Week's News Record of Burglary, Riots and Disasters
A busy week reports a safe blown in Hardin County at Nountze Texas with money stolen and a gun battle near Silsbee. Carrie Nation gains clemency from Gov. Hertine for saloon fixtures smashing. A grade crossing crash near Sugar Grove Pa maims families while a large land claim dispute looms in Mercer County Ohio. East bound train wreck near Otis Iowa injures ten, including Capt. Cook of San Francisco. A daylight robbery on Chicago streets nets 2.6 million in checks and money orders. Teamsters strike sparks riots in Chicago with many injuries and hundreds of arrests. A young woman Emma Ross dies in a fire near Keptville. Fire damages Buffalo stores and surrounding blocks. National League standings and a wave of other accidents, deaths, and political upheavals fill the page.
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Carrie Nation
Shawnee County
Kaw
Stanley Hertine
Sugar Grove
Jamestown
Indiana
Ohio
Mercer County
Godfrey
Miami
Grant Counties
Otis
Iowa
Cook
San Francisco
Sigmund Majawski
Will Street
Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago
Macobs
Teamsters
Headhum
Elemuts Agunogi
Combate
Louis Schnell
Charles L. Geraghty
St. Louis
Arbor Day
Tiffin
Albert Brewer
Luther C. Hershey
Hershey
Brewer
STOW
Emil Roxsman
Sophia Batal
Philip Sugulovitz
Broadway
Cleveland
Snogolovitz
Ois
Fouantain
Cole
Wigwam
Butte’s
Columbias, Lima and Milwaukee Railroad
John D. Rockefeller
Donnely
Tama
Olne
B.C Pauret
S. George I Essauer
Chicagre
Fusion
South
Imaba
Neh
Willam McFetridge
Kansas
Robinsoy
Ferguson
Rock Islands
Avora
Jacob Graham
St. Joseph
Robert C Hanter
Graham
Hunter
Twegter
Eastern turmoil and many curious disasters in 1900 era
A compilation of incidents from Altoona strike news to accidents and crimes across major cities. The bulletin lists a Pennsylvania freight car strike, Miss Alice Hay injury in Washington, bankruptcy filing by Edward Pritchett, a Rockaway Beach fire causing widespread losses, and various deaths, arsons, and legal actions involving numerous individuals and places.
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Pennsylvania
Altoona
Alice Hay
John Hay
Washington
Edward C Pritchett
Baltimore
Rockaway Beach
L. A
Walter Bolger
Paul S. Bolger
New York
Frankn
Multiple Disparate Historic Events Reported Across States
The Fayette Mississippi fire causes extensive loss while Perry Beckwith is hanged in Columbus for Malinda Williams’ murder. Miss Dells Wilcox shoots herself in Murray Kentucky amid a troubled romance. A Manchester Virginia locomotive explosion injures one and kills. An earthquake rattles Chattanooga Tennessee. An epidemic of law classes hits Skene victims in Goliad Texas with five dead. President Wagener ends electric lights as Exposition ends in South Carolina and West Indian. Traveling Auditor H W Oliver distributes $68 000 in railroading salary grants in Knoxville amid McHarg sale of the railroad to Louisville and Nashville.
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Fayette
Misa
Perry Beckwith
Columbus
Miss
Malinda Williams
Dells Wilcox
T. H. Wilcox
Murray
Manchester
Chattanooga
Tenn
I Skene
Goliad
Texas
Wagener
H. W. Oliver
Atlanta
Knoxville
Hail Way
Hi. K. McHarg
McMarg
Loutside
Nashville
Global turmoil and notable political resignations spark global notices
Reports from Paris, Pretoria, London, and St. Petersburg describe dies and resignations. Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant dies in Paris. Boer surrender terms signed at Pretoria. Lord Kitchener announcements provoke joy in London. Norway restricts foreign labor import for Canadian ports. Far East outbreaks and famine cause widespread misery in Co Li China and Korea. Haitian provisional government forms with Reisrond Canal as president and M Jeremie, M Colin, and Gen Nord among ministers.
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Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant
Paris
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
London
Canada
Norway
St. Petersburg
Secret Service
Tsarskoe-Selo
Corea
Wyeha
M. Waldeck Rowseeau
France
Hayt
Reisrond Canal
M. Jeremie
M Colin
M. L.alane
Gen. Nord
Mo Cesarion
M. Denners
Mount Redoubt Eruption and Global Turmoil Report
Mount Redoubt in Alaska erupts with dense smoke and fires sending ash toward Kenai. Reports mention record US immigration levels tied to prosperity, a Liberty voyage plan for vaudeville on ocean liners, and a Constantinople dispute over two Armenians arrested in Smyrna. Lord Pauncefote received a national funeral. Capt. K G Martens of the Kenford suspended for cruelty and neglect after army inquiry.
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Mount Redoubt
Alaska
Kenai
Smitty
United States
George Kennan
Mount Velee Crater
Martinique
Volcaro
St. Paul
Constantinople
Turkey
Amercan
Smyrna
Keirut
Lord Pauncefote
Washington
Great Britain
Cook Inlet
Kensi Peninsula
K. G. Martens
United States Army
Kenford
Maj. A. Deval
Transport Service
Congress Debates Philippine Bill and Silver Coinage
The Senate and House grapple with the Philippine bill and land issues while debating subsidary silver coinage and river improvements. Key remarks touch on immigration law, the Shattuc bill, and conferees named to handle army and public building measures as sessions span midweek to weekend.
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Senate
Watterson
House
Hoar
United States
Congress
Oakwoods Cemetery
Chicago
Messrs. Jalzell
Cannon
Richardson
Tenn
Western railroads show earnings gain despite strikes
Dun & Co weekly review notes railways seek rails and equipment while fuel shortages loom. Wheat and corn market activity edges lower with abundant acreage in corn. Western rail traffic remains strong as earnings climb near 10 percent and homeseekers show solid purchasing power amid steady retail selling.
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New York
Dun & Co
United States
Washington Notes and Roosevelt Arlington Address
Congress likely to stay in session until late July. Senate passes omnibus public buildings bill totaling $21,235,150. President Roosevelt speaks at Arlington unveiling a Spanish‑American War monument. German Emperor weighs sending Crown Prince to attend. Bartholdt (Mo) proposes $50,000 statue of Baron Steuben in recognition of friendship. District Court Justice Barnard upholds Post Office Department mail rate exclusions in mus case.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
Arlington
America
Bartholdt
Baron Steuben
Steuben
United States
Justice Barnard
District+Supreme Court
Chicago
Col Lege
Postmaster General
Post Office Department
Markets Across Cities Report Grain and Livestock Prices
A Philadelphia resident recently contracted to build 222 houses at an estimated cost of about $750,000. The report lists varied market prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee New York Buffalo and Philadelphia with ranges for commodities and local deals.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Philadelphia
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Cheagg
Hawthorne Race Track
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First National Bank of
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Mont
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Lead
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