Worldwide Weekly Wrap of Disturbing Incidents
Two young men from Posen Michigan were found dead in a room at the Newman House in Ann Arbor, suspected gas exposure. A Pottsville quarry find yields about fifteen tons of coal in a backyard. A California freight teamster is robbed of 1900 dollars near Colfax. Indian students in Carlisle face railway obstruction charges with suspended sentences. Malaga theater crowd attacked as a gendarme fired. seven killed, nine hurt, guns drawn. Boss Shepherd’s Batopilas fortune est. six million. National Baseball League standings and American League tallies listed. In St Paul a crowd of 1000 at a Zion synagogue dedication collapses steps. 50 injured, none seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Bruski
Joseph Kierzek
Posen
Mich
Newman
Ann Arbor
W. J. Whitehouse
Schuylkill County
Pottsville
George Thompson
Gabriel Mellitt
Joseph Mills
James Browning
Government School
Carlisle
Malaga
Spain
A. R. Shepherd
Batopilas
Mexico
National Baseball League
W. S. Pittsburg
Chicago
Brooklyn Hoss St. Louws
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
New York
Dem at Third Virginia district renominates Lamb for Congress
A compilation of brief items notes Democrats of the Third Virginia district renominated John Lamb for Congress. Other items report fires in Canton Maryland and Sonora Texas with $100,000 losses, Peary’s safe return from Labrador, and various political and criminal happenings across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
John Lamb
Congress
Hubbard Fertilizing Company
Canton
Sonora
Texas
Eastern news briefs of accidents and deaths across the nation
Rear Admiral Bradford said wireless telegraphy lacks a reliable system. Olympia chaplain Morrison shot himself at Boston naval hospital. Major Wilkins of Pittsburgh killed trying to disarm his morphine crazed wife. George Huber killed his wife in Monterey Massachusetts and targeted her companion. Pennsylvania Railroad wreck near Bagada caused $80,000 loss. Oil town Ronseville hit by major fire destroying seven blocks and two homes. $50,000 loss. A Talmage residence deed conveyed to his widow valued at $16,007. Bridgeton factory fire at East Lake Woolen Mills destroyed, $100,000 loss, 200 workers idle. Miss Edith Nagle attempted suicide by knife. A young woman’s body found on New York pier with severe injuries. identity unknown. Worden shown fastest destroyer. speed 50.50 knots. Captain Andrews drowns with his bride. Suffolk Probate Court deems capiton dead. George Lindhurst bitten by fly caused blood poisoning. In Harrisburg a political contest favors Marcus C. In Kline over Green. Col John Garnett found dead in New York from carbolic acid. Henry Grady Jr located dazed in Caty Hall Park, hay fever linked mental confusion.
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Bradford
Washington
William F. Morrison
Olympia
Naval Hospital
Boston
William D. Wilkins
Pittsburg
George Huber
New York
Monterey
Mass
Fearing
Pennsylvania
Bagada
Kiskimietas Junction
Ronseville
Oil Creek
de Witt Talmage
Edith Nagle
T. M. Nagle
Erie
Pier 30
East River
Worden
Bainbridge
Barren Island
W. A. Andrews
Probate Court
Suffolk County
Massachusetts
George Lindhurst
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lindhurst
Judge Weiss
Harrisburg
Henry D. Green
Reading
Marcus C. In Kline
Allentown
Congress
Berks
Lehigh Counties
Kline
Western. Colorado Republicans nominate Peabody for Governor
A wide range of late 19th century notes: Colorado Republicans nominate James H. Peabody for Governor. Reports include burglaries in Arcadia Nebraska, a Milwaukee Hoo Hens meeting selecting Buffalo, a Stamps Arkansas murder by ax, and a fatal auto crash in Alameda California. Swift & Co. teamsters strike in Chicago amid discrimination claims. Estate bequeathed to Masonic home in Helena Montana. Frosts injuring crops across multiple states. Fires in Kansas City and a Topeka murder case. Forest fires in Washington and Oregon kill lives and cause massive losses. National Irrigation Congress set for Colorado Springs. Spokane steamer arrival at Port Townsend. First snow in Lead and Bald Mountain areas. Jury in the A J Belding case ongoing.
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Arcadia
Neb
Milwaukee
Buffalo
John Harper
Stamps, Ark
William M. Stewart
Senator Stewart
Nevada
Alameda
Cal
Swift & Co
Teamsters
Chicago
David Anchard
Helena
Mont
Iowan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Indiana
Kansas City
J. R. Wentz
Fremont
Ohio
Winfield Scott Stratton
Colorado Springs
Stratton
Charles Francis Sidney Colomb
Firm
Wooley & Co
James Kaye
Topeka
Kan
Kaye
Washington
Oregon
Forestry, Harmony and Colonization
National Irrigation Congress
Colo
Spokane
Port Townsend
Multiple 1900s incidents reported from Portland to Ottawa
A rapid fire of brief items spans murder verdicts in Portland, embezzlement arrest in Helena, union recognition for Striking Swift workers in Chicago, wage restorations at National Biscuit bakery, and a pending relocation of the National Educational Association depository. It covers trolley crashes near Dayton and a Canton commemorative event for McKinley, plus fires in Prentice Wisconsin and Ottawa Kansas, a hangings in Missouri, mill boiler blast in Ohio, a Minneapolis murder confession, a giant Great Lakes ship plan, and a Miami post office burglary among other scattered notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
J. H. Andress
Helena, Mont
Swift & Co. Teamsters
Chicago
National Biscuit Company
Teamsters
National Educational Association
Washington, D. C
Winona
Minn
Dayton
Springfield
Urbana
Southers
William McKinley
United States
Canton
Judge Day
Prentice
Wis
Columbia Hotel
Jesse Johnson
New London
Johnson
Fredericksburg Brewing Company
San Jose
Cal
California
Native Sons of the Golden West
Santa Rosa
George W. Shoemaker
Albany
Topeka
Kan
Nichols
Charles Bradshaw
Bedwell
Jacob Rhynerson
Nelson Hutchinson
Hartford Spicer
Martinsburg
Ohio
Hutchinson
Seer
Louis Dahlstrom
Minneapolis
James McGinn
Hubbard
Newcastle
McGinn
American Shipbuilding Company of
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Miami
Minami Savings Bank
Tillamook
Wilson River
Willis Sanborn Eaton
Duluth
Supreme Court
Rockefellers
St. Paul
Anna Limbeck
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
American Consolidated Paper Company
Dewar & Yerkes
Ottawa, Kan
Fire and crime wrap Texan oil fields and mills
Fire in the Texas oil fields is under control with a $200,000 loss. Stonewall Cotton Mills in Mississippi report $125,000 loss to spinning and card rooms, insured. In Richmond Virginia John M. King is found guilty of bribery, sentenced to 12 months and a $100 fine. Beau mont Texas oil field blaze as waste along the railroad spreads. Covington Kentucky attorney Raymond Gray dies from self inflicted wounds with non graphic cause cited as cocaine. Sal Kendlewood fatally shoots John Kendlewood in Ironwood Virginia. slayer claims accidental death amid rumored quarrel.
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Stonewall
Miss
Richmond
John M. King
Texas and Sabine
Beaumont
Texas
Raymond Gray
Covington
John Kendlewood
Sal Kendlewood
Ironwood
W. S. Taylor
Charles Finley
Execution and arrests shape Kentucky and Georgia crime report
In Franklin Kentucky Circuit Court continuances delay Goebel murder cases. In Wheeling West Virginia burglars struck a Panhandle office. one, John Doe, died from wounds, partner Philip Martin captured. Betsy Bryant hanged in Nashville Georgia for murder of Town Marshal Hynds. daughter Etta Hynds Parker briefly watched and cut down the body with her father's knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goebel
Franklin
Panhandle
Wheeling
W. Va
John Doe
Philip Martin
Betsy Bryant
Nashville
Hynds
Etta Hynds Parker
Bryant
Italian Plan For Mail Delivery By Electric Power
An Italian engineer proposed to Rome authorities an electrical mail delivery system running at 248 miles per hour. The report notes other world events including deaths, robberies, battleship movements, and diplomatic tensions across Europe and Asia, framed as brief current items from the era.
Navy assigns Captain Leutze to new Lat tleslap Maine
The Navy Department names Captain Eugene Leutze to command the new battleship Lat tleslap Maine. Alexander B. Shepherd, former governor of the District of Columbia, has died in Mexico. Hayti closes some ports to commerce per official notice. Grand Master F P Stargent resigns as head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. Tun & Co. notes rising industrial activity despite blockades. foodstuffs down 3.5 percent in August. railroad earnings up 42 percent from 1901. Battleship Wisconsin ordered to Panama and cruiser Cincinnati to Colon. Panther sent to Colon with Marines. Hingh Wallace, son-in-law of Chief Justice Fuller, denies resignation plans. Panama Canal title defects raise doubt on sale to the United States. Steamer Stevens burned off Clear Creek. crew saved amid heavy seas. Cuban House approves 35 million loan bill. agricultural aid 4 million loan. Merger of meat-packers to begin Sept 27 unless changes occur. Bertha voyage passengers report volcanic eruptions at Redoubt Niugama Augistine. Humboldt passengers report Alaska earthquakes from Muir to Yakutat. Dundas quake shatters glass and damages a canery. Supreme Court upholds primary election law. Mower County ballot blank spaces dispute denied. The court also sustains the law’s constitutionality.
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Navy Department
Eugene He C Leutze
Maine
Alexander B. Shepherd
Instret
Columbia
Washington
Mexico
State Department
Hayti
Haytian
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
F P Stargent
Tun & Co
Wisconsin
Panama
Cincinnati
Colon
Panther
Hingh Wallace
Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Witter
Panama Canal Company
Colomban
United States
Stevens
Buffalo
Iduluth
Clear Creek
Bandits in Office Force Nineteen Members In Confession
Former St Louis House of Delegates Speaker Murrell details a nineteen member combine that controlled legislation and sold votes for at least 125000 dollars. He says a Suburban Railway franchise deal involved 75000 dollars, with money stored in Lincoln Trust Company. Several indicted officials are awaiting trials as politics collapses under corruption revelations.
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John K. Murrell
St. Louis
House of Delegates
Tammany Hall
Philadelphia
Murrell
Mexico
Philp Stuck
Lincoln Trust Company
William M .Tamblyn
Cleveland
Folk
Tamblyn
Volk
Combine
House Combine
Tolk
House of Delegates Combine
Steady progress in New York trade and production
R G Dun Weekly Review of Trade reports ongoing industrial improvement in New York with strong merchandise distribution and healthy price levels. Railways show 3.6 percent higher August earnings versus last year, while raw material demand remains anxious for cotton goods and forward contracts.
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New York
I Portea
R. G. Dun & Co
Odd Fellows Open Ek Annual Session In Des Moines
The seventh eighth annual session of the sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows opens in Des Moines with welcome by Gov. Cummins and Mayor Brenton. Attendance reported at 30,000. totals show 127 grand lodges, 12,792 subordinate lodges, 2,780 subordinate camps, and a 1,002,272 member organization. Relief disbursed totals $8,939,785.68 with revenues $10,820,976.66 and surplus $2,030,775.35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Des Moines
A. BK. Cummins
Brenton
M. Newman
Iowa
J C. Milliman
Woodbine
Ida van Horn
Iowa Rebekah Aassembly
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Regional price table listing cattle hogs and sheep values, grain futures in multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo New York and Buffalo. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and livestock market ranges with per bushel and per head figures.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
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Alinoig Central Railroad
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Isaac Freud
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Gottlieb
Pierce
Albert Breyer
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Ely & Lewis
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Ohio Wesleyan University
James B Burbank
Artillery Corps
Fort Hancock
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C. Chase
McKinley National Memorial Association
Thomas Dolan
JG Brill Car Works
Phvladiphia Pao
John G. Garnett
West Point
Robert E. Lee
Wakefield Plantation
Ross Hotel
Henry W. Grady, Jr
Atlanta
Caty Hall Park
Ihlis
Western
Colorado
James H. Peabody
Southern
Rome
William Waldorf Astor
Gwendoline
Cliveden
England
Bank of France
Towa
Cape Massa
Seahorn
Brazil
Friars’ Island
Chamberlain
London
Vereeniging
Roosevelt
Seth Low
Ambassador White
London Evening News
Coal Combine
Fife and Clyde
Germany
Switzerland
Iermany
West River
China
Formosa
Russia
Manchuria
Paul Lessar
Pekin
Batang Japan
Borneo
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Bertha
Alaska
Mower County
Mubbell
Attorney Folk
Northwest
Missouri
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Sovereign Grand Lodge
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