Week's News Record from the Steamer and Rail Incidents
The steamship Senator arrived in Seattle from Nome with 250 passengers and $500,000 in treasure, reporting a murder of St. Scott Morrison in Chicago by Siberian natives. A Wabash train plunged through a drawbridge into the Rouge River at Delray, Michigan, with no injuries. Henry Perkins, alias Denry Cornell, jailed in Clarksville, Tennessee, cited for past killings. Lena Stagemeier and Minnie Noltmeier, both about 14, shot near Arapahoe, Nebraska. believed accidental. Daniel Beetle killed himself in Woodbury jail after a fence-line quarrel. Roumanian Bulgarian frontier clash at Verdoreva, two Bulgarians dead, many wounded. Robbers near Ashland, Ohio, bound occupants and looted a house, then fled toward the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. I G Dun & Co reports mixed trade data and rising failures in August, with 735 failures and liabilities of $7,325,13. two banks liabilities at $136,000. Weekly U S failures 175. Canada 19.
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Seattle
Nome
St. Scott Morrison
Chicago
Rouge River
Delray
Mich
Henry Perkins
Denry Cornell
Kentucky
Tennessee
Clarksville
Tenn
Perkins
Arapahoe
Neb
Lena Stagemeier
Minnie Noltmeier
Onch
Holloway
Miss Stagemeier
Daniel Beetle
Woodbury
N.J
Beetle
Herbert Clement
Itle
Baltimore and Ohio
I. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Nuander
A. Dot
Fury Tiga
United Semis
Canada
Croker Wins New York Democratic Primary Foe Coler Routed
Reports from New York detail Croker's victory in the Democratic primaries while Coler loses in Kings County. Several other items touch Paterson's factory closure, Camadey's diphtheria outbreak, a canal boating trust plan, a drowning at Brighton Beach, Corbett stopping McCoy at Madison Square Garden, and census figures for Paterson and Wilmington.
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New York
Croker
Coler
Kings County
Rogers Locomotive Works
Paterson
N. J
Camadey
NX 1
Erie Canal
Arthur T. J. Rice
Brighton Beach
James J. Corbett
Kid” McCoy
Madison Square Garden
Census Bureau
Wilmington
Del
National Fraternal Congress
Boston
Charles E. Bonnell
Chicago
H. A. Warner
Topeka
Kan
Thomas J. Powers
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Bridge
Delaware River
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Recorder’s
News Nuggets from a World in Turmoil
Presbyterian assembly petitions on creed revision. Peter W. Corbett of Northern Pacific dies in St Paul. Nicaraguan congress backs commercial reciprocity treaty with the United States. Dempster & Co. buys 900 000 pounds worth of British and African Steam Navigation Co. ships. Kansas City firemen visit Windsor Castle and dine with the mayor. Fifteen killed and fifty injured in a collision near Atlantic City. Disasters unfold in Trarhedd and Bolatr. Leavenworth miners strike for higher wages. Thaw operators adjust terms. Actress and acting teacher from St Louis Mayes linked to Valdosta performance. Louis Goodman, 104, Russian packer, dies in Pittsburgh. Horses burned at Chicago stock yards. property damage minimal. Thomas Jones hanged in Raleigh for murder. David Sinton dies in Cincinnati at 93 with a large fortune. Cardiff strike leaders resume work after company concessions. about 30,000 colliers return.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Peter W Corbett
Northern Pacific Railway
St Paul
Mina
Nicaragua
United States
Miler
Dempster & Co
African Steam Navigation Company
Kansas City
Paris
Windsor Castle
Athantic City
Ovens Reid
Trarhedd
Bolatr
Mido Black
Leavenworth
Hmernia
Ante Day Mayes
Valdosta Goa
Mayes
St Tams
Louis Goodman
Western News Capsule Merges Fires Murders and Lootings
A broad late August update reports Western events from multiple states. Died in St Paul from burns during N rays treatment, August Kittman. Mrs Mary McGill killed by shock of her son James McGill’s death in Jetmore. Papillion post office safe blown, stamps and money stolen. Chicago parade draws thirty thousand veterans. crowd exceeds 100000. Mrs Mary E Reese, sister of Generals Sherman and former Senator Sherman, dies in Lancaster Ohio. California forest reserve fires threaten San Gabriel timber. Archbishop Kennessy wills $1 million to relatives and churches. probate in St Paul. Land office withdrawals four townships in Idaho for a national park. Spencer Dicks kills Orval Miver near Greenland. jealousy causes shooting. Leo Rassieri succeeds as Grand Army commander. Manchester Englishman Boothroyd dies in Laso Texas. Wheat yields fall in eastern Washington. Cartwright Wisconsin burns, destroying mills and warehouses. Chicago Edison base explosion injures two, sewer gas cause. Agnes Cox saved child near death on Union Avenue line. George Ling dies after saving twenty-four lives in Johnstown flood. Augustus Ford Harvey dies in Kirkwood. National Land and Tax League formed in Cincinnati seeks land redistribution. An update ends with a Jesse James revival claim in Fort Worth.
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August Kittman
St Paul
Burns
Marsville
Mary McGill
James McGill
Jetmore
Kan
Papillion
Neb
Chicago
Mary E. Reese
William T. Sherman
John Sherman
Lancaster
Ohio
San Gabriel Reservation
California
Archbishop Kennessy
St. Paul
General Land Oee
Shoshone Falls
Blue Lakes
Snake River
Idaho
Spencer Dicks
Orval Miver
Greenland
Cole
Leo Rassieri
St Louis
Grrand Army of the Republic
Louis Boothroyd
Manchester
England
Boothroyd
Duke of Manchester
Washington
Cartwright
Wis
Birney
Electre
Chungy Edison Company
Baby Pfeiffer
Agnes Cox
St Loms
Cox
Union Avenue
George H. Ling
Johnstown
Pittsburg
Port Wayne
Augustus Ford Harvey
Insurance Inteview
Chicago Independent
Loyal Legion
West
Kirkwood
National Land and Tax League
Cincinnati
Columbus
United States
Fort Worth
Texas
Jesse James
St. Joseph
Bob Ford
Notable Crime Tales and Disappearances Across the Nation
A string of late 19th to early 20th century incidents unfolds with Jesse James rumored near Trinidad, Louisa Sontag’s failed suicide attempt, Baca family feuds in New Mexico, and a Be reu double tragedy. From St. Joseph post office safe heists to census shifts among Osage and Kaw nations, to the Ida Corrigan drowning and the Idler schooner catastrophe near Cleveland. The era’s lawless fronts stretch to Colorado’s mine fires, a Union Pacific holdup near Tipton, and wartime parole anomalies. Reports also cover disappearances of Broken Knight in Missouri and a Cairo restaurant owner, plus a joyous wedding of a youth couple in St Louis.
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Jesse James
Trinidad
Golo
Louisa Sontag
Paul Sontag
Chicago
San Francisco
Frederick Roepke
Bereu
N. M
Oklahoma
O. A. Mitschner
Osages
Kaws
Ida Corrigan
Idler
Cleveland
John
James Corrigan
Union Pacific
Bandita
Tipton Station
Wye
Colorado State Board of Health
Tyler
Colorado
Weldon
Leadville
Colo
Platt B. Walker
Se. Pau
Minn
Fort Snelling
War Department
Broken Knight
Malden
Nnight
Ao Restaurant
Cairo
Johnny Ray
North Twelfth Street
St Louisa
Johny
Lulu Gordon
Impeachment and killings across cities loom in routine report
A Southern wire summary reports Mayor Woodward of Atlanta impeached for drunkenness and disbehavior. It notes a double murder at Howard's Creek involving Nancy Barnett and Mrs. James Bennett, killed by Bennett’s husband. Also covered are a Norfolk barber returning from Nome with $124,000 in gold dust and claims worth $150,000, a Cheneyville assassination confession, a lynching in Forest City, N C, threats against a lynching of a Black woman, Kentucky House debating shirt waist colors, a Goebel murder indictment in Clark County Ky, and various other violent incidents and arrests across multiple states.
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Woodward
Atlanta
Nancy Barnett
James Bennett
Bennett
Howard's Creek
George St. Evans
Norfolk
Nome
Alaska
Cheneyville
Alnnsog
G Jacksoon
Thomas J. Amos
Amos
Forest City
N. C
Flack
Tegan
Kentucky
Stith
Richard Cambs
Goebel
Clark County
Charles Wilson
Greenville
Miss
Moon's Landing
Dick Johnson
Tom Mike
Wilson
Johnson
Regicido Bressi Sentenced For Life In Milan Trial
A Milan court condemned Regicido Bressi to life imprisonment at the close of his trial. A Paris cablegram reports an insurrection in Persia aimed at dethroning the Shah who shows little concern. The Lysistrata, built for James Gordon Bennett, was launched at Dumbarton, the Clyde’s largest yacht. Heavy fighting in Machadodorp, South Africa, ends with a Boer defeat and British capture of guns. Li Hung Chang reportedly held by allied admirals at Shanghai as a hostage under diplomatic law.
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Regicido Bressi
Milan
Paris
Persia
Lysistrata
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Dumbarton
Scotland
Clyde
Machadodorp
South Africa
Li-Hung-Chang
Shanghai
Interdictions and upheaval sweep across nations and courts
A London bankruptcy ruling forces the Duke of Manchester to resign from clubs while a Simla letter reports a severe cholera outbreak with high death rates surpassing bubonic plague. Rumors claim a Japanese victory over Boxers and Chinese forces near Teh-Chou, with 1500 Chinese killed. In London, a High Court judge bars picketing at rail stations, restraining union officials from harassing Great Western Railroad facilities.
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Guage
Duke- of- Manchester
London
Mobieman
Simla
London Daily Mail
Pei-tsang
HeSi- Wu
Teh-Chou
Tuan
Chee-Lee
Justice Farwell
High Court of Justice
Lendes
Bell
Amalgamated Society of Mailway
Holmes
Great Western Railroad
Tornado destroys Whitewood town and other world items
Reports describe a tornado demolishing much of Whitewood NWT population 400. Other notes cover fires in Winnipeg Manitoba losses pegged at 50000, a steamship Alabama speed trial, a Mafeking cyclone damaging military camp hospital and deaths, oil storage expansion to Bakersfield, Newfoundland coal famine, Yaqui Indian activity, a Kentucky train robber sighting in British Columbia, Edison’s new power machine, Sweden offering 310 million in bonds, and a new transatlantic telegraph cable linking New York to Emden with peace congratulations.
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Sons of Veterans
Peortage Avenue
Garry
Sasith Street
Winnipeg
Man
United States
Alabama
Newfoundland
Sydney
Cape Breton
Reid
Curacoa
Guayamas
Guaysama
Germany
Commercial Cable Company
New York
Fayal
Emden
McKinley
Chicago Cattle and Various Commodities Market Prices
Report lists current bid ranges for cattle hogs sheep and lambs across multiple markets including Indianapolis Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Also covers grains such as wheat corn oats rye and butter with specific No. 2 grade prices and regional shipping rates.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
United States and Kee sin Seek China Status Quo Compact
A cabinet end meeting reports a compact with Li Meng Chang to restore the prewar Chinese status quo. The document outlines five points: Emperor Kuang Suan’s designation as China’s ruler, Li Meng Chang as peace envoy, allied cooperation to restore order, and safeguarding China’s territorial integrity. The agreement seeks to withdraw foreign troops from Beijing, return certain territories, and ensure nonviolent restoration while maintaining regional stability.
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United States
Keesin
Li-Bemg-Chang
Comquist
Chima
Eueste
Chins
St . Giesce
Eusien
Eusctaced
Sperica
Secoxd
Kuang Sy
China
Li-Meng-Chang
Nesses
Bresci Sentenced Life Term in Milan Murder Trial
Gaetano Bresci the assassin of King Humbert was found guilty of murder at his Milan trial and sentenced to imprisonment for life Under the Italian law severe penalties could apply for treason the case revolved around the fatal shooting of King Humbert at a public event Bresci a Paterson New Jersey silk factory worker who sailed to Italy in May left his wife and child in destitute circumstances as the authorities pursued justice for the king’s murder
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Gaetano Bresci
Humbert
Milan
Brest
Cevere
Italy
Rainier
Charse
Treet
Astassiv Beessi
Ase
Breri
End Liied
Hing Flambert
Mugzafalr
Pemdins
Bix Saum- Mer
Lambert
Gmoods
Eve
Linz
Instantis
Te Erexd
Paterson
Defeat of Boxer Force Reported in Far East Clash
Japanese reportedly killed 1,300 Chinese near Pei-tea as two great battles with Boxers and Chinese end in Thorsdar. News says 1540 Chinese dead with Prince Toza breaking their line and driving the foe back toward Chi Li province.
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Pei-tea
Rasnees
Shanchai
Pet-teas
Thorsdar
Prince Toza
Chi-Li
Fragmentary 1900s column with diverse political musings
A garbled mix of political commentary and satirical jottings touches on figures like Lord Roberts and Dewet, debates over Chinamen importation, and remarks about Mary Ellen Lease. The text moves through various voices, hints at public figures, and mocks current events with a stream of unrelated observations.
Feasting Tragedy Amid Boxer Uprising At Pao-Ting-Fu
Intercepted dispatch from the viceroy at Pao-Ting-Fu recounts a feast for 2,000 Boxers invited by the Tsans-Ghows taotai on the canal. Boxers slaughter imperial soldiers, while reports clash over siege conditions and foreign responses as looting in Pekin continues and American restraint is criticized.
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Pao-Ting-Fu
Tien-tsim
Tsans- Ghows
Tientsin
Grand Canal
Pekin
New York Port Bridge Plan Approved for Two Deck Floodplain Riv
Secretary Root signs official plan for a 969 million double deck bridge over the Hudson River to rejuvenate New York harbor commerce. The project aims to streamline traffic and spur port activity, with a five year construction horizon.
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Root
Port of
New York
Bridge plan across the Hudson with mixed rail and roadways
The proposed structure spans from West New York across the Hudson with six steam rail tracks on the main level and four trolley tracks on the upper deck. It combines suspension and cantilever design, costing over 1,000,000 dollars per mile, with roads, promenades, and access for pedestrians and cyclists to be detailed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West New York
Had Ua
Prospects for Wheat Prices Seen Upward This Year
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson notes no wheat shortage in the U S this year with estimates around 100,000,000 bushels. He cites strong home demand and rising per capita consumption, predicting a marked advance in prices before year end due to a robust domestic market. The piece also covers views on western migration trends and foreign investment opportunities in Mexico.
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Agricultum
Wilson
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R. Philip Gormully
Gormully & Jeffery Reerufacturing Company
Montreal
Whitewood
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Presader
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Musbert
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Boxer Force
Havre
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Ching
Carrie
Bryam
Lord Roberts
Dewet
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Mary Ellen Lease
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Britu
Iowa
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Kincer
Luvites
Becquet
Rodson River Bridge
E. M. Jackson
Chicato
Washington Post
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Union
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Victor Emmanuel II
Naples
Kenneth J. Ainsley
Mexico
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