Week's News Record Wide Range of Global and Local Incidents
A long OCR fragment lists events from many places including Lincoln penitentiary overcrowding after a fire, a Philippine junta leader in Hong Kong, a Lima Ohio husband-killer case, massive fires in Northern Ontario and Quebec, political charges against U S ministers, Boer War reports, a torpedo boat wreck, a king’s jewels inquiry, and various sports scores, prison hangings, and fires. The item mixes disasters, crimes, and political notes with scattered names and dates.
Ellis Glenn case ends with jury discharge
A jury in the Ellis Glenn case, where a woman repeatedly masqueraded as three men, disagreed and was discharged. The Rochester firm Harding & Sons, shop manufacturers, has assigned with liabilities of 50 000 and assets not yet known amid a slate of financial notices.
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Ellis Glenn
Harding & Sons
Rochester
N. Y
New York
Rockefeller
Martin Fry
Carls'e Pa
James Elward Collins
Nidiw
Frederick Schueman
Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell Umserty
Itaca
Mark L. Wilson
Philadelphia
John O'Day
Lal
Peres
John Gallex
Soveevina
Willan Wilsar
Pete
Giant list of incidents reports from western states and beyond
A chaotic stream of brief items describes fires, drownings, shootings, wrecks, robberies, and crimes across Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, Idaho, Ohio, Colorado, and more. Events include drownings in lakes, robberies and arrests, a trolley line plan, a train wreck near Kremlin, a gasoline explosion injuring several, and city-wide flood damage from heavy water and debris. Many named individuals and places appear, with varied circumstances and outcomes.
Southern murder confessions and grisly hangings crop up in chaos
Fragmented report describes Clintney Beatles confessing to a murder in Tennessee and a series of grisly, rumored killings across Mississippi and Virginia. The text details hangings, shootouts, poison plots, and a major rockfall halting a railway tunnel, with various named places and people in a tangled, unclear account.
Unclear Suspect Vanishes After Firm Loss of Funds
In Lamar County Alabama Orville Lawson, junior member of a firm, vanished with 346000 dollars. At Unity Church pastor Moses McGee dismissed services as John Yarbrough accused John H Cole of slander a young woman. Yarbrough drew a knife and fatally stabbed Cole, dying instantly.
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Peared
Orville Lawson
Unity Church
Lamar County
Ala
Moses McGee
John Yarbrough
John H. Cole
Cole
Yarbrough
Torpedo boat No 1 sunk off Alderney in Channel
No loss of life. The torpedo boat was saved of its munitions and stores and will be raised. Dr Carl Peters writes to the London Times that the Ophir of Solomon lies between the Zambesi and the Sabi. Lieutenant Croft and sixty Cebu scouts clashed with insurgents in the Philippines seven rebels killed thirteen captured two privates wounded. Mariveles quarries in Bataan Province deemed public domain saving 250000. A Spanish firm claimed title to the quarries.
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Alderney
English Channel
Carl Peters
London Times
South Africa
Zambesi
Sabi
Ophir
Solomon
Philippines
Croft
Mariveles
Bataan
World News Digest from Early 1900s Colossal Conflicts and Shipwrecks
Venezuela faced Colombian incursions while Gov. Wood eyed Cuba's future. Mexican forces killed Yaqui chiefs and captured many. Ontario canal gates failed and flood swamped land. Nettleton signed a water concession for Mochis canal to irrigate sugar lands. Maniki canal charter approved for immediate effort. Property tax adjustments proposed. Puerto Rico case nears pardon request. Potatoes feared in harvest regions as drought ends. Steamship Senator wrecked near Nunivak Island. all aboard saved. Lyman Smith plans Great Lakes freight fleet. ten lake steamers to run Buffalo to Duluth. Col. Abel Marius expelled from a Hamburg American liner in Cartagena amid protests.
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Venezuela
Wood
Cuba
Putam
Cornwall
Ont Canal
A. T. Nettleton
Chicago
Mochis Canal
Simatoa
Philippine Commission
Charles D. Taane
Nome
Seattle
Nunivak Island
Opan
Montra
Glasnow
London
Liverpool
St. Lawrence
Lyman Smith
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Duluth
Baneer
Col
Abel Marius
Cartagena
Colombia
Vie
Chicago Markets and Robbery Report Tie to Food Panic
A market roundup lists Chicago price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains, with Indianapolis and St Louis feeds, plus a Chicago bombing train robbery narrative. The piece notes food price spikes and scarce produce, reflecting a citywide panic in food access and cost.
Robbers Hold Up Express Train Near Chicago
Four masked men stopped the New York and Chicago express on the Baltimore and Ohio near Calumet Heights. They blew open a baggage car, fired on train crews, and escaped after dark, two robbers mounting the engine with revolvers. No cash was taken. a $500 reward is offered for information leading to arrests. The attempted raid disrupted a $60,000 Chicago bound shipment. the crew scattered into scrub oaks as the robbers fled toward Tracy Indiana.
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Charhksvalle
Ust
Amd
Fravy Joel Dow
Woansis
Meals Railroad Lake
Olaile
Duho
Lapp
iDanophoainegee
Berm
Ind
Sears
Wathena
Kan
Loverniere
Lou Lea Berson
John Walliams
Isaac Lane
Mississippi
Helena
Ark
Will Kelly
Frank Cannon
D Payton Spondell
Donnellsville
Ohie
Denver
Barr Fergueson
New York
Colorado Springs
Meserga Sons
Enid
Esther Bishop
W. E. Bishop
Hamilton, O
William Austin
Hill City
SL. D
Chicago
Girand Trunk Railroad
Rogers, Baeun & Co
Hawkeye Coal Company of
Kansas
Cuty
Chileno, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
PISO
J. W. Collies
F. S. Deveny
Gaare
Unis
Rot Bers
Chicaco Ben's
Recunl
Rex
Venezuela-Colombia tensions flare as rumored revolution tests Castro
Dispatch from Port of Spain reports Venemels near a revolution with civil war risk in Venezuela and rising tension with Colombia. Castro faces uprisings at home while accused of aiding rebels against Colombia. Smuggling of arms noted. Colombia’s resentment grows over perceived Venezuelan support. Resignation of war minister Pulido sparks fear Castro may push toward war. passports discussed for a Colombian minister.
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Spain
Tink” Dad
Venemels
Venezuela
Colombia
Castro
Republic
Revolutionary Party of Colombia
Senor Pulido
Colombiz
Food Shortage Looms in Chicago Restaurants Raise Prices
Chicago faces a food shortage as meal tickets rise and restaurant operators cut portions to cope with scarce supplies. Provisions tighten across the city affecting customers and vendors alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beanling House
Lynch Mob Hangs Three Black Suspects in Mississippi
A mob of about 500 white residents in Carroll County Mississippi forcibly entered the jail at Charleston and hanged Betsy McCray, her son Belfield McCray, and her daughter Ida McCray, after Ida McCray confessed to killing Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro. Lawmen appealed for order but failed to stop the lynching.
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Clintney Beatles
Jim’ Vann
Wil ‘Oms
Temobst
Leeds
Solim
Tenn
Amings Town
Pink Pass
Innox
Shiley Pass
Trafero
Mississppi
Yours Neers
Faltrfern
Torferre
Betsie McCray
Thetteld McCray
Ant
Ida McCray
Corrrotinen
Mass
Ida McRay
Scott County
Virginia
Virginia and Southwestern Railroad
Charles H. Bareford
Bareford & Lawson
Louisvile, Ky
Betsy Noray
Stevenus
W.S Hill
Belfield
Benny McCray
Prominent Col. Black Dies At Monroe City Mo
Col Leroy Black aged 70 dies at his home in Monroe City Missouri. He was a prominent G A R member. The report notes his death as a community figure and obituary item.
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Leroy Black
Monroe City
G. A
Salina
Kon
Chicago Board of Trade
Phillips
Marion Zehr
C. F. Lehe
Missouri
St. Joseph
Nome
Alaska
Bristol
Texas
Matt Andrews
Mack Earls
Chicago
Gen. Gomez
Enciana
Manchester
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