Health alert on silver mounted glass and porcelain wares
Walter Schumann, United States Consul at Mainz, warns the State Department of health risks from silver mounted glass and porcelain items. He notes galvanoplastic silvering and potassium cyanide residues in cracks pose poisoning danger, with goods mainly exported to the United States from Frankfort Berlin and Stuttgart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Schumann
United States
Mainz
State Department
Frankfort
Berlin
Stuttgart
Ohio missionary Mrs. M. B. Fuller dies in India
News from India reports the death of Mrs. M. B. Fuller a Presbyterian missionary in Bombay who dedicated her life to converting Hindus and relief work amid famine. The Ohio woman spent her final year writing a book titled The Wrongs of the Indian Womanhood detailing Hindu women’s injustices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Fuller
Presbyterian Church
Bombay
India
Ohio
Freight Wreck and Tank Explosion Near East Liverpool
A Cleveland and Pittsburg freight wreck at East Liverpool Ohio involved nine derailed cars including a gasoline car. While the Smith’s Ferry Pa section gang worked on the crash the tank exploded injuring fifteen. All nine were injured. Colone and Cochrane were severely burned and may die.
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Cleveland & Pittsburg
Liverpool
Ohio
Smith’s Ferry
James Colone
Thomas Cochrane
Wyoming Monitor Launch at Union Iron Works
The United States monitor Wyoming was launched successfully at high tide Tuesday morning from Union Iron Works ship yard. Thousands witnessed the event along the shore and from excursion steamers during California's semi centennial celebration. Superintendent Dickee directed the launch without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Wyoming
Union Iron Works
California
Union
Dickee
Colombia Rebels Seize Turbaco and Rail Line
Dispatches received in Kingston report Tebela taking Turbaco near Carthagena and the railroad. The next day the Colombian warship Cordoba arrived with 400 troops and heavy fighting followed. Excitement rose in Carthagena as the mail steamer departed Colon.
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Colombia
Kingston
Jamaica
Colon
Turbaco
Carthagena
Cordoba
Five Thousand Dead in Galveston Storm Toll
Galveston reports estimate 5000 dead from the wrecked storm. Mayor Walter C. Jones says the figure is conservative as more than 2300 bodies have been recovered or buried, with hundreds more believed entombed in the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Walter C. Jones
Fatal Chicago Fire Claims Three Lives. Six Hurt
A doorway blaze at 406 Desplaines Street Chicago leaves three dead including 3 year old Edward Pulling. James Pulling critically injured may die along with two others as investigators suspect incendiary causes.
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Edward Pulling
Desplaines Street
Chicago
James Pulling
Galveston Post Reports All Hands Safe
Captain Rafferty in Galveston wires the Adjutant General to contradict reports that officers and all enlisted men perished at the post. He confirms fifteen saved at the Galveston post.
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Rafferty
Galveston
Adjutant General
Italy to Quit China and Withdraw on Indemnity
The article reports Italy's official stance to cease further action in China and withdraw if the Chinese government grants an indemnity. It also mentions the Vert Wayne Masonic Temple attractions including cross Pacific performances and a feature titled Runaway Girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
China
Wayne Masonic Temple
Pacific
Bebe
Novel swindling scheme targets Wells Fargo in California
A new swindle involving express shipments and C O D charges spreads from Maine to California. Letters signed by Halifax police chief declare packages sent to con man M D Byrnes with rewards offered for capture and recovery. Police have intercepted fake parcels in about a dozen California towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Express
California
Wells, Fargo & Co
Express
San Francisco
Greenville Junction
Douglass W. Hill
Halifax
M. D. Byrnes
Byrnes
Frederick Brewster
New York
Night Watchman Slain in Marshall Bank Robbery
Three masked highwaymen held up the Chicago and Alton Railway station in Marshall at 2 a.m. They demanded the safe code. one robber grabbed money from the window drawer. Night watchman S C Aulgar was shot through the right eye as he confronted the intruders and died shortly after. The robbers fled.
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Marshall
H. H. Mowrey
Chicago and Alton Railway
S.C. Aulgar
Aulgur
Boy Hero Fears Not a Revolver Threat in Chicago
Louis Obermeir a 12 year old from West Lake Street led a pursuit of a highwayman who snapped a revolver at him after robbery of Mrs Jones. The assailant named William O Leary was tracked by witnesses and captured by officers.
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Louis Obermeir
No. 1200
West Lake Street
West Side
Chicago
O. L. Jones
Louis
William O'Leary
Narrow Escape and Crime Across Reports
A Cincinnati man narrowly escaped death aboard a Mackinaw Lake sail trip when a doctor, once confined to an asylum, fired revolvers at his companions. Other items include an engine driver sleeping at controls allowing trains to run, a man mistaken for dead after hat loss, a fatal knife attack by a weak minded assailant, a savings loan collapse affecting 1,700 workers, a violent stepdaughter attack, and ex Secretary Powers being sentenced to life in Kentucky.
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Robert Weiskittel
Cincinnati
Mackinaw
Mich
Flint
Weiskittel
Cashier's Rock Island Stock Scam Unmasked
A former cashier at Hough Rowland brokerage in New York fled after allegedly stealing 12 563 dollars by using a phantom client I G Miller to secure 100 Rock Island shares. The scheme, partly involving a 9 000 dollar withdrawal, left the firm with a 12 503 dollar loss. Detectives abroad monitor transatlantic steamers for George L Merritt who deserted his wife and whereabouts unknown.
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George L. Merritt
Hough & Rowland
Exchange Place
New York
Merritt
Rock Island
Mille
Miller
Mr. Hough
Woman Causes Scene at White House Over Meeting With President
Mrs Rosa Heiking appeared at the White House claiming someone was trying to kill her and her children. Police said she sought to see the President at 4 00 pm and refused requests to leave, growing hysterical until guardians had her removed by House of Detention carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Heiking
White House
Washington
Executive Mansion
House of Detention
Widening Fall Trade Across Regions Visibly Improves
Bradstreet notes widespread gains in late August with rising fall trade in the West South and Pacific Coast. Jobbing improves in the East Southern buying grows and crops like corn and cotton boost sentiment.
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Pacific Coast
Bradstree
Fire Destroys Business District in Manito Illinois
Fire ravaged the business portion of Manito. Six blocks burned with losses likely over 850000. Earlier reports mention Texas hurricane and tidal wave disasters and widespread fatalities in Galveston and Houston. McKinley formally accepts Republican presidential nomination.
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Manito
Texas
Galveston
Houston
Cleveland Burglar Steals Ring From Sleeping Woman
Miss Elsie Rodan woke to a burglar leaning over her in bed and taking a ring from her finger. The intruder grabbed $150 worth of jewelry before escaping through an open window, narrowly alarmed by her scream that woke her family.
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Cleveland
Elsie Rodan
Village Marshal Overtakes Elopees for $50 Reward
Levi Pierce 32 and Clara Wells 16 fled Conneautville Pa in a buggy chased across northern Ohio to near Cleveland by multiple towns police. Willoughby Village Marshal Maloney captured Wells early near daylight, Pierce escaped. reward of 50 dollars offered by Hezekiah Wells.
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Willoughby
Levi Pierce
Clara Wells
Conneautville
Ohio
Cleveland
Maloney
Hezekiah Wells
Marshal Maloney
Elopers
Pierce
New Volcano Breaks Forth Near Guadalajara
A new volcano erupted about thirty miles southeast of Colima near Guadalajara Mexico causing local alarm as residents fled briefly. Scientists expect the fire mountain to be short lived and it may soon disappear. The report also notes two other incidents including a death at Mrs Eliza Lambies Allegheny home and Prof Fetergill's 200 foot fall during a balloon ascent in Michigan City.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Colima
Eliza Jane Lambie
Mark S. Lambie
Allegheny
Lambie
Prof
Fetergill
Michigan City
Ind
Indian Chief Murdered in Yakima Territory Incident
Yakima chief Wawahe, aged about 80 and a medicine man, was killed by a man named John who stoned him in his tent during a hop field trek with a 50 member band near Kiona Washington. Victim died from injuries. In Lima Ohio, a Fisk tenement fire caused a fatal burn accident when Mrs. Irwin Bachman, engulfed in flames, died after rescue with all clothing burned except one stocking.
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Wawahe
John
Kiona
Wash
Fisk
Lima
Ohio
Irwin Bachman
Rag-Time Dances Condemned by Professors at Saratoga
The American Society of Professors of Dancing meeting at Saratoga, N Y, frowns on ragtime dances and urges a more dignified music style for public dances. Nicaragua crops face insect damage with locusts harming corn and a fungus attacking coffee in Matagalpa and Jinotega. U S Cavalry defeats boxers with thirty killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society of Professors of Dancing
Saratoga, N. Y
Nicaragua
Matagalpa
Jenotega
Market Report of U S Live Stock and Grains Prices
The markets show varied price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains across multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed with numerous no thy values and regional spreads.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Hole
Toledo
Milwaukee
Harley
New York
Trade and Wheat Markets Show Mixed Momentum
In New York general trade conditions show modest improvement despite political hesitations. Chicago wheat speculation wanes after a weekly decline, heavy farmer deliveries and ample stocks push prices down while foreign demand remains strong but insufficient to reverse the trend. Analysts note possible market strength if crop projections shift, with uncertainty over a 500 to 550 million bushel harvest and ongoing receipts affecting pricing dynamics.
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New York
Chicago
Horses Protected From Heat In St Louis
St Louis horse owners and drivers shielded animals from extreme sun with canvas head shades or umbrellas on wire frames attached to headgear. Local firms manufacture the devices claiming clear protection for the horses from the sun’s rays.
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St. Louis
the Chronicle
Farmers improvise horse umbrellas in city heat
In the heat many farmers entering the city devise improvised horse umbrellas from old hats and jimmies. Holes punched on the sides let the horses ears protrude, making a practical alternative to store bought coverings and helping prevent prostration and death among the animals.
McKinley Letter Defends Imperialism and Policy
President McKinley’s renomination acceptance, prepared for Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, covers money, trusts, tariff, gold reserve, canal, merit system, competition, and imperial policy in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines. He argues opponents fail to prove imperialism claims.
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McKinley
Henry Cabot Lodge
Quba
Porto Rico
Philippines
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Walker F. Cutting
Baldwinsville
Mass
Willian Kitapatrick
Richard Gordon
Louis Gordon
Richard
Clifton
Gordons
Kitapatrick
Samuel Hayes
Arerest
Margaret de Campbell Hayes
Powers
Georgetown
Cantrills
Caleb Powers
Goebel
West
South
Missouri
Oregon County
Big Lumber Company
Tunis Lumber Company
Norfolk
Baltimore
North Carolina
Germany
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Salt Lake
American Steel and Wire Company
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McKinsey
Cirl
Sixth
United States Cavalry
GOC
M'Kinley
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