The Northfield Wreck Sinks Ferry Amid Search for Bodies
After a 48 hour hunt for victims of the Staten Island ferry Northfield collision with the Mauch Chunk, only two bodies are found. Three missing, including Gen Charles G Bartlett and Charles Dickerson, with Dickerson presumed dead. Louise Ivers injured and feared skull fracture. Bail set at 2500 for Captains Griffin and Johnson as investigations unfold.
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New York
Staten Island
Northfield
Jersey Central
Mauch Chunk
Jere V. Wright
Oriental Bank
New Brighton
Juan Benitez
French, Edge & Co
Charles G. Bartlett
Livingston
S, IL
Charles Dickerson
Brooklyn
Francis Xavier Xiques
Port Richmond
Dickerson
Rook
Louise Ivers
East River
Crane
Griffin
Johnson
Jersey Central Ferry
Staten Island Rapid Transit Company
North
Central Railroad
Board of Steamboat Inspectors
Tagalls
Erie Avenue Basin
Bert Miller
Ingalls
Charles Williams
Leavenworth Negroes Accused of Buying Army Revolvers
Excitement grows as investigators uncover plans by Leavenworth blacks to arm themselves with government revolvers sold by Fort Leavenworth soldiers. Police and Fort Leavenworth officers work to recover the firearms after three Negro men are arrested.
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Fred Alexander
Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
F. L. Deen
Cyclone Rips Beadle County Homes Injures Dozen
A cyclone struck southeast Beadle county near Huron on Saturday afternoon injuring ten and destroying multiple homes. The McCormack farm house collapsed with Mr and Mrs McCormack and three children badly hurt. a 7 year old son may die. Nearby Gardiner residence and Palmer and Gillespie properties suffered damage with several injured. The storm brought heavy rain and darkness as debris scattered and mud covered survivors.
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Huron
S. D
Beadle County
McCormack
Gardiner
Palmer
Gillespie
Excellent Opportunities For Trade With Russia and Sweden
The 1900 Commercial Relations report highlights rising US exports to Russia and Sweden. Consul Heenan notes demand for American agricultural machinery in Poland due to labor shortages, with threshers expanding trade. Consul General Winslow urges exporters to pursue Sweden’s growing market, noting Sweden’s favorable view of US goods and praise for 40 American locomotives on state railways.
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Russia
Sweden
Washington
United States
Frederick Emory
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
State Department
Heenan
Odessa
Poland
Winslow
Stockholm
Europe
Telegraph Operators Drugged in Mountain Tower
In Shamokin Pennsylvania on June 17 two telegraph workers Lawrence Hannan and Thomas Horan were drugged by two well dressed strangers at a Big Mountain signal tower. They recovered two hours later and Horan’s watch was missing. Two suspicious tramps were arrested and released. In New York William Meinhoffer 23 shot Mary Bolte and died after she also perished. a suicide motive is suspected with a note found on Meinhoffer confessing revenge for perceived deceit.
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Shamokin
Lawrence Hannan
Thomas Horan
Big Mountain
Here
Horan
New York
William Meinhoffer
Mary Bolte
Fordham Hospital
Miss Bolte
Meinhoffer
Los Angeles
Cal
Murderer Attacks Wife and Father in Newfield
James Churchill farm hand killed Minnie Churchill by crushing her head with an iron bar as she slept beside their seven year old daughter at her father's Newfield home nine miles away. He also attacked Minnie’s father Daniel Minturn, who is not expected to survive. Churchill attempted suicide with carbolic acid but survived and was arrested in Ithaca. Jealousy led to the crime amid separation two months prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itnaca
James Churchill
Minnie Churchill
Newfield
Daniel Minturn
Churchill
Ithaca
Jury Disagreement Opens Quash Indictment Bid for Kennedy Case
New York June 17 the jury in the third trial of Dr Samuel J Kennedy for the murder of Dolly Reynolds failed to reach a verdict after ten ballots. Judge Newberger discharged the panel and remanded Kennedy to the Tombs. Counsel Moore plans to move to quash the indictment, arguing double jeopardy due to two prior disagreements. The case stems from the 1898 Grand hotel death and a $13000 check endorsement tied to Kennedy.
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New York
Samuel J. Kennedy
Dolly” Reynolds
Newberger
Kennedy
Moore
Philbin
Dr. Kennedy
Emeline C. Reynolds
Dolly Reynolds
Grand Hotel
Dudley Gideon
Sing Sing
Court of Appeals
Fursman
General Sessions
Osborne
Ten Years For Mrs Kennedy In Kansas City Murder Trial
A Kansas City jury convicted Lulu Prince Kennedy of murder in the second degree for killing her husband Philip H. Kennedy on January 10, 1901 and sentenced her to ten years in the penitentiary. An appeal may be taken. Also reported are three Italian laborers killed by a freight train near Norristown, Pa. and a summary of Philadelphia live stock receipts and market activity for the week.
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Norristown
Vincenzo Toletto
Calligula Salvator
Antonio Meschetti
Philadelpha and Reading
Here
Philadelphia
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Kansas
American Enterprise
Ae al Ay
East Market ST
York, PA
Norfolk
Stee
M.S. Hiteshew
Corner Center Square
New Oxford
Steiff, Steinway, Kimball, Whitney, Hinze, and
Others
Geo. E. Spangler
Farren & Yvotey
Kimball, Carpenter, Wilcox & White
Chicago
York St
Gettysburg
Otel
Merville E. Zinn
Propr
Center Square
Irex
A. S. Feiser
New Oxford, PA
Mills
U. R. Hartman, Prop
Owen
J. R. Hartman
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