Fragments of wild late-news sweep across coast to plains
A jumble of sensational items from coast to midwest recounts crimes, disasters, and oddities. Cases include a bank teller's prison sentence in Michigan City, a Racine electric wire explosion, drownings near Fairbury, and a New York wife killer. Other reports cover fires, wrecks, weather, and a ship mishap off Newfoundland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judee Wood
Federal Court
Charles Luter
First National Bank
Michigan City
Losdituleutiog
Deaths and disasters cross oceans and Europe in brief notes
Reports recount the death of Van te Velte the Lelvian explorer aboard a steamer returning from the Congo Free State. King Karl II of Würtemberg dies and Prince Wilhelm heir to the throne is named. A gas pipe explosion in Berlin kills six workers and injures others. An unfinished tunnel collapse near Irenga buries many workers with fears of more deaths. Fire destroys fourteen houses at Palaurens with six perishing. Poison strikes Madrid at the altar mirroring an Italian case. Guatemalan fighting factions flood on Sehireybor 15. a Dargas railroad inquiry orders security deposit. Moscow Gazette sale halted over a finance minister slant. Barcelona plot to free prisoners and spark a republic leads to arrests. Welsh mine disaster at Brdzeni kills eight. Genoa area collapse buries 21 workers, seventeen rescued.
At a Funeral Panic Kills One In Iowa Parade
A funeral procession near Alwong Iowa startled by a threshing machine spooked runaway teams. One rider Edwin Drestell of Altoona was killed, several injured, and chaos left carriages shattered as occupants fled amid the wreck. Nearby storms and harvest news from North Dakota join a string of tragic events.
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Des Moines
Alwong
Nis Gus Mens
Resire
Ricr
Edwin Drestell
Altoona
Joseph Perdue
Grinnell
Camme
G. Maxon
Svare
Biers
Ro. Lane
Newton
Fires and Failures Hit Multiple Establishments
Fire at the Squires packing plant in Sumerovile Massachusetts destroyed the sleaighter and houses, with hogs burned. The Manhattan Malting barn in Manhattan Montana burned after a lantern explosion. horses rescued, tens of thousands in losses. The Phillipsburg rank company suspended operations citing depositors and liquidating affairs. A.B. Turner & Bro. of Boston failed after dealing in water works securities. Vancamp Packing Company cannery in Indianapolis burned, four firemen injured, one man may die. Elevators and breweries also suffered fires and financial failures across several states, with varied insured losses and corporate liquidations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pors
Squires
Sumerovile
Mass
Chocago
Manhattan Malting Company
Manhattan, Mont
A.B. Turner & Bro
Buston
Indianapolis
Ind
Vancamp
Hurley
Mon Dullars
Nore
Qhie
Dallimore
Day
Washington Notes and Crime Report From Walla Walla
Washington Notes reports Miss May Johnston from Pottsville attempted suicide after a failed promise of office. It notes possible US demand for indemnity from Spain over missionary outrages in the Caroline Islands. It covers Brazilian vine imports, weekly government pay for employees, and debt & receipts figures. Also, a Walla Walla murder suicide: Fritz Zorn killed his wife, fatally wounded his mother in law, and shot himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Johnston
Pottsville
Washington
Spain
Caroline Islands
United States
Europe
Tat Repubtic
Walla Walla
Wash
Frits Zorn
First Cavalry
Zorm
Explosion of a steam tug at Archer Avenue bridge
Chicago October six reports a boiler explosion aboard the steam tug C W Parker killing seven and injuring many as it tried to move the coal steamer H S Pickands near Archer Avenue bridge on the south branch of the river. Several victims were on shore and others were among tug crew. In Pennsylvania, the Crosby vein collapse at Richardson colliery entombed 12 with six more injured. rescue efforts found the dead and feared more. The Richardson mine, operated by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron, likely suffered a gas explosion that caused the cave-in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. W. Parker
Archer Avenue Bridge
W. Parker
Pickands
Buffalo
Parker
James B. Carter
John C. Moore
Samuel Armstrong
Manistee
Cook
Mary Rice
Barbara Rice
Samuel Sawyers
Joseph Cullen
Henry Dll
Deck Hard
Charles Kirtin
Frank Wagner
Joseph Bomorazk
George Juell
Louis DeMass
James Cunningham
Glen Carbon
Crosby
Richardson
Michael Grant
John McGurkie
Thomas Conville
James Brennan
Martin Kelly
John Purcell
John Salmon
John Lawler
James Sinsons
Michael Welsh
John Gulick
Polander
Thomas Clancy
Hecksherville
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Immi Company
The Condition Of Business Weekly Review
The weekly review notes price shifts and profits in Connecticut and Wales, with Boston reporting a tighter money market and dry goods strength. Philadelphia shows fair money demand and improving dry goods and clothing trade, while Baltimore and Cleveland see mixed activity. Chicago reports rising receipts in several commodities. cotton and grain trends vary. Western receipts total over 6 million bushels in four days. Atlantic exports rise. Corn and cotton pricing steady, pork and coffee movement slight. Cotton yield uncertainty grows, but conservative estimates point to a large drop. Rail earnings and clearing-house exchanges hold, with no artificial monetary pressure yet. U.S. and Canada failed firms total 230 for the week, down from prior periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ta Weekly
Treude
Toijtees
Connectious
Boston
Philadelphia
Daltimore
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
Harley
Savanna
Leceip
Ber
Atantic
New York
United States
Canada
Loot of Ulster Savings Bank Shocks Kingston readers
Ulster County Savings Bank in Kingston N Y closed its doors amid a $403 000 theft. Treasurer Ostrander and Assistant Treasurer Trumpbour were jailed as bank inspectors traced a long running embezzlement affecting mostly poor depositors including elderly savers.
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Kingston
N. Y
Ulster County Savings Bank
Trumpbour
Judson
Traumphour
Qstrander
Ostrander
Truupbour
City sprout in west sparks sprawling Guthrie tale
A rapid town rise near Guthrie Oklahoma Territory as tents go up and plots are claimed in a rush that forms a booming community of about 5000. A rider’s horse falls injuring Miss Daisy Enland whose leg is broken while the lot she claims is hers. Chaos and quick business setup follow as the new town takes shape. In Chicago a schooner loss on Lake Superior claims all aboard nine men. Boston reports a husband stabbing his wife after a dinner quarrel. she is expected to die.
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Guthrie
O. T
Chandler
Daisy Enland
Snewsburg
Snd
Ning
Chicago
Frank Perew
White Fish Point
Lake Superior
Perew
Marquette
Cleveland
Boston
Patrick Driscoll
No. 21
Bow Street
Charleston
Driscoll
Pennsylvania Notes of Tragedy and Trouble
A sweeping review of Pennsylvania incidents reports deaths from accidents and foul play. Notables include Mrs James Conner's hidden $19000, Wendell Kirk gored by a bull, oil and gas fatalities, rail wrecks, fires, bank closings, and a monument unveiling. Widespread misfortune touches Scranton Erie Tyrone Braddock Latrobe Pittsburgh and Clearfield with multiple deaths injuries and financial losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Conner
Scranton
Wendell Kirk
St. Joe
W. H. Graff
Williamsport
Erie
Mra
Johnson
Jas. Johnson
Capital and labor doings in Columbus and beyond
Executive board of United Mine Workers with district presidents met in Columbus Ohio to formalize support for an eight hour day though no start date was set. Toledo tailors strike for higher wages. Sharpsburg furnace owners raise fillers pay to 8 65 daily. two plants reopen, three more soon. Window glass workers dispute settled on last year’s scale. Savannah wharf labor strike weakens as jobs fill. Railroad will grant arbitration recommendation pay rise 2 12 cents but workers must resign from union. Mable Spearman Douglas Claire Alice Sharpsville furnaces wage restoration settled. all furnaces back on except Claire and Sharpaville under repair. Pittsburg job printers strike for shorter day and higher pay. Pittsburg district coal miners strike. some firms pay advance and stay operating. Convention resolves 92 cents per ton for screen coal and 60 cents for run of mine. Hammerman strike at Anderson Du Puy’s mill ends with workers reinstated. Over 1 000 000 pounds of rubber used annually for bicycles.
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United Mine- Workers
Seasion
Columbus
Toledo
Sharpsburg
National Window Glass Workers’ Association
Mable
Spearman
Douglas
Claire
Alice
Sharpsville
Pittsburg
Sharpaville
Pittsouri
Anderson & du Puy’s
Scituate
Ita
Ireland
Peggotty Beach
Peggotty
Masser
Patel
Alwys
Messi
Third Oli
Boston Globe
World's Fair Notes Show Broad Exhibits and Plans
TaCaRaava seeks half an acre for its World’s Fair site while groups like the Farmers Alliances prepare rural displays. A Cape Town cargo valued at 30000 will be sent to Chicago, and the Illinois Woman's Alliance pushes for a child labor exhibit. Bulls fights were not sanctioned by the Madrid petitioner. Territorial groups NM Utah AZ OK AK may exhibit under one roof. Two Columbus anchors will be shown, found near San Salvator. Exposition funds draw interest in Texas politics. Granite columns for the Woman's Building, horse-drawn cranes, and a 180 by 200 foot sawmill building costing 25000 are planned. European commissioners tour, with Britain, France, and Germany pledging strong exhibits. Cotton, horticulture, and half a million pansies and roses headline the plant displays totaling 750000. Brazil plans a grand display with a sugar mill, coffee, native huts, and a potential exhibit of Nazil Law. Ex-President Cleveland welcomes a baby girl born to him and his wife. Read also Puck notes on fiction and verse.
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TaCaRaava
Farmers’ Alliances
Saureipr
Cape Town
South Africa
Illinois Woman's Alliance
Senoe Nevez
Madrid
New Mexico
Utah
Arizona
Oklahoma
Alaska
Columbus
Washington
Chicago
San Salvator
Sxeretany Dickinson
Texas
Alica Houghton
Tar Grounds and
A. B. D. Gurrvitte
Milwaukee
Europe
Asia
Africa
England
France
Germany
Carey Buchanan
Agriculture Department
United States
Buchanan
Word
Thorp
Floriculture Division
Qowers
Tav
Brazil
Market prices in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati markets list
Daily price listings from Pittsburgh and Cincinnati show a wide range of goods and livestock. Butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, vegetables, fruits, grains, hay, and fats are priced alongside cattle, sheep, and hogs with varying weights and grades. Local stock yards include notes on prime steers, bulls, cows, veal calves, and lambs with per head or per hundred weights.
Beach Mossers of Scituate Tell Moss Gathering Life
Description of Scituate moss gatherers on Peggotty Beach with families, rocky harvesting methods, rakes, drying spits, and seasonal prices. Notes on early origins, family labor, and earnings from moss sales, highlighting the coastal, factory-free livelihood.
Obedient Egg Tricks and Color Blindness Tale
A domestic scene shows an egg balanced on end and on its edge through a simple trick using sand and wax, amusing Woodruff and onlookers. A Russian locomotive engineer loses and regains color perception after fatigue, color vision fluctuating with overwork and sleep.
North America's Highest Peak Measured in Mexico
Dr J T Scovell and colleagues from Terre Haute and Mankato returned with evidence confirming Mount Orizaba in Mexico as the highest peak in North America. Scovell climbed with a guide while the party used barometric calculations after reaching about 14 000 feet where snow was too soft for level measurements.
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Scovell
Mount St. Elian
North America
San Francisco
J. T. Scovell
W. S. Blatchley
Terre Traute
Ind
A. O. Cox
Mankato (Minn.) Normal School
Woolman
Mount Orizaba
Mexico
Orizaba
Areland s champion cabbage ghower in cork prize
Miss Hildegarnde Somerville of Ice land won a Cork cabbage growing contest with a nine pound four ounce open air garden cabbage. She earned a 25 prize for the feat amid a roundup of fashion notes and European royal brief items.
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Areland
Hildegarnde Somerville
Iceland
Cork
Somerville
Col
Ze] Beaneville
Longfellow
San Francis Chronicle
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Minesc Operare
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Robert Tiermann
Leriwe Vom
Fairbury
Blue River
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Tata
Chile
Wal Caldwell
St He
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Arcano
John Osmende
Nellie
Warchell
Prack Leslie
Tie Kevi
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William Chingsios
Wild
London
Wide. Moi
Jana R.resvy
Napmee
Jud
Chrisman
Institut UN
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Eldorado Ecenty
Assinaboine
Pentiagon
St. Louis
Gsland
New Foundland
Aiton
Tib
G. E. Toran
Celia Phillips
Pulaski House
Savannah
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Oklahoms
van Te Velte
Congo Free State
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Matanas
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Wilhelm
Wilhel II
Taing
Catherine
Frederick
Berlin
Honas
Owada
Irenga
Palaurens
Barn
Faiues
Italy
Guatemala
Northern Railroad Company
Moscow Gazette
M. Wishnegradski
Barcelona
Brdzeni
Wales
Boisting
Ovada
Genoa
Montana
Great Northern
Menard Vonhits
Wackench
Vesternav Asiuke Noes
Luliett Te Iien
Monowsii
Tanus
J. W. Gildemersten
Diangrau Bay
Hilda
Phillipsburg
Suspen
Perry Jones
Powler Breweiz Company
Covington
Oxford
Harper Manufactor Company
Mit
Washington Notes
Foster
Samuel L. Tivher
Fastun
Salineville
Ohio
Henry Nixon
Treasury
Beven
Richardson Colnesy
Pennsylvania Notes
William Barr
Brady's End
Grapeville
Pymatuning Junction
Jas. McGuire
Braddock
Daniel
A. J. Chilcoat
Orbisonia
Templeton
Allegheny River
Willie Paul
Latrobe
Ligonier Valley Railroad
George Hughes
Ninevale
Edward Sproul
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Graver's Ferry
Rabinowitz
Root
Butler Opera House
Tyrone
Steve Tockrum
W. Sagza
Perkiomenville
Norristown
Charles Sturgis
Edward O' Hare
Ere
York State Line
Sturgis
O'Hare
Ene
O Hare
Thomas Wright
Wihnerding
Wm. A. Wallace
Howard Day
Harrisburg School Board of Control
Neal Crowley
Johnstown
Stone Bridge
Leslie Carnahan
Perrysville
Westmore and
Frank Case
Jackson Centre
Hee
South New Castle
Pittsburg & Western
Joseph Hyde
Sharon
Sharon Iron Company
James Berson
Uniontown
Freedomil Company
Peter Klein
St. Clair
Clearfield
Houtzdale
First National Bank of
Houtzdale Bank
William H. Dill
Clearfield Bank
Joseph Bryant
Perrine Folsom
NortaBe
C. H. Augur
Harry Romaine
8. B. Griffin
Pittsburgh
Elgin
Dawson
Dutchess
Concord
York
State
Penn
Livestock Report
East Liberty
Pittsboro
Philadelphis
Sele Be
Toe
New England
Pampas
Amo
Vatilev
Longuian
Woodruff
M. Reiebag
Tom CH. J. Amerterme
Commercial Advertiser
Empress Wart-Eko
Russia
Daarowitz
Japan
Czarinna
Hara-Ko
Llarn-Ko
Hare-Ko
Empress of
Advertiser
House of Romanoff
Denmark
Sweden
Xenia
Alexander
St. Petersburg
Kenia
Louise
Fashion Notes
Regims
Paris Modistes
Newport
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