Bessemer Herald World Roundup of Notable Events
Long list of brief items: death of United States Senator Redfield Proc tor of Vermont in Washington after grip. marriages including Lieutenant Governor Sherman and Estella Spitler. Chicago La Salle Hotel contract in place. U.S. crime and accident notes from Oklahoma to West Virginia. New York corporal punishment vote. San Francisco arrests in a 1883 smuggling case. North Collinswood School fire deaths. various trials acquittals. immigrant workers at Adams Hainer. Cushman the telegraph pioneer dies. mine operations and job changes at Butte and coal fields. Port Arthur truck farm purchase by John W. Gate. late-life marriage in Maryland.
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United States
Redfield Proctor
Vermont
Washington
Sherman
Ali- Ross
Estella Spitler
Effingham
Hawaii
la Salle Hotel
Chicago
John Curry
Bristow
Okla
oMaens
Nawrsair
Manhasset Bay
L.t. Frank Johnson
Yates Farm
Clarksburg
W. Va
Central America
North Collinwood
Collinwood
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
F. A. Burgess
Marcus
Wash
John Swanson
Warren County
Warren
Charles Samuelson
Chandler's Valley
Samuelson
Swanson
Augustus Hartje
John L. Welshons
Hartje
Clifford Hope
Pittsburg
Mary Scott Hartje
Adams Hainer
New Castle
Minneapolis
Dr. Cushman
Virginia
Cushmans
Horace Greeley
Amalgamated
North Butte and Coalition
Butte
Mont
Mendar
North Butte
Red Metals Company
Iowa
John P. Reese
Iowa Coal Operators’ Association
John W. Gate
Port Arthur
Texas
War on Anarchy Sparks Chicago Government Coalition
Federal state and city officials vow united action to quash anarchist influence after Lazarus Averbuch killed Chief George M Shippy. Plans target violent bands, confiscate radical literature, and curb gatherings while praising Chief Shippy and urging firm measures to prevent further disorder.
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Chicago
Lazarus Averbuch
George M. Shippy
Haymarket Square
Averbuch
Chief Shippy
Olga Averbuch
Washburne Avenue
Busse
P. D. O'Brien
Detective Bureau
Roosevelt
Shippy
Supreme Court upholds anti rebate act in Great Northern case
In a unanimous ruling the US Supreme Court holds that the Elkins and Hepburn anti rebate provisions sustain a $15,000 fine on Great Northern for giving 20 cent concessions on oats shipments Minneapolis to Seattle. Indictments after Hepburn passage still valid. Repeal does not erase penalties unless explicitly stated.
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United States Supreme Court
Elkins
Great Northern Railway
Minneapolis
Seattle
Standard Oil Company
Water on Mars Seen in spectra by Slipher at Lowell
Prof Slipher of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona photographed comparison spectra of Mars and the moon. The results indicate water vapor in the Martian atmosphere, a finding reported from the observatory.
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Mars
Slipher
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
Moon
Women musicians sail for Isthmus of Panama for four weeks
A quartet of women musicians under YMCA auspices sails to the Isthmus of Panama for canal zone entertainments through a government contract. They expect to be away about four weeks.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Denver Auditors Vast Convention Hall Ready by June
Denver prepares to host the Democratic national convention with a 550000 fireproof auditorium seating 12500, larger than Madison Square Garden. Travel bargains lure visitors while hotels pledge stable rates. Grand Army, Elks, and Eagles entertain delegates, spending tens of thousands. city and state fund the celebrations.
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Denver
Madison Square Garden
New York
Colorado
The
Grand Army
Elks
Eagles
Tragic Lakeview School Fire Claims Dozens of Children
A devastating blaze at Lakeview Public School in North Collinwood Ohio killed at least 150 children and injured many more. The fire started from an overheated furnace, trapped students on the third floor, and overwhelmed the two exits as flames and smoke spread rapidly. Families frantically sought missing children while fire and police aided in rescue efforts and local factories assisted.
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Lakeview
North Collinwood
Ohio
Cleveland
Collinwood Fire Department
Senate Debates and Bills Dominate Congress Action
A whirlwind of Senate and House activity throughout the week featured clashes over Indian policy and currency measures, the removal of a war committee to a new building, and passage of a broad army appropriation bill. Key figures included Senators Owen, Curtis, Reed Smoot, and McCreary, with House actions on militia pay, postal spending debates, and various minor measures. A later note cites a public testimonial for Cuticura Remedies in Hydropolis, Louisiana.
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Senate
Qwen
Oklahoma
Curtis
Kansas
Owen
McCreary
Kentucky
Committee On
Reed Smoot
Ulah
House
Foster
Illinois
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Post Office
Iowa
McCumber
North Dakota
Newlands
Nevada
Postedice
Wanger
Pennnsylvania
Hepbcrn
Aldrich
Hopkins
Alrich
Sims
Tennessee
Burleson
Messrs. Chaner
Indiana
Lindberg
Minnesota
Hitchcock
Nebraska
National Capitol Notes on House Actions and Bill Proposals
The House briefly discussed business and passed 370 bills. The military affairs committee recommended a 27 percent pay rise for enlisted Army and Marine Corps personnel. Rep Fornes of New York introduced a bill for a $10 survey of a ship canal linking Benton Harbor on Lake Michigan with the Erie Canal, per national notes.
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House of Representatives
House Committee On Military Affairs
Army
Marine Corps
Fornes
New York
Benton Harbor
Lake Michigan
Erie
Ploughing a Ship Cargo to Unload Nitro Mass
In San Francisco, the Ammon held 1 500 tons of frozen nitre filling the hold. Picks and shovels failed, so a bystander joked using a plough. The captain bought a plough and, with a block and tackle, pulled it the length of the hold. The plough loosened the nitre as fast as shovels could bucket it, a unique record in cargo handling.
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San Francisco
A Well Max at 81 The Interesting Experience of a Virginia Settler
Daniel S Queen of Burrell Street Salem Virginia recalls a long illness from back pain to kidney trouble after lifting heavy weights. After failed remedies, Dean's Kidney Pills brought relief. He claims full recovery and credits the product. The ad notes Foster Milburn Co Buffalo sold the pills for a small price. The article also cites a census finding 51,672 locomotives in the country.
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Virginia
Daniel S Queen
Burrell Street
Salem
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
American views on Indian beauty in Mexico
The writer praises Indian women seen in Mexico as having fine eyes and features by Caucasian standards. They note both the cap ital and rural areas reveal dignified looks, comparing peons to ancient civilized types like Egyptian priests and Aztec rulers. Men described as bearing themselves with refined carriage and expression.
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Mexico
Then Appeal. Lawyer counsels no chance to win
A lawyer bluntly tells his client there is no chance of winning because the law on the point is against him, but the client urges proceeding with the remark that judges are not always right.
The Doctor's Gift and Grape Nuts Proven Worth
A Pennsylvania patient shares how Grape-Nuts, recommended by his doctor, cured years of indigestion and biliousness. Within months he reports clearer thinking, renewed vitality, and lasting health, praising the food and its inventor. The ad notes Postum Co. Battle Creek and the appeal of The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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