Notable Deaths and Disappearances Highlight Week
Key figures mourned include Hildebrand Fitzgerald Philadelphia Item manager and proprietor and Rochester clothier Nathan Stein aged eighty. Also Gen. Grant's 1859 city engineer application revealed. Bishop Wilson of Methuen, N J dies. Rev Dr Goodson wed Bertha Chapman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildebrand Fitzgerald
Philadelphia Item
Nathan Stein
Rochester
N. Y
R. H. Jesse
Missouri State University
City Registrar of
St. Louis
St. Louis Which Shows That Gen. A
Grant
Edward Wilson
Reformed Episcopal Church
Methuen
N. J
Liverpool
England
America
Wilson
W. W. Astor, Jr
London
Royal Hungarian Museum of Commerce
Mr. Zerkowitz
United States
Hungary
Multiple Disasters Reported in Fatal Incidents Across USA
A string of calamities includes a Panama Canal dynamite blast killing two Americans, Montana rancher Gust Nelson dies from a horse kick, Cincinnati Oil Works depot fire at 50 000 loss, Erie foundry blaze near 200 000 damage, Tremont Iowa youth Clarence Strain dies from accidental gunshot, a Pensauken Creek drowning of an entire family, St Louis boiler explosion injuring three firemen, Amanda Ottolenduy injured in Seattle car plunge, Gustaf Warebrook drowns off Lake Superior, ship accident near Dubuque kills John Kerwin and fatally injures J J Smith, and a mine shaft collision due to defective brake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Foundry
Erie
Clarence Strain
Tremont
Iowa
William Hidleman
Pensauken Creek
Riverton
N. J
Lake Superior
Gustaf Warebrook
Marquette
John Kerwin
J. J. Smith
Dubuque
Sins and Sinners and a Confused Ledger of Crimes
Reading reveals a jumble of cases: Charles Muir, a NY bank teller, admits shortfalls over $9,000 from his own action. Amanda Wettengel, daughter of a coal operator, is badly injured in Pittsburg while seated on a lawn swing. A Providence Kentucky racial unrest incident links to a mob killing in which Jake Mc Dowell confessed involvement. Harman Schnabel, Chicago wire manufacturer, faces prison after losses over $50,000 in corn price speculation and a related government case in Washington with a $7,500 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Muir
Forty-second Street
Own Exchange Bank
New York
Amanda Wettengel
Harry C. Wettengel
Pittsburg
Providence
Jake McDowell
Harman H. Schnabel
Chicago
Iat
United States
Walmington Opel
Bradyford Hugh Hida TmoUr
Vast international events unfold in late 19th century news
From Vienna report a visit plan by Russia’s emperor and empress to Windsor in autumn. A barge with Chinese prisoners capsized on the Amur river, eighty nine drowned. One bubonic plague death reported in St Thomas D W I with two suspected cases. Henry Farman renews $5,000 aviation challenge with Wright brothers. Brazilian ship Benjamin Constant rescues twenty Wake Island shipwrecked men on route to Yokohama. King Gustaf and queen welcomed in Berlin amid troops. Warsaw court martial sentences three girls and eleven men to death for post car attack on Vistula line. Floods near Pachula drown eighteen. Pachula wiped out. Gendarmes killed and wounded in Vigneux France clash with workers. multiple injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amur
St. Thomas
Henry Farman
Wright Brothers
Rio de Janeiro
Getate
Benjamin Constant
Yokohama
Wake Island
United States
Pacific Ocean
Gustaf
Sweden
Berlin
Warsaw
Sokolow
Vistula
Notable Deaths and Disputes Across Regions
Rev A Coffman dies in Fairmont hospital after nervous collapse following wife’s murder. A T A league convention on tuberculosis held in St Louis. Daniel Ritchey, 90, dies in Corning Iowa. Black Hawk War veteran ran a hotel linked to anti slavery movements. J J Hill to extend Great Northern line to Calgary via Winnipeg and Saskatchewan. Jacob Fisher sells a $10 1849 token to Virgie McBrand for 1750. only two tokens exist. Kingdom Gould faces bail forfeiture in New York. he is abroad in Europe. English women leaders form movement opposing women’s suffrage. Grover Cleveland, sick with gout and indigestion, returns home to Princeton after Lakewood stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Coffman
Fairmont
W. Va
Adams County
Iowa
John Brown
Jim Lane
Canada
J. J. Hill
Associated Boards of Trade of Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Calgary
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Jacob Fisher
Nashville, Tenn
Virgie McBrand
Chicago Numismatic Society
Cincinnati Mines and Trading Company
Prisoners Caught After Fifty Mile Chase In Iowa
W R Brown and Albert Cromwell were captured after a long cross country pursuit near Correctionville and Smithland and held for trial. A mob attacked the Smithland jail as word spread that a 13 year old girl named Effie Clark had been mistreated. The girl remains in critical condition in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Smithland
W. R. Brown
Albert Cromwell
Brown
Effie Clark
W. E. Clark
Emstate
Cromwell
George Davis
Nolan
Correctionville
Clark Girl
Freight Rates to Be Raised by Western Truck Line
Western Trunk Line directors agree to raise freight rates on certain commodities deemed too low. The association includes St. Paul Chicago lines and will report to member roads. Details on the exact increase and affected commodities are not yet disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Truk
Man Cleared After Six Months In Jail In Grocery Burglary
In Ta Crosse Wisconsin June 19 John Pallnoda spent six months in jail awaiting trial for burglarizing Chris Schmidt's store. Found not guilty relatives testified the groceries in Pallnoda's home were purchased for him as he was ill and unable to work. Police found the groceries in a crude sanctuary with crucifix candles and devotional items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ta Crosse
Wis
John Pallnoda
Chris Schmidt
Pallwoda
Appiston Man Held for Ex-Wife’s Death
Wiscons inquest jury finds Minnie Grunert died from blunt instrument blow and strangling by rope tied to a clothes closet hook. Paul Krause, former husband, is recommended for trial on the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appiston
Corosner
Appicon
Wis
Minnie Grunert
Yesterda
Paul Krause
Laborer Arrested in Watch Theft Case at Owatonna
Owatonna Minnesota June 10 JL Katzka a transient laborer was arrested for stealing a coworker’s watch and was found with the stolen goods. He was jailed charged with grand larceny in the second degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owatonna
Minn
JL Katzka
Woman Dies After Runaway Buggy Accident in Iowa
A Iowa county tragedy reports Mrs. George Roth of Mead County hurt in a buggy runaway. She was thrown from the vehicle on a rural country road and her neck was broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Venona Wins Ocean Race Class C From Marblehead to Hamilton
In Bermuda, the Venona owned by George B. Bliss of Boston and flying the Eastern Yacht Club flag finished the Marblehead to Hamilton race in Class C at 3 34 yesterday afternoon. Time 99 hours 32 minutes 15 seconds, corrected 98 hours 12 minutes 15 seconds. The Venona was the smallest boat, led by Capt Bliss with crew, while the Marchioness trailed about twenty miles behind. Heavy weather plagued the fleet from start to finish with late sighting of rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Bermuda
Venona,c
George B. Bliss
Boston
Eastern Yacht Club
Marblehead
Bliss
John B. Crozer
Philadelphia
Liquor Dealers Win Right to Ship C O D Into Local Option Counties
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled liquor dealers may ship intoxicants C O D into local option counties at the point of shipment. The Webster county case involved O Rosenburger of Kansas City convicted for shipping three gallons C O D to Webster county. the verdict was reversed and the defendant discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Webster County
O. Rosenburger
Kansas City
Ito
Officers Seek More Troops to Tackle Night Rider Threat
Ripley Ohio June 9 Maj Charles Fecht and Col Hake of the First regiment in charge of tobacco district troops held a conference and decided to ask for more troops. They agreed the situation is very serious and that additional soldiers are needed to control the night rider situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley
Ohio
Charles Fecht
Hake
Tobacco District
Bandits Rob Pay Train Near Las Grandes Mines
News from City of Mexico reports bandits attacked a pay train bound for Las Grandes mines near Bal sas Guerrero. Three escort guards were killed and one wounded. Four thousand dollars stolen. Rurales pursue the highwaymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
Las Grandes
Balsas
Guerrero
Market quotes from grain and live stock centers
June 9 reports list Minnesota grain prices in St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth for wheat corn and oats at several classes and prices. Live stock quotes from Chicago Sioux City and St Paul include cattle hogs and sheep with price ranges and typical lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Northern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Child Choked and Outraged In Box Car Tragedy
The dead body of Anna Luchinski nine years old of Standard Pennsylvania was found in a box car. Her throat showed she was choked after being outraged. Charley Williams a young man of color who found the body is being detained at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Anna Luchinski
Standard
Charley Williams
Wreck Fatal to Four in St Louis Suburban Car Disaster
A suburban street car jumped the track last night in St Louis County, tipping ten feet over an embankment. One man was killed, three others fatally injured, and about twenty were seriously hurt in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
Couple in San Francisco Reported in Domestic Trouble
A garbled 1900s style item notes a San Francisco couple, George Scott aged twenty three and his wife Yande, in domestic trouble after a confrontation at home. The report mentions a shooting and exile, with the couple reportedly married but often quarrelsome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San
Franciees
Aes
George ‘Scott
Yandé
Aniéa
Desperate Flood News From Kansas City and Montana Lines
Destructive washouts flood lines from Butte to Missoula halt Northern Pacific service. Great Falls smelter flooded forcing month long shutdown. Basin bridges and homes washed away. Armourdale exodus shrinks population while salt and smoked meats moved to upper floors for safety. Kansas River crest seen as towns evacuate.
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Butte
Mont
Montana
Northern Pacific
Jefferson Island
Missoula
Drummond
Boulder
Basin
Great Northern
Basin Reduction Company
Helena
Boston
Great Falls
Kansas City
Armourdale
Kan
Last Dive Ends in Death in Yellowstone River
In Billings Montana on June 10 Frank McCormick twenty six a well known man drowned after cramps while swimming with eight companions near his father's farm He planned one more dive but disappeared beneath the cold current and did not surface
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Billings
Mont
Yellowstone
Frank McCormick
McCormick
Sioux Falls Marshal Bitten by Sioux Woman
In Geddes a liquor crazed Sioux warrior was arrested by Marshal Crowley who was then bitten on the hand by the warrior's squaw. The man was fined ten dollars and the woman fifty dollars in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Marshal Crowley
Geddes
Kindness Rewarded Music Teacher Inherits 25000
Duluth, Minn. June 9. Giles Gilbert a Duluth pioneer died en route to Duluth from Portland on a Northern Pacific train. For kindnesses shown to his wife during illness in Chicago Miss Edith Bain a Chicago music teacher inherits 25000 in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Chicago
Edith Bain
Giles Gilbert
Northern Pacific
Portland
Burglary Suspects Napped After Aberdeen Theft
In Aberdeen South Dakota police rushed to Groton hardware store burglary and within hours arrested two suspects. They recovered some items and later disposed of others to a second hand dealer. Police closed the case with swift action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Jane
Groton
Iin
Tramp Throws Carbolic Acid In Falls Woman
In Alittle Falls Minnesota on June 10 a tramp opened the Ferrell home door and hurled carbolic acid at Mrs. Therrell injuring her face forehead and neck. She was not blinded but suffers severe burns and pain as police and a citizen posse search for the assailant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alittle Falls
Minn
George Ferrell
Ferrell
Hats May Split Church In Dunkard Conference
Des Moines reports indicate a likely schism in the German Baptist Brethren during a conference at the fair grounds as debates focus on women abandoning the traditional bonnet for more ornate hats, signaling a shift in church dress norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Council of the German Baptist Brethren
Dunkards
Fair Grounds
Two Drown In Rice Lake Rescue Attempt Ends in Death
Brainerd Minnesota June 10 August Schultz and David W Wayt drowned in Rice lake while trying to rescue Mrs G Y Woerner who fell from a steam boat. The railing gave way as men attempted to haul Schultz aboard and several others fell in. The boat lacked life preservers and was unlicensed and uncommissioned but carried a picnic party caught in the rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainerd
Minn
Schultz
David W. Wayt
Rice Lake
G. Y. Woerner
Wayt
Tannery Fire Destroys Owatonna Industry
A tannery run by Adolph Uber in Owatonna Minnesota was nearly ruined by a blaze. The loss is heavy with total insurance only seven thousand five hundred against a ten thousand dollar building and contents value. The lapse of a two thousand dollar policy contributed to the financial damage. The cause remains a mystery and reconstruction is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owatonna
Minn
Adolph Uber
Great Northern Wreck Disrupts Rail Traffic in Minnesota
Crookston Minnesota June 10 A westbound Great Northern freight derailed east of McIntosh after a broken flange scattering ten cars of rails. Thirteen rail lengths torn up. Crew uninjured. Passengers on No 35 transferred around the wreck and arrived three hours late delaying connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crookston
Minn
Great Northern
McIntosh
Child dies after swallowing morphine pills found at home
In Deadwood South Dakota on June 10 a two year old boy, the son of Mr and Mrs William Nelson, found and swallowed morphine pills hidden in a closet. He died in convulsions before aid could reach him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. D
William Nelson
Ald
Boy Drowned in Mississippi River
A boy eleven years old, Leo Frey, drowned yesterday afternoon in the Mississippi River near St. Paul as he played on a raft. He lost balance and was swept headlong into the current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River
St. Paul
Leo. Frey
Mississippi
Murder and Assault Report From Papin Wisconsin
A report from Papin Wisconsin notes gunner Frederickson assaulting Herman Lobitz near Poretping about five miles from the area. Lobitz is in serious condition and Frederickson has been arrested and lodged in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papin
Wis
Gunner Frederickson
Herman
Lobitz
Cobitz
Frederick
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Montreal
Charlotte Webster
Carpenters and Joiners
Union No. 8
B. F. Roache
Mercer County
William Best
Panama Canal
Gust Nelson
Cincinnati Oil Works Company
Cincinnati
Amanda Ottolenduy
Magnolia Bluff
Seattle
Vienna
Russia
Windsor
Pachula
Vigneux
France
T*hey
Pavties
Bonn
Kingdom Gould
Mr. Gould
Europe
Countess of Jersey
Humphrey Ward
Grover Cleveland
Lakewood Hotel
Gieprincéton
Marbiehea Ho
Victors
Tobaco
Armourdale, Kan
Squaw
Marshal
Warn
Destro Eyai
Shi
Gogt
Rowlaad
NOMN
Dunkard
Great Northern Wreck
Chicago Suns
RCA Gormley
Ars Olds
Detroit
Teetcoula
Etsy
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