Five Cent Shortfall Ends In Fatal Shootout
Marcus Sheehan, a guard on Chicago’s South Side Elevated line, was shot and killed by James Berganus, a State Street restaurant owner, after a dispute over a 5 cent balance for breakfast. With only 15 cents, Sheehan offered to pay 5 cents later, but Berganus insisted on payment now, shooting him as he tried to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Sheehan
Chicago
James Berganus
State Street
Sheehan
Berganus
Kaiser withdraws 1904 trans Atlantic yacht race cup
Berlin dispatch from New York reports William II ill and withdraws the 1904 cup offer for a trans Atlantic yacht race. He substitutes a cup for 1905. Yachtsmen express regret as his illness delays yacht construction and race plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
New York
Himperor William
Kaiser
Czarina accused of strychnine poisoning in royal kitchen
Berlin reports the czarina is not inflamed ear but poisoned by strychnine in royal food. A commission led by the imperial household minister will determine how poison entered the imperial kitchen. In Kahoka Missouri Frank Clark alias Yellow? Clark was hanged for criminal assault on Miss Allie Hess on July 2. A crowd broke a stockade and witnessed the public execution after his confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Morgen Post
Nicholas
Frank
Yellow
Clark
Kahoka
Allie Hess
Peeric
Court House
Russian Navy Sends Ships to Chemulpo Over Seoul Incident
The London Daily Mail correspondent in Tokio reports Admiral Alexieff, viceroy of the Far East, has dispatched the battleship Poltava and three torpedo boat destroyers to Chemulpo to back Russia’s demands for redress after a clash between Russian and Japanese sailors, with the Russian minister at Seoul persisting in a firm stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
London Daily Mail
Alexieff
Far East
Poltava
Chemulpo
Seoul
Rome
Windsor
Victor Emmanuel
Edward
Florence
Cornelia Scovel
Roosevelt Scoville
Arturo Fabricotti
United States
Cramer
Count Bastogi
Rosevelt
Israel Zangwill
Alice
Prince Frederick of
Schoenberg-Waldenburg
Peking
Ceneral Yuan Shi Kai
Chi Li
Manchuria
Shan Hai Kwan
Cherbourg
Italy
Turkey
Munich
Sir William Ramsay
Uéudon
William
Emerald schooner Lost Near Toronto With Crew
The schooner Emerald from Fair Haven to Toronto carrying coal is reported lost. On board were Captain McMunster and his Toronto son Walter, three sailors, and a woman cook. The vessel was about twenty miles from Toronto before turning back to Charlotte, which she left thirteen days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Emerald
Fair Haven
McMunster
Walter
Charlotte
Peru Expands Civil Marriage Law
Lima dispatch reports Peru’s congress enacted a new law allowing civil marriage with only the mayor's approval based on either contracting party declaring non Catholic affiliation or separation from Catholicism. Senator Fairbanks denies rumors of undermining Roosevelt for Indiana delegation support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Congress of Peru
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
Indiana
Typhoon Hits Swatow Killing Thousands at Sea
Advices from South China report the loss of thousands of lives as a typhoon wrecked hundreds of fishing junks off Swatow. The Athenian of the loss notes widespread destruction and sizable mortality among crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
3. C
South China
Swatow
Child Murderer Found Guilty in Tipton Trial
The jury convict Jesse Me''iure of murdering his two children in Tipton Indiana and set his punishment at life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Me‘‘iure
Tipton
Ind
Biscuit Company Fire Destroys N O Plant
Fire destroyed the National Biscuit Company plant in New Orleans and badly damaged adjacent property. Loss estimated at $200,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Biscuit Company
New Orleans
Panama Junta Changes to Mind on Treaty
The Panama junta abandons a rapid signing plan fearing haste would invite criticism. The treaty will be ratified without opposition, and the junta will not assume any portion of Colombia's indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Washington
Colombia
Debates Over Thanksgiving Football in Harrisburg Meeting
At a Pennsylvania conference gathering in Harrisburg Rev Dr Sylvester Depre urged respect for Thanksgiving Day and condemned frivolous sports while criticizing institutions that promote football games on the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Naational Reform Association
Hlarrisburg
Sylvester 3. Depre
Attempt on King's Tutor in Madrid Wounds Regent Ally
An unknown man fired three shots at a tutor to King Alfonso in Madrid. The tutor was slightly wounded. Authorities suspect a private quarrel sparked the attack and are investigating motives and identities surrounding the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Iexor Briesia
Alfonso
Alarm over emuipox epidemic and scattered disasters
A sweep of brief notices reports a silk mill strike affecting 250 girls in Hazleton Pa, fires destroying mills in Buffalo and Batavia with multi thousand dollar losses, locomotive and rail incidents, murders, kidnaping, and major fires from Cleveland to Norristown. Also notes on robberies, fights, and political graft probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Duplin
Hazleton
West Rutland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Recorder Brown
Pittsburg
Recorder
Sanitirium
Markleton
Somerset
Elk Yeuning Company
Curwensville
Delaware Gard
Ilmington
Del
Abraham Custer
Indian man killed wife and six others on reservation
A South Piegan Indian under liquor ran amuck on the South Piegan reservation and killed his wife and six tribe members before being secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Porto Rico
Cuba
Labrador
Leonidas Trubbuard, Jr
New York
Bigoled
Congress Debates Cuban Reciprocity and Panama Canal
The Senate and House clash over Cuba policy and the Panama Canal question. Debates center on Newlands Cuba annexation resolution and Cuban reciprocity while committee reorganizations and executive appointments fill the session. The House adjourns briefly after oaths and quiet activity resumes with ministerial actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Cuba
Senate
Ehale
Newland
Cubao
Morgan Dem
Alay
Oceanie
Ae. Morgan
Canal
Qameconer
Ath Son
Rev
J. FL Pretty
Afr. Cullome
Committee On Foreign Relations
Dar Si Culloma
Nis
Congress
Panama Canal
Morgan
Tse
McWinley
Nicaragua
Seimter Tham Na
High Oo
McClellan
Columbian Kent and Dumb Asylum
District of Columbia
Newlands
Mie Tee Mar Cormack
Hale
Peller
Coley
Mr Newlands
Hate
Teller
United States
Trade Review Notes Mixed U.S. and Global Signals
Sweeny Review of Trade reports labor wage reductions accepted, construction slows, and mild weather curbs distribution. In steel, demand remains cautious. railways earn 6.1 percent more year to date, and foreign markets show persistence. Grain shipments rise 30 percent from last year. bank clearings dip 1.08 percent. deposits steady at 6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G&g Co «& Co
New York
Sweeny Review of Trade
Paname, Canal
London
United States
Canada
Trade outlook across North America signals mixed readjustment
Telegraphic advices from Mercantile Agency correspondents show price readjustment and curbs in industrial goods offset improved agricultural prospects. Collections vary by city with Philadelphia and Cleveland firmer, St Paul slower, Montreal steady, and Toronto boosted by cold weather. Dominion funds remain easy amid widespread demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
Philadelphia
Cleveland
St. Paul
Montreal
Quebec
Toronto
Northwest
Dominion Financial Centers
Odds and Ends from a Turbulent Era in Manchuria and Nearby
The item notes Manchuria as a grain producing country while reporting local and federal troubles. Dayton Ohio police chief removed by the mayor. In Puerto Rico a federal court quashed indictments against officials on grounds of paid offenses expended. A train crash near Havana Cuba kills five and injures seven. Fraud arrests in St Louis target fake jobs with deposits. In Kansas a four year old girl dies from burns after a Gaeta fire incident. mother severely burned trying to save her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. . Keith
New York
Cleveland
Kohl
Chicago
Star Theater
Beulah Thagsas
Arborville
Seb
Bob Fitzsimmers
George Gardner
San Trancisco
Fitz
Gardner
Mo. M. Delmsan
Saltese
Mort
Urbana
Ohio
Otto Henry
Alexander McBeth
Secotin
Point Arenas
Cal
Francois Koppe
Point Aeres
United States
W. A. Clark
Paul Clark
M Sen
Butte
Bank of
Raymond
Neb
Chicaso City Railway Company
Young Corbett
Eddie Munilen
San Francisco
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Senator Dolliver
Iowa
Nathan FW. Haworth
Salt Lake
Utah
Haworth
Ides Mudines
Washington
Oregon
Storkmen
Charles McAlister
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Gage County
Frederic J. Selzer
Walker
Northwestern University
Wales
Yo OM. Oc. A. Resturant
Florence G. Jones
John Lewis
Circleville
van Nostrand’s
James A. Bailey
Lewis
Manchuria
Dayton
San Juan
Porto Rico
Alonzo Cruszen
Andrew Donlap
U.S. N
Naval Station
Air
Robert Triles
Porto Hico
Plavana
Cuba
Fay
Mia
Mary Jones
Gatena
Kan
Little Fay
Oress
Commodity price survey across major markets
The report lists live cattle hogs sheep and grain prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo New York Buffalo and other hubs. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and hay with ranges for each market and grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Sic
Milwaukee
Northern
Ste
Toledo
New York
Fatal mine blast claims Lewis Glazier at Lehigh
Lewis Glazier aged 26 was killed in Mine No 8 at Lehigh Indiana Territory by a premature explosion. He leaves a small family. The Secretary of War has authorized building a guard house band barrack farrier shop and an ordnance storehouse at Fort Riley Kaw totaling about 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravia
I. T
Windsor
Pattern Department
Troken Iron Works
West St. Louis
Clark Yarrick
San Franecisco
Jen W. Tuke
Portsmouth
Hfe
Royal Building and Loan Association
McCormack
M. I. Beck
Cripple Creek
Colo
St. Louis
Hoyal Glass
Marietta
Ohio
National Glass Company
Leonard Banlle Shoe
Minneapolis
Minh
Cleveland
Owen T. Jenks Company
Rollo Kirchner
JL. Conners
Denver
Portland
Ore
Missouri Pacific
Kansas
Missouri
Missa Stella Nitzke
Chicago
Senate
House
Williams
Mississippi
Broussard
Louisiana
Ehephurn
Town
Watson
Indiana
DeArmond
Selzer
New York
Lacey
Metal
Massachusetts
Mrr
W Sams
Lewis Glazier
Lehigh, I. T
Secretary of War
Fort Riley
Kaw
Hoosier Happenings Sparks News From Across Indiana
A wide scan of local incidents reports oil fever near Elwood and Windfall, diphtheria outbreaks in Sheridan with two deaths, a Munising accident injuring Eugene Smith, deer escapes near Dresser, a fire near Acton, school crowding in Franklin, and fatal stove and gun accidents in Logansport and Lebanon. Also notes advances in zinc processing research and ginseng cultivation, plus World’s Fair interest in Bartholomew County crops and a coal-looming accident in Azatid.
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Galveston, Mnd
Eer le Sam E. Thurston
Western
W. A. Bennett
Gustav Mars
Dbetective
Quinn
Polics
Trudge
Joseph FE. Gary
Gary
Leutgert
Georgia Lloyd
Glens Ferry
Idaho
Effie Frankenfield
Tiffin
Smith, Myers & Schnier & Co
Front Street
Leonard Waced
Columbia IL
Ludwig Fisenbraun
Boston
Marseilles
Gibraltar
Bandits
Fata
Harve Niedemeyer
Ey Cago
Sylvania
Briday
Kit Hal
Pha
John Sheehan
Fuse
Penns
Tech
Michigan
Han
Jenago
Tost
Tives
Miller
Zimmer
CRIME
Feige
Sup- van Dine
Peter Il Koeski
Chis
Tollesten
Keman
Compell
Erpool
R Cave
Miller's
Tay
Eston
Aia
T. J. Fabio
Shee
Ansylvania Engine
Mentin
Thief Schuettler
Mia Hunt
Snow-Cove
Prin
Crishad
Tee
Farx
East Toollest
Brigsy Pool
Ada
Liver
New Jersey
Soteagiu
Topeka
Braska
Lake Shore
Subway
Nes
Farmers Prore
Mex
Jacksonville
Fla
Cailway
New York Central Road
Pes
Southern Pacific
Associated @ér-Company
Calissae
Petronn
Chies
Piesdiatus
Cullomyne
Committee of Reign Relations
Bailey
Lode
Spooner
Aldvich
Affivean
T'Lande Witchin
North Carolina
Runancial
Odds and Enda
Hoosier
Elwood
Windfall
Sheridan
Eugene Smith
Muneile
Smith
James Goodwine
Dresser
Albert Rabush
Acton
George Smith
Pendleton
Franklin
James Reilly
Fort Wayne
Reilly
John Fields
Geneva
Fields
Thomas Redup
Mansfield
Mishawaka
Lockjaw
Redup
McCloy
Blwood
McHeth-Evans
Logansport
D. M. Flanagan
Ruth
Flamsuccu
Indiana University
W. Brown
Department of
Br. W. Peters
Seym
George A. Schwenck
Indiana Inlant Company
Peters
China
Greene County
Joseph Sparks
Charles Large
A. B. Large
Lebanon
Earl Pennington
Melville Pennington
Pennington
Edgar Redman
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Redman
Frank Cox
Azatid
Cex
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