Cloudburst at Nerrick Triggers Floods and Losses
A cloudburst between Adena and Long Run in Jefferson County Ohio on the Wheeling and Lake Erie line washed out bridges and sections of track. Long Run river turned to a torrent washing away houses and drowning three people. Rail service suspended and reports say more drownings possible along Buffalo Creek in Roane County West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nerrick
Adena
Long Run
Jefferson County
Ohio
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Buffalo Creek
Rooke County
W. Va
Outlaw Shoots Sheriff in McDonald County
Tid Fisher, an outlaw jailed for highway robbery, shot and mortally wounded Richard Jarrett, sheriff of McDonald county, near Southwest City Missouri. A posse cornered Fisher in a clover field. he refused surrender and was killed. Fisher's father was arrested as an alleged accomplice and jailed in Neosho Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tid Fisher
Southwest City
Richard Jarrett
McDonald County
Young Fisher
Fisher
Jarrett
Neosho
Banks Must Pay Up and Massive Chinese Mobilization
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue rules that any bank surplus moved to profit and loss or undivided profits remains part of the special tax calculation. Also a Che Foo dispatch reports Prince Tuan mobilizing 950000 troops, with northern corps tasked to expel foreigners and four Pekin corps to drive operations toward Mukden, Tien Tsin, Pekin, and Nankin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Che Foo
Tuan
Amur
Pekin
Mukden
Shan Hai Kuan
Tien Tsin
Wei Sai Wei
Tsin Tau
Nankin
Excursion Train Crash Near Johnstown Injures Six
At Johnstown Pennsylvania six excursionists were injured two fatally when a west bound freight train struck a boarding group of 2 600 travelers waiting at the station for an A O U W trip to Lakemont Park near Altoona. The accident occurred as the first train section began boarding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Lakemont Park
Altoona
Chaffee Promoted to Major General in China Expedition
The War Department issued the commission of Brigadier General A. R. Chaffee as Major General in command of the Chinese expeditionary force. The document was sent to the White House for the President’s signature, and a cable notice was sent to Nagasaki to greet Gen Chatter on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Chaffee
War Department
White House
Nagasaki
Japan
Chatter On
Oregon and Nashville Reach Kure After Brief Stop
Commander Wild of the Oregon dispatches that the Oregon and Nashville arrived at Kure. He suggests temporary steel plate repairs and immediate return to duty. Secretary Long commends patching if safe and directs return to Taku if feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Wild
Kure
Naghville
Hea
Long
Patch
Taku
War of Reprisal Policy Proposed Against China
The government considers a war of reprisal involving troop invasion without severing diplomatic ties to force demands on China. Officials argue this approach could quiet southern provinces and is in line with international law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Arbuckle Bros Announce Half-Cent Coffee Price Increase
Coffee price advance of one half cent per pound announced by Arbuckle Bros. making the net price twelve and a half cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbuckle Brog
Greece urged to dispatch warship to China by Austria England
Austria and England requested Greece to send a warship to China as part of broader calls for allied Germany peace efforts. Other small wars in Europe and the Americas are expected to seek similar support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
England
Greece
China
Dun Report Shows Mixed Trade Losses Rise in Failures
R G Dun & Co notes a large rise in business failures in the first half of 1900 with 100,570,134 in total losses versus 40,604,601 last year. Banking, brokerage and real estate collapses drive the increase while most failures stem from price shocks and a slower return to normal business conditions. Failures for the week reach 196 in the United States and 26 in Canada, up from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dun
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
American Flour Imports Grow in Japan and Orient Demand
Consul General McLean reports Yokohama that American flour is expanding beyond major cities into Tapao and nationwide mills. Three to four American built mills, largest 150 barrels daily, aid supply while small native mills produce coarser flour. American wheat imports rise and flour from it sells locally as demand in the Orient grows, especially Russian-held areas in northern China and eastern Siberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLean
Yokohama
Tapao
Ito
Japan
Ile
Orient
China
Siberia
Arizona Indians Face Famine on Sacaton Reservation
Drought devastates the Sacaton Reservation with cattle dying of starvation and Indians starving. Superintendent Cowan reports meals depend on scarce subsistence, a $33 000 congressional appropriation is needed immediately to avert further hardship and possible private relief if funds fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cattie
Drouth
Arizona
Sacaton
Cowan
Indian School
Drowning of Miss Lillian Foye After Steamer Jump
Miss Lillian Foye age 18 daughter of Boston manufacturer Charles Foye jumped from a Fall River steamer and her body washed ashore in Newport. Despondent over alleged duplicitous conduct and disappearance of her lover William C Rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Foye
Charles Foye
Boston
Fall River
Newport
William C. Rich
HoldUp at Chicago Saloon Ends in Fatal Shooting
Three armed men tried a hold up on Saloonkeeper Otto Retzlaff in Chicago. A neighboring factory watchman shot one bandit, Michael Ward, who died. two others fled through a front door into an alley as police searched for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Retzlaff
Honore Street
Chicago
Michael Ward
Flood Claims Sixteen Lives in Coleman Texas
Cloudburst in the mountains above Coleman Texas sent rivulets into raging floods. Tremendous rains for two days swelled streams and swept through the village. Ten bodies were recovered with fears of greater losses in the valley below the town where residents slept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman
Texan
Texas
Rockefeller Lawsuit Settled Out of Court
The Wellington Burt suit against the Lake Superior Consolidated iron mines and Rockefeller syndicate ends with Burt gaining a lease provision of at least 50,000 dollars yearly. The multi-article report notes additional tragedies, fires, and incidents across the country, including three deaths in Indiana and a Madison Square Garden boxing victory for Terry McGovern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington St. Burt
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines
Rockefeller Syndicate
Burt
McGovern
Terry McGovern
Frank Erne
Madison Squate Garden
New York
Detective McCoy chases killers through tramp gang to arrest suspects
Detective George McCoy of Chicago tracked a gang of tramps across the West for two and a half months to capture Barney Devine of Zanesville and John Stephens of Cambridge. The men are linked to the April 8 murder of Clarence Warrick in Somerton Ohio after an attempted robbery, with the youth killed when he intervened.
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Jainerie
Clarence Warrick
Somerton
Ohio
George McCoy
Chicago
West
Barney ‘Devine
Zanesville
John Stephens
Cambridge
Warrick
Clarence
McCoy
St. Paul
Newark Bank Official Accused of Embezzling Funds
Charles R. Westervelt secretary treasurer of the Dime Savings Bank in Newark was arrested on embezzlement charges. Experts estimate defalcations at 38000 to 40000 dollars. He was jailed in East Orange on $10000 bail after admitting to appropriating funds.
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C. HW. Westervelt
Newark
N. Joy
Charles R. Westervelt
Dime Savings Institution of
N. J
Westervelt
East Orange
Presentiment of Evil and a Denver Mother's Quest
Mrs. Martha Woodward travels from Denver to St. Louis after a foreboding lead her to the discovery that her son Albert C. Woodward was murdered. His wounded body was found in an outhouse at Jefferson Barracks corroborating the ominous intuition. In Indiana, Melvin Ingram is killed by Tot Darnell in a quarrel over Ethel Sims with Darnell fatally wounding him as he fled. In Hudson, Ohio, four masked robbers blow open a private bank safe, binding two sleeping boys and threatening the night watchman to steal $400.
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Albert
St. Louis
Martha Woodward
Champa Street
Denver
Dana
Ind
Melvin Ingram
Tot Darnell
Ethel Sims
Ingram
Miss Sims
Darnell
Charles Y. Bussy
Hudson
Ohio
William Garrett
Contraom McCormick
Sell House
Jeffersonville
Phiney
C. Bradbury
Kokomo
Gov. Mount
Beckwith
Boyce
Chaunrey
Newton Burke
Anderson
South Africa
Brabant
T. F. Kinchiel
Dale
Spencer County
William Hobson
Kinchiel
Pepiour
Chains and murder across the era vivid
A farmer near Columbus Georgia hanged his daughter in her room after she chose a husband against his wishes. Neighbors saved her. In Omaha Fern Atwood faced jail for kissing a man willfully and without his consent. In Alabama John Jennings, a Black man, was hanged after shooting L Martin, a railroad worker. A Prescott Arizona fire destroyed business district and homes, with $1.5 million loss. Congress will not reconvene in extra session over China affairs.
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Hanga Hie
Alexander, Pruitt
Columbus
Omaha
Fern Atwood
Omaha City
Ser
Live Market Quotations Across Cities
Market quotations from Chicago to New York show cattle hogs sheep and grain prices by city. Notable ranges include Chicago cattle 8.00 to 5.70 and New York cattle 2.25 to 5.70 with wheat No 2 red 80 to 82 cents.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Hustling Hoosiers Weights of News and Local Incidents
A mixed Indiana summary reports accidents, deaths, and local events. Notable items include Adam Bruce injuring his son north of Aurora, the Dietrich syndicate building a power-house near Converse, a Wabash area huckleberry market, Jeremiah Bonn collapse in Evansville, and Frank Blakeley leading a bank effort in Gaston. The list covers fires, gas explosions, floods, and courthouse or road work hazards, with community notices and upcoming picnics in several counties.
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Arcade Fireworks
Anderson
Adam Bruce
Aurora
Dietrich Syndicate
Chant County
Converse
Wabashia
Jeremiah Bonn
Evansville
Frank Blakeley
Gaston
Samuel Smith
Tipton Township
Cass County
Charles C. Corbett
Alexandria
Chas. Pyles
Sullivan
Delaware
Blackford
Jay
Randolph
Wilson Grove
Dunkirk
John Kleer
Benjamin Kleer
New Albany
Wm. A. Hanson
Connersville
Huntington
Huntington County
Dudois County
Fred Lammois
William Fawcett
Pleyna
Howard County
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Ribune
Denver, Indiana
Chaffee
Indiana
Vincennes
Cicero and Proviso Electric
Ogden Avenue
West Forty-eighth Street
Chicago River
Chicago Sanitary Board
Root
St. Paul, Minn
Supreme Court
Garland Chain Works
Rankin
North St. Louis
Iowa
John Henry Gear
Washington
Lone
Rockefellers
Prescott
Mary Wheeler
Josie Zoble
Watie Schit
Whiteguy
Wheeler
Schat
Misa Zoble
Great Britain
Russia
North Pacific
Vehmeyer
Michigan Street
Utah
Williams
Aziz
J. M. Meneck
Meneck
Smithsonian Institution
Chattanooga
Cleveland
Tenn
Trafalgar
Trafalgar, Ind
Nebraska
Towa
Frederick W. Lehman
St. Louis Transit Company
Deihi
Ey. Barker
John
Tieted
Maryville
Detecive
Alabama
Cresswell
Ala
John Jennings
L. Martin
Childersburg
Congress
McSinley
Ariz
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