Existing Conditions Are Deplorable in Northwest
Washington reports Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane is flooded with letters from North Dakota Minnesota Wyoming and Idaho detailing worsening conditions. Farmers and elevator operators say freight trains have not served stations for weeks and thousands of dollars have been lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Commission
Northwest
Washington
Interstate Commerce
Lane
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wyoming
Idaho
Desperate duel with pitchfork ends in fatal injuries
In New York on December 26 two grooms at a fashionable East Fifty-eighth Street riding academy fought over tips and a pitchfork. James Cassidy wounded Thomas Connolly with a pitchfork, piercing his eye and brain. Connolly may die. Cassidy was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Riding Academy
New York
East Fifty-eighth Street
Thomas Connolly
James Cassidy
Academy
Connolly
Cassidy
Law to withhold pay for absent congressmen found
Representative John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee says a 1856 statute bars absent members from collecting salaries unless illness keeps them from duties. He notes no repeal, and will urge Congress to enforce it, proposing a new penalty of 13.70 dollars per day of absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Congress
Capitol
House
Gaines
Fort Wayne Catholic Churches Raise Near $3000 for Orphan Asylums
Christmas offerings from Fort Wayne diocese Catholics totaled about $3,000 for two orphanages in Fort Wayne and Lafayette. Cathedral led with nearly $1,100, followed by St. Marys 541, St. Pauls 453.50, St. Patricks 514.10, St. Peters 202, and the Precious Blood 120. All churches contributed, promising a substantial fund for the orphan asylums run by the diocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum
Lafayette
Bt. Mary's
C.swees
St. Paul's
St. Patrick's
Inlet
St. Peter's
Church of the Precious Blood
Cotton broker Henry Newman dies in New Orleans
Henry Newman aged 68, founder of H. & C. Newman, prominent cotton broker and member of the cotton exchange, died at his New Orleans home on December 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Henry Newman
Counterfeit Money Arrest Report From Evansville
James Kennedy, aged about 35 to 40, was arrested in Evansville on a charge of possessing counterfeit money. He claimed Tennessee as his home and was found with a counterfeit ten dollar bill and reportedly another sum. He was detained at the police station after the incident at a local hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
James Kennedy
Kennedy
Tennessee
Clerks and Soldiers Are Getting 100 Much Pay
A Western congressman receives a letter praising lawmakers while criticizing high federal pay. The writer mocks government perks for clerks and soldiers, laments taxes and church support, and wishes a way to keep the wolf from the door as lawmakers seek pay relief.
Well Known Editor Ill at Home with Peritonitis
From Topeka Kansas on December 26 General Joseph K Hudson a famed editor and publisher in the west is reported ill at his home with peritonitis and acute indigestion. Physicians say recovery is doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Joseph K. Hudson
West
Woman feigns death to survive husband's fatal attack
New York police report Mrs. John J. O Rourke survived two bullet wounds to the head after her husband shot her on Christmas night in Morris Park. He then killed himself, and she lay for hours pretending to be dead while he watched. She crawled to a neighbor and was aided by Officer Roberts and his wife. A surgeon said she should recover, though the ordeal may have lasting effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John J. O'Rourke
Morris Park
L. L
O’rourkes
O'Rourke
John
Morris
Roberts
O Rourke
Horrors of the Congo Laid Before Mr Root
New York figures including J Pierpont Morgan and Dr Lyman Abbott addressed a letter to Secretary Elihu Root urging U S action over alleged flagrant inhumanity in the Congo Free State The missive cites labor taxes land seizures cruel sentries and child labor urging moral support to secure reforms and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lyman Abbott
Elihu Root
Congo Free State
United States
Congo
Boma
Taft to decide Niagara River water issues under Burton act
Secretary Taft prepares to finalize decisions on Burton act questions about Niagara river water use to protect the falls from commercial sacrifice. The case involves constitutional questions over federal authority to regulate water disposition not limited to navigation. Attorneys for electric light and power firms contest federal control, noting Canadian generated currents and cross border concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Burton
Niagara River
Wiagara
United States
Interurban and Work Trains Crash Near Milton
Four people were killed and 12 injured when an inter urban train from Seattle collided with a work train a mile north of Milton near Edgewood. Conductor George Rose and motorman were among the dead and a flagman, blamed for the wreck, is missing. Victims named include George Ross, William Harris, and George Rosier, with Edgewood resident Rosier reported dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Seattle
Milton
Edgewood
George Rose
George Ross
William Harris
George Rosier
Man Kills Wife and Then Commits Suicide
New York December 26 Otto Yogies sky a contracting plumber killed his wife in an apartment on Hast Sixty-fourth street after pleading for her return to Brooklyn. He shot her three times and then killed himself with a bullet through the brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Otto Yogiessky
Hast Sixty-fourth Street
Dr Meyers III Seriously Ill at Son's Home
Dr W H Myers is gravely ill with bronchitis at his son Darwin Myers on Broadway. Dr H V Sweringen is attending him at the home, providing medical care and oversight of the condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Myers
Darwin 8. Myers
Broadway
H. Vv. Sweringen
Barns Burned for Fuel by Dakota Farmers
Distress amid coal and fuel famine on the western prairie as Russian settlers in Dakota burn outbuildings for heat. Families raze stables and wagon parts, turn livestock loose, and improvise fuel from pumps and hedges while real estate men fear land-price drops due to transport shortages. Food stores suffice but cold bites hardest. deaths reported from western North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Great Western Prairie
Fargo
N. D
Roustoff
Russia
Grantham
Waldron
Benning
South
North Dakota
South Dakota
James O'Haran
O’haran
Sioux City
Iowa
North Dalkota
Dog Bites Woman to Death in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville Indiana on December 26 a playful dog fatally bit Nancy Wallace widow of John H Wallace. While the family was out Christmas shopping she slept in her chair and fell to the floor. The dog tugged at her clothing and bit her as she lay unconscious. She briefly revived but died soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Nancy Wallace
John H. Wallace
Lonj
Tall Ber Atory
Aaa Arenes
Fort Wayne to Welcomes H C Vaught Furniture Plant Move
H C Vaught Sons & Co, Parker City, Indiana, agreed to buy the Clark Fixture plant and move operations to Fort Wayne. The 13 year old firm, capitalized at 200000 dollars, will remove within sixty days and employ at least 150 workers, bringing many new families to Fort Wayne. The move follows years of negotiations led by White & Williams of Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
H. C. Vaught Sons & Co
Parker, Ind
Clark Fixture
Parker
White & Williams
Indianapolis
M. E. White
Muncie
Middle West
Meats Horrible Death in Bread Mixer
In Columbus Ohio H D Vankirk aged 47 of 62 Innis Avenue fell into a sponge dough mixer at Bliss bakery on South High street while feeding it. He was whirled to a fatal end and extricated by workers. Vankirk had served fifteen years as assistant superintendent. No one was on the second floor when the accident happened. James Early found the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
H. D. Vankirk
Innis Avenue
Bliss Bakery
South High Street
Vankirk
Sus
James Early
Apple Seed John and His Quiet Good Deeds
A folk tale follows Old Apple Seed John who, though poor, crafts a quiet legacy. He plants apple cores along prairie paths to provide future food, toil, and comfort for travelers and townsfolk. The story honors a selfless mission that blossoms into enduring shade and sustenance.
Nobel documents arrive for Roosevelt prize
New York December 26 reports the Nobel peace prize documents connected with the award to President Theodore Roosevelt arriving in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NOBEL
New York
Roosevelt
Gossip from Northern Indiana and Auburn News
Reports from Wabash to Huntington recount a fractured elbow from Hon Warren G Sayre and a Topeka mail carrier's death while on rounds. Auburn tales include a Christmas foot injury, a rising actress, a Notre Dame law student to teach, and a Christmas wedding reveal amid past marriages and separations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren G. Sayre
Wabash
John Cephas
Topeka
Lagrange County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pitchfork
Congressman Gaines
Orphan Asylums
Washington, D. C
Uncle Sam
White House
Church
Woman
MR. Root
J. P. Morgan
Niagara
DR. Meyers III
Dakota
Pup
Church, Bank
Clark
Parker City
Baker
Appleseed
Johnny
Wit
Johnnny
Indiana
Haman Klumm
Auburn
Sidney Farmer
Dietrich Young
Huntington
Prussia
Wabash and Erte Canal
Old Court House
William Huston
Fred Kruse
Riverside Hotel
Kruse
Huntington News-Democrat
Anderson
W. E. Payne
Hartford City
Lou Rohm
Kate Wherry
W. A. Kelczay
Farmers Mutual Tnsurga @, association
Higdesk
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!