Cholera in Cairo and varied 1900s dispatches
Reports detail 124 cholera cases in Cairo with fountains closed as the outbreak spreads rapidly. Other items note Omaha Indians’ critique of governance and land loss, a Kansas City school ruling against secret societies, weather bureau tech to predict storms, a week-long Texas rain causing floods, Texas Pacific rail delays and drownings, and St Paul station inspectors opposing kissing at gates due to delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pender
Neb
J. H. Slover
Kansas City
Manual Training High School
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Duluth
Father O. L. Gqdenbach
Cleveland
Texas
Snyder
Abilene
Ta Het
Union Passenger Statin
St. Paul
Minn
Fire destroys Bryant Lumber and Shingle plant in Seattle
Fire sweeps Bryant Lumber and Shingle Co plant in Seattle. Other items note insurgent forces in Flanti repelled by Gen Cohn with 2000 troops, Gen Miles names Col John B Babcock as chief of staff, fires in Washington treasury building, injunctions against West Virginia miners, Minnesota tax revalues, earthquakes across several states, politics over Pennsylvanian Senate seat, Roethschild suicide in Chicago, Trinidad water famine, a farmer’s fatal accident near Chilheathy ham, deaths of Adams and Chandler, livestock feeder invention, Kansas corn crop outlook, and a Mattoon man’s fatal bacterial infection from lawn injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant Lumber and Shingle Company
Seattle
Flanti
Cohn
Miles
John B. Babcock
Thomas Ward
Treasury Building
Washington
Jackson and Keller
West Virginia
Board of Equalization
St Tom County
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
California
Quay
Pennsvan
United States
Penrose
Richard Ro Quay
Roethschild
Trinidad
Colo
Sinks and sightings amid fog and finance in era upheaval
Reports span a sinking in Lake Huron with the Henry J. Johnson and the Fred Pabst, a proposed New York tunnel transit plan, a severed throat found at Fort Hamilton beach, and Mas Yohe settling a diamonds claim for $15,000. Also noted: Collier's owners eye a $10 million media deal, Santos-Dumont in New York, Morgan and Roosevelt economic cues, coal strikes, and political speeches marking a turbulent period of industry and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Johnson
Lake Huron
Wilsion
Fred Pabst
New York
Battery
Brooklyn
Fort Hamilton
XN. Y
Collier's Weekly
New York State
Santos-Dumont
Brighton Beach
Wall Street
J. P. Morgan
Europe
Long List of 1903 News Items Touching War, Health and Crime
Western reports the Brenn arrives in San Francisco from New Castle while Chicago battles a mosquito plague amid heavy rains. Obituary notes ex University of Wisconsin president Charles Adams dies in Redlands. Missouri intercity improvements cost reports appear. A trestle accident near McConnellsville, Ohio, claims two lives with several injured. St Louis prepares for the 1903 World's Fair dedication. Elevator boy Thomas Briggs dies from smoking. Ohio legislature summoned to fix city-government laws. Dayton rider Claude Michelon seeks two prizes riding a horse in fiftynine class. Chicago market prices rise on food items as meat and produce jump. Thirteen Chicag o firemen survive a 40 foot fall in a factory blaze. A Cleveland post office clerk J Frederick Lyman is killed at home. Jury bribery case in Chicago unsettles fines. Kansas cattle fever outbreaks kill hundreds near Dexter. Alderman Leinzer sues Joseph Hardreddy for 0 000 damages. Ravenna boiler explosion injures one and kills another. Chicago messenger strike ends with employer victory. Wichita telephonist Mattie Beal on wedding tour incurs $1600 land tax if married. St Laws jury convicts Harry Faulkner in boodle scandal. Chicago St Paul line box car collision at Etter ends report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McConnellsville
Ohio
St. Louis
Palace of Liberal Arts
Thomas Briggs
Denver
Nash
Supreme Court
Claude Michelon
Dayton
San Francisco
Chicare
Chicazoo
J. Frederick Lyman
Cleveland
Gallacier
Miller, Brown and Voorheim
Gmitr
Union Traction
Chocaze
Wempand
Kansas
Dexter
Alderman Leininzer
Chicago
Joseph Hanreddy
Ravenna
Pittsburg and Western
Chicago Messenger Boys
Peter Johnson
Mattie Helen Beal
Lawton
C. T
United States
St. Laws
Harry A. Faulkner
St. Fanl Road
Etter
Vast Wire News Roundup From 1900s Global Disasters And Crimes
A broad dispatch lists numerous tragic and violent events from multiple locales. Incidents include unexplained drownings in West Virginia and Alabama fires destroying four business houses. poisoning in Tennessee from tar taric acid tainted lemonade. a mother killing her child and herself in Depot, Kentucky. a man in Rome Ga choosing death in jail. and executions in Georgia. Also noted are political and military turmoil in the Philippines and Mindanao, a Manila court martial sanction, religious school closures in France, cholera spikes in Manila, annexation chatter among West Indian planters, and a Persian earthquake zone with heavy heat and ruined forts. The report closes with British Lords and a Turkish–Persian crisis thread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookside
Ala
Maryville
Tennessee
Ellen Turley
Depot
John B. McGehee
F. L. Miter
Rome
M. Terrebonne
Leuisian
New Orleans
Judge Jackson
Parkersburg
Jones
Wilson
Canadian Emigration and Land Rush Highlight British Debate
Burghclere pressed Lord Onslow about alleged 200000 American emigration to Canada this year, but the Under Secretary deemed the figure incorrect. He cited 1901 emigration at 17981 and current year at 24100, noting rapid Western Canadian land uptake by Americans, Englishmen, and others, foreseeing wheat market impact. In France, President Loubet signed decrees closing 26 congregationalist schools in Paris and Seine, with more decrees to follow, as Brest-area Catholics resist. Placards urged police resistance amid tensions over the closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burghclere
Lord Onslow
Colonial Office
Canada
Lord Burthclere
Loubet
France
M. Combes
Paris
Department of the Seine
Brest
Washington Cabinet Aide Speech Plan Reaches Roosevelt Campaign
Pay raise for mail carriers declared impossible by Postmaster General Payne. Cabinet members who can speak will join the Roosevelt campaign at the president's suggestion. Moody calls for more commissioned officers to man ships now in commission. Naval circles note a device in water to detect approaching warships. Mant arrives in New York to discuss developments under American rule in Porto Rico. Roosevelt approves court martial findings in Maj. Glenn and Lieut. Gauchol case. Root says US aid to replace friars with privates acceptable to natives. Navy seeks ships to watch rebellions in the Americas. Haiti Venezuela Colombia and Nicaragua report revolts. Manila reports seventy six army deaths between May and June 11, thirty two from Asiatic cholera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Moody
William B. Mant
Porto Rico
New York
Maj
Glenn
Lieut
Gauchol
Root
United States
Church
Navy Department
West Indies
Haiti
Venezuela
Colombia
Nicaragua
War Department
Manila
Diverse World News From Around the Globe
The report surveys wealth estimates among Hebrews in Amelia and Chicago, Cuban concerns over U.S. actions in Havana, naval postings, and officials resignations. It notes Chinese deportations, shipping tonnage, Philippine engagements, and political shifts in Newfoundland and Texas. Additional items cover Mexican cattlemen, packing industry losses, imperialist criticism, shipping line management, a Wells Fargo robbery in Mexico, Yaqui fighters, Havana commerce losses, New York firms in trouble, and a Quebec monastery fire with heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snti Imperialist Committee
Morgan Steamship Trust
London
White Star
Domn‘un
Leyland
American Lines
Weather crops show mixed gains and rain damage across states
The weekly crop summary notes corn gains but winter wheat interference from rains, oats harvest satisfactory, and hay spoilage due to storms. Excessive rains hit lower Missouri, upper Mississippi, and lake regions, delaying farm work in Ohio Valley and New England. Floods damage crops in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan. drought relief in the South but rains needed in the North. Spring wheat advances with some hail damage. oat harvest finishes in the South and progresses elsewhere. winds injure crops in Oregon and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Mississippi
Lake
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Iowa
Illinois
Michigan
Oklahoma
Carolinas
Rocky Mountain
North Pacific Coast
Dakotas
Minnesota
California
Oregon
Washington
Ohio
Where Custer fell at Shendan on Fourth of July shock
An account recalls a life like reenactment of Custers last stand at Shendan Wisconsin near the Little Big Horn battlefield. Fort McKenzie troops played Custers command while 1500 Crow and Cheyenne warriors acted as the attacking force amid vivid stage scalping and a nearby national cemetery marking the fallen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shendan
Wic
Little Big Horn
Custer
Fort McKenzie
National Cemetery
West Point
N.Y
Industrial outlook improves as trade prospects brighten
Settlement of labor frictions and farm gains lift the industrial mood. Mills and furnaces resume repairs. midyear dividends remain stable while speculation stays heavy. Pig iron prices hold, fuel scarcity and power shortages slow deliveries. new orders for structural material rise. rail needs remain large. crops improve with easing speculation and steady cotton outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. G. Dun & Co
Balaneet
Chicago and national market prices for cattle hogs and crops
The market sheet lists Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo New York and Buffalo price ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats and related commodities. A death notice reports Lewis Wilkins aged 30, 8'2" tall and 365 pounds, died in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Oatz
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Lewis Wilkins
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the Brimfield News
Addison Pacey
Lle
Brimfield
ILINO
Cairo
Egypt
W. Il
Pittsburg
St. Louis Oe
Boston
Philadelphia
Reston
Baltimore
Charles Seymour
Chilheathy
Ham
Katherine Graham
Loransport
Ind
Charles Kendall Adams
University of Wisconsin
Redlands
Cal
Bright
Tor Adams
Sveral
William R. Chandler
Moses Chandler
Bloomington
Topeka
Walter Kisner
Mattoon
Putnam Bradlee Strons
Mas Yohe
Ietter
Archie Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Secret Service
New Jersey National Guard
Sea Girt
Mary Baker
Mary Baker Eddy
New England Democratic League
Democratic Party
Hastings
Mian
Burns
Red Wing
Mary Robert Son
James Tsrsea
Zoun
James J. Jeffries
Faz Robert Fitzsimmons
Nenia
G. W. McElhinney
Guanajuato
Mexico
New York City
Union Station
Old Mexico
Indian Territory
Guthrie
Oklashoma City
Shawnee
South McAlester
Chandler
Chickasha
Durant
Ardmore
Emma Wacker
Lancaster
Western
New Castle
England
Charles K. Adams
Chicago Union Traction
Southern
Womelsdorf
W. Va
West River
Hong Neng
F. F. Green
Fifth Infantry
Presidente Philippine Jadrooes
Cavite Constabulary
Hokhog
Mindanao
Moray
Cardinal Ledochowski
Congregation of the Propaganda
Pius IX
Premier Combes
West Indian Islands
Home Rule Republican Party
Prince Cupid
Robert W. Wilcox
Bunder-Abbas
Persia
Ormuz
House of Lords
Lord
Payne
Jewish World of
Amelia
Havana
Bragg
Arthur Peterson
Frederick D. Grant
Philippines
Department of Texas
W. H. Horwood
Newfoundland
Joseph Little
Adjutant General
B. Duran
Cuba
General Commission
Oka
Quebec
Natca
Jesse Rule
Catlettsburg
Fred Burchett
Plumb
Senator Plumb
Carnegie Library
Empora
Kan
Fort Scott
Asphalt Trust
Odd Fellows Orphans
Checotah
I. T
E. A. Sweet
Las Vegas
N. SL
D. E. Cain
Salina Cruz
Pacific
Tehuantepec
Corm
Minneapolis
Wee Arey
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