Martyr William Miller and a Patchwork of Old News
The Brimfield News reports William Miller jailed in Omaha for refusing to testify in a highway robbery case, and recounts a menagerie of incidents from across the nation including arson in Cheyenne, bank robberies in Chicago, a student ambush of a Chicago bookseller, seal catches by Canadian fleets, mob justice in Virginia, stagecoach gunplay near Valentine, Neb, church address campaigns, andNebraska university disappearances. The roundup covers accidents, legal suits, strikes, and various crimes with brief notes on other public events and notable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Miller
Omaha
Neb
Hulzman
Miller
Paul Flemrey
Cheyenne
Wyo
Flemrey
James Dunlap
Northampton
Chicago
John Faber
Olumbin
Faber
Imperia
Walter Cotton
Newo
Cotton
W. Punt
Valentine
Rosebud
Hunt
Albert Frazer
Cincinnati
United States
John Henry Barrows
Oberlin
William Croswell Doane
Albany
Washington Gladden
Columbus
Nebraska University
Lincoln
Reuben Sampson
Sampson
Bradstreet
New York
Europe
Ctop
Central West
Multiple incidents cross the nation from labor unrest to disasters
Union miners seized Booneville Indiana and held non union workers. the St Louis Steel Barge Co files for 110000 in capital. Wisconsin’s George N Wiswell named sergeant at arms for the Republican convention. Three Chingmen die in San Francisco of bubonic plague. Henry Elsroth home in Marion Indiana wrecked by a gas explosion injuring four. In Coeur d Alene Idaho two soldiers Hayes and Hayden shot in a saloon fight. Immigration agent Reindeer Ewekman of St Paul files bankruptcy with 51620.58 liabilities. A toddler in Lima Ohio fatally injured by a neighbor’s dog. Hercules powder works at Lamotte Missouri explosion kills two. Flint Wagon Works in Flint Michigan burned, losses exceed 200000, insured 120000. five hundred workers displaced. Hartington Nebraska jury finds editor J C Harris not guilty by self defense. Wellesley College President Hazard announces Rockefeller gift of 100000 after debt raise. debt around 60000. An armed robbery at Seattle bank nets 1000 with two escapees. Capt Stone and twenty six men of City of Florence wrecked after striking a reef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booneville
Ind
St. Louis Steel Barge Company
George N. Wiswell
Wisconsin
San Francisco
Henry Elsroth
Marion
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Pheiffer
Hayes
Hayden
Reindeer E. Wekman
St. Paul
Minn
Lima
Ohio
Noah Brennan
Hercules Powder Works
Lamotte
Edmund Carter
Peter Buck
Flint
Mich
Hartington, Neb
J. C. Harris
Belden News
John Blinkiron
Caroline Hazard
Wellesley College
John D. Rockefeller
Wellesley
First National Bank of
Seattle
Stone
Florence
Major incidents unfold from fires to mob violence across states
Fire damages Glenwood Inn in Repova with $30,000 loss. Train wreck near Ozark injures passengers while a Sinois Central slide delays service. Fatal shootings occur at Marrowbone Creek Kentucky and Pleasant County West Virginia amid marital disputes. A mob assault in Mari etta Georgia targets a Black man, and a double shooting follows a feud over a woman in St Marys West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Inn
West Virginia
Repova
Sinois Central
Jackson
Miss
Marrowbone Creek
John Langley
Moses Sopher
Langley
Sopher
Johnson
Parkinson
Moundsville
W. Va
Sheldon
Jesus
Ozark
Ala
Marietta
John Baileys
Court House Square
Joseph Noland
Pleasant County
James Hile
St. Mary's
Wile
Noland
Royal and World News Amid Turmoil and Tech Feats
Reports from Calcutta to Constantinople highlight bold claims and political shifts. The Prince of Wales is slated for reinstatement as grand master of English Freemasons, while the Swiss Federal Council refuses mediation between Boers and Britain. The Sultan yields on railway concessions, famine deepens in India with 4.81 million relief workers, and inventor NM Moereadier touts a multi dispatch wire system tested between Paris and Pau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apemander
Tor Es
Indias
Calcutta
Federal Council of
Switzerland
England
Prince of Wales
Freemasons
Bulgaria
Roumania
Adis
Asia Minor
Thdia
NM. Moereadier
Various World War and Political Updates Noted
Reports cover Dr. MacGiffert’s withdrawal from the Presbyterian Church Union Theological Seminary denial of Dewey European travel plans war building bids at Egmont Key Cuba’s Pan American Exposition 1901 participation approval Texas anti trust ruling in Waters-Pierce case gold mining prospects in Alaska and Ontario Manila census 150000 residents and a US proposal process for an electric tramway and utilities at Wandoostock Siberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGiffert
Union_‘Iheological Seminary
Dewey
Europe
War Department
Egmont Key
Tampa Bay
Éria
Cuba
San Juan
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Seine River
Ontario
Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Alaska
Nome
Dawson
St. St. Medicine
E. H. Nagle
Nome City
Manila
Sanitary Corps
Washington
Con
State Department
Richard T. Greener
United States
Wlndivostock
Siberia
Market Reports Show Wide Commodity Ranges Across Cities
Chicago to Indianapolis and beyond list cattle hogs sheep and grain prices. Wheat No 2 readings range from 65 to 78 cents, corn from 37 to 86 cents, oats 16 to 29 cents. butter eggs and potatoes also note varying values across regional markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louia
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
North Northern
Cage
Ory
Senate Debates Tariff Bills and Porto Rico Policy
The Senate and House discuss the tariff bill and postal rates while debating the Porto Rico question. Amendments, committee reports, and conference actions shape the currency and war department charters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Mit
United
States
S Poraker
Billy
Ieee
Loz
Columbia
Pacaday
Dilys
Beinator Scott
West’ Virginia
Morgan
Porto
Rico
House
Sulzér
New
York
Department
Great Britain
Corbin
Mittee
Loud
As-Smithk
Mich
Messrs. Little
Ark
Bell
Colo
Henry
Miss
Cape Nome
Alaska
Secretary of War
Turner
McPherson
Rep
Iowa
Lentz
Dem
Ohio
Bramwell
Griggs
Burke
Texas
Bingham
Heatvale
Minn
Latimer
D.C
Bill
Moon
Tenn
Vandiver
Snodgrass
Post Office
Northwestern
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Senaté
Porto Rico
Oliver
Morton
Diana
Alabama
James. Drake
Athe
Orient
Washington
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the Brimfield News
Addison Pacey
Grimfield
Illinois
Lawrenceville Academy
Princeton
N. J
John Borden
Houston County
John T. Martin
Easton
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
William Glover
Tom McCain
Hopkinsville
Louisville
Port Aux Basque
B. . Lower
Center Street
Joseph C. Godfrey
Raubsville
William H. House
Pittsburg
Western Pennsylvania
Newark
Belleville
Newark and Paterson
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Shenandoah
Jewett White Lead
Port Richmond
James Norcross
Market Baptist Church
Amesbury
Mass
Erie County Hospital
Buffalo
Altoona, I.a
Adam
Miss Adams
Hessie O. Potter
Bishop Hurst
New Jersey
M. E
American University At
McKinley
Maude
Trotter
Robert Bonner
East View
Westchester County
Dex
Point Pedro
Cal
Alert
Rumford
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Charles F. Brush
Cleveland
Brush
Cleveland Printing and Publshing Company
Charles H. Meigs
Clevelamd
Frank W. Elliott
L'Roy
Kan
Elliott
A. L., Searle
Peavey Company Elevators
Billow
Hess
J.E. Davis
Roberts
Mont
Frank Wyatt
George Wiswell
Red Lodge
Judge Swan
Henry S. Bunker
Massillon
Massillon District Coal Operators’ Association
Western
Southern
Russia
Black Sea
Ghazi Osman Pasha
Plevna
Turkey
Henry Fairfax
Plymouth
Naples
Bondeno
Italy
London
China
Prairie
Rouen
Andis
Sir Wiliam
A. Lockhart
Sens
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