Pittsburg Flood Strikes After swift Storm and Lightning
Post week notes report Pittsburg and nearby areas endured a short but violent storm with 30 mph winds and 0.48 inches of rain. One woman killed by lightning, multiple structures struck, several picnic parties panicked as injuries and danger mounted. In Chicago, seven workers burned in an explosion at the Soft Foundry cupola as a dynamite shell detonated amid molten metal.
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Pittsburg
American Car and Foundry Company
Chicago
London man Charles Lilly White freed after Wellington arrest
Charles Lilly White, a naturalized American jailed in Wellington on a charge tied to the 1893 Colchester murder, was discharged. He addressed the crowded court, asserting his American rights and signaling he would not let the matter drop.
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London
Charles Lilly White
Wellington
New Zealand
Arthur Blatch
Colchester
Nolle Prasserie
Yorks Electric Plant Planned on Susquehanna River
A massive electric plant is planned three miles south of York County to serve the Baltimore railways. Capitalists have secured water rights at Conowingo Falls for 1 million dollars. A powerhouse with thirty 1800 horsepower turbines will be built on river rocks at the Falls, with total project cost around 5 million dollars.
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York
Susquehanna River
York County
Susquehanna Power and Paper Company
Conowingo Falls
United Railways of
Baltimore
AFL executive council approves assessment for machinists strike
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor authorized an assessment on affiliated organizations to aid machinists in their nine hour day dispute. A circular letter was sent at once and about $50,000 is expected from the first call.
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Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court grants half value of ships to Admirals Dewey and Sampson
Justice Bradley in the Supreme Court rules that Admirals Dewey and Sampson and their crews at Manila and Santiago are entitled to half the value of vessels captured or sunk and refitted after the battles, totaling over six hundred thousand dollars.
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Justice Bradley
Supreme Court
Dewey
Sampson
Manila
Santiago
Grain shortage in France prompts American wheat import
Paris dispatch reports Secretary Green of the American Chamber of Commerce prepared a study showing France will face a wheat shortfall of about 35 million bushels. France must buy American wheat to fill the deficit.
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Paris
Secretary Green
American Chamber of Commerce
France
Platform Collapse Kills Six Iron Workers in Buffalo
A temporary platform on scaffolding spanning the top of a gigantic tank in Buffalo New York broke and dropped six iron workers eighty feet. Four died, including one instantly, and the remaining three perished shortly after, authorities reported.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Czar Frees Newspapers From Warnings in Petersburg
In St. Petersburg a royal decree ends all warnings and interdictions on newspapers and periodicals. The Czar orders that penalties expire within definite periods, liberating press publications from prior restraints.
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St. Petersburg
Tragic Electrocution Of Lineman In Fort Wayne
Raymond E. Mckinley a lineman for Fort Wayne Traction Company was electrocuted while touching a trolley wire carrying 550 volts and died instantly at the scene in Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Raymond E. Mckinley
Fort Wayne, Ind., Traction Company
Cloudburst floods Pocahontas yard washing property
A cloudburst in Pocahontas West Virginia left the railroad yard flooded with water three feet deep. The wash damaged property along the way.
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Pocahontas
W. Va
pWay
Michigan grocers plan 6 million trust formation
Michigan wholesale grocers form a trust capitalized at 6000400 dollars with John Symons of Symons Brothers, Saginaw, as promoter. Reports from Grand Rapids and other cities indicate articles of incorporation will be filed soon.
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Michigan
John Symons
Symons Brothers
Saginaw
Grand Rapids
Collision on Northwestern line injures eighteen at Elroy
Eighteen passengers are slightly injured after a collision between a local passenger train and a switch engine near Elroy Wisconsin. The injured were able to continue their journey.
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Elroy
Wis
Destitution at Indian land opening on border
Dr. J. J. McKinna reports thousands of men women and children camped along the Kiowa Comanche Apache border in Oklahoma awaiting the land opening. He cites 20 000 on the border with 5000 there over a year and a half and many without tents. He warns of desperadoes targeting successful claimants in the drawing.
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Oklahoma
J. J. McKenna
Dr. McKenna
Oklahoma City
West Has Trade Boom In Broad Prosperity Report
R G Dun & Co weekly trade review notes increased distribution of merchandise beyond the Ohio River into the far Northwest as a feature of general business, with railroads carrying more luxury goods and sentiment rising despite a steadier money market. Crop news remains favorable, labor disputes easing, cotton goods markets recovering as print cloth stocks thin. Failures numbered 193 in the US and 14 in Canada, versus 179 and 15 last year.
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Ohio River
Northwest
Wall Street
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Fugitive Soldiers Fireproof Escape At Fort Snelling
William C. Rourkes and private Rooks escaped the guardhouse at Fort Snelling near St. Paul as they waited transfer to a military prison. They were chased across the Snelling bridge and used a woman as a shield to deter fire. Troops recaptured them after a lengthy pursuit.
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Fort Snelling
William C. Rourkes
Rooks
St. Paul
Snelling Bridge
Charles Kartrack
Drowned in St Joseph River Two Chicago Men Missing
Stephen Michalski and Michael Linowiecki drown sideline while rocking a small rowboat on the St Joseph River in sight of a large crowd of excursionists. The accident occurred at St Joseph Michigan with the river scene drawing many spectators.
Untimely Killing At Lroost Park Kansas City
Thomas Scruggs an 18 year old son of M V P Scruggs a wealthy livestock dealer was killed at Lroost park in Kansas City during an attempt with two companions to resist an unprovoked attack by ten or fifteen ruffians.
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Thomas Scruggs
M. VP. Scruggs
Lroost Park
Kansas City
Dynamite Attack on First Methodist Church
An explosion attempt harmed the First Methodist Church of Manhattan Kansas. Authorities suspect jointists aimed at Pastor Rev. J. M. Miller due to his crusade against saloons.
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First Methodist Church
Manhattan
Kan
J. M. Miller
Clown Dies During Berwick Circus Performance
In Staples Minnesota during an evening show a clown and proprietor's brother collapsed and died on his way to the dressing room. Heart failure listed as the cause while the act was ongoing.
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Staples, Minn
Fatal Wreck on Wabash Near Logansport
A west bound Wabash passenger train derailed at Cass station four miles from Logansport Indiana after hitting a washout. The collision left fifteen dead and twenty injured with rescuers rushing to the scene.
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Wabash
Cass Station
Logansport
Ind
Market prices by city for cattle hogs and grains
Chicago to New York markets report commodity ranges with cattle hogs and sheep prices, grain grades including wheat corn and oats, plus butter and eggs pricing. Cities listed include Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York with each item’s price bands.
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Chicago
Choice
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Heirs of Florence Yocum Win Insurance Claim
In St Louis Judge Spencer ruled Miss Florence N Yocum survived her father Henry Clay Yocum after the yacht Paul Jones wreck in 1899 granting her heirs the $3000 policy. The two nieces had argued Miss Yocum died first nullifying the heir. The court presumed she outlived her father and thus inherited.
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St. Louis
Spencer
Florence N. Yocum
Henry Clay Yocum
Miss Yocum
Storm Ravages Independence Hits Homes Mills and Depot
A southern windstorm caused widespread damage in Independence. Trees toppled, outbuildings overturned, houses and barns shifted, front facades and windows broken, the Mercantile mill roof partly blown off, Hebrank and Truman’s icehouse unroofed, and the Santa Fe depot damaged. Wheat in shock blown miles but undamaged due to no rain. No injuries reported. Forged notes totaling 20000 found by the Akron Ohio Varnish Co. J H McCrom, treasurer, missing for a week likely en route to South America.
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Independence
Mercantile Mill
Hebrank & Truman
Santa Fe
Akron, Ohio
J. H. McCrom
South America
Huge Combine Under Way Plans $100 Million Cotton Seed Syndicate
The Philadelphia North American reports a syndicate of capitalists planning a $100,000,000 combination to control all U S production and sale of cotton seed products and by products. Singapore Bank is Robbed. </s>
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Philadelphia
Singapore
Victoria
Hongkong
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Diplomat Hoshi Toru Slain in Tokyo Assembly Debate
During a city assembly debate in Tokyo Hoshi Toru eminent diplomat and former minister of communication was stabbed by an unknown assassin. The report notes his death as the key event with a terse account of the attack and its outcome.
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Tokio
Japan
Hoshi Toru
Murderer Ends Life After Brutal Double Tragedy in Louisville
In Louisville three days after the murder of Emily Stuart, police found her mutilated body in a closet and H S Church dying from wounds in a small grocery/store home. Church died at a hospital without speaking. A love letter from Emily Stuart, unsigned and dated New York, was found in a bureau.
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H.S. Church
Louisville
Emily Stuart
Finegan, Webb and
Hueglin
New York
Chicago
Government Party Heads Into Unknown Alaska Expedition
United States exploration party led by geologist W. C. Mendenhall and topographer I. E. Reaburn arrives in Dawson in early June. Five men accompany the scientists as they plan a Dawson to Kotzebue Sound route via the Yukon, Dahl river trail, and Kowak to chart geology and map the unvisited region.
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United States
Dawson
Alaska
W. C. Mendenhall
Yukon
Fort Hamlin
Dahl River
Middle Fork
Koyokuk
Bergman
Kowak
Kotzebue Sound
Arctic Ocean
Bering Strait
Mendenhall
Reaburn
Strike at Swift & Co plant ends with shooting incident
About 110 workers at Swift & Co. in the National Stock Yards north of East St. Louis walked out over wage scaling from hourly to by the pound. Miss Ella Beaman was shot and wounded by a young woman named Wilzer during the dispute as a crowd pursued the assailant.
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Swift
East St. Louisa
Swift & Co
National Stock Yards
East St. Louis
Ella Beaman
Wilzer
Beaman
Ella Carnaban
Julia Rock
English
Miss Rock
Joseph Borders
McElwaine-Richards Company
Noblesville
Borders
Perry Zeale
Grant County
Fire Threat at Nebraska Penitentiary Narrowly Averted
A malicious fire in the remaining wing of the Nebraska penitentiary buildings, started by convicts from the broom factory, was detected early and quenched with nominal damage. Separately, the towboat Princess of Wheeling sank in ten feet of water on the Ohio River near Vanport Pennsylvania after a wind storm. Captain T. M. Garlick and four crew escaped.
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Nebraska Penitentiary
Savage
Davis
Ohio River
Vanport
T. M. Garlick
Boston Tragedy Ends In Family Shooting Suicide
Richard Friedman, 25, shot and killed his sister Rosa 21 and wounded Helen 17 on West Erd Street in Boston before fatally shooting himself overwhelmed by overwork and illness.
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Richard Friedman
Rosa
Helen
West Erd Street
Boston
Arcola Warehouse Burned in Lightning Strike
The Thomas Lyons warehouse in Arcola Illinois was wiped out by lightning. Over 700 tons of broom corn owned by Union Broom Supply Co. burned. Loss estimated between seventy five and one hundred thousand dollars, insured. Elopement ends in death in Kentucky. Alice Duvall Gibbs aged 18 was found by Lexington detectives and returned to her Frankfort home where she committed suicide by poison.
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Arcola
Thomas Lyons
Ill
Union Broom Supply Company
Joss
Alice Duvall Gibbs
Lexington
Frankfort
J. C. Gibbs
Ohio Town Destroyed by Fire Sparks regional alarm
In Scott Ohio the business district burned down prompting Van Wert to offer aid though containment came before a fire engine arrived. Seventeen died in a Paterson New Jersey store explosion with twelve bodies recovered and six more trapped. Ohio Governor Nash won unanimous renomination by the Republican convention. Rev Joseph Cook of Ticonderoga New York a noted historical writer and lecturer died of Brights disease.
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Ohio
Scott
Fie
van Wert
Paterson
N. J
Joseph Cook
Ticonderoga, N. Y
Bright
Wabash Train Wreck Near Fern Ind Kills Immigrant Workers
Train No 3 west bound limited derailed on a forty foot embankment at Cass nine miles east of Fern Indiana. Sixty mph impact crushed sleepers and emigrant cars. Fourteen Italian immigrants died. about fifty injured. The wreck occurred on a sharp curve after a late arrival, the private Iron Mountain car surviving.
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Cass
Fern
Ind
Colorado
Wabash
Peru
Detroit
Toledo
Iron Mountain System
William Cotton
Iron Mountain
Farmers Hold Up a Train for Harvest Hands in Osage County
A group of about twenty Osage County Kansan farmers hijacked a westbound Santa Fe train at a crossing south of Paris to seize harvesters bound for Western fields. After a violent clash with crew and would‑be workers, a truce allowed two hundred harvesters to work in Osage County at 3.50 dollars per day.
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Osage County
Kansas
No. 55
Peterson
Chaffee To Command Military Governor of Philippines
Washington issued orders naming Gen. Chaffee the military governor of the Philippines. The Ayuntamiento will be vacated for civil officers, and Malacayan palace will become Taft’s headquarters. The Estado Mayo will serve as the military headquarters for Gen. Chaffee.
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Philippines
Washington
Taft
Gen
Chaffee
Archipelago
Ayuntamiento
Manila
Chaffe
Malacayan
Otis and
MacArthur
Islands
Estado Mayo
Chatfee
Lusitania Wreck Off Cape Ballard With 5093 Onboard
The Orient line steamer Lusitania bound from Liverpool to Montreal went aground in dense fog off Cape Ballard near Repews twenty miles north of Cape Race. With about 500 passengers aboard emigrants panicked as the ship struck a reef and clung to a cliff. Officers and crew regained control after a protracted struggle with unruly passengers who resisted orderly evacuation.
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Lusitaunia
Orient Steam Navigation Company
Lusitania
McNay
Liverpool
Montreal
Cape Ballard
Cape Race
Birge
Repews
Assorted 1902 Nineteenth Century News Snippets
Sparks from the Wires reports a man assassinated in Webb Norris London Tenn and mentions FE Peterson a Swedish editor in Chicago. Other items note a Saratoga Brewery fire in Mechanicsville N C a Richmond California fire killing a baby Cecil Simonds and Leo Stevens a balloonist nearly killed in Mt Vernon New York with various regional incidents. King Edward’s coronation is slated for June 25 1902.
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Webb Nor Ris
London
Tenn.e. FE
Peterson
Chicago
Saratoga
Mechanicsville
N. C
King Edward
Richmond
Cal
Cecil Simonds
Leo Stevens
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Five Hoodlums Assault Woman Near Muncie Woods
Letha Puckett, 26, a domestic for a prominent family, was attacked by five men near woods east of Muncie. She escaped after fighting back, with Walter Richards and Arthur Favors aiding her before being driven off. Four suspects, including Shug McCarthy, James alias McCarthy, Charles Smith, William Tharp, and Arthur Shepp, were arrested or sought.
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Letha Puckett
Muncie
Central Police
Walter Richards
Arthur Favors
Henry Inglehart
Inglehart
McCarthy
James
Severe Indiana Storm Kills Three and Damages County Landmarks
A severe storm with cyclonic features swept through Indiana, causing extensive damage in Allen and Blackford counties. Three people died and several were injured as lightning destroyed barns, oil derricks, and homes. In Marion, the First Presbyterian Church was struck and damaged, while James Rowans saloon near the soldiers' home was partly destroyed and five men inside were knocked senseless.
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Indiana
Allen County
Blackford
Marion
First Presbyterian
James Rowans
Soldiers’ Home
Whisky Fire Fatality at Logansport On Freight Car
A spark from a whisky barrel ignited fire while repairing a drawbar on a Van dalia freight car at Logansport. Lawrence Beeson died, William Elkins was fatally burned, Calvin Neff and John Moore were seriously injured. Neff and Moore escaped by leaping into the canal to extinguish flames.
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Logansport
Lawrence Beeson
William Elkins
Calvin Neff
John Moore
Elkins
Neff
Moore
Fatal double tragedy at Frankton ends in suicide
Albert Towne, 26, a glass cutter and former boarder at the Granger home, shot and killed Mrs. William Granger at Frankton before shooting himself. Neighbors recall Towne had been repulsed in his advances and forced to leave two years ago, ending in the deadly crime.
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Albert Towne
William Granger
Frankton
Towne
Granger
Prominent Local Incidents From Across Indiana News
The report lists a string of incidents and developments including promising Shelbyville wheat, James Strebens sway killed by lightning near Peru, gas strike while drilling near Washington, plans for a state prison newspaper, Stogg loss of parrots in Greensburg, YMCA resignations in New Albany, railroad expansion in Seymour, liquor license costs in Wayne County, a Terre Haute machinists strike settlement, Bertha Stewart injured in Anderson, and various local mishaps and crimes.
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Shelbyville
James Strebens
Peru
Washington
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Jersely
Czar
Michigan Grocers Combine
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Lake Erie
Monaca
Joseph MecSparren
B. Anderson
Anderson
McSparren
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Odd
Kansas Town
San Francisco
First Baptist Church
Nicholas Fox
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
Aml
Fox
E. H. Palmer
St. Paul, Minn
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Gov
Ohio Republican Convention
Jcsnes
Enoch Arden
Aaron Gidler
Madison County
California
J. A. Stogg
Greensburg
New Albany Y. M. C. A
Pennsylvania Railroad
Seymour
Wayne County
Terre Haute
Bertha Stewart
American Christian Missionary Society
Treutz
Robert Clark
Converse
Sack the Jinger
Kokomo
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