Big Gambling Loss. Millionaire Spent 836000 in One Year
Executors of the Hostetter estate reveal Theodore R. Hostetter spent about 836000 on gambling in the final year of his life. He died at 32 in a New York Park Avenue sanitarium after visiting racing and gambling dens run by Richard Canfield Phil Daly and Dave Johnson. Court action in a compromised suit over a 115000 note hints at the scale of losses and the high stakes tied to his extravagant compulsions.
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Theodore R. Hostetter
Park Avenue
New York
Hostetter
Dave Johnson
Hague
Tripartite
Allianes
Roosevelt
United States
International Court
Bowen
Venezuela
Washington
White House
State Department
Explosives Trust Formed Aimed at National Manufacturers
Philadelphia meeting brings together capitalists from New York Baltimore and Philadelphia to form the American Explosives Manufacturing Company. Authorized capital announced at 1 000 000 with plans to grow to 5 000 000 and possibly 35 000 000. Samuel W Regester of Baltimore named president as plants are believed acquired.
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Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
American Explosives Manufacturing Company
Samuel W. Regester
Resignations and Disasters Highlight Brief Roll
Secretary Moody accepts Hobson resignation effective immediately. Reports of five killed in Buffalo building collapse and several injured. Police investigate a death club in Louisville and a farmer murdered for money. Flywheel explosion causes $25,000 damage at Rockaway works. no injuries. Toledo letter thefts solved. Dan & Co. notes trade conditions. Mutilated corpse found in Cleveland. miners in Indianapolis accept higher wages. A thousand lives lost in South Sea Islands hurricane. Ex Senator Brown jailed for contempt in divorce case.
Grave-robbing trial links Dr Alexander to ghouls in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis a trial over grave robbing featured testimony by two confessed ghosts Samuel Martin and Walter Daniels alleging Dr Alexander supervised dissection subjects and arranged body purchases. Cantrell, the gang leader, claims Chicago colleges and undertakers circulate stolen corpses across many cemeteries and shops with a vast “pool” of bodies, though officials dispute some points.
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Alexus. Peetder
Indianapolis
JL. C
Alexander
Sanmel- Martin
Walter Daniels
Samuel Martin
Rufus Cantrell
Dr. Alexander
Martin
Board of Health
Cantrell
Anderson Cemetery
Glendore Gates
Central College
Rose Neidlinger
Traders Point
Koehring
William James
Anderson
Ebenezer
Chicago
Collins
Rail and trade notes span across a busy era
The article surveys railroad changes and earnings including California Northwestern boosting pay for engineers and a surge in Lake Shore and Michigan Southern dining cars. It notes New York Central’s feat moving 25,082 freight cars in one day and Lake Shore’s acquisition of 95 miles of track for 4.5 million. It also covers a European arbitration stance and a severe northeast gale isolating Chicago from the East with telegraph and stock quotes disrupted.
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Steck Island
Frisco
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
California Northwestern Railway Company
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Company
Wisconsin
Chicago
Ecaustern
Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Stailroad
Lake Shore Limited
New York Central
Bake Shore
Pennsylvania
Cage
New York
Twentieth Century Limited
Lake Shore
New York Central Lines
Lake Erie
Alliance and
Wheeling Road
Northwester
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Nike
Board of Trade
the Stock Exchange
New York City
Roscoe Conkling
Atlantic
United States
Rockies
Lake Michigan
Indiana
Keys
East
Washington
Cincinnati
St Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Wolves on the Rampage Spur Minnesota Wolf Bounty Increase
Northern Minnesota lumber camps face a wolf threat as legislators consider higher bounties and funds to cover slaughter costs. The wolves threaten deer and men in the lumber region, with calls to curb their rising numbers and difficulty in hunting them. Also reported is Clifton Moffat of New York theater requiring eye surgery after money handling caused an infection.
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Minnesota
Great Lumber Region
Clifton N Moffat
New York
Bloody clash in Morocco as sultan forces attack
Dispatch from Tanzi reports the Moroccan sultan's 12,000 troops striking the pretenders encampment near Ta Hamaris. Treachery and bribery again tilt the balance to imperial forces in a brutal battle described as deadlier than the January 29 engagement.
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Tanzi +r
Morocco
Ta Hamaris
Rebels Rescue Bu Hamara After Fez Stand
Dispatches recount continued fighting up to Fez where rebels saved Bu Hamara after a 2500 alain loss. Tangier reports Sultanate forces chased the pretender, klata tribesmen attacked, but war minister arrived to join the battle and imperial forces won with heavy casualties on both sides.
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Fez
Alain
Bu Hamara
Tangier
Crisis in Honduras as rival claimants vie for presidency
State Department reports Sierra, Honduras’ holdover leader, handed power to a ministerial council while Bonilla proclaims himself president at Amapala. Warships from Mare Island due to sail for Anminapala. U.S. Navy yard orders surge repairs and readiness as tensions rise. Other brief items note trainmen injuries in Nichory, birthday of Daniel Bressler, bigamy case in Knoxville, a Reno highway robbery, and gunfire among New York youths.
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Sierra
Honduras
Council of Ministers
Bonilla
Amapala
San Francisco
Anminapala
Pacific
New York
Boston
Ranger
Washington
Mare Island Navy Yard
Sanington
Nichory
N. C
Daniel Bressler
Napoleon
Ohio
Walter Kenval
Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Pacific Ticket Office
Reno
I. T
Widespread Midwest Earthquake Felt Across Several States
A severe quake rattled windows and shook buildings from Illinois to Kentucky and Indiana. St Louis felt the first shock at 6 20 PM with a second near Louisville, with towns such as Hannibal Cairo Eldorado Carbondale Nashville and Evansville reporting distinct tremors and clocks stopping, though no serious damage occurred.
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Pacific
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Belleville
Mississippi
Cairo
Eldorado
Carbondale
Nashville
Washington County
Centralia
Chester
Til
Owensboro
Evanaville
Ind
Indiana
Destructive South Seas Storm Drowns Over a Thousand Islanders
A catastrophic cyclone and tidal wave hit the South Sea Islands, especially Hao Hikuera Makokau and Fiao, drowning about a thousand residents and depopulating islands. Tahiti reports 80 islands visited, with 400 survivors aboard the Excelsior and French relief ships delivering aid.
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South Sea Islands
Sucuty Islands
Tunmotu
Papeste
Tahiti
Toc
Excelsior
Paperte
Hao
Hikuera
Makoxau
Makokau
Fiao
Calabria
Papeete
Bubonic Plague Threat Synthesized Across Regions
A sweeping alarm details bubonic plague reaching epidemic stages in Mexico and California. Reports note Topolampo deaths, Mazatlan fatalities, 150 deaths, and 87 cases in San Francisco Chinatown. Authorities urge drastic actions including quarantine and Chinatown relocation to protect commerce and public health.
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Mexico
Californie
United States
Republic
California
Toplobampo
Mazatlan
State Boards of Health
San Francisco
Chinatown
Trade Review Notes Industrial Shifts and Grain Trade
The Weekly Trade Review reports mixed factory activity amid fuel shortages boosting rail freight for coal and iron products, with many plants operating partially or closed. It notes rising Bessemer pipe prices, heavy locomotive output, and firm footwear demand while grain figures show year to date exports near 1900 levels and shifting market sentiment in Chicago wheat.
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Spe
CIA
R. G. Dun & Co
Connellssille
Iron and Steel
Reading
Bradstreet
Grain and Livestock Quotes From Major Markets
Regional and city price listings for grains and livestock include Chicago Chicago area hogs and cattle values, wheat No 2 prices, corn and oats quotes, rye and barley ranges, butter and eggs, and regional notes for Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York and Philadelphia markets with varied shipping and quality categories. Prices show wide spreads by grade and destination, reflecting trading conditions across major exchange centers.
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Gincinnat
Detroit
Seiponte
Sac
Milwaukee
Toledo
New York
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