Shortage in Union National Bank tied to teller Forbes
A $20,000 shortage at Union National Bank of Chicago was uncovered after teller George S. Forbes died by his own hand. Forbes left a note blaming a trusted friend, likely William B. Dunton, who also worked at the bank. Dunton is being sought as officials believe Forbes hid the friend's accounts. The bank had recently merged with First National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union National Bank of Chicago
George S. Forbes
Forbes
William B. Dunton
Dunton
Union National Bank
First National Bank
Chicago
Biganeiat
Porhes
Sinks With All On Board On Chattahoochee River
Reported steamer W. C. Bradley has sunk with all aboard down the river near Columbus Ga. The Merchants and Planters Steamboat Company offices say no information yet on how many were aboard. Five Children Burned to Death in Cincinnati Nursery Fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
W. OC. Bradley
Chattahoochie River
Merchants and Planters Steamboat Company
Salvation Army
East Frory Street
Cincinnati
Indian Sun Dance Funeral Fight and Philippine Dispatches
Reports from Turtle Mound Seminoles recount a brutal sun dance clash in which four braves fought over the chief's daughter and were killed. the woman drowned in grief. Berlin says China peace talks hinge on delivering those responsible for outrages. Cuban elections favor the black party, whites push annexation. Dowager Empress orders destruction of Boxers opposing imperial troops. Thomas ship sails to Manila with 1048 troops and treasure. Fort Wayne Masonic Temple week features Ches ter De Vonde Stock Company. Chicago coal prices rise from 6.25 to 7 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turtle Mound
Stephen C. Foster Honorer Monument Unveiled in Pittsburg
Mrs. Marion Foster Welsh unveils a fourteen foot bronze statue in Highland Park Pittsburg honoring Stephen C Foster. The relief shows Foster composing with Uncle Ned at his feet and a 3000 voice chorus and brass band performing Suwanee River and Old Kentucky Home. Col Keenan led the committee, Director Wilson accepted, with 30000 spectators present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Marion Foster Welsh
Chicago
Stephen C. Foster
Highland Park
Guiseppe Moretti
New York
Foster
Uncle Ned
Suwanee
Kentucky
Insane Woman On Ledge Delighted Chicago Spectators
Katherine Conlin a domestic at 3034 Michigan Ave climbed a 18 inch ledge thirty feet high and danced and sang for two hours. Police and firemen from Truck No. 16 and the Wiftieth Street station finally rescued her after a desperate struggle near a fall. She had been in Ireland a year ago and recently showed signs of homesickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Katherine Conlin
T. Rh. Weddell
Michigan Avenue
Riot at Huron Ind Sparks Black White Clash
Rioting erupts in Huron Indiana as a Negro mob clashes with whites and a marshal's posse after prisoners, jailed by Marshal Clary, face a possible rescue. Reports cite six murders among the black group and a demand for intervention by Judge Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
Ind
Martin
Bedford
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Marshal Clary
Prices Rise as Raw Cotton Leads Trading Excitement
Bradstreet reports expanding demand and price gains across many trade lines with raw cotton showing the greatest excitement and heaviest trading in a decade. Food prices mostly firm or higher, wheat up on export demand and Northwest weather, corn demand robust. wool soft and spring wear concerns linger. Anthracite miners' strike looming as the main downside. iron and steel activity steadies. Wheat and flour shipments total 4,665,082 bushels versus 3,373,100 prior week. corn exports reach 2,402,780 bushels versus 3,162,271 last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet’s
Dog Sacrifices Life Saving Child From Street Car
In Cornopolis Ohio a dog named Fido saved 12 year old Mabel Lynch from a trolley, leaping from the curb to shove her aside as a car approached. The heroic act cost Fido his life and a child’s safety was preserved.
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Fido
Cornopolis
Pitsburg
John Lynch
Charles Lynch Tell
Ohio River
Michel
Mabel
Small Boy Foils Kidnapers In Mount Jewett
Claude Gray a nine year old boy in Mount Jewett Pennsylvania pursued two kidnappers on a bicycle after they grabbed a three year old. The men halted when Gray grabbed the horse bridle and released the child then sped away. Elsewhere a storm causes at least fourteen deaths with wrecks reported near St Pierre Placentia Bay Renews harbor and Cape Bonavista.
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Claude Gray
Mount Jewett
T. J. Butler
Gray
Dke
Whelu
St. Johns
N.fp
St. Pierre
Placentia Bay
Renews Harbor
Straits of Belle Isle
Cape Bonavista
Six Men Drowned in Storm on Eau Claire River
Eighteen workers from North Western Lumber Company crossed the pond above the mill dam near Bau Chave Wisconsin when a gale swamped their boat. Six men drowned as night workers attempted to swim to shore about a quarter mile away.
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Fighteen
Northwestern Lumber Company
Eau Claire River
Bau Chave
Wis
Vna
Ae Mule
Plot to Slay Monarch Uncovered in Transit Arrest
A Swiss traveler who reached Santander from the United States then went to San Sebastian where authorities arrested him. A search of his baggie uncovered documents hidden in the trunk indicating an anarchistic plot to assassinate an Encopean monarch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santander
United States
San Sebastian
Jealous Man Kills Eight in Italian Tragedy
Caetano Longo returns to Pastona Italy and in a jealous rage murders his wife and two men. He then kills five more by shooting and wounds two fatally before taking his own life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caetano Longo
United States
Pastona
Italy
War Departments Orders Philippine Rubber Forest Reserves
The Agricultural Department will issue an order to set apart two Philippine islands as forest reserves. Army officers report these lands are among the world’s richest for rubber trees. The move follows War Department recommendation to protect timber resources for wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Agricultural Department
Philippine
Three Killed by Train After County Fair Trip
Three young county residents Albert Moargauthaler Ghia and Misses Leonard Metoher were struck by a Big Four passenger train at Hicks while returning from a fair in Caledonia. The crash killed the trio and their team. Miss Pletoher was killed in pieces.
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Caledonia
Ghia
Albert Moargauthaler
Leonard and
Metoher
Hicks
Pletoher
Woman sues lover for damages in breach of promise
A Newark case reports Misa Ida Sraith a 27 year old school teacher suing Chan W Compton a 7 year older undertaker for breach of promise damages totaling 50000 dollars in a libel free filing.
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Sues
Lover
O Pretry
Misa Ida Eb, Sraith
Chan
W. Compton
Newark
N. J
He Las
Bible House in New York To Be Sold
The Bible House at Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street home of the American Bible Society since 1852 will be sold and the society’s great printing establishment may be given up.
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Bible House
Fourth Avenue
Ninth Street
New York
American Bible Society
Society
Bandit Holds Up Overland Flyer near Haigler Neb
A lone highwayman boarded the Burlington Overland Flyer five miles east of Haigler Nebraska at 2 AM and robbed passengers of cash and jewels worth about 1500 dollars. He took only sleeping car contents, threatened riders with a revolver, used the air brake to stop the train, and then vanished into the night without harming others.
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Haigler
Neb
Bar- Hogton
Burlington
Colorado Line
Haigher
Three-Week-Old Burned After Poison Attempt in Napoleon
A 15-year-old boy Joseph Phillips living with John Wells in Napoleon Ohio is charged with giving carbolic acid to Wells granddaughter, a three week old infant, in a suspected act of revenge. The baby was found with severe facial burns, Phillips denies involvement. Also noted are bankruptcy filings by D J Mackey with liabilities of 577765.69 and railroad ownership histories, and a fire at Port Huron Michigan destroying the McMorran Milling elevator plants with $3044 damage and injuries to Wilbur Inslee.
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Joseph Phillips
Napoleon
Ohio
John Wells
Phillips
Wells
Mackey
D. J. Mackey
Evansville
Ind
Evansville and
Terre Haute
Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis
Peoria, Decatur and
Indianapolis
Port Huron
Mich
McMorran Milling Company
Port Huron and Northwestern Elevator Company
D. McMorran & Co
Wilbur Inslee
Barge John B Lyons Founders in Lake Erie Gale
The ore carrier John B Lyons founder during a violent gale while approaching Erie harbour. Fifteen aboard. only four men and one woman survived, with the rest drowned.
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Lyons
Erie
John B. Lyons
Lake Erie
Fire Destroys Red Cross Rink Buildings in Cleveland
A fifty mile per hour gale helped a fire at Red Cross Rink in Cleveland become a major blaze. Most nearby buildings were wooden and fuel for the flames. The loss is estimated at over $100,000 for twenty structures destroyed.
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Red Cross Rink
Cleveland
Grief Drives Widow to End Her Own Life in Ohio
Through grief over her husband’s accidental death at the Niles tool works, Mrs Samuel Allen killed herself at Hamilton Ohio. She left letters to her husband's parents in Pekin Wisconsin stating she could not live without him.
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Niles Tool Works
Samuel Allen
Namilton
Ohio
Pekin, WL
Woman Ends Her Life in Winnipes May
Mrs. Hutton wife of Dr. Hutton shot herself through the temple at Winnipes May. She had suffered fits of insanity. She was the niece of Bishop Phillips Brooks of New York and a relation of ex President Hayes.
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Winnipes
May
Hutton
Phillips Brooks
New York
Hayes
Mexican Troops Arrive to Renew Campaign Against Yaquis
Four regiments of Mexican government troops arrive by transports at the southern bank of the Yauaput river to join Gen Louis Porres forces. The campaign against the Yaquis will be renewed with renewed vigor. Fires at Narragansett Pier destroy the Casing and Buckingham houses and other notable buildings.
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Louis Porres
Market Prices Across Cities Reported Beef and Grain Ranges
The report lists commodity ranges in multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York. Cattle hogs sheep and various grains show Prices per unit with No 2 grades and other classifications. Butter eggs and clover seed also cited with diverse value bands.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ziec
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Ile
Milwaukee
Burley
Ste
Park
New York
Massive coal strike across regions draws vast idle workforce
The article reports a massive anthracite coal miners strike with estimates between 60 000 and 120 000 idle workers and official counts showing about 112 000 idle. President Mitchell cites district figures from Wyoming Scranton Northumberland Mauch Chunk Dauphin Susquehanna and Sullivan counties amid local stoppages in Hazleton McAdoo and Lehigh Valley areas.
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Mitchell
Wyoming
Scranton
Northumberland County
Mauch Chunk
Dauphin County
Susquehanon
Sullivan County
Hazleton
McAdoo
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Upper Lehigh
Milnesville
Ehervale
Drifton
Lattimer
Pond Creek
Wyoming and Lickawinna Districts See Wage Strike Uprising
President Nicholls reports wide strain in Wyoming and Lickawinna districts with 20 men employed by one small corporation remaining at work. United Mine Workers leaders 추진 to organize 8,000 of 20,000 employees. arbitration attempts by Father Phillips viewed cautiously. Sympathetic strikes rumored in Altoona and Lyken areas with efforts to close collieries in Lykens Valley.
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Mitchell
Wilykon
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Nicholls
Wyoming
Lickawinna
Hart Cogen
Travis
Fred
Satta King
Mitchell Ates
Ats Einerually
Presiden Mitchell
Orsamizer Courtwright
Lehigh
Lehuytkil
United Mine Workers
Father Phillips
Altoona
Thire
Lykens
Wiconisco
Williamstown
Lykens Valley
Queen of the Mines Mary Jones Honored by Miners
The article describes Mother Mary Jones known as Queen of the Mines, beloved by canal mine workers for her philanthropy and advocacy. It notes her age, silver hair, and eloquent voice, and places her in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania as a symbol of labor unity.
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Mary Jones
Canal
Wilkenbarre
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Lourenzo Marques
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Earl Li
London Daily Graphic
Lung Chang
Prince Ching
China
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Foreign Office
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Santiago de Cuba
Manila
Thomas
San Francisco
Fort Wayne Masonic Temple
Chester de Vonde Stock Company
Stephen C. Foster Honorer
Baron von Sterteler
Chita
Geremnans
Daron von Ketteler
Phe
Rosebud
South Dakota
Pretty Boy
Duncan Clarke
Hillnois Central
Mounds
Paris
Ont
Meldeum
Customs Office
Post
Bank of Commerce
Jos
Jack Bradford
Carathiernville
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Sicard
Montgomery Sicard
United States Navy
Westernville
Dog
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Bandit
Narratanselt Pier
Narragansett Mier
Buckingham
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