Multiple Disparate Incidents Reported In City And State
News briefs recount Carrie Nation’s mental episode in Wichita and her bond, a Chicago grain elevator blaze, deadly coal mine explosion in Anderson I T, a Benkelman Neb burglary shootout, derailment woes on a Soo Line coast train due to windblown Russian thistles, a fatal poisoning attempt in Alma, a cottage robbery near Zanesville, President appoints territorial secretary, a Mor Schuy explosion, snow and fire losses across cities, and various homicides, fires, and legal outcomes with casualties and insurer mentions.
Unidentified man floats over Niagara Falls in boat
A man in a small craft was seen drifting above Niagara Falls in a daring and perilous stunt. Police and rescue units monitored the scene as bystanders watched in awe this dangerous act.
Mountain feud and train robbery in Letcher and Macon
In Letcher County Kentucky the Wrights posse and Reynolds gang fought five hours with three wounded mountaineers testifying to the clash. A Central of Georgia express car from Macon yielded about 350 dollars to two robbers who left a 1000 dollar package on the floor. A Tennessee raid on the McMinn Citizen offices disrupted presses and dumped type into a stream. Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company plans a 6 million dollar incorporation. A senior Henderson committed suicide in Savannah by shotgun after arranging a chair trap. A Springfield Tennessee mob seized Wyatt Mallory from officers during a courthouse incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Reynolds
Letcher County
Central of Georgia
Macon
Athens
Tenn
McMinn
David M. Henderson
Henderson Brothers
Bridge Contractors
Savannah
Springfield
Wyatt Mallory
Mob Lynching Reported at Court House Veranda
A mob hanged a Black man from the court house veranda as shots rang. Earlier, at Adams Mallory, they fatally wounded J. H. Farmer, a white man, during the same incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Adams
Mallory
J. H. Farmer
Global tensions flare as plots and outbreaks unfold
French authorities expose a plot to sell gun plans to Krupp amid several arrests. Kilpatrick is quarantined in Honolulu with two smallpox cases aboard Army transport. Empress Dowager installs a six person regency board. Boxers in southern China brace for rising violence amid international tensions. An explosion at Greisheim near Frankfurt kills fifty and injures many. The Mosquito fleet arrives in the Philippines to patrol Luzon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krupp
Kilpatrick
Honolulu
Emperor of China
Privy Council
General Board of State Affairs
Londot
America
South Africa
Rome
Bresci
Humbert
Tlocos
P. L
United States
Nurracan
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Luzon
Philippine
Jessa
Greisheim
Turkey
Cologne Volks Zeitung
China
Kuang Ping Fu
Nai Ming Fu
President backs army expansion and key global plans
The article notes President supports Gen Mile's 70 000 man army plan. It reports three Canadian Dragon officers awarded the Victoria Cross and Gunner Charles Morgan suing for divorce amid opposition by Admiral Sampson. It also covers coal discoveries near Nowd fiord Ireland and infrastructure ambitions across St. Lawrence and Montreal Bridge projects. International peace efforts prompt calls for women's meetings while a postal theft at Monoeton and US Venezuelan tensions are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile
Charles Morgan
Admiral Sampson
Nowd Fiord
Ireland
St. Lawrence
Benge
Montreal
New York Central
Monoetun
St. Joho
Halifax
Loomis
Venezuela
United States
Caratag
Master Loomis
STATE OF THE CROPS Fourth Week of Cold Weather Retards Growth
The weekly crop bulletin reports a fourth straight week of abnormally cold weather across most regions with marked deficits in the central valleys and Southern States. Germination and growth are hindered by heavy rains and frosts, delaying corn planting and injuring cotton and oats. Insects persist in Oklahoma and Texas, winter wheat progress varies, and spring plantings face slow progress in several states while some regions improve with later warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
Gulf
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Ohio River
Oklahoma
Texas
California
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Atlantic
Catten
Indiana
Greimaed
Barney Beth Y
East
Perton
Market Reports From Regional Commodity Pages
Regional price listings for cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with ranges for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and pork values by grade and region. Includes No 2 Red No 2 white No 2 mixed and No 2 yellow classifications with per bushel values and product terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Northwestern Steamer Sails From Chicago to Liverpool
The steamship Northwestern left Chicago on a voyage to Liverpool linking Chicago with old world ports. First cargo includes Chicago provisions and 50,000 bushels of grain for Buffalo ballast. At Montreal grain replaced by freight, and the ship aims to reach Liverpool in about twenty days, with costs and savings under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Kurlish
Buffalo
Montreal
Sidney
Cape Breton
Liverpool
England
Northswestern
Chicago
Atlantic
United States
St. Lawrence
Standard Oil Moves in on Texas Oi Lands
Report notes Standard Oil interests rapidly acquiring oil lands in Texas while European river and canal routes are treated as highways. A separate claim mentions a brigand in Thibib Pennsylvania planning to obtain $30,000 for the St Louis exposition, and a tortured French priest is referenced in the same line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Thibib, Pennsylvania
Europe
Conger Home Again From China Trip
Edwin H. Conger United States minister to China returns to Iowa with his family after a China tour. He defends missionaries against looting charges, says brutality stories overstated, notes some excesses during war times, and hints at possible gubernatorial interest if offered. arrival of Dr Ament noted aboard same ship. Chinese animosity aimed at foreign presence, not missionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Edwin H. Conger
United States
San Francisco
Conger
Iowa
Ament
Mark Twain
Russian Expedition Moves on Manchuria Battle
A St Petersberg dispatch reports renewed military activity in Manchuria as Chinese troops gather around Mukden and Turehausen with 12,000 near Turlehausen and 6,010 near Kulo. An expedition led by General Zerpinzky with Cossacks and artillery advances toward Mukden, suffering casualties in early April during a storming operation near Krake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rulo
Ktorm
Haril Hrattric
Dhapateh
St Petersburg
Manchuia
Mukden
Turehausen
Boxer
Lutaase
Kulo
Mongolia
Shan
Sehn
Alexie
Haa
Zerpinsky
Kriake
Jonml
Mukelen
Many Die in German Factory Explosion Inferno
A catastrophic blast at a Germany factory ignited a massive fire, sending sparks to nearby villages and triggering multiple fatalities and injuries. Troops rushed to Grasheim with brigades from surrounding areas to curb the blaze and prevent explosions from nearby benzine reservoirs. After an hour of intense effort, flames were controlled enough to begin body recovery.
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Germany
Asmat
E'Eetrysh Musa
Girteshein
Grasheim
West rail and shipping notes from midwest report
CRRAUE are one ZC and VITA CRRAUE are one ZC. VITA Livestock shipments into Chicago from the West are light. An order for ninety new locomotives has been given by the Southern Pacific road. The Burlington has called in its corps of surveyors locating a line between Givermwy Neb and Salt Lake City Utah. A Minneapolis flour company shipped 34 000 barrels to South Africa with nearly this much more contracted. Steamship lines at Chicago demand better rate representation from Western roads. Kansas City packers protest against mixed carload rates. Pacific coast travel surges strain Pullman equipment in southern California.
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Duluth
Mang
Ster Hk
Cana A Das
Union Club of
Cleveland
Hiram McMillan
Fred Dickson
Bastomans
James Callahan
Omaha
Jorer
Pat Crowe
Toribio Hilerta
Jas Cruces
N. AL
Joseph Qleaning
Chicago
Lake Shore
Colinngwood
Ohio
Sticor & Gay
Lowell Model Company
North Chelmsford Supply
Niagara Falls
Waltham
Mass
Court of
West Point
Louis Godard
Atlantic
New York
Henry Walters
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Grand Jury
Albert T. Patrick
Pennsylvania
Beaver Falls
Roosevelt
Muntinevuck Lodge
Oyster Bay
Samuel Ricker
New Haven
Cornfield
N. C
Ricker
Allen
Albert H. Michelson
Harvard
Charleroi
Belgium
McKinley
Silk Girls
Scranton
Sauquoit
Craig Shipbuilding Company
Toledo
United Fruit Company
Boston
Minnesota
Pl.kimberly
Sharon
Jones & Laughlins
Pittsburg
McKeesport
Gerad
Welsh
Switchmen's National Union
John Costello
Taylor’s Hotel
Dan Costello
Barnam
Penn Aveane Lintsburg
Barker, Williams & Co
Edward Hagrenmeyer
First National Bank
Wiscasset
Clergue
Lake Superior
Omer
Osaftage
Sault Ste Marie
Bort Arthur
la Salle Street
Abram F Doremus
Springfield
Lincoln
Alma Kienie
William T. Bender
St Louis
Harry Hammond
Fred Bauman
Parker
S. I
Cincinnati
Ed Frye
Akron
Buckle and Fox
Frye
Frank
Tong Lake
Southport
Ind
John James
Kansas
Winifred
S. C
Charles H. Templieson
Delaware
Fulton
Globe, Ariz
William Beard
House of Representatives
Maxwell Street
Tama
Obie
Peter Stoner
Southern Pacific Road
Burlington
Corps of Surveyors
Givermwy
Neb
Salt Lake City
Utah
Minneapolis Flour Company
South Africa
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
California
Pullman Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wichita
Kan
Carrie Nation
Rockwell and
West Madison Streets
J. J. Badenoch
Anderson
I. T
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
McAlester Coal Companys
Theodore Moore
Benkelman
Sherif Richards
Fir
Atiock
Richards
Soo Line
Pacific Coast Limited
Harvey
Lemert
Foon Frneberg
Arthur Irebere
St Loum
Alma
Enma
Fiiebere
Walter Woodward
Wise Cottage
Zanesville
Woodward
Woalivam Carutes
Ratghsler
Efe
Sete Arme
Conted Brave
Artibe Es
Mor Sehuy
USA
Western
Tendhesm
Amd
Enim
Sopeteny
Pointe
Pent
Towa
Baibeoeh
Wisconsin
Phuns,o
Lawson Es Rage Ag
Amine Boyne T Teasat
Seema
Plainview
Dan Agi
al Buss
Adrori Ma
Chenge
St. Pan
St Pan
Me Kamles
Clarke
Michigan
J J. Friedman
Minnie Leeds
James
G. J. Badke & Co
Brighton
Mich
E. W. Wells
W. C. Parsons
Prescott
Hugh McCrom
McCabe
Prescott, Ariz
Frank Jager
Bank of Gilbert Brothers
Salem, Ore
William Casper
Henry Huffman
Wallace
Big Charley
Mississinewa River
Fern
William Ritter
West North Avenue
Lizzie King
J. B. Hodson
Montana Mining Company
Drumiommon
Santa Harbara
Cal
Hodson
Marysville
Mont
Leavenworth
Amilton
Dyasten
Wasne
Sheen
Josephine Bowen Holman
Congress May WS Holman
Ginghelme Mareon
Anaconda
Alaska
Southern
International
S10
Neoonder
Radford
Lef Shan-Haji
Market Reports
XE. H. Conger
Manchuria
Crraue
VITA
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