Death in the Heat Claims Dozens Across New York Area
Reports from New York and surrounding areas show extreme heat causing at least 150 deaths and over 100 prostrations in a single day. City counts include more than 100 fatalities in New York, with Brooklyn and suburban towns raising the total. many victims included men, women, and even infants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greater
New York City
Brooklyn
Staten Island
John Page
Christian Tomwarden
William Langerin
Ernst Moore
William Cross
William Connelly
Epwwarkb Corcoran
T. Finley
Michael Suleran
Louis McGrath
Daniel Hurley
Dennis Sullivan
Et Kelly
Martin Dooley
Arthur Kuenon
Joan Monraun
Mary McUann
Manry Sleevin
Jon Gleason
Mary Smith
Somers
Louis Gareth
New Jersey
Chicago Heat Brings Record Deaths and Prostrations
Sunstroke deaths reach twenty two with numerous fatalities and mental distress reported in Chicago amid extreme heat. A violent incident on a river bridge ends with police struggle against a strong Swede driven to madness by the heat.
Robert J Crowned King of the Tuaf Harness Race
Robert J paced the fastest four consecutive heats and the fastest fourth heat in Tuaf history at Columbus Ohio. Frank Alan was favored. Ryan drew heavy backing. The opening heat set a track record, with 4:033, followed by two 2:041 heats. The fourth heat clocked 2:023 as the crowd witnessed a remarkable performance.
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Columbus
Robert J
Frank Alan
Uac Hle
Cleve
Hamlin
Ryan
Rgan
Country Runs Highlight Louisville Wheelmen Meet
Louisville hosts hundreds of League of American Wheelmen with country runs drawing crowds to stock farms near the city. Fountain Ferry park fills as riders study contestants ahead of Thursday races. Mayor Todd proclaims Thursday afternoon a half holiday with city offices closed for attendance.
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Louisville
Fountain Ferry Park
League of American Wheelmen
Todd
British victory over Matabeles near Capetown details
From CaPE Town dated Aug 8 details arrive of Colonel Plummer's 700 British troops defeating a Matabele force of 6 000 to 7 000. The battle lasted hours with about 500 Matabeles slain and 80 British soldiers killed among 50 wounded. Chiefs Sakombo and Umlugulus led five impis each over 1 000, well armed.
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Cape Town
Plummer
Kershaw
Harvey
Sakombeo
Umlugulus
Riotous scene at Elk Point as crowd rescues arrestees
Elk Point saw a riotous hour as the Boston Bloomers were arrested after a ball game by Deputy Carter and his son. About 400 men and boys formed a mob to rescue them, roughing Deputy Fred Carter before the group was driven out of town.
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Elk Poist
Elk Point
Boston Bloomers
Carter
Fred
Fred Carter
Death of Judge Edgerton in Sioux City
Aug 11 The obituary notes the death of Alonzo G Edgerton judge of the US district court for South Dakota and former Minnesota senator. He is described as six years old and having Brights disease with a yearlong decline. A second item reports Toronto banks discounting American dollar bills and silver certificates at 10 percent starting today with others to follow.
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Edgerton
Alonzo G. Edgerton
United States District Court For
South Dakota
United States
Minnesota
Bright
Toronto
Ont
Standard Bank
Sioux Paris
Tureau
Whurston
Ottumwa
William(. Gilmore
Hawgers
Ohio
Columbus
McKinley Club
Earl of Limerick
London
J. W Grubbs
St. Joseph, Mo
Wheat Corn and Provisions End Mixed in Trading
The wheat market weakened while corn declined and provisions opened firm then fell. Lard rose, with the day closing lower overall. pork and ribs showed mixed prices as traders weighed crop prospects and supply pressures.
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Crreaco
Ais
Tures
Althmath
Fae
Market Report South Omaha Cattle Hogs And Sheep
South Omaha market receipts show cattle steady with mixed grades including native beef steers and westerns. hogs higher with heavy and mixed lots selling around 2.80 to 2.90. sheep steady to fair with natives and westerns around 2.00 to 2.50. Bulls stags calves and stockers also listed with varied prices in the midsummer trade.
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South Omaha
Texas
Market Receipts and Price Ranges for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicaca notes hogs receipts about 6 000 with prices 3.30 to 2.70 for various weights and grades. cattle receipts 5 001 with natives good but slower demand and Texas steers at 2.50 to 3.15. westerns 2.80. block ers 2.60 to 3.7. sheep 12 000 with desirable grades steady while others weaken.
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Aug. N
Texas
Happenings From Home and Abroad Liquidated in Brief
A digest of shocks and notes from August includes Vanderbilt’s health improved says doctors. Secretary Lamont returns to Washington with no quartermaster general choice. Philadelphia magnate Bartholomew dies in Los Angeles. Sprague Smith & Co. Chicago owes up to 125000 but assets exceed that. Atlantic City wreck inquiry yields no new facts. jury inspects the signal tower. Chicago riveters strike, wages cut by a dollar. Kansas City stockman Tucker fatally wounds himself in St. Louis. Baby Holdiee Hurd killed by a lion in Chillicothe. American Watch Co resumes at Waltham after five weeks off, four days weekly in August. Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Union meets in St. Louis. Wisconsin Central aide Phillips Abbott fatally falls at Laggan. New York steamer Spree arrives Southampton amid fog. slight overdue status.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Lamont
Washington
H. B. Bartholomew
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Sprague, Smith & Co
Chicago
Atlantic City
J. B. Tucker
Kansas City
Lindell
St. Louis
Holdiee Hurd
Chillicothe
Waltham
Mass
American Watch Company
Total Abstinence Union of America
Phillips, Abbott
Wisconsin Central
Laggan
New York
Southampton
Columbus Buggy Company
Oklahoma
Hoke Smith
Lincoln
N, C
Holdenville
Fort Scott
Kaw
OK. Lovett
Pingree
Michigan
Meliiley
Buffalo
N. Y
Park Theater
Goll
Canada
Dominion
City
Falkland Islands
Johnson
Vexas
Gilmore
Dill Doolin
Hia
Woetooka
Janos A. Campbell
Honolulu
Santyrote
Dpiftsburg
Nelsonville
P. Abbott
Wisconsin Central Railway
Mount Lefroy
Laggun
B.C
Fires, floods and political twists fuel July headlines
Read through a string of early 20th century dispatches from across the United States. Oklahoma wind and prairie fires threaten crops while Holdenville barely escapes danger. In Michigan Governor candidates stir Washington politics as Park Theater burns in Buffalo. A mix of disasters, political maneuvers and curious incidents fill the day’s notices.
Southwest farmers brace for corn crop failure boon
A mixed set of terse notices from the era reports varied events. A jail escape recaptured in Guthrie Oklahoma Territory. A Buffalo Alabama man killed three children before being overcome. A Kansas City clerk suicide by morphine. Notable deaths include William Jenkins of Paw Paw Illinois aged 89 and Mr Keimpker Sr of West Point Iowa. An epidemic of glanders threatens Gayville South Dakota farms. Bank president Abel Anderson ends city warrants agreement in Sioux City. Large harvest home picnics attract thousands in Stronghurst Illinois and Pana Illinois. Multiple criminal, political, and civic items follow across states.
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Mexico
Southwest
C. Mehawrenace
Guthrie
O. T
Alonzo Buckaby
Buffalo
Ala
PL Whitten
Kansas City
Willian Jenkins, Sr
Paw Paw
Ill
Keimpker
West Point
Gayville
Abel Anderson
Northwester National Bank
Sinux City
Stronghurst
Woal Neloan
M. Wirkpatrick
Woodmoor
Ameden
Pana
Chirence Brose
Stephenson, Mich
Eugene Rollo
George Adamson
Riley Hotel
Decatur
Boone District
Epworth League
Boone
J. HW. Henderson
Jefferson
Ww. Parsons
Cyelist
Chicago
Multiple Tragic Accidents and a District Irrigation Plan
An 8 year old drowned in a Rison Arkansas bath tub. A Wile farmer in Mercer County Pennsylvania died after being mangled by a mower blades. Ex Postmaster W R Carpenter of Georgetown Missouri died after a buggy crash. A D White 76 fell from a wagon in San Angelo Texas and died soon after. Archer Robinson shot after dispute with father in law in Waco Texas dying from neck wound. Irving Marks inmate at Kingston jail confessed with A Benton to stealing diamonds from J J Cooper in Narragansett Rhode Island. Major O A Brumimel and Morgan R Wise of Washington organized a company to construct a large irrigation system along the Santa Cruz valley near the Mexican boundary. The body of John L Gregory 19 was found in an unoccupied Providence Rhode Island house. gas odor drawn police, Gregory's father had killed himself in the same house.
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S. A. Jones
Rison
Ark
Hiram Flynger
Ercer County
W. R. Carpenter
Georgetown
A. D. White
San Angelo
Tex
Archer Robinson
Albert Henderson
Waco
Robinson
Irving Marks
Kingston
A. Benton
J. J. Cooper
Narragansett
R. I
O. A. Brumimel
Morgan R. Wise
Washington, D. C
Santa Cruz River
John IL Gregory
Providence
Gregory
Fire and Violence Across Cities Reported Tuesday
The day as reported sees Jordan Kentucky’s business district burned, a white man’s body found in the St Louis river, and a series of incidents including a fatal stabbing in Troy Missouri. Other items note railroad aid votes in Nebraska and fires that claimed a Dallas family’s matriarch.
Multitudinous 1900s News Items From Across Regions
A scattered digest reports Sir Martin, a millionaire, dying in Alma Michigan. Postmaster General Wilson delaying Europe travel. a Grand Trunk train collision at Haslett Park Michigan leaves one dead and another dying. a Colorado man sues Mexico over extradition refusals. Chicago & Fort Worth Parking Company figures and thefts. Formosa rebels defeated. a Rio de Janeiro cattle trader fails with large sums. a London commission against compulsory inoculation. Dunbar Nebraska store break-ins. Cincinnati carriage workers discuss leaving the Federation of Labor. Italian protests over lynching in New Orleans. A M Dockery renominated in Missouri. Palmer declines a presidential nomination. Illinois sound money Democrats convene in Chicago. Cleveland declines comment on Hoke Smith. Harrison to open McKinley campaign Aug 25 in New York. Albert Ratney dies at about 100 in Marshall Missouri. National Butchers’ Association meets in Denver. William Wright hanged for wife murder in Nevada Missouri. Jesse Bluir shoots Dave Williams over 30 cents debt in Mexia Texas. Atlanta Georgia court requires streetcars for negroes. Mrs James Billings jailed in Dallas for stealing food to feed dying husband and two children.
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Limberman
Alma
Mich
Wilson
Europe
Grand Trunk
Haslett Park
Government of
Chicago & Fort Worth
Hie
Formosa
Friad Hormanos
Rio de Janeiro
London Daily News
McKinley
New York City
Ahred Ratney
Marshall
National Butchers’ Protective Assocition
Denver
William Wright
Nevada
Jesse Bluir
Mexia
Tex
Dave Williams
Athinta
James Billings
Dallas
Fire destroys six story brick building at Greenwich Street
A deadly blaze at 465 Greenwich Street in New York left at least three dead including William Gray and two unidentified men. Several others suffered injuries from smoke and heat with two more expected to die, while additional victims were treated in hospital or at home.
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New York
Greenwich Street
William Gray
Felix Hass
Peoria importer eyes grain supply for Nebraska City distillery
Jacob Woolner of Peoria visited Nebraska City for two to three days to inspect the distillery and arrange grain procurement. He says the outlook for securing a sufficient grain supply is favorable for full capacity operation.
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Nebraska City
Jacob Woolner
Peoria
Bryan in New York First Visit Since Nomination
William Jennings Bryan arrived in New York for the first time since his nomination, meeting Senator Jones and a large but hot crowd at Jersey City station. His voice is in poor shape and he will deliver remarks from a manuscript later in the day at the Bartholdi hotel after a garden meeting.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
Empire State
Mr. Bryan
Senator Jones
Democratic Committee
Jersey City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ferry House
Bartholdi
Michigan Republicans Nominate Pingree for Governor
The second session of the Republican convention in Grand Rapids opened at 10 a.m. The St Clair county delegation was divided to Bliss and Pingree with 11 votes each. Balloting showed Pingree leading with 330 votes on the first tally and, after subsequent ballots, he reached a majority and was nominated on the fourth ballot amid strong support.
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Grand Ramps
Mich
St. Clair County
Bliss
Pingree
Hazens
Orxame
O'Donnell
Wheeler
National Democratic party formed at Indianapolis convention
The conference adopted the National Democratic party name to distinguish supporters of the Chicago platform as the Populist Democratic party. A national convention is planned in Indianapolis the first week of September to nominate a national ticket amid initial opposition from eastern and southern members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapatia
Mpia Napolis
National Democratic Party
Chicago
Indianapolis
Bryan Trip Heads East Aboard Train With Crowds
On August 9 in Davesport the Bryan party rose early and prepared to depart from Des Moines at 6 50 38 am. About 200 to 800 people gathered at the depot to greet Mr and Mrs Bryan while General J B Weaver joined the journey east. Mrs Bryan rode with Mrs Watts as far as Colfax and large crowds greeted the Democratic nominees at each stop. Hanna arrives in Chicago August 11 for Republican talks with Durbin Payne Cummins and Jamieson awaiting the chairman.
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Davesport
Bryan
Des Moines
J. B. Weaver
Mr. Bryan
Dr. Watts
Six Ballots For Governor Nominates Schofield in Maine
The Republican state convention nominated Schofield for governor on the sixth ballot with the entire old state ticket renominated by acclamation. In Portland Maine Speaker Reed was renominated for a tenth consecutive term in Congress by the First district Republican convention.
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Munavicker
Schofield
Reed
Portnamp
Thomas B. Reed
Wright Nominated for Georgia Governor by Populists
Atlanta Aug 8 delegates at the Populist state convention nominated Seaborn Wright for governor.
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Wright
Atlanta
Seaborn Wright
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