Record of varied late week events in 1900s news
Newton B Lyddle shot dead in Bluefield by deputized suspect Russell Lilly. Charles Page Bryan to be minister to Portugal with David Hill and Francis Loomis eyed for Lisbon and Bern for Switzerland roles. Portland Hotel at Atlantic Highlands destroyed by fire causing about 50000 dollars loss. J H Williams and 23 horses die in Hughes Brothers plant fire in Dallas. Bank of Silverton president Robbin’s body found. suicide suspected. South Omaha Live Stock Exchange organized with 200 members to boost market dominance. New York City real estate assessments rise nearly 1.5 million. personal property taxes forecast to rise. city tax rate could be halved. Malleable castings deal collapses. FoRo Gary Max Pam partners exit US Steel linked. Weather bureau head Moore cites cost savings from frost warnings. Ohio governor candidate Myron T Herrick declared. Lucky Baldwin ill in San Francisco. Hetty Green sued over mistaken Cook County land taxes. Denver lodging house blaze kills one, injures several. Jack’s Theater suit in New York over alienated affections. Praxedes Sagneta, ex prime minister of Spain, dies at Madrid. Indianola postmistress resignations and unsafe conditions signal independent post office move. Grand Trunk collision near Merritton kills two, injures two. Shanghai taotai pays indemnity installment. Fort Sheridan soldiers protest food. several arrested. Dayton soldier Eberle commits suicide amid harassment. Burlington to Shelburne rail crash kills crews. Colorado Springs coach Bailey dies, suspected poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton B. Lyddle
Raleigh County
Bluefield
W. Va
Russell Lilly
Lilly
Charles Page Bryan
Chicago
Portugal
Switzerland
David Jayne Hill
Francis B. Loomis
Lisbon
State Department
Portland
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
J. H. Williams
Hughes Brothers’ Extract Company
Dallas
Texas
James H. Robbin
Bank of Silverton
Colo
Denver
Omaha
Neb
Live Stock Exchange
South Omaha
New York City
Bsa
Ti Ja
Fo Ro
Gary Max Pam
United States Steel Corporation
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Washington
Willis J. Moore
Weather Bureau
Florida
Col Myron T Herrick
Cleveland
Guvernor
Ohio
E. J. Baldwin
Lucky Baldwin
San Francisco
Hetty Green
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Cook County
Thirteenth and
Market Streets
Memmy Kennedy Cerna
Wal Jack’s
New York
Lend
Margaret Jackson
Snowflake
Senor Praxedes
Mateo Sagneta
Spain
Madrid
Minnic
Indianola
Birmingham
Miss
Minvir W Coax
Grand Trunk Railway
Merritton Tunnel
Shanghai
China
International Bankers Association
Fort Sherdan
Ill
Agrinst
Highwood
John S. Eberle
National Military Home
Dayton
Eberle
Burlington
Rutland
Butland
Shelburne
James WD. Bailey
George M. Kilborne
Colorado Springs
Burt G. Wilder
Cornell University
Paul Revere
Boston
John P. Reynolds, Jr
Amesbury
Mass
Standard Oil Company
Constable Hook
Frederick Smyth
New Hampshire
Northern Telegraph Company
Manchester
N. E. Anaptha
Pottsdale
Northern Central Railroad
Baltimore
Alexandra
Poland
Frydna
E. M. Miller
Ida Story
Cornellsville
Aleury Helsel
East Liverpool
Pennsylvania Road
Connellsville
Francis G. Beach
New Haven
Conn
Cornelius van Cott
Edna Ranny
Wills T. Gridley
Marie Josephine Rosberg
Brooklyn
Francis Roaberg
Coal Trust
Bath
Bath and Northampton Railroad
Letfayette Schall
Eddy Creek
Delaware and Rhudsen Company
Olyphant
Laha
George Wilson
Wilson
Warrenville
Superior Court
Marie Danenhauer
Philidelphia
Charles Danenhauer
Tyanenhauer
Orangutan Found Next To Man Says Cornell Professor
Prof Burt G Wilder of Cornell asserts the orang utan, not the gorilla, is closest to humans in evolutionary terms. The report catalogs a string of diverse events from the era including property fires, labor strikes, political notices, and notable deaths across several states and cities.
Many men killed and injured in distant clashes and disasters
A roundup of today’s items reports engineer Daniel Williams killed and fireman Frank Younger injured in a South Park Railroad wreck near Breckinridge Colorado, Orrin Worthen murdered in St Louis, Hanna declining Ohio race action, and Ohio Wesleyan'sbank offering reshaping funding. Also noted are a Michigan fire destroying the Battle Creek plant, strikes in Lima, ownership shifts in Carlsbad New Mexico, and various local incidents from gas explosions to hangings and floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Ohio
Methodist Twentieth Century Bank
Robert W. Tansill
Carlsbad
N. M
St. Louis Carriage Drivers
Battle Creek
Olin Castle
Jessie Morrison
Eldorado
Kan
California
Isaac MecCroud
Buena Vista
Florence Nagle
Madiwen Brown
White River
O’brien
Michael J. Sampson
Joliet
Frank Fowler
Chicago
Sampson
Edna Story
Continental Limited
Wabash
Montpelier
Logansport
Ind
New Waverly
Edward Hines Lumber Company
Ashland
Lake Superior
Edgern KR. Hogle
United States Express Company
Cleveland
Monte Cristo
Everett Wash
Peter Jackson
Unita
Wyoming
Guv
Durbin
John S. Dudley
Sullivan
James Dillard
Dudley
Belen Kurrly
Karrly
J. C. Lowe
Kansas Industrial School
Topeka
Lowe
Hamline University
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
James J. Hilland M G
J I. Norton
Winona
Hauwline
I. T. Sims
Bethel
Sims
Earl McKibbon
McKibbon
George Clare
William Hannah
Wage Rise for Flat Top Miners Sparks WV Labor Action
Twelve thousand miners in the Flat Top coal field West Virginia will receive a wage advance of ten to twenty percent. In Williamson James Adams was shot and killed by Ben Adams who also seriously wounded another man. A warehouse blaze in Wharton Texas destroyed a block of frame and brick business property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Top
West Virginia
Williamson
W. Va
James Adams
Ben Adams
Wharton
Texas
International and domestic brief mix of 1903 events
A London letters notice grants Bret Harte's estate administration valued at 1800 dollars. Germany projects two battleships and other craft for 1903. Famine in New Guinea leads to cannibalism. Costa Rican earthquake near Irazu. Bulgarians clash with Turks with casualties. Austria-Hungary's tariff union tightens trade with US and UK. A. S. Rowe faces embezzlement charges. Japan relinquishes Marcus Island claim. Methodist offering shows 20 million raised. Montreal freight collision kills conductor. Maybohe’s settlement with Lord Francis Hope. Cipher dispatch hints Castro abdication rumors. An elephant disrupts a train in Sidney. Marconi notes potential one-cent word wireless across the Atlantic. US wheat and corn stats released. Cuba political assassinations reported. Dun & Co. notes rising shipments. December rail earnings up. Agriculture chief Wilson touts cattle health. US seeks Pines coaling stations. Mazatlan reports Asiatic plague, grave regional alarm. 1902 fire losses in US and Canada cited at 149 million, with 2400 fires exceeding $1,000 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bret Harte
London
Germany
New Guinea
San Jose
Costa Rica
Thecano
Irazu
Drenovo
Monastir
Austria
Hungary
United States
Great Britain
A. S. Rowe
Bewick, Moreng & Co
Australia
Egypt
West Africa
China
Thomas Fitch
Washington
Marcus Island
Japan
Methodist
Octave Trembley
Grand Trunk Road
Montreal
New York
Atlanta Sa
Sidney
Marconi
Agricultural Department Bulletin
Congressman Corona
Cabang Libre
Senor Insula
Republica
Santiago
Cuba
Dun & Co
Wilson
Squiers
Havana
Isle of Pines
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mazatlan
Mexico
Canada
New York Journal of Commerce
Trade and speculation in ken yok holiday quieted market
Ken Yok notes holiday quiet except Christmas goods, many packing and shipping departments busy. Inventories interrupt some industrials while others close due to fuel. Orders remain strong, year 1903 expected busier. prices firm from domestic demand and rising exports. Transport limits hinder shipments to sea board. R G Don Co weekly review cites satisfactory finances, December rail earnings up, iron and steel steady, Chicago thriving, and railroads expanding equipment and mileage with large surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Don & Co
Connellsville
Chicago
Milwaukee
Atchison
Market Prices by City Cattle Hogs Sheep Wheat and More
A dense list of commodity quotes across cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and New York futures. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye barley pork and dairy with varying grades and ranges. Names of cities reflect regional market reports and daily price markings for multiple commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tims Othy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Doan's Kidney Pills Featured by Rev Van Doren
A Fond du Lac Presbyterian clergyman promotes Doan's Kidney Pills after serious back pain and kidney trouble. He cites personal suffering and claims the remedy relieved pain and balanced kidney secretions. Free trials offered, with 30 cent boxes widely sold through druggists, Foster Milburn Buffalo listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Jacob D. van Doren
Sixth Street
Fond du Lac
Wis
Doan
J‘hey
Jacob van Doren
United States
Foster-Milburne
Buffalo
N.Y
Primitive surf bathing on Long Island’s eastern shore
The article recalls primitive early surf bathing on Long Island's eastern end with farm wagons delivering bathers to the beach. Fisherman houses served as pavilions, and improvised life lines pulled from wheels kept bathers connected as they laughed and swam. It notes Gavin Douglas translating Virgil’s Aeneid as the first English rendering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
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Western
Honolulu
Oakland
Cal
Alony
Great Western Cereal Company
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Marion
W. A. Clark, Jr
Montana
Butte, Mont
Jessie Benton Fremont
Los Angeles
C. P Ceyne
Post Falls
Idaho
J. M. Strathern and
McCullis & Gibbs
Fort Smith
Ark
Phil Shenon
Salmon
Lexington
Butte
Walkerville
Mont
J. B. McMichael
United Presbyterian Church
Sugar Creek
Western Commercial Travelers Association
H. A. Kretschmar
Robert Berry
Norfolk, Va. Navy Yard
Kentucky
Stella Waters
Nashville
Tenn
Grace Upham
Columbus Iron and Steel Company
Montgomery
Harry Brown
Terrell’s Landing
Paducah
Cynthiana
Ray Hickman
May Lovell
Hickman
Miss Lovell
Chick Harris
Allie Edmonds
Washington, Ga
Miss Edmonds
Thomas Wommack
East Baton Houge Parish
Louisiana
Wommack
Chattanooga
Combine
Southern
England
United States of America
France
Europe
Virril
Gavin Douglas
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