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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1900
Page
2
The Lake Erie & Western fast eastbound express collided with a light engine at Tipton. Engineer Fraiger attempted emergency braking and died from a crushed skull. fireman and passengers suffered minor injuries. both crews escaped by jumping.
The Proctced Minister Conger is authorized to start negotiations with Chinese envoys based on the German and French notes. All powers agree on these points, and any divergences will prompt the powers to negotiate toward further understanding.
Nine people injured in Chicago on a State street cable train wreck when the car jumped the spur. A 65-year-old Nickel Plate yard worker John Rae was crushed and may not survive.
Dispatch from Durban reports Boer forces raiding the northern Natal area spoiling railways and destroying a railway station at Wasehbank with a culvert blown. In Connecticut Village, a fire burned the national bank post office Methodist church and several stores at Falis Village.
Samuel Philo Golden of New York believes four dreams foretell his death on December 31 and funeral at 2 PM on October 2. A Cornell University alumnus and former athlete, he weighs 180 pounds now after 208, with physicians predicting early death, while astrologers foretell longevity. He stays resigned, has made a will, and plans to return to Holmdel, New Jersey to die.
Thomas J. Griffin died after stepping between Fay Gilhooley and attackers in Chicago at Twenty second and State. Police believe they have the shooter in custody. Gilhooley, Grittie, Fitzgerald, Ada Brown, and Birdie Clark were with her when the incident occurred at four in the morning.
A crowded Chicago suburban train derailed at Porty fifth Street after an untracked switch allowed three cars to overturn. Two injuries were reported. remaining cars remained on the other track. Also reported are bank robberies in Union Oregon and New York, Peary relief Windward missing, Paducah Opera House fire, a fairmont coal combine formed, a Berlin flying machine test, a fatal Minnie West Virginia assault, a Denver mother to claim $500000, and a massive government magazine explosion at Tidian Head.
Stockman Robbid of 2700 was held up by highwaymen in Millvale Pittsburg and robbed of 2700 dollars. The money represented proceeds from five carloads of cattle.
Commissioner Evans reports the pension bureau has 34,000 Spanish American War claim filings. Evidence requested in 33,424 cases. Medical examinations ordered in 28,224. The gap reflects widows and independents claims, with 4,237 adjudicated.
A Boston church member, Charles Place of Cambridge, left two widows and maintained two households for years. Wife No 1 in Somerville has two daughters. Wife No 2 has three daughters. Place supported both families with allowances including 8500 to a married daughter. He was charitable and active in church, and both wives attended Inman Street Universalist Church. Daughters frequently visited each other, showing good relations between families.
At the Funke opera house in Lincoln Nebraska a man holding his four year old son as the child sat on his knee was struck when a pistol in the man's pocket discharged. The bullet passed through the boy killing him. The shooter is a night watchman named Long. In Warren County Mississippi a lynching occurred as Gloster Barnes was killed by a mob after murdering his wife and wounding a bystander. In the Bering Sea season thirty four sealing schooners took 16000 skins, 8000 fewer than last year. Ignatz Bella loses about 5000 in cash to mice in Morris town New York. savings nests damaged.
Dunavant Kansas was partly destroyed by fire in the business district. Richardson's store and hotel, the post office, three homes, steam laundry, grist mill, Yourley's manufacturing plant, and contractors' shop and office suffered loss.
Samuel Harris, a wealthy Chicago manufacturer, reports his son Charles Harris aged 35 had vanished following family troubles. Detective Lawler located him in a St. Louis lodging house, ending a brief missing persons case.
Mrs Rose Lashaway of Weston Ohio sought county infirmary shelter after her husband George Lashaway allegedly stole her savings and deserted her following a four week honeymoon. Former domestic Hygeland had saved nearly all her earnings before marriage.
Henry E. Youtsey, convicted of Goebel’s murder in Georgetown Kentucky, reportedly admitted to guards that he had not slept long and would not need medical care longer. Deputy Vaughn testifies to the remark as proof he was faking illness during the trial.
Mrs Mary Hmoiell killed her five week old infant in Cleveland in a fit of insanity then told her husband she dashed out the child's brains. The incident follows a series of sensational reports including a ship sinking on Lake Ontario and political and criminal news from various regions.
The market report lists per city bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep, plus grain prices. Key values include Chicago cattle 3.00 5.87, hogs 3.00 4.80, wheat No 2 red Tae to Te, corn No 2 40 to Te, butter 10 to 22 cents, eggs Lair to Ise, and similar figures for Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Burlin New York.
A chaotic Indiana roundup reports schools closed for diphtheria in Delphi and Knox County, diphtheria outbreaks, funerals, and accidents. Notable items include Elkheart death from smoking, a Rising Sun toddler drowning, a Sheridan husker injury, a Madison child crushed, a Batesville death near a train, and a Michigan City man at an Odd Fellows meeting. Also noted are church dedications, jail and public-utility disputes, and a Mormon conversion incident in Marion.
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