Fire in Milwaukee Destroys Half of Fur Company Building
A blaze in Milwaukee destroys half the Hansen Empire Fur Company building at 375-377 Water Street and badly damages the adjacent Wilam Robifing & Sons stock room at 873 East Water Street. Estimated losses total about $1,000,000 insured, with stock damage to Wisconsin News Company and Hansen Empire Fur Company valued around $250,000. cause unknown. Two large business concerns insured losses, stock and stockroom damages significant. Firefighters fell 400 feet and perished?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ten Minera
Milwaukee
Unosen Empire Fur Company
Water Street
Plano
Wilam Robifing
É& Sons
East Water Street
Wisconsin News Company
Hlansen’s
Hansen Empire Fur Company
Rope Falls 400 Feet Killing Ten Miners at Conyngham Mine
During lowering of ten miners at the Conyngham mine near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania the carriage broke and fell 400 feet into the shaft bottom. Eight victims were Poles and two were English-speaking miners. All aboard perished. safety catcher failed. Several hundred workers were in the mine but escaped via other openings. Bodies buried in wreckage. names unknown due to limited entry access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conyngham
Wilkenbarre
T's
Crisis Looms as Japan Demands French Neutrality Adherence
The article reports rising tension over French neutrality during the Kamranh Bay incident. Japan seeks explanations for Russian ships at the harbor, while France asserts neutrality and Russia reinforces provisioning. Britain leans toward supporting Japan, pressuring France to yield to Tokyo’s demands.
California Moves to Limit Japanese Immigration
California lawmakers warn of perceived danger from Japanese influx and back a treaty action to curb Japanese immigration. The piece notes alleged erosion of exclusion laws, court complicity, and calls for equally strict measures as used against Chinese, citing 1903 federal reports on naturalization and citizenship among Japanese nationals on the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
California
California Senate
Attorney General of
Special Examiner C. V
von Duesen
van Deusen
Pacific Coast
Japan
Exposition Admission Price Set At Fifty Cents
General admission to the Tewis and Clarke exposition is fixed at fifty cents with commutation books sold at reduced rates. Judge Dillon of the Ohio Common Pleas Court ordered a 20 percent dividend paid to the depositors of the defunct Columbus East End bank. In Limoges France a clash between strikers and troops left one porcelain maker killed one mortally wounded and several others injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Ohio Common Pleas Court
Columbus East End
Limoges
France
Milwaukee Banker Frank Bigelow Defaulter in Speculation
Frank G Bigelow president of the First National Bank of Milwaukee, a club member and church man, confesses to a defalcation of 1400 dollars. He allegedly speculated in May wheat and lost hundreds more as a cascade of reckless deals drained his funds. The saga portrays a once popular figure whose financial collapse shocks the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker
Quilty
Dr. Westey II
Cape May City
N. J
United States District Court
First National Bank of
Cape May
Bigelow
Frank G. Bigelow
Milwaukee
Peti- Mon
First National Bank of Milwaukee
Wall Street
Higelow
Renerous
Wen
Ife
Defalcations by Bank Officials Across Two Decades
A historical ledger lists numerous bank defalcations over twenty years, naming executives and clerks from institutions like Grant & Ward, Second National, Sixth National, Keystone National, Ninth National, Middlesex County Bank, Elizabethport Bank, and Farmers' and Merchants Bank. The records cite figures ranging from tens of thousands to millions and include positions such as president, cashier, and bookkeeper.
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Ferdinson Ward
Grant & Ward
John C. Lao
Second National Bank
New Dent
G. I. Pell
Sixth National
Lennox Hill
Equitable
Gideon V Dent
Keystone National
Philadelphia
John ‘P. Ui
Ninth National
New York
Samuel C. Seeley
Middlesex County Bank
Perth Amboy
N. J
Haim Schreiber
Elizabethport Banktng Companys
Bilizabethonrs
Alvord
Naliyas
Frank M. Brown
Newport
Henry J. Wieischman
Farmers’ and Marchants’ Bank
Los Angeles
Alwanennee
Frank C
Hundreds Seek Legend of Col Taylors Lost Gold Treasure
Treasure buried seventy years ago by Col Zachary Taylors men near North McGregor draws hundreds of searchers. A rumored $80,000 prize remains unclaimed as locals comb the bluff for traces of government gold buried during a perilous era, with the value now enhanced by history.
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Col
Taylora Boldiers
Zachary Taylor
North McGregor
First National Bank Run Sparks Political and Financial Crisis
A bank theft and ensuing run threaten a Wisconsin city as cashier Avslatant and assistant cashier Goll face pursuit. Chicago bankers Forgan Hamill and Smilth bring $1.1 million to steady the First National, while depositor withdrawals push totals into the millions. The report blends sensational local color with details of the scramble, the public response, and the looming financial peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
First National
Bak
Valnis
Wiief
Chicago
James J. Forgan
First National Bank of Chicaggo
A. Hamill
Corn Exchange Bank
Orron Smilth
Merchants’ Loan and Trust Company
Joe Jefferson Dead Aged Impersonator Of Rip Van Winkle
Joseph Jefferson dies in Florida at seventy six after a period of illness. He earned fame as Rip Van Winkle and the Dean of the American Stage, with iconic roles like Caleb Fammer and The Cricket on the Hearth. His death ends a long, storied career and leaves a legacy praised by public, press, and peers.
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Kip van Winkie
Joseph Jefferson
West Palo Beach
Fla
Charles B
Frank Jefferson
Nellia Symons
Mabel Hingham
St. AB. Potter
Carl Kettler
Josephine
Jefferson
Lim
Booth
Rip Yao Winkle
Bob Ayres
Alou
Caleb Fammer
Mr. Golightly
Roosevelt
White House
Naval fight report near Kamranh Bay spills into dispatches
Saigon reports heavy cannonading heard at sea twelve hours after Adm ral Rufestvensky fleet reportedly sailed from Kamranh Bay. Russian squadron engaged with Japanese vanguard as French and German ships depart Indo China waters to enforce neutrality rules amid protests from Japan.
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Japan
France
Kamran Bay
St. Petersburg
Forest
Kamranb Bay
French Indo-China
Balgou
Niles
Russia
Rajestvénsky
Kamranh Bay
Saigon
French
Tokyo
Saya
Chicago Tribune
Cralses
Cochis-Cilia
Admral Rufestvensky
Cxar
Io Rojertvenbey
Yatile
Torestrensky
London Daily Mail
Saibon
Tuklo
Kamrach Bay
Indo-China
Ndtobat
All Around the State Report Highlights Cleveland Firm Contracts
A Cleveland company secured 3,000,000 in contracts to equip tee mils in China and Japan. Samuel Th Boyd, a noted Cynthiana Kentucky lawyer and Democratic politician aged 45, was found dead in his bed. Ebenezer Runyan was killed at Falsenthal Arkansas during initiation into a Local lodge of Knights of Death. Charles Filler, an officer, is said to have fired the shot believed to be a blank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
China
Japan
Samuel Th. Boyd
Cynthana
Ebenezer Runyan
Falsenthal
Ark
Keights
Dythiia
Charles Filler
Weekly Chicago and Gradstreet trade review highlights growth
I G Dun & Co reports diversified activity with rising grains shipments and livestock receipts. Grain 2,320,721 bushels. shipments 4,154,122. livestock 820,477 head. failures 29 in Chicago district. mercantile collections improving. Easter trade uptick noted.
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Weekly Review of
Chicago
Cnscare Trade
I. G. Dun & Co
Chicago and Buffalo Cattle Prices Mixed Across Markets
Chicago cattle ranges show prime values and common grades with hogs and sheep noted. Detroit and Toledo reporting wheat and corn futures with No 2 oats and rye prices. Buffalo features shipping steers hogs and lambs with firm demand. New York lists cattle and sheep figures alongside grain and butter prices.
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Chicago
Nic
Os Prairie
Claire Creamery
Detroit
Ile
Abe
Toledo
New York
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Clarence Zook
Iowa
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Fennants
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Dincinnato
Lauisao
Washington
Louis
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Pathe
I! Columbus
Louisville Minneapolia
Indianapolia
Kansas City
Broux City
Des Moines
Springs
Denver
Joseph
King County
Texas
Guthrie
Court House
Seymour
Jersey City
Yellowsotn
Norris Dasin
Great National Reserve
Germany
Teameters
Express
Department More
Andrew Carnegie
Frank, A. Vowlerip
Hank
Great Britain
England
Frank QO. Tigelow
Depositora Fallowe
Ban
Lotum of
Failare
Frank 6
Digelow
Galla
Goll
Rose
Mgelow
Hith
Fracy & Co
le Tran Ae Noon
Lng
Board of Trade
The
Blick Hawk
Black Hawk
Mock Island
Faa
Wack Munk
Miasissippi
Aml
Cupid
Henry James
Jesson
San Francisco
Kansan City
Senttle
Maine
Elx
Vermont
Masesachusetts
Scghne
UIG “Milwaukee Bank
Joe" Jefferson
Josepn Jefferson
Gradstreet
Commer
Celal
Canada
I. G. Dun
Imich
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