Week in Review: Bank Robbery, Fires and Unusual Court News
A Bank of Newcastle heist yields 4500 dollars, jewelry, and stamps. six burglars escape. A New York broker Skinner shoots himself. Paris reports the largest blaze since 1907 with 250000 dollars in damage. A San Francisco heiress wedding is planned, and a Toledo forger case involves a 100000 pound deficit. Other items note heirs in Cleveland, a fatal poisoning in Ohio, and Jim Younger’s marriage obstacle in Minnesota under parole rules.
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Bank of
Newcastle
Isaac W. Kelly
New York
Francis Skinner
Richard TD. Morse
Broadway
Paris
Opera Comique
Rue Montmartre
Clara Leonore Huntington
Gilbert Brooks Perkins
Jude Co. G. Perkins
Covington
Latonia
Huntingtons
Jackson and
Broderick Streets
San Francisco
F. E. Brady
Imperial Savings Company
Toledo
Ohio
Brady
Chicago
South America
M. J. Durham
Middletown
N.Y
Sleepy Eye
Minn
Ave “Tio
Leonard Case
Cuyahoza County
Charles
Theodore Case
Brown County
Cleveland
First National Bank
City
Sheriff Chapman
Grand Rapids
Mich
Brown
Miller City
Nlumpp
Lowell
Leipsie
Savannah
Jim Younger
Younger
Minnesota
Brief items from the era on crime and strikes
Andrew Carnegie funds forty more public libraries. Governor Odell signs Dilliner sentencing ten to twenty five years for murder attempt. Missouri Pacific wreck near Sedalia injures sixteen passengers and one man severely. Boston industrial strike ends, over forty thousand out of work for four days. Mrs Catherine Soffel indicted on three counts for aiding jail escape. Beaumont Texas gang murder claim of twenty or more missing men. Omaha auditorium delay shifts Christian Church convention. Rockford woman robbed near Guthrie. Lord Kitchener dispatch about Gen Methuen’s condition. Easton Avenue sheds fire destroys seventy cars, $125000 loss. New York plumber survives sewer fall into East River. Trouston Texas windstorm damages twenty houses, minimal loss. Julia Raymond captured for looting houses in Denver, net about $8000. Freight contracts canceled and rate cuts halted on St Paul Chicago and north Pacific lines.
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Andrew Carnegie
Guv. Odell
New York
Geiges
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
Boston
Catherine Soffel
Pittsburg
Beaumont
Texas
Omaha
Neb
Christian Church
Sybyll Taylor
Rockford
Iowa
Guthrie
Julia Raymond
Denver
St. Paul-Chicago
North Pacific Coast Lines
Charles A. Semler
Akron
Ohio
Dor
Christian Fenger
Chicago
Kip Helton
van Buren
Ark
Lancaster
Mason Brothers
Seneca
Kan
Albert Johnson
Mexico
Rush Springs
I. T
Judge Green
James Mellee
Bozeman & Waters
Poseyville
Tnd
Louis C. Withaup
Leavenworth
Savage
Hamilton
Thecrate Willard
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Evans
Department
Sane
Marion
Obie
Mahner
Frank Church
Tegq
Jacobs
Everett
Wash
Daily Record
John Castillo
Sante Ste. Mare
Tus
St. Mary's River
Lake Huron
William PR ‘Patt
Philippines
Jewish Hospital
Cincinnati
Edward Hansman
Hansman
Western, Charles A Semler Missing In Akron Ohio
A string of 19th century news items reports Western Charles A Semler a prominent Akron businessman missing. Other brief notes include deaths fires bank robberies shipwrecks and political events across the country with named places and persons.
Southern Murders and Disasters Highlight Grim News
Reports from across the South recount Luke Sanders being hanged in Marion Alabama for a murder. a fifth body recovered from a Beaumont Texas river after a gang’s killings. Kentucky governors weigh a vote restriction on school trustee elections. Norfolk Virginia sees first shot of strike trouble with soldiers on a derailed trolley. a Southern Pacific wreck near Maxon Texas raises fear of forty deaths and dozens injured. Reet Rhodes survives a two mile crawl after a freight train crush. a Kentucky landslide buries workers but few survive. a Burgin pesthouse is dynamited with threats not to rebuild.
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Luke Sanders
Marion
Ala
Mullins
Neches
Beaumont
Texas
Kentucky
General Assembly
Norfolk
Southern Pacific
Maxon
Reet Rhodes
St. Louis
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Illinois Central Railway
Rosine Tunnel
Wiliam Simons
Granville Morton
Horse Branch
Thomas Dobbs
Rosine
Burgin
Eastern. Deaths and disasters across several cities report
Trenton coachmen abstain from Sunday funerals amid grief. Francis Skinner of New York dies by his own hand after financial ruin. Julius J. Estey of Estey Organ Company dies in Brattleboro at 57, leaving a widow and two sons. A Baltimore house fire prompts seven to escape after a dog alarm. Derby plant shutdown displaces 100 workers. Granville Leighton arrested for bank defalcation tied to a $48,000 shortage. Eugene Clements hanged in Philadelphia for murder. A Georgetown fire threatens the village before being contained. Hudson fire devastates multiple dry goods and furniture firms, losses around $200,000. Three masked men murder a farmer in Saxonburg and loot the house. A Herald Square guest commits suicide. another traveler linked to forgery is sought in Rochester. Beaver Falls fire causes heavy losses to tenants. A Gloucester man slays his wife and injures the child before turning the gun on himself, with relatives caught in the blast.
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Trenton
N. J
Francis Skinner
New York
Julius J. Estey
Estey Organ Company
Brattleboro
Rosalie Presstick
Baltimore
Driggs-Seabury Gun and Ammunition Company
Derby
Coates
Clements
Georgetown
Paani
Hudson
N. Y
Dosenheim & Co
W. A. van Tassel
R. Gray's Sons
Sheldon & Co
Falk
Men’s
Henry Smith
Saxonburg
Hanold
Beaver Falls
Smith & Finklehor
McPherson
McCandless Brothers
Edward Keyser
Lafayette Gruff
Gloucester
Mary Ann Gruff
Watie
Susan Gowie
Gruif
Censor accuses Wu Ting Fang of fraud amid war updates
Foreign dispatches report a Manchu censor alleging Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang withheld 80000 in refunded silver and memorializing the throne for removal. Other items note Gen Methuen wounded and captured with heavy British losses, Boer forces under Delarey at night, Kaiser Francis Joseph abdication rumors, Maybrick case developments, Port Arthur war prep claims, and a Boer ammo cache found near Kietz.
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Wu Ting Fang
United States
Methuen
Delarey
Austria
Kaiser Franz Josef
de Roques
Florence Maybrick
Port Arthur
Japan
Johannesburg
London Daily Mail
Pretoria
Lord Whitchener
Kietz
Orange River Colony
Roosevelt Signs Census Bureau Bill and Other Notices
The President signs a bill creating a permanent census bureau. Ada Rehan reportedly retires from the stage. Mrs. Arthur Bouchard and nine children die in a fire at Manhattan, Quebec. Moody named to succeed Navy Secretary Long, effective May 1. Dunsmuir receives anonymous threat. police notified. Alice Roosevelt travels to Havana with companions. Newport reports a deadly tidal wave between La Libertad and Acajutla with fifty three bodies found.
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Roosevelt
Ada Rehan
Cormedienne
Arthur Bouchard
Mantanec
Que
W. L. Moody
Massachusetts
Navy
Long
Dunsmuir
Premier Dunsmuir
Victoria
Pacific Mail Company
Newport
la Libertad
Acajutla
Senate Debate Delays Ship Subsidy Bill Action
The Senate postponed action on the ship subsidy bill due to the absence of West of Missouri and Mallory of Florida who planned to speak. Debates covered the diplomatic and consular appropriation, protection of the President, and opposition to direct Senatorial election. In the House, post office appropriation debate continued amid a clash over the Pacific cable and various minor measures advanced.
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West
Missouri
Mallory
Florida
Senate
United States
Bacon
Georgia
House
Tillman
South Carolina
McCumber
Depew
Committee On Commerce
Corliss
Michigan
Richardson
Alabama
Sims
Tennessee
Dougherty
Jackson
Kansas
Greene
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Mississippi River
Burlington
Iowa
Kearsarge
State of Washington
Berry
Arkansas
Commerce Committee
Penrose
Weather and stock market woes hit the Northeast trade
Unsettled weather and heavy snows caused floods and transport delays while factories and coal mines faced labor tensions. Iron and steel output sagged as floods cut Pittsburg plants. coke supplies dwindled and coal shipments fell. Cotton goods held firm amid labor doubts. wool and footwear slow. Wheat and corn crops eyed, with Kansas drought fears and record acreage noted. Cattle, hogs, and sheep markets showed mixed shifts as weekly receipts changed.
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New York
Fal River
R. G. Dun & Co
Iron and Steel
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
Navy Cadet Son of Admiral Sampson Appointed
Washington Notes reports that a son of Admiral Sampson has been named a naval cadet. Russia and Germany renewed assurances to the United States regarding China. President Roosevelt will restrict disclosure of cabinet meeting information going forward. Commander John W. Hawley told the naval committee that enlisted sailors lack sufficient food, contributing to desertions.
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Washington
Sampson
Russia
Germany
United States
China
Roosevelt
John W. Hawley
Naval Committee of the House
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains
Regional price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with commodities wheat corn oats rye and dairy values. Prices shown as per unit with varying grades and quality levels.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Colorado Legislature Endorses Exclusion of Japanese and Chinese
The Colorado Legislature declares support for excluding Japanese and Chinese immigrants, signaling a state stance aligned with national anti Asian policies of the era. It frames immigration limits as necessary for state security and cultural unity, reflecting widespread discriminatory attitudes of the period.
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Colorado
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The
Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand, Publishers
Bessemer, ‘of Michigan
Lord Kitchener
Klerksdorp
Easton Avenue
St. Louis Transit Company
East River
Trouston
Highwood
Mont
Frank Conger
Brooklyn
Wayne Hotel
Conger
American Bridge Company
Stewart Pill
James Butson
Northwestern Railroad
St. Paul
Knox
Northern Securities Company
Charles Call
George Call
Princeton
United States Supreme Court
Macalester Coal and Mining Company
Buck, I. T
Michael Dolan
Cottage Park
White Bear Lake
Dublin
Ind
Cambridge
Hatfield Furniture Company
Liberty Center
Citizens’ National Bank
Anadarko
A. J. Morris
H. B. Bitchell
Morris
Fort Niobrara
Presidio
Wellston
Louis Woolum
Ward Meadows
Woolum
Novelty Iron Works
Canton
Jessie Morrison
Clara W. Castle
Eldorado
Supreme Court
Miss Morrison
Prince Henry
Board of Health
Prince Henry Proeschell
Prince Henry of Prussia
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Neola
Schultz
Gottschalk
J. M. Cannon
Herman Lusky
Nashville
Tenn
Lake, Wis
J. BE
S. W. Tarrant
SEO
State Bank of
Nemaha
S.J. Davis
Cascade Mountains
Mineral Creek
Tacoma
James L. Starkey
Mill No. 10
Douglas
Congress
Northern Securities
Norfolk and Western
Hamilton and Dayton
Ironton
W. P. Stewart
Stewart
William Klump
Southern
Hoar
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Hay
Burleson
Hiram W. Thomas
Hiinois
Hitt
Organized Labor
House Committee On Judiciary
Southwest
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
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