Embezzler Paulsen Convicted in Bank Failure and Related Deaths
William A. Paulsen, ex president of Central Trust and Savings Bank in Chicago, found guilty of embezzlement after the bank failed March 3, 1896, with a jury recommending a fine of 80 and penitentiary time. A fatal shooting occurred at Agricultural Park in San Jose during a Brewers Union picnic injuring and killing several. Additional reports cover trolley car crash near Ogden Avenue Chicago with 100 passengers, a fatal railroad crossing accident in Prescott Indiana, and various political and maritime arbitration updates among Canada, the United States, Britain, and Russia. The week also includes a poetry interlude and a long list of league standings and scores.
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William A. Paulsen
Central Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
Agricultural Park
San Jose
Cal
Joseph Cech
August Berger
Picdic
Brewers’ and Bottlers' Union
Fred Gergerot
Alvico
United States
Real Britain
Russia
North Pacific
Cicero and
Proviso Electric Railroad
Ogden Avenue
West Forty-eighth Street
Prescott Ind
Big Pen
Mary Wheeler
Tosie Zo Ble
Katie Sihat
Amo
Spring Woten
White City
Wheeler
Schat
Zluzhu Josh
Siepweral
Bethea
Gary
Henry
Sherwood
Conan
Viotlrtteen
Mats
Tibet
Dhuae Pollebieres
G. Woodward
Denver
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
West Street
Military Park
Indianapolis
Mohican
Drake
Mare Island
San Francisco
Olin Castle
Jessie Morrison
Eldorado
Kan
Morrson
United States Assay Office
Seattle
William Beatty
Coopersville
Ohio
Sourds
Beatty
Peru
Ind
Glencoe
Okla
Vast list of early 20th century crimes and disasters
A lengthy roundup reports murders, suicides, and civil unrest from across the United States and beyond. It notes shootings in Illinois and Texas, a freight train incident in St Joseph, a fatally violent quarrel over land in Indiana, mob violence in Texas, theft accusations against the Rockefellers, a schooner sinking near Lake Ontario, multiple weather impacts on corn belts, and political moves including Bryan and Stevenson nominations.
Eastern list of 1899 era unrest and incidents
Fifteen thousand ceatmakers in New York threaten strike for seventeen hours daily at nine dollars weekly. Paddlers strike in Moorhead's plate mill Sharpsburg Pennsylvania after twenty percent wage cut. Belligerent fires destroy Garland chain works Rankin Pennsylvania with one hundred thousand loss from chemical tank explosion. Crimes include ambush killing near Sherwood Texas and a Chicago Lackawanna area wreck by youths confessing.
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New York
Moorhead
Sharpsburg
National Telephone and Telegraph Company
Brenton
N. J
Garland Chain
Rankin
Henry Vote
Sherwood
Texas
Lackawanna Road
Oswego
Lounsberry
N. Y
Thomas F. Tieman
Pittsburg
Dwight Galloupe
Sixth Infantry
Newark
Francis Truth
United States
Boston
Harper & Bros
Charlotte Whiting
Augustus White
Barry O. Havemeyer, Jr
Theodore A. Tavemerey
Swanhurst
George L. Rives
Newport
Lillian Foye
Charles Foye
William
Rich
Paterson
Rabini
Sreretiy Otor
Boseton
Maine
Somervile
Mass
Baltanore and Ohio Railroad
Folsom Station
Philadelphia
Prerson
Epidemic and Fire Mark Turbulent Times in 1900s South
Reports describe a fearful epidemic in Columbia and nearby areas with many deaths and mob violence in Alabama. A Birmingham Cement Company plant burned with unclear arson. A wealthier Parksville man was killed by his brother in law amid a domestic dispute. A Georgia editor married in Savannah. Germany reportedly uses horse and dog meat due to high prices. A Monroeville drowning case and a Louisville train hold up are noted alongside a major Ecuador railroad contract worth 16 million for a 200 mile route from Guayaquil to Quito.
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Walnut
Walnut Bank
Faber Brothers
Fisher Hotel
Ennis
Merser’s
Joss
Omaha Bee
Supreme Court
Omaha Fire and Police Commission
Rosewater
Mike Conroy
Doyle
Mahoney
Cairo
Ilinvia Central Trai
Wickliffe
Eye
Conley
Katie Sheehan
Indianapolis
Washington Park
Chicago
Columbia
Loursana
Cresswell
Ala
John Jennings
L. Martin
Fle
Childersburg
Birmingham Cement Company
Eugene Owens
Parksvile
Walter Clem
Owens
Clem
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
Savannah
Ga. Torivw Annie Comer, Daughter of the Late Hingle M. Comer
Central Georgia Railway
Germany
Guenther
Frankfort
State Department
Moses O'Neal
Monroevile
Delle Jenkins
Lore
Monroeville
Illinois Central
New Orleans
J. P. McDonald
Knoxville
Tenn
Ecuador
Ecuador Association of Scotland
Jwi
Guayaquil
Quito
Andes Mountains
Foreign affairs and society notes in brief
The U S Italy treaty approval is reported amid social items. Lady Randolph Obwréehi] fixed to wed Lieut Cornwallis West on July 28. Allied troops, ten thousand strong, reportedly defeated by Chinese near WeeTeia with heavy losses. William Waldorf Astor’s concerns, tied to Prince and Pepe Ass of Wales, arise from a Pall Mal Gazette item. A watchman overheard two men plotting to...
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United States
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Randolph Obwréehi
Cornwallis West
Hinese
WeeTeia
William Waldorf
Prince
Pepeass
Wales
Milne
Pall
Mal Gacette
Martial law declared at Cape Nome and fleet news
Reports say martial law is in effect at Cape Nome as the Canadian cruiser Fiona runs aground near Codroy after a fog. The Regulus failed to tow, while a new St Lawrence bridge in Quebec promises a passage for the largest ships. A capsized schooner A. M. Bailey loses none of its crew.
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Cape Nome
Fiona
Codroy
Regulus
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
A. M. Bailey
Bay of Quinte
Kingston
Ont
South Bay
United States
Germany
Hay
J. M. Green
Trenton
XN. J
National Educational Association
Market Reports From Across Cities
A composite listing of regional market prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Prices for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more are shown for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and related outputs with No 2 grade figures and varying quality ranges.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Massacre Reports From Pekin and Tientsin Clash
Shock reports from Shanghai cite Chinese and Boxers attacking foreign legations in Pekin and Tientsin on July 7 1900. Dispatches describe foreigners killed and many buildings burned as international forces reportedly counterattack near the legations and arsenal.
Liscum and Davis killed at Tien-Tsin clash
Official dispatch confirms allied defeat near Tien-Tsin on the 13th. Col. Liscom of the Ninth Infantry and Capt. Davis of the Marine Corps were killed. Casualties include Americans over thirty and others wounded as 7 000 allied troops attacked the wall amid heavy Chinese fire. The battle drew comparisons to Santiago with fierce house-to-house fighting and large losses on both sides.
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Tien-tain
Navy Department
Remey
Tien-Tsin
Chefoo
Mative City
Liscom
Ninth Infantry
Davis
Marine Corps
Lemley
Butler
Leonard
Wilson H. Liscum
Admiral Seymour Faces Impossible Wounded Dilemma at Tien-Tsin
As Chinese forces closed in at Tien-Tsin, Admiral Seymour faced a brutal choice when his relief columns could not carry all the wounded. With casualties mounting and Chinese capture looming, he offered death by his own men to spare them torture. A firing squad executed the mercy for several wounded, easing the burden on the besieged force.
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Tien-Tsin
Admiral Seymour
Hhs
Seymour
Appeal of Missionaries Urges National Prayer Request
American missionaries in Shanghai appeal to U S newspapers to publish a call for especial prayers from every pulpit. They seek divine guidance for the Chinese government and speedy aid for Americans and native converts in extreme peril.
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Sucter
Ammericana Miasionaries
Shanghai
United States
Christian People
China
Russia reels over Pekin massacre death toll rises
Russia mourns and vows revenge after the slaughter in Pekin. M de Giers, the Pekin Russian envoy, his wife and many Russians are among the dead. Czar orders all Chinese dispatches reviewed. A mission head and family killed. 75 marines slain fighting as four days of action erupts. Bank officials and a secretary are murdered. beheading noted.
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M. de Giery
Pekin
Russia
Amon
Korsakoff
Amure
Twee Kons
M. de Giers
Husse-Chinese Bank
M Barbier
Fear of Anti Chinese Riots Prompts Government Action
Federal officials in Washington mobilize all resources to deter and suppress anti Chinese agitation and potential mob violence. A correspondent warns that massacres could jeopardize U.S. government claims for indemnity and strain relations with China, prompting swift, stern measures at any sign of trouble.
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Washington
United States
China
Pekin
Chinese Viceroys urged to shield foreigners in China
Reformers in San Francisco push for protection of foreigners amid turmoil in the Orient. The Chinese Empire Reform Association wires viceroys across provinces, urging restraint and efforts to stop the massacre of non-Chinese residents who lack safe escape routes.
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San Francisco
Chinese Empire Reform Association of
Orient
China
Dee to Attack on Taku in Pekin dispatch reported
A Tokyo meeting between the Chinese and Japanese foreign ministers relayed the first Pekin dispatch since the troubles began. It says the murders of foreigners, including a German minister, stem from the Taku affair and Admiral Seymour's expedition, and that China now seeks to shield foreigners in Pekin. India famine relief fund in New York totals 102570 dollars.
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Taku
Tokyo
Admiral Seymour
Pekin
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