History of a Week News and Prohibited Fairs Across Lands
A digest of crimes, accidents, fires, and minor affairs from across the nation with notes on street fairs forbidden by the Grand Lodge in Salt Lake City. Also reports on the Colombia revolution, tidal wave devastation near Altata, boxing venue changes, and gold reef finds in Johannesburg. Included are a fatal car wreck in Evreux, a rover from Custer City, and postal deluge figures in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Lodges
Grand Lodge
Salt Lake
Utah
Committee On Rules
San Jose
Costa Rica
Agua Dulce
Boyaca
Ortiz
Henao
Curliacan
Mexico
Altata
Pacific Coast
Boy Confesses Spike Caused Rock Island Wreck
Delbert Preston a 15 year old boy confessed to Omaha police that he placed a spike on the rails near South Omaha causing the Rock Island Colorado express wreck in which one person died and several were wounded. He forgot the spike until the train appeared and could not remove it in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Express
Delbert Preston
Omaha
Neb
Rock Island
South Omaha
Ames College Fire Leaves Iowa State Building Damaged
The south wing of the main building at Iowa State College in Ames burned at 4 am Thursday, with the north wing previously destroyed in 1900. Losses are capped at about 10000, no insurance carried, and the museum and equipment were saved. The fire origin is unknown amid vacation inactivity. third fire in two years for the college. Public rail expansion news follows with plans to link Chicago to Cincinnati by electric lines through northern Indiana and southern Michigan, extending to Niles and Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Ames
General Assembly
Vale Nable Botantedt
University of Iowa
Chicago
Cincinnati
Indiana
Michigan
Indiana Railway
Goshen
Elkhart
Mishawaka
South Bend
St. Joseph
Mich
Niles
Chicago and Indiana Railway
Fort Wayne
Detroit
Northwest
Soe
Westphig
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Soo
Boy Whipped Into Insanity Charges Against Teachers
A Cincinnati police court statement alleges Dr. Tu Logan that his 14 year old son Harry was demented from repeated beatings in Cincinnati public schools. The boy was committed to a house of refuge after the claim. Also noted: a New York man found dead on a stoop after a day of robbery, and several other disparate news items including outlaws stopping a procession, an alleged Gun Inventor, and political renunciation rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Lance Harwood
Big Rapids
Mich
Chicago
Nelson Morris & Co
Stock Yards
Young Lance
Tu, Logan
Cincinnati
Harry
Logan
House of Refuge
Rover Ana Kilis
West Twenty-ninth Street
New York
Edward Mayhew
Farmers Form A Combine To Use 260 Million In Price Support
The Farmers' National Co-operative Exchange Company filed articles of incorporation in Pierre South Dakota with capital of 60 million dollars. It plans to buy sell and deal in grain provisions live stock and all produce. It will build elevators yards warehouses and storage plants and allocate capital to cash markets and farmers banks to back their interests for better prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ National Co-operative Exchange Company
Pierre
Board of Trade
Explosion Destroys Tug Jacob Kuper Off Staten Island
Four crew members were killed when the boiler exploded near St Georges Staten Island as the tug Jacob Kuper sank after towing a cotton lighter from Brooklyn. Two men were rescued. one by the Castleton ferryboat, the other by a passing tug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Kuper
Staten Island
St. Georges
G. D. Kuper & Brothers
Kuper
Brooklyn
Castleton
Braisted
Lynch White and Negro Hanged After Jail Takeover
A masked mob seized Charles Salyers white and Harry Gates colored from Lexington Missouri county jail at 1 30 am Tuesday and hanged them for the killing of George W Johnson a wealthy farmer who surprised them at his chicken house. Salyers claimed Gates fired the fatal shot during the capture. The two men were arrested the day after the shooting following an exciting chase. Johnson was among the town's wealthiest residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Salyers
Harry Gates
Lexington
George W. Johnson
Salyers
Gates
Johnson
Sheriff shot while arresting thieves in Henry County Ohio
Sheriff W C Barnhill of Henry County Ohio was shot through the neck while attempting to arrest three chicken thieves with wagons. A 15 year old boy was captured after a melee as the thieves escaped. Barnhill may die from the wound and a posse pursues the remaining suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Sisco
Chicago
Pittsburg
Robert Pitcairn
Pennsylvania Company
Canton
Ohio
Sisco
Henry County
W. C. Barnhill
Barnhill
Bright prospects outweigh labor disputes in trade outlook
New York reports a strong trade outlook with confidence in the future, heavy fall trade prep, and long-dated contracts. Railways show 3.0 percent year over year gains. lumber and fish packing set records. iron and steel remain favorable though fuel scarcity and traffic congestion persist. Foreign commerce weakens with exports down and imports up. wheat yield expectations and global supply cited as bearish factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Connellsville
Milnor
United States
Canada
Market Prices for Commodities Across Cities
Chicago markets list bids for cattle to hogs and grains with varied ranges. Cites include Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati St. Louis and Chicago area figures for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs potatoes and hay with prices in cents per unit and dollars per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tadianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Also Mentioned on This Page
He Fribune
Denver
Alfred Wooley
Pubtlaher
Yim & Bok
Loniaville
Terry McGovern
Young” Corbett
New London
Southern Athletic Club of Louisville
Saratoga
Johannesburg
Witwatersrand
Evreux
France
Charles Fair
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Virginia Fair
Paris
Trouville
Here
Custer City
S. C
Roy Streeter
John Gorman
Kid Hogan
Gorman
Streeter
England
United Kingdom
Temple Theatre
Ind
West
Minstrels
Sandy Bottom
Karl Gardner
Burgomaster
Florodora
Durbin
Taylor
Indianapolis
Minnesota
J. P. Jensen
Freeborn
Minn
Ruby Simonds
Simonds
Jensen
H. A. Simonds
Lumbermun
Yennessee
Diernee
Tennessee
Knoxville
R. A. Simonds
Decatur
Adams County
A. W. Butler
State Board of Charities
Charies
Gunner
George Bickwell
Manila
St. Louis County
Mino
San Francisco
Boston
Tower
Bickwell
San Francisco Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Boy
Trust of Harvester Manufacturers
International Harvester Company
Typographical Union
International Typographical Union
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Altoona
Opera House
Imperial Dry Goods Company
One Price Clothing Company
Eleventh Avenue Opera House
Wong Yen
Toledo
Throop
Ames' College
Iowa State Institution
Chickasha
I.T
Fortune L. Bailey
Dr. Gatling
Freeport
Efe
Gatling
Matin
Germany
Bonn
William
New York Stock Exchange
J. P. Morgan & Co
Wall Street
Thomas Jefferson
William McKinley
Bethlehem Steel Company
Charles M. ‘Schwab
United States Shipbuilding Company
J Henry Hughes
Illinois Cental
Burns
Packing Company
Memphis
Clinton
Englewood
Robert Scott
Scott
Cloverdale
Sibley
Long Branch
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Elizabeth River
Patrick Mansfield
Plainfield
Vicetoon Webster
Bayonne
Supreme Bench
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Massachusetts Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Gray
Charles T. Pennell
Timothy Devine
West Lake Street
Harlan & Hollingsworth
Wilmington
Del
Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
New York Bank
Wall and
William Streets
TE Markets
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