Wounded Merchant in Nebraska Charivari Incident
Henry Burritt of Shelby Nebraska was seriously wounded in both legs during a charivary at Hastings. He was engaged with Frank Scheéslinger and a daughter of Mr. De feat, newly married. Burritt’s condition was not considered dangerous unless blood poisoning develops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Burritt
Shelby
Rising City
Neb
Levi “Miller
Charivaring
Frank Scheéslinger
Defeat
Burritt
Lucky Fisherman Loses Acreage Claim in River Land Case
S K Howe, long time Missouri River island settler and self described original owner, fights Armour Packing Co and Chicago Great Western Railways over forty acres of accreted land south of the Missouri River near Kansas City. The land valued at $200,000 and the verdict resettles ownership after years of court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour Packing Company
Chicago Great Western Railwa Company
Missouri River
Kansas City
Kan
S.K. Howe
Howe
Armour Packing Plant
Chicago Great Western
Armour Company
District Court
Tent preaching plan follows heresy conviction
Rev. Mr. Louther of Arkansas City Kansas plans to preach in a tent after being convicted by the M. E. conference for heresy. Dr. Lowther intends to join another denomination to preach per his beliefs. The report drew sobs from many ministers and Bishop Malliieu announced the revocation of Dr Leather's ministerial credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louther
Arkansas City
Kan
M. EE
Lowther
Mallilieu
Leather
Burned Man Found in Car on Chicago and Alton Line
A man was found burned to death in a car on the Chicago and Alton road at Grige's Siding Logan County Illinois. The engine was taking water when the train crew moved the car to a siding to burn. The body was charred beyond recognition and identification is uncertain. officials suspect William Coffery of Monticello Kentucky, a worker with the Alton camp car party. Coroner Boyden will conduct a full investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & ‘Alton
Coffery
The
Alton
Boyden
Jake May Prove Costly Damaging Candy Trick
Mrs. Vina Green sues C H Wild agency for 500 dollars in Wyandotte county court claiming a chocolate dipped wood piece caused a front tooth to break. She alleges the item was a prank gone wrong while employed at Collins candy store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
C. H. Wild
C. J. Fletcher Candy Company
Kansas City
Kan
Vina*Green
Collins’ Candy Store
Common Pleas Court
Wyandotte County
Burglars Hit Emporia Homes In String Of Thefts
Burglars entered the home of Charles Jackson in Emporia Kansas while the family was away and secured about 55 dollars in cash jewels an 80 dollar bank draft and minor effects. The home of J M Harmon was also entered but yielded little. These make four robberies in the last week in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Bureglars
Charles Jackson
Kan
Mbke
Atlantic City Fire Destroys大量 Beachfront Hotels
A blaze swept the Atlantic City beachfront along the boardwalk from Illinois to New York avenues destroying twelve hotels and numerous small buildings. Loss could exceed 750000 with insurance rates high and rumors of fatalities denied. Milit ia patrolled to prevent looting as about a dozen men were arrested for robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Illlnois Avenue
New York Avenue
Brady’s’ Baths
Taunton Hotel
Ilinois Avenue
Baby Restored to Father After Habeas Corpus Hearing
In Plattsmouth Nebraska a 7 month old baby, brought by its grandparents Mr and Mrs John Everett, was ordered returned to father George L Briton after witnesses testified. The mother had died March 1 1902 and her dying wish had been for the grandparents to rear the child, but the court did not accept that as a defense to the writ. The scene showed the child was loved as one of the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass
Plattsmouth
Neb
John Everett
George L. Briton
Everett
Man Killed by Frightened Horse in Wichita
Henry Westerhouse a 60 year old man from Coffeyville was instantly killed in Wichita Kansas when a Wells Fargo Express horse reared and trampled him after an express train approached the Santa Fe tracks. The animal struck him over the heart with its hoofs as it fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Westerhouse
Coffeyville
Wichita
Kan
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Santa Fe
Westerhouse
Guilty of Second Degree Murder in Missouri
Joplin special reports James Wilson found guilty of murder in the second degree for the 35 year old case involving neighbor Orville Lyons. Jury fixed a ten year penitentiary sentence. A motion for a new trial and appeal was filed. Wilson was arrested in Oklahoma after years of search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
James Wilson
Orville Lyons
Wilstin
Oklahoma
Mawatha Postmaster Arrested For Insult Charge
John Schilling, a local politician, had Hiawatha Kansas postmaster Ewing Herbert arrested for disturbing the peace by name calling and insulting talk. Herbert denies the charge and seeks a jury trial. Schilling aimed to have his son appointed postmaster and claims the arrest is part of a scheme to discredit Herbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mawatha
John Schilling
Ewing Herbert
Hiawatha
Kan
Herbert
Schilling
Bank Safe Looted at Ruskin Nebraska
Four men blew the outer casing of the bank safe at Ruskin Nuckolls County Nebraska. The bulk of the money remained in the chest. insurance company representatives will confirm the amount, with reports indicating not over 500 dollars taken. The robbers fled south on foot, pursued by sheriff, marshal, and bloodhounds toward Hardy Kansas Republic and Belleville, where the chase ended exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruskin
Nuckolls County
Beatrice
Hardy
Kansas
Republic
Belleville
Kan
Oleo Bill Passes After Lively Senate Debate
The senate approved the oleomargarine bill by 89 to 31. It alters rules for oleomargarine and related products, taxing colored butter substitutes at 10 cents per pound and uncolored forms at 0.25 cents. It imposes annual taxes of 600 dollars on makers, 480 dollars on wholesalers, and 48 dollars on retailers, and sets preparation and collection regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House of Representatives
District of Columbia
Boers Repulsed After Heavy Casualties Near Hart's River
British forces under General Kitchener repulsed a Boer attack near Hart's river in the southwestern Transvaal. The engagement saw heavy losses on both sides, with the Canadian Rifles, led by Lieut Bruce Carruthers, distinguished as they held a position until all fell. Delarey and Kemp led the Boer counteraction before withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart’s River
Transvaal
Kitchener
Delarey
Kemp
Rifles
Bruce Carruthers
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Pays
Kitchetter
Lora Kitchener
Keir
Cookson
Wrnekuil
Hart's River
Canadian Rifles
SARGENT NAMED COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF IMMIGRATION
Frank P. Sargent, grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, was tendered the post of Commissioner General of Immigration. He accepted but will delay taking charge until he closes his business affairs. The president offered him ample time to prepare. resignations of Powderly and McSweeney are expected. McMurray and William Williams are named as successors to Fitchie of New York and the immigration post respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Sargent
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Immigration
Sargent
Messrs
Powderly
McSweeney
Mr. McMurray
William Williams
Immigration Fitchie
New York
Stone Sails Home for Lectures to Aid Missions
Miss Ellen M. Stone American missionary sailed on the Hamburg American line steamer Deutschland from London to New York. She plans lectures in the United States to aid missions after arrival. Mr Choate United States ambassador and Mrs Choate hosted tea at the embassy where Stone shared her experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen M. Stone
New York
London
United States
Miss Stone
England
Mr. Choate
Six Month Street Car Strike Ends in Scranton
The six months long street car strike in Scranton Pennsylvania ends as workers return to duty. An agreement signed by General Manager Silliman and the strikers' executive board secures immediate rehiring and a wage increase. Barn men receive 7 percent raise. Car men minimum rises to 17 cents, maximum to 1956 cents an hour, with a three year earning period instead of five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Silliman
Convict Tidwell Tries Death by Self Hanging at Leavenworth
Coby Tidwell a federal prisoner at Leavenworth attempted suicide by hanging in the shoe shop slipping from a bar across a cell using his suspenders as rope. He arrived from Indian Territory a year ago to serve five years for larceny after prior sentences in two other prisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coby Tidwell
Federal
Leavenworth
Tidwell
Indian Territory
Reciprocity With Cuba Passes House Committee
The House Ways and Means committee reports favorable on the Payne bill proposing reciprocity with Cuba by 12 to 5. Republicans Metcalf and Tawney oppose with Democrats Richardson Swanson and McClellan voting yes. Cooper Newlands Robertson oppose. Fifteen to twenty amendments were debated and defeated except Grosvenor’s, tying Cuba to American labor and immigration laws before the pact takes effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Ways and Means
Payne
Cuba
Metcalf
California
Tawney
Minnesota
Richardson
Tenn
Swanson
McClellan
Cooper
Tex
Newlands
Bratton Wins Gold in Hastings Pentathlon Contest
Leslie Bratton scored sixty five points to take the gold medal in the pentathlon at the Young Men's Christian Association Naisiim Hastings Nebraska event. Parrott won running high jump, Bratton won sprint and fence vault, Sewell won standing broad jump nine feet nine, Johnson won potato race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Bratton
Mrs Fenton Haines Acquitted in Arsenic Murder Trial
Mrs Mabel Fenton Haines was acquitted in Mount Holly New Jersey after a weeklong trial for the murder of her 3 year old step-daughter Gwendolin by arsenic. The jury returned its verdict fifteen minutes after retiring. The court's charge favored the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel .Fenton .Haines
Mount Holly
N. J
Gwendolin
Deadly Fire Traps Frame House in Boyne City
A frame dwelling in Boyne City Michigan housing two families was destroyed by fire. Four people died including Mrs James Thompson Mrs Frank Littlefield a six year old girl and an eight year old boy. Mrs Attlefield and her two Spokane Washington children were visiting. All occupants slept upstairs when the blaze started and Dr Thompson escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyne City
Mich
James . Thompson
Frank Littlefield
Aattlefield
Spokane
Thompson
Child Falls in a Tub Near Pawnee City Tragedy
The nearly two year old child of Mr and Mrs C B Walker living five miles NW of Pawnee City drowned in a tub of water after wandering to the well while the mother was busy. A search found the body in the tub but resuscitation failed. It was the couple’s only child.
Tragic Jump Over Niagara Falls Ends in Death
Delia Tansey of Buffalo leapt from Goat Island bridge into the Niagara River on April 3. William Connors of Liverpool, England, attempted rescue, fastening a rake to her clothing, but she slipped away and was carried over the falls as 200 witnesses looked on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia ‘Tansey
Buffalo
Goat Island Bridge
William Connors
Liverpool
England
Tansey
Leon Bouck Acquitted in Abduction Case
The jury directed a not guilty verdict for Leon Bouck in the abduction trial involving Pearl Hopper, 16, after deliberations following the elopement from Emerson. The case centered on charges of abducting the underage girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Bouck
Fom
Emerson
Pearl Hopper
Train hold up near St Joseph shocks county
Four masked men stopped the Burlington No.13 train three miles north of St. Joseph after leaving Francis Street station at 11:40 p m on April 4. Authorities say the robbers netted nothing though reports vary. The incident mirrors a 1898 botched attempt nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
St. Joseph
Francis Street
W. C. Brown
Missouri Lines
Saints Meet at Salt Lake Conference Address
The seventy second annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints opened in the Salt Lake City tabernacle on April 4. President Joseph F. Smith reviewed the church’s work and praised members for increasing membership and prosperity more than any prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Joseph F. Smith
Mother and Baby Burned in St Louis Kerosene Accident
Mrs Clara Ward 32 and her 10 month old daughter died in a kerosene can explosion at their St Louis home as she poured oil into a heating stove. Their 5 year old son suffered facial and hand burns and Mr Ward, an invalid, was left in a dangerous condition after the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Ward
William W. Ward
St. Louis
Ward
Assault on Alonzo Bruce in Deadwood
Alonzo Bruce, nephew of B. K. Bruce, registrar of the treasury, was found beaten in his Deadwood room and is in a critical hospital condition with skull fractures and head injuries. Authorities suspect an intruder attacked him. Bruce has not yet recovered enough to explain the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Bruce
the Treasury
B. K. Bruce
Deadwood
Seven Years for Grand Larceny and Robbery
M. A. Wilson was sentenced by Judge Hamilton to seven years in the penitentiary for grand larceny and robbery in the second degree at Atwood Kansas. Attorney Hessen of Manhattan urged a new trial, which the judge denied. He was charged with robbing the county treasury of about $2000 on December 21 last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Wilson
Atwood
Kan
Hamilton
Hessen
Manhattan
Wilson
Promoter Coxe Dies by Self Inflicted Wounds in Knoxville Hotel
Co E Coxe once of St Louis and Joplin Mo killed himself in his room at the Vendomer hotel Knoxville Tenn after drinking heavily and turning off the light. He died soon after. Coxe had lived in Knoxville two years promoting local zinc properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. E. Coxe
St. Louis
Joplin
Vendomer
Knoxville
Tenn
York High School Contest Winners Announced
Judges' decisions in the York high school contest list winners by event. Oratorical first Clifford Wilkins of York with Brooks Potter Seward second. Dramatic first Ethel Briggle of Grand Island with Laura Cox Geneva second. Humorous first Helen Dillenbach Hastings with Glovinia Giffin Lexington second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Saints Close Lamont Meeting with LDS Lecture
The Latter Day Saints convention in Lamont Bus closed after a lecture by B Elzenhouger. The general Sunday school association also met and officials gave formal reports. The secretary’s report lists total church membership at 17 541.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saints
The
Latter Day Saints
Lamont
Bus
B. Elzenhouger
General Sunday School Association of the Church
Lane’s Third Victim Hloise Dies From Gunshot Wound
Lane’s gun attack in Philadelphia leaves Hloise Jarden a year after being shot by William H Lane. The 7-year-old daughter of Eila J. Jarden died in hospital from injuries. Lane had earlier killed the girl’s mother and 10-year-old sister in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hloise
Eila J. Jarden
Ella J. Furbush
Philadelphia
William H. Lane
Lane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Atcharivari
Atlantic
Hastings
Missouri
Mr. Louther
Court
Oleo Bill
Harta River
St. Joseph, Mo
County
Treasury—Horse . E . and _ Barn
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!