Chinese Capitalist Kidnaping Sparks Canton Alarm
Advices from Canton report consternation in elite circles over the kidnapping of Lam Cho, Hawaiian Chinese capitalist, and three other prominent Chinese. They were lured to a supposed friend's house near Sun Wai, Twang Tung, seized and taken inland for ransom. A brisrand messaged a Canton's associate stating a $20,000 ransom would secure release. Lam Cho, next to Ah Fong, is Hawaii's best known Chinaman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
China
Lam Cho
Sun Wai
Twang Tung
Ah Fong
Hawaii
Deaths of Mrs Blaine and Knapp to Be Executed
Mrs. Janica G Blaine died at the Blaine homestead in Augusta Maine at 76. She was born Marriett Stanwood daughter of a Maine leader and widow of James G Blaine editor of the Kennebec Journal. Alfred A Knapp convicted of first degree murder in Hamilton Ohio faces the electric chair after no mercy recommendation.
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Janica G. Blaine
James G. Blaine
Blaine
Augusta
Maine
Marriett Stanwood
Kentucky
Pittsburg
Kennebec Journal
Harriett Beale
Walter Damrosch
New York
Knapp
Four Die in Bonner Springs Sanitarium Fire
Four persons perished and twenty one were injured as a three story frame sanitarium in Bonner Springs Kansas burned entirely. Dr. Rodgers the house physician died while attempting to rescue a patient. three bedridden residents also died in their rooms and the bodies were not recovered.
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Bonner Springs Sanitarium
Bonner Springs
Kas
Kansas City
Rodgers
Chief Arthur Drops Dead at Loco Engineers Banquet
I M Arthur grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers collapsed and died in Winnipeg Manitoba during the annual convention banquet. He had just risen to respond to a toast and uttered it may be my parting words before dying a few minutes later.
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Chief Arthur
I. M. Arthur
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Winnipeg
Man
Convention of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mr. Arthur
Explosion at Camberland Mine Kills and Injures Workers
Report from Namaimo B C indicates a fire damp blast in No 6 Mine Camberland killed twelve Chinese and injured eight others among fifty Chinese workers and four white men. Property damage was minimal. Since a strike the mine has operated mainly with Mongolians and a few white overmen.
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Namaimo
B. C
No. 6
Camberland
Toledo clerk inherits 7000 after kindness to ill man
Wesley Hoverter of 424 Thirteenth street Toledo received an inheritance of 7000 pounds for his kindness to an ill man who was staying at the Kendallville hotel where Hoverter worked as a clerk. The benefactor was Mr Harper who died recently in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Wesley Hovverter
Thirteenth Street
Toledo
Hoverter
Harper
Des Moines
Japan and Russia Move Toward Complete Understanding
Dispatches from Paris signal greatly improved relations between Russia and Japan in the past two weeks. Observers in St Petersburg and Tokyo anticipate a final understanding between the two governments soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Russia
Attica
Paris
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Train wreck at Fish Springs claims Bristol men
A freight train derailed at Fish Springs on the Virginia and Southern Railroad. Fireman Will Riden of Bristol was crushed beneath the engine as it tumbled down a bank, while engineer Robert Berton of Bristol suffered serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia and Southern Railroad
Fish Springs
Venn
Will Riden
Bristol
Robert Berton
Tragedy Strikes as Gasoline Explosion Kills 2 Year Old
Camille Dunn aged 2 perishes in an Indianapolis home gasoline explosion that injures two boys and a girl who were playing in a summer kitchen. The blast occurred while children used a playhouse setup.
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Camille Dunn
Indianapolis
Ind
Chisago City Council Approves Parcel Tunnel Contract
The Chisago city council approved an amendatory ordinance by a 50 to 1 vote granting Finnis Company the right to construct and operate for twenty six years tunnels to move parcels and merchandise and to run a telephone business as part of the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chisago
Finois Company
Circus casualties reported after section Televologon collapse
The early report states several members ofa Wallace circus section Teslevonclaven were badly injured with one said to be in critical condition and expected to die.
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Teslevonclaven
Varied 1903 incidents from East Brewster to St Joseph
A long list of 1903 events includes a pedestrian struck by a New Haven train in East Brewster Massachusetts, multiple murders and suicides in New York Philadelphia and St Joseph, factory fires in Bellefonte and Lakewood, railroad and streetcar accidents, violent crimes, weather disasters, and notable legal actions affecting unions and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island
Adnab Rogers
New York, New Haven
Hartford
East Brewster
Mass
Various U.S. incidents and figures across states 1903
Western notes report Chicago population from the 1903 directory. A tornado near Cozad Nebraska kills one and wounds three. A Toledo clerk killed by an auto. A shooting in Chillicothe Ohio. An elopement in Carthage Missouri. Fatal explosion in Pinole California injures four. A Kansas City man arrested for desertion. A Duluth alderman charged with bribery. Portrait of Rodin purchased by Cincinnati Museum. Freight crash in Royal Gorge Colorado. New Chicago rail stations open at $3,000,000 total. A Riverside California man hanged in Evansville Alabama.
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Aliss
Lavinia
Wheeler
Oakland
Calk
Wisconsin
Kansas “City
Chauncey Dewey
Clyde’ ‘Wilson
W. E. McBride
Shawnee County
Topeka
Kan
Berry
Halsted
Sa van Buren
Chicago
John Tetzloff
Burdick
Ind
Ernest Spier
Ashland Avenue
Otto Bauder
Joseph Smith
Aston
John Rhodes
Eliza Rhodes
Stillwater Minn
Joseph Neiman
Neiman
Fred Ames
Minneapolis
A. A. Ames
Stillwater
Denver
Grosseup
Pete Traynor
South
May Wolfe
Indiana
L. E. Nolan
G. W. Sams
Walla Walla
Nolan
Spokane
Stoeckmen
Sell
I. T
George Hart
W. C. Cole
J. C. St. John
Colorado Springs
Leeds
Gillett
Wyo
Frederick Landis
Glen Vorsy
Charlotte Warrison
Laura Howe
Lake Maxinkuckee
Holand B. Ablineux
New York
Sioux Falls
Missouri Pacific
Fast Mail
St.Louis
Kansas City
Little Blue
Lees Summit
Covington
Rabb
Fountain County
Greenwood
Colorado
Waunlla
Box Canyon
Gunnison
Elkhart
Arizona
Maud Hawk
Springfield
Ohio
Beaver City
Neb
Joint Salvation Armies of
Kansas
Nebraska
John Mackey
Main Street
St. Joseph
William A. Matzinger
Matzinger
Cozad
A. H. Krueger
Toledo
Anton Elias
Abram Coury
Chillicothe
Elias
Carthage
California
Pinole
Cal
Mary Woods
Byron West
Charleston
S. C
George Tischer
Duluth, Minn
John W. Alexander
Rodin
Cincinnati Museum of Fine Arts
Denver and
Rio Grande
Royal Gorge
Arkansas River
Rock Island
Lake Shore
United States
Frederick C. Fisher
Riverside
Sussex
Evanston
Indefinite delay on opium bill by Philippine commission
The Philippine commission will delay action on the opium bill indefinitely pending further study. Other items note Russian penalties abrogated, cable from Manila to Shanghai planned, Dublin opposes royal welcome, and various international developments including piracy pursuit near China and political shifts in Europe.
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Philippine Commission
Russia
Pacific Commercial Cable Company
Manila
Shanghai
Municipal Corporation of
Dublin
Edward
Gerhard Terlinden
Chicago
Prussia
Wing Edward
United States
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Orient
Callao
Kwangsi
China
Peter I
Belgrade
Servia
Press Association
House of Commons
London
Borneo
Washington
Conger
Pekin
State Department
Wao Tingfang
Foreign Office
Agricultural crops show declines and varied conditions statewide
The report estimates corn acreage at about 89.8 million, down 4.2 million from last year, with July 1 condition at 79.4. Winter wheat and oats show mixed readings, while barley and rye remain strong. Flax acreage falls 13.5 percent. tobacco up 0.7 percent. Potatoes down 1.6 percent. fruits and minor crops to be detailed in the Crop Reporter.
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Young
United States Army
Miles
Ges. Wood
S. S. Sumner
Roberts
United States
Germany
Marion Butler
North Carolina
Monterey
Mexico
Tamaulipas
Joubert
O'Donnell
Agricultural Department
Washington
Bureau ‘of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Town
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Indiana
New York
Ennsylvania
Ohio
Chicago
North Dakota
South Dakota
Executors settle fee dispute over Dr Browning services
Executors of OC I Magee of Pittsburg paid attorney William B Rodgers a warrant for 584000 to settle fees for services rendered to the sick politician Dr Walter O Browning of Philadelphia.
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OC. I. Magee
Pittsburg
Walter O. Browning
Philadelphia
Milliam.b. Rodgers
Wheat Prospects and Trade Trends Across 1902 Markets
A Dun and Co review notes improved retail conditions due to seasonal weather and fewer labor disputes. Wholesale trade, especially inland, shows optimism from brighter agricultural prospects. Grain prices edge up. wheat crop expectations shift with drought in the Northwest and potential export surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agan
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Dun
Pittsburg
Historical Market Rates for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains Across Cities
The data region lists commodity prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Toledo and Buffalo. Cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs potatoes and barley are shown with grade and price ranges.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
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William O'Connor
Hinch
Clinton
N. Y
Matthew Wilson
Cobleskill
Jacob Mueller
Margaret Weiss
Machinists’ Union
Manufacturers’ Association
Yale
Waldmere
Lakewood
N. X
Chautauqua Lake
Newark
N. J
Buffalo
Bellefonte Window Glass Company
Bellefonte Central Railroad
Bellefonte
Cape Cod Pilgrim Association
Provincetown
High Pole Hill
Edwin D. Phelps
Brooklyn
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Grace Wilson
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Cornelius
Potomac River
United Oil Company
Marcus Hook
Chester
Baltimore
Lewis S. Thompson
Red Bank
Western
Gov“Statisticians
Hillnois
Towa
Texas
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
N. Carolina
Arkansas
Mississippi
Virginia
Carolina
S. Dakota
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Michigan
N. Dakota
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