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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1901
Page
6
News from the steamship Amur reports Forty Mile on the Yukon submerged with inhabitants seeking hill safety. Damage estimated at $100,000 and costs likely higher. Also noted: fire destroyed the American ship R. D. Rice at Kobe after unloading kerosene, with crew leaping to the British ship Dumfrieshire.
The report notes a Boers attacked a British convoy wounding four men and thirty were injured in a Paris commune anniversary riot at Pere la Chaise. A steamer collision near Sandy Hook led to New York arrivals. An American guard shot a German soldier near Pehin. a body was found in a North Carolina sand pit as detectives pursue a suspect. A Key West tragedy ends with a man and his fiancée dead. The Presbyterian assembly endorses a new creed summary. Nebraska and Wyoming congressmen discuss convict labor for arid-land canal work. A coal dust explosion at Darton Coal and Iron Company kills twenty-one. A Chicago fire loss follows a broomcorn stock burn. A Batavia class member marks a student’s cheek with acid. Mrs Russell Sage backs a Syracuse aged-men refuge. Carnegie’s ten-million offer to Scottish colleges is debated. Sir Alfred Milner, a Chamberlain ally, has been made a peer.
BAe Howard Gould plans an imitation Kilkenny Castle at Sand Point L L while former Congressman Charles A Bowdelle of Maine dies in Maclean Asylum Waverly Mass Gen Fitz-John Porter dies at 80 in Morristown N J from chronic diabetes. Puddlers in Lebanon Pa get wage rise notice. attorney Percy L Johnson guilty of embezzlement. Harvard student Charles E Starbuck found dead after derangement.
Western Prohibitionists nominate a state ticket led by A. L. Coates for governor. The list includes Daniel R. Thurick, 26, who died in Cleveland from traumatic meningitis after a neck slap. The day’s notices cover factory closures, fires, deaths, and injuries across the nation, with reports from Dayton, Chicago, Springfield, Topeka, Wichita, and more.
A summary of multiple 1900 era items includes Rudyard Kipling losing a copyright suit against G. P. Putnam's Sons, plans for an American arms syndicate, derelict ship reports, a naval tragedy on the Savona, and other varied notices from the period.
The Aragon mine, a long standing operation on the range, produces over 500 000 tons per season. A package containing 8000 in currency sent by registered mail from the National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City to a Great Bend bank has vanished and detectives suspect a postal clerk. In New Mexico William Park was killed during testimony in the May Esmond case. In Ohio Willis Long was killed and his twin brother William Long severely wounded in a road house dispute stemming from a quarrel with customers and the proprietor William E. Wallace attempting to intervene.
Lord Roberts’ health worries friends while Malvar proclaims dictatorship to succeed Aguinaldo. Queen Draga resumes throne duties as France Portugal tensions rise. Ibsen nears incapacity. Three British warships head to Salonica. Russian officers jailed for Nagasaki harbor mapping. German armor plant plan rejected as costly. Lacuna surrenders to Funston and pledges allegiance. Bresci dies by suicide at Santo Stefano. Ireland population drops 5.3 percent to 4,456,546. Scotland 4,471,957. Kelpet volcano eruption endangers Blitar coffee districts and plunges area into darkness.
Regional market summaries list prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Prices cover No 2 wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes with ranges for shipping and quality grades.
Senators Tillman and McLaurin resign after a bitter personal wrangle. Governor Alc Sweeney holds the resignations to take effect mid September, with a Democratic primary to select new Senators and a governor appointment to fill the vacancies. The coming campaign promises a fierce, highly watched contest reflecting deep party divisions.
Ex Governor John R Tanner was laid to rest Sunday in Oak Ridge Cemetery near Springfield under military honors. State mourners, 12 088 in procession through the capitol in state, attended the services and burial followed a church ceremony led by Archdeacon Taylor and Bishop Seymour. A large crowd including miners and labor groups joined a solemn march led by three bands and a regimental escort.
Five killed and about fifty injured when two electric streetcars collide on a sharp curve near Greenbush six miles from Albany New York on Sunday Both motormen die and several seriously hurt passengers report devastating wreckage with cars weighing fifteen tons each smashed into splinters on the track as both drivers raced to reach the switch first.
A Milwaukee报 report says the three masted schooner C B Hackley, off shore between Sheboygan and Milwaukee, was water-logged and sunk with Captain Oertling and six crew. The Boston’s sighting near the wreck suggests survival was unlikely for the crew.
Former Governor John R. Tanner dies suddenly in his Springfield hotel room likely from rheumatism of the heart. He returned from Chicago a week earlier and dictated telegrams before collapsing. Tanner, born 1844 in Indiana, served 15 years in state politics and 30 years in public office including sheriff, circuit clerk, state senator, U.S. marshal, state treasurer, and governor elected in 1896.
Resignations and new appointments shuffle church leadership as Dr. Norman C. Mallory steps down from Grand River Avenue Baptist Church in Detroit, and Rev. Ernest E. Baker takes charge at First Presbyterian in Oakland California. Adventists report 175 Michigan churches with 7,522 members and property valued at 165,321 dollars. 179 Sunday schools serve 5,134. Hillside Congregational Church opens in Colorado Springs led by Rev. A. E. Fraser. St Peters Episcopal in Helena will receive 33,000 from the late Felix R. Brunot of Pittsburgh, plus 500,000 for Episcopal educational work. Rev. G. C. Woodruff of Magnolia Minnesota, born 1807, is said to be the oldest Methodist preacher after 75 years in the pulpit.
Gen Fitz-John Porter, aged 80, died Tuesday morning at his Morris Town home after a long battle with chronic diabetes. A noted Civil War figure, his court martial and dismissal over alleged cowardice sparked a famous controversy. he was later reinstated after supporters argued he had been unjustly condemned. The initial disobedience cited occurred August 20, 1862 at Bull Run, leading to cashiering and disqualification from office.
Mr and Mrs Robert Shaw traveled 1100 miles by automobile from New York to Chicago in ten days with ten stops. They began May 8 at 7 am in a 1800 pound gasoline carriage. One spring broke causing a two hour delay. daily mileage averaged about 100 miles over eight hours. They report no serious mishap and plan a return trip by auto.
King Edward aboard Shamrock II, the America s Cup challenger, escaped intact as a vicious Solent squall ripped sails from the yacht. The topmast and mainmast failed, sails vanished, and the vessel tumbled in heavy seas before righting and reaching Cowes in tow. The king stood amidships as the masts collapsed, clinging to the gear to avoid going overboard.
Andrew Carnegie donates 2,000,000 pounds to endow free education in four Scottish universities Edinburgh Glasgow Aberdeen and St Andrews for Scottish fellow countrymen only. Funds cover medical and commercial studies and will be managed by trustees to cover student expenses.
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