American Shoes Trade Hopes in Germany Case
Consy Warner reports potential German market for U S shoe makers if they tailor to local needs. Chinese minister Li Hung Chang gains supreme power to settle Chinese crisis. Cordelia Botkin to get new trial for Wilmington poisoning. California orange yield climbs toward 20,000 carloads, California orange property value soars. Fire from sunlit matches damages Ambrose Johnston home. Interior withdraws 300 square miles in New Mexico for Pajarito Cliff Dwellers National Park. Death of Charles Berry under mystery near Raines law hotel. arrests follow. Elihu Thompson steamship arrives Cape Nome with 200 passengers facing destitution. John C Terhune bank cash theft of 3 000. U S Russia arbitration protocol signed ending long dispute. National League standings show tight race heading into season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Li-Hung-Chang
Cordelia Botkin
San Francisco
John P. Durning
Wilmington
Del
California
West
Fie
Ambrose Johnston
Chauncey Avenue
Chicago
Secretary of the Interior
New Mexico
Pajarito
National Park
Chas. Berry
New York
Raines Law
Patrick Martin
Louis Giroux
Weston
Merry
Elihu Thompson
Cape Nome
John C. Terhune
Citizens’ Bank
Evanston
Terhune
Hill
Piercy
St. _Petersburg
United States
North Pacific
Russia
Ww. L
I. R Klyn
Boston
Hilsburg
Louwis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Long list of 1890s incidents and deaths across states
A compilation of brief notices reports deaths duels smuggling cases fires strikes and accidents involving politicians judges laborers and civilians across Massachusetts New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Iowa Missouri and Chicago with items on deaths from illness and fear of panics and a papal decree elevating a church official. Names include James Grinnell William Morgan Arthur Sewall Ada Mayo Mailey Belle Porter H. S. Schreck and Isaac Kaufman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James 8. Grinnell
Massachusetts
William J. Morgan
New Jersey
H. S. Schreck
Greenfield
Archbishop Corrigan
New York
Arthur Sewall
Bath
Belle Porter
Hostraver Township
American Society of Professors of Dancing
Saratoga
N. Y
Dahlgren
Gwin
Newport
R. I
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Isaac Kaufman
Lahn
Bremen
United States Treasury
James Barrett
Edward Shearer
Beech Creek
New York Central Railroad
Force Run
William Fitzpatrick
Richard Gordon
Louis Gordon
Richard
Clifton
S. 1
Gordons
Fitzpatrick
Fifth Avenue Savings and Loan Association
McKeesport
Mercantile Trust Company of
Pittsburg
Eliza Jane Lambie
Mark S. Lambie
Allegheny
Lambie
Wile Walker F. Cutting
Baldwinsville
Mass
Cuttine
Various 1909 briefs on business, deaths, and events
Brief notes cover prizes for Penaware apples at Paris exposition, the failure of Abstaire and Co Bremen tour firm, new trade between Port Arthur and Che Foo, price cutting by Chicare retail druggists, population counts in 73 cities, death of politician B F Brady of St. Louis, retirement of Gen Joseph Wieser, death of Carnegie library advocate Henry A. Chittenden, a Chicago man’s fatal stair fall, President’s pardon of Frank McBride in a $3972 embezzlement case, Moreland’s resignation motives at Carnegie Steel, robbery arrest in Monclova, jury finding Serkier Contracting liable for patrolmen’s deaths, Bethel land plot turtle with P T B initials dated 1830 found, Barnum age note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penaware Apples
Abstaire & Co
Port Arthur
Che-Foo
Chicare
B. FF. Brady
St. Taynis
N.Y
Joseph Wieser
Department of the Lakes
Lee
Alabama
Henry A. Chittenden
Oakland
Cal
Carnegie Free Publc Library
John Moller
Chicago
Frank McBride
Salt Lake
A. M. Moreland
Carnegie Steel Company
Vwe
Monclova
Mexico
Wells-Fargo Express
St. Louis
Serkier Contracting Company
Bethel
Conn
P. T. Barnum
Barnum
Various Midwestern and national incidents reported in brief
A wide range of items are noted including a woodworkers strike threatening Chicago manufacturing shifts, a spirits industry combine formed in Cincinnati, the death of Charles Russell in St Louis, and a Cincinnati supply firm assigning assets. Also reported are a St Louis dog rescue of a boy, Vermont and Arkansas election outcomes, extensive fire losses in Manito Illinois, oil land purchases by a British syndicate, Colorado mine deals, Denver homicide, Northern Pacific derailment with a fatal fireman, cattlemen versus sheep on Sharpsdale range, strikes in Iowa mines, Cleveland mills reopening with wage cuts, a Chicago soda works fire, and a jail break attempt by Ida Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Spirit Distillers
Cimeinnari
Charles Russell
Human Arrow
St. Louis
Peecering One Supply Company
Cincinnati
Debbs
St. Bernard
Forest Park
Orrie Trottler
Vermont
Manito
Jeff Davis
Pope County
Arkansas
Wrening
Standard Trust
W. Morgan Roblins
London
Colorado
Alvina Bollen
Sixteenth Street
Denver
William C. Baragar
Northern Pacific
Miles City
Mont
Sharpsdale
Southern Colorado
Consolidated Coal Comperty
Mauchackineck and Baxter
Iowa
Saylorville
Town
American Steel and Wire Company
Cleveland
Stephen Paden Company
Laramie
Wyo
Ida Mitchell
Hazards, murders, and storms marked Southern news
The Otter Creek Lumber plant in Hambleton West Virginia burned, destroying 12,000,000 feet of hemlock valued around a quarter of a million dollars. In Tennessee two prominent youths quarreled at a Val Lombrosa dance, resulting in Spriggs' death from a knife wound. Georgetown judge Cantrill ruled in ex-Secretary Powers Gorbel case, sentencing Powers to life. A shooting over money in Freiburg Wyoming left Wesley Carter dead after a saloon dispute. A powerful hurricane hit Jamaica and Cuba, smashing the Florida coast with near 100 mph winds, causing extensive damage and loss of life. In Kentucky a fight between Lilly Russell and Ellen Porter left Porter fatally stabbed. John D. Rockefeller donated 180,000 to Spellman Seminars, held by the American Baptist Home Mission Society in New York. Tunis Lumber Company, Norfolk and Baltimore plants, faces a surprise receiver status shocking financial circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otter Creek Lumber Company
Hambleton
W. Va
Louis Slut
J. A. Sprizes
Vallombrosa
Tenn
Spriggs
Mot
Georgetown
Cantrill Arter
Caleb Powers
Gorbel
Coon Kinner
Wesley Carter
Friiburg
Carter
Ninner
Jamaica
Cuba
Florida
Middlebors
Lilly Russell
Ellen Porter
Russell
John D. Rockefeller
Spellman Seminars
Atlanta
American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York
Tunis Lumber Companys
Norfolk
Baltimore
North Carolina
Czar Offended by French Cabinet Over Boisdeffre Crisis
Russian leader is deeply upset by France over General Boisdeffre incident, while Russia denies any Manchurian designs and rejects territorial claims in China. Britain agrees to pay about 500000 dollars in damages for restricting three German ships at Delagoa Bay amid ongoing Austrian maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czar
Russia
Gen. Boisdeffre
Manchuria
China
England
Delagoa Bay
Fateful year marked by plots and voyages abroad
A mixture of reports ranges from Ottoman leadership aging and a life-threatening plot against Abdul Hamid to political shifts in Norway's storting where leftists win 57 districts while rightists gain 16. Other items note Ladybrand siege with 150 British troops, Jacques Faure crossing the channel in a balloon, and German stance on Pekin troop withdrawal. Also reported are Arctic reach to latitude 80 33 north, two American students missing in Rome, and Constantinople’s contract for two torpedo boats to a Genoa shipbuilder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abdul “Hamid
Ottoman Empire
Storting
Ladybrand
Jacques Faure
Aero Club
Paris
Crystal Palace
London
Alette
Pas de Calais
Pekin
United States
Germany
Tromsoe
Norway
Duke of Abruzzi
Dr. Nansen
Eichstadt
Rome
Turkey
C. M. Dickinson
Constantinople
State Department
Sublime Porte
Aow Shipbuilding
Genoa
Global shocks and relief efforts dominate early reports
A quake at Litusa Bay Alaska killed five Indians and toppled glaciers. Santiago de Cuba faced severe storms with widespread damage. Captain Tuttle reports dire native conditions along the Alaskan coast and islands as Bear aids relief, with critical survival forecasts for next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litusa Bay
Alaska
Santiago de Cuba
W. A. Eddy
Atlantic
Santa Fe
Cleveland
Hague Arbitration Commission
Market Reports From Major U S Cities Cattle Hogs and Crops
Market rounds compile cattle hogs and grain prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with shipping grades, No 2 and white oats prices, butter eggs and pork values. Distinct city notes record wide spreads and daily ranges for buyers and sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Detroit
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Greater
Philadelphia
St Louis A
Boston
Baltimore
San Francisco
Ritisburg
Etre
New Orleans
Tretroit Wan
Weeree
Washington
Newark
Jereey City
Louisville
Providence
St. Paul
Rochester
Denver
Eeern
Toledo Senor
Alegbany Ae
Columbus
Omaha
Hoboken
Evansville
Wilkesbarre
Iansas City
Kan
Ereracee
Allentown
Springfield
Aee
Topeka
Milwaukee Streator
Evanaville
Rennet
Anasee
Des Moines
Terre Haute
Centerville
Town
Atlanta
Memphis
Secre
Nashville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Charleston
S. C
Madison
Wis
Omahn
Census Shows Big City Growth Across Nation
The census office reports 73 cities completed with a combined 15,214,568 people, up 3,818,500 since 1890. Atlantic City and Bayonne lead gains, while Lincoln Nebraska shows a drop. overall U.S. urban growth averages 33.5 percent across the surveyed metros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Lakes
Gulf
Lincoln
Neb
Atlantic City
N. J
Bayonne
N.J
Trinally
Washington
Rochester
St. Paul
Syracuse
Minneapolis
Allegheny
Kansas City
Fort Wayne
Trenton
Altoona
Manchester
N. FE
Lancaster
Galveston
Mobile
Davenport
Providence
Kan
Paterson
Pittsburg
Newark
Scranton
Buffalo
Hoboken
Peoria
New York
Wilkesbarre
Atlanta
Oakland
Cal
Portland
Racine
Detroit
Dayton
Millowaukee
Charleston
Richmond
Vado
Nashville
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Col
Covington
Quincy
Elmira
N. Y
Eonansville
Canton
Ohio
Baltimore
New Orleans
Salt Lake City
Chicago
Leading Cities Population by 2nd Census Figures
Population figures from the second census reveal rankings of major cities. The list highlights growth patterns, with the Big Towns showing varying increases and declines compared with prior counts.
New York Union to Aid Porto Rico Cigarmakers
A New York federated union will send funds to the striking cigarmakers in Porto Rico. A New York jeweler reports making a watch costing $20,000 to the purchaser. Joseph B. Noble, a veteran Mormon, was buried at Bountiful Utah mourned by thirty children. Over 700 Chicago wood workers struck in protest of mill owners refusal to sign the eight hour day union agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Federated Union
Porto Rico
New York
Joseph B. Noble
Bountiful
Utah
Chicago
Murders of Missionaries Reported in Inland Regions
The article details violent massacres of American and English missionaries in China. It describes women stripped, mistreated, and killed after attempts to escape to the coast, including executions by magistrates and brutal acts witnessed by locals and a Spanish priest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Board
Chuchua
Che-kiang
Two Policemen Die From Electric Shock in St Louis
In St Louis two policemen were killed and thirteen others shocked while contacting patrol box telephone gear during a power surge. Nicholas Beckman died en route to hospital after his hand burned. John P Loving also died instantly. Several officers suffered severe burns to fingers and hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Nicholas Beckman
John P. Loving
Rival golf clubs emerge in Singapore
A noisy backdrop of global notes reports Singapore hosting two rival golf clubs. Other items include Germany's near four million dollar North Africa investment, a ukase prohibiting baccarat in Russia, and Belgian census figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Germany
North Africa
Russia
Berlin
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Palestine
Belgium
James Thomipson
Houger
Brussels
Also Mentioned on This Page
Consy! Warner
Leipsic
A. B. Cummins
Afonsignore Keane
Catholic University
Washington, D
Fisk
Lima
Irwin Bachman
Halloran
Ryan
Charles Weitz & Son
David Linton
Charles P. Taft
Sinton
Elijah Davis
Davis
E. G. Elkins
Lake Front
Knopf
Teresa Weeger
Frank Weezer
Merrilly
East St. Louis
Joseph Fahn
St. Joseph
A. Jo Arnold
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey
Quiner
Brookfield
Arnold
Western
Southern
National Union Reform Party
Seth Ellis
S&s.t. Nicholson
Pennsylvania
Stewart L. Woodford
Isabel Hansen
Woodford
Nicaragua
Matagalpa
Jenotega
Mexican International Railroad
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Treveco
Tuttle
Revenue Cutter Service
Treasury Department
Nome
Alngkan
Market Reports
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