World’s Fair Cold Storage Fire Verdict Held Guilty
The coroner jury rules deaths from the World’s Fair cold storage fire on July 10, 1903 caused by injuries and burns. It finds Charles A. McDonald John B. Skinner D H Burnham and Edward W Murphy liable to the grand jury for criminal negligence awaiting further legal action.
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Chicago
D. H Burnham
Edward Murphy
Charles A. McDonald
John B. Skinner
D. H. Burnham
Edward W. Murphy
Grand Prny
All for a Kiss and a Fatal Act at Indianapolis
In Indianapolis Lopez Mumaugh, driver of a delivery wagon, shot through a side window at his divorced wife’s home after being refused admission. His sister-in-law Miss Mary Wurnsch, 28, was fatally wounded. Mumaugh then killed himself, dying a few hours later.
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Umaugh
Denver banks suspend as depositors flood runs
Three national banks Union National Commercial National and National Bank of Commerce closed their doors due to heavy demand by excited depositors. Mercantile Bank also suspended after the Union Bank shutdown affecting its clearances. Savings banks had already suspended provoking a large, orderly crowd at opening time with talks focusing on the crisis.
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Union National
Commercial National
National Bank of Commerce
Mercantile Bank
Mining Exchange
Union Bank
People’s
Ex President Jarvison Pressured to Run Again in 1506
JT R McKee, father of Baby McKee, at the Manhattan Beach Hotel, New York, says many think ex President Jarvison would not consent to a 1506 presidential bid, but he notes friends keep urging him to stand.
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Jt.r. McKee
Baby McKee
Manhattan Beach
New York
Jarvison
Bank in Ada Closes Abruptly Amid Ownership Questions
The Citizens' Bank of Ada Ohio the leading bank in Hardin County failed to open its doors. Its owner Peter Ablfield has run it for over 25 years and is among the region's wealthiest men. No statement of assets and liabilities or cause of failure was available.
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Citizens' Bank of
Ada
Ohio
Hardin County
Peter Ablfield
Jones
Faisson
Interior Department
Paisson
Dommes Boys
Locke
United States
Antlers
Council of Administration
Rufian Killed by Marshal in Trenton Ohio
Marshal Smith of Greenup Kentucky shot and killed Grant known as Pumpkin Young in Trenton while attempting to arrest him for a crime in Greenup. The incident portrays Irenton’s notorious figure ending swiftly.
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Trenton
Ohio
Marshal Smith
Greenup
Grant
Pumpkin Young
Irenton
Eastern News Roundup of Business Failures and Disasters
J S Conover of New York fails with 400000 in liabilities. Dr Bernard J McQuare of Rochester marks 25th anniversary as bishop. General Elijah Parker of New York struck with paralysis. Three typhus cases found in Philadelphia linked to European origins. Olcott & Co grain exporter fails with 100000 to 150000 liabilities. A Baltimore pensioner returns voucher rejects pension. Two men killed and others injured by gas explosion at Wyoming Pennsylvania's Pettebone yard. West Shore train wreck at Newburg New York leaves eight to ten dead and many injured.
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J.S Conover
New York
Bernard J. McQuare
Rochester
N. Y
Elyis
Parker
Grant
Philadelphia
Europe
Richard M. Olcott
Olcott & Co
Baltimore
Pettebone
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Visitors barred from tall structures at World’s Fair site
Director Burnham urged keeping visitors away from high venues after a warehouse blaze sparked fears of panic. A 260 foot promenade could trap evacuees, as 3,000 once crowded the roof. Heroes’ day raised funds for firemen families, expected to top $50,000 from fairgoers.
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Works
Burnham
Council
Cioteesonage
Manufactures
Jackson Park
64Th Street
Turbulent west raise traded in Sioux frontier and bank robbery
A lively clash on the Tower Indian Reservation involved drunken Indians performing a war dance around escaping tramps. In Kansas, three desperadoes robbed the Condon Bank, tying up the cashier and taking $600 before a pursuing posse. Also reported are indictments in Indianapolis, a cyclone near Stillwater, and news from Chicago, Ellendale, and national events ahead of the Columbian Exposition.
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Tower
Minn
Mound Valley
Kan
Condon Bank
Annie Wagner
Charles Koesters
Indianapolis
Ind
Koesters
Stillwater
Rand-McNally
Ellendale
N. D
William Woentze
Justice Court
Dakotas
Monon
Pennsylvania
Big Four
Lake Erie
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
West
Washington notes and political whispers from early 1900s press
Comptroller Eckels seeks July 12 report on national banks. Cleveland rejects two Berlin consulate applicants for not speaking German. Post office arrest in Hartshorne, Oklahoma Territory for mail fraud. Johnson Trading Company case in Fort Smith. Congress likely to sit continuously from August into next summer amid debate on silver and Sherman laws. Also mentions long-expected December session and a Chiltern Hundreds petition. Cholera outbreaks in Alexandria, Moscow, Kiev and Northeast Hungary. Darma quarantined at Ishor.
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Eckels
Cleveland
Berlin
United States Post Office
M., Spooner
W. PB. Hooke
Hartshorne
I. T
Fort Smith
Eliot Johnson
J.C. Johnson
W. H. Johnson
Hales Johnson
Johnson Trading Company
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Washington
Congress
Adam
International Monetary Conference
National League standings and maritime dispatches across the era
The dispatch records NL clubs with wins and losses, plus notices of orders to the Alert for homeward bound duty, Fulford’s return from the Bering Sea Commission, a Tabasco courtroom shooting, Dun's trade review, a Viking ship welcome in Chicago, Mexico grain yields, Mississippi River Commission harbor limits at Vicksburg, and indictments of Canadian Pacific Railway executives for rate cuts.
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W. L. Bo
Philadelphia
Louia
Jostons
New Ore
Absttaburgs
Chicagos
Clevelands
Baltimoren
Brooklyns
United States
Tabasco
Mexico
San Francisco Rodriguez
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Chicago
Lincoln
Jackson Parks
Michigan
Johnson
Valley
Republic
Tamaulipas
Nuevo Leon
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Federal Grand Jury
Tacoma
van Horne
Boston
Belgique Eyes Congo Annexation and Constitutional Reform
Reports say Belgium may revise its constitution to enable colonization as the government contemplates annexing the Congo Free State. In Italy, 120 of 420 senate members and about 100 deputies are implicated in bank scandals. Paris reels as M Bouloz, editor of Revue des Deux Mondes, flees chronic blackmail demands.
Death on the Grade at 49th Street Crossing
A Grand Trunk New York Express locomotive struck a Halsted streetcar at Chicago’s 49th street crossing. Ten injured and three killed, including Thomas Perkins and Margaret Murphy of Chicago and Grace Unt of La Salle. Conductor Frank Barnett and Driver Charles Statucker were among those on board.
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Grand Trunk
New York
Chicago
Grand Trunk Road
Halsted Street
49Th Street
Thomas Perkins
Margaret Murphy
Graceunt
la Salle
Frank Barnett
Charles Statuecker
Orge Barnett
Statuecker
Train Car Crash and Mob Riot Report From Earlier Times
A watchman failed to stop a street car as a passenger train approached on adjacent tracks. The collision killed and injured many aboard the car. Conductor Barnett faced censure and arrest along with the other crew. A separate section notes a mob attack on an Alliance meeting in Cove Arkansas with gunfire and heroism by Mrs. Ida Duncan. Other brief notes mention jail terms, a Paris wartime fleet, a lightning death in St Johns, and elopement news in Lexington.
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John Kern
E. W. Jones
James Campbell
Barnett
Pope County Alliance
Cove
Ark
John ’l’. Miller
Arkansas
Ida Duncan
James Webb
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