Great Lake and rail tales mix with old ads
A collage of 19th century fragments covers trains at sixty miles per hour with high coal consumption and loud journal drums, plus medical remedies for deafness and a parade of advertisements for Magnetic Starch soaps and various tonics. Included are references to Lake Titicaca and a railway pamphlet by the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andes
Alpine Journal
Martin Conway
Titcaca
Geneva
Mes
Titicaca
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Bon Homme
Charles Mix
South Dakota
Geo. H. Heafford
Chicago
Battle Rages as British Readies Major Assault on Ladysmith
Dispatches from Spearman camp and General Buller report a large fight ongoing between British and Boer forces with Ladysmith as a turning point. General Clery advances with Warren’s troops, capturing ridges as casualties appear light. British progress relies on outflanking the Boers who are transferring men and matériel to entrenched positions. General Kelly-Kennys moves to establish an advance base at Rosemead junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buller
London War Office
Associated Press
Spearman
Britfish
Ladysmith
War Offices
Clery
Warren
Butler
Semeey
Georges White
Eadysmith
Kelly-Kennys
Gatacre
Rosemead Junction
Street tunnel collapse entombs eleven workers in Los Angeles
At about 1 PM the west end of the Third street tunnel in Los Angeles caved in trapping eleven laborers and bricklayers and fatally injuring W. T. Lambie, a street department inspector. The timbers and earth blocked the entrance 28 feet from the mouth. rescue teams expect the entombed to be freed within twelve to fifteen hours.
Embezzlement Charge and Related Legislation Across States
Report covers Leroy W. Secor charged with embezzling $17,000 from Goodrich Transportation in Milwaukee, his sudden resignation and disappearance, and the company locating a shortfall. Also notes a $25,000 Commodore Perry statue bill for Put-in-Bay, a lynching protection bill in Congress, and a fatal shooting in St Louis involving Thomas Flynn and C Frank Gennetti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leroy W. Secor
Goodrich Transportation Company
Milwaukee
Goodrich ‘Transportation Company
Commodore Perry
House Committee On Library
Lake Erie
Put-in-Bay
Ohio
St. Louis
Priday Thomas Flynn
Jacksonville
C. Frank Gennetti
Flyng
Civil and Military Authority Rules in Cuba Announced
An order outlines civil and military duties in Cuba. Civil channels replace military ones after February 1 for air communications, with cabinet members seeking the governor’s instant decision. Civil officials manage civil affairs under military supervision while military leaders ensure public order only in extreme danger, and civil law to right private wrongs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herly Lawars
Cuba
India
Census work accelerates opening schedule for agriculture
The director will not wait until June for the twelfth census of agriculture. Special schedules on cranberry culture irrigation and a nursery schedule will be issued immediately. A list of about four thousand nurserymen will be sent to each nurseryman for verification and correction to ensure a complete and accurate nursery bulletin.
Vacancy in Lakes Department Prompted By Retirement
Brigadier General T M Anderson resident commander of the lakes department based in Chicago has retired. General William Ludiew named brigadier general and his nomination sent to the senate early, a move viewed as unprecedented. General J F Wade of Dakota assigned temporary command of the lakes department until a permanent appointment is made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Anderson
Department of
Department of the Lakes
Murdered and Robbed Sequel to Disprearance of Rich Penn
Bridgeport New Jersey January 21 The body of George B Eyre the rich Chester Pa man who vanished after a Delaware River skiff shooting trip December 21 was found and declared murdered and robbed with a gunshot behind the right ear and a crushed skull Also reported embezzlement case against Clifford England alias James Hammond of Chicago $10000 seized from Warren Scharf Asphalt Pavement Co Detroit Mich and confession of theft Bank of Eiletsville Indiana robbed with nitroglycerine explosion $1500 taken Washington notes resignations Ivey Alaska Collector of Customs resigns The Savage Bachelor dialogue about feeble mindedness Paris omnibus company Exposition transportation in Paris
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
N. J
George B. Eyre
Chester
Delaware River
Clifford R
England
James Hammond
John McLelland
Chicago
Warren-Scharf Asphalt Pavement Company
Detroit
Mich
Indian& Bank
Eiletsville
Bloomington
Ind. S
Washington
Ivey
Alaska
Ladysmith Relief and Boer Firefight Across South Africa
Dispatches from Pietermaritzburg and London describe Lord Dundonald entering Ladysmith with 1600 men as British forces gain ground after heavy fighting along hills and ravines. Telegraph reports note Boer resistance continues with unseen casualties while other fronts show mixed activity and illness in Ladysmith.
Editor for One Week Aims To Lead Christian Daily
The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon plans to edit the Topeka Capital News for a week starting March 18, gaining absolute control of editorial and advertising. Dell Keyser, president of the Topeka Capital Co, offers to gift the paper to Sheldon for the week, with prominent national editors and divines assisting with plans undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M.*sheldon
Topeka
Capital News
Detroit
The
Christian’ S Endeavor Society
Sheldon
Dell Keyser
Topeka Capital Company
Bieldon
Captain Mills Acquitted in Salt Lake City Murder Case
Captain Frederick J. Mills, former Idaho lieutenant governor, is acquitted of murder in the killing of John C. O Melveney chief engineer of the Oregon Short Line in Salt Lake City on October 30. The jury deliberated briefly after a ballot. The defense invoked the Utah provocation statute as a husband’s defense to kill a wife's seducer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. Mills
Idaho
Mills
John C. O'Melveney
Salt Lake City
Volunteer Army of the United States
O'Melveney
Colson Indicted for Murder in Frankfort Kentucky
The Frankfort grand jury indicted ex congressman and former colonel David G. Colson for two counts of murder. One charge cites Lieut Ethelbert Scott from the triple tragedy and the other Luther W. Demaree, a bystander killed. A third bystander Charles Julian remains to be heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
David G. Colson
Kentucky Regiment
Ethelbert Scott
Luther W. Demaree
Charles
Julian
General Mercier Beaten in Ecole Polytechnique Vote
In Paris the Ecole Polytechnique alumni elected a president amid turmoil after an apparently rigged ballot. The result showed 200 votes for General Mercier to 1,000 for his rival, sparking uproar and fights in the theatre. Separately, Secretary Gage urged metric adoption and fractional coin reform. In another incident near Rose Hill cemetery, John Staerch attempted to hang Bartholomae Pietas' wife rival but failed as Pietas fought back, leaving Staerch critically injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Mercier
Paris
Ecole Polytechnique
Shhool
Gage
House Committee On Coinage, Weights and Measures
Treasury
Bartholomae Pietas
John Staerch
Chicago
Pietas
Rose Hill Cemetery
Fifth annual cycle show and global brief news items
The fifth annual cycle show is in New York. Earthquake shocks hit Mexico City. A fire in New Orleans killed Sicilians. Railroad workers seek a new brotherhood. King Oscar’s birthday marked in Stockholm. Joe Fairburn and Marty McCue fought to a twenty round draw in New York. Ex congressman Henrichsen named general traveling agent for the national democratic ways and means committee. Filipino ambush kills two American pack train men and takes nine prisoners. Costa Rica and Nicaragua may lease territory to the United States for two hundred years for the canal. The Goldsborough torpedo boat destroyer completed a builders trial on the Columbia river with 405 revolutions, exceeding requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mexico
New Orleans
Oscar
Stockholm
Joe Fairburn
Marty McCue
Knights and Ladies of Fireside
Kansas
Lewis J. Monroe
Paul Gilmore
Dramatic Company
Wichita
Kan
Henrichsen
National Democratic Ways and Means Committee
Ipsirgenis
Woman Pioneer Belva Lockwood Cited In Peruna Letter
In a letter to The Peruna Medicine Co. Belva Lockwood, Washington DC, notes personal use of Peruna for herself and her mother, praising its value for cold hay fever and nerves. The ad also claims catarrh can affect pelvic organs and promises a free "Health and Beauty" pamphlet to women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belva Lockwood
Washington, D. C
United States
America
Peruna Medicine Company
Hannah J. Bennett
Lynn
Pinkham
Manitoba Homestead Report by Minnesota Farmer
Minnesota farmer Jaob Reichert details his Manitoba homestead setup near Virden and Hargrave. He describes land quality, yields of 2700 bushels, 15 bushel per acre wheat, 24.5 bushels on better plots, and affordable land at 3 60 per acre via Canadian Pacific Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boes
Canada
Virden
Man
Clifford Sitton
Ottawa
Ganaia
Manitoba
United States
Northwest
W. F. McCreary
Winnipeg
McCreary
Brandon
Lyon County
Minnesota
Hargrave
Canadian Pacifica Railway
Jaqob Reichert
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cater
Doamasa
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Osi Ie
Bali
Cyprus
Italy
Elizabeth
Grove
Y ‘Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Mia. A. Nichols
Princeton, Ind
Ayer
Agee
Falcon
Earnest
South Africa
London
Milwaukee Company
White
North Carolina
Council At
Calcutta
Council of Calcutta
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Anderson
Hamlet
Indianapolia Journal
Transportation
omnibus company_of
Durban
Natal
Pietermaritzburg
Lord Dundonald
Daily Mail
Tongas
Daily Telegraph
Rensburg
Lord Methuen
French
Colesbury
Baker
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Wyoming
Fort Hay
Agricultural College
Ted
Troy
N. C
United Traction Company
Montagu White
Montana White
Transvaal
Republic
Luis
Ridney G. Hanson
Arlington,Ore
Oregon
Spaulding Coalt Company
Spaulding
Springfield
Ill
Harry Ducker
Charles Minnsy
William Walness
Edward Stringham
Menc
Ducker
Hartkett
Senate Committee On
Puerto Rico
Pacific Islands
Chamber of Ecommerce of
Bairon-von—Holleben
a_mbassador
Has
Ars
M. Sheldon Vy
Utah
Colson
Ecole Palviach
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Anil
Canal
Goldsborough -Wes
Columbia River
Women OF the
Belva A. Lockwood
Texas
Arizona
California
Pany
San Francisco
Houston
San Antonio
Hi Paso
Los Angeles
Sunset Limited
New Orleana
Neimyer
Pas. Co
Clark St
W .H. Connor
Chamber Commerce
Cincinnati
W. J. Berg
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