Riots, floods, and political bribes headline week
A week of crises includes a Chicago riot over non union posting injuring eight and halting Morgan Street cars, Calabria floods drowning several, Umbria earthquakes, and a political bribery claim against F A Heinze. Wyo death of E S Boal shocks kin. peppermint oil market soars as A M Todd Co secures 95 percent of world crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Morgan Street
Calabria
Italy
Umbria
F. A. Heinze
Butte
Mont
Clark
Clark, Jr
Heinze
E. S. Boal
W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Sheridan
Wyo
Boal
A. M. Todd Company, Limited
Kalamazoo
Mich
Tangier
Morocco
Cooper
Fez
Riverton
Ind
Herbert McCannon
McCannon
Miss Staugh
Havana
Associated Press
United States
Cuba
Washington
Palma
C J. Clark
Knoxville
Tenn
Elizabethton
John G Carlisle
Kentucky
Senator McComas
Maryland
Robert P. Porter
Watauga Land Company
Iron City
South
National Armor Plate Works
Collapsed actor Julian Marlowe postpones tour in The Queen Fre metta
Brief items report Julian Marlowe collapsing at a New York railroad station forcing an indefinite tour postponement. Other notes list a Yonkers collision injuring twenty-two, including one possible fatality, and a series of military, maritime, and disaster updates from across the U.S. and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Marlowe
New York
Yonkers
Adj
Corbin
So B. M. Young
Lacat
Miles
William Johnson
Oscar HI
Ander
Harbin
Port Arthur
Salr
Kodune
Manchuria
Lorain
Olio
Port Diamente
Entre Illos
Argentina
Nogrega
Tornea
Sweden
Henry Frick elected director of Equitable Trust in NY
Henry C Frick of Pittsburg has been elected a director of the Equitable Trust Company of New York. Mrs Annie Kingsley, heart stabbed by her husband, died in New York. A Baltimore physician Dr Frederick Nordman ended his life by shooting. Roosevelt adds Carroll Wright as full arbitration commissioner beside his recorder role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Frick
Pittsburg
Equitable Trust Company
New York
Annie Kingsley
Frederick Roland Nordman
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Carroll D. Wright
Arbitration Commission
Pennsylvania Steel Works
Steelton
William Macqueen
Paterson
N. J
Union Steamboat Company
Marine Slip
Michigan Street
Buffalo
N. C
Macbeth-Evrans Glass Company
Chimney Combine
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Henry Brewster Stanton
Frank A. Munsey
Stephen O'Meara
Journal Newspaper Company
Boston
Chao Chu
Wu Ting Fang
Uncle Sam
Morris Guards
New Jersey
Bellevue Hospital
Harry Schrodding
Charles Schiery
Port Carbon
Peter Weaver
Notable deaths and events span politics crime and culture
The report lists Frank Norris operations and death in San Francisco, Rockefeller gifts to Columbia Teachers College, a Chicago jeweler robbery, tax conspiracy verdicts, a Kansas City horse sale, Indiana indictments for grave robbers, a Cincinnati rail accident injuring twelve, and various legal and economic notices including union injunctions and paper mill plans. It reflects a broad early 20th century national news snapshot with prominent names and locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Norris
San Francisco
Ohio
American Railway Association
Detroit
New York
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Teachers’ College of Columbia University
Wechter & Weinmann
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Williams
Wheeler
Belgrade
Neb
Union Pacific
Cooley’s
Kansas City
Thornton Star
J. A. Potts
Mexico
Montgomery Ward
la Belle Knoll Farm
Hanna
Indianapolis
Indiana
Cincinnati, Hawilton and Dayton
Lima
Cincinnati
Elmwood
William Coates
St. Joseph
William C. Spangler
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kan
Thomas May
Larimore
N. D
May
Various events across states include confederate dedication and crimes
The Kentucky Confederate Veterans' Trame at Pewee Valley was dedicated. The National Wagon Manufacturers' Association met in Memphis and set Chicago as the next site. John C. Kyle received life for killing Joseph Dailey of Parkersburg. Dr Ed Posntz died after a street duel with John Siler. Standard Oil agreed to acquire Wheeling Natural Gas for about 2.5 million. Judge Harreson refused to restrain school devotional exercises and Bible readings. Jim Wesley and Reddick Barton were lynched in Hempstead after murder trials. Miss Williamson, Horace Williamson's daughter, was shot near Chapel Hill while returning from church. Brown was accompanying her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall O. Waggoner
Toledo
Ohio
Detroit
Havre
Mont
Canadian Mounted Police
Northern Pacific
Bermount
Drummond
Thirty-first Street
Chicago and Eastern 1Inois
Chicago
S. A. Cook
Neemah
Minnesota
Senator Hanna
Marion
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alexander Ford
Y. Hidaka
Seattle
Sacramento
Mere
Yoshimoto
M.takutsomi
Hidaka
Mra
Hoory Haviland
JT Wills
J J Smith
Haviland
Joseph James South
Hirem Worden
Smith
Walking Shield
Sioux Falls
Bear
Sundown
Kentucky Confederate Veterans
Pewee Valley
National Wagon Manufacturers’ Association
Memphis
John C. Kyle
Joseph Dailey
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ed Posntz
Paint Lick
John (. Siler
Standard Oil Company
Wheeling Natural Gas Company
Standard
Harreson
Brooksville
Jim Wesley
Reddick Barton
Hempstead
Texas
Miss Williamson
Horace Williamson
Chapel Til
Brown
Philippine silver depreciation costs government losses
The depreciation in silver has cost the Philippine insular government about $1,000,000 in gold, while it holds $10,000,000 in silver. The official rate is $2.40 silver per $1 gold. Additional depreciation will raise the losses. News of a death in London, England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
London
England
Pioneer Electrician Prof Sidney Short Dies
A venerable figure in the electrical world, Prof Sidney H Short formerly of Cleveland, renowned for advancing electric railways, has died. Reports from Copenhagen note a 32 to 32 tie on a Denmark US treaty ratification. Gen Manning’s message from Berbera confirms Col Swayne’s force reached Bohodle safely amid Mad Muullah threats. Paris dispatches AP indicate France Britain and Germany plan Shanghai evacuation expanding the open door policy urged by Hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney H. Short
Cleveland
Short
London Foreign Office
Manning
Berbera
Somaliland
Swayne
Muullah
Bohodle
Copenhagen
Landsthing
Denmark
United States
Danish West Indies
Associated Press
France
Great Britain
Germany
Shanghai
Hay
World affairs and business notes from October era
A sweeping digest covers visits by European royalty to St. Louis, major iron ore deals in Pittsburgh, a New York merchants alliance seeking Cuban market control, and railroad earnings up 4.5 from 1901. It notes coal price hikes, a looming lead trust, public lands seizures, a Norwegian storm, military budget items, Alaska reports, ship losses, Custer lore, and the harvest outlook with apple production up sharply in several regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Germany
St. Louis Exposition
Roosevelt
Steel Companies
Pittsburg
Combine
Merchants’ Association of New York
Dun & Co
Baer
Big Lead Trust
Iowa of
New Jersey
Jan J. Col. Mosby
Interior Department
Lewis Rutherford Morris
Katherine Clark
Montana
Blaze devastates Corn Products plant in Chicago
A massive Tuesday night fire at the Corn Products Company's West Taylor Street plant in Chicago destroyed six buildings, killed at least twelve workers, injured many, and caused about 500000 dollars in losses. A gale spread flames, hundreds watched as firefighters saved the three major glucose structures, and officials warned the total damage could reach one million if the blaze spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thrivany
Corn Products Company
West Taylor Street
Lhfe Bata
Iive
Glucose
Illinois
Bishop McCabe Returns After Eleven Months Abroad
Bishop McCabe of the Methodist Church has returned to the United States after an eleven month absence. He visited church missions in South America, Germany, Switzerland and Denmark. In Concepcion Chile he found two large boarding and day schools for boys and girls, financially thriving with tuition, profits supporting native preachers, and a growing desire for education among South American communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
McCabe
Methodist Church
United States
Germany
Switzerland
Denmark
Iis
Europe
Vincent
Concepcion
Chill
Decree Enforces Use of Russian Materials in Shipbuilding
A Russian ministerial decree requires exclusive use of Russian materials in building all Russian ships, except vessels built abroad. The text notes other nations and recent naval activity, with tensions in the Acre dispute and Boxer-related concerns in China as background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecuador
Throughts
Washington
State Department
United States
Brazil
Acre
England
Chen Chow
Lewis and
Bruce
Conger
Great Britain
Cunard and
White Star Lines
American Ixpress Company
Settlement ends coal strike boosting industrial progress
The Weekly Trade Review notes the coal dispute's end removes a major hurdle to industry. Five months of restricted fuel and dwindling wage purchasing power hurt production and demand, but railways and mills show resilience. Freight rates rise, imports of finished steel dip, yet rails and shipyard plates stay in demand as optimism returns. The Northwest leads growth with Minneapolis recording a new output high while grain movement and banks strengthen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Great Western
Milwaukee
Union Pacific
Jeaxt
Northwest
Minneapolis
Northwestern Mills
Grain and Livestock Prices by City Listing Markets
A dense listing of livestock and grain prices across multiple U S cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York with cattle hogs sheep and assorted grain prices by grade and quality. Prices range broadly from a few cents to several dollars per unit across regions and commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Boy
Timothy
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
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Louisville
Jo M. McKnight
Defunderman National Bank of
McKnight
Holmes
Vermont
Hoosac Falls
N. Y
Austin
Lillie
Nebraska
Oregon
Ford
United States Court of Common Pleas
Kansas City Star
Afternoon Star
Morning Times
Hector A. Holmes
Bayard Holmes
Southern
Behring
Nome
USA
Lake Seamen's Union
Turkey
Ellen Stone
Macedonia
Centennial
Alnaka
Torporta Tre
Courtney Ford
Louis Walsh
Izon Island
Walsh
Dutch Harbor
Custer
Appearing Elk
Philip Daloria
Floren
Council
Protestant Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Daloria
Little Big Horn
Root
Juneau
Alaska
Gorton
Porcupine
Johnnie Stick
J W. Smith
Frank Alterinose
Rainy Hollow
Emmens
Harvesting Machine Trust
International Harvester Company
Tepee
Fairview
B. Co
Bishop M'Cabe
Bisnor S ° Cabe
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Lord Milner
Western Transvaal
Nnt
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