Events of the Week Highlights and Incidents Listed
Andrew Carnesie offered Philadelphia a free library if city authorities funded a $249 annual chair. A wreck at Chary's Ferry injured about 20. a Lex car jumped the track, damaging coaches on a express. Missouri Guarantee Savings assigns $84,000 to creditors and stockholders. Telegraph workers strike disrupts ATSF line. A long-time convict in Maine died, maintaining innocence. France pushes naval armament with a plan for 270 warships and $7.0 billion. Texas telephone exchange attacked with acid, halting business. US torpedo boat acting near Portsmith inspected for damage. A 17-year-old attacked an elderly man near Galesville, Iowa, leaving him near death. US shipbuilding totals show 495 vessels since 1900. Ames State College main building nearly destroyed by fire. 400 students escaped with injuries.
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Missouri C Guarantee Savings and Building Association
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Carl Grover
Galesville
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Ames
Ain- Abert
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Delawady, Lackawanna and Western Railway
Kay
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Ridgewood
Brooklyn, N.Y
Owen Murphy
Rufus Lord
Wall Street
Brooklyn
Charles W. Morgan
New York
W Morzan & Co
Bert Hanson
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Edward B. Quinn
Magazine of Successful Americas
Rom Seards
Paul Prebies
Frank Andrews
Lake Fidler
Shisuohin
Mary A. Brown
Gloucester
Hampton Beach
Noh
Henry Jo Hayden
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Lis Residencs
Anl
Pittsboro
Turbulent Mix of Crimes and Disasters Across Regions
Fragmented OCR text reports a broad range of events from many places. It mentions strikes in glass and freight industries, a bank of robberies with nitroglycerin in Painesville, a fatal train collision near Rankin Pennsylvania, deaths in Colorado and New York, fires destroying bargains houses in Baltimore and Nashville, and multiple legal and political developments across states including Kansas Montana Michigan and Ohio. The notices describe accidents, arrests, court actions, and ongoing labor disputes amid a chaotic panorama of late 19th century urban life.
International and royal news and a tragic crime
Reports from the Freech Senate on a potential invasion plan and Britain’s stance on South Africa share pages with a Paris area murder over cake and two-year-old harm. Rome mentions a pope’s physician minor tumor operation while Tientsin notes German casualties near Boxers. Henry Russell, famed London songwriter, dies. Royal reviews in London front pages. German Empire census data released. Petersburg stage protests over an anti Jewish play. Pacific Cable Company wins bid to lay long cable to Queensland New Zealand.
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Freech Senate
Joseph_Parker
London Sun
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Topeka
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
South Africa
Lille
France
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Rome
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Tientsin
Pao-Ting-Fu
Henry Russell
London
Sheerness
Royal Canadian , Regiment
Household Cavalry
Prince of Wales
German Empire
Munich
Dresden
Magdeburg
St. Petersburg
Pacific Cable Company
New South Wales
Queensland
New Zealand
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company
Vancouver
Fanning
Fiji
Norfolk Islands
Trains Tied Up As Telegraph Workers Strike
Multiple violent incidents reported in brief in Kentucky and nearby states. A Lexington motor man killed his wife then himself after a quarrel over money. Clarksville merchant Steinlein shot dead by former employee Gus Allen. Paris Kentucky man Henry Johnson killed by Henry Lawson who then attacked Judy Jackson. A locomotive crew aboard a Baltimore and Ohio express suffered burns after a fire near Elm Street. Telephones and pipelines disrupted by strikes affected routes between Galveston and Purcell.
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Robert I. Sallee
Lexington
Sam Steilein
Cvotion
Clarksville
Tenn
Gus Allen
Allen
Steinlein
Kentucky Election Commission
M. Doty
Yeats
Beca . W. Va
Elm Street
Dying Statement Sparks Murder Arrests at Saloon
A dying statement led to the arrest of John Chapman and Ed Ssulkner, saloonkeepers, on murder charges. The accused face trial questions after the witness died.
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John Chapman
Ed Ssulkner
Explosion in Mexican mines leaves many dead or wounded
Across the world a string of events is reported. In Mexico at San Andres de la Sierra an explosion in a mine killed and injured many miners with at least 26 bodies recovered. United States officials note various political and military actions including Peck spending funds, oath of allegiance in the Philippines, and naval yard work following a battleship accident.
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San Andres de la Sierra
Mexico
Ferdinand W. Peck
Chicago
United States
Manila
Vigan
Cornelia era markets span several regions and commodities
A scanned market listing details cattle hogs and sheep prices by region including Cincinnati Cleveland Toledo Milwaukee and New York with prices for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed. Regions show shipping grades fair to prime ranges and mixed No. 2 and No. 3 quality notes across dates like November and general price bands.
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Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Congress Debates Army Reform and Oleomargarine Tax
The House debated the army reorganization bill with supporters and opponents. It passed 133 to 1 after adopting a W C T U backed canteen abolition provision. The measure sets a 96,000 man army and seeks to deploy new troops before July. Separately, oleomargarine taxation was approved 196 to 82, raising the colored version’s tax to 10 cents per pound and clarifying sale rules. The session also tackled supply bills and ship subsidy discussions while the Senate considered the Hay Pauncefote treaty and a Mississippi bridge project.
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Iowa
Grosvenor
Ohio
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Mass
Cochran
Kleberg
Texas
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Cox
Tenn
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Lamb
Dem. Va
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Rep
Wis
Alfred C Harmer
Pennsylvania
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New York
Adamy
McCleary
Minnesota
White
North Carolina
Mr Aleer
de Armond
Missouri
Otey
Virginia
de Morrell
Comptroller of the Treasury
Bingham
Appropriations Committee
Jonathan P. Dolliver
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Charleston
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Frye
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W. C. Wise
United States Navy
Washington
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Morgan
Alabama
Dubuque
Southern Industrial Convention
New Orleans
Teller
Nicaragua Canal
United States
Great Britain
Secretary Hay
Charles Arowne
Cushman K. Davis
Senator Stewart Enrolled on Republican Caucus List
Governor-elect and Mrs Durbin of Indiana visited Washington as guests of Senator Fairbanks. Secretary Gage paid tribute to late Commissioner Wilson at a treasury officials meeting. The President hosted Secretary Long and Senators Frye Elkins Aldrich Platt Allison and Hama. Labor Commissioner Wright discusses wage and hour rates. The funeral of Rear Admiral McNair was attended by Secretary Long and senior officers. No threat to Turkish relations is reported. Griscom has met the Sultan six times this year.
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Indiana
Washington
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Treasury
Gage
Internal Revenue
Wilson
Long
Frye, Elkins, Aldrich, Platt
Connecticut
Allison and
Hama
McNair
Turkey
Griscom
Ren ee f Minor Now and Bresliu asylum fate
A woman who attempted to kill Emperor William at Bresliu has been sent to an unsafe asylum. Ohio’s ten year population gain reached 496,021 with 792 more than the rest of the state. Prof James Reynolds of Longfellow Texas mourns two children burned to death saving them as his wife dies. Charles T Yerkes proposes an American skyscraper for London with new transport ideas. Popular French submarine interest continues while officials show misgivings. A Maine businessman notes Canadians lead in fruit export packing.
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Edy
Minn
A. F. Chambers
Excelsior Springs
Rocker
Mont
Nat Kellam
Ole Olson
Colline
Montana
Nebraska Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
Thomas Tudor
Ohio
McKinley
Tudor
Douglass Reneer
Juliet
Roberts
Abram L. Davis
Jane
Youngstown, Ohio
Della Nesbel
Fostoria
Chicago
George B. Okey
Columbus
State Board of Equaliza
Oliver Berriman
Ovaid Moore
4Lames Dodson
Bob Clevenger
Oscar Elliott
World Herald
Aurora
Fred T .Gilmore
Baxter
Iowa
Edward Koeth
Minneapolis
Schroch
Rath
Madeline Schroch
Reneef Minor
William
Bresliu
James Reynolds
Longfellow
Texas
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