Dowell sought in $60,000 securities embezzlement case
Henry R. McDowell, New York lawyer and former president of United States Trust Co. of Philadelphia, is sought on larceny and embezzlement charges involving $50,000 in securities and funds. An assignment by Charles L. Brown prompted police to pursue him as he was believed en route to Europe, with reports he left New York for Boston after fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Trust Company
Philadelphia
Henry R. McDowell
New York
Charles L. Brown
McDowell
Europe
Financial Center
Brown
Boston
President
Miller
Hays
Root
Philippines
Philippine Commission
United States Treasury
National Capital Rumors and Senate Actions
Senate canvass reportedly shows a two vote majority for the Panama canal route while the president approves Hansbrough Newlands irrigation. Disbursing officer Henry Rechtin arrested for $7,600 shortage. Promotions sent to Senate for Rear Admirals Yates Stirling and William C Wise. Cuban reciprocity bill deemed impossible this session. Jahrhund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Panama Canal
Hansbrough-Newlands
Henry Rechtin
Department of Justice
Yates Stirling
William C. Wise
Wood
Cuba
J. K. Smith
Manila
San Francisco
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Wind Cave
South Dakota
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
McComas
Schley
Navy
White House
House Committee On Public Lands
Brownlow
Tennessee
Darien
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Richard Wainwright
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Willard H. Brownson
Alabama
Des Planches
State Department
Chicago
Hay
Congress
McKintlay
Congressional Notes on Canal Route Debates and Legislation
Senate discussions see split over Panama and Nicaragua routes with leaders Spooner Hanna Pettus and Teller backing Panama. House amends bankruptcy law and debates pensions for maimed soldiers while considering civil government in the Philippines. Senate votes 67 to 6 to pass Spooner bill contingent on clear title. otherwise Nicaragua route. Conference on false labeling of foods proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Quay
Pennsylvania
Committee On
Territories
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Mt. Perkins
California
Stewart
Nevada
Nicaragua
Isthmian Canal
Gallinger
Republican
New Hampshire
Panama
House
Spooner
Wisconsin
Hanna
Ohio
Pettus
Alabama
Teller
Colorado
Jones
Arkansas
Panama Canal Company
Philippines
Senate Adjourns After Appropriation Bill Action
The Senate adjourned to Monday after agreeing to the confer ence report on the military academy appropriation bill leaving the building fund at five million five hundred fifty thousand dollars. The House continued debate on the Philippine civil government bill all day and at an evening session speakers included Mr. Jones of Virginia Mr. Hamilton of Michigan and Mr. Kahn of California. The House concurred in the Senate’s Panama route choice for the Isthmian canal and named a conference committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Jones
Virginia
Hamilton
Michigan
Kahn
California
Panama
Isthmian Canal
Decision against Verner sparks streetcar electrification plan
The Ministry of the Interior of Russia approved the city’s plan to electrify the street railways and authorized officials to accept a favorable construction bid. The move blocks Murray A. Verner who sought a citywide franchise, with Westinghouse likely to win the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of the Interior of
Russia
Murray A. Verner
Westinghouse
Elevator Fall in Macy’s Store Kills Nine Women
An elevator with fifteen people, thirteen women, plunged from the fifth floor at Macy & Co in New York City after hydraulic pressure collapse. Nine women suffered broken legs, others injured. all were taken to hospital as the car crashed to the bottom. Separately, Secretary Root releases war cost at 170,396,586 dollars, noting reimbursements and ongoing reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macy & Co
New York City
Pension Roll Totals Include War Claims
Nearly a million pensioners are on the rolls with 998 303 listed. Pending claims total 955 259, among them 33 611 filed for the war with Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Spain
Separation of Sexes Favored at Chicago University
After ten years of trial at the Chicago university President W R Harper favors a separation of the sexes. He believes the best results are not achieved when training young men and young women in the same classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago University
W. R. Harper
Paterson Rioters Shoot Nine in Paterson Turmoil
Paterson New Jersey endured a Wednesday riot linked to silk workers strikes. Police and fire units fought mobs that attacked mills Belmont avenue, with at least nine shot and two feared dead. Leaders named McQueen and Galleano, plus foreign agents, led assaults on Columbia, Bamford, and Augusta mills. Mill owners closed operations as 15,000 workers faced unemployment. Governor Murphy sent troops to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
New Jersey
McQueen
Galleano
Augusta
Parker
Henchcliff
Pipeline project from Flat Lick to Knox oil fields
Kentucky plans a six mile pipeline on the Knoxville division of the L&N railroad from Flat Lick to Road Work and Stinking Creek in Knox county to market oil from twelve companies. The field has twenty producing wells, with ongoing drilling, and about 1000 barrels of daily production. Pumping will start once construction completes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Lick
Kentucky
Knoxville
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Explosion sinks Chinese cruiser Kai-Chi in Yangtse River
Shanghai dispatch reports the Kai-Chi wrecked by a terrific explosion while at anchor. The cruiser sank in 30 seconds with 150 officers and men killed or drowned, and only two survivors. The disaster adds a grim chapter to naval losses in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Yang-Tse
Purpose of a Kidnapper
George B. Barrows, jailed in Dannemora for the Baby Marion Clark kidnapping, asks Goshen Mayor Hock to aid in pardoning his wife in Auburn prison for the same crime. He says he forced her to act to ridicule the New York police, and denies seeking a ransom. Mrs. Barrows joined the Clark household as a maid to steal the child, who was recovered by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Barrows
Dannemora
Marion Clark
New York
Hock
Goshen
Mrs. Barrows
Auburn
Barrows
Lace strike shuttering Wilkesbarre plant ends workers affected
Lace makers win standoff as Wilkesbarre Lace Manufacturing Company refuses to discharge five girls with relatives in the mines. The factory, the largest in the United States and third globally, shuts down Tuesday, affecting between 800 and 1,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre Lace Manufacturing Company
United States
Prices Advanced Amid Window Glass Schedule Changes
In New York the National Window Glass Jobbers Association advanced the window glass schedule. The vote set an unchanged base list but approves discounts of 8.8 percent and 5 percent, with most business remaining routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National
Window Glass Jobbers’ Association
Blessings on Americans report relief from West Indies eruption
General Corbin released Capt. Gallagher's Dixie relief report from St Vincent and Martinique stating 118 natives helped unload stores for two days, funds welcomed by refugees, and praise for the Dixie crew. The disaster at St Pierre cut a major supply source, prompting swift American aid and public blessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbin
Mmagh J. Gallagher
Dixie
West Indies
Gallagher
St. Vincent
St. Piere
Martinique
Ife
Dixile
St. Pierre
Notable 1901-02 News Notes Span Bishops and Disasters
Rt Rev P J Garrigan installed as bishop of Sioux City. Fire at Phoenix works in Portland destroys six blocks with $610000 loss. Anarchist plots in Paterson detected by detectives. Lee Smith elected secretary of National Dental Trades Association in Detroit. Cancer of tobacco policy issued by Bishop Nicholson in Milwaukee. Rich Paterson citizens form league to drive anarchists out. An array of civil and economic events include university honors, rail crashes, legal rulings, and major industrial investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Garrigan
Sioux City
Joliet Mills
Illinois Steel Company
Portland
Ore
Phoenix Iron Works
Lee
Smith
National Dental Trades’ Association
Detroit
Nicholson
Milwaukee
Paterson
N. J
Emery W. Hunt
Gainesville
Northern Pacific
Staples
Minn
Thompson
United States
Nelson N. Reynolds
Tennessee
Washington
William M. Jones
Mich
Geo. H. Heywood
Marquette
Gornell University
John D. Rockefeller
Cambria Powder Company
Seward
Johnstown
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana State University
Joseph Swain
Swarthmore College
St. James
Dallas Tex
Secretary of War
Old Point Comfort
Jessie Morrison
Eldorado
Kan
Olin Castle
Illinois Supreme Court
Order of American Mechanics
Wis
San Francisco
National Council
New York
Manhattan
New York City
Charles F. Jones
William Marsh Rice
Albert T. Patrick
Rice
Warships Ordered to Venezuela Crisis Deepens
Navy orders cruisers Cincinnati and Topeka to sail from San Juan for Laguayra amid a government revolt. Venezuelan forces seize Ciudad Bolivar, capture munitions, and Gen. Matos advances on Caracas with 7,000 troops as foreign vessels warn against further bombardment. Insurgent gains widen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Navy
Cincinnati
Topeka
San Juan de Porto Rico
Laguayra
Orinoceiver
Farila
Guayana
Hia
Ciudad Bolivar
Salas
Orinoco
San Felix
Matos
Caracas
Castro
Caarupano
Suchet
Falke
Venezuela
Turia
Corago
Steame Jotuna
Georgetown
British Guiana
Brazancas
Valentine Perez
Jotun
Holivar
Meling
St. Felix
Nunez
Harvest Helpers Sought as Wheat Fails in Kansas
In Kansas farmers beg for help as overripened wheat falls to the ground. Workers are offered 2 to 3 dollars a day while ten thousand extra hands are needed and only five hundred available. In Industry, Dickenson County, residents prayed for labor to save farmers toil and many wives and children harvest wheat on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
State Employment Bureau
Ben
Industry
Dickinson County
Mob's Quick Revenge Ends in Double Death
City Marshal Swearingen of Jefferson Indiana is shot dead by S M Shipman whom he went to arrest. Shipman is killed by a mob after a gunfight at Shipman's house. A quarrel began when two boys mocked Shipman prompting warrants and a fatal exchange of shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swearingen
Jefferson
S. M. Shipman
Shipman
Monkbarns Cargo Catches Fire En Route to San Francisco
The British ship Monkbarns arrived in San Francisco after 149 days from Liverpool. Fire broke out in the forward cargo hold on February 21 and crew, led by Capt. McNeely, fought the blaze for four days and nights, dumping much of the cargo overboard to extinguish the flames with little hull damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Liverpool
England
McNeely
Dorman Sentence Commuted by Pennsylvania Board
The State Board of Pardons in Harrisburg commuted the death sentence of R. D. Wilcox alias Walter Doran, by Judge John O B Shafer in Pittsburgh on May 10, to life imprisonment in the Western Penitentiary, for turning state's evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Pardons
Harrisburg
R. D. Wilcox
Walter Doran
John OD. Shafer
Atittsburgh
Dorman
Trade notes show British prejudice against foreign goods
Frederick W. Emery releases an extract from Commercial Relations for 1901. Consul McFarland notes nervous British antagonism to foreign goods, especially American and German products. Despite prejudice, American trade grows as exporters adapt to British tastes and standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Emery
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Great Britain
England
8. C. McFarland
Nottingham
Diamond Match Company
Bryant & May
American Tobacco Company
English Tobacco Company
United States
Alaska Marconi wireless stations linked to Fort Gibbons
General Greely of the government signal service contracts Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company to build two wireless telegraph stations joining Fort Gibbons Alaska with Bates Rapids on the Tanana, about 165 miles apart. The system should be ready by October 1 and will complete a circuit from the Bering Sea to the south coast, relying on existing Nome to Fort Gibbons lines. If the system fails to operate daily, the government bears no expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Greely
Government Signal Service
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Fort Gibbons
Alaska
Bates Rapids
Tananah
Nome City
Bering Sea
Hobson Granted Three Months Vacation by Moody
Secretary Moody orders Richmond P Hobson to take three months off due to eye problems. If no improvement, a retiring board will assess him and discharge is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody
Nabal
Richmond P. Hobson
Global News in a Moment of War and Royal Events
Lord Kitchener sails from Cape Town to England on June 23. King Albert of Saxony dies in Dresden from cancer. Poplar borough plans 75000 for free libraries from Andrew Carnegie. Maeterlinck wins Parkado prize of 1000 francs for future-vision story. A French Italian fleet moves to Red Sea to combat pirates. Toronto traction workers strike for higher pay and union recognition. Colonel Hamilton delivers Boer peace document to King Edward at Windsor. Spanish loan issue success with 328 million pesetas bonds sold at 90.1. King Edward to skip public engagements amid coronation strain. Leitrim MP Patrick McHugh jailed for contempt. London Trade Board awards plate to Captain Freeman for St Pierre siege gallantry. Admiral Crowninshield clears most charges in Chicago sailors case but condemns Dayton and Johnston for failed rights protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar
London
England
Andrew, Carnegie
French Academy
Maeterlinck
United States
France
Red Sea
Toronto
Ont
Hubert Hamilton
Edward
Windsor Castle
Patrick A. McHugh
North
Leitrim
Sligo
Ireland
Champion
Board of Trade of London
Freeman
St. Pierre
Martinique
Also Mentioned on This Page
HV Dowell
Treasury
Congressional
Military Academy
Verner
St. Petersburg
Drygoods
Bilk
Kentucky Oqil
Maine
Baby
Uncle Sam
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad
Ashton
City Marshall
Marconi Station
Hobson
Lord Kitchener
Cape Town
Africa
King Albert of Saxony
Dresden
Crowninshield
Venice
Italy
Dayton
Henry A. Johnston
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