Weekly Resume of Notable Global Events
A digest of late 19th century items: treaty limits on gunboat construction on the Great Lakes. Bowler restricts congressmen-elect from stationery until oath taken. Olney sends condolences to Eustis for Mrs. Eustis death. Washington Presbyterian church centennial planned for week starting Nov 17. Includes naval officer assignments for cruiser Boston, O’Brien resigning as White House clerk to join the Boston Evening Transcript. arrests in St. Louis for mail fraud and Wilmington murder case. Abduction case in Defiance. Rose murder attempt in Mesa. panics at National hotel from stolen food. Edward Stillwagen’s cross-dressing arrest linked to a wife’s admirer. two Indians kidnap and abandon Mary Peil in Washington state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church of
National Hotel
Wabash
Ind
Philadelphia
Edward Stillwaven
Clifton Heights
Stillwagen
Stillwagon
Diverse Notables Mentioned In Brief Historical Notes
Mrs. Humphrey Ward allegedly saved 100000 from novel receipts. President Faure an expert swordsman despite dueling norms. Henry L. Davenport wed Mae Seltysche in Belleville Illinois. Prof. Joseph I F Rosewald, conductor and composer, dies in San Francisco. H N Pillsbury to travel to St Petersburg Nov 20 for a December 8 tournament. Frederick Beyschlag presides Nebraska City Cereal Mills with Chicago Sate interests. Coxey son sails for Cuba to join insurgents. J J Odell to retire Jan 1 due to ill health. Mme Carlotta Cozzoni dies in Brooklyn. Mrs Eunice Rush Davis centenarian abolitionist in Dedham Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey Ward
President Faure
France
Belleville, Ill
Henry L. Davenport
Mae Seltysche
Joseph IF. Rosewald
Gerster
Materna
San Francisco
H. N. Pillsbury
New York
St. Petersburg
Frederick Beyschlag
Nebraska City
Chicago
Tesse Coxey
Cuba
Adrian
J. J. Odell
Union National Bank of Chicago
Europe
Charlotte A. Coy
Mme
Carlotta Cozzoni
Brooklyn
Coy
Notable Disasters and Fatal Accidents Across Multiple States
A sequence of fatal incidents and fires is reported from Washington to Missouri. Killed: W A Armstrong and J W Whittemore in Fair Haven mill explosion. Miss Alice Macdonald injured earlier, died in Steubenville. an Oklahoma prairie fire endangers children. Blollawayville well asphyxiation. Auburn N Y window fall. Coldwater Michigan stair fall death. The Wandering Jew ship caught fire and was scuttled to avoid total loss. two Missouri Pacific suburban trains collided near St Louis, killing engineers Harper and Campion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Se Ma
Fair Haven
Wash
W. A. Armstrong
J. W. Whittemore
Springfield
Ohio
Lagonda
Irrank Holloway
Blollawayville
Alice Macdonald
Macdonald
Bostonians
Steubenville
Perry
O. T
H. A. McCausland
Michigan and Ohio Plaster Company
Osborne House
Auburn
N. Y
Coldwater
Mich
C. T. Truesdell
Quincy National Bank
Nichols
Hong Kong
New York
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Ciy
Harper and Campion
Rumors of Revolt in Lima Prove Untrue Amid Far Reaching Conflicts
Reports from Lima say rumors of a revolt were false while Cuban revolutionists dissect a betrayed mayor. Meanwhile Madagascar falls under French domination as a treaty reduces it to a dependency. Dutch landowners scout Mexican lands for cultivation and other international tensions surface from Cuba to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
France
Madagascar
Holland
Mexico
Cneee Pepkitimeling
Santiago de Cuba
St. Johns
N. B
Several 1900s items report on business deaths and projects
A Louisville dry goods firm failed for 1 200 000. The St Paul made fast time from Southampton to New York. A Mount Olympic rumor proved timber fire in a canyon. Erie canal boats to be hauled by electricity tested feasible. Mrs C N Lindley sues in Cincinnati for one quarter of her father Gen Weaver’s 1 000 000 estate. Commodore L and cargo released after arms seizure at Wilmington. Monument birthplace project to mark Washington at Wakefield with June ceremonies. Buckley Douglas Lumber wins largest salt plant contract in Manistee capacity 2000 barrels daily. Dallas Artillery members to be dismissed for refusing to escort Gov Culberson at the state fair. Gov Culberson’s stance tied to the failed Corbett Fitzsimmons fight in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loisville
St. Paul
Southampton
New York
Mount Olympic
Wash
Erie Canal
C. N. Lindley
James D. Weaver
Cincinnati
Commodore L
Wilmington
N. C
W. J. Crawford
Buffalo
N. Y
Washington
Wakefield
Buckley & Douglas Lumber Company
Manistee
Mich
United States
Dallas
Tex
Dallas Artillery Company
Walcott Mills Fire Wipes Out Town in Faribault Region
Fire destroys Walcott mills and most buildings after a lantern in the engine room explodes. Loss estimated at 175000 to 200000 with total impact near 250000 including elevator, warehouse, hotel, homes, government post office and creamery records. Weathered by strong south wind. townspeople face uncertain rebuild prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walcott Mills
Faribault
Minn
Walcott
Here
M. B. Sheffield
Northfield
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Sexton
Louis Knuteson
Government Post Office
Walcott Creamery
E. H. Thatcher
Fatal Elm Grove wreck on B and O railroad near Wheeling
A Pittsburg to Cincinnati Cannon Ball train derailed at Elm Grove, Wheeling, injuring many and causing several deaths. The wreck shattered cars including the day coach and Pullman parlor car, with dozens of passengers listed among the injured or killed. Estimates suggest many more hurt who fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Elm Grove
Pittsburg
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Cincinnati Express
Miranda Hare
Kittanning
Lawrence Bartley
Allegheny
Sre
Ella Vance
C. J. Garvey
Marietta
W. N. Rose
Michael J. Mahoney
MciXeesport
M. J. Mahoney
E. W. Gilbert
Sharpsburg
J. N. Couchenow
Bellefield
William Richardson
James W. Foster
Beaver Falls
W. J. Chapman
West Bridgewater
Charles Harkins
Altoona
P. R. Rahm
Philadelphia
George Perking
Pullman Car
George Crouse
Allegheny City
Crouse
A. F. Stifel
Jacob Zulauff
Albert Gaus
R. Gaus
Watts
Louis Schucert
J. M. Frasher
W. C. Hawley
Dixon
Maud Vance
Malone
J. D. Stanton
le June
Perry Parker
Porter Pullman
Clarke
Starr
M. Dixon
John Renscher
C. M. Kiskaddon
Columbia
Anthony McTighe
No Smuggling Rumor Debunked in Bayfield Report
Bayfield Wisconsin November 5 an Rumor that smugglers operated between this town and Canadian shores near Lake Superior and that prominent Bayfield merchants were implicated appears unfounded there is no truth to the claim based on current checks by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayfield
Wis
Canadian
Lake Superior
Noted Newport socialite James J. Fillen in divorce suit
James J. Fillen of Newport is at the center of a sensational local case over alleged alienation of affections, facing a $200000 lawsuit by Samuel P. Colt of Rhode Island. Mrs Colt has also filed for divorce. Van Alen, once Italy’s minister, is mentioned as a country financier and friend of Fillen in relation to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London Standard
Central News Dispatch
Woolston
London
Banica
Hayti
Marquis de Navre
Bourges
France
Europe
America
Newport
R. 1
James J. Fillen
Sambel Pomeroy Colt
Mode Island
Rhode Island
Vanax
Italy
James J
New York
Oxford
William Astor
Heretics Burned In Texacapa Jail Mass Execution
A Mexican town reports ten people including six men three women and a child were burned in a jail by order of an auxiliary judge claiming divine vision. Mob violence followed as authorities seized the prisoners and moved them to Mollango for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pachuca
Mex
Texacapa
Mollango
Guadaloupe
Nicholas Hernandez
Martin Santiago
Jose Manuel
Casper Hernandez
Juan Tomas
Juan Tomas II
Maria Juana
Maria Magdelena
Maria Concepcion
Texicana
Rockefeller Gives Chicago University Three Million Endowment
Chicago November 5 F T Gates announcing for John D Rockefeller adds 3 000 000 to his gifts to the Chicago university. This brings his total endowment to 7 600 000 and highlights Rockefeller as possibly the richest man in the world with a career from Cleveland reporter to Standard Oil magnate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Cleveland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Standard Oil Company
Begun Against Mor ana Woodchoppers
Four Italian defendants faced a test suit over timber land law in Montana. The case, filed by the government, questions whether state timber lands were legally ceded and whether a federal claim applies. Proceedings occurred in U.S. court on November 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morana Woodchoppers
Font
Goyma
Montana
United States
Four Italians Face Government Case Over Timber Permits
Government tests a practice where mineral locations are held until timber is cut and abandoned to bypass permits. Col Root and District Attorney Leslie warn that arrests of about 100 prominent mining and business men may follow if a case is built. The Italians are defended by others who would be affected by the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poey
Col. Root
The
Land Office
Leslie
War in Turism? Attempted arson at American college
Advices from Marsovan indicate a plan to burn the American college there. The effort followed a year of anti-American agitation sparked by expulsions of Armenian movement sympathizers' pupils. Five professors faced suspicion, including two Americans, with incendiaries not yet identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American College
Constantinople
Marsovan
Asia Minor
United States
Terrell
State Department
Washington
Man Kills Mother Then Aims To Take Own Life
Providence Ill Nov 3 Thomas McLaughlin who fatally shot his mother Mrs Mary McDole at Olneys ville says his sole aim was to die by his own hand. He remains alive but his death is expected shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. IL
Thomas McLaughlin
Mary McDole
Olneysville
Ill boy shot during Halloween in Monmouth
At Monmouth Illinois Willie Mitchell aged fifteen was shot in the back by George Canning aged twenty while Halloween visiting with other boys. Mitchell will probably die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth
Ill
Willie Mitchell
Hallowe’ening
George Canning
Mitchell
Fire damages Gross factory. church woodwork lost
La Crosse Wisconsin November 5 fire damaged F A Gross factory by several hundred dollars and destroyed about 1000 dollars worth of finished wood work for the interior of the German Methodist church A fireman fell from the ladder and was injured
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse, Wis
F. A. Gross
Mules Die in Dorrance Mine Stable Fire
A pipe sparked by an employee smoking starts a blaze in the mule stable at the Dorrance mine in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. Eighteen mules perish in the fire reported last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Dorrance
Cadman Shoots Self in Chicago Terrace. Fate Unclear
John W. Cadman of Jackson Michigan shot himself at 18 West Randolph Street and will die. His wife Helen Harmon is related by marriage to the Folsoms of New York. Letters indicate Cadman was temporarily insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John W. Cadman
Jackson, Mich
West Randolph Street
Helen Harmon
Folsoms
New York
Cadman
Judge Batley Seriously Injured At Residence
Judge W F Batley suffers serious injuries from an infection at his residence in Wis Nov 4. The report lists Judge Nailey II and Ean Claire among those noting the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nailey II
Ean Claire
Wis
W. F. Batley
Imagined Saints Seen in Traces Stir Local Debate
A fragment describes villagers claiming miraculous outlines of saints in bone motifs and urging judges to burn heretics, while residents accuse the community of devolving into an open-air mad house.
Tenement House Fire Destroys Four Buildings in New York
A blaze at 7 Pelham Street from the second floor of a six story brick building owned by Weil and Meyer killed four people, including watchman Jacob Shaptre and Isaac Penson, with Morris Dirschauer dying later from a fractured skull. Fire destroyed buildings at 3 5 7 and 9 and caused widespread panic in the densely populated area as workers slept in sweat shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pelham Street
Weil & Meyer
Giverneur Hospital
Jacob Shaptre
Isaac Penson
Morris Dirschauer
No. 7
Injuries in Quincy Track Collision During High School Game
In Quincy Illinois at Baldwin Park a football game between the high school and Gem City clubs ended with three badly injured as Jockey Scott riding a running horse bolted into the crowd. J W Rea of the college club and T D Hayes of Mankato Minnesota were knocked down and removed by police ambulance. Rea’s home is Carrollton and Hayes lives in Mankato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Ill
Baldwin Park
Gem City
Scott
J. W. Rea
T. D. Hayes
College Club
Rea
Carrolton
Hayes
Mankato
Minn
Hydrographic officers map sunken wrecks on Great Lakes
Washington officials tell Great Lakes hydrographic officers to use the unusually low water levels to locate sunken obstructions. The aim is to mark these hazards on the lake chart for safer navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Lakes
Prisoners Escape From Cage After Attempted Murder
Sawed and squeezed out in Rolla North Dakota on November 5 two inmates confined for attempted murder escaped from a cage. They were left alone in the corridors and slipped through an ordinary window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolla
N. D
Alont
Corbett and Fitzsimmons Have Given It Up
Hot Springs Arkansas reports that the anticipated heavyweight bout is canceled for good. The fragment notes uncertainty and misprints but confirms the fight is not proceeding. No other verifiable details are provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbett and
Fitzsimmons
Hot Springs
Ark
Penlly
Boxing saga ends as side bets doom sport match
Clarke prevails over Corbett and Fitzsimmons in a dispute over a prize fight. Fitzsimmons balks at jail risk and $10,000 side bets. Corbett refuses without posted stakes. Dan Stuart offers $2,000 purse for a Mexico bout with $5,000 forfeits, but no deal. Julian accepts only if $10,000 is bet, killing the plan. Brady stays firm. fight unlikely. Corbett heads east while Fitzsimmons remains in Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hov. Clarke
Han
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Fitz
Dan Stuart
Mexico
el Paso
Julian
Brady
Julian- Ilitzsimmons
Monroe
East
Lite Tle Rock
Market Reports From Grain and Live Stock Centers
Chicago price readings show flour quiet, wheat mixed with No 2 spring at 58 1 4c, No 2 red 61 3 4c, corn 29 1 2c, oats 18 1 2 20c, rye 37c, barley varied with No 2 around 24 41c, pork at 8.20, lard 5 55a5 57 1 2, ribs 4 50. Milwaukee notes similar trends with softer wheat, on track oats and barley dips, Minneapolis reports November wheat at 53 1 4 1 2c and futures activity. St Paul hogs rise to 3 35 to 3 40, cattle steady with North Dakota feeders in receipts and veal calves strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee
Mar
Minneapolis
Wehat
Northern
St. Paul
North Dakota
Bank President Johson Vanishes in Sudden Debt Flight
Omaha on November 5 reports Frank Johson president of the Citizens Bank of Omaha fled the city amid owing a large sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Frank Johson
Citizens’ Bank of
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Dave Greenage
Harriet Lewis
Defiance
Oaio
B. B. Kieckner
Kansas City
Mesa
Ariz
Dr. Rose
Sheri L. H. Orme
Rose
Okanagan
Mary
James Peil
Stroys Walcott
J. J. van Alen
Neny i
James J. van Alen
Generous Rockefeller
Chicago University
John D. Rockefeller
Turedom
Mankato Bay
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