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Defiance Weekly Express

Location

Defiance, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1903

Page

6

Affordable Southwest Homes Promoted Along Cotton Belt Route

Advertisement offers cheap land and grazing in Texas Arkansas and nearby areas with long growing seasons and mild winters. Promotes literature on the region and travel tickets on the Cotton Belt Route from St Louis Thebes Cairo and Memphis with special rates and 21 day return limit. Contact E W Labeaume Gp Ta St Louis Mo.

Southwest Missouri Arkansas N. W Louisiana Texas St. Louis Thebes Cairo Memphis E. W. LA Beaume Pa TA

Rail fares from St Louis and Kansas City to many western points

Advertises low rates for one way and round trip travel from St Louis and Kansas City to destinations in Kansas Missouri Nebraska Utah Colorado Arkansas Texas Louisiana and Pacific Coast. Mentions through tourist and standard sleeping cars from both origins and free reclining chair cars on all trains with best dining car service. For full particulars contact G A A Deane Jr at 200 Sentinel Building Indianapolis.

St. Louis Kansas City Kansas Missouri Nebraska Utah Colorado Arkansas Lexas Louisiana Pacific Coast G. A. A. Deane, Jr Sentinel Indianapolis

Youngest Civil War drummer William Aylo r dies in Shamokin

William Aylo r, who died in Shamokin Pennsylvania, was famed as the youngest Union soldier. Enlisted at age 12 in the 84th Pennsylvania Infantry at Huntingdon on August 15 1861, he served intermittently and later re enlisted as a private in the 15th Pennsylvania.

William ‘Aylor Shamokin Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Infantry Huntingdon Pennsylvania

Bankers Pool $5 Million Reserve To Stabilize Money Market

In Buffalo the bishop claimed a dozen men could checkmate any money panic. Soon after, six New York bankers including J Pierpont Morgan James Stillman and J F Baker formed a $5,000,000 reserve loan pool to be drawn on during tight markets, triggering a drop in Wall Street quotes from ten to four per cent within an hour.

Fitzgerald Buffalo New York J. Pierpont Morgan James Stillman J. F. Baker Wall Street

Stone butter and earth flavors used as bread spread worldwide

The article notes that in many regions people eat clay on bread as a substitute for butter, calling it stone butter in Germany. It mentions earth baked in bread in northern Sweden and sold in markets across Italy, Sardinia, Persia, Nubia, and other tropical lands, suggesting a distant origin from the earths’ natural flavors.

Germany Sweden Italian Sardinia Persia Nubia

German scientist develops gas method to kill ship rats

Prof Koch of Germany has devised a method to exterminate rats aboard ships. In Hamburg an experiment on the Bulgaria placed rats in cages in the hold then filled the hold with a gas. The rats died, and the apparatus was then used to move cages on deck. The system is to be adopted by the German navy and major steamship lines.

Prof. Koch Germany Bulgaria Hamburg

Gas electroid could power future tires invents self luminous tires

The gas electroid by Prof Rych nowski is said to condense into greenish blue elastic balls suitable for automobile tires. It is self luminous removing the need for outdoor lamps at night and supposedly makes travel through country lanes pleasant as vegetation grows and ripe strawberries appear along banks. The inventor envisions wide welcome for motorists everywhere.

Rychnowski India

Rose hedges clear snowbound rail lines in Hungary

Provence rose hedges were planted to protect Southern Hungary railway lines from drifting snow. Rose trees grew to five to six feet and proved effective, leading to more hedges and consistently clear tracks in severe weather.

Hungary Provence

Mixed US legislature moves and public safety notes

Reported actions include the house passing the military academy and federal judiciary salary bills, the senate debating statehood and an Indian appropriation bill, and a gala of other minor measures. Also noted are Chicago coal sales, bullion theft in transit, a fatal bridge fall, fog related wrecks, and various regional incidents.

House Military Academy Senate Committee On Judiciary Messrs. Rawlins Utah Beveridge Indiana Philippines McMillan Michigan

Hanover College President Receives Major Library Gift

President Fisher of Hanover College in Madison Indiana announces a $25 000 donation from Mrs Eliza C Hendricks widow of ex Vice President Thomas A Hendricks for the construction of a library in memory of her husband. The report lists other national news items including a Maryland cattle import prohibition a North China warning and the Park Avenue tunnel verdict.

Fisher Hanover College Madison Ind Eliza C. Hendricks Thomas A. Hendricks State Livestock Sanitary Board Smith Maryland California Virginia China Drummond Tobacco Co East St. Louis Ill New York Central Railroad Co Park Avenue Tunnel Court of Appeals Henry G. Dimon White Calf Miles Washington Wounded Knee Bank of Otoe Cutting & Willett Board of Trade Roosevelt Leavenworth Kan Philippines George Murphy James Fisher Edwin Coffin Edgartown Martha’s Vineyard William Ziegler Arctiec Tromsoe Norway North Pole Ziegler Marquette Mich Houghton New York Bay New York Central No. 6 Liberty Island Bay Ridge Representative Bristow New York Congress United States John T. McDonough Supreme Court of the Philippines Tacoma Queenstown Staten Island South America Evans City South Pennsylvania Oil Co Elmer Rechner Roy Covert Alex Bane James Wray Franklin County Bettie John Thomas Benjamin F. Ory St. Charles Parish New Orleans Thomas Sheriff Ory Richmond P. Hobson Merrimac Fame Washington Navy Yard Wellington Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Co Weinstock, Lubin & Co Sacramento Cal Frank Rasebolt al Pritchard Charles Ward Rockaway Beach L. I Ward Brothers Newburgh N. Y Saratoga Lake House Senate

Deadly Southern Pacific wreck near Vailsburg shocks Tucson

A two train collision near Vailsburg Arizona caused fire from oil tanks. Twenty four dead and forty seven injured. Telegraph operator Clough blamed. engineers and conductors cleared. Coroner’s jury views remains and tallies 24 killed with deaths possibly rising.

Clough Tucson Ariz Southern Pacific Railroad Vailsburg M. Hilton Cambridge Mass J. W. Bruce W. R. Wilkey George McGrath Frederico Romero Juarez Mex H. W. Hartman Saginaw Mich Frederick Donahue Battle Creek Ben Sawyer A. B. Silverton New York G. S. Gilbert Ben Bradsford Mayhill N. Y S. F. Glidden Dr. Meyers Springfield Ohio Aglar Esmond Crescent City Oakland Mole Stoufee Bruce and Wallace Scriven and Parker Culver Southern Pacific Vail’s J. M. Hilton

Warm Senate Debate Over Philippines Courts Martial Action

Senators Rawlins and Beveridge clashed in the Senate Chamber over a resolution directing the War Secretary to provide proceedings of Philippine courts martial. Rawlins invoked the death of Father Augustin as murder in cold blood, drawing Beveridge’s demand for details on who committed the crime. Carmack and Proctor joined the exchange defending or challenging accusations against army officials.

Rawlins Beveridge Senate Washington Secretary of War Philippines Father Augustin Carmack Proctor Cornelius M. Brownell

National House Committee Concludes Coal Price Probe

Boston January 29 The committee on merchant marine and fisheries finishes hearings into the New England coal situation finding a coal operators’ combination raising prices. Testimony shows coal bought at 5 to 6 dollars per ton sold for 12 to 16 dollars.

Boston New England Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries National House of Representatives

Trello Captured After Fierce Clairton Clash

Angelo Trello the Italian suspect in the Clairton shootings was captured by Clairton citizens in a foreigner camp near Clairton. He fought violently, was clubbed nearly to death, then taken to McKeesport hospital.

Trello Pittsburg Angelo Trello Clairton McKeesport

Fatal Snowslide Kills Three Miners in Park City

A snow slide in Park City Utah on January 28 swept from a high mountain and engulfed the Quincy shaft house killing three miners outright and injuring several others. The slide also caused extensive damage as it crushed the shaft building and damaged surrounding structures in the valley below.

Park City Utah Quincy Shaft House

Break in Connecticut Railway Motormen Strike

Waterbury Connecticut January 29 The first break in the strike by motormen and conductors of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co occurs at a meeting last night Frank Miller an old employee is told there are objections to his return as inspector He says he will go to work this morning He is fined 50 and expelled from the union and asked to leave the room

Waterbury, Conn Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co Frank Miller

Heavy January Storm Ravages Intermountain West

Salt Lake City reports the heaviest January storm in 13 years raging for 48 hours. Snow piles in mountain gorges to deep accumulations while ranges and deserts see unprecedented precipitation. Winnemucca Nevada logs 13 inches of snow and telegraph service west of Ogden is disrupted with train delays.

Salt Lake City Utah Winnemucca Nevada Ogden

Hotel proprietor's double tragedy shocks Forest County

Oil City reporting that John L Fiddler, owner of the Forest Hotel in Marienville Forest County, shot and killed his wife in the hotel yesterday then fatally shot himself in the forehead. He died at 9 o'clock tonight.

Oil City John L. Fiddler Forest Hotel Marienville Forest County

Fire at Anderson Tin Plate Plant Displaces 500 Workers

A fire at the American Tin Plate Co. plant in Anderson Indiana last night damaged the boilers and machinery valued at 40 000 dollars. The blaze left about five hundred workers unemployed until repairs are completed.

Anderson, Ind American Tin Plate Co

Joint Wage Conference Opens In Indianapolis

The joint wage conference of miners and operators in the central competitive coal district began in Indianapolis with about 250 operators and 400 miners attending. Key issues include wage demands and a threatened mine suspension if demands are not met, while Indiana operators oppose increases citing prior raises. The first scale committee session followed with no decisions reached on the miners proposal.

Indianapolis Indiana W. B. Wilson United Mine Workers Mr. Penna W. H. Haskins Pine Run C. &. Scroggs Illinois

Big Donation To Southern Schools From Rockefeller

The general educational board organized in Washington with members including W H Baldwin J M Curry John D Rockefeller Jr and George Peabody. John D Rockefeller subscribes 100000 a year for ten years to support rural free schools in the south and national educational efforts.

John D. Rockefeller Washington General Educational Board Congress United States W. H. Baldwin Wallace Butterick J. M. Curry Frederick T. Gales Daniel C. Gillmore Morris K. Jesup Robert C. Ogden Walter H. Page George Foster Peabody John D. Rockefeller, Jr Albert Shaw Baldwin Peabody Mr. Butterick Nassau Street New York

Wrecked Pittsburg Trolley Cars Destroyed In Collision

A January 30 collision near Forward avenue between a Homestead branch car and a second trolley caused a fire that burned both cars. About a score of passengers were injured including Thomas B. Davis who is fatally hurt internally. Others named include J H Leinhart Miss Alice Dugan Mrs Sarah Gray John McLaughlin and William H Clark. Traffic halted for hours as the wreckage burned.

Pittsburg Pittsburg Railways Traction Co Thomas B. Davis J. H. Leinhart Braddock Alice Dugan Homestead Sarah Gray John McLaughlin William H. Clark Forward Avenue

McKinley Memorial Dinner Held by West Side Republicans

At the Waldorf Astoria the West Side Republican club honored President McKinley with their annual dinner. More than 660 Republicans attended with Richard T. Greene presiding, Shaw and Payne in attendance, and speakers including Mayor Low and Rev. Frank M. Bristol, former pastor of McKinley.

New York William McKinley West Side Republican Club Waldorf-Astoria Richard T. Greene

Hel scher convicted in attempt on anarchist De Cleyer

Herman Helscher a young cigarmaker was found guilty of assault and battery with intent to kill for shooting Voltaire De Cleyec on December 19. He received six years and nine months in prison, saying the target barred him from a social science club and his livelihood.

Philadelphia Herman Helscher Voltairine de Cleyec Helscher Social Science Club

Big Flour mill Shuts as Rail Freight Congestion Hits Minneapolis

The Washburn-Crosby Co. big A mill in Minneapolis has closed due to railcar shortages hindering flour removal. Freight congestion in Chicago is impacting Minneapolis operations.

Bown Minneapolis Minn Washburn-Crosby Co Chicago

Two Men Killed at a Crossing in Darlington

Crawfordsville Ind Jan 30 A Vandalia special train struck a buggy at a crossing near Darlington yesterday killing Benjamin Gillon and Thomas Grisman both prominent businessmen of this place.

Crawfordsville Ind Darlington Benjamin Gillon Thomas Grisman

Express and Freight Trains Collide Killing Two in Hazleton Area

Hazleton area report of a head on collision between a Wilkesbarre to Philadelphia express and a freight near Lofty. Two railroad workers killed and multiple injuries including a colored porter. a second incident in Springfield Ohio where a Big Four passenger train hit a street car injuring eleven.

Loftin Big Four Springfield Hazleton Wilkesbarre Philadelphia Schuylkill Valley Pennsylvania Railroad Lofty Robert Moyer Fred Gearhardt Israel Carey John Harry Hayward Hazleton Hospital Addie Wheeler Anna Bailey A. D. Wilkinson

Dun's Weekly Trade Review Notes Fuel Scarcity Patch

Dun’s Weekly Review of Trade reports general business prosperity but fuel shortages persist. Transporters and mild weather ease the issue while coal favoritism slows other goods, rail earnings rise 5.7 percent, iron and steel face furnace closures, and many plants operate with limited hours amid delayed pig iron deliveries. weekly U S failures total 243 vs 301 last year.

Dun New York R. G. Dun & Co Connellsville United States Canada

Fire Damages Power House and Trolley Lines

A transformer explosion at the Niagara Falls Power and Conduit Co. power house caused a blaze that destroyed thousands of dollars in machinery. Repair crews began replacing damaged cable and arranged power from the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Co. to run the local and Buffalo trolley routes. Twenty of the fifty five Lockport factories halted operations due to the fire.

Niagara Falls N. Y Niagara Falls Power and Conduit Co Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Co Buffalo Lockport

Patent Office 1902 Report Shows Many Patents Issued

The 1902 commissioner of patents report lists 49 902 patent applications and 27 776 patents issued along with 110 reissued patents 2 006 trademarks registered 767 labels and 158 prints registered. Patent expirations reached 23 331 and receipts exceeded expenditures by 159 514 with DC residents obtaining the most patents per capita at 1 to 1 080.

Washington Commissioner of Patents District of Columbia

Slope accident at Old Telegraph mine kills two children

Salt Lake City Utah Jan 31 An accident on a slope at the Old Telegraph mine in Bing ham yesterday wrecked James Johnsons miner residence and instantly killed his sons aged 3 and 5. The ground sank splitting the house. the killed children were in the swallowed half. Johnson his wife and three other children escaped uninjured.

Salt Lake City Utah Bingham James Johnson Johnson

Firemen to Get More Pay In Western Santa Fe Lines

Los Angeles January 31 General Manager Feltz of the Santa Fe lines west of Albuquerque announced wage increases for firemen on all western lines. The raise will be 5 to 6 percent, below the firemen's request for 10 to 15 percent.

Los Angeles Cal Feltz Santa Fe Lines Albuquerque

Eby Wins World Pool Championship Match

Pittsburg reports Grant Eby defeats William Clearwater in the world pool championship three nights of play, final score 600 to 496. Eby retains the title as the current champion in a decisive victory.

Eby Clearwater Pittsburg Grant Eby

Union Pacific Strike Intensifies Over Piece Work Plan

Omaha Neb Jan 31 President Burt of Union Pacific met with striking shopmen to renew talks after New York discussions failed. Terminology notes that workers refuse piece work and will extend the strike to the Southern Pacific system. McNeil of the Boilermakers spoke for the strikers and warned of broader action with AFL backing.

Omaha Neb Burt Union Pacific Railroad New York Southern Pacific McNeil National Association of Boilermakers Thomas L. Wilson Machinists’ Union American Federation of Labor

NEW GERMAN TARIFF Affects U S Trade, Mason Warns

Consul General Mason reports German tariff changes will take 12 to 18 months to go into effect and will raise duties on grain, wheat, horses, bicycles, shoes, lumber, machinery, and railway material, harming U S exports unless reciprocity treaties alter the terms.

Mason Washington State Department United States Berlin Germany

Embezzlement Charge Shocks San Juan Mayor

Gov. Hunt issues order removing Manuel Egozcue as mayor of San Juan Porto Rico after new proofs of negligence and wrongdoing surface. Criminal action remains pending and Attorney General Harlan cites a $95 157 loss in a single expenditure as part of broad municipal fraud and incompetence.

San Juan Porto Rico Hunt Manuel Egozecue Harlan Egozcue

Test Case May Free 50 Illinois Convicts

In Joliet Illinois a writ of habeas corpus will challenge a technicality in the criminal code. Affected are 50 convicts serving manslaughter or criminal assault sentences. The 1895 indeterminate sentence law excluded these crimes and a subsequent act may have removed them from the code.

Joliet Ill Illinois Will County

Three Sisters Reports W. H. Smith Sinking Near Ocean View

Newport News reporters say the oyster schooner W. H. Smith sank near Ocean View yesterday. It is believed that five crew members including John Collier and John W. Young and three black sailors perished.

Newport News Three Sisters W. H. Smith Ocean View John Collier John W. Young

Steamers Get News Service From Reuter for Lucania

The Cunard steamer Lucania, departed New York last Saturday and due at Queenstown today, will receive 100 words of news via wireless from Reuter's Telegram Co. filed with Marconi. The system will cover 20 to 30 miles from Brow Head, delivering news only a few hours before arrival.

London Reuter’s Telegram Co Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co Cunard Line Lucania New York Queenstown Brow Head

Crescent City Run Aground On Fish Rock Off Mendocino

The steam schooner Crescent City ran on Fish Rock during a gale near the Mendocino coast. About 25 passengers and crew took refuge on the rock as the Scotia, signalled, launched a boat and rescued seven. The life saving chair failed to launch due to wind, and 15 still remained on the rock.

San Francisco Crescent City Fish Rock Mendocino Scotia eScota Point Arena

Pass Offer to Legislators Declared Misdemeanor

Albany Jan 31 Attorney General Cuneen writes an opinion holding that offering a transportation pass to a member of the legislature is a misdemeanor and that acceptance by a legislator would be a misdemeanor and could lead to forfeiture of office.

Albany N. Y Cuneen

Gulf Stream ashore near Cape May may be total loss

The steam ship Gulf Stream en route from New York to Philadelphia with a general cargo is ashore 11 miles north of Cape May New Jersey. The vessel is expected to be a total loss but the crew are safe.

Philadelphia Gulf Stream New York Cape May N. J

Rioting and National Guard Deployed Over Waterbury Trolley Strike

Waterbury Connecticut faced a major riot after a Saturday trolley strike with eight First Regiment and five Second Regiment companies, plus two Gatling guns, activated by Governor Chamberlain. The mob attacked non union workers and cars were repeatedly vandalized while police struggled.

Waterbury Conn Connecticut National Guard Gov. Chamberlain Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co Frost Norwalk

Pretender's forces routed near Tangier

Tangier February 2 The sultan of Morocco’s army under Eli Menemhi routed the Moorish pretender’s forces at dawn near Bu Hamara. The camp, provisions, ammunition and artillery were captured. Reports from Fez confirm a decisive victory though the pretender’s capture is disputed. Bu Hamara’s fate remains uncertain.

Tangier Bu Hamara Fez Eli Menebhi

Miners Kill Russian Worker in Pa. Mine District

In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on February 2 Constanta Sobrilefski a Russian and local miner was kicked and stabbed to death by twenty one of his fellow miners after a Saturday night dance. Powell Ladofski confessed and he with twenty others were arrested for the slaying near the Boston mine breaker at Larksville three miles from the city.

Chicago Commission el Paso Tex Almagordo N. M Dog Canyon New East River Patrick McDermott McDermott Williamsburg United States Canadian Pittsburg St. Louis Pennsylvania Reading Baltimore & Ohio Montana Ludington Quartermaster Barker N Saki Dix Seattle Stanley Soap Co New York City Victor Rieche West Virginia Light & Heat Co Tangier Bu Hamara Morocco Great Northern Buffalo N. Y The Northern Steamship Co New York Central Pennsylvania, Erie, Lehigh and Lackawanna Erie, Lehigh and Lackawanna Brown Hoisting Machine Co Cleveland International Association of Bridge and Structural Workers Isabella Furnaces Detroit, Ypsilanti Ann Arbor Dearborn Mich St. Stephen's Theological College Annandale Samuel A. Chapman Boston New York Board of Aldermen Washington Annapolis Raymond Bowman Charleston S. C Miss Hall Wilkesbarre Constanta Sobrilefski Plymouth Larksville Powell Ladofski

Chinese Arms Surge Alarm Honolulu after China Arrival

The steamship China arrived from Hong Kong and Yokohama on the way to San Francisco bringing word of large arms and ammunition imports by Chinese in violation of international accord. Vessels disguised as trading boats reportedly haul war materiel into the interior as the reform element plots to topple the Manchurian dynasty.

Honolulu China Hong Kong Yokohama San Francisco

Trains Plunge Into Mississippi River. Family of Six Drowned

In Vicksburg Mississippi two freight cars broke away on the Queen and Crescent line at a railway incline and crashed into the river. One car carried a family of six all of whom perished.

Vicksburg Miss Queen and Crescent

Memorial Service Eulogies for Senator McMillan

The house met at noon Sunday to pronounce eulogies in memory of the late Senator McMillan of Michigan.

Washington Senator McMillan Michigan

Ice gorge floods Port Deposit harbour causing damage

The lower part of Port Deposit Maryland is inundated by rising Susquehanna River water after an ice gorge. Masses of ice have surged onto the wharves and caused damage to low lying property.

Port Deposit Susquehanna River

Destructive Fire Ravages Cairo Cooper Shop and Buggy Warehouse

A blaze in Cairo Illinois yesterday destroyed the Halliday Bros cooper shop and the Three States Buggy Co warehouse housing hundreds of carriages. Five Illinois Central railroad cars were burned as well. Total losses exceed $50,000.

Cairo Ill Cooper Shop Halliday Bros Three States Buggy Co Illinois Central

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