Turbulent Hawaii minister recalled amid Washington strains
From Washington comes word that pressure mounts for recall of Hawaiian minister Thurston. Reports say U S officials have requested his early removal as tensions rise over diplomatic relations and the secretary of state. Elsewhere, a wrecked warship Reina Regente near the Straits of Gibraltar prompts divers to search for remains, while fires and robberies shock New Castle and Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurston
Washington
Hawaii
Local Alligator Shot Along Paint Creek
Edward Monce of Chillicothe Ohio killed an alligator sunning on the bank of Paint Creek the other day before it could retreat into the water. The reptile measured over three feet in length and its appearance in the late season was considered mysterious by locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Paint Creek
Edward Monce
Chillicothe
Infant Cremated In Paris Ky Fire Tragedy
The infant child of John Morton colored, burned to death when its clothing ignited from an open fireplace. Nearby Lucy Morton, two weeks after, had two children burned in a cabin. after a brief absence she returned to find the cabin and children dead. In Dayton Ohio, Leila Mead died of typhoid fever after alleged lack of medical care. Coroner to decide on autopsy. In Fort Wayne Ind a man, John Mann, was crushed to death by a falling tree while harvesting timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
John McMillin
Watts Mills
McMillin
Paris
John Morton
Morton
Lucy Morton
Dayton
Ohio
Leilla
Pean Cabin
Jouk
Faith Curtain
Fort Wayne
Ind
John Mann
Train wreck at Terre Haute injures six. several other crimes reported
Vandalia line train No 7 derailed in Terre Haute yards near the fair grounds at 1 40 am crushing express and baggage cars while passengers escape with slight bruises. Injured include Engineer Daily Fireman Hanley Baggageman Storms Conductor Rahm Kitt and Early. Other items note Leroy Fernald starving himself in Alfred Maine awaiting trial, gang arrests in Kansas City, a Birmingham murder and robbery, a Washita robbery where a foreman Woods was wounded and his wife seriously hurt, and a Minneapolis area double murder over timber dispute with persistent family feuds between Jennettes and Christillis in McGregor Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Fair Grounds
Hanley
E. R. Storms
J. Rahm
W. P. Kitt
Birmingham
Ala
Merryweather
Washita
C. T
Woods
Cook
Jennette
Christillis
Christillia
Jennettes
McGregor
Fire records of widespread city and regional blazes
A series of fires caused extensive damage across the Midwest and beyond. In Kansas City a four story Eng lish Supply building and the Western Newspaper Union complex burned, with losses in the hundreds of thousands and multiple deaths and injuries. Other outbreaks included fires at Mackeysville and Laramie with fatalities, Toledo Wabash round house collapse burying workers, St Louis warehouse fire, Cleveland Worthington Block loss, and Millersburg hospital firmary fire. Totals include building damages and insured amounts, with numerous casualties and extensive property destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Fourth and
Broadway
West Fifth Street
English Supply Company
Western Newspaper Union
Great Western Type Foundry
Western Newspaper Company
Western
Mackeysville
Laramie
Wye
Wabash Roundhouse
Toledo
Ohio
Mia
Sunmer
St. Paul
Holmen County
Millersburg
Litchfield
Milla
Simpson Lumber Yard
Minn
Treasury watchers gauge world markets over a Chinese loan
From Washington Minister Muraga signals Spain may provide reparation if the Adrianca episode is proven. Treasury officials monitor global money markets awaiting a potential Chinese loan to settle a Japanese war indemnity estimated between 250 and 500 million dollars in gold or silver. Treasury gold remains most accessible, but no real unease yet. China, with Soan-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muraga
Spain
Adrianca
Treasury
China
Soan
China hoards vast gold and exotic trade secrets
The article discusses China's enormous gold reserves and hoarding habits, noting vast internal bullion, exports to Britain and India, and widespread primitive mining. It also reports on Marquis Imperiali seeking U S help after four Italians were assassinated in Walsenburg, and cites a Washington dispatch about U S warning Spain and a Blaine era war threat. It concludes with a Treasury review showing fiscal improvement despite a short year-to-date shortfall near 35 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Celestial Empire
Great Britain
Indias
Marquis Imperiali
Legation
State Department
Washington
Walsenburg
Colo
United States
Spain
Harrison
Taylor
Gresham
Madrid
Blaine
Washington Dispatch
Treasury
Foreign items report ships seized and battles abroad
A steamship at Gravesend was seized by the British Government after refusing to disclose its destination. The Reina Regente reportedly foundered near Tangier with 420 aboard. Debris and flags were recovered near Ceuta and Tarifa. Chinese officials flee Pekin amid Japanese advances as China considers ceding Formosa but resists Manchuria. Meanwhile a Baranca clash on March 11 saw rebels of about 600 defeated by government troops, with numerous prisoners taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravesend
Tangier
Morocco
Ceuta
Tarifa
Pekin
Armiea
Berlin
London Standard
China
Japan
Formosa
France
Manchuria
St. Petersburg
Cour
Colunsey
Baranca
Illinois Supreme Court Rules Sweat Shop Law Unconstitutional
The Illinois Supreme Court declares the eight hour work law for women unconstitutional, ruling it abridges freedom of contract. It affects about 40,000 Illinois women, notably 32,000 in Chicago, with shoe, cloak, candy, and paper goods factories most involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Illinois
Mount Vernon
Wiinola
Chicago
A. A. J. Blethen
Minneapolis Tribune
Thomas Lowry
Zella Nicolaus
George Gould
Byrnes
Nathan D. Thompson
Albink Goodspeed
New York
Blaine
Logan
Mme. Foucett
Richard Demady
Lena Tapper
Denver
Hus
Market Street
Crawford County
Ind
Englisd
Kansas
Edmonton
Alberta
Colum
Central Kansas party of French Canadians
Four years after a large gathering in Concordia Clyde Greenleaf and nearby towns plan another French Canadian party. Carrie Hester of Chicago, defying her parents, chose a husband in Nedfield Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bia
Concordia
Clyde
Greenleaf
Kansas
Carrie Hester
Chicago
Nedfield
Ark
Lewis Hood
Georgia
John Unlicher
Napoleon
New York
Port Jervis
Corning
Boston
Erastus Wiman
Sarah Lambert
Crown Point
Ind
Leoius
Father Kolazeski
Detroit
Horstmann
Kempster
Milwaukee
Council
Labor unions cut staff at Union Pacific amid expense
Across Union Pacific rails the various unions dispose of grievance men as engineers chief George W. Vroman loses his $2500 yearly post. Other unions plan to shift duties to working staff while reports from Dun show mixed business outlook with modest gains. Frick Coke in Uniontown advertises a 15 percent wage raise April 1 to end a looming strike, and Chicago creditors seek a receiver for John Moran Packing. Kansas City stock of Woody Harvesting seized via Chicago attachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Railroad
George W. Vroman
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
R. G. Dun & Co
Turu
Tate
Frick Coke Company
Cuiontown
W. 4
Rainey
Coke Operating
Chicago
John Moran Packing Company
St. Joseph
Kansan City
Welter A. Woody Harvesting Company
Markets Report United States Commodities and Prices
National and city market summaries list cattle hogs sheep and grain prices by city including Chicago Minneapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Buffalo Milwaukee and New York with No 2 red No 2 white No 2 yellow and various grade figures. Values cover butter eggs potatoes oats rye wheat corn and pork as reported for multiple exchanges and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tadianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Hustling Hoosiers and Indiana News Roundup
A summary of Indiana happenings notes the Legislature adjourned sine die after a brief session. Reports cover anti trust distilling plans at Terre Haute, Fort Wayne streetcar labor disputes, and a projected electric line from Elwood to Anderson. Other items include a jail strike in Muncie, a new basket factory in Shelbyville, a man losing a hand on a Lake Erie and Western freight, and various state oil inspector appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Trust Distiling Company
Terre Haute
Fowreer Bolt Works
Anderson
Elwood
Frankton
Muwncte
Shelbyville
Cass Peterson
Lake Erie and Western
Peterson
Peru
C.F. Wann
J. HW
Bolt
Winchester
W. F. Daily
Dorsey
New Albany
Walter Derr
South Bend
W. H. McGee
Lafayette
J. M. Johnson
Logansport
W. C. Carr
Crawfordsville
W. C. Dorsey
Terre Nlante
B. F. Shirk
Muncie
M. J. Bowman
Madison
J. M. Fells
Rushville
L.B. Mills
New Maysville
J.B. Cornell
Goshen
Walter Viele
Evansville
W. D. Sebring
Portland
Theodore Thorward
Fort Wayne
Whiting
R. F. Weems
Vincennes
M.A. Sebutt
Michigan City
William McCloud
Linton
Green County
Alb
Thoas Beprom
United States
Danville
Jie
Order
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Silcox Lodge
LO. O.F
Indiana
John W. Adney
Darlington
Charles D. Ames
Creamery Packing Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Ill
Augustus Bowser
William H. Brown
Indianapolis
Daniel A. Cillem
Berne
Benjamin F. Grant
J. H. Henry
I George J. Herth
George C. Janney
Munc
Mr. Vernon
B. K. Turner
Corydon
Martin L. Webster
P. W. Hutchens
Richmond
James Williams
John F. Woods
Noblesville
Charles J. Barkhaus
Laporta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Around
Taurstan
Cadiz
Straits of
Gibraltar
Alfonso XII
Ontario Street
Cleveland
The
World
A.N. Kellogg Newspaper Company
United Press
World Porter
A. N. Kellogg Company
Cuba
Santiago
Jiguani
Porto Rico
Crime and Casualty
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!