Mysterious fatalities and accidents dominate Hopkins area
A young farmer Joseph Bays dies after eating three dozen eggs in Hopkins Missouri, a streetcar wreck near St Louis linked to nitroglycerin coating, and several regional disasters follow from fires train wrecks and floods. Union strikes resolve with return to work. Major fires and a Kansas City building collapse kill and injure people while notable legal and labor developments unfold across the era. The National League standings show Philadelphia St Louis Cincinnati Chicago and others jockeying, with several teams mid table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bays
Hopkins
St. Louis
Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company
Chicago
Louisville
George E. Holman
Leonard Holstein
Holstein
J. F. Valentine
San Francisco
Molders’ International Union of America
Akron
Ohio
Holloway
St. Petersburg
State Department
Geb. Young
Aguinaldo
Tine
Young Desire
Manila
Notable Deaths and Unrest in Early 20th Century America
A broad summary of scattered reports: Gilbert Atwood dies in Jamaica Plain. Miss Ethel Barrymore to marry Charles D. Wetmore of New York and leave the stage. NY Central Railway workers reach an agreement and plan to return to work. Banks in Philadelphia merge. Mrs. Jennie Conklin, a noted girls' author, passes away in New Vernon. Miller, linked to a $520 percent swindle, sentenced to ten years at Sing Sing. A Philadelphia to Baltimore express accident near Orangeville. Mint director Edward Beeck dies after an appendectomy. Forest fires in New Jersey. April coin production hits a record at the Philadelphia mint. Liquor license receipts in NYC rise. Frederick Bowers sues for divorce, alleges alienation. A Brooklyn bridge leap, a Park Row publicity stunt. Standall Island fire endangers a children’s hospital. Victoria hotel opens in New York with a fast. Industrial plans near Glassport, Pittsburgh area. massive plant to employ 1,000. Fire and wreckage in Indiana and Illinois. multiple crimes and labor clashes nationwide. Continuous violence includes robberies, shootings, and a bridge plunge. National headlines include a Minnesota town burned, a Chicago labor riot, and a federal court ruling on Porto Rico following cession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
Gilbert Atwood
Ilstrator
Jamaica Plains
Mass
Ethel ’ Barrymore
Charies D. Wetmore
New York
New York Central Railway
Philadelphia City National Bank
Philadelhog National Bank
New Vernon
N. J
Jennie M. Drinkwater Conklin
William Frayklin Miller
Franklin Syndicate
Sing Sing
Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Express
Orangeville
Edward QO. Ueech
Mint
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cedarville
Center Grove
Philadelphia
New York City
Frederick V. Bowers
George M. Pullman
Pullman
Brooklyn Bridge
Edward M. Bryant
Park Row
Standall’s Island
Children‘s Hospital
Francis T. Walton
the Planter
Victoria
American AX and Tool Company
Glassport
Pittsburg
Katurah Alldredge
Mount Vernon
Ind
Stewart Company
Chicago
Thomas Neven
M. J. Neven
Sinois Street
E. L. Headstream&Go
Gladwin
Mich
Methodist Church
Michigan Central Depot
Brunswick Hotel
City Hose House
Albert Bergen
Jack Lynch
Long Cliff
Logansport
Wabash
Lynch
Beaver Dam
Wis
Malleable Iron Works
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
O. 5. Kelley Company
Springfield
Ohio
Architectural
Armstrong Foundry Company
Bertha Hoffman
Peoria
Prospect Heights
Charles Briggs
Briggs
Lochren
United States Circuit Court
St. Paul
Rafael Ortiz
Stillwater
Porto Rico
United States
Platte River
Denver, Cold
Union Water Company
Goose Creek
Platte Canyon
The
Water Company
Multiple reports of accidents and deaths across regions
A railway collision near Cha ville France killed three and injured many. Reed Fertilizer plant at Eastwood New York burned. A plot to blow up a Paris exposition electric plant was found. Y M C A Leavenworth built a hall for age at over 15000 dollars. Ex Congressmen Culberson died at Jefferson Texas. Burglars robbed East Brady bank causing $10000 loss. German Crown Prince took oath amid ceremonies. Ohio State Board of Agriculture cites wheat crop at 41 percent of average. Endicott died in Boston of pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaville
France
Reed Fertilizer Company
Eastwood
N. Y
Y. MC. A
Leavenworth
Kan
David B. Culberson
United States
Culberson
Jefferson
Texas
First National Bank
East Brady
Germany
Ohio State Rd.of Agriculture
Multiple disasters and deaths across the nation report
western brief: Capt George Ritchey dies at Fort Leavenworth while polygamy case in Utah ends in a hung jury. Dems win St Paul mayoral race as Grantsburg fire destroys towns. Marietta flour mill fire. losses about 100000. Chicago saloon shooting kills 11 year old Emma Stelz. Missouri judge’s daughter Buena Vista Hulter kills herself amid insanity. Steubenville wall paper plant fire loses 50000. San Francisco shooting wounds a young man. Zinc find at Findlay Ohio oil well. A Ponca Indian killed in a quarrel. rival lodges revenge. Cincinnati student dies vaulting. Toledo mills shut 300 job losses. Dayton woman hangs herself. dog stays with her body. Rock Island Christian party nominates Swallow and Woolley. Utah mine explosion kills 200+. Live stock reports say spring storms injure cows and calves in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ritchey
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Ione
Brigham H. Roberts
Utah
St. Paul
Ros] Smith
Grantsburg
Saleen
Marietta
Oho
Phoenix
Insurance Nigsaw
Emma Stelz
Albert Hodst
North
Clark Street
Chicago
Leavenworth
Buena Vista Hulter
Byrnes
Platte County
Steubenville
Ohito
Steubenville Wall Paper Company
Fred Bortzmeyer
San Francisco
Cleveland
Ohio
Findlay
Obivo
Joplin
Niobrara
Neb
Bird Head
Harry Laravie
Laravie
Harry Burke
Cincinnati University
East Side Rolling Mills
Toledo
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Anna Eletker
Dayton
Eicker
United Christian Party
Rock Island
Dil
United States
Silas C. Swallow
Harrisburg
John G. Woolley
Pleasant Valley Coal Mines
Winter Quarters
Salt Lake City
John W. Springer
National
Asaecshie
Colorado
William Willey, 7T former U.S. senator, dies at 88
Morgantown West Virginia resident William Willey former United States Senator dies at age 88 in Morgantown. The report notes other brief items including a fatal shooting in Webb Mississippi, a boy in Athens Georgia striking a girl with a bowl, and a paralyzing illness in Rising Fawn Georgia amid a listless miscellany of stray facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Willey
West Virginia
Morgantown
W. Va
Robert
William Chambers
T. B. Abbey
Webb
Miss
Athens
James Chapman
Two Webb Miss men killed by neighbor in plantation quarrel
Robert and William Chambers, prominent Webb Mississippi youths, searched for escaped enslaved people at T. B. Abbey’s plantation. In a dispute Abbey fatally shot both Chambers. Abbey, regarded as quiet, faces murder charges. Belmont Ga coach derailed on Walnut Creek trestle. several passengers injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
William Chambers
of. Webb
Miss
T. B. Abbey
Abbey
Gainesville
Belmont
Walnut
Raek
Notable political shifts and international tensions aired
Barrie declines Parliament bid while Sir George White named Gibraltar governor. Igli in Morocco frontier under French occupation. Ireland to Faro Islands cable planned. Munkacsy dies in Bonn asylum. Danish West Indies sale talks collapse. Paris expo bribe probe implicates Picard. Kemal Bey seeks refuge on an English warship at Constantinople. Agui naldo rumors of death persist. Catubig garrison attack leaves 20 Americans dead, rest rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrie
George White
Gibraltar
Igli
Morocco
Ireland
Faro Islands
Henry Stanley
Bonn
Michael Munkacsy
London
Danish West Indies
Resignations and appointments in harbor and military leadership
Senor Mora resigns as Havana mayor and Gen Brookers to replace Gen Serritt as commander of the East. Henry M Wingler faces divorce suit from insane wife. Edward E Rice files bankruptcy with liabilities of 9161,620. Francis F E Brooks of London Ont heirs to a California estate valued at 9,000,000. Investigations show a plot involving Fenian and Boer groups in the Welland canal case. Dowie told by Gage not violating law in bringing race makers from Nottingham. Four Italians dynamite accident near Port Arthur Ont. one killed and rain damaged trains collision near Spanish River. McKinley extends six months for Spanish subjects in the Philippines to depart or declare allegiance. Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern strike expands from St Louis to Parkersburg with about three thousand workers demanding 1.50 daily. Secretary Long rebukes Captain Chadwick over Schley criticisms. naval officials rule private criticisms among officers not a violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Mora
Havana
Gen. Brookers
Gen. Serritt
Department of the East
Henry M. Wingler
Standard Oil
Trout
Edward E. Rice
Francis FE. Brooks
London
Ont
California
Welland Canal
Dowie
Gage
Nottingham
Rainy River
Port Arthur
Vacine
Spanish River
Cote
McKinley
Philippines
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Louis
Parkersburg
W. Va
Market Deluge: Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
The report compiles cattle hogs and sheep prices from Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with diverse results for wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes. Notable ranges include Chicago cattle 3.00 5.75 hogs 3.00 5.50 sheep 3.00 5.75 and New York wheat 0.80 0.81 cwt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bermuda
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Labor Troubles Sweep Nation Building Trades Workers
The country faces widespread labor unrest as building trades and related workers strike for eight hours, higher wages, and shorter hours. Key actions include 3,000 Philadelphia tradesmen, 1,000 Kansas City hod carriers, 3,000 Buffalo workers, and many more across Buffalo to Boston with thousands idle and total unionized strikers estimated at 75,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Chicago
Cleveland
New England
New York
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Buffalo
N. Y
Bell Telephone
Duluth
Minn
Building
Savannah
Minneapolis
Omand
Neb
Cincinnat
Racine
Wis
Denver
Colo
Pittsburg
East St. Louis
Great Falls
Mont
Ludington
Mich
Detroit
Milwaukee
Memphis
Tenn
Port Huron
Mick
Springfield
Ohio
Barberton
Boston
Constable
N. J
Brandfort Taken by British Forces in Key Move
The British war office announced Brandfort’s occupation on Friday morning, a pivotal advance giving control of a main road to the Drakensberg passes and an advance supply base. Gen Delarey’s Boer force at Brandfort likely withdraws toward Winburg as Roberts’ army demonstrates renewed mobility, threatening Boer positions south of Kroonstad and altering the line toward Thaba Nkhulu and Harrismith. Local American volunteers reportedly offered limited resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandfort
Hritish War Office
Cronje
Ladysmith
Drakensberg
Boller
Bloemfontein
Braidfort
Delareys
Winburg
Braodfort
Transvaal
Lord Roberts
Orange Iree
Kroonstad
Thaba Nehu
Houutnek
Cape Nome sailings and notable events spillover
The Jeanie sailed from Seattle to Cape Nome with eighty passengers and 400 tons of freight, as May shipments for the season promise about 1.5 million dollars in earnings. Other items include a Brownsville man shot by his wife who then shot herself but may recover, preservation efforts for a Virginia Chief Justice memorial, Michael Cudahy’s 50,000 dollar donation to the Catholic University of America with hopes for 1,000,000 more in a year, Chateau Renault achieving 25 knots on speed trials, and Blairsville Presbytery seeking creed revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Nome
Jeanie
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Alaska Civil Code Bill Passes Senate Amid Amendments
A Tuesday session in Alaska's Senate saw amendments on the civil code bill while Harris supported a conservation resolution for the Arkansas River to favor Colorado and Kansas. Other actions included tests on Krupp armor at Indian Head, debates on army appropriations, and a House focus on the Nicaragua canal bill plus a range of pension and sundry civil measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Harris
Arkamsex
Colorado
Kansas
Tillman
Indian Head
Lodge
Alaska
United States
Berry
Stewart
House
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Wilderness
Spottsylvania
Virginia
Hoar
Clark
Mason
Philippines
Nicaragua
Committee On
Se Clark
Montana
Julia Macv. Henry
Guy W. Henrys
Hongstreet
Largaret M. Badger
Commodore Badger
Marriet Gridley
Captain Gridley
Navy
Naval Committee
McKinley
Committee On Claims
St. Elizabeth
Teller
Great Britain
Chandler
Marine Corps
Lineis
Pension Office
National Guard
Sulzer
N. Y
Revised New York City Charter Takes Shape
A contested revision of the New York City Charter appears under discussion. Reports note widespread interest in municipal governance changes. The piece mentions political figures and the ongoing debate shaping local law.
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Brimfield News
Addison Pacey
Brimfield
Illinois
St. Charles
Katy
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
John Bugle
Gireman
L. D. Palmer
Glasgow
Raybould
Telephone Exchange
Republican
Grand Avenue
Jacob Goodman
Mary Sonn
Ississipp
Valley
Mugy
Fisher Yards
Bofott-Lothman Manufacturing Company
Branch
Serond Streets
Sas
Bay Company
Hofner-Lothman Manufacturing Company
Jacob de Haven
Doe Haven
Mallory Line
Quer
Maiden Lane
Charles Lewis
Sherwood
Stitrsburg
Ochicago
Brooklyn
Sboston
Acee
Ww. L
Detroit Cocbe
District Court
Walter A. Wood Harvester Company
William H. Lantz
May Edwards
William Schwartz
West
Madison Street
Lantz
Miss Edwards
Western
Southern
Long
F. E. Chadwick
Schley
Department
Carles Smith
Brownsville
Marshall
Richmond
Michael Cudahy
Catholic University of America
Washington
Mie Wrench
Chateau Renault
Blairsville Presbytery
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Charles B. Aycock
Democrats of
North Carolina
Marsill
Ritepond
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