological Seminary
Protestant Episcopal Clite
Phittsiavg
N.Y
South Carolina
Georgia
Broad River
Shelby
N.C
Waveliching
Minn
Stone
Otter Tail County
Minnesota
Otto Dachkel
Buenos Ayres
Trevor
Wis
Deaver
Gov
Aycock
North Carolina
Gillespie
Salisbury
Wild rush for farms at Fort Hall ceded lands
Noon Tuesday at the Fort Hall Indian reservation sparked a fast moving stampede toward ceded lands after a whistle from Oregon Short Line shops. Within an hour Pocatello and surrounding areas were nearly emptied as about 1,000 settlers and families moved in with camping gear loaded on pack animals, while Blackfoot officials deployed many deputies to maintain order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hall
Oregon Short Line
Pocatello
Idaho
Blackfoot
Court of Criminal Appeals ruling closes bucket shops in Texas
The court affirms Harvey Fullerton of Greenville Texas convicting him of operating a bucket shop ending all bucket shop operations in the state. The long list of other items notes Mary Custis Lee’s arrest in Virginia under Jim Crow law, weather, accidents, fires, political primary rulings, and land disputes impacting ranchers and grazing lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Criminal Appeals
Harvey Fullerton
Greenville
Texas
Mary Custis Lee
Robert E. Lee
Alexandria
Virginia
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
Knoxville
Tenn
John S. van Gilder
Nashville
Jasper
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Hooker
Summit
Chattanooga
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Mississippi
Davis’ Chapel
Marshall County
Hardy Lani
Alexander City
Ala
State Supreme Court
Cattle Taisers
Spanish Government to Appoint Minister to Cuban Republic
The report states Spain will appoint a minister to the Cuban republic. News also notes the drowning death of Rev. H G Appenzelier of Lancaster Pennsylvania, a noted Methodist missionary, in Seoul Core a. An anarchist plot to assassinate Emperor Francis Joseph is exposed in Vienna. A Trieste tailor linked to the plot has vanished. A plot to kill King Edward is thwarted in London. King Edward abstains from Ascot races due to a feigned illness. Manila Chamber of Commerce presents Gen Chaffee with a set of resorts in gratitude for the army in the Philippines. Recoveries of missing Pista cavalry men include two corporals and four privates. many dead were mutilated and unrecognizable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Corea
H. G. Appenzelier
Lancaster
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Trieste
Edward
London
Chamber of Commerce
Manila
Chaffee
Transcontinental service aims for eighteen hour limits
Reports say the Lake Shore Pennsylvania New York Chicago route could cut travel to eighteen hours. The Meade transport departed San Francisco for Manila with arms supplies and recruits aboard. The Fannie Kerr coal ship burned at sea and the crew reached land safely. Myron T. Nerrick received a draft for funds from the Paris committee of the McKinley Memorial Association. John W. Gates predicts American control of world railways with Pierpont Morgan cited for strategic plans. Chicago officers arrested at Venice are exonerated by Rear Admiral Crowninshield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lake Shore
Pennsylvania
New York-Chicago
United States
Chicago
Venice
Crowninshield
Dayton
Myron T. Nerrick
McKinley National Memorial Association
Paris
Honolulu
Fannie Kerr
Newcastle
Australia
San Francisco
John W. Gates
Pierpont Morgan
Meade
Manila
Nagasaki
Signal Corps
Hherspstad Corps
Congress Finishes Week with Several Passed Measures
Senate began District of Columbia appropriation bill and passed it with 9 848 673 dollars. House and Senate approve irrigation, war claims and private pension bills. Debates over army bill and canal bill continue. wind cave park set aside in South Dakota. Philippine bill dominates Hse debate. Chippewa relief bill passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Senate
House
Secretary of War
Spain
United States
General Land Office
Supreme Court of the
Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba
Dawes Commission
Kansas
Oklahoma
Carmack
Civil Service Committee
War Department
Rebecca J. Taylor
Cannon
Congress
Committee On Indian Affairs
South Dakota
Wind Cave
Minnesota
Lackluster 1901 Labor Strife Amid Brisk May Rail Earnings
R G Dun & Co reviews trade noting railway earnings up 8.7 percent in May and 21.7 percent above 1900, while iron and steel contracts lag due to delivery delays. Cotton, wool, and textile markets show mixed activity as costs of living rise and labor unrest grows. Northwest bank clearings rise amid overall national downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Iron and Steel
Bessemer
Wittsburg
Washington Notes on Taxes and Legislation
The river and harbor bill was signed by the President. The Spanish war revenue taxes end July 1 and the beer tax returns to one dollar per barrel. Tea tax stands until January 1. The Frye ship subsidy bill advances from committee. Taft’s friars lands purchase proposal may reach Vatican approval. The Corliss Pacific cable bill was killed 16 to 17. The Navy uses the miners’ strike to recruit seamen and a potential Venezuelan blockade threat is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frye
Cattle and grain prices from major markets with a Bevier fire loss
The report lists bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Milwaukee markets with No 2 wheat corn oats rye and butter prices. It notes a Bevier Missouri business fire causing damage estimated at 10 000 to 12 090 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Bevier, Mo
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The
Bessemer Herald
Seae
Oe Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Michigan
L. Wd
Baltimore
St. Seouis
Western
Newport
Ore
Woodward
Beatrice
Neh
Mabel Hiinna
M. A. Panna
James FL. Wheelock
San Quentin
Cal
Emily Martin
Minnesota Supreme Court
Crawford
Neb
Kincaid
Oregon
Chamberlain
Bashford
Oho Wesleyan University
University of Wisconsin
Union
Denver
ST Wi
Dixie Trail
Thunder Mountain
Charles Prederick Haviland
Prance
Dowenbher
Arthur Underwood
Castle Squmtre Opera Company
Herman A. Tubbs
Ge Itelist
San Praneises
Tubs Cordage Company
Sausalito
Jihn Hawkes
Ilirrison
Chicaze
John A. Hopkins
Theis
Williane W. Keyser
Omaha
St. Honis
Gor
Chanube Avenue
Locust Street
Friedman Shoe
Southern
Proctor
Vermont
Abraham Lincoln
Fredericksburg
Geo. Unigh Meecer
TSO
Isetate
Anancial
Doan
Dakotas
Northwestern
Northwest
Siz
Vee Marneys
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