Week Of Notable Events From A Cyclone To A Train Heist
A cyclone near Mont Pelee destroyed 30 000 lives and ignited widespread fires. Fire at Neville Island steel works killed 24 year old Joseph Antine and badly burned Tony Ameo and Frank Butsch. Fireman Bres sano killed Chef Yournish in Bridgeport. A Chicago freight wreck damaged a home. Four West Point youths depart to walk the world for three years with a burro for gear. Robbery attempt on Rock Island fast passenger train led to three arrests and three escapees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pierre
Mont Pelee
American Steel and Wire Company
Neville Island
Pittsburg
Joseph Antine
Tony Ameo
Frank Butsch
Lawrence Bressano
Atlantic Hotel
Bridgeport
Conn
Chef Yournish
Bressano
Chicago
Bur Mngton & Quincy
DeNhoven Street
George P. Meier
Edward Clancy
Anandus J. Krause
William (Efcke
West Point
Multiple disasters and crimes haunt towns across nations
A jumble of reports describes a deadly landslide in Marela Emilia Italy, a barge attack near Spottsville Kentucky, and various violent incidents in the United States. Notable items include political resignations in Spain, a high profile murder trial in New York, a dozen fire and accident cases, and constitutional court decisions.
Multiple Fire Disasters and Crimes Reported Across States
A string of calamities and crimes is reported including three firemen crushed in a Dubuque iron works blaze. the death of Leste Everman in St Louis. a governor pardoning a suspect in Massachusetts. a Mason suspect in a shooting of Williams Murphy in St. Louis. a fatal quarrel in which Mrs Murphy acted in self defense. Ames Iowa suffers massive town destruction from a blaze. Chicago lumber yard and Wood mercantile burn with unknown losses. A crossing collision near North Topeka kills two and injuries seven. Delaware Ghia corruption probe notes cruelty charges. Tolgeway Missouri suffers a major fire destroying six stores and heavy losses. Chicago stockyards fire threatens property with $100,000 loss to major firms. Rock Island talks to buy Chicago St Louis and Peoria line to gain control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Iron Works
Dubuque
Leste Everman
West End
St. Lous
Gov Davis
Arkansas
Massachusett
Wiliams Murphy
St. Lome
Phe Nider
Murphy
Duffy
Chiease
Vincent Briscoe
Ames
Chicago
Wood Mercantile Store
Union Pacific
I Nto
North Topeka
Kan
Delaware Ghia
General Assembly
Tolgeway
German- American Packing Company
M. Wile & Co
River excursion deaths and rail, mill closures haunt midwest
A river excursion on the Maumee near Toledo ended tragically as the naphtha launch Frolic sank after a collision with the tug Arthur Woods, killing seven. Other items report a St Louis fast mail robbery thwarted, rail and steel firm consolidations in Ohio, strikes by 400 clerks in Cleveland, and a series of fires, accidents, and political appointments across the Midwest and West.
M BE Church South Conference Held in Dallas and Local Crimes
The Southern M BE Church South held its quadrennial conference in Dallas. Haunt and Hutchings, a major Louisville brokerage firm and Chicago Board of Trade member, suspended business. John Turner, ex police chief of Middlesboro, Ky, was killed by Lee Turner at The Narrows near Jellico Tenn. Lee Turner is said mortally wounded. A crowd of 5,000 watched Achille Phelion’s act at Nashville’s carnival when the Eagle tower cable failed and toppled to the platform. Shig’s injuries appeared fatal. Mrs. George W Herget died in Dayton Ky during a home carousal. several others including her husband and named associates were arrested for murder. Werger, son of a Pekin distiller, died two years ago. Victor Nutall, 11, was arrested in Atlanta for murdering Colin McDougall, 6, by forcing him into a sewer where sewer gas killed him.
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Senator McLaurin
South Carolina
A. A. Gates
Washington
Harry H. Starkey
Clinton W. Starkey
The
Oriental Bank of New York
Booklyn
Jay Hopping
New Monmouth
N. J
Boston
Massachusetts
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York City
Julius Newton
I. & S. Wormser
Patchogue
N. Y
Wisner
Amy B. Herth
Chelsea
James Judge
William A. Rogers
F. I
C. W. Goodyear
Buffalo
John G. Jewett
Sangerties
Pennsylvania
Bucktaila
Earl of Albany
Surpreme Court
Court of Appeals
Mortimer Baimbridge Ruggles
Virginia
Daoniel F. Ruggles
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Emma Fisher
Haby Georgin Simons
Yonkers
Shenange Tuplate Works
Newcastle
Mra
Catherine Soffel
Beter Soffel
Allegheny
Gailty
Edward
John Biddle
Crrocer Kabues
Bar Berald
Dude
Rabb
Bwan & Inch
Staten Island Sound
Elizabethport
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Paul
Maumee River
Toledo
Arthur Woods
Great Lakes Towing Company
Middle West
George BE. Lake
Illinois
W. B. Howe
South Dakota
Lennox Grant
Missouri
W. F. Amsden
Kansas
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Marsh Siding
Jonesboro
Ark
Cuyahoga Wire and Fence Company
Akron
Ohio
Capital Stock
Cuyahoga Steel Wire Company
Cuyahoga Falls
Hartman Manufacturing Company
Cleveland
St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Wabash Railway Company
Terminal Railway Association
Northwestern Consolidated Bill
Minneapolis
Mulling
Charles Baker
Portsmouth
W. J. Selvage
St. Louis Exposition
Frederick W. Lehmann
Walton Weber
Columbus
Gsrand Army of Ohio
Gov. Nash
Metropolitan Street Railway Company of
Kansas City
Bernard Corrigan Wall Rediuve
Valentine
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Gover
Ibis
Mound Cemetery Association
Monroe
Oto AntiSaloon League
Temperance Loulers
Northwestern
Ames
Griffin
Des Moines
Chavey
Alexander Turk
Michael J. Kiley
A. L., Little
Everett
Wash
Snohomish Jorging Company
Amos Cleverede
Wigwam
Colo
Oregon
Philipsburg
Kan
St. Edwards
Neb
Egan Block
Haunt & Hutchings
Louisville
Chicago Board of Trade
John Turner
Middlesboro
Lee Turner
Quarter House” Fame
the Narrows
Jellico
Tenn
Achille Phelion
Eagies
Nashville
Shig
George W. Herget
Dayton
William Thornton
Frank Kent
Thomas Shields
William Murray
Ford Mattox
Werger
Pekin
Victor Nutall
Atlanta
Colin McDougall
Nutall
McDougall
Foreigner forecast of US federation and global crises
An London interview with Carnegie envisions Britain someday joining an American federation. The report surveys a cascade of calamities including a Bohrusk fire in Minsk province destroying hundreds of homes, battles in South Africa, volcanic eruptions in St Vincent and Martinique, a Paris airship disaster, tramway wrecks in Transvaal, Haitian political upheaval, and rebels in China threatening Cheng-Ting-Fa. The sweep underscores global instability and mounting fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
London
Britain
Bobruisk
Minsk
Russia
River of Fire Ends St Pierre Tragedy and Cuban Flag Rise
Martinique devastation killed thousands as St Pierre was wiped out by a volcano. Palma arrives in Havana and a Cuban flag is raised over Morro Castle. United Mine Workers orders a major strike crippling 17,000 miners. House backs statehood for Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma. Fort William steel elevators burn destroying machinery and eight wheat cars with $80 000 to $100 000 damage. Curlew arrives with three captured vessels from dynamite prohibition. Census Bureau reports on 1900 shipbuilding showing $77 362 071 capital in 1 116 establishments and products valued at $74 578 158. tonnage registered fell to 820 695 in 1900 from 1 282 326 in 1890.
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Martinique
St. Pierre
Morro Castle
Havana
Palma
United Mine Workers
House
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Fort William
Man
Dominion Fisheries Protection
Curlew
St. Andrews
N. B
United States
Satellite
Nellie Gaskill
Census Bureau
Philippines Debates Dominate Congress Weeklong Sessions
The Senate and House spent multiple days debating the Philippine question while approving various bills. Senate moves included Cuba diplomatic appropriations, territorial statehood for Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico, and private pension measures. Other actions involved army and fortifications funding, volcano relief aid, and gas company consolidation pending in Washington.
Trade conditions and labor strikes dampen industrial mood
R G Dun and Co report mixed signals with strikes easing but labor unrest affecting confidence. Warmer weather boosts dry goods trade while shipments lag due to traffic, and railway earnings rise 72 percent year over year. Pig iron prices strengthen as foreign buyers extend long terms. Wheat exports and corn market activity improve, though Atlantic shipments lag last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congeson
R. G. Dun & Co
Bessemer
Pittsburg
Kansas
United States
Atlantic
Roosevelt to attend Olympian games in Chicago 1904
Washington notes indicate President Roosevelt plans to attend the 1904 Olympian games in Chicago. A House presentation of a bill to amend bankruptcy law meets strong resistance, with opposition aiming to defeat the amendments and repeal the law. Secretary Shaw plans to relieve the treasury surplus by depositing public funds in thirty banks not yet designated as government depositories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Chicago
Shaw
Treasury
Chicago Markets Report Large Cattle Hogs and Grain Prices
Chicago markets show varied prices across cattle hogs and grains with regional figures for Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee New York Buffalo and more. Notable data include cattle 3.50 to 7.00, hogs 3.00 to 6.85, wheat No 2 red 60 to 88 cents, corn No 2 60 to 68 cents, eggs 13 to 15 cents, butter 22 to 23 cents, and a Chinese indemnity payment of 1 292 200 dollars as the fourth monthly installment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
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Rock Island
Muscatine
Iowa
William Long
Thomas Murphy
James Bohen
Moline
National Baseball League
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
St Louis
St. Lane
Baltimore
Stone of
Mana Christina
Spain
Walter Spradley
Spottsville
Jesse Mitchell
KO Wal- Lams Faint Company
Basten Ua
Prnekee
Walter Lo Myles
Davok Roth
Maas
Goh
Herreth
Pis
Casta Micn
San Jose
Asuncion Esquivel
Tostires Cronists
Proche Demetris
Ite
John Mooney
Frank Friday
State Penitentiary
Monndlsville
James Verses
Elm Grove
Western
Rock Island Road
Chicago, St. Louis and
Peoria
Trenton
United Railway Investment Company of
Southern
M. BE. Church South
Dallas
Texas
South Africa
Landley
Orange River Colony
Island of
St Vincent
Atco
da Paix
Ascension
Paris
Senor Severo
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Pietersburg
Transvaal
Tiresias Simon Sam
Haytian Republic
Hhis
Haytian Congress
Port Au Prince
Wu-Chou
China
Nan- Ning -Fu
Peleo
Favier
Apostoliec
Cheng-Ting-Fa
Chi-Li
Yuan-Shi-Kai
P Congress
Senate
Marshal de Rochambeau
Territory
Hawaii
Salmon
New Jersey
Republic of Cuba
Knox
Mass
Territories
Rodey
McRae
Indian Territory
Little
Uintah
Utah
Philippines
Admiral Sampson
Messrs
Perkins
Gallinger
Quarles
Martin
Mallory
Grosvenor
Qghio
Overstreet
Montezuma
District of Columbia
G A. I
Alan
French West Indies
Proctor
Department of Agriculture
Harris
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of War
Patterson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jefferson
R Rufus K. Polk
Ofennsylvania
J. H. Kyle
West Indies
Washington, D. C
Northwest
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