Morven Mail News Notes of Sept 29 1904
Items from across the United States and foreign lands include awards for street package boxes in Cleveland and tragic deaths such as Larry Tierney at Harrington Hotel and botanist Everhart in Westchester. also notes on fires, accidents, arrests, rail and trolley incidents, and university endowment gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Dorn Iron Works
Cleveland
Larry D. Tierney
Harrington Hotel
Harrington
Wash
Benjamin Matlack Everhart
Westchester
Frank Scoemaker
Jackson Junction
Mich
Robert Smith
Thomas Williams
Harry Shelly
United States Fish Commission
Moffatts’ Straits
Ontario
Charles F. Martin
National Live Stock Association
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Col
Greeley
Thibeaudeau
Quebe
Quebec Furniture Co
Labai Brewing Co
New York
Tennnessee Coal and Iron Co
Ensley
Tenn
Cyrus Leick, Jr
John Thomas
la Porte
Ind
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
John Spellynan
Thomas Gibbons
Vosburg
Tunkhannock
Passenger Train Wreck Near Lewiston Kills Three
The Maine Central passenger train No. 24 derailed after hitting an open switch near the state fair grounds, killing engineer William F. Kimball and fireman William Chapman and Almon Hodgdon the mail weigher. Nine others were seriously hurt and about twenty more injured as cars piled and caught fire. John R. Chase Eli Merriman Frank M. Snell A. T. Clark Eri C. Bickford John W. Woodsum among the injured were baggage and express personnel. The train traveled about 20 miles per hour before the crash. parlor car toppled, other cars derailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Allen
Post Office Department
Washington
Olean
N. Y
Buswell & Hubbard Tannery
University of Pennsylvania
Pullman Co
Middlesboro
Jefferson Etter
Max Wolf
Wolf
Etter
Alphonse Pede
Brooklyn
Jamaica
Pede
George C. Conant
New York
Department of Physiology
Cornell University
Lynwood
Mich Ola
Michigan Central
Mackinac
Thomas Rae
West Bay City
Horace Shaw
KE. Miller
Detroit
United States
Portland
Ore
Camden
N. J
Riverside
Riverton
Johns. White
Palmyra
George Frezee
Delanco
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Lewis Station
Clinton
John Shane
Navy Department
Morton
Lewiston
Maine Central Railroad
State Fair Grounds
Kimball
Chapman
Maine Central Hospital
William F. Kimball
Engi
Neer
William Chapman
Rockland
Almon Hodgdon
John R. Chase
Eli Merriman
Frank M. Snell
A. T. Clark
Eri. C. Bickford
John W. Woodsum
Land grab in Indian Territory draws senate scrutiny
Charles J. Kappler and Senator Stewart report on Dawes commission results. They condemn Creek Nation land sales as undervalued and Chickasaw leasing as ridiculous while noting a single white owner controls 120000 acres. A district court ruling may force fair leases and return lands to Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charles J. Kappler
United States
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Indian Territory
Stewart
Dawes Commission
Kappler
Congress
District Court
Union Ironworks Sold in Public Auction
San Francisco dated Sept 27 The Union Ironworks property of the former United States Shipbuilding Corporation was sold at public auction by order of the federal court in New Jersey James Smith receiver acted as special master The sole bidder was Francis Pollock for the reorganization company led by Charles M Schwab with a 70 percent stake The bid of 1 700 000 was the minimum and was accepted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Union Ironworks
United States Shipbuilding Corporation
Federal Court of the District of New Jersey
James Smith
Francis Pollock
New Shipbuilding Company
Charles M. Schwab
Doukhobors March Toward United States From Saskatchewan
Reports from a Doukhobor colony near Saskatoon say a large group has begun a trek to the United States seeking warmer climate. The movement causes great concern as authorities warn of the possible extent of their journey while mounted police rush to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Saskatoon
United States
Jesus
Mounted Police
Train Kills Four Men on Pennsylvania Tracks
In Greensburg Pennsylvania three foreigners were instantly killed and one man fatally injured when struck by a passenger train on the Pennsylvania railroad as they walked to work. The deceased and injured were employed by the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Judge Rules Again for Miners in Check Weighman Case
Scranton Pennsylvania September 27 Judge Gray has decided the check weighman question in favor of the anthracite coal miners as Carroll D Wright did earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Gray
Carroll D. Wright
Chicago Reopens Plants After Shutdown Nine Thousand Return
Nine thousand workers at three Chicago International Harvester branches and Pullman Co. shops went back to work after a two week shutdown. They returned individually and accepted pay cuts of 10 to 20 percent. International Harvester said plants will run 57 1/4 hours weekly instead of 54, with no wage increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
International Harvester Works
Pullman Co
New Russian commander named for Manchurian front
In St Petersburg the emperor appoints Gen Grippenberg aged 66 to command the second Manchurian army. He has service in the Crimean and Polish insurrection and Turko Russian wars. The move signals a major troop buildup to deter foreign intervention and fight Japan on land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Grippenberg
Vilna
Turkestan
Moscow
Russia
Japan
Che Foo
Port Arthur
Naval Outbreak Hope Amid War Reports From Asia
The Kotlin predicts Rear Admiral Wiren may attempt a breakout from Port Arthur and return to Europe, while Kuropatkin reports a Japanese turning movement east of Mukden. Skirmishes near Hun River and Inpu bring heavy casualties as Russian and Japanese forces clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Kotlin
Wiren
Port Arthur
Europe
Togo
Cervera
Santiago
Yen. Kuropatkin
Mukden
Liao Yang
Taiche
Lianchan
Hun River
Inpu
Sakharoff
Kaoutou Pass
Fushun
Honolulu
War News From Front In Russia Still Largely Silent
The war commission adjourned without new front news. Reports from Mukden say Japanese crossed the Hun river while forces moved along the Liao river. Fakoman fortification and troop mobilizations hint at strategic preparations as Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch is expected to command. Port Arthur stay of news raises blockade concerns. A Harbin dispatch cites 1500 Japanese killed at Port Arthur on Sept 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
War Commission
Lianchan
Tie Pass
Mukden
Simmintin
Fakoman
Kuropatkin
Ian Case Simmintin
Port Arthur
Batoum
Caucasian
Caucasus
Far East
Russia
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
London
Harbin
Dispute Over Rewards Is Settled in Chicago Case
In Chicago a circuit court decree ends the dispute over rewards for the car barn bandits. Detective William V. Blaul receives the largest share at $989 after the capture effort that also left his partner dead. About $1,200 goes to farmers who trailed Harvey Van Ding and Peter Neidermeir through Indiana swamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago City Railway Co
William V. Blaul
John Quinn
Gustave Marx
Blaul
Harvey van Ding
Peter Neidermeir
Indiana
New Tourist Sleeping Car Service to California
The Missouri Pacific Railway will start a daily through Tourist Sleeping Car Line from St. Louis to San Francisco on August 15. The route passes Pueblo Colorado Denver Salt Lake City Ogden and ends in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Low introductory rates apply through September 10 with colonist one way tickets sale September 15 to October 15. For details contact a Missouri Pacific representative or H C Townsend in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific Railway
St. Louis
San Francisco
Pueblo
Colorado
Denver
Rio Grande
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
H. C. Townsend
Time-Honored Truth in Gem Art
Indianapolis News notes that wisdom surpasses rubies, now echoed in Germany where wisdom-like wisdom is produced chemically. The piece argues that even abundant rubies fail to create wisdom while wisdom itself can generate gems at affordable prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Germany
Indianapolis News
Kansas City Southern Ry Special Excursions 1904 Rates
Kansas City Southern Railway announces special excursion trips to Arkansas Indian Territory Louisiana and Texas on September 13 20 and 27 and October 4 and 18 1904. Very low one way and round trip rates offered. For details contact 8. G. Warner G P and T A K CLS Ry Kansas City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Louisiana
Texas
G. Warner
G. P
T. A. K. Cls. Ry
Kansas City
Promises and Prophecies in a Lettered Age Headlines
A string of brief clippings notes medical cures and social quips. An apparent exchange between a senator and a constituent is cited alongside ads for Dr. Kline's nerve remedy and Piso's Cure. Tiny anecdotes mention a new sister and a czar troubled by nightly worries in a chorus of 1900 era notices.
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Yellowstone County
Billings
Mont
Grand Rapids
Abraham Ghyseis
Michigan
Celtic
Liverpool
Bethleheam
Emerson Rumsey
Benjamin Dove
George Crothers
Pittsburg Steel
Glassport
Augusta
Pennsylvania Railway
Philadelphia
Jewel
Aboukir Bay
Morgan
Secret Service
Sebastian Fasancello
New York City
Samuel Ives Curtiss
D. D
Chicago Theological Seminary
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
University of Minnesota At
Minneapolis, Minn
Cephalonia
Mediterranean
St. Louis & Tron Mountain
Vulcan
John S. Mosby
W. T. Dixon
Pittsburg
W. l. Dixon
James Wilson
George KE. Turner
Dixon
Wilson
Duluth
Salvation Army
Aspinall
Kings County
Antonio Cucozza
Tony Mannino
Lewiston, ME
California
Kansas City Southern Ry
Sorghum
Sir
Washington Star
Robbie
Pop
Little Robbie
Yonkers Statesman
J. O'Brien
Third Ave
Iepsibolle
Mine
Chicago Record-Herald
Mau
Castoria
Bears
New
Steel Whale Ranges
Freethe Born Steel Range Co
Steel Range
Ohio
Big Four
Warren J. Lynch
J. P.and
T. Agent
Cincinnati
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Iowa
F. Merry
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