Week's News Record: Trials, Labor, and Global Trade
Thomas J. Sharkey released on 7500 bail after three weeks' imprisonment amid a manslaughter indictment. Minneapolis mills adopt eight hour shifts with 35 cents per hour for millwrights. J P Morgan meets Roosevelt to propose arbitration over coal disputes. progress toward ending the miners strike. Counterfeit silver dollars detected in Manila likely shipped from San Francisco. Charles G Dale, bank cashier, found dead in West New Brighton. investigation into his accounts inconclusive. Window Glass Workers' final wage scales mailed. plans for broad restart with fewer fines. In Tracy Minnesota, Ed Stricker killed wife and son then shot himself, injuring her father. Atlanta lumber conference advances a major U S industry merger. national association meeting in St Louis Dec 9-10 to form a nationwide lumber group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Sharkey
Nicholas Fish
New York City
Recorder Golf
Minneapolis
J. P. Morgan
Roosvelt
John Mitchell
China
Manila
San Francisco
Charles G. Dale
New York County National Bank
West New Brighton
Dale
Window Glass Workers’ Association
Pittsburg
American Window Glass Company
Tracy, Minn
Ed Stricker
Frank McCallister
Stricker
McCallister
I. Harvey
Numerous violent incidents across the nation report deaths and crimes
A slew of dramatic events unfolds from dirigible crashes near Pars to hangings at Macon Mississippi. Reports recount shootings in Tyndall and Louisville, suicides after betrayals, a Harvard professor accused of poisoning wells, a costly New York fire, and a wave of strikes, wrecks, robberies, and legal cases across states including Missouri, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska.
Notable 19th Century Dispatches From War and Plague
English anti ritualist John Kensit dies from mob violence in Birkenhead after a chisel wound to the eye while Ponticelli near Naples reportedly faces suspected plague cases. Cap tain Otto Sverdrup receives the Grand Cross of Saint Olaf and an annual $810 pension from King Oscar of Sweden for Arctic exploration. A Vienna dispatch notes the Ottoman sultan near death with secrecy. Russian business and geopolitical notes include Prozolov and nine sailors shipwrecked off Kamchatka, Chamberlain accused of provoking Boer War, and Kaiser Wilhelm’s territory reporting settler killings by natives. Reports touch on German New Guinea casualties, British bankruptcy of Earl of Euston, and shifting trade duties with developments at the St. Louis Exposition and Transvaal rail links. A Paris London Standard gossip column claims secret talks between Russia and Turkey may open the Dardanelles to Russian warships, with the passage now closed to warships of all nations.
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John Kensit
Birkenhead
Iater
Rome
A. A. Prozolov
St Petersburg
Milnerus
Chamberlain
Johannnesburg Reform Party
Kaiser Wilhem’s Land
New Guineas
Earl of Euston
Terry James Fitzroy
Duke of Grafton
London
Paris
London Standard
Russia
Turkey
Tardanelles
Suicide and legal notes span midwest and west events
Prof J J Iglebert of Columbia Missouri suicides at Centralia Nebraska Supreme Court bars Bible readings in schools Ohio governor pardonsMrs F W Taylor and daughter in kidnapping case Lewis and Clark expo seeks $500000 Oregon Pentecost band plans 500 child orphan industrial school Death dismissal of forgery charge in St Paul heart failure Two men killed in nitro glycerin factory explosion near Lima Ohio Church fire at Chaska Minnesota with banker residence damaged to 50000 loss L C Hayes alleged government agent in Montana suicide fragment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Iglebert
Columbia
Centralia
Nebraska Supreme Court
Gov. Nash
Ohio
F. W. Taylor
Little Margaret Taylor
Portland
Oro
Oregon
Pentecost
Orphans
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert P. Wallace
St. Paul
Chaska
Minn
Dunton
Lima
Four-Masted Schooner Buried Off Florida Coast
A large four-masted schooner was buried near Alligator Lighthouse off the Florida coast with the crew saved. In Cadiz Kentucky Walter Brown, a liveryman, was killed in a duel with Deputy Marshal Sumner. Earthquake shocks were felt in Garfield Texas and Creedmoor Pin Point Springs reported minor shocks with no major damage. Father W R Prendergast of Mannington West Virginia died after poison placed in mineral water. Options have been secured an 8000
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Alligator
Florida
Walter Brown
Cadiz
Sumner
Garfield
Texas
Creedmoor
Pinff Springs
W. R. Prendergast
Mannington
W. Va
Coal Lands in Hancock County Face New York Investment
News from West Virginia cites Frank McAl fresh of New Cumberland as arranging acres of coal lands for sale with New York capitalists in the deal. A separate New Orleans riot erupted when the street car company tried to resume service, leaving Policeman Schlessinger mortally wounded. Louisville authorities found thirty corpses, allegedly from Indianapolis, in a warehouse near Wathen's ice cream factory, raising questions about dead bodies in medical college inventories. In Tennessee and Arkansas, a lynching occurred as Garfield Burley and Curtis Brown killed D. Flatt over a traded horse dispute, with Burley captured after a posse pursuit and confession.
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Hancock County
West Virginia
Frank McAlfresh
New Cumberland
W. Va
New York
New Orleans
Schlessinger
Louisville
Indianapolis
Wathen
Medical Colleges
Garfield Burley
Curtis Brown
Newbern
Tenn
Burley
D. Flatt
Dyersburg
Flatt
Various 1902 news items span politics, crime, and shipping
Reports include Grand Army of the Republic leadership changes and Madison Wisconsin meeting, Navy duty on anthracite debated as repealable. a Canadian teacher killings. execution of Frank Sliggina in St John. Bragg reassigned from Havana to Hong Kong. Shaw customs policy aiding coal imports. Canadian free coal on Intercolonial Railway. Siam crown prince arrival in New York with officials greeting him.
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Madison
Wis
Langley Bill
Congress
Frank Sliggina
Willie Doherty
Rockwood Park
N IS
St John
Thomas J Stewart
Pennsylvania
Grand Army of the Republic
Pension Bureau
Tun & Co
New England
Anna Marie
Alpena
Mich
Kincardine, Ont
Gordon
Ferguson
Edward B. Bragg
Havana
United States
Hongkong
Willian A. Srtublee
Shaw
Government Road
Sydovy
C B
Halifax
Montreal
Nova Scotia
Prince Chowfa Maha Vajiravudh
Crown Prince of
Siam
New York
Suerst Bismarck
Southampton
Cherbourg
Herbert H D. Peirce
D. BR. Sickles
Bangkok
Roosevelt
Edwin V. Morgan
State Department
Trade review signals continued activity and gains in 1900s markets
The weekly trade review notes robust merchant activity in New York with bright prospects and prompt shipments. It highlights favorable Western reports, improved cotton marketing in the South, wage advances, and an improving labor situation. Transportation in the coke region rises, with September railway earnings up 94 percent over last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dua & Co
Bradstreet
Wheat Prospects and Rail Earnings Highlight Northwest Outlook
The article notes ongoing car scarcity and strong Northwestern rail earnings with the Northern Pacific posting a 40 008 000 gross and rising. It discusses wheat market competition from Manitoba and Canadian routes, predicting earlier impact this crop year and a generally cautious longer term sentiment on wheat based on supply and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inez
Northern Pacific
Northwest
Inland Market Prices Across Cities and Commodities
A dense listing of livestock and grain prices from Chicago to New York, detailing cattle hogs sheep and lambs with price ranges, and cereals like wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and potatoes. Regional quotes reflect no single market, showing diverse cash values across multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
Bt. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
Growing of Trees A System For Farm Benefit
A farmer recounts planting sugar maples along roads and around the house over twelve years. Sacredly preserved hard maples, ash and chestnut while clearing brush, creating a shade row and aiding climate and flood control. Encourages others to plant trees, noting future harvests and the benevolence of farmers.
The Senate Craze and the Boothlack Exchange
A humorous exchange between a United States Senator and a diminutive boothlack highlights political bravado. The Senator praises potential shine while the boothlack warns reporters would publish the gag for a year, noting too many funny Senators already.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Boothlack
Bob
Dean's Kidney Pills Claim Back Cure Endorsement
An old advertisement extols Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for backache and kidney disorders. It cites Mrs. Adam Guntle of Crawfordsville Indiana claiming long lasting relief after three boxes and offers a free trial mailed nationwide from FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY with price 50 cents per box.
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Bright
Dean
Adam Guntle
South Plum Street
Crawfordsville
Ind
Gruntie
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N’ Y
Love in the Museum Sparks Odd Muse
An eccentric wild man of eighteen demonstrates equal vigor in affection and appetite, prompting a whimsical scene as a stout patroness responds with a sly grin and a joking remark about a derrick.
Theodore Roosevelt on The Presidency
Theodore Roosevelt writes for The Youths Companion on The Presidency before his nomination for Vice President. The article, to appear in the November 8 issue, is expected to draw wide interest across political lines. A prospectus for The Youths Companion 1903 volume and free sample copies are offered with subscription offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Companion
Roosevelt
Youth's Companion
Berkeley Street
Boston
Swans
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the Brimfield News
Addison Pacey
Brimfield
Illino
Representatives of Lumber Association
Atlanta
St. Loui
De Brad=hy
Morin
Pars
Gus Bush
Macon
Miss
Ernnest Dismukes
John Momarek
Tyndall, &. D
Anna Vachten
John Trowbridge
Harvard University
Albert Loeb
Albert Loeb & Co
Lexington
Hoffman's
Huaerle
George Huston Cooper
Washington
Treasury Dpartment
St Joseph
William Cates
Eliza Cates
Bacolal
Mindanao
Amencan
Haverhill
Mass
G. E. Littlefield
James T Kelly
Kentucky
Lousville
South St. Joseph
South St- Joseph
Michael Cudahy
Cudahy Packing Company
Walker Humphreys
Philadelphia
Eorth
Priscilla Hoonphreys
Peter Coursen
George Wilkes
Dolly
Mambrino Chief
Peter Dury
W. E. D. Stokes
Mi Sonazire
Mamie Quinlan
Naugetock
Conn
New York, New Havens and Hartford
Danbury
Henry J. Rose
Jenkins’ Switch
Pittsburg and Western Railroad Company
Allegheny, I's
Aliss Alice Fisher
Willian Dougherty
Dougherty
Menlo Park
N. J
Western Express
Pearl Street
Charles W. Lewis
Fifth Avenue
van Emens
Can Nonsburg
Union Veterans’ Union
Washinngton
Sou
Johnstown
Pas
Pennsylvania Railroad
Joseph Lazas
Hugh Green Wood
Frank Metor
Samuel Caldwell
Opertors
Gus
Odell
Platt
Quay
Penrose
Sen Son Tun
Nho
York
Henry Brockstedt
Hattie Adams
Brockstedt
Adams
Barres
Philip H. Clark
Assanet
S. A.terry
Frank Barrows
Clark
Harlem
Mont
Garzke
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Martin
George Miller
Miller
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Williams
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Kansas City
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House of Delegates
St. Louis
Alfred Buffe
Mexico
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Salina Belk
Troy
Joseph E. Haston
Nineteenth Infantry
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Utah
Hugh Winter
Anton Bartnick
Marshal Nalley
Harry Tod
John Tod
Frank Silver
Charles Stitt
Youngstown
George B. Smeeth
Arlington Hotel
Seattle
Wash
Rock Island
Hannibal and
St. Joseph
Lincoln
Neb
Woodlawn
Burlington Express
Mia
James Keller
Springfielld
Snyder Park
Wother
Santa Fe
Barbaor
Weedlawn
Ein
Prof Bow Goldbars
Neboo
Hom
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Frowny
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Iurglars
J. HE. Lawrie
Wabash River
Terre Haute
Joseph Plotke
Iis Toom
Olive Street
St Tans
Plotke
Bsron Murphy
California
Murphy
Emmecer Freeman
Eldernto
Ark
Davis
Sherf
Union County
Eldorado
James Pendleton
Gentry
Empona
Kan
Pendleton
Wne
Coda S Morris
Grace Obley
Enponi
John Cox
Orlando
Fendleton
Western
L. C. Hayes
Montana
Sui
Southern
Grand Army
Mariw Sys
Senate
Love
Mississippi
Ben Jonson
Dr Thomas
Dr. Thomas
Wotan
Putnam
Winslow
St. John’s
Seeady
Austin
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