Week's News Record Highlights Major Fires and War Grievances
Fire at Plainfield destroys the five story Babcock building and two adjoining structures with a total loss of 250000 dollars. Ground floor housed Wood hull & Martin dry goods and the post office. In Central America a clash on the Guatemala border results in eighty killed and 150 wounded among Mayas led by Chief Leon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
N. J
Babcock
Woodhull & Martin
Leon
Guatemala
Santa Cruz
Peten
Yucatan
United States
American Perfume Company
New York
Cambridge
Vermont Central
Neil Bryant
Brooklyn
Bryant
Daniel
Jerry
Bryants
Lord Francis Hope
Multiple Local Deaths and Disasters Reported Across Cities
James R. Wood wins capital prize in Lawton drawing and dies. Mrs May Lester, widow of Philip Armour Jr, marries Patrick Valentine in New York. Paul Koch, 60, stabbed to death by Foreman Tighe at boarding house near Winston Montana. Waesland spared after collision off Holyhead with all aboard saved. Pennsylvania Co. settles with eighteen injured from wagon train crash at Nkeokeomo Tul. Cerlabordus Sikes’ tells Bertie with wins. Manila reports success in operations. Mindoro note. Explosion in Catsburg line sinks men. several injured. Fire at J C Predmore store in Orion Michigan destroys five businesses. total loss about $15,000. William Curtis Wakefield sentenced to reform school in East Cambridge. Five men drown in Sacramento river. boat found with three bodies. Yale and Columbia bequeathed $100,000 and $50,000 by Mrs Laura Currier. Michael Walkoski killed by falling ore at South Chicago Illinois Steel. Safe blown at Westerville postoffice. stamps and cash stolen. safe door hurled into wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Wood
Lawton
May Lester
Philip D. Armour, Jr
Chicago
New York
Patrick A. Valentine
Paul Koch
Foreman Tighe
Winston
Mont
Red Star
Waesland
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Hoolyhead
Pennsylvania Company
Nkeokeomo
Manila
Suz
Mindoro
Catsburge
Monconsahela River
William Curtis Wakefield
Farmingham
England
Middlesex Criminal Court
East Cambridge
Mass
Reformatory
Concord
Sacramento River
California
Cortland
Tules
Ohio
World News Briefs from the Eastern Coast and Midwest
A long string of incidents from Glenfield to Denver details a man choking to death at dinner, a New York magnate eye-restoration offer, theater fire scares with fainting, a postal safety stunt on a silver dollar, a Baltimore reformer’s brain operation, and a murder suspicion at a Wilcox farmhouse. Additional reports cover a Harlem rail wreck three deaths, jail breaks and deputy killed, a New York lawyer’s robbery, oil and mining company deals, a prairie fire near Fort Cobb, and a series of mine deaths, robberies, suicides, and fires with large losses across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDermott
Glenfield
Charles Broadway Ross
New York
Grand Opera House
United States
Pennsylvania
William, Stark
Baltimore
Bartel Sweeney
Mary
Wilcox
Sweeney
Harlem
New York Central Railroad
Philmont
N. Y
Easton
Thomas
Thompson
Lewis Green
Adam Leech
Denver
Leech
Layer Knickerbocker Club
New York City
E. I. Dupont de Nemours Company
Dover
Del
Dupont Powder Mills
Notable Fires and Crimes Across Cities Hit by Losses and Arrests
Josef Hoffman the pianist debuts in Kansas City with strong audience response. Fire destroys J J Case Company office in Farge North Dakota with 875000 loss. Two wrecking attempts halt Burlington line near Hastings Nebraska. Bitty Mice dies at Hot Springs Arkansas from dropsy. Glawber Brass Manufacturing Co. in Cleveland destroyed by fire loss 50000. Assassination plot against State's Attorney Deneen of Chicago foiled with arrest of Salvo Giovani. Fireman William Matthews sabotaged bank of Mato, Mina, then arrested. Mattoon Illinois police battle three thieves. one fatally wounded and Chief Lyons injured. Bank of Elwood Kansas entered. dynamite used. $1500 taken. Oakland Hotel Sutton Nebraska fire unknown origin. several firemen injured. Missing Alpena Michigan treasurer Pred W Hagen located in Mexico. alleged shortage $11,000. Andrew Anderson robs Stillwater Minnesota prison of shoes. arrested. Snow slide near Governor mine in Sneffels district Colorado destroys water tank. New transcontinental railroad SOC miles east of Eureka California planned to connect with NP, UP, and GN. G A Murphy and ex-wife Beatrice Nebraska remarried. Murphy a leading lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Ellsworth
Woodstock
Ill
Amos Anderson
Michael Lund
Charles Anderson
Cincinnati
Telluride
Colo
Daisy
Ethie Irwin
Wichita
Kan
John A. Marsh
Nebraska
Charles Wedgewood
Tekamah
Neb
Tompkinsville
N. Y
North Atlantic
J. 10
Cedarberg
Liberty Bell Mine
Evansville
Ind
O. F. Jacoby
Consolidated Alpine Gold and Silver Mining Company
Idaho Springs
Palmer
Poplar Bluff
Dowell M. Palmer
New York
Vernon Rogers
Margaret Hallen
Babcock
Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
Joseph Coolski
William Pacaehhowski
William W. Watkins
Chicago
St. Joseph
Mich
W. P. French
Tressie Foley
Watkins
Fort Cobb
Oklahoma
Asturias
Cal
James W. Brown
Martin Wilson
Calvin Hall
Dan Yantis
Lookout
Marceline
George Clabber
De*Kalb County
Brown Brothers
New York City
Brown Brothers & Co
Baltimore
San Francisco
Frank Kwiatkowski
Kwiatkowski
Sunnyside
Red Mountain
Colorado
Gladstone
Richard Tovey
Fisher's
Bairdstown
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Thomas Finnegan
Chicago Junction
Oxford
John Hoffman
Bellefontaine
Ellen Arters
Pottsville
Au Vender
Chance
Cleveland Baking Company
Central Avenue
Oak Park Water and Electric Light Company
Oak Park
Josef Hoffman
Kansas City
Farge
N. D
J. J. Case Company
Burlington Road
Hastings
Hot Springs
Ark
Glawber Brass Manufacturing Company
Deneen
Salvo Giovani
William Matthews
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Bank of Mato
Emato
Mina
Mattoon
Lyons
Bank of Elwood
Oakland
Sutton
Stuakma
Andrew Anderson
Stillwater
Minn
Anderson
Sneffels
Onray
Cole
Governor Mine
Eureka
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Great Northern
G. A. Murphy
Beatrice, Neb
Murphy
Philanthropist Verkins Dies by Suicide in Ill Health
The article notes philanthropy by Verkins who killed himself by hanging after two years of illness that left him melancholy. His estimated estate value ranges from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000. The piece connects illness to the act and records his wealth and status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verkins
St. Cloud
Minn
Sherburne County
C. 8. Allen
Floods, murders, and storms dominate southern headlines
Reports detail Col Francis W Parker's death in Pass Christian Mississippi and a series of calamities from floods in Georgia to a trestle disaster near Zetella Georgia killing four train men.Murders near Savannah and gangster-style robberies in Kentucky and Ohio are noted, along with amid war news from Congress on irrigation bills and shipping policy.
Messenger of Messiah singer injured in Honolulu
Mrs Genevra Johnstone Bishop, famed Chicago oratorio singer, arrived aboard the Sierra to perform in The Messiah and broke her arm in two places two days after landing. Colombia's consul general at Paris warns Panama Canal concession cannot be transferred to America without changes, blocking sale. In Cavite province a bandit raid leads to capture of the Cainta president and police majority. Li Hung Chang rumored ratification of Manchuria concessions alledgedly revealed by a Times correspondent. Central Arabia roils with revolt as Abdul Aziz Ben Tesyls forces 4009 troops seize El Riad.
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Genevra Johnstone Bishop
Chicago
Honolulu
Sierra
Colombia
Paris
Panama
America
United States
Fiores
Rizal
P. 1
Felizardo
Cavite
Pelizardo
Cainta
Morong
Senor Ampil
Cabling
Pekin
Correspat
London ‘Times
el Riad
Central
Arabia
United States Steel reelects Schwab and officers
Directors renew President Schwab and key officers whose terms are near end. Marconi keeps ocean contact with shore as wireless messages cross over 2,000 miles. Ten men from schooner B. R. Woodside reach Palm Beach aboard the steamer E cid. Woodside waterlogged. Mrs. George Brook and her son drown in a Canhare Ontario creek while trying to save each other. Captain and crew of twenty reported lost with British steamer Tiber between Louisburg and Halifax. lifebuoys bearing the vessel name found at Golboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
Schwab
Marconi
B. R. Woodside
Porto Rico
Palm Beach
Fla
Woodside
George Brook
Canhare
Ont
Tiber
Louisburg
B. C
Halifax
Golboro
Washington Notes Chronicle Moments of Roosevelts and Congress
Washington notes report Mrs Roosevelt entertaining delegates to the Mothers congress and President Roosevelt opposing civil service provision in a census bureau bill. A pneumatic mail tube lobby pressing for House post office committee support. Emil Paepke seeks 10,000 indemnity over a diamond ring case linked to a Philippine decision. Also noted: Charleston delegation to the President, South River harbor bill at 60.7 million, and a stalled Schley resolutions inquiry by a subcommittee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Mothers’ Congress
House Post Office Committee
Emil Paepke
Charleston
South River
Lake Michigan
Mississippi House Naval Committee
Schley
St Jacobs Oil touted for muscular soreness relief
An old advertisement claims muscular soreness from exertion or temperature exposure can be treated with St Jacobs Oil. A vigorous 20 minute rub two to three times daily is advised, with rapid, lasting relief and muscle strengthening, plus a sample offer for Vogeler's Curative Compound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs Oil
St. Jacobs
Paradox on the mind as a bank says input equals output
A Yonkers Statesman excerpt presents a paradox likening the mind to a bank where greater input yields greater returns. The quip reflects a reflective observation on thinking and personal growth in concise verse.
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Yonkers Statesman
Ely’s Liquid Cream Balm for nasal catarrh
Ely’s Liquid Cream Balm is prepared for sufferers from nasal catarrh who spray the diseased membranes. The healing and soothing properties are retained in the new preparation and it does not dry up secretions. Price includes spraying tube 75 cents. Available at druggists or Ely Bros 56 Warren street New York mail it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely's
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Senator Stewart buys dairy farm in Virginia
Senator Stewart, once tied to silver and Nevada, has purchased a dairy farm in Virginia and now markets its milk in Washington.
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Stewart
Silver
Nevada
Old Dominion
Washington
Lane's Family Medicine Emphasizes Daily Health Cure
A historic ad touts Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement aids health, with gentle action on liver and kidneys, curing sick headache. The price is 25 and 50 cents, noting opportunity and responsibility associated with Bishop Hurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Earliest Russian Millet Seed Ad Offers Prolific Hay
Seed catalog style notice from John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin promotes Earliest Russian Millet as a hay supplement. Claims 5 to 8 tons of rich hay per acre with pricing listed for 60 and 100 pound lots, plus freight note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Mothers praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ad claims
Mrs J I Haskins of Chicago credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing pregnancy pain and aiding recovery after childbirth. She says regular use keeps her healthy, but notes a $5000 forfeit remains unverified. The ad urges readers to seek free counsel from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. WH. Haskins
Lydia K. Pinkan
Lydia E.pinkham
J. I. Haskins
Indiana Ave
Chicago
Ill
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Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Bessemer, Coos Michigan
Hudson Bay Company
Winnipeg
Trenton
Gustin HY
Kedzie Avenue
Thirty-third Street
P. J. O'Neill
Littleton W.T. Waller
John H. A. Day
Marine Corps
Samar
Bostock’s Zoo
Boston
Oscar Francis
John Snowden
Deer Park
Kearner
F. Ne
Mrt
Krebs
Reading
C. H. Liehty
Mary Roland
Alexander Rosenthal
Burlats
Chhleroforming
Kornblum
Pittsburg
Patrick Connell
Jeremiah Murphy i
Standard Oil Company
Constable Hook
D. Wenke
Wausa
Lizzie
Marshalltown
Iowa
Tremont Hotel
Warren
Henry Bishop Ver Xins
Captain Streeter
Chicago Lake Front
Grand
William McManners
Henry Holedike
William Force
John S. Kirk
Henry N. Cooper
J. B. Owens Pottery Company
Zanesville
Kearns-Gorsuch Bottle Company
South Chicago Furnace Company
Col
Francis W. Parker
University of Chicago
Pass Christian, Miss
Abraham Lincoln
Hodgenville
Georgia
Columbus
Southern Railway
Zetella
Michael Shrenck
Jacob Carter
Shrenck
Savannah
Frank Tyree
Catlettsburg
Lewis Schmidt
Wertsmouth
Big Sandy
Pikeville
Edmond Houp
Mercer
New Orleans
New Basin Canal
Charles Tousseint
Wells Street
Charles A. Allen
Montgomery
Ala
Thos. A
Alabama River
John Powers
Powers
Kentucky
William Goebel
Honduras
Central America
Congress
Senate
Boston Harbor
R. M. G. Brown
House
Lond
Post Offices
Swanson
Payne
Frye
Committee On Commerce
Tronse
Messrs. Smith
Dem
Kye
Gardner N. J
Williams
Miss
Messes
Landis
Maddox
Hill
Conn
Messrs, McCall
Littlefield
Heatvole
Calumet Harbor
Ilinois
International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations
Commerce Committee
Clay
Representative Polk
Messrs. Sims
Tenn
Smith
Messrs
Underwood
Sperry
Foster
Vic
Gaines
H. C. Smith
Micho
Hanna
Marty Ins
Sion
Bacon
Patterson
Louse
x—Bishop Hurst
J. N. Haskins
Chicago, Ill
Chicago Arcade Club
God Tims
G & J Tire Company
Indianapolis
HAY Ako Grain Reporter
Rialto
National Automatic Need
Nassau St
N. Steele & CO
Albany
Oregon
Pires
Frais Farm
C.J. Towbridge
Kansas City,Mo
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