World Wide News Roundup of Disasters and Honors
A global recap notes a Brazilian insurgent escape to Buenos Aires, a London shipwreck, and a Kansas tornado. It praises Jennie Creek of Millgrove Indiana for saving 99 lives aboard a train, earning the French Legion of Honor cross.
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Indiana
Columbus, O
Jennie Creek
Millgrove
Ind
Society of Humanity
France
America
Gov. McKinley
Kirby
Arthur Owens
North Fourth Street
City
Ed Archer
Railroad Commissioner’s Office
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
Legion of Honor of France
Frothingham Arcade Fire Devastates Scranton Block
Fire destroyed the Frothingham Arcade in Scranton Pennsylvania a four story block housing Weichel's jewelry Lank's shoe store and the Columbia bicycle agency with stocks ruined. The Odd Fellows hall nearly burned as firemen saved the Frothingham theater and adjoining properties and guests fled Westminster Hotel. Arson is suspected.
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Frothingham Arcade
Scranton
Weichel
Lank's
Columbia Bicycle Agency
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Frothingham New Theater
Westminster Hotel
Berlin dynamite explosion devastates Boemitz works
A dynamite lab outside Boemitz Me ckl nburg Schwerin ignited causing buildings to shatter. Three workers were blown away and five others fatally mangled, with wreckage strewn across the surrounding fields.
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Berlin
Boemitz
Mecklenburg Schwerin
Convicts, felonies, and shootings flood the region
In Tennessee and adjoining states a string of crimes surfaces. Rev O W Lewis pleads guilty in fourteen U S Circuit Court indictments for impersonation false affidavits and forgery. Wilkes-Barre mine disaster victim bodies decline to one, then two. Jail escapes include greensburg and Logansport. A North Halsted car robbery is thwarted by police. A Chicago murder suicide, a Rhine assault, a lynching in Greensboro, and a Lebanon swindle are reported alongside other robberies and fatal stabbings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
O W. Lewis
United States Circuit Court
Lewis
Gaylor
Wilkenbarre
Dan W. Morgan
Hamilton
Logansport
Ind
WilHe
Elmer Swails
Lebanon
William Fisher
Tony Robano
Rhine
Chicago
Arthur Laperle
Emma Levi
Cincinnati
Dan Ahreu
Greensboro
Simeon Mantell
Conduetor McNally
Oliphant
Ark
Newport
Fires Across Towns and Regions Claim Wide Losses
The Fire Record reports Montrose Cola’s Hotel Belvidere burned with total loss. Lancaster Nass wiped out much of the business district with over 1000000 in damage and only one third insured. A barn near Bedalia Mo burned with eighteen horses killed. An explosion at Petersburg Va’s Romaline works killed eleven and injured others, with losses near 100000. A Christian Weber sawmill boiler explosion at Patrickeburg Ind killed four and fatally injured another. Two Clark children burned to death at Glade Springs Va. A lumber yard fire in Auntio Tex deprives the city of light for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose
Cola
Belvidere
Lancaster
George Rhodes
Bedalia
Freworks
G N. Romaine & Bra
Petersburg
Romalnes
Christian Weber
Patrickeburg
Spencer
Ind
Lewis Weber
Mra Clark
Glade Springs
Couple From Honolulu Wed In Simple St Joseph Ceremony
At noon Thursday Reverend H W Davis officiated the marriage of Hon A Thurston of Honolulu and Miss Harriet F Potter of St Joseph at the bride’s parents home. The ceremony was intimate with close friends, followed by a light luncheon, then a train to Washington and on to Hawaii for a brief stay and honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Davis
Washington
Hawaii
Ming Porter
Mr Thurston
Chicago
Fortune to fund mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery
A text fragment states a person plans to devote her entire fortune of $1,000,000 to constructing a mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery, signaling a major endowment and a lasting memorial.
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Woodlawn Cemetery
Seigniorage bill veto override fails in House vote
Washington report notes the veto override motion on seigniorage fails in the House with 144 Yeas and 114 Nays. It discusses seating changes for O Neill and English and a projected party strength shift after Wednesday and Thursday votes leaving Democrats at 220, Republicans 124, and Populists 12.
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House
Yeas
Naya
Washington
Messrs O' Neill
House of Representatives
Rolla
Democrata
Houk
Fire devastates Bhanghal destroying 1000 homes
Tuesday night blaze swept Bhanghal consuming 1,000 houses as efforts to contain it failed. Other items report Scotland Wales local legislature moves, a divorce suit, a Paria restaurant bombing injuring three, and world political notes on Rome doctors and annexations.
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Bhanghal
House of Commons
Scotland
Wales
Patti
Nicolin
Meard
Senate Chamber
Paria
Timothy Healy
London
Arclemont
Scott
Hambrough
Monson
Fenton T. Turck
Chicago
Congress of Physicians
Rome
Pondoland
Great Britain
Rosebery
Berne
Mixed Potpourri of Civil Unrest and Political Moves
The item surveys a string of events from internal dissensions to military actions. It notes Breckinridge's suspension by a Masonic lodge for debt, border conflicts in Cherokee country, Tillman’s proclamations, and impeachment moves against Alabama judge Talley. It also recounts Coxey’s army marching toward Washington, riots in Oakland, and naval/rail incidents including the Orion at Boston harbor and Kearsarge wreck notes.
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W. G P. Breckinridge
Masonic Lodge
Gov. Tillman
South Carolina
Judge Talley
Alabama
Homestead
Cherckes
Wisconsin
Oakland
Cal
San Francisco
Coxey
Washington
Boston Towboat Company
Orion
Boat
Boston
Roncador Reef
Roncador
Norfolk
Faltake
Taberpede
Church of Jesus Cheiat
Latter-day Bainte
Wilford Woodruff
George Q Cannon
Joseph F. Smith
Flower
New York
W. J. Mygrant
Indianapolis Soldiers’ Monument
Emports
Kan
Fragmentary Early 1900s News Snippets On Churches Markets and Personal Notes
A collection of brief items notes stained glass damage to churches, large hailstones, crop and stock losses, Confederate Decoration Day, a City Marshal ejection at a mayoral meeting, and Coxey’s unknown identified as Major William Parker Clarke. Also mentions immigrant arrivals in New York, orchestra leader Luigi Mancinelli mistaken for a pickpocket, a Mexican cave discovery, Shiloh veterans reunion, publishers refusing Bread’s Chicago book, Ohio crop conditions, Kansas bond losses, diphtheria in a library book, smallpox vaccination rise, a New Jersey bank head leaving debt, yacht purchases, and lectures at Yale on physical culture.
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Deadwood
Grand Opera Company
L. P. Leroyal
Mexico
Shiloh
Pittsburg Landing
New York
Chicago
Ohio
Kansas
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Michael Mastropietro
New Jersey
James Gordon Bennett
Vigilant
English
Yale
Various labor disputes and economic reports from Michigan City to Cincinnati
The chair factory strike at Michigan City ended with workers returning to work. Omaha judge Caldwell restored the old Union Pacific wage schedule, granting employees a victory after resisting a receivers' reduction. Arlington Miller in Wilmington will reopen, employing 600 workers, while 300 miners head to Masaillon area amid reports of hunger. Pennsylvania coke strikers face dynamite theft and property fears. Bradstreet and R G Dun notes show irregular but improving trade. weather disrupts activity. Drexel Morgan & Co mobilizes Louisville bands. Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton deal under negotiation. Weekly trade reviews cite gains post veto, but record high failures shrink. Wheat and corn prices fluctuate on injury reports, with conflicting counts. cotton markets near stagnation.
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Michigan City
Omaha
Caldwell
Union Pacific
Jenkine
Northern Pacific
Arlington
Wilmington
Del
Masaillon
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Bradstreet
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Louisville
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton -R
G@ Dun & Co
Bushela Park
Cottes
Nation's solons debate and vote on contested elections
Congress and Senate actions dominate a busy week with the O Neill Joy election dispute finally resolved in favor of Ma Patterson as the House adjourns after a sudden shift. Hilburn English from California loses the seat. tariff debates continue. and several appropriation bills pass, including post office, wagon bridge, and Yellowstone Park provisions.
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Congress
O'Neill-Joy
Ma Patterson
Committee On Elections
Howse
O'Neill
North Af Lou
House
Senate
Messia Hilborn
English
California
Hiltorn
James Izler
Brawley
South Carolina
Paris Tribunal
St Louis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Duluth
Gacase Point
Hastings
Mion
Mississippi River
Yellowstone Park Reservation
Henderson
Con
Load
Galifornia
Btatec
Loud
Wilson
Walsh
Georgia
Colguite
Sena Hstenigg
Hill
Lee and Son Meet After Cold Harbor Battle Tale
A Washington journalist notes the striking likeness of Robert E. Lee Jr to his father Gen Robert E. Lee. The son rose from private to captain in the Confederate Rockbridge artillery and was famed as a brave and tireless fighter. After a battle at Cold Harbor they met beneath a cannon as the elder rode by on inspection.
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Lee
Robert E. Lee, Jr
Robe E. Lee
Washington
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Rockbridge
Young Lee
Cold Harbor
Leo
What She Said Telephone Tale From Fifth Avenue Hotel
A small boy at the Fifth Avenue Hotel admired a telephone girl and spoke into a long distance line. He told his mother he had talked with a lady in Boston and the woman replied with sputtering sounds in the exchange.
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Fifth Avenue
Chum
Ia Mamma
Boston
New York Herald
Missing Links California Prune Orchard and Westminster Bridge
California hosts a 3,300 acre prune orchard as a notable agricultural feature. Victoria Australia reports a gold output near 615 million last year. Westminster Bridge marks a historic early use of caisson foundations in its construction.
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California
Victoria
Australia
Westminster Bridge
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Alfonso de Albuquerque
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Mindello
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Legation
Superion
Montevideo
Hoosier Town
Brazil
Louderbeck
Cafe City
Lalwic
North Cina Sea
Cheefoo
Vesge
T. A. Rodney
Prendergast
Harrison
Wotcott
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Jablochkod
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Mra
Veter Choles Creamery
Indianabolia Oattie—Shipping
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