14 Nov 1901
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1901
Page
1
In a November cave-in at Oronogo near Joplin Missouri the Aurora Mining Company zinc plant including a 100 ton mill, office and engine house, and six gravity cars sank into a sinkhole. No lives were lost though further cave-ins are feared and nearby work has been suspended.
Six Camden residents, including 18 year old Thomas Hazleton, died and others aged 18 and 15 are seriously ill after recent vaccinations. Health officials suspend further inoculations until a full examination confirms any link, while three more cases are reported. Simmering reciprocity interest also noted in St Johns regarding Canada United States fisheries pact.
A historical advertisement extols Yagers Sarsaparilla with Celery as a universal cure for impure blood and nervous disorders. It claims widespread health benefits for rheumatism scrofula catarrh malaria and female ailments and promotes the product sold by Gilbert Bros. & Co. of Baltimore Maryland at a small price.
Northern Securities Company, capital 400 million, formed to acquire and trade in railroad stocks. Morgan interests linked. holding company to control Northern Pacific and other lines. Settlement ends long fight among 7 railways, with 47,372 miles and over 1.5 billion dollars in capital.
The November Federal grand jury indicted Harry Longbaugh alias John Arnold and Laura Bullion on separate counts tied to the Wagner Montana train robbery last July. Express messenger Wiliam O'Neill identified Longbaugh during arrest, describing the assault and safe looting of nearly 100000 in unsigned National Bank of Montana bills. Chief Desmond reports Longbaugh refused to reveal his real name, while witnesses place Kilpatrick as a potential alias. Montana trial likely with death penalty.
London November 14 British war secretary Broderick charged the Docis with masking killings of Kaffirs behind them and cited two bound natives found dead in a mine shaft on November 1. He said Britain holds 42,000 Boers in camps or islands, 13,000 killed wounded or paroled, and about 16,000 in the field. He noted plans to send fresh troops as a colony offered aid.
A bold group of 11 to 12 armed men attempted to rob Citizens Bank and Minater in Wapokone O. on November 14. They blasted the door, fired about a dozen shots, and tried to blow the safe with nitro glycerine but failed to reach the inner vault holding around $10,000. Citizens fired back from a second story window as the robbers fled in three stolen rigs after over 100 shots were exchanged.
Captain Hartman's First Cavalry surprised 490 insurgents at Buan Batangas province with half armed for attack. Cavalry flank attack killed 16, wounded 5, captured 9 rifles as insurgents fled. Reports say two boatloads of arms landed in Batangas and were moved toward Durangan as Major West searches for them.
The Assocation of Experiment Stations and Agricultural Colleges agreed at their annual convention to establish a Columbus summer school focusing on agriculture agronomy dairying and related subjects. The office of Experiment Stations and the Department of Agriculture will direct the new institution.
In a case tied to the Indiana death of Charles Goodman Rathbun faces murder charges after a hotel death in Jeffersonville. His wife denies involvement and police question the man’s identity amid claims of an alias. Coroners in Little Rock examined the body as questions about Rathbun’s true name and home persist.
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