Various World Moves and Local Trials From a Fremd News Sheet
A selection notes major events: Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railroad sold at foreclosure for 1.515 million to Kuhn Loeb & Co, with dispute over whose benefit. Topeka Masons plan to prosecute local Christian Scientists over Mrs Torrence’s death. Nielsen & Co banking house fails to open. receiver appointment debated. Philippine surrender report and foreign vessel entries cited. Major Danville tobacco warehouse fire causing substantial losses. other fires in Shipshewana. Methodist Conference deadlock broken selecting bishops Moore and Hamilton. A 90 year old man in Delaware dies after seeing a railroad train. family details mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railroad Company
Wheeling
W. Va
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Newark
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Ohio
Richmond Secedes Bid Sparks Political Upheaval
Eastern news notes James J Corbett urged to run for Congress while Richmond threatens to secede from Greater New York. Other items report Waterloo veteran death, Astor tax confirmation, and a string of fatal accidents including a knife attack, a bridge jump, and wood alcohol killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Corbett
Richmond
Greater New York
Actors’ Fund
New York City
Mesta Machine Company
Homestead
Mass
T. William Waldorf Astor
New York
Billings, Clapp & Co
Boston
Western World News Chronicle Wide Range Of 1900 Incidents
A full array of 1900s items from Detroit to Minnesota notes deaths, accidents, and strikes. Reports Henry Granton named bishop of Tucson. a Hot Springs fire destroys Rogers block with $15,000 loss. bubonic plague deaths in San Francisco. a fatal sparring blow in Batesville. St Louis streetcar clashes. Cleveland trolley line consolidations with $2 million capital. political nominating in Kansas and Missouri. A stranger shot breaking into Warren post office. tragic fires in Amboy and Tacowa. a crowded Addison mill stairway collapse injures nine. centenarian William Pulehou dies in Findlay. Mine closures, railroad boiler explosions, and Yosemite stage robberies appear alongside indictments, divorces, and local court actions. City directories project 2,001,000 for Chicago. A farmers and cattlemen clash near Eldorado, Oklahoma, and Now Ride mine sale talks in Tuolumne County proceed toward $850,000. Two Nebraska students riot in Lincoln. Indian dance clashes in Shawnee Territory. A Mahoning County court case seeks divorce over nonviable coffee. Grand Meadow fire causes $50,000 loss. New theater for Castle Square in St Louis. Chicago burns and kero incidents. Lake Findlay oil tanks saved by cannon balls and $50,000 loss predicted. A pair of teen boys in Brazil, Indiana, fatally wound one another in a staged duel. Confederate flag exchange and Pauhling murder by accident. Supreme Court upholds Minnesota land dispute verdict over a tract known as section O.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Antisdel
Detroit
Henry Granton
Baltimore
Tucson
Ariz
Hot Springs
Ark
San Francisco
William Stowe
Batesville
Ind
St. Louis
Cleveland
Ohio
W. E. Stanley
Kansas
Joseph Flory
Missouri
Warren
Lizzie Aaly
Amboy
Minn
Addison Mill
Tacowa
Wash
William Pulehou
Findlay
Virginia
American Steel and Wire Companys
E. C. Mogruson
M. B. Morrison
Muutlands, Wash
Dayton
Chicago
Eldorado
Okla
Hiipole Central
Dubois
Shawnee
O. T
Guthrie
John McGovern
Grand Meadow
Castle Square Opera Company
Tenth
Olive Streets
Century Theater
Annie Smith
Wabash Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Leo Leahy
Edward Leahy
William Michaels
Servia
Michaels
Tuey
Rolla
N. D
Manitoba
Turtle Mountain
Cramer
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Geo. Garber
Ernest Burgh
Brazil
Burgh
Garber
Louisiana
Atlanta
Columbus
Louisville
Pauhling
Simon W. Cramer
Ovillie Moreau
Notable Obits and Events Amid Turbulent Times
Obituaries report Henry Unffmaker 105 at Knoxville and D. Shattuck founder of the Republican party dying there. Admiral Dewey unveiled a Farragut birthplace shaft at Low's Ferry near Knoxville. Chicago manhunt linked to Frank Friday after a Wheeling sentence for murder. A feud in Guthrie Ky ends in shooting injuries. A Colorado mine discovery prompts a family letter claim. Daytona Well driver William Bullough sells all and departs for Colorado. A wreck near Gordonsville Tenn involves a Nashville and Knoxville train collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Unffmaker
Knoxville
Teun
D. Shattuck
Republican Party
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Farragut
Low's Ferry
Tenn
John Mooney
Frank Friday
Chicago
Wheeling
Wo Va
James Nervey
HL 8
Devoid
Cuthrie, Ky
J. Frank Hutchinson
Guthre Graphic
Mutchinson
Virgil Marshall
Colorado
William Bullough
Daytona
Fla
Gordoneville
Nashville
Market Reports across cities for cattle hogs and grains
A dense market summary lists prices for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and other markets. It covers wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes with bid ranges and quality grades, noting movement in shipping grades and creamery butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bermuda
St. Louis
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Senate and House Debates Fill Week With Bills and Votes
The Senate debated the Cuba investigation resolution, considered a postoffice and pneumatic tube service measure, and passed several bills including a pension for Gen. Dyrenforth and a river and harbor appropriation. The House approved a Red Cross incorporation bill, a pension for a widow, and a public building project, while extending eight hour labor rules and banning price fixing on government work. Coverage noted string of amendments, votes, and ceremonial appropriations, plus statues and memorials in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Bacon
Cuba
House
United States
Lodge
Secretary of the Treasury
Con. Lawton
East St. Louis
American National Red Cross
District of Columbia
Wolcott
Mason
Butler
Robert G. Dyrenforth
Jones
Secretary of War
Chandler
Carter
Wellington
Allison
Hale
Tillman
Morgan
Panama Canal Company
McCumber
Philippine Islands
South
Committee On War Claims
Thim
Leo
Grant
Appomattox
Washington
Allen Pop
National
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Ala
Payne
and Means
Train Collision On Lick's Trestle Injures Four
A passenger train, with right of way, struck a construction train on Lick's Trestle as it rounded a curve. The engines and express cars telescoped, leaving four men seriously injured and several passengers with serious injuries. Both engineers failed to detect the other’s approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lick’s
Danish West Indies sale halted as policy stands
The Danish Government will not sell the Danish West Indies to any power. Reports also note global events including British troops at Mafeking, China Boxers movement, and a tragic anti Christian outbreak near Pao Ting Fu where many Christians, including women and children, were killed or burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danish West Indies
Immanuel Schmidt
Berlin
C. T. Yerkes
London
London County Council
Brooks
Japan
Buddha
Siam
Tokyo
Mafeking
Congress
United States
Hutton
Botha
Kroonstad
China
Pao Ting-Fu
Pe-Chi-Li
Admiral Dewey Abandons Presidential Bid Amid South Welcome
The article notes Admiral Dewey will not pursue the Democratic nomination this year, despite a warm reception in the South. It also reports a Monterey Mexico capital transfer of 10 million dollars to Wellman Seaver in Cleveland, and warrants issued in Havana for several postal officials. Seismic reports describe a strong Mexican quake and a coastal tidal wave harming Colima and Jalisco, with multiple drownings. Bradstreet’s cites dull industrial activity with price declines in corn, pork, dairy, wool, cotton, petroleum, and lead, while wheat edges up on crop news. Wheat and corn export figures for the week are provided in contrast to last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Dewey
South
Aden
City
Mexico
Monterey
Tee
Wellman-Seaver Engineering Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Monterey Company
Havana
BE. P. Thompson
W. H. Reeves
Edward Moyn
Jorge Mascaro
Stamp Department
Pacific
Colima
Jalisco
Penitas
Zapatillo
Bradstreet
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gagle
Emont, Indiana
Crimea
Topeka
Kan
Masonic Order of
Knights Templar
John M. Torrence
Torrence
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Car Service Department
Nielsen & Co
Pentwater
Mich
Circuit
H. H. Bunyea
Nielsen
Bunyea
MacArthur
Wheaton
Tarlas
Philippine
Division of Customs and Insular Affairs
War Department
Manila
Iloilo
Cebu
Jolo
Danville
Actes
Banner
Brown
American Tobacco Company
Shipshewana
George Orr
Joss
Methodist
Tuen
D.H. Moore
The
Western Advocate
J. W. Hamil
Freedman's Aid Society
Moore
Hamilton
Meyer Hawk
Thomas Munocey
Little , del
Seac
E. Jaccard Jewelry Company
Francis Truth
United States Grand Jury
Mount Holly
N. J
Brooklyn Bridge
August A. Pless
Pless
South Fork
Johnstown
Lawrence Smith
Peter Broeck
Joe Poleszinski
Philadelphia
Lizzie Blakely
Marie
Jennie Patriquin
Chelsea
Grand Army Home For
Hawkins Station
Pittsburg
State Normal School
Willimantic
Conn
Norwich
Dunmore
Mary Pace
Sylvester Bellows
Western
Southern
Market Reports
Brooklyn
State of Missouri
Benton
Blair
Capitol
Grand Army
Ulysses S. Grant
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