Five Days of World News From Pass of Melfort to New Year
A digest of recent events including the Pass of Melfort sinking off Amphitrite Point with numerous drownings, Charles T. Yerkes death in New York, a Toledo druggist suicide, mine explosions, mine rescues, bank and railroad cases, fires, and notable crimes. The roundups cover global incidents, court actions, and notable accidents with named places and persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melfort
Amphitrite Point
Victoria
B. C
Charles T. Yerkes
Chicago
London
New York City
Charlies Atton
Toledo
Kantner
Stoystown
Charles Johnson
William Savage
Edward Berkebile
United States
Canada
Wilkesbarre
Joseph Davis
Davis
E. L. Loux
Souderton
Interborough Rapid Transit Co
Housesmiths and Bridgemen’s
New York
Daniel E. Storms
Indiana
Gov
Hanly
Storms
Carriage and Wagon Workers’ Union
Hattie Sweeney
McKeesport
Sweeney
Granville
N. D
Great Northern Railroad
Fred Bigelow
Toby McEwen
Ed Gosline
Trenmor Coffin
J. P. Kimbrough
Annapolis
Chicago & Erie Railroad
Discohill
Ind
John J. O’brien
Kouts
C. B. Oliver
Huntington
Lemuel Fisher
Rochester
Pabst Brewing Co
Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Co
Sanborn
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co
Pabst Brewing C O
John J. McCloskey
Louisville
St. Louis
Pickering College
Pickering
Ont
Michigan Supreme Court
John T. Hoffmann
Detroit
Hoffmann
Wadsworth Wins Speakership on First Ballot
Albany reports James W. Wadsworth Jr. won the Republican caucus for speaker with 75 of 104 votes, defeating Merritt and Wainwright as George M. Palmer loomed as the Democratic opponent. The full Republican group of 107 attended. no secret ballot was used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Wadsworth
Merritt
Wainwright
N. Y
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Livingston County
James W. Wadsworth
Thirty-fourth
John Hay
Republican Assembly
Assembly
George M. Palmer
Schoharie
Edwin A. Merritt, Jr
St. Lawrence
J. M. Wainwright
Westchester
New Assembly
Gov
Higgins
Roosevelt
B. B. Odell, Jr
Tragic Farmhouse Slaughter In Rochester Michigan
Neighbors found Clarence A Barnum his wife Louise aged 23 and son Clinton 16 dead in their Rochester Michigan home after an ax attack on wife and children and a final gunshot ending Barnum. Mrs Barnum lay in the woodshed the dining room stained with blood the family apparently fought for life before death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Shipbuilding Co
Bay City
Mich
Fort and
Fourth Streets
Detroit
East Fourth Street
Cincinnati
Julian Kokenge
Idaho
Caldwell
Steunenberg
James
Burke
Ottawa River
Ontario
Prince Street
New York
Antonio Mazza
Stella Brennan
Minneapolis
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co
Darius Miller
C. G. Burnham
Louis Roquela
Columbia
South America
Notre Dame
Ind
Claude A. Bagby
Durango
Higgins
Minn
Pennsylvania
Prescott Palmer
Cherry Island Flats
Wilmington
Del
Delaware River
Baden
Boutell Steel Barge Co
Cleveland
New Bedford
Mass
Mishaum Ledge
Buzzards Bay
Moscow
New Brunswick
N. J
William Sechreck
Syracuse
N. Y
Auburn
United States
Broadway
Twenty-seventh Street
Vineyard Sound
Henry C. Barrett
Woods Hele
Joshua Norton
Rockland
James Conley
St. Johns
N. B
Rochester
Clarence A. Barnum
Barnum
Louise
Clinton
Agreement to abolish rebating tied to Grover Cleveland appointment
New York Life, Equitable, and Mutual Life announce an agreement to end premium rebating with Grover Cleveland named referee on disputes. His salary will be 12000 dollars per year, shared by the three firms. Rebating will lead to dismissal. officers will support the referee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Life Insurance Co
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Thomas B. Reed
John A. McCall
Andrew Hamilton
Hamilton
Thomas P. Fowler
Board of Trustees
Mr. McCall
Twelve Hundred Printers Go On Strike For Eight-Hour Day
In New York on Tuesday twelve hundred union printers at forty-four book and job printing firms initiated a strike demanding the eight-hour workday, beginning a broader labor dispute in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Committee
New York
Burelars
Stickley, Wray & Co
Iroquois
Typographical Union
New York City
Grammar Lesson From a Judge’s Daughter
A judge’s young daughter, after several telephone chats with her father, attempts to call him directly. The operator asks for a number and she replies singular, thrilled to apply her grammar learning while requesting papa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Central
Possible Explanation for Trolley Horn Tradition
A humorous exchange notes that trolley party members toot horns and pa jokes they inherited the habit from fish-peddling ancestors. The Chicago Daily News provides the quip as a light editorial aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Chicago Daily News
Remarkable Kidney Pills Rescue Mrs Pearson Health
The Mrs C W Pearson case in Vestry Mississippi centers on a long illness with kidney disorder. Husband Mr Pearson credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for drastic weight gain and marked health improvement after trial. Also mentions Dr Bayer Oil and a buckwheat cakes note with a political quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Pearson
Pearson
Dodd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lewisville
Brockton
Swamenka
Dnieprovsk
Russia
Duke, Okla
W. Goodnight
Goodnight
Belleville
Ill
William Tannehill
William Borden
Fred Hopwood
Port Huron
William McAdoo
Theodore A. Bingham
Barbara Toxer
F. C. Clayton
Oklahoma City
O. T
Clayton
John A. Ritchie
Stoneham
Grace Holden
Wakefield
Lake Quannapowitt
Ritchie
Miss Holden
Siberian
Frank Phiscator
San Francisco
Phiscator
Klondike
Dawson
Andrew Carnegie
Baptist Society
Shenandoah
Capt. Sheppard
Edward L. Mayberry
Havre
France
Pascagoula
Miss
Philadelphia
Gulf Stream
Cape Hatteras
East
Springfield
Frank Watson
Erie
Elizabeth Maursell
Deborah
White House
Frank Bonner
Kansas City
Quinsy
Baltimore Orioles
Savannah
J. C. McBride
United States Army
Georgia
Tiffany's
Prentice Tiller
Dayton
North Pole
Walter Wellman
Washington
Chicago Record Herald
Frank B. Noyes
Wellman
Santos Dumont
Co. E. Mueller
Walter Jocelyn
Ohio River
Cairo
William G. Crawford
August W. Machen
George E. Lorenz
Post Office Department
Michigan
Paynter
Frankfort
T. H. Paynter
J. C. S. Blackburn
Dr. Bayer
Mrs. Austin
Snider Ocia So
Samuel Pitcher Saad
Aix
Lane
Soc
A. Schmaye
Santazy
Shiloh
A. A. Glick
Ohio
Minnie Howe
Portland
Main ST. Roches
Bears
Castoria
PANY
York City
Typothetae (Association of Employing Printers
City OF
City of New York
Royal Manufacturing CO
Cleveland Orphan Asylums
Lickes Drug Co
Mfrs
RVS Ltd
Pricelle
Acme Mfg. CO
Fairmourt Ave
Tre A. Paxton Company
Boston
Mase
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