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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
6
Steamship Idzuamt Maru brings Hong Kong dispatches describing the drowning of thousands in Kwantung Province after rivers rose suddenly. Affected towns include Wu Chau Takhing Shiing and Sam shui.
A mosaic of reports records deaths from murder and suicide, battles, fires and accidents, with mentions of a Chilean training ship visit, labor union actions, robberies, shipyard blasts, explosions, bank and company buyouts, and costlier political and economic tensions.
A jumble of reports covers violent deaths, fires, accidents, and crimes across many cities. Notable items include a legless Denver woman accused in a violent incident, a fatal explosion at an Ohio steel plant, a Chicago death by stabbing, a dramatic Denver post office project rush, and multiple fires injuring or killing people and animals. The roundup also notes suicides, robberies, derailments, and political tensions in towns from Iowa to Kentucky.
Experts in agriculture announce two fly trapping methods for homes. United States Steel buys Shelby Tube Works with fifteen mills. Postal receipts in 1890 rise by 7 million, nearly double. Navy denies Admiral Howison as Sampson partisan. Amalgamated strike calls general mill walkout. Sen MacArthur predicts Filipino surrender and pacification effort. Canada’s 1900 census shows 5.3 million people, up 466,761 in ten years. McKinley commutes murder sentence in Luzon to life at Fort Leavenworth. Chinese inspector Ralph Izard notes influx by the hundreds and calls for larger sails on Canada’s border. Machias ordered to Panama area to safeguard US interests. Brazil riot in Rio de Janeiro kills five, wounds 200+.
A court case records a man named Louis being sent to servitude for nine months after vagrancy conviction. He was later sold to Arch Hays, a local farmer, for two dollars. In Louisville, Ky an elder named Dgn Wannen lost both legs from sleeping in a chair, his feet crossed and circulation cut off leading to gangrene, with Dr Meyer performing the amputations.
A compilation notes several events including Patrick Grimes of the Belgenland leaping overboard three days out of Liverpool, serfdom revolts in Nadal Hungary, Santos-Dumont's airship wreck in Paris with a near-miss for the aeronaut, Maxmillian Manasse's suicide in Philadelphia over a will dispute, Yangtse floods causing thousands of deaths in China, Manila’s shift to civilian commissioners, and Mahsuds attacking a Kashmir India militia post, looting rifles and gear.
Market reports cover Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York style figures for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Prices span no 2 wheat red corn oats rye and creamery butter with varied ranges by city and grade.
The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers faced a national strike setback as South Chicago and Milwaukee workers voted against striking. Joliet delayed action while Chicago area mills resumed operations. The West showed support for keeping contracts, weakening the strike's Western coalition and prompting plant enlargements by United States Steel to avoid further conflict.
A Manila style Filipino hat becomes a stylish import with a cane like weave, light weight, and a noncontact fit to the head. It resembles a chopping bowl or Sudan helmet without a front piece and is already widely worn.
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