Fires Devastate Huntington Indiana Lumber Yard and Grain Elevator
A large fire in Huntington Indiana destroyed a lumber yard shed with thousands of feet of lumber, then spread to a grain elevator and burning railroad cars along Wabash tracks. Firefighting efforts included six hose lines and an Erie engine. damage estimated over 100000 dollars as trains suffered losses. Also reported are the resignation of Bishop John Lancaster Spalding of Peoria after illness, and A Pooth and Weeks fish and oyster firm in Chicago placed in receivership with liabilities around 5500000 and assets near 8000000 due to capital shortfalls and weak autumn markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Knudson- Mercer Lumber Company
Schulenberg & Weber
Erie
Spalding
John Lancaster Spalding
Peoria
Pius X
Chicago
Fish and Oyetatam
A. Pooth ‘Weeks
Bethea
Federal District Court
Ill
John Mitchell Plans Industrial Novel on American Evils
Former United Mine Workers president John Mitchell will publish a sociological novel addressing the country’s industrial and political climate. He hints at drawing from personal experiences while remaining private about the work’s specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
America
Forest Fires Threaten Foxboro and Washburn
Wildfires rage across Minnesota and Wisconsin with Foxboro at risk of destruction. Washburn reports $100,000 in losses as fires surge into the city. Hibbing crews struggle against the blazes and the St. Louis County Fair Association facilities burn, with several other structures ablaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foxboro
Minn
Washburn
Wis
Hibbing
St. Louis County Fair Association
Taft Hat Recovered By Mail Clerk In Bellefontaine
William Howard Taft’s 7 percent size hat blew off during a Bellefontaine Ohio visit. Charles Glasgow, a mail clerk, retrieved the headgear and now wears the presidential hat proudly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howard Taft
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Charles Glasgow
Cincinnati Fire Destroys Mayer Factory in Ohio
Fire consumed the four story Mayer Company sash and door plant at 642 to 646 West Third Street Cincinnati Ohio threatening nearby properties. Loss estimated at 60000 with 3000 insurance. Federal receivers of Pope Manufacturing seek 200000 for Indianapolis motor car plant sale. Alfred Helton home in West Washington Indiana burned for the eighth time in six years causing about 1000 loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
William Mayer Company
West Third Street
Ohio
Indianapolis
Pope Manufacturing Company
Howell
Ind
Alfred Helton
Washington
Potato Bugs Stall Trolleys In Conn Incident
Potato bugs on rails at Lazy Lane Connecticut stalled eight trolley cars carrying excursionists to Lake Compo. Despite heavy casualties the bugs held the track until the carmen could sand the rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lazy Lane
Conn
Lake
Satar Khan Defeats Shah’s Troops in Tabris Civil War
A Teheran dispatch says Satar Khan routed Shah’s forces near Tabris. Government troops suffered about 800 casualties in killed and wounded as civil war flares anew in Tabris province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Abriz
Satar Khan
Tabris
Incendiary Forest Fires Threaten Chisholm Area
A group of Montenegrin incendiaries attempted to torch buildings near Hibbing after a forest fire west of Chisholm. A guardsman spotted one with oil and shavings. the men fled into the woods. Hibbing Monroe and Chisholm citizens mounted pursuit amid talk of lynching if captured. Grand Marais, though menaced, was reported safe as winds eased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chisholm
Minn
Brooklyn
Hibbing
Monroe
Duluth
Grand Marais
King’s Friend Admits Fraud in Danish Bank Scandal
M Alberti former Danish minister of justice and king’s close ally surrendered to Copenhagen police confessing to frauds at Bondestandens Sparkasse. Ex-minister reportedly stole more than 2.5 million dollars through stock speculation in the United States. Bank halted payments and Alberti remains in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
M. Alberti
Bondestandens Sparkasse
United States
Bondestandens Bank
Sicilian Rivalry Sparks Cleveland Murder
A Sicilian man Angelo Mazzo marries the woman both desired in Porta Sicily, provoking revenge. Carmen Balone stalked the couple to Cleveland and stabbed Mazzo to death on a crowded street, then fled but was captured at Union Station as he tried to flee to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Cleveland
Angelo Mazzo
Carmen Balone
Porta
Mazzo
Bulone
America
Balone
Union Station
New York
Performers Injury at Toronto Exhibition
Marie la Blanche, a performer at the Toronto exhibition, hung by her teeth on a wire from a high pole when the pole leaned and the wire sagged. She was thrown to the ground and her spine was broken, leaving her fatally injured or gravely harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie la Blanche
Toronto, Ont
Ier
Jones Defeats Ankeny For Senate Win in Washington
Wesley L. Jones defeats Levi Ankeny in the direct primary indicating Jones leads by about 5 000 party ballots. Jones has served ten years representing Washington at large in the U S House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Ankeny
United States Senate
Washington
Wesley L. Jones
Congress
Jones
Sickles Reunited With Wife After Twenty-Seven Years
Gen Daniel E Sickles and his Madrid born wife are finally reconciled after a long separation with him living in New York and she in Madrid for over twenty five years. Their reunion is unexpected news for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Sickles
New York
Madrid
Spain
Memphis Railway Station Burns in Major Fire
The Union passenger station at Main and South streets in Memphis was destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at 50,000 dollars, partly insured. Flames began on the third floor atop the hotel and spread rapidly. At least five people jumped from windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Union
Main
South Streets
Mrs Peck Granted Divorce in Sioux Falls Custody Granted
Mrs Harry Thurston Peck wife of a Columbia University professor and magazine writer has received a divorce in Sioux Falls South Dakota on the ground of desertion. She was awarded custody of their 16 year old daughter Constance until she reaches 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Thurston Peck
Columbia University
Sioux Falls
S. D
Constance
Columbus
George Lewellen
Susan J. Warren
Madison
Joseph Poulten
Ohio Oil Company
Muncie
Benjamin Starner
John Jepperson
Evansville
Southern Insane Asylum
Omaha Man Kills Woman Then Attempts Suicide
Daniel Godell killed Edna Bennett upon learning of her pending marriage to William Witt. He then attempted suicide, but his shot missed fatally and doctors report he is not fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Daniel Godell
Edna Bennett
William Witt
Mrs De Billier Found Dead in New York Apartment
Mrs Martha De Billier wife of broker William De Billier was found dead sitting at the dining room table in the De Billier apartments New York Coroner Dooley was told she had heart disease as a prior trouble
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha de Billier
William de Billier
de Billier
New York
Dooley
Mills Face Closure Without $750,000, Say Receivers
The receivers of the Pillsbury-Washburn Milling Company state they must raise $750,000 immediately through an issue of certificates of indebtedness or the mills will close, risking the loss of a long established business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillsbury-Washburn Milling Company
Big Furnace Company Resumes Operations at Cleveland Plant
The Cleveland Furnace Company resumed operations with employment for 500 men after securing enough orders to guarantee a six months’ run at full capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big
Cleveland Furnace Company
Man kills wife then himself in St Paul yard
Joseph Eisenberger aged 38 shot his wife in a drunken frenzy in the family yard in St Paul and then killed himself. Two children witnessed the killing from the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Eisenberger
St. Paul
Chicago Merchant Emanuel Mandel Dies in Basel
Emanuel Mandel first vice president of Mandel Bros. of Chicago and a leading western merchant died in Basel Switzerland after a sudden stroke of paralysis. The news notes his prominence in Chicago business and the international nature of his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Mandel
Mandel Bros
Chicago
West
Basle
Switzerland
Engine Explosion Kills Two on Santa Fe Line
Engineer J. F. Miller and Fireman Dunning were killed when a Santa Fe freight engine exploded at Kadrow Colorado. Brakeman Ashley was seriously injured in the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Miller
Dunning
Ashley
Santa Fe Road
Kadrow
Colo
Dr Frederick Rustin's Death Under Review in Omaha
Report details Dr Frederick Rustin's shooting death in Omaha and a three year pattern of suicide attempts. Earlier actions included claiming cancer, carrying tetanus and typhoid cultures, and attempting wrist wounds during a train wreck. Insurance refunds are mentioned in connection with one incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Rustin
Omaha
Hustin
Bacteriological Laboratory
University of Chicago
Austin
Stustin
Hin
Rawhide Fire Destroys Nevada Mining Town Business District
A Friday morning blaze in Rawhide, Nevada, destroyed the business section and left about 3000 residents homeless. The fire, sparked in Dr Gardner's office within the Rawhide Drug Building, spread under a gale toward Balloon Avenue and near the People's Hospital, collapsing by 11 am. Major losses hit First Bank of Rawhide, Mizpah Mercantile, Nevada meat market, Nevada Club, Downer Hotel, and Kellys dance hall, with total property damage over 750000 and additional damage to mining company hoisting works and Grutt properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Dr. Gardner
Rawhide Drug Company
Rawhide, Ney
Balloon Avenue
Rawhide Avenue
People’s Hospital
Rawhide
First Bank of Rawhide
Bank of Rawhide
Mizpah Mercantile Company
Nevada Meat Market
Northern
Texas
Richard’s
E. E. Marke & Co
Nevada Club
Downer Hotel
Kelly’s
Bluf Mining Company
Grutt Hill Properties
Grutt Boys
Fraudulent Mail Order Ring Swindle Leaders Arrested
David McClanahan and Elijah Stacey, postmaster and assistant at Golden Springs Virginia, pleaded guilty to using the mails for fraud. They allegedly swindled mail order houses in Chicago by substituting cheap or real items with altered shipments and demanding refunds. They posted $2,000 bail and await the next U.S. Court term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David McClanahan
Golden Springs
Elijah Stacey
Chicago
Roth
Beintg
Unite States Court
Mixed Indiana items court, crime, and industry splinters
A collage of regional notices reports a painter Samuel Stevens killed by a falling tree while his wife dies and home burns. Other items describe oil field work near Oakland City, a large Kankakee river catch, pearl finds on the Wabash, a burglary misidentification, a fatal buggy collision, and various local curiosities from Indianapolis to Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Stevens
Stinesville
Oakland City
Abedam
Fantod
Kankakee
Tolan Ranch
Colfax
W. Burton
Bonanza Wheat Farmer Oliver Dalrymple Dies at Casselton Ranch
Oliver Dalrymple known as the bonanza wheat farmer of North Dakota died at his Casselton ranch from heart disease aged at his farm home after supervising harvest. His farm spanned seventeen sections totaling 10,880 acres focused on wheat. A separate item notes Judge Cotteral ruling in McCabe vs Santa Fe Railway upholding Oklahoma segregation law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Oliver Dalrymple
North Dakota
Casselton
N. 1
P Dalrymple
Dalrymple
Oklahoma
McCabe
Santa Fe Railway Company
J. S. Cotteral
United States District Court
Enid
Oklo
United States
Destruction of Armour Plant Buildings in Chicago Stock Yards
A major fire at the Armour & Co. plant in the Chicago stock yards destroyed two of the largest buildings within an hour and injured many firefighters. The blaze, fought by multiple engines and specials from a 4 alarm, caused an estimated $500,000 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Armour & Co
Death of Lionel Sackville Sackville-West Baron Sackville at Knole Park
Lionel Sackville Sackville-West second Baron Sackville died at Knole Park Sev enoaks Kent after illness. He served as British minister to the United States from 1881 to 1888 and was recalled at President Cleveland s request in October 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel Sackville Sackville-West
Baron Sackville
Knole Park
Sevenoaks
Kent
England
Lord Sackville
United States
Cleveland
Tampa visitor leap ends in Hot Springs tragedy
A. S. Waters of Tampa Florida plummeted fifty feet from a third story window at the New Preston hotel in Hot Springs Arkansas. He tore up a handful of currency and cast it into the wash basin before leaping to the pavement below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Waters
Tampa
Fla
Preston Hotel
Hot Springs
Ark
Waters
Coroner's Jury Recommends Arrest in Dr Rustin Death
Omaha an arrest is made for Charles E. Davis on coroner's jury recommendation in the death of Dr. Rustin. Abbie Rice, who described a self harm plot, now expresses desire to become a nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Charles E. Davis
Rustin
Abbie Rice
Indiana Legislature to Meet in Special Session on Sept 18
The Indiana Legislature is called to convene a special session on September 18 to consider appropriations and laws to protect tobacco growers from night riders and to vote on county local option measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislature
Indiana
Forest Fire Ravages Chisholm and Northern Minnesota
Northern Minnesota faces widespread wildfires sweeping through Chisholm and nearby hamlets. The blazes devastate small settlements, with authorities reporting losses in the millions as flames continue to spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Chisholm
Standard Oil Fights Rehearing Plea In Major Case
Chicago filing by Standard Oil attorneys rejects government bid for rehearing of the Landis fine reversal. They call the government's arguments capious and reiterate technical points. The reply cites Oliver Wendell Holmes and stresses Bogardus testimony as key to why the appeals court should stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Standard Oil
Federal Court of Appeals
Landis
New Jersey Corporation
Standard Oil Company
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Bogardus
Grosscup
Winnebago
Wis.) Traction Company
Trust Company of America
Oliver C. Fuller
Fred, Best
Russell L. Smith
Milwaukee
Reading and Lackawanna
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Fruit Trust
Ilinois Central
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Illinois Central
Rock Island
New Haven Stock Sale Draws Scrutiny Amid Legal Debate
The New Haven railroad sale of a large Boston and Maine block to a Billard purchase raises questions of obligations while officials deny binding terms. Meanwhile 8000 to 10000 Canadian Pacific workers strike over a new schedule, obeying a Montreal outcry led by Bell Hardy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Boston
Vancouver
Arbitration Board
Montreal
Bell Hardy
Federated Mechanics
Union Tank Line Company
Oil Trust
Trenton
N. J
Clarion
Chicago Great Western Railway
Fort Dodge
Omaha
Harfield
Oecelwein
Peruna Credited With Curing Catarrh and Colds
E W Walton of San Antonio credits a thorough course of Peruna with ending severe catarrh symptoms that included deep cough night sweats and chest pains. He notes friends advised resigning for climate and mentions taking Peruna helped him regain health and has used it again for bad colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Walton
Condr
Tit van Ness St
San Antonio
Tex
Ten Years of Backache Adotes Worth of Cure
An ad endorses Dean's Kidney Pills by Mrs. Thos. Duon of Columbus Ohio claiming ten years of backache and fatigue ended with the remedy. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y. Also notices Afghan ruler Habibulla Khan reputed designer of his palaces and a tip to Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Duon
Vine St
Columbus
Ohio
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Ilabibulla Kahn
Afghanistan
Pets in wills draw large legacies and annuities
A Westminster Gazette item notes several testators leaving pets substantial sums. Examples include A. T. Newbold’s greyhound Wildfire II with £25 yearly, a Toulouse farmer’s red horse, John Spooner of Chicago’s £400 to his dog, and Mr Garland’s bequests to Jacko the monkey, Shock the dog, and Tib the cat with pensions. Other cases mention a three legged patient funded with 60 000 fering, a young black cat £100, and extensive legacies to a tortoise and parrot bids tied to royal captivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parrot
A. T. Newbold
Salford
Wildfire
Toulouse
John Spooner
Chicago
Garland
Jacko
Tib
Christians
Venice
Harper
Souchat
Queen Victoria
Westminster Gazette
Websterian Insights Cause Linotype Banter
A Chicago Tribune piece notes a Thunderbolt remark calling a person’s intellect Websterian, sparking amused editor chatter and a playful clash of terms lobsters and lexicography in a light newspaper moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kutten
Thunderbolt
Dlyde
Chicago Tribune
Pale Girl Finds Warmth Without Coffee After Postum Use
A North Dakota woman once called “the pale girl” recounts cold weather health woes from coffee and caffeine. She and her husband quit coffee, try Postum and Grapenutsa, report clearer complexion, headaches gone, more energy, no indigestion, and their children thrive. The testimonial, signed by Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan, ends with a plug for readers to send in letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Baldwin
Princeton
Indianapolis
City Board of Health
E. W. Burris
Joseph Roesner
West Tenth Street
Roesner
N. Dak
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Ghe Zeaver
SAM _E. THURSTON
N. M
Taft
King
Ankeny
Sickles
DR. Rustin
Wefeh
Anne Urge
Phyaieiax
Logans
Lou Lofland
Crawfordsville
Alfred
Frank Bridwell
Bedford
Johnnie Trueblood
Campbellsburg
Independence Party
Petersburg
Thomas Hisgen
Fritz
Harley Snyder
George Frank
Italy
Louis Lauby
Gavenstorf
Fred Brockmeyer
Terre, Haute
Hose Polytechnic
Frank Wolf
Chicago Flyer
Michigan Central Railroad
Lake Station
Hobart
Lake Shore
William Dunfee
Wabash
Bryan
Mary Bartlemay
Goshen
Badgley & Nickles
Bloomington
Bartholomew County
Philip Hiatt
Hawcreek Township
Robert Cravens
Joseph Cravens
Democrats
Europe
Oscar Latham
Asheville
Charles Cunningham
Knightsville
John MclIntyre
Columbus Canning Company
Wabash River
Willam Lambert
Dr. Pepper
Mt. Carmel
Ernest Nations
George Buchanan
Yorktown
Anderson
Bil
E. W. Felt
Greenfield
Foxworthy
Leila Hutchins
A. N. Hutchins
Kendallville
Haren, Sefton & Renoir
Hammond
Crist Vasil
Indiana Steel Company
Gary
Vasil
John de Guelph
House of Hanover
Jennie Carpenter
South Bend
de Guelph
Edward
Asia
George W. Carpenter
Bonanza Wheat Farmer
Lord Sackville-West
Australia
London Standard
Wilhelmina of
Hotland
PET Animals
Wills
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