Notable 19th Century Crimes Dominate International News
A Kansas City Alderman W. S. Umbarger killed himself after years of ill health. Across the nation a violent clash between non union iron workers and munnion forces in Steubenville, Ohio leaves one dying and another seriously battered. A cockroach feeding on arsenic helps poison Mrs. Underwood’s breakfast in Kansas City. Clarence Sturgeon kills three people in Louisville after a visit to a woman living with him. The Argus cargo ship bound for San Francisco with 750000 feet of lumber is reportedly blown up off Destruction Island. In Oklahoma, Cole shoots at sheriff’s deputies during a kidnap attempt of his stepsister May Ward, dying after being wounded and confessing to another murder before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Umbarger
Kansas City
West
Follansbee
W. Va
Steubenville
Ohio
I. ©. Underwood
Walter M. Gross
Clarence Sturgeon
W. J. Bruner
W. H. McMichael
Sturgeon
Argus
Destruction Island
George B. Bridgett
Asuncion
Pacific Oil Company
Seattle
Bridgett
Puget Sound
San Francisco
Cole
Lahoma
Okla
May Ward
Campbell
Enid
Dean‘y
Charles Campbell
Burwell
Woods County
Charles Campbel
ac _Lahoma
Horrors of the Kongo Revolve Around Rubber Trade Abuses
London reports say the Kongo commission, set up to whitewash, admits brutal acts by King Leopold’s regime. Massacres by native troops, cannibalism claims, and forced labor drive depopulation as rubber profits fuel the state. Leopold endorses reform recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kongo Commission
Ubber Company
King Leopold
Leopold
Chicago trade review shows rising production and acreage gains
The report notes strong activity across sectors with 30,000 reemployed workers, higher demand for manufactured goods, and expanded distribution of construction materials. Winter wheat harvests begin well, grain movement reaches 8,875,028 bushels, livestock receipts rise to 287,510 head, lumber imports climb, and prices mostly hold or edge higher across key staples. Bank clearings reach 223,402,462 dollars, while failures in the Chicago district total 23. Dun's Review of Trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sia
Dun’s Review of Trade
Congressional actions on appropriation bills and statehood measures
The report details Senate and House actions including adoption of the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill and a $3,154,594 diplomatic appropriation. It notes debates over banking inquiries, naval midshipmen reinstatement, civil and post office funding, a 36 hour livestock transit rule, and a statehood bill conference outcome. It also mentions Millard opposing the sea level canal and Hamilton urging printing of the statehood bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
la Follette
Spooner
Tillman
Simmons
Hopkins
Aldrith
Committee On
Finance
John R. Walsh
William Pinkney Whyte
Maryland
House
District of Columbia
Cuba
China
Naval Academy
Committee
Congress
Senate Without
Millard
Manamacanal
Hamilton
Agricultural Commodities Noted in Mixed Inventory
Fragmentary list shows items including potatoes sweet potatoes hay timothy butter and cattle. Mentions quantities such as ton and dozen while referencing brands or labels like Trish and RS. The passage appears as a rough catalog of farm goods and related shipments without a clear event or dates.
Dr Williams Pink Pills Proclaimed Effective Stomach Aid
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as the best tonic for weak stomachs and related symptoms. It features testimonial from A. Merrill of Oneals California, recounting recovery after rattlesnake bite and extensive prior illness. Pills claim to build blood and repair nerves, with pricing and mail order details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams * Medicine Co
Schenectady
Hide and Seek with a Mountain in Tian Shan
Two-year exploration in the Tian Shan mountains by alpinist Merz bacher and peak Khantengri highlights an obscure Chinese Turkes tan region. The survey produced no good maps before, revealing wild, picturesque terrain with peaks over twenty thousand feet and Khan tengri towering the range by about four thousand feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinese Turkestan
Tian Shan
Merzbacher
Khantengri
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goreville
Around
Goreville Market
William Terry & SQ Lumber
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!