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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
2
In San Francisco Chinatown two Chinese men are dead and two others wounded after a long rivalry between high binder groups. Police arrested several suspects as officers swept the area. The violence followed attacks while the men slept in a bunk at 2 Clay Street.
A massive wreck on the Wabash line near Seneca Michigan leaves an estimated eighty dead with fears of up to a hundred. Fragments of victims are found unrecognizable as rescue parties from Adrian Montpelier Peru and other towns race to the scene. Fire rapidly consumes damaged cars as survivors are ferried to Adrian and Detroit. The disaster, attributed to a signaling error by engineer George M Marander and A P Strong, collapses two locomotives and leaves cars derailed along the track with a $48,000 tab for the railroad.
Unclear dispatch reports General Castro killed during engagement with insurgents near Colon. British and French naval officers aboard gunboat Marictr attended a final conference with government and rebel representatives. Troops were deployed as clashes intensified between Colon and Bohig areas.
A world featherweight bout ends with M Goven knocked out the young champion in a decisive victory. The fight appears to have unfolded with strong exchanges and a late finish, leaving the victor in clear possession of the title claim. International observers note protective actions by military forces during related regional tensions.
Governors from North Dakota Montana Oregon and Minnesota discuss delaying a railway consolidation. Montana shows resistance while others show willingness to meet East and seek a unified stance.
Anni van Broth dies in Chicago county hospital after a man, Andrew Boland, her housemate, tortures her with fire during a quarrel. Boland, burned while trying to help, is held in county jail hospital for murder. The deathbed confession details the attempted burning and a dramatic struggle to extinguish the flames.
Richmond Indiana reports a local resident, Cincinnati man Kittenmeecis, claims to have solved the world vesting problem by storing sun rays. A reversible ice-like process allegedly uses a cheap abundant anbat to absorb heat then release it, with a capitalists meeting endorsing a practical demonstration and belief it could revolutionize heating methods.
A Chicago traveling man Me M. Whu re, 3 frequent visitor to Salt Lake, shot and seriously wounded W. S. Haynes in the corridor of the Knutsford Water Young Kaighn hotel shortly after 1 PM. Haynes greeted the assailant and they moved to a cot where the shooter produced a revolver and fired. Haynes, wounded in the side, was left seated while the assailant fled after a brief struggle and statements.
Fragmented report recounts a Cincinnati barber who killed himself in a dare, proclaimed to prove courage. The tale notes his act at a saloon and implies a tragic motive, with locals acknowledging a fatal decision stemming from bravado and rumor.
A plan to blow up the British steamer Cuyo at Pensacola was uncovered after dynamite crackers and matches were found hidden in the lower hold among cotton bales. Authorities believe the explosives could ignite with friction, endangering the vessel and cargo before the plan was thwarted. The case prompts broader warnings as investigations continue.
Nelson Burr, a prominent Binghamton property owner, was ordered by the Board of Health to bathe and buy new clothes, while his log-built block overflows with old furniture and oddities. Four sisters die in a fire blamed on kerosene use. a councilman is fatally clubbed after a feud, and Greek cabinet resigns amid protests over gospel transitions. The era also notes a found mining party dead, a submerged submarine, and a prisoner in Hoboken tied to a child murder case.
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