War on Mail: Oct 13 1904 News Notes
Items from across the United States and foreign lands. Reports include Republic Iron and Steel Co. raising 7 million dollars for plant expansion. two men shot near Holdenville Oklahoma by Billy Fixcat. court rulings on highway robbery. a French medal for bravery. a Brooklyn conductor damages case. fires, drownings, and railway accidents. New York aqueduct plans for Croton reservoir. submarine torpedo boats shipped to New Jersey. counterfeiting crackdowns. and various regional incidents from Illinois to Pensacola and Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Jack Ellis
Walter Reidy
Holdenville
I. T
Billy Fixcat
Fixcat
Chetlain
Chicago
Charles Phelogn Truman H. Wilkinson
William Irwin
Charles L. Knoedle
New York
Neufchateau
Brooklyn
Stratton Ice Works
Pensacola
Fla
James Wilson
Pennsylvania
Yellowstone Park
Park
Wilson
City of
Aqueduct Commissioners
Croton
Manhattan
Massachusetts
Jersey City
Secret Service
John E. Washer
Oyster Bay
Erma Ewing Palmer
Sherburne
N. Y
Pennsylvania Railroad
Muhlenberg
Reading
Monongahela Works
American Sheet and Tin Plate Co
Pittsburg
Matt W. Ransom
United States
Mexico
Cleveland
Garysburg
Northampton County
North Carolina
Morman
Africa
Siegburg
Prussia
Henry B. Metcalf
Manila
Philippine
Teodoro Sandico
Aguinaldo
Goy, Reyes
Arba
Alfred Fryer
Newark
N. J
Fatal Tunnel Gas Tragedy Ties Up Grand Trunk Line
Six Grand Trunk railway workers suffocated in the St Clair tunnel connecting Port Huron and Sarnia as a coal train broke in two and rescuers pressed into gas filled air. Engineer Coleman died after attempting to free stalled cars. two other rescuers perished in the attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
Grand Trunk Railway
St. Clair
St. Clair River
Sarnia
Ontario
Coleman
Fred Forester
Begg
John Haley
Blakeman McGrath
Switchman Blake
Four Story Building Burned in Columbus Dry Goods Co
A fire at 4 a m destroyed the fourth floor of the Columbus Dry Goods Co store causing extensive losses. Total damages exceed 200000 with 90 percent of the top floor burned and major losses on the lower floors due to water. The stock valued at 260000 to 270000 suffered heavy ruin while adjacent Bott Bros and High Street Tailoring Co sustained water damage. Building damage pegged at about 15000 with slight damage to the neighboring structure. Origin suspected in electric light wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Columbus Dry Goods Co
Bott Bros
High Street Tailoring Co
Scultz Estate
Zanesville
T. Ewing Miller
Columbus
Peace Congress Ends in Boston with Hopes for 1905
Delegates praised the international peace congress as a major educational influence in America and as a force toward universal peace. The gathering adjourned Saturday with plans to reconvene in 1905 at Lucerne Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
America
Lucerne
Switzerland
Woman Sleeps Five Days Baffles Doctors In Iowa City
In Iowa City on October 10, Mrs. Charles Lepic awoke briefly after being pricked with needles and pins and later a strong electric battery woke her. She spoke clearly, said she felt no pain, then fell asleep again, leaving physicians baffled after five days of sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Charles Lepic
Chicago Day Noted at World’s Fair With Large Crowds
Observed at the St Louis World’s Fair on Saturday with immense crowds of Chicago residents, reinforced by thousands of St Louis citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Louis
Thom
Tragic Missouri Pacific Crash Kills 29 Near Warrensburg
A freight train collided with a passenger train three miles east of Warrensburg Missouri killing 29 and injuring 60. The Wichita to St Louis excursion train and a second freight section failed to clear, causing a head on impact that telescoped a tender into the front coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrensburg
Missouri Pacific
Wichita
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Montserrat
Horton
Inquiry Into Private Car Firms and Railroads Hearings
Inter state commerce commission held a key session in Chicago on October 11 focusing on private car companies and railroad ties. Witness J W Midgley said private car ownership grips railroads with rebates and commissions shaping commodity transport and stifling competition. James S Watson of Porter Bros discussed profits around 50000 dollars yearly via Fruit Growers Express, alleged as rebates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Chicago
J. W. Midgley
James S. Watson
Porter Bros
Watson
Refusal to Carry Mail to the Orient by Tacoma Company
Dodwell & Co of Tacoma Washington notified the post office department that they will not carry United States mails for the remainder of the Russo Japanese war due to the seizure of mails on the steamer Calchas which sailed from Tacoma in July The company protested the seizure as an outrage and asked for government action The withdrawal of their steamers will not cause a material difference in mail dispatch to the Orient
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
New York
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
John Angell
Jay Gould
Rouse’s Point
N. Y
Angell
Bessie Wilson
Virginia Beach
William L. Wilson
George B. Davis
Secretary of War
Chicago
Hay
Chentung Liang Cheng
Senate
Martin Norther
Benton Harbor
Mich
Hobart
Norther
Forest Park Hotel
Sparks
San Francisco
Orient
Gen. Crozier
Army
Frederick Woodrich
Reading
Pa.) Eagle
Jesse G. Hawley
Grove Hurlbut
Berkshires
Pittsfield
Mass
Hurlbut
Secretary of the Interior
Red Lake
Minnesota
Fred J. Keferty
Atlantic City
N. J
John Biddle
May
Keferty
Biddle
United States
Boxer
Portsmouth
N. H.) Navy Yard
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Honduras
Puerto Cortez
Ceiba
Rudolph Fritsche
Tenth Avenue
New York City
Fritsche
Washington
Post Office Department
Dodwell & Co
Tacoma
Wash
Calchas
Orent
Street Car Crashes Into Building in Rochester
A derailed street car on the Ohio River bridge end struck the rear of W. F. Workman's cigar store injuring two passengers and killing motorman Thorne. The accident occurred as the car traveled from Monaca to Rochester, just after crossing the bridge where tracks veer right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Ohio River
Monaca
W. F. Workman
Thorne
Agriculture Department Monthly Crop Report Highlights
Washington reports on October 1 conditions for corn at 83.9 versus 84.6 last month and 78.3 ten-year average. Spring wheat yields preliminarily set at 12.7 bushels per acre with 75.7 quality, down from 85.5 in 1903. Oats crop preliminarily estimated at about 888,500,000 bushels, or 32.1 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
U S Wheat Outlook Foreshadows Canadian Grain Boom
The article notes a projected Manitoba Northwest crop of 55 to 60 million bushels, with wheat priced near one dollar per bushel. It cites Clifford Sifton and Frank H. Spearman, predicting the United States may soon import Canadian wheat as North American production expands in Saskatchewan and surrounding regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Clifford Sifton
Interior
Lord Strathcona
Northwest
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Frank H. Spearman
Saturday Evening Post
Canadian Pacific
United States
Dakota
St. Paul
Eureka
Dakotas
Minnesota
Saskatchewan
Ancient British Camp For Sale Of 20 Acres Atop 300 Feet
A historic pre Roman British camp is offered for sale spanning 20 acres and rising more than 300 feet above sea level. It previously housed forces under Caesar, the Saxons, Ethelred, Alfred the Great, and Cromwell. The owner seeks 500 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caesar
Ethelred
Alfred the Great
Cromwell
Race with Death At Hastings Sawmill Fire
A blaze at Hastings Sawmill near Shaman B C sent workers scrambling through flames. The frantic escape left many men hairless and haircloth singed, but all avoided serious injury as they fled the inferno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Shaman
B. C
Rome physician endorses Dr Williams Pink Pills in practice
Dr. Giuseppe Lapponi, papal physician to Leo XIII and confidant of Pope Pius X, cites four cases of simple anemia of development treated with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He asserts improved health and plans to expand use for anemia, neurasthenia, neuralgia, and related blood and nerve conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapponi
Vatican
Leo XIII
Pius X
Williams
Brazilian Alvarez to test new flying machine in London
A London built Brazilian contraption by Alvarez features two 40 foot winglike aeroplanes with 400 square feet of surface, a two horsepower petroleum motor, two five foot diameter propellers, two rudders, and a 150 pound bamboo frame. The device, not using any balloon, will be released from 5060 feet by balloon, aiming for sustained flight once motor power is sufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langley
Alvarez
London
Doan's Kidney Pills End Health Break Down Claim
Joseph McCauley of 144 Sholto St Chicago Sachem of Tecumseh Lodge Bays recalls his health failing two years earlier with back pain loss of appetite and insomnia. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with complete lasting relief after four boxes and urges others to try the remedy sold by dealers for 50 cents. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph McCauley
Sholto St
Chicago
Tecumseh Lodge
Bays
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Clair Tunnel
Peace Congress
Rome
Dr. Lappeni
A.J. Tower CO
U.S.A
Canin CO. Limited
Tororto
Can
Western
Ottawa
Orto li. M. Williams
Law Building
Toledo
Ohio
Big Four
Warren J. Lynch
G. P
Cincinnati, O
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