Tonnage Rise and Fire Strike Mark Week in News
The Treasury reports fiscal year 1900 US merchant marine additions reach 417,084 gross tons with about 38,000 tons of Hawaiian vessels and under 1,000 tons of Puerto Rican shipping. The year shows many new vessels, steel Great Lakes ships, and steam dominance. New York endures a second major waterfront fire at the Standard Oil plant in Constable Hook, causing one death and injuries. 23 oil tanks explode as flames threaten harbor facilities and shipping, with $2,000,000 in losses and firefighting trenches used.
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Treasury Bureau of Navigation
United States
New York
Standard Oil Company
Constable Hook
N. Dh
Charles King
Exodus of Negroes From Glenview After Sheriff Shooting
In Glenview Indiana the entire colored population left town after the shooting of Marshal Lockhart by a man named Greathouse. The departure began with a hundred leaving in one morning and soon the rest followed with their families amid rising anti Negro sentiment.
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Glenview
Ind
Ham
Marshal Lockhart
Greathouse
Equestrian Washington Statue Unveiling in Paris
Washington statue ceremony in Paris honored by an American women’s association gift to France. Sousa's Band performed as United States Ambassador General Horace Porter presided and spoke. Ceremony followed a favorable program amid prominent attendees.
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France
Paris
Washington
Sousa
United States
Gren. ?Lorace Porter
Man Is Found Dead Among Rattlesnakes
Charles Dunlap of Winamac Indiana had been missing for days. His body was found along the Big Monon Ditch covered with rattlesnakes. He went fishing during the day and, prone to fainting fits, likely fell into a snake nest.
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Charles Dunlap
Winamac
Ind
Big Monon
Mr. Dunlap
Death in the Flames at Adams Street Tenement
A deadly fire broke out in a crowded frame tenement at Nos. 141 and 148 Adams Street Hoboken N J killing twelve residents. The three story building housed several families per floor and fire crews struggled to control the blaze and rescue occupants.
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Adams Street
Hoboken
N.J
After Revenge Raid at Toledo Laundry on Dory Street
A mob of about thirty men and boys attacked Chinese laundry owner Lee Woo on Dory Street Toledo aiming to seize the Chinese man to kill him. The assailants said they sought revenge for Chinese atrocities. Police stopped the raid and preserved the scene.
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Dory Street
Toledo
Lee Woo
China
Trains Collision Injures Dozen in Remington Ohio
In a dead end collision on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern near Remington Ohio Mrs Agnes Evanfeldt of Cincinnati was seriously injured and ten others were hurt. Property damage was slight.
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Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway
Remington
Ohio
Agnes Evanfeldt
Cincinnati
Judge Long Death Noted as Self Inflicted
Judge Long of Indiana, known to the bar and a 38rd degree Mason and past grand master of the Indiana Grand Lodge F. and A. M., killed himself at Verre Haute Indiana. Despondency is given as the cause.
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Long
Thomas 2. Long
Indiana
Indiana Grand Lodge F. & A. M
Verre Haute
Ind
Orders Cancelled as Indian Troubles Quiet in Minnesota
General Wade’s orders to move for the threatened uprising in Minnesota have been countermanded due to the Indian troubles quieting down.
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Wade
Minnesota
Pekin Crisis Report Details Foreigners’ Demise and Court Turmoil
The report describes a mass killing of about 1,000 foreigners in Pekin, including 400 soldiers and 100 customs staff, as the legation is burned and foreigners killed. It cites brutal sectarian resistance, empress poisoning, and a failed relief effort for Tientsin with Boxers threatening many cities.
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Pekin
wang-Hen
Tientsin
Pekin 4
Ita
London
Tientain
Admiral Seymour
Hnd
Mainperor Whwang-Su
Prince Tran
Kaiser's Blood Is Up Amid German China Crisis
The murder of German minister Baron von Ketteler in Pekin has strained Germany's relations with China, prompting the German Emperor to speak as tensions surge. The incident deepens a diplomatic standoff with China and raises concerns over foreign policy and protection of German interests abroad.
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Germany
China
Pekin
Baron von Ketteler
Sixty Hurled to Death In Tacoma Street Car Crash
A crowded Union Traction Edison line street car, No. 116, sped off a sharp curve at 20th and C, plunging 100 feet into a ravine in Tacoma Washington. Sixty died and many were injured as crowds rushed to assist, with identification difficulties and improvised transport to morgues and hospitals.
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Tacoma
Wash
20Th
Victina
Union Traction Company
Edison
Apexa Hill
Tacoma Avenue
Pasengers
Fire’s awful fury over Standard Oil works at Bayonne
A massive blaze swept 500 acres near Bayonne New Jersey feeding oil fires from Standard Oil Company works on Avenue N7. The storm sparked a nighttime blaze that destroyed tanks and reservoirs, caused estimated losses of about 3 million dollars and claimed several lives as a flood of flames and explosions roared upward. A thousand men battled the inferno through the night and into dawn.
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Bayonne
N. JJ
Standard Oil Company
Avenue, N. 7
Grounds Given For German China Threats And Pekin Turmoil
Germany plans a 12000 man division to China amid alleged Pekin upheaval after Baron von Ketteler's murder. Reports claim empress dowager and emperor retreating as Chinese forces and Boxers surge, while Western officials in Washington weigh increased US troops. A distant tank fire and a massive blaze at a G-yere plant disrupts the area with widespread destruction.
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Kiel
Germany
China
Berlin
Pekin
Luan
Yang du
Washington
Hay
Long
Root
Sivon Kull
May Save the Oregon Battleship Near Chefoo
A Chefoo press dispatch urges the Navy to save the Oregon after she grounded on uncharted rocks. Pumps are holding water, suggesting hull breaches are not severe. Efforts to repair proceed quickly, with crews and machinery working hard. Admiral Kempff’s favorable condition report is believed by Secretary Long, based on a Japanese vessel’s commander’s assistance offer.
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Chefoo
Navy Department
Oregon
Heheing
Kempff
Long
Generauly
Wall Collapse Kills Fireman in Pittsburg Blaze
A Best Manufacturing Co machine shop fire on C Twenty-fifth Street Pittsburg killed one fireman and injured eleven as a wall fell trapping crew on a fire escape. The four story plant of 100 by 100 feet burned rapidly, with about 300000 dollars in property lost including stock patterns and machinery. The company produced pipe fittings and valves.
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Pittsburg
Best Manufacturing Company
C Twenty-fifth Street
Trade Dunc View: Iron Prices Slump as Markets Open
R G Dun & Co reports on weekly trade, noting the end of price supports for iron in Pittsburg and an open market with Bessemer at 19, billets 26, gray forge 17. Demand weak across textiles, leather, boat and shoe sectors, with many top works reducing force. Hides soften with US week totals 207 versus 181 last year, Canada 21 versus 22.
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R. G. Dun & Co
R.G. Dun &Co
Review of Trade
Pittsburg
Bessemer
Gray Forge
Chicago
United States
Canada
Enor Arden Money Saga Reaches California In Lawsuit
In Roberts County an Enoch Arden style case unfolds as a presumed dead husband named Smith resurfaced demanding payment for silence. His wife, previously remarried to Robert Kennedy after a divorce granted, now faces further implication as Smith seeks settlement.
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Roberts County
Enoch Arden
Smith
California
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Boy of Eight Robs a Safe in Muncie
Eight year old Willie Brown confesses a burglary at an uptown Muncie store. He claimed to open the burglar-proof safe and later produced the money, saying he can pick any lock. Police were skeptical until the loot appeared.
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Muncie
Ind
Willie Brown
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Morenci Smelting Plant
A major blaze in Morenci, Arizona wipes out the Detroit Copper Mining Company’s concentrator and smelting works owned by Phelps Dodge & Co. Loss estimated at one million dollars. McLains Expelled From Exchange Over Bucket Shop Trial Verdict. Oregon Reported Aground Near Shanghai. The US battleship Oregon is said to be ashore on Hoo Shie island in the Minotao group north of Chefoo.
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Morenci
Ariz
Detroit Copper Mining Company
Phelps, Dodge & Co
New York
McLains
Charles BR
Albert O. McLain
Chicago Commission
McLain Bros. & Co
Board of Trade Directors
Oregon
Shanghai
Hoo-Shie
Mino- Tao Group
Chefao
Flood Works Havoc In Grand Rapids Water Burst
A reservoir leak unleashed a million gallons per hour flood that wrecked homes barns and trees in a three block area near Grand Rapids Michigan. One death was confirmed Mrs Cooper. Bert Botsford the newsboy alerted residents saving hundreds. Damage estimated around two hundred thousand dollars. The flood displaced about 9000 residents and left many homes buried in sand.
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City Water Works
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bert Botsford
Mra. Cooper
Clancy
Pension certificates rise after year jump in 1900 totals
Commissioner of Pensions reports 105,507 certificates issued in the fiscal year, 16,600 more than 1899. Of these 40,637 were original issues, 4,352 restorations, and 60,578 increases. Adjudication on original claims is up to date where filed evidence supports the claim.
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Commissioner of Pensions Vans
Market Summary of Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains Across Cities
Regional and city by city price reports for cattle hogs and sheep, plus grains. Values shown for Indianapolis Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York and more, with items including wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
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