Lone Robber Halts Illinois Central Mail Train
A lone bandit halted a southbound Illinois Central fast mail train about one mile above New Orleans, firing at crew members. The robber secured one registered mail pouch from Durant Mississippi and six registered letters from along the Cairo to New Orleans route. Conductor Kinnebrew was shot in the groin and clerk J C Parker suffered eye injuries from a shot aimed at his head.
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New Orleans
Illinois Central
Durant
Miss
Cairo
Kinnebrew
J.C. Parker
Counterfeiters Nabbed in Emnora Den by Marshals
United States Marshal Peek and Town Marshal Pershing arrested Michael Deckard Jesse Page and Schuyler Chambers of Elmora for operating a counterfeiters den in Emnora Daviess County Indiana. Officers seized spurious coin quicksilver dies and nickels amid a public uproar sparked by an attempt to use counterfeit nickels at slot machines.
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Emnora
Daviess County
Indiana
United States
Peek
Pershing
Michael Deckard
Jesse Page
Schuyler Chambers
Elmora
Fire at Golinza Kills Three Grubbs Children
A blaze at Golinza near Tionesta Pennsylvania killed three Grubbs children aged five, two, and six months after a gas pressure surge caused the stove to ignite the house. The mother, away visiting a neighbor, could not enter as the flames grew too strong.
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Golinza
Tionesta
A. W. Grubbs
Western Montana Wreck Kills Three on No. 3
A Great Northern westbound passenger train No. 3 wrecked near Brocton Montana eighty-one miles east of Glasgow. Three passengers were killed and many injured after a truck broke down at a switch. The engine and three cars stayed on track while the next four cars fell into an embankment. three sleepers stayed upright.
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Great Falls
Mont
Great Northern
Brocton
Glasgow
Child of John Parks Burned To Death In House Fire
The 1 year old daughter of John Parks of Scottsburg was burned to death when her clothing ignited as the family left home briefly. The parents and older children were away, and the remaining youngsters were nearby. a prior year saw another fatality in the family when a son was run over by a wagon.
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John Parks
Scottsburg
Lane Bodley works hit by Cincinnati fire loss cited
The Lane and Bodley works in Cincinnati burned, with total loss estimated between 200000 and 250000 dollars. The blaze destroyed the building foundry and machinery of the firm, a major maker of saw mills and traction engines, risking 200 jobs. Captain Packer of the fire department was seriously injured.
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Lane & Bodley Works
Cincinnati
Packer
Fire Department
Five tramp steamships to transport Norwegian steel rails
Negotiations advance to charter five tramp steamships to ship 11 800 tons of steel rails from Philadelphia to Norway. Orders for the rails will be placed by Norway state railways with the Pennsylvania Steel Company and the Maryland Steel Company.
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Philadelphia
Norway
State Railways of
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Maryland Steel Company
Topeka Crusade Funds Fight Against Vice
Topeka Kansas launches a citywide crusade with a $26 000 subscription to prosecute saloon keepers. The Good Citizenship Federation officials state they aim to raise as much as $100 000 in total through the campaign.
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Topeka
Kan
The
Good Citizenship Federation
Gold Yield Estimate by Smelting Company and Mines Office
The Shabby Smelting Company and the Statistician of Mines estimate Alaska's total gold yield for the year at 25 million plus. They report 4.0 million dollars from an unspecified source. The figures are provisional and cited as estimates for current year output.
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Statistician of Mines
Alaska
Dutch Government Refuses Arbitration in Transvaal Dispute
The Dutch government definitively declines to take the initiative for arbitration between Transvaal and Great Britain, signaling a firm official stance on how the conflict should proceed.
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Transvaal
Great Britain
Ex Secretary Alger Foils Burglars in Detroit Dining Room
Ex Secretary Alger confronted burglars in his Detroit residence dining room and tackled them. He tripped, they fled with $300 in silver, and he was not seriously hurt. Count de Chambrun arrives in New York from France en route to Cincinnati to wed Miss Clara Longworth, a $5 million heiress.
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Alger
Detroit
Count de Chambrun
New York
France
Cincinnati
Clara Longworth
Tate
Longworth
Lafayette
Washington Marks Centennial With Gala Capitol Observance
Washington celebrated the centennial of the federal government with a day of events. President McKinley hosted a 10 o'clock reception at the Executive Mansion for governors, followed by the unveiling of a model for an enlarged Executive Mansion. A parade from the White House to the Capitol, joint Senate and House exercises, and a governors' reception at the Corcoran Gallery capped the day.
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Washington
Capitol
Philadelphia
Adams
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury
War
State and Navy Departments
Department of Justice
Post Office Department
McKinley
States
Executive Mansion
White House
Senate
House
House of Representatives
States and Territories
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Typhoon Hits Chinese Coast Killing and Destruction
A devastating typhoon sweeps along the Chinese coast from Hong Kong to Victoria. Boats and ships founder while hundreds die and currents wreck buildings, with the Canton River dredge capsizing and a British gunboat lost. News arrives aboard the Empress of India reporting inland devastation along the coast.
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Hongkong
Klow
Queen’s Road
Kenedytown
Benjamin Sewall
Sandpiper
Canton
Victoria
B. C
Empress of India
Honghong Island
China Sea
Gossip and gossipers in the nations news page
The clipped column notes hum with brisk, jangling items on stock shows, political debates, and war tax relief. It lampoons figures from Aguinaldo to Kru ger, mentions the Boer war, imperial navies, and pending bills as topics of contemporary chatter.
Congress Passes Army Reorganization Bill Amid Tariff Debate
The House approved the army reorganization measure by 166 to 133 after a heated exchange over a Littlefield amendment aligning with W C T U calls to abolish the canteen. It sets a fighting force of 96 280 and signals presidential preference against liquor on military posts. Butter oleomargarine tax debate followed with a 196 to 92 vote to tax colored oleomargarine at 10 cents per pound and uncolored at 1 cent. measure takes effect July 1, 1901 and allows states to regulate colored products. Memorial tributes then followed for Rep Alfred C Harmer as the House paid tribute.
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House
Representative Littlefield
Grosvenor
Ohio
House of Representatives
Messrs
Henry
Conn
Grout
Lamb
Dem
Davidson
Wis
Tawney
Minn
Wadsworth
Lorimer
Lil
Bailey
Kan
Williams
Miss
Foster
Til
Tex
Woman who tried to kill Emperor William sent to asylum
The woman who attempted to kill Emperor William at Breslin has been confined to an insane asylum. The item adds various notes on population changes in Ohio, a Texas tragedy where two children and their mother burned to death, and comments on skyscraper plans, submarine boats, and fruit packing in Canada versus Maine.
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William
Breslin
Ohio
James Reynolds
Longfellow
Texas
France
Maine
Treasury officials pay tribute at meeting
Secretary Gage paid tribute to the late Internal Revenue Commissioner Wilson at a treasury officials gathering. President entertained Connecticut figures Jene Frye Elkins Aldrich Alison and H Saturday night. Funeral of Rear Admiral McNair attended by Secretary Long and other high officers. No rupture threatened with Turkey. Charge d Affaires Griscom visited the Sultan six times this year. Governor elect and Mrs Durbin of Indiana stayed in Washington as guests of Senator Fairbanks.
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Treasury
Gage
Internal Revenue
Wilson
Secretarie Phar Jene Frye
Elkins,Aldrich
Connecticut
Alison and
McNair
Long
Washington
Turkey
Griscom
Durbin
Indiana
Senator Fairbanks
Hustling Hoosiers A summary of Indiana life and events
A long list of incidents and notices from Indiana including a child burned when her dress caught fire, a hunting accident leaving John Chapman seriously wounded, a man found dead after a gas blast, and a farmer injured in a ditch collapse. Reports cover Elk lodge growth, church property sales, mill shutdowns, hunting trespass, divorce reform talk, a new wire plant funding plan, Purdue admissions changes, Hessian fly news, patents granted to Indiana residents, and a public whipping of juvenile offenders in Evansville.
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John Parks
Scottsburg
John
Joseph Chapman
Connersville
Andrew J. Adams
Coal Bluff
Vigo County
Nichols Hotel
Terre Haute
Thomas Adams
Bloomington
Ligonier
Indiana
Elk’s Lodge
The
Christian Alliance
Anderson
First Christian Church
G. N. Eldridge
Indianapolis
Frankton
Shelby County
John Snyder
Jackson Township
Ministerial Association
Muncie
New York
Oliver Carmichael
Crawfordsville
Indiana Wire Fence Company
Purdue University
E.S. Holmes Jr
Department of Agriculture
Washington
State Statistician
Holmes
Ohio
Michigan
Agricultural Department
Mr. Holmes
Frederic A. Curtis
Charles A. Denny
A. G. Silvers
Portland
Albert M. Duttweiler
Cambridge City
Slugh Hill
Stephen T. Hitz
G. H. Blaker
George D. Huster
George J. Loeper
P. B. Hausdorfer
Burton C. Mitchell
Richmond
Harvey G. Ralya
George E. Simon
John H. Thornburgh
Knightstown
James J. Wood
Fort Wayne
Eustace S. Young
Walter Snyder
Ollie Geiger
Roy Allison
Gerhold Yost
Evansville
Winfrey
Ten Pound Man Promises Draw Publicity Scheme
A UK weekly newspaper launches a publicity stunt promising fifty dollars to the first person who shows a specific page, prompting a wave of youths asking passersby if they are a ten pound man as they roam with notes in their pockets. The plan arouses public grumbling over the novelty of the scheme.
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England
United Kingdom
Prosperity Ahead Hinted by Health Signals
Indications point to great prosperity for the coming year and link national progress to a healthy nature. If stomach trouble arises, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is advertised as a cure for dyspepsia indigestion and biliousness.
First Harvard Yale Regatta Impresses Novice Spectator
It was the first race I had ever seen, said Smith, describing the Harvard Yale regatta. Yale's trainer shouted Win and they did. An old Yale man added a quip about the word to the Y's being sufficient.
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Smith
Yale
Philadelphia Press
Cough Remedy Ad Promises Quick Relief
Coughing leads to consumption the ad claims Kemp's Balsam stops the cough at once. Visit a druggist for a free sample bottle and buy 25 or 50 cent bottles. Act quickly, delays are dangerous.
Love a Long Lease
A collection of quips and aphorisms about marriage love and social life. The Philadelphia Bulletin remarks on eight years of engagement and cautions about marriage as a restraint. A divergent note from Trinity Springs praises Piso's Cure for Consumption and jokes about coffee and eyesight.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
John F. Boyer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Woman’s cure story touts Pinkham remedy for uterine illness
A reader’s account of severe female distress links to Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The piece cites Mrs Williams of Englishtown New Jersey and praises Pinkham and her adviser Mr Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts as offering a free consult and extraordinary cures, urging others to write for help.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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