Weekly News Highlights From Across The Nation
Reports from near Shawnee Kansas describe Mrs. Mary Wallace fatally wounded in a wagon raid over alleged corn theft. Clyde Moore, only 17, is sentenced to twenty years for murder in Kansas. Actor J B Polk dies in Baltimore of apoplexy after forty years on stage. Texas livestock losses rise with over 100 horses and cattle killed to stave off starvation. Hartford, Connecticut, suffers a deadly gas leak killing an entire family. Cleveland approves a 3 cent streetcar fare and plans new routes. Springfield, Ohio, sees a manager shot by a discharged employee. Nebraska’s Smith Diller and town’s namesake dies by suicide in crisis. U.S. policy says no Cuba troop withdrawal until transfer ceremony completes. A colonization effort in Cuba’s Pipes area seeks to settle tropical fruit growers from towns in Iowa and nearby states.
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Shawnee
Kan
Carl Fishner
Mary L. Wallace
Rich Hill
Custer County
Neb
Clyde Moore
C. L. Wiltberger
Winfield
J. B. Polk
Brevis Hotel
Baltimore
Polk
Chesapeake Brewing Company
Texas
San Antonio
Hartford
Conn
Anton C Chaves
Joseph
Mary Devida
John G. Sadler
Springfield Foundry Company
Todianapolis Frog and Switch Company
Springfield
Ohio
John W Whenney
Smith Diller
First National Bank of
Cuba
New Orleans
Pipes
Spint Lake
Fairfield
Iowango
James
Benzingfield
J. W. Cheek
Bryan
St. Clair County
Missouri
Council Grove
Kansas City
Avc
San Francisco
John Murray
Jefferson
London
Wild Cat
Rockbridge
Springfield Gas Company
Henry Schopper
California
New Mexico
Bernard Michel
St. Paul
Michel
Milton Gorton
Litchfield
Minn
Frank Addy
Frank H. Peavey
Minneapolis
James F. Beven
Eighth Artillery
Fort Canby
Wash
Pennsylvania Road
Tiffin
Keister
C. J. Chadwick
Warsaw Junction
Cleveland
Everett-Moore Syndicate
Forty-seventh Street
Chicago
Sacred Heart Institute
Duluth
OC Barber
Akron
Diamond Match Company
Inloledo
Rutherford B. Hayes
Adelaide Smith
Fremont
Hayes
William Kking
Para
Ind
Roberts
Camiden Point
Camden Point
Robert Ames
Fort Pierre
S 1
Frank Handley
White Clay Creek
Ames
Handley
Frank Bayes
Hamilton Street
Lucy
Bayes
Nottingham
Postmaster House
Eugene Hector
Max Grossman
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
L. W. Lacey
Palm Fruit Company
Wasco
Cal
John Valentine
Oakland
Ho Muinchell
Geological Society of America
Rochester
Leavenworth
Robert E. Lee
Samuel Garvin
Helena
Mont
Crow Reservation
Samuel Feitler
Sullivan
Great Northern
Jennings
Timothy Moore
James Hogue
A. T. Calhoun
Britt's
George Ashton
Cam Benningfield
Huachuca Mountains
Fire harms Curt 4 & Co plant in Chicago
Fire at Curt 4 & Co Cheago cotty makers caused a loss of 40,000 francs. Ho Cooper retires to focus on New York interests at Swe 1, Cooper & Co in Chicago. Henry Siegel and Stewart Fife incidents, Fife arrested in North Yakima for the murder of Savannah merchant Frank W. Richardson, year since Fife disappeared last June.
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Curt 4 & Co
Cheago
Cotty Makers
IY Ho Cooper
Swe 1
Cooper & Co
Chicago
New York
Henry Siegel
Stewart Fife
North Yakima
Wash
Frank W. Richardson
Savannah
Fife
Bronkhorstsprast
Pretoria
Treaf FE Stone Weegins
Marcours
Marconi
Alfonso
Viselva
Aveiro
Portugal
Alfonso Sod
Itadelph Virehow
Berlin
Margaret O Connor
John Amd
Melrose
Mass
Fort Hamilton
New York Bay
John Lee
Columbias
Frank Harvey
William Bussey
Matthew Dixon
McKinley Memorial funds lead in Canton fundraising drive
Governor Crane tops the Massachusetts subscription list for the McKinley memorial at Canton, Ohio. The slate includes Hartley Merrick elected grand alpha of Phi Kappa Sigma, Paul Blonet undergoes appendectomy in New York, and a Medina NY burglars’ heist exceeding 1500 dollars in silks.
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Gov. Crane
Massachusetts
Canton
Ohio
A. Hartley Merrick
Philadelphia
Paul Blonet
Jax O'Rell
New York
Parish & Stratton
Medina
N. Y
D. Raymond Noyes
Yale
Lenox
Mass
St. Paul
Minn
Pennsylvania Ailroad Company
Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America
Washington
Simon Newcomb
Charles Manning Freeman
Mary Ellen Wilkins
Metuchen
N. J
White House
Alice Moosevelt
Louis Bitzer
Ida Gullum
Miss Gullum
Bitter
Sacred Heart College
St. Joseph's Church
Cohoes
St. Ann's Convent
Mgr Jugas
St Joseph's Church
Louis Carmichael
Horace Greeley
Baltimore
Binghamton
Carmichael
S. Q
Venn-sylvonia
Johnstown
Messia, Shaw & Berry
Joseph Frackels & Sons
Eugene Hector shoots highwayman in Chicago
Eugene Hector, a Chicago newspaper man, killed a highwayman who held him up on a street. The incident prompted police to investigate, with no further details released at this time.
Multiple Kentucky tragedies and Tennessee fire reported
William Goddard died in Greenburg Kentucky from accidental shotgun discharge while hunting. George Stevens and Berry Hill, young Kentuckians, were mortally wounded in a pistol duel near Fulton. The Theater Vendome in Nashville burned, causing about 50,000 dollars in losses due to a live wire igniting drapery. Matthew Keith, Fletcher Mississippi postmaster, was notified of events.
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William Goddard
Greenburg
George Stevens
Berry Hill
Fulton
Nashville
Tenn
Matthew Keith
Fletcher, Miss
Foreign turmoil and naval buildup ripple worldwide
A patchwork of global tensions unfolds as Russia faced accusations over China and Mongolia, Germany delays forceful moves in Venezuela, and Scotland reels from church union unrest. Bombs strike Kiev palace. a French bark sinks Walla Walla with heavy loss. Naval bids surge as Britain eyes heavy warships amid broader crises. In Manila a cavalry lieutenant leads a raid on insurgents, burning their barracks.
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Russia
China
Manchuria
Mongolia
Pandia Ralli
Philippines
Mavitoc
P. L
Germany
Venezuela
Castro
Island of
Lewis
Hebrides
Union of the Free and United Churches of Scotland
Kiev
Constantine
Walla Walla
Cape Mendocino
M. Paul Lessar
Prince Ching
Wang Wen Shao
Clara
Hoi Hu
Hainan
Hanoi
Alderup
Clyde
Charles D. Rhodes
Sixth Cavalry
Manila
Rhodes
Notable Early 20th Century News Briefs From Washington and Cuba
Miss Alice Roosevelt to christen the German yacht at a January ceremony. Sybil Sanderson announces engagement to Comte De Fitz James. J P Morgan brokers a 50 million dollar Westinghouse GE alliance. Chicago and Boston furniture leaders promote a mutual protection league. White House New Year reception records 8100 handshakes with President Roosevelt. Cuba to establish government about March 1 with elections on February 24. Tomas Estrada Palma appears likely president amid divided Cuban support, with Masy Mild opposition abstaining in Havana and major cities.
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Alice Roosevelt
Germany
Sybil Sanderson
Comte de Fitz James
J. P. Morgan
Westinghouse
General Electric
J. Newton Nied
Chicago
C. Loring
Boston
United States
White House
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
Havana
Gdn
Bartolome Masy
Iron Bark Sinks Walla Walla After Collision off Cape Mendocino
In thick fog a French iron bark struck the passenger steamer Walla Walla causing her to sink in 35 minutes with about 41 dead. Captain Hall perished while aiding passengers. Of 142 aboard, 109 survived in scarce daylight as lifeboats and rafts were deployed amid a rough sea. Survivors reached Eureka and Trinidad as boats drifted, one being swamped with 13 drowning.
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Walla Walla
Cape Mendocino
Hall
Urreka
Big Lagoon
Trinidad
Port Watch
Anxty
Dispatch
Eureka
Brown
Chicago Stock Receipts Break Records Across Year
Chicago stock markets show year long totals of 3 009 700 cattle 183 600 calves 9 015 000 hogs 4 102 500 sheep and 110 000 horses on 303 000 cars. Increases exceed prior years with cattle shipments rising 100 100 head and sheep setting all time high. Receipts for cattle and sheep hit all time highs with eight year gains and record monthly, weekly, and daily levels.
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Chicago Five Stock Market
Aerogram Favors Rise of Short Word for Wireless Message
Officials seek a concise label for a wireless telegraph transmission. Aerogram wins favor as a coined term from the signal service, rivaling atmosphero gram etherogram and airogram. experts expect pronunciation to settle on air gram as usage grows.
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Signal Service
Navy Department
War Department
Greeley
Marconi
Telegraphic Brevities and Post Office News
Missouri postoffices discontinued Quarles mail to Clinton Shargboro mail to Blomery Alden O T post office established with Jennie Carpeten as postmistress William Waldorf Astor donates 50000 for civilian rifle clubs in Great Britain Baldwin Locomotive Works reports orders for about 700 locomotives to be built and delivered during
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Missouri
Quarles
Clinton
Shargboro
Blomery
Alden
O. T
Jennie Carpeten
William Waldorf Astor
Great Britain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Financial Bradstreet year 1901 tops five-year trade surge
Bradstreet's annual New York survey shows 1901 marked the peak five year expansion with record bank clearings and output jumps in coal ore iron steel leather and lumber. Rail earnings rose 12 percent and net returns 16 percent. cotton profits fell and export gains slowed though overall export margins remained large. Transportation activity was unprecedented and despite strikes stock fears and McKinley’s assassination, the year ended with optimism for 1902 and industrial peace if capital and labor align.
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Bradstreet
United States
South
New
Old England
McKinley
Chicago wholesale trade brims with cautious optimism at year end
Wholesale Chicago markets show unusual holiday activity with orders pouring in across departments where spring buying occurs. Quotations hint at a stable to improving market, and advance sales plus early delivery requests signal strong spring prospects. Wheat sits in a pool with big traders selling on bursts while foreign demand remains steady and sea board exports stay near 4 million bushels weekly.
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Chicago
Ines
Seaboard
Market Prices in Several Cities Across the Midwest and Northeast
A long list of commodity quotes from Chicago to Buffalo includes cattle shipping rates from $3.00 to $6.50, hogs $3.00 to $6.85, sheep up to $4.75, and grains such as No 2 red wheat at 85¢ to 95¢, corn No 2 at 112¢ to 63¢, oats 44¢ to 60¢, rye 6¢ to 6½¢, with dairy and eggs also cited. The report notes prices for Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, and New York, reflecting regional market conditions and varying grades. A closing tongue-in-cheek line jokes about office seekers digging the Isthmian Canal with shovels and picks.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
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Brimfield
Addison Pacey
Illinois
Annie Leary
Leo Xiiii
Church of Rome
Holy See
Morton
Keith
Union Square
Fourteenth Street
Lorain
Wheeling
Bridge St Crescent
W. Va
Orlando Lester
Montgomery Brothers
Oxford
Miss
David A. Nunn
Internal Revenue
Fifth District
Tennessee
Civil Service
Central of Georgia Railway
Macon
Werner, Moore & Co
Richmond
James River
J. M. Rhea
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Illinois Central
Leland
Shelby
South Pennsylvania Oil Company
Harry Rhoden
Doddridge County
Merrick Frick
del Ash
State Health Department
Dallas
I. T. Jones
Blunt
Mexico
Keithsville
W. J. Daniels
George Arnold
Western
Southern
Pacific Coast
Marconi's
Isthmian Canal
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