Robbers Hold Up New Mexico Arizona Train Near Benson
A masked gang stopped the New Mexico and Arizona passenger train near Fairbanks ten miles south of Benson. Express Messenger Milton was shot several times as he defended his car and safe with a Winchester. He fought the robbers until help arrived. no loot was taken and the bandits fled toward Old Mexico. Police go to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Ariz
New Mexico and Arizona
Jefe Benson
Nogales
Fairbanks
Milton
Winchester
Ravcers
Old Mexico
Insurgents Clash With Americans Near Albay
In Albay area a fierce night battle saw 3000 holomen assault the American garrison near Draraga. Reinforcements arrived from Albay as rebels attacked Albay, burning houses. The garrison retreated to a convent and held. Darega troops fought alongside Spaniards through the night. Bolu men withdrew at dawn. Casualties totaled 71 rebels killed with two Americans killed and five wounded. Rebels armed with Mausers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manili
Albay
Draraga
Garison
Darega
Fires in Chicago Residence Districts Cause Fatality and Injuries
Eight injured including one fatally in four fires across Chicago residence districts. Thirty five people were endangered. heroic firemen rescued many. The severest blaze hit a boarding house at 2021 Indiana Avenue where veterinary student C F Slade was severely burned and carried out unconscious. doctors said recovery unlikely. Total losses estimated pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indiana Avenue
C. F. Slade
Veterinary College
Man Found In Refrigerator Car Near Death In Kansas City
John Weier a Bloomington man was found nearly frozen to death in a Swift packing house refrigerator car after four days four nights. He climbed aboard to ride toward Southern Kansas to relatives but a man shut the door trapping him. He is in pitiable shape but expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Kansas City
John Weier
Bloomington
Kansas
Weier
Naval praise from Cavite cites Kobbe on Nashville crew
Admiral Watson cables from Cavite credit General Kobbe gives Commander Rogers of the gunboat Nashville for unqualified success in the Kobbe expedition to Southern Luzon. Rogers commends Moore commanding Elena, Gilpin commanding Mariveles, Heywolds commanding Oliver, with Moore, Castleman and Cadet Evans. Ensign Edwin Moore is an Ohio boy. Evans is Captain Bob Evans’s son.
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Watson
Cavite
Kobbe
Rogers
Nashville
Luzon
Moore
Elena
Gilpin
Mariveles
Heywolds
Oliver
Castleman
Evans
Edwin Moore
Ohio
Bob Evans
Monument to Col Thompson Collected Library for Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana a movement to honor Col Richard W Thompson plans a monument at Highland Lawn and to purchase his sixty year library for a dedicated alcove at the city library. The collection is large and rare with volumes not easily duplicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Thompson
Terre Haute
Ind
Richard W. Thompson
Highland Lawn
Elkhart Man Drives Attendants Out With Chair Fire
Louis Kantz of Elkhart Indiana became violently insane. He drove attendants from the house with a chair and then put his foot in a coal stove burning flesh to the bone. He also threw live coals around the room with his hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Kantz
Elkhart
Ind
Shipwrecked vessel reported off Landsend in gale
A dispatch from Falmouth notes an unknown vessel wrecked at Landsend. One man was seen in the rigging and is believed to be aboard. Rescue efforts are hindered by a strong gale and worsening sea conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falmouth
England
Gays
Landsend
Mrs Jeanette Schwartz and children found dead in Chicago
Mrs Jeanette Schwartz aged 33 and her two children Lulu nine and Henrietta four months were found dead in bed in Chicago due to asphyxiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Schwartz
Lulu
Henrietta
Chicago
No Relief for Gov Taylor in Kentucky Cases
In Cincinnati Circuit Court Judge W H Taft denied the motion for a preliminary injunction in both Kentucky cases. The ruling signals continued legal action against Gov Taylor with no immediate halt to the proceedings. The decision came from the federal court in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Taylor
Circuit Court of the United States
Cincinnati
W. H. Taft
Kentucky
Local Resident Killed by Train Near Salem West Virginia
Conrad Yu. Ash, a prominent Harrison County citizen, was struck and killed by a westbound Baltimore and Ohio express at Salem in West Virginia. The accident occurred on the railway line, and authorities began investigations to determine the circumstances surrounding the fatal collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad YU. Ash
Harrison County
Baltimore and Ohio
Salem
W. Va
Three Wrecks Within an Hour on Southern Railroad
Charlotte special reports three wrecks in one hour on the Southern Railroad. The gravest crash occurred about twenty miles from Asheville when a train struck a landslide killing fireman Allen Jefferies and brakeman Peter Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Southern Railroad
Asheville
Allen Jefferies
Peter Nichols
Postmaster General Announces Parcel Post Deal Nearing Completion
The Postmaster General of England announces that the parcel post arrangement with the United States will be completed soon after a fourteen year correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
United States
Mormons Seek Big Horn Basin Settlement in Wyoming
A large Mormon colonization plan aims to relocate 30,000 followers from the Great Salt Lake valley to the Big Horn basin in northern Wyoming. Gov. Richards meets with church leaders in Salt Lake City to organize land purchases under the Carey act, reservoir sites, and water rights. The group plans a 700 mile trek via the Teton and Big Horn ranges to settle on the Erie canal and develop irrigation along the Stinking Water river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn Basin
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Gov. Richards
Salt Lake City
State Land Board
Lorenzo Snow
Apostle Woodruff
Utah
Teton and
Big Horn Mountains
Erie Canal
Trade Review Notes Weather Yet Steady Across Sectors
Bradstreet's commercial review reports that despite unfavorable weather the staple markets hold strength led by agricultural goods. Wool prices and futures show high expectations, distribution is uneven, but year over year comparisons remain favorable. Grain and wear shipments are steady with totals around 6.4 million bushels for the week, versus prior period figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet
Mrs Edward Turner Seeks Damages Over Husband Death in Mexico
Mrs. Edward Turner of Wichita Kansas begins steps to claim damages from Mexico for her husband’s death after a wreck on the Mexican Central Railroad. Turner, once a Wichita railroad engineer, died in Vera Cruz after imprisonment at Orizaba and alleged cruel treatment by Mexican officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Turner
Wichita
Kan
Republic of Mexico
Turner
Tie
Mexican Central Railroad
Orizaba
Vera Cruz
Fireworks blast kills worker at Columbia plant
An explosion in the mixing room at Columbia firecracker works in Fostoria Ohio wrecked a large part of the plant and seriously burned eight men. Delano C Eberhart died. The plant will be rebuilt. A Worcester fire gutted the Gilam block on Main Street injuring no one named. 60 000 damage, 50 000 to the biscuit company. Emily Howard Crease killed by a train at Lytton British Columbia after stepping from a east bound express as a west bound cleared the track. Louis Demontcourt of Cairo lumber firm shot and killed at a mill in Pemiscot County Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Fostoria
Ohio
Delano C. Eberhart
Worcester
Gilam Block
Main Street
Mass
National Biscuit Company
Biscuit Company
Emily Crease
Emily Howard Crease
Lytton
B.C
Crease
Cairo
Louis Demontcourt
Demontcourt & O'l Tara
Cairo, I
Pemiscot County
Missouri
Wealth and penury trace of Findlay man to Marysville poorhouse
Alexander Maley of Findlay, long a prominent but wayward figure who once led a tea business in China and sued over a $250,000 Hyatt estate, ended up in the Marysville infirmary and is now sent to the poorhouse after a fluctuating life across multiple nations and occupations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marysville
Ohio
Alexander Maley
Findlay
Maley
Hyatt Estate
China
Made Insane in Philippines Soldiers Sent East
Eleven insane soldiers have been sent from San Francisco to the Government hospital at Washington. It is probable about thirty more will go East soon. In three months nearly 250 demented soldiers have been sent across the continent and over 200 more will arrive from Manila. In most cases the men are violently insane, caused by ceaseless vigilance on outpost duty in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Government Hospital
Washington
Manila
Phiippines
Physical tests for Union Pacific employees planned
Physical examinations for current and prospective workers at Union Pacific headquarters in Omidia will be ordered. A ship’s surgeon will assess each employee’s health to determine retention or promotion, with a health certificate registration fee set at $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Omidia
Asx
Missionaries Die in Liberia At Monrovia
News received by the Lutheran Publication Society reports the deaths of Mrs. Leanna T. Simon wife of Rev J D Simon and Mrs Emma D Beck wife of Rev Will M Beck. Both were missionary workers at the Mulienberg mission to Africa. Mrs Simon was born near Fairview Ohio. Mrs Beck was born near Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberia
Lutheran Publication Society
Monrovia
Leanna T. Simon
J.D. Simon
Emma D. Berk
Will M. Beck
Mulienberg
Africa
Simon
Fairview
Ohio
Bees
Princeton
Attempt to Enjoin Cupid in Omaha Court
Relatives sought an injunction in Omaha to stop a marriage to 15 year old Josephine Narnowski. When an injunction proved unlikely to help, the case was changed to a guardianship proceeding and the planned wedding was suspended for the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
Johu Wadylor
Omaha
Josephine Narnowski
Robbery at Edgewood Home of McKinley Relative
Four masked burglars robbed the Edgewood Ohio residence of Maria Saxton, aged aunt of Mrs. McKinley, held Mrs. Saxton’s brother at gunpoint, and escaped with a gold watch and a small amount of cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Maria Saxton
Edgewood
Ohio
Saxton
Kansas Supreme Court voids Free Transportation Act
The Kansas Supreme Court in Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v ILP Campbell holds the Legislature may not require railroads to provide free livestock transportation to shippers, finding the act unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Supreme Court
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
ILP
Campbell
Women Witness Whippings in Newcastle Disorder
In Newcastle Delaware five Black men and four White men were whipped for various offenses, with one Black man standing in the pillory for an hour. The crowd numbered between two and three hundred, an unusually large turnout for a winter whipping event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Del
West Virginia Tragedy at Sword's Creek
Detective Felts of Bluefield West Virginia was shot and killed at Sword's Creek by escaped convict William Lee who was then fatally shot by Deputy Marshal Baldwin Baldwin and Felts pursued Lee after the capture attempt in this violent chase continuing action narrative
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Sword’s Creek
IF. Felts
Bluefield
W. Va
Wiliam Lee
Marshal Baldwin
Baldwin
Felts
Lee
Multiple Deaths and Marital Tragedies Across Cities
Police suspect murder and self inflicted death in the Peach case at 2426 Ingersoll Street Philadelphia. George Endter, an elderly veteran, died after being set ablaze in Lancaster, Ohio. Grace M Brady, widow of Frank Brady, killed herself by gas in Brooklyn. Soprano Abbie Carrington wed Prof Wilbert Lewys in London. German gunboat conducts soundings in Macao harbor near Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Peach
Margaret Peach
Ingersoll Street
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Ohio
George Endter
Grace M. Brady
Vrank Brady
C.J. Dunn
Brooklyn
N. Y
Germany
Macao
Hong Kong
Wreck of the C. A. White Off Virginia Coast
In dense fog the three masted schooner C. A. White ran aground on the Virginia coast during a storm. The crew abandoned ship as waves drove the vessel high onto the beach, marking a perilous maritime incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. White
Virginia
Floods Close New England Mills
Heavy rainfall raised rivers in New England causing mill shutdowns and basement flooding in cities along the rivers. Mills halted operations as waters rose rapidly and urban basements flooded in multiple towns and districts along the waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Bank in New Mexico Robbery At Las Cruces
Banker B. Bowman telephoned El Paso that two unknown men robbed his Las Cruces bank of 3000 dollars at 2 pm. The robbers hitched at the Rio Grande Hotel then forced cashier Freeman to open the safe and fled on horses toward the Organ mountains after warning bystanders to stay quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. ©. Bowman
Las Cruces
N. M
el Paso
Texas
Rio Grande Hotel
Freeman
Organ Mountains
Ohio River steamer sinks after striking bridge pier
The Henry M. Stanley struck the Kentucky pier of the Southern Railway bridge at Cincinnati in dense fog and sank in twenty five feet of water with the bow on the Kentucky shore. One man, the steward, is believed drowned as several crew and passengers jumped into the river. The boat had just left the pier for Vevey Indiana after passing the Chesapeake and Ohio piers. the Southern brick piers proved indistinct in the fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Stanley
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Vevay
Ind
Chesapeake and Ohio
Nicaragua May Fight Norway Over Indemnity Demands
Mail advices from Bluefields report growing popular excitement in Nicaragua as Norway presses for settlement of claims from alleged ill treatment during the Reyes rebellion. President Zelaya reportedly aims to resist indemnity and occupy coastal points with troops. Navy faces enlisted men shortage and Congress may be urged to act on officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Norway
Reyes
4Elaya
Navy
Congress
Packing Plant to Resume in Missouri Facility Reopens
The Omaha Packing Company of South Omaha Nebraska plans to reopen its St Joseph Missouri plant soon. New and commodious buildings are expected to be added to the St Joe house for slaughter of cattle and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Packing Company
South Omaha
Neb
St. Joseph (Mo
St. Joe House
Murdered by His Grandson Near Dixie Washington
Benjamin Royce a wealthy farmer near Dixie Washington was shot by his grandson Frank Royce who cremated the body and died by suicide. The elderly wife barely escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Royce
Dixie
Wash
Frank Royce
Markets Across Cities Report Mixed Grain and Livestock Prices
A syndicated market brief lists cattle, hogs, and sheep prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with cereals and dairy figures. No single outcome. shows regional price ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and other staples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Senate Debates Finance Bill and Boer Sympathy Row
The Senate held days of discussion on the financial bill amid bimetallic debate and a Boer sympathy incident. House action included Porto Rico tariff talk, pension bills, and a Portland public building appropriation as Nelson Chandler and others clashed over policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Allen
Republican Party
International
Payne
Lawton
Deadwood
8. D
Chilton
Money
Messrs. Wolcott
Elkins
Butler
United States
District of Columbia
Allison
Jones
Nevada
Portland
Ore
House
Chandler
Aldrich
Messrs. Bartholdi
Benton
Pearce
Missouri
Klondike Output Seen At Least 21 Million Dollars
A digest of varied brief items notes Dawson banks estimate Klondike output next spring at not less than 21 million dollars. Other notes cover wartime events, exhibit plans for Cuba Hawaii and Porto Rico, stage scenery sale, anti British sentiment in Germany, Nippamarra crew tragedy, Chicago pupil quarantines, shipbuilding orders, a stuttering cure, misused baggage labels, McKinley at foreign mission conference, pocket telephones for fire chiefs, Backbone Club pledge in Centralia, Hawaii trolley plans, Pullman wages cuts, Major Waring retirement, Olympia repair costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odde
Dawson Banks
Gen. Botha
Ladysmith
California
Cuba
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Salvini
Columbus
Ohio
Count von Bueclow
Reichstag
Germany
Admiralty Island
Chicago
Colorado
Manila
American consul at Pretoria cites mail theft and censorship
Charles E. Macrum former U S consul at Pretoria says British censorship opened official mail and cables, and accuses Washington of secrecy. He details mail delays at Cape Town Delagoa Bay and Durban censoring, and warns of a supposed Anglo American alignment while denying any prior knowledge of such an alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Charles E. Macrum
Ohio
United States
South African Republic
Macrum
Maine
Washington
Real Britain
Hay
State Department
South Africa
Transvaal
Cape Town
Col
Stowe
Genaral
Durban
Delagoa Bay
Europe
Fretoria
America
Great Britain
American Republic
Frick Begins Suit Against Carnegie Steel Partners
Henry Frick sues the Carnegie Steel Company and Andrew Carnegie with Henry Phipps L C Phipps George Lauder and others seeking 16 238 000 as his share in the big concern Frick alleges a London syndicate offered 250 000 000 for the plant in 1899 and that Carnegie kept a 581 2 percent stake valued at about 157 950 000 Frick seeks a receiver and distribution of surplus while claiming Carnegie forced him from management and profits rose from his financing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Henry C. Frick
Andrew Carnegie
Iron and Steel
Pittsburg
Prick
Carnegie Steel Company
Henry Phipps, Jr
L. C. Phipps
Geo. Lauder
CG. W. Schwab
Carnegie
Frick
London
Iron King
Porto Rico Faces Crisis Risk If Congress Delays Relief
Advices from Porto Rico warn of possible rioting unless Congress acts quickly to provide relief to planters by creating a market for sugar and tobacco. The production sectors are impoverished and laborers suffer due to unemployment and poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Porto Rico
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Hoboken
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Olympia
Board of Naval Construction
C. FE. Machum
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