Forest Fire Rages Across Somerset County Pa
One of the fiercest forest fires swept between Somerfield and Addison in Somerset County near the Fayette County line. Large tracts of timber and fences burned while homes were saved by fort efforts. Charles A. Mitchell of Addison was overcome by smoke and barely rescued. Sheep and pastures burned as flames widened through fields and woods despite night illumination helping people read newspapers.
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Somerfdld
Addison
Somerset County
Fayette County
Charles A. Mitchell
Sunday Closing Crusade at Buffalo Ends
The Sunday closing effort led by Rev. Gifford of Delaware Avenue Baptist Church ends with no further action planned to close the Pan American Exposition on Sunday. In Greenshore Ontario a man named Hiesins was shot dead in a street quarrel with a Davis woman claiming he demanded marriage and drew a revolver after she refused, the shot piercing his head.
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Oldp. Gifford
Delaware Avenue
John Hiesins
Greenshore
Qnd
Piiveios
Davis
Ifigeins
Rosebud
Aurora
Richard Grater
Cincinnati
Hator
West Pullman
Dayton
Ohio
Nancy Wilhelm
Lugutsort
Dad
Meliiley
Porthind
Ore
Pioneer
Usinal
S. D
William Metugar
W.ed. Serand
Tarrishure
California
Grathip
N. M
la Sats Street
Chicago
Lilian Sladgens
Disfiguring Acid Accident Hits Crawfordsville Actress
Miss Beryllope, leading lady in Bra dys Way Down Fast Company, suffered severe facial burns at a Crawfordsville hotel after mixing cold cream with carbonic acid. Medical aid was provided promptly, but there is fear she may be permanently disfigured.
Land deal seals $500000 Texas cattle and grazing land sale
J. W. Farwell of Chicago closed a $500000 deal with E. L. Hassell of Vinita I T for 150000 acres in Oldham and Hartley counties at $2 an acre and 7000 Hereford cows at $30 each. Two hundred fifty thousand dollars in cash was paid to bind the deal.
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J. W. Farwell
Chicago
E. EL. Hassell
Vinita
I. T
Texas
Oldham
Hartley Counties
Gate loss halts Welland Canal traffic for a week
Steamer D. R. Van Allen of 271 tons loaded with coal from Toledo to Toronto tore four gates from Lock Six near St Catharines, obstructing navigation in Welland Canal Port Colborne. Traffic disruption is expected to last about a week.
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Port Colborne
Welland Canal
D. R. van Allen
Toledo
Toronto
Trafic
St. Catherines
Logansport Council Demands Resignation of Mayor McKee
The Logansport city council passes a resolution demanding the resignation of Mayor George P. McKee who is charged with excessive use of intoxicating liquors. The resignation takes effect immediately. McKee has held the office for two terms.
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Logansport
Ind
George P. McKee
McKee
Fire at Amnrech cotton press kills most workers
Bombay report states thirty-five of forty-two workers at a cotton press on the Kaliyawar Peninsula in Amnrech burned to death. The remaining victims died from burns. A second blaze at Khamgaon in Berar province killed eleven people.
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Bombay
Amnrech
Kaliyawar
Khamgaon
Berar
Hon H M Elliott Dies in Detroit After Short Illness
Detroit Mich April obituary notes Hon H M Elliott former Michigan Republican National Committee member died at home after a brief illness. A dry goods merchant by trade he was aged ST and survived by a widow. Elliott was born near Amherstburg Ontario.
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WM. Ellett
Michigan
Republican National Committee
Detroit
Mich
Elliott
Ile
Amherstburg
Ont
Collision sinks towboat and barges in Henderson bridge collision
A towboat named Raymond Wormer sank thirteen barges loaded with Pittsburgh coal after a collision with the pier of the Henderson Ry bridge. The incident caused a substantial coal loss and damage to several barges.
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Raymond Wormer
Pittsbore
Henderson
Rybridge
Boa
Fire at Loudonville bar causes $75000 loss
A blaze at the American Livery Bar in Loudonville Ohio caused substantial damage estimated at seventy five thousand dollars. Fire crews battled the flames but the cause remained under investigation.
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Loudonville
Ohio
Ohio Republicans Move State Convention to Columbus
The Republican State Central Committee in Columbus Ohio sets the State convention for June 24 and 25. United States Senator J A Foraker seeks re election before the next legislature. John J Matley named temporary secretary. Delegates must be chosen by popular or mass conventions, replacing county committee selection. Convention to be 1081 delegates.
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Republican Stae Central Committee
Columbus
Oho
United States
J. A. Foraker
John Jf Matley
Eastern News Highlights A String of Disasters and Deaths
The era reports James Douglas Reid dies in New York and local officials clamp down on public whist parties. Fires devastate Bessemer and North Chelmsford, with millions in losses across multiple sites. Prince Henri de Belgium arrives at New York customs. Roosevelt becomes a Master Mason. Numerous accidents, murders, and a gashed bridge collapse fill the column.
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James Douglas Reid
The
Telegraph
New York
Waltham, Mass
Bessemer
Henri de Croy
Belgium
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Francis 2. Beard
Lakewood
N. J. Mer
Beard
J. Frank Condon
Blair
Camprin
Pennsylvania
Altoona
Hiram McMillan
Oliphant
Fred Dickson
Bostonians
Wwough’s Neck
Mass
Dickson
Edward Rogers
Oswegatchie River
Rouvenier
N.Y
Sikvor & Gay
Lowell Model Company
North Chelmsford Supply Company
North Chelmsford
Mase
Stadloud
Branch & Callahan
Saranac Lake
Alington
Mark
Hayes
London
Latrobe
Dorothy Coat and Coke Plant
American Steel and Wire Company
Philadelphia
Joseph B. Widener
TA. B. Widener
Hospital
I Parrison Hik
Caner
Brooklyn Rapids Transit Company
Fiushing and Nostrand Avenues
Brooklyn
Hopkins Street
Wild wave of crime and tragedy dots early 1900s notes
Robbers crack private Ludlow bank for 3000 dollars. A fugitive jumps into the Missouri River at Penton Iowa and drowns. Colorado governor allows capital punishment law without signature. A number of homicides drownings and accidents unfold from Ohio to New Mexico with multiple fatalities and missing sums.
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Ludlow
Penton
Iowa
Gov. Orman
Colorado
Yoribin Trucrty
Jas Cruces
N. M
Ohio
Four Robbers Drive Off In Texas Town Shootout
Four men attempted a hold up in Queen City Texas but were driven off after a fierce fight. One man was killed in the exchange. In Houston Texas a fire, believed started by a local boy, caused damage.
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Queen City
Texas
Mann
Houston
Multiple Kentucky and Tennessee crimes and financial seizures
A Kentucky man Thomas Cole hanged for the murder of Emma Cara Rice after a quarrel. The Lookout Distilling Co plant and 631 barrels of whisky were seized in Chattanooga. An express car robbery on the Central of Georgia Railway in Macon yielded about 350 dollars with a 1000 dollar package left behind. Henderson Building and Loan Association collapsed due to usury laws, ending Kentucky’s oldest association with liabilities over 70 thousand dollars.
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Thomas Cole
Clinton
Emma Cara Rice
Cole
Lookout Distilling Company
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mullin
Washington
Central of Georgia Railway
Macon
Henderson Building and Loan Association
Kentucky Building Associations
Building Association
World News Briefs From 1900s European Conflicts and Crises
Reports from Brussels note 1500 Cuban volunteers join Congo efforts. British import tax on coal disputed. Cailles leads Filipino defense at Dugot Dugot as camp burns. Stead calls canal treaty a trigger for conflict. Krupp gun plot uncovered. British soldiers clash with Boers. ammunition exhaustion ends fight. German expedition defeats Chinese forces beyond the Great Wall. Miners die in a Belgian coal mine blaze. several hurt. Empress Dowager appoints six regents to govern empire. Famine in Russian provinces claims about 20000 lives and threatens 1901 crops.
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Brussels
Congo
Cailles
Dugot-Dugot
Stead
Great Britain
Krupp
Grand Buiseon
Horna
Belgium
Ehlerson
Bessarabia
Alaska mudslide kills twenty near Sunrise City
report notes twenty deaths from a straw slide in Sunrise City Alaska. Layoffs and weather hinder business with mixed signals from Bradstreet about trade. Dawson reports a second strike in Eldorado Creek district with $5,000 found on first day and high dirt yields. Morgan & Co purchases Leyland line as part of shipping consolidation. Weather delays affect crops but overall trade shows underlying strength. US weekly failures rise to 214 and wheat shipments reach over 4.28 million bushels.
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Sunrise City
Alaska
Wilfrid Laurier
Dawson
Eldorado Creek
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Leyland
Bradstreet’s
Iron and Steel
United States
Market reports from multiple cities show varied livestock and grain prices
Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, buffalo, and New York publish daily market figures for cattle hogs sheep and various grains. Price ranges span beef and pork quality grades, wheat No 2 red and No 2 mixed, corn No 2, oats No 2, rye No 2, butter creamery and eggs western markets, with notable discrepancies by city and product.
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Chicago
Choice Creamery
Ile
Luidianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Ste
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Condition of Crops Across Regions Shows Mixed Fortunes
The week brought the most favorable farming conditions of the season in many areas with mild temperatures aiding germination and growth. Corn planting advances in Missouri Kansas and the Central Mississippi Valley contrast with delays in the Ohio valley and mid Atlantic. cotton suffers from frosts and seed scarcity persists in central and eastern districts.
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James Berry
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
East Gulf
North Pacific Coast
Mississippi
Missouri
Rocky Mountain
Middle Atlantic
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Central
South Atlantic
Oklahoma
Texas
Misson
Caville
California
Dakotas
Middle Atlantic States
Louisiana
Alabama
South Carolina
Rocky Mountains
North Pacific
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Lower
Upper
South Dakota
McKinley Cabinet Off On 15000 Mile Presidential Tour
President McKinley and five cabinet members start from Washington with wives on a seven week, twenty five state journey by a luxurious train. They will govern from the private car while telegraph and cipher systems keep White House contact, visiting major cities and stopping along the way to San Francisco and Yellowstone before returning to Washington.
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McKinley
Washington
MacWhinley
United States
Washingto
Gage
Root
Inox
Whitehouse
White House
St. James
Olympia
Clarion
Pelion
Atlantic
Omena
Guiana
San Francisco
New Orleans
Yellowstone Park
San Antonio
el Paso
Texas
Memphis
Tenn
Vicksburg
Jackson
Houston
Austin
Phoenix
Ariz
Los Angeles
San Buenaventura
Santa Barbara
del Monte
Santa Cruz
Palo Alto
Stockton
Sacramento
Redding
Ashlams
Salem
Ore
Portland
Butte
Helena
Mont
Salt Lake City
Colorado Springs
Denver
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Callahan Set Free in Omaha Kidnapping Trial
Jury acquits James Callahan of any complicity in the Eddie Cudahy kidnapping. Judge Baker denounces the verdict as astonishing and urges the jurors never to appear again, expressing disbelief at the decision. The defendant is discharged.
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Cudahy
Omaha
James Callahan
Eddie Cudahy
Packer
Baker
Omaha Criminal Court
Callahan
Fights in China Reported by Count von Waldersee
Dispatch from Pekin dated April 24 and 28 describes four engagements near the Great Wall with Gen Kettler’s four columns clashing with Chinese forces under Ren Liu. Chinese losses forced back over the wall with pursuit to Kuixuan. German casualties include four officers wounded and five enlisted men killed or wounded. Germans also captured eighteen quick-firers and suffered heavy resistance at Shan Li passes.
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Count von Waldersee
Pekin
Great Wall
Gen Kettler
Ren
Liu
Kuixuan
Tekin
Shan-Li
Minor News Notes From Distant Lands
Mexico buys all its shears and sharp edged tools from the United States. The viceroy of Canton China takes heroic measures to stamp out robbery and piracy. St Louis grand jury indicts thirty one election clerks and judges for alleged neglect of duty. A bicycle corps plan to heighten Emperor William safety is abandoned as riders cannot follow his Hungarian four in hand.
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Mexico
United States
Canton
China
St. Louis
William
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Thomas & Ellis
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Buffalo
H. M. Elliott
Ohio Republicans
Madera
Cal
BP. E. Nickpatrick
J. Cameron Anderson
Dietrich
Omaha Medical College
John Green
Cahokia Creek
East St. Louis
Freddie Schoeffer
Harry Hammond
Fred Bauman
Parker
Duluth
Minn
Zenith Paper Company
Mary Vancpps
Youngstown
Union Club of
Cleveland
David D. Thompson
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Methodist Episcopal Church
Arthur Edwards
S. Sheckler
Wellsville
Max Heck
McGregor
Town
Ellsworth
Flo
Ed Frye
Akron
Buckle
Fox
Frye
Frank Wages
Long Lake
Joseph Glenning
Lake Shore
Collingwood
Glenning
Bank of
G. J. Badke & Co
Brighton
Pat Crowe
Adolph Jennisch
Carrie Nation
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Depere
Wis
Owen H. Little
Little
Wichita
Kan
Siemaas
Rockwell and
West Madison Streets
J. J. Badenoch
J. B. Lodson
Montana Mining Company
Hodson
Marysville
Anderson
ITC
Choctaw
Okihoma
Gault Mailroad
McAchester Carl Conmpnus
Tat
Willian Rosenfield
Mississippi River
Marshall Avenue
Sst
Paul
Theodore Moore
Benkelman
Neb
Sheriff Richards
Thawes FE
Blaclk Tack
Oulliw
Southwest
Clayton
N.o
Ashtabula
Richards & Merrick
Richards & Merrick Uuilding
W. L. Ritter Lumber Company
Colmnel
Southern
M’kinley
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