Notable Deaths and Incidents From Across the World
Colonel Milligan dies at Huntington Indiana at nearly eighty eight after a long illness. Elephant trainer Patsy Foreplugh Meagher killed by an elephant at Sellsville. Navy and army report joint action in the Philippines with Romelon captured and Romelon island noted. Narvel submarine torpedo boat defects prompt halt of sister ships. Journalist Hepburn Johns dies of pneumonia in Chicago. James Duane Taylor of Wagner Palace Car Co commits suicide at the Grafton Hotel Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Meagher
Patsy
Army
Navy
Philippines
Admiral Watson
Concord
Ackley
Pampaga
Leigh
Romelon
John James
Newark
Calloa
Pamplone
Burwell
Wheeling
Gen. Young
Luzon
Panay
Paris
James Duane Taylor
New York City
Wagner Palace Car Company
Grafton Hotel
Washington
Murder at Dunbar Leads to Vigilante Shootout
In Dunbar Pennsylvania Sanford White superintendent of construction for the W. J. Raimey Coke Company was shot dead by David Pierce a Black employee. Pierce fled to the mountains as an angry mob tracked him and shot him to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunbar
Sanford White
W. J. Raimey Coke Company
David Pierce
Pierce
Street Car Dynamited and Other News Items Across Cities
A street car was dynamited for the third time since the strike against Springfield Consolidated Railway began on November 10. the car was derailed and wrecked with no injuries. Senator Fairbanks proposes a 2000 dollar annual pension for General Henry W. Lawton’s widow, with a House bill from Representative Landis of Indiana. The British War Office plans a 4000-strong yeomanry cavalry contingent for South Africa as Rough Riders. Paris reports a rumored Russian loan of eight million pounds to the Bank of England. In New York, several barges and 2000 bales of hay and straw burned on the North River, totaling about 25000 dollars in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Lt.) Consolidated Railway
Lawton
Fairbanks
Indiana
Senate
Henry W. Lawton
House
Representative Landis
South Africa
British War Office
North River
New York
Obituary and disaster notes from eastern papers
An array of obituaries and incidents from the eastern United States recount deaths including William H. Carpenter 86 in Baltimore and William Henry Lee 55 in New York. Reports cover ship strikes, fires, accidents, criminal acts, and notable figures such as Rear Admiral Sampson and Sol Smith Russell with brief outcomes and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Carpenter
Baltimore
New York
A. C. McGiffert
William Henry Lee
America
W. B. Hoffman
Myrtie Leek
Silver Lake
Mass
Sampson
James A. Garfield
Palmyra
St. Michael’s Orphim Asylum
Vills Street
Pittsburg
R.A. Fessenden
Western University of Pennsylvania
Marconix
Shore Line
Union Station
Boston
Wall Street
Produce Xchange Trust Company
Hlenry Allen & Co
Thomas M. Brumby
Dewey
Asiatic
Garfield Hospital
Washington
United States Military Academy
West Point
Tire
Ienry Andree
Proctor
Weafure Lance
Anedrew
Plymouth
Long Island Son
Hunt's Point
Banking execs face prison and industry shifts ripple
William Weir, former Ville Marie Bank of Montreal president, jailed two years for false bank statements. The bicycle trust moves machinery from Indiana to Toronto to seed a Canadian plant. Ontario sues late Daniel Scotten's estate for succession duties. Nicaraguan concession to Cragin Eyre Grace syndicate to be canceled. Standard Oil chief Alexander McDonald to resign, replaced by I Collings. Alaska murder case judge refuses new trial. Bird seeks US Supreme Court appeal after planned execution. Holiday trade rises, wholesale demand steady, wheat and corn shipments up from last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Weir
Ville Marie Bank of
Montreal
The
Bicycle Trust
Indiana Bicycle Plant
Indianapolis
Toronto
Canada
Doyle
Ontario
Daniel Scotten
Detroit
Washington
Cragin-Eyre-Grace Syndicate
Maritime Canal Company
Alexander McDonald
Standard Oil Company
I. Collings
Standard Company
Louisville
J. Homer Bird
Alaska
Johnson
United States Supreme Court
Topeka
Bird
Bradstreet’s
Narrow escape saves Engle in snowy slide tragedy
Jeff Engle survived a snowslide after being suspended by a tree limb in a high pine. Nearby, Mrs. G W Chinn, wife of Shelby County's legislator, killed herself in Clarence Missouri by cutting her throat, leaving a note about her troubles. Dr H M Jenkins faced a fatal courtroom shooting in Dallas as Hugh Wheat shot him in a crowded room. The steamer State of Kansas burned at New Madrid Missouri, with freight and bales of cotton destroyed and losses around fifty thousand dollars. In Chicago a four story Dearborn South Water fire destroyed fruit firms Ginocchi Costa Arado Casati and John Zucca with large losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Engle
G. W. Chinn
Shelby County
Clarence
Dallas
Texas
Hugh Wheat
Mary Wheat
Wheat
State of Kansas
Tennessee River Packet Company
Main Street
New Madrid
Dearborn
South Water Streets
Chicago
Ginocchi, Costa & Co
Arado, Casati & Co
John Zucca & Co
Fruit Commission
Market Report Sampler Across U S Grain and Livestock
A multi city market bulletin lists prices for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago Seattle Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more. It covers wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and clover seed with ranges for common and shipping grades across each location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Lawton Killed in Philippines Action Hero of Civil Indian and Spanish Wars
Manila dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton shot in the breast while leading troops near San Mateo as three hundred insurgents held the position. The death follows his return from notable Civil War Indian and Spanish War service and his recent promotion to brigadier general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Henry W. Lawton
San Mateo
Lawton
Washington
White House
War Department
Adjutant General
Indiana
Philippines
United States Army
Atlanta
Fortyfirst Infantry
McIiiley
el Caney
Geronimo
Queen Victoria’s Christmas Gift to Tommy Atkins
The Queen’s present features 90,000 boxes of fine chocolate with red enameled covers and a gold Medallion. The Queen chose the design, and the dies were broken after production to ensure only Tommy Atkins at the front may have one. The gift cost about $15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Atkins
Black Week in London Brings War Losses to 17030
London newspapers call last week Black Week and report total British losses since the war began at 17030. Government and war office react to the crisis with energetic measures amid reverses. Northwest South Africa rebels and Basutoland unrest reflect weakened morale. Rome wires British reverses to Abyssinia. Menelek may plan war as Britain weakens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Basutoland
Rome
Abyssinia
Menelek
Britain
Senate Adopts Standing Committees For Fifty-Sixth Congress
Senate action on Friday adopted a special order fixing standing committees and personnel for the Fifty-Sixth Congress with no dissent. House debates currency and financial bills as lawmakers reproved Philippine policy while considering a gold standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Aldrich
House
Daniel Webster
Stilgson Hutchins
Odds and Ends from Early 1900s Newsroom
Multiple brief items cover fires in Arkansas Texas and Ohio. Notable incidents include Mountain Valley Hotel burning in Hot Springs and a $20 000 loss at Augusta Kentucky school building. Also reports of deaths and crimes in Ohio Pennsylvania and Oklahoma plus political and labor notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Georgia
Senate
Mountain Valley
Hot Springs
Ark
Augusta
Charles Grey
Wellston
James McConnell
Philadelphia Star
John Fritz
Celina
Robinson
Canton
Chattanooga
Tenn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ribune
Norris & Woolley, Publishers
Buno
Koeaar
Colonel Milligan
Col. J. PL. Milligan
North
Huntington
Ind
Col. Milligan
West
Hepburn Johns
Chicago Chronicle
Johns
Harrisburg, Pa
Telegram
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Bank of Russia
Bank of England
Western
Brown & Hinman
Ohio
Frank McFadden
Company A
Twentieth Kansas
San Francisco
Sol Smith Russell
Grand Opera House
Northern Pacific
Meadrick
Idaho
Salt Lake City
John Smith
Smith
Louis James
Jesse
Frank James
Telluride
Colo
Bear Creek
T. F. Thomas
Delta Avenue
Murphy
Moorhead
Minn
Collins
Collings
Bear & Hegnns
S20
West Twelfth Street
Greenbrier
George Roberts
Marfa
Mast Crossing
Lacey Duncan
John Krupp
William Coulson
Krupp
la Fayette Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank L. Shaw
DD. M. Osborne Company
James Kennedy
Ourey
Cole
Great Britain
Mason
Illinois
Thhnan
Bacon
Mr. Morgan
Stewart
Commercial Cable Company
Onbn
Allen
Nebraska
Grow
Rep
Bell
Pep
de Armond
Dem
Regents of
Smithsonian Institution
Richard Olney
Hear
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Butler
United States
Hoar
Texas Health Board
Galveston
Santos
Brazil
Willis J. Abbot
Democratic National Committee
Minnesota
Millu
Dublin
James Gordon Bennett
Sandy Hook Proving Ground
Pete Thompson
Reno
Oklo
John Curtis
Robert Curtis
Wm. Shockley
Harry Shockley
United States Grand Jury
I. T. Jobe
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