Naval prize money ruling and census appeals in brief
The U S Supreme Court reversed a lower ruling and ordered return of the New Foundland to its Halifax owners, with no damages or costs, in a Havana blockade prize case. Merriam urges farmers to ready census data on crops and farm operations for 1899. Indianapolis officer William A English returns 1172 pay for war service, declining compensation. Chicago prepares a convention to combat bucket shops and seek uniform grain laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Havana
Spain
Circuit Court of
South Carolina
New Foundland
Halifax
Farmera
Merriam
Feud Triggered Killing at Capitol Hotel in Kentucky
Ex congressman David G Colson shot and killed Ethelbert Scott and Luther Demaree in Frankfort Kentucky during a feud renewal from their army days. James Golden was wounded while bystanders Demaree and Golden were hurt by accident. Colson was also shot in the arm but not seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
David G. Colson
Ethelbert Scott
Luther Demaree
James Golden
Capitol Hotel
Frankfort
Colson
Scott
Demaree
Golden
Steamer Lexington Wrecked Near Scary Lock Wall
A Gallipolis dispatch reports the passenger steamer Lexington owned by Carr line of Charleston sank after striking the lock wall near Scary while racing the Argand. The Argand rescued passengers and crew. Lexington likely total loss. The incident follows other 19th century Atlantic shipping perils and port risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio
Lexington
Carr Line
Charleston
W. Va
Argand
Debaters prize goes to Hausner at Cornell Memorial contest
The 94 memorial prize at Cornell awards first place to Frank H. Hausner of Warmington New York in the annual debate. Maryland Governor Lloyd Lowndes resigns to be replaced by John Walter Smith. Fire at Danville pa rolling mill causes 50000 dollars damage injuring six. Actor Felix Morris dies at 53 in New York leaving a widow and two daughters. Bookseller Alexander Williams dies at 81 in Boston former owner of Old Corner Bookstore. Admiral Dewey receives silver loving cup from melted dimes raised by over 70000 Americans mainly children. Columbian University president Rev Benalah L Whitman resigns to lead Calvary Baptist Philadelphia. Natrona coal miners strike for higher wages. Col A D Hope dies at 83 in Roselle New Jersey who led Civil War troops to Washington. New York plans 200 carriages and 100 omnibuses for public service with 25 cents per mile and 15 cents per hour. J G Wagner of Allegheny fined $10 for beating his 16 month old baby. A large New York fire injures several workers in a five story bowling alley and gym. Russell Sage profits from Standard Gas Light sale, reportedly selling most holdings. stock bought at 36, price around 140. He is said to have sold 10000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Frank H. Hausner
Warmington
N. Y
Lloyd Lowndes
Maryland
John Walter Smith
Danville and Bessemer Steel Company
Danville
Felix Morris
New York
Florence Wood
San Francisco
Alexander Williams
Boston
Williams
Admiral Dewey
Washington
Benalah L. Whitman
Columbian University
D. C
Calvary Baptist Church
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company
Natrona
Col
A. D. Hope
Roselle
N. J
Col. Hope
J. G. Wagner
Allegheny
Henry Hunneshagen
Hunneshagen
New York Department
Russell Sage
Standard Gas Light Company
Various 19th century incidents span fires, deaths, and legal notes
Western reports big fires in Denver and Cassel causing losses over 100000 and 50000 respectively. A man in St Louis commits suicide over finances. Howland dies in Ohio at 68. Kansas Supreme Court voids a 1897 tax on judgments. A Deerfield youth dies aged 87, tracing kinship to Benedict Arnold. Labor strikes in Cleveland involve car segregation with Italians. A Pittsburg and Painesville wreck near Warren kills one, injures another. Rockefeller donates over 500000 to the University of Chicago. Dickinson County Kans relief group ships corn to famine areas. Michigan wins intercollegiate debate at Ann Arbor over Chicago. Kneass Monument Society forms at Chillicothe Mo. A Chicago man dies from morphine poisoning in Columbus. Cuarraber of Chicago commits suicide in coal office. Mrs Christie of McPherson Kansas murders children and self-immolates. Henry Payne denies vice-presidential bid per Elihu Root. Cincinnati washboard factory sale signals industry consolidation. John Kornatett convicted of murder in Anthony Kansas. Torpedo destroyer Goldsborough mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Iron Works
Denver
Colo
Cassel
Minn
J. C. Mulhail
St. Louis
William P. Howland
Jefferson
Ohio
Kansas Supreme Court
Alonzo Jones
Deerfield Township
Benedict Arnold
Cleveland
Jonathan Thompson
Thomas Wilson
Pittsburg
Dickinson County
Kansas
India
Michigan
Ann Arbor
University of Chicago
Nelson Kneass
Chillicothe
Ben Bolt
L. D. Chapman
Chicago
Farmers’ Hotel
Columbus
Henry Cuarraber
Joseph Christie
McPherson
Kan
Henry C. Payne
National Republican
Saginaw, Mich
Anthony, Kan
John Kornatett
Nora Kornatett
Torpedo
Goldsbor
Riots siege to pass measures and crime spree across cities
A set of divergent 1900s events unfolds from Portland to St. Louis, San Francisco, and Denver. Locomotive trials reach near 33 mph on the Columbia. citizens storm City Hall demanding anti violent measures. Fanny Hall is shot in a San Francisco hotel. Carbrey is arrested. Heirs claim a Holland estate worth over 45000. Dr. Forney is found dead with morphine and poisons. Bonfils and Tammen are shot in Denver during a murder case dispute. A Lima nitroglycerin magazine explodes due to an oil stove. Severance donates 60000 for Oberlin College lab. In Ohio, Beckman and wife are bound and gagged in a home robbery failed for the $4000 believed hidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ough
Columbia River
Portland
Ore
Wolff & Sewicker Iron Works
City Hall
St. Louis
House of Delegates
Fanny Hall
San Francisco
Thomas Carbrey
Carbrey
Denver
Dawson City
Samuel Snyder
Massillon
Ohio
United States
Holland
L. J. Forney
Cherokee
Kan
Frederick G. Bonfils
H. H. Tammen
The
Evening Post
Colo
W. W. Anderson
Hercules Torpedo Company
Lima
Lewis H. Severance
New York
Oberlin
New Chemical Laboratory
Notable Kentucky and Tennessee Mortality and Murders Amid Turmoil
Southern Philip Swab, a top Reliance Coal and Coke figure, dies of heart disease in Middlesboro. A Knoxville area double murder suicide follows family strife. Paris La Caricature creator and illustrator acquitted for outraging morals. Florence probate judge McClure shot dead. Julia Morrison James trial ends in acquittal. Hindman shooting between rival groups. two killed, others wounded. Ripley officers Marvin Durham and W D Turner killed by two alleged negro assailants. lynching ensues the same night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip
Swab
Reliance Coal and Coke Company
Kentucky
Middlesboro
Jacob Shudin
Knoxville
Tenn
Paris
la Caricature
Queen Victoria
Florence
Ala
W. B. McClure
Lauderdale County
Julia Morrison James
Frank Leidenheimer
Plaster of Paris’ Company
Chattanooga
Hindman
Wesley Hall
Lucinda Isaacs
Hall
Taze Hall
Henry Leap
Sutherland
Campbell
Ripley
Marvin Durham
W. D. Turner
Epidemic influenza reaches British royal household and far regions
Reports state influenza spreads within Great Britain reaching Osborne House with several royals sent to sanitariums. The Albany cruiser endurance test in England reported speeds of 10.54 knots, 149 revolutions, 5024 horsepower, and 144 tons coal per day. Empress of Japan wires of a fierce storm off Japan causing 171 deaths and 411 total losses. The Paris University foreign doctorate awarded to Daniel Kolkmar, formerly with the University of Chicago. The Finnish junta based in Calumet plans 55000 emigrants mainly to the Northwest. Congo Free State troops clashed with Batatolas near Baraka in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Osborne House
Wight
United States
Albany
Newcastle
England
Empress of
Osaka
Kobe
University of Paris
Daniel Kolkmar
University of Chicago
New University of Brussels
Finland
Calumet
Mich
Brussels Belt
Congo Free State
Baron Dhanla
Baraka
Siberian Railroad Reconstruction Costs Highlight 12-Pound Rail Issues
A State Department report from Vladivostock notes the Siberian Railroad needs at least 25000 dollars to rebuild sections already laid. Russian sources describe a rush construction with 12-pound rails and wooden bridges, limiting speed to under twenty miles per hour and restricting service to one passenger and two freight trains daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tober
Congo Free State
Siberian
State Department
Washington
Greener
Vladivostock
Famine in Honan Chinese mission report and local notices
News briefs include famine in Honan reported by Toronto Presbyterian foreign mission office, blame on missionaries, and crop failures. Also salary raise boosts 200 engineers at Lake Shore by about 20 dollars monthly. Juarez Mexico to execute a prisoner. 25 cent admittance goes to widow. War Department denies Manila Railway interest payment guarantee. Northwest mounted police corporal Lindsay seeks service in South Africa but commits suicide after failing medical. Fire losses in US and Canada rise to 136,773,200 with 217 fires above 10,000. Bradstreet notes steady prices with selective inflation. agricultural export totals for week: wheat 4,248,926 bushels, corn 6,314,576.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Presbyterian Foreign Mission Office
Honan
China
Lake Shore
Juarez
Mexico
Meiklejohn
War Department
Manila Lailway Company, Limited
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Rio
Market Reports From Regional Grain and Livestock Prices
A compiled market summary shows Chicago cattle ranges 3.00 to 7.00, hogs 3.00 to 5.00, sheep 3.00 to 4.75, with wheat No 2 red 63 to 65c and corn No 2 30 to 32c. Other cities list similar commodity spreads across cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes with varying local quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
Br. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Senate Session Summaries On War Data And Philippines Debates
The Senate adopted a resolution by Mr Allen seeking War Department data on transport purchases. Beveridge urged retention of the Philippines while Hoar opposed. The House was not in session. The week featured tributes to Vice President Hobart and eulogies for Rep Greene, with various resolutions and debates on currency reform, the census bill, and oleomargarine licensing. The House adjourned briefly. the Senate debated Philippine issues with Lodge and Pettigrew, and financial measures continued. The House resumed consideration of an urgent deficiency bill and District of Columbia matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Allen
Secretary of War
Beveridge
Philippines
Hoar
House
Hobart
Tawney
Minn
Secretary of Treasury
Representative Greene
Nebraska
Lodge
Pettigrew
Stewart
Indianapolis
Sulzer
Dem
N. Y
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
New York Custom House
Dalzell
Rep
Hopkins
Ill
Bacon
Wolcott
Dakota
Rawlins
Cannon
Lil
Committee On Appropriations
Secretary of State
Great Britain
United States
Great Lakes
District of Columbia
Odds and Ends Fire and deaths across states headlined
A diverse collection notes Vienna Georgia big fire and Nashville Tennessee deaths. Reports include Cleveland Tennessee store fire losses of 35000, Thomas Peak killed in Sweetwater Tennessee row, zinc trust forming with 100 million capital, Pollard Bros theft of 1500 at Newburne Alabama, Huntsville Alabama store burned with 7000 loss, engineer Calloway killed in Clarendon Texas wreck, thread prices up ten cents a dozen, ethics crusade in New York, accidental shooting of wife near Harrodsburg Kentucky, Songa’s band to Paris, Cunningham & Co sugar estate burned at Sugarland Texas loss 90000, Indian leaders eye Cape troops, 19-year-old Henry Oppenheimer dies in burning, Paris Texas dry goods firm Geo Settle fails with 90000 liabilities, 4000 stolen by smooth thief in Cincinnati, Paterson New Jersey to erect Hobart statue, 23-year-old William Baldwin drowns at Newport Kentucky, Norwich England municipal buildings proposal, patent medicine tax revenue, Detroit potato crop 1809 yield, Li Hung Chang viceroyalty power, beds netting to deter tarantulas in Santiago homes, Connecticut rail passengers 50,260,408 with no deaths and 11 trolley deaths.
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Vienna
Salem Mason
Nashville
Tenn
Cleveland
Thomas Peak
Sweetwater
Zinc Trust
Pollard Bros
Newburne
Ala
James Crocker
Huntsville
Cape
Henry Oppenheimer
New York
Geo. M. Settle
Paris
Texas
Sam Johnson
Cincinnati
Paterson
N. J
Hobart
Wm. Baldwin
Newport
Kentucky
News Municipal
Norwich
England
Britain
Detroit
Li Hung Chang
China
India
Santiago
Hiea
Connecticut
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. M
William A. English
Indiana
William $. Warren
Thew
Chicago Board of Trade
Warren
Messrs. Davis
Foraker
Spooner
Bacon, Money
Tillman
Skinner
Marseilles
Italy
France
Avigliano
Turin
Ireland
Imperial
Servian
Alexander
Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne
Western
Market Reports
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