Week of Violent Incidents and Local Disasters
A tumult of fatal events unfolds from crimes to wrecks across several states. A lynching in Virginia, a streetcar collision in Cincinnati, a freight train wreck near Wilcox Florida, and a stabbing in Chicago are among the grim totals. A Birmingham tornado devastates the region with mass casualties and property loss. A Kansas City livestock deal forms a new seven figure venture backed by Henry W. Scott, while a Florida skeleton case ties to James Tod’s disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neegro
Halifax County
Virginia
Dejarnette
Baltimore and Ohio
Wilcox
Fla
Montgomery and Mobile
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
W. J. Fleming
George F. van Pelt Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Birmingham
Alan Baltimore Thomas Conlon
Worcenter
Mass
Serment
Kansas City
Henry W. Scott
Wall Street
New York
Panhandle City
Texas
James Tod
David Tess
Ohie
Daytona
Spruce Creek
Florida
Tord
Tod
Warren
Youngstown
Ohio
Hundred and Fifty Recruits Desert Training Ship Dixie
Norfolk reports 150 recruits deserting the training ship Dixie. Other items include Carnegie alleged to donate $3,000,000 to a major city, possibly Philadelphia. a Clinton Me man murders his three children. Frederick Md elevator fire destroys 40,000 bushels of wheat and corn with $55,000 loss. mills in Fall River suspend production. a court martial death sentence commuted to life. bankruptcy filings by Strauss Satler & Co. and Pittsburg Lumber with $100,000 debts. Mutual Life Insurance sold to New York-Eloi syndicate over $4,000,000. Lizzie Naramore murders six children. John W Gates plans a $2,000,000 New York hotel. Scranton stores damaged by fire and smoke with $75,000 loss. Peter Greenhalgh in Venango Pa wins $7 fortune. Jacob Blystone and L S Sherred appointed administrator with a valuable old safe containing $4,250 in gold and notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Norfolk
Carnegie
Philadelphia
Jacob Dearborn
Clinton
Mountain City Milling Company
Frederick
Chase, Robeson
Merchants
American Linen
Metacomet
L. D. Strauss
L. L. Satler
Strauss, Satler & Co
Pittsburg Lumber Company
United States District Court
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Elmira
N. Y
New York
Eloi
Lizzie Naramore
Frank Naramore
Babcock
Cold Brook Springs
Mass
John W. Gates
United States Steel Corporation
Williams & McAnusty
Scranton
Scranton Supply and Machinery Company
Globe Warehouse Company
Peter Greenhalgh
Venango
Jacob Blystone
Ced
Anl L. S
Chise
Springfield
Ohio
Cincinnati
Ek Williamson & Co
Randolph Street
Chicago
H. Carpenter
Hamilton
Florida
Leesburg
Frg
Thomas Lane
Hugh Sides
Sidey
Atchison, Kan
Lane
Madison
Kan
Dwight A. Forbes
National Investment Company of Cincinnati
Forbes
Frank L. Stevens
Plankinton, S. D., Bank
William Casey
Charles Casey
John Casey
M. D. Casey
Cottonwood River
Cashion
I. T. B. W. Snow
Board of Trade
Russia
America
England
Evanston
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Supener Court of
Indianapolis
Lillian Bonnifield
James C. Wheat
Kokomo
Ind
William Stamm
Isaac Marlowe
Miles Anid
Duston
Lramel Protzman
Minnesota House Passes Prohibition Bill Amid Turmoil
In a 2 to 30 vote the Minnesota House approved a Senate bill prohibiting cigarette manufacture or sale. President Kinley appointed Frederck E. Coyoe postmaster of Chicago. Charles A. Gordon’s term was shortened. A series of burglaries, fires, accidents, and political moves fill the day from Lowell to Chicago, Indianapolis, and Denver, including bank break-ins, a fatal bridge collapse near Cashion, and a rash of shipping and oil discoveries nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
House
Tories
Senate
Kinley
Frederck E. Coyoe
Chienzo
Charles A. Gordon
First National Bank
Lowell
Ohio
Burgery
Waterford
Thomas Jo Ruansey
Saterhas Mo
Jospeh Mo
Mae Comstock
Benton Harbor
Michio
Chicagse
Jackson Park
Robert Bissantz
Wienita
Kaa
Mortonaville
Nan
Zerehiah Wallace
Lew Wallace
Mr. J of Sregaer
United States Visit Planned by Krager in April
Krager to visit the United States in April while a Turkish warship is dispatched to quell a rebellion in Sams Island. A centennial celebration marks Victor Hugo’s birth to be held in Paris. Jewelry theft at Dr Nathan E Brill’s New York residence totals about $12,000. Other reports note bank venture Codumina No fenal, fire and wreckage events, and casualties from burglaries and accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krager
United States
Turkey
Sams Islaind
Victor Hago
Paris
NE. Brill
New York
Strate Bank of
Taber
Cruchsmen
Sen
Len Gorden
Oil finds, hangings, fires and a mob in a chaotic year
The report lists West Virginia oil discovery at Milton and a 30 barrel well, Lamar Quintero’s Philippines Supreme Court appointment decline due to illness, a Kentucky river drowning of a 7 year old girl named Cora, the death of ossified man W T Sapp in Albuquerque, a West Nashville lumber yard fire of 140000 dollars loss, Jody Bell mobbed and hanged at Terry Mississippi with arrest of Charles Hollingsworth, and a Dallas confession by H C Henderson linked to the Cudahy kidnaping case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Milton
W. Va
Lamar C. Quintero
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Philippines
C. al Lagan
Cora
Kentucky River
Jackson
W. T Sapp
Lebanon
Albuquerque
Sapp
John B. Ransom & Co
Nashville
Tenn
Terry
Jody Bell
Charles Hollingsworth
Dallas
Texas
Johnson
H. C. Henderson
Summers
Cudahy
Multiple global events dominate chaotic 1900s dispatch
A collage of reports notes kidnaping suspect arrests, student deaths and injuries in St Petersburg clashes with Cossacks, Vatican dustups involving Cardinal Oreglia, and UK Russia tension over Tien Tsin. Steamship Tay collision sinks crew casualties. Italian flood toll rises. Austria Hungary honors Theodore Kundt with a rare Franz Josef order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Kazan
Pope Leo
Cardinal Oreglia
Joseph Chamberan
House of Commons
Gen. Botha
Chemnitz
German- Australian Steamship Company
Tay
Franz Josef
Austria-Hungary
Theodore Kundt
Cleveland
United States
Cuba Revenue Changes and New Proposals Stir Talks
Gov Gen Wood names Carlos Holos treasurer of Cuba and appoints a commission to revise Cuba revenue laws. Canada to gain an eighth self governing province Alberta with Calgary as capital. Navy reports mixed signals from Penacola and Smyrna market woes. port news notes heavy storms and fishing season prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Carlos Holos
Cuba
Porto Hiev
Amercan
Mexico
Farquhar
North Atlantic Squadron
Navy Department
Pensacola
Aisachusetts
United States
Hudies
Coburg
Ontario
Smyrna
Great Northwest
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Pustotiice Department
Senorzara Meron
Washington
Wilde
Brussels
Lewis
Bond
Montreal
Market Reports from Multiple Cities Cattle Hogs and Grains
Wholesale price ranges across cities for cattle hogs sheep and grains. Entries include Ghienge Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more with No 2 wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and pork merchandise quoted in cents per unit and per bushel. Prices vary by region and grade with notable figures such as New York cattle 3.75 to 5.50 and hogs 3.00 to 6.40, Detroit wheat 7.5 to 11.0 cents, and Milwaukee pork 15.10 per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bashel
Inshanapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ste
Detroit
New York
Birmingham Tornado Wrecks City Killing Dozens
A fierce cyclone devastated Birmingham Alabama sending police ambulances surgeons and crews to the storm district. Dozens are dead and many injured as homes businesses and public buildings including a schoolhouse courthouse and church are destroyed. Suburbs including Irondale Pratt City and North Birmingham suffered severe damage with hundreds of cabins blown away and property losses mounting. The storm also damaged the Chattanooga Rome and Southern Railroad line near Lynnville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Isas
Cain
Irondale
Pratt City
Court House
First Methodist Church
Chattanooga
Rome and Southern
Lynnville
Rome
Avenues T and J
Tenth
International tensions and Russian Japanese frictions noted
The Tientsin incident spurred brief冲 tensions as Britain and Russia pressed claims but diplomatic talks cooled the crisis with withdrawals. In Russia serious student riots in St. Petersburg and Moscow signaled unrest amid calls for liberty while France debates on associations. Japan foresees a future showdown in Manchuria as Russia resists retreat. A tea company buys 6000 acres in Colleton County to grow tea for export.
Western Canada lands offer new settlement in Saskatchewan Valley
A letter urges settlers to consider government offered lands in Saskatchewan Valley and Assiniboia. It describes rich soil, high yields of wheat and oats, ample rainfall, mild winters, and easy access to rail lines, markets, schools, and churches. It notes low prices, homesteading options, and reports from settlers praising early profits and debt repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Railway
Prucersation
Canaida
Saskatchewan Valley
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Iowa
Speltz Richest Feed Featured in Salter Seed Catalog
Speltz, Bismarck Hog Food Pea and Billion Dollar Grass are highlighted in John A Salter Seed Co catalog from La Crosse Wisconsin. The entry praises Speltz as a productive hay and grain food and urges farmers to obtain Salzer's catalog. The piece notes historical Russia leather money from Peter the Great era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A Salter Seed Company
la Crosse
Wis
Bismarck
Victoria
Salzer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brimfield News
Eee
Addison Pacey
Brimfield
LINO
Western
Crain Traction
Sida
Kaowell
Oho
Heang
Dear Wasterford
Marietta
Comecatell
Carthmgs
Riveraide
Delhi Avenue
Beatrice
Neb
Robert Klose
Vorys of
Obie
Catanet Do Health
Manhattan Oil
Ompany
Lima
Ole
Standard Ol Company
Swarts
Red Rock
O. T
Albert Bateman
TO Tasman & Co
West Seventh Street
Canemmnati
California Cured Fruit Association
Gov. van Sant
H. P. Hall
St. Paul
O. L. Kinney
Duluth
John Norton
Nicollet County
Buffalo
J. S. Fort, Johnson & Co
Indiana Avenue
16Th Street
Air Line
Eshelby
Stews
James Gaff
Stephen Walder
J. M. Glenn
HH. Po Gaebel
Bettinger
Cine Nan Commercial Tribune
Burangton and
Missouri Road
Johnn and
Graf
Johnsen
Envy Durbin
Indiana
Strate Asain
Memphis
Oberlin
Memphes
Ciyose
Napoleon Pill
John E. Tipton
Switchmen
Unen
Union
Frank Trout
Magneta Springs
Hugh Noe
Newport
Teon
Noe
Nathan E. Brill
West 76Th Street
FF. Corning
Canba
Honduras
West Park
Tee Palace
52D
Jefferson Streets
Southera
Deel
Aurora
Diana
Green's Pond
St Johns
Nfo
Guadaloupe
Cathuahua
RS. Tinnin of
San Antonw
S S. Hulmes
Exposed Treasure Gold Mining Company of
Nce
Market Reports
Cyclone Works Od
Ala
Lee, Isa
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Shandha
Thentsin
Moscow
Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazar
Sta. Petersburg
Count Tolstoi
France
Chamber of Deputies
Japan
Manchuria
Corea
Tokio
Colleton County
S. C
Aannerstryce
Western Canada
Great Saskatchewan Valley
Atsinibeia
Peter the Great
Carter
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