Terrifying Rail Disaster and Fires Across States
Week in brief reports recount a runaway Ontario & Western coal train plunging down a mountain near Poyntelle Pennsylvania killing four and injuring others, a severe fire in Anderson Indiana destroying multiple stores, and a series of political and military updates including a Manila action and a presidential visit, with notable deaths and wrecks across the country.
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Ontario & Western Railroad
Scranton
Poyntelle
Wayne County
Preston Park
Whiting
Mayfield Yard
Charles Millard
Carbondaire
Smith
Winwood
Shaw Accepts Roosevelt Offer to Become Treasury Secretary
Gov. Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa accepts the presidency’s offer to head the Treasury Department, with a January move to Washington and no disruption to Secretary Wilson. The administration confirms Wilson remains in charge of the Agriculture Department, praised as a progressive leader. Shaw, a longtime West gold standard advocate, is 53 and active in Iowa politics, a banker and lawyer.
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Iowa
Roosevelt
Wilson
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
White House
Gov. Shaw
Treasury Department
Washington
Gage
Uov
Shant
Secretary of Agriculture
Jerry” Rusk
Wisconsin
Agricultural Department
West
New England
McKinley
Shaw
Allison
Clement Studebaker Self Made Wagon Pioneer and Leader
Clement Studebaker, who died in South Bend Indiana, began with $68 and built a vast wagon manufacturing empire. Born 1831 in Adams County Pennsylvania, he moved to Ohio then South Bend, taught, learned wagonmaking, and with his brother formed a blacksmithing shop that grew into a major company. He served as president of the firm, was active in Republican conventions, Paris Exposition commissioner, Pan American Congress member, and Chautauqua Assembly president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Mr. Studebaker
Adams County
Ohio
Clement
Henry
Studebaker
Pan-American Congress
Chautauqua Assembly of
New York
Insane Indians: Canton Asylum Expansion to Meet Rising Cases
A 19th century article claims insanity among Indians rises due to white influence and religious rituals. It notes the National Indian Insane Asylum in Canton, South Carolina, with plans to expand to about 75 patients, funded by prior appropriations and debated for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Indian Insane Asylum
Canton
S. C
Senator Pettigrew
National Asylum
Washington
Queen Alexandra Rumored Seriously Ill at Arlborough House
Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, aged fifty eight, is reported to be seriously ill at Arlborough House in London. She is the eldest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark, born December 1, 1844, married March 10, 1863 to the Prince of Wales, and ascended the throne January 22, 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Een
Rexabare
Great Britain
Arlborough House
London
Christian IX
Denmark
Prince of Wales
Macaroni Wheat Grown in Dakotas and Nebraska
Macaroni wheat, as good as Italian grain, has been cultivated in the Dakotas, Iron Range regions, and Nebraska with notable success. The crop’s promising quality aligns with Italy’s renowned variety, signaling strong potential for regional agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northwest
Italy
Dakotas
Ironsag
Nebraska
McKinley Memorial funds urged as macaroni wheat gains talk
Judge William R. Day promotes the McKinley National Memorial Association and a combined effort with the Washington memorial group to raise funds for a Canton cemetery statue. The article also notes government tests showing macaroni wheat yields higher and plague of drought in the Dakotas.
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William R. Day
Melinley National Memorial Association
Pubiic
A McKinley National Memorial Association
United States
Canton Ohio
Accor
Myron T. Harrick
Cleveland
Ohio
Cack
National Memorial Association
William McKinley Memorial Arch Association
Washington
Capitol
Country
Trade and prices ease and heat up across the nation
The report outlines widespread holiday trade activity with strongest gains in class of goods during Christmas demand, while wholesale markets stay quiet in some sectors. It notes transport delays due to storms, robust hardware demand, rising car shipments, and a bullish wheat market with Manitoba grain gaining seaboard traction as stocks tighten and consumption rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Bradetreet’s
Chicago
Zac
Manitoba
Seaboard
Winnipeg
Liverpool
Market prices for cattle hogs and grains across cities
A mixed list of late 19th or early 20th century market quotes shows Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee and other markets with bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep plus grain quotes for wheat corn oats and rye and minor prices for butter eggs potatoes and clover seed. The figures include No 2 White and No 2 mixed varieties with prices in cents per bushel or per hundredweight and ranges across multiple cities.
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Chicago
Abe
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
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Ribune
Denver
Indiana
Alfred Wooley
Tersely
Telegraph Talen
Crimea
Anderson
Buck, Hynckley & Co
Haynes & Son
Haynes & Miller
Court House Square
Haynes
Lapras
Heroidl
Western Union Telegraph Company
Maclay
Civil Service Commission
Edgar 8. Maclay
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Civil Service Act
President Proctor
War Department
Chaffee
Manila
Twenty-first Infantry
San Jose
Batangas
Patrick A. Connolly
Carney
Beaufort
N.C
Thomas A. Edison
Norwalk
Florida Waters
Cedar Island
General Alger
Ioward W. Longyear
R. A. Alger
Sharpsville
Amsterdam
Broekhuysen
C. M. Wessels
Mr. Kruger
Colby
New Lothrop
Mich
John McCartney
Senator Sewell
William J. Sewell
Camden, N. J
Treasury
Leslie Mr. Shaw
Henry C. Payne
Mr. Payne
Republican National Committee
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Northern Pacific Railroad
Queen Alexandra
M'Kinley
Northwest
Aaa
Aan
National Indian Asylum AT
Canton, S. D
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