Notable Events Mixed in Nation Wide News
A scattered digest reports the chamber of deputies debating state separation, a price cut by American Window Glass Company, a murder conviction in Oklahoma, a fatal train collision near Cheyenne, miner strikes in Pennsylvania ending after clergy influence, a silk mill defense averting a tie, fire damage in St. Louis, and various business moves. An express company robbery near Cheyenne and a fatal shooting in Madison Square Garden follow furious crowds, while market notes from New York describe robust year end commerce and grain activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Window Glass Company
Noged
Taylor Kirk
el Reno
Okla
Mary Garborough
Clozd Chief
Kirk
Cheyenne
Wio
Union Pacific
Benjamin Stocking
Nanticoke
Shamokin
Mount Carmel
Shu
Altoona
St. Louis
Sanders Engraving Company
Sth
G. HB
Boohmers Retail Hoop and Shoe House
North Broadway Furniture House
Thomas
J. Ellison
Jobn WV. Cline
Stewartville
N. J
State Department
United States
Diederich
Magdeburg
Germany
Pacific Express Company
Wye
O. C. Brownlee
Express Company
Madison Square Garden
New York
Frederick
Shiver
Rahway
N_ J
Wills Rosser
Boadstreetu
Tre
Multiple 1900s News Nuggets From Across The Nation
A string of brief items reports 32 miners dead from gas in a Car Benade Wah mine, a Newark Ohio youth George Spees dies by revolver, Omaha politician and saloonkeeper Charles R. Groves is murdered by Tom Collins, a fire wipes out F M Rogers’ livery barn in Ashtabula with eleven consignments burned and 5000 dollars lost, Gen Gatacre’s force retreats before Stormburg due to Boer deception, Guyana Gold Mining Co incorporated in West Virginia by Follett of Marietta with 3 million capital, Willis J Abbot named head of the Democratic press bureau, Charles P Howell of Maine’s Maine dies at home from apoplexy, George Koch dies after hospital poisoning claim, police investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Car Benade
Wah
George Spees
Newark
Ohio
Charles R. Groves
Omaha
Tom Collins
Ashtabula
F. M. Rogers
Gatacre
Stormburg
Guyana Gold Mining Company
Marietta
West Virginia
AL D. Follett
Willis J. Abbot
United States
Democratic National Committee
Charles P. Howell
Maine
Havana Harbor
New York City
George Koch
East
Eighty-third Street
New York
Presbyterian Hospital
Koch
Illlinois Eastern notes and city events in brief
Col Henry A. Thomas resigns as Boston postmaster for health reasons and Dewey rents pews in Washington church. A new torpedo boat destroyer Bailey launched in Harlem river and 100000 New England mill workers are informed of a wage increase. Several deaths and accidents across cities, corporate reorganizations, and regional incidents fill the roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Thomas
Boston
Admiral Dewey
St John’s Episcopal Church
Washington
New York
Bailey
Harlem River
New England
GC. A. Burling
William I. Sempson
Rochester
N. Y
P. Tf. George & Co
Baltimore
H. B. Fellows
Scarsdale
Harlem
John Webster
Nellie McHenry
Red Star Line
Friesland
American Car and Foundry Company
Berwick
People’s Telephone Corporation
Knickerbocker Telephone Company
American Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Company
Congress Organizes as Wood Nominated for Major General
The Fifty sixth Congress met and organized on Monday. Brig Gen Leonard Wood is nominated to be a major general of volunteers. Secretary Long seeks eighteen new warships. Ambassador White may ask transfer from Berlin amid criticism of his stance toward Germany. House votes 302 to 30 to investigate Congressman elect Roberts of Utah before oath. A parcels post treaty with Guatemala is signed to take effect Jan 1. War Department releases May to July port trade totals for Porto Rico showing imports 2 572 618 and exports 2 920 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Leonard Wood
Long
Ambassador White
Berlin
Germany
House of Representatives
Roberts
Utah
McKinley
War plans dated back to 1882 claim in Boer conflict
Theodore Schreiner, Olive’s brother, asserts Boer leaders plotted the war as early as 1882. London mayor Newton is reportedly acquitted on promotion charges. An American garrison of 200 at Wigan Luzon repels an assault by SUV Tili pinos, with 353 killed and eight Americans dead. The City of Maracaibo, capital of Zulia State, Venezuela, falls to Hedist revolutionaries after a sixteen hour battle. British troopship Tyre carries a fresh crew for a torpedo vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Schreiner
Olive
Newton
London
Wigan
Luzon
Maracaibo
Zulia
Venezuela
Tyre
Market Reports from U.S. Grain and Livestock Centers
Regional market data cover cattle hogs and sheep prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Also listed are wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed with varied quality grades and price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Congress in Focus as 55th Session Opens
The Fifty-fifth Congress begins with scrutiny of bills on currency reform, Hawaiian governance, and Boers sympathy, while new investigations probe polygamy and seats. Senate agendas include athletics appeal and electoral questions. House adjourns for memorials as sessions resume Dec 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Finance Committee
Cullen
Frye
Mason
Rawlins
Harris
Quay
Clark
Scott
Clouse
Chandlery
West Point
Annapolis
Chandler
Montana
West Virginia
Berry
House
Overstreet Tindtnany
Committee On Rules
Dalzel
Pennsylvania
Grosvenor
Ohio
Messrs
Richardson
Tennessee
Bailey
Texas
Representative Greene
Nebraska
Dalzell
United States
Spain
Cuba
District of Columbia
How Quickly We Can Think
Professor Richet discusses nerve vibrations and the maximum rate of nerve impulse transmission, estimating ten to twelve per second. He argues that faster rates would fuse sound electricity and light into continuous sensations, while slower rates would allow perception of slow changes like a watch hour hand or tree growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Richet
Foolish Fellow and the Grandfather Delusion
A London Answers exchange centers on Mrs Fadde and Bridget discussing a grandfather who clings to a supposed rheumatism then shifts to believing he is dead. The dialogue depicts family concern and misperception about illness and mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget
London
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Chamber of Deputies
Deen
Illinois
Western
Joseph Brown
Ee W. QO. Parker
Norwalk
Ubn
Denver and Rio Grande
Salida
Uly
George W. Archibald
Pacifi
St. Joseph
Hurley Lumber Company
Woplar Grove
South Dakota
Pleasanton Porter
Bridget Fitzgerald
John Fitzgerald
Irish National Ague of America
Lincoln
Neb
T. A. Giffin
Kansas City Car and Foundry Company
Cornell
Ill
Cornell Bank
Darragh
Nsas City Safe Deposit and Savings Bank
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Foster & Miller
Vesta
Minn
Hayward
Nebraska City
Brownsville
Central Steel Company
Pittsburg
Brewsers Steel
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Greenville
B. O. Wyllie & Co
V. A. King
tiwelve-States
League of
Conneaut
Colin H. Ball
Mayla
Kansas
Ball
Sedan
San Francisco Examiner
E. J. Baldwin
Baldwin Utea
James L. Flood
Dallas
Roy Morton
Nora St. Clair
Monk
Stack River
Engives
Harry Brothers
J. .+“Gauger
Dambdge
Polyphemus
Bambridge Ledge
Isle of Wight
Tom L
Albert Johnson
Cleveland Street Car
Honolulu
Oahu Island
Hawaiian Islands
Alashgerd
Armenia
Kostur
Warrimoo
Australia
Admiralty Islands
European Union of Astronomers
Harvard College Observatory
Charlois
London Times
Johannesburg
Pretoria
William Weir
Defunctive Marie Bank of
Montreal
Gen. Sanger
Matanzas
Hoot
Porto Itico
Robert Ruff
Mobile
Coatzacualcos
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Mexican
Charles W. Kaecker
New Orleans
Ramapo
Lake Erie
Long Point
Prairie
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Havre
France
Norfolk
Bruce Division
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Toronto
James Maloney
Eastern Mills
Territory
Market Reports
Congress
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