Attorneys Accused of Incendiary Actions in Land Case
Serious charges arise as attorneys for the Nester estate face accusations of arson amid a land title dispute involving Michigan Land & Iron Co. and Phos. Noster. The government contends fires were started to push timber into the market. court grants a temporary order with bond and a plea to purge charges of perjury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Grand
Entaue
Nestor
Michigan Land & Iron Company
Phos. Noster
They Had a Hard Thine Rescue at Sea Near Chapel Teach
A yacht party of Ira F. Merchant W. J Brainard and wife from Mttaburg plus Cincinnati guests was rescued by tug Bishog Queen after their vessel wrecked in a storm off Chapel Teach. They sheltered in a cave near Pictured Rocks with only berries for four days before food reached them. Mrs Showts of Clavinaatt remains weakest, others expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dake Superior
Ira F. Merchant
W. J Brainard
Mttaburg
Cincinnati
Pictured Rocks
Ihey
Istig
Wolll
Dr M H Vogelsong Charged With Wife Murder
Bronson doctor M H Vogelsong faces charges of poisoning his third wife who died recently. No arrest made yet and no autopsy results released. A nurse testified of injections and burning stomach pain. authorities pursue rumors of body exhumation. In a separate case, a dead colored man was found near Monroe on the Lale Shore Railway towpath, emaciated and aged about 40, with turnips and potatoes nearby suggesting survival struggle during a recent storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Vogelsong
Bronson
Ant
Lale Shore Railroad
Monroe
Hotiroad Accident at Lunstow
An eastbound Patrolt Lansag and Morihovn express derailed after a snapped rail caused by a crash at Lunstow yards Monday morning. The freight car on an adjacent Michigan Central track was struck, tearing the rear platform of a passenger coach and damaging about ten feet of its width. No one was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunstow
Lansag & Morihovn Express
Michigan Central
Around the State highlights from the Michigan fairs and incidents
A jumble of brief reports from Michigan towns notes the Jonia district fair dates September 22 25 and mentions about 8000 western Michigan pioneers meeting in Muskee. Other items report arrests near Cheldraff, a Grand Haven foundry fire, a funeral for Hon John Bolws of Hudson, a train injury near Siyreamold, a morphine suicide attempt by Jackeyn, cucumber purchases by Jonesville’s plebis factory, Wabash depot project inquiry in Adrian, and a mine fire near Republic being extinguished. Local deaths include Thomas Murphy 99, Kalamazoo wheelmen group formation with Dr O A Lee Crone president, Bay City escapee John Hart, a drowning in Torch lake, jury commissioner Charles W Watking, and superintendency changes in Battle Creek.
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Jonia
Wile
Western Michigan
Muskee
Peter Caffidd
Jacot
Jonesville
Kalamazoo
O. A. Lee Crone
John Hart
Pontiac
Bay City
Torch Lake
Charles W. Watking
Grand Rapids
United States
F. W. Arbury
Houghton School
Battles Creek
Yeur
Prairie Creek driver dies after horse kick incident
Alvin Barrett, driver for Tonna ice company of Prairie Creek, was kicked by a horse named Bunday and has died. The report notes local voting on September 14 and a sweeping set of county happenings including horse sales, legal cases, and community meetings across Jackson, Grand Rapids, Alpena, and nearby towns.
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Alvin Barrett
Tonna Ice Company
Prairie Creek
Bunday
Jackson
van Guren
New York
Canadian Timber Theft Spurs New Government Post
Canada faces timber theft along Minnesota border with American operators. Investigations prompt a permanent Rainy River post near Fort Frances to curb cross border logging. About 20 million feet of timber reportedly stolen in three years. 100 million feet may have been cut. inspections ongoing. Indian Agent Leahy travels for inquiry. retaliation and policy shifts loom.
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Hain
Minnesot
Hig
Litto Park
Rainy Lake
Ja ‘Tomer
Ralny River
Deartment
Leahy
Waiong
Gambier sinks after collision near Melbourne
The Gambier, bound from Shiney to Multaven, collided with the Easby in calm seas near Melbourn Austin. The Easby aided nearby as the Gambier sank within seven minutes, taking five saloon passengers, 15 steerage passengers, and six crew. The Easby sustained bow and cutwater damage. no cause is given. Survivors were not found by the Easby's boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Philp
Melbourn
Austin
Multaven
Easiy
Tur Basby
Gambier
Ke Easby
Easby
Hee
Black Pirates Steal Cargo Off Bahama Vessel
From Bimini to Nassau a wrecking party of 1500 armed Bahama wreeters boarded the El Dorado on August 17 during a voyage to Nas sos. They demanded cargo, threatened bloodshed, and forced departure with part of the loot. The El Dorado remains afloat and will likely sail tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bimini
Bahama Banks
Sues
Melane
Cora
Byree
Nassos
Nassau
Siip
McLane
Rain Follows Explosive Aguanive Tests in New Mexico
A fragmentary report from Port Worth Texas claims that explosive tests in the Corro Mountains New Mexico caused the heaviest rainfall this year ending drought. Gen Dyrenfurth in charge of government rain experiments allegedly passed through Fort Worth en route to Washington and praised the experiment results declaring three weeks of rain events, including two downpours, as proof of the tested principle.
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Corro
New Mexico
Port Worth
Tex
Gen
Dyrenfurth
Mort Worth
Washington
Ottawa minister denies looming cattle import scare in Commons
In the House of Commons Mr Curling states that Abbott’s assertion of early inbound cattle for slaughter at designated points has no tariff implication. Cattle will be inspected at the border. only manufactured products will exit after processing. A Kentucky tragedy follows as Mrs Richardson and two older children killed when a train strikes them on a bridge over the Kentucky River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Ottawa
Curling
Abbott
Coniae
Nicholasville
Mary Richardson
Farrows
Kentucky River
Mra Hichardson
Soo employs seven hundred on government work
About 700 men work on government projects at the Soo. A one year old girl near Battle Creek suffered severe injuries from a dog attack with flesh torn from cheeks and chin. J W Sunbrook of an Alaska factory was enjoined from producing goods pending a foreign result, fined heavily or jailed for 100 days. Kaolin, a slow porcelain clay, was found in township 49 range 0 west, prompting a company to form to develop the deposit.
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Soo
J. C. Bary]low
Battle Creek
J. W. Sunbrook
Alaska
Upper
Train wreck near Statenville leaves twenty dead
A severe rail disaster on the Western North Carolina line near Statenville at Boston Bridge claims twenty lives and leaves many injured. The Past Mail passenger train No. 9 derailed after a bridge collapse, with wreckage splashing into Third Creek and cars scattered along the track. Rescue efforts saved several, and the injured were treated at local homes as investigators note rail spreading caused the crash. Trains reportedly continue service on schedule despite the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statesville
Third Creek
Thin Creek
Nnne
Wrook
Mystery of Whitley's Disappearance Believed Solved
In North Lyme Connecticut a two year mystery ends as a pickerel in Hog wood stomach reveals a gold watch engraved with Charles Whaley. Witnesses identify it as his. Whaley, a Libelor reputed to be worth £190,000, vanished after saying he would travel to Hartford on July 4. The prevailing view is suicide.
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Charles Whitley
North Lyme
Conn
Joshua Halford
Hogwood
Lyte
Woon
Fulford
Charles Whaley
Whaley
Hartford
Various World News Tidbits From The Era
A roundup of brief items notes the Martinique cyclone victims, proposed 50 foot high structures in New York, Vermont's legislative adjournment, declines in Irish mackerel catches, and the Venezuelan congress rejecting a U.S. reciprocity treaty. Other notes cover Census wealth figures, northwest wheat stocks, a fatal street attack in Ada, and arrests for alleged poison plots. Reports include Port Royal’s possible foreign trade diversion, a Louisville paper company's finances, a Pacific collision, tea tax changes, a Oklahoma statehood convention call, and political talk of Senator Stanford. Also mentioned are Italian immigration views, an avalanche incident on Mont Blanc, a Massachusetts party platform, Denver murder arrest, Indiana gas company stock, and Salton Sea decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Northwest
John Fruth
Jaco Stokesbury
Ada
Howard D. Earle
Buffalo
Port Royal
Browaker-Moore Paper Company
Nlouisvilly
Young
Trem Eed
Tacowa
Wash
Oklahoma City
O.T
Commercial Club
Austria
Min Caled Roth
Denver
Indiana Upatis
Ind
Parnell Immorality Denounced in Irish Affairs Split
Opponents of Charles Stewart Parnell spread handbills across Ireland and English Irish communities showing a letter from Archbishop Waist criticizing the marriage of Parnell to Mrs. O Frien's former wife. The text frames adultery as a grievous sin and argues a public compact harms moral standing amidst political revolutions. The piece also notes the Alliance Store House scheme in Kansas and coop aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stewart Parnell
Ireland
England
Waist
Parnell
O'Frien
Hogland
Kogan
Fourteenth Annual Session of American Bar Association
The fourteenth annual meeting of the American Bar Association met at Horticultural Hall in Boston with nearly 200 invitees. Welcome extended by Hon. Jabe Lowell, Boston Bar president. Baldwin gave the annual address and the general council reported 100 new members nominated, including Bain of Michigan for the general council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bar Association
New England
Horticultural Hall
Boston
Jabe Lowell
Boston Bar Association
Baldwin
General Council
Bain
Michuran
Bank Wrecker in the Hote of Hero
A residence in Sev ert Nodi belonging to J. J. Bullet was found in danger by Mrs 4. J. Crown who summoned aid. An elderly neighbor, James IH, described as deputy president of the Marine Bank New York, intervened and saved the home from a dire fate related to the Grant Want wreck and a prior pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Bullet
Severt
Nodi
J. Crown
Alloks
Brows
Thames
Inchon
James IH
The
Marine Bank
New York
Stete
Grant & Want
Strikers Return to Work Under Amicable Agreement
The Lake Erie & Western strikers and Gen. Manager Bradbury settle with five points. Workers return at prior pay. the company agrees to rehire all. a new wage schedule will be issued by Sept 1. suits will be filed in U S court. and discharges tied to the strike will be addressed.
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Bradbury
Lake Erie & Western
Anti Chinese Violence Report From Montana Attacks
A violent anti Chinese campaign in Montana is reported with a mob targeting a Chinese gardener near Helena. The group of about 15 white men vandalized the gardener’s ranch and cabin, injuring several and severing a man’s ear and other body harm in a shocking assault.
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Missoula
Mont
Wil Chine Es
Helena
Must Give Proof On Chinese Exclusion Claim
Secretary of the treasury rules two Chinese boys aged 17 and 15, Sou Chong Hep and Hop Lee Hop, born in Texas, not debarred from returning under the Chinese exclusion act if they can prove birth in the United States, before landings will be allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Sou Chong Hep Aed Hop Lee Hop
Texas
Canton
China
United States
North American company poaching toll and regional notices
W H Williams reports the North American commercial company has taken about 40 000 souls since August 1 1510. Prince George of Wales is promoted to commander. Alfred H Hidick a New York importer died by own action in a Paris group. A new university will be built at Rochester New York for coed education. Susan B Anthony notes a freight train wreck on Rock Island Road at 103rd Street Chicago. Conductor William Matthews crushed to death. two switchmen possibly killed. firemen uninjured.
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W. H. Williams
Treasury
Seal Islands
Alaska
San Francisco
Sine
Prince George
Wales
Alfred H. Hidick
New York
Paris
Rochester
N. Y
Susan B. Anthony
Rock Island Road
Chicago
Wiliam Matthews
BIOUX SOLDIERS INSPECTED AT PORT NIOBRARA NEB
The War Department received a report from Capt J N Lee of the Ninth United States Infantry detailing an inspection of Troop L Sixth Cavalry. The unit, 55 Sioux Indians recruited largely from the Brule Sioux at Rosebud South Dakota, is stationed at Port Niobrara Neb. Lieut Edward K E Dravo commands the troop, which is praised for contentment, diligence, and rapid progress toward civility under the brief leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
J. N. Lee
Ninthnited States Infantry
Sixth Cavalry
Port Niobrara
Neb
Rosebud, & C
Edward KE
Dravo
Siath Cavalry
Lee
Saya
Ligut
Capt Lew
Lightning Kills Several in Trieste District Church Tough Night
A severe thunderstorm swept through the Trieste district in Germany on Wednesday. Lightning struck a church at Thulin frontier, causing multiple fatalities as panicked worshippers rushed for the doors. A reporter praised bystanders and a press crew for aiding the terrified crowd while rescuers restored order. Three women believed to be fainting had in fact been killed by the strike.
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Trieste
Germany
Tualis
Thulin
Train Sets Speed Record on Bound Brook Line
A railroad train achieved a record run between Nes timing Falls and Langborn, Plan, by No. 204 drawing two coaches in President Method's private car Readine. The fastest five miles took five minutes, twenty six and four fifths seconds, the fastest mile in seven minutes and twenty seconds, averaging forty three seconds per mile.
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Nestiming Falls
Langborn
President Method
Readine
Negroes to Colowize in Oklahoma Colony Plans
Fifty two affluent African Americans led by K A Waterford of Memphis travel from Kansas City to Oklahoma to await opening of Indian lands for a potential settlement. Waterford predicts a growing colony that could surpass 100000, amid widespread southern emigration and planned community formation. Con Beatherd, 73, former Wayne County supervisor, died last week. Reports from Houghton note Gov Winans and others attended a state educational meeting and institute. 125 teachers attended. Perris, Hien and Batcock spoke at a geojournaal board event.
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K. A. Waterford
Memphis
Tenn
Kansas City
Oklahoma
South
Waterford
Con
Beatherd
Dearborn
Wayne County
Houghton
Gay. Winans
J. B. Cooper
Lake Linden
Calumet & Howe
Teachers’ Institute
St Houghton
White and
Tuck
Perris
Hien
Winane
S. H. Batcork
Internal Revenue Agent Checks Decatur for Nquor Dealers
Special Agent Geo Perry visited Decatur last week to pursue illicit liquor rings led by Hldelt Nquor dealers. A Cincinnati bootlegger, John McCarty, asked for a meal at Bay City residence, then stole a diamond ring during preparation. He faces 90 days in the Detroit house of correction. Omer seeks Michigan Central spur to run from Sterling, tying business men to funding right of way and road extension to Au Gres Alabaster and Tawas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Geo
Perry
Decatur
Cincinnati
John McCarty
Bay City
Detroit
Omer
Michigan Central
Sterling
Apar
Au Gres
Alabaster
Tawas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nester Estate
Mayes
Wabash
Adrian
Republic
Thomas Murphy
West Day City
Keyes Lake District
Miorenco
Oakland County Supervisors
Orchard Laken
Mark Brewer
Ald
Dundas
George Nobath
Nobath
Kenadln
Anteim County
Johanna Schilnus
Mra Kune A. Sanbora
Alpena
Carsonetle
TP. Mowry
Pension Board
Ewera
Fred Goodenough
Liverari
Jomer
Brainerd Post Go AR
Eaton Hapids
Georgian Bay
Saginaw Valley
Addison Rives
Jackson County
DD. Merry & Co
Burr Hurley
Marquette
Curtien
Soa
Gilmore Scranton
Soo Canal
Theora Swill
Lavinia
Cromwell
Ingham
Jiao Grammarg
Islibert Mall
Cedar River
Tas
Sabian Qouty
Union Alliance
Faf
T. M. Masa
Kloer
Brown City
Murdoc
Tie
Thomason
Albion
Photon
Murdock
Roscommon
Adrian Bo~tel
Paul
George Ludwick
Hubberdstow
John Doyle
N. B. Bradley & Soon
Edward Murray
Doyle
Michigan Lotantey
Clayton
Lemuel Barnes
Tecumseh
David R Cutler
South Kiley
Clintom
Uncle Sam
Haln Makers
Succes
Canada
North Carolina
Connecticut
Martinique
Qwestory
Vermont
Vencencian Congress
Stanford
California
Paul Conrad
Southern Pacific
Salton Lake
Humbert
Victor Emmanuel
Mondovi
Odessa
Wong
Lima
Archbighop Walsh
Says
Alliance
Kansas
Allance Commercia
Uume
Frank Macrath
Alliaties
Alliance State Convention
Salina
FLW
Siaduaky
Alliance Exchaayen
Legal Lights
Bank Wrecker
Hero
BIOUX
Med Shins
Wade Sam
Tk Makers
Ray Baker
Chaloe
Otto Moas
Steenrees
Ane
Wenene Haas
Jose Vaeeeree
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