Wool from a New Source A Wooll Producing Stone
Alexandria report describes CC C Hall discovering a pliable lava stone that yields a unique wool when processed. The material promises fireproof non conductors usable for cloth and theater curtains, with patents filed and Boston firms testing. Indiana sources note deposits along White River and potential widespread use. A separate farm incident ends with a woman alleging assault by Waterhouse and his son using a board.
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Alexandria
Republic ‘Eel Mills
East St. Louis
CC. C. Hall
Hall
Nicholson
Queen Victoria
Wall
Boston Fiim
Foreigndike
Indiana
White River
Mitchell
Indiana Manufacturing Growth and Slaughtering Leads State Industry
The census bulletin notes a decade of growth in Indiana manufacturing with 204 establishments and 165 million dollars capital, rising wages to 82 million, and a surge in meat packing at 36 establishments employing 3,597 workers. It highlights liquor, flour and grist mill products, and overall product value gains, plus shifts in female employment. In Hartford City a landlord suit seeks 2000 damages after a farm tenancy dispute.
Wife at center of Kokomo revolver suicide tragedy
Walter McVey, 22, of Kokomo, a U S infantry veteran just married to Mrs. Hughes, placed two loaded cartridges in a revolver and shot himself through the right eye during a honeymoon home scene. He alternated targeting his wife and himself, claiming the outcome was a matter of chance. She cannot explain a motive.
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Kokomo
Walter MeeVes
Mc-Vey
McVey
Company F. Thirtythird Regiment
United States Infantry
Philippines
Hughes
Marriage plan ends in boarding house scandal
At a Charlestown boarding house last week Bert Mitchell a young farmer played a key role in a broken marriage plot. The bride elect faced a confrontation over deeded property and Mitchell refused to wed after a quarrel with her mother. The minister was told not to proceed and the license was torn up. The bride elect is distressed.
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Charlestown
Bert Mitchell
Mitchell
Eagle freed on Soldiers Day in Tipton county history
A three year old monster eagle captured in western Tipton county was exhibited then released on Soldiers Day August 15 at Tipton. A tag noted its liberation by the Grand Army Republic and a report from Barkerstown, North Carolina states the eagle was later killed on Linville River three days after its release.
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Tipton
Ind
G. A. BR
Court House
Pershing
Barkersville
N. C
Grand Army Republic
Linville
A. Bowman
Ghostly headless woman haunts Clark Creek bridge rumor
Local colored residents near the Clark Creek bridge between Plainfield and Mooresville report a ghost in white with a stubbed neck vein. They recall moaning phrases and sighting feats, say a murdered daughter haunts the bridge every decade and that the ghost appears only on moonlit nights.
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Plainfield
Clark Creek Bridge
Plainfeld
Mooresville
Foreman Falls Into Nitric Acid Vat At Plant
Frank Spencer, foreman for Grassell Chemical Co in Hammond, dropped into a large nitric acid vat Wednesday morning. He swam in the liquid for minutes before colleagues heard his cries. Dragged from the vat his clothes and flesh tore away, and he suffered extreme agony though the acid had not yet eaten through his skin. He remained alive at the scene.
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Hammond
Frank Spencer
Grassell Chemical Company
Spencer
Hele
Slaves in Southern Moro Islands Priced in Taft Hearing
Governor Taft outlined the extent of slavery in the southern Philippines before the House select committee. He estimated 250,000 to 300,000 enslaved in the Moro islands, mostly debt bondage, with slaves potentially buying liberty though generations remained bound.
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Washington
Philippines
Taft
House
Insular Committee
More Islands
Dato Manadi
United States
Representative Patterson
Tennessee
Shires
Germany
Patterson
Tyo
Cooper
Heniul
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Wireless telephony claims a Paris invention reaches far
French engineer states his wireless telephony system can transmit voice over long distances with signals traveling from shore to shore or between armies through earth and water. The inventor says the Academy of Science recognizes the value and that the transmitter and receiver resemble ordinary phones but operate without wires.
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Paris
Academy of Science
Tea Revenues A Small Item In War Revenue Debate
Washington special reports the Senate Finance Committee first considering a House bill to repeal tea duties and remove excess war taxes. Senator Aldrich submitted a compiled balance sheet showing 1901 fiscal year receipts exceeded expenditures by about 8. The war revenue act yields about 68 million internal revenue and 9 million import duties, leaving a potential annual surplus over 20 million after proposed tax cuts.
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Washington
House
Senate Committee On Finance
Aldrich
Tillman Rebuked Over Sword Gift to Roosevelt
Major Jenkins has decreed to accept a present sword once intended for Charleston. In Warrenton Virginia the message says Governor Tillman should withdraw acceptance after telegram requests. The affair involves Bethel Military Academy and South Carolina officials as Roosevelt letters discuss the gift.
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Major Jenkins
Warrenton
Jenkins
Charleston
Bent
Bethel Military
Tillman
Withdra
Micah
My Here
South Carolina
Troosevelt
H. Jenkins
Merely Assassination Brigadier General Comments on Philppine War
Brigadier General Fanston in New York says there is no war in the Philippines and notes no soldiers in field fighting the United States. He asserts guerrilla activity has ceased and that about half the forces could be withdrawn now with further reductions possible within a year.
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Fanston
The
Philippines
New York
Washington
Herald
Kentucky
United States
Philippine
Transfers of Sixty Million in Gold From New York
Secretary Shaw has received dozens of New York banker requests to move gold from the New York subtreasury to San Francisco. Applications total 50 million to 360 million, but officials expect San Francisco needs only about 20 million. Shaw will approve transfers only for actual business needs.
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Washington
Shaw
New York
San Francisco
Treasury
Prince Henry Receives Enthusiastic Indianapolis Welcome
Henry Prince of Prussia and brother of the Kaiser arrived in Indianapolis to a 15,000 strong crowd at Union Station. Officials and local citizens welcomed him with grand ceremony as officers and German societies alternated cheers with Teutonic salutes amid electric lights. The prince thanked the city for a warm reception while standing on the Pullman car platform before departure.
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Indianapolis
Henry
Prussia
Teuton
Prince Henry
Union Station
Meridian Street
Ts German
Indiana
The
Union
Bookwalter
Mr. Harris
Mr. Boyd
Admiral Evans
Admiral von Tirpitz
Schmidt von Schwind
London cable on Roberts precedent and Kitchener plan
London dispatch notes Lord Kitchener aiming for a two day operation on the Majuba Hill anniversary February 17 1881 to strike Boer forces along the Harrismith and Van Reenan line at blockhouses following Lord Roberts surrender gesture at Pardeeburg.
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London
Lord Roberts
Cronje
Pardeeburg
Majuba Hill
Lord Kitchener
Harrismith and
van Reenan
Moody Named Among Possible Replacements for Vacancy
Washington dispatch notes William Henry Moody of Massachusetts as a prominent name among potential candidates to fill the vacancy in question. The listing highlights Moody's stature in the field and his possible consideration for the post.
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William Henry Moody
Massachusetts
Washington Special
Professional Murderer From Wyoming A Desperado
Laramie Wyoming special details a Westerner named Tom Horn described as a professional killer willing to take any life for 600 dollars. He is charged in Cheyenne with the wanton murder of 14 year old Willie Nickell and is portrayed as a man driven from love to crime.
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Laramie
Wyo
Tom Horn
Cheyenne
Willie Nickell
OUR TRADE WITH GERMANY IN THE EARLY 1900S
Washington special notes cordial U S Germany relations shown by trade. In 1901 imports from Germany reached a record high except for one year, exports to Germany also set a record, and total commerce with Germany in 1901 was the highest yet. Growth from under 20 million in 1865 to nearly 300 million by 1903.
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Washington
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Flood Devastation and Recovery in Pittsburg and Allegheny
After floods in Pittsburg and Allegheny, the city reports 61.25 million in estimated damages regionwide and Wilkes Barre near 1 million. Cleanup is underway with traffic largely restored, but lower Pennsylvania Avenue and Woods Run remain submerged. Mill districts recover quickly as workers pump out cellars and clear debris. ongoing losses include the Lincoln Hotel, parquets, and the Point exposition building with exit by boat.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Pennsylvania Avenue
Woods Run
Lincoln Hotel
Twelfth Street
Lincoln
Abvin
Exposition Society
They Want the President
Charleston special reports a meeting of the board of directors of the exposition company where resolutions ask President Roosevelt to visit and extend greetings while denying responsibility for Col J H Tillmans earlier communication and disavowing sympathy with his action.
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Charleston
S. C
Col. J. H. Tillman
Roosevelt
Exposition Company
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
J. H. Tillman
Royal yacht Hohenzollern haunted by souvenir thefts
New York report says 7000 visitors toured the Hohenzollern as guards limited access below deck. Officials blame souvenir hunters and vandals for damaged tapestries curtains and missing imperial crest crockery during public inspection.
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New York
Hohenzollern
Hohensolern
New Jersey Assembly Passes Mosquito Extermination Bill
New Jersey's Assembly approved a bill aimed at mosquito extermination after a lengthy debate. The measure passed by a narrow margin, allocating ten thousand dollars for control efforts.
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Jersey
New York
New
Man in Plain Clothes Arrested Near Prince Henry Train
A man posing as a mail clerk was seized by a New York police officer at the Jersey City terminal as Prince Henry boarded his special train to Washington. The suspect, Lemuel Cramer, claimed postal service ties and was fined $50 for disorderly conduct after being detained near the prince’s car.
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New York
Jersey City
Prince Henry
Washington
Lemuel Cramer
Railway Postal Service
Cramer
Germany Seeks Mining Monopoly in Shan-Tung
London dispatch notes German aim to secure a mining monopoly in Shan-Tung province. The accord would bar British and American enterprises, prompting questions about Britain and the United States tolerating German influence while denouncing Russian acts in Manchuria. The claim rests on Baron Von Ketteler's earlier demand and Germany’s unresolved grievance.
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London
Pekin
the Times
Shan-Tung
Shan- Tung
Great Britain
United States
Manchuria
Asleep With Death In Ironwood Mine Jeopardy
In Ironwood Michigan three night shift miners narrowly escaped a blast when two powder boxes on steam pipes ignited while they rested after dinner. A ship tender alerted them, they fled the drift shaft just as forty pounds of powder and half of dynamite exploded, leaving one man with shoulder and elbow injuries and another facing eye loss.
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Ironwood
Mich
Iron Belt
Trappist Brother Renounces Vows Leaves Monastery
Joseph Graham, a 23 year resident of the Trappist monastery near Dubuque Iowa, renounced his vows after twenty three years. He left the monastery seeking to earn a living and reportedly obtained permission to depart from Rome. Graham came from Illinois at age twenty three to join the order.
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Dubuque
Eugene
Joseph Graham
Illinois
Rome
De Wet Shot in the Arm Report From Harrismith Area
Dispatch from Harrismith Orange River Colony says Brigadier General De Wet was shot in the arm during a recent attempt to breach the blockhouse line held by New Zealanders near Harrismith and Van Reenen.
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London
Harrsmith
Orange River Colony
Brver
de Wet
Harrismith
van Renan
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Landis
Loud
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