Events of the Week Highlights and Crimes Across New Era
The United Mine Workers' Journal notes miners expect a wage wires advance this year and a possible topic at the Indianapolis national convention. Hot Springs detective Jack Donohue was shot and killed by James Dougherty during an arrest. A Toledo man confessed to cathedral pillaging during the Mexican war, and a fire destroyed the Maxon block in Schenectady with $100,000 loss. Several road and barroom incidents across St Louis, Kansas City, Youngstown, and Erie left multiple injuries. River tragedy claims two teens in St Louis, while a Webber bank was dynamited for $1,500. United States Steel bond plans face questions amid Union and Sharon acquisitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers’ Journal
Indianapolis Jaw
Jack Donohue
Hot ‘Springs
Ark
James Dougherty
Warren J. Baker
Toledo
Ohio
Mexico City
St. Louis
Maxon
Union Station
Schenecttndy
People's Ice Company
Erie
Louis Burton
Louisville
Philippines
Frank Walker
Kansas City
Burton
Walker
Youngstown
Edward Kaden
Patrick Mulvihill
Kaden
Mulvihill
Mississippi
Olive Street
St Louis
Mary Galleano
Angie Cafferata
State Bank of
Webber
Kan
Frank Schmidt
Allentown
John Grigan
Schmidt
Olivedale
Bradford
Edward Burdick
John Ryan
Ryan
A. W. Williams
Hartford
St. Bartholomew's Church
New York
Edith Romeyn Gray
John Clinton Gray
New York Court of Appeals
Robert S. KR. Hitt
United States
Berlin
Hitt
North Adams
Mass
C. N. Beers
Clarksburg
Odd Fellows
Star Publishing Company
Post Office
Bauer's Insurance Agency
Company C
National Guard
Hoor
Thaddeus Green
Ombha
Chase & Santascandy Manufactory
St. Joseph
Sophia
Adelbert Lemon
H. A. Lemon
The
Christian Church
Lincoln
Neb
Bellaire
Boyd & Co
Enamel Brick and Tile Company
Stewart & Good
Wealth and crime mingle in sweeping early 1900s notices
Reports from across the nation detail William L. Elkins planning a $500,000 home for Masons' orphans in Philadelphia, Wells Fargo workers getting 5 to 10 percent raises, and a 10 percent wage advance for Pittsburg Steamship Co. crews in 1903. Other items cover a double homicide in Allentown, self defense killings in Bradford, a jewelry theft at Westminster Hotel, a deadly warehouse collapse injuring firemen, and a string of fires and legal cases in Oklahoma and Nebraska. A variety of arrests, deaths, and corporate moves fill the page, including an Omaha street railway incorporation and a massed farmers union formation in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Elkins
Philadelphia
New York Herald
Wells, Fargo & Co
A. B. Wolvin
Pittsburg Steamship Company
Fire at Yerkes Observatory destroys vital equipment
A fire at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay Wisconsin destroyed a valuable equatorial solar instrument. The incident injured four onlookers along Northwestern road near Rochester Minnesota. Authorities investigate cause as area records note the loss of a key scientific device.
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Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
Multiple Disasters and Crimes Reported Across States
A fire destroyed the Santa Fe hospital in Albuquerque and all patients were saved. A Nebraska ranchman is believed dead in a storm. A Toledo jail inmate died suddenly after a bigamy conviction. An Ohio murder suspect awaits electrocution. Robbers stole 3000 dollars from a Surprise bank safe. Gasoline explosion injured thirty at Hot Springs. A man was hanged in Missouri for murder. A blizzard disrupted rail traffic. A man found dead in Aberdeen. Ten killed in a freight wreck near Trinidad. A lynching occurred in Pittsburg, Kansas. A Cincinnati fire endangered residents. several hospitalizations. James Hill escaped a snow accident. A senator died in Chicago. A woman committed suicide in St. Louis after fear of paralysis. A Rio Grande boiler exploded near Buena Vista, California. Store owners shot each other in West Point, Arkansas. Hold-up at Hubbard, Nebraska. Two fathers, Russell brothers, seal oil deal worth 3.1765 million. Body of Boymanian found hanged. Tyee Alaska report ends.
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Santa Fe
Albuquerque
N. M
John Cotte
Kimball
Neb
Oscar
Lesher
Ohio Penitentiary
Toledo
Philip Nagel
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
William C. Wade
Surprise State Bank
Surprise
Turf Exchange
Hot Springs Ark
Mark Dunn
St Joseph
Alfred Fenton
de Smet
Ward
Aberdeen
S. D
Trinidad
Colo
Milton Hinkle
Erie Avenue
Mount Auburn
Cincinnati
United States
Dwight M. Sabine
Minnesota
Auditorium Annex
Chicago
Sabin
Illinois
Manlius
Mia Ella Sweetland
St. Louis
Rio Grande
Buena Vista
Cal
George Miller
Potter
Newby Miller
Mahan
West P’oint
Ark
Miller
Hubbard
William L. Russell
Lima
Charles B. Russell
la Porte
Ind
Joseph Faler
Forthcoming World News Briefs Reach Across Continents
Foreign dispatches report the Countess of Carnarvon losing jewels worth 25000 while traveling from Parla to London. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Rev Frederick Temple, has died. The Princess of Wales has given birth to a son, her fifth to the prince since 1893. Imperial Moroccan forces were defeated by rebels led by the throne’s pretender, with forty sultan soldiers decapitated for display at the rebel camp. The Hague tribunal arbitration for the Venezuelan dispute nears agreement, though details remain secret. Germany demands 340000 dollars from President Castro before arbitration, stalling settlement. The French Parliament debates alleged breaches of the Hague treaty by allies. A cholera outbreak is reported in Manila aboard the transport Thomas, with daily cases rising to thirty. Arm Burgens arrive aboard the Thomas, disease spreading in the south.
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Parla
London
Countess of
Carnarvon
Frederick Temple
Canterbury
All England
Princess of Wales
Morocco
Hague Tribunal For
Germany
Castro
Thomas
Manila
Arm Burgens
Flight of Saxony Crown Princess Louise Shocks Europe
Crown Princess Louise of Saxony fled Dresden for Geneva after a long quarrel with Archduke Leopold. She traveled with her brother Archduke Leopold Ferdinand and used the alias Fraulein Von Oben. Leopold renounced his rank, and reports claim his scandals and infidelities strained royal life.
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Wiesipand
Paine User
Beek
Europe
Saxony
Dresden
Louise
Salzburg
Francis Joseph
Duchy of
Frederick Augustus
Crown Prince of
Geneva
Switzerland
Fraulein von Oben
Archduke Leopold Ferdinand
Prof
Giron
Archduke Leopold
Imperial House
Colombo
Louise Antoinette Marie
Austria
Frederick Angnetus
George
Towmse
Rey
Quotations from Leaders on Society and Duty
A clipped selection of famous remarks from political and academic figures, including Charles Parkhurst Samuel Gompers and William II, reflecting views on hunger, strikes, hospitality, health, religion, governance, and virtue. The passages offer a snapshot of elite opinions on duty, national unity, education, and personal responsibility.
Market Review and Industrial Outlook for December
The Weekly Trace Review notes steady wholesale trade in New York with robust demand and improved goods quality across regions. It highlights fuel shortages delaying deliveries, a 10 percent freight-rate rise for iron and steel, and large unfilled orders at major producers. Chicago compares December money scarcity with prior years, predicting a shift toward expansion as the corn export drop fades and wheat remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Byven
Cis
B. G. Dun & Co
Cén
United States Steel Corporation
Ste
Grain and Livestock Prices Across U S Markets
Market quotes from Chicago to Buffalo list cattle and hog prices, sheep ranges, and grain values. No. 2 hard red wheat, corn, oats, rye, hay and butter prices appear with regional shipping grades and various city labels, reflecting early 20th century price reporting.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Dodd's Kidney Pills Widespread Praise in Iowa District
In Grand View Iowa Dec 29 residents express strong satisfaction with Dodd's Kidney Pills for kidney related complaints. Mrs Lydia Parker reports backache relief after starting the pills and says the stitch vanished once begun, with no return. Other locals report similar improvements and growing popularity.
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Iowa
Grand View
Lydia Parker
Dodd
Of Smalls Importance at House Wedding
A New York Daily News item describes Buzz around a new baby and christening in a household. Women crowd the minister for a christening date while a doctor draws attention, and a short man is noted as the father, with the butler reportedly being pushed aside.
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New York Daily News
Liquid Cream Balm Gains Popularity for Hay Fever
Ad copy notes catarrh and hay fever relief with Liquid Cream Balm in spray form. Sold for 75 cents with a spraying tube, available from Ely Brothers and via mail. Testimonials include George W McDuff and William Lamberton praising the product. Seneca quote cited.
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Ely Brothers
Warren Stréet
New Yor
ELY Bros
Wm. Lamberton
Delachaixe Street
New Orleans
Geo
W M'Duff
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Wepen
Rae
Thebrimfield
News
Sher
Union
Sharon Steel Companies
Omaha and Council
Benjamin Bombach
St. Louis Cooperage Company
Bis
Nathaniel Whipple
Colonel Whipple
San Francisco
George A. Graves
Oxden
Utah
Robert Patton
Gardner
C D Smith
Carrie de Mars
Union Depot
D Smith
Clyde
Day
Masonic Temple
Beatrice
Beatrice National Bank
Day's Drug Store
Joe Godley
Montgomery Godley
Pittsburg
Weir City
Hinkle
Godley Brothers
Joe
Gus
Jens
Ar Girard
J. A. Everitt
E.A. Hirschfield
Mark P Turner
PD McKinney
Hiram W. Miler
Sid Conger
J A. Everitt
Seldon R. Williams
Fort Worth
Texas
A. D. McKinney
Shelbyville
Northwestern
Rochester
Minneate Salisbury
Buffalo Ball
Long Branch
Edwin Dunlop
Terminal Railroad Association of
Edward Adams
Sedalia
Marshall
Mussouri Pacific
John Olivar
Madrid
Spain
Benjamin Neal Thornton
EH Thornton
Neal Loan and Banking Company
Atlanta
Jessie Benton Fremont
John C. Fremont
Los Angeles
Christian C Rank
Paradise
Carl Pitcdore
Francis Bitter
Frederick W Ruckatuhl
Delaware
Maywood
Hia
Duluth
Minn
Plydell
Harbor Front
Goerke Company
Paris Cloak and Suit Company
Ray Tailoring Company
Newark
N. J
Josephine Ma‘honey
Harry Jackson
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Madestic
Jackson
Tian
Western
Princess Louibe
Charles H Parkhurst
Manhoml
Samuel Gompers
William II
Germhian
Young
Eliot
Harvard University
England
America
Lord Charles Beresford
Taylor
Vassar
Emperor William of
W. Bourke Cochran
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton Univsity
Rob Burns
Mayor Low
Greater
James
Columbia
Alveraity
Walter A. Ore
Scribner's
Wever
Ted
Sue
Ppg
aSy Ols
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