Manion Dies After Walking On Train Tracks
Michael Manion of 223 N Noblest died at City hospital from injuries after being struck by an L E & W switch engine near Market Street Sunday evening. He walked north on the tracks and did not notice the approaching engine. The wheels crushed his ankles and caused a brain concussion. He remained conscious to the end, offered no explanation of the incident, and left behind a 4 year old child. Engineer Burkhardt testified he whistled as Manion did not leave the track. Witnesses corroborated this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Manion
Daniel Stewart Drug Company
Market St
Burkhardt
Manion
Major Daly Shoots Self in Pittsburgh Home
Maj W H Daly surgeon general on Gen Miles staff in Porto Rico shot himself in the right temple at his home in Pittsburgh Sunday. Domestic Mary Short found him in the bathroom with a 38 caliber revolver beside him. Insomnia and temporary insanity are suspected. Daly led the embalmed beef investigation during the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siseo
Gen
Miles
Pittsburg
W. H. Daly
Porto Rico
Misa Mary Short
Sife
Ity
Daly
Two Soldiers Poisoned At Port Royal Dead
In Port Royal, South Carolina, soldiers W. E. Wright and Emmett W. Hasterling died after alleged poisoning. Wright fell ill after drinking bitters and died in agony. Hasterling attended the funeral, later drank from a negro operated “blind tiger” and died the following day. authorities suspect a revenge poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Royal
W. E. Wright
Emmett W
Wright
Easterling
Congressmen boast Kinsey third term with Depew alliance
Congressman Grosvenor of Ohio joins Senator Depew in praising President Moe Kinsey for a third term. Secretary of War Root visits the Pan-American exposition as New York maintains a lead in weather and exports, with New Orleans now second in exports and Boston's position slipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grosvenor
Ohio
Senator Depew
Moe Kinsey
Root
New Orleans
Boston
New York
Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer Praised in Epilepsy Trial
A three year battle with epileptic fits ended after using Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer, as claimed by Mrs. M. T. Atwood of Sigourney, Iowa. She reports no attacks since starting the product and urges others with nervous disorders to try it. The ad asserts relief from fits spasms nervous prostration and sleeplessness, and offers proof upon request from J. W. Brant Co. Albion Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
M. TI. Atwood
Sigourney
J. W. Brant Co.,, Ltd
Albion, Mich
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure for Scrofula and Debility
An old promotional piece extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a radical cure for scrofula marked by neck glands and wasting muscles. It claims the remedy expels humors, eruptions, and rebuilds the system while a companion Hood's Pill is described as a non irritant laxative to aid liver fits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Three Men Vie For Higgins Seat In Ward 15 Election
Mayor Taggart calls a special ward 15 election to fill the Higgins vacancy. Candidates include William Carson, Ed Miller, and Frank Staub. Carson is favored. Miller protests long service. Staub lacks steady organizational support. Nominations may follow new primary rules or old methods. Higgins resigns, insisting on innocence though courts disagree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taggart
William Carson
The
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Ed Miller
S. Meridian Sr
Frank Staub
Starch Works
Carson
Higgins
Maurice Donnelly
Staub
Fanning
Headless Woman Found In Woods Near Lowell
In Chelmsford, a headless young woman was found in the woods, likely dead for a month. Doctors report multiple wounds and a dull instrument severed the head. Police know of no missing local woman, as searches for the head continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mass
Chelmsford
Beng
Tax returns reveal wealth gaps in Fairbanks Beveridge Turpie era
1901 personal tax returns for Fairbanks Beveridge Turpie show wide gaps between apparent wealth and true value. Senator Fairbanks lists 11,475 while Beveridge totals 8,700. Turpie reports 2,500. Real estate figures for all three are sparse or unrecorded, highlighting noted inconsistencies in property and personal asset valuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Overstreet
Europe
Senator Fairbanks
Center Township
David Turpie
Lieut Springer Killed in Lipa Battle
Lieut Anton Springer of the Twenty first infantry was killed in a fight with insurgents at Lipa in the Batangas province. Capt W H Wilhelm Lieut Fitzhugh Lee Jr and Lieut C R Ramsey and five privates were wounded in the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Lipa
Bantangas Province
Anton Springer
Twenty-first Infantry
W. H. Wilhelm
Fitzhugh Lee, Jr
C. R. Ramsey
Beveridge Seeks Russian Steamship Line Concession
A St. Petersburg dispatch says Senator Beveridge will face little difficulty in securing from Russia a concession for a steamship line between the United States and Vladivostock or Port Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Beveridge
Russia
United States
Vladivostock
Port Arthur
Reunion of Rush and Fayette counties residents at Fairview park
Former Rush and Fayette county residents hold their annual reunion at Fairview park next Sunday with about 500 members. Current officers: T. C. Kennedy president and Miss Lilly Hanna secretary. An A C H D excursion from Cincinnati will visit Indianapolis friends while divers from Broad Ripple perform at Fairview park this week. Cars will run via Central avenue and Illinois street starting Monday evening. Chicago university plans affiliated preparatory schools in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush
Fayette Counties
Fairview Park
T. C. Kennedy
Lilly Hanna
A C
Cincinnati
Rush and
Fayette County
Indianapolis
Broad Ripple
Central Ave
Illinois St
Colored Wash Dress Goods Sale Preview
Tomorrow we offer Egyptian foulards 23 inches wide with many dressy options, Hindoo batiste in quality styles equal to 19¢, Irish linen batiste in shades and qualities, wine colored 32 inch pure Irish linen, and silk ginghams in all colors and the 39c to 29c range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindoo Batiste
Oxfords
Brays
Castor
Oxford
Noted Authors Besant Buchanan and Lindsay Die in London
Sir Walter Besant 63 famed author died at Hempstead after influenza. Born Portsmouth Aug 14 1835, he wrote Beyond the dreams of avarice and All sorts and conditions of men. Buchanan 59 dramatist died after illness. best known for St Abe and his seven wives and The shadow of the sword. Lloyd-Lindsay 69, first Baron Wantage, died after serving in the Crimean War and earning the Victoria Cross for Alma and Inkerman exploits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Walter Besant
Portsmouth
Ter
Eustace Foster-Barham
Bridgewater
Sir Walter
Queen Victoria
People's Palace
Whitechapel
James Rice
Besant
The
Palestine Exploration Fund
Fund
Society of Authors
London
Robert Buchanan
Caverswall
Staffordshire
Scotland
Ireland
America
St. Abe
Robert James Lloyd-Lindsay
Baron of
Wantage
Lord Wantage
Alma
Inkerman
Racing and matches span cities and treats
The report notes Lawson's likely absence from a championship race while Burns Pierce wins a 1000 mile? race from Jimmy Michael in Philadelphia. Arthur Chandler trains to meet the second of third place in the Decoration Day road race. Harry Covert challenges Jack Grim for a bout at the Empire. Eight horses enter the Kentucky breeders trotting association meet in October. Floyd McFarland wins the New York ten mile bicycle race ahead of 24 competitors. Chicago racing shifts from Hawthorne to Harlem. In a skat tourney at the German House, Richard E. Werner wins first. Emil Roschbacher, Fred P. Rush, W. W. Icker, Capt. J. L. Bieter, William F. Wocher, Otto Miller place in order. John Rauch takes the booby prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Chandler
Harry Covert
Jack Grim
the Empire
Kentucky Breeders’ Trotting Association
Floyd McFarland
New York
Chicago
Hawthorne
Harlem
Richard E. Werner
Cincinnati
Emil Roschbacher
Fred P. Rush
W. W. Icker
Capt
J. L. Bieter
William F. Wocher
Otto Miller
John Rauch
Chinese women drown to avoid marriage in Guangdong
A Tacoma dispatch reports a new custom in Kwang-Tung and neighboring provinces where young Chinese women form guilds and vow not to marry to curb population. If forced, they die by suicide or seek refuge in Buddhist convents. Six women reportedly drowned rather than wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Kwang-Tung Province
China
Summer Dress Fabric 29 Wash Chiffon 50 Inch Wide
Fabric listing notes 29 Wash Chiffon 50 inches wide described as a handsome summer dress material. Mentions regular 60c quality and a count of 1 7. Item appears as a brief catalog snippet without additional context or complete pricing.
Cannibals murder English missionaries in New Guinea
A party of English missionaries led by Rev John Chalmers and Dr Oliver Tompkins were lured ashore at Risk Point Coarfeatta Island New Guinea. The group killed by cannibal warriors with Chalmers beheaded. Other members including James Walker Thomas Rathbone and native converts slain the next day. Government troops pursued the attackers razing villages. Death toll not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Risk Point
Coarfeatta
Thursday Island
Niue
London Missionary Society
Cooribatta
Chalmers
Tompkins
Walker
Rathbone
Sadenaker
Daru
Wreck and Explosion Kills Five in Vestal Freight Crash
A Lackawanna freight train crashed into another from behind near Vestal New York Saturday night. In the second car from the caboose was a large quantity of dynamite which exploded, demolishing both trains and causing five deaths and seven serious injuries among the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
Lackawanna
Vestal
Hod-carrier Hurt In Fall At Polk Creamery Site
Erick Davis a colored hod carrier of 707 West North Street fell from the second story of the Polk creamery building at Sixteenth street and College avenue. A doctor found a deep facial wound and a broken rib with possible internal injuries. Davis was taken home by a city ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Polk Creamery Company
Sixteenth-st
College-ave
Erick Davis
North St
Anthony
Davis
City Groversory
Quiet wedding at Mrs. Hans Petersons home
Olga Petersson wed John A. MacGregor at 508 Sanderst in a small Sunday night ceremony performed by Rev. N Naargaard. Only close friends witnessed the nuptials in Beech Grove. Dyspepsia remedy Burdock Blood Bitters is advertised as a stomach tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Peterson
Olga
John A. MacGregor
Beech Grove
N. Naargaard
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Maj. Daly
Columbia, S. C
Hasterling
Washington Waves
W. R. Moore
Mr. Teggart
M. J. Atwood
Sigourney, Iowa
Derstood
WM. H. Block CO
Nainsook
Lonsdale
Hubbard
Who
Kirk
Keystone
Plilsbury
Polar Bear Tobacco
Splendid
Japan
Old Fashion Star Lye
Cate
Vine
California
N. Delaware
Indiana Ave
Senate
E. St. Clair
Mass.ave
7Thwest Cor
Bayuceus
Noble-st. Old
L. A. Jackson, Proprietor
Indiana
Lieut. Springer
E. Z
Chicago University
Pengerye Eer Canner Reyes
Nottingham
Paedee
Syracuse
Carlsbad
Homer Laughlin
Laughlin
Stead
St. Front, West
Ern
France
Tass Sun
Lynn
King’s College
Christ’s College
Cambridge
Daugh
Lawson
Burns Pierce
Jimmy Michael
Philadelphia
Barnsley Crash
India
New Guinea
San Francisco
Cal
New Zealand
John Chalmers
Oliver Fellows ‘Tompkins
James Walker
Thomas Rathbone
Austra
Peterson-MacGregor
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