World News Snippets From Early 1900s Dispatches
The collection reports on Redditch needle production topping 70 million weekly, Tasmania tutors aiding farm pupils in harvest and shearing, the inventor Lamacithia's repeating gun, and a Georgia plan to honor Eli Whitney by creating a country club at his cotton gin site near Augusta. It notes a shift in shipping capacity from sailing to steam, discovered fossil coral reefs near Bainbridge in Georgia, and an ancient crystal ivory gold silver draughtboard found in Crete. Chess and draught boards are linked to ancient civilizations with Greek and Egyptian examples mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Eli Whitney
Augusta
Crete
Viennese Dentist Sues Assistant Over Luncheons
Dr Leopold Rieger sues assistant Dr von Hauer for 130 pounds claiming the meals eaten during his daughter’s engagement were misused. The two month engagement ended, and the court ruled against Rieger, ordering him to pay 120 pounds in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold Rieger
Dr. von Hauer
Dr. Rieger
Slag road to be built in North Tonawanda NY
North Tonawanda Iron and Steel seeks permission to lay tracks on a poor road 66 feet wide with molten slag poured over the surface in a hot train of iron cars. The method is described as novel and aims to solidify on cooling. Also noted are anti mosquito efforts in New Jersey and New York Manhattan charity auctions of homeless men in Madison Square led by Chaplain Ratzler. Census notes discuss county names and sizes across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonowanda
New York
Madison Square
Ratzler
Chaplain Ratzler
New York Sun
Oklahoma
Saint John the Baptist
Louisiana
Montana
Custer
San Bernardino County
Cal
Bristol
R. I
Berlin Local Lines Sell 30 Million Tickets by Machines
Automatic ticket sales on Berlin local lines thrived last year with 192 machines handling over 30 million tickets. More than 200,000 tickets were dispensed at Friedrich Strass and Zoological Garden stations. New York City allocates 3.5 million to redeem 1901 bonds, excluding Brooklyn 400k and Long Island City 2,100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Friedrich Strass and
Zoological Garden
New York
Brooklyn
Long Island City
Washington Notes Change at Secretaries Office
Merritt O. Chance of Illinois named private secretary to Secretary Root after twelve years in the Postoffice department. Assistant Secretary Taylor directs immigration authorities in San Francisco to admit Su Shih Chin pending entry rights. Spanish treaty claims commission allows testimony in U and abroad, needing next winter's legislation. Attorney General Knox buys a Washington home on K Street for 118000. O L Pruden resigns as army paymaster and is reappointed assistant secretary to the president, succeeding Adelbert Hays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt O. Chance
Illneis
Root
Chance
Jefferson, Il
Postoffice Department
Taylor
San Francisco
Su Shih Chin
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
United States
Philander C. Knox
Washington
K Street
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
O. L. Pruden
Adelbert Hays
Notable Obituary Roundup From Transatlantic Arts and Politics
List of notable deaths and marriages from the period including Dion Boucicault and Irene Van Brugh marriage in London, with figures such as Dr B F Hyatt in Ottumwa, Henry Zinn Gould in Paris, Myron T Herrick named ambassador to Italy, and Lillian Nordica engaged for Munich Wagner season. Also notes deaths of Sir Thomas Galt, Albert L Johnson, Col James A Crozier, and other prominent figures with brief biographical detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Zinn Gould
Paris
B. F. Hyatt
Ottumwa
Iowa
Myron T. Herrick
Cleveland
Ohio
George W. L. Meyer
Massachusetts
United States
Italy
Oliver S. Carter
The
National Bank of the Republic of the City of
New York
Saratoga
Connecticut
Thomas Galt
Court of Common Pleas
Toronto
Ont
Albert L. Johnson
Thomas L. Johnson
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Wagner Theater
Munich
Isolde
Multiple Fatalities and Devastation From Storms and Accidents
Reported deaths from mining mishaps and lightning include minister Joseph Irwin in Harrisburg NL and George Davenport in Michigan. Other tragedies hit Farmington Ohio from lightning, Fleming's store fire in Williams AZ, and St Agnes Brooklyn fire. Floods wash Champaign Urbana IL, and a storm devastates Cumberland Gap KY. Fire at Hoosac docks Charleston MA damages pier 6 and ships. Ten boys trapped in Keeling mine tunnel with two killed. Crops damaged, widespread property loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Irwin
Harrisburg
Seton Ryling
Arline Kightlinger
Annie Costeal
Willie Barnes
Farmington
Ohio
Fleming
Williams
Arizona
George Davenport
Saginaw
Mich
St. Agnes’ Church
Brooklyn
Keeling
Pittsburg Coal Company
Champaign
Urbana
Twin Cities
Pier 6
Hoosac Tunnel
Charleston
Mass
Boston
Warren Line Steamship Company
Multiple Deadly Crimes Across Cities Spark Strife and Arrests
In Colorado a strike riot left two dead and nearly twenty injured. Chicago saw two men under arrest for bunco schemes totaling 300000 dollars. A Chicago contractor was robbed by three unmasked highwaymen in daylight. An alleged doctor hypnotized a family at Hanska, stealing their money before fleeing. Edouard Krohmann, a banker, killed himself on his estate near Lindanaur, Leipzig. Three men robbed a Great Northern express car in Montana, escaping with 82000 dollars. A San Francisco mint vault reportedly lost thirty thousand dollars in gold. Gardner Motorworks head L A Gardner was beaten by strikers in New Orleans. Jacob Alber, brewer, faced arrest over beer stamps. Elk Rapids resident D J Dickey fatally shot neighbor Fritz Huegil in a quarrel. A Chicago postal clerk, H W Martin, was jailed for stealing mail packages. Samuel Turner, a Negro physician, was found hanged in Floral Park, Louisville, reportedly by self-murder in the heat. Billy Magruder, held for trying to enter a young woman's bedroom, disappeared after jail capture by masked men. Five masked men arrested in Connellsville for wrecking a Southwestern express near Greensburg injuring passengers. In Missouri, John Davis shot L E Bryan. Bryan retaliated and killed Davis after a long feud. A clash among negroes and deputy sheriffs near Carson's Levee camp, Mississippi, killed five and wounded others. Sheriff Scarborough of Phoenix and Apaches captured Ted Carver seeking Frank Lesner and Andrew Gibbons near St Johns. Carver is pursued across Texas, New Mexico, Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanska
Edouard Krohmann
Lindanaur
Leipzig
Hmdouard Krohmann
Great Northern
Montana
United States Mint
San Francisco
L. A
Gardner
Gardner Motorworks
New Orleans
Jacob Alber
Alber Bros
Wabash
Ind
H. W. Martin
Chicago
Martin
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Samuel Turner
Floral Park
Louisville
Billy Magruder
Georgetown
Connellsville
Southwestern Express
Greensburg
Ketterman
John Davis
L. E. Bryan
Bryan
Michigan City
H. D. Hurley
Traill County
Stark County
Jamestown
Maria Ricks
St. Johns
Charles Mahoney
Eddy County
Stutsman County
LaMoure County
Mike Neva
Courtenay
Hillsboro
Williston
South Dakota
Milner Creamery
Bismarck
Peter Wijock
J. H. Smith
Sheyenne
Submarine Destroyer Test In England Reported Successful
A device for destroying submarine boats has been tested successfully in England. Reports note strategic implications and potential impact on naval warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Multiple 1900s Rail, Mine, and Crop Updates From Nation
A sweeping coal interests merger advances with plow trust finalization pushed to October 1. Trade reviewer Dunn reports bright U.S. prosperity as wheat harvests hold steady in the Northwest. A Chicago dog, miscast as a lifesaver, is shot by police. An Iowa firm plans a Lake of the Woods to Gulf railroad. A Peru mine venture with native-work history forms. Minnesota and Dakota wheat crops are forecast double last year. An American syndicate buys International Sleeping Car, relocating to Chicago. St Louis Kansas City Colorado Railroad authorizes 20 million dollars of 50 year 4 percent bonds. United Commercial Travelers elects B F Sartman of Fort Worth supreme chancellor. Hull of Iowa condemns newly set provincial governments as weak. Kansas oats face total failure. rain overdue for corn. Nancy Hanks Lincoln monument ready in Lincoln City Indiana for transfer to state. Nebraska corn saved by timely showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plow Trust
Dunn
United States
Chicago
Iowa
Lake of the Woods
Gulf of Mexico
Northwest
Peru
New York
Minnesota
Two
Dakotas
International Sleeping Car Company
St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado Railroad Company
Supreme Council
United Commercial Travelers
Columbus
Ohio
B. F. Sartman
Fort Worth
Texas
Hull
Gen
Chaffee
Epworth League Convention Delegates To San Francisco
A 40 member St Paul party departs today for the fifth International Epworth League convention in San Francisco with stops in Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City. Northern conference delegates totalling 125 leave Monday on a special train. Additional groups of 100 and further travelers follow via Northwestern and Southern routes, with a return by the Shasta-Northern Pacific allowing visits to Portland Spokane and Yellowstone. Minneapolis hopes to host the 1903 event and Bishop Joyce will extend the invitation. An estimated 30 000 attendees from around the world are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Conant
St. Paul
Minn
Northwestern Road
San Francisco
Bond
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Northern Conference
Northern Pacific Railway
Carl F. Miller
Minneapolis
Bishop Fowler
McCabe
Buckley
Berry
Epworth League
C. B. Mitchell
Damascus Dawson Paroled After Claiming Steel Secrets
Dawson known as Damascus Dawson, released on parole by Gov. Shaw after serving five years of a ten year sentence for shooting his son in law Walter Scott on Christmas night 1895. He claimed to have recovered the arts of Damascus steel making and copper hardening, and capitalists funded the parole evidence to test his claims. He had been driven to insanity at the time of the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
R. Dawson
Walter Scott
Gov. Shaw
Damascus
Dawson
Lawson
Wealthy farmer's crime in Des Moines tragedy
Des Moines reports retiree F A Brackett of Atlantic and his wife were found dead in their daughter's home after Brackett shot his wife and then killed himself. Brackett, 68, suffered ill health and heat for the hot Fourth of July visit. The tragedy was not discovered until 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
F. A. Brackett
Atlantic
Mree
Otis F. Powall
West Ninth Street
Brackett
Suit for damages favoring railway company in Langdon
Forrest E Woodward of Langdon sues Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway for over 8000 dollars claiming fire damaged his dairy plant from locomotive sparks on May 1, 1900. After forty five hours deliberation the jury rendered a verdict for the defendant. Woodward owned a large dairy operation in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langdon, Minn
Forrest E. Woodward
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Woodward
Miners Organize at Deadwood Carnival
In Deadwood South Dakota on July 7 the third day of the carnival featured foot bicycle and automobile races. Mining men of the Hillis organized the Black Hills Mining association and will seek a charter. Harris Franklin was elected president as plans emerge to make the mineral palace a permanent feature. A torchlit procession and firework display closed the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Hillis
Black Hills Mining Association
Harris Franklin
Runaway Accident Injures St Paul Man in Minnesota
Stillwater Minnesota July 7 Jay Millard of St Paul son of the late Dr P H Millard was severely bruised in a run away accident late last night. Millard and Harold O Neal were driving when the horse shied at a street car and ran down the hill. Millard was thrown near Second and Chestnut streets and one leg was thought broken but the surgeon said he escaped with bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Stillwater
Minn
Jay Millard
P. H. Millard
Filipino Teachers Offered Positions in Philippines
Winona Minn July 7 Congressman Tawney was informed Col Edwards of the Insular division says State Superintendent Olson recommends Prof E J Donaldson of Spring Valley for a Philippines teaching post at 1200 salary and Peter L Loughrey a normal graduate is named for a 900 position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Winona
Minn
Tawney
Col. Edwards
Insular
Olson
E. J. Donaldson
Spring Valley
Philippines
Peter L. Loughrey
Double Tragedy in Milwaukee
In Milwaukee on July 7 Fred Alex a bartender shot Martha Welse a domestic in a restaurant after she refused marriage He then shot himself Both are believed to die from their wounds authorities report
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Fred Alex
Martha Welse
Chinch Bugs At Work In Stewartville Minn
Chinch bugs and hot winds are destroying grain in Stewartville Minnesota as a good rain arrives hoping to slow the pest. Small grain is projected to yield at most half a crop starting from the recent damage and rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewartville
Minn
Balloon rope incident leaves boy unhurt after five mile ride
Barton Meyers a boy from West Liberty Iowa was snagged by a balloon rope carried five miles across county lines before being dropped unharmed in Muscatine county authorities report no injuries from the accident occurring on July 7 in Muscatine Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Iowa
Barton Meyers
West Liberty
American enterprise to build large cold storage plant
Barrow England American enterprise, backed by British capital, plans an extensive cold storage plant and abattoir in town, signaling an expansion of investment and meat processing facilities locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Enterprise
Barrow
Eng
Chicago restaurant keeper dies from kissing bug bite
William Haggerty, proprietor of a Chicago restaurant, died at the county hospital from a bite believed to be from a kissing bug. The incident underscores a rare fatal reaction to an insect bite in a urban setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Haggerty
German Loan Bought Up By French Clerical Order
Banking circles report in June a large portion of the German loan of 1897 was purchased by agents of a French clerical order. The claim suggests an organized effort influencing German debt holdings during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
North Dakota State News Highlights Local Happenings
North Dakota items report Stutsman county with six banks and 10,000 population, new postmaster at Barlow, and a rising Spiritwood lake level. Notes on harvests, hail storms, wolf bounties, schooling, and local politics mix with scattered incidents in Jamestown, Harvey, and McLean County.
Bandits Named in Wag Ner Train Robbery Probe
General Auditor D S Elliott says loss was 41500 with 4000 remaining in transit from Washington to Helena Montana National Bank. Pinkerton men have identified the robbers but names withheld until verification. Horses captured fifty miles south of Malta suggest fresh mounts and possible hideout in the Little Rocky mountains. pursuit may take months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
D. S. Elliott
Great Northern Express Company
Great Northern
Wagner
Washington
Montana National Bank
Helena
Express Company
Pinkertons
Elliott
Malta
Mont
Little
Rocky Mountains
Train Robbers Send Message to Sheriff in Flight
Helena July 7 A Glasgow Montana special reports two posses pursue Great Northern train robbers one tracking the route taken and the other cutting toward the Little Rockies where the outlaws are said to head A ranchman Walsh met the robbers who told him to inform the sheriff they were well and happy Glasgow fears capture if the Little Rockies are reached no surrounding forces known there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Herald
Glasgow
Valley County
Great Northern
Little Rocky Mountains
Walsh
Little
Rocky Mountains
CANTEEN FOR MILITIA AT CAMP DOUGLAS
Wisconsin militia officers push for a regimental canteen at Camp Douglas this year to curb carousing. They blame religious interference for Sunday travel bans and demoralization in regiments. A petition will seek Gov La Follette’s leave to establish the canteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Camp Douglas
Milwaukee
Maj. Lynch
la Follette
Tragedy at asylum leaves patient dead after blow
Fergus Falls Minnesota July 7 William Cosgrove a patient from Clay county was struck by Walter McIntyre another patient with a heavy floor brush on the back of the neck breaking the spinal column and causing instant death Both were chronic inmates McIntyre an epileptic from Stearns county appears unaware of the harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus Falls
Minn
William Cosgrove
Clay County
Walter McIntyre
McIntyre
Stearns County
Two Cloudbursts Hit Montana Rail Lines
Two cloudbursts between Miles City and Wibaux caused floods washing out five bridges and dumping cars. Three work trains and 1,000 men repair the damage, but traffic likely won’t resume for 24 to 36 hours as trains are held at Dickinson and Miles City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Miles City
Wibaux
Dickinson
Murray Narrowly Escapes Death in Flax Bin Crust
Murray, agent for the Shield Elevator Company, narrowly escaped suffocation in a flax bin at Sheldon North Dakota. A crust formed over the top, creating a ten foot deep excavation. He stepped on the crust which collapsed, dropping him to the bottom, but he found a ladder and climbed out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Sh-iron
N. D
Sheldon
Suige
C. E. Murray
Shuard Plevator Company
Robbers Break Jewett Mills Post Office Stamp Heist
Robbers entered the Jewett Mills post office in New Richmond Wisconsin on July 7 and made off with a large quantity of stamps. Police investigate the break in and seek leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Richmond
Wis
Jewett Mills
Deaths Attributed To Excessive Heat In Davenport
Davenport Iowa July 7 two deaths were reported yesterday in the city due to the extreme heat conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa
Hastings Hotel proprietor shoots liveryman in Farmington
A. J. Keeling, owner of the Commercial hotel at Farmington, Hastings, Minn, shot Henry J. Smith in the mouth during an altercation. The ball lodged near the ear and the incident occurred on July 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Minn
A. J. Keeling
Farmington
Henry J. Smith
Unknown Man Killed in Train Accident at Montevideo
A young man, unnamed, was killed when he was struck by a moving train as it pulled into Montevideo station en route to Minneapolis. The incident occurred yesterday and the victim’s identity could not be learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Minn
Minneapolis
Glasgow iron and steelmakers plan US deputation in September
Glasgow Scotch iron and steel manufacturers prepare to send an influential delegation to the United States in September to study trade conditions and devise methods to better meet American competition in neutral markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Scotch Iron and Steel- Makers
United States
Magnetic Ore Meteor Found in Brooklyn Cellar Dig
Fragments of a magnetic iron meteor possibly descended to earth centuries ago were found by laborers excavating a cellar on Knickerbocker Avenue in Williamsburg New York City. The discovery suggested an unusual meteorite fragment unearthed during building work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
N. Y
Knickerbocker Avenue
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D. R. Srezerza
Linton, Emmons Co
Redditch
Worcestershire
Tasmania
Lamacithia
Bainbridge
Flint River
Hackensack Meadows
Department ‘of Agriculture
Jersey
Che News
Washington Notes
Dion Boucicault
Irene van Brugh
London
James A. Crozier
Menominee, Md
Twenty-seventh
Michigan Infantry
Cumberland Gap
Powells Valley
Kentucky
Perry Smith
Colorado
D. J. Dickey
Elk Rapids, Mich
Fritz Huegil
Carson
Mississippi
Scarborough
Phoenix
Ted Carver
Hillard
Frank Lesner
Andrew Gibbons
Carver
New Mexico
Pekin
Russia
New
Chwarg
Gentzich
Leipsiger Bank
Felix
France
Mussulmans
Gussinge
le Monitor Universal of
Bordeaux
Dijon
Portugal
Oporto
Carrazeda
Gouvinhas
China
Carl Immanuel
Royal Blood
Franz Josef
Austria-Hungary
Christiansen Engineering Company
H. O. Arnold-Foster
House of Commons
George H. Phillips
Smiley
Kansas State Grain Dealers’ Association
Kansas
Gov. Durbin
Indiana
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln City
Indiana State Commission
Nebraska
Epworth
North Dakota State News
North Dakota
Spiritwood Lake
H. A. Barlow
Barlow
Foster County
Harvey
Leonard
New Rockford
Windmill
E. M. Anderson
Brinsmade
Alf White
Nat Bradley
Manitoba
Chimney Butte
Morton County
Allshouse of Steele
Washburn
Linton
Standing Rock
Rockford
Cheyenne Township
Adame Lismeister
Wells County
Devils Lake
Andy Christianson
Ellendale
Glass Trust
Valley City
Edinburg
Northern Pacific
A. Armstrong
Crystal
Glagpell
Dickey County
Beaver Dam
Douglas River
McLean County
June
Liepzig
Mortop County
Walhalla
Bathgate
Oakes
Emmons County
Walsh County
Berwick
Rugby
Park River
Wheatland
Jesse Maurer
Rolette County
Harry Ferguson
Wimbledon
Absaraka
Grand Forks
Casselton
Bentley
Arple Creek
Swan Creek
Tim Leech
Faribault
Fargo
Childrens’ Home
Charles Bowens
Wells County Commissioners
Congressman Marshall
T. S. Underhill
Spring Vale
Antelope
Williamsport
Wil
James Simpson
T. Ferguson
Wimbeldon
James River
Mill Dam
Pierce County
Lena Souder
Emmons
Peter Bareth
Canada
Presbyterian Society
Holley
Humane Society
W. W. Hurd
Iowa Falls
Edward Batta
Fessenden
Linda W. Slaughter
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Grand’ Forks
Missouri
Hebron
Helena Bank
Little Rock
the Gang
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