Militiaman Burned in hazing at Fort Benjamin Harrison
Fred Bartel of Owosso, a private in Company H, Third regiment, was severely burned while removing paint from his body after a skull and crossbones prank. Gasoline on a handkerchief ignited, engulfing his clothing. he was rushed to hospital with a poor prognosis. Brig. Gen. Bates ordered a full investigation and banned further initiations. Two others were slightly burned in similar rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bartel
Owosso
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Bartel
Bates
Plot Discovered In Jail Delivery Plot At Marshall
A jail delivery plot at Marshall was uncovered after heavy window weights were found in a cell pail and the lock was hammered open. Sheriff Graham and officers blame ringleaders Jerome Nichols of Battle Creek and D A Brown for allegedly procuring the weights and organizing the plan. Roy Cline, a young prisoner, allegedly smuggled the weights in after taking them from a window casing. The tapping noise alerted turnkeys prior to discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Graham
Jerome Nichols
Battle Creek
D. A. Brown
Roy Cline
Demented convict dies by hanging at Ionia asylum
James Johnson, a convict from Marquette prison, hanged himself in an adjoining room at Ionia asylum while Dr Maxwell examined another patient. Left alone, he tore his shirt into a rope, fastened it to a transom, and stood on a chair. Dr Maxwell found him dead about ten minutes later. Johnson, about 40, had recent dementia and was serving a Grand Rapids conviction two years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Himeedi
Dr. Maxwell
Asylum
James Johnson
Marquette
Tonia
Johnnson
Maxwell
Johason
Grand Rapids
Stuart
Superior Court
Ionia Asylum
Johnson
Charles Hobercamp
John
Escanaba
Socialist Party
Genesee County
Reo Motor Company
Lansing
Wilbur N. Brown
Grand River
James 8. Gilmore
Gilmore Brothers
Kalamazoo
William T. Moore
South Haven
William Moore
Mount Clemens
Paris Green
W. H. Burletson
Pana
Hanover
Pittsford
Central Lake
Sidney Griffin
W. M. Ottley
William H. Munn
Detroit Club
Congress
Fort Streets
Detroit
Agricultural College
Ralph Banghart
Goodells
Albert Kelly
Kelly
Edward Wittske
Merrill
John N. Wood
Owosso
Josephine Woods
West Branch
Ogemaw County
Benjamin Bennett
Albion College
Gustav Farhnow
Allandale
Tle
Dynamite in Thrashing Machine Burns Barns at Farm Near New Haven
A stick of dynamite in a bundle of grain fed into a thrashing machine at Frank Brockman's farm near New Haven exploded, tearing the machine to pieces and igniting the barns which were rapidly consumed. Workmen nearby escaped as flames enveloped the outbuildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brockman
New Haven
Fires Burn Out and North Peninsula Towns Safe
Forest areas around the Upper Peninsula towns burned completely, residents breathe easier as danger passes. Fires remain in swamps and distant timber, rain did not reach the Escanaba district, drought continues. Loss to settlers and timber owners runs into several hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Escanaba
Manistee woodsman ends life over summer work
Ed Quiding a 49 year old Manistee resident living with his brother since March shot himself with a shotgun bought for the purpose. He reportedly did not like work in the woods during summer. A black bear roams Hillsdale county and two fires damaged Romulus elevator causing about 5000 dollars in losses including rye wheat oats and potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manistee
Ed Quiding
Hillsdale
Hillsdale County
Romealus
J. B. McClaren & Co
Romulus
Strangles Son Hangings Split Up Negaunee Undertaker Tale
A Negaunee undertaker, Elias Dawe, returns home to find his 6 year old son dead on the floor and his wife dead by hanging in the garret. The mother is alleged to have strangled the boy with a white necktie and possibly poisoned him first. Doctors deem a temporary insanity motive, with prior odd behavior noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negaunee
Elias Dawe
Sheldon
Minor state items and Western Canada prospects
A mixed set of notices reports deaths and crimes from Michigan towns. The Socialist party fields a full Genesee county ticket for fall. Reo Motor Company declares a 5 percent dividend for employees. several suicides and murders are noted in Lansing Kalamazoo and Detroit. court actions involve bank falsification and insanity petitions. a Port Huron adoption case and urban council plans in Kalamazoo are described. Western Canada grain bounty and migration are urged as a future opportunity for American farmers.
Western Canada Wheat Lands Draw Lone American Farmers
Canadian correspondence describes mass emigration of American farmers to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It explains a grain production surge measured in 200000 carloads, outlines first year work and third year independence, and contrasts rosy claims by US land promoters with the reality of settlers building cabins and establishing new homes in the Eldorado of Wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion West
Western Canada
United States
Great Wheat
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
New York City
Denver
Canadian
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Old Mexico
Dominion
Killings Prairie Dogs War on Tiny Pests Extends West
The U S Department of Agriculture led a summer campaign against prairie dogs using poisoned wheat coated with strychnine and molasses. Foresters targeted Leadville and Pike forests, covering 300 square miles with a 75 acre dog town. Within hours about 90 percent died, and officials plan larger scale culling next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Department of Agriculture
National
Forest Service
Leadville
Pike National Forests
Trade union developments and labor notes abroad
The report surveys global labor trends including Utah's federation, Porto Rican Cigarmakers' Union size, and a New South Wales court ruling against union label registration. It notes the Scottish Trades Union Congress backing pensions, England's call to prosecute strike organizers, growth shifts since 1901, and first-time female union participation in Brisbane's eight hour day. It covers pension plans in Wilkes-Barre, age rules for mine labor in Italy, Pennsylvania mine report urging coal tax relief for widows and orphans, Liege's housing initiative for workers, and Liege's 1866 house contracts for workers at low cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Federation of Labor
Cigarmakers' Union
Porto Rico
Federal High Court
Sydney
New South Wales
Scottish
Trades Union Congress
St. Louis
John Samuels
Trade Union Congress of England
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Brisbane
Australia
Clothing Trades Female Employes’ Union
W. G. Weaver
Wilkes-Barre (Pa
Italy
James FE. Roderick
Department of Mines
Pennsylvania
Liege
Belgium
Timeline of historical events from 1519 to 1907
A compact chronicle lists diverse dates and brief notes from 1519 through 1907. Entries mention expeditions, political moves, battles, treaties, notable births, and civic incidents. It includes Cortier’s voyage, Frontenac’s reassumption, Franklin and Jefferson as commissioners, Serapis capture, first daily Albany paper, Harvard monument, Jenny Lind seats, and events in Nova Scotia, Philadelphia, Boston, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortex
Tiasca
Cartier
St. Lawrence
de Vries
Holland
America
Plymouth
Count Frontenac
Canada
New York
Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Silas Dean
Thomas Jefferson
France
Pennsylvania
Paul Jones
Gen
Marion
Black Mingo
Samuel Osgood
Massachusetts
United States
Boston
Mass
Lake Ontario
Albany
N. Y
Charlestown
John Harvard
Texas
Paris
Jenny Lind
Aspinwall
Masonic Temple
Philadelphia
Nelson
Jeff C. Davis
Louisville
Burnside
Knoxville
Athens
Ala
Bank of Concord
Warmout
Louisiana House
McClellan
Europe
Grant
Canadian Pacific Railway
New York Harbor
Admiral Dewey
Stockton
Cal
Earl Grey
Robert Bacon
Steel Trust
Butte
Mont
Greene and Gaynor
Atlanta
William R. Hearst
Havana
Wheat yields and land sales mix in Midwest reports
In Norman county Minnesota wheat threshes 20 bushels per acre while barley and flax show strong yields. South Dakota State land department offers first lands in Fort Sully reserve, previously largely claimed by the state. Southeastern South Dakota faces a serious anthrax outbreak, prompting state veterinary and government action, with complaints routed to officials for investigation. Seed houses target Red River Valley potatoes for seed stock across Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Texas. Kentucky Governor grants pardons to Walter Duncan for a Jacksonville murder and to Riley Harrold as an accessory in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman County
Minn
State Land Department of
South Dakota
Old Fort Sully
Red River
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Gov. Wilson
Kentucky
Walter Duncan
Newt Hazlett
Jacksonville
Shelby County
Riley Harrold
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Michigan State News
Boldier
Ted
Thrasher
Roy Armstrong
George McCauley
D. & M. Railway
Au Sable
Connie
Jackson State
Port Huron
Ann Culey
Insane Asylum
Mark Bugbee
Orangeville
Bugbee
Michael Doster
Prairieville
Noble Cummings
Frank Johnson
Jackson
W. J. Kennedy
Department of Immigration
Western
Canadian Northern Railway
Sam
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