Week's News Record of Derailed Train and Violent Incidents
A derailed passenger train No 5 near Minchie Missouri killed two laboring men. Nonunion tugmen clash in Cleveland injuring Michael McDonough. A Buffalo NC hold up leaves Austin Crowe dead. Detective Norm King convicted as accessory after the fact. Kosmos liner Alydos brings Sakkaran crew to Valparaiso after Sakkarah wreck. Clark Moyer, Burlington mail clerk, dies from a facial wound in Council Bluffs after an evening with friends. No suspects named for the Creston House assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
San Francisco
Minchie
Streetville
Cleveland
Michael McDonough
Tugmen's Protective Association
Austin Crowe
Buffalo
N. C
Crowe
Norm” King
Minneapolis
King
Harry Adams
John D. Hooper
Adams
Kosmos
Alydos
Hamburg
Valparaiso
Sakkaran
Clark Moyer
Burlington
Omaha
Chicago
Creston House
Council Bluffs
New British cable to link Britain with Canada and empire
The article notes a new all British cable planned to connect Great Britain with Canada Australia and New Zealand and become operational in early November. It describes related transport feats including a 125 mile Burlington track gauge change and crowds watching in rain. It also mentions various unrelated local items and accidents from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
George Sperhuz
Graham
George Bates
San Franciscs
Arvada
Colo
Burlington
Iowa
Wells College
Aurora
N Y
Senator Bailey
Texas
Beverdge
Senate
Joseph Trons
Baltimore
Hte
Rockwood
Fote
Boston
Cronje
Bord Roberts
Paardtbers
Orange Free State
King Edward
St. Helena
Carrie Nation
Alexander Dowie
Jin
Chicago
Notable 19th Century News Flash Highlights From Pittsburg to Boston
Reports include hangings of Charles Davis in Pittsburg and Henry Taylor in Borg, several notable crimes and accidents across New York Boston Springfield and Lake Er ie shipwrecks on George Dunbar, burglary at Hooversville and Woodside, a legal opinion in Boston boosting insurance firms assets, a child lawyer’s suicide in Hempstead, and the formation of The American Steel Woundites with major steel plants listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Davis
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Yale
Harvard
Crimson
Brooklyn Heights
Sixtieth Street
Gravesend Avenue
New York
George Dunbar
Chicago
Kelless Island
Lake Erie
Irene Bady Weber
Irene Perry
Boston
Harvey Bell
Bishop Bell
North Carolina
Springfield
Mass
Antone Mueller
Joseph Bencker
Chernegie Steel Company
Bearis
Fowest
Henry Taylor
Borg
Edward Sewall
Thomasrommell
Lebanon
Jacob Schmidt
Gus Asers
Holly Springs
Miss
Genevieve Sussdorff
Woodside
S. 1
Mutual Reserve
Provident Savings
Security Mutual
Insurance Department
James E. Pearson
Hempstead
L. L
Bruvalsa
Inbahog
Stecl Woundites
Jersy
Amd
Aneodan Steel Castines Company
New Jersey
Reliance Stayt Castines Company
tLimied
Pal
Leiguten & Howard Steel Company
St. Louis
Franklin Sterl Casting Company
Franklin, Ps
Sarsent Company
Chicago, IL
Amercian Steel Foundry Company
St. Lous, Mo
Fires, accidents, and political notes in a wild year
A sweeping montage of 1900s incidents: Garfield Colorado forest fire causing panic. Anthony Powers dies after a cherry tree fall in Marysville Ohio. Indiana Democrat David B Hall nomination talk. Storm north central Indiana fatalities and property damage. Jesse James body moved to a Missouri cemetery. Michigan GOP convention votes for Bhs over Stearns. train wrecks, suicides, and arson. Ohio Governor appoints new Lieutenant Governor. typhoid in Hot Springs. grasshoppers devastate Minnesota grain. Union Pacific shop layoffs and wage talks. drownings, prison sentences, and a Portland fire with heavy losses.
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Anthony Powers
Marysville
Ohio
Tastart
Indianapolis
David B. Hall
Indiana
Samuels
Jesse James
Kearney
Michigan
Deusor
Casarles W. Gale
Chicago
Sorm
St. Wendel
Texas
Bierre
Ricam
Westfield
Merchants’ Natural Bank
Helena
Mont
Gus Rain
Akron
Tom Sharkey
New York
National Sporting Club
London
Essine Sprones
Bob Fordst
St. Joseph
iNearney
Frank J. Kercher
Bert Melty
Toledo
Gov. Nash
Harry L. Gordon
Cincinnati
Carl L. Nippert
Supreme Court
John Berry
Hot Springs
Ark
Hill River
McIntosh
Minn
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Wyo
Omsha
Armstrong
Kaw
William Brown
Minden
Elk River
Lanagan
Brown
Joseph Stager
John Eagan
B. OQ. Sims
Audrain County
Hill
Jessie Morrison
Olin Caine
Eldorado
Kan
Portland
Ure
Wakefield- Morse Transfer Company
Pacers
Combro C
Anna J
Maymount
Duluth Quebec steamers plan and other heavy news
A. B. Wolvin of Duluth secured a contract with American Shipbuilding for ten 42 by 43 foot steamers for the Duluth to Quebec line to be built in Duluth Chicago and Cleveland. A $10,000 damage suit was filed in Springfield Ohio by Corporal Harry E. Ellis alleging brutal treatment on a transport from Alabama to San Francisco.
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A. B. Wolvin
Duluth
American Shipbuilding Company
Welland Canal
Quebec
Chicago
Cleveland
Springfield
Ohio
Harry E. Ellis
M. Fifteenth Cavalry
Ellis
Maj Waller
Alamla
San Francisco
Philippines
George Elwin
Pueblo Cola Cooks
Wa Rers’ Union
Joseph TE Sheppard
Jacob Denison
Canon
Riverside
Elwin
Patrik O'Donnell
James T. Brady
Wiliam J. Gallagher
Brentano
PH. O'Donnell
Brady
Cyrus S. Simon
Tate Traction Company
Fine! &I AO
Gallagher
Conuspiracy
Mercur
Salt Lake City
Utah
Golden Gate Innes
Minn. land case ends with Lampray land sale dispute
The Minnesota Supreme Court, in a long running case, ruled on the 1887 sale of 30,000 acres in 26 counties to Uri L. Lampray. Russell Sage contends the railroad land was not paid for, with taxes totaling $62,262.20. Sage seeks recovery of any paid taxes from Lampray. The case ties to bribery sentences for Irwin Gardner and related testimony from Norbeck about Mayor Ames.
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Supreme Court of Minnesota
Swift Connnty
Bo WK. Halserson
Supreme Court
Art
CL Norbeck
Minneapolis
Billy” Edwards
Norbeck
Start
Sage
Brantley Renominated for Congress in Georgia
Democratic convention of the Eleventh Georgia District renominates William G. Brantley for Congress. Fire in East Dallas destroys twenty residences across three blocks with several firemen injured. A tornado-like wind near Rosenberg Texas derails a Southern Pacific freight train injuring three or four. Miss May Ellis of Hazlehurst Mississippi, daughter of the Bank president, elopes with H B Allen of Cincinnati and they marry in Jackson. James Geary’s Roslyn Virginia saloon is wrecked by soldiers from Fort Myer in an apparently organized attack. A will of the late Charles Broadway Rouse of New York is filed in Waxahachie Texas. it disposes of property valued at about 4 million dollars.
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Dallas
Texas
Houston
Rosenberg
Southern Pacific
May Ellis
Hazlehurst
Bank of Hazlehurt
Charles Broadway Rouse
New York
Waxahachie
Roosevelt orders probe of anthracite trust defense at Harvard
President Roosevelt directs the attorney general to investigate alleged coal trust amid a Harvard speech defending Gen Wood Secretary Root and Gov Taft. Congress adjourns first session with appropriations exceeding 927 million dollars, a wartime scale. Trade Review cites improved conditions and rail earnings. Shaw eases return-from-Mexico goods rule to 100 dollar value. Railway leaders discuss pay and roles. Roanoke reaches Seattle from Nome as ships Portland and Jeanie reported lost. Rock Island names new passenger traffic chief while Northwestern appoints staff. Mexico U S extradition pact expands bribery as extraditable offense.
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Roosevelt
Harvard University
Gen Wood
Root
Taft
Dun & Cols Weekly Trade Review
Shaw
States
Mexico
Republic
John T. Wilson
Brotherhood of Hailway Trackmen
Pace
Roanoke
Weaver
Seattle
Nome
Portland
John Sebastian
Rock Island Railroad
Robert Mather
Senate and House Pass Canal Bill and Cuban Debate
Congress completed a conference report favoring the Isthmian Canal bill and approved the general deficiency bill with $500,000 for the Buffalo exposition and $160,000 for Charleston. The measure includes $45,000 for President McKinley’s last illness expenses. A Senate vote blocked the cotton payment bill. The House also passed the internal revenue amendments and the Philippine civil government measure. A brisk Senate clash over Cuban reciprocity followed Speaker Teller’s opposition, with Platt defending the Cuban relations committee. A territories admission provision and contested Missouri election case proceeded in the House, while Senate actions touched tobacco labeling and Pacific islands investigations. Additional items included pay and pensions issues, and the appropriation measures for Honolulu and Hawaii were debated. The session closed with a rear admiral pay provision and a survey of pension work, as the Dick bill reorganizing the militia advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Charleston, 8. C
McKinley
House
Internal Revenue
Teller
Committee On
Cuba
Platt
Connecticut
Committee On Territories
Horton Versng Butler
Missouri
Messrs. Smith
Iowa
Bertholdt
Mr. Bowie
Ala
Moon
Estes G. Rathbone
Aldrich
Mitchell
Bailey
Pesxas
Beveralge
Indiana
Texas
State Department
Scott
Oon
Diadse Pentiehl
Beveridge
Elkins
West Virginia
Matt
Hanna
Ohio
Lille
Schley
Gallinger
New Hampshires
Haffala Espositivn Aid Sio
Charleston
Washington
Wilson Ve Lassiter
Virginia
Lassiter
Dick Bil
Trade at East Is New York Amid Quiet Season
R G Dun weekly review notes continued prosperity with steady quotations and rising railway earnings. Reports from interior regions point to bountiful harvests, light raw materials, and strong steel demand despite strikes. Textile lines hold firm, leather dull, and rains mildly affecting crops in the Southwest. Wheat exports rise while domestic grain progresses, with 10 US and 19 Canada failures this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Far West
R. G. Dun & Co
Connellsville
China
New England
United States
Canada
Lida
Washington Notes Highlights on Adjournment and Commerce Plan
Leaders in both branches hope to adjourn July 3. Pension roll nears a million as the list grows. Cartis debuffs the United States contemplates a station on the coast of Liberia. A proposed new Department of Commerce and Industry may not be authorized this session, with a Chicagoan as a likely eventual head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Counsula
William FE
Cartis
Coust
Liberia
Department of Commerce and Industry
Chicago
Markets Report From Across The Nation And A Stolen Painting
A $15,000 painting was stolen on a vessel transporting from Havre, France to New York. Market quotes cover multiple cities, including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee New York Buffalo with cattle hogs sheep and grain prices, and range prices by grade and region.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Havre
France
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