Multiple Global Disasters and Crises Reported
A dynamite attack on Prof. MacMott’s Ada Ohio home wounds the study leader. a jealous worker is charged but remains at large. In Belgium violent clashes erupt in Louvain after the western socialists lose a vote on universal suffrage, killing several and wounding many. A derrick collapse at a St Louis church cornerstone ceremony fatally injures Miss Laura Heapes and seriously injures Jesse Bougher. Baseball standings list several teams with mixed records. A Buffalo freight shed fire destroys the American Express shed and six passenger coaches. An earthquake near Shemakha alters Black Sea depth, crippling Krasnodovsk harbor. The Interstate Commerce Commission releases a bulletin tallying 2,000 killed or injured in three months from U.S. train accidents. rail damage runs high. Missouri antitrust case against Continental Tobacco is deemed unconstitutional. A Chicago fatality spree follows a 3413 State Street dwelling tragedy. police consider domestic strife and possible poisoning. An Anglo American German shipping alliance forms under stable flags. lines like White Star Dominion align under British flag. Carnegie urges New York students that wealth alone does not guarantee happiness. Cincinnati brewery fire causes massive losses. Minnesota merger case with Northern Seventies is removed. Reports of theater, weather, and crime fill the docket with broad national scope and mounting casualties.
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Telve
Louvain
Brussels
Chamber of Representatives
Laura Heapes
Jesse I. Bougher
Boogher, Force & Goodbar Hat Company
Ca$anre Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Loui
National Baseball League
W. i
Pittsburg
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
St. Louis
American Express Company
Green Street
Buffalo
X. Y
New York Central
Sbhemakha
Krasoovodsk
Central Asian Railway
Missouri
Butler
Supreme Court
Continental Tobacco Company
J G Butler
American
Drugsmead
Brown Brothers
St Louis
Wright Brothers
St Charles
State Street
Kall
White Star Dominion
Leyland
Red Star
Tramburg
Maryland
Frank K. Stockton
Washington
Booker T. Washington
South Wernmouth
Mass
Amelia Haberdunch
Jersey City
Pittsburg, Virgnia and Charleston
Charleroi
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Savior
Thirty-eighth Street
Amsient Drazer
James Ryan
Peter A. Hallenbeck
Lizzie Whitehouse
Springfield
Bernhard Whitehouse
F W Clendenin
St. Peters Church
Westchester
N.Y
Horace Greeley
Clendenin
United Evancserical Churches
Patisbury
Dubs
Octavas
L. Pruden
Garfield Hospital
Binzteo
United States
Fifth Vienue
Forty-fourth Street
Delmonico
Contmental Coal Company
Pittburg
Ohio
W. P. Read & Co
Monterey
Sheffield
Wesley Blifms
Iowa
Harlan
Carnnell College
United States Barracks
Abraham Martin
Gov. Cummins
Peterson
Des Moines
Wallace E. King
Wallin
Mich
Lagonda
Annie Laura
George Wand
St. Clair
Lasonda
Eaton
Ind
Lee Galisher
First National Bank
Buchanan County
Senate
Lamoni
Brentano
Breago
Aover
Lewis G. Toombs
Carne Larsen
Peerless
Warne Circuit
Citys Savings Bank of Detroit
Newark
Ohi
T. S. Osborne
S. G. Ynates
West
Omaha
Great Thunder
Winnebagos
Adams Express Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Maryland Legislature wraps up after brief session
Extra session concludes in two and a half hours. Numerous incidents and deaths fill the docket including writer Frank K Stockton dying in Washington, fires in Jersey City and Philadelphia, derailments in Pennsylvania, and a fatal train wreck near Covert's station.
Fire and disaster sweep multiple towns nationwide
A series of fires causes extensive losses from Kentucky planing mills to Dallas storefronts. An Alabama town reports total destruction of its business district including the post office. Wrecks in Kentucky and Illinois claim lives and halt rail operations. A court ruling revises the Texas anti trust interpretation. International news covers royal illnesses, military actions, and diplomacy trends amid shifting open door policy.
The Sun’s Time Wobbles Through the Year
Prof C Schmucker notes in the Ladies' Home Journal that the sun varies from clock time, with April and September near on time and December late. He highlights February and March shifts, and the rapid lengthening of days, adding about one hour twenty minutes to March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. C. Schmucker
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Trade Review Summarizes 1902 Market Conditions
The report notes unsatisfactory weather hindering retail distribution and outdoor work and wage disputes affecting labor. Pig iron contracts at 16.50 per furnace with October deliveries, and strong foreign demand. however domestic orders are light. Wheat and corn exports rise with 1901–1902 comparisons, while stocks stay light in the Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cottonields
R G. Don & Co
Une
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Agricultural Department
Spo
Census Department
Commodity Prices Across Markets and a Tragic Local Suicide
The report lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices from major markets including Indianapolis Saint Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and Buffalo with figures for wheat corn oats rye and butter and concludes with the suicide of James Hardy aged 28 who jumped into a well on his father’s farm near Shelbina Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutter
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Howe
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukkee
New York
James Hardy
Shelbina
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F. D. MacMott
Ada
Andrew Carnegie
Christan Moerlein Company
Minnesota
Dstrie
Ureaur
Ios Washington
Philp Woecaer
Geismar Laas
Kansas City
Taahe
Atenean
Bes Muertot
Pireis
Lane
Lenn Fee Parses
Ty Am Mlinws Central Excursen Tran
Missour
Beck Walker Coal Company
Ottawa
Mane Sanley
James B. Booth
Ramsay County
Tastaet
St. Paul
Obio Senate
Brake
South Dakota
Arkkansas Federation of Women Cubs
JW Knox
Amd
Heh
Cianmea
Henry
Wahington
Beatime Inschowd
Suettle
Halph M Granozer
San Juero
Cal
Famieus
Eo 1
Hawley
Wartford
Wartford. Conn
Pe'le Ho Meer
Samuel H Meer
St Joeges
Retaecen
Cairo
Lil
Cincinpan
Memphs
Alice Grimstead
Kate
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Colo
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Power Bay
Walent Creek
Surbursha
Cleveland
Akron
Rawliuas
Fou
John P. Ratler
Ss. Pretme Court of Missouri
Masson
Delvery
Kokomo
Bert Lackey
Bert Lewis
J. H. Pandy & Co
Supy
Molders’ Union
Omiaha
Union Pacific Railroad
William Strother
A. Deane Cooper
Ryan
John Stiune
Quincy
Edward Bennett
Joseph Allen
Allen
Southern
Roy Lumber Company
Nicholasville
Dallas
Texas
Barton
Als
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Bedford
Bedford City
Elks
Riverside
Louisville
Nashville
Clarence Turner
John McGaw
State of Texas
Shippers’ Compress and Warehouse Company of
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Court of Appeals
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Countess de Castellane
Anna Gould
Bag
Juan Francisco d'Assise
Spain
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Canton
Marshal Su
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Oldenburg
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Becker
Malacvar
Manila
Ain Tolland
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Vie
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Manchuria
Kovno
Montreal
Tay Hogg
Teva
Qwomin
Ted Catharks
Bate
Samon Snyder
William Noman
Pacwne
William Ro Brooks
South Observatory
Hobart College
Vegasnea
Seattle
Resurrection Bay
Alaska
Rampart City
Philippines
British Columbia
White House
Putnam
Redross
Castoria
Att
Havana
Fittc
Standard Navy Old Peach & Honey
J.T. Tobacco
TRE Markets
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