Explosion Kills Eight at Delaware Pulp Mill
In the Jessup and Moore Paper company plant on the Christiana River near Wilmington Delaware an explosion of two steel digesters within a two story building killed eight workers and injured several others. At least six men were missing as the building and nearby mills suffered total wreckage. One digester was hurled about 200 feet after the blast.
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Delaware
Jessup & Moore Paper Company
Christiana River
Wilmington
Del
Tornado, Cloudburst Hit Pana Illinois Cause Major Damage
A severe storm struck Pana Illinois damaging the community with a cloudburst and tornado. The Catholic church steeple and bell were blown down, hotels and business blocks unroofed, windows shattered, and the M U A building near total demolition. The Baltimore and Ohio depot at Millersville was blown away. Estimated losses run about 150000 dollars, with several injured. The disaster is described as the worst since 1857.
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Pana
Aged man shot in Oklahoma City burglary case
A Guthrie dispatch reports J. M. McMorris, aged Charleston resident, mistaken for a burglar in J. F. Shaffer’s home in Oklahoma City. Shaffer shot him as he bent over a cradle thinking the house belonged to his daughter. McMorris died shortly after. Shaffer’s statement at death exonerates him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mar
Guthrie
Oklah
J. M. McMorris
Charleston
J. F. Shaffer
Oklahoma City
Shaffer
McMorris
Fred Troutman
Forest fires threaten timber and Gold Hill mining camp
A Saratoga message warns escalating forest fire danger along the Saratoga to Gold Hill route. Governor Richards asks the Interior Department to dispatch special agents to Carbon county as fires threaten valuable timber and the Gold Hill mining camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Saratoga
Interior Department
Gold Hill
Richards
Carbon County
Captain James A. Ivan Trial in Philippines Court Acquitted
The War Department has the papers in Captain James A. Ivan Fifteenth Cavalry court martial by order of the President over allegations of administering the water cure to natives in the Philippines. Captain Ryan admitted administering the cure but argued it was necessary to achieve results. The court is understood to have acquitted him.
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James A. Ivan
Fifteenth Cavalry
Philippines
War Department
Ryan
General Torrence Names Blakeman Parade Chief Marshal
Gen Eli Torrence commander of the G A R selects Col A Noel Blakeman his chief of staff as chief marshal of the veterans parade on October 8 at the national encampment in line with established precedent that the commander-in-chief chief of staff commands the encampment parade.
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Eli Torrence
Col
A. Noel Blakeman
General Torrence
Cedric huge White Star liner launched at Belfast yards
The White Star line steamer Cedric of 21 008 tons, the largest liner afloat, was successfully launched at Harland and Wolff's yards in Belfast, Ireland. She measures 700 feet in length, 75 feet beam and draws 49 1/2 feet of water, with a carrying capacity of 18 400 tons and space for 2 000 passengers.
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White Star Line
Cedric
Harland& Wolft’s Yards
Belfast
Ireland
Alger Signals Senate Bid for Michigan Seat
Gen. Russell A. Alger former secretary of war announces himself a receptive candidate for the United States Senate from Michigan to succeed the late James McMillan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russel A. Alger
United States Senate
Michigan
James McMillan
Race Riot Report From Tupelo Miss Four White and Negroes Hurled
A Tupelo dispatch to the Time-Democrat reports a race riot eight miles from the city with four white and eight or ten Negroes killed or wounded and no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Tupelo
Miss
New Orleans
Romig and Thruston Charged in Pioneer Robbery
Oliver M. Romig and George C. Thruston robbed Christian Kinse of Pioneer Ohio of 2500 dollars. The men were arrested at Toledo and a portion of the money has been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver M. Romig
George C. Thruston
Christian Kinse
Pioneer Ohio
Toledo
Circular letter directs collectors to list nonreporting banks
Commissioner Yerkes issues a circular to collectors demanding list of banks that failed to make complete annual returns for year ending June 30 1802. Collectors must report such banks for assessment if neglect or refusal occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerkes
Alleged Murderer Captured in Ohio Transfer to Stockholm
Andrew Garvey, accused of murder and burglary in Stockholm New York for robbing a church on May 20, was captured in Ashland Ohio. He will be returned to Stockholm for trial.
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Andrew Garvey
Stockholm
N. Y
Ashland
Ohio
Garvey
Mystery Grave Opened Finds Empty C S Morris Burial
In Orlando Oklahoma Territory a Kansas man C S Morris of Madison was reportedly buried after an encounter with a man named Cox who claimed Morris died in a runaway accident. The grave was opened before 500 witnesses and found empty, with the coffin containing only ice. John Cox was arrested at Chandler for further investigation.
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C. S. Morris
Madison
Jaw
Orlando
O. T
Morris
Cox
John Cox
Chandler
Sad Picnic Tragedy Ends in Fatal Collision
A Page avenue electric car collided with a furniture van carrying eighteen youths returning from a country picnic in St Louis. Henry King was killed and eight others injured as the van overturned on a steep incline after rain began. King died en route to the hospital.
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Page Avenue
Henry King
St. Louis
Hizell Avenue
Young King
Ile
Gas Well Struck On Hanson Farm Near Chanute
A gas well on the Hanson farm six miles west of Chanute, owned by a syndicate led by Col. S. W. Isett of Chanute, president of the Neosho Valley Oil Company, yields a daily capacity of over 19 000 000 feet.
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Hanson
Chanute
Col. S. W. Isett
Neosho Valley Oil Company
Fire in New York tenement kills five. several injured
A blaze at 35 Sussex Street New York killed two women and three children the bodies burned beyond recognition. An injured woman Mrs Rosa Moses and a man Jacob Muscovitz who jumped from a window survived. A missing woman Mrs Hannah Balothin was believed among the burned. Nathian Liebowitz reported four missing children whose badly burned bodies were found. An elderly woman’s body was also found.
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Sussex Street
New York
Rosa Moses
Jacob Muscovitz
Hannah Balothin
Nathian Liebowitz
Moses
Julius
Louis
Sallie
Liebowitz
Bankers plan to hire Becker as paid reformer after release
Reports say the American Bankers Association will pay Charles Becker $500 a month after he leaves San Quentin to deter future thefts. Warden Aguirre’s secretary confirmed the association’s plan, though California vice-president James Wilson said he knew nothing of it. Becker, serving seven years for a forged draft scheme, boasted of future big bank crimes.
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National Association
Becker
Charles Becker
San Quentin
California
American Bankers’ Association
J. M. Oliver
Aguirre
Bankers’ Association
James K. Wilson
Nevada
Book Combine Is Restraining Injunction Issued in Kansas
Judge Fagan of Shawnee County Probate Court grants an injunction on behalf of Topeka trades and labor unions restraining the American Book Company and Kansas Book Company from supplying Swansis schools under a state contract. County Attorney Nichols argues the contract was made before the company was legally authorized to do business in Kansas, rendering the contract invalid.
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American Company
Kansas
Fagan
Probate Court
Shawnee Coutty
Kan
Trades and Labor Unions
Topeka
American Book Company
Kansas Book Company
Swansis
Nichols
Child slain at target range shocks Minnesota regiment
A tragic incident halted target practice of Company F, First Regiment, Minnesota National Guard, at Columbia Ridge when 3 year old John Krisko, near the ridge, was shot by Captain P A Walton who mistook a sheet for a target. The boy died fifty yards away. Walton was not arrested. Storm havoc hits the south with four deaths in Rolla North Dakota and property damage across North Carolina.
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Minnesota
Minnesota National Guards
Columbia Ridge
John Krisko
P. A. Walton
Walton
South
North Carolina
Statesville
Concord
St. Andrews Lutheran
Odell
Liphard
Cannon
Brother Dead as House burned near Jefferson City
Isham Newman discovers his brother Watkin dead in a burning home six miles from Jefferson City Tennessee. Watkin Newman aged 24 was murdered robbed and near cremated in the blaze. Police investigate the fatal incident and arson as the cause of the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkin Newman
Jefferson City
Tenn
Isham
Watkin Iving
Cholera Spreads with Fatality in Far Regions
Cholera continues to spread in Manchuria and isolated cases appear in Siberia outside Blagovestchensk where it has a firm hold. Reports show 274 cases and 179 deaths at Blagovestchensk and 445 cases and 285 deaths at Port Arthur.
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Manchuria
Siberia
Blagovestchensk
Port Arthur
Fire destroys Par sons College in Fairfield Iowa
A blaze of unknown origin wipes out Par sons College in Fairfield a Presbyterian institution founded in 1850. The loss amounts to 50000 dollars with insurance covering that sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Parsons College
Fairfield
World trade totals for 1901 from German statistics
German statistics place world import export total at 23800000000 dollars for 1901 with Great Britain and colonies first, Germany second, United States third. Also notes large oil and gas land additions to the Obanute Kansas field, expanding the region’s resources.
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Great Britain
Germany
United States
Kansas
Obanute
Kan
Infernal machine mailed to former Governor Pattison
An attempt on the life of Robert E. Pattison, former Governor of Pennsylvania and Democratic nominee, was revealed after a Philadelphia mailing. The device, an infernal machine with several pounds of gun powder, was sent by mail with no ignition means. Pattison opened the parcel believing it to be a harmless sample for a company in which he is a director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Robert E. Pattison
Philadelphia
Nine Die? Trolley Wreck Leaves Twenty Injured
A trolley car veered from Mosholu Parkway at Jerome Avenue New York and leaped the track. The crash toppled the car and threw all passengers to the ground. The motorman and conductor were trapped and later arrested as injured riders were taken away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
Mosholu Parkway
Jerome Avenue
New York
Tidal Wave Destroys Altata City and Toll Rises
A Pacific coast tidal wave devastated Altata Mexico wiping out the lower city and washing away nearby towns. At least fifty people drowned with feared higher counts as property losses mount. Across the border a Monon special train crash near Hammond Indiana killed one and injured four. In Columbus Ohio a banker’s wife was robbed of diamonds worth 2600 at gunpoint.
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Altata
Mexico
Pacific
Culiacan
Monon
Business College
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Hammond
Ind
Frederick W. Prentiss
Hayden-Clinton National Bank
Columbus
Ohio
Held Up by Footpads in New York Theatrical Manager Robbed
Charles L. Downes a theater manager and his wife Anna were robbed and garroted by three footpads on West Thirty-first Street New York. jewelry and cash valued at 1152 were taken. R R Remington committed suicide in Newport after a broken engagement with Miss May Van Alen. Big strike on Havana docks features longshoremen lightermen and laborers over pay and grievances. Hayti in revolt with reports of widespread unrest. Senator Frye to wed Ellen May of Portland Maine. Boer generals visited King Edward aboard the royal yacht at Cowes and praised the reception.
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New York
Charles L. Downes
Anna
West Thirty-first Street
R. R. Remington
Robert R. Remington
May van Alen
Newport
Havana
Navana
Cuba
Frye
Washington
William P. Frye
Maine
Senate
Ellen May
Portland
Visi
Edward
King Edward
Cowes
Rich Carnegie magnate offers rewards after fatal Panhandle wreck
John Henry the wealthiest man in Carnegie Pennsylvania was killed at the Fourth Avenue Panhandle Railroad station in Pittsburgh. A train tossed him onto the tracks. he cried for help offering 100000 to anyone who could save him. He was crushed and badly injured as trains passed. He crawled a short distance to summon aid.
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John Henry
Carnegie
Fourth Avenue
Panhandle Railroad
Pittsburg
Mr. Henry
Robbed Train Passengers Arrests After Union Pacific Overland Robbery
Detectives arrested Porter and Barber, Lewis Selden of Chicago and Wayne Shoup, a barber on the Union Pacific Northwestern overland limited, a few miles east of Omaha for robbing passengers. They allegedly targeted pocketbooks left in coats in the barber chair, taking small sums, with a marked money stash found on them after the discovery.
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Porter
Barber
Northwestern Limited
Lewis Selden
Chicago
Wayne Shoup
Union Pacific-Northwestern Overland
Larber
Boating Party Rescued After Night Cling to Erie Buoy
A fishing trip on Lake Erie off Buffalo ended when a boat capsized. Patrick Botkin Michael Demming and Williau D Ray clung to a gas buoy all night until a passing craft rescued them at dawn. Botkin swam to a nearby boat and drifted toward Buffalo.
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Lake Erie
Patrick Botkin
Michael Demming
Williau D. Ray
Buffalo
Put
Botkin
Lotkin
Attorney Calvin L Potter Ends Life in Salt Lake City
Calvin L Potter of Salt Lake City, once a Michigan State politician, committed suicide by morphine. He served in the Civil War and spent twelve years seeking a pension, with despair over its denial cited as a likely cause of his death.
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Calvin L. Potter
Salt Lake City
Michigan
Potter
Explosion at Jessup & Moore pulp mills fatally harms workers
An explosion at the Jessup and Moore Paper Company two steel digesters on the Christina River near Wilmington Delaware leaves many dead six missing and three seriously injured. The blast occurs as crews search the ruins with authorities reporting a high casualty toll.
Policeman Murdered Near Riverview in Kansas City Suburb
Kansas City police officer Frank L. Stone died of a gunshot wound after attempting to arrest four men at Riverview. Stone named Peter Nugent as the shooter before dying in hospital.
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Frank L. Stone
Kansas City
Riverview
Kansas
Stone
Peter Nugent
Weather Bureau Crop Report Sees Mixed Fortunes Across States
The Weather Bureau notes cool, rainy conditions in the northern Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys slow crop maturation while southern regions face heat and drought. Corn remains promising in many states with frost-safe dates ranging from early to mid September. Spring wheat harvest nears completion in the Dakotas and Minnesota, though Iowa and Ohio valleys report oats, wheat, and potato damage from wet weather.
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Weather Bureau
Missoupri
Missouri
Mississippi
Rocky Mountain
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Ohio
New England
Middle Atlantic
Carolinas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Wisconsin
North Section
Igee
North Dakota
South Dakota
James
Sioux
Nebraska
Kansas
Widespread News Notes From Various Locales and Events
Notes report Whitecaps defeating W H Dowel farmer of Owensboro Kentucky. Zeeds clash with Poles. Kappel in Austria mentions seven killed. Bakers in Mexico City form pool to raise bread price. Senator Stewart predicts Nevada to be carried by Republicans. Omaha bans cars on boulevards to protect horses. Jos Mirand, 14, killed by a Southern Pacific car in Los Angeles. Mexican laborers attempt train crew mobbing, police intervene. Ravensburg marks thousandth anniversary with historical procession. German Reichstag tariff committee approves unchanged clauses 812 to 816 covering files drills hammers and agricultural and domestic trade implements.
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W. H. Dowel
Owensboro
Kappel
Austria
Mexico
Jos
Trade and industry trends amid coal strike and freight disruption
Reports from the era describe ongoing labor controversies and a stagnant anthracite coal strike, with supplies near depletion. Steel demand remains strong, pig iron output shows resilience, and coke production in Connellsville exceeds 250,000 tons weekly despite shipment delays. Wheat and corn exports are rising week to week, while western money circulation hits new highs and banks remain robust amid cautious optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tw Nap
New York
Surnaces
R. G. Dun & Co
Connellsville
Bradstreet’s
Market prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains across cities
Teare ts Chicago markets list cattle hogs sheep and grain prices by shipping grades and quality in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Ames Detroit Milestone Buffalo with ranges for each commodity including butter eggs and hay. Prices show wide variation by city and product with notable highs for shipping cattle and butter at creamery levels.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
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Erty
Will
Great Liner
Gen. Alger
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Palma
Crban
Rolla
N. D
Pattison
Hayti
Kingston
Christina River
Boston Museum
Boston
Joseph Anderson
Salina
Carl Ywoenker
Mr. Uenrici
Prof
Pickering
Harvard
Arequipa
Peru
Leopold Schenk
Schwanberg
Styria
Stewart
Omaha Park
Wancre
West
Middle West
Northwest
Teare TS
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