Notable Happenings From Across the Nation and World
Bourke Cochran of New York to speak in St Joseph on October 9. Nome City reports another outbreak of smallpox at Nome. Los Angeles population reaches 102,479, up 52,084 since 1890. Rodney Lowry duels near Tuscaloosa. shot four times. Nace Swartley failed in Philadelphia. Michigan Supreme Court calls beet sugar bounty law unconstitutional. Joseph Campbell of Washington Post dies at Hot Springs aged 33. Rev J D Boyd killed by John B Messer in Beston Texas. Jacob Schaelzel dies in Freeport aged 74. George H Welshone suicides in Harrisburg. Morgan Eastman dies in Royalton Wisconsin. U S commercial failures rise to 7511 with 101.9 million liabilities. Helmer Milling fire at Fond du Lac. losses 50-60k. Skagway to Seattle telegraph line telegram arrives in seven hours. Isaac Thompson dies at 100 in Lee, Iowa. Four NCOs promoted to lieutenants in volunteer regiments. Venezuela convokes congress February 20. Galveston storm death toll rises to 2396. Mexican Gulf Coal and Transportation Co appoints receiver. assets ~200k. City of Seattle arrives with 1.5 million Klondike treasure and 317 passengers. Oklahoma population 396,500, up 250 percent since 1893. Gen MacArthur lists Philippine casualties including Second Lt Max Wagner. North Carolina advertising car burned at Kingston. loss 18k. Montana hay imports may reach 300k to 500k tons. state crop poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourke Cochran
New York
St. Joseph
Nome City
Cape Nome
Nome
Los Angeles
Cal
Rodney Lowry
Lowry
Mississippi
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Young Lowry
Philadelphia
Nace & Swartley
Wholesale Produce Commission
Michigan Supreme Court
Joseph Campbell
Washington
D. C
Boston
Beston
Tex
John B. Messer
J. D. Boyd
Messer
Freeport
Jacob Schaelzel
South Dakota
West
George H. Welshone
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Morgan Lewis Eastman
Royalton
Wis
Congregational Church
Fond du Lac
Helmer Milling Company
Skagway
Vancouver
Isaac Thompson
Lee, I
Mr. Thompson
Pittston
Mr. Thomps0
Philippines
Edward C. Wells
Thirty-second Volunteer Infantry
Junius J. Boyle
Thirty Second Volunteer Infantry
G. A
Mexican Gulf Coal and Transportation Company
Alderson and
Howe
I. T
Seattle
Wash
Oklahoma
MacArthur
Pavia
Santa Barbara
Panay
Max Wagner
U. S. W. Infantry
Wlieutenant Wagner
West Bedford
Mass
Signal Corps
North Carolina
Kingston
Montana
Germans Face Chinese Forces Near Tien Tsin in Pensioned Advance
From Tien Tsin and Hong Kong reports dated October 6 to 8 an engagement near Tien Tsin saw German troops clash with 8000 Chinese described as Boers and forced to retire toward Tien Tsin. Li Hung Chang’s veterans are implicated. Rebels attacked Sai-Wan but were defeated. Boxers bolster defenses on the grand canal as expedition to Pao Ting Fu is set to start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tien Tsin
Li Hung Chang
Shanghai
The
Times
Huai Tai
Emperor Kwang Su
Prince Tuan
Tsung li Yamen
Yang Lu
Morning Post
Grand Canal
Pao Ting Fu
Pei Ho
Alfred Gaselee
Pekin
Hong Kong
Sai-Wan
San Chun
Kowloon
Cadet mess waiters strike at West Point over pay
Twenty two cadet mess waiters at West Point refuse to handle a ration demanding a five dollar monthly raise. Major Hall, commissary treasurer, grants the raise. A second department strike is possible as cadet numbers rise increasing workload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N. Y
Major Hall
Megs Hall Walters
Soldier Gets Long Sentence
Private Frank Miller of the Twenty third U S infantry was convicted at Cebu Philippines of criminal assault and sentenced to be shot by musketry. The president commuted the sentence to dishonorable discharge forfeiture of pay and allowances and confinement at hard labor in a penitentiary for twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oct
Frank Miller
Twentythird
United States Infantry
Cebu
Philippine Islands
Philippine Revenues for First Seven Months of 1900
The War department released figures showing Philippine Islands revenues for the first seven months of 1900 totaling 4,782,030 dollars. This is an increase of 2,095,335 dollars over the same period in 1899. Customs yielded 3,362,245 dollars. internal revenue 336,101 dollars. Postal receipts from July 1 for the month reached 110,845 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War Department
Philippine Islands
Internal Revenue
Treasury
Burlington rails commend Baxter for halting robbery near Council Bluffs
The Burlington railway sent a letter of commendation to Express Messenger Baxter of Kansas City for his courageous act in stopping the holdup near Council Bluffs by shooting and killing one of the robbers. The letter also included a draft for 3500 as further evidence of appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, Mo
Burlington Railway
Baxter
Kansas City
Council Bluffs
Beers Retreat From Pilgrim's Rest in South Africa
London dispatch reports from Pietermaritzburg that 4000 to 5000 Beers have retreated from Pilgrim's Rest near Lydenburg. They carried four Long Tom guns and twenty two other guns. Long Tom ammunition is nearly exhausted, according to the Daily Mail correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pietermaritzburg
Daily Mail
Pilgrim’s Rest
Lydenburg
Cattle Movements in Black Hills Seacon Shipping Nears End
Belle Fourche district reports heavy shipments winding down as Franklin Stock Co moved 1,800 head of steers this week. By October 20 feeders will be sent to Nebraska and other points for winter. Range grass deteriorates after three weeks of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Fourche
Black Hills
Franklin Stock Company
Nebraska
Graess
Cuba Trade Totals For Seven Months Ended January 21 1900
The War Department bulletin shows Cuba imported $43,469,055 in merchandise with $1,851,442 duty free. Havana handled $34,264,109 of imports. North America supplied $22,321,551. Exports totaled $1,905,492 with tobacco leading at $5,553,067, $5,061,557 to the U.S. Cigars and cigarettes exports reached $7,993,963 and $192,?50 respectively, with U.S. shares of each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Division of Customs and Insular Affairs
War Department
Cuba
Havana
North Amerca
United States
Ex-Auditor Bissell Dies at 66 in San Francisco
W R Bissell a railroad man of national renown died of cancer at the Southern Pacific hospital in San Francisco aged 66. He had served as auditor of the Missouri Pacific for five years before moving to a similar post with Fairhaven and Southern Pacific. He was a prominent freight department figure at Southern Pacific at his death and was brother to Frederick M. Bissell of the Pennsylvania railroad and brother-in-law to Thomas R. Roberts, noted Quaker City merchant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
W. R. Bissell
United States
Southern Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Fairhaven & Southern Pacific
Frederick M. Bissell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thomas R. Roberts
Quaker City
Li Hung Chang leaves for Pekin amid escort fears
Li Hung Chang departed for Pekin on Saturday as the Chinese capital looms. Belgian engineers and fifteen missionaries freed from Pao Ting Fu refuse to start with the escort, citing fear of treachery by the Chinese guards.
Chinese leaders confer as Li Hung Chang plans Pekin visit
Li Hung Chang and Russian minister M de Giers held a lengthy conference. Afterward Li announced he would depart for Pekin tomorrow. Peaceful conditions prevail though railway reconstruction discussions surface among commanders.
Lawyer Dryeden Shot by Father-in-Law in Domestic Tragedy
In Wheeling West Virginia on October 8 M F Dryeden a leading attorney was shot and killed by Thomas Workman his son in law during a domestic confrontation. Dryeden attacked his wife and her father intervened to protect her prompting him to fire killing Dryeden and leaving Mrs Dryeden prostrate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
M. F. Dryeden
Thomas Workman
Dryeden
Suez Canal Not Blocked After Emir's Status Unchanged
Port Said dispatch says the Suez Canal is not blocked following the sinking of the American steam collier Emir, bound for Manila with coal for the fleet. No delay for vessels under forty five feet beam. Emir's position remains unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suez Canal
Port Said
United States
Emiar
Manila
Passion Piya at Oberammergau Draws Massive Crowds
Berlin Oct 8 2000 spectators attended the forty eight performances of the Passion Play at Oberammergau. Admission receipts reached 1 200 000 marks and villagers are estimated to have earned about 4 000 000 marks from visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Oberammergau
Population figures for Galveston ward after storm relief
The First ward census, directed by the relief committee, counts 2,265 residents. U S returns released today show 3,199 before the storm. Additional wards will report soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Relief Committee
United States
Surprise For the Chinese
Shanghai reports Chinese astonishment as the viceroy declares prominent court members degraded under foreign pressure. A new German cable from Chefoo to Tsin Tau opens, and allies reportedly demand indemnity up to 40,000,000 pounds about 200,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Chefoo
Tsin Tau
Reception for Waldersee Arranged by International Forces
The commissioners plan a combined official reception for Field Marshal Count von Waldersee. A detachment of mixed cavalry will escort him from Tung Chow to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PZKIN
International Forces
Count. von. Waldersee
Tung
Chow
Plucky employee defends home against armed tramp
At Bancroft Nebraska a tramp entered the Graham home while owners were away. Alfred Nelson confronted the intruder with a two by four plank after disarming a revolver. A brutal exchange followed with blows kicks and two shots fired. Nelson restrained the tramp and sent him away bleeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Neb
B. F. Graham
Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Graham
Engine plunges over canyon after chain breaks near Elba
Anton Chalupsky narrowly escaped death when his threshing engine toppled forty feet from a bridge into a canyon near Elba. The steering chain broke on the engine, the boiler buried in soft earth, and repairs are deemed impossible. The water wagon attached to the engine remained on the bridge as the tongue broke on the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Neb
Elba
Anton Dahlupsky
Chalups
Milled in the Hay Field fatality near Crete Neb
John Kahle, a West Blue area farmer near Crete, was killed in a field accident. He reportedly was mowing when a sickle-bar struck a stump, throwing him to the ground and his head became caught in a wheel as the team ran away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crete
Neb
John Kahle
Kahle
Mr. Kahle
Young man injured in wagon accident at Beatrice
BEATRICE Neb Oct 2 The young son of J M Bernstein a prominent shoe merchant was seriously injured while catching onto the rear of wagons for a ride He caught onto a dray swung under and his feet were wraped in a wheel breaking both legs one above and one below the knee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice
Neb
J. M. Bernstein
Loss by Fire at Valley General Store
Valley Nebraska October 2 The general merchandise store of Puffer Bros. was destroyed by fire. The building and contents valued around 20000 dollars were lost and the post office located in the building also burned with fixtures and mail matter. The origin of the fire remains a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley
Neb
Puffer Bros
Apple of Wonderful Growth in Nebraska Orchard
Columbus Nebraska October 3 George Hopkins of Platte Center reports an extraordinary apple growing in his orchard. The lone fruit is green and not fully grown yet measured at fourteen inches in circumference. This first bearing season yielded one apple before it dropped from the limb which was strong enough to hold it and had to be tied to a stronger branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Néb
George Hopkins
Platte Center
Marvel
Nebraska
Davis
South Omaha leads western cattle market in turn of cattle receipts
Oct 8 South Omaha live stock markets show continued boom as General Manager Kenyon notes September receipts of 67 784 grass cattle at South Omaha versus 49 600 at Chicago. Feeder shipments last week reached 604 cars totaling 17 772 head with Nebraska and Iowa destinations. Through nine months ending Sept 29 stockers and feeders totaled 187 216, up 17 388 from last year, underscoring South Omaha as a premier market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omamba
South Omaha
Lve
Kenyon
Union Stock Yards Company Aid
Chicago
Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Hawks Kill Thousands Over Callaway Nebs Evening Sky
A flock of several thousand hawks passed over Callaway Nebraska as sunset approached. Locals with guns fired for about 30 minutes, killing roughly seventy five birds. The common chicken hawks formed a long eastward moving cloud across a wide line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callaway
Neb
Suspicious Stranger Traced by Bloodhounds Near Overton
A mystery man stopped for breakfast near Overton Nebraska, fled after denial, and bloodhounds traced him from Robert Gamble’s home to town. Police found no evidence and released him, ordering departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overton
Neb
Robert Gamble
Gamble
Cozad
Carroll Thornburg
Minister Stricken in Clarks Death of Rev Arthur J Rogers
HARVAARD Neb Oct 8 A telegram from Clarks reports the death of Rev Arthur J Rogers pastor of the Congregational church here He preached Sunday evening then fell ill Monday with pneumonia and died He and his wife left Sept 17 for a month long trip mostly visiting Clarks home of Mrs Rogers parents He became pastor in March and was well regarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvaard
Neb
Clarks
Arthur J. Rogers
Congregational
Clarke
Not Killed as Supposed
Hastings Nebraska reports confusion over a Fort Dodge Iowa lightning death. Charles H. Wilson was initially listed as killed, but later telegrams clarified the casualty was another Mr Wilson. The news came via G E Wilson, son of Charles W Wilson, who was visiting Town with Mrs Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings, Neb
Charles H. Wilson
Fort Dodge
G. E. Wilson
Charles W. Wilson
Fire destroys residence of Conrad Schnell in Grand Island
The Schnell home at 321 East Division Street burned in the early hours. Neighbors helped save most contents and insurance covers the loss. The Schnell family was not seriously harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island, Neb
Conrad Schnell
East Division Street
Grand Island Mourns Henry J Schlotfeldt
Grand Island Nebraska Oct 8 Grand Island mourns Henry J Schlotfeldt a lifelong citizen born in Illinois in 1857 He moved to Nebraska in 1881 entered the cigar manufacturing business served on the city council and county supervisors and was deputy postmaster He was a candidate for auditor on the fusion ticket this spring He leaves a wife and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island
Dena
Neb
Henry J. Schlotfeldt
Illinoise
Board of County Supervisors
Three cautions on health reputation and wealth
The mirror of a pretty girl reflects many images. The United States produced $1,145,900,000 and Germany $525,000,000. About a quarter of U S pensions go to widows. The judge who suspends sentence is not always in favor of hanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Steketee's Dry Bitters A Dutch Remedy guide
A Dutch remedy titled Steketee's Dry Bitters promotes making your own bitters to treat dyspepsia loss of appetite dizziness headach kidney and liver diseases and other ailments. It claims a stomach regulator flavor and urges readers to pay 30 cents in US postage stamps to receive instructions for making a gallon of bitters. Sponsored by Geo G Steketee Grand Rapids Michigan. For sale by druggists. Wit is a diamond in the rough that is polished by adversity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steketee
United States
Stcketce
Holland
Germany
Geo. G. Steketce
Grand Rapids
Mich
Airs and Whispers Amidst Quiet Social Twisting
A brief sketch notes how some people project an image while others try to mask real intent. The piece hints at social cues and reputational pressure in everyday interactions.
Allen's Foot-Ease Free Sample Offer
You can obtain a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease from Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York. The powder cures sweating damp swollen aching feet and makes new or tight shoes comfortable. Useful for corns and bunions. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
A $5 000 Pair of Tusks Sold in Zanzibar Trade
In his annual report the British acting consul at Zanzibar notes the sale of a pair of elephant tusks, measured 101 feet long and weighing 239 and 224 pounds. Described as possibly the largest ever found, the tusks sold for $5,000 to a purchaser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanzibar
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Endorsements
A 1900 era advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot treat. It features endorsements from F. J. Cheney & Co and local Toledo wholesalers West & Truar Welding, Kinson & Marvin, declaring Cheney trustworthy. The cure is described as a internal remedy acting on blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials available. Prices per bottle and druggist sales are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truar
Ists
Welding
Kinson & Marvin
Onio
Garfield Headache Powders Offer Simple Relief
A Brooklyn New York company promotes THE GARFIELD HEAD ACHE POWDERS as scientifically compounded herbs that soothe nerves, promise no harmful drugs, and guarantee relief. They offer a free sample by mail with a fee sample request. The ad invites readers to try one trial to be convinced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
M. Y
Pises Cure for Consumption Prompts Personal Testimony
Mrs. Thos Robblins of Maple Street Norwich writes that Tam care Pise's Cure for Consumption changed her life three yenes ago. She signs the 1900 February 17 notice, citing belief in the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pise
Thos. Robblins
Maple Street
Norwich
Williams Tops Thom and Rob Names in Philadelphia Directory
The Philadelphia directory lists many Thom as Thomas and eleven named Robert Roberts. William Williams leads with eighty six bearers, outnumbering the others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doable
Philadelphia
Thomas Thomas
Robert Roberts
William Williams
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Srief
R. G. Dun & Co
Tien Tain
Philippne Revenues
Beers Reachreat
Gunes
Bissell
Li la
Passion Piya
Waldersee
Albert Nelson
Union Pacific Yards
Juergen Klintworth
Klintworth
Kilintworth
Apple of Wonderful Growth
Stoek
Enesco
Western
Swanson
Thomas T. Reiddek
Kingsland
L. AK
Smith
el Dorado Springs
Wanbon
Order of Us
Express
Aig
Kenton
Rite Now
Bwanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Luke &T
SKE
Osborne Co
England
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