Island captain presumed lost at sea amid other late reports
Captain David O Keefe of Yap islands is reported probably lost at sea. His wife in Savannah Ga. received word and that he left property worth 1000 dollars. Other items note Pullman will. Lake Shore Electric Railway opening. Boer War claims payment. Dutch court official death. a Vermont man frozen to death. Los Angeles banker missing. bank runs. poisoning case exoneration. a wreck near The Dalles. Great Lakes navigation losses. state fair dates. Harvard enrollment. various crimes and trials. and multiple bank and corporate moves.
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David O’keefe
Yaparvlipe Islands
Savannsh
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Moore-Everett Syndicate
Painesville
Ohio
Cleveland
Fort Huron
Mich
State Department
Washington
Great Britain
South Africa
Amsterdam
Jonkherr G. J. van Tern
Netherlands
Prince Henry
Wilhelmina
Michael Haber
West Rutland
Pittsford
Roosevelt backs Van Catt postmaster in NY murder case
President Roosevelt supports Cornelius Van Catt, postmaster of New York, in the March murder of FE. Y. Benjamin, with James Green executed at Stevenson, Washington. Mrs. Stanford donates 30.06 million to Leland Stanford Jr. University as copper losses reach 200 million. Rain and flood impact Cleveland streets, while Kentucky figure Henry Watterson lectures on Lincoln at Ann Arbor. Fort White double murder suspect James J. Hampton hanged in Lake City, and a deadly railroad collision near Malvern, Arkansas raises deaths to eight. A saloon robbery near Wharton, Ohio yields no money. Col. John Doniphan dies in Missouri. Indian raids near Jandola cause casualties. Ferguson suburb forms Henpecked Husbands club to promote forgetfulness of current cares.
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Arthur Grissom
Mount Holly
An. J
Harvard University
Barnstable
Mass
Jane Teppan
Gordon
Chicago
Alden S. Davis
Gibbs
A. D. Hazen
Wanamaker
Bissell
Washington
P. D. Armour, Jr
P. A. Valentine
Armour
Netherland Hotel
New York
Massachusetts
Fitchburs
American Federation of Labor
Scranton
King’s Lime Works
New Brighton
Staten Island
Boston
Strate National Bank
National Hide and Leather Bank
Emeline Dale
Hoboken
Struch
John ID. Rockefeller
Bryn Mawr College
Philadelphia
George Zollinhoffer
Williamsburg, N
Aspinwall
Brooklyn
William Thompson
Minola
N.Y
Foxhall Keene
Willie KR
Vanderbilt
Treasury
James Green
FE. Y. Benjamin
Stevenson
Wash
Stanford
California
Leland Stanford
Lawson
Cleveland
Quincy Street
del Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Students’ Lecture Association
Ann Arbor
Abraham Lincoln
James J. Hampton
Fort White
Fila
Lake City
Fla
J. N. Dick
Wharton
Ohio
Miss Dick
Col
John Doniphan
Missouri
St. Joseph
Allahabad
India
Denning
Jan
Mixed 19th Century News Briefs From Across States
Western report notes Mrs Louis Peterson of Duluth killed by a lamp explosion. Armour estate appraisers in Kansas City fix value at 3906520. Dr Cameron Mann consecrated bishop in North Dakota at Grave Church Kansas City. Skagit Chief wrecked on Blakely Rocks. passengers saved by boats. P Clark of St Cloud bankruptcy petition lists assets 150 and exempt liabilities 697821. Armours of Chicago buy 200 acres across Missouri River from St Joseph for possible packing plant. Watchman Rollo Smith shot during failed Bank of Chelsea Iowa robbery. Robert Martindale named receiver of Interstate Distilling of Vincennes. liabilities 338725 assets 162050. British ship Nelson towed to Port Townsend after storm, had turned turtle rumor. Rich Hill Missouri miners and deputies clash injuring four. National Guard called out. Adrian Michigan coroner finds cause of collision at…
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Sete
Ne Ore Aterica
Mbaligeh Naas
cLiming
Kahsas
City Limited
Mne
Ballees
Supreme ‘Court
Nebraska
Alayor
Omaha
New York
Continental Tobacco Company
IALC
Wetmore Tobacco Gombany
St. Louis
William F. Donovan
CG Wynn
Denver
Najeeb Saidy
Saidy
St. Lous
Iron Mountain and Southern
Malvern
Ark
Douglas
Minnesota
H. W. Childs
Olson
J. S. Lytle
Kansas
Hiawatha
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Glen View
Shermerville
Hess
Root Street
George E. Weeks
Grand Trunk Line
Gladys
Lincoln
Neb
Williamsville
State Bank
Twin City Rapid Transit Company
Minoneapolis
St. Paul
Brillwater
Montana Supreme Court
Montana
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
High Street
Oxford
Ohio
Faun Redd
Walter Headenbaugh
Beadiunbaugh
Keadenbaugh
Sanborn
Federal Court
South McAlester
I T
Walter Cavanaugh
Daisy Wheeler
Kansas City
Charles Marshka
Howling Green
William Tell
Marshka
Matthew Buckland
Lake Shore
Port Iinton
Toledo
California
Baltimore and Ohio
Wilmington
R. D. Waim
Langdon
Cherokee National Council
United States
Mate Winter
H. H. Gravett
Darke County
Infyvs of
The
Commercial Grain Company
Board of Trade
Louis Peterson
Duluth
Kirkland B. Armour
Cameron Mann
Missionary District
North Dakota
Grave Episcopal Church
Puget Sound
Skagit Chief
Blakely Rocks
XS. P. Clark
Lumberman
St. Cloud
Minn
Armours of
Missouri River
St. Joseph
Rollo Smith
Chelsea
Iowa
Robert Martindale
Indianapolis
Interstate Distilling Company
Vincennes
Ind
Nelson
Pacific
Port Townsend
Wash
Rich Hill
National Guard
Adrian, Mich
Appraiser Appointed to Value Huntington Estate
Surrogate Fitzgerald names William Halpin as appraiser under the inheritance tax law to value the Huntington estate for taxation. Arabella Huntington widow and Charles H. Tweed executor seek assessment of a reported value near 70 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Pecobe
Guthrie
Indian” Territory
Arabella D. Huntington
Collis L. Huntington
Charles H. Tweed
Huntington
Fitzgerald
William Halpin
Bayou des Allemandes Tragedy and Fierce Riots Reported
Reports from the South describe a fatal fire in Bayou des Allemandes Louisiana killing Miss May Ernest age 17 and Plessie Delabretonne age 2. A race riot followed a killing in Opp Alabama. A dental student Fulton B Harris shot himself in Louisville leaving a note. Belle Steffo shot at Springle Creek near Kissimmee Florida. A price increase for Mississippi Valley Lumber Association and a schoolyard stabbing in Newport Kentucky are also noted.
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Bayou Des Allemandes
May Ernest
Plessie Delabretonne
Fate Atkinson
J. W. Dorsey
Opp
Ala
Fulton B Harris
Louisville
Belle Steffo
Springle Creek
Kissimmee
Fla
Harry ‘Indall
Steffo
Alississippi Valley Lumbermen'’s Association
Joseph Creelman
Newport
Eddie Armines
Creelman
Armines
Navy Captain reports forces re-embarked from isthmus
A Pan ama cablegram from Captain Perry commanding the battleship Lowa says all forces have re-embarked from the isthmus with perfect transit security. The War Department reports an explosive powerful enough to crack modern armor and suitable for bursting projectiles. Gage urges currency reform and subsidy-based merchant marine. Agriculture predicts 8,674,000 bales of cotton in 1901-02 with acreage down 2.6 percent. The President urges tariff defense, reciprocity, anti-trust publicity, anti anarchist stance, Monroe Doctrine, canal, civil service, and immigration limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Perry
Lowa
Panama
War Department
Gage
Department of Agriculture
United States
Isthmian Canal
Cannibals Attack Samoa Two Life Children Feared
Dispatches report two children eaten by cannibals on Tur tulle in the Samoan Islands. Hunted cannibals fatally injured Thomas Paterson Gondie an English bank clerk arrested at Bootle with 1400 dollars, accused of embezzling nearly one million. Goa feast day launch sinking drowns 140 devotees. Queen Wilhelmina rumored to forgive Henry of the Netherlands. US naval court at Tutuila acquits Captain Benjamin F Tilley. Commander Uriel Sobree becomes naval governor.
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Turtulle
Thomas Paterson Gondie
Bank of Liverpool
England
Bootle
Liverpool
Bombay
St. Francis Xavier
Goa
India
Wilhelmina
Prince Henry
Netherlands
United States Naval Court
Rutuila
Samoa
Benjamin F. Tilley
Tutuila
Uriel Sobree
Tilley
Tutaila
In Genera Chief Reports Drownings and Fires Across Canada
Chief Jimmy Harry of Seymour Creek reports six Indians drowned in the inlet north arm after a sudden wind gust capsized a dent. Reports cite eight deaths and seventy five players seriously hurt on the football field. Maj. B I Bond’s remains found in his ruined summer residence burned near Phillipsburg Quebec. Ottawa searchers drag the Ottawa river for two drowning victims as merrymaking at the Minto residence is disrupted. Alaska advices show Canada clings to Skaguay as a city of Canada amid ownership disputes with the United States.
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Jimmy Harry
Seymour Creek
B. C
Maj
B. I. Bond
Anglican Metropolitan of
Canada
Phillipsburg
Que
Ottawa
Jen
Lord
Lady Minto
Government House
Crop conditions across states show mixed winter wheat prospects
State crop service reports note Missouri and California have promising conditions while Ohio valley and mid Atlantic areas report hot, uneven results. Drought and dryness affect Indiana Illinois Michigan and Kansas, with Hessian fly avoidance driving earlier seeding and some pastures thriving from extended heat.
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Mississippi River
Mississinp
Kansas
Weople
Ilinois
Missoul
Ohio Valley
Mid- Atlantic
Michigan
Climate and Crop Service
The
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Indiana
Oklahoma
Indian Territories
Cub
California
Sherwell Held Without Bail In Evansville Murder Case
Original counsel appears for Sherwell as the preliminary trial before Justice Eben C. Poole proceeds. Sherwell charged with the murders of Tena Renner and Georgia Bailey is bound over to circuit court without bail. Old counsel Krunkhouger Winkhhouser appears amid concern over two telegrams sent to Sherwell relatives in Ohio to withhold aid. The State presents few witnesses. defense offers no evidence.
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Wilbur
Sherwell
Tena Renner
Georgia Bailey
Evansville
Ind
Eben C. Poole
Krunkhouger& Winkhhouser
Ohio
Receipts From War Revenue Total 343 Million
Internal Revenue Bureau records show war revenue act receipts from June 13, 1808 to June 30, 1901 and four months of the March 2, 1901 act totaling 343,838,634. Items listed include documentary stamps, proprietary stamps, beer, tobacco products, cigars, cigarettes, legacies, excise tax, mixed flour, and additional tobacco and beer taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Toodices
Internal Revenue Bureau
Panic over Camden tetanus deaths after mass vaccination
Parents alarmed as nine Camden New Jersey children die in a suspected tetanus outbreak linked to recent mass smallpox vaccination. The Board of Health halts further vaccinations pending tests on used lymph. thousands already vaccinated and hundreds more awaiting shots. Some physicians question the tetanus link while others fear meningitis misinterpretation and possible school withdrawals.
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Camden
N. J
Board of
Genith
Board of Education
US Senate debate on assassinations and canal measures
Senators pressed various bills on presidential protection and assassination, Hay-Pauncefote treaty, and the Nicaragua canal route. References to a two island plan, executive building for the President, and a large federal appropriations package. Committees named, nominations sent, and tensions rise over representation and lynching penalties.
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Abe
Potichonses
Messags
Bckinley
Senate
Séontor Lodge
Sise Island
The
Serene
Commission T Fo
Congress
Nicaragua
Hoar
Massachusetts
Burrows
Michigan
Bogguon
United States
Lodge
Long
Kansas
Batecock
Wisconsins
Metcalfe
Californn
Richardson
Tennessee
Robertson
Louisiaga
Swanson
Idlala
McClellan
New York
Newlonds
Nevada
Cooper
Texas
Crumpaceer
Tillman
McLaurin
Roosevelt
Cornelius van Cott
Washington Aims and Naval and Legal Movements Reported
News from Washington notes Makonsky plans nine portraits of the President while the battleship Missouri is slated for Newport News launch on December 28. New bills target public buildings in Jacksonville and Pekin, with court martial outcomes for Captain Tilley and acquittal of Co R. L. Mende. Congress may raise Supreme Court and lower court judges’ salaries as judges debate promotions and policy in the Philippines and tariffs for colonies.
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Washington
Makonsky
Missouri
Newport News
Jacksonville
Pekin
Tilley
Tutulla
Congress
Supreme Court
Martinl
Co. R. L. Mende
Blanceusers
Iut N
Papama Canal Company
United States
Crozier
Ordnance Department
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Brimfield
I , Kics
Sreord
George M. Pullman
Sarah Lander Pullman
Redwood City
Cal
Citys Savings Bank
Omaha Loan and Trust Company
Elizabeth Howe Dale
Emiline Dale
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
R. C. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Dalles
Great Lakes
Oho
Wisconsin
James O'Neill
Port Jefferson
Daniel Flaherty
Antonio Bosco
Connellsville
William Vunson
Duriong
Poughkerpte
N. Y
Bludson River
Baruth
Oliver
Mattewan Sylum
Dover Me
Henry Lamlyr
Aml
Aml Woodsman
Hincre
Tiple
J. Wesley Allan
First National Bank of
Ballston
Charles Bk. Fitcham
Cornelius van Catt
Malver
Western
Wee Ener
Fateh
Siterwell
SMS
Ray
War Deptment
Manila
Iggesaary
Philippines
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