Week in Review: Fires, Collisions and Trials Across Nations
A string of nationwide incidents includes Hooston Texas oil mill fire causing massive losses between 350000 and 106000 with 252500 insured. Yonkers New York trolley crash injures about forty. three may die. Frankfort Kentucky hears sensational Goebel assassination testimony. Cincinnati fires claim multiple deaths in a Salvation Army nursery blaze. Washington secret service reports New Orleans arrest of Peter Danose for counterfeit coins. Chicago knife attack ends a teen’s life during a birthday celebration. Rimersburg Pennsylvania mine tragedy claims three family members. St Louis bank tale ends with a man accidentally depositing a forged draft. Baseball standings show national league leaders and team records trending.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Frankfort
James Howard
William Goebel
James Stubblefield
Clay County
Stubblefield
Howard Esultingly
Goebel
Salvation Army
East Fourth Street
Cincinnati
Secret Service
Washington
New Orleans
Peter Danose
Fulton
Thomas
Chicago
Richard Novack
Albert Olson
West Fourteenth Place
Mary Smith
John Walsh
William Flick
Rimecton
Edward S. Plummer
Third National Bank
St. Louis
Tiss Pinna
Sam Plumimer
Lax
Srookisa
Ag Chieran
St Tass
Philadelphia
Cincinnani
Boston
New York
Eastern Wire at Narrasansett Pier destroys Casino structures
A chaotic scene across Narrasansett Pier as the Eastern Wire facility wrecks the Casino and other muted structures. Parallel political turmoil sees Tammany’s slate led by J P Stanchfield for Governor backed by the New York Democratic convention. Roosevelt dismisses District Attorney Gar diner’s charges as morally guilty but legally innocent.
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Narrasansett Pier
Rockingham
Tammany
J. P. Stanchfield
New York
Roosevelt
Gardiner
Montgomery Sicard
United States Navy
Westernville
N.Y
Philip Turner
Newton
Mass
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Stephen C. Foster
Pittsburg
Marion Foster Welsh
Chicago
Ida E. Smith
Chas. W. Compton
Newark
N. J
Mabel Sickinles
Somerset
Hermanus TL. Baer
Hoboken
Connecticut
Morris Sachs
New Haven
Sachs
Mitchell
Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Erie
John B. Lyons
Lake Erie
Lyons
Camden
White Plains
N. Y
Cleveland
Pittburs
Rairoad
East Liverpost
Smith's Ferry
Pal
Jas. Colone
Thomas Cochran
Western Michigan wheat field activated at seven bushels
A sweeping United States scene reports Michigan wheat at seven bushels per acre of indifferent quality. Ora G Scott an insane man killed his aged grandmother with a hatchet at Fort Scott Kansas. The Little Rock census lists a population of 38207, up 48.05 percent since 1890. The steamship San Pedro arrived Seattle from the north with 200 passengers and 8000 in gold. Rosslyn Ferrell an express robber who killed Messenger Charles Lane was indicted for first degree murder. The Chicago White Stockings clinched the pennant by beating Cleveland twice. Seven men escaped Fort Leavenworth. a cage bar was cut and a brick wall breached.
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Michigan
Ora G. Scott
Fort Scott
Kan
Little Rock
San Pedro
Seattle
Rosslyn H. Ferrell
Charles Lane
Marysville
Cito
Chicago White Stockings
Cleveland
Fort Leavenworth
Wichita
Ira O. Jenkins
Bismarck
N. D
August Stark
South Bend
Ind
Desplaines Street
Chicago
Arizona
Liverpool
Ohio
Mary Linkenstein
Five bullets end Philadelphia man as robbery occurs
A violent incident near Vineland New Jersey left Walram Ho Wright of Philadelphia mortally wounded with five bullets. In Indiana former prominent businessman George E Townes aged 65 was found dead in Indianapolis. Several other brief notices detail deaths and notable events across the nation.
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Cuba
Elegans
Ilavant
Albert of
Saseny
Wolhas
Tesden
Andrew Cavneme
Greenock
Sceland
Connen
California
Oan
William J. Bryan
Puble Francis S Jones
United States
Legation
Buenos Ayres
Charlesville
Portugal
Krucer
Europe
Pfelland
Jims
Philadephia
Hav
Reiger
Reiger, Has Sticterd To the Counery Mrs Marsho Corran
Ti Pears
Saca Hodares
Vineland
Walram Ho Wright
Philadelphia
George E. Townes
Busimmess
Indiana
Indinapolis
Fred Fp, Rosh & Co
Esther
Isaac Webb
Poplar Bluff
International tensions and political shifts reported
Foreign news outlines $100000 for Philippine highways and bridges, cabinet resignations in Sweden, a royal proclamation in Servis branding intrigue traitors, Yerkes' stake in London’s Underground Railroad, anarchist links to France’s Loubet, Kruger’s resignation in Transvaal, and Philippines army plans for native troops. European security articles describe a Swiss traveler arrested in Spain over an assassination plot and a Japanese arrest of the Baron von Ketteler killer, with confessions about orders from the imperial government.
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Philippine Commission
Bostrom
van Otton
Alexander of
Servis
Charles T. Yerkes
Metropolitan District Underground Railroad
London
Spain
Loubet
France
Kruger
South African Republic
Transvaal
Philippines
Baron Curzon of
Kedleston
India
India Office
Madras
Bengal
Gangetic Plain
Santander
United States
San Sebastian
Baron von Ketteler
China
Stolen Painting and Naval Loss Pack Silent Hull News
Readable facts include the theft of Russdael's painting Silenus Somonolens en route from Naples to New York, reportedly purchased for £3000 for a naval officer possibly Admiral Dewey. The torpedo boat destroyer Goldsborough suffered a shaft break in a test run of President, and Meldrum's flour mill burned in Faris Colorado, causing about $250,000 in losses.
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Russdael
Silenus Somonolens
Naples
New York
Admiral Dewey
Goldsborough
22 Cole
Window Glass Manufacturers’ Association of the United States
Lems Torres
Customs Office
Post Office
Bank of Commerce
Market Reported Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Market reports show cattle, hogs, sheep and grain price ranges across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York. Cattle values span roughly 2.50 to 5.90 dollars with hogs often near 5.00 to 5.95, while wheat and corn quotes vary by grade and city. Butter and eggs fetch creamery and western prices, with oats and rye quoted in cents per bushel.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Withdrawal plans near Pekin shift power balance
Paris and Vienna dispatches report that America France and Japan agree to pull troops from Pekin with limits, keeping foreign control. Britain Germany Russia and Japan would hold about 10 000 troops each in Pei Chi Li while the United States and France take about five thousand. Washington warns that a settlement is needed to avoid further delay.
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Paris
London Post
America
France
Japan
Pekin
London Standard
Posal
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Vienna
The
Standard
Britain
Germany
Russia
Pei-Chi-Li
Austria
Italy
United States
Walt
Washington
Miners Strike Ordered in Anthracite Region
About 140000 miners in Pennsylvania were ordered to cease work as the United Mine Workers indorsed a strike in line with Hazleton convention demands. The action targets abuses including company stores, wage scales, day labor pay, and the sliding scale, with wages and conditions to be settled with coal companies. The strike affects 140000 workers directly and roughly a million indirectly, costing around ten million dollars weekly.
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Pennsylvania
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers of America
Hazleton
Lakes Ravaged by Furious Gale Across Texas to Chicago
The great storm battered the region from Texas to the Lake area with a 300 mile wide path. Wind velocity peaked in Chicago at seventy two miles per hour, tearing signs from buildings and snapping electric wires as it moved inland from Galveston.
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Texas
Lake
Chicago
Galveston
Negotiations Likely as US Withdraws From Pekin Drawn
U S forces may leave Pekin soon as Li Hung Chang speeds talks with Chinese leaders. An escort from Tianjin is offered for Li, and a likely Empress Dowager and Emperor envoy could reach the capital within a week. Washington seeks final settlement of all disputes through negotiations. The move unsettles both the Chinese dynasty and other powers hoping for a settlement.
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United States
Pekin
Li- Hung-Chang
Earl Li
Tienthin
Maine election returns show Hill and ord led in 1910s style tally
Returns from 250 towns in Maine suggest Hill for Representative leads with about 49 524 to 30 252 for Dem ord. Estimates place Republican plurality near 33 500. Allen Littlefield Burleigh Boutelle re elected by 6 000 to 10 000 majorities. county tickets largely Republican. Legislature similar. Also note a Kansas City school principal case over housing and Miss Priscilla Higgins swimming eight miles in Staten Island.
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Maine
Hill
Ord
Frank
Amos L. Allen
Charles E. Littlefield
Edwin C. Burleigh
Charles Boutelle
Destructive Lake Erie Storm Ravages Buffalo and Ports
A fierce storm along Lake Erie menaced pedestrians and caused two deaths, multiple serious injuries, and extensive property damage at Buffalo and nearby ports. The wind reached seventy miles per hour, hampering communications and delaying casualty tallies as ships and structures suffered heavy losses, including partial destruction of a Pan American building under construction.
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Buffalo
Erie
Songhorn
Partis
Pan American
China War News: Allied Efforts and Boxers Clash Near Pekin
Telegraph reports from Takow cite Gen Chaffee in hand, and Barry cabled progress. Prince Ching seeks talks with allies while Maj Peley reports 120 Americans sick at front and 200 at Tientsin. A Pekin message notes British forces near Pekin with 300 Boxers and 2,000 troops. Boxers retreat after 70 Chinese deaths. Yu Hsien appeals to throne over the murder of fifty-two foreigners. Hung-Chang accused of anti-foreigner tactics. Ho Si Wa dispatch describes heat and peril for Americans.
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Tongku
Yang-tsum
Barry
Takow
Chaffee
Prince Ching
Maj
Peley
Relief
Tientsin
Pekin
Yu Hsien
Shanghai
Berlin
Hung-Chang
Ho-Si-Wa
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Hooston
South
Prk
CS Bev
Ais
Faditnapolis
Minneapots
Western
Salt Lake City
Geo. Prousse
C. Barnett
Reiss& Wallenstein
Broadway
Holbrook Brothers
Hamilton
New
St. Joseph River
Paul Bebradt
Louis Rush
Alta House
Miss Alta
Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
Nicola Cerrie
J. G. Carabelli
G. St. Purpora
P. D. Errico
N. Costignana
George Raby
Rowland Raby
England
Wallace Dean
Nora Nave
Jeffersonville
Justice Nixon
Columbia Carriage Company
Niles Tool Works
Samuel Allen
Hed Cross Rink
Port Huron
Mich
Elettor
McMarron, Milling Company
Port Huron and Northwestern Elevator Company
D. McMarran & Co
Wilbur Inslee
Qonofrio Hl. SerriteYa
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
Nodaway County
Diana Blackhurst
Mary K. Johnson
Mary C. Wisslead
Hebble White Wisslead
Edward Wisslead
W. C. Johnson
Carey
Johnson
Patrick Mulherer
Sandusky
Huron
Baltimore and Ohio M
Union Pacific
Abilene
Rosebud
Pine Ridge
Cheyenne
Lower Brule
Standing Rock
Black Hills
D. J. Mackey
Evansville
Mackey
Evansville’and
Terre Haute
Léonisville, Evansville and St. Louis
Peoria, Decatur and
Mounds
South Dakota
Pretty Boy
Market Reports
Amerca
Liu Kun LI
Chang Crin Tung
Prings- Ching
Ching
Kwang Su
Hsu Tung
Fuo-Chow
Yung Lu
Legations
Kansas City
Tie
Priscilla Higgins
New York Bay
Fort Hamilton
St. George
Staten Island
China War News
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