Significant Global and Local Events Stirled by Reports
The report notes Liabilities of 2 300 000 in a Mexican business group led by Negrete and Sens of Wajara, a New Westminster gold discovery of 12 50 in coarse gold at Pitt Lake, and a Columbus Ohio electric traction line project to Lancaster. It also cites a North Amherst fire causing about 25 000 in losses and a string of accidents including two elevator fatalities in Cleveland and a dance-row shooting near Middlesboro Kentucky. A 100 000 bequest funds a Vineland Freethinking School, while a Philippines letter details Twenty-fourth Regiment casualties. Bradtree’s year-end holiday results show wheat and corn activity, with 213 U S business failures this week and 15 Canadian failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aner Wa Banking i Lartinez Negrete & Sens
Wajara
Mexico City
New Westminster
B. C
Pitt Lake
Columbus
Ohio
Winchester and Lancaster Traction Company
Lancaster
Hocking Valley
Toledo
North Amherst
Hea Plate
William Boardman
H. Gourdman
John Brown
Methodist Church
Gotlieb Stacker
Stillwater
O. T
Roger Mills County
Kansas
Cleveland
Sydney Hamm
London
Ont
Ralph Spellman
Frank Davis
Buck Chadwell
Estepp Morgan
Richard Davis
Walnut Hill
Middlesboro
Morgan
Vick Davis
Chadwell
New Jersey Traimme School
Vineland
Thomas H. Winter
Maxham
Philippines
West Superior
Wis Fe
Harry W. Newton
Fey
Bradstreet’s
Argentina
United States
R.S. Hickey
J. O. Naylor
American Marbles Company
Steuberville
Denver
Washington
Great Northern Railway
Austen T. Drew
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Forest Park
St. Louis
Mr Drew
Louis Lombardo
Jose de Puarla
Brooklyn
Lombardo
Arthur Albertsen
Samuel Albertsen
Chicnago
John So Ratledge
Glenville
Texas
Cotton Belt Crossing
Texarkana
Ed Catterson
Cubberly
Julius Barnes & Co
Laporte
Ind
Williant PE Smythe
Masonic Grand Lodge
State of
Indiana
Mgr Smythe
Masonic Temple
Indianapolis
M. Smythe
Abraham Johnston
Marrietta
Oity
West Virginia
Ao Vigante Negra
Cleo Seltz
Miner Oat McPherson
Kan
Shoow
Sheriff Seltz
Scott
Seltz
Notable Miscellany of Public Figures and Tragedies
A roundup of events touches Della Fox marriage to John Levy, Rockefeller donations for a New York school, Lenox farmer Michael Maloney’s death at 107, Philadelphia rider Henry Wilbur’s fatal fall, and a New Hampshire arrest for conspiracy in a divorce case. It includes a drowning of John Kelly and Willie Hull in Norwalk, a con artist posing as a cardinal bishop, Roosevelt balking at a Texas arrest requisition, the Rubber Company’s incorporation in Trenton, a Pittsburg wife-for-sale case, boxer Frank Barr’s death after a match, trolley crash casualties in Brooklyn, court actions in Philadelphia against iron furnaces, a wild locomotive incident at Woodbridge, a New Haven foreman’s death by oak vat explosion, a Lehigh Coal fire, and the Bridgeport jewelers’ murder-suicide cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Maloney
Lenox Township
Henry L. Wilbur
Philadelphia
Carne S. Huntoon
Goncord
N H
John Kelly
Willie Hull
Union Mills
Norwalk
Conn
Goffray
Washington
Antonio Abhiticha
Frank Barr
Kelly
Athletic Club
Broadway Ferry
Brooklyn
McPherson
United States District Court
John N M Shimer
Willam P Baird
Sebastian Joes
Quinnipine
New Haven
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Sumo Hill
Gustave Wolf
Bevis
Bridgeport, On
Isaac Brush Wolf
Diverse misfortunes and crimes span the nation in scattered reports
A broad bleed of incidents across states tells of fatal crashes in Lima and St Louis, shootings in Chicago and Brooklyn, church fires in St Joseph, robberies in Laporte and Texarkana, assaults, arsons, and disappearances. Authorities probe after mail irregularities in St Joseph and a federal gift to Oberlin College.
scattered 1919 era incident notes from national press
A collage of short items reports mob violence in Missouri and Kentucky, a six year old shoots a sister in Nevada Missouri, a smallpox exposure at a soldiers home, a train wreck near Henderson Kentucky, a man commits suicide near Grand Forks, a French forger paroled in Michigan, railway workers killed near Montana, a Buena Vista North Carolina shooting, and a dynamite blast at Bak camp with casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Griaend Forks
Botha
de France
Jackson
Mich
Kalamazoo County
Kalamazoo
Pingree
Great Northern Railway
Curbank
Mont
Buena Vista
Jean
Deaths and Feuds Across Texas and Alabama News Briefs
Reports detail A H Pierce of Pierce Texas death and "Shanghai" Pierce fame. Mansfield City Marshal R E Morrison and feud killings in Kentucky and Alabama. The Tutwiler Coal Company sale and a Decatur iron furnace purchase. Carl Kentucky shooting feud aftermath. Wheeling West Virginia tragedy as Woodruff causes death. Louisvi ll incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
A. H Pierce
Pierce
Texas
Shanghai” Pierce
R. E Morrison
Mansfield
QC. P
R. A House
Tutwiler Coal, Coke and Iron Company
Birmingham
Ala
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Decatur Iron Furnace
Decatur
Carl, Ky
Robert Morris
Marion Henderson
Morris
Wheeling
W. Va
Samuel Woodruff
Jane Woodruff
National maritime congress proposed to restore US merchant fleet
The Georgia governor calls a national maritime congress to convene in Brunswick. The nonpolitical meeting will discuss methods to revive the US merchant marine and restore its former prestige among all stockholders and interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter of Brennan & Co
Southwestern Agricultural Works
National Maritime Congress
Georgia
Brunswick Jaw. SC
Union
United States
Record of 1899 News Dredge Disaster and Global Turmoil
A late 19th century summary reports: twelve drowned when a Japanese government dredge sank. Liberia’s president Eh resigns with Gibson as successor. War Minister Andree accuses French nationalists of betraying army secrets. Lord Curzon notes 25 000 bubonic plague deaths in Mysore since 1898. Roumania rejects a Russian loan over sovereignty fears. Duke of Manchester’s debts paid by presumed Zimmerman relative. martial law in Bennu Fort West and Carnarvon Cape Colony. 1 500 reformists massacred in Pechili with 27 leaders beheaded. Boers trapped after pursuit by yeomanry from Britstown. China indemnity disputes reach 200 million dollars as natives claim higher. French and Chinese forces clash near Pekin with 2 500 Chinese troops. large East London fire at East Indian docks destroys five sheds and hemp bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Curzon
Mysore
Roumania
Duke of Manchester
England
Zimmerman
Iyereh
Bennufort-West
Carnarvon
Cape Colony
Reform
China
Pechili
Britstown
Chochan
Pekin
Vpao-Ting- Fu
Kuan-Hsien
London
East Indian
Will of Andree Opens in Missing Explorer Case
A list of diverse items appears: KK B Ballwin buys the Esquimaux for arctic exploration. a successful telephoning test over the Key West Havana cable. Yaqui attack on Mexican troops with multiple casualties. a fire in Toronto kills a son and injures a wife. North River Lumber and Pulp Company plans pulp mills in Cape Breton and Victoria County. Calgary endures its most destructive fire. several railroads to consolidate. Sault canals 1900 trade figures with American canal handling 92 percent of trade and Canadian canal handling remaining tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Andree
KK B Ballwin
Esquimaux
Key West
Havana
Sonora
Mexico
Robert Litheo
Queen Street
Toronto
Henry
North River Lumber and Pulp Company
North River
St Ammes
Cape Breton
Victoria County
Calgary
Clarence
Eau Claire
New Norman
Toledo, St Louis and Western
Clover Leaf
Missouri Pacific
Lima Northern
Oho Southern
Market Reports United States Grain and Livestock Prices
Regional price listings for cattle hogs and sheep across cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with figures for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes. Prices vary by grade and quality showing shipping, common, fair to prime, and No 2 categories with several cent ranges per item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
China Faces 200 Million Indemnity Demand Post Boxer Uprising
A joint Pekin note signed by foreign ministers outlines severe terms for China including a $200 million indemnity, punishments for officials, legation fortifications and sweeping reforms. The document aims to deter further uprisings and enforce foreign influence, with potential Hague arbitration if an agreement cannot be reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Pekin
Legations
Lurid World War Echoes and Political Snags Reported
A scattered collage of global and domestic notes outlines rising tensions in the Boer conflict and British maneuvering in Dee while warning that even victory may hinge on public sentiment. Mentions of Jessie Morgan, Napoleon III, and a controversial ship subsidy bill hint at wider wartime strains and political peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
Li-Hung-Chang
Jessie Morrigan
Castellano
George Gould
Gen. Mercier
England
Napoleon III
Germany
Washington
Mr Ayers Defies Death with Dodd's Kidney Pills
A. E. Ayers of Minneapolis who suffered Bright's Disease and Diabetes in 1900 beyond four doctors' prognosis credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring his life. He recounts consuming about forty boxes, endorses the remedy, and urges others to use genuine pills, noting imitators. He now resides at Soldiers and Sailors' Home in Bath Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
A. E. Ayers
Bright
Bath
Ayers
Soldiers and Sailors
Sirs
Dodd
Bel Bright
Soldiers and Sailors’ Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
Blisher
Illinois
Della Fox
John Levy
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Pennsylvania Railroad
Woodbritie, Noo
Lulu Marsh
Stahway
Western
Lima
Freeman Reed
Eufaula
Kansas City
South Africa
University of Chicago
Timothy Bahnsen
South Dakota
Francis Lawler
A A Meader
Mabel
Great Falls
Jacob Werten
John Werter
Hot Springs
Holy Springs
Arn
Blakeslee
Charles Cannon
Warne Crawl
Montpelier
Dexter
John Martin
Janes Lingo
Martin
Lingo
Grace Howard
Joseph Mésnard
Chamberlain
D. Post Office
St Joseph
Miler
Hts
Lawrence
Los Angeles
Cal
John W Tinsley
Anna P. Tinsley
Providence Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Joseph
J. L. Leonard
Barrows
Lodi
Taylor Inn
Oberlin College
A. B. Taylor
St Louis
S. Minn
Red Mountain
Mary Kennedy
Monroe Street
Roman
ED Green
Sacramento
John A
Bill Feeny
Claire Station
Peeny
Jake
St Perry
Joe Currey
Creighton
Currey
Louisvig
Prn Cag Lintt
W. Dr. Eh
Liberia
G. W. Gibson
Russia
Siberia
Great Britain
Hongkong
Ndia
Japan
France
Cochin China
Italy
Tisheos
Austria
Charles Denby
Conger
Hague Court of Arbitration
Hague Tribunal
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Netherlands
Portugal
Andrews
Supreme Court
William Waldorf Astor
Astor
Grace Robinson
Montana
MR. Ayers
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo, N
Carter
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