Week's News Record of a Turbulent Georgia and Nation
The week recounts multiple tragedies and oddities including a double homicide in Cylvania Georgia by two men named Alexander after a quarrel over a bug. A tornado wrecked most of Pittsburg Reduction Company's aluminum works in New Kensington Pennsylvania with losses around $100000 and long closure. Erasmus Fenner Henderson, head of Sam Henderson's Sons & Co., killed himself in New Orleans after despondence over his wife’s death. A St Louis undershirt vendor appeared in court, fined ten dollars for disturbing the peace. A pair from St John's Manitoba swapped wives with a Long Island pair after elopement. Hazel Patterson, 11, abducted in Kenosha Wisconsin, linked to New York Patterson suspects and Chicago flight. A Southern Pacific train wreck near Lake Charles Louisiana killed one boy and injured others. a river trestle collapse near Mound City Illinois sent a line of cars into the water. Nim Whalen and other crew were killed or injured. The report notes ongoing wreck consequences and investigations.
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Cylvania
R. F. Herrington
Milton Mears
Alexander
Herrington
Mears
Pittsburg Reduction Company
New Kensington
Erasmus Fenner Henderson
Sam Henderson
William Henderson
Walter Moore
St John’s
Henderson
Kenosha
Wis
Patterson
New York
Chicago
Willigma II
Maloney
Southern Pacific
Lacasine Bayou
Lake Charles
Cychee
Mound City
Bel Four
Crader
Nim Whalen
John Hughs
Grant Lafferty
Arnold
James B. Burke Roche
M. P
Washington
Buffalo
James O. Lyford
Concord
N. H
Charles BE. Hoyt
Gus Rublin
Bob Fitzsimmons
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Ramapo Water Company
New York State
National Afro-American Council
Indianapolis
Marshal E. Smith & Brother
Philadelphia
Fred A. Adams
Burlington
New Rochelle
N. Y
Wacouta
Lake Superior
Globe Mutual and Industrial Building and Loan Associations
Pittsburg
Cyrus Hamlin
Roberts’ College
Constantinople
Portland
Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin
Robert M. la Follette
C. C. Plehm
San Francisco
Philippines
Omaha
Salt Lake
Air Line Junction
Toledo
Ohio
Allen
Springfield
Ill
Louisville
Evansville
St. Louis
California
N. H. Backenstoss
Seattle
John Harlin
Imperial Theater
Middleton Theater Company
Harlin
Columbia
Stephen York
Justice of the Peace Brown
Cleveland
John Layton
Dexter
Bloomfield
R. P. Montgomery
Montgomery
Hugo
Col
Goodland
Kan
Guy Gardner
Cardington
Gardner
Lime Kiln Club
Yonde
Charles B. Lewis
M. Quad
O’brien
Regent
Bryan
Stevenson
Kansas City
Col. Bryan
Palestine
Texas
James Humphreys
Henderson County
W. B. Brooks
C. A. Peterson
Monterey
Mexico
Louis Heder
San Antonio
Heder
United States
Edna
Portsmouth
Ohio River
Lina Graf
Nathan H. Knapp
Edward P. Herrick
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
95Th Street
South
Chicago Avenue
Baltimore and Ohio
South Chicago
Duluth and Iron Range
Knife Hiver
Duluth
Crestor
Laundanum
Churubusco
Ind
Isaac Berr
Sul Bear
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Sallie E. Hillman- Smith
Leavenworth
Hillman
La Follette Nominated for Governor by Wisconsin G.O.P.
Wisconsin Republicans nominate Robert M La Follette for governor. The survey also notes Prof C C Plehm of San Francisco appointed to census the Philippines. Other items include a Salt Lake mishap involving Omaha residents, theater leases in St Louis and Detroit, a divorce and remarriage in Cleveland, and various criminal and political developments across the country with mentions of rail strikes, insurance settlements, and international affairs.
Frail World Notes and Local Turmoil Skimmed in Briefs
A string of terse items from early reporting covers surrender of Philippine rebels near Tusug Seattle planning a four fair expo in the Northwest and an attempted poisoning of a French minister. It notes Russian artillery firing on American troops at Yangtsun, a hung jury in Ohio, a Ky. shooting, a body found in Cincinnati and other scattered world and local events.
Southern Wins Alabama Governor in Local Election
Democrats capture Alabama governorship with William J. Sanford elected. Miners in Pittsburg Kentucky strike after a discharge by their company. Southern car combine signs amalgamated scale for all mills in the South, threatening 1200 jobs. A large floating dry dock bought from Spain is to be located at Pensacola navy yard. John W. Jolly of Newport Kentucky shot and killed Lottie Klekamp and mortally wounded his wife. Cincinnati Leaf Tobacco Warehouse property in Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee sold for 1.5 million dollars. Near Anniston Alabama, a man, wife, and infant were fatally or critically harmed when the family jumped from a moving Southern Railway train.
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Alabama
William J. Sanford
Pittsburg
Southern Car Combine
South
Washington
Pensacola Navy Yard
Havana
John W. Jolly
Newport
Lottie Klekamp
Ala
W. T. Turner
Southern Railway
Turner
Rebel commander negotiates surrender in central Luzon
Foreign dispatch reports General Alejandrino, a key rebel leader, negotiating the surrender of Filipino forces in central Luzon as U S Minister Thomas hosts a Stockholm dinner for officers of the Lam caster and Essex. A Paris telegram notes a separation between Princess Marie of Mecklenburg and her French husband.
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Alejandrino
Luzon
United States
Thomas
Stockholm
Lamcaster
Essex
Paris
Marie of
Mecklen' Piestz
Postmaster Appointed at Nome Alaska
J H Wright has been named post master at Nome Alaska. Other items note wage increases in the glassware industry, strikes in Winnipeg, a Nicaragua customs case won by American merchants, and various international incidents including a reported Andree letter found near latitude 47 35 N longitude 43 27 W.
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J. H. Wright
Nome
Alaska
Winnipeg
Man
Nicaragua
Bluefields
M. Olivier Taigny
Washington
Legion of Honor
Charles A. Towne
National Committee
Conference of
Andree
Havana
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Market Reportes Cattle Hogs and Grains Across Cities
Market totals from Chicago to New York show cattle base ranges $2.50 to $5.80 with hogs $3.00 to $5.70 and sheep $3.00 to $4.50. Wheat No 2 varied 70¢ to 79¢, corn 37¢ to 42¢, oats 21¢ to 27¢, rye around 48¢ to 53¢. Butter creamery 17¢ to 20¢ per lb. eggs 9¢ to 12¢. potatoes 29¢ to 33¢ per bushel.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Weber
United States Warns of War Risk Over Pekin Crisis
Official cipher from Minister Conger to the State Department asserts that China’s government is directly responsible for violent actions against international representatives in Pekin. The dispatch, relayed to the President, confirms imperial troops firing on envoys and a mob scenario being a fiction. Acting Secretary Atlee and Secretary Root coordinated the response at the White House.
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Vienna
Hans Kramer
United States
Choate
Kow Shing
Rome
Kinging
Victor Emmanuel
Theodor Wolfe
Berliner Tageblatt
Paris
Germany
Bitlis
Turkey
Spaghank
Sassun
Ali Pasha
Ritlis
Doric
Yokohama
Seattle
Northwest
Barberton
Transvaal
A G. Hales
South Africa
Lanogstaff Flardware Company
Memphis
Servia
Relintarkawiteh
Alexander
Voenna
Pekin
State Department
Conger
Messare
Canton
Pekim
Atlee
Root
White House
Legatoa
Condition of Crops Late Planted Corn Needs Rain
The weather bureau crop report notes a hot week with little rainfall east of the Rockies while heavy rains drenched the Gulf States and parts of Ohio and Red River basins. Rain is needed in Central Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys and Atlantic coastal States. Late planted corn in central valleys would benefit from rain. early planted corn remains mostly safe.
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The
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Mississippi
Rocky Mountains
Gulf States
Ohio
Red River
Atlantic Coast
Carolinas
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
Dakotas
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Foreign policy chat and decisive cable to China officials
President and Col Montgomery discussed the minister's message and the international phase with Secretary Root and Gen Corbin. A cable to Consul General Goodnow included the dispatch from Minister Conger and urged conveying the message to Earl Li Hung Chang and Sheng. A State Department reply to Conger noted the approaching relief column and urged calm. Goodnow was instructed to deliver the message to Conger and spare no effort to reach him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Montgomery
McAdee
Root
Hoot
Geneeral Corbin
Atlee
Gen
Corbin
Goodnow
Conger
Li Hung Chang
Sheng
State Department
Pekin
Shanghai
Bloody battle at Pei Tsang intrenchments
A Chefoo dispatch reports allied forces attacking the Pei-tsang intrenchments on both sides of the Pei Ho River Sunday morning, driving out the Chinese. The enemy blew the bridge when pressed, as Japanese soldiers crossed under heavy cross fire and suffered major losses. The fight lasted from 3 a.m. to 11 a.m., with Chinese retreating upriver pursued by allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chefoo
Pei-tsang
Pei-Ho
Towne Withdraws From Populist Vice Presidential Nomination
Charles A Towne formally withdraws from the Populist national ticket to pursue advocacy for Bryan and Stevenson. In his letter to the Notification Committee he notes the likelihood of Stevenson or Roosevelt becoming vice president and questions the propriety of remaining a candidate while supporting another ticket. He cites his past leadership of the silver Republican party and argues no one would consider him a real candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Towne
Mr. Stevenson
Roosevelt
United States
Bryan
Stevenson
Silver Republican Party
Shark caught weighing 250 pounds in New York bay
Telegraphic items report a 250 pound shark caught in New York bay. Costa Rica celebrates the gold standard adoption. A new block will replace the Polk residence in Nashville Tennessee. Arizona officers plan a raid on bandits in the southern party territory. Red Free.
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New York Bay
Costa Rica
New Block
Polk
Nashville
Tenn
Arizona
Red
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