Fires destroy dormitory and deadly incidents reported
A four story dormitory at Roger Williams University for African Americans burned in Nashville causing about 4000 in losses. Separate reports cite Edwin Steppens who killed his wife and three children before killing himself, with two of the children dying. Other notes mention Michigan strawberry shipments, a major Yukon fire in White Horse, Illinois murder mystery resolved by self-inflicted gunshot, a canal project financed by Pittsburg capital, and a dangerous nitroglycerin case in Uniontown. The roundup closes with National League baseball standings led by New York and tied teams at midseason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Williams University
Nashville
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Edwin Steppens
Ross Valley
Cal
Steppenus
Yukon
White Horse
Savanna
Ill
Daniel 8
Berry
Rothwell Pulford
Lavanna
Ohio River
Lake Erie Ship Canal
Pittsburg
Rio Grande River
Albuquerque
Thomas H Hudson
Conveliaville
Latu Engle
Uniontown
L. W
New York
Cincinnati
St Louis
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Notable Deaths and Disasters Across The Nation
Charles Henry Webb dies at 71 in New York. Jerome Arizona cave-in at copper mine endangers surface. Bank failures hit Chicago and Boston brokers with debts over 1.7 million dollars. Caucasus unrest flares with Muslim Armenian strife as mobs seize villages. Governor Herneck renominated by Republicans in Ohio. Collision of two trolley cars near Westport, Maryland kills William Strembler and injures 35. Mia Tip Sanders drowns with three children near Sulphur Springs Texas amid domestic troubles. Prince Nakachidza, Baku governor, killed by bomb. investigator wounded. La Follette denounces lobbyists in Madison. Knights of Pythias to hold national encampment in New Orleans. Roosevelt rebuffs New Orleans machine. Skipwith named port appraiser. Two Italians duel with knives in a New York tenement over a woman. likely both die.
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Mia Tip Sanders
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Prince Nakachidza
Baku
Caucasian
Siedhe
Supreme Assembly
Knights of Pythias
Indianapolis
Uniformed Bank
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Skipwith
Roosevelt Street
New York
Slaughter House
Stolen Diamonds Reported, Major City News Clips
Eastern notes report theft of diamonds valued at 90000 from Tiffany Co. in New York. Philadelphia mayor dismisses two cabinet members amid gas grab disputes. Actor Neil Burgess declared bankrupt in Trenton NJ district court. Coney Island appoints a censor of freaks denying several exhibition permits. Several tragic or noteworthy events include a son killing his father in Bellport, a writer Mary Livermore dies in Melrose, and Latin Senator McComas to judgeship in DC appellate court. Rockefeller Jr plans withdrawal from Standard Oil ties amid tainted money concerns. Pennsylvania Railroad awards a 22000 ton steel contract for New York Pennsylvanian terminal. Boy struck by ball during Brooklyn game. a Pittsburg boy drowns in a pool. Mormon church buys land in South Royniton VI to build a shrine on Joseph Smith birthplace. A Miss Miller jumps from a Washington DC window after an explosion starts a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffany & Co
New York
Weaver
Phiadelphia
Neil Burgess
United States District Court
Trenton
N. J
Coney Island
Joseph Connell
John T. Connell
Bellport
Mary A. Livermore
Melrose
Mass
Mary Ashton Livermore
Boston
L. E. McComas
Maryland
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Martin FB. Morris
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Oll
Standard Oil
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
American Bridge Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Brooklyn
N. Y
James
Joseph Schoefski
Webster Avenue
Pittsburg
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
South Royniton
Joseph Smith
Miss
Carnegie Gift for Wellesley Library With Matching Fund
Andrew Carnegie pledges 125000 for a new Wellesley College library, conditional on the college raising an equal amount. Other items note: a Savanna Illinois murder at an office door, two asphyxiated men in a Minneapolis lodging house, Taft urging tax or tariff changes, Bryan on world tours, paralytic illness of Edward Nash, a murder verdict in St Paul, a Roswell tragedy, and various court and church news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Wellesley College
D. & Berry
Savanna
Ill
Mr. Berry
Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis
Frank Green
Fox
Taft
William Ivell
Marion Ivell
Niles Hotel
William McKinley
Monument Hall
Canton
Ohio
Justice Walliam Ro Day
Wil.zm J. Bryan
Edward W Nash
American Smelting and Refining Company
Herman Kountze
Qmaba
Kansas City to Whiting Ind Across a Freight Corridor
A long report of scattered 1909 era notices details a Denver nitroglycerin blast killing M B Walley a union miner formerly from Cripple Creek with fragments found nearby. Other items note Dr G B Koch third trial date, Goldfield Bank failure with assets and liabilities, H V Jones crop report, Canton State Bank closure, a St Louis hay warehouse fire and injuries, Pullman license fee dispute in Kansas, a parole release for a Ohio corn theft case, and Ohio electric line reorganizations viewed by bondholders in Columbus.
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Kansas City
Whiting
Ind
Bayonne
N. J
M. B. Walley
Denver
Walley
Cripple Creek
Judge Cray
District Court
Mankato
Minn
G. B. Koch
J. A Gebhardt
New Ulm
Dr. Koch
Goldfield Bank and Trust Company
Goldfield
H. V. Jones
Minnesota
Southwest
Canton State Bank
Canton
Ohio
W. L. Davis
Eschier
Corwin B. Bachtel
Geo. T. Caruthers
St. Louis
Michael Ratican
J. P. Scarritt
Chief Swingley
Kansas Charter Board
Pullman Company
Stanton Randles
Coshocton County
Appleyard Electric
Columbus
London
Springfield
Dayton
Urbana
Grove City
Southwestern
Central Market
Boston
William Hunt
Notable World Figures and Conflicts Reported
Judge Albion W Tourgee dies in Bordeaux. House of Commons adjourned after disorder. In European Turkey near Basilika three Greek fighters killed and one wounded in battle. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge meets Victor Emmanuel in Rome for talks on American affairs. Indian plague toll nears three quarters of a million with 687,175 dead by April 20. Maui’s Lahaina mainly white population confined. Japanese laborers strike violently after plantation mill attack. one Japanese killed, two wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion W Tourgee
Bordeaux
France
House of Commons
Balfour
Basilika
Sardnica
Turkey
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
India
Brodrick
Lahapina
Maui
Hawaii
Court House
Roosevelt Plans Book On Colorado Hunts And Immigration Policy
President Roosevelt drafting a Colorado hunting book while outlining immigration controls for Congress. The Alaska Copper Co mines confirmation, Presbyterian church consolidation moves, and railroad reform ahead of tariff plans form part of a broad agenda for the upcoming special session. A head tax proposal of 25 dollars is floated to curb arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Colorado
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Bonanza
Alaska Copper Company
Toronto
Congress
General Assembly of
The
Presbyterian Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Church Union In Presbyterian General Assembly Vote
The Presbyterian general assembly at Winona Lake Ind voted without a dissenting vote to union with the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Details will be completed in a year as a co operation and union committee, expanded to 21 members, works with Cumberland officials to preserve all legal powers of the separate churches. A vast religious fervor is anticipated nationwide per Dr J Wilbur Chapman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Williams
FP. S Keller
John
St Paui
Minn
Lewis
M. W Murray
Roswell
Lincoln
Presbyterian General Assembly
Winona Lake
Ind
Nassau
Wesley G Parker
Arkansas National Bank of
Ohio Supreme Court
Darke County
Hostetter
State of
Ohio
Supreme Court
Cumberland
Presbyterian General ‘Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterian ‘Church
Cumberland Church
United Church
United States
J. Wilbur Chapman
General Assembly of
The
Presbyterian Church
Denver
Pacific Coast
Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly
Fresno
Cal
Dra. Templeton
Wigginton
Judge Beard
American Baptist Publication Society
St. Louis
Smoot
United States Senate
Congress
Evangelical Conference
Nashville
Ill
I. H. Dinkmeyer
Alhambra
Orphans’ Home Board
World's Conference of
Seventh-Day Adventists
Washington
General Synod of the Reformed Church
Allentown
Anti-Saloon League
Indianapolis
United Brethren Conference
Topeka
Committee On
Bishop Matthews
Central
Bishop Mills
Bishop Weekly
Bishop Carter
Bishop Bell
Roosevelt Tackles Immigration Invasion Threat
A Washington byline reports President Roosevelt plans to take up immigration with Congress and the nation. He warns of a wave of undesirable European immigrants, predicting between 900000 and 1000000 steerage passengers arriving in the United States in the next year, potentially swelling the population beyond that of several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
Europe
United States
Union
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Prominent Lawyer Berry Shot in Savanna Office
Former Illinois State Senator Daniel S Berry, a noted Savanna figure, was shot at his office door in the Opera House block. Three bullets were fired, one entering the head, another striking an arm, and a third lodged in the door casing. A coroner led a secret session naming two suspects connected to local scandal and rivalries. A Vienna fire caused a large celluloid explosion injuring 35 to 40 people including firefighters and bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Berry
Daniel 8
Illinois
Savanna
Assasgin
Opera House
Carroll County
Bavaria
Spray Method for Apple Orchards Gains Noted Success
The article describes a long practiced spray method used by Western orchardists. Dry sand and standard chemicals are applied to wet foliage with air jets, yielding apples markedly free of fungus and defects. The author notes this method may excel in dry seasons and drier states, though proof on wash-off is lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
New York
Dodd's Kidney Pills Cured Rheumatism in Two Days
Piney Flats Tennessee May 29 Dodd’s Kidney Pills cured D H Hilton of rheumatism after two years of pain. He walked again within two days and claims lasting relief. He urges other sufferers to try the pills asserting they restore kidney health by eliminating uric acid from the blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piney Flats
Tenn
Hilton
Dodd
Mr.Hilton
Care of Newly Set Trees in Summer
Farmers and planters are urged to avoid forcing strong growth in newly planted trees during the first summer to help them endure winter. Moisture conservation is vital, especially on clay soils. Delay surface drying by loosening topsoil after rains and applying a hay or straw mulch several inches deep around the tree for two to three feet of extension.
Baking Powder Ingredients Guide From Old Times
Worth Remembering explains three baking powder types Mineral-Acid or Alum Bone-Acid or Phosphate and Cream of Tartar from grapes. It notes costs and health aspects with mineral powders at 10 to 25 cents per pound phosphate at 20 to 30 cents and Cream of Tartar at 40 to 50 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Patent Office
Now Madam Refuses Photographer Plea For Pleasant Portrait
A photo session ends with the woman resisting flirtatious remarks as she insists she came for pictures. She speaks firmly about irritation and insists no blooming flirtation occurred. The exchange reveals a tense moment during a portrait attempt.
Trade and labor strain weigh on rail and farm markets
The article notes intensified labor disputes in Chicago hurting distribution and freight, while rail earnings stay near prior gains. Farmers tilling the soil see grain marketing falter and weaker demand, as adverse weather clouds trade sentiment. Dun's reviews US and Canada failures rise, and wholesale activity slows in crude iron markets. Wheat and corn exports show wide year over year shifts with July baselines divergent across 1902 to 1905 eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Algo
Ayere
Dun
New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Mixed US grain and livestock prices across cities
The market report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Toledo and New York with bids and ranges for wheat corn oats rye and barley. It also includes butter eggs potatoes and clover seed prices and notes on jail prisoner reports from Blair County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. LL. Chicago
St Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia
New York Detroit
Boston
L. W.W. L. Paul
Milwaukee
OS Columbus
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Louisville
Indianapolis
Toledo
Wil. L. Sioux
St Joseph
Theos Moines
Peenver
Omaha
Colo Springs
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
New York
Crete
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Brimfield News
CCC
Addison Pacey
BR Maield
Illino
Around the
Michigan
Ernest Dunham
St. Joseph
Charles Henry Webb
Senator Clarke
Jerome
Ariz
Io Mucago
Losa
Burnett Cummings & Co Boston
Caucasus
Hernek
Oho
William Strembler
Westport
Baltimore
Western
Preston McImaine
Evansville
Standard Oil Company
Sugar Creek
Otttskirta
Church Union
Vienna
Sindr
Blair County
Erol Udaysbirg
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