Market Summary After Assassination Shock and Northern Securities Rise
The article notes a brief market calm after the McKinley assassination, followed by recovery as confidence returns. It highlights the Northern Securities settlement, strong Wall Street expectations, large Chicago bank clearings up 6 percent, and ongoing rail car shortages. Wheat and corn rise with investment buying, oats reach seven-year highs, hogs and food prices climb as supply tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iron and
Europe
Board of Trade
Mine disaster near Telluride claims numerous unaccounted miners
The Bennet Suetmen and Mining Company tunnel near Telluride Colorado suffered a fatal fire. About 200 miners were underground. half escaped through old Union workings. Fire started from a defective flue and spread via oil saturated structures. Losses around $30,000 insured.
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Suetmen & Mining Company
Telluride
Colo
Pandora
Smugsler Union
Union
Sheridan
Commission
History of a Week in Crimes and Fires Across Regions
A condensed history recounts notable crimes accidents and fires from the north south east and west with brief summaries of incidents and minor affairs collated for readers.
Pennsylvania Railway Plans Record 1902 Rolling Stock Spend
The Pennsylvania Railway will spend 25 million dollars in 1902 for rolling stock, a railroad historical high. About 19 million funds cars and 6 million on locomotives, with 19 000 freight and coal cars already ordered and about 400 locomotives planned, including 300 for eastern districts and 100 for western.
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Pennsylvania Railway Company
Pittsburg
Pass Abolition Set by Central Passenger Assn Execs
The mileage bureau executive committee in Columbus Ohio announces passes will be abolished January 1. For 1912 they will not issue annual term or trip passes. Participating lines include New York Central Michigan Central Lake Shore Nickel Plate Big Four Lakerie and Western Boston and Albury Vanderbilt system Pennsylvania B&O Vandalia Norfolk and Western Chesapeake and Ohio and Erie.
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the Central Passenger Association
Columbus
Ohio
New York Central
Michigan Central
Lake Shore
Nickel Plate
Big Four
Lakerie
Western
Boston
Albury
Vanderbilt
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Vandalia
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeake and Ohio
Erie
Four Missouri Boys Murder Their Teacher
Professor John Montgomery, principal of the public school of Cawood Missouri, lies dying from pushet knife wounds inflicted by four pupils in their early teens. The youths named are Dolar Miller, Virgil Craig, Roy Bedford, and Joseph Bedford. Montgomery reprimanded one of them and was assaulted by all with open pocket knives.
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John Montgomery
Cawood
Loys
Dolar Miller
Virgil Craig
Roy
Joseph Bedford
Montgeourtry
Hove
Caracas Arrests Shake Venezuela as War Minister Is Replaced
President Castro orders arrests in Puerto Cateli and Curness amid claims of a conspiracy to overthrow him. In the purge Ramon Guerra’s partisans are rounded up and Hansun Guerra, minister of war, is detained. Joachim Garido succeeds Guerra as minister of war.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Wayton Cabier
Castro
Puerto Catelio
Hansun Guerra
Curness
Ramon Guerra
Gem
Momtanban
Joachim Garido
Col Lynch Wins Galway Parliamentary Fight
In Galway a parliamentary contest pits Colonel Arthur Lynch against Horace Plunkett with Lynch declared the victor amid Unionist jeers. If Lyne secures a seat he faces arrest for high treason and trial in South Africa.
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Col
Lynch
Galway
Dublin
Arthur Tynch
Horace Plunkett
Phoinkeu
Fol. Lyne
South Africa
Death Toll in Sauceler Union Mine Disaster Reaches Twenty Five
A dispatch reports slow recovery efforts at the Sauceler Union Mine with the last body found, that of John Nevala, on the seventh level. The death list now stands at twenty five, honoring the engineer who sacrificed himself to save others.
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Clluride
Cain
Saucelers Union
John Nevala
Missing Chehalis Sailor Ship Returns Sought
The American barkentine Chehalis, 94 days out from Castle Australia, is overdue with twenty percent reinsurance offered. It has not been heard from since leaving Australis and fears of disaster rise.
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Barkentine Chehalis
Castle
Australia
Chehalis
Australis
Disster
Masonic Temple Attractions Fort Wayne Nov 30 to Dec 9
Fort Wayne Indiana event card lists performances at the Masonic Temple starting November 30 with Fast Lynne on December 3 Field's Minstrels on December 5 Arizona on December 9 and Marpacrita Sylva Opera Co presenting The Princess Chic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fast Lynne
Sioux City Arrests Jack Sully for Seven Murders
Accused killer Jack Sully is under arrest in Sioux City Iowa for seven murders across two decades. Pete Waugh and Sheriff Taylor reportedly ambushed Sully after he allegedly tried to kill Waugh during a cattle dispute.
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Jack Sully
Sioux City
Iowa
Pete Waugh
Waugh
Sherif Taylor
Another Pidtin Conspiracy Nipped in Transvaal
Johannesburg special reports a fresh conspiracy cracked in the Transvaal with twenty arrests across all parts of Johannesburg. The event caused a great sensation among residents and authorities.
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Pidtin Transvaal
Johannesburg
Major William Wayne Dead at Anthony Wayne Mansion Paoli
Major William Wayne, aged 72, died at the Anthony Wayne mansion near Paoli Pennsylvania. He served as president of the Society of Cincinnati and for several years led the Sons of the Revolution.
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William Wayne
Anthony Wayne
Paoli
Society of Cincinnati
To Abolish: the Traveling Passenger and Territory
Fragmentary note outlines a proposal or debate over abolishing a traveling passenger system and related territorial implications. Text is incomplete, with unclear scope, dates, or entities.
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the. T. P. Ars
Market Prices for Cattle and Grains Across Cities
Regional and city grain and livestock quotes list cattle hogs sheep and grain futures for Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee New York Buffalo with varied ranges for No 2 wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatos highlighting shipping prices and market activity.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Seven Killed as Santa Fe Collision Near Franconia Ariz
A head on crash between two Santa Fe flyers near Franconia Arizona killed seven railroad workers and injured seventeen, most of them Chicago bound passengers. The west bound engine exploded, enginemen perished, and several bodies went missing in the wreckage as trains failed to take proper siding and warnings.
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Santa Fe
Limited
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Franconia
Ariz
Wiremen Case
Armitage
Sam Brown
Kill Big Railway Combine Defeated by NP Preferred Stock
Holders of Northern Pacific preferred stock defeat the plan of the Northern Securities Company to merge major western railroads under one management. The plan would retire 750000 NP preferred shares. stockholders vow legal action to stop it, arguing directors cannot unilaterally authorize such a retirement.
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Northern Pacific
Northern Securities Company
Great Northern
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Grain Blockade Rumor Shakes Buffalo Elevators
Sources claim a grain blockade at Buffalo with elevators failing though less than 4 million bushels of corn and wheat remain to be stored. Oral arrivals report at Chicago horse week with uncertain details and fragmented notes.
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Buffalo
Chicago
Sparks from the Wires and Diverse World Notes
The item references varied world and local snippets: New York girls form an anti marriage club, Nansen seeks further exploration in northern waters, Hawick Scotland gains 50000 for Carnegie library, Jacksonville Florida race tensions over streetcar segregation, John Childress in Providence Kentucky shot by strikers, Calcutta reports American locomotives outperform English builds, and a note about Fred Staines in Washington claiming an incident with his sister.
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Waverly
N.Y
Nansen
Hawick
Scotland
Carnegie
Jacksonville
Fla
John Childress
Providence
Patterson
Calcutta
India
England
Fred Staines
Washington
Ant Aie
Frau
Multiple Murders and Disasters Across The Nation
A rash of incidents reports Wilcox family murder in Downey California and a 2 year old son killed near the same case. A 21 year old man Jarence Moorehouse dies by train in Ohio. Alonzo Vincent appointed warden at Jackson Michigan prison. Smuggler mine disaster near Telluride Colorado claims roughly 100 miners. Unknown man and 200 cattle killed in freight wreck near Liberal Kansas. Trains collide on Chicago lines with fatalities and injuries. Lequéince heir to 1.5 million francs near Duluth. Columbus barracks to ship 350 men to the Philippines. Burglary ends in fatal shooting at Seattle. Poison tragedy in Minneapolis. Mereland labor plan for independent party. US Telephone Company mortgages Ohio property. Union miners attack non union at Prospect Hill Indiana. fatalities ensue. Robbery at Manchester Oklahoma Territory bank yields small booty. Evensville policeman Wilbur S Sherwell arrested for murder of Lena Renner.
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AL FL. Wilcox
Downey
Cal
Jarence Moorehouse
South Hamilton
Ohio
Alonzo Vincent
St. Joseph
Michigan
Jackson
Eire
Union
Telluride
Colo
Stock Island Road
Liberal
Kan
Chicago
John Lequéince
Duluth
Columbus
Philippiqnes
T. 1 Rash
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Wash
Minneapolis
Mereland
United States Telephone Company
Upper Sandusky
Cleveland Trust Company
Prospect Hill Mines
Vincennes
Ind
Manchester
O. T
Wilbur S. Sherwell
Evansville
Outlaw Arrest Raid Sparks Fatal Fire and Riots
Report details the bodies of two Mississippi deputy marshals found in ashes after an attempted arrest. A Georgia disfranchisement bill passes. A man is accidentally shot during bird hunting. Char lotte fire destroys property valued at 100000, burning several businesses. Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines urged by WCTU. A lynching scare narrowly ends in Columbia South Carolina. A Black man accused of murder faces mob violence.
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Mississippi
Hardwick
Kate
Georgia
Byron Hilliard
Clark Applegate
Charlotte
N. Cy
Assassination Rumors Hold Servian Queen and Earthquakes Hit Asia
Vienna reports Queen Draga of Servia shot at in a B grade street amid rumors of assassination or self harm. Erzincan Asia Minor endures fifty earthquakes with twenty two deaths and extensive destruction. Pope congratulates Monsignore Chapelle but criticizes American occupation in the Philippines. China sells cruisers to France and Russia, paying $5,000,000 for vessels built abroad.
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Draga
Servia
Vienna
Erzercum
Turkey
Altogeter
Monsignore Chapelle
Philippines
Howwever
China
France
Foo-Chow
Ching
Wander
Russia
Stettin
National and international notes from early 1900s paper
Re elected Mrs Lilian M N Stevens leads the National W C T U. A HayPauncefote treaty signing and Roosevelt civil service order appear. Labor disputes in tin plate and mayoral disqualification in Ottawa noted. Baltimore and Ohio orders for 1902 equipment and Canada recruitment moves referenced.
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Lilian M. N. Stevens
National W. Co. T. U
Hay
New York Chamber of Commerce
United States
Lord Pauncefote
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Tin Plate Workers
Amalgamated Association
Morris
Ottawa
Canada
Sorrien
Britain
Europe
Sam
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MacKinley
Northwestern Railroad
Wall Street
Bennet
Henry Martin
Philadelphia Daily News
Bonine
James Seymour Ayres, Jr
National Capital
Alfred F
Jennie C. Kendall
Albert Kendall
Watertowwn
Mass
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newport
Charles D. Toomey
Harry Kuhlwind
Wheeling Gas Company
Buffalo Village
York
Elf. Lewenthal
Portland
Ore
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Lutchinson
James Gordon Bennett
Battle of
Fort Washington
Empire State Society
Sons of the American Revolution
American Scepts and Historic Preservation Society
Jene
Wiedist
Santa Be Road
Arizona
Mary Mannering
Edith
Xenia
Tulsa
I. T
Navajo
Germany
Inez Gordon
Harry Grisard
Kansas City
Newton
J. Stine
Wichita
Kane
Mary Mack
Casparis
Ira S. Millikin
Thomas Millikin
Hamilton and Lindenwald Electric Transit Company
Hamilton
Mount Hope
Shawnee
Annie Green
John Williams
H. Ferguson Satro
Henry Ferguson
Everett
Tacoma
Robert Marshall
Fort Yates
N. D
Wid Silk
Snather Bede
Blair
Mont
Colorado
San Juan County
Gov. Sayers
H. W. Seabury
Zapata County
Ninth and
Wabasha Streets
St. Paul
Minn
People’s Storage Company
Nash
Rep
Kilbourne
Dem
Thompson
Soc
Ponnter
Missouri
Vesael
Masonic Temple
Fort Warne
Kill Big Railway Combine
Southerrn
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